Monday, 9 March 1925
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Isle of Wight Highways Bill,
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether, seeing that it is detrimental to British prestige in India that Army officers should receive inadequate pay, he will recommend that the...
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to the trial which took place at Cawnpore, from 22nd April to 9th May, 1924, of four Indians accused of...
7. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that two persons, Sarbat Ali and Belat Ali, of Chittagong, were arrested at Rangoon by Criminal Investigation Department...
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether it is proposed to appoint a committee to inquire into the question of Indian currency and exchange and to make recommendations as to future...
6. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India in which British Bominions or Crown Colonies there is prohibition against the entry of Indian citizens of British India; in which British Dominions...
10. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether there is any objection to the publication of the Report by the Depart- mental Committee on the oil palm in West Africa, which was...
11. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is prepared to give instructions that no further alienation of lands in Kenya Colony shall be permitted to white immigrants, without...
17. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if any steps are being taken to develop the sea fisheries of the Kenya Protectorate; and if he can state what those steps are?
Mr. C. WILSON: 19. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether land in the vicinity of that proposed to be surrendered by Lord Delamere in Kenya Colony was recently sold for Gs. per...
12. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will call for a Return from the Dependencies showing the grants made to missionary societies for the years 1913–14 and...
14. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to a discussion at the annual conference of the united farmers of Alberta, held at Calgary recently, and...
15. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether full statistics relating to the Irish Free State will in future be included in the Statistical Abstract for the Self-governing Dominions?
16. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how much has been spent in the Crown Colonies during each of the last three years on transport development; and what is the approximate value of...
18. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether power has been conferred upon administrative officials in Tanganyika mandated territory to inflict up to 10 strokes of the whip for the...
20. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether, under the Trade Facilities Act., any application has been received for a grant to a sugar estate in the West...
21. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department if Burma has decided not to exhibit at the British Empire Exhibition this year; and what other territories which were last...
23. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether the efforts of his Department on behalf of the officers of the s.s. "Edith Cavell," who were arrested and imprisoned...
24. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department how much has been provided in the Estimates for his Department for 1925–26 in respect of catalogue libraries and...
26. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is now able to announce the names of the Committee he proposes to set up to inquire into the export of live British horses to the Continent for...
27. asked the Minister of Agriculture what has become of the £250,000 or thereabouts which, under orders of the Food Controller in 1919, was wrongly levied upon milk exported from the...
30. asked the Minister of Agriculture if it is his intention, under Section 11 of the Agricultural Wages (Regulation) Act, 1924, to pay the travelling expenses of those workers making application...
37. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will give the number, and the total amount, of the loans to co-operative agricultural enterprises which have been sanctioned?
31. asked the Minister of Agriculture what is the quantity and value of eggs imported into this country per annum, liquid, frozen, and shell, and the countries from which they come; and whether,...
32. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has officials in his Department with a technical knowledge of beet-sugar growing; and, if so, whether he has given them instructions to get into...
38. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has received evidence from Switzerland as to the effects there of the Shaw remedy for foot-and-mouth disease; and when this remedy is to he tested...
39 asked the Minister of Agriculture (1) what fertilisers are connected with fixated nitrogen and the agricultural value of these products; (2) the prices at which fertilisers connected with...
49. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that there are 11 men employed on a drainage scheme at Causey, Tanfield, County Durham, who are receiving 9½d. per hour and are...
33. asked the Minister of Agriculture what proposals his Department have to save the fishing industry of Brixham and the south coast of Devon and Cornwall, in view of the continual damage and...
Commander WILLIAMS: 34. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he has any information about the recent variations of the oceanic currents, the alterations of their salinity and temperature, and the...
Commander WILLIAMS: 35. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he has any fresh information as to the effect of salps on the herring industry; and if his Department has sufficient resources for...
36. asked the Minister of Agriculture if any cases of rabies in dogs have occurred in the last three years; if so, how many of them occurred in the case of dogs undergoing quarantine detention;...
Captain CROOKSHANK: 45. asked the Prime. Minister Whether the future rank of His Majesty's representative in Turkey has yet been decided?
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 46. asked the Prime Minister whether the stipulations laid down in the Treaty of Versailles regarding the German Navy and Air Force have been completely fulfilled by Germany?
