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Sir FREDERICK BANBURY : I beg to ask what was the total number of outrages in Ireland, recorded as agrarian and non-agrarian, respectively, in which firearms were used, during the years 1905 to 1908, inclusive?
Mr. BIRRELL : I would refer the hon. Member to my reply to a non-oral Question asked by the hon. Member for ... | S5CV0001P0_f3d1e8ba604dcded | null | Agrarian and Non-Agrarian Outrages. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 109} |
The following Bills were presented and read a first time:—
Sir FREDERICK BANBURY. — Dogs' Protection.—Bill to prohibit experiments upon Dogs. (To be read a second time, Friday, May 14.)
Mr. CLAUDE HAY. —Hops.—Bill to prohibit the use of Hop substitutes in brewing and the importation of Hops except in bags properly ma... | S5CV0001P0_8741fa662f35de5f | null | PRESENTATION OF BILLS. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 196} |
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 Com- 443 mons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, beg leave ... | S5CV0001P0_7b628b3405c7d615 | null | HIS MAJESTY'S GRACIOUS SPEECH DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS. THE HOUSE OF LORDS. | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 45722} |
Mr. HENNIKER HEATON asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that inconvenience is caused to the public, both at home and abroad, by the non-despatch of the advice to pay money orders until some time after such money orders have been purchased; whether he is aware that it is frequently twenty-four hours after t... | S5CV0001P0_acc144e7abb8dd34 | null | Money Orders. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 181} |
Mr. HEATON asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that inconvenience and loss is occasioned to the public by the arrangements by which the Indian and Austalian mails arrive in London, either at the same time or shortly after the despatch of the outward mail, 555 so that the incoming letters have to wait many ... | S5CV0001P0_cd8d41cda18c6ba6 | null | Indian and Australian Mails. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 267} |
Mr. HEATON asked the Postmaster-General whether letters, on payment of an additional fee of 2d. each to the railway companies, are conveyed from the various cities and towns in the country to London by the next available train, to be transferred then to the nearest post office letter box; that this arrangement only ref... | S5CV0001P0_e2109aa0434fc7df | null | Conveyance of Letters by Rail. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 163} |
Mr. ROWLANDS asked the President of the Local Government Board whether his attention had been called to the injury done to the ordinary ratepayers by the low assessments of country mansions and to the fact that these assessments are made by overseers who have not the experience necessary for valuing such exceptional pr... | S5CV0001P0_fdb0ded8185d193a | null | Assessment of Country Mansions. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 178} |
Mr. MORRELL asked the hon. Member for South Somerset, as representing the President of the Board of Agriculture, if he will state, as regards the year 1908, what number of persons obtained possession of small holdings; and for what number of persons arrangements were made to provide small holdings under the Small Holdi... | S5CV0001P0_e1ddfca4dd54a0c1 | null | Small Holdings. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 97} |
Mr. BRAMSDON asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, if he will state when the replies will be issued to the petitions of the workmen in the Royal Dockyards.
The FIRST LORD of the ADMIRALTY (Mr. McKenna) : The replies will be issued next month? | S5CV0001P0_06572b7598a051e7 | null | Petitions of Royal Dockyard Workmen. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 45} |
Sir SEYMOUR KING asked whether the petitions of the military officers of the Bombay Political Department have been as yet received by the Secretary of State; whether any decision has been arrived at 557 in regard to them; and whether, in fixing the new scale of pay, regard will be had to the improved rates of regimenta... | S5CV0001P0_da4ac6160f229239 | null | Bombay Political Department. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 175} |
Sir SEYMOUR KING asked whether the Secretary of State has, as intimated in October last, consulted the Government of India as to the advisability of making officers of the Indian Army eligible for rewards for qualifying as interpreters in European languages other than Russian; and whether any decision has been arrived ... | S5CV0001P0_5e4d9402fc05bd7f | null | Indian Military Interpreters. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 80} |
Mr. SNOWDEN asked the Prime Minister, whether he is now prepared to communicate to this House the terms of the proposed new regulations governing the political activities of civil servants?
The PRIME MINISTER : No, Sir, I have nothing at present on this subject to communicate to the House. The matter is under consider... | S5CV0001P0_e689c6f608dcf3fd | null | Civil Servants and Politics. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 54} |
Mr. BARNARD asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the value of carpets imported during the year 1908; the value of the re-exports; and the value of imported carpets remaining in this country? (Thursday, 18th February, 1909.)
