Wednesday, 18 July 1923
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
London, Midland, and Scottish Railway Bill [Lords].
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will consider discussing with the Rumanian financial delegation the taking by the Rumanian Government of such measures as would...
6. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the fact that British vessels proceeding from Canada to Australia which have put in at Honolulu,...
7. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that the distinguished Russian scientist, Pavlov, invited to attend the Edinburgh congress on physiology, has been refused...
8. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the executions and persecutions of the Georgian people which are being carried out by the Bolshevist Government which...
9. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether His Majesty's Ship "Glorious" is on the Admiralty list of ships to be supplied with tobacco, wine, and spirits duty free; whether this privilege...
10. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what was the value of ammunition expended on gun salutes by the Royal Navy last year and what is the estimated expenditure this year; and whether, in the...
Mr. W. ADAMSON: 11. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the reason for the delay in refitting His Majesty's Ship "Benbow" at Malta; and whether, seeing that the completion of the work upon the...
14. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the promise given in the reply to Item 12 of the 1922 Welfare General Requests, the Admiralty will render assistance in the...
15. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is aware that a number of boilermaker apprentices who have just completed their time are under notice to quit the dockyards through trade...
18. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the principle laid down in the reply to Item 4 of the 1923 Welfare Requests, that the first period of 12 years' service is not...
19. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the amount of £114,600 in the Navy Estimates for 1922–23 for expenditure on the two oil-tank vessels under construction in His...
16. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, a staff of 355 persons is employed in looking after 227 students; and whether he can see...
17. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, since the number of men in the Navy has decreased from 151,000 in 1914 to 99,500 in the present year, while the number of men employed in the...
20. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty why mental and zymotic emoluments are not paid to the sick-berth staff in the hospital ships of the Royal Navy; and will he consider the...
12. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if the terms of the Treaty or the Irish Constitution Act entailed the surrender by the British Admiralty to the Irish Free State of property or freehold...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether there is statutory authority for the handing over of Irish records, the property of this nation, to the Government of the Free State by Order in Council?
21. asked the Minister of Labour how many persons, male and female, respectively, are at present unemployed in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; how many of these are juveniles; whether he has...
23. asked the Minister of Labour how many building-trade operatives were in receipt of unemploy- ment benefit in the years 1919 to 1923, respectively, in the County of Durham; and what was the...
24. asked the Minister of Labour if he has invited or intends to invite the Surrey Education Committee to reopen the juvenile unemployment centre at Wimbledon next September?
28. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that at Goole registered dock workers are required to sign twice daily at the Employment Exchange in order to qualify for unemployment...
29. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that James Kerr, 4, North Bank Street, Clydebank, and James Doherty, 3, Hume Street, Clydebank, were locked out at the commencement of the...
26. asked the Minister of Labour what steps are being taken to render more useful and effective the existing machinery of the King's Roll; whether he has any records showing the numbers of...
Captain BENN: 27. asked the Minister of Labour whether he can make any statement as to the inquiry into the retail index figure?
32. asked the Minister of Labour whether it has been decided to increase the fee charged for holding trade union branch meetings in Employment Exchanges from 1s. per meeting to 2s. 6d. where the...
33. asked the Minister of Health whether he can state in general terms the results of the milk-feeding experiments among Birmingham Council school children, showing the physiological value of...
34. asked the Minister of Health if he will consider the exemption from rates of aged miners' homes in County Durham which have been erected and are maintained almost entirely by miners'...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 35. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the complicated form in which the amendments of the existing Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Act have been made, he...
37. asked the Minister of Health what is the total number of working-class houses that have been built by local authorities in the County of Durham in the years 1919 to 1923, respectively; and...
38. asked the Minister of Health whether he has received and considered a suggestion that local authorities should be encouraged to purchase land for housing purposes; that each plot might be...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 41. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the old Militia depot at Alnwick has been standing empty for some years; and, as several families could be housed there, will...
43. asked the Minister of Health for what reason he has recently refused permission to the Tottenham Urban District Council to accede to a request from their tenants urging a reduction in the...
Mr. MORRISON: 44. also asked the Minister of Health whether he has any information as to any proposed reduction in the prices of light castings controlled by the National Light Castings...
