Wednesday, 12 March 1924
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
3. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in the interests of British exporters, he will issue instructions to the British Legation in Peking to co-operate with the Legations...
4. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the attention of His Majesty's Government has been drawn to the arrest by the Bulgarian Government of over 300 members of the...
5. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the number of the British staff employed by the League of Nations at Geneva; what is the approximate annual cost to this country; what...
32. asked the Minister of Labour which of the Conventions of the International Labour Office have been ratified by Germany, France and Belgium, respectively; and what was the date of the...
7. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any civilian staff under his Department are employed in the British occupied area in Germany; and can he state how many persons are so...
51. asked the Prime Minister whether the British Government were consulted as to the revocation of the orders enforcing an eight-hours day in occupied territory; and, if so, what instructions...
8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a letter recently sent to a number of business men in Scotland by H. Nicholson, accountant, of 34, Annette...
9. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether, seeing that the Government secured an economy of 7½ millions to the Navy during the period of the War by its control over the...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 10. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he will give the reasons for the increase in the Admiralty staff from 2,072 in July, 1914, to 3,569 at the present...
11. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether Rear-Admiral H. F. P. Sinclair, C.B., is in receipt of any salary from public funds apart from naval half-pay; if so, for what...
12. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether any appointment has yet been made to the office of Director of Naval Construction; how long this appointment has been vacant; and...
13. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether any decision has yet been made with regard to the proposed naval base at Singapore?
16. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he can state the reason why the cruiser "Methuselah" which was laid down in 1916 is still on the stocks unfinished; and will he take...
22. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if the question of the retired pay for retired naval officers who served in the War was considered by an Admiralty committee; if so, by whom...
Sir HENRY COWAN: 24. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether, in placing contracts for supplies, the Admiralty adheres to the principle re-affirmed by Resolution 3, Sub-section...
25. asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty if he has sanctioned the despatch of a relief crew to the gunboat "Glow-worm," chief ship of the Danube flotilla; and whether he will consider the recall...
18. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what are the designed speeds of the latest types of light cruisers in the United States of America, British, Japanese, French and Italian navies?
20. asked the Minister of Labour whether it is his intention that men employed on relief work at 75 per cent. trade union rates should not be paid for time they are stood off for no fault of...
27. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that, in certain Employment Exchanges when insured persons are stood off benefits for six weeks on an accusation of not having sought genuinely for...
28. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware of the dissatisfaction felt by dock workers at Hull and other ports at having to sign, as unemployed, twice instead of once daily; if he is aware...
31. asked the Minister of Labour whether he has now received a Report from the Trade Disputes Disqualification Committee; if so, what is its nature; and will he publish a full and complete Report...
39 and 40. asked the Minister of Labour (1) whether he can state the estimated extra charge upon the fund consequent upon the issue by him of instructions that the non-statutory limitations upon...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the Government plans for the relief of unemployment, he can state the steps which are being specially taken to find work for skilled men whose...
64. asked the Minister of Labour if he will investigate the effect of compulsory daily attendance at Employment Exchanges for signature; and whether he will consider the possibility of the...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the delays in settling cases before the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors; whether he is aware that only five cases...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the urgency of helping pre-War pensioners, legislation will be introduced as soon as possible?
Mr. PALMER: 49. asked the Prime Minister if his attention has been called to the distress obtaining in many parts of the country by the issue of orders for eviction of tenants under the 1923 Rent...
63. asked the Minister of Labour in what proportions the various pre-War rentals shown in the "Ministry of Labour Gazette" for December, 1923, are combined to arrive at the average increase of 47...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 66. asked the Minister of Health if, in view of his decision to require local authorities in future to obtain his consent before granting subsidies to houses of a greater density...
68. asked the Minister of Health whether he will consider the issue of a statement of the average rents sanctioned by the Rents Tribunal for State-assisted houses in each of the principal towns...
69. asked the Minister of Health if he will give the number of houses needed in rural and semi-rural areas, separately, in England, Scotland, and Wales, as estimated by the D 89 Returns made...
70. asked the Minister of Heatlh if he will give the number of houses needed in rural and agricultural areas in the county of Somerset, as estimated by the D 89 Returns made under the Addison...
73. asked the Minister of Health whether he will consider the setting up of a costing committee for the purpose of controlling the price of building material, so that the rents of new houses will...
74. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that in the scheme for the sale of corporation houses at Hereford to the occupiers a minimum deposit of £50 has been demanded and the...
75. asked the Minister of Health whether the Housing Bill he proposes to introduce is intended to meet the need of families with an income not exceeding £3 per week; and, if so, if he will...
