Monday, 7 July 1924
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Aire and Calder Navigation Bill [Lords] (King's Consent signified),
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether, considering that certain municipalities in India, in which full self- government has already been attained, are inefficient in the matter...
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether considering that the Government of India have now appointed a Committee to inquire into what Amendments to the Government of India Act...
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the Report of the deputation which the Government of India sent to Fiji over two years ago has yet been published; and what is the reason...
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that village munsiffs of South India are part-time officers of the Government but are treated as non-officials for purposes of...
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he can give particulars of the methods adopted, either by the Government or by mill owners, for educating the half-timers employed in the mills?
Mr. RICHARDSON: 6. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has received the official Report on the shooting of strikers at the Cawnpore cotton mills on 4th April last; and, if so,...
Mr. RICHARDSON: 7. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether, since child labour is greater in Ahmedabad than in any other industrial centre, any steps have been taken to carry into...
Mr. W. M. ADAMSON: 10. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India the reasons for the refusal of a passport to a Mahommedan deputation appointed by the Kalifat Committee for the purpose of...
13. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether, considering that British service lieutenant-colonels were given a 43 per cent. rise on their pension while Indian Army...
14. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to the court-martial held at Karachi on a member of the Royal Air Force charged with assaulting Mr. R. K....
16. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can now give any information as to the present situation of Mrs. Evans, who was last reported as with her servants defending...
25. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that important British commercial interests are being jeopardised by the disagreement between this country and Mexico;...
17. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has had any information with regard to the recently reported Sudan disturbances at Khartum?
28. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the British expenditure on the Sudan anticipated during the present year and what was it during last year; and how much is being...
18. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether His Majesty's legation at Lisbon has recently been raised to the status of an embassy; if so, can he say what are the reasons for the...
19. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can give the House the latest information available with regard to the missionaries in China who were recently captured by bandits or...
21. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the approximate number of French troops now stationed in the Ruhr as compared with this time last year; and can he say how many are coloured...
22. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can now say which of the Allied States will he represented at the Inter-Allied Conference this month; whether a representative of the...
35. asked the Prime Minister whether the German answer to the Inter-Allied Note on control of German arms has been referred to the Inter-Allied Military Committee at Versailles?
43. asked the Prime Minister if the Ruhr mine-owners have come to an agreement with the M.I.C.U.M.; and, if so, what is the duration of the agreement?
23. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the total sum of money which belongs to or might be claimed as belonging to the Soviet Government which is in this country and which...
38. asked the Prime Minister if he can state or give an estimate of the total amount of claims by British subjects against the Government of Russia in respect of sterling obligations; rouble...
39 and 40. asked the Prime Minister (1) whether he will publish the Report of the Treaty Committee of the Anglo-Soviet Conference which was adopted by the Conference on 15th May? (2) what is the...
45. asked the Prime Minister what was the total amount of the public debt of Russia in August, 1914; by how much was that debt increased between the outbreak of War and the revolution of 1917;...
46. asked the Prime Minister if he has any information as to the intentions of the. French Government relative to the ex-Russian warships at present in French hands at Bizerta or elsewhere?
48. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that a number of British companies have been ordered by the Soviet Government of Russia to liquidate their businesses in that country and to...
88. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any applications for assistance under the Trade Facilities Act have been made in connection with trade with Russia; if so, what they have...
29. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to a statement by the British Ambassador at Washington to the effect that he would welcome a Canadian...
30. asked the Prime Minister whether he is now in a position to make a statement of the Government's policy on the Donald Report?
31. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that in the Canadian House of Commons on 12th June complaint was made that the High Commissioner for Canada in London had had difficulty in...
33. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware of a recent case in the Law Courts in which it was disclosed that payments had been made by a Government contractor to another firm, for the...
32. asked the Prime Minister the names of the members of the Royal Commission on National Insurance?
34. asked the Prime Minister if he has received the Report of the Committee on the sittings and Business of the House; and when it will be circulated?
37. asked the Prime Minister whether the policy of the Government is directed to bringing to an end British commitments in Iraq within a period of four years or less?
42. asked the Prime Minister whether any communications have been made by the Government to the signatories of the Washington Conference relating to the dates of authorisation, dates of laying...
44. asked the Prime Minister if he is now in a position to give the decision of the Government with regard to the Channel Tunnel?
47. asked the Prime Minister if the Government will introduce a Bill for the abolition in the United Kingdom of titles of all descriptions, hereditary and otherwise?
50. asked the Prime Minister whether he will review the decision of the Government only to provide a limited number of invitations to be present at the forthcoming naval review?
55. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that pilots in Government service in the Crown Colonies when ordered to appear before the executive council, which council...
Lieut.-Colonel T. WILLIAMS: 56. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether intimation has been given by His Majesty's Government to the Palestine Government to grant financial...
57. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is satisfied that a big trade is resulting from the opportunity afforded in the exhibition of British and overseas goods at Wembley;...
59. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many men are employed to remove the daily litter left by the crowds at the British Empire Exhibition; and whether he will invite suggestions...
71. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department if he has seen the advertising matter issued from the Northern Government's pavilion at Wembley, in which comparison is made...
58. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of Indians sent to prison every year since 1913 for failure to pay the poll tax levied in Kenya?
62. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what are the total loans issued by the Government of Kenya; and what is the maximum and minimum interest charged on the loans?
64. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many cents of a shilling and 5-cent and 10-cent pieces of a shilling, respectively, have up to date been supplied to the Governments of Kenya...
65. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies upon what terms 40,000 acres of land originally set aside for ex-soldier settlement in Kenya Colony have been disposed of to Lord Delamere?
66. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that, during the present year, a force of armed police has been sent into the Nandi district of Kenya; and that these police...
68 asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any or all of the land from which the Uasin Gishu Masai were evicted by the Kenya Government last year or the previous year has yet been...
60. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any information with regard to the murder in Jerusalem of the prominent anti-Zionist, Dr. De Haan; whether he is aware that Dr. De...
63. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether the Council of the League of Nations has communicated to His Majesty's Government its desire to locate the Far Eastern Epidemiological...
69. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any further information as to the likelihood of the arrest of the perpetrators of the murderous attack on British soldiers at...
72. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is now prepared to relax the existing restrictions regarding the movement of imported Irish and Canadian cattle in Scotland?
73. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he intends to act on the suggestion of the Tribunal of Agriculture and cause an inquiry to be made as to the desirability of applying the Evesham...
76. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that a Cottenham grower recently received 4d. per lb. for his strawberries, and that later he was able to ascertain, by means of the...
78. asked the Minister of Health whether, for the purposes of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Bill, 1924, inmates of Poor Law institutions, asylums, and prisons are to be reckoned as part of...
Mr. EDMUND HARVEY: 79. asked the Minister of Health whether he has received a communication from the guardians of the Dewsbury Union drawing attention to the serious position in which many poor...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Health whether his Department has authorised the eviction by the Fulham Metropolitan Borough Council of 150 persons from Jerdan Place, Walham Green,...
80. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the serious effect which the building strike will have upon the housing proposals of the Government, he can make any further statements as to...
Duchess of ATHOLL: 83. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether, in view of the numerous serious cases of child assault occurring in Scotland, he will set up a Committee of Inquiry to inquire...
Duchess of ATHOLL: 54. asked the Postmaster-General whether, having regard to the limit of weight allowed for postal parcels from Britain to places abroad as against the weight allowed by certain...
85. asked the Postmaster-General if he can state the reason why Mr. Patrick Gormley, late postmaster of Belleek, County Fermanagh, was dismissed from his office, or if his Department had had any...
87. asked the right hon. Member for Tiverton, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, if he will state the exact districts in which afforestation subsidised by the State is now being carried...
89. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that large numbers of uncertificated teachers throughout the country are becoming increasingly anxious as to their future;...
95. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that during the period from May, 1922, to April, 1923, the cost of the British Army of Occupation on the Rhine was, so far as not met...
98. asked the Secretary to the Treasury what is the number of temporary civil servants in receipt of a basic salary of £500 and over; the numbers of such who on 4th August, 1914, were of...
Can the Prime Minister now give us the decision of the Government with regard to the Channel Tunnel?
Can the Prime Minister now give us the decision of the Government with regard to the Channel Tunnel?
Ordered (under Section 7 of The Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899) to be considered To-morrow.
Ordered (under Section 7 of The Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899) to be considered To-morrow.
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £92,594, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
Resolution reported, That for the purposes of any Act of the present Session making provision with respect to leave of absence from India of the Governor-General, Commander-in-Chief and Governors...
Resolution reported, That it is expedient— (1) to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of such sums, not exceeding in the whole seventeen million pounds, as are required for the...
Mr. Balfour, Mr. Hartshorn and Mr. Laverack nominated Members of the Select Committee on the Post Office (London) Railway Bill." —[Mr. Griffiths.]
Read a Second time, and committed to a Standing Committee.
Read a Second time, and committed to a Standing Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Kennedy.]
Debates in the House of Commons are an opportunity for MPs from all parties to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.
And sometimes to shout at each other.
