Monday, 25 February 1924
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Great Western Railway (Additional Powers) Bill,
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has yet received information from the Government of India regarding the resolution of the Bombay municipality which seeks to...
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what progress has been made by the Government of India recently in the construction of military roads on the Northern Frontier; and what amount of...
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he can give the nature of the replies received by the Government of India in response to the circular letter sent out to all local...
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether, considering that the Indian Cantonments Bill has been passed into law, he can state whether, under the changed conditions of service,...
6. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the decision of a full bench of the High Court in Lahore, delivered last month, to the effect that, though...
9. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether any special prisons are maintained in India for European civilian or military prisoners; if so, how many and where they are situated; and...
10. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India the number of pensioned officers of the Indian services, other than members of the Indian Civil Service, who retired previous to 23rd July, 1913?
12. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the tender forms issued by the Indian Store Department contain references to the King's Roll, and that British tenderers...
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will consider the desirability of appointing a Commission to examine the working of the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms with a view to seeing...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether it is the intention to make a statement on Indian affairs in this House concurrently with the statement which it is understood will be made by the Secretary...
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the engagement between Akali Sikhs and troops of the Nabha State in the Punjab, which occurred on Friday last,...
13. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if the Rutenburg concessionaires are developing the water power on the River Jordan, Palestine; is any electrical energy being produced by water...
14. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has come to any decision upon the functions and scope of the Imperial Economic Committee; and whether he has made any selection of...
15. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make a statement in regard to the protracted negotiations between the diplomatic body and China concerning the policing of the...
16. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any steps have been taken to reopen the American Consulate at Newcastle-upon-Tyne; and if anything has been done to remove the present...
17. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether an Ambassador to represent His Majesty the King of Italy has been appointed to Moscow; whether a British Ambassador has yet been...
25. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state which were the Treaties in force between Great Britain and Russia, before the Revolution of 1917, which have not lapsed by...
29. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if British Press correspondents are permitted to reside at Moscow and send to British newspapers uncensored messages?
39. asked the Prime Minister whether any documents exist showing the extent and cost of the British intervention in the civil war in Russia following the revolution; whether the expenditure by...
52. asked the Prime Minister whether, in any agreement which may be reached between His Majesty's Government and the Government of the union of Socialist Soviet Republics, he will insist that the...
18. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what are the principal outstanding questions now being dealt with by the Ambassadors' Conference; and if he can give any indication as to the...
22. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the obligations contained in the Straits Convention were discussed at the recent Imperial Conference; and whether he can now give the...
19. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the Council of the League of Nations has under consideration a proposal for the settlement of 50,000 Armenian...
21. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether an international labour palace is being erected at Geneva to house the International Labour Bureau of the League of Nations; whether...
20. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that injury to British trade is caused by the necessity of securing import licences for introducing certain articles into...
24. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to a Report issued, more than a year ago, by M. Dupuis, of the Irrigation Department in Egypt, in which...
26. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can state who was first responsible for linking up the question of the settlement of the Jubaland dispute with that of the...
27 asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) whether he has received any communications from the new Government in Egypt with regard to the future status of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan,...
30. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when we shall get a Report of the visit of our consul to the Palatinate to inquire into conditions?
32. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the minority Report of the Royal Commission on Honours, signed by the Home Secretary, to the effect that the gravest abuses...
34. asked the Prime Minister what are the duties of the Crown Agent of Scotland; and what emoluments he receives?
35. asked the Prime Minister whether the appointment of a Lord Advocate and a Solicitor-General for Scotland who are not Members of Parliament is an indication that those positions are to be...
Mr. EDMUND HARVEY: 36. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government will make provision for the re-establishment of the work of the Land Valuation Department, with a view to completing the...
37. asked the Prime Minister whether he is in a position to make any statement as to the negotiations with King Hussein?
Lieut.-Colonel J. WARD: 40. asked the Prime Minister whether it is the intention of the Government to relax the stringency with which the Aliens Act, 1919, has hitherto been administered?
41. asked the Prime Minister whether it is the intention of the Government to pay subsidies to air transport companies in the Colonies which are outside the scope of the Imperial Air Transport...
44. asked the Prime Minister if he can now state the intentions of the Government regarding the question of free railway passes between the House and the constituencies represented by hon....
46. asked the Prime Minister whether, seeing that he at the recent General Election pledged himself to support the proposal of the British Legion for the setting up of a national employment...
48. asked the Prime Minister whether he can now state if the Government intend to bring forward a Bill this Session dealing with London traffic, framed on the lines of the Measure which the late...
51. asked the Prime Minister if it is the intention of His Majesty's Government, following the policy of the two preceding Governments, rigidly to exclude from service at the Air Ministry,...
Mr. PALMER: 53. asked the Prime Minister if he can give the House some assurance that steps will be taken to remove the disability precluding men and women in receipt of Poor Law relief from...
55. asked the Prime Minister whether he has now reconsidered his attitude on the question of the grievance of ex-Army ranker officers in respect of their assessment for pension on the basis of...
57. asked the Prime Minister whether in view of the doubt existing on the matter, the cruisers proposed to be replaced by the accelerated programme have, or have not, been scrapped; and, if so,...
Has the Prime Minister any information to give to the House about the position of the Dock Dispute?
(by Private Notice) asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that a picket of strikers at Tilbury Docks on Friday morning prevented the embarkation of mails for Bombay, whether these...
Mr. LLOYD GEORGE: (by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the important speech delivered by the Home Secretary (Mr. Arthur Henderson) at Burnley on...
(by Private Notice) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the questions of the hon. Member for East Edinburgh (Mr. Hogge) and myself, last week, he is now in a position to...
I beg to move: That Mr. C. F. Entwistle be the Deputy-Chairman of Ways and Means. When I proposed the appointment of the Chairman of Ways and Means the other day, I said that I would delay the...
Can the Prime Minister tell the House whether he will be able to give a full day for the discussion to-morrow?
"to consolidate, extend, and amend enactments relating to Bastardy and to Affiliation and certain other Orders, and to provide for the legitimation of illegitimate persons by the marriage of...
Considered in Committee.
The limitation of one hundred and forty thousand pounds imposed by Section eighteen of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894, on the moneys which may be provided by Parliament towards defraying the...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplemental sum, not exceeding £34,500, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a supplementary sum, not exceeding £10, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending...
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICES.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £3,600,504, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Resolution reported, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10. be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. F. Hall]
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