Wednesday, 2 December 1925
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Mr. FOOT MITCHELL: 2. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is now in possession of the general conclusions reached by the International Judicial Commission which recently...
5. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Council of the League of Nations has under consideration any proposals whereby the Governments of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece and...
6. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether alterations have been made in the pay of officers and ratings of the Navy after such pay has been approved by this House in the Estimates for his...
7. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the percentage of fuel oil purchased from foreign countries and from the Dominions and British Colonies during the year 1924–25?
Mr. WILLIAM WATSON: 8. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether it is intended to retain any established men in the Care and Maintenance party at Rosyth; and if it is proposed to retain...
10. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many of the crew of Submarine Ml were chief engine-room artificers and engine-room artificers; whether they were all men who had volunteered for...
12. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number and sizes of Admiralty ships his Department have decided to scrap in the immediate future: and whether, in inviting tenders from shipbreakers,...
13. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many shorthand writers are employed at the Admiralty now and the corresponding figure in 1914?
63. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that there is considerable dissatisfaction amongst members of the writing-assistant and typing grades employed in his Department owing to the...
68. asked the Post-master-General whether, in connection with the proposed introduction of mechanical methods of book-keeping into the Post Office Savings Bank, he will see that the promotion...
74. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will explain the reason for the delay in the fixing of civilian clerical complements for the Army Ordnance services; whether he is aware that...
19. asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons who have been refused benefit this year in the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney on the ground of not genuinely seeking employment?
21. asked the Minister of Labour the number of men who have received training in rural handicrafts (estate handy men) under the auspices of his Department, and the number of such men who have...
22. asked the Minister of Labour whether any articles suitable for sale are being manufactured at the Ministry of Labour factory, Garrison Lane, Birmingham; and, if so, what methods does he...
23. asked the Minister of Labour whether employers of labour who, by agreement with their employés or by custom, are under an obligation to pay wages for holidays of a week or more are...
24. asked the Minister of Labour whether he will give instructions to all rota members and officials that any statement given by an employer shall be read over to the applicant?
30. asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons employed in the motor manufacturing industry in Coventry, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham, respectively, in each quarter from the year 1920 to...
35. asked the Minister of Labour how many unemployed (men, women and juveniles) were registered on the Exchanges at Penistone and Stocksbridge respectively last week and for the corresponding...
38. asked the Minister of Labour the number of build- ing trade workers in Glasgow who are at present unemployed and drawing benefit?
39. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that moulders have been brought from Wexford through the medium of the Employment Exchange there by Messrs. Wallace and Company, agricultural...
25. asked the Minister of Labour the number of cases of infractions of the wages and conditions laid down by the various trade boards which have been reported by trade board inspectors to his...
29. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the dispute in the Scottish shale field is placing a great financial burden upon the local parish councils concerned by payment of poor...
69. asked the Secretary for Scotland on what principle the types of houses chosen to receive the special subsidy were selected?
70. asked the Secretary for Scotland, whether he is aware that the Atholl Housing Company had definitely arranged to pay trade union rates of wages to all their workmen; that this company was...
33. asked the Minister of Labour if his attention has been called to the strike of wireless operators now in progress in the mercantile marine; and whether he proposes to take immediate steps...
40. asked the Secretary of State for Air what is the lowest sum demanded by the Air Service for release of a recruit under special circumstances; whether there is a period beyond which such...
43. asked the Secretary of State for Air if it is the policy of the Air Ministry to proceed expeditiously to erect and acquire buildings; and when it is anticipated that requirements for...
44. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether, seeing that buildings and 179 acres of land, at Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, have been purchased by the Air Ministry for £60,000, he can say...
54. asked the Secretary of State for Air if he is aware that there have been 50 lives lost in the Royal Air Force since the beginning of the year; whether in all these cases inquiries were held;...
42. asked the Secretary of State for Air what number of machines are in possession of the Air Force in Great Britain and the out-stations, respectively, immediately ready for flight on war...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether the Civil Research Committee have received representations from the workpeople and manufacturers in the iron and steel industry; and can. he say when the...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 46. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government are going to publish the Weir Report on electrical development: and, if so, when?
48. asked the Prime Minister whether the findings of the Irish Boundary Commission will be put into effect in the absence of the signature of the Free State Commissioner?
50. asked the Prime Minister whether he can give the House any information as to the scope and further implications of the decision of the Cabinet to place a limit on expenditure, which is first...
73. asked the President of the Board of Education the number of children under the age of five and between the ages of five and six in the schools under the Walthamstow Education Authority?
63. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the extension of the franchise to include all members of the Forces, he is prepared to grant further facilities for the dissemination of the views...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 47. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the grave charges made by a Departmental Committee against the actions of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to...
49. asked the Prime Minister when he will be in a position to state the policy of the Government with regard to the Road Fund?
52. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that legislation has recently been passed in Australia making it compulsory for cinema exhibitors to show a certain...
Captain BENN: 55. asked the Attorney-General whether he proposes to introduce legislation so to amend the Criminal Evidence Act, 1898, as to exempt the exempt the Attorney-General from the...
56. asked the Attorney-General whether he is aware that the main defect of the Poor Persons Depart- ment, recommended to be abolished by the last of Mr. Justice P. O. Lawrence's Committees, was...
59. asked the Undersecretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, for what purpose the Fine Arts Commission was constituted; and whether the...
60. asked the Minister of Health the names of the county boroughs which have adopted Section A of the Public Health (Amendment) Act?
61. asked the Minister of Health whether the Royal Commission on Borough Boundaries has yet reported; and, if so, whether the Report is available?
Mr. T. THOMSON: 64. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that vagrants are committing crime and surrendering to the police to obtain shelter in prison, owing to the shortage of food...
65. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the practice by retailers of coke of watering the coke in order to increase the weight; and will he consider the advisability...
78. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total legal tender on the 30th June, 1914, and on the 30th October, 1925, with the approximate percentage of gold in each case?
66. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state the quantity and value of the total imports of paper classified as wrapping or tissue paper, 10 pounds double crown and under,...
67. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will state the volume and the value of the imports and exports of fabric and leather gloves and glove fabric for 1913, 1923, 1924, and the...
75. asked the Comptroller of the Household, as representing the Minister of Agriculture, whether re-examination of all the possible sources of foot-and-mouth infection is being now carried out,...
76. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that two serious traffic accidents have occurred in the last few weeks at a certain point in Well Street, Hackney, the last accident, on...
79. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware of fines being inflicted upon persons bringing silk stockings into this country as personal luggage; and, in view of the fact that...
May I ask a question of which the Leader of the Opposition gave notice—and may I express his regret that he is unable to be present to submit this question himself— namely, to ask the...
by Private Notice asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the serious nature of the evidence disclosed, and the verdict returned at the coroner's inquest held at...
Is the Prime Minister now in a position to state the business which the Government intend to take on Friday?
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend and extend the law relating to the prevention of corruption. I had intended to introduce this Bill last Wednesday, but certain...
"to amend and extend the law relating to the prevention of corruption," presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Monday next, and to be printed. [Bill 267.]
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to repeal the Incitement to Mutiny Act of 1797. I believe this Bill will be quite non-contentious. I think it is common agreement in the...
That they have agreed to,
Considered in Committee.
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