Tuesday, 1 December 1925
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock.
Mr. DEPUTY-SPEAKER laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That, in the case of the following Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on the...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: I beg to present a humble petition from the board of guardians of Middlesbrough, praying this honourable House not to assent to the Rating and Valuation Bill in its...
I beg to present a humble petition from 3,000 inhabitants of the Borough of Worthing praying this honourable House that the practice of vivisection may be discontinued.
2. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he has received any complaints that the Shetland knitting industry is being adversely affected by the competition of machine-made goods of German...
11. asked the President of the Board of Trade the volume and the value of the imports and exports of gas mantles for 1913, 1923, 1924, and for the first 10 months of 1925?
4. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that a Peninsular and Oriental steamer took the ground in the Thames Estuary last week, and that shoaling has been in progress in the...
16. asked the President of the Board of Trade what action it is intended to take with regard to the representations of the Government of the Union of South Africa to His Majesty's Government on...
19. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will take steps to see that the life-saving appliances rules are enforced in respect of the sea-going vessels of the Northern Lighthouse...
6. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any facilities are being granted under the Trade Facilities Act in regard to the new film city scheme, for Brighton?
7. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether His Majesty's Government have been consulted with regard to the sale of a portion of the shares of the Turkish Petroleum Company to an...
Sir NICHOLAS DOYLE: 9. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has received any complaints as to the action of the Soviet Government in marketing in this country produce of the...
15 and 56. (1) asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will give figures showing the total numbers of ordinary and of belated claims presented to the late Royal Commission on...
17. asked the President of the Board of Trade the tonnage and value of anchors and chain cables imported into this country during the first nine months of this year?
18. asked the President of the Board of Trade what percentage of the total production of steel manufactures in Great Britain is exported, the quantities of the various classes of such...
20. asked the Secretary of State for War, whether his attention has been called to the fact that Territorial troops on returning from camp entrained in Northumberland on 15th August last took...
21. asked the Secretary of State for War the number of persons attending the Army School for Dispensing annually for instruction in dispensing; and what is the length and duration of each course...
22. asked the Secretary of State for War how many pharmacists have enlisted in the Army Reserve (Technical); and whether any distinction is drawn between a qualified pharmacist and an unqualified...
25. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, when a disability alleged to be constitutional showed itself during war service, a soldier receives any consideration, temporary or permanent,...
27. asked the Secretary of State for War why, on the disbandment of the Corps of Military Accountants, men enlisted on a 21 years' engagement are being discharged with 28 days' leave with pay and...
28. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he can say when the establishment of the Militia is to be restored, and the estimated cost of re-establishment on a single battalion basis?
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 26. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, subsequent to the War, any evidence has come into the possession of the War Office, or to the knowledge of the Cabinet,...
Mr. W. M. ADAMSON: 30. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether he has received a Report from the Moray County Council relating to the failure of negotiations with the Elgin Town Council in...
36. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether his attention has been drawn to the prevalence of illegal trawling near the island of Barra; and whether he will take whatever steps are possible to...
41. asked the Lord Advocate whether the Committee of Inquiry regarding child assault has completed its proceedings; and, if so, when will the Report of the Committee be issued?
Dr. DRUMMOND SHEILS: 31. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether a, tender has been accepted for a number of Weir houses in or near Cupar, Fifeshire; if so, what number has been ordered and what...
83. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether he is aware that the Board of Agriculture for Scotland has recently refused an application from the grazings committee of North Dell, near Stornoway,...
36. asked the Secretary for Scotland the weight of steel used in construction of each of the four types of houses specially selected for the additional housing subsidy; and what is the weight of...
40. asked the Secretary for Scotland the numbers of the various types of houses already selected, provisionally or otherwise, by local authorities under instructions contained in the Circular of...
42. asked the Secretary for Mines what quantity of coal was produced at a profit in the South Wales coalfield during the months of August, September and October, 1925, respectively; and the...
43. asked the Secretary for Mines whether there are any facilities for experimenting in the making of briquettes or other forms of compressed duff at any of the Government experimental stations;...
44. asked the Secretary for Mines whether, on their recent visit to the Experimental Station at Greenwich, the members of the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry inspected any processes of...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he has received a request from the County Councils' Association of England and Wales that he should receive a deputation with reference to the Road Fund; and...
46. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if his attention has been called to the settlement and funding of the Italian debt to the United States of America; and when a settlement of the Italian...
47. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much of the £223,000,000 Estimate for the Civil Service is in respect of salaries to Civil Servants; and how much of this latter amount is...
