Thursday, 26 June 1924
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Aberdare Canal Bill [Lords],
1. asked the Minister of Pensions whether the question of altering the Regulations which govern the making of education grants by the Special Grants Committee has been under his consideration;...
3. asked the Minister of Pensions when a reassessment of pension on the Jerram scale will be made in the case of those pre-War naval invalided pensioners who were called up for service and served...
4. asked the Minister of Pensions if he is aware that considerable hardship and irritation is being caused by the officer in charge at Edenhall Hospital, Musselburgh, in imposing unnecessary and...
5. asked the Minister of Pensions whether any compensation has been given to British ex-prisoners in Germany; if so, under what circumstances and to what extent?
7. asked the Minister of Pensions whether his personal attention has been called to the case of George Harry Hawkins, of 4, Great Western Street, Barton Bill, Bristol; whether he is aware that...
8. asked the Minister of Pensions how many of the new advisory councils it is proposed to set up; how these councils are constituted; what are their exact functions: and what proportion of...
11. asked the Minister of Pensions how many orphan children his Department is responsible for, and in what manner they are dealt with: how many of them are in schools: how many are otherwise...
12. asked the Minister of Pensions whether, in view of the failure of many appellants to the final appeals court to understand the medical precis supplied them by the Ministry in preparation for...
9. asked the Minister of Pensions whether any ex-service men have been discharged from the staff of the Ministry of Pensions since 1st March, 1924; and, if so, how many?
Marquess of TITCHFIELD: 15. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the specific acts of cruelty charged against the officials of the Rodeo at Wembley in respect of which...
21. asked the Home Secretary whether the police are making arrangements for an eyesight test for drivers of omnibuses?
18. asked the Home Secretary, whether the Wood-Renton Committee has completed its inquiries into the recent Queenstown outrage and decided upon the amount of compensation payable to the victims?
22. asked the Home Secretary whether an order has been issued to a Russian violinist, M. Edvard Soermus, to leave this country by 31st July; and what is the reason for this order of expulsion?
24. asked the Home Secretary whether there exists any Court of Appeal for the inmates of the criminal asylum at Broadmoor similar to the Court of Criminal Appeal provided for prisoners; and, if...
25. asked the Home Secretary whether any disciplinary action has been taken against the prisoner, Horatio Bottomley, in connection with writing the Press articles and the smuggling of the...
Marquess of HARTINGTON: 26. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that since the closing of the Derby gaol prisoners for trial at Derby assizes are conveyed from Nottingham gaol to Derby...
28. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the fatal accident which occurred at the south-west corner of Belgrave Square on Friday last; is he aware that the Home...
29. asked the Home Secretary if he has received a petition from the Monmouthshire County Council and other public authorities against the withdrawal of the licence of the Quaker's Yard truant...
30. asked the President of the Board of. Education whether he is now able to announce the date on which the building of a new school in the St. Philip's Marsh area, Bristol, will be commenced;...
31. asked the President of the Board of Education if he is aware that the large number of children resident at Thornhill have to travel over a mile of dangerous road to Egremont (Cumberland) in...
33. asked the President of the Board of Education, in view of the fact that the teaching of the English language to deaf mutes, whether by means of the finger alphabet or by the more difficult...
35. asked the President of the Board of Education whether, in the case of local education authorities desirous of raising the school-leaving age to 15 years, he will consider sympathetically the...
36. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that the last inquiry into the whole question of technical education dates back to the year 1881: and whether, in view of the...
37. asked the President of the Board of Education what is the certain proportion of scholars that school authorities are required by Regulation to admit free to secondary schools; whether these...
42. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if he will give particulars of the conditions under which commissions are obtained from the ranks in the Royal Air Force: if it has been decided...
43. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that Mr. Mackay, a canteen manager at Farnborough, who had been declared substitutable and the vacancy advertised by the joint...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he can make any statement on the Mexican position: whether it, is intended now to send the Hohler Mission to Mexico: and, if so, when?
Sir G. DOYLE: 46. asked the Prime Minister whether it is the intention of the Government to introduce a Bill to give effect to the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Income Tax in regard...