83. asked the Minister of Health whether he will consider including small workshops in the new Rents Bill, as many occupiers of such are receiving notice to quit or are having their rents raised...
85. asked the Minister of Health what is the annual output of bricks in this country; and what number of bricks would be required to build 200,000 houses?
86. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that a number of housing schemes by public utility societies and private builders have been suspended owing to uncertainty as to whether they will...
87. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the new houses built during 1922–23 by the Stone and Swanscombe Council have had to be provided with cesspool drainage at considerable...
92. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the official announcement that the average rent of houses erected under the Government scheme will be 9s. a week, he can state what is the...
Sir G. DOYLE: 93. asked the Minister of Health the number of persons in the United Kingdom who own one house, and the number who reside in the same; how many such houses have been obtained...
50. asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government will, in view of the great number of His Majesty's Mahommedan subjects, offer to the Caliph Abdul Mejid a residence and refuge within...
52. asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government proposes to introduce legislation to enable municipal banking to be carried on?
53. asked the Prime Minister whether the Royal Commission on Compensation for Suffering and Damage by Enemy Action fixed any date as a time limit for the reception of belated claims for...
Sir G. DOYLE: 54. asked the Prime Minister whether he proposes to undertake the reform of the Upper House; and, if so, when?
48. asked the Prime Minister whether he will introduce legislation at an early date to render it compulsory on all employers to insure against liability under the Workmen's Compensation Act,...
56. asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the desirability of appointing a non-party Committee to investigate whether the legislative methods sanctioned in any other country for...
58. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the need for accurate information about rural conditions of labour, he will give consideration to the inclusion of statistics relating to...
67. asked the Minister of Health whether he has yet had an opportunity of consulting the Law Officers of the Crown upon the question of the rejection by the Nursing Council of applicants for...
72. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the renewed request made to him by the Shoreditch Board of Guardians, he will now consider the advisability of authorising that board to...
76. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that when sick persons are admitted to the West Ham Poor Law Hospital their old age pension book is taken from them, retained by the relieving...
77. asked the Minister of Health whether the Bognor cemetery drainage is being carried out as unemployment relief work for which a grant is being made to the burial board; if so, on what basis is...
78. asked the Minister of Health whether he is now in a position to bring forward his proposals relating to the increased payment proposed to medical men on the panel lists?
79. asked the Minister of Health whether he can state whether the district auditor who is now examining the accounts of the Poplar Board of Guardians is proceeding under the Mond Order; and when...
84. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the success of the policy of isolation and sanitation in dealing with the disease of small-pox, as well as taking into consideration the...
94. asked the Minister of Health whether he can see his way to take the necessary steps to secure that the present powers conferred on local authorities to enforce the demolition of dangerous...
Mr. PALMER: 95. asked the Minister of Health what steps, if any, he proposes to take to relieve destitute ex-servicemen; and whether he can promise to take such steps as will obviate such...
On this day fortnight, to call attention to a recent Stoppage in the Postal Service, and to move a Resolution.—[Lieut.-Colonel James.]
On this day fortnight, to call attention to the Motor Tyre Trade, and to move a Resolution.—[Mr. Sandeman.]
On this day fortnight, to call attention to the failure of colliery companies to provide an adequate number of Baths at Pit-heads, and to move a Resolution.—[Mr. T. Williams.]
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to extend the operation of the Protection of Animals Act, 1911, in respect of animals kept in captivity or confinement and released for the...
"to extend the operation of the Protection of Animals Act, 1911, in respect of animals kept in captivity or confinement and released for the purpose of being hunted or coursed," presented...
Ordered, That the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills do examine the Post Office (London) Railway Bill with respect to compliance with the Standing Orders relative to Private Bills.
Sir A. SHIRLEY BENN reported from the Committee on Group A of Private Bills; That the parties opposing the Birkenhead Corporation (Ferries) Bill had stated that the evidence of Claude Crosland...
Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
The CHAIRMAN OF WAYS AND MEANS reported, That, after conferring with the Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords, for the purpose of determining in which House of Parliament the respective...
Mr. NICHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Members from Standing Committee B: Major Colfox and Major Kindersley.
Sittings of Parliament,—That they concur in the Resolution communicated by this House: "That it is expedient that a Select Committee of the Commons be appointed to join with a Committee of...
Considered in Committee.
"(1) The maximum limit on the aggregate capital amount of the loans, the principal or interest of which may be guaranteed under Sub-section (1) of Section one of the Trade Facilities Act, 1921,...
Order for Second Reading read.
Again considered in Committee.
Read a Second time.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. F. Hall]
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