Thursday, 17 February 1927
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
I have been asked by the Trustees of the British Museum to present a Petition to this House. The Petition recites the income that the Trustees have for carrying on the British Museum in both its...
Bradford Corporation Bill (by Order),
1. asked the Minister of Pensions if he will consider the advisability of amending the Regulations giving the pensioner suffering from a disability subsistence allowance if away from home for...
2. asked the Minister of Pensions how many established civil servants are in charge of area offices in Scotland; how many of the P Class and how many temporary civil servants; where the area...
3. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that, on the occasion of a battalion of the Guards leaving London for China, Communist agents distributed literature...
7. asked the Home Secretary whether, in framing a Measure for the lowering of the age for women voters, he will provide for the legal limit of election expenses per vote being reduced to avoid...
8. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that proprietors of omnibuses plying in the metropolitan district, unlike tramway companies, have no power to enforce a prohibition on smoking...
9. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been directed to the failure of some local authorities to enforce the Shops Act, 1912, particularly in regard to proceedings against persons...
Mr. C LARRY: 10. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that Arcos steamships are engaged in a definite traffic of dumping anti-British agents in this country under the guise of legitimate...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir FREDERICK HALL: 46. asked the Prime Minister whether, in connection with his promise to afford an opportunity for a discussion of Anglo-Russian relations, he will make...
11. asked the Home Secretary when he proposes to introduce legislation to deal with appeal tribunals for the police forces of England and Wales?
4. asked the Home Secretary how much money is at the disposal of the trustees of the Police Fund; how much of this money is to be spent on police clubs in London and throughout the country; and...
12. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to a compensation case in Yorkshire in which it was stated that nystagmus was improved by excessive drinking; and whether he...
14. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the growing practice of raising money for charitable objects by means of competitions and ballots; whether he is aware that...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 15. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware of the hardship caused to old teachers owing to the fact that pensioners in receipt of allowances...
16. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he has called the attention of the proper local authorities to the action of certain teachers who persuaded children under their care...
17 and 20. asked the President of the Board of Education (1) whether his attention has been called to the activities of the Teachers' Labour League in promoting the spread of Socialism among...
19. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he has completed his inquiry into the circumstances attending the recent conviction of the headmaster of Hedley Hill Council School for...
21. asked the President of the Board of Education, whether he has asked local education authorities to reconsider their programmes under the head of special services, with a view to substituting...
22. asked the President of the Board of Education if he is aware that Sir George Newman in his last Report states that 57,395 children attending school in 1925 were suffering from latent...
23. asked the President of the Board of Education on what estimate of the component items of expenditure the total of 45 shillings per head of average attendance is based in Circular 1388?
24. asked the President of the Board of Education if any memorandum or instruction has been issued to His Majesty's inspectors of elementary schools with respect to the basis upon which the...
27. asked the President of the Board of Education when the Report of the Departmental Committee on Public Libraries, appointed in 1924, will be issued, and if the Report will be laid before...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 28. asked the Minister of Health how many towns have begun any slum clearances under the Housing Act, 1919, and subsequent Acts?
44. asked the Minister of Health how many local authorities in England and Wales have failed to promote housing schemes under the Housing, &c., Act, 1923, and the Housing (Financial...
29. asked the Minister of Health the number of persons receiving outdoor relief from the Poor Law in the County of Durham on 1st February, 1927, and the number for 1st February, 1926?
33. asked the Minister of Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent decision in the King's Bench Division, when it was decided that a guardian of the poor receiving treatment in the...
51. asked the Minister of Health what was the cost to the local authorities for the maintenance of the mental patients chargeable to them, together with the amount granted by the Exchequer in...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. HALL: 53. asked the Minister of Health whether, seeing that his atention has been called by the Lambeth Board of Guardians to the number of able-bodied men within their...
30. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the Lindsey County Council recently advertised for a lady doctor as an assistant to the medical officer of Lindsey at a salary of £400...
31. asked the Minister of Health whether the Committee appointed to deal with the preparation and testing of vaccine lymph, the methods of removing risks which may result from vaccination, and...
32. asked the Minister of Health whether the test case indicated by him last summer as to the right of inspection of offices under the Factories Acts has been tried; and, if not, whether he will...
35. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that many persons, who were qualified on the ground of previous insurance or otherwise to become voluntary contributors under the combined...
36. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the West Ham Board of Guardians in control of the Forest Gate Sick Home, Forest Gate, E.7, have made an order which declares that when a...
38. asked the Minister of Health whether he has considered the recommendation made by the Interdepartmental Committee appointed to consider the effect on migration of schemes of social insurance...
40. asked the Minister of Health when it is proposed to introduce a Bill to give effect to the recommendations of the Royal Commission on National Health Insurance?
37. asked the Minister of Health the amount of overtime worked in his Department by the permanent and temporary grades below the executive grade during the months of November, December, and...
73. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he can give the approximate amount of British Government securities held by the several Government Departments and other public offices on the...
42. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the fact that neither the Imported Milk Regulations nor the Milk and Dairies Order apply to Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man,...
43. asked the Minister of Health whether he has had his attention drawn to cases of hardship arising under the Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act to widows whose children, on...
45. asked the Prime Minister if he will consider the advisability of appointing a Committee to consider how the squares and other open spaces in London can be preserved for the public use?
41. asked the Minister of Health what action, legislative and administrative, he proposes to take on the subject of the Report of the Committee on Offences against Young Persons?
47. asked the Minister of Health if he will state the names of the members of the Committee of the Privy Council appointed under Section 62 (2) of the Rating and Valuation Act, 1925, to prepare...
50. asked the Minister of Health when the plans for the new mental deficiency institution at Westwood, Clayton Heights, which have been under consideration by the Board of Control for the past...
52. asked the Minister of Health whether any action is proposed in regard to the representations he has received from the Pharmaceutical Society against the practice of doctors in England and...
54. asked the Minister of Health whether he proposes to introduce legislation this year for the continuance of the Rent Restrictions Act?
55. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the reason for the recent Treasury Order restricting the amount of wines of Dominion importation that may be withdrawn from bond for home consumption...
56. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, in order to assist an agricultural industry, and in view of the amount of labour employed therein, he will consider the advisability of placing a...
57. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has any reason to anticipate the early ratification of the Anglo-French debt agreement by France; and whether he has made, or proposes to make, any...
58. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount by which the principal of the National Debt will be increased on account of the cash applications, as distinct from the conversion...
62. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer approximately what sum would be realised if co-operative societies were taxed in the same way as other businesses?
63. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if ratification by the Greek Government was given for the concession on the guaranteed bond issue of £2,000,000 to the Power and Traction Finance...
64. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amount of the National Debt as at the 31st December, 1926; the amount due per head of the population; and the interest charges on the National...
67. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, as a means of ensuring full payment of death duties, he has considered the proposal for introducing into England and Wales the system which...
68. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, arising out of the promises made by him to the University of London last June, any plans for the additional accommodation required for the...
69. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many claims of Irish loyalists have been heard by the Committee set up under the Chairmanship of Sir Alexander Wood Renton, K.C.; and when it...
72. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of officials and attendants employed at the Museum of Practical Geology, Piccadilly, together with the yearly amount of salaries and...
75. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, whether Messrs. Henry Wynmalen and Company, constructional steel manufacturers, Chateau de Branchon, Boneffe, Belgium, are now or have at any...
78. asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps have been taken to find employment and/or land where necessary for those colonists at Patrington who will not find employment on farms taken over...
79. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will make com- pulsory use of local anæsthesia in the case of horses of all ages in the operations of gelding and docking?
80. asked the Minister of Agriculture how many acres of small holdings have been provided in the County of Chester since 1st January, 1908; how many tenants are now in occupation; how many...
81. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he has given further consideration to the construction of aircraft in His Majesty's dockyards; and whether skilled personnel, of whom so many are...
82. asked the Secretary of State for Air why no British aeroplane or seaplane competed in the last race for the Schneider Cup; and what steps, if any, were taken by the Air Ministry to assist or...
May I ask the Prime Minister if he can now state the business for next week?
"to prohibit the making with bookmakers of bets on events to be determined in Great Britain unless the bets are made in Great Britain," presented by Mr. CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER; supported by...
"to provide for the compulsory closing of hairdressers' and barbers' shops on Sundays," presented by Mr. JAMES STEWART; supported by Mr. Templeton, Mr. Morgan Jones, Mr. Barr, Mr. Hayes, Mr....
"to make provision as to poor relief to dependants of persons involved in a trade dispute in Scotland, to enable relief to be given by way of loan, and to extend further the duration of the Poor...
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON repotted from the Committee of Selection; That they had selected the following Ten Members to be the Chairmen's Panel, and to serve as Chairmen of the Five Standing...
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection; That, in pursuance of Section 1, sub-section (3), of the Parliament Act, 1911, they had appointed Mr. Short and Sir Edmund Turton...
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had selected the following Ten Members to be the Panel to serve on Unopposed Bill Committees under Standing Order 105:...
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection; That, in pursuance of the provisions of the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, they had selected the following...
Mr. WILLIAM NLCHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection: That they had agreed to the following Resolution, which they had directed him to report to the House:
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £1,150, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during tie year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £37,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum not exceeding £3,924 be granted to His Majesty to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending...
Motion made and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £3,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £142,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £4,537, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £418,000, he granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £7,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £220,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
1. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £37,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which win come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
1. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £450,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
Ordered, That the Committee of Privileges do consist of ten Members:
Ordered, That a Select Committee he appointed to assist Mr. Speaker in the arrangements for the Report of Debates, and to inquire into the expenditure on stationery and printing for this House...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—(Commander Eyres Monsell.)
I want to raise the question of the action of the President of the Board of Education in cancelling the certificate of a schoolmaster. This afternoon I gave notice that I would raise that...
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