J O U R N A LS 

OF  THE 

HOUSE  OF  C O M M O N S. 

4  February  1919 to  23  December 1919. 

1 9 1 9 . -9   &  IO G E O R GE   V. 

VOL.  174. 

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OF  THE 

HOUSE  OF  COMMONS. 

From  FEBRUARY  the  4th,  1 9 1 9, 

In  the  NINTH  and  TENTH  YEARS  of  the  REIGN  of 

KING  GEORGE  T HE   F I F T H, 

To  DECEMBER  the  23rd,  1 9 1 9. 

SESSION 

1 9 1 9. 

The  Thirty-first  Parliament  of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain 
and  Ireland 

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1919. 

VOL.  174. 

VOL.. 174. 

A 

BY   T HE   K I N G. 

A  P R O C L A M A T I ON 

F OR   D I S S O L V I NG   T HE   P R E S E NT   P A R L I A M E N T,   A ND   D E C L A R I NG   T HE 
G A L L I NG   OF   A N O T H E R. 

G E O R GE   R.I. 

WH E R E AS   We   have  thought fit, by  and  with  the  advice  of  Our  Privy  Council, 

to  dissolve  this  present  Parliament,  which  stands  prorogued  to  Friday,  the 
thirteenth  day  of  December  next:  We   do,  for  that  end,  publish  this  Our  Royal 
Proclamation,  and  do hereby  dissolve  the  said  Parliament  accordingly  :  And  the  Lords 
Spiritual  and  Temporal,  and the  Knights,  Citizens,  and  Burgesses,  and  the  Commis-
sioners  for  Shires  and  Burghs,  of  the  House  of  Commons,  are  discharged  from  their 
meeting  and attendance  on  the  said  Friday, the  thirteenth day  of  December  next:  And 
We,  being  desirous  and  resolved, as soon as  may  be,  to  meet  Our People,  and to  have 
their  advice  in Parliament, do  hereby  make known to  all  Our  loving  Subjects  Our  Royal 
Will  and Pleasure  to  call a new  Parliament:  And do hereby further declare that, by and 
with the  advice  of  Our  Privy  Council, We  have given Order that  Our  Chancellor  of  that 
part of  Our  United  Kingdom  called  Great  Britain  and  Our  Chancellor  of  Ireland  do 
respectively, upon  Notice  thereof, forthwith issue  out  Writs, in  due form  and  according 
to  Law, for  calling  a  new  Parliament:  And  We   do  hereby  also,  by  this  Our  Royal 
Proclamation  under  Our  Great  Seal  of  Our  United  Kingdom,  require  Writs  forthwith 
to  be  issued  accordingly  by  Our  said  Chancellors  respectively,  for  causing  the  Lords 
Spiritual  and  Temporal  and  Commons  who  are  to  serve  ill  the  said  Parliament  to  be 
duly  returned  to, and  give  their  attendance  in,  Our  said  Parliament  on  Tuesday,  the 
twenty-first  day  of  January  next;  which  Writs  are  to  be  returnable  in  due  course  of 
Law. 

Given  at  Our  Court  at  Buckingham  Palace,  this  twenty-fifth  day  of  November, 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  eighteen,  and  in  the 
ninth year  of  Our  Reign. 

GOD  S A VE   T HE   K I N G. 

BY  T HE   K I N G. 

A  P R O C L A M A T I O N. 

G E O R GE   R.I. 

WH E R E AS   by  Our  Royal  Proclamation  of  the  twenty-fifth  day  of  November, 

one thousand  nine  hundred  and  eighteen,  dissolving  the  late  Parliament,  We  did 
require  Writs  to  be  issued  by  Our  Chancellor  of  that  part  of  Our  United  Kingdom 
called  Great  Britain, and  Our  Chancellor  of  Ireland  respectively, for  causing  the  Lords 
Spiritual  and  Temporal  and  Commons  who  are  to  serve  in  the  new  Parliament  to  be 
duly  returned to, and  give  their  attendance  in,  Our  said Parliament  on the  twenty-first 
day  of  January  instant,  We,  by  and  with  the  advice  of  Our  Privy  Council,  hereby 
issue  Our  Royal  Proclamation,  and  publish  and  declare  that  the  said Parliament  be 
prorogued  from  the  said  twenty-first  day  of  January  instant,  to which  it  now  stands 
summoned,  to  Tuesday,  the  fourth  day  of  February,  one  thousand  nine  hundred and 
nineteen,  and  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  and  the  Knights,  Citizens,  and 
Burgesses,  and  the  Commissioners  for  Shires and Burghs  of  the  House  of  Commons  are 
discharged  from their meeting  and  attendance  on  the  said twenty-first  day  of  January 
instant. 

Given  at Our  Court  at  Buckingham  Palace, this  fourteenth  day  of  January,  in the 
year  of our  Lord  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and  nineteen, and  in  the  ninth 
year  of  Our  Reign. 

G OD   S A VE   T HE   K I N G. 

J  O  U RN   A  L.  8 

OF  

T HE 

H O U SE  

OF  

C O M M O N S. 

Session  1919. 

The  Parliament  begun  and  held  at  the  City  of 
Westminster,  on  Tuesday,  the  fourth  day 
of  February,  in  the ninth  year  of  the  Reign 
of  our Sovereign Lord  GEORGE,  by the Grace of 
God  of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain 
and  Ireland,  and  of  the  British  Dominions 
beyond  the  Seas, King, Defender  of  the  Faith; 
and  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1919. 

Parliament 
meets. 

QN   which  day,  being  the  first  day  of  the 
_  meeting  of  this  Parliament,  pursuant to  a 
Proclamation  (hereunto annexed), Sir  Courtenay 
Peregrine  Ilbert,»G.c.B.,  K.C.S.I.,  C.I.E.,  Clerk 
of  the  House  of/Commons,  Thomas  Lonsdale 
Webster,  Esquire,  C.B.,  and  Horace  Christian 
Dawkins,  Esquire,  M.B.K.,  Clerks  Assistant, 
attending  in  the  House,  and  the  other  Clerks 
attending,  according  to  their  duty,  Sir  Claud 
Schuster,  c.v.o.,  Clerk  of 
in 
Chancery  in  Great  Britain,  delivered  to  the 
said  Sir  Courtenay  Peregrine  Ilbert,  G.O.B., 
K.C.S.I.,  C.I.E.,  a  book  containing  a  list  of  the 
names of  the  Members  returned  to  serve  in  this 
Parliament. 

the  Crown 

Several  of  the  Members  repaired  to  their 

seats. 

Message to 
attend the 
Lords Com-
missioners. 

A  Message  was  delivered  by  Admiral  Sir 
Henry  Frederick  Stephenson,  Gentleman  Usher 
of  the  Black  Rod  : 

Gentlemen, 

The  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
immediate 
in  the 

Majesty's  Commission  desire  the 
attendance  of  this  Honourable  House 
H ouse  of  Peers, to  hear  the  Commission read. 

Accordingly  the  House  went up to  the  House 
of  Peers;  where the  Lord  Chancellor  and  other 
Lords  named  in  the  Commission,  sitting  on  a 
form  between  the  Throne  and the  Woolsacks; 

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The  Lord  Chancellor said— 

My  Lords, and  Gentlemen  of  the  House  of Parliament 
opened by 
Commission. 

C o m m o n s,  

His  Majesty,  not  thinking  fit  to  be  here 
present  this  day  in  His  Royal  Person, has  been 
pleased, in  order  to  the opening  and holding  of 
this  Parliament,  to  cause  Letters  Patent  to  be 
passed  under  His  Great  Seal,  constituting  us 
and  several  other  Lords  therein  named  His 
Commissioners, to do  all things, in  His  Majesty's 
name, on  His part necessary  1o  be  performed  in 
this  Parliament;  this  will  more  fully  appear  by 
the  Letters  Patent  themselves,  which  must  now 
be  read. 

Then  the  said  Letters  Patent  were read ;  and 

are  as follow  : 

G E O R GE   R.   &  I. 

G E O R GE  

the  Fifth,  by  the  Grace  of 
God  of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain 
and  Ireland,  and  of  the  British  Dominions 
beyond  the  Seas,  King,  Defender  of  the  Faith : 
To  all  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come, 
greeting.  Whereas,  by  the  advice  of  Our 
Council,  for  certain  arduous  and  urgent affairs 
concerning  Us,  the  state  and  defence  of  Our 
said  United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and 
Ireland,  and  the  Church,  We  have  ordered  a 
certain  Parliament  to  be  holden  at  Our  City  of 
B  2 

4 

11th  February. 

1919. 

Westminster  on  Tuesday,  the  fourth  day  of 
February instant:  And  forasmuch  as for  certain 
divers  causes  and  considerations  We  cannot 
conveniently  at  this  time  be  present  in  Our 
Royal  Person  in  Our  said  Parliament  upon  the 
said  fourth day  of  February  instant;  know  ye 
that  We,  trusting 
in  the  fidelity,  discretion, 
and  care  of  Our  most dear  and  entirely  beloved 
.Councillor  Arthur 
Uncle  and  most  faithful 
William  Patrick  Albert  Duke  of  Connaught 
and  Strathearn; 
the  Most  Reverend  Father 
in  God  and  Our  faithful  Councillor  Randall 
Thomas  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  Primate 
of  All  England  and  Metropolitan  ;  and  others 
Our  Councillors  hereinafter  mentioned,  by  the 
advice  of  Our  Council,  do  give  and  grant  by 
the tenor  of these  Presents unto the said  Arthur 
William  Patrick  Albert  Duke  of  Connaught 
and  Strathearn,  Randall  Thomas  Archbishop 
of  Canterbury,  Our  well-beloved  and  faithful 
Councillor,  Frederick  Edwin  Lord  Birkenhead, 
Chancellor  of that part of  Our  United  Kingdom 
of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland  called  Great 
Britain;  the  Most  Reverend  Father  in  God 
and  Our  faithful  Councillor  Cosmo  Gordon 
Archbishop  of  York,  Primate  of  England  and 
Metropolitan;  Our  most  dear  Cousins  and 
Councillors  George  Nathaniel  Earl  Curzon  of 
Kedleston,  President  of  Our  Council;  David 
Alexander  Edward  Earl  of  Crawford,  Keeper 
of  Our  Privy  Seal;  Victor  Christian  William 
Duke  of  Devonshire,  Charles  Richard  John 
Duke  of  Marlborough,  William  John  Arthur 
Charles  James  Duke  of  Portland,  Charles 
Marquess  of  Huntly,  Henry  Charles  Keith 
Marquess of  Lansdowne,  James Edward  Hubert 
Marquess  of  Salisbury,  George  Henry  Hugh 
Marquess  of  Cholmondeley,  Gavin  Marquess 
of  Breadalbane, Lawrence  Marquess of Zetland  ; 
Robert  Offley  Ashburton  Marquess  of  Crewe, 
Charles  Robert  Marquess  of  Lincolnshire,  John 
Campbell  Marquess  of  Aberdeen  and  Temair, 
Louis  Alexander  Marquess  of  Milford  Haven, 
Edwyn  Francis  Earl  of  Chesterfield,  Master  of 
Our  Horse,  Edward  George  Villiers  Earl  of 
Derby,  George  William  Earl  of  Coventry, 
Algernon  Hawkins  Thomond  Earl  of  Kintore, 
Archibald  Philip  Earl  of  Rosebery,  William 
Heneage  Earl of  Dartmouth,  William Frederick 
Earl  Waldegrave,  Charles  Robert Earl Spencer, 
Bernard  Arthur  William  Patrick  Hastings  Earl 
of  Grauard,  Osbert  Cecil  Earl  of  Sefton, 
Hamilton  John  Agmondesham  Earl  of  Desart, 
Richard  Walter  John  Earl  of  Donoughmore, 
Adelbert  Wellington Brownlow  Earl  Brownlow, 
William  Earl  Beauchamp,  John  George  Earl 
of  Durham,  Henry  John  Earl  of  Ducie,  Charles 
Alfred  Worsley  Earl  of  Yarborough,  William 
Humble  Earl  of  Dudley,  William  Waldegrave 
Earl  of  Selborne,  Hardinge  Stanley  Earl  of 
Halsbury,  Robert  George  Earl  of  Plymouth, 
Arthur  William  de  Brito  Earl  of  Liverpool, 
Robert  Threshie  Earl  Loreburu,  Rufus Daniel 
Earl  of  Heading,  Horace  Brand  Viscount  Far-
quhar,  Steward  of  Our  Household;  William 
Viscount  Sandhurst, Chamberlain of Our House-
hold ;  William  St.  John  Fremantle  Viscount 
Midleton,  Alfred  Viscount  Milner,  John  Vis-
count  Morley  of  Blackburn,  Herbert  John 
Viscount  Gladstone,  Richard  Burdon  Viscount 
Haidane, Francis  Viscount  Knollys,  Wentworth 
Canning  Blackett  Viscount  Allendale,  Aretas 
Viscount  Chilston,  James  Viscount  Bryce, 
Sydney  Charles Viscount  Buxton,  John  Denton 
Pinkstone  Viscount  French  of  Ypres,  John 
Charles  Viscount  Mersey,  Henry  Viscount 
Chaplin,  Edward  Viscount  Grey  of  Falloden, 
Weetman  Dickinson  Viscount  Cowdray,  Lewis 
Viscount  Harcourt,  Hudson  Ewbanke  Viscount 
Devonport,  John Wynford  Viscount St.  Davids, 

