Tuesday, 12 December 1922
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Provisional Order to constitute and incorporate a Hoard for the supply of water to the western district of the County of East Lothian to transfer to the Board the water undertakings of the County...
The following provisions shall unless otherwise agreed on in writing between Henry Callander esquire of Prestonhall in the County of Midlothian or his successors in estate and the provost...
Provided that nothing in this Section shall extend to or authorise any interference with any telegraphic line (as defined by the Telegraph Act, 1878) or other property of His Majesty's...
Nothing in this Order contained shall prejudice or affect the agreement between the Western Committee, the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of...
(1)The Board shall pay off all moneys borrowed by them under this Order within the respective periods following (hereinafter referred to as "the prescribed period"): — As to money borrowed...
1. asked the Under Secretary of State for India whether, considering that the final recommendations of the Government of India have now been received, and that more than two years have elapsed...
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the All-India Congress Committee is about equally divided now as to the propriety of so far modifying the non-co-operation...
7. asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether any steps were taken between 6th October, when McGrigor's intimated to the War Office they were in difficulties, and 13th October, when the...
9. asked the Under-Secretary of State for War how many Special Reserve, Militia, Territorial, temporary and retired officers are still being employed?
10. asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that Lance-corporal Andrew Hatton, No. 201,207, 2/4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, was reported on 8th November, 1917, as...
11. asked the Under-Secretary of State for War the number of officers employed in England in discharge of military duties and not on the strength of any regimental unit; and the number so...
19. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether his attention has been called to an advertisement inviting tenders for the supply of frozen meat to Chichester Barracks; and whether...
12. asked the Under-Secretary of State for War the precise nature of the work at the War Office which now necessitates the employment of an increased number of officers from 174 to 325, and which...
51. asked the Prime Minister what were the respective positions in the Cabinet Secretariat staff held by the 19 members thereof who have been transferred to other Departments, and what were their...
52. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the cost of the Civil Service Commission?
56. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will reconsider his attitude towards the Temporary Staff Confederation and adopt towards them what the Government always advise in other trade...
66. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that according to Cd. 1,665 the pre-War naval personnel was 145,600, with an Admiralty staff of 4,400, while on the 1st April last the...
18. asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he has any information as to the military manœuvres which have recently taken place in Posen under the supervision of French generals...
20. asked the First Commissioner of Works, as representing the Secretary for Scotland, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Govan parish council are finding it very difficult to meet...
22. asked the First Commissioner of Works, as representing the Secretary for Scotland, what is the total sum paid by parish councils in Scotland to unemployed; and what is the increase in the...
23. asked the First Commissioner of Works, as representing the Secretary for Scotland, whether, in view of the urgent need of employment in Scotland, and of the post-War evidence of the strategic...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 53. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the fact that in normal times the Treasury sanctioned a grant of 50 per cent. of the cost of approved road...
69. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total sums paid during the last three years by the Treasury into the Unemployment Insurance Funds; and whether such payments are grants or loans?
24. asked the First Commissioner of Works, as representing the Secretary for Scotland, whether grants under the Grants Committee of the Scottish Education Department for courses of study by...
25. asked how many schemes for the settlement of ex-service men initiated prior to 1922 were abandoned by the Board of Agriculture for Scotland in 1922; how many continued schemes have been...
59. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can explain why the Report of the Select Committee on the Training and Employment of Disabled Ex-Service Men, printed on poor paper and with only a...
21. asked the First Commissioner of Works, as representing the Secretary for Scotland, if he will inquire into the actions of the Scottish Mineowners' Defence and Mutual Insurance Association re...
23. asked the First Commissioner of Works, as representing the Secretary for Scotland, whether he is aware that attempts are being made to expose for sale in Glasgow portions of cattle infected...
29. asked the First Commissioner of Works, as representing the Secretary for Scotland, whether he proposes to withdraw Circular 51 of the Scottish Education Department, in view of the unfortunate...
30. asked the First Commissioner of Works, as representing the Secretary for Scotland, whether the Government proposes to introduce a Measure of Home Rule for Scotland at an early date?
32. asked the First Commissioner of Works, as representing the Secretary for Scotland, if he will make arrangements for the continued education and training of unemployed boys and girls of 14 to...
33. asked the First Commissioner of Works, as representing the Secretary for Scotland, if he will give consideration to the establishment of a first division in Scottish prisons, in which...
34. asked the First Commissioner of Works, as representing the Secretary for Scotland, whether, in view of the expenditure involved in sending deputations from Scottish local authorities to...
35. asked the First Commissioner of Works, as representing the Secretary for Scotland, if he is aware that the city of Glasgow requires 57,000 new houses, and in that city the number of houses...