Mr. CHURCHILL : Woollen carpets to the value of £428,747 were imported in... | S5CV0001P0_192de90c9bb99a51 | null | Importation of Carpets. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 115} |
Mr. LLOYD MORGAN asked how many males and females are now in penal servitude for any offence other than murder are serving sentences of 7 years or over but less than 10 years, and of 10 years or over but less than 15 years, and for any offence of 15 years or over; and how many in each class have been previously convict... | S5CV0001P0_6a990c08f1adcb5e | null | Convicts in Penal Servitude. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 136} |
Mr. SLOAN : To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he is aware that at some public meetings held recently disturbance was created, and that the police who were called upon to exercise their authority under The Public Meetings Act, 1908, were unaware of the Law as at present existing; and whether... | S5CV0001P0_6620d7728371c1a1 | null | The Police and Public Meetings. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 128} |
The following Bills were read a second time:—
Bury Corporation Bill.
Cardiff Corporation Bill.
City of London (Street Traffic) Bill.
Greenock Corporation Bill.
Hastings Harbour Bill.
Swinton and Mexborough Gas Board Bill.
Thames Tunnel (North and South Woolwich) Bill.
Wallasey Tramways and Improvements Bill. | S5CV0001P0_46afa6d1c191a550 | null | PRIVATE BILLS. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 44} |
Dr. RUTHERFORD : I beg to ask whether the Government of India have offered to the family of Mr. Krishna Kumar Miltra, who was deported from his home without charge or trial in December last, a sum of £14 a month; and whether a similar offer has been made to the families of the eight other British subjects deported at t... | S5CV0001P0_526f94718cc26473 | null | Deported Indians. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 490} |
Mr. FELL : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has received any Report from the Egyptian or Soudanese Government with reference to the alleged wholesale destruction of wild animals in the Lado enclave, which is said to continue unchecked; and if the Soudanese Government can now resume possessi... | S5CV0001P0_57468465509cf698 | null | Destruction of Wild Animals. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 209} |
Mr. MacNEILL : I beg to ask what was the status of the British Ambassador at the Court of Berlin during the visit of the King to Germany; was his office during the royal visit in abeyance or did he discharge its duties; and, if so, did he communicate with the King, and, if so, in what capacity, or with the Foreign Offi... | S5CV0001P0_750b7495538fa3e3 | null | His Majesty's Visit to Berlin. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 602} |
Mr. ARNOLD HERBERT : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, having regard to the importance to this country of the questions which are 563 being deliberated upon in secret by the Conference on Maritime Law, he will undertake that any recommendations for changes in Maritime Law which may be mad... | S5CV0001P0_9f4a0c1cf5100f79 | null | Maritime Law. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 136} |
Mr. ALDEN : I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the Secretary of State is aware that the Commission appointed by Lord Curzon in 1902 to inquire into the condition of the Indian police, reported in 1905 that in Bengal the prosecution of police cases before magistrates was in the hands of officers... | S5CV0001P0_5f1d6f2a0b48a066 | null | Indian Police Prosecutions. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 176} |
Mr. MACKARNESS : To ask the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he can state how many samitis or associations in India have been suppressed under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1908, by order of the Executive; and whether the members of those associations become punishable with or without trial, and upon what e... | S5CV0001P0_7a2db089a87a5a1e | null | Suppressed Associations in India. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 195} |
Mr. GEORGE GOOCH : I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the attention of the Secretary of State has been called to a Report made in 1905 by a Commission in India, presided over by Sir Andrew Fraser, in which the Commissioners unanimously reported that there was no branch of the administration in ... | S5CV0001P0_0e4e192ad8d0eeae | null | Indian Police Reform. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 200} |
Mr. GEORGE GOOCH : I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the pay of ordinary police constables in India varies from £5 to £7 a year; whether the pay of head constables varies from £12 to £18 a year; and whether it is part of the duty of these officers to investigate cases of suspected crime and to... | S5CV0001P0_ca14ca5a94bf6b9d | null | Indian Police Officers' Pay. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 123} |
Mr. O'GRADY : I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the India Council has powers to provide official interpreters and legal assistance for Lascar seamen in the event of a case being brought into Court where Lascars are directly concerned or affected; and whether, in matters of the kind stated, the... | S5CV0001P0_be667ea47d083c68 | null | Interpreters for Lascars. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 167} |
Mr. SMEATON : I beg to ask the Under Secretary for the Colonies whether, after the union of the South African States in one dominion, the grievances of His Majesty's Indian subjects in the Transvaal will, under the new Constitution, be dealt with by the Dominion Legislative or by the Transvaal.
