Thursday, 5 July 1923
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
PRIVATE BILLS [Lords] (Standing Orders not previously inquired into complied with).
4. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that William Yarrow, driver, No. 77,218, Royal Field Artillery, residing at Church Hill, Wednesbury, is now an inmate of the sanatorium,...
6. asked the Minister of Pensions whether, in fixing the new pensions for widows, the age of the applicant is taken into consideration; and, if so, at what age, if any, is an applicant considered...
7. asked the Minister of Pensions whether the Regulation withdrawing the sickness grant to widows and children was approved by the Special Grants Committee; and whether the Special Grants...
Captain DIXON: 18. asked the Home Secretary if he is aware that there is a large accumulation of appeals to the pensions appeal tribunals at present awaiting hearing in the Ulster region; if he...
10. asked the Minister of Pensions whether, with regard to the widows' department, life certificates, No. 1, paragraphs 8 and 9, by which the head teacher of a school is required to certify the...
Lieut.-Colonel J. WARD: 11. asked the Minister of Pensions whether his attention has been called to the case of Thomas Robert Heward, a railway goods guard, of Pontefract, who was while at work...
1. asked the Minister of Pensions why the higher rates of children's allowances, prescribed by Article 18 (1) of the Pensions Warrant of 1919, for motherless children of a deceased soldier are...
2. asked the Minister of Pensions whether the Amendments to the Regulations of the Special Grants Committee issued during the current year were approved by the Members of that Committee?
3. asked the Minister of Pensions what are the names of the Parliamentary representatives on the Committee that is considering the question of the time limit in respect to widows' pensions; and...
8. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is now in a position to state the result of his inquiry into the practicability of the Ministry taking over the brick hospital at Gretna now in the...
9. asked the Minister of Pensions whether, seeing that the amalgamation of the East and West Midlands regions was effected in the public interest, necessitating the transfer of experienced...
82. asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether the Report of Lord Weir's Committee on Establishments contains recommendations as to economies in staff and administration, particularly in...
83. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office the cost and functions of the Army land agents, and the number and rank of these officers and their staff employed in this Department; and...
12. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Depart- ment if the firms now using the national flag for advertising purposes have obtained any authorisation from him permitting them to do so?
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14. asked the Home Secretary whether he will be prepared to consider the introduction of a Measure during the present Session designed to restore to the county of Monmouth facilities for...
15. asked the Home Secretary whether the Public Record Office have made a compilation of additions and corrections to the Writs and Returns of early Members of Parliament since the issue of the...
19. asked the Home Secretary what powers, if any, are possessed by the police in the regulation of London traffic?
20. asked the Home Secretary the number of Metropolitan police who were employed at Ascot during the recent race week; whether the racing authorities pay the whole cost of such police or whether...
22. asked the President of the Board of Education what is the number of boys and girls above the age of 12 who have left the council secondary schools, Roman Catholic secondary schools,...
Mr. GRAHAM WHITE: 27. asked the President of the Board of Education if his attention has been drawn to the attempt of some education authorities to introduce additional terms into the school year...
29. asked the President of the Board of Education if he will be prepared to recognise absences of children from elementary schools to receive sanatorium, hospital, or other medical treatment when...
26. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he will now revert to the pre-War hours of opening of the South Kensington Museum to permit students (engaged in industry during the day)...
35. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount received in cash and kind from Germany by each of the Allies since the occupation of the Ruhr; and the corresponding amount for a preceding...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he can yet make a statement as to British policy with regard to the question of reparations and the occupation of the Ruhr; and whether any reply has yet been...
32. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has any estimate of the amount of money that has been collected by the French customs stations in the occupied districts of the Ruhr on the...
36. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the local inconvenience caused, he will consider the reopening of the local stamp office at Southampton; whether local opinion was...
37. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has made any arrangement with the producers under which the consumer is to benefit by the abolition of the tax on cider; what is the nature of the...
38. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the nature of the documents supplied by the principal probate registry from which copies of wills cannot be differentiated in any arrangements...
43. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will consider the introduction of legislation to secure the right of the aged poor to the money benefits they have provided for...
44. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that in many cases non-occupying owners are unaware of the reassessment of their property, under Schedule A, because notices...
31. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is able to make any statement with regard to the utility of the International Air Congress recently held in London; and whether it has been...