George  Viscount  Cave ; 
the  Right  Reverend 
Father  in  God  and  Our  faithful  Councillor 
Arthur  Foley  Lord  Bishop  of  London;  Our 
well-beloved  and faithful  Councillors  Alexander 
Hugh  Lord  Balfour  of  Burleigh,  Donald  James 
Lord  Reay,  Thomas  Lord  Ribblesdale,  Edward 
Lyulph  Lord  Sheffield,  John  William  Lord 
Rayleigh,  Thomas  Lord  Denman,  Charles 
Douglas  Richard  Lord  Sudeley,  Frederic  John 
Napier  Lord  Chelmsford,  Ivor  Churchill  Lord 
Wimborne,  Hallam  Lord  Tennyson,  John  Lord 
Revelstoke,  Thomas  Wodehouse  Lord  Newton, 
Herbert  Coulstoun  Lord  Burghelere,  David 
Robert  Lord  Rathmore,  Edward  Lord  Heneage, 
Nathaniel  Lord  Lingley,  Ughtred  James  Lord 
Shuttleworth,  Andrew  Graham  Lord  Dunedin, 
John  Lord  Atkinson,  William  Hood  Lord 
Waleran,  Edmond  George  Petty  Lord  Fitz-
maurice,  Edward  Arthur  Lord  Colebrooke, 
George  John  Lord  Eversley,  William  James 
Lord  Pirrie,  Antony Patrick Lord  MacDonnell, 
George  Lord Marchamley, John Lord  Pentland, 
Thomas  Lord  Shaw,  John  Poynder  Lord 
Islington,  Richard  Knight  Lord  Southwark, 
Charles  Lord  Hardinge  of  Penhurst,  Charles 
Benjamin  Bright  Lord  Aberconway,  Arthur 
John  Lord  Stamfordham, Alfred  Lord  Emmott, 
Edward  Lord  Strachie,  Alexander  William 
Charles  Oliphant  Lord  Murray  of  Elibank, 
John  Fletcher  Lord  Moulton,  John  Andrew 
Lord  Sumner,  Alexander  Lord  Strathclyde, 
Charles  Alfred  Lord  Parmoor,  Harold  Lord 
Rothermere,  Herbert  Hardy  Lord  Cozens-
Hardy,  Henry  Burton  Lord  Wrenbury,  Stanley 
Owen  Lord  Buckmaster,  Francis  Leveson  Lord 
Bertie  of  Thame,  Savile  Brinton  Lord  Somer-
leyton,  Arthur  Lord  Carnock,  Robert  Banna-
tyne  Lord  Finlay,  Charles  Beilby  Lord  Stuart 
of  Wortley, William Maxwell Lord  Beaverbrook, 
Joseph  Albert  Lord  Gainford,  Amelius  Richard 
Mark  Lord  Lambourne,  Francis  John  Stephens 
Lord  Southborough,  Edward  Patrick  Lord 
Morris,  Frederick  Lord  Cawley,  William 
Douglas  Lord  Weir,  Ignatius  John  Lord 
Shandou,  Walter  George  Frank  Lord  Philli-
more,  William  Lord  Sterndale,  William  Hayes 
Lord  Downham,  or  any  three  or  more  of  them, 
full  power,  in  Our  name,  to  begin  and  hold 
Our  said  Parliament,  and  to  open  and  declare, 
and  cause  to  be  opened  and  declared, the  causes 
of  holding  the  same,  and  to  proceed  upon  the 
said  affairs  in  Our  said  Parliament,  and  in  all 
matters  arising  therein,  and  to  do  everything 
which,  for  Us  and  by  Us,  and  for  the  good 
government  of  Our  said  United  Kingdom  of 
Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  and  other  Our 
Dominions  thereto  belonging,  shall  be  therein 
to  be  done;  and  also, if  necessary,  to  continue, 
adjourn,  and  prorogue  Our  said  Parliament: 
commanding  also, by  thet, enor of  these Presents, 
with  the  assent  of  Our  said  Council,  as  well 
all  and other  the  Archbishops,  Bishops,  Earls, 
Viscounts,  Barons,  and  Knights,  as  all  others 
whom  it  concerns,  to  meet  in  Our  said  Par-
liament,  that  to  the  same Duke  of  Connaught 
and  Strathearn,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  and 
others  Our  Councillors  aforesaid,  or  any  three 
of  them, they  diligently  intend  in  the  premises 
in  the  form  aforesaid. 
In  witness  whereof  We 
have  caused  these  Our  Letters  to  be  made 
Patent.  Witness  Ourself  at  Westminster,  the 
thirty-first  day  of  January,  in  the  ninth  year 
of  Our  Reign. 

By  the  K I NG   Himself. 

Signed with  His  own  Hand. 

S C H U S T E R. 

9  GEO.  V. 

20/Ft  February.  3T 

House directed 
to choose a 
Speaker. 

Mr. Lowther 
chosen 
Speaker. 

And  then  the  Lord  Chancellor  said— 

My  Lords,  and  Gentlemen, 

We  have it in  Command  from  His  Majesty  to 
let  you  know, that  as  soon  as  the  Members  of 
both  Houses  shall  be  sworn  the  causes  of  His 
Majesty's calling this Parliament will  be  declared 
to  you  :  and it being  necessary  a  Speaker  of  the 
House  of  Commons  should  be first chosen, it  is 
His  Majesty's  pleasure,  that you,  Gentlemen  of 
the  House  of  Commons,  repair  to  the  place 
where  you  are  to  sit, and  there  proceed  to  the 
choice of some proper person to be your  Speaker; 
and  that  you  present  such  person  whom  you 
shall  so  choose,  here, to-morrow,  at  a  quarter 
before  Three  of  the  clock,  for  His  Majesty's 
Royal  approbation. 

And  the  House  having  returned; 

Colonel 

the  Right  Honourable  Francis 
Bingham.  Mildmay,  addressing  himself  to  the 
Clerk  (who,  standing  up,  pointed  to  him  and 
then  sat  down),  proposed  to  the  House  for 
their  Speaker  the  Right  Honourable  James 
William Lowther;  and  moved,  That  the  Right 
Honourable  James  William  Lowther  do  take 
the  Chair  of  this  House  as  Speaker;  which 
Motion  was  seconded  by  the  Right  Honourable 
Sir James Henry  Jjalziel. 

The  House  then  unanimously  calling  Mr. 
James  William Lowther  to  the  Chair,  he  stood 
up  in  his  place  and  expressed  the  sense  he 
had  of  the  honour  proposed  to  be  conferred 
upon  him, and submitted  himself  to  the  House. 

The  House  then  having  again  unanimously 
called  Mr.  James  William Lowther  to  the  Chair, 
he  was  taken  out of  his  place  and  conducted  to 
the  Chair  by  Colonel  Mildmay  and  Sir  James 
Henry Dalziel;  and,  standing  on the  upper  step, 
he  expressed  his  deep  sense  of  the  very  great 
honour  which  the  House  had  been  pleased  to 
confer  upon  him, and  sat  down  in the  Chair. 

Then  the  Mace  (which  before  lay  under  the 

Table)  was  placed  upon the  Table.' 

Whereupon  Mr.  Bonnr  Law  and  Sir  Donald 
Maclean,  Mr.  Adamsori,  and  Mr.  Clement 
Edwards  congratulated  Mr.  Speaker-elect,  and 
Mr.  Bonar  Law  moved,  That  this  House  do 
now  adjourn. 

Mr.  Speaker-elect  thereupon  put  the  Ques-

tion,  which  being  agreed  to ; 

. 

The  House  adjourned  accordingly  at  eight 
minutes  before  Four  of  the  clock  till 
to-morrow,  an l  Mr.  Speaker-elect  went 
awav  without the  Mace  before  him. 

Wednesday, 5th February  1919. 

THE   House  being  met;  and  Mr.  Speaker-

elect  having  taken  the  Chair ; 

A  Message  was  delivered  by  Sir  Thomas 
Mr. Speaker 
approved of by Dacres  Butler,  K.C.V.O.,  Yeoman  Usher  of  the 
the King. 

B] a ck   R o d  . 

"Mr.  Speaker, 

The  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
Majesty's  Commission  desire  the  immediate 
attendance  of  this  Honourable  House  in  the 
House  of  Peers. 

Accordingly  Mr.  Speaker-elect,  with  the 
House,  went  up  to  the  House  of  Peers, where 
he  was  presented  to  the  said  Lords  Commis-
sioners for  His  Majesty's  Royal  approbation. 

VOL.  174. 

Then  the  Lord  Chancellor,  one  of  the  said 
Lords  Commissioners,  signified  His  Majesty's 
approbation  of  Mr.  Speaker-elect. 

The  House  having  returned  ; 

Mr.  Speaker  reported,  That  the  House  had 
been 
in  the  House  of  Peers;  where  His 
Majesty  was  pleased,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-
missioners,  to  approve  of  the  choice  the  House 
had made  of  him  to  be  their  Speaker;  and  that 
he  had, in  their  name  and  on  their  behalf,  by 
humble  Petition  to  His  Majesty  made claim  to 
all  their  ancient  and  undoubted  rights  and  privi-
in 
leges,  particularly  to  freedom  of  speech 
Debate,  freedom  from  arrest, freedom  of  access 
to  His  Majesty  whenever  occasion  may  require; 
and  that the  most favourable construction should 
be  placed  upon  all  their  proceedings;  which 
he said His Majesty,  by  His  said  Commissioners, 
had  been  pleased  to  confirm  to  them  in  as 
ample  a manner  as  they  have  ever  been  granted 
or  confirmed  by  His  Majesty,  or  any  of  His 
Royal  Predecessors. 

And  then  Mr.  Speaker  repeated  his 
sincere  thanks  to  the  House  for  the 
honour  that they  had done  him. 

very 
great 

Mr.  Speaker  then  put  the  House  in  mind 
that their  first  duty  was  to  take  and  subscribe 
the Oath  required,by  Law. 

Thereupon  Mr.  Speaker  first,  alone,  standing Mr. Speaker 
upon  the  upper  step  of  the  Chair,  took  and takes the Oath, 
subscribed  the  Oath. 

Then  the  following  Members  took  ana" sub- Members take 

scribed  the  Oath,  or  made  and  subscribed  the ^make* 
Affirmation required  by  Law. 

Affirmation. 

The  Right  Honourable  Andrew  Bonar  Law, 
for  the  Glasgow  Burgh. (Central Division). 

The  Right  Honourable  Sir  Donald  Maclean, 
for  the  County  of  Midlothian  and  Peebles 
(Peebles  and  Southern  Division). 

The  Right  Honourable  Christopher  Addison, 

M.D., for  the  Borough, of  Shoreditch., 

The  Right  Honourable  Sir  James  Henry 
Dalziel,  Baronet,  for  the  Kirkcaldy  Dis-
trict  of  Burghs. 

The  Right Honourable  John  Henry  Whitley 

for  the  Borough  of  Halifax. 

Major-General  the  Right  Honourable  John 
Edward  Bernard  Seely,  c.B.,  D.s.o.,  for 
the  County  of  Derby  (Ilkeston.  Division). 
The  Right  Honourable  Sir  Auckland  Gamp-
for  the  County  of 

bell  Qeddes,  K.C.B., 
Hants  (Basingstoke  Division). 

Stanley  Baldwin,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 

Worcester  (Bewdley  Division). 

Frederick  George  Kellaway,  Esquire,  for  the 
County  of  Bedford  (Bedford  Division). 
The  Right  Honourable  Thomas  James  Mac-

.. namara,  for  the  Borough  of  Camberwell 

(North-West  Division). 

The  Right  Honourable  Sir  Joseph  Gompton 
Compton-Riekett,  for  the  County  of  York, 
West  Riding  (Pontefract  Division). 

The  Right Honourable  Albert  Holden  Illing-
worth,  for  the  County  of  Lancaster  (Hey-
wood  and. Radcliffe Division). 

The  Right  Honourable  Edmund  Bernard 
Talbot,  commonly  called  Lord  Edmund 
Bernard  Talbot,  for  the  County  of  West 
Sussex  (Chichester  Division). 

> 

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Craig,  Baronet, 

for the  County  of  Down  (Mid  Down), 

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11th 

February. 

1919. 

-  The  Bight  Honourable  William  Gr.ooks, for 
the Borough  of  Woolwich  (East  Division). 
The  Right  Honourable  Sir  Henry  Craik, 
K.C.B.,  for  the University  of  St.  Andrews, 
the  University  of  Glasgow,  the  Univer-
sity  of  Aberdeen,  and  the  University  of 
Edinburgh. 

The  Right  Honourable  George  Lambert,  for 
(South  Molton 

the  County  of  Devon 
Division). 

The  Right  Honourable  Sir  William  James 
Bull,  for  the  Borough  of  Hammersmith 
(South  Division). 

John  Hugh  Edwards,  Esquire, 

for  the 

County  of  Glamorgan  (Neath  Division). 
John  Hinds,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 

Carmarthen  (Carmarthen  Division). 

