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Mr. GODFREY BARING : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the number of fires recently caused at places of entertainment owing to the dangers incident to cinematograph performances; and whether he will consider the desirability of introducing legislation t... | S5CV0001P0_e5a069ebe0e7f08e | null | Dangerous Entertainments. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 98} |
Mr. GEORGE GOOCH : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has taken steps to prevent the falsification of the meter on taxicabs; and, if so, whether the abuse has been checked?
The HOME SECRETARY : Steps have been, and are still being, taken for this purpose. These include the sealing o... | S5CV0001P0_09facb13a1677954 | null | Taxi-cab Meters. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 130} |
Mr. BELLAIRS : I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, on the appointment of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford to the command of the Channel Fleet, and as the officer designated in the First Lord's Memorandum, 26th February, 1907, to command the combined fleets in Home waters in the event of war, the Admiral... | S5CV0001P0_a1814365d34f9a46 | null | Lord Charles Beresford's Appointment. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 423} |
Mr. FELL : I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty if it is proposed to construct and keep on the coast any dirigible balloons to work in connection with the Fleet?
The FIRST LORD of the ADMIRALTY : The use of dirigible balloons to work in connection with the Fleet is under consideration. | S5CV0001P0_28c5e6aa92b98410 | null | Dirigible Balloons. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 56} |
Sir GEORGE M'CRAE (for Mr. Sutherland) : I beg to ask the Lord Advocate, whether he is aware that the dates of the Aberdeen University bursary competition and of the leaving certificate examinations come into collision; that the former were published in the university calendar in September of last year, and that the fi... | S5CV0001P0_ace68eb12f81c063 | null | Dates of Examinations. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 290} |
Mr. M'KEAN : I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether, whereas registrars in Ireland are allowed a fee of 2s. 6d. each for certified copies from register books of deaths of Army and Navy pensioners, the fee for extracts practically the same from registers of deaths of old age pensioners or persons aged 70 ... | S5CV0001P0_28578077d8ce70fa | null | Irish Registrar's Fees. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 188} |
Mr. VINCENT KENNEDY : I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the amount in cash paid by way of duty, etc., for exciseable liquors and beer in Ireland for the years 1905-6-7-8; and what amount of this sum represents duty paid on liquors and beer Consumed in that country for the years stated?
The ... | S5CV0001P0_0953d0b93c6e1150 | null | Duty on Exciseable Liquors. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 177} |
Mr. MONTAGU : I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the grants made to local authorities to defray the cost of the collection of local taxation licence duties under the Finance Act of last year have proved inadequate; and whether, therefore, having regard to the purposes and intention of... | S5CV0001P0_4fd04490f18a780e | null | Collection of Licence Duties. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 216} |
Mr. FELL : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, if the experiments with aeroplanes are being continued by the War Office; if the results so far have been satisfactory; or if any change is proposed to be made in the conduct of these experiments and some men of greater skill and experience are to be entrusted wit... | S5CV0001P0_866c97542a47b401 | null | War Office Aeroplanes. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 206} |
Mr. WARDLE : I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade, whether he will order a Return to be made showing the number of hours per day worked by trainmen on the Rhymney Railway during the months of December 1908 and January 1909?
The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE (Mr. Churchill) : I have received no recent com... | S5CV0001P0_b4dbea9882d286f7 | null | Railwaymen's Hours. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 94} |
Mr. WARDLE : I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he proposes to take steps to supervise the issue of all future railway capital?
The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE : If the hon. Member means the actual raising of capital I have no power to exercise any supervision. The authorisation of additional... | S5CV0001P0_888e4ea78e2748a6 | null | Issue of Railway Capital. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 67} |
Mr. WARDLE : I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he will order a valuation to be made of the property of British railway companies?
The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE : I am not aware of any powers possessed by the Board of Trade which would enable me to order such a valuation. | S5CV0001P0_09a8ba26d8650fa8 | null | Property of Railway Companies | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 60} |
Mr. WARDLE asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he proposed to take with regard to the various amalgamations, working agreements, and the like being promoted by certain of the railways of this country; and whether it is his intention to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into these and other cognate ... | S5CV0001P0_8b4cb0d642029749 | null | Amalgamation of Railways. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 135} |
Mr. ESSEX asked the President of the Board of Trade if he can state the number of carcases of Argentine-grown mutton which were killed in and sent from Dutch and other Continental North Sea ports to ports in the United Kingdom.