47. asked the Prime Minister what are the functions and duties of the Conference of Ambassadors; what purpose is served by the continued existence of this body: and whether or not he proposes to...
48. asked the Prime Minister whether there is still a British representative on the Military Inter-Allied Committee at Versailles under Marshal Foch; what functions are discharged by this...
60. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount received for the month of May from the German Reparation Recovery Act, and the amount received for May, 1923?
49. asked the Prime Minister if he will arrange that adequate facilities be given to the inmates of asylums to bring to the notice of the Royal Commission circumstances and conditions which,...
50. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that considerable dissatisfaction exists among hon. Members regarding the allocation of time for Debate between Members of the Front Benches and...
53. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to the fact that at the cricket match between Surrey and Derbyshire at the Oval Cricket Ground on Wednesday and...
54. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has any scheme ready for the use of the factory at Gretna for the purpose of industrial production on the lines of the Pearson Committee's...
57. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the arrangement entered into with the Russian Government for the coinage of money at the Mint; will he state what is the amount of coins to be...
52. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether his Department has any details of the airship which has been built in Germany for America; and can he give any details as to its size,...
58. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the present financial condition of Yugo-Slavia, which has balanced its budget and stabilised its currency, he is prepared to advise...
59. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the widely held opinion that the policy of a return to a gold standard by further deflation, as laid down by the Cunliffe Committee,...
62. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the reason why his Department is pressing the Admiralty to substitute marine pensioners for the police employed at the naval dockyards is...
63. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been called to the Treasury Return Cmd. 2150, dealing with staffs employed in Government Departments: whether, during...
64. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, seeing that pensions awarded under Article 1163 of the Royal Warrant of 1914 are based on pre-War rate, he will introduce such...
66. asked the Minister of Agriculture the total number of worn-out horses which have been sent out of England to the Continent during the last 12 months?
68. asked the President of the Board of Trade on what dates notices were published inviting owners of British claims against Russia to register them with the Board of Trade: in what papers on...
69. asked the President of the Board of Trade when a decision is likely to be taken as to the advisability of restoring the Plimsoll load-line on British ships: if he is aware of the urgency of...
70. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he can now inform the House of the result of the negotiation with the railway companies whose passenger steamers ply on the River Clyde in respect...
71. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can furnish any information as to the progress which is being made in commemorating those officers and men of the mercantile marine who...
(By Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to an interview given by the French Prime Minister to the Belgian newspaper "L'Independance Beige "in which he...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any statement to make on the question of the representation of the Irish Free State at Washington?
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour whether he can now make any statement with regard to the threatened lock-out by the building trade employers of their employés.
May I ask the Deputy-Leader of the House what the business will be for next week?
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee C.
Reported, without Amendment, from the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills.
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection: That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee B: Captain Sidney Herbert; and had appointed in substitution:...
Report from the Joint Committee, with Minutes of Evidence and Appendices, brought up, and read.
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee D.
That they have agreed to,—
Lords Amendment to be considered To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 184.]
[12TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a stun, not exceeding £8,560,339, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Amendment proposed [24th June ] on Consideration of Bill, as amended (in the Standing Committee).
Amendment proposed, to leave out the Clause.—[Captain Viscount Curzon.]
Amendments made: In page 17, line 43, at end, insert the words The expression 'borough' includes 'metropolitan borough'.
I beg to move in page 18, line 27, at the end, to insert the words (2) This Act shall continue in force until the first day of December, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven.Provided that the...
The London Traffic Area shall include the following areas:—
I beg to move, in page 21, to leave out lines 4 to 9 inclusive. This paragraph it is almost impossible to get through. It contemplates setting up special regulations as to traders applying...
"It shall be the duty of the proprietor of any omnibus (when applying for a licence, or for the renewal of a licence, to provide any form of transport service in the London Traffic Area) to...
Order read for Consideration of Lords Amendment.
Lords Amendment:
Resolution reported, That it is expedient in connection with pensions payable to persons to whom the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1919, apply to authorise the provision out of moneys provided...
"to amend paragraph (3) of Section 2 of the Old Age Pensions Act, 1908," presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Monday next, and to be printed. [Bill 183.]
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