Former MP for Batley and Morley
24. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department if he will state the acceptances and refusals he has so far received of the Government's invitation to overseas buyers to attend the coming British Industries Fair?
25. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department the main outlines of the Convention recently signed in Paris to limit international exhibitions?
50. asked the President of the Board of Trade the number and names of the industries which have made unsuccessful applications for protection under the Safeguarding of Industries Act?
8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is ensuring that the policy of the British Government in no way supports the intervention of foreign Powers which may tend to prevent the consolidation of China as a whole on settled peaceful lines; and whether the Japanese Government, prior to intervening by force of arms, communicated its intentions in any way to the other...
35. asked the Postmaster-General whether there is any scheme of insurance, and, if so, what, against robberies from post offices during hours when the premises are closed for business?
38. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the Government can now state the decision at which it has arrived regarding the recommendations contained in the Fourth Report of the Royal Commission on the Civil Service, dated 2nd April, 1914, relative to appointments held directly from the Crown; and what action, if any, has been taken, or is proposed to be taken, in connection...
It will be admitted by every section in the House that the Liberal party have initiated a very interesting Debate this afternoon. British trade has been discussed from almost every point of view, and the impression left on my mind is that what British trade needs in order to thoroughly recover with the least possible delay is absolute co-operation on the part of all those interested in it....
55. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether any of the recent inquiries into Civil Service matters have devoted attention to the potential improvement of the methods of working in Government Departments; and whether he will consider the desirability of appointing a small committee to investigate methods of work in private organisations, such as insurance companies and banks, to...