The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE : No official information is available as to the countr... | S5CV0001P0_a724498081225b11 | null | Importation of Argentine Mutton. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 73} |
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (Sir W. S. Robson, K.C.) : Houses of Parliament.—Bill to make better provision for punishing strangers who abuse the privilege of admission to either House of Parliament. Bill read a first time. | S5CV0001P0_8fe9c58303667752 | null | PENALTIES FOR ABUSE OF PRIVILEGE. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 34} |
Mr. SWIFT MacNEILL : May I direct your attention to the unprecedented fact that two official Amendments to the Address which are being moved by Members of the Front Bench have been placed on the paper. One of these Amendments will be moved to-day. It has been stated that another of these Amendments will be moved by an ... | S5CV0001P0_0d25c75bd9b5eda1 | null | HIS MAJESTY'S GRACIOUS SPEECH | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 292} |
Motion made, and Question proposed: "That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, as followeth: Most Gracious Sovereign,—We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Majest... | S5CV0001P0_74cc4f8d87b7d960 | null | DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 39610} |
Mr. JOSEPH PEASE moved: "That a Select Committee of five Members be appointed to inquire and report as to the powers conferred on local authorities by local Acts, Provisional Orders, stock regulations, or otherwise, of utilising for purposes for which such authorities have Borrowing Powers, Sinking Funds (including loa... | S5CV0001P0_745ae67b663b4df1 | null | LOCAL AUTHORITIES' BORROWING POWERS. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 149} |
Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. That, in the case of the Petition for the following Bill, originating in the Lords, the Standing Orders have not been complied with, viz.— Somerset and District Electric Power [Lords]. Ordered, That the Report be referred t... | S5CV0001P0_025e5870eaaaac78 | null | PRIVATE BILL PETITIONS. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 122} |
The following returns of reports, etc., were presented and ordered to lie on the table:—
Foreign Passengers.—Return showing (1) Numbers and Nationalities of the Passengers that left or arrived in the United Kingdom for or from Places out of Europe; and (2) the net balance of such Passengers outward or inward in each m... | S5CV0001P0_723900d49f080f2b | null | RETURNS, REPORTS, ETC. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 273} |
Mr. McKEAN asked whether, whereas registrars in Ireland are allowed a fee or 26. 6d. each for certified copies from 329 register books of deaths of Army and Navy pensioners, the fee for extracts practically the same from registers of deaths of old age pensioners or persons aged 70 years and upwards is only 2d., if so, ... | S5CV0001P0_0cc7796a4f906ebe | null | QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN WRITING. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 356} |
Mr. VINCENT KENNEDY asked the amount in cash paid by way of duty, etc., for exciseable liquors and beer in Ireland for the years 1905-6-7-8; and what amount of this sum represents duty paid on liquors and beer consumed in that country for the years stated?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied as follows—
(1) Net R... | S5CV0001P0_3109564791fd416c | null | Excise Duties in Ireland. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 96} |
Mr. MACKARNESS asked the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, whether his attention has been called to the report of Lord Reay's Departmental Committee on Agricultural Education; and, if so, whether he proposes to take steps to carry out the recommendation of that C... | S5CV0001P0_7335b5291f11fbfe | null | Agricultural Education. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 123} |
Mr. ARNOLD HERBERT asked the Secretary of State for War whether the efficiency medal which is issued to all men who have served 12 years in the old Volunteer force is confined to privates and non-commissioned officers, and is not issued to commissioned officers; what decoration is available for commissioned officers wh... | S5CV0001P0_65d3dd0955e8d7c0 | null | Efficiency Medal. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 116} |
Mr. NICHOLSON asked the President of the Local Government Board if his attention has been called to the case of Charlotte Thompson, a spinster, aged 74, of Fishlake, Yorks, who went to the Isle of Man in 1885, returning in 1893, who has 332 been disqualified for a pension on the ground that she has not resided for 20 y... | S5CV0001P0_37e72dc192e9821e | null | Residence Qualification for Pensioners. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 133} |
The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. Masterman) moved for a Return of copy of Statements for each month of the year 1909 of the number of paupers relieved in England and Wales (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 58, of Session 1908).
Motion agreed to. | S5CV0001P0_5bebadd4b5e48224 | null | PAUPERISM IN ENGLAND AND WALES. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 48} |
The following Bills were presented and read a first time:—
Mr. DOBSON . —Daylight Saving.—Bill to promote the earlier use of Daylight in certain months yearly; and for other purposes relating thereto. (To be read a second time, March 1st.)