Benjamin  Charles  Spoor,  Esquire,  for  the 
(Bishop  Auckland 

County  of  Durham 
Division). 

Sir  Harry  Brittain,  K.B.E.,  for  the  County 

of  Middlesex  (Acton  Division). 
John  William  Lorden,  Esquire, 

for 

the 

Borough of  St.  Pancras  (North  Division). 
Stephen  Walsh,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 

Lancaster  (Ince  Division). 

;  Major  the  Right  Honourable  Sir  Henry 
Norman,  Baronet,  for  the  Borough  of 
Blackburn. 

: 

The  Reverend  Josiah  Towyn  Jones,  for  the 
County of  Carmarthen  (Llanelly Division). 
Sir  William  Henry  Seager,  for  the  Borough 

The  Right.  Honourable  John  Archibald 
Murray  Macdonald,  for  the  Stirling  and 
Falkirk  District  of  Burghs. 

The  Right  Honourable  Sir  Harry  Simon 
Samuel,  for  the  Borough  of  Lambeth 
(Norwood  Division). 

Sir  William  Howell  Davies,  for  the  Borough 

of  Bristol  (South  Division). 

The  Right  Honourable  William  Brace,  for 
(Abertillery 

the  County  of  Monmouth 
Division). 

The  Right  Honourable  John  Hodge,  for  the 
Borough  of  Manchester  (Gorton  Division). 
The  Right  Honourable  William  Adamson, 
for  the  County  of  Fife  (Western Division). 
Sir  Edwin  Andrew  Cornwall,  Baronet,  for 
(North-

the  Borough  of  Bethnal  Green 
East  Division). 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Leslie  Orme  Wilson, 
C.M.G.,  D.s.o., for  the  Borough  of  Reading. 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir  James  Farquharson 
Remnant,  Baronet,  for  the  Borough  of 
Holborn. 

Thomas  Brash  Morrison,  Esquire,  K.C.,  for 
Inverness,  Ross,  and 

the  Counties  of 
Cromarty  (Inverness  Division). 

Major  Jack  Benn  Brunei  Cohen,  Borough  of 

Liverpool  (Fairfield  Division). 
Edwin  Stanley  Gange,  Esquire, 

of  Cardiff  (East  Division). 

Sir John  Tudor  Walters,  for  the  Borough  of 

Sheffield  (Brightside  Division). 

Robert  Richardson,  Esquire, for  the  County 
of  Durham (Houghton-le-Spring  Division). 
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir J ohn  Norton-Griffiths, 
K.C.B.,  D.S.o.,  for  the  Borough  of  Wands-
worth  (Central  Division). 

Samuel  Gdlbraith,  Esquire,  o.B.E.,  for  the 
County of  Durham (Spennymoor  Division). 
Major HerbertRobin  Cayzer,  for the Borough 

of  Portsmouth  (South  Division). 

Sir  Charles  Sykes,  K.B.E.,  for  the  Borough 

of  Huddersfield. 

Lieutenant - Commander  Frederick-  Wolfe 
Astbury,  for  the  Borough of  Salford  (West 
Division). 

Colonel  Charles  Pinkham,  for  the  Borough 

of  Willesden  (West  Division). 
Robert  Burdon  Stoker,  Esquire, 

Borough 
Division). 

of  Manchester 

for  the 
(Rusholme 

John  Wallace,  Esquire,  for  the  Dunferm-

line  District  of  Burghs. 

James  Andrew  Seddon,  Esquire,  for  the 
(Hanley 

Borough  of  Stoke  -  on  -  Trent 
Division). 

Sir  Park  Goff,  for  the  County  of  York, 

for  the 

North  Riding  (Cleveland  Division). 

Borough  of  Bristol  (North  Division). 

George  Bryant  Britton,  Esquire, 

for  the 

Borough  of  Bristol  (East  Division). 

Alfred  Onions,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 

Glamorgan  (Caerphilly  Division). 

John  William  Pratt,  Esquire,  for  Glasgow 

Burgh  (Cathcart  Division). 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir Samuel  John  Gurney 
of 
for 

the  Borough 

Hoare,  Baronet, 
Chelsea. 

James  Parker,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 

Stafford  (Cannock  Division). 
Henry  Haydn  Jones,  Esquire, 

for  the 

County  of  Merioneth. 

Major-General  Sir  Ivor  Philipps, 

for  the 

Borough  of  Southampton. 

Thomas  Griffiths,  Esquire,  for  the  County 

of  Monmouth  (Pontypool  Division). 

Samuel  Finney,  Esquire, for  the  Borough  of 

Stoke-on-Trent  (Burslem  Division). 

John  J oseph J ones, Esquire, for the Borough 

of  West  Ham  (Silvertown  Division). 

.Albert  Green,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough  of 

Derby. 

Sir  William  Martin  Conway,  for  the  Uni-
versity of Durham,  the Victoria  University 
of Manchester, the University of  Liverpool, 
the University  of  Leeds, the  University  of 
Sheffield, the  University  of  Birmingham, 
and the  University of  Bristol. 

The  Right  Honourable  Evelyn  Cecil,  for  the 
Borough of  Birmingham  (Aston  Division). 
Lieutenant George Taylor  Ramsden,  R.F.A., for 
the  County  of  York,  West  Riding  (Elland 
Division). 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Charles  Wesley  Weldon 
M'Lean,  R.F.A., for  the  County  of  Parts  of 
Lindsey  (Brigg  Division). 

Rei  Alfred  Deakin  Carter,  Esquire,  for  the 
(Withington 

Borough  of  Manchester 
Division). 

Henry  Butler  RatcLiffe,  Esquire,  for  the 
Borough  of  Bradford  (Central  Division). 
John  Edmund Swan, Esquire, for  the  County 
of  Durham  (Barnard  Castle  Division). 
George  Henry  Hirst,  Esquire,  for  the  County 
(Wentworth 

of  York,  West  Riding 
Division). 

William.  James  Harold  Briggs,  Esquire,  for 
(Blackley 

the  Borough  of  Manchester 
Division). 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Ernest  Claude  Meysey-
Thompson,  for  the  Borough  of  Birming-
ham  (Handsworth  Division). 

Sir Francis  William  Lowe,  Baronet,  for  the 
Borough  of Birmingham  (Edgbaston  Divi-
sion). 

Brigadier-General  George  Kynaston  Cock-
erill  for  the  County  of  Surrey  (Reigate 
Division). 

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20/FT  February.  3T 

Major Gerald Berkeley  Hurst,  for the  Borough 

William  Theodore  Carr,  Esquire,  for  the 

of  Manchester  (Moss  Side  Division). 

Borough  of  Carlisle; 

Sir  Robert  Hunt  Stapylton  Dudley  Lydston 
Newman,  Baronet,  for  the  Borough  of 
Exeter. 

Golonel  Emil  William  Pickering, 

for  the 

Borough  of  Dewsbury. 

Major  Harry  Barnston,  for  the  County  of 

Chester  (Eddisbury  Division). 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Alan  Hughes  Burgoyne, 
(North 

for  the  Borough  of  Kensington 
Division). 

Captain  Algernon  Henry  Moreing,  for  the 
County  of  York,  East  Riding  (Buckrose 
Division). 

Albert  Reuben  Atkey,  Esquire, 

the 
Borough of Nottingham (Central  Division). 
Brigadier-General  Sir  Owen  Thomas,  for  the 

for 

County  of  Anglesey. 

James  Brown,  Esquire,  for  the  Counties  of 
Ayr  and  Bute  (South  Ayrshire  Division). 

John  Gordon  Drummond  Campbdl,  Esquire, 
for the Borough of  Kingston-upon-Thames. 
Sir  David  Sanders  Davies,  for  the  County  of 

Denbigh  (Denbigh  Division). 

William  Hepburn  Gozem-Hardy,  Esquire, 
commonly  called  the  Honourable  William 
Hepburn  Gozens-Hardy,  for  the  County  of 
Norfolk  (Southern  Division). 

Charles  Frederick  White,  Esquire,  for  the 

County  of  Derby  (Southern  Division). 

Captain  Angus  Valdemar  Hambro, 

for  the 

County  of  Dorset  (Southern  Division). 
Sir Robert  Leicester  Harmsworih,  Baronet, for 
the  Counties of  Caithness  and  Sutherland. 
the 
(Whitechapel  and 

James  Daniel  Kiley,  Esquire, 

for 

Borough  of  Stepney 
St.  George's  Division). 

James  Rowlands,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 

Kent  (Dartford  Division). 

Major-General  John  Humphrey  Davidson, 
(Fareham 

the  County  of  Hants 

for 
Division). 

Sir  Thomas  Arthur  Bramsdon, 

the 
Borough of  Portsmouth  (Central Division). 
Godfrey  Tennyson  Lampson  Locker-Lampson, 
the  County  of  Middlesex 

for 

Esquire,  for 
(Wood  Green  Division). 
. 
Alexander  Wilkie,  Esquire, 

for  Dundee 

Burgh. 

Sir  Clifford  John  Cory,  Baronet,  for  the 
County  of  Cornwall  (St.  Ives  Division). 
John  Wilkinson  Taylor,  Esquire,  for  the 
(Chester - le - Street 

County  of  Durham 
Division). 

Charles  Coupar  Barrie,  Esquire,  for  the 

County  of  Banff. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Granville  Charles  Hast-
for  the  County  of  Kent 

ings  Wheler, 
(Faversham  Division). 

J ohn  Allen  Parkinson,  Esquire,  for  the 

Borough  of  Wig&n. 

Sir  Peter  Griggs,  for  the  Borough  of  Ilford. 
Albert  Lindsay  Parkinson,  Esquire,  for  the 

Borough  of  Blackpool. 

Sir  Herbert  Austin,  Baronet, for  the  Borough 
of  Birmingham  (King's  Norton  Division). 
William  Arthur  Mount,  Esquire,  for  the 
County  of  Berks  (Newbury  Division). 

Colonel  Edward  Algernon  FitzRoy, 

com-
monly  called  the  Honourable  Edward 
Algernon  FitzRoy, 
of 
Northampton  (Daventry  Division). 
Alfred  Baldwin  Raper,  Esquire,  for 
Borough  of  Islington  (East  Division). 

for  the  County 

the 

James  Daniel  Gilbert,  Esquire,  for 

the 
Borough  of  Southwark  (Central  Division). 
Charles  Edwards,  Esquire,  for  the  County 

of  Monmouth  (Bedwellty  Division). 

Neil  M'Lean,  Esquire,  for  Glasgow  Btirgh 

John  Guthbert  Denison-Pender,  Esquire,  for 
the  Borough  of  Wandsworth  (Balham  and 
Tooting  Division). 

Sir Alfred  William  Yeo,  for  the  Borough  of 

Poplar  (South  Poplar  Division). 

(Govan  Division). 

Thomas  Walter  Grundy,  Esquire,  for  the 
(Rother 

County  of  York,  West  Riding 
Valley  Division). 

1 

Tom  Gape,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of  Cum-

berland  (Workington  Division). 

Henry  Haddocks,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 

Warwick  (Nuneaton  Division). 

Joseph  Johnstone.  Esquire,  for  the  County 

of  Renfrew  (Eastern  Division). 

James  Sexton,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough  of 

St.  Helen's. 

Major  William  Cope,  for  the  County  of 
Glamorgan  (Iiandaff  and  Barry  Division). 

Brigadier-General  George  Llewellin  Palmer, 
(Westbury 

the  County  of  Wilts 

for 
Division). 

Colonel  John  Wakefield  Weston, 

for  the 

County  of  Westmorland. 

Arthur  Neal,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough  of 

Sheffield  (Hillsborough  Division). 

Duncan  McGregor  Graham,  Esquire,  for  the 
County  of  Lanark  (Hamilton  Division). 
Neville  Paul  Jodrdl,  Esquire, for the  County 

of  Norfolk  (King's  Lynn  Division). 

Harry  Hope,  Esquire,  for  the  Counties  of 
(Western 
and  Clackmannan 

Stirling 
Division). 

Walter  Trevdyan  Thomson,  Esquire, 
the  Borough  of  Middlesbrough 
Division). 

for 
(West 

James  Bell,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 

Lancaster  (Ormskirk  Division). 

Thomas  Shaw,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough  of 

Preston. 

Robert  Clough,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 
York,  West  Riding  (Keighley  Division). 
Arthur  Neville  Chamberlain,  Esquire, for the 
(Ladywood 

Borough  of  Birmingham 
Division). 

Thomas  Jeremiah  Williams,  Esquire,  for 
the  Borough  of  Swansea  (East  Division). 
Robert  Young,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 

Lancaster  (Newton  Division). 

Vernon  Hartshorn,  Esquire,  for  the  County 

of  Glamorgan  (Ogmore  Division). 

John  Lort  -  Williams,  Esquire, 

Borough  of  Bermondsey 
Division). 

for 

the 
(Rotherhithe 

James  Kidd,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 

Linlithgow. 

Sir John  Wood,  Baronet,  for  the  County  of 
Chester  (Stalybridge  and  Hyde  Division). 

Charles  Henry  Sitch, Esquire, for  the  County 

of  Stafford  (Kingswinford  Division). 

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11th  February. 

