Wednesday, 9 May 1923
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Port of London (Finance) Bill,
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many persons have been expelled since January last from the Rhineland by the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission; how many of such...
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Turkish troops are being concentrated on the Northern Syrian border; whether the French Government has increased its effectives...
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has been successful in securing an explanation from the Russian Government in the case of Mr. Joseph Martin, now blind as the...
19. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he proposes to take any steps to protect Hull and other fishermen carrying on their lawful trade in the White Sea from acts of piracy?
7. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, seeing that the Egyptian electoral law as issued enacts that registration for the coming election must take place before the...
8. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that Dr. Mahgoub Sabet, Maitre Mahmoud Bassyouni, Hassan Yessin, and others have been arrested, and are now confined...
11. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, having regard to the fact that the League of Nations has referred to the Council of Ambassadors Bulgaria's protest respecting...
13. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the American claim for the occupied Army has been admitted; and, if so, how do the Allies purpose meeting the claim?
49. asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government has yet taken any action with regard to the recent German Note on reparations; whether any reply has been made to the German...
12. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware of the terms of the decision of the Supreme Court of Washington in the case of the Cunard Steamship Company versus...
14. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that loans have recently been made between France and Poland, and France and Serbia, for 400,000,000 francs and...
16. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what firm of consulting engineers is to be employed in connection with the proposed new naval base at Singapore; and what remuneration will be paid to...
20. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether it is proposed to begin salvage operations on the "Natal"; and, if not, will he consider the advisability of beginning them at once, and so...
22. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will give figures showing how many torpedoes were built for the Navy in the years 1920, 1921, and 1922; and will he give the cost of building one...
23. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if the chief and petty officers now engaged upon recruiting duties have any opportunity of becoming warrant officers in a similar manner to...
24. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he is aware that, in answer to a question, 16th August, 1916, regarding recognition of the arduous duties and admirable work of the Dover...
27. asked the Minister of Labour if his attention has been called to the action of the Bermondsey Borough Council paying the men employed on relief works full wages to attend the May Day...
32. asked the Minister of Labour whether he can make any further statement as to the intentions of the Government in reference to the alleviation of the hardships of unemployed women?
40. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the policy being pursued by the manager of the Cleator Moor Employment Exchange in stopping the unemployment benefit from iron-ore miners...
50. asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons receiving unemployment benefit during the week ending 28th April, and the approximate amount paid for such benefit?
Mr. T. THOMSON: 68. asked the Minister of Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, in 20 of the unions where unemployment is greatest, the amount expended in the relief of those...
25. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the need of obtaining additional skilled men in the building trade, and having regard to the numbers of ex-service men out of employment, he...
28. asked the Minister of Labour how many able-bodied ex-service men there are in this country who are out of employment; what steps are being taken to assist them to obtain employment in their...
26. asked the Minister of Labour whether, having regard to the importance of the work carried on by allotment associations, he can see his way to grant facilities for such associations to hold...
35 and 51. asked the Minister of Labour (1) whether he is aware of the attempt of the Elder Dempster Company to reduce the wages of their coloured shore workers in Liverpool from £6 to...
39. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that a number of men employed in the Engineering Department of the Office of Works, who have now been transferred to the Supplies Department,...
52. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the action of the Powell Duffryn Coal Company in commencing housing developments on a large scale near Llantrisant,...
53. asked the Minister of Health on what grounds he bases his estimate of £230,000 as the money required to assist local authorities in slum clearance in any one year; and whether, if local...
54. asked the Minister of Health how many of the local authorities in South Wales and Monmouthshire have complied with the request made by his Department last year to amend their building...
55. asked the Minister of Health if he will exercise his powers under the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Acts to urge the Porthcawl Urban Council to take immediate steps to safeguard its future...
56. asked the Minister of Health whether he has refused to see a deputation from the St. Pancras Borough Council relative to the improvement of the Somers Town area; and why he has refused any...
60. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the Abercarn urban district council attribute the great shortage of houses to the high cost of building material arising from the monopoly of...
61. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the Abertillery Urban District Council view with grave apprehension the Government proposals for assisting housing schemes; that assistance...
66. asked the Minister of Health the number of vacant houses for sale in the cities and towns in England, Scotland and Wales, and which the owners refuse to let at a weekly, monthly, or quarterly...
69. asked the Minister of Health what was the estimated need for houses shown by the regional survey in Swansea; how many houses had the local authority proposed to build; how many were approved...
72. asked the Minister of Health whether, since the housing shortage, as indicated by the regional survey of 1920, in the Black Country was 26,420 and approved schemes provided for 19,149 houses,...
73. asked the Minister of Health if the regional survey of Lancaster revealed an estimated need of 14,000 houses in the City of Liverpool; and how many of these were to replace unfit and...
74. asked the Minister of Health what was the estimated need for houses indicated by the regional survey of 1920 in the district of the South Wales and Monmouthshire coalfield; how many Louses...
75. asked the Minister of Health what proportion of the patients under the care of the London tuberculosis dispensaries live in dwellings with one or two rooms only; and whether he intends to...
76. asked the Minister of Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Tonbridge Urban District Council has been able by direct labour to save £300 per house over private...
77. asked the Minister of Health how many houses have been built by industrial firms for their employés and by public utility societies, respectively, since the passing of the Housing and...
78. asked the Minister of Health how many houses have been completed since the Armistice, or are now in course of completion, in Hull; and how this number compares with the needs of the city as...
79. asked the Minister of Health how many of the 150 houses in Scarborough reported by the Yorkshire regional survey as being totally unfit are still inhabited?
