Monday, 2 July 1923
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
London County Council (Money) Bill,
Copy ordered, "of Statement, of particulars of Loans of which the balances outstanding are proposed to be remitted or written off, in whole or in part, from the assets of the Local Loans Fund (in...
Address for "Return showing the number of Experiments on Living Animals during the year 1922 under licences granted under the Act 39 and 40 Vic., c. 77, distinguishing the nature of the...
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the terms of the new Bill which is to be introduced shortly by the Government of India to municipalise the...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether, considering that the majority of the Sikh community in the Punjab has refused to accept the legal solution of the Sikh religious differences...
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that Income Tax is charged on British soldiers serving in India at the rate of 5 pies on every rupee they earn, including...
4. asked the Under Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that a judicial officer of the Bombay Presidency has been appointed to the post of Judicial Commissioner of the Central...
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he will inform the House of the stage reached in the negotiations between the Lahore Municipality and the Government of the Punjab regarding...
6. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of African prisoners in Tabora gaol taken over from the Belgian Government when that part of Tanganyika Territory was transferred...
7. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether among the alienated lands of the British South Africa Company, the value of which is to be deducted from the compensation due to the...
8. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that there has been great delay in restoring to their owners the arms and ammunition taken before the truce by the...
19. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies why it is necessary for the Secretary of State to continue to employ a special adviser, who is not a member of the Civil Service, in...
20. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the fact that Mr. Clayton, who was the Royal Irish Constabulary representative on the Royal Irish Constabulary...
24. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies on what date His Majesty's Government will issue an. Order in Council extending the provisions of the Colonial Solicitors Act to the Irish...
9. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what are the qualifications for the franchise in each of the British Dominions for British subjects entering those Dominions from Great...
12. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies the amount of the deficiency in the Budget accounts in Palestine during the past year; are the Arabs in Palestine paying taxes; and by whom...
13. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if any progress has been made this year towards harnessing the latent water power in Palestine under the Rutenberg Concessions; and has any...
26. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Government intend to safeguard the civil and religious rights of all the inhabitants of Palestine, irrespective of race and...
14. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what compensation, if any, has been allowed in respect of compulsory retirement or abolition of office to those officers in the Kenya Civil...
17. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Secretary of State for the Colonies is setting up a committee to examine the possibilities of the provision of railways and...
28. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is able to give the names of the delegates who will attend the Imperial Conference this autumn?
30. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the unsatisfactory results of carrying out public works in the Sudan by administration, it is the intention of the...
42. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if any selection of probationers in the Sudan political service has recently taken place; if not, if he will explain why some candidates...
31. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Chinese Government has shown any willingness to accept the principle of a specially organised force of gendarmerie under...
33. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government will instruct their representative on the Council of the League of Nations at its forthcoming meeting...
35. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the number of British passports issued by his Department to British and naturalised subjects for the years 1920, 1921, and 1922?
38. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the amount and approximate value in gold marks of the nitrate and other raw materials imported from Germany since the signing of the...
56. asked the Prime Minister if he can make a statement to the House as to the possibility of despatching a speedy answer to the German Note, in view of the fact that the protracted delay is a...
39. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can state the position with regard to the trade agreement between this country and Finland; and whether His Majesty's Government...
41. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if any proposals have been received from the French Government that the cost of maintaining the French army in the Ruhr should be placed...
43. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the Supreme Court of the United States, in their recent judgment, expressly laid down that the local sovereign,...
44. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he is aware that the judging committee of the Rio International Exhibition has awarded 771 prizes to French...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether, as the gross expenditure for the current year on the fighting Forces is nearly £60,000,000 above pre-War, exclusive of the recently announced increase...
55. asked the Prime Minister whether, within the last year, the Soviet Government has officially made any request to His Majesty's Government for diplomatic recognition; and what answer, in that...
51. asked the Prime Minister whether, seeing that the deliberations of the League of Nations on the subject of the limitation of armaments, including air armament, have lasted for a considerable...
Captain BENN: 52. asked the Prime Minister whether he can now make a statement as to the Inquiry into the Regulations made under the Restoration of Order in Ireland Act?
Captain BENN: 53. asked the Prime Minister what is the precise nature of the undertaking given by the Government to recognise and support the independence of the Arabs in Iraq, Transjordania, and...
54. asked the Prime Minister whether he has now obtained any information as to the authenticity of the document published last Sunday week purporting to be a report of the French Commissioner on...
57. asked the Prime Minister whether he can give the approximate date when he will be able to announce any decision with regard to the subject of legislation to deal with London traffic?
60. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department the terms of the agreement on which Mr. Wintour was originally employed by the executive committee of the British Empire...
64. asked the Minister of Agriculture the retail price per lb. of home-killed beef on 1st April, 1923, and on 1st July, 1923, of chilled beef on 1st April, 1923, and on 1st July, 1923, and of...
66. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he can yet make a statement as to the proposed assistance to co-operative bacon factories and grading depots?
67. asked the Minister of Agriculture how many farmworkers in Norfolk who were in employment prior to the recent strike are now out of work; and whether he is able to take steps towards securing...
69. asked the Minister of Agriculture the approximate number of allotments now in existence as compared with June, 1922; and whether, in view of the value of this cultivation, both from the point...
65. asked the Minister of Agriculture the names of the freshwater fishery boards which are obtaining revenue from the issue of licences for angling for coarse fish, and the total revenue derived...
70. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether and, if so, when it is proposed to reopen the Victoria Embankment entrance to the House of Commons?
71. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether Messrs. S. E. Saunders, Limited, Cowes, have a contract with his Department; whether the Fair Wages Clause has been placed in the contract;...
