Wednesday, 25 July 1923
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Seaham Harbour Dock Bill,
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government has participated in the loan lately advanced by the French Government to Jugo-Slavia; and whether he is...
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many Consular positions regarded as being in the first grade are not filled at the present time for any reason; and whether, in view...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the conclusion of peace at Lausanne, it is proposed to reestablish without delay full British diplomatic and consular...
7. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any official knowledge of the present internal state of China; and whether he can state what measures are being taken, if...
8. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Consortium is making, or has made, any efforts to afford financial assistance to China during the present crisis?
9. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is now prepared to recommend that the life of a British passport be increased from two years to a period of five years or longer?
10. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that there are now in Egypt a Russian Minister, or Russian Consuls, or Russian representatives who claim to...
75. asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether the appeal of the five Egyptians sentenced to death by a military tribunal in Egypt is pending before the Army Council; if so, whether due...
11. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many battleships, battle cruisers, light cruisers, ocean-going destroyers, including flotilla leaders, aircraft carriers, and submarines, are in full...
12. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the success attending the operations to remove the blockship "Numi-dian" from Holm Sound, Scapa Flow, it is now intended to extend...
13. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty which ships of the Royal Navy cannot use the existing dock at Singapore; and whether damaged ships could make use of the existing dock?
18. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if there is a post-War complement for warrant shipwrights; and if it is the intention of the Admiralty to promote the shipwrights who have just completed...
19. asked the First Lord of they Admiralty whether the Committees appointed to consider the questions respecting the position of post-War widows' pensions, relative rank, and officers'...
20. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the fact that automatic promotion is already existent in His Majesty's Navy, he will consider the introduction of automatic promotion...
21. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the fact that a sergeant of police is authorized to sign the life certificate of a pensioner, he will extend the Regulation to admit...
22. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in the reply given to Item 53 of the 1922 General Welfare Requests, it is to be understood that it is the Admiralty's intention to permit...
23. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how long the Admiralty intends to retain and pay 140 officers and 1,000 men in anticipation of some decision of the Government to set up a naval branch...
24. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether, in view of the welfare decision, promulgated in Admiralty Fleet Order 1,703, item No. 4, stating that the first period of 12 years...
25. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether it is proposed to revise the rates of pay for naval officers next year; and, if so, will he appoint a Committee beforehand to...
26. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the number of women employed in the signal and wireless schools in the Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth, as tracers, valve testers, and...
27. asked the Minister of Labour how many permit she has issued within the last year to alien immigrants on the ground that his Ministry is satisfied that the posts which these immigrants came to...
30 asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that men in the area of the London dock dispute are being refused unemployment benefit, although they have been unemployed and in receipt of...
32. asked the Minister of Labour whether he will have immediate inquiry made as to the action of the Audley Employment Exchange in making the gap in benefit now instead of at the end of the...
36. asked the Minister of Labour the result of the consideration given, as promised, by his Department to the proposal of insurance by industries and to the Watson Report on the insurance scheme...
45. asked the Prime Minister what preparation the Government has made to relieve unemployment during the coming winter?
Mr. GRAHAM WHITE: 54. asked the Prime Minister if any inquiry is being made into the relation of credit facilities to unemployment; and, if not, if he will institute an expert inquiry into the...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 57 asked the Minister of Health whether he is prepared to accept the formula submitted by the representatives of certain necessitous areas as a basis for granting assistance...
63. asked the Minister of Health if, taking all towns with over 25,000 population, he can state the six which pay out on the highest scale of outdoor relief for able-bodied unemployment and the...
Mr. G. WHITE: 34. asked the Minister of Labour the reasons for the delay in acting on the Reports on boy labour at the Merseyside Docks; and if he will take steps to call a local conference of...
38. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that certain building operations are held up by reason of the shortage of supply of English bricks; whether he has any information as to the...
39. asked the Minister of Health the total number of approved schemes already sanctioned under the Housing Bill showing the numbers of schemes and houses of local authorities and private...
40. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that diabetic sufferers are unable to obtain insulin treatment at a lower cost than 10s. per day, although panel patients under the Insurance...
41. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that it was ascertained, by inquests, that in 1921 three persons died of starvation, in the unions of Hammersmith, St. Olave, and Bermondsey,...
42. asked the Minister of Health whether, in the 19 workhouses in Yorkshire and elsewhere where the casual wards are closed, midday meals have in fact been given to all the destitute wayfarers...
43. asked the Minister of Health whether it is proposed to secure, as early as possible, the necessary legislative authority for the staffs of insurance committees to be included in the Local...
67. asked the Minister of Health what amounts were received in each of the years 1921 and 1922 in England and Scotland, respectively, on account of national health insurance contributions; and...
44. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the fact that the voluntary hospitals of the country are crowded and subject to long waiting lists and that a large number of beds are unused...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether he is prepared to propose the admission of Abyssinia to the League of Nations as a sovereign State in order that the League may bring its full influence to...
48. asked the Minister whether he is making arrangements to secure the presence of a Secretary for Scotland in the House of Commons next Session?
51. asked the Prime Minister whether, in order to allay the anxiety that prevails among the pre-War pensioners on the question, and in view of the postponement of the Pensions (Increase)...
58. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the fact that public vaccination is controlled by the Poor Law authorities, who have no responsibility in the prevention of smallpox, he will...
59. asked the Minister of Health whether, seeing that the registration of births, deaths, and marriages, carried out to the requirements of the Registrar-General, is under the control of the Poor...
65. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that on Saturday, 8th May, 1923, Mr. Ernest Charles Glover, of 46, Groseley Lane, East Ham, was sent by his doctor to Poplar Hospital for a...
70. asked the Attorney-General if the accounts of sheriffs' officers concerned with County Court work and their charges for levying writs of fi. fa. are subject to audit by any Government Department?
72. asked the First Commissioner of Works if he will make arrangements to allow the greenhouses at Kew Gardens to remain open until 6 p.m. on bank holidays as on Sundays, in order that as large a...
73. asked the Under-Secretary of State for War the portions of waters round the British coasts where T.N.T. and other explosive refuse is being dumped; and whether there have been any complaints...
76. asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether the Army Council has at present under consideration any proposals for economies to be effected as regards the Corps of Military Accountants;...
77. asked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he is aware that the pre-War re-enlisted pensioner whose pension has been reassessed under Article 1030 (a), Royal Warrant, 1922, and whose...
74. asked the Under-Secretary of State for War the number of men under arms in Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States of America in the years 1913 and 1922?
79. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he can state, approximately, for the years 1913 and 1922, respectively, the total number of boys and of girls on the roll of secondary...
80. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he can state when the Report of Lord Emmott's Committee dealing with questions affecting the superannuation of teachers will be issued?...
81. asked the President of the Board of Education if he is aware that the elementary day school belonging to the London County Council at High Street, Bromley-by-Bow, was condemned as unfit for...
82. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he receives any Returns showing the extent of school dental work undertaken by local education authorities; and, if so, whether he will...
88. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that 30 agricultural workers are now without regular employment who were previously employed on 1,400 acres of land that has gone out of...
78. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if he can state when he hopes to pass the answer to the War Compensation Court on the claim of the Lila Mill Company, Shaw, and also other...
83. asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that Mr. G. W. Garner, of 4, Bombay Road, Edgeley Fold, Stockport, is suffering a diminution in his superannuation owing to a Departmental delay in...
84. asked the Postmaster-General what was the actual cost to his Department of the recent examination when, in order to fill five vacancies for sorterships, 1,600 candidates were invited to sit...
85. asked the Postmaster-General whether he has personally considered the claims of the County Borough of Salford with reference to the addressing of letters; and is he aware that it has been...
91. asked the Secretary for Mines whether, from the investigations made during the War by the Government in regard to non-bituminous oil-bearing coal in Scotland, the information is such that the...
92. asked the Secretary for Mines whether, in view of the recent pit flooding, he has issued a note to owners of mines to take special precautions when mining coal towards old workings in which...
101. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has received any complaints that merchants purchasing quantities of coal for abroad systematically find the consignments to be as much as...
The following Questions stood on the Paper in the name of the hon. Member for the Richmond Division:
94. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department what has been the total amount of State-aided emigration from Great Britain in 1923 up to the most recent date possible?
105. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his attention has been called to the new facts which are coming to light regarding the case of Alexander Campbell Mason, now under...
106. asked the Home Secretary how many children and young persons have been drowned in the Duckets and Regents Canals during the months of May, June, and July this year, especially in those parts...
107. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can inform the House of the amount received by the Revenue under the German Reparations (Recovery) Act, 1921, to date, and the proportion of...
108. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the percentage of the gold of the world held toy the United States of America?
109. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of Excess Profits Duty collected since 1st April and the amount claimed since 1st April?
113. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware that employment is being offered by the Canadian Government to 52,000 men for harvest work; that 30 days' work is...
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether there is any prospect of securing payment by the Greek Government of the sums owing by them to the Smyrna-Aidin Railway for...
61. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the remarks of Lord Linlithgow's Committee as to market tolls; and what action, if any, he intends taking in the matter?
98. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in order to reduce the expenses falling upon British creditors, he will reduce, as from 2nd August next, the staff of the British Clearing...
102. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is acquainted with the proposed air service between London and Prague which is to be instituted by the Instone Line; and whether he intends to...
104. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware of the large number of cases of men in receipt of temporary pensions consequent upon a disability percentage varying from 30 to 20 per...
33. asked the Minister of Labour whether, seeing that it is the policy of his Department to encourage the establishment of Joint Industrial Councils and to help to maintain those already formed,...
Mr. Speaker, with your leave, and if the. House will allow me, I want to take the earliest opportunity of making a statement to the House. My attention has been called to certain paragraphs...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this day, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 15, Supplementary Estimates for New Services may be considered in Committee of Supply, and that...
Report from the Select Committee, with Minutes of Evidence and Appendices, brought up, and read.
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had added the following Member to Standing Committee D (during the consideration of the Summary Jurisdiction (Separation...
Reported, with Amendments, from the Local Legislation Committee (Section A); Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
That they have agreed to, Intoxicating Liquor (Sale to Persons under Eighteen) Bill, without Amendment.
Lords Amendments to be considered upon Monday next, and to be printed. [Bill 205.]
Reported, with Amendments [Title amended], from the Select Committee, with Special Report and Minutes of Evidence.
[19TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £101,329, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
I have satisfied myself after prolonged personal discussion with the Secretary of State for India that the passing of the strengthened Bill at the present stage would bring about the immediate...
"That a sum, not exceeding £3,587,660, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £5,122,370,be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £3,089,665,be ranted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will comp in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day...
"That a sum, not exceeding £27,100,140. be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £10,121,528,be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £16,664,640,he granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £10,343,849, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £100,000,be granted to His be Majest to, complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £750,000, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day...
"That a sum not exceeding £150,000, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day...
"That a sum, not exceeding £1,445,010, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which
"That a sum, not exceeding £1,430,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March 1924, for Grants...
"That a sum not exceeding 40,000, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sun necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of 1924.
"That a sum, not exceeding £1,500,000, be granted to his majesty to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £1,315,220, be granted to His Majesty to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £1,000,000, be granted to His Majesty to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge with will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £33,000, be granted to His Majesty to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come of payments during the year ending on the 31st day of March...
"That a sum, not exceeding £100, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of...
"That a sum, not exceeding £1,600,000, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 3lst...
"That a sum, not exceeding £20,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st
"That a sum, not exceeding £500,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March 1924, for a Grant in...
"That a sum not exceeding £6,681,211, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £30,933,150, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March 1924, for...
"That a sum, not exceeding £32,000,100, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charges for Army Services, including Army (Ordnance Factories), which will come...
"That a sum, not exceeding £1,483,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1924, for...
Considered in Committee.
Resolution reported, Whereas it appears by the Navy Appropriation Account for the year ended the
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