Tuesday, 14 July 1925
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
PRIVATE BILLS [Lords] (Standing Orders not previously inquired into complied with),
1. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give an approximate estimate of the relative value of the home, Imperial and foreign markets in the trade of the country?
2. asked the President of the Board 01 Trade what was the increase or decrease in the total imports of iron and steel manufactures, including machinery, from the western European States of...
5. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has further considered the position of the British cinematograph film producing industry; whether he has now received any suggestion from...
6. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, having regard to the necessity for encouraging the sale of British-made goods in this country, he will consider the desirability of...
68. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department what action is being taken about insurance against bad debts in export trade; whether he proposes to appoint a Committee to...
8. asked the President of the Board of Trade the weight and value of both single and doubled cotton yarn imported into this country during the year 1924 and during the six months ending 30th...
9. asked the President of the Board of Trade if any committees are sitting at the Board of Trade at the present time inquiring into industries which have applied to be safeguarded?
3 and 4. asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) the date of the application by the fabric glove industry for inclusion under the Safeguarding of Industries Act which was repealed last...
12. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the fact that English colour-bearing regiments have the privilege of carrying as their second or battalion colour their national flag...
14. asked the Secretary of State for War if he can make any statement as to the recent Bolshevist propaganda at Aldershot, and whether any traces of it have been observed at other military centres?
15. asked he Secretary of State for War at what date Lulworth Cove is to be evacuated by the tank gunnery school in pursuance of the legal decision of 1924?
16. asked the Secretary of State for War the total expenditure upon Army accountancy for the years 1922, 1923 and 1924, including Royal Army Pay Corps, Corps of Military Accountants, civilian...
19. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is yet able to report agreement on the proposed footpath through the grounds of Broughty Ferry Castle, according to plan submitted by the city...
20. asked the Secretary of State for War whether serving sailors, soldiers, or airmen take part in the Royal Tournament: whether the Royal Tournament has any other official sanction; whether any...
11. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that special campaign pensioners, owing to the fact that they are excluded from the benefits of the Pensions (Increase) Acts, are in a...
13. asked the Secretary of State for War whether his Department has received during the past six months any application for the supply of arms to the Shanghai volunteer force; and, if so, whether...
60. asked the Postmaster-General whether he has received reports from commercial houses of standing in China to the effect that their mails have been tampered with in passing through Soviet...
21. asked the Secretary for Scotland what are the latest figures available showing the comparative costs of building houses of 853 feet square in brick, Weir type and Atholl type, respectively?
24. asked the Secretary for Scotland if he proposes to set up a Committee for the purpose of inquiring into the education of unemployed juveniles; if so, when the Committee will be set up; and...
26. asked the Secretary for Scotland how many first and second preference ox-service men there are in Scotland who have applied for small holdings but whose applications have not yet been...
27. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether, in view of the fact that the lime kilns at Loch Eribol situated on the property of the Board of Agriculture were the principal source of lime for the...
28. asked the Lord Advocate if his attention has been drawn to the jury's finding in connection with the bursting of a hillside reservoir at Skelmorlie, Ayrshire, on 18tth April, in which they...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the Report of the Scottish Agricultural Conference; whether the decisions of the Government upon their recommendations will be...
71. asked the Minister of Labour the number of coal-miners registered as unemployed at the end of June, 1924, October, 1924, and June, 1925; and also the number of all other persons registered as...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 45. asked the Prime Minister whether he is willing to receive a deputation from the representatives of local authorities where unemployment is most severe in order to...
72. asked the Minister of Labour what British industries are to-day employing more people than in 1914?
73. asked the Minister of Labour the number of employed persons in this country who are not insured against unemployment?
35. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that dissatisfaction is being expressed at the slow progress being made in regard to the construction of the arterial road from Kingston...
38. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that on race days at Alexandra Park trains from King's Cross to Enfield and Gordon Hill are taken off in order to provide extra trains for...
39. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the great inconvenience caused to business people and also to vehicular traffic using Wellington Street, the Strand, Blackfriars Bridge,...