Mr. T. THOMSON: 50. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Report of the Inter-Allied Military Mission of Control will be published?
53. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that, following upon the denunciation by Greece of the Geneva Protocol respecting the rights of minorities in Greece and...
66 and 67. asked the Secretary of State for War (1) whether the fortifications on the western frontier of Germany and in Heligoland have been totally dismantled; (2) whether the German Reichswehr...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 81. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much in cash ho has received from the sale of dyestuffs received from Germany on reparation account; the total amount credited to...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether he will introduce legislation compelling political parties to publish full particulars of the sources of their funds?
51. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has replied to the French Government's communication with regard to attempting to get uniformity in summer time between this...
52. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the Financial Committee of the League of Nations has issued a communique in regard to a, return to the gold standard or gold exchange standard?
54. asked the hon. Member for Monmouth, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, what are the intentions of the Government with regard to afforestation; and how many acres it is proposed to...
55. asked the Secretary for Mines why, in view of the fact that retail coal prices seemed to him to require some explanation from the Coal Merchants' Federation, he has decided, since hearing...
57. asked the Postmaster-General if he can give a date on which the Royal Engineer members of the Post Office will receive the war bonus granted them by this House?
58. asked the Postmaster-General under whose instructions the reiteration of the numerals in certain cases in telephone calls was introduced, and for what reason?
59. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether he has any knowledge of the negotiation of an agreement between the Scottish Government and the Government of Western Australia for the acquisition of...
62. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that on page 19, paragraph 59, of the Final Report on Preservatives and Colouring Matters in Food it is stated that it is evident that...
63. asked the Minister of Health if there is any intention on the part of the Government to introduce legislation with a view to enabling landlords to charge increased rents for houses which come...
73. asked the Home Secretary whether he will consider the advisability of introducing legislation to separate the Probate and Divorce Division from the Admiralty Division of the High Court of...
76. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether he will consider the advisability of erecting street lamps on the road...
77. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether he will consider the desirability of opening the road on the north side of...
78. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether, seeing that the existing contract. for providing seats in Kensington...
79. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether the re-assessment of the balance of civil pay of officers in his...
61. asked the President of the Board of Trade if the Government proposes to introduce legislation dealing with profiteering in foodstuffs on the basis of the information already in its possession?
60. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has any information as to the effect on home producers of the subsidy of £500,000 voted in the last Session of the Australian...
65. asked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to recent bankruptcy proceedings at Liverpool, where an ex-officer had given as security for an advance from...
68. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the number of street accidents that have occurred within the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark from 1918 to 1925; if he...
87. asked the Minister of Transport why, in the making of his restricted street Regulations, he has not limited their restrictive effect to those hours and days in which congestion actually occurs?
69. asked the Home Secretary if his attention has been drawn to the danger that the public are exposed to by the use of toy pistols, which are sold at a cost of a few shillings and which have...
70. asked the Home Secretary whether he has considered the value socially and morally of short-term prisoners taking meals commonly together in a mess room instead of in separate cells?
72. asked the Home Secretary if he has considered the probable educational, social and moral value of the utilisation of wireless receivers in the prisons of this country; and whether he...
Mr. VERNON DAVIES: 80. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, if he is aware that the offices for the County Court of...
Mr. ERSKINE: 83. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he can give figures to show what the burden of the national debt per capita is in Great Britain, France, Germany, and...
56. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to the case of a family named Jacques, of Manisforth Terrace, Hartlepool, where two boys of this family had been charged...
Might I ask, with reference to the Resolution down in my name, whether any arrangements have been made for discussion or otherwise?—[That, in the opinion of this House, the conduct of the...
William Preston, esquire, Borough of Walsall, on re-election.
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee A: Lord Erskine; and had appointed in substitution:...
[2ND ALLOTTED DAY.]
Resolution reported,
"That a sum, not exceeding £111,083,000, be granted to His Majesty, on account, for or towards defraying the Charges for certain Civil Services and Revenue Departments for the year ending on...
I beg to move to leave out "£111,083,000," and to insert instead thereof "£111,082,900." I wish to call attention to, and to criticise, the administration of the Labour Ministry. I...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Colonel Gibbs.]
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