Mr. BRIGG . —Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday.—Bill to prohibit or to re... | S5CV0001P0_c7df4674c8ddcf1c | null | PRESENTATION OF BILLS. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 930} |
Order read, for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [16th February], "That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, as followeth: Most Gracious Sovereign,—We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to off... | S5CV0001P0_31df9ea4d4394c01 | null | HIS MAJESTY'S GRACIOUS SPEECH. DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 29230} |
Order read, for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [16th February], "That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, as followeth: Most Gracious Sovereign,—We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to off... | S5CV0001P0_dc70505651c7453d | null | REFORM OF FISCAL SYSTEM. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 29117} |
Women's Enfranchisement.—Petitions for legislation, from Birmingham (two), Egremont, Fleet, Liscard, South Liscard, Wallasey, and Windsor and Eton. | S5CV0001P0_9dc047c3790a282b | null | PETITIONS PRESENTED DURING THE WEEK. WEDNESDAY. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 17} |
Rabbit Coursing.—Petitions for legislation, from Malden and Coombe, and Surbiton.
Reiner, Alfonso.—Petition from Alfonso Reiner, for redress of grievances; to lie upon the Table.
Taxation of Land Values.—Petition from Little Hulton, for legislation.
Women's Enfranchisement.—Petitions for legislation, from Actresses'... | S5CV0001P0_f35dba2a3a840f4e | null | THURSDAY. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 73} |
Women's Enfranchisement.—Petitions for legislation, from Olton, Pontypridd, and Scarborough.
Post Office Telegraphs.—Petition from Dawlish, for the Establishment of a Dispatch Office at Dawlish. | S5CV0001P0_4b36b2d2567b33a8 | null | FRIDAY. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 23} |
Mr. B. S. STRAUS asked the Home Secretary whether he could give the number of taxi-motor cabs, hansom cabs, and four-wheel cabs licensed on 1st February this year?
The HOME SECRETARY (Mr. Gladstone) : The following are the numbers of different kinds of cabs licensed in the Metropolitan Police district during the 12 mo... | S5CV0001P0_ae1bcecde285825d | null | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 93} | |
Mr. STUART-WORTLEY asked the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, whether the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have received representations from the Sheffield Anglers' Association as to the illegal netting of coarse fish in the River Trent; and whether the Depart... | S5CV0001P0_f4010fcc4d45ae26 | null | Illegal Netting in the River Trent. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 85} |
Mr. MASSIE asked when the volume of Financial Statistics for the year 1907-8, which was to have been published last autumn, will be issued?
The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of EDUCATION (Mr. Runciman) replied : I hope by the end of this month. Unavoidable delay has occurred in obtaining some of the accounts required for the... | S5CV0001P0_8e9b1c896a618feb | null | Financial Statistics. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 61} |
Sir IVOR HERBERT asked the Prime Minister whether it is the intention of the Government to introduce a Bill in the present Session of Parliament for the purpose of giving statutory effect to the undertakings entered into with the Government by the Corporation of the City of Cardiff with reference to the National Museum... | S5CV0001P0_286d27a0a745b9f8 | null | National Museum of Wales. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 109} |
Mr. LONSDALE asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he will state the number of persons in Ireland who were boycotted on the 30th November, 1905, and on the 31st January, 1909, under the headings respectively of wholly boycotted, partially boycotted, and minor boycotting?
The CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND (Mr. Bi... | S5CV0001P0_aed17b648202438c | null | Boycotting in Ireland. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 83} |
Mr. LONSDALE asked the Chief Secretary whether he will state the number of crimes throughout Ireland, classified as agrarian and non-agrarian, respectively, under each of the headings, firing at the person and firing into dwellings, for each of the years 1905 to 1908, inclusive?
Mr. BIRRELL replied : The required figu... | S5CV0001P0_4e59572d41200715 | null | Agrarian Outrages. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 157} |
Mr. LONSDALE asked the Chief Secretary whether he will state the number of indictable offences, agrarian and non-agrarian, in which firearms were used in Ireland during the years 1905, 1906, 1907, and 1908 respectively?