The UNDER-SECRETARY of ... | S5CV0001P0_fa8912459459fab7 | null | Indian Grievances in the Transvaal. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 106} |
Mr. SUMMERBELL : I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies if he has received a communication from the Trinidad Working Men's Association in regard to the Sunday-closing Ordinance about to be adopted; and, if so, can he state what action the Government intend to take in regard to the matter.
Colonel S... | S5CV0001P0_37233c3303f09857 | null | Sunday Closing in Trinidad. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 64} |
Mr. SUMMERBELL : I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can state whether Sir Vincent Corbett, the British Minister at Caracas, has made representations to President Gomez for the removal of the 30 per cent. differential surtax upon importations into Venezuela from the British West Indies; and... | S5CV0001P0_9f6ca52ec47239cd | null | Imports into Venezuela. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 101} |
Mr. MACKARNESS : I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Secretary of State is aware at what stage the criminal proceedings begun by the Natal Government against Dinizulu in 1907 have now arrived; and whether he is in a position to state within what period they are likely to terminate?
C... | S5CV0001P0_d8f38c189987ed0e | null | The Trial of Dinizulu. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 106} |
Mr. CLOUGH : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any member of the Metropolitan or Provincial Police forces is subjected to any ecclesiastical test during the whole of his career in the police force; and, if subjected to religious tests, with what particular sects are they associated?
T... | S5CV0001P0_684d698a5d2a3d64 | null | Ecclesiastical Tests in Police. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 128} |
Mr. ELLIS DAVIES : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been 567 drawn to the difficulty experienced by injured workmen in enforcing their claims under The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906, against limited companies where a receiver has been appointed on behalf of the de... | S5CV0001P0_efdde22258ecc7e2 | null | Debenture Holders and Workmen's Compensation. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 160} |
Mr. JOWETT : I beg- to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to a case recently tried in the Bradford City Police Court in which a carter in the employment of Messrs. William North and Company, dyers, of Bradford, was convicted for being asleep whilst in charge of two ... | S5CV0001P0_e1f154e4debfe682 | null | Overworking of Carters. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 246} |
Mr. ARTHUR HENDERSON : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that the police authorities, after approving the suggested route for the march of unemployed women on the 16th of February, 568 without giving any previous intimation to those in charge of the procession, altered the ... | S5CV0001P0_d857b82c6bab0dc0 | null | Procession of Unemployed. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 210} |
Mr. ARNOLD HERBERT : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will consider the advisability of establishing a kennel of bloodhounds in connection with the Criminal Investigation Department?
Mr. GLADSTONE : I am advised that in the Metropolitan Police District bloodhounds would not be fou... | S5CV0001P0_cb0792b371560fc5 | null | Bloodhounds for Criminal Investigation. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 132} |
Mr. CLOUGH : I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether any religious tests are applied to any member of the Royal Navy, from the Lord High Admiral to the lowliest Jack-tar; and, if so, with what particular sects are those tests associated?
The FIRST LORD of the ADMIRALTY (Mr. McKenna): Every man or boy when... | S5CV0001P0_c2756b08b24763bd | null | Religious Tests in Navy. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 189} |
Mr. LUPTON : I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty, if a paper written by Surgeon N. Howard Mummery, R. N., was submitted to the Director-General of the Navy Medical Department; if the Director-General sanctioned the reading of the paper at the annual meeting of the British Medical Association last summer; if he... | S5CV0001P0_47b5192dc98ee881 | null | Vaccination against Syphilis. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 261} |
Major ANSTRUTHER-GRAY : I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty how many men are now being employed in the new Government dockyard at Rosyth; and in what capacity?
Mr. McKENNA : No men are being employed at present on the new dockyard.
Major ANSTRUTHER-GRAY : Can the right hon. Gentleman give any excuse or reaso... | S5CV0001P0_8e904dc2ded495da | null | New Dockyard at Rosyth. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 75} |
Mr. CLOUGH : I beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether any religious tests are imposed upon any person in his service, from the highest permanent official at St. Martin's-le-Grand to the humblest messenger in a rural post office; and, if so, what is their nature?
The POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. Buxton): None whatever. | S5CV0001P0_bb8098a81a904c7b | null | Religions Tests in Post Office. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 51} |
Mr. WARDLE : I beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that the postmaster at Scarborough engaged a number of school teachers, who were in regular employment, to do night-work during the pressure of Christmas work, in spite of the fact that there were many unemployed men in the town capable of doing the w... | S5CV0001P0_86c7c64d1d3e235d | null | Employment of Teachers in Post Office. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 170} |
Mr. WARDLE : I beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether, in the construction of the new General Post Office, a full complement of workmen is employed; and, if not, whether, in view of the present distress from unemployment, he will have as many men employed as possible?
The FIRST COMMISSIONER of WORKS (Mr. Harcourt):... | S5CV0001P0_5870ea36df063569 | null | New General Post Office. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 96} |
Mr. NANNETTI : I beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether the proposed transfer of the Royal Engineers from the southern district of England to the Irish southern engineering districts of the Post Office is definitely decided upon; if so, whether he can say when the proposed transfer will take place; whether the civil... | S5CV0001P0_e018ffef124d39d4 | null | Transfer of Royal Engineers to Ireland. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 241} |
Mr. CLOUGH : I beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether any sectarian tests are applied to any member of the Board, and to any permanent official, high or low, in the service of the Board, either in Whitehall or at South Kensington; and, if so, what distinctively denominational tests are applied?
The... | S5CV0001P0_eab8e85a548b07c6 | null | Sectarian Tests by Board of Education. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 71} |
Mr. ALFRED KING : I beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether the Board of Education have made special provision in the plans of the new Victoria and Albert, Museum for the 572 India Museum, handed over to their custody by the India Council; whether the Board of Education intend to break up the collect... | S5CV0001P0_bfaf222303910c60 | null | The India Museum. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 245} |
Mr. LUPTON : I beg to ask the President of the Board of Education whether his attention has been called to the case of Mr. J. W. Broadbent, of Norland, who has been and is being subjected to fortnightly prosecutions and finings, with the alternative of imprisonment, for not sending his children to Norland Church School... | S5CV0001P0_6a94e59472b86fef | null | Norland School Attendance Prosecution. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 362} |
Mr. MACPHERSON : I desire to ask the. President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the way in which the engine-room staff of the White Star liner "Republic" prevented an explosion of that steamer's boilers and consequent serious loss of life immediately after the recent collision with the Ita... | S5CV0001P0_d4199aced698590a | null | The "Republic" Engine-room Staff. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 121} |
Mr. HUGH BARRIE : I beg to ask whether he is aware that the ss. "Irada" was recently wrecked on the Cork coast, involving a loss of some £350,000, owing to alleged deficiencies of the lighthouse system; and will he say whether other serious losses have taken place on other parts of the coast?
Mr. CHURCHILL : The Court... | S5CV0001P0_cba526640c7fe5d5 | null | Wreck of the "Irada." | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 183} |
Mr. HUGH BARRIE : I desire to ask whether the right hon. Gentleman is aware that the French barque "Croisett" was recently wrecked on the county Down coast; and whether the French Ambassador has made representations to the Government regarding the loss of this vessel?
Mr. CHURCHILL : The answer to the first part of th... | S5CV0001P0_405d480225a9ed1a | null | Wreck of the French Barque "Croisett." | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 84} |
Mr. HUGH BARRIE : I beg to ask whether the whole cost of lighting our coast is paid by shipowners; and whether from these contributions there are ample funds on hand to provide the additional lighthouses required, in the opinion of experts on the subject?
Mr. CHURCHILL : The cost of lighting the coasts of the United K... | S5CV0001P0_355d66221666cd71 | null | Light Dues. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 128} |
Mr. HUGH BARRIE : I wish to ask whether, in addition to a representation from British shipowners, the right hon. Gentleman has also received representations from Continental shipowners as to the present defective lighting of certain portions of the coast of Ireland and the cut-of-date system of lighthouse administratio... | S5CV0001P0_60f9eaae8902e726 | null | Irish Coast Lighting. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 161} |
Mr. ARNOLD HERBERT : I desire to ask whether the right hon. Gentleman is aware that the reason given by the Government during the discussion in Committee on the Patents Act, 1907, for giving the Comptroller jurisdiction to decide the questions referred to him by that Act and to fix the amount of costs to be paid by par... | S5CV0001P0_57f62a32f23eba15 | null | Patents Act (Costs). | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 574} |
Mr. MACPHERSON : I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he is willing to seek power enabling him to authorise county and borough councils to oblige the owner of slum property to have a plate bearing his name on each house that he possesses?
