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Orders of the Day — Housing (Rural Workers) Bill.: Clause 2. — (Power of local authorities to snake grants or loans.) (6 Dec 1926)

Sir Charles Edwards: There must be a water supply before they can live there. There may be water in a well, or the inhabitants may get their water from a brook. There are plenty of places where you may not have a hot water system, but you can have water at the top of the house, and if there is a well you can have water in the house. This Amendment, I repeat, is a simple request for the ordinary conveniences of...

Necessitous Areas. (1 Mar 1927)

Sir Charles Edwards: I beg to second the Motion. Once again we are dealing with the question of necessitous areas. We have dealt with it on many occasions before, but we have not got very far with it yet. I suppose the term "necessitous areas" is one that was not heard before 1921, although since then it has become one of the common terms in daily use. Many reasons could be given for the present state of some...

Necessitous Areas. (1 Mar 1927)

Sir Charles Edwards: The Motion does not go as far as I would like it to go. It does not go as far as the proposal made from this side on the Scottish Poor Law (Emergency Provisions) Bill the other day. On that Bill the Minister agreed to a payment of 40 per cent. by the State, and, though that was something, it was not as much as I would have liked. I was delighted at the fight the Scotsmen made for the...

Necessitous Areas. (1 Mar 1927)

Sir Charles Edwards: I have told you something that has happened.

Oral Answers to Questions — Income Tax.: British Cement (Prices). (31 Mar 1927)

Sir Charles Edwards: 59. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the Monmouthshire County Council were purchasing foreign cement for their Newport-Cardiff road improvement at 43s. per ton, whilst the lowest British tender obtainable was 64s. 9d.; that when he objected to the use of foreign cement the result was that British firms then quoted 74s. 9d. per ton, two of these firms having works within...

Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Mining Industry.: Working Hours. (5 Apr 1927)

Sir Charles Edwards: 30. asked the Secretary for Mines what is the average number of hours worked underground by coal miners in this country during the latest week for which figures are available; and what is the average number of hours worked underground by coal miners in France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Czechoslovakia and Upper Silesia, respectively?

Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Mining Industry.: Hook Anthracite Colliery Company. (5 Apr 1927)

Sir Charles Edwards: 37. asked the Secretary for Mines the amount of coal subvention paid to the Hook Anthracite Colliery Company, Pembrokeshire?

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Navy.: Fuel Oil. (12 Apr 1927)

Sir Charles Edwards: 86. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what percentage of the oil purchased for naval purposes in the last financial year was produced in this country and what percentage was imported from abroad; from what countries the latter amount was imported; and how much was imported from each of such countries?

Oral Answers to Questions — China.: Railway Locomotives (Oil Fuel). (26 Apr 1927)

Sir Charles Edwards: 11. asked the Minister of Transport which railway companies used oil for running their locomotives during the general strike and the coal dispute of 1926; for how many engines was oil so used; and for how many engines they are continuing to use it at the present time?

Income Tax.: Accidents in Mines. (27 Apr 1927)

Sir Charles Edwards: Will these reports be available?

Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment.: Domiciliary Visits. (1 Jun 1927)

Sir Charles Edwards: 33. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that in certain districts officials under the Employment Exchanges are engaged to go round to the houses to ascertain whether the unemployed persons have left home to look for work; whether this is in accordance with his instructions; whether public money is being spent for this purpose; and will he take steps to put an end to this practice?

Oral Answers to Questions — Naval and Military Pensions and Grants.: Miners (South Wales Permanent Fund). (1 Jun 1927)

Sir Charles Edwards: 61. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he can give the financial position of the South Wales Permanent Fund and the number of dependants still on the books; whether these have been paid up to date or, if not, up to what date; and what are the future prospects for financing these dependants?

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport.: Old Age Pensions (Age Limit). (15 Jun 1927)

Sir Charles Edwards: 47. asked the Prime Minister whether, seeing that there are many persons engaged in industry over 60 years of age and that it is estimated that even in normal times we shall have to make provision to maintain at least 800,000 out of the Unemployment Insurance Fund, he will introduce legislation to make it legal to apply this, together with the Old Age Pension Fund, to those over 60 years of...

Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce.: France (Coal Import Licences). (5 Jul 1927)

Sir Charles Edwards: 5. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can make any statement as to the probability of the French embargo on British coal being removed as a result of the negotiations carried on by His Majesty's Government?

Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce.: France (Coal Import Licences). (5 Jul 1927)

Sir Charles Edwards: 41. asked the Minister of Labour the number of miners in South Wales who have received notice to quit their employment since the French licensing scheme was brought into operation?

Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce.: France (Coal Import Licences). (5 Jul 1927)

Sir Charles Edwards: Do not the Department receive at least monthly reports as to the number of men employed?

Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce.: France (Coal Import Licences). (5 Jul 1927)

Sir Charles Edwards: Will those figures be sent to me or will it be necessary to put down another question?

Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Mining Industry.: Foreign Countries (Import Restrictions). (12 Jul 1927)

Sir Charles Edwards: 28. asked the Secretary for Mines what countries have taken protective measures to restrict the import of coal exported from this country, whether by the licensing system or by tariffs?

Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment.: Juveniles. (13 Jul 1927)

Sir Charles Edwards: 17. asked the Minister of Labour the number of boys between the ages of 14 and 18 who are unemployed; and the total number of both sexes unemployed between those ages?

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Navy.: Poor Law Relief. (14 Jul 1927)

Sir Charles Edwards: 14. asked the Minister of Health if he can give the total number of persons over 60 years of age who are in receipt of poor relief and the number similarly placed in the mining areas?

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