Mr. BIRRELL replied: The required figures are as follows:— | S5CV0001P0_d204f5ac6d1e0498 | null | Indictable Offences (Ireland). | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 43} |
Mr. LONSDALE asked the Chief Secretary whether he will state the number of persons under police protection in Ireland, distinguishing those under constant protection and those protected by patrols on 31st January, 1906, 31st January, 1907, 31st January, 1908, and 31st January, 1909?
Mr. BIRRELL : The required figures ... | S5CV0001P0_b46d7e738b305b0c | null | Police Protection in Ireland. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 52} |
Mr. LONSDALE asked the Chief Secretary whether he will state the total amount claimed from local authorities in Ireland in respect of extra police for the half-years ended 31st March, 1908, and 30th September, 1908?
Mr. BIRRELL : The amount claimed from counties in Ireland in respect of extra police for the half-year ... | S5CV0001P0_d745a0cc0ef6f932 | null | Extra Police in Ireland. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 95} |
Mr. LONSDALE asked the Chief Secretary whether he will state in how many cases of cattle-driving reported to the Royal Irish Constabulary in 1907 and 1908 was injury caused to animals; what was the nature of the injuries; and in how many cases were persons convicted and punished for cruelty to animals?
Mr. BIRRELL : I... | S5CV0001P0_d5a2fb06ee9a9708 | null | Cattle Driving. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 127} |
Mr. WILLIAM ABRAHAM asked the Chief Secretary if he will state what what action has been taken by the Estates Commissioners to effect the reinstatement of James Daly in his former holding at Garryduff on the estate of W. H. Mason, Ballynoe, County Cork; and what is the present position of the matter?
Mr. BIRRELL : Dal... | S5CV0001P0_389d15b9b59cf29f | null | Mason Estate, County Cork. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 113} |
The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Hobhouse) moved for a Return of Accounts of the number of persons in each of the several Collections of the United Kingdom licensed as brewers for sale, i.e., common brewers, victuallers, retailers of beer to be drunk on the premises, retailers of beer not to be drunk on the... | S5CV0001P0_8840299d2084f523 | null | BREWERS' LICENCES. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 444} |
Mr. HOBHOUSE moved for a copy of account of receipts and payments of the Accountant General of the Supreme Court of Judicature in Ireland in respect of funds of suitors in the said Court, including therein funds to the credit of lunacy accounts, in the year to the 30th day of September, 1908; together with a statement ... | S5CV0001P0_b5b259dc969d9967 | null | SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE (IRELAND). | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 77} |
Mr. HOBHOUSE moved for Copy of Contract recently made between the Postmaster-General and Messieurs G. and J. Burns, Limited, for the conveyance of mails between Glasgow, Ardrossan, and Belfast, together with a copy of the Treasury Minute thereon, dated the 10th day of February, 1909. Motion agreed to. | S5CV0001P0_c0128f8584e7cc20 | null | GLASGOW, ARDROSSAN, AND BELFAST MAIL SERVICE. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 48} |
Mr. HUNT : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to the fact that the Alliance Assurance Company has issued a notice to the effect that men entering their employment after the 1st March, 1909, will be required to join the Territorial Army; and, if so, whether he will give ins... | S5CV0001P0_a0d0d4697acaab01 | null | The Territorial Army. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 321} |
Mr. HART-DAVIES : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether the Army Council has power to deprive a retired officer of his pension; whether, if so, the reasons for such deprivation have to be stated; and whether there is any appeal from such order?
Mr. HALDANE : The Army Council has under the Royal Warrant f... | S5CV0001P0_16c594cf10861467 | null | Army Council and Pensions. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 150} |
Mr. PIKE PEASE : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state why the grant to officers for change of uniform on transfer to the Territorial force has not been paid in cases where the grants have been sanctioned many months ago?
Mr. HALDANE : Will the hon. Member be good enough to furnish me with the c... | S5CV0001P0_a5fa12a2085aa4e9 | null | Uniform Grants to Officers. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 78} |
Captain BARING : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether any decision has been come to for the payment of military pensions weekly instead of monthly?
Mr. HALDANE : I have no information at present to add to that which I gave to the House on the 14th October last in reply to a question put by the hon. Memb... | S5CV0001P0_4e709e43d8383253 | null | Payment of Military Pensions. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 72} |
Mr. GEORGE ROBERTS : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether the confidential report of General French respecting Captain Bryce Wilson, late 5th Royal Irish Lancers, to which his attention has been previously directed, was shown to that officer while still serving with his regiment, or whether such report w... | S5CV0001P0_43bae8daadc084ca | null | Captain Bryce Wilson. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 168} |
Mr. ASHLEY : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War what per-centage of soldiers serving in the infantry of the line are allowed to re-engage, if they so desire it, in order to qualify for a pension?