1919. 

James  Walton,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 
York, West  Riding  (Don  Valley  Division). 
General  Sir Archibald  Hunter,  G.o.B., G.o.vj)., 
D.S.O., for  the  County  of  Lancaster  (Lan-
caster  Division). 

Frederick  Owen  Roberts,  Esquire,  for  the 

Borough  of  West  Bromwich. 

Brigadier-General  Richard  Beal  Colvin,  o.B., 
for  the County of  Essex (Epping  Division). 
lieutenant-Colonel  Henry  Kenyan  Stephen-
son,  for  the  Borough  of  Sheffield  (Park 
Division). 

Alfred  Roger  Jephcott,  Esquire, 
for  the 
'  Borough  of  Birmingham  (Yardley  Divi-

sion). 

Maximilian  Gowran  Tovmley,  Esquire,  for 
1  the  County  of  Bedford  (Mid  Division) 
Robert  Waddington,  Esquire, for the Borough 

of  Rossendale. 

Lieutenant - Colonel  Frank  Hilder, 

R.F.A., 
for  the  County  of  Essex  (South-Eastern! 
Division). 

John  Cairns,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough  of 

Morpeth. 

Major  John  Elsdple  Malson,  R;A.M.O., for  the 
(Gains-

County  of  Parts  of  Lindsey 
borough  Division).  • 

Major  Stephen  Goodwin  Howard, 

for  the 
County  of  West  Suffolk  (Sudbury  Divi-
sion). 

, 

David  Henderson  M'Donald,  Esquire, for  the 
County  of  Lanark  (Bothwell  Division). 
William  George  Perring,  Esquire,  for  the 
Borough  of  Paddington  (North  Division). 
Robert  Frederick  William  Robertson  Nelson, 
Esquire, for  the County of  Lanark^(Mother-
well  Division). 

William  Stapleton  Royce,  Esquire,  for  the 

County  of  Holland  with  Boston. 

Louis  Stanley  Johnson,  Esquire,  for  the 
Borough  of  Walthamstow  (East  Division). 
Alfred  J oseph Law,  Esquire, for the  Borough 

of  Rochdale. 

Gershom  Stewart,  Esquire,  for  the  County 

of  Chester  (Wirral  Division). 
Colonel  William  Hall  Walker, 

for  the 

County  of  Lancaster  (Widnes  Division). 

James  Herbert  Gory,  Esquire, 

for 
Borough  of  Cardiff  (South  Division). 

the 

James  Gardiner,  Esquire,  for  the  Counties 
of  Perth  and  Kinross  (Kinross  and  West-
ern  Division). 

Major  Patrick  Bernard  Malone, 

for  the 

Borough  of  Tottenham  (South  Division). 

Captain  Douglas  Clifton  Brovm, 

County 
Division). 

of  Northumberland 

for  the 
(Hexham 

Colonel  Rowland  Burden}  for  the  County  of 

Durham  (Sedgefield  Division). 

Alfred  Short,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough  of 

Captain  Sir  Seville  Stamer,  Baronet,; for  thei 

Wednesbury. 

• 

County  of  Salop  (LujcUow Division);  > 

John  Ernmanud  • Z)apisqri, Es'qiiire,  for  the 

Major  William  Henri/ Prescott,  R.E.,  foif! the 
Borough  of  Tottenham  (North  Division). 
Captain  Charles  Ainsworth,  for  the  Borough 

of  Bury. 

1i v - , M•  

Waller';  Robert 

the 
Cojtnty  of  Nor&ainptOQ  (Wellingborough 

, Smiiih'r  Esqqiro, 

• _I = t. 
f or  

....Vv.v 

,  Division). 
John  Rumney  Remer,  Esquire, for the  County 
bf  Chester  (Macclesfield  Division)..  ,  \ 
William  Brorrifidd,  Esquire,  for  the  County 

> \ - > > \ \L 

of  Stafford  (Leek  Division). 

; 

Frederick,  William  Mallalieu,  (Esquire,  for 
the  County  of  York,  West  Riding  (Colne 
Valley  Division). 

M 

Sir Alfred  Haman  Warren,  for  the  Borough 

of  Edmonton. 

,, 

Major  Charles  Edward  Breese,ioT  the  County 
.,  of  Carnarvon. 
Gideon  Murray,  Esquire,  commonly  known 
for 

as  the  Honourable  Gideon  Murray 
Glasgow  Burgh  (St  Rollox  Division).  v 

'  '• 

' 

Major  George  Richard  James  Hennessy, 
for 
•  the  County  of  Hants  (Winchester  Divi-

sion). 

Arthur  Hayday,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough 

of  Nottingham  (West  Division). 

Edward  Hopkinson,  Esquire, for the  Borough 

of  Manchester  (Clayton  Division). 

William  Lunn,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 
York, West  Riding  (Rothwell  Division). 
Gustavus  Arthur  Talbot,  Esquire,  for  the 
County  of  Hertford  (Hemel  Hempstead 
Division). 

Lieutenant Wilfrid  HartSugden,  R.E., lor  the 
County  of  Lancaster  (Royton  Division). 
Thomas  Worrall  Casey,  Esquire,  for  the 
Borough  of  Sheffield  (Attercliffe  Division). 
for 

Frederick  Charles  Thomson,  Esquire, 
Aberdeen  Burgh  (South  Division). 

Ostvald  Ernald  Mosley,  Esquire,  for  the 
County  of  Middlesex  (Harrow  Division). 
Major  Sir  Philip  Albert  Gustave  David  Sas-
soon,  Baronet,  for  the  Borough  of  Hythe. 

Borough  of  Smethwick.  ' 

; < i ' 

Major  John  Walter  Hills,  for  the  County  of 

Durham  (Durham  Division) u 

;  ; > 

Major  Jpseph  Nail, 
i' Manchester r(Hulime  Diyision).  i  ; ; 
Lieutenant - Commander  H,curry  Dewhurst, 
„•  fpr.  the  Coupty  of  Chester -  (Northwich 

for  the  Borough  of 

Division). 

( 

; 

Henry  Strother  Captley,  Esquire,  fax;  the 
, County  of  East  Sussex  (East  Grinstead 

Division). 

,Y 

Mdred  Hollas,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough  of 

Birmingham  (Duddeston  Division). 

Captain  Eric  Ayshford  Knight, 

County  of  Worcester 
Division). 

for  the 
(Kidderminster 

''  ' 

Sir Philip  Edward  Pilditch,  for  the  County 

of  Middlesex  (Spelthorne  Division). 

Alfred  Edward  Waterson,  Esquire,  for  the 
County  of  Northampton  (Kettering  Divi-
sion).  •  ,  • 

.;/•'•• 

•  - A, 

;. 

Sir  John  David  Rees,  K.C.I.E.;  O.V.O.,  for  the 
Borough  of  Nottingham  (East  Division). 
Brigadier  -  General  Sir  Smith  Hill  Child, 
Baronet,  for  the  County  of  Stafford  (Stone 
Division). 

Lieutenant-Colonel  George  Frederick  Stan-
ley, 
commonly  called  the  Honourable 
George  Frederick  Stanley,  for  the  Borough 
of  Preston. 

James  0'Grady,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough 

of  Leeds  (South-East  Division). 

Alfred  Davies,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 

Lancaster  (Clitheroe  Division). 
Major  George  Richard  Lane-Fox, 

the 
County  of  York,  West  Riding  (Barkston 
Ash  Division). 

for 

George  Alfred  Spencer,  Esquire* 

for  the 
County  of  Nottingham  (Broxtowe  Divi-
sion). 

Robert  Burton  Chadwick,  Esquire,  for  the 

Borough of  Barrow-in-Furness. 

Major  Sir  Samud  Edward  Scott,  Baronet, 
for  the  Borough  of  St.  Marylebone." 

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5fh February. 

9 

Sir  Edgar  Rees  Jones,  for  the  Borough  of 

Merthyr Tydfil  (Merthyr  Division). 

The  Right  Honourable  Thomas  Richards, 
for  the  County  of  Monmouth  (Ebbw  Vale 
Division). 

Sir William  Henry  Davison,  K.B.E., for  the 
Borough  of  Kensington  (South  Division). 
for 

Halford  John  Mackinder,  Esquire, 

Glasgow  Burgh  (Camlachie  Division). 
Major  Henry  Leonard  Campbell Brassey,  for 
the County of Northampton  (Peterborough 
Division). 

Robert  M'Laren,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 

• 

Lanark  (Northern  Division). 

The  Right Honourable Hugh Richard  Heath-
cote  Cecil,  commonly  called  Lord  Hugh 
Richard  Heathcote  Cecil, for the University 
of  Oxford. 

Hugh  Morrison,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 

Wilts  (Salisbury  Division). 

.  Sir  William  Watson  Cheyne,  Baronet, for the 
University of  St. Andrew's,  the  University 
of  Glasgow,  the  University  of  Aberdeen, 
and  the  University  of  Edinburgh. 

James  Wignall,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 

Gloucester  (Forest  of  Dean  Division). 

Lieutenant-Commander  Charles  Williams, 
for  the  County  of  Devon  (Tavistock  Divi-
, 
1  sion). 
' Frederick  Hall,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 
York, West  Riding  (Normanton  Division). 
for  the 

Alexander  Richardson,  Esquire, 

County  of  Kent  (Gravesend  Division). 
Ralph  Milbanke  Hudson,  Esquire,  for  the 

Borough  of  Sunderland. 

. 

Sir Maurice  Edward  Dockrell,  for the  County 

of  Dublin  (Rathmines  Division). 

:  The(  Right  Honourable  Sir  Edward  Alfred 
Goulding,  Baronet,  for  the  Borough  of 

•,,  _ Worcester.  . 

. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Albert  Buckley,  tor  the 
,  County  of  Lancaster  (Waterloo  Division). 
Augustine  Hailwood,  Esquire, 
the 
Borough  of  Manchester  (Ardwick  Divi-
sion). 

for 

Major  John  Dearman  Birchall, 

for  the 

Borough  of  Leeds  (North-East  Division). 
Allen  Clement  Edwards,  Esquire,  for-  the 
Borough  of  East  Ham  (South  Division). 
Sir  Clement  Kinloch-Cooke,  for  the  Borough 

of  Plymouth  (Devonport  Division). 

Dennis  Henry  Herbert,  Esquire,  for  the 
County  of  Hertford  (Watford  Division). 
William  Carter,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 

Nottingham  (Mansfield  Division). 

Henry  Norman Rae,  Esquire,  for  the  County 
of  York,  West  Riding  (Shipley  Division). 
Henry  Bucknall  Betterton,  Esquire,  for  the 
County  of  Nottingham  (Rushcliffe  Divi-

Sir  Herbert  Nield,  K.O., for  the  Borough  of 

Ealing. 

Harry  Greer,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 

Somerset  (Wells  Division). 

Major  Robert  Hewitt  Barker,  for  the  County 
of  York, West  Riding  (Sowerby  Division). 
Major  Philip  Lloyd  Greame,  for  the  County 

of  Middlesex  (Hendon  Division). 

William  Joynson-Hicks,  Esquire,  for  the 
County  of  Middlesex  (Twickenham  Divi-
sion). 
VOL.174. 

William  Tyson  Wilson,  Esquire,  for  the 
County Of Lancaster  (Westhoughton  Divi-
sion). 

Sir  Owen  Cosby  Philipps,  G.C.M.G.,  for  the 
County  of  Chester  (City  of  Chester  Divi-
sion). 

Sir  Ernest  Edward  Wild,  K.C.,  for  the 
Borough  of  West  Ham  (Upton  Division). 

Colonel  Albert  Lambert  Ward, 

for  the 
Borough  of  Kingston-upon-Hull  (North-
West  Division). 

Captain  Michael  Falcon,  for  the  County  of 

Norfolk  (Eastern  Division). 

James  Rolston  Lonsdale,  Esquire,  for  the 

County  of  Armagh  (Mid  Armagh). 

Charles  Frederick  Higham,  Esquire,  for  the 
Borough  of  Islington  (South  Division). 
Major-General  Sir  Newton  James  Moore,  for 
the  Borough of Islington (North  Division). 
Sir  Stuart  Auchincloss  Coats,  Baronet,  for 
the  County  of  Surrey  (Eastern  Division). 
Lieutenant-Colonel  J ohn  Theodore  Cuthbert 
the  Borough  of 
for 

Moore-Brabazon, 
Rochester  (Chatham  Division). 
Captain  Henry  Newton  Knights, 

Commander  Sir  Edward  Nicholl, 

for  the 
Borough  of  Camberwell  (North  Division). 
for  the 
County  of  Cornwall  (Penryn  and  Fal-
mouth  Division). 

Barnet  Kenyon,  Esquiie,  for  the  County  of 

Derby  (Chesterfield  Division). 

Lieutenant  -  Colonel  Sir  Frederick  Hall, 
K.B.E.,  for  the  Borough  of  Camberwell 
(Dulwich  Division). 

Major  Reginald  Blair,  for  the  Borough  of 

Poplar  (Bow  and  Bromley'Division); 

Sir  Howard  Kingsley  Wood,  for the  Borough 

of  Woolwich  (West  Division). 

