Wednesday, 19 July 1922
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Greenock Port and Harbours Order Confirmation Bill (by Order).
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any nations have remitted part of the Boxer indemnity due from China on the understanding that it is devoted to educational...
Mr. GIDEON MURRAY: 2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the last White Book on Egyptian affairs deals only with matters up to the end of February of...
7. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give any information as to the attempted assassination of Colonel Piggott, Army Pay Department, in Cairo; whether any of...
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what Governments are officially represented at Angora; and if he is aware that practically every Moslem community in the world has...
8. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, seeing that the Customs jurisdiction on the high seas accords with the limit of the international three miles, it has been at...
10. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Portuguese Government has yet introduced the promised legislation dealing with the complaints of British shipowners in...
9. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make any statement as to the internal value of the mark?
Colonel NEWMAN: 11. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in accordance with the Treaty of Saint Germain, the Reparation Commission appointed under Article 179 is still...
46. asked the Prime Minister if he will state in the simplest form possible, for the benefit of the public, the exact amount which has been paid by Germany under the Versailles Treaty, either in...
13. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether any decision has yet been arrived at with regard to the future of the Coastguard Service?
15. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what is to be done with H.M.S."Alacrity"?
Lieut.-Colonel A. MURRAY: 48. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the statement made by the First Lord of the Admiralty, in an address to the 1920 Club, to the effect...
17. asked the Minister of Labour if it has now been decided to close the Government Instructional Factory at Spring Bank, Hull, and to transfer the trainees to the factory at Leeds; if the Hull...
23. asked the Minister of Labour whether the Unemployment Grants Committee, in assisting any relief work schemes of which they may approve, will deal with and decide all applications according to...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 19. asked the Minister of Labour whether men who were employed in an insured trade before they enlisted had their insurance accounts credited with full contributions during their...
20. asked the Minister of Labour how many officials, and at what cost to the State, are employed by the Ministry of Labour in connection with the placing of women in private domestic service and...
21. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that J. Cooper, of 39, Alexandra Road, Wednesbury, was informed eight, weeks ago by the Wednesbury Employment Exchange that he was not...
22. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the closing of the continuation schools in London, he has made any arrangements for the officers of the employment exchanges, who now attend...
Colonel BURN: 25. asked the Minister of Health if any decision has been arrived at regarding the renewal or repeal of the Rent Restrictions Act when it ceases to be operative in 1923?
Mr. T. THOMSON: 26. asked the Minister of Health the number of men employed in building houses for local authorities under the provisions of the Housing Act of 1919 in each of the six months,...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 27. asked the Minister of Health at what price he estimates the ordinary speculative builder can now erect workmen's houses of the standard required under the Government's...
28. asked the Minister of Health whether he has recently advertised for a woman Poor Law inspector to perform responsible duties over a large area at a salary of £200 per annum, rising by...
Colonel NEWMAN: 29. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the increase in the charges for water that have been made in the Metropolitan district for the current quarter; that the...
30. asked the Minister of Health whether he has in his possession the data required for the introduction of a Smoke Abatement Bill; and whether he can give any intimation as to a prospective date...
31. asked the Minister of Health the total number of boards of guardians in the county of London; what is the total number of members of such boards; what is the total expenditure of guardians in...
18. asked the Minister of Labour what further economies he has effected in the administration of his Department since his statement of 10th April last; and what are the present numbers and cost...
52. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware of the opposition of the postal workers to the abolition of the Civil Service Arbitration Board and the action of the Government in adding to the...
60. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he proposes to appoint an officer from the junior administrative staff of the General Post Office to an executive post in his Department; what are the...
32. asked the Minister of Health what, if any, precautions are taken against the supply of drugs and medicines of inferior quality to panel patients by retail chemists; and is he aware that such...
35. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he is aware that Charles W. McGuirc, ex-sergeant in the Royal Irish Constabulary, was awarded £1,700 compensation for injuries received in an...
