Thursday, 6 March 1924
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation Bill (by Order),
For Borough of Westminster (Abbey Division) in the room of Brig.-General JOHN SANCTUARY NICHOLSON, deceased.—[Commander Eyres-Monsell.]
1. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will consider the payment of travelling and subsistence expenses of the representatives accompanying appellants to the Appeal Courts, in order to make...
2. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he can see his way to make permanent the pensions of all disabled ex-service men who have been in receipt of a pension for four years or more; and...
3. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he can arrange that in any case where complaints are made against a war widow's conduct the woman should be informed of the name of the person making the...
9. asked the Minister of Pensions if he is now in a position to state what steps he proposes to take to deal with the hardships and suffering caused by the numerous reductions of dependence...
10. asked the Minister of Pensions if he proposes to introduce this Session the War Pensions Acts (Amendment) Bill, introduced by himself and other hon. Members last Session?
15. asked the Minister of Pensions whether, in view of the present serious shortage of hospital accommodation for the civil population, he will consider the advisability of transferring to the...
11. asked the Minister of Pensions how many salaries of £1,100 a year or over are at present borne on the Votes of the Ministry of Pensions; how many of the recipients are ex-service men;...
13. asked the Minister of Pensions if he is aware that there are many ex-service men who have become blind since their discharge but are not in receipt of any State aid; and whether he will give...
16. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that at the Ministry of Pensions Neurological Clinic, Bulinga Street, medical officers with good records of war service and good...
7. asked the Minister of Pensions if he will give instructions for the collection and preparation for early presentation to the Members of the House of a return showing the number of ex-service...
Mr. ATHOLL ROBERTSON: 52. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of his statement made prior to the Election in support of the policy of establishing competent ex-service men without...
70. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if he is aware that a disabled ex-service man, Major Barnard, was recently dismissed from the Directorate of Civil Aviation; that this officer had...
14. asked the Minister of Pensions how many temporary men and women clerks, respectively, are employed in the Pensions Issue Office on the following duties: registry work, stamping, filing, post,...
12. asked the Minister of Pensions if the Bill he proposes to introduce for the increase of pre-War pensions will affect late members of the Royal Irish Constabulary, the Dublin police, and the...
17. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, having regard to the unsatisfactory nature of the criminal law with regard to the question of insanity and the somewhat contrary...
18. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that there are in Pentonville Prison over 20 inmates mentally and medically unfit confined in observation cells but in charge only of the ordinary...
21. asked the Home Secretary whether any factories are now engaged in breaking down cartridges or other war surplus pyrotechnics and explosives; and under what regulations?
22. asked the Home Secretary if he has received copies of resolutions, passed by various organisations and public bodies with reference to assaults upon children, calling attention to the...
23. asked the Home Secretary whether two independent medical certificates were obtained in the case of Lionel S. Caunter, who was committed to Broadmoor Lunatic Asylum on 21st May, 1920; and, if...
24. asked the Home Secretary if he will consider the necessity of amending the existing law so as to make illegal the organising of rabbit coursing for public entertainment?
25. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to a woman who was found with her clothes on fire at Vine Street Police Station on 15th February; what explanation can be given...
Mr. EDMUND HARVEY: 26. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the fact that out of the 42 cases of lead poisoning notified in 1922 among workers in the manufacture of...
27. asked the Home Secretary what are the considerations that govern the price of taxi-cabs in London, besides those of petrol and motor tyres, that, in spite of the decrease of the cost of...
28. asked the Home Secretary whether it is his intention to continue the policy of the late Government and refuse the admission of aliens into this country where there is any likelihood of their...
31. asked the Home Secretary what is the present strength and annual cost of the Special Department of Scotland Yard charged with the detection and/or prevention of political crimes apart from...
33. asked the Home Secretary if he is aware that a celluloid factory has been established in Townshend Terrace, Richmond; if his Department has given its authority for this; is he aware that...
34. asked the Home Secretary whether the Desborough Committee on police pay is still in existence; whether it has made any Report to his Department; if so, if he proposes to take any action...
36. asked the Home Secretary whether he will state the reasons why the Police Regulations, made under the Police Act, 1919, have not been complied with in the recent appointment of chief...
37. asked the Home Secretary whether he will arrange that police officers returned medically unfit shall be retained in the service until any appeal against the medical decision has been disposed...
35. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that, in the opinion of the officers of the London County Council, Covent Garden Theatre does not conform to the safety standard of ordinary...
Mr. W. JENKINS: 38. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that a large number of coal miners are working in collieries where there are continual gob fires and men suffer a good deal from...
40. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the case of George William Thomas Turner, a London General omnibus driver, who was convicted on the 29th December of being...