40. asked the Minister of Transport whether a public inquiry is to be held as to the advisability of constructing a tube railway in South-east London; if so, when such inquiry is likely to take...
41. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is considering a scheme for underground railways designed exclusively for goods traffic in London; and, if so, whether financial aid from the...
42. asked the Minister of Transport whether the statement made by Sir Henry Maybury that the whole balance and revenue of the Road Fund up till 1931, amounting to £120,000,000, has already...
44. asked the Minister of Transport what restrictions are placed upon the delivery of coal in the main London thoroughfares during the busy hours of the day; whether such regulations have given...
53. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is now in a position to report on the progress of the preliminary soundings requisite for consideration of the proposed road bridge over the Tay?
43. asked the Minister of Transport the percentage of private motor ears insured against third party risks; and how this compares with the experience of other countries?
48. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction that exists with the methods adopted by Income Tax officials dealing with claims for the repayment of Income...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 49. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps the Government propose to take to distribute the balance of £450,000 still in hand, out of the £5,300,000 voted by...
51. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to the intentions expressed in many cases to raise considerably the prices of goods made of silk and artificial...
52. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in the computation of the amount of salary to be paid to Income Tax collectors, regard is paid to the amount of tax collected by them...
54. asked the Postmaster-General whether any advance has been made in the proposals for the establishment of the cash-on-delivery system, particularly in regard to a system limited to...
55. asked the Postmaster-General when it is proposed to establish the telephone service between North Germany and the north-east coast of England, whether the work is being proceeded with, and...
57. asked the Postmaster-General whether, in connection with the development of the Empire wireless chain, the sites have yet been acquired for the erection of the signalling stations for...
58. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that the cost of a stamp voucher for reply to correspondence with the Continent has been raised from 3d. to 6d.; and, seeing that the value of...
59. asked the Postmaster-General if his attention has been called to the case of T. C. Church, of Mitcham, who recently passed an examination qualifying for the post of a sorter, and has been...
63. asked the Postmaster-General if he can see his way to reduce the permitted minimum number of circulars in imitation type-written characters by post to allow of small committees of 10 or 15 to...
61. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that the British Broadcasting Company is producing a journal known as the Continental Radio Times; whether the terms of the agreement between...
62. asked the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been called to the profits made by the British Broadcasting Company during the past financial year; and, seeing that the extent of such...
64. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will consider the question of the appointment of a Departmental Committee to inquire into the laws with regard to solicitation...
65. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware that, owing to the restriction scheme which was drawn up in accordance with the recommendation of the Stevenson Committee, which...
67. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that dissatisfaction exists in Lancashire at the delay of the Government in introducing the East African Transport Loan...
69. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the hardship caused to old age pensioners by reason of their having to pay a fee of 3s. 7d. for a copy of their birth certificate in order...
70. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that recently in the Borough of Lambeth it was found that a local meat retailer boiled pork and beef in a portable copper situated in a yard...
7. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the continued loss of life at sea as the result of fog and the inability of his Department to recommend for adoption any other...
74. asked the Undersecretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether he is aware that in an invitation extended by the Office of Works to...
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on the Widows. Orphans, and Old Age Contributory Pensions Bill be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order...
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had added the following Fifteen Members to the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills (in respect of the Education...
Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions Bill further considered in Committee.
I beg to move, in page 17, line 34, after the word "force," to insert the words or if the deceased husband served in His Majesty's forces for a period of seven days or more during the great War....
Amendment made:
I beg to move, in page 19, line 6, to leave out the words "second day of July," and to insert instead thereof the words "fourth day of January." This Clause confers upon an old age pensioner a...
I beg to move, in page 30, line 22, to leave out Subsection (1). In moving this Amendment, I hope that we shall receive the same cordial support from the Government Benches which we received when...
I beg to move, in page 22, line 10, to leave out Subsection (1). I move this Amendment because I feel that, if this Clause be carried into effect in the terms of the Bill, it will mean some...
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