72. asked the Secretary of State for Air what progress has been made by the Research Department towards defensive methods other than fighting in the air?
Captain ARTHUR EVANS: 75. asked the Secretary of State for Air if he has confirmation of the statement that on 28th June the French Chamber of Deputies raised the French Air Estimates from...
76. asked the Postmaster-General whether it is proposed to establish a postal cash-on-delivery system: if so, whether the House will have an opportunity of discussing such a proposal before it is...
78. asked the Postmaster-General if the licence which the Government is granting to the Marconi Company, in order to enable the said company to establish an Empire wireless chain, contains...
79. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that a party of domestic servants, recently sent to this country from Scandinavia, were refused permission to land; and whether he will consider...
82. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the urgent importance of the matter to the Poor Law authorities concerned, he is yet in a position to announce the decision of the Government...
83. asked the Minister of Health whether he will tell the House the quantity and money value of milk Supplied to mothers and children during the quarter ending 31st March, 1921, 1922, and 1923,...
84. asked the Minister of Health what is the ascertained number of cases of tuberculosis for Wales and England, respectively; and what is the amount of accommodation for such cases in public...
90. asked the Secretary of Mines the total coal output for Wales for the year ending 31st March,
88. asked the Secretary for Mines the average cost of coke per ton at ovens in this country, the average price f.o.b. of export coke, and the total amount of coke exported during the first...
91. asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the rents paid by the stallholders in the Tidworth garrison market have been recently raised; whether an extension of time...
92. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the recent discoveries of writs and returns of early Members of Parliament are being issued as a Parliamentary Paper similar to...
94. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been called to the methods of disposing of War material at the Government factory at Queen's Ferry; whether the present...
"to extend the hours during which sweets, chocolates, and certain other articles may be sold to the public," presented by Mr. BECKER; supported by Colonel Sir Arthur Holbrook, Mr. Lort-Williams,...
Resolution reported from the Select Committee: That, in the case of the Ministry of Health Provisional Orders (No. 9) Bill [Sheffield (Water) Order], Petition for dispensing with Standing Order...
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee D.
As amended, considered.
(1) Entertainments Duty within the meaning of Section one of the Finance (New Duties) Act, 1916, as amended by any subsequent enactment, shall not be charged on payments for admission to an...
(1)The following paragraphs shall be substituted for paragraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1) (b) of Rule 7 of No. V in Schedule A (which relates to the allowance for repairs): "(i) Where the...
The enactments relating to inhabited house duty shall have effect as if for the references therein to annual values of, exceeding, or not exceeding, as the case may be, the several amounts...
Sub-sections (5) and (6) of Section thirty-nine of the Income Tax Act, 1918, (which give exemption from Income Tax in respect of income derived from the funds of approved societies and other...
"(1) If His Majesty in Council is pleased to declare— (a) that any profits or gains arising from the business of shipping which are chargeable to British Income Tax are also chargeable to...
Entertainments Duty within the meaning of Section one of the Finance (New Duties) Act, 1916, as amended by other enactments, shall not be charged in respect of payments for admission to the...
Section sixteen of the Finance Act, 1919 (which exempts from Income Tax wounds and disability pensions) shall be extended to apply to pensions granted to widows whose husbands were killed as a...
(1) If an individual proves that he is a widower and that for the year of assessment a person, being a female relative of his or of his deceased wife, is resident with him in the capacity of...
Rule 2 of the Rules applicable to Cases I and II of Schedule D (which relates to the assessment and charge of weekly wage-earners) shall have effect as though after the word "quarter," where that...
Notwithstanding anything in the Income Tax Acts, the income of a wage-earner who is casually employed by the hour or less period and who is not in the regular employment of one exployer shall be...
Legacy and succession duty shall not be leviable on testamentary bequests made to hospitals carried on in the public interest.—[Captain Viscount Ednam.]
Section fifty-two of Sub-section (2) of the Finance Act, 1920, shall be extended so as to exempt from Corporation Profits Tax companies formed for the purpose of operating and maintaining steam...
A sinking fund or capital redemption policy issued by a registered insurance company in Scotland shall be treated for Inland Revenue purposes under the same category as a similar policy issued by...
(1) If it is proved to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise that any roasted coffee in respect of which the duties of Customs payable thereon have been duly paid has been...
The Finance Act, 1920, Second Schedule, paragraph (5), shall be amended by the addition of the following words:— Vehicles exceeding two tons and over, but fitted wholly with pneumatic...
Section twelve of the Finance Act, 1922, which reduces the duties to be charged on certain negative cinematograph films, shall have effect as though for the condition requiring all the principal...
For the purpose of computing Super-tax in the case of any person who has received in any year income from a source that, during the late European War, was under the occupation or control of the...
If any person proves to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise that any spirits in respect of which the duties imposed by this Act have been paid have been delivered to him...
A vehicle used in combination with a trailer which has not more than two wheels in contact with the ground and is so constructed and by partial super-imposition so attached to the vehicle that at...
For determining the rate of estate duty to be paid on property passing on the death of the deceased, any property so passing which, under a disposition not made by the deceased, passes...
Section thirty-two of The Finance Act, 1921 (which relates to exemption of superannuation funds from Income Tax), shall be amended as follows: At the end of paragraph (b), of Subsection (3),...
For the purpose of computing super-tax in the case of any individual carrying on a trade business, profession, or vocation either by himself or in partnership, application may be made in writing...
After the first day of May, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, Entertainments Duty within the meaning of The Finance (New Duties) Act, 1916, as amended by any subsequent enactments, shall not be...
(1) If any person who has paid tax charged under an assessment to Income Tax made for any year under Schedule D, or according to the Rules applicable to that Schedule, alleges that the assessment...
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