Thursday, 7 August 1924
The House met at Eleven of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
County of London Electric Supply Company Bill [Lords](by Order),
1. asked the Minister of Pensions if he will allow by his special authority members of voluntary aid detachments who make applications for pensions to appeal to the Pensions Appeal Tribunal...
Lieut. - Colonel Sir FREDERICK HALL: 2. asked the Minister of Pensions with regard to the deputation of the Association of Ex-Service Civil Servants, which was received by him on tile 8th May...
Mr. EDMUND HARVEY: 3. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that permission was given by the Prison Commissioners in 1922 for a gift of oranges and other fruit...
4. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that unconvicted prisoners in Scotland are allowed to smoke on exercise; and whether he can see his way to permit the same privilege to unconvicted...
5. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that the convicts at Peterhead, Scotland, have their meals together; and whether he is prepared to introduce this reform into English convict prisons?
Sir F. HALL: 6. asked the Home Secretary whether any action has been taken or will be taken against those responsible for the issue of the open letter addressed by the Communist party in Great...
7. asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the universal desire for amnesty for political offenders and its recognition by almost every Government in Europe, he is prepared to consider the...
9. asked the President of the Board of Education whether any representations have been made to him with regard to the reduction in fees at Atherstone Grammar School to pupils residing in...
10. asked the President of the Board of Education if he will consider the advisability of fixing a date after which grant will not be payable in respect of elementary school classes in which the...
11. asked the President of the Board of Education how many male inspectors of physical education are now employed, and how many hours a week are devoted to the physical education of boys in...
12. asked the President of the Board of Education if he is aware that the London County Council issued instructions to the head teachers of its secondary schools in July limiting the number of...
13. asked the President of the Board of Education whether it is the intention of the Government to apply the recommendations of the Haldane Commission to the University of London; and whether he...
15. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he has taken into consideration the existing situation in the teaching profession consequent upon the increasing proportion of women to...
Mr. HARVEY: 18. asked the President of the Board of Education how many children between the ages of 14 and 16 years were attending school in the period for which most recent statistics are...
20. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can state the amount of the Treasury contribution under the Trade Facilities Act, 1924, towards the interest payable on the New Zealand...
21. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether Income Tax is deducted monthly at the source from the salaries of such civil servants as come within the scope of the Income Tax Acts;...
Duchess of ATHOLL: 22. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the shortage of labour in the fruit-picking industry, which he stated on the 21st July had been experienced in certain...
23. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any exploration for mineral oils has taken place in Iraq since the armistice with Turkey; whether any wells have been drilled; whether...
24. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can now state the reason why Saiyid Talib Pasha, Minister of the Interior in the Iraq Government, was arrested by the British authorities...
39. asked the Prime Minister whether the Treaty between His Majesty and His Majesty the King of Iraq is to be brought before the House in the form of a Bill, as in the case of the Treaties of...
25. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that a deputation from the Salaried Sub-Postmasters' Association was received by his Department on 8th August, 1923, to discuss the questions...
26. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that jamming by the Leafield wireless station is causing great inconvenience to the users of receiving sets in Oxfordshire, and that, in spite...
27. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in connection with the relief schemes for the coming winter, he has the Union Quay at North Shields under consideration; whether he is aware of the...
29. asked the Minister of Labour why there has been no payment to an unemployed person, Cecil E. Webb, of London Road, Newbury, in respect of unemployment pay since the 13th Juno last, seeing...
28. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been drawn to a leaflet issued by the Ministry, headed "The position of domestic servants employed in hotels, boarding houses, apartment...
31. asked the Minister of Transport whether he can give any information with regard to the proposed tube railway between North and South Shields; and whether it is intended to begin the work this...
36. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India, if his attention has been called to the note submitted by the Moslem members of the Legislative Assembly and the Council of State to the member...
38. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many British subjects have been murdered in Cuba during the last two years; and in how many cases have the murderers been brought to justice?
(by Private Notice) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the decision of the Government, as announced on 30th July in connection with homegrown sugar, he will undertake to...
May I ask the Leader of the House whether, in the event of the House of Commons reassembling earlier than 28th October to deal with the Irish Bill, the Leader of the House will undertake that the...
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [6th August], "That the Bill be now read the Third time."
I wish to raise a point regarding the procedure of the House. I find from the record of the proceedings of the House for Monday, 4th August, that there are these entries with regard to Russia:...
I beg to move, That this House, at its rising this day, do adjourn until Tuesday, 28th October, provided always that if it appears to the satisfaction of Mr. Speaker, after consultation with His...
That they have agreed to,—
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Parkinson.]
I rise in order to put three or four questions to the Secretary of State on a question which is not identical with that which we have been discussing, although it is strictly cognate. The point...
Although our ears are still ringing with the devastatingly destructive speech of the right hon. Member for Carnarvon (Mr. Lloyd George), and the reply—brief rather than effective—of...
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
Question again proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."
called upon, Mr. Harvey.
Captain ELLIOT: I should not have risen just now, but I gave notice to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions that I intended to raise a few points this afternoon, and I am...
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