Wednesday, 13 December 1922
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
In cases of Bills to authorise the laying down of a Tramway, the promoters shall obtain the consent of the local authority of the district or districts through which it is proposed to construct...
In cases of Bills of the Second Class, a Plan and also a Duplicate thereof, together with a Book of Reference thereto, and a Section and also a Duplicate thereof, as hereinafter described, and in...
In cases where any work proposed to be authorised is to be situate on the banks, foreshore, or bed of any river, or copy of so much of the Plans and Sections as relates to the portion of the work...
Where, under the powers of any Bill, any work is intended to be made, maintained, varied, extended, or enlarged, or any lands or houses may be taken or used compulsorily, or an improvement charge...
On or before the 21st day of December, a printed copy shall be deposited—
Where any Bill contains or revives or extends power to take compulsorily or by agreement any land in any local area as denned for the purposes of this Order, and such taking involves or may...
In the case of a Railway Bill or Tramway Bill, authorising the construction of works by other than an existing Railway Company or Tramway Company, incorporated by Act of Parliament, possessed of...
Whenever during the progress through the House of Lords of any Bill of the Second Class originating in that House, any alteration has been made in any work authorised by such Bill, proof shall be...
Every Bill originating in this House, promoted by a Company already constituted by Act of Parliament, shall be referred to the Examiners, who shall report as to compliance or non-compliance with...
In the case of every Bill brought from the House of Lords in which provisions have been inserted in that House, empowering the Promoters thereof, being a Company already constituted by Act of...
When any Bill originating in this House either as introduced into Parliament, or as amended, or proposed to be amended, on petition for additional provision, contains a provision authorising any...
Ordered, "That the Standing Order be repealed."
Where the level of any road shall be altered in making any Railway, the ascent of any Turnpike Road, or of any Road in Ireland,
In every Railway Bill, Tramway Bill, and Subway Bill, whereby the construction of any new line of Railway, Tramway, or Subway is authorised, or the time for completing any line already authorised...
In every Railway Bill, Tramway Bill, or Subway Bill whereby the construction of any new line is authorised, or the time for completing any line already authorised is extended; if such Bill be...
Ordered, "That the Standing Order be repealed."
Notice in writing of any Bill relating to England or Ireland, and containing provisons whereby any application of the property of any charity not authorised by the Lands Clauses Consolidation...
Ordered, "That the Standing Order be repealed."
Ordered, "That the Standing Order be repealed."—[The Chairman of Ways and Means.]
Address for "Return of the names of every Member returned to serve in the Thirty-first Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, appointed to meet the 4th day of February,...
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has any information as to the number of Greek military prisoners in the hands of the Turks, and Turkish military prisoners in the...
Mr. HERBERT: 4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, seeing that the recent revelations in the correspondence of M. Gounaris prove that the Near Eastern policy of the...
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of statements made that the trial of the ex-Greek ministers was a travesty of justice and that M. Gounaris in particular...
55. asked the Prime Minister whether a few days before the disaster to the Greek army in August the Cabinet Secretariat was inquiring as to whether the Greek army could possibly hold out through...
Lieut.-Colonel DALRYMPLE WHITE: 2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Egyptian Government has yet paid any compensation to Colonel Piggott, of the Army Pay Corps,...
Lieut.-Colonel WHITE: 3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has yet received detailed information as to the assassination of Hassan Pasha Abdel Razek and Ismail Bey...
6. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is aware that the new Order in Council regarding the disposal of the old force coastguard is creating a feeling of unrest amongst the men concerned;...
7. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if his attention has been drawn to the statements from the United States of America that they are going to build the most powerful Navy in the world by...
8. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that, during the War, most necessary and valuable service was rendered to the nation by the naval armament sea-going crews engaged in...
10. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty when it is anticipated that the payment of prize money to those entitled will be completed; whether, when the payment has been completed, steps will be...
12. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty to what firms the principal contracts have been awarded in connection with the building of the two new capital ships; and what will be the total cost of...
13. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether His Majesty's ships which commissioned for foreign service prior to the Admiralty Order extending commissions to three years will remain in...
14. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the warrant writers who were recently withdrawn from capital ships have been replaced by a direct entry accountant officer in addition to a chief...
15. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether any Regulations exist whereby the summary punishment awarded to a Naval rating who appeals under the provisions of Article 8, paragraph 2, of the...
18. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what sum has been raised up to date for the preservation of H.M.S. "Victory"; whether His Majesty's Government is assisting in this regard, and, if so,...
16. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can give the number of officers and others borne on the active list of the navies of the United States of America, Japan, and Great Britain...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 19. asked the Minister of Labour, as representing the Ministry of Health, how many houses have still to be allocated to local authorities under the late Government's...
