Mr Thomas Naylor: I desire to raise the question of the publication of the "British Gazette," and I hope I shall not be accused of any discourtesy if I refer to the explanations given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Solicitor-General this afternoon. The right hon. Member for Carnarvon Boroughs (Mr. Lloyd George) drew attention this afternoon to the fact that important resolutions passed by the...
Mr Thomas Naylor: So far as I am concerned, and so far as my connection with the Press is concerned, I have never held the view that we ought to stop the publication of anything that a newspaper seeks to publish. Therefore, that comment cannot be construed as making me appear to be inconsistent in complaining that the Government, in expressing biased opinions or in suppressing news vital to a just and...
Mr Thomas Naylor: I very much regret to find myself in the position of opposing the hon. Member for Bermondsey, and I shall support the rejection of this Bill. In this matter we have to consider the interests not only of the street traders of Bermondsey but the street traders in every other part of London. Certainly they are much greater in number, and at least they are entitled to claim the consideration of...
Mr Thomas Naylor: My hon. Friend says that without this Bill there is always the danger of some cantankerous person coming in from outside and upsetting the whole position in regard to the street traders of Bermondsey. Is that the reason why this Bill has been introduced? If it is then I think it forms a very good reason why this Bill should not be passed. After all, London is London, and what is good for any...
Mr Thomas Naylor: I will not refer to that matter any further, and it was simply a word by the way. I was trying to impress you, Mr. Deputy-Speaker, with the fact that this Bill is a direct interference with the existing interests of street traders in other parts of London in this way, that the passing of this Bill will give Bermondsey Borough Council the power to exclude any street trader it chooses for any...
Mr Thomas Naylor: It certainly meets my objection to a very great extent, but it does not exclude the whole of my objection, for this reason. If, as the hon. Member has already suggested, other boroughs as soon as this Bill is passed, will be coming to this House for similar Bills, it means that all the conditions as well as the advantages of this Bill will be imposed on every street trader who attempts to...
Mr Thomas Naylor: I think it is understood as regards payment of rates that every street trader pays rates as a resident wherever he may be. If the laughter of my hon. Friends means to suggest that the street trader does not honour his liabilities in that respect, then it is not seemly.
Mr Thomas Naylor: No one would suggest that we could compare the street trader with the shopkeeper in regard to the payments of rates. Surely you are not going to set up a special rate-paying system for men who earn their living by setting up stalls in the street. This Bill does not say that. It would be unfair if you expected the costermonger to pay special rates because he sets up his stall in the market...
Mr Thomas Naylor: It may seem a small sum, but my hon. Friend knows that the street trader is not a millionaire even in the happiest of circumstances; not even the street traders of Bermondsey. I suggest that the majority of the street traders are men who would miss the money that is required for the payment of licenses under the conditions that compel them to go from place to place. Therefore I suggest that...
Mr Thomas Naylor: 54. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what is the cause of the delay in presenting the Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the working of Government printing establishments, who, according to a reply given on the 10th June, 1925, completed the taking of evidence on the 18th December, 1924; who, according to a further reply given on the 28th July, 1925, were considering their...
Mr Thomas Naylor: 55. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the chapel representatives of the unions whose members are employed at His Majesty's Stationery Office printing establishments have been deprived of the privilege of collecting members' contributions in the works, as is the general custom of the trade; will he state for what reason this practice has been vetoed by the...
Mr Thomas Naylor: Are we to understand by the reply given by the right hon. Gentleman that the unions are now permitted to collect contributions on the premises after working hours.
Mr Thomas Naylor: 42. asked the Postmaster-General the total cost of the additional buildings erected at Mount Pleasant; the number of the staff to be accommodated therein; and when and the manner in which it is contemplated to utilise the vacant land facing the main road?
Mr Thomas Naylor: 54. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the amount of revenue derived from advertisements appearing in the London Telephone Directory for each of the three years 1923 to 1925?
Mr Thomas Naylor: 61. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will state the circumstances under which 7,000 copies of the Glasgow Telephone Directory produced at the Government printing establishment at Harrow were spoiled and had to be reprinted; whether he is aware that the overseer responsible for this work is a non-union volunteer, and that the overseer originally in charge of the work has...
Mr Thomas Naylor: The hon. Member for Doncaster gave instances of two boys of 16, an old man over 60 years of age, and a man carrying a child who were batoned by the police. I would like to know if the Home Secretary is prepared to answer that charge?
Mr Thomas Naylor: I do not think the Attorney - General in opposing this Amendment was quite as logical as he usually is. He seemed to think that the Mover was throwing out a challenge on the question of the collective ownership of generating stations. All the Amendment seeks to do is to make it clear that the Board should have the opportunity of taking over generating stations where the owners of generating...
Mr Thomas Naylor: I beg to second the Amendment. I feel the right hon. Gentleman in charge of the Bill does not realise the practical difficulties which will arise if this Clause is left in its present form and if trade catalogues are included in the penalties laid down. I do not fear that the authors of catalogues are likely to be prosecuted because I feel it will be possible for them to make the necessary...
Mr Thomas Naylor: 36. asked the Minister of Transport if he will consider the advisability of appointing a committee of inquiry into possible methods of preventing street accidents due to the increasing dangers of motor traffic?
Mr Thomas Naylor: The Solicitor-General is probably aware that a large number of these papers come here, not only from the Continent, but from Canada and the States. They are circulated by firms who describe themselves as publishers, and, according to the statement which has just been made by the Solicitor-General, the firms which issue these papers that are sent over in large numbers from America and the...