The PRESIDENT of the LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. Bur... | S5CV0001P0_36bef7dc207642d8 | null | Slum Property. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 127} |
Mr. SUMMERBELL : I deside to ask the right hon. Gentleman if he will state the number of applications his Board has received for sanction to create Distress Committees since the close of last Session up to the present time, giving the names of the authorities making application; and will he state which applications hav... | S5CV0001P0_6f8a8a9d3c71dc72 | null | Distress Committees. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 329} |
Mr. LUPTON : I desire to ask the right hon. Gentleman if his attention has been called to the fact that vaccination officers have shown vaccination exemption declarations to the agents of the trustees of dwellings erected for the public in order that pressure might be brought upon tenants who have made such declaration... | S5CV0001P0_ea81c28af56f8be8 | null | Vaccination Exemption. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 204} |
Mr. SUMMERBELL : I beg to ask the right hon. Gentleman if his attention has been called to the case of William Cook, of 19, Chester Terrace, Sunderland, aged 72, who has lived in England for 50 years, who served over 22 years in the British Army, holding a medal for service abroad, and is in receipt of 1s. per day pens... | S5CV0001P0_f78fece398b879f7 | null | Old Age Pensions (Naturalization Disqualification). | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 211} |
Mr. HUGH BARRIE : I wish to ask the Attorney-General for Ireland in how many prosecutions in the High Courts of Justice and at Assize Courts have the Government ordered jurors to stand-by during 1906, 1907, and 1908 respectively?
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND (Mr. Cherry): The duty of ordering 579 jurors to stand-b... | S5CV0001P0_623250075cc14c66 | null | Jurors "Standing-by" Statistics. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 136} |
Mr. SUMMERBELL : I desire to ask the Secretary to the Treasury if he can state, in regard to the selection of preventive men of His Majesty's Customs to sit for examination for higher positions, whether any method is adopted to test the ability of those selected; and, if not, is he prepared in future to permit all seni... | S5CV0001P0_d5585ffe062fd789 | null | Custom's Examinations. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 279} |
Mr. ARNOLD HERBERT : I wish to ask 580 the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the aged persons residing at Downley, near High Wycombe, whose claims to old-age pensions had been admitted, received notice from the pension officer to attend at a public-house for the purpose of receiving their books; whet... | S5CV0001P0_064922800d689c32 | null | Old Age Pensions (Distribution). | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 127} |
Mr. CECIL HARMSWORTH : I wish to ask the Prime Minister whether he will consider the advisability of promoting legislation for the purpose of including woods and forests grown in the United Kingdom for commercial purposes within the exemptions allowed under the Agricultural Rating Act?
The PRIME MINISTER : I am afraid... | S5CV0001P0_4ec50bf9f5830915 | null | Agricultural Rating Act (Exemptions). | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 66} |
Mr. FETHERSTONHAUGH : I desire to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether it is the intention of the Irish Government to introduce any legislation to give effect to the recommendations of the Viceregal Commission on Poor Law Reform; and, if not, will he support the reintroduction of the Bill i... | S5CV0001P0_ec96c8d89688f36c | null | Poor Law Reform. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 139} |
Mr. POWER : I wish to ask the right hon. Gentleman whether he is aware that Lord Ashtown continued planting trees on a farm on his county Waterford estate, formerly occupied by a Mr. Carrigan, after the Estates Commissioners had given legal notice that they intended acquiring this 581 farm by the compulsory powers vest... | S5CV0001P0_6f35fd24e4226cb7 | null | Lord Ashtown's Estate, County Waterford. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 251} |
Mr. CHARLES MacVEIGH : I desire to ask the right hon. Gentleman whether his attention has been called to a resolution passed on the 8th December last by the committee of the Donegal District Asylum, asking that the Treasury will increase the capitation grant in aid from 4s. to 6s. 6d. per week, as the cost of provision... | S5CV0001P0_4890e645739d7d49 | null | Donegal District Asylum (Capitation Grant). | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 172} |
Mr. CHARLES CRAIG (on behalf of Captain Craig): I beg to ask the right hon. 582 Gentleman whether he can state how many arrests were made in connection with the midnight attack on Lieut.-Colonel Vivian Ryan-Lenigan's house at Castlefogarty, Thurles, on Sunday, 3rd January last; and what sentences were passed?
