Thursday, 7 December 1922
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Robert Richards, Esquire, for County of Denbigh (Wrexham Division), took the Oath, and signed the Roll.
Edinburgh Corporation Order Confirmation Bill [Lords].
1. asked the Minister of Pensions what is the present cost peal annum of the Irish medical board situated in Dublin; and how many patients did they examine during the period 1st July, 1921, to...
2. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that Mrs. Mary Mallon, 31, Hamilton Street, Govan, was awarded a pension on the 10th December, 1918, in respect of her brother, Private James...
3. asked the Minister of Pensions if he can remove the discrimination now obtaining between the scales of pensions and treatment meted out to regular officers compared with temporary officers...
5. asked the Minister of Pensions whether, in order to assist ex-service men and dependants in the most difficult task of presenting their cases before appeal tribunals, he can arrange that they...
6. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he has received from the metropolitan borough of Woolwich a copy of a resolution passed at a recent meeting of the borough council protesting against the...
8. asked the Minister of Pensions if he will make inquiries into the case of Private George Francis Gibbons, No. 705594, 23rd London Regiment, of 22, Cassiobury Road, Waltham-stow, E.17, who...
10. asked the Minister of Pensions whether his attention has been called to the case of George Henry Sprunt, of the Somerset Light Infantry, who was called up on 18th October, 1917, sent to...
14. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he can say why a pension has been refused in the case of Private Benjamin Woolley, No. 9,773, 12th Lincolns, who is now confined to Mickleover asylum as...
16. asked the Minister of Pensions how many claims for pensions under Article 11 of the Royal Warrant by widows whose husbands have died as the result of disability due to war service have been...
18. asked the Minister of Pensions if he is aware that notice is being sent out to dependants receiving pensions in respect of the death of a son or other relative that the War bonus hitherto...
19. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will reconsider the case of Private J. Corfield, No. 107,720, late Royal Air Force, now residing at Darleydale, near Matlock, who enlisted in 1914,...
20. asked the Minister of Pensions what amount was paid during 1921 as advances to ex-service men who were obliged to apply to local offices for assistance owing to delay in forwarding their...
21. asked the Minister of Pensions what is the number of pensions committees appointed under the the War Pensions Act, 1921, and the number of local and district sub-committees in existence...
22. asked the Minister of Pensions the number of officials employed by the Ministry in the administration throughout the country previous to the passing of the present Pensions Act and the number...
23. asked the Minister of Pensions what type of case of tuberculosis in which a man is under treatment is entitled to special diet allowance in addition to the usual allowance?
29. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that Thomas Perry, No. 6891. 7th Dragoon Guards, residing at 8, Addison Street, Wednesbury, was, until recently, in receipt of a disability...
30. asked the Minister of Pensions whether the Ministry intend to withdraw the grants made by the Special Grants Committee towards the education of children of soldiers who died in the War; and,,...
31. asked the Minister of Pensions whether protests have been received from large numbers of ex-service men and others against the withdrawal of pensions to widows and orphans whose husbands and...
9. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will state the estimated cost to the Ministry of the appeals by friends of the 700 ex-service men now or recently in asylums and chargeable to the...
15. asked the Minister of Pensions if he will agree to immediately set up arbitration machinery in his Department for the temporary ex-service staff; and that all breakdowns between the official...
34. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that education authorities are in many instances contemplating the dismissal of married women teachers; that non-provided...
37. asked the President of the Board of Education if he is aware that the city of Leicester education authority has reduced its original estimate of £3,500 for feeding of necessitous...
39. asked the President of the Board of Education whether, in view of the fact that Circular 1259 has aroused many protests from local authorities as calculated to hamper them in the provision of...
40. asked the President of the Board of Education if it is the present policy of the Board of Education that His Majesty's inspectors are no longer required or encouraged to submit reports as to...
Colonel NEWMAN: 41. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he can give the number of hours per day on duty, the length of vacation, and the salary earned by a headmaster and...
Colonel NEWMAN: 42. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that the supply of qualified teachers is now greater than is the demand for their services; and, having...
36. asked the President of the Board of Education whether, in view of the number of juveniles out of employment, he will, in conjunction with the Minister of Labour, institute classes similar to...
51. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the fact that the Federation of British Industries and the National Confederation of Employers are meeting this month to consider the whole...
66. asked the Prime Minister if he will give the House an early opportunity of discussing the petition from the unemployed marchers asking that representatives of the organised unemployed may be...
77. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether overtures have been made to his Department for financial assistance to enable certain improvements to be carried out at the South West India...
80. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Trade Facilities Advisory Committee has reported in favour of a guarantee for a bond issue of 18,000,000 dollars in respect of the erection...
43. asked the Secretary of State for Air what percentage of officers in the Royal Air Force hold aeroplane pilots' certificates?
44. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether any further progress has been made as regards using the River Thames, near Westminster, for an air station: whether it is proposed now to have...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government proposes to carry out such of the economies recommended by the Geddes Committee as were not effected by the late Government?
47. asked the Prime Minister whether, when sending invitations to the Governments of the Dominions to the proposed Imperial Economic Conference, he will request them to bring considered schemes...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 50. asked the Prime Minister if, when he is considering the extension of Section 1 of the Local Authorities (Financial Provi- sions) Act, 1921, he will at the same time...
52. asked the Prime Minister if the British Government has agreed to the decision not to accept representatives of the Republic of Georgia at Lausanne unless they come as part of the Russian...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 53. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware of the serious disabilities under which many questions affecting the administration of matters connected with poor relief, health,...
Lieut.-Col. Sir P. RICHARDSON: 64. asked the Prime Minister whether he has seen the report that a Naval Commission from the United States comprising 30 officers will arrive in Rio de Janeiro in...
55. asked the Prime Minister if he is aware that our exchange with the United States was at the highest point since the War on Monday last; that, so far as can be ascertained in comparison with...
Captain BENN: 56. asked the Prime Minister whether he can make any statement on the subject of the Irish Boundary Commission?
(by Private Notice) asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that statements have been made in an Irish newspaper (the "Irish Times"), of 4th December, to the effect that on...
58. asked the Prime Minister what is the actual number by which the personnel of the Cabinet Secretariat has been reduced since the 1st November, 1922; what particular position in the Secretariat...
59. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the limitation imposed upon the London Conference in July and August by the issue of the Balfour Note, he is now in a position to state that the...
64. asked the Prime Minister whether Sir William Tyrrell was recently in Paris on behalf of His Majesty's Government; whether his mission concerned France's projected plans in connection with the...
60. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the expression of opinion in this House and the country against the Safeguarding of Industries Act, he will appoint a Committee to investigate and...
83. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total amount collected by way of duties under the Safeguarding of Industries Act up to and including the 1st day of December, 1922; and what...
61. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the distress existing in the coal-mining industry, due to the fact that wages are very much below the rate paid in 1914, compared with the...
62. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that France and Belgium have already passed legislation giving effect to the draft Convention relating to unemployment indemnity for seamen in...
67. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the President of the United States has recently appointed a representative of agriculture on the Federal Reserve Board of the United States;...
68. asked the Prime Minister whether there is any record of the letter alleged to have been addressed to Lord Curzon by the late M. Gounaris on 19th February, 1922, regarding the condition of the...
I sent a private notice question to the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with regard to an alarming telegram as to the present position of refugees from the Turkish dominions, but as...
71. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why it is necessary to have a separate department for the purpose of Super-tax; and can ho state the cost of such a department to the country?
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS: 76. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the expenditure and revenue from the beginning of the financial year up to the end of November: and how the figures compare with the...
78. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any sums have been advanced by His Majesty's Treasury on account of German reparations for relief of sufferers by enemy action at sea during the...
82. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider the removal of the provision excluding married women from remaining in the Civil Service; and whether he is aware that the...
88 and 89. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) the amount received from the duty on beer from 1st April, 1922, to 25th November, 1922; how far this amount falls short of the Estimates as...
90. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Bank of England has agreed to act on the recommendation of the Genoa Conference that it should summon an international conference of central...
91. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether a betting business has been registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts under the title of the National Co-operative Turf...
Can the Prime Minister say what is the business for next week? Will he also say how far he proposes to go with the Orders to-day?
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, relating to East Lothian (Western District) Water."...
Read the First time; and ordered (under Section 9 of the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899) to be read a Second time To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 7.]
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee.
(1) The maximum limit on the aggregate capital amount of the loans, the principal or interest of which may be guaranteed under Sub-section (1) of Section one of the Trade Facilities Act, 1921,...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Treasury may guarantee, in such manner as they think lit, the payment of the principal of and the interest on any loan raised by the Government...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £750,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Suplementary sum, not exceeding £5,866,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Resolved, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £933,841, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of...
Resolved, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £1,360, he granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of...
Resolved, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £282,875, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of...
Resolved, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of...
Resolved, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £340,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charges for Army Services which will come in course of payment during the year ending on...
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