24. asked the Minister of Labour, as representing the Ministry of Health, whether, having regard to the recent decision of the House of Lords in the case of Kerr v. Bride, he is aware that large...
37. asked the Minister of Labour, as representing the Ministry of Health, whether he will, with a view to stimulate the building trade and to bring about the reconstruction of slum property,...
Mr. THOMSON: 20. asked the Minister of Labour, as representing the Ministry of Health, the total number of able-bodied persons in receipt of relief for the months of September and October in the...
23. asked the Minister of Labour the number of insured persons employed in the constructive industries, that is to say, in those industries mainly engaged in the production of capital goods,...
31. asked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider the advisability of having Scottish appeal cases under the Unemployment Insurance Act for decision by the Umpire heard in Scotland...
96. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that many men will come under the gap system in payment of unemployment insurance benefits during Christmas week; and whether something pan be...
39. asked the Minister of Labour whether sailors who have been shipwrecked and paid off in a foreign port are regarded as not qualified for unemployment benefit until they have been 14 days in...
43. asked the Minister of Labour the total amount of unemployed insurance paid out in Sheffield from the commencement to the last week in November, 1922, and what proportion has been paid to...
46. asked the Prime Minister what the Government proposes to do for the 22,937 women who are unemployed in Scotland; and is there any relief work likely to be provided?
57. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is prepared to introduce legislation to exempt seasonal women fish-workers from the Unemployment Insurance Acts, as it is impossible for them to...
22. asked the Minister of Labour what is the estimated total of wage earners in Great Britain, including those for the moment unemployed, and, approximately, how many of these have never been...
25. asked the Minister of Labour, as representing the Ministry of Health, whether, in the case of an epidemic of small-pox, as at present, it is the policy of his Department to encourage the...
27. asked the Minister of Labour whether the promises made by the late Ministry that preference be given to ex-service men, to the extent of 75 per cent, on unemployment schemes financed by the...
33. asked the Minister of Labour, as representing the Ministry of Health, if he will give the House the names of the local authorities who are not on the King's Roll?
28. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in accordance with the recommendation made by the late Minister, steps are being taken to provide that upon all new works for which guarantees are given...
29. asked the Minister of Labour, as representing the Ministry of Health, whether there is any limitation to the number of insured persons on a panel doctor's list; what is the average amount of...
58. asked the Minister of Labour, as representing the Ministry of Health, the present total disposable surplus of approved societies; and what grants, if any, are being made from this surplus to...
32. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is considering the extension of the operations of the Clauses in the Aliens Restriction Act expiring on 23rd December, which excludes enemy aliens from...
38. asked the Minister of Labour, as representing the Ministry of Health, if he is aware that the guardians of the South Shields union are proposing to reduce the bonuses of the sub-officials to...
44. asked the Minister of Labour, as representing the Ministry of Health, whether he is aware that in the present first election by registered nurses in England and Wales, of their direct...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether, if in the period between the rising of Parliament and its reassembling in the new year there should be an occupation by France of the Ruhr Valley or a...
47. asked the Prime Minister how many printed papers are, on the average, circulated to the Cabinet each week; whether any system of marking that will indicate the relative importance of such...
48. asked the Prime Minister if his attention has been called to the fact that, owing to the failure of the Government to provide adequate means for dealing with unemployment and the consequent...
49. asked the Prime Minister whether miners in the Stirling shire area are only receiving 20s. to 35s. for a five-day week, while unemployed men are receiving 40s. per week from the parish...
50. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that there has been no revision of the law in England regarding illegitimacy since 1873; that several countries, including Sweden, Denmark, New...
51. asked the Prime Minister if he is aware that Article 14 of the Irish Free State Constitution Act provides that all citizens of the Free State, without distinction of sex, shall have the right...
54. asked the Prime Minister what is the present position of the agreement between Krupps and the Soviet Government for the exploitation of wheat areas in South-West Russia; whether British...
56. asked the Minister of Labour, as representing the Ministry of Health, whether he is aware that there is considerable uneasiness in the minds of the public by reason of carelessness on the...
59. asked the Minister of Labour, as representing the Ministry of Health, if he is aware that in many cases the enumerators who are employed by registration officers to carry out the...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Air whether the German Government has intimated that it will refuse to allow British commercial air craft above a certain size to fly over the...
I think yesterday the Prime Minister rather indicated that, in the Debate to-morrow, he was to reply, and I should like to ask him whether he would not reconsider that decision—if I...
Order for the Second Reading read.
The Consolidated Fund Bill set down for Second Reading this afternoon contains a sum of £1,070.000 for Unemployment grants and expenses, and it is because of this provision that we are...
There is one point which I wish to raise now, which has no relation to the question of coal, but for the convenience of the Prime Minister I desire to put it straightaway. In this Parliament,...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Colonel Gibbs.]
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