Alfred  Bigland,  Esquire, for  the  Borough  of 

Birkenhead  (East  Division).  , 
Major  Peter  Kerr  Kerr-Smiley, 

for 

the 

County  of  Antrim  (North  Antrim). 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Robert  Arthur  Sanders, 
for  the  County  of  Somerset  (Bridgwater 
Division). 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts,  for  the  Borough  of 

Sheffield  (Ecclesall  Division). 

William  Lane  Mitchell,  Esquire,  for  the 
(Streatham 

Borough  of  Wandsworth 
Division). 

Joseph  Hood,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough  of 

Wimbledon. 

Davison  Dalziel,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough 

of  Lambeth  (Brixton  Division). 

Colonel  William  Graham  Nicholson,  for  the 
County  of  Hants  (Petersfield  Division). 

John  William  Dennis,  Esquire,, 

for  the 
Borough  of  Birmingham  (Deritend  Divi-
sion). 

Captain  Douglas  Hewitt  Hacking,  for  the 
County  of  Lancaster  (Chorley  Division). 
De  Fonblanque  Pennefother,  Esquire,  for 
(Kirkdale 

the  Borough  of  Liverpool 
Division). 

George Butler  Lloyd,  Esquire,  for  the County 

of  Salop  (Shrewsbury  Division). 

Sir  Hallewell  Rogers,  for  the  Borough  of 

Birmingham  (Moseley  Division). 

Percy  Angier  Hurd,  Esquire, for the  County 

of  Somerset  (Frome  Division). 

Edward  Manville,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough 

of  Coventry. 

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11th  February. 

1919. 

Arthur  Michael  Samuel,  Esquire,  for  the 
County  of  Surrey  (Farnham  Division). 

Sir  James  Tynte  Agg-Gardner, 

for 

the 

Borough  of  Cheltenham. 

Brigadier-General  Thomas  Edgcomh  Hick-
man,  C.B., D.s.o., for  the  Borough  of  Wol-
verhampton  (Bilston  Division). 

John  Wells  Wainwright  Hopkins,  Esquire, 
for  the  Borough  of  St.  Pancras  (South-
East  Division). 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Henry  Mulleneux  Gray-
son, for  the  Borough  of  Birkenhead  (West 
Division). 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Nathan  Raw,  R.A.M.0., 
for  the  Borough  of  Liverpool  (Wavertree 
Division). 

Captain  John  Ralph  Starkey,  for the  County 

of  Nottingham  (Newark  Division). 

Gervase  Beckett,  Esquire,  commonly  called 
the,  Honourable  Gervase  Beckett,  for  the 
County  of  York,  North  Riding 
(Scar-
borough  and  Whitby  Division). 
John  Leng  Sturrock,  Esquire, 
Montrose  District  of  Burghs. 

the 

for 

George  Balfour,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough 

of  Hampstead. 

Walter  Reuben  Preston,  Esquire,  for  the 
Borough  of  Stepney  (Mile  End  Division). 
Captain  William  Thomas  Shaw,  for  the 

County  of  Forfar. 

Gerald  Ashburner  France,  Esquire,  for  the 

Borough  of  Batley  and  Morley. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  William  Cory  Heward 
Bell,  R.F.A.,  for  the  County  of  Wilts 
(Devizes  Division). 

Sir  Charles  Solomon  Henry,  Baronet,  for  the 
County  of  Salop  (The  Wrekin  Division). 

Colonel  John  Gretton, 

for  the  County  of 

Stafford  (Burton  Division). 

Adam  Keir  Rodger,  Esquire,  for the  County 

of  Lanark  (Rutherglen  Division). 

The  Right  Honourable  J ohn  William 
for  the  County  of  Worcester 

Wilson, 
(Stourbridge  Division). 

Charles  Thornton  Pulley,  Esquire,  for  the 
County  of  Hereford  (Hereford  Division). 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Arthur  Lewis  Hamilton 
for  the  County  of  Lanark 

Buchanan, 
(Coatbridge  Division). 

Major  Harry  Kottingham  Newton,  for  the 

County  of  Essex (Harwich  Division). 

Major  Vivian  Leonard  Henderson,  for  Glas-

gow  Burgh  (Tradeston  Division). 

Lieutenant  -  Colonel  Alexander 

Theodore 
Gordon,  for  the  County  of  Aberdeen  and 
Kincardine  (Central  Division). 

Captain  Albert  Smith,  for  the  Borough  of 

Nelson  and  Colne. 

Captain  James  Stuart  Rankin, 

the 
Borough  of  Liverpool  (East  Toxteth  Divi-
sion). 

for 

Major  George  Olroyd  Borwick,  D.S.O.,  for  the 
Borough  of  Croydon  (North  Division). 

Major  Earl  Winterton, 

for  the  County  of 
West  Sussex  (Horsham  and  Worthing 
Division). 

The  Right  Honourable  Herbert  Albert  Law-
rens  Fisher,  for the University  of  Durham, 
the  Victoria  University  of  Manchester, the 
University  of  Liverpool,  the  University  of 
Leeds,  the  University  of  Sheffield,  the 
University  of  Birmingham,  and  the  Uni-

'  versity  of  Bristol. 

,  Captain  Reginald  Terrell,  for  the  County  of 

Oxford  (Henley  Division). 

Charles  Kenneth  Murchison,  Esquire, for  the 
(East 

Borough  of  Kingston-upon-Hull 
Division), 

'  Charles  Butt  Stanton,  Esquire, 
Borough  of  Merthyr  Tydvil 
Division). 

for 

the 
(Aberdare 

Henry  Wilson-Fox,  Esquire,  for  the  County 

of  Warwick  (Tamworth  Division). 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Herbert  Henry  Spender-
Clay,  C.M.G.,  M.O.,  for  the  County  of  Kent 
(Tonbridge  Division). 

Leslie  Frederic  Scott,  Esquire, 

the 
Borough  of  Liverpool  (Exchange  Divi-
sion). 

for 

Sir  Henry  Cowan,  for  the  Counties  of  Aber 
deen  and  Kincardine  (Eastern  Division). 
Colonel  Charles  Edward  Yate,  for the County 

of  Leicester  (Melton  Division). 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Assheton  Pownall, 

for 
the Borough  of  Lewisham (East  Division). 
Sir  Cyril  Stephen  Cobb, for  the  Borough  of 

Fulham  (West  Division). 

Alfred  Thomas  Davies,  Esquire,  for 

the 

Borough  of  Lincoln. 

Commander  Henry  Douglas  King, 

for  the 

County  of  Norfolk  (Northern  Division). 
Captain  Harry  Langton  Brackenbury,  for the 
County  of  Parts of  Lindsey  (Louth  Divi-
sion). 

Matthew  Turnbull  Simm,  Esquire,  for  the 

Borough  of  Wallsend. 

Sir  Arthur  Shirley  Benn,  K.B.E.,  for  the 
Borough  of  Plymouth  (Drake  Division). 
Commander Carlyon  Bellairs,  for the  County 

of  Kent  (Maidstone  Division). 

Henry  George  Purchase,  Esquire,  for  the 
Borough  of  Lambeth  (Kennington  Divi-
sion). 

Sir  Richard  Winfrey, 

for  the  County  of 

Norfolk  (South-Western  Division). 

Sir  Robert  John  Thomas,  Baronet,  for  the 
County  of  Denbigh  (Wrexham  Division). 
Captain  Francis  John  Childs  Ganzoni,  for 

the  Borough  of  Ipswich. 

The Right Honourable George Henry  Roberts, 

for  the  Borough  of  Norwich. 
Captain  John  Bertrand  Watson, 
Borough  of  Stockton-on-Tees. 

for  the 

Major  Oscar  Montague  Guest,  K.A.F.,  for  the 
County  of  Leicester  (Loughborough  Divi-
sion). 

William  James  Uglow  Woolcock,  Esquire, 
(Central 

for  the  Borough  of  Hackney 
Division). 

Athelstan  Rendall,  Esquire,  for  the  County 

of  Gloucester  (Thornbury  Division). 

Joseph  Frederick  Green,  Esquire,  for  the 
Borough  of  Leicester  (West  Division). 
Captain  CJiarles  Edgar  Loseby,  M.o., for  the 

Borough  of  Bradford  (East  Division). 

Captain  Walter  Elliot  Elliot,  M.O.,  for  the 

County  of  Lanark  (Lanark  Division). 

Austin  Hopkinson,  Esquire,  for  the  County 

of  Lancaster  (Mossley  Division). 

Reginald  Nicholson,  Esquire, for  the  County 
of  York,  West  Riding  (Doncaster  Divi-
sion). 

James  Arthur  Dawes,  Esquire, 

for  the 
Borough  of  Southwark  (South-East  Divi-
sion). 

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5 th—ftth  February. 

11 

Frank  Briant,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough  of 
, • Lambeth  (North  Division). 
Colonel  Charles  Rosdew  Burn, 

for  the 

County  of  Devon  (Torquay  Division). 
Sir  George  Younger,  Baronet,  for 'the  Ayr 

District  of  Burghs. 

Major  Gilbert  M'Micking,  for  the  County  of 

Galloway. 

Colonel  James  William  Greig,  C.B.,  K.O., 
(Western 

for  the  County  of  Renfrew 
Division). 

Lieutenant-Colonel  John  Gilmour,  D.S.O., for 
the  Glasgow  Burgh  (Pollok  Division). 
Major  Sir  Edward  Feetham  Coates,  for  the 
Borough  of  Lewisham  (West  Division). 
Sir  Charles  Augustin  Hanson,  Baronet,  for 
the County of Cornwall (Bodmin  Division). 
Thomas Walker  Hobartlnskip,  Esquire, K.o., 
(Central 

the  Borough  of  Bristol 

for 

-  Division). 
Dugald  M'Coig  Cowan,  Esquire,  for  the 
University  of  St. Andrew's, the  University 
-  of  Glasgow,  the  University  of  Aberdeen, 

and  the  University  of  Edinburgh. 

John  Williams,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 

Glamorgan  (Gower  Division). 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Dennis  Fortescue  Boles, 
(Taunton 

for  the  County  of  Somerset 
Division). 

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Gilbert Alan  Hamilton 
Wills,  Baronet, for the County of  Somerset 
(Weston-super-Mare  Division). 

' 
Captain  Colin  Reith  Coote,  for  the  County 

of  Isle  of  Ely. 

Sir  William  Ryland  Dent  Adkins,  for  the 
(Middleton  and 

County  of  Lancaster 
Prestwich  Division). 

Sir  George  Croydon  Marks,  for  the  County 

of  Cornwall  (Northern  Division). 

William  Coote,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 
,  Tyrone  (South  Tyrone). 
Colonel  Sir  Robert  Williams,  Baronet,  for 
the  County  of  Dorset  (Western  Division). 
Alexander  Lyle-Samuel,  Esquire,  for  the 
County  of  East  Suffolk  (Eye  Division). 

Thompson  Donald,  Esquire, for  the  Borough 

of  Belfast  (Victoria  Division). 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir  Arthur  Sackville 
Trevor  Griffith-Boscawen,  for  the  Borough 
of  Dudley. 

William  Arthur  Lindsay,  Esquire,  for  the 
Borough  of  Belfast  (Cromac  Division). 
Edmund  Robert  Bariley  Denniss,  Esquire, 

for  the  Borough  of  Oldham. 

The  Reverend  Thomas  Tucker  Broad,  for 
the  County  of  Derby  (Clay  Cross  Divi-
sion). 

Samuel  Samuel,  Esquire,  for the  Borough of 

Wandsworth  (Putney  Division). 

Lieutenant  -  Commander  Edward  Hilton 
for  the  Borough  of 

Young,  R.N.V.R., 
Norwich. 

Arthur  Rhys  Barrand,  Esquire, 
,  County  of  York,  West  Riding 

for  the 
(Pudsey 

and  Otley  Division). 

William  George  Howard  Gritten,  for  the 

Borough of the Hartlepools. 

Lieutenant  -  Colonel  Henry 

Cavendish-
Bentinck,  commonly  called  Lord  Henry 
Cavendish-Bentinck, 
for  the  Borough  of 
Nottingham  (South  Division). 

Sir  George  Rowland  Blades,  for  the  County 

of  Surrey  (Epsom  Division). 

Sir  Thomas  Courtenay  Theydon  Warner, 
Baronet,  C.B.,  for  the  County  of  Stafford 
(Lichfield  Division). 

Lieutenant-Colonel  William  Ernest  George 
for  the  County  of 

Archibald  Weigall, 
Parts  of  Lindsey  (Horncastle  Division). 
Albion  Henry  Herbert  Richardson,  Esquire, 
for the  Borough  of  Camberwell  (Peckham 
Division). 

Lieutenant-Colonel  George  Abraham  Gibbs, 
for  the  Borough  of  Bristol  (West  Divi-
sion). 

John  George  Hancock,  Esquire,  for  the 

Coiinty  of  Derby  (Belper  Division). 

Right  Honourable  Charles  William  Boiwr-

man,  for  the  Borough  of  Deptford. 

Sir John  George  Butcher,  Baronet,  K.O.,  for 

the  Borough  of  York. 

Douglas  Vickers,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough 

of  Sheffield  (Hallam  Division). 

