Sir Thomas Bramsdon: 28. asked the Home Secretary if he will consider the question of circulating official copies of the Criminal Statistics, 1922, when published, to the 250 borough benches of magistrates possessing separate commissions, in addition to sending copies to recorders and chairmen of quarter sessions according to the procedure adopted in former years, in order that all magistrates throughout the...
Sir Thomas Bramsdon: 38. asked the First Commissioner of Works if, with a view of improving the acoustic properties of the House, and of enabling the Members and visitors the better to hear the answers to questions and the speeches generally, he will consider the advisability during the Recess of fitting loud speakers in the House, so that Members and visitors may properly understand and appreciate the subject of...
Sir Thomas Bramsdon: 54. asked the President of the Board of Trade if any report has been received by him of an encroachment on the foreshore at Sea-view,. in the Isle of Wight; and, if so, is any and what action being taken by the Board thereon?
Sir Thomas Bramsdon: 65. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is now in a position to give the names of the members of the Departmental Committee who will inquire into the subject of assault on young girls, the terms of reference and any other information relating to the matter?
Sir Thomas Bramsdon: I beg to second the Amendment. I agree with my hon. and gallant Friend that the Amendments which have come from the House of Lords are of a very serious nature. They affect many places, and deal with many points. There are 14 pages of Amendments, all of which are important. Some of them are not Amendments in the strict sense of the word, but are entirely new matter. They come up here as new...
Sir Thomas Bramsdon: Of course, I bow to your ruling, but I was referring to the Clause on page 76 which, as far as I understand, comes up as a new Clause. If I am wrong in that, I am sorry, but that is only another reason why one should be given time to consider these things. The Bill is an omnibus Bill, dealing with many subjects affecting the whole district served by the Southern Railway, and these Amendments...
Sir Thomas Bramsdon: As one who is deeply interested in this question, may I ask to be associated in any conferences which are to take place?
Sir Thomas Bramsdon: 12. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what action is being taken in reference to the payment of salvage money for the salvaging of the Spanish cruiser "Cataluna," on the 10th June, 1923, by the dockyard tugs at Portsmouth; has any acknowledgment been received from the Spanish Government for services rendered by such tugs; and what, if any, are the Regulations which govern the...
Sir Thomas Bramsdon: 24. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what steps have been taken up to the present date with regard to the formulation of a contributory scheme for pensions to widows and dependants of naval ratings; and when it is expected that the men of the Fleet will have concrete proposals placed before them for their decision?
Sir Thomas Bramsdon: 16. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he is aware that the Navy, Army and Air Force Institute is at present running the officers' mess of His Majesty's submarine depot at Portsmouth; when authority to undertake this venture was sanctioned by the men's committee; the amount of any loss from this experiment accrued to date; and from what sources this deficiency is being made up?
Sir Thomas Bramsdon: 77. asked the Home Secretary what is the present position of the Departmental Committee which he has decided to set up to inquire into the question of assaults on girls; and whether he is in a position to state who the members of that Departmental Committee will be?
Sir Thomas Bramsdon: I suggest to the Committee that when the House passed that Resolution last year it was a definite intention on the part of the House to deal generously with these men. That Resolution was as follows: That, in the opinion of this House, the provisions of the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1920, are inadequate to meet the needs of pre-War pensioners, and further legislation should be passed to...
Sir Thomas Bramsdon: 19. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty when the verbatim Report of the 19th Men's Canteen Committee meeting, held on the 25th April, 1924, will be issued for the information of the Fleet; and what has been the delay in this issue?
Sir Thomas Bramsdon: 20. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he is aware that certain warrant officers who are now in receipt of naval pensions will suffer hardship when the 5½ per cent. deduction on their pensions becomes operative in July next, in so far that they will be receiving a lesser amount after the reduction takes place than they would be receiving had they been pensioned as chief...
Sir Thomas Bramsdon: Has the case of these men come under the Whitley Council recently?
Sir Thomas Bramsdon: 23. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if, without detriment to naval wireless signalling, it is possible to curtail wireless exercises and the sending of wireless messages between the hours of 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.; and will he confer a boon on thousands of wireless licence-holders in this country by taking steps to reduce to a minimum the messages sent during these hours in...
Sir Thomas Bramsdon: I wish to be permitted in a few words to refer to a matter arising out of the Shipbuilding Vote which affects the men of the lower deck. I wish to point out the inconvenience which the men of the lower deck suffer in consequence of certain things connected with the construction and fitting-out of modern ships of war. First, there is the fact that the cooking galleys in our great ships are...
Sir Thomas Bramsdon: With all due deference, Sir, I submit that we are discussing the building of ships, and my point has relation to the construction of ships.
Sir Thomas Bramsdon: Then I ask permission to be allowed to return to my remarks when that subject comes under discussion.
Sir Thomas Bramsdon: In connection with the subject of the use of material in the construction of ships, I wish to draw attention to one or two points in connection with shipbuilding which bear very materially on the comfort of the lower deck of the Navy. The cooking galleys at the present time are constructed in the mess decks of ships. That is a very great drawback at times to the living accommodation of the...