80. asked the Minister of Health if he can now give statistics of working-class houses which have been built since the War by private builders without State assistance?
Captain BENN: 84. asked the Minister of Health if he will name the 38 local authorities who have submitted housing proposals under the new Bill for the approval of his Department?
100. asked the First Commissioner of Works, whether he is aware that, on the Well Hall estate, Eltham, there is a number of vacant houses; and that notices have been posted offering these houses...
102. asked the Under-Secretary to the Scottish Board of Health if he is aware that there is a serious housing shortage at Pathhead, Ford, Midlothian; that many houses there are closed for a...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether the War Debt settlement contract between His Majesty's Government and the Government of the United States of America has been finally ratified; and whether it...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether the Sub-Committee of the Cabinet which is to consider the legislation to be introduced with the object of improving the scale of pensions to pre-War...
48. asked the Prime Minister when Parliament will be invited to ratify the Treaty between His Majesty and the King of Iraq?
57. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the only prosecution for the presence of boric acid in cakes was due to the use of eggs that were at first frozen and then defrozen and...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 62. asked the Minister of Health what is the average rate in the £ for all local purposes levied in England and Wales in urban and in rural areas?
Mr. T. THOMSON: 63. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that persons becoming insured under the National Health Insurance Acts and desiring to join an approved society have no means...
83. asked the Minister of Health when he proposes to lay before Parliament the draft of the Regulation to reduce the administrative allowance of approved societies; and what opportunity will be...
65. asked the Minister of Health the total sum paid in in-door and out-door relief by the Lewisham Board of Guardians in each of the years 1914 and 1922?
67. asked the Minister of Health if, in accordance with the statement of the chairman of the Dental Board in the House on the 8th March, 1922, any attempt to lessen the annual fees demanded from...
86. asked the Minister of Health whether it has been brought to his notice that a case brought by the Lea Conservancy Board against the Finchley Urban District Council for pollution was dismissed...
Sir WALTER PRESTON: 87. asked the Minister of Health what percentage of newly-born children were vaccinated in 1907; what percentage of children were vaccinated in 1922; and what was the total...
Mr. SIMPSON: 93. asked the Minister of Health whether he proposes to take any action in accordance with the recommendations of the Departmental Committee on Distribution and Prices of...
88. asked the Minister of Health if he can give figures showing the number of small-pox cases and suspected cases notified during 1921, 1922, and for the first three months of 1923?
95. asked the Minister of Health whether the increase of rent allowed under the Rent Restriction Act was permitted largely in consideration of the increased cost of maintenance of buildings,...
96 asked the Attorney-General (1) whether he is aware that the University of Oxford possesses powers over markets, weights and measures, theatres, and travellers by train, ousting or in...
99. asked the Attorney-General when the Bill to consolidate the law relating to real property is to be introduced?
101. asked the Solicitor-General for Scotland the number of inspectors of schools in the service of the Scottish Education Department in the years 1916, 1917, and 1918, the average salary paid to...
103. asked the Under-Secretary to the Scottish Board of Health if he is aware that Section 37 of The Poor Law (Scotland) Act, 1845, causes grave dissatisfaction to assessing bodies for poor and...
104. asked the President of the Board of Education whether it is a rule of the Board, in administering the Teachers' Superannuation Act, to deduct absences on sick leave when reckoning the length...
105. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he has satisfied himself, by examination into the records at the Board of Education or elsewhere, as to the quality in respect of...
106. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in connection with the agreement reached with Canadian representatives in regard to the admission into this country of Canadian cattle, any record...
113. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he can now state the total amount deducted from war pensions during the last financial year in respect of alleged overpayments due to clerical errors...
Mr. J. RAMSAY MacDONALD: (by Private Notice) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can give the House any information about the judgment delivered to-day in the Court of Appeal...
Mr. J. RAMSAY MacDONALD: (by Private Notice) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Note to Russia is authentic, as published in the Press to-day, and, in view of the Premier's letter...
Mr. ADAMSON: I beg to move, That leave be given to introduce a Bill to amend the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, 1912. The object of the Bill is to amend the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, 1912,...
"to amend the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, 1921," presented accordingly, and react the First time; to be read a Second time upon Wednesday next, and to be printed. [Bill 123.]
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for the supply of liquor on all vessels carrying passengers in British waters. There is an old saying that "imitation is the...
"to provide for the supply of liquor on all vessels carrying passengers in British waters," presented accordingly, and read the First time: to be read a Second time upon Tuesday next, and to be...
Lieut.-Colonel DALRYMPLE WHITE: I beg to move, That leave be given to introduce a Bill to amend the Dentists Act, 1921. The Bill which I ask leave to introduce is rather of a different...
"to amend the Dentists Act, 1921," presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Monday next, and to be printed. [Bill 125.]
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee D.
Reported, with an Amendment, from Standing Committee D.
That they have agreed to,—
Thomas Cheshire and Company (Delivery Warrants) Bill [Lords],
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Members from Standing Committee D: Mr. Becker and Sir Warden Chilcott.
Resolutions reported from the Select Committee:
Reported, with Amendments, from the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills.
I beg to move, That this House approves the policy of His Majesty's Government respecting the Draft Conventions and Recommendations adopted by the Third and Fourth Sessions of the International...
I beg to move, That, in the opinion of this House, the Present system of adjusting the burden of local and national taxation is obsolete and should be revised in such a way as to lay upon the...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Colonel Leslie Wilson.]
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