Monday, 9 July 1923
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
I beg to present a petition from residents in the Clayton Division of Manchester against the publication in the Press of objectionable details taken from Law Court cases.
Rawmarsh Urban District Council Bill,
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has received any information as to the proceedings at the meeting of the Third International at Moscow; and if he can state what steps...
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has any information to the effect that the Nizam of Hyderabad has commissioned an eminent Indian lawyer, Sir Ali Imam, to come to this...
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if his attention has been called to the attack by certain national volunteers, carrying a national flag in one hand and a sledgehammer in the...
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his Department maintain or assist any hostels or homes for Indian students in this country; if so, will he state how many are so helped and...
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what progress has been made as regards improving the homes for lascar seamen in London and other ports in this country; whether any result has come...
6. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether an official has been sent home from Dar-es-Salaam to purchase motor cars for the local government; whether, in that case, he will...
9. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is now in a position to inform the House as to the circumstances under which 14 persons were hanged in public at Oron, Calabar,...
10. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies how Palestine is at present being administered; who appoints the officials and from whom do they get their authority and instructions; is...
27. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if his attention has been called to the decision arrived at by the Palestine Arab Congress when it was resolved to reject any loan for...
28. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of Jews who have emigrated to Palestine during the last 12 months from English-speaking countries; and will he give the total...
13. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any compensation, in addition to the ordinary retiring allowance, will be granted to civil servants who have lost their employment...
16. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether conversations between the India Office and the Colonial Office with relation to the Kenya Settlement have yet been renewed since...
20. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has yet received any report from the officer administering the Government of Kenya in reply to the inquiry as to whether British...
26. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that a letter was despatched to Sir Charles Bowring, Acting Administrator of Kenya Colony, and dated 29th May, signed...
14. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what Department is responsible for advising the Secretary of State for the Colonies as to whether Colonial railways should be constructed...
17. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can, before the Colonial Office Vote is taken, lay Papers concerning the negotiations with the British South Africa Company...
18. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies the present position relative to the grant of constitutional reforms to Ceylon; and whether despatches outlining the new constitution have...
21. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, seeing that a Somaliland chief who had been deported to the Seychelles was allowed to return to his country in May, 1922, upon...
Captain A. EVANS: 22. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Mr. Couper, formerly general manager of the Uganda Railway, has been superseded; and, if so, for what reasons?
29. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will present copies of such documents as are desired by the Irish Government to them, and thereafter require all documents and...
Colonel NEWMAN: 30. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, having regard to the fact that £7,000,000 was voted recently by the Dail for the compensation of injuries to...
32. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the fact that there are numbers of people who are only too anxious to emigrate but are unable to overcome the...
34. asked the Under-Secretary of State far Foreign Affairs whether in the discussion at the Council of the League of Nations not only the president of the Saar Commission, but any dissenting...
36. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information to the effect that British subjects in Abyssinia are, by reason of the widespread nature of slave-owning...
37. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any steps have been or are to be taken to secure the ratification of the other signatories to the Washington Treaty within a...
39. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the fact that it is admitted by immigration officials at Ellis Island that 150 persons, of various races and colours,...
40. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the nature of the bulletin prepared in his Department and transmitted through the Leafield wireless station; how often it is...
42. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the recent railway regulations made by the French authorities in the Ruhr district of the occupied territory in Germany will...
44. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if His Majesty's Government have any information as to the threatened occupation of Frankfurt and Cassel by the French military authorities?
47. asked the Prime Minister whether he is yet in a position to state whether a reply has been received from the French Government to the British Note on the occupation of the Ruhr Valley; and,...
51. asked the Prime Minister if he is aware that the effect of the latest measures adopted by the French military authorities in the Ruhr and Rhineland has been to isolate the British Army in the...
58. asked the Prime Minister whether he has caused any inquiry to be made as to the conditions now prevailing in the Ruhr district as to the supply of food and necessaries to the industrial...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the advisability of proposing a rule providing that the Parliamentary salary shall not be payable to a Member of this House during a period...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether it is his intention before the Imperial Conference meets to make a statement on the policy of the Government concerning matters which will come up for...
