Mr Charles White: 39. asked the Prime Minister whether he will bring in legislation at an early date to set up arbitration courts to deal with the cases of tenants of shop and business premises who may be given notice to quit owing to the premises being sold or let at a higher rental over their heads; and whether he is aware that in many such cases it is impossible for the tenant concerned to find other...
Mr Charles White: Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that there are many cases of multiple shopkeepers buying up premises, and the grievance is that those displaced cannot obtain any other premises?
Mr Charles White: The hon. Member for Govan (Mr. N. Maclean) led us to understand that this duty on tea pressed on the poor to such an extent that it actually affected their standard of life, thereby giving the House to understand that, owing to the heavy duty on tea, the working classes were not able to drink as much tea as they did before. I think the Chancellor of the Exchequer said the other day that the...
Mr Charles White: 49. asked the Prime Minister if he will state what is the financial position of the Home Produced Sugar Company, Limited, in relation to the Government; what is the capital of the said company; whether any part of such capital is found by the Government; whether any of the directors of the company are Members of Parliament; if so, what are their names, and what yearly fee or salary is paid to...
Mr Charles White: 60. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will grant the return asked for by the Member for West Derbyshire [Members of Parliament (Salaries, etc.),—Return giving the names of all Members of Parliament holding any Government office in the financial year ending on the 31st day of March, 1920, the amount of any salary, fees, subsidies, grants, or expenses paid or allowed to each...
Mr Charles White: I shall have to be satisfied with what I can get.
Mr Charles White: I have made up my mind on that point.
Mr Charles White: 16. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can state the number of ships under construction at the time of the Armistice or for which contracts had been placed upon which operations were discontinued; and the dates on which work was stopped or the contracts cancelled.
Mr Charles White: 48. asked the Prime Minister on what date the resignation of Mr. G. J. Wardle, the late Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour, took effect; what salaries or fees were paid to him from the commencement of the financial year, 1919–20, to the date of his resignation; and whether he now holds any salaried office under the Government?
Mr Charles White: Has Mr. Wardle now recovered sufficiently from his sudden illness to take up the position promised him?
Mr Charles White: I did, and it was taken out.
Mr Charles White: Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that, at the east end of Amiens Cathedral, there is a chapel in which is placed the flags of the countries which took part in the defence of Amiens, and that the flags of New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and France are there, but not the Union Jack; and will he take steps to have the Union Jack placed there?
Mr Charles White: 54. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will grant the Return asked for by the Member for West Derbyshire?—[Return giving the names of Members of the House of Commons who hold office under the Government or the Crown; the amount, if any, received by such Member as remuneration, apart from any salary he may receive as Member of Parliament, and the date of each appointment.]
Mr Charles White: 49. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware of the distress existing amongst ex-service pensioners and their dependants owing to the continually increasing cost of living; that since the present pension scale became operative the cost of living, as shown by official figures, has largely increased; and that the Royal Warrant of 6th December, 1919, stipulates that no readjustment of...
Mr Charles White: 28. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the erection of houses in Hathersage and Outseats, in the Bakewell rural council area is held up owing to the failure or inability of the said council to provide an adequate supply of water; whether he is aware that an adequate supply can be obtained from the Derwent Valley Water Board, whose supply runs through the parishes in...
Mr Charles White: Would the right hon. Gentleman instruct the housing committee to inquire into these circumstances on the spot?
Mr Charles White: 66. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any Colony or Protectorate will be compelled to introduce preferential duties in its tariffs against the wish of the non-official representatives of their respective legislatures?
Mr Charles White: 91. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions whether records are available showing the productive capacity of the industrial establishments of the country at the time of the Armistice for each class of war material and equipment; whether such records have been kept up to date; and whether any provision has been made for their being periodically revised in the future?
Mr Charles White: We have been given to understand that the whole of this proposed increase of 25 per cent. is to be spent on repairs. I gathered on the Second Reading there was to be inserted some provision to ensure that the repairs should be carried out, and I would join with the hon. Member for the Isle of Ely (Captain Coote) in the hope that the Minister for Health will see a Clause is inserted to ensure...
Mr Charles White: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Members of Parliament are now refusing to accept their salaries as Members of Parliament; and what constituencies they represent.