Mr. HALDANE : Under paragraph 264, King's Regulations, Warrant Officers, Staff Sergeants, and Sergeants have a rig... | S5CV0001P0_a84de9c500c84a3a | null | Infantry Re-engagements. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 419} |
Mr. ASHLEY : To ask the Secretary of State for War under what circumstances, if any, a man in the Army Reserve and liable to be recalled to the colours can be suspended from receiving Reserve pay?
Mr. HALDANE : Will the hon. Member kindly refer to Articles 1,205 to 1,218 of the Pay Warrant, which deal with the point r... | S5CV0001P0_70563ebf6aac565f | null | Payment of Reservists. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 64} |
Mr. ASHLEY : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War on what grounds. the 89th Company Royal Garrison Artillery has been disbanded, after having been in existence for nearly 50 years; and whether another company has been sent to replace it in India?
Mr. HALDANE : This company is being disbanded as the Government o... | S5CV0001P0_ed421fe54d8e1398 | null | Royal Garrison Artillery. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 358} |
Mr. ASHLEY : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether it is proposed to build any new barracks in Cape Colony?
Mr. HALDANE : The reply is in the negative. | S5CV0001P0_d5c0f448e0d2f41d | null | Barracks in Cape Colony. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 34} |
Major ANSTRUTHER-GRAY (for Captain Faber) : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he can state the cause of the delay in issuing the scheme for the constitution of the Inns of Court corps as a training corps for officer; whether he is aware that, in consequence of the present state of uncertainty, recruit... | S5CV0001P0_8a6e854bbb889215 | null | Inns of Courts Corps. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 223} |
Mr. LONSDALE : I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether he will state why the 2nd Battalion King's African Rifles were conveyed 418 recently from Nyassaland to Somaliland in a German mail boat; what was the amount paid (including mail fine and extra demurrage) for this service; and how much w... | S5CV0001P0_3226c1da4f077355 | null | Conveyance of British Troops in German Ships. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 281} |
Mr. BENNETT : I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can now give to the House the result of his inquiries into the flogging by Rhodesian settlers of three natives last December, as the result of which two of the three died?
Colonel SEELY : The High Commissioner for South Africa has forw... | S5CV0001P0_dc903060ae30a3ec | null | Flogging of Natives in Rhodesia. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 150} |
Mr. JOHN WARD : I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his Department has received any report of a riot having occurred among the Chinese at the Village Deep Mine on 21st January; and, if so, will he say what number of Chinese or police were killed or injured on the occasion?
Colonel SEELY ... | S5CV0001P0_4536fd4a78ae3108 | null | Riot among Chinese Miners. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 137} |
Mr. CLAUDE HAY : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department why the regulations and instructions issued by him since March, 1906, under the Aliens Act, have not been published, and when they will be published?
The HOME SECRETARY (Mr. Gladstone) : I have not issued any fresh Regulations under the Alien... | S5CV0001P0_fbddb183837d5d98 | null | Aliens Act Regulations. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 312} |
Mr. CLAUDE HAY : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the cost of the treatment at the Prince of Wales's Hospital, Tottenham, of the alien anarchist Hefeld, implicated in the Tottenham outrages, will fall upon the British charitable public who maintain that hospital, or whether he will ta... | S5CV0001P0_1ec733a6b405f8d1 | null | The Tottenham Murders. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 656} |
Mr. FELL : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many aliens are now undergoing imprisonment in the various prisons in the United Kingdom; and if there is any record of the number of times they have been previously convicted?
Mr. GLADSTONE : This question cannot be answered without fixing a d... | S5CV0001P0_5c604870351f0077 | null | Aliens in British Prisons. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 177} |
Mr. M'ARTHUR : I beg to ask whether any final decision has yet been given in the Russian courts with respect to the claims for compensation for losses sustained by the British ships "St. Kilda," "Hipsang," and "Oldhamia" respectively during the Russo-Japanese War; and what is the present position of these cases?
The U... | S5CV0001P0_61f8b36dfab88659 | null | Shipowner's Claims against Russian Government. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 749} |
Mr. JAMES HOPE : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information as to when the Report of the French Tariff Commission will be discussed in the Chamber of Deputies?