49. asked the Prime Minister whether, seeing that there is no time limit to the proposed licence to be granted to the private company interested in the Empire wireless chain, he will allocate...
Captain BENN: 53. asked the Prime Minister whether he will publish the report, when received, of the Interdepartmental Committee which is considering the question of intoxicating liquors in...
55. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in connection with the case of cornmissionaires employed on warding duties in the British Museum, he is aware that these men have an...
57. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what would be the percentage added cost due to the difference in taxation per head on the unit of production in this country compared with the...
58. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware that famous historical and national books, pictures, and works of art are now being sold by proprietors of industrial concerns to...
59. asked the Minister of Agriculture the railway charges on oats for the years 1913, 1919, and 1922?
61. asked the Minister of Agriculture the total number of men settled on the land by the Surrey County Council on its Little Woodcote Estate, the number of cottages erected, and the total cost of...
63. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies when the Irish records and documents will be deposited in the Public Records Office in London; when he hopes to have the same available to...
62. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether munitions, arms, or stores are still being handed over by the British to the Free State Government; and, if not, whether he could...
65. asked the President of the Board of Trade the total number of boxes of bacon held in stock in this country by or consigned to the Food Department of the Board of Trade on the 31st March,...
66. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the fact that the new pilotage rates on the Firth of Forth are not in accordance with the agreement reached at the inquiry held...
67. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the wages of the crew of the s. s. "Trevessa" automatically stopped when the vessel became a wreck; whether it is intended...
68. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that, owing to the continued fall in foreign exchanges, the principal importers of motor-car tyres into this country purpose...
75. asked the Minister of Health if he has received a letter, dated 25th June, 1923, from the clerk to the Urban District Council, Milled, relating to the cost undertaken by the council at the...
89. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will consider the giving up of three houses, situated in Coronation Buildings, South Hill Street, Burntisland, recently occupied by...
76. asked the Minister of Health if he can now state, as the result of the communications he has had with the Cumberland Nursing Association and the county council, what particular sections of...
80. asked the Postmaster-General what would be the cost of delivering letters on Sunday; how many extra men would be given employment; is he aware of the very serious delay in transmitting...
81. asked the Under-Secretary of State for War what was the cost of the French army in 1914, and the cost to-day in terms of the pre-War value of the franc?
84. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the memorial submitted by the military officers of the Political Department of the Government of India praying for the removal of the...
Mr. SIMPSON: 85. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the vacancies in the United Provinces Council caused by the resignation of two ministers have been filled; and, if so, who...
Mr. SIMPSON: 86. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the Amir of Afghanistan has yet arrested the criminals responsible for the Kohat murders; and, if so, when their extradition...
87. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in the spirit of the Covenant of the League of Nations, particularly Articles 4 and 17, and in view of the precedent set by the...
88. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether all outstanding questions between the Greeks and the Turks have been settled; and, if so, whether he is prepared to make a...
7. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that fraudulent domestic servants' agencies which are prosecuted within the London County Council area change their offices to towns outside that...
Lieut.-Commander KENWDRTHY: 33. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that fishermen are being pursued for arrears of Income Tax on sums earned during the War and which they are...
78. asked the Under-Secretary to the Scottish Board of Health the number of persons who died in Scotland during 1921–22 from tuberculosis?
69. asked the Minister of Labour what deductions are made from the allowance paid to trainees when they are absent from the training institution owing to sickness; and whether in any case the...
50. asked the Prime Minister when it is proposed to introduce the Bill dealing with the addition to the Pre-War Pensions (Increase) Act?
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour if, having regard to the serious set of conditions which have arisen at Whitehaven seriously affecting life and property, he will at once take...
Mr. J. RAMSAY MacDONALD: Will the Home Secretary state the business for next week?
Reported, with Amendments, from, Standing Committee B.
Reported, with Amendments from Standing Committee C.
That they have passed a Bill, intituled "An Act to amend the Education (Scotland) Act, 1908, and the Education (Scotland) Act, 1918." [Education (Scotland) Bill [Lords.]
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Wednesday next, and to be printed. [Bill 189.]
Reported, with Amendments, from the Local Legislation Committee; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Report from the Select Committee brought up, and read.
[14TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £80,000, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
Resolved, That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1882 to 1922, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport under the Electricity (Supply)...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[[Mr. Bridgeman.]
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