Sir. Evan  Davies  J ones,  for  the  County  of 

Major  Cyril  Fullard  Entwistle, 

for  the 
Borough  of  Kingston-upon-Hull  (South-
West  Division). 

Pembroke. 

Colonel  Six  Alexander  Sprot,  Baronet,  for 
the  County  pf  Fife  (Eastern  Division). 
Major  William  Murray,  O.B.E., for the County 

of  Dumfries. 

Sir James  Fortescue  Flannery,  Baronet,  for 
the  County  of  Essex  (Maldon  Division). 
John  Deans  Hope,  Esquire, for  the  Counties, 

of  Berwick  and  Haddington. 

Colonel  Josiah  Clement  Wedgwood,  for  the 

Borough  of  Newcastle-under-Lyme. 

Lieutenant-Colonel Francis  Stanley  Jackson, 
commonly  called  the Honourable  Francis 
Stanley  Jackson,  for  the  County  of  York, 

> East  Riding  (Howdenshire  Division). 
Colonel  Godfrey  Pattison  Collins,  O.M.G., for 

the  Greenock  Burgh. 

Captain  Wedgwood  Benn,  D.s.o.,  D.F.c.,  for 

Leith  Burgh. 

Captain Charles Curtis  Craig, for the  County 

of  Antrim  (South  Antrim). 

Major  Godfrey  Mark  Palmer,  for  the  County 

of  Durham  (Jarrow  Division). 

VOL. 174. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn. Adjournment. 

-(Colonel  Gibbs.) 

And  accordingly  the  House, having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  five  minutes  before 
Six  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

Thursday, 6th February  1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE  following Members took and subscribed  Members take 

the  Oath,  or  made  and  subscribed  t h e ^ J ^ j 1 

Affirmation required  by  Law  :— 

Affirmation. 

The  Right  Honourable  Edward  Shortt, K.C., 
for  the  Borough  of  Newcastle-on-Tyne 
(West  Division). 

William  Clive  Bridgeman,  Esquire,  for  the 

County  of  Salop  (Oswestry  Division). 

The  Right  Honourable  Robert  Munro,  K.O., 
for  the Counties of Roxburgh anxf Selkirk, 
the, 

George  James  Wardle,  Esquire, 

for 

Borough  of  Stockport. 

. 

c  2 

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6th—10th 

February. 

The  Right  Honourable  Walter  Hume  Long, 
(St. 

for  the  Borough  of  Westminster 
George's  Division). 

Sir  Arthur  Herbert  Drummond  Ramsay 
Sted-Maitland,  Baronet,  for  the  Borough 
of  Birmingham  (Erdington  Division). 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Leopold  Charles  Maurice 
for  the  Borough  of  Bir-

Stennett  Amery, 
mingham  (Sparkbrook  Division). 

Astor, 

Major  Waldorf  Astor,  commonly  called  the 
the 

Honourable  Waldorf 
Borough  of  Plymouth  (Sutton  Division). 
Captain  Frederick  Edward  Quest,  commonly 
called  the  Honourable  Frederick  Edward 
Quest,  for  the  County  of  Dorset  (Eastern 
Division). 

for 

George  Rennie  Thorne,  Esquire,  for  the 
Borough  of  Wolverhampton  (East  Divi-
sion). 

Sir  Philip  Magnus,  Baronet,  for  the  Uni-

versity  of  London. 
Major  John  Edwards, 

for  the  County  of 

Glamorgan  (Aberavon  Division). 

Lieutenant  Tom  Arthur  Lewis,  Esquire,  for 
(Pontypridd 

the  County  of  Glamorgan 
Division). 

Colonel  Henry  Ferryman  Bowles,  for  the 
County  of  Middlesex  (Enfield  Division). 
John  Cathcart  Wason,  Esquire,  for  the 

County  of  Orkney  and  Zetland. 

Alfred  Frederick  Bird,  Esquire,  for  the 
Borough  of  Wolverhampton  (West  Divi-
sion). 

Thomas  George  Tickler,  Esquire,  for  the 

Borough  of  Grimsby. 

Thomas  Jewell  Bennett,  Esquire,  for  the 
County  of  Kent  (Sevenoaks  Division). 

The  Right  Honourable  John  Robert  dynes, 
for  the  Borough  of  Manchester  (Platting 
Division). 

The  Right  Honourable  William  Abraham, 
(West 
the  Borough  of  Rhondda 

for 
Division). 

Charles  Ernest  Leonard  Lyle,  Esquire,  for 
(Stratford 

the  Borough  of  West  Ham 
Division). 

Clifford  Blackburn  Edgar,  Esquire,  for  the 

Borough  of  Richmond. 

Gerald  Fitzroy  Hohler,  Esquire,  K.c.,  for 
(Gillingham 

the  Borough  of  Rochester 
Division). 

James  Myles  Hogge,  Esquire, 

for 

the 

Edinburgh  Burgh  (East  Division). 

Holman  Gregory,  Esquire,  K.C.,  for  the 

County  of  Derby  (Western  Division). 

Major  Edward  Frederick  Lindley  Wood, 
commonly  called  the  Honourable  Edward 
Frederick  Lindley  Wood,  for  the  County 
of  York,  West  Riding  (Ripon  Division). 
Lieutenant  -  Colonel  Sir  George  Samuel 
Islington 
for  the  "Borough  of 

Elliott, 
(West  Division). 

Colonel  William  Baring  Du  Pre,  R.H.A.,  for 
the  County of  Bucks (Wycombe  Division). 
Commander  Richard  Henry  Penn  Curzon, 
commonly  called  Viscount  Gurzon, 
for 
the Borough  of  Battersea (South  Division). 
the 

Sir  Frederick  William  Young, 

for 
County  of  Wilts  (Swindon  Division). 
Brigadier-General  John  Tyson  Wigan, 

for 
the  County  of  Berks (Abingdon  Division). 
for  the  Borough  of 

Sir  William  Pearce, 

Stepney  (Limehouse  Division). 

Sir  John  Mills  M'Galium,  for Paisley  Burgh. 

William  Young,  Esquire,  for  the  Counties 
of  Perth  and  Kinross  (Perth  Division). 
Alfred  Waldron  Smithers,  Esquire,  for  the 
County  of  Kent  (Chislehurst  Division). 

Thomas  Andrew  Blane,  Esquire,  for  the 
Borough  of  Leicester  (South  Division). 

The  Right  Honourable  Sir  Alfred  Moritz 
of 
for 

the  Borough 

Mond,  Baronet, 
Swansea  (West  Division). 

Captain  William  Edge,  for  the  Borough  of 

Bolton. 

: Albert  Edward  Martin,  Esquire,  for  the 
County  of  Essex  (Romford  Division). 

Charles  Robert  Sydenham  Carew,  Esquire, 
(Tiverton 

the  County  of  Devon 

for 
Division). 

Edward  Mervyn  Archdale,  Esquire,  for  the 
County of Fermanagh (North  Fermanagh). 

Ronald  John  M'Neill,  Esquire,  for 

the 

County  of  Kent  (Canterbury  Division). 

David  Douglas  Reid,  Esquire, 
County  of  Down  (East  Down). 

for 

the 

Henry  Foreman,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough 

of  Hammersmith  (North  Division). 

Colonel  Sir  Henry  George  Norris, 

for  the 

Borough  of  Fulham  (East  Division). 

Commander  Oliver  Locker-Lampson, 

for  the 

County  of  Huntingdon. 

Alexander  MaeCallum  Scott,  Esquire,  for 
the  Glasgow  Burgh  (Bridgeton  Division). 
for  the  Borough 

Colonel  Penry  Williams, 

of  Middlesbrough  (East  Division). 

Robert  Armitage,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough 

of  Leeds  (Central  Division). 

John  Frederick  Peel  Rawlinson,  Esquire, 
K.c.,  for  the  University  of  Cambridge. 
Captain  Richard  Whieldon  Barnett,  for  the 
(South-West 

Borough  of  St.  Pancras 
Division). 

Aneurin  Williams,  Esquire,  for  the  County 

of  Durham  (Consett  Division). 

Thomas  James  Stanislaus  Harbison,  Esquire, 
(North-East 

for  the  County  of  Tyrone 
Tyrone). 

Edward  Joseph  Kelly,  Esquire, 

for 

the 

County  of  Donegal  (East  Donegal). 

Patrick  Donnelly,  Esquire,  for  the  County 

of  Armagh  (South  Armagh). 
Jeremiah  MacVeagh,  Esquire, 
County  of  Down  (South  Down). 

for 

the 

James  Childs  Gould,  Esquire, 

for 

the 

Borough  of  Cardiff  (Central  Division). 

Frank  Herbert  Rose,  Esquire,  for  Aberdeen 

Burgh. 

William  James  Thorne,  Esquire,  for  the 
Borough of  We3t Ham (Plaistow  Division). 

David  Daniel 

Irving,  Esquire, 

for  the 

Borough  of  Burnley. 

Captain  Edward  Albert  Ashtoh  Bagley,  for 
(Farnworth 

the  County  of  Lancaster 
Division). 

Major  Robert  William  Hugh  O'Neill,  com-
the  Honourable  Robert 
for  the  County 

monly  called 
William  Hugh  O'Neill, 
of  Antrim  (Mid  Antrim). 

' 

Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil  L'Estrange  Malone, 
for the Borough of  Ley ton  (East  Division). 

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6th Fe 

-uary. 

13 

Lewis  Haslam,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough  of 

Newport. 

George  William  Henry  Jones,  Esquire,  for 

the  Borough  of  Stoke  Newington. 

Sir  Joseph  Davies,  K.B.E., for  the  County  of 

Chester  (Crewe  Division). 

Colonel  Walter  Grant  Morden, 

the 
(Brentford  and 

for 

County  of  Middlesex 
Chiswick  Division). 

Laurance  Lyon,  Esquire,  for  the Borough  of 

Hastings. 

Major  John  Robert  Pretyman  Newman, 

lor 
(Finchley 

the  County 
Division). 

of  Middlesex 

Lieutenant  -  Colonel 

Claude 

Heathcote 
Drummond  Willoughby,  commonly  called 
the  Honourable  Claud  Heatheote  Drum-
mond  Willoughby, 
for  the  County  of 
Parts  of  Kesteven  and  Rutland  (Rutland 
and  Stamford  Division). 

Robert  Tootill,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough  of 

Bolton. 

Rupert  Sackville  Gwynne,  Esquire,  for  the 
County  of  East  Sussex  (Eastbourne  Divi-
sion). 

Captain  Roundell  Cecil  Palmer,  commonly 
for  the  County 

called  Viscount  Wolmer, 
of  Hants  (Aldershot  Division). 

Major  Colling wood  George  Clements  Hamil-
ton,  for the County  of  Chester  (Altrincham 
Division). 

Peter  Wilson  Raffan,  Esquire, 

for 

the 

Borough  of  Leigh. 

Captain  John  Thomas  Tudor-Rees, 

for  the 

County  of  Devon  (Barnstaple  Division). 
Thomas  Cato  Worsfold,  Esquire,  LL.D.,  for 
the  County  of  Surrey  (Mitcham  Division). 
the 

Spencer  Leigh  Hughes,  Esquire,  for 

Borough  of  Stockport. 

Major  Archibald'  Boyd  Boyd-Carpenter, 

for 
the Borough of  Bradford  (North  Division). 
Major  Ralph  George  Campbell  Glyn,  for  the 
Counties  of  Stirling  and  Clackmannan 
(Clackmannan  and  Eastern  Division). 
Lieutenant-Colonel  the  Right  Honourable 
Francis  Bingham  Mildmay,  for the County 
of  Devon  (Totnes  Division). 

Sir  Edward  Beauchamp,  Baronet,  f or  the 
County  of  East  Suffolk  (Lowestoft  Divi-
sion). 

Edward  Anthon  Strauss,  Esquire,  for  the 
Borough  of  Southwark  (North  Division). 
Major  Evan  Hay ward,  fqr  the  County  of 

Durham  (Seaham  Division). 

Major  Harry  Barnes, 

for  the  Borough  of 

Newcastle-upon-Tyne  (East  Division). 

Sir  William  Watson  Rutherford, 

for  the 
Borough  of  Liverpool  (Edge  Hill  Divi-
sion). 

Major  Arthur  Clive  Morrison-Bdl, 

for  the 

County  of  Devon  (Honiton  Division). 

Captain  Arthur  Stanley  Wilson, 

for  the 
County  of  York,  East  Riding  (Holderness 
Division). 

Sir  James  Bruton, 

for  the  Borough  of 

Gloucester. 

The Right Honourable Francis  Dyke  Acland, 
for  the  County  of  Cornwall  (Camborne 
Division). 

Colonel  Godfrey  Dalrymple  White,  for  the 

Borough  of  Southport. 

The  Right  Honourable  Herbert  Pike  Pease, 

for  the  Borough  of  Darlington. 

Arthur  Cecil  Tyrell  Beck,  Esquire,  for  the 
County  of  Essex  (Saffron  Walden  Divi-
sion). 

Richard  Morris,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough 

of  Battersea  (North  Division). 

The  Right  Honourable  Henry  William 

Forster,  for  the  Borough  of  Bromley, 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Walter  Raymond  Greene, 
D.S.O., for  the  Borough  of  Hackney  (North 
Division). 