Mr. GIDEON MURRAY: 36. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether arrangements have now been concluded to strengthen the personnel of the Irish Relief Committee over which the hon. and...
38. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Protestant Church of St. Thomas, in Marlborough Street, Dublin, was burnt during the...
Sir F. HALL: 74. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total debt to the Imperial Exchequer which has been incurred by the Irish Free State since its establishment; whether any...
Sir F. HALL: 37. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether negotiations are proceeding for a British loan of £2,000,000 to the Iraq Government for irrigation and agricultural...
41. asked the Minister of Agriculture what regulations exist to prevent unnecessary suffering during the voyage of live cattle imported into this country; and whether such Regulations are effective?
42. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he can state the total quantity and value of sea fish of British taking landed in Great Britain during the first half of the years 1920, 1921, and 1922,...
44. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that from the time of the last South African War up to the present year it has been the custom to admit the sons of deceased officers...
61. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in the formation of the new Territorial ground force for London, efforts are being made, and with what result, to get in touch with officers and...
47. asked the Prime Minister if he can now make a statement as to what Government Bills the House of Commons will be invited before the Adjournment definitely to pass?
50. asked the Prime Minister whether he is now in a position to make any statement on the course of proceedings at The Hague Conference; when a statement, with an opportunity for debate, will be...
Sir F. HALL: 51. asked the Prime Minister whether, in the course of his conferences and discussions at Genoa with members of the Soviet Delegation, he held out any hope or gave any undertaking as...
62. asked the Secretary for Mines what effect the reduction of the price of coal by 9s. a ton has had on the coal market; and whether there is any reason to anticipate the extension of this...
65. asked the Minister of Pensions whether in considering the general circumstances of applicants for parents' need pensions, the capital value of any resources are taken into account rather than...
68. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether the coalowners of the country have applied to the railway tribunal for a reduction of the rates on coal?
67. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether his attention has been called to the alarming increase in the number of fatal accidents caused to railwaymen through the...
69. asked the Secretary for Scotland what action has been taken as to the recommendation of the Geddes Committee that an independent committee should be set up to consider the possibility of...
70. asked the Secretary for Scotland what action has been taken with regard to the discontinuance suggested by the Geddes Committee of the item of £7,000 a year for port sanitation, and the...
Lieut.-Colonel MURRAY: 73. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will submit to the House a statement showing under various heads how he arrives at the approximate estimate of between...
72. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why Mrs. George Barrow Monte-fiore, who, before the War, went every year to spend the spring months with friends in Florence, is not...
71. asked the Home Secretary if his attention has been called to the character of the reports in the daily Press of recent divorce proceedings; and if, in view of these reports, he will consider...
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN: I ask the leave of the House to make a personal explanation on a matter in which my conduct as a Member of this House has been challenged. My attention was called to a letter...
May I ask the Leader of the House how far on the Order Paper he proposes to proceed this evening?
"to extent the power of the Board of Trade to make Regulations with respect to measuring instruments used for trade, and to amend the law with respect to instruments used in ascertaining wages,...
Ministry of Health Provisional Order (No. 4) Bill [Lords],
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee 8.
That they have agreed to.—
As amended (in the Standing Committee,) considered.
(1)As from the first day of July, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and until the first day of July, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, there shall be paid by or in respect of every teacher who was...
(1) If any teacher satisfies the Board that it is impossible for him by reason of his age to complete before attaining the age of sixty-five years such number of years of recognised or qualifying...
If any teacher who, immediately before he became subject to the principal Act, was subject to the provisions of the Elementary School Teachers (Superannuation) Act, 1898, or the Elementary School...
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [18th July,] "That the Bill be now read a Second time."
Order for Second Beading read.
Considered in Committee.
(1) The agreement is hereby sanctioned and shall have effect as if enacted in this Act, and the President and the Corporation shall have, and shall be deemed to have had, all such powers as may...
Order for Second Beading read.
Not amended (in the Standing Committee,) considered; read the Third time, and passed, without Amendment.
Considered in Committee, and reported, without Amendment.
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