Thursday, 4 May 1922
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Post Office (Pneumatic Tubes Acquisition) Bill (Standing Orders applicable thereto complied with),—Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private...
"to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, relating to Ayr Burgh (Tramways, etc.)," presented by Mr. MUNRO; read the First time; and ordered...
"to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Minister of Health relating to Godalming, Salford, Scunthorpe and Frodingham, Tunbridge Wells, and Warrington," presented by Sir ALFRED MOND; read...
"to authorise the appropriation and use, of the Higher Market, in the city of Exeter, to and for purposes other than market purposes; to confer further powers upon the mayor, aldermen, and...
Mr. J. W. WILSON: I beg to move That so much of Standing Order 91 as fixes five as the quorum of the Select Committee on Standing Orders be read and suspended. It is the custom of the House to...
For Borough of Wandsworth (Clap-ham Division), in the room of Sir ARTHUR PHILIP DU CROS, baronet (Manor of Northstead).—[Colonel Leslie Wilson.]
1. asked the Minister of Pensions if he will further consider the case of ex-Private Tarlton, No. 240600, of Ashbourne, late of the Notts and Derby Regiment, who after four and a half years' War...
2. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that, although it was decided by Parliament that no alteration should be made in War Pensions on account of the increase or decrease in the...
3. asked the Minister of Pensions if he is aware of the bitter resentment and disappointment at the proposal which has been made in the regrouping of the local war pensions administrative areas...
4. asked the Minister of Pensions whether, in the case of ex-Private J. Penny, No. 5368, East Lancashire Regiment, now living at Ramsbottom, and in receipt of a flat-rate pension of 100 per cent,...
5. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will reconsider the case of ex-Private H. J. Wardle, No. 241,504, late Notts and Derby Regiment, of Youlgrave, who is suffering from the effects of...
8. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he can state approximately the number of blind pensioners for which his Department is liable; whether any arrangements are made with St. Dunstans or...
6. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will inquire into the case of Mr. W. G. Dunckley, late No. 182728, gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery; is he aware that early this year Mr. Dunckley had...
7. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware of the great pain which is in many cases being caused to disabled ex-service men living in and around Wolverton from being compelled to...
9. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether His Majesty's Government have any in formation as to the number and movements of the refugees from Southern Ireland?
48. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that many decrees for compensation for malicious injuries against local authorities in Ireland to which defences were entered...
49. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that interchange of civil servants between Great Britain and Ireland has been freely made in the past without loss of...
50. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware of the facts which led up to the death of Mrs. W. J. Talbot, of Mount Talbot, County Roscommon, on 9th or 10th April; and, if so,...
52. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps have been taken to protect the interests of English shareholders in the railways of Southern Ireland, in view of the fact that there...
11. asked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that, according to Section 8 of the Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1919, all local officers, subject to the sanction of the Local Government...
53. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it is with the consent of Mr. Michael Collins and the Provisional Government that an armed guard of British troops has been placed in...
54. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the fact that County Court judges in Southern Ireland have in many instances been ordered by Irish...
Mr. G. MURRAY: 55. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the Irish Press is now being published under a strict censorship, imposed by armed Republicans, with the...
Mr. G. MURRAY: 56. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that a self-appointed committee of Sein Feiners has been and is billeting on the houses of Irish loyalists in...
57. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that numbers of Irish residents whose houses have been burnt, and whose property has been destroyed by rebel forces in...
60. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the Irish Land Commissioners are demanding from Mr. W. S. M'Neill payment of instalments of money due from him in...
(by Private Notice) asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether any notice was given to beneficiaries of Trust Funds under control of the Supreme Court of Judicature in Ireland of an intention...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware that the director of boycott acting under the I.E.A. and occupying official premises in the Four Courts, Dublin,...
Mr. L. MALONE: 12. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that the arrangements for communication by wireless telegraphy with aircraft flying on the London-Paris route are far...
13. asked the Secretary of State for Air what Regulations exist as to the carrying by passenger aeroplanes of apparatus to save the lives of those on board in case of a descent into the sea?
14. asked the Secretary of State for Air how many men are being employed at the Royal Aircraft establishment on experimental work, and how many on reconditioning machines?
15. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that, resulting from a recommendation from the Select Committee on National Expenditure in 1918, the Costing Section of the...
Mr. MALONE: 16. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information regarding the formation by the Greek Army in Asia Minor of a separate Government of Ionia, in...
17. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the terms of the draft mandate for Palestine, published in White Paper Cmd. 1176 of 1921, have yet been accepted by the Council...
19. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the authority under which the British gendarmerie in Palestine will exercise its functions, having regard to the fact that the...
20. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the Egyptian Ministry has circulated to the various Government Departments a secret order instructing them to...
21. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that letters to Zaghloul Pasha addressed through Lord Allenby, according to instructions, including letters from...
24. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he has any information as to the reported impending public issue in England of a loan by Brazil; whether the money...
25. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government and the Allied Governments have acknowledged, in principle, at Genoa the obligation to pay compensation to the Russian Government for the...
29. asked the Prime Minister whether the Shell and Royal Dutch oil companies have concluded an agreement with the Soviet Government of Russia at Genoa, under which important petroleum concessions...
Sir J. D. REES: 61. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has received a communication from the Association of British Creditors of Russia with reference to a complaint by Messrs....
27. asked the Prime Minister when a statement of British policy, in face of the new crisis over German reparation payments will be made to the House; whether an opportunity will be given to...
32. asked the Lord Privy Seal if he can explain the reason for the delay in deciding whether or not an Order is to be made imposing a duty on imported fabric gloves?
33. asked the Lord Privy Seal whether his attention has been called to the resolution of the Federation of British Industries asking for the appointment of some Committee to continue the work of...
35. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amount of War Stock which has been surrendered to the Government by individuals and firms to relieve the financial strain upon the country, and...
Captain TERRELL: 36. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the super cut last July in the salaries of the higher civil servants, he has considered the desirability of making...
37. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amount of Land Values Duties repaid during the financial year ending 31st March, 1922, under Section 57 (3) of the Finance Act, 1920?
39. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer who holds the first and second debentures of the British Cellulose Company, and who obtained the 750,000 preference shares of the same company which were...
40. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether there are many British women who have been deserted by alien husbands who have procured divorce in their own countries, and...
41. asked the Home Secretary the number of men in His Majesty's prisons who are there for failing to pay maintenance, under magistrates' orders, to wives; and whether many of these men are...
42. asked the Home Secretary what is the fee now levied for naturalisation; and how does this fee compare with the fees levied by other countries?
43. asked the Home Secretary whether it is the intention of the Government to bring in legislation during the present Session in order to carry out the recommendations of the Street Trading...
44. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the sentence of six months' imprisonment recently passed on a coloured vendor of cocaine, whose methods of concealment showed...
45. asked the hon. Member for the Pollok Division of Glasgow, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether all the hotels and other buildings which have been rented for Government...
46. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any agreement has been reached with King Feisal with regard to the future government of Iraq?
Mr. G. MURRAY: 47. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress has been made in connection with making provision for an efficient telegraph service from Great Britain to, and...
On a point of Order. Is there any way of compelling the attendance of Ministers to answer their questions. The whole of this week the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. Churchill) has been...
Sir WILLIAM BARTON: 65. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to an application made by W. T. Alexander, of G, Brown Street, Manchester, for a licence to...
67. asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the total amount of the claims of British traders against the Turkish Government; and if any scheme of settlement may be looked for in the...
68. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Public Trustee holds any Turkish property requisitioned in Egypt and elsewhere?
59. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is in a position to state at what date the Committee appointed by him to inquire into the circumstances and conditions of the rubber...
31. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the hon. Member for Hythe (Sir Philip Sassoon) is reported to have given particulars of the Budget proposals in a speech made one hour before...
May I put a question respectfully to you, Sir, with reference to the questions on the Order Paper this afternoon? I desire to draw your attention to the fact that the questions relating to...
May I ask the Leader of the House what will be the business for next week?
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to authorise the Great Northern Railway Company to acquire certain lands and to confer other powers upon that company; to authorise the Great...
[6TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £29,822,000, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
When I rose last year to move the Post Office Estimates I had a particularly distasteful task to perform. It was my duty to tell the Committee that there had been a loss on the previous year's...
As a result of the reduction in the expenditure of £10,650,000, I estimate for a surplus on the commercial account of £9,320,000 for this year. How is that surplus to be allocated? In...
I come now to the proposal which I shall ask the Committee to approve for the allocation of the surplus. The first alteration I propose to make is that the collection of letters on Sundays should...
I come now to the telephone service. About this service there is this remarkable feature, that every telephone service, according to its own people, is the worst in the world. Very exaggerated...
I leave that, and come to a subject not closely connected with postal administration, but which has recently aroused a great deal of interest in the Press and in the country. That is the question...
5.0 P.M.
Resolution reported, That it is expedient to provide for the payment, out of moneys provided by Parliament, of any expenses of the Secretary of State under any Act of the present Session to make...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Colonel Leslie Wilson.]
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