Lieutenant  Alexander 

commonly 
called  the  Honourable  Alexander  Shaw, 
for  the  Counties  of  Ayr  and  Bute  (Kil-
marnock  Division). 

Shaw, 

Lionel  Nathan  de  Rothschild,  Esquire,  for 
the County  of  Bucks  (Aylesbury  Division). 
William  Kennedy  J ones,  Esquire,  for  the 

Borough  of  Hornsey. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Robert  Chaine  Alexander 
for  the  County  of  Antrim 

M'Calmont, 
(East  Antrim), 

Major  Alexander  Charles  Farguharson, 

for 

John  Taylor,  Esquire,  for  the  Dumbarton 

the  Borough  of  Leeds  (North  Division). 
James  Augustus  Grant,  Esquire,  for  the 
(Whitehaven 

of  Cumberland 

County 
Division). 

George  Terrell,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 
•  Wilts  (Chippenham  Division). 
Brigadier-General  Henry  Page  Croft,  C.M.G., 

for  the  Borough  of  Bournemouth. 

Joseph  Havelock  Wilson,  Esquire,  for  the 

Borough  of  South  Shields. 

.Major  Ernest  Gray, 

for  the  Borough  of 

Accrington. 

The  Right  Honourable  Sir  Thomas  Palmer 
Whittaker,  for  the  County  of  York,  West 
Riding  (Spen  Valley  Division). 

Sir William  Mitchell-Thomson,  Baronet,  for 

Glasgow  Burgh  (Maryhill  Division). 

Sir  William  Sutherland,  for  the  County  of 

Argyle. 

Lieutenant  - Commander  Norman  Carlyle 
Craig,  for  the  County  of  Kent  (Isle  of 
Thanet  Division). 

<William  Dudley  Ward,  Esquire,  for  the 
:  Borough  of  Southampton. 
Sir  Edward  Hildred  Carlile,  Baronet,  for 
(St.  Albans 
' 

the  County  of  Hertford 
Division). 

VOL.  174. 

District  of  Burghs. 

Colonel  Aubrey  Nigel  Henry  Molyneux 
Herbert,  commonly  called  the  Honourable 
Aubrey  Nigel  Henry  Molyneux  Herbert,  for 
the  County  of  Somerset  (Yeovil  Division). 
the 

Sir  William  Hannay  Raeburn, 

for 

County  of  Dumbarton. 

Donald  Macmaster,  Esquire,  K.c.,  for  the 
:  County  of  Surrey  (Chertsey  Division). 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Francis  Vernon  Willey, 
(South 

for  the 
Division). 

fiorough  df  Bradford 
;  •  •  '  > 

Sir  John  Sutherland  Harmood-Banner, 

for 
the  Borough  of  Liverpool  (Everton  Divi-
sion). 

The  Right  Honourable  Sir  Edward  Henry 
Carson,  K.o.,  for  the  Borough  of  Belfast 
(Duncairn  Division). 

Ernest  Gardner,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 

Berks  (Windsor  Division). 

The  Right  Honourable  Arthur  Warren 
Samuels,  LL.D., for  Dublin  University. 
Major  Samud  Hill  Wood,  for  the  County  of 

Derby  (High  Peak  Division). 

Lieutenant  - Colonel  Sir  Matthew  Richard 
Henry  Wilson,  Baronet,  for  the  Borough 
of  Bethnal  Green  (South-West  Division), 

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f  Major  Christopher  William  Lowther,  for  the 
Comity  of  Cumberland  (Northern  Divi-
sion). 

( 

Sir  John  Henry  Bethell,  Baronet,  for  the 
Borough  of  East  Ham  (North  Division). 

Major  George  Clement  Tryon, 

for 

the 

Borough  of  Brighton. 

Sydney  Arnold,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 
York, West  Riding  (Penistone  Division). 
The  Right  Honourable  Winston  Leonard 
Spencer-Churchill,  for  Dundee  Burgh. 

William  Edgar  Home,  Esquire, 

for  the. 

County  of  Surrey  (Guildford  Division). 
Harold  Smith,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough  of 

Warrington. 

Adjournment. 

Resolved, That  this House  do  now  adjourn  till 

Monday  next.—(Lord  Edmund Talbot.) 

And  accordingly,  the  House  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  one  minute  after  Six 
of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  Monday 
next,  pursuant  to  the  Resolution  of  the 
House  of  this  day. 

Monday,  10th February 1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Members take 
the Oath 
or  make 
Affirmation. 

The  following  Members  took  and  subscribed 

the  Oath,  or  made  and  subscribed  the 

Affirmation  required  by  L a w :— 

The  Right  Honourable  Edwin  Samuel 
_  Montagu,  for  the  County  of  Cambridge. 
The  Right  Honourable  Sir  Albert  Henry 
for  the  Borough  of  Ashton-

Stanley, 
under-Lyne. 

The  Right  Honourable  Sir Frederick  George 
Banbury,  Baronet, for  the City of  London. 
Sir  Robert  Ashton  Lister,  for  the  County  of 

Gloucester  (Stroud  Division). 

Thomas  Davies,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 
Gloucester  (Cirencester  and  Tewkesbury 
Division). 

• 

Thomas  Walters  Brown,  Esquire,  K.O.,  for 

the  County  of  Down  (North  Down!. 

Captain  George  Edward  Wentworth  Bowyer, 
for  the  County  of  Bucks  (Buckingham 
Division). 

Lieutenant-Colonel  William  James  Allen, 
(North 

the  County 

of  Armagh 

for 
Armagh). 

Francis 

Bouverie 

M'Donald, 
Esquire, M.D., for the Borough of  Wallasey. 
the 

Major  William  Philip  Golf ox, 

Primrose 

for 

County  of  Dorset  (Northern  Division). 
Sir  Arthur  Fell,  for  the  Borough  of  Great 

Yarmouth. 

Colonel  Sir  Edward  Allen  Brotherton, 

for 

the  Borough  of  Wakefield. 

Major Charles  Lionel  Atkins  Ward-Jackson, 
for  the  County  of  Hereford  (Leominster 
Division). 

Matthew  Lewis  Vaughan-Davies,  Esquire, 

for  the  County  of  Cardigan. 

Sidney  Robinson,  Esquire, for  the  County  of 

Brecon  and  Radnor. 

Charles  Jesson,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough  of 

Walthamstow  (West  Division). 

Major  Sir  Keith  Alexander  Fraser,  Baronet, 
for  the  County  of  Leicester  (Harborough 
Division). 

Captain Rupert  Edward  Cecil  Lee  Guinness, 
commonly  called  the  Honourable  Rupert 
Edward  Cecil  Lee  Guinness, 
the 
Borough  of  Southend-on-Sea. 
Colonel  Murerough  John  Wilson, 

for  the 
County  of  York, North Riding  (Richmond 
Division). 

for 

Thomas  Henry  Burn,  Esquire, 

the 
Borough  of  Belfast  (St.  Anne's  Division). 
Thomas  Moles,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough  of 

for 

Belfast  (Ormeau  Division). 

Samuel  M'Guffin,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough 

.of  Belfast  (Shankhill  Division). 

Sir  William  Barton, 

for  the  Borough  of 

Oldham. 

Thomas  Robinson,  Esquire,  for  the  County 

Daniel  Martin  Wilson,  Esquire, K.o.,  for  the 

of  Lancaster  (Stretford  Division). 

County  of  Down  (West  Down). 

Donald  Murray,  Esquire,  for  the  Counties 
of  Inverness, Ross and  Cromarty  (Western 
Isles  Division). 

Frederick  Alexander  Macquisten,  Esquire, 
for Glasgow Burgh (Springburn  Division). 
Sir  Robert  Henry  Woods,  M.D.,  for  Dublin 

University. 

Sir  Francis  Douglas  Blake,  Baronet,  for  the 
(Berwick-

County  of  Northumberland 
upon-Tweed  Division). 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir  Rhys 

Williams, 
Baronet,  K.o.,  D.S.O.,  for  the  County  of 
Oxford  (Banbury-Division).0 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Edmund  Royds,  for  the 
County  of  Parts  of  Kesteven  and  Rutland 
(Grantham  Division). 

Denis  Stanislaus  Henry,  Esquire,  K.O.,  for 
(South 

of  Londonderry 

the  County 
Derry). 

Captain  Herbert  Dixon,  for  the  Borough  of 

Belfast  (Pottinger  Division). 

Robert  John  Lynn,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough 

of  Belfast  (Woodvale  Division). 

Nicholas  Grattan  Doyle,  Esquire,  for  the 
Borough  of  Newcastle-upon-Tyne  (North 
Division). 

Brigadier-General  Herbert  Conyers  Surtees, 

Sir  Henry  Percy  Harris,  for  the  Borough  of 

for  the  Borough  of  Gateshead. 

Paddington  (South  Division). 

Commander  Percy  Thompson  Dean,  for  the 

Borough  of  Blackburn. 

Colonel  Claude  William  Henry  Lowther,  for 
the  County  of  Lancaster  (Lonsdale  Divi-
sion). 

Charles  Albert  M'Gurdy,  Esquire,  for  the 

Charles  Percy,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough  of 

Borough  of  Northampton. 

Tynemouth. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Robert  Francis  Peel,  for 
the  County  of  East  Suffolk  (Woodbridge 
Division). 

Captain  Ion  Hamilton  Benn,  C.B.,  for  the 

Borough  of  Greenwich. 

Charles  Thomas-Stanford,  Esquire,  for  the 

Major  Charles  David  Murray,  K.O., 
Edinburgh  Burgh  (South  Division). 

James  Fitzalan  Hope,  Esquire, 

for  the 

Borough  of  Sheffield  (Central  Division). 
Hugh  Alfred  Anderson,  Esquire,  for  the 
County  of  Londonderry  (North  Derry). 

for 

Borough  of  Brighton. 

Charles  Leolin  Forestier-Walker, 

Esquire, 
for  the  County  of  Monmouth  (Monmouth 
Division). 

Captain  Charles  Talbot  Foxeroft, 

for  the 

Borough  of  Bath. 

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10^—11$  February. 

The  Right  Honourable  Sir  Archibald 
for  the  Counties  of  Moray 

Williamson, 
and  Nairn. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Arthur  Cecil  Murray, 
D.s.o.,  commonly  called  the  Honourable 
Arthur  Cecil  Murray,  for  the  Counties  of 
(Kincardine 
Aberdeen  and  Kincardine 
• 
and  Western  Division). 

Robert  Paterson  Houston,  Esquire,  for  the 
(West  Toxteth 

Borough  of  Liverpool 
Division). 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir  Alan  John  Sykes, 
the  County  of  Chester 

Baronet, 
(Knutsford  Division). 

for 

Major  John  Lawrence  Baird,  for  the  County 

of  Warwick  (Rugby  Division). 

Colonel  Sidney  Gornwallis  Peel,  commonly 
called  the  Honourable  Sidney  Gornwallis 
Peel,  for  the  County  of  Middlesex  (Ux-
bridge  Division). 

Sir  William  Middlebrook,  for  the  Borough 

of  Leeds  (South  Division). 

The Right Honourable James  Henry  Thomas, 

for  the  Borough  of  Derby. 

Sir  Joseph  Larmor, 

for  the  University  of 

Cambridge. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Richard  Foulis  Roundell, 
for  the  County  of  York,  West  Riding 
(Skipton  Division). 

• • 

Thomas  Power  O'Connor,  Esquire,  for  the 
Borough  of  Liverpool  (Scotland  Division). 
Joseph  Stanley  Holmes,  Esquire,  for  the 
County of Derby (North-Eastern  Division). 
Horatio  William  Bottomley,  Esquire,  for  the 
Borough  of  Hackney  (South  Division), 
Harry  Mallaby  Deeley,  Esquire,  for  the 
Borough  of  Willesden  (East  Division). 
The  Right  Honourable  George Nicol  Barnes, 
for  Glasgow  Burgh  (Gorbals  Division). 
Major  Sir  Bertram  God fray  Falle,  for  the 
Borough  of  Portsmouth  (North  Division). 
William  Graham,  Esquire,  for  Edinburgh 

Burgh  (Central  Division). 

Harold  James  Glanville,  Esquire,  for  the 
Borough  of  Bermondsey  (West  Bermond-
sey  Division). 

The  Right  Honourable  Sir  Gordon  Hewart, 
K.O.,  for  the  Borough  of  Leicester  (East 
Division). 

Lieutenant  Commander  Harry  Warden 
Stanley  Chilcott,  R.N.V.K., for  the  Borough 
of  Liverpool  (Walton  Division). 

Marshall  Stevens,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough 

of  Eccles. 

John  Guest,  Esquire, for the County of  York, 

West  Riding  (Hemsworlh  Division). 

Lieutenant-Colonel William  Robert Cam,pion, 
for  the  County  of  East  Sussex  (Lewes 
Division). 

Captain Vere  Brabazon  Ponsonby,  commonly 
the 

called  Viscount  Duncannon, 
County  of  Kent  (Dover  Division). 

for 

Major John  Gordon  Jameson,  for  Edinburgh 

Burgh  (West  Division). 

