Monday, 9 April 1923
The House—after the Adjournment on 29th March for the Easter Recess—met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Order for Second Reading read.
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will make inquiries as to the present condition as to health and sanity of Amir Chand, of Peshawar, undergoing three years' imprisonment?
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether, in view of the resuscitation of the penal settlement in the Andamans, he will now publish the Report of the Indian Prisons Committee which...
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the Governor-General has used his powers, and, if so, what powers, to pass the proposal to double the salt duty which has been twice...
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what was the mail time for letters to and from London to Bombay pre-War, in 1914, and this year; what is the cause of the present longer period,...
11. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether there are any British diplomatic or consular representatives in Eastern Galicia; if so, in which towns or districts they are...
12. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any statement to make about negotiations with a view to concluding a Treaty with Turkey?
50. asked the Prime Minister what duties the Reparation Commission is now performing; and whether the Committee of Guarantees is still in existence and the Government is represented on that Committee?
19. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will consider the application of the Safeguarding of Industries Act to selected specialised sections of agriculture?
16. asked the Minister of Agriculture the quantities of eggs imported, not in shell, during the years 1920, 1921, and 1922?
20. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will approach the general managers of the four railway groups with a view to seeking their co-operation in the securing of some preferential...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Agriculture if his attention has been drawn to a report appearing in the "Times" of Saturday, 7h April, relating to the importation of Canadian cattle,...
6. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Mr. Black, the Deputy Minister of Immigration for the Dominion of Canada, has con- cluded negotiations with the Oversea Settlement...
14. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department, if he will give an assurance that in the arrangements which have been or are to be made for providing finance required for...
15. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department the approximate cost of the recent. British trade exhibitions held at the White City, London, and at Birmingham; if he can...
8. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, when the net amount of the deficits of the Chartered Company is established, these deficits are to be defrayed, not by a cash...
26. asked the Attorney-General if he can state what official is responsible for convening the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for the performance of its judicial functions and what...
28. asked the Minister of Health whether he will consider the possibility of making the housing subsidy of £6 a year available for utility societies and other approved bodies in areas where...
44. asked the Prime Minister when the text of the Rent Restrictions (Amendment) Bill and the Housing, etc., Bill will be available to Members; and when the respective Second Readings of these...
29. asked the Under-Secretary to the Scottish Board of Health whether the Government will see that the proper authorities complete the South Loch Erisort road, which has been left unfinished for...
30. asked the Under-Secretary to the Scottish Board of Health whether the piers surveyed in the lochs district of the Lewis at Crossbost and Cromore could now be proceeded with, as the inadequacy...
22. asked the First Commissioner of Works if he has been able to make arrangements for planting flowers on the eastern boundary of Hyde Park, adjoining Park Lane, so that the grass beds there may...
23. asked the Minister of Labour how many ex-service men are now undergoing training in Government instructional factories; how many are still waiting to begin their training; and how many are...
24. asked the Minister of Labour how many firms and local authorities, respectively, are on the King's Roll; what number of disabled ex-service men are thus employed can he say how many disabled...
52. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the full composition of the Committee he proposes to set up to deal with the working of the recommendations of the Lytton Report and the terms of reference?
25. asked the Minister of Labour if he can inform the House whether any arrangements have now been concluded for employing a number of British unemployed on work in connection with the...
32. asked the Postmaster-General whether, in view of the fact that he has undertaken to lay upon the Table of the House the licences to be issued to the wireless companies for the conduct of...
33 and 34. asked the Postmaster-General (1) whether the total expenses of the Post Office wireless station at Cairo are estimated at £49,000 per annum, whilst the total revenue for nine...
35. asked the Secretary for Mines whether his attention has been called to the recent advances in the price of coal for home consumption; whether his Department has made any inquiry into the...
36. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Central Importing Agency was a department of the private firm of Fairclough, Dodd, and Jones; and, if so, whether he can state why it was...
39. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he proposes to reconsider the Report of the Pearson Committee set up in February, 1919, which advised the Government to continue the...
41. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Treasury received, on the 26th April, 1922, an appeal from Mr. Arthur Rose, of Sturminster Newton, Dorset, against the decision of the Dorset...
42. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the sum collected, under the German Reparation (Recovery) Act, on goods imported into this country from occupied Germany since the French advance into...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether he is able to make any statement on the situation in the Ruhr; and whether His Majesty's Government have decided upon any steps to bring about a settlement of...
18. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether officers of his Department are members of the executive committee of the National Federation of Women's Institutes?
53. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he intends to recommend to the Anderson Committee of Inquiry the earliest possible consideration of the grievances entailed by the present...
(by a Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether M. Loucheur put before him any suggestions for the solution of the Ruhr entbroglio; whether the suggestions included either the...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to recent disturbances in connection with the Fishing Industry at Aberdeen, in which the trawl owners in...
(by Private Notice) asked the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether it is the fact that the reply made to the Note addressed to the Soviet Government in regard to the persecution of the...
(by Private Notice) asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what steps the Government are taking over the illegal arrest of the steam trawler "James Johnson" on the 31st March last by the Russians...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that a skilled workman, Albert Haydock, of View Road, Sheffield, was on Thursday, 8th March, charged before the Sheffield...
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether he is now in a position to make a statement as to the proposed meeting of Prime Ministers and as to the Imperial Economic Conference.
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour whether he is now able to make any statement as to the lock-out in the Dundee jute industry and as to the prospects of an early settlement of the...
On 2nd May, to call attention to the recent discharges in the Royal Navy Enid the Royal dockyards, and to move a Resolution.—[Sir C. Kinloch-Coake.]
On 2nd May, to call attention to the Rating and Taxation of Land Values, and to move a Resolution.—[Mr. EmlynJones.]
On 2nd May, to call attention to the experience of other countries in respect of Nationalised Industries, and to move a Resolution.—[Captain Wallace.]
As amended (in the standing Committee), considered.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read and discharged: Bill withdrawn.
Read a. Second time, and committed to a Standing Committee.
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