Wednesday, 1 August 1923
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Nottingham Corporation Bill,
Address for Return of the Budget of the Governor-General of India in Council for 1923–24.—[Earl Winterton.]
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if all the members of the League of Nations have paid their assessment; and, if not, will he state which of the members have not paid?
49. asked the Prime Minister whether he can give the names of the British representatives for the Assembly of the League of Nations; whether it is intended to confine representation of Great...
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received satisfactory assurances from the Russian Government that British fishing vessels will not in future be molested...
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps His Majesty's Government have taken to protect Mr. John Dodge's trading interests in Russia, which were established after the...
11. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Soviet Government has demanded a payment of 150,000,000 roubles for each grave...
14. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that M. Rakovsky, recently appointed head of the Anglo-Russian Trade Delegation in London, is the same M. Rakovsky...
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in connection with the refusal of the Government of the United States to allow liquor to remain under seal in British ships in...
6. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has yet received official information from the United States Government that they will in future instruct their consular...
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps have yet been taken in China towards starting a railway gendarmerie; and whether any agreement has yet been reached with the...
7. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the conference on Customs surtax and the abolition of the likin to be held three months after the ratification of the Washington...
8. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether a British steamer flying the British flag has been recently pirated at Samshui, on the West River, in the neighbourhood of...
9. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the French Parliament, before it adjourned, ratified the part of the Treaty embodying the Root Resolutions agreed to at...
15. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the favourable decision promulgated in Admiralty Fleet Order No. 1703, in answer to request No. 12 of the 1922 Welfare Committee, he...
16. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether steps are being taken to provide a suitable and permanent vessel for fishery protection purposes; and whether he has made, arrangements for the...
Mr. W. M. ADAMSON: 17. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty why the Admiralty refuse to act on the suggestion made by the Industrial Court in Award 323, dated the 1st June, 1920, regarding...
Mr. W. M. ADAMSON: 18. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty why the Admiralty do not reply to the petition of the men employed at Malta dockyard, presented in March last, wherein they give proof...
19. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the great popularity of previous visits in recent years of the Fleet to the Thames, he can arrange for such a visit during the...
21. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the American historians and American publishers, whose text books on the Great War are being used in leading English public schools, have made...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 23. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the numbers employed at the Admiralty and the total personnel of the Navy in 1913–14 and at the present time?
47. asked the Prime Minister whether any decision has now been reached as to the relations between the Navy and the Air Force?
25. asked the Minister of Labour if any agreement was made by his Department with the local branches of certain trade unions in Newport (Mon.) regarding the use of the Newport (Mon.) Employment...
26. asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons refused uncovenanted benefit in East Ham on the grounds that they are not genuinely seeking whole-time employment?
27. asked the Minister of Labour whether the Trades Dispute Disqualification Committee is now in a position to report; and, if not, when does he expect such a Report?
Mr. W. B. Yates.
Employers' side:Sir Andrew Duncan.Mr. F. H. Hargreaves.The hon. Member for Croydon South (Sir Allan Smith).Sir Henry Holloway.
29. asked the Minister of Labour if he will promote further co-operation between the Employment Exchanges and the guardians by giving instructions for records to be kept of the grounds upon which...
Mr. G. WHITE: 36. asked the Minister of Labour whether, pending the Report of the Trades Disputes Disqualification Committee, he will take steps to expedite the settlement of appeals to the Court...
39. asked the Minister of Labour whether he has received a Communication from the West Ham Board of Guardians in connection with the dock strike; and can he state to the House whether he proposes...
40. asked the Minister of Labour whether second fishermen, who are not wholly remunerative by a share in profits or earnings and who are paid daily wages with bonus on catches, come within the...
43. asked the Minister of Labour how many young persons were unemployed on the last date for which figures are available; how many were unemployed six months and 12 months previous to that date;...
44. asked the Minister of Labour what are the reasons for the ruling given by his Ministry to the effect that milk recorders are not engaged in agriculture and are therefore liable under the...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 66. asked the Minister of Health whether he is now able to state what additional assistance the Government are prepared to give to those necessitous industrial areas which, as the...
76. asked the Minister of Health whether he will urge on local authorities the desirability of tree planting on an extensive scale this winter, not only because of the value to the health of the...
28. asked the Minister of Labour what retail prices for the pur-
37. asked the Minister of Labour why 15,009 ex-service men have been removed from the waiting list without having been trained; how many were removed at their own request; and what are the...
Sir THOMAS HENDERSON: 94. asked the Under-Secretary to the Scottish Board of Health whether, in view of the preference accorded to ex-soldiers and ex-sailors in regard to the allocation of small...
41. asked the Minister of Labour if his attention has been drawn to a resolution in regard to Merseyside scaler boys, passed at a special meeting of the Liverpool Juvenile Organisation Committee...
42. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the dispute which has arisen between the Cardroom Amalgamation and the Trade Union Congress; and if he will state what are the causes of...
45. asked the Prime-Minister whether his attention has been called to the refusal of Members of the House of Commons to agree to a Report of a Joint Committee of the two Houses in view of the...