Mr. McKINNON WOOD : We understand that no date has yet been fixed for the discussion of the Report in the French Ch... | S5CV0001P0_2e49ddec46ec2f4a | null | French Tariff Revision. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 82} |
Sir GEORGE KEKEWICH : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether, having regard to the fact that it is not proposed by the Government in the King's Speech to deal this Session with the general question of the feeble-minded, he will introduce a measure with regard to feeble-minded children and ... | S5CV0001P0_daff69601168c210 | null | Legislation for the Feeble-Minded. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 113} |
Mr. JOYNSON-HICKS : I beg to ask the President of the Board of Education. whether it is intended, in the re-organisation of the collections at South Kensington by the Board of Education (Report, Cd. 4389), that the Indian Museum, handed over to their custody by the India Office. shall be broken up and the fragments dis... | S5CV0001P0_4b1bee1db6f6a0b8 | null | South Kensington Indian Collection. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 171} |
Mr. JOYNSON-HICKS : I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he will forthwith issue amended regulations or instructions to the Pensions Officers that temporary medical relief, either outdoor or in an infirmary, does not disqualify an applicant for an old age pension, in accordance with the offi... | S5CV0001P0_2a4437026aa45d09 | null | Old Age Pension Disqualifications. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 436} |
Mr. JOYNSON-HICKS : I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention has been called to a decision of the Divisional Court, in the case of Burton v. Nicholson, in which the Court held that they were bound by the terms of Article IV. of the Use and Construction Order, 1904, issued under the... | S5CV0001P0_db5e58f234d2ee5a | null | Motor Car Regulations. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 182} |
Mr. GEORGE ROBERTS : I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether his Board's auditors are advising Boards of Guardians to refuse to pay outdoor relief to people resid- 427 ing with friends where the income of the house is £1 per week or over; and, if so, whether this advice is being given on the in... | S5CV0001P0_fe85591f59587aea | null | Outdoor Relief. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 167} |
Mr. COURTHOPE : I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board when the Milk Bill will be introduced?
Mr. BURNS : I hope to introduce it early in the Session, but I cannot at present fix a date. | S5CV0001P0_5a5b7a5317d4645d | null | The Milk Bill. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 41} |
Mr. MALLET : I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade on what basis the figures of Germany's export and import trade in 1908 have been calculated, as given in the Accounts of the Trade of Foreign Countries for January last?
The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE (Mr. Churchill) : The particulars given in the Acco... | S5CV0001P0_31f7d460b04e635d | null | German Trade. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 212} |
Mr. LONSDALE : I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether, having regard to the circumstances connected with the recent collision between the steamships "Republic" and "Florida," he will consider the advisability of introducing legislation requiring all British-owned ocean-going steamships to carry effici... | S5CV0001P0_c3a71ebb9194769a | null | Wireless Telegraphy and Ocean Steamers. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 89} |
Mr. SMEATON : I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he can inform the House what progress has been made in the preparation of the Census of Production; and whether he can see his way to tabulating, in juxtaposition to the statistics of Home production, corresponding figures or estimates of production in t... | S5CV0001P0_68d4308fae1fe30b | null | The Census of Production. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 161} |
Mr. LEVERTON HARRIS : I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state the amount of raw cocoa imported to this country during the year 1908 from sources where slave labour is employed; whether it is proposed to take any steps to prevent the import of cocoa into this country which has been grown in... | S5CV0001P0_56287bcb31877b00 | null | Imports of Raw Cocoa. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 220} |
Sir CHARLES DILKE : I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he can now state when the textile part of the Report on Earnings, known as the Wage Census, will be issued, and the progress made with the other parts bearing on proposed legislation of the present Session?
Mr. CHURCHILL : The difficulties in... | S5CV0001P0_31bbf77443959559 | null | Wage Census Reports. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 161} |
Mr. CHARLES CRAIG (for Captain Craig) : I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the temporary buoy recently placed off the bar at Strangford, county Down, has twice been run down by passing steamers through being moored in the fair way, and subsequently had to be towed to Kingstown to ... | S5CV0001P0_4c15393a7c072535 | null | Buoy in Strangford Lough. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 298} |
Mr. MURRAY MACDONALD : I beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether the Government proposes to introduce a House Letting (Scotland) Bill this Session?
The LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. Ure) : Yes, Sir. | S5CV0001P0_cad4b43bf5406aee | null | House Letting (Scotland) Bill. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 32} |
Mr. GULLAND : I beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether the Government intends to introduce this Session a Bill dealing with dairies and milk supply in Scotland?
Mr. URE : The Bill introduced last Session by my hon. Friend has materially furthered the consideration of this subject, and the Government intends to introduce... | S5CV0001P0_6d6060d3d1a11d03 | null | Milk Supply in Scotland. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 61} |
Mr. LONSDALE : I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the capitation grant-in-aid to district lunatic asylums in Ireland was fixed at 4s. per head on the assumption that it meant half the cost of maintenance of each patient; whether he is aware that since this arrangement was made all kinds... | S5CV0001P0_fa207bb34c5bfc6f | null | Capitation Grants to Irish Asylums. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 235} |
Mr. ROWLANDS : I beg to ask the Prime Minister whether an early opportunity will be given for the consideration of the Report from the Select Committee, 1908, on the House of Commons, Admission of Strangers.
The PRIME MINISTER (Mr. Asquith) : No, Sir; I am afraid I cannot say when an opportunity will arise for the dis... | S5CV0001P0_8a1a6331cf241be3 | null | House of Commons (Admission of Strangers.) | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 86} |
Mr. CHARLES CRAIG (for Captain Craig) : I beg to ask the Prime Minister whether he is in a position to state the Government's intentions with regard to the introduction of a Bill dealing with the reform of the Poor Law in Ireland, as promised last Session by the Chief Secretary?
The PRIME MINISTER : It is true that ea... | S5CV0001P0_52ba691f1ccb31f7 | null | Poor Law in Ireland. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 201} |
Mr. F. E. SMITH : I beg to ask the Prime Minister how many sittings the Welsh Church Commission has held; and whether he will see that its Report is available for Members before the introduction of the Welsh Disestablishment Bill?
Mr. GLADSTONE : My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has asked me to answer this Ques... | S5CV0001P0_b47893d974acce9a | null | Welsh Church Commission. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 87} |
Sir GEORGE KEKEWICH : I beg to ask the Prime Minister whether he is aware that large sums of money are being raised in the diocese of St. Alban's with the object of establishing a new bishopric at Chelmsford; and whether he proposes to facilitate legislation to increase the number of bishops, seeing that endowments so ... | S5CV0001P0_edabd8cfee971d10 | null | New Bishopric at Chelmsford. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 208} |
Mr. MacNEILL : I beg to ask the Prime Minister whether the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs is the constitutional medium for the discussion of matters of 433 international policy between this country and foreign Powers, or is the Minister responsible for such negotiations to the House of Commons, and through it t... | S5CV0001P0_5fb90aa489fbdeb4 | null | King's Visit to Germany. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 268} |
Mr. COURTHOPE : I beg to ask when the Board of Agriculture (Parliamentary Under-Secretary) Bill will be introduced?
The PRIME MINISTER : I am afraid I cannot make any statement at this early period of the Session. | S5CV0001P0_c97e28087243bbad | null | Board of Agriculture Bill. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 37} |
Mr. COURTHOPE : I beg to ask whether it is proposed to introduce a Bill dealing with Afforestation during the present Session?
The PRIME MINISTER : I can make no announcement on the matter at the moment. | S5CV0001P0_1c25ffd7277bd03f | null | Afforestation. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 37} |
Mr. F. E. SMITH : I beg to ask the Attorney-General how many convictions have been varied or quashed by the Court of Criminal Appeal since its establishment; how many judges have been engaged in its work; and what effect the 434 withdrawal of such judges from their ordinary work has had upon the list on the King's Benc... | S5CV0001P0_983bcc4ae64d9fce | null | Court of Criminal Appeal. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 132} |
Mr. F. E. SMITH : I beg to ask the Attorney-General what is the present state of the list in the King's Bench side; how many causes at present await hearing before special juries and before common juries respectively; how many appeals are down for hearing in Appeal Court No. 1 and Appeal Court No. 2 respectively; how t... | S5CV0001P0_e3cc8045162f9b6d | null | Business in the King's Bench. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 283} |
Mr. JOHN WARD : I wish to ask the Postmaster-General if he will state under what circumstances an over-payment of 435 £50 was made least year to Messrs. James Allen, carmen contractors, Seward Street, E.C.; why the mistake was not discovered by the contractors; what is the system, if any, upon which such accounts are p... | S5CV0001P0_02d1f4a36e4d69f5 | null | Messrs. James Allen's Contract. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 162} |
Mr. JOHN WARD : I beg to ask whether Messrs. Easton, Gibbs, and Co. have made a start with the actual work of their contract at Rosyth; if so, can he state the number of men now employed upon the works and the wages paid to such men; whether competent men only will be engaged upon the works; or has his Department made ... | S5CV0001P0_d3be00135f026fd8 | null | Rosyth Dockyard. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 567} |
Mr. CHARLES CRAIG (on behalf of Captain Craig) : I beg to ask the Secre- 437 tary for Scotland if he can state how much public money was expended on the teaching of Gaelic in Scotland during the year 1908?
