Tuesday, 24 March 1925
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
"to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, relating to Hamilton Burgh," presented by Sir JOHN GILMOUR; and ordered (under Section 7 of the Act),...
3. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether His Majesty's Government has now decided to cancel the Board of Trade Order excluding Russia from the Overseas Trade Acts and Trade Facilities...
6. asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of aircraft exported to foreign countries, according to the latest avail able returns, from England?
12. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any licences to Import synthetic indigo have been granted under the Dyestuffs Act; if the Government have imported certain quantities under...
18 and 19. asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether he can submit a Return to the House showing the quantity and value of frozen beef for export for the months of February, 1923,...
29. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any information has been compiled and can be supplied to this House with respect to the existence of international associations of...
4. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether instructions to committees under the safeguarding scheme which may be drawn up, other than those laid down in the White Paper, will be issued?
5. asked the President of the Board of Trade if lascars and other coloured nationals of the British Empire are considered as British seamen where that term is used?
22. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the regulations of the Norwegian and Swedish Governments under which British commercial travellers are...
21. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he can give figures showing the working hours and rate of wages in German shipbuilding yards as compared with those paid in similar establishments...
23. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is able to state what action he proposes to take in regard to the recommendations made in the Report, recently presented to him, by the...
Mr. SANDEMAN ALLEN: 26. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the test case arranged between the British and Hungarian Governments has yet been brought by the British Clearing Office...
31. asked the Secretary of State for War what is the position in regard to a Presbyterian church for Aldershot; whether he has approached the Treasury for a grant for the erection of such a...
33. asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps has recently retired, after 20 years' service, with a pension of £328 per annum, and...
35. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that Mr. Rhys Davies, farmer, of Mill Farm, Miskin, Pontyclun, Glamorgan, and a number of other farmers in Glamorgan, have not yet...
36. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, seeing that the commandant of the Coast Artillery School receives a salary of £950 and the superintendent of experiments receives a salary...
37. asked the Secretary of State for War hew many of the employés at the Army Clothing Factory are in receipt of wages of 49s. a week, and what are their duties; and whether, in view of the...
38. asked the Secretary of State for War what are the legal qualifications of the legal assistant of the Judge Advocate-General, who is to receive a salary of £288 for the year...
39. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, seeing that 500 in-pensioners of Chelsea Hospital receive £2,939 in pay and 16 officials receive £5,528, in addition to retired pay in...
40. asked the Secretary of State for War if he will furnish details of the proposed expenditure of £13,000 for riding instruction to the 225 cadets at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich,...
41. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, seeing that in the Army Estimates provision is made for some 52 educational establishments and schools of instruction, each under a commandant or...
43. asked the Secretary of State for War if he will explain why a battalion of the Grenadier Guards at Aldershot has been ordered to go under canvas on 1st April; and whether, in view of the...
44. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that, in connection with the proposed evacuation of the Royal Dockyard at Woolwich, a number of soldiers' widows who have been...
60. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that practically no recruits of Scottish nationality are being drafted into the Royal Scots Greys Regiment; and whether he will take...
61. asked the Secretary of State for War what number of the 49,245 men who were rejected last year as recruits to the Army were refused on the ground of defective eyesight, and what number on...
62. asked the Secretary of State for War why the casualty allowances in the Sudan are considerably lower than those payable in respect of casualties arising out of the Great War?
64. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he can inform the House what the approximate cost would be of granting officers' pensions to warrant and non-commissioned officers of the Regular...
65 and 66. asked the Secretary of State for War (1) if he will inform this House, from the answers given to question 5 in the enlistment form filled up by men desirous of joining the Army...
67. asked the Secretary of State for War if he is prepared to introduce the necessary changes in enlistment Regulations whereby boys or youths who enlist before reaching the age of 17 may have...
68. asked the Secretary of State for War when the Committee appointed to consider questions of discipline is likely to report; and whether it is intended to publish the Report?
69. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office how many of the cadets at present in the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, are exempt from payment of fees; how many are paying the privileged...