46. asked the Prime Minister if his attention has been called to the Report of the Estimates Committee, and especially the farm attached to Cranwell, which was started to supply the cadets with...
48. asked the Prime Minister if he purposes making any further statement before the rising of the House as to the consideration he has given and the action, if any, he proposes to take in...
Captain BENN: 52. asked the Prime minister whether it is the intention of the Government to reduce expenditure on armaments in proportion to the armed forces which are liberated by the signature...
53. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that ex-temporary women clerks who entered the clerical class through the first examination thrown open to them are now in receipt of lower wages...
57. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that Congress is to be asked by the American Government to sanction for the next financial year 1924–25, a programme, including 10 cruisers...
59. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the facilities for unlawful interference with the liberty of the subject afforded to managers of registered mental hospitals by the...
60. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the great shortage of bricklayers and plasterers throughout the country, whereby building operations are hampered and in some cases stopped...
82. asked the Minister of Health how many housing authorities there are in England and Wales and in Surrey, respectively; how many in Eng land and Wales and in Surrey have an annual deficit of...
83. asked the Minister of Health what restrictions he intends to place upon the price, whether for sale or letting, that may be charged by persons building houses with the assistance of public...
61. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the Liverpool abattoirs are in such a condition as to be unfit for human food to be prepared therein; and will he urge upon the Liverpool...
65. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that in July, 1922, his Department received a petition from the inhabitants of the village of Dorsington in the County of Gloucester,...
67. asked the Minister of Health whether, in the case of old age pensions granted on appeal, he will consider the ante-dating of the grant of such pensions to the date of the original application?
69. asked the Minister of Health whether he has any official information that it is the practice in the United States to carry out vaccination by means of a single insertion only, and has it been...
71. asked the Minister of Health whether he has consulted the Law Officers of the Crown as to the effect of the Venereal Disease Act, 1917, in connection with the Report of the Committee of...
77. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the large number of recent accidents to public-service vehicles, in which passengers are reported as having been injured...
78. asked the Minister of Health if the deaths resulting from measles have increased since the compulsory notification of that com plaint has been abolished?
84. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to an inquest held on a child in one of the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, at which charges were made by...
89. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether it is possible for him to take steps to consult the proper authorities as to the feasibility of the State opening of Parliament taking place in...
90. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he is aware that in the recent storm considerable damage was done by floods as well as fire to the Tyler Street huts in Bright-side, Sheffield,...
91. asked the First Commissioner of Works what steps are being taken to repair the pathways in the outer circle of Regent's Park; whether the rates levied by the Crown Estate Paving Commissioners...
92. asked the First Commissioner of Works if, in view of the charges which have been made by officials of the Electrical Trades Union against the contractor carrying out the electrical...
93. asked the Under-Secretary to the Scottish Board of Health whether any independent inquiry has been made by competent accountants into the balance sheets of farmers' co-operative societies in...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware of the great dissatisfaction amongst agriculturists at the delay in the introduction of the promised duty on imported barley,...
85. asked the Minister of Health why the General Nursing Council for England and Wales are still sending out application forms, Form 1 (a), to existing nurses even although the last date, 14th...
87. asked the Minister of Health whether, with regard to the recent issue of National Health Insurance certificates bearing trade advertisements on the back thereof, he will give instructions for...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that all efforts made locally have now apparently failed to settle the strike of blind workers in Man Chester; and whether, in...
(by Private Notice) asked Mr. Speaker whether he has now considered the Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons Gallery accommodation, and what action he proposes to take thereupon?
Colonel NEWMAN: 51. asked the Prime Minister whether it is intended, when the House reassembles, to proceed with the further stages of the Exemption of Sewers from Rating Bill?
reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee C: Mr. Trevelyan Thomson.
That they have agreed to,— Dentists Bill,Expiring Laws Continuance Bill,Education (Institution Children) Bill,Merchant Shipping Acts (Amendment) Bill, without Amendment.
Order for consideration of Lords Amendment read.
(2) Where under any local Act passed, or any Provisional Order confirmed by Parliament before the end of the present Session of Parliament, a rate to which the principal Act applied has become...
Where under Section twelve of the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923, a demand in writing for an arbitration as to rent to be paid for the holding has been made and has been agreed to, the...
The relief to occupiers of agricultural land granted by the principal Act as amended by this Act shall not be taken into account by an arbitrator in determining for the purposes of Section twelve...
In determining for the purposes of Section twelve of the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act, 1923, what rent is properly payable in respect of a holding, an arbiter shall not take into account...
The relief to occupiers of agricultural lands and heritages effected by the Agricultural Rates (Scotland) Acts, 1896 to 1923, shall not he taken into account fey the land court in fixing a fair...
Considered in Committee, and reported, without Amendment.
I think there is no need to apologise for once more raising the question of unemployment. Not only does unemployment affect a very considerable number of workmen, but it also affects a...
I hope the House will forgive me, at this late hour, if I introduce an entirely new subject into the Debate. I want to make an appeal, very briefly, on behalf of the sick, and suffering members...
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)...
Read a Second time, and committed to a Standing Committee.
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