The LORD ADVOCATE : No grant from public funds is made in Scotland for the teaching of Gaelic or of any other lan... | S5CV0001P0_1cc95bb3f1ca340e | null | Teaching of Gaelic in Scotland. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 173} |
Mr. GEORGE ROBERTS : I desire to ask the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, what action has been taken to supply Mr. Frederick Thompson and other applicants in Walberswick, East Suffolk, with land under the Small Holdings and Allotments Act?
Sir E. STRACHEY : Our... | S5CV0001P0_77fefa1946fb4b52 | null | Small Holdings in East Suffolk. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 82} |
Mr. GEORGE ROBERTS : I would like to ask the hon. Member if any action has yet been taken by the Kent County Council to acquire Crockham Hill dairy farm for the purpose of supplying David Nicholls and other local applicants with land under the Small Holdings and Allotments Act; and, if not, what steps his Department pr... | S5CV0001P0_970bb9b3947d7297 | null | Crockham Dairy Farm. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 136} |
Mr. GEORGE ROBERTS (on behalf of Mr. Crooks) : I beg to ask whether the Board of Agriculture have had their attention called to the case of H. Bolt, of Cosham, Hants, who was turned out of his. farm pending the provision of land under the Small Holdings Act, for which he had applied; what steps the Department propose t... | S5CV0001P0_e5a5be190c42f722 | null | The Case of Mr. Bolt of Cosham. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 145} |
Mr. REES : I wish to ask whether, in Perthshire, a woman who had £800 in the bank received an old age pension of 5s. from the State?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (Mr. Lloyd-George) : I have not heard of the case in question, but it is intended to deal with cases of this kind in the proposed Bill for Amending the Ol... | S5CV0001P0_317a8f5ee0219914 | null | Old Age Pensions. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 67} |
Mr. BENNETT : I wish to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can give the House an estimate of the value of the coinage ordinarily current in the British Isles?
Mr. LLOYD-GEORGE : Assuming that by "ordinarily current" my hon. Friend means to include coin in the banks as well as in the pockets of the people of the... | S5CV0001P0_87d5ba1c39931cdf | null | The Value of Coinage. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 110} |
Sir GEORGE M'CRAE : I beg to ask the right hon. Gentleman whether he can state if notices for the recovery of income tax threatening proceedings with costs if not paid within seven days have been issued in England, similar to those now being issued in Scotland; and, if so, can he state 439 in how many towns in England ... | S5CV0001P0_b41435973cbe2c72 | null | Income Tax Notices. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 129} |
Mr. CHARLES CRAIG (On behalf of Captain Craig) : I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, whether he is aware that a determined attack was made by moonlighters, about the 10th December last, on the house of a farmer named Donald Minogue, near Ennis, county Clare, when several shots were fired... | S5CV0001P0_831ccbe3ae6e6384 | null | Moonlighters' Attack near Ennis. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 238} |
Mr. FETHERSTONHAUGH : I wish to ask whether the right hon. Gentleman is aware that the Estates Commissioners put the name of Robert Foster on the list of persons suitable to be provided with a holding as the representative of his father 440 evicted from part of the lands of Cloughfin, on the Cooper estate, county Sligo... | S5CV0001P0_80a4ef4f835beb81 | null | The Estates Commissioners and the Cooper Estate. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 701} |
Mr. FETHERSTONHAUGH : I beg to ask whether the Estates Commissioners have received any proposals for the sale of the village of Derrygonnelly, County Fermanagh, to the tenants; and, inasmuch as the rest of the estate of Mr. Archdale, adjoining the village, has been sold, could the Estates Commissioners complete the tra... | S5CV0001P0_7d3127f4e70c73ae | null | Derrygonnelly Village. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 103} |
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