41. asked the President of the Board of Education if he is prepared to assist, either by a grant or by arrangement with the management of the British Empire Exhibition, those schools which are...
42. asked the President of the Board of Education if there are any provided council schools in England and Wales where no provision is made for the children to receive Christian religious...
43. asked the President of the Board of Education if he proposes to take any steps to make compulsory the optional provision in the Education Acts of 1918 and 1921 for raising the school-leaving...
60. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that teachers retiring at a pensionable age, or under pressure of ill-health retiring when very near to the pensionable age,...
62. asked the President of the Board of Education whether the Board will allow attendances at performances of Shakespeare plays to rank for grant on the 50 per cent. basis if organised by the...
63. asked the President of the Board of Education if he can state approximately the number of certificated teachers who are at present unemployed?
64. asked the President of the Board of Education the number of central schools established by local authorities under the Education Acts, 1918 and 1921, and also, as on the last convenient date,...
65. asked the President of the Board of Education what is the present attitude of his Department to the infants assistants now employed by the London County Council in certain schools?
Mr. T. WILLIAMS: 66. asked the President of the Board of Education if he is aware that the wooden huts used for elementary schools in various parts of South Yorkshire are wholly unsuitable from...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether any and, if so, what steps are being taken to deal with the subject of legislation by reference so as to make Bills more intelligible; and whether, if it is...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 46. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government has had time to consider the recent representations made on behalf of 61 necessitous areas, covering a population of over...
55. asked the Prime Minister whether any negotiations are in process for the de jure recognition of the Lithuanian Government; and whether, in view of the de jure recognition recently accorded to...
48. asked the Prime Minister if he will set up a committee to inquire into and report on the operations of trusts, rings, and co-operative societies in this country with a view to reducing the...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government proposes to put forward any scheme for the reduction or limitation of armaments through the British representatives on the assembly...
49. asked the Prime Minister whether he will find time this Session for passing a Bill to remove the disqualification of ministers of religion from becoming candidates for election on town or...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. HALL: 50. asked the Prime Minister whether it is the intention of the Government to extend the duration of and amend the Safeguarding of Industries Act?
51. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the fact that the better co-ordination of the various social services is receiving the consideration of the Government, he will appoint a...
54. asked the Prime Minister whether the composition of the Committee to be appointed into the case of the ex-Army ranker officers and the terms of reference will enable those concerned to place...
67. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether there are any regulations laying down the number of hours of actual flying per month that must be done by each member of the flying...
74. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air, whether he will make a statement accounting for the frequency of accidents at Royal Air Force training schools; whether he is satisfied that all...
75. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air why flight-lieutenants in the Royal Air Force in Egypt receive £70 a month and on transfer to India only £50 a month?
May I ask the Deputy-Leader of the House to inform us what business will be taken next week?
"to provide for the authorisation of races with motor bicycles and motor tricycles," presented by Lieut.-Colonel MOORE-BRABAZON; supported by Lieut.-Colonel Howard-Bury, Mr. Tillett, Mr. Benjamin...
"to amend the Law relating to Fairs in England and Wales," presented by Mr. COLLINS; supported by Mr. Harbord, Captain Berkeley, Mr. Hogge, Sir Walter de Frece, and Lieut.-Colonel Woodwark; to be...
Copy presented,—of Report of the Attorney General on the Bill [pursuant to Standing Order 175a]; referred to the Committee on the Bill.
Copy presented,—of Report of the Attorney General on the Bill [pursuant to Standing Order 175a]; referred to the Committee on the Bill.
Copy presented,—of Report of the Attorney General on the Bill [pursuant to Standing Order 175a]; referred to the Committee on the Bill.
Copy presented,—of Report of the Attorney General on the Bill [pursuant to Standing Order 175a]; referred to the Committee on the Bill.
Copy presented,—of Report by the Attorney-General on the Bill [pursuant to STANDING ORDER 175a]; referred to the Committee on the Bill.
Order for Second Reading To-morrow read, and discharged; Bill withdrawn.
That they have agreed to,
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Monday next, and to be printed. [Bill 62.]
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Monday next, and to be printed. [Bill 63.]
[FIRST ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £114,733,000, be granted to His Majesty, on account, for or towards defraying the Charges for the following Civil Services and...
I beg to move, "That Item Class 2, Vote 3 (Treasury and Subordinate Departments) be reduced by £100." My reason for moving this reduction is the dissatisfaction that is felt by myself,...
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
Again considered in Committee.
Resolved, That it is expedient that a Select Committee of this House be appointed to join with a Committee of the Lords to consider the desirability of altering the customary period of the...
Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointetd to examine such of the Estimates presented to this House as may seem fit to the Committee, and to suggest the form in which the Estimates shall be...
Read a Second time; and committed to a Standing Committee.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. F. Hall.]
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