42. asked the Secretary of State for War if he can see his way to arrange for an inquiry by an independent person into the claim of Mr. E P. Nicholson, who states that his business as...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 45. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the fact that all parties in the last Parliament agreed that immediate legislation was required for the revision and reform...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether the Canadian Government has informed the Secretary-General of the League of Nations that it is ready to consider methods for supplementing the provisions of...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that a Note has been addressed by the Canadian Prime Minister to the League of Nations indicating that Canada is prepared to consider the...
Viscountess ASTOR: 49. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government has considered the question of the ratification of the recent Opium Conventions; and whether he can say when it is proposed...
48. asked the Primo Minister if he will consider the setting up of a Government statistical board, such as at present exists in the United States of America, to deal with every section and phase...
50. asked the Prime Minister if he is prepared to recommend to the House the appointment of a Select Committee to consider and report on the hours of sitting of the House, with a view to the...
51. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the Italian Government has decided to levy Income Tax upon companies only on the sums distributed in dividends and not upon sums...
52. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware of the length of time which has elapsed since the appointment of the Meston Committee; whether it has now reported; and, if not, when...
53. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the national revenue was expended on National Debt services in the year 1913–14 and the year 1924–25?
54. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total number, according to the latest available statistics, of those who have made a return for purposes of Super-tax?
55. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can see his way to extend the qualifica- tion for an old age pension to applicants who, being British subjects, have resided continuously in...
56. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has considered the advisability of calling an-international conference on the gold problem, on the lines suggested in the resolutions of the...
57. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of money given as loans, grants-in-aid, or in any other fashion to the Government of Northern Ireland since its inception, and the purposes...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 58. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether it is understood that future vacancies in the training grade of the executive class, other than the 26 already held by...
59. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many applications for loans from farmers are now being considered by the Public Works Loan Board; what is the average delay between the...
63. asked the Secretary of State for War why there was an increase of £1,020 in the provision of pay and allowances of aides-de-camp and equerries to the King, Prince of Wales, and Prince...
71. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether his attention has been directed to the unsatisfactory situation regarding the regulation of common grazings in Scotland, in that the Land Court under...
72. asked the Secretary for Scotland how much money was received last, year from smallholders for the purchase of seed-oats and potatoes under the scheme of the Board of Agriculture for Scotland;...
73. asked the Secretary for Scotland how much of the money voted by Parliament last year to grant loans to fishermen, in order to enable them to replace their lost and damaged gear, has now been...
74. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether the Small Harbours Committee referred to on page 129 of the Report on Sea Fisheries for the years 1919 to 1923, issued by the Ministry of Agriculture,...
75. asked the Secretary for Scotland if he is aware that an old woman, an old age pensioner, aged 75, was last week fined £3, with the option of 14 days' imprisonment, at Edinburgh Sheriff...
76. asked the Secretary for Scotland the number of smallholders in Orkney and Shetland who have purchased their holdings during the years 1920–24, inclusive, whose holdings have been...
77. asked the Secretary for Scotland if his attention has been called to the fatal accident at Gretna munition factory to a young man, Reginald Purcell, employed there by Messrs. Jackson and...
78. asked the Lord Advocate whether his attention has been drawn to a speech delivered in Glasgow, on 14th March, by the Lord Justice Clerk in which approval was expressed of a proposal to create...
79. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he has any official information showing that the German Government has recently concluded an agreement with the Italian Government under which a quantity...
80. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will furnish statistics showing the coal production of France for 1913 and 1924, respectively, and the consumption of coal in France and the imports...
Sir F. HALL: 81. asked the Secretary for Mines whether his attention has been called to the statement recently made by Mr. A. J. Cook, the secretary of the Miners' Association, to the effect that...
82. asked the Secretary for Mines if he is considering, with a view to further application elsewhere, the arrangements arrived at by two groups of employers and employés to experiment upon...
83. asked the Secretary for Mines what are the comparative figures in 1913 and 1924 respectively, of the output of coal per man employed in the United Kingdom and the United States; and to what...
84. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the usual discomfort of passengers travelling by excursion trains resulting from the lack of seating and lavatory accommodation on the...
85. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to the remarks of Mr. Justice Branson on 13th March at the York Assizes, when a motor cyclist was indicted for...
86. asked the Minister of Transport the cost to date to the railway companies, both directly and indirectly, through the Railway Clearing House of the preparation of the new railway...
87. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the increase of the nuisance caused by the omission to use effective silencers on motor-cars; and whether he can take any steps to...
89. asked the Minister of Transport the number of omnibuses licensed for the carriage of passengers in the County of London, giving the number owned or controlled by the London General Omnibus...
91. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that in several industrial areas there is great confusion caused by competition between various omnibus services and tramways; that there...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information as to the truth or otherwise of the statement in the Press this morning regarding the...
I beg to give notice that, on this day fortnight, I shall call attention to the destitute and impoverished condition of the working class in this country, and move a Resolution.
I beg to give notice that, on this day fortnight, I shall call attention to the position of British ship building, and move a Resolution.
I beg to give notice that, on this day fort night, I shall call attention to the necessity for confidence between those engaged in industry, and move a Resolution.
I beg to give notice that, on this day fortnight, I shall call attention to the question of the abolition of the Poor Law, and move a Resolution.
Mr. BECKETT: I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to enable municipal authorities to act as retail distributors of coal; and for other purposes incidental thereto. I bring...
Ordered, That the Proceedings on the Second Reading of the Consolidated Fund (No. 1) Bill have precedence during this day's Sitting."—[Commander Eyres Monsell.]
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee A.
That they have agreed to—
"to amend the Criminal Law (including the Law relating to the administration of criminal justice and to the prevention of crime); and for kindred purposes," presented by Mr. RHYS DAVIES;...
Order for Second Reading upon Thursday read, and discharged; Bill withdrawn.
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Member from the Panel appointed to serve on Unopposed Bill Committees: Mr. Hayes; and had...
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had added the following Ten Members to Standing Committee A (in respect of the Former Enemy Aliens (Disabilities Removal)...
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON further reported from the Committee; That they had added the following Eleven Members to Standing Committee C (in respect of the Fire Brigade Pensions Bill and the Statutory...
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON further reported from the Committee; That they had discharged the following Members from the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills (added in respect of the Poor Law Emergency...
Reported, with Amendments [Title amended]; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Report from the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills, in respect of the Law of Property (Consolidation) Bill [Lords], the Settled Land (Consolidation) Bill [Lords], the Trustee (Consolidation)...
Report from the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills, in respect of the Universities and College Estates Bill [Lords] (pending in the Lords), brought up, and read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Having taken part in the framing of the Protocol, and therefore being one of its authors, I willingly accept the responsibility of saying something in its defence in this Debate. The House is...
I think it is worth while to consider for a moment what was the genesis of this Protocol. Its origin can be traced back to the negotiations which took place between the right hon. Gentleman the...
The right hon. Gentleman spoke at one moment as if we were opposed to the objects of the Protocol. It is not with the objects that we find fault. Speaking on behalf of His Majesty's Government, I...
We have, as a member of the League of Nations and a signatory of the Covenant, the obligations of every member of the League and signatory of the Covenant to every other State within the League,...
I come now to the German proposals, to which allusion has already been made in Debates in this House. I think now that I can, without injury to any prospect that they may contain, speak with...
Then one other thing. It is essential to such an agreement, in my opinion, and in the opinion of all with whom I have spoken, that Germany should enter the League of Nations, taking her place as...
I hope I have made the conditions clear as I see them. I venture to put to the House the choice which I believe lies before us. Ever since peace was signed, no less than when war was still being...
Sir, the statesmen of this country have some responsibility. Our policy, not wholly through our own fault, has been wavering and inconsistent. Our influence—no one can move as I have done...
Ordered, That so much of the Lords Message [19th March] as communicates the Resolution, That it is desirable that a Standing Joint Committee on Indian Affairs of both Houses of Parliament be...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Commander Eyres Monsell.]
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