Wednesday, 21 December 1927
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Return ordered of all the Draft Provisional Orders under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, which in the Session of 1927 have been reported on by the Commissioners; together...
For the Borough Northampton in the room of Lieut.-General Sir Arthur Edward Aveling Holland, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., D.S.O., M.V.O., deceased.— [Commander Eyres Monsell.]
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what was the type of matter expunged from the published Part II Report on the White Slave Traffic; who did the editing, at whose orders, and to...
2. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many of our diplomatic representatives are provided with cars or are authorised to purchase them out of public funds; and whether all those...
11. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of civil servants employed on the staff of the Admiralty for the year ended 31st December, 1913, and for the year ended 31st December, 1926?
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he proposes, before the House rises, to state the policy of the Government with respect to the future of the Ministry of Transport, Department of Mines, and...
Commander OLIVER LOCKERLAMPSON: 3. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that Mr. Ethelbert William Fawcett, late British Vice-Consul at Helsingfors, Finland, was...
4. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that on the 12th instant a cargo of British goods of the value of $420,000 (Mexican) was detained at Lintsing, in the...
Sir F. HALL: 9. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the value of the leases in Chinese treaty ports which were conceded to Great Britain by the Chinese Government between...
5. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can now make any statement about the negotiations with the royal Abyssinian Government regarding the proposed Blue Nile barrage?
7. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the conclusion arrived at by the Court of Arbitration on the attack made by Abyssinian soldiers last June on a British camel caravan?
6. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any report to make to this House as to the result of his conversation with M. Litvinoff at Geneva?
8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the attitude of His Majesty's Government towards the Anglo-Portuguese alliance has been in any way modified in respect of the...
14. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty when the new examinations for promotion in His Majesty's Dockyards will take place?
16. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what facilities in Devonport Dockyard are given to outside contractors; and what sums are charged for these facilities by the Admiralty?
The following Question stood on the Order Paper in the name of Sir F. HALL: 17. To ask the First Lord of the Admiralty what will be the comparative strength in five years' time of the American...
28. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is now in a position to state the amount of damage done to Sir Alan Cobham's machine during its landing at the seaplane base at Malta on...
29. asked the Secretary of State for Air the total number of machines designed and constructed for the Schneider Cup, 1927; and for what purpose will they now be used?
31. asked the Secretary of State for Air the total structural weight, with the proposed passenger accommodation, of the airship R 100; how this weight compares with the maximum weight allowed in...
33. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether he is aware that a request has been made that employés in the...
Mr. ROBINSON: 19. asked the Minister of Labour the number of insured persons aged 65 or over, giving the separate figures for men and women, who will cease to be eligible for unemployment...
20. asked the Minister of Labour whether he will, in the event of the Unemployment Insurance Bill of this Session becoming law, prepare and issue a White Paper setting out in the plainest and...
26. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to the shortage of labour in the Scottish tweed trade and of female labour in the boot trade in the Northampton district;...
Sir F. HALL: 27. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to the remarks made by the registrar at Clerkenwell Police Court in a case which came before him on 12th...
34. asked the Minister of Agriculture what has been to date the total sum paid as compensation by the Government to the owners of animals slaughtered as a result of foot-and-mouth disease...
36. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in order to assist agriculture, he will take steps to ensure that we receive our due share, in accordance with the agreement, of Nauru Ocean...
37. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he has any further statement to make as to the marking of eggs under the Merchandise Marks Act?
42. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that Clause 29 (3) of the Regulations for the preparation of town-planning schemes, which requires that alterations in the scheme should be...
56. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his attention has been drawn to the decision of the Housing Committee in the upper ward of Renfrewshire to proceed no further with their...
43. asked the Minister of Health the number of families at present on outdoor relief in the West Ham Poor Law Union and the total number of such families who are to-day in receipt of an allowance...
48. asked the Minister of health if he has yet received any reply from the Manchester Board of Guardians to the report submitted to them by his inspector relative to the payment of relief, or if...
Dr. VERNON DAVIES: 44. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that in the County of Nottingham, during the year 1924, 43 samples of milk were analysed, of which 97.7 per cent. were...
Dr. V. DAVIES: 47. asked the Minister of Health if, in his next Annual Report of the Ministry of Health he will draw attention to the advisability of seeing that analyses, under the Sale of Food...
Dr. V. DAVIES: 61. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the usual procedure with unvaccinated prisoners in regard to vaccination in normal times and during the presence of...
46. asked the Prime Minister if he will consider the appointment next Session of a Select Committee of this House to inquire and report on the advisability or otherwise of raising money for...
50. asked the Secretary for Mines if he will state any details as to the eight amalgamations which have taken place since the passing of the Mining Industry Act, 1926; and where the 70 collieries...
52. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to the construction of a new generating station at Little Barford, as proposed by the Electricity Commissioners; whether...
53. asked the Secreretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware of the indignation in the island of Barra over the proposals he has announced for the future of the steamer service to the...
54. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that in the proposed agreement between the Scottish Education Department and the Glasgow authority no provision is made for any new...
55. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that a boy, Thomas Lennie, residing at 16, Salisbury Street, Glasgow, was at the Glasgow Sheriff Court in August sentenced to six...
57. asked the Lord Advocate whether the proceedings against Ewen McLennan and Neil McDonald, of Scarristaveg, Harris, for breach of interdict were taken with the concurrence of the procurator...
58. asked the Postmaster-General what is being done to increase the number of telephone call boxes in villages and railway stations in North-east Lincolnshire which have none installed; and how...
60. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department if he is aware that the tender board of the South African Government railways are about to place orders for one million pounds' worth of...
62. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that a performance has been staged at the Grand Theatre, Gravesend, in the course of which Mr. John Ellis, the former...
63. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that His Majesty's inspectors of taxes are demanding from trustees returns for Income Tax purposes of the income arising from trust...
65. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what moneys from public funds have been paid, or will be paid, during the present financial year to the Established Churches of England and Scotland,...
66. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the price of the OFFICIAL REPORT of Parliamentary Debates can be reduced in the coming year to its original price of 3d.?
(by Private Notice) asked the Home Secretary whether it is his intention to receive a deputation of Members of Parliament to-day on the subject of greyhound racing; and, if so, whether he will...
(by Private Notice)asked the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been called to the case of William Hammond, head postman at Kilburn, who was recently convicted at Marylebone Police...
Resolved, That this House do meet To-morrow, at Eleven of the Clock."— [The Prime Minister.]
That they have agreed to— Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 2) Bill,Mental Deficiency Bill,Expiring Laws Continuance Bill,Sheriff Courts and Legal Officers (Scotland) Bill, without...
order for Consideration of Lords Amendments read.
Lords Amendment: In page 1, line 15, leave out "sent or received" and insert "served on or."
Lords Amendment: In page 4, line 33, at the end, insert new Sub-section: (2) is considering whether the improvement is reasonable and suitable to the character of the holding the tribunal shall...
Lords Amendment: In page 6, line 38, after the ward "elsewhere," insert: and may make it a condition of its award that the tenant shall undertake not to carry on the trade or business within such...
Lords Amendment: In page 8, line 1, after the word "tenancy" insert. or, where the tenancy is terminated by notice, within two months after the service of the notice.
Lords Amendment: In page 11, line 43, at the end, insert:
A. Where in respect of any holding a claim for compensation has been made both for improvements and for goodwill, and the landlord has offered in lieu of compensation for either such claim to...
B.—(1) The tribunal shall not entertain an application under Section three of this Act if at the time of the application the applicant is a person in possession of the premises by virtue of...
Lords Amendment: In page 12, line 37, leave out Clause 8. and insert:
C. This Part of this Act shall apply notwithstanding any contract to the contrary, being a contract made at any time after the thirtieth day of March, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven:
Lords Amendment: In page 16, line 2, at the end, insert new Sub-section: (2) This Part of this Act shall not apply to any holding let to a tenant as the holder of any office, appointment or...
Lords Amendment: In page 18, line 10, leave out from the word "not" to the end of line 11, and insert: a Government Department or local or public authority, or a statutory or public utility company.
Lords Amendment: In page 19, line 42, at the end, insert new Sub-section: (2) Where the reason for the application was due to any action taken by a person other than the applicant, the Minister...
Lords Amendment: In page 20, leave out Clause 20 and insert:
"D.—(1) The tribunal for the purposes of Part I of this Act shall be the County Court within the district of which the premises or any part thereof are situated acting under and in...
Lords Amendment: In page 23, line 31, at the end, insert The expression 'landlord' means any person who under a lease is, as between himself and the tenant or other lessee, for the time being...
Lords Amendment: In page 24, line 19, leave out "thirtieth day of
I beg to move, in paragraph 3, line 3, to leave out the word "five," and to insert instead thereof the word "four." This is the first of a number of Amendments to our Standing Orders which
Amendments made: In line 2, leave out the words "twelve o'clock at noon," and insert instead thereof the words "eleven o'clock."
Amendment made: In line 2, leave out the word "five," and insert instead thereof the word four."—[The Prime Minister.]
Unless the House otherwise direct— (a) Until Easter Government Business shall have precedence at every sitting except the sitting on Wednesday and the sitting on Friday; and at the sitting...
I beg to move, "That the Standing Order be repealed."
On Fridays the House shall stand adjourned if at any time after One of the Clock on the House being counted it shall appear that forty Members are not present.
Amendments made:
Amendment made: In line 20, leave out the words "a quarter-past eight," and insert instead thereof the words "half- past seven."—[The Prime Minister.]
Amendment made: In line 13, leave out the words "a quarter-past eight," and insert instead thereof the words "half-past seven."—[The Prime Minister.]
Amendment made: In line 10, leave out the words "a quarter-past eight," and insert instead thereof the words "half-past seven."—[The Prime Minister.]
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Sub-section (6) of this Clause as printed in the Bill in brackets and underlined raises a question of privilege, and those in charge of the Bill must move it is an Amendment.
Clause 9, as printed in the Bill in brackets and underlined, is also a privileged Clause and cannot be taken at this point. If those in charge of the Bill wish it to be inserted, it must be moved...
Brought up, and read the First time.
I beg to move, in page 7, to leave out from the word "that," in line 15, to the word "with," in line 19, and to insert instead thereof the words: the rules of a fund may provide for the deposit...
Considered in Committee, and reported, without Amendment.
Considered in Committee, and reported, without Amendment; read the Third time, and passed, without Amendment.
Considered in Committee, and reported, without Amendment; read the Third time, and passed, without Amendment.
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Lords Amendment considered accordingly.
Lords Amendments considered accordingly.
Lords Amendment: In page 2, line 4, leave out "Section" and insert "Act."
"A. The Minister may if he thinks fit by Regulations prescribe the conditions with which reflectors carried on vehicles in accordance with the provisions of this Act or of any Regulations made...
Lords Amendment: In page 7, line 18, after the word "to," insert "railway locomotives, carriages, and trucks, or to."
Lords Amendment: In page 8, line 16, leave out "first" and insert "twenty-second."
Lords Amendment: In page 9, line 4, insert: "32 amp; 33 Vict.c. 115 The Metropolitan Public Carriage Act, 1869. In Section nine the restriction numbered (3)."
Resolved, That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1882, to 1926, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport under the Electricity...
Whereupon, Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the Order of the House of 8th November, proposed the Question, "That this House do now adjourn."
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