36. asked the First Commissioner of Works, as representing the Secretary for Scotland, if his attention has been drawn to the high death rate among children below the age of 12 months in the...
38. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the ordinance amending the forced labour ordinance of Kenya Colony has yet been passed through the legislative council of Kenya;...
43. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonics on what grounds the question of suspending operations on the deep-water pier in Kilindini Harbour has been raised locally; and whether the...
39. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies how soon it will be possible for the 500 members of the Dublin Metropolitan Police Force who have applied for superannuation or retirement...
54. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can assure the House that the verbal guarantee given by the former Leader of the House on 19th December, 1921, and repeated by the former...
Colonel NEWMAN: 78. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies to whom British subjects, whose firearms were, given up to the late Royal Irish Constabulary, should now make application,...
Colonel NEWMAN: 79. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will say of the compensation already paid by the British Government in respect of pre-truce awards how much has...
41. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies the total amount expended since the Armistice upon the repair and improvement of railway and public works in the Tanganyika Territory; and...
42. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if His Majesty's Government will make representations to the Legislature of Trinidad, drawing its attention to the inequitable effect on...
44. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, during the consideration of the Chartered Company's claim to the commercial ownership of the lands of Northern Rhodesia before...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether it is intended that any statement should be made by the Government on the subject of German reparations or of the application of sanctions to Germany by the...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether he will appoint a committee to continue the deliberations commenced by the late Government on the subject of equal guardianship of infants, with a view to...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of recent disclosures, the Government will consider the desirability of strengthening the law as regards the responsibility of directors of public...
48. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the grave constitutional issues involved and the necessity, in the public interest, of increasing the general interest in, and knowledge of, the...
49. asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government has any present complaint against the Russian Government on the ground of subsidies paid by that Government to persons in this...
55. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, now that the Irish Free State Constitution Act has been passed, he proposes to continue issuing Treasury notes headed the United Kingdom of...
57. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can state, in regard to the National Debt, the total amount borrowed by the State since the commencement of the debt, the total amount repaid...
58. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether we have sustained a loss through our Australian contracts of zinc concentrates; and, if so, what amount was shown in the trading results of the...
60. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of tithes paid by occupiers of agricultural land for the latest period for which figures are available, and what charge per acre of...
61. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that owner-drivers of motor lorries competing with firms owning fleets of lorries are heavily penalised in the payment of licence...
63. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can state the total amount of British capital invested abroad during the year 1921, and for the year 1922 up to date?
67. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he contemplates the reintroduction of the Revenue Bill, 1921, in time for its provisions to be operative for the financial year commencing 6th...
68. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the various total sums paid by the Treasury up to the present as repayments of Excess Profits Duty, coal awards, or similar repayments of moneys...
71. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies in what parts of the British Empire, in-eluding mandated and other territories, which, in the case of? dutiable commodities, enjoy Imperial...
72. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what results there have been from the special steps which were promised by the then Secretary of State, in reply to questions on 6th July,...
73. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the British representative on the Mandates Commission of the League of Nations has recently resigned; whether the new...
74. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Fiji and any other Crown Colonies have declared their inability to participate in the British Empire Exhibition upon the grounds of...
75. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will consider measures for the purpose of extending the system of representative government in the Colony of Fiji by giving the...
76. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress has been made in the raising of local levies in Iraq; from what districts they have principally been recruited; how many...
82. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if the Ordinance recently passed in the Legislative Council of the Straits Settle- ments to restrict the production of rubber has been...
84. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any steps are contemplated to improve the communication between this country and the West Indies in view of the great benefits that...
85. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the issue of a circular letter through the post by a person or persons at Castleford, under the...
86. asked the Home Secretary if, in the case of Mrs. Maud Hibbert, recently sentenced to nine months' hard labour for attempted suicide, after a charge against her of murder made because she had...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Agriculture what were the terms of the express arrangement with the Canadians referred to by the Attorney-General in last night's Debate, whereby...
Motion made, and Question put, "That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[The Prime...
As amended, considered.
(1) The provisions contained in the Schedule to this Act shall apply with respect to imported cattle.
(2) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: 2658The expression "the Minister" means the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, and the expression "the Ministry" shall he construed...
Condition to be complied with in the case of cattle in authorised markets,
REPORT [7th December.]
1. "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 ending on the 31st day of March,...
2. "That a Supplementary 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 ending on the 31st day of March,...
3. "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 March,...
4. "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 March,...
5. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £282,876, 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 March,...
6. "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 March,...
7. "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 the...
Resolution reported: That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £1,070,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
Resolution reported, That, towards making good the Supply-granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1923, the sum of £9,254,076 be granted out of...
"to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and to appropriate the Supplies...
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