Major HARVEY: 48. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the salaries, respectively, of the Director and Assistant Director of Statistics and Intelligence in the Inland Revenue Department, and...
61. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research recently advertised in "Engineering" for a tracer to be employed at...
Mr. YOUNG: 50. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the quantity and value of tobacco, cigars, and other dutiable goods confiscated by the Customs authorities during the last three years from...
Sir N. GRATTON-DOYLE: 51. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the directors of the Soviet trading organisation, now engaged in the distribution of Russian oil in this country, pay...
52. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in his quest for new sources of taxation, foe has weighed the merits of the imposts now levied almost universally on foreign visitors to the...
53. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to the disabilities inflicted upon separated persons in the collection of the Income Tax in such wise that the...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir FREDERICK HALL: 54. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the volume of trade done by the co-operative societies of this country in the years 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922,...
57. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if any and, if so, how many treaties with Foreign Powers would have to be revised if a tax on malting barley were imposed in accordance with the...
62. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury under what Parliamentary authority the Customs officials are collecting a parcel tax of 6d. on every parcel containing dutiable goods?
70. asked the Postmaster-General the reason why the switchboards required by the General Post Office, London, were ordered from Germany; and will he state the amount of such foreign tender and...
71. asked the Postmaster-General the names of the witnesses who have given evidence before the Broadcasting Committee, indicating in each case the interests on whose behalf they speak; what...
73. asked the Postmaster-General if his attention has been called to the inadequate postal facilities in the large and growing district of Withington, as regards accommodation at the local post...
63. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that certain trains on the Great Western Railway stop at stations to pick up first-class passengers only; and whether he will take steps to...
65. asked the Minister of Transport whether, in inquiring into the needs of London traffic, his Department investigates such factors as the lack of adequate attention to comfort in the tramcars,...
Mr. W. M. ADAMSON: 66. asked the Minister of Transport whether he has received the Report of the Committee of Inquiry set up by the Road Board of the county of Moray by resolution, dated 7th...
68. asked the Minister of Transport whether satisfactory progress is being made with the new road between Birmingham and Wolverhampton; and when the same is expected to be completed?
74. asked the Minister of Pensions whether, in view of the large amount of working time lost by workers in industry owing to rheumatic diseases, he will consider the advisability of the adoption...
75. asked the Minister of Pensions whether, if an applicant delays his appeal against the rejection of his claim for a pension beyond two months, the date of pension, if his appeal is successful,...
76. asked the Comptroller of the Household, as representing the Minister of Agriculture, whether the Ministry have been able to trace the origin of the recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease...
78. asked the Secretary of State for Air how many officers of the Army and Air Force have been seconded from one Service to the other under the scheme authorised by the Air and Army Councils in...
79. asked the Secretary of State for Air if he is aware that Messrs. Nortons, Tividale, Staffs, are not paying the recognised standard rates of wages and general conditions of employment to the...
80. asked the Home Secretary whether the application which has been made on behalf of Major Robert Sheppard for his own costs which were incurred in connection with the case in which he was...
(by Private Notice) asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the recent trial, conviction and sentence of 12 Communists at the Old Bailey, and the statements made by the Judge during the...
Mr. W. M. ADAMSON: I wish to put before you, Sir, a point of Order in relation to a Private Notice Question which I sent to the Minister of Pensions this morning, after notifying Mr. Speaker in...
"to amend the Law relating to Coroners," presented by Sir WILLIAM JOYNSON-HICKS; supported by the Attorney-General and Mr. Godfrey Locker-Lampson; to be read a Second time To-morrow, and to be...
"to amend the Law relating to smoke nuisances, and for other purposes connected therewith," presented by Dr. SALTER; supported by Mr. Viant, Dr. Shiels, Mr. Barr, Mr. Broad, Mr. Rhys Davies, Mr....
I beg to move, That leave be given to brine in a Bill better to secure that no person shall be convicted for the expression of opinion, and for other purposes relating thereto. As the Debate this...
"to make better provision for securing that no person shall be convicted for the expression of opinion, and for other purposes connected therewith," presented accordingly, and read the First...
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had added the following Fourteen Members to the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills (in respect of the Education...
That they have agreed to—
I beg to move: That the action of the Government in initiating the prosecution of certain members of the Communist party is a violation of the traditional British rights of freedom of speech and...
Resolved,
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the contract, dated the 17th day of September, 1923, between His Majesty's Postmaster-General and Messrs. Stout, of Fair Isle, Shetland, for the...
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