Mr John Hills: 24. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the State of Albania is represented at the Peace Conference; and if so, by whom?
Mr John Hills: If we accept the Amendment which the Attorney-General has indicated, why do we want Clause 2 at all? As I understand the right hon. Gentleman, all Ministers, including those without portfolio, are to come under Clause 1, and the only Ministers who are excepted are those who are appointed within nine months of the General Election. The present Ministers without portfolio are to come within...
Mr John Hills: I accept the assurance of the right hon. Gentleman that the intention of this Clauseis that where one of these non-portfolio Ministers is appointed nine months after a General Election he has to stand for re-election. The point upon which I wish to be informed is whether that is the effect of the Clause as it stands. I speak with all submission in the presence of the Attorney-General, but I...
Mr John Hills: 56. asked the Prime Minister whether he will now take steps to remove all restrictions on clubs?
Mr John Hills: May I ask when we may expect a decision?
Mr John Hills: 60. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government will give facilities for the passing of the Solicitors (Admission of Women) Bill?
Mr John Hills: May I also indulge in hope during those two or three weeks?
Mr John Hills: 192. asked why no woman has been appointed on the Industrial Fatigue Research Board; whether the work of that Board is largely similar to that of the Health of Munition Workers Committee; whether it is the case that women sat on that Committee and did work of great value; and, if this is so, what reason exists for excluding women from the Industrial Fatigue Research Board?
Mr John Hills: Can we know whether this money is going for the payment of Consultative Councils or for the payment of secretaries and assistant-secretaries?
Mr John Hills: As the House is being asked to vote a sum of money for the pay- ment of expenses, are we not entitled to know the persons who are to receive that money?
Mr John Hills: The point is this: The Ministry of Health Bill provides for the setting up of certain Consultative Councils. The Committee is asked to vote something for the Ministry of Health, and I think we are entitled to know whether any of that money is to go for the payment of these Consultative Councils or not.
Mr John Hills: I quite agree that the House is not satisfied with the explanation which has been offered, and I most earnestly press my hon. Friend to inquire further into the reason for the recall of Sir Henry and into the treatment that he has received in respect of his pension. All I ask for is an inquiry. It is a case of a very distinguished public servant who has had his career broken for no ostensible...
Mr John Hills: I have listened with interest to my right hon. Friend's speech. I agree with the greater part of it. The point I do differ with him is as to free travelling for Members of Parliament. I have listened to more than one Debate on the question, but it has always seemed to me very hard to defend our present system, and its rank inequality and unfairness. Why should a Member who sits for a North...
Mr John Hills: May I ask how much tax this couple would have paid if they had lived together without being married?
Mr John Hills: 45. asked the Prime Minister whether he is now in a position to announce the decision of the Government upon the Solicitors (Admission of Women) Bill?
Mr John Hills: 54. asked the Prime Minister whether he will receive a deputation of married women on the subject of Income Tax?
Mr John Hills: I strongly support the Amendment standing in the name of the hon. Member for Wood Green, and I hope it will be accepted. I myself have great difficulty in voting unless I know that the 10 per cent. increase which is to be allowed is going to be spent in repairs for the houses. Surely this is a perfectly clear case. Like the hon. Member for Barnard Castle, I know the housing conditions in the...
Mr John Hills: 61. asked what special facilities or advantages are granted by the Government to Army bankers; whether these advantages include payment to the bankers by the Government of Army officers' pay at a date earlier than that at which it is credited to the officer; whether any bank which the officer may select is entitled to the same advantages or whether they are granted only to Army bankers; and...
Mr John Hills: 62. asked the Prime Minister whether, before coming to a decision on the Channel Tunnel question, he will take into consideration the comparative cost, the speed in which it can be started working, and the value to our industry and commerce of a train ferry, or several train ferries, across the Channel as against a single Channel tunnel; and will he give an assurance that the House will have...
Mr John Hills: 16. asked the Secretary for War whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that the allowance of coal issuable to a soldier is quite inadequate for the winter months, especially in the case of soldiers on the married establishment; and whether he will consider the- desirability of increasing the allowance?