Mr. CHER... | S5CV0001P0_5989e4db7b40367e | null | Lieut.-Colonel Ryan-Lenigan's House, Castlefogarty. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 99} |
Mr. CHARLES CRAIG (for Captain Craig): I desire to ask the right hon. Gentleman whether he can state the number of arrests made in connection with the attack made upon Mr. Harris when on his way with six policemen to Cladra, Longford, on Thursday, 7th January last; and what sentences were passed?
Mr. CHERRY : Eight pe... | S5CV0001P0_ebd5c46dc5d47493 | null | Convictions for Assault at Newtownforbes. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 109} |
Mr. CHARLES CRAIG (on behalf of Captain Craig) : I beg to ask the Attorney-General for Ireland if he can state how many arrests were made in connection with the disturbances in the vicinity of Cathedral-street, Thurles, on Sunday, 3rd January last, and aso on the Saturday previous, when the police were stoned and the w... | S5CV0001P0_eb318998ace85390 | null | Disturbances in Thurles. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 259} |
Mr. CHARLES CRAIG (on behalf of Captain Craig) : I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state the number of persons convicted for the attack on a police patrol of two constables named Costello and O'Brien in a wood outside Oranmore, County Galway, about the 23rd December last; and ... | S5CV0001P0_0342dc16d67c5743 | null | Police Patrol Attack. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 96} |
Mr. CHARLES CRAIG (on behalf of Captain Craig) : I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state how many arrests have been made in connection with the disorderly scenes which took place in Roscrea, Birr, on Wednesday, 13th January last, when the residence of Mr. Rudd was attacke... | S5CV0001P0_dc658355843c113a | null | Birr Arrests. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 171} |
Mr. CHARLES CRAIG (on behalf of Captain Craig) : I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state how many arrests were 584 made in connection with the riots which occurred in Thurles on Sunday night, 10th January last; and what sentences were passed?
Mr. CHERRY : There was some distu... | S5CV0001P0_a38f9bbbee16174b | null | Disturbances at Thurles. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 115} |
Mr. CHARLES CRAIG (on behalf of Captain Craig): I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if he can state how many arrests were made in connection with the attack on a patrol of police at a place called Duras Demesne, near Kinvara, County Galway, about the 29th December last; and what sentences... | S5CV0001P0_f27b9f5c82c2c66f | null | Duras Demesne. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 138} |
Mr. JOHN P. HAYDEN : I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether a sum of £2,599 11s. 9d. has been deducted from the grants payable to the County Roscommon on account of land purchase; and, if so, whether he will state how this sum is made up under the different headings and for what peri... | S5CV0001P0_ee3c064e6c268eae | null | Roscommon Land Purchase. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 173} |
Mr. CHARLES CRAIG : I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether it is proposed to introduce legislation during this Session to deal with the question of the drainage of the Bann and to give a grant out of the Exchequer for the purpose?
Mr. CHERRY : My right hon. Friend has nothing to add... | S5CV0001P0_9dd53fb402e1735a | null | Bann Drainage. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 94} |
Mr. W. CLOUGH : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether any member of the Regular, Territorial, and Reserve Forces, from the Commander-in-Chief to the rawest recruit, is subjected to any ecclesiastical test during the whole of his career in the Army; and, if so, what is its nature?
The SECRETARY of STATE f... | S5CV0001P0_e534589019094ef9 | null | Ecclesiastical Army Tests. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 124} |
Mr. J. T. MACPHERSON : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War how much public money has been expended by the War Office up to the present on experiments with aeroplanes and dirigible balloons; and whether he will put an end to further waste of public money on such experiments by ordering their immediate abandonmen... | S5CV0001P0_b6054e7ababc0c25 | null | Aeroplanes. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 124} |
Mr. CHARLES CRAIG (on behalf of Captain Craig): I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that Sergeant Patrick M'Guirk, late of the Royal Irish Fusiliers, has since his discharge been twice before Army medical boards, the latest being in Dublin in November last, in consequence of the decision of ... | S5CV0001P0_2ca2177d9ecad7cd | null | Royal Irish Fusiliers. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 307} |
Mr. E. H. CARLILE : I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War what was the number and what were the particulars of rifles ordered from the trade during the fiscal year 1900–1901, and for each year following up to and including the year 1908–9; also what was the price paid per rifle purchased from the trade, together ... | S5CV0001P0_cc5f10c1b8de16e7 | null | Rifle Orders. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 106} |
For the Edinburgh (S. Division), in the room of Mr. Arthur Dewar, who has accepted the office of Solicitor-General for Scotland.—[ Mr. Joseph Pease. ] | S5CV0001P0_bbb07ed3d14365eb | null | NEW WRIT. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 25} |
Mr. WALTER F. ROCH : This day fortnight, to call attention to the source of Imperial Revenue, and to move a Resolution thereon.
