Mr Joseph Westwood: 63 and 64. asked the Prime Minister (1) what action, if any, the Government propose taking to remove the penalty on thrift imposed on old age pensioners under the present Old Age Pensions Acts; (2) If the Government will be prepared to allow a free Vote of the House, as did the late Government, on the removal of the anomalies of the present Old Age Pensions Acts, which penalise those who have...
Mr Joseph Westwood: Are we to understand from the Prime Minister that the Government can give time to save Prince Andrew from Greece, but cannot give rime to save the starving miners?
Mr Joseph Westwood: Is it a fact that neither in letter nor in spirit have the Government fulfilled the promises made which have already been referred to?
Mr Joseph Westwood: 61. asked the Prime Minister if he is aware that hundreds of mine workers are being paid starvation wages and that their wives and children are unprovided with sufficient food or clothing; and what action, if any, does he propose taking to end the foregoing state of affairs?
Mr Joseph Westwood: 21. asked the First Commissioner of Works, as representing the Secretary for Scotland, if he will inquire into the actions of the Scottish Mineowners' Defence and Mutual Insurance Association re its methods of withholding and making payment under the Workmen's Compensation Acts; and if, as the result of that investigation, it is found that undue pressure has been put upon injured miners to...
Mr Joseph Westwood: I think I can claim from the House that special indulgence which has been granted to all Members who, so far, have made their first incursion into the Debates of this House. Perhaps I am entitled to even greater indulgence, due to the fact that I am coming in at what I suppose is the end of a Debate in connection with what, to me, is one of the most serious questions that will have to be...
Mr Joseph Westwood: Is the hon. Gentleman aware that the trouble has been caused by the issue of circular 151, and what is the attitude of the Government on the question of withdrawing that circular and allowing the education authorities to feed as they did previously?
Mr Joseph Westwood: 64. asked the Minister of Health if his attention has been called to the case of Mrs. Beatrice Bowey, formerly a patient in the Sunderland Mental Hospital, who died there on 18th March, 1922; is he aware that on 22nd February the acting medical superintendent referred to the prospect of her speedy recovery; that the husband received no intimation of his wife's change of health until summoned...
Mr Joseph Westwood: 91 asked the Undersecretary to the Scottish Board of Health if he is aware that burghal members of county councils in Scotland are not allowed to vote on any question which entails expenditure by the county council, and is he prepared to consider the neces- sary amendment to the Local Government Acts to give all members of county councils absolute equality?
Mr Joseph Westwood: 92. asked the Undersecretary to the Scottish Board of Health if he is aware that certain education authorities in Scotland have had difficulty in obtaining a water supply for certain of their schools; and that the procedure to allow them to get the same, laid down by the Education (Scotland) Act, 1S18, Section 11 (3), is both cumbersome and costly; and will he consider the simplification of...
Mr Joseph Westwood: Is it not a fact that the County of Berwickshire Education Authority have had very great difficulty in getting a supply of water for some of their schools, and that it has been a, costly procedure, due to the fact that landlordism has kept them from supplying water?
Mr Joseph Westwood: I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to regulate the leisure time allowed to farm servants in Scotland; and for other purposes connected therewith. This Bill, like the Measure which has just been presented to the House, is for the purpose of helping industrial peace, and I hope that it will meet with the same success. The object of the Bill is to make statutory a Saturday...
Mr Joseph Westwood: 84. asked the Under-Secretary to the Scottish Board of Health if he is aware that the property on the Overton Road housing site, Kirkcaldy, has no fencing erected; that some of the houses have been occupied since August, 1922; and that the local authority place the responsibility for the delay on the Scottish Board of Health; and what action he proposes taking to expedite the erection of the...
Mr Joseph Westwood: 21. asked the Under-Secretary of State for War the number of cadets in training at Sandhurst for the years 1920, 1921, and 1922, and the average cost per cadet from Imperial funds for the same years?
Mr Joseph Westwood: 27. asked the Solicitor-General for Scotland if he is aware that the Scottish Education Department have now issued a draft code for Scottish schools; if so, will copies of the same be made available for Members of Scottish constituencies; and when will the code be placed upon the Table for the approval of the House as stated on 18th April?
Mr Joseph Westwood: 28. asked the Solicitor-General for Scotland the average cost of educating pupils in Scottish primary, intermediate and secondary schools from local rates and from Imperial grants?
Mr Joseph Westwood: 102. asked the Under-Secretary to the Scottish Board of Health if he is aware that there is a serious housing shortage at Pathhead, Ford, Midlothian; that many houses there are closed for a period of the year and only occupied in summer time for holiday purposes; and if he is prepared to take any action to allow of these houses being let to tenants prepared to occupy them all the year?
Mr Joseph Westwood: 101. asked the Solicitor-General for Scotland the number of inspectors of schools in the service of the Scottish Education Department in the years 1916, 1917, and 1918, the average salary paid to each, the total cost, and the number of inspectors for the years 1921 and 1922, with the average salary and total cost?
Mr Joseph Westwood: 103. asked the Under-Secretary to the Scottish Board of Health if he is aware that Section 37 of The Poor Law (Scotland) Act, 1845, causes grave dissatisfaction to assessing bodies for poor and education rates; that, due to the above-mentioned Clause, Cambusnethan parish rates will fall £6,000 short of the estimate; that Lord Dunedin's Committee recommended all assessments being collected on...
Mr Joseph Westwood: 32. asked the Postmaster-General what was the starting wage of those who were temporary sorters in the Post Office prior to the War, but who, on the termination of hostilities, successfully competed for staff appointments in the Post Office, sorter class; what number are now employed; and does the scope of the Southborough Committee embrace the question of adequacy, or otherwise, of the...