Former MP for Fylde
71. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can furnish any information as to the progress which is being made in commemorating those officers and men of the mercantile marine who lost their lives through enemy action during the War.
63. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether be is aware of the great discontent prevalent in the British trawler-fishing industry arising out of the restrictions imposed on British trawlers fishing in Irish waters outside of the three-mile limit which are not imposed op foreign trawlers; and whether he will make representations to the Irish Free State Government that this...
Is any compensation to be paid to Kenya Colony for the probable loss of territory and revenue arising out of this concession?
I can assure the House that I have no intention of talking this Bill out. Like many other hon. Members who wish to speak, I intend to keep my original speech for my constituency, where it may be more useful than here. I would like to reinforce the remarks made by the hon. and gallant Member for Fareham, namely, that we Members of Parliament can do a great deal of good by going down, even this...
34 and 35. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) whether the final decision regarding the extra-territorial application of the bye-laws relating to fishing off the coast of the Irish Free State has yet been arrived at; and, if so, is he prepared to make known such decision now; (2) whether he is aware of the fact that, notwithstanding his statement that pending the settlement of...
Can the right hon. Gentleman state when a decision is likely to be reached, not on the question of the summons, but in regard to the general fishing question?
Unlike the hon. Member who spoke last, I desire to support this Bill. In doing so, I submit that I am furthering the interests of those men and women who work in Lancashire. I know of no one more anxiously awaiting the passing of this Bill than the men and women engaged in the cotton mills of Lancashire. It is true that capital has been carried out to the Sudan, but it has been carried out to...
Quite apart from that, I would like to say a word as to the attitude towards the natives of those bodies in England who are interested in this development of cotton growing. I can speak with a certain amount of knowledge on that subject, as a member of the British Cotton Growing Association and of the Cotton Growing Corporation. Apart from the humane point of view of wanting to do what we can...