Mr. CARLYON BELLAIRS : This day fortnight, to call attention to the constitutional working and administration of the Board of Admiralty, and move a Resolution thereon. | S5CV0001P0_f71e40b98afb6ba7 | null | NOTICES OF MOTION. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 49} |
The following Bills were presented and read a first time:—
MR. HYDE— Workmen's Compensation. —Bill to amend the Workmens Compensation Act, 1906. (To be read a second time, March 5th.)
DR. AMBROSE— Waste Lands (Ireland Improvement.—Bill to enable county councils in Ireland to acquire and improve and sell or let waste ... | S5CV0001P0_f7aa3f19fce38bcd | null | PRESENTATION OF BILLS. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 210} |
Order read, for resuming 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 offer our humb... | S5CV0001P0_55985e84abdc87b2 | null | IRELAND. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 9055} |
Antrim.—State of the county very satisfactory and free from serious crime; 9 outrages of an unimportant character—and here I would like to remind the House, every indictable offence in Ireland is called an outrage; it has been so baptised for a long time—as compared with 6 in previous month; no evictions; rents are wel... | S5CV0001P0_c84d21a1ab5e8780 | null | PRECIS OF COUNTY INSPECTORS' REPORTS FOR MONTH OF JANUARY, 1909. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 38035} |
Mr. JOSEPH PEASE moved— That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire and report whether, having regard to the conditions of service in the Police Forces in the United Kingdom, it is desirable that provision should be made, by legislation or otherwise, for granting to every constable one full day off duty in seven; w... | S5CV0001P0_2894189176e128d7 | null | POLICE FORCES WEEKLY REST DAY. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 142} |
Mr. JOSEPH PEASE moved—That a Select Committee be appointed to examine the Publications printed by order of this House or presented to it through Public Departments, and to call attention to any case in which unnecessary expense has been incurred; and also to assist Mr. Speaker in the arrangements for the Official Repo... | S5CV0001P0_9e66117cbf4829d5 | null | OFFICIAL PARLIAMENTARY REPORT. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 109} |
Mr. FIELD asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, whether he is aware that negotiations were in progress to try to arrange an amicable settlement of the Kilfinane town tenants' dispute; whether he can state who is responsible for the arrest of 15 men; whether he was consulted previously; and whether he will endeavour to... | S5CV0001P0_f0e1a563603a4d00 | null | QUESTIONS ANSWERED IN WRITING. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 5560} |
Mr. FIELD asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, whether he is aware that negotiations were in progress to try to arrange an amicable settlement of the Kilfinane town tenants' dispute; whether he can state who is responsible for the arrest of 15 men; whether he was consulted previously; and whether he will endeavour to... | S5CV0001P0_645ab7e16f4e11fb | null | Kilfinane Town Tenants' Dispute. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 120} |
Mr. HAZLETON asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, whether he can state how soon the Estates Commissioners will be in a position to deal with the Ballybanagher, county Galway, estate, agreements for the sale of which were signed by the landlord, Mr. Christopher Browne, in May, 1907, and which was inspected by Mr. Blac... | S5CV0001P0_2f78e7d2a71dc3db | null | Ballybanagher Estate, County Galway. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 85} |
Mr. CLAUDE HAY asked the Home Secretary if he will state the number and the names of the shipping companies which have applied for exemption of their immigrant ships from the conditions imposed by Section 1 (4) of the Aliens Act?
The HOME SECRETARY (Mr. Gladstone): The following is the list of exemptions from inspecti... | S5CV0001P0_f17c0a9a0ea51b9b | null | The Aliens Act and Immigrant Ships. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 235} |
Mr. HAROLD COX asked the President of the Local Government Board, whether his attention has been called to the fact that one child was killed and several children were seriously injured by a motor car said to be travelling at the rate of 18 miles an hour through the village of Ashford, near Staines, on the afternoon of... | S5CV0001P0_128f5873f60e96ec | null | Motor Car Speed Limits. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 160} |
Mr. H. C. LEA asked what has been the estimated cost so far to the public of the proceedings in Rex v . Bottomley and others?
The SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. Hobhouse): I regret that I do not think it to be in the public interest that a statement as to expenses incurred should be made public during the continuation... | S5CV0001P0_6a44afaba471db73 | null | Rex v. Bottomley. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 64} |
Mr. REES asked 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 Old Age Pensi... | S5CV0001P0_8a7e808b1914d1a6 | null | Old Age Pensions Act. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 207} |
Mr. BENNETT asked an estimate of the value of the coinage ordinarily current in the British Isles.
Mr. LLOYD-GEORGE: Assuming that by "ordinarily current" my honourable Friend means to include coin in the banks as well as in the pockets of the people of the United Kingdom, I am informed that the amount of gold currenc... | S5CV0001P0_26c3701b56d9d98c | null | Current Coinage. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 94} |
Mr. SNOWDEN asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can state the approximate date of the introduction of the promised Bill to amend the Civil Servants Superannuation Act?
Mr. LLOYD-GEORGE: I regret that I am not at present in a position to state when the Bill to amend the Civil Servants Superannuation Act wi... | S5CV0001P0_a008a547d379ed15 | null | Civil Servants Superannuation Act. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 73} |
Sir GEORGE M'CRAE asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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 in how many towns in England those ... | S5CV0001P0_d2e44c462d0ec30f | null | Recovery of Income Tax. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 108} |
Captain CRAIG asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland how much public money was expended on the teaching of Irish during the year 1908?
Mr. BIRRELL: The payments made by the Commissioners of National Education during the year 1908 in respect of the teaching of Irish, including the salaries and expenses of inspectors and... | S5CV0001P0_0a3e7b725bf0dd08 | null | Teaching of Irish. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 57} |
Captain CRAIG asked for the number of agreements entered into for purchase under the Act of 1903 since the introduction last Session of the Government Bill dealing with land purchase in Ireland, the amount of money involved by 700 such agreements, whether the bonus on such pending sales will be paid at the rate of 12 p... | S5CV0001P0_887cac9616a60978 | null | Land Purchase in Ireland. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 191} |
Captain CRAIG asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he can state the reasons which prompted the Commissioners of Education in Ireland to make a grant towards the Roman Catholic school built at Legfordrum, Strabane, County Tyrone, for one pupil; whether he is aware that in order to secure the grant the children ... | S5CV0001P0_390fea940dbb8368 | null | Roman Catholic School at Legfordrum, Co. Tyrone. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 330} |
Mr. LONSDALE asked: What is the number of police, officers and men, employed in affording protection to the person and property of Mr. Clarke, D.L., Holycross, county Tipperary; what is the number of protection posts established for the purpose and the distance of each such post from the residence of Mr. Clarke; and wh... | S5CV0001P0_cbd771a1de4559e5 | null | Police Protection in County Tipperary. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 189} |
Mr. LONSDALE asked, whether any, and, if so, what, special measures were adopted by the authorities consequent on the report furnished to him by Mr. Horne, resident magistrate, subsequent to the investigations which that officer was instructed to conduct, in January, 1908, into the condition of affairs in county Galway... | S5CV0001P0_f4c7ddb509642b2e | null | County Galway, Mr. Horne's Report. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 113} |
Mr. LONSDALE asked the Chief Secretary to state how many appeals have come before the Irish Local Government Board from pension committees on the question whether applicants for old age pensions are disqualified by reason of having been inmates of workhouse infirmaries; whether he will state the principle governing the... | S5CV0001P0_d45babdf45f84921 | null | Old Age Pensions in Ireland. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 427} |
Mr. HENNIKER HEATON asked the Postmaster-General, whether he is aware that though we send letters via the United States of America to Jamaica for 1d. per ounce yet letters from Jamaica to the United States of America and vice versa are charged 5 cents (2½d.) postage; and whether he can see his way to intervene in the m... | S5CV0001P0_b47d85e0f70e89c0 | null | Penny Postage to British West India Colonies. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 103} |
Mr. SLOAN asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that at some public meetings held recently disturbance was created, and that the police who were called upon to exercise their authority under The Public Meetings Act, 1908, were unaware of the Law as at present existing; and whether, in view of this fact, he will ... | S5CV0001P0_73088e6f25c386f4 | null | Police and Public Meetings. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 119} |
Mr. B. S. STRAUS asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the Sawyers' Arms, Lisson Grove, Marylebone, has been compensated at the figure of £3,550; that the frontage was only about 16 feet; that the premises were very small, and only seven to eight barrels of beer are con- 704 sumed a week; that ... | S5CV0001P0_9ab3f03f6ccdb0a9 | null | A Compensation Award. | {"house": "Commons", "speaker": null, "word_count": 146} |
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