49. asked the Prime Minister whether the sum total of the amounts that are required by His Majesty's Government to be paid by Germany for reparations to this country and by the Allied debtor...
52. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the Government decision to postpone the introduction of the Bill dealing with the addition to the Pre-War Pensions (Increase) Act till the Autumn...
54. asked the Prime Minister whether it is the policy of the Government to come to some understanding with the French Government with a view to the limitation of air power; and whether any...
57. asked the Prime Minister on what dates during the year 1918 was paper money taken by King's or Admiralty messengers to Scandinavia for the Red Cross or other purposes; what were the amounts...
59. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has been able to take advantage of the presence in London of the Rumanian Finance Minister to discuss with him the serious...
61. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the position of His Majesty's ships when in American territorial waters in view of the Volstead Prohibition Act?
62. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that a responsible member of the Russian Government has again repeated the accusation of espionage against Mrs....
65. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether His Majesty's Trade Mission to Russia has applied for space, and been allocated the same, for a stand at the...
63. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the trials for high treason at Munich of certain Germans who are accused of plotting with one of...
64. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department if he is aware that, under the agreement of 24th June, 1920, Mr. Wintour was entitled to a salary of £3,000 per annum,...
67. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will take steps, in the interest of both producer and consumer, to terminate the monopoly now held by Covent Garden Market, which prevents any other...
68. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in computing the cost of living, the assessors base their calculations on the cheapest food obtainable or whether a certain standard of...
69. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the claims of relatives and survivors from the sinking of the "Lusitania" have yet been settled; and, if not, whether he will expedite the same?
72 and 73. asked the Minister of Labour (1) what number of firms and local authorities are now upon the King's Roll; how many are there who are qualified to belong; how many have and have not...
74. asked the Minister of Labour if his attention has been drawn to the disturbances which have taken place at Whitehaven in connection with the coal-miners' strike there; if he is aware of the...
78. asked the Minister of Health if the advertisement which appeared in the Bodmin Guardian of 29th June for a part-time sanitary inspector at a salary of £110 per annum, to include...
79. asked the President of the Board of Education whether, in view of the fact that, while there are 28,500 mentally deficient children in England and Wales who might benefit by being educated in...
80. asked the President of the Board of Education what are the reasons for the delay, extending in some cases to six and 12 months after resignation, in the final determination of teachers'...
I should like your ruling, Mr. Speaker, on a point of procedure in regard to questions addressed to His Majesty's Ministers. I apologise for not having had the opportunity of giving notice. It...
Captain BENN: In regard to the Motion on the Paper in the name of the Prime Minister, to suspend the 11 o'clock Rule on the business of the Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Bill, may I...
As amended (in Standing Committee) considered.
Where possession of a dwelling-house or part of a dwelling-house, to which the principal Act applies, is obtained by any person under Part I of this Act, and the said dwelling-house or part of a...
Paragraph (d) of Section two of the principal Act (which provides for an increase of rent in respect of repairs) is hereby repealed.—[Mr. Brood.]
(1) The principal Act, as amended by this Act, shall apply to any premises used for business, trade, or professional purposes, or for the public service, as it applies to a dwelling-house, and as...
Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1920 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), shall continue in force until the...
A tenant of any dwelling-house to which this Act applies shall, on being so requested in writing by the landlord of the dwelling-house, supply him with a statement in writing of any sub-letting,...
(1) Sub-section (1) of Section five of the principal Act (which relates to restriction on right to possession) shall from and after the passing of this Act have effect subject to the following...
Considered in Committee under Standing Order 71A.—(King's Recommendation, signified.)
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had added the following Member to Standing Committee C: Brigadier-General Clifton Brown.
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON further reported from the Committee; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee B: Mr. Buchanan; and had appointed in substitution: Mr. William Graham.
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