Captain BENN: 52. asked the Minister of Health the number of houses approved for construction to date under the new Bill?
71. asked the Under-Secretary to the Scottish Board of Health if he is aware of the great housing shortage in Torrance of Campsie, Stirlingshire; that a large proportion of houses are nominally...
36. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the widespread dissatisfaction in the medical profession with the necessity under which they are still placed of distributing trade...
39. asked the Minister of Health, seeing that the London County Council has a medical officer in attendance at the new County Hall for the purpose of vaccinating any of the members who desire to...
42. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that an employé in a fever hospital pays for superannuation under the provisions of the Poor Law Officers Act; that if for any reason the...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether it is the intention of the Government, either before the Recess or in an Autumn Session, to propose legislation to give effect to the recommendations of the...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether it has been suggested on behalf of the Dominions that, for general convenience and the stimulation of good feeling, occasional meetings of the Imperial...
48. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the 30-inch by 31½-inch tyre and tube, Ford size, are being sold in this country at the manufacturer's price of about 40s.; whether he...
57. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether the air inlets and outlets, in connection with the ventilation of the House, have been corrected; and how soon the air inlets will be taken above...
58. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he is aware that, in the recent storm, considerable damage was done by flood and fire to the huts in the Tyler Street district in Sheffield; what...
60. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport if he is aware that a number of fatal accidents have taken place at the cross roads on the Reigate road and Monger's Lane,...
61. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport if he is aware that the London County Council tramway service at Tooting Junction and the service connecting Tooting Junction...
62. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether, in view of the recommendation of the Departmental Committee on Distribution and Prices of Agricultural Produce, he will...
63. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport if there is any restriction upon the weights or sizes of vehicles used upon the public roads; and if it is proposed to limit the...
64. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether his attention has been called to the great overcrowding at certain hours of the day on the Waterloo and City Tube...
65. asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether, seeing that British war medals were given to those who served on the coast defence batteries, and that the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve...
66. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that under the war risks compensation scheme masters, officers, and seamen of the merchant service disabled as a result of the...
67. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the fact that we are dependent on outside sources for a supply of liquid fuel, he will consider the question of immediately...
68. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the court of inquiry into the sinking of the s.s. "Ranee" off the east coast of the Malay Peninsula reported in regard to...
70. asked the Secretary for Mines whether, in relation to the flooding of a mine in Staffordshire recently, he can now give information as to the cause of flooding; whether there were drawings of...
72. asked the Minister of Agriculture what was the gross estimated rental of agricultural land in England and Wales for the years 1910, 1915, 1920, and 1922?
73. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the national importance of the work carried out by probation officers, he will consider the desirability of...
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the conditions under which, as a result of the Lausanne Agreement, it will be possible to resume British trade with the Levant and Turkey?
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the French Government have agreed to a compromise with the Turks on the question of what currency is to be the medium of payment of...
Mr. HERBERT: 4. also asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the total amount of the French debt to Great Britain; and in what currency is it to be paid?
77. asked the Home Secretary if it is one of the duties of the traffic adviser of Scotland Yard to inspect omnibuses and other vehicles which it is desired shall ply for hire in the London area;...
80. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the importance to the Lancashire trade of cheap railway freights in West Africa, and the objection to the existing...
Mr. J. RAMSAY MacDONALD: May I ask the Prime Minister what further business will be taken this week, and whether it is proposed to give an opportunity for a discussion on the Motion relating to...
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee A.
Reported, without Amendment, from Standing Committee B.
Chelmsford Corporation Water Bill [Lords],
That they have agreed to— Railway Fires Act (1905) Amendment Bill, with an Amendment.Agricultural Holdings Acts (Amendment) Bill,Housing, &c. (No. 2), Bill,Mitcham Urban District...
Lords Amendments to be considered To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 199.]
[16TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £262,548, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
Again considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £203,552, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
Ordered, That so much of the Lords Message [5th July] as relates to the appointment of a Joint Committee on the Sittings of Parliament he now considered."—[Colonel Gibbs.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Colonel Leslie Wilson.]
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