Monday, 23 June 1924
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Malvern Hills Bill [Lords] (King's Consent signified),
I beg to present a petition signed by a number of my constituents of the Felpham and Bognor Level, praying this honourable House, inter aria, that inquiry should be made into the administration...
1. asked the Under Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that applications have been received by the Indian Tariff Board from the paper, printing ink, boots and shoes, and cement and...
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will lay upon the Table a statement giving the purport of the deliberations between the Indian deputation headed by His Highness the Aga...
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he can state the composition of the Indian delegation at the forthcoming Conference of the League of Nations and by whom the delegation was...
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has now received a copy of the evidence and the judgment given against the prisoners recently on trial for sedition at Cawnpore; and...
8. asked the Under-Secretary for India whether he is aware that the Madras Government is discharging officials who contribute to the Tilak Swaraj Fund, or associate with non-co-operators, or...
9. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to Mr. C. R. Das's support of the resolution passed by the Swarajist party at Sirajganj paying homage to the...
12. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether, with regard to the committee appointed by the Government of India for the purpose of making recommendations for economy in military...
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will direct the complete transcription of the recent judgment of Mr. Justice McCardie in the O'Dwyer-Nair case to be transmitted to the...
14. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has yet had an opportunity of discussing with the Governor of the Gold Coast Colony the question of labour in the Northern Territories...
Lieut.-Commander KEN-WORTHY: 15 and 16. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) whether he can give any information regarding the seizure of the British trawler "Frascati" by the...
17. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received the Report from Arabia with respect to the slave traffic in that country; and, if so, whether he will place the Report...
19. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make any further statement with regard to the situation in Mexico; and what steps His Majesty's Government are proposing to take?
20. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, seeing that the expenditure of the Turkish Government exceeds the revenue, the British Government will protest the bondholders under...
21. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received information that the Egyptian Prime Minister is about to visit this country with the object of negotiating for the...
22. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the information now in the possession of His Majesty's Government as to the output of material of war by the Austrian State...
29. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the attention of His Majesty's Government has been drawn to the provisions of the new Tariff Bill at present before the Austrian...
23. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether, seeing that the Military Clauses to which Germany was required to subscribe were imposed, as indicated in the preamble to Section 1...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government have yet ratified the Treaty of Lausanne; if so, on what date; and what other Powers have ratified this Treaty?
47. asked the Prime Minister if he has consulted the Dominions in reference to the Dawes Report?
24. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can explain the discrepancy between various recent official statements as to the date at which the nine months' period allowed for...
26. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether copies of the Official Bulletin prepared for wireless distribution are available to Members of this House?
The following questions stood on the Paper in the name of Sir ARTHUR STEEL-MAITLAND:
37. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that 100 agitators are being trained in Moscow by a Comrade Stuart for active work in Great Britain; that it is intended to send them in by means...
18. asked the Prime Minister whether, in his estimate of the number of persons comprising the Russian delegation now in this country, he included the staffs of the various Russian trading...
25. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can now state the position taken up by the Governments of Latvia and Esthonia with regard to the payment of debts incurred by these...
31. asked the Prime Minister if he can now state the Government's decision on the Donald Wireless Report?
33. asked the Prime Minister whether it is proposed to continue the vacancy in the office of Deputy-Clerk Register in Scotland which has continued since 1919; whether his attention has been...
34. asked the Prime Minister, in view of the fact that the matter has not always received adequate attention in the past, if he will see that any acquisition of land by the Government for...
35. asked the Prime Minister whether he proposes to introduce any further legislation in relation to evictions or rent restrictions?
36. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to a statement by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster at Newcastle-under-Lyne, on 15th June, that, by means of taxation of...
39 asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government have considered the Draft Treaty of Mutual Assistance and whether they have decided to support it?
40. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the declared intention of the Government to encourage afforestation as a remedy for unemployment, he has removed the limit of 10,000 acres a year...
42. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the Naval Bill of the United States Government has not been passed by the House of Representatives, and that the laying down of the proposed...
56. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has now received the despatches from Kenya Colony dealing with questions raised by the Kenya Land Tenure Commission; and whether he is...
59. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether a Commission to investigate the position of the Masai in Kenya Colony, promised by the Secretary of State for the Colonies on the 9th...
67. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any interim Report has been received from Mr. Palmer upon the harbour situation at Takoradi; and, if so, whether it will be laid upon the...
69. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, seeing that the natives of Tanganyika territory are encouraged to grow coffee, and that the natives of Kenya Colony are denied...
75. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can state what steps, if any, the Government of Kenya is taking to investigate the sea fisheries off the coast of the Protectorate...
77. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the designation native reserves, which is not used officially in respect of areas in the occupation of native African populations in our...
57. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a statement on the circumstances leading up to the acceptance by the Iraq Assembly of the Anglo-Iraq Treaty; and, in...
Captain BENN: 52. asked the Prime Minister how he proposes to redeem the pledge to lay before the House for decision the Preference proposals of the late Government for the taxation of various...
54. asked the Prime Minister whether any communications have been exchanged between His Majesty's Government and the Italian Government with regard to the accusations which have been made by the...
61. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Great Britain possesses any preferential right to the phosphates of Nauru, and, if so, in what proportion to That of the Dominions; and...
63. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether be is aware of the great discontent prevalent in the British trawler-fishing industry arising out of the restrictions imposed on British...
66. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if the Irish Free State Government has applied to send a separate representative of the Free State to Washington; if this proposal has been...
68. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is yet in a position to state what action he proposes to take with regard to the maisons tolerées of Hong Kong, and the proposed...
72. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are being taken to make it possible for the Nigerian Government to proceed with the construction of the projected bridge across the...
73. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what Colonies and Protectorates, if any, are not participating in the British Empire Exhibition?
80. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department the number of accidents requiring hospital treatment which have occurred in the amusements park at the British Empire...
81. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether, in view of the fact that during the past week rodeo performances have taken place at Wembley resulting in the...
The following question stood on the Order Paper in the name of Mr. BLACK:
76. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is now in a position to give any information with regard to the negotiations with France upon the question of the situation in the New...
78. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what sums of money have been granted by the Colonial Office to the University of Oxford during the past two years for the purpose of forestry...
79. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has been able to make arrangements with the Irish Free State authorities to avoid the double assessment for Super-tax in both Great...
83. asked the Minister of Agriculture to which of the advisory agricultural economists farmers in Lancashire should apply to obtain assistance and advice in keeping their accounts?
84. asked the Minister of Agriculture the number of scholarships and maintenance grants for the sons and daughters of agricultural workers and others awarded last year in each of the classes; and...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the grave situation that has arisen in the building trade due to the threatened lock-out by the 4,000 federated employers...
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether he has any information to give to the House on the subject of his recent conversation with the French President of the Council?
I wish to ask you, Mr. Speaker, a question of which I have given you Private Notice, namely, whether you are aware that a great number of provincial and overseas visitors now in London are...
"to enable the Trustees of the British Museum to make loans of objects comprised in the collections of the British Museum for public exhibition, and to make regulations for that purpose,"...
"to amend the Law relating to the resumption of holdings under the Small Landholders (Scotland) Acts, 1886 to 1919," presented by Mr. WILLIAM ADAMSON; supported by Mr. James Stewart; to be read a...
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection: That they had discharged the fallowing Member from Standing Committee A: Lord Eustace Percy; and had appointed in substitution: Mr....
Order for Second Reading read.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Parkinson.]
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