Major  Samuel  Strang  Steel,  for  the  County 

of  Kent  (Ashford  Division). 

Cecil  Bisshopp  Harmsworth,  Esquire, for  the 

County  of  Bedford  (Luton  Division). 

John  Arthur  Ransome  Marriott,  Esquire, 

for  the  Borough  of  Oxford. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Walter  Edward  Guin-
ness,  commonly  called  the  Honourable 
Walter  Edward  Guinness,  for  the  County 
(Bury  St.  Edmund's 
of  West  Suffolk 
Division). 

V O L . 1 7 4. 

t 

Sir Arthur  Philip  Du  Cros,  Baronet,  for  the 
Borough  of  Wandsworth  (Clapham  Divi- 
sion). 

The  Right  Honourable  John  Herbert  Lewis, 

for  Wales  University. 

Major  George  Loyd  Gourthope,  M.c„  for  the 
County  of  East  Sussex  (Rye  Division). 
The  Right  Honourable  David  Lloyd  George. 
for  the  Carnarvon  District  of  Boroughs. 
The  Right  Honourable  Ernest  George  Prety-
man, for  the  County of  Essex  (Chelmsford 
Division). 

Sir  William  Ellis  Hume-  Williams,  K.B.E., 
K.O.,  for  the  County  of  Nottingham 
(Bassetlaw  Division). 

Walter  Frank  Perkins,  Esquire,  for  the 
County  of  Hants  (New Forest  and  Christ-
church  Division). 

Colonel  Sir  John  Rutherford,  Baronet,  for 
the  County  of  Lancaster  (Darwen  Divi-
sion). 

• 

Resolved,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn Adjournment, 

till  to-morrow,  at  Twelve  of  the  clock.—-
(Mr.  Pratt.) 

And  accordingly  the  House  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  two  minutes  after 
Six  of  the  clock  adjourned  till  to-mor-
row,  at  Twelve  of  the  clock,  pursuant 
to  the  Resolution  of  the  House  of  this 
day. 

Tuesday, 11th February 1919. 

The  House  met  at Twelve  of  the  clock. 

P R A T E R S. 

AM E  S S  A  G  E 

from  His  Majesty,  by  Message to 
Admiral  Sir  Henry  Frederick  Stephenson, ®Jt®nd ®is 

Gentleman  Usher  of  the  Black  Rod  : 

Majesty. 

Mr.  Speaker, 

. 

The  King  commands  this  Honourable  House 
to  attend  His  Majesty  immediately,  in  the 
House  of  Peers. 

Accordingly  Mr.  Speaker,  with  the  House, 
went  up  to  attend  His  Majesty  :—And  having 
returned; 

The  following  Members  took  and  subscribed Members take 

the  Oath  :— 

the Oath. 

The  Right  Honourable  Sir  Eric  Campbell 
Geddes,  G.C.B.,  G.B.E., for  the  Borough  of 
Cambridge. 

Sir  William  Whitla,  M.A., M.D., L.L.D.,  for  the 

Queen's  University  of  Belfast. 

Sir John Scurrah Randies,  for  the  Borough  of 

Manchester  (Exchange  Division). 

George  Renwick, Esquire,  for  the  Borough  of 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne  (Central  Division). 

Major  Frederick  Arthur  Kelley, 

for  the 

Borough  of  Rotherham. 

Captain  William  Archer  Redmond,  for  the 

Borough  of  W^iterford. 

Robert  Mason,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 
Northumberland  (Wansbeck  Division). 

: _  J 

Captain  Douglas Bernard  Hall, for the  County 

of  Isle  of  Wight. 

Noel  Pemher ton-Billing,  Esquire, 

for,  the 

County  of  Hertford  (Hertford  Division). 

Joseph  Devlin,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough  of 

Belfast  (Falls  Division). 

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11th February. 

1919. 

Liverpool 
Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  issue  his 
fwe°st8Derb  Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to  make 
a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a  Member 
Division) 
o ut 
to  serve  in  this  present  Parliament 
for  the 
Writ. 
Borough  of  Liverpool,  West  Derby  Division,  in 
the  room  of the  Eight  Honourable  Sir  Frederic 
Edwin  Smith, Baronet, now  Baron  Birkenhead, 
who,  since  his  Election  for  the  said  Borough, 
hath  accepted  the  Office  of  Lord  Chancellor  of 
Great  Britain.—(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

Election. 

i, 

Witnesses, 

.  , 

, 

Metropolitan 
Police. 

Ordered,  That  all  Members  who  are  returned 
for two  or  more  places in  any  part  of the United 
Kingdom  do  make  their  election  for  which  of 
the  places  they  will  serve  within  one  week  after 
it  shall appear that there is no  question  upon  the 
Return  for  that  place  ;  and  if  anything  shall 
come  in  question  touching  the  Return  or  Elec-
tion  of  any  Member,  he  is  to  withdraw  during 
the  time  the  matter  is  in  Debate  ;  and  that  all 
Members  returned  upon  double  Returns  do 
withdraw  till the  Returns  are determined. 

Resolved, That  no  Peer  of  the  Realm,  except 
such Peers  of  Ireland as shall, for  the time  being, 
be  actually  elected,  and  shall  not  haVe  declined 
to  serve,  for  any  county,  city,  or  borough  of 
Great  Britain,  hath  any  right  to  give  his  vote 
in  the  Election  of  any  Member  to  serve  in 
Parliament. 

"  Resolved,  That  if  it  shall  appear  that  any 
person  hath  been  elected  or  returned  a  Member 
of  this  House,  or  endeavoured  so  to  be,  by 
Bribery,  or  any  other  corrupt  practices,  this 
House  will  proceed  with  the  utmost  severity 
against  all  such  persons  as  shall  have  been 
wilfully  concerned  in  such  Bribery  or  other 
corrupt  practices. 

Resolved,  That  if 

it  shall  appear  that  any 
person  hath  been  tampering  with  any  Witness 
in  respect  of  his  evidence  to  be  given  to  this 
House,  or  any  Committee  thereof,  or  directly 
or 
indirectly  hath  endeavoured  to  deter  or 
hinder  any  person  from  appearing  or  giving 
evidence,  the  same  is  declared  to  be  a  high 
crime  or  misdemeanour;  and  this  House,  will 
proceed  with  the  utmost  severity  against  such 
offender. 

Resolved,  That  if  it  shall  appear  that  any 
person  hath  given  false  evidence  in  any  case 
before  this  House,  or  any  Committee  thereof, 
this  House  will proceed  with  the  utmost  severity 
against  such  offender. 

Ordered, That the Commissioners of the  Police 
tjj 6  Metropolis  do  take  care  that, during  the 
Session  of  Parliament,  the  passages  through 
the  streets  leading  to  this  House  be kept  free 
and  open,  and  that  no  obstruction  be  permitted 
to  hinder  the  passage  of  Members  to  and  from 
this  House,  and  that  no  disorder  be  allowed  in 
Westminster  Hall, or  in  the  passages leading  to 
this  House,  during  the  Sitting  ox  Parliament, 
and  that  there  be  no  annoyance  therein  or 
thereabouts;  and  that  the  Serjeant-at-Arms 
attending  this House  do  communicate this  Order 
to  the  Commissioners  aforesaid. 

Votes and 
Proceedings 

Ordered,  That  the  Votes  and  Proceedings  of 
this  House  be  printed,  being  first  perused  by 
Mr.  Speaker;  and  that  he  do  appoint  the 
printing  thereof;  and  that  no  person  but  such 
as  he  shall  appoint  do  presume  to  print  the 
same. 

Privileges. 

Ordered,  That  a  Committee  of  Privileges  be 

appointed. 

A  Bill  for  the  more  effectual  preventing Outlawries 

clandestine  Outlawries  was  read  the  first  time,  BiU< 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time. 

Ordered, That  the Journal  of  this  House,  from Journal, 

the  end  of  the  last  Session  to  the  end  of  the 
present  Session,  with  an  Index  thereto,  be 
printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Journal  and  Index 
be  printed  by  the  appointment  and  under  the 
direction  of  Sir  Courtenay  Peregrine  Ilbert, 
G.C.B.,  K.c.s.i.,  C.I.E.,  the  Clerk  of  this  House. 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Journal  and  Index 
be  printed  by  such  person  as  shall  be  licensed 
by  Mr.  Speaker;  and  that  no  other  person  do 
presume  to  print  the  same. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Whitley  be  the  Chairman ohairm&n of 

of  Ways and Means and that Sir Edwin  Cornwall Ways and 
be  the  Deputy  Chairman.—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

ean9-

Mr.  Speaker  informed  the  House  that he  had Imprisonment 
received  the  following  letter  relating  to  the of  a Member, 
conviction  and  imprisonment  of  a  Member  :— 

Sir, 

Metropolitan  Police  Courts, 

Inn's  Quay,  Dublin, 

8th  January  1919. 

I  have  the  honour  to  report  that  on  the  7th 
instant  Mr.  William  Sears,  M.P.,  was  brought 
before  me  at this  Court,  having  been  arrested on 
a  Warrant  issued  by  me  on  the  6th  January 
1919,  charging  him  with  having,  at  Bangor, 
Erris,  county  Mayo, on the 11th December  1918, 
unlawfully  taken  part  in  an unlawful  assembly, 
contrary  to  the  Criminal  Law  and  Procedure 
(Ireland)  Act,  1887, 

Having  heard  the  evidence,  I  convicted  the 
said  William Sears of  said  offence, and- sentenced 
him to be imprisoned for the  space of six  calendar 
months,  and he  was  committed  on  my  Warrant 
to  the  Mountjoy  Prison,  Dublin,  on  the  said 
7th  January  1919. 

I  have the  honour  to  be, 
Sir, 

Your  obedient  Servant, 
T.   C.   D B U E Y, 

Divisional  Justice  of  the  Police 
District  of  Dublin  Metropolis. 

The  Right  Honourable 

The  Speaker,  M.P., 

House  of  Commons, 

London. 

Colonel  Amery  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Colonial 
Command,—Copies of Colonial Reports, Nos. 97 7 Reports 
(St.  Vincent,  Report 
for  1917-18),  978  ( A n n u a L) 
(Bahamas,  Report  for  1917-18\  979  (Gambia, 
Report  for  1917),  980  (Jamaica,  Report  for 
1917-18),  981  (Gibraltar,  Report  for  1917),  982 
(Bermuda,  Report  for  1917),  983  (Swaziland, 
Report  for  1917-18),  and  984  (Trinidad  and 
Tobago,  Report  for  1917). 

Colonel  Amery  also  presented,  pursuant  to Trinidad, 

the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Rule  made  by  the  Governor  of  Trinidad  in 
Executive  Council,  on  7th  November  1918, 
amending  the  Prison  Dietary  Scale. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland  presented, Irish Land 
bv  His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  Act". 1903-9. 
of  the  Estates  Commissioners  under  the  Irish 
Land  Acts  for  the  year  from  1st  April  1917 
to  31st  March  1918,  and  for  the  period  from 
1st  November  1903  to  31st  March  1918,  with 
Appendix. 

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20/FT February. 

3T 

Intermediate 
Education 
(Ireland.) 

Copy of  Report of the Intermediate  Education 
Hoard  for  Ireland  as  to  the  application  of  the 
Teachers'  Salaries  Grant. 

Irish Lan<i 
Copy  of  Report  of  the  Irish  Land  Commis-
Commission.  8i 0 Ii e r s  f r o m  i s t  April  1917  to  31st March  1918. 

Irish Land 
Commission. 

Dublin 
Metropolitan 
Police. 
Beformatory 
and Industrial 
Schools 
(Ireland.) 

Dublin 
Hospitals. 

Lunacy 
(Ireland.) 

Criminal 
and Judicial 
Statistics 
(Ireland.) 

Prisons 
(Ireland.) 

Irish Land 
Commission. 

Corn 
Production 
Act, 1917. 

Fisheries 
(Ireland.) 

Shops Act, 
1912. 

Copy  of  Return  of  Advances  made  by  the 
Irish  Land  Commission  under  the  Irish  Land 
Purchase  Acts  for  the  months  of  January, 
February,  and  March  1917. 

Copy  of  Statistical  Tables  of  the  Dublin 

Metropolitan  Police  for the  year  1916. 

Copy  of  Fifty-sixth  Report  of  the  Inspector 
of  Reformatory  and  Industrial  Schools  in  Ire-
land, for  the  year  1917. 

Copy  of  Sixtieth  Report  of  the  Board  of 
Superintendence  of  Dublin  Hospitals,  for  tl^e 
year  1917-18. 

Copy of Sixty-seventh Report of the Inspectors 

of  Lunatics  in  Ireland,  for the  year  1917. 

Copy  of  Criminal  and  Judicial  Statistics  of 
Ireland  for  the  year  1917.  Part  I.  Criminal 
Statistics;  and  Part  II.  Civil  Statistics. 

Copy  of  Fortieth  Report  of  the  General 

Prisons  Board  (Ireland),  for  1917-18. 

Copy  of  Index  to  Estates  comprised  in  Re-
turns of  Advances  made  under  the  Irish  Land 
Acts,  1903  to  1909, during  the  year  1916. 

Copy  of  the  Wheat  and  Oats 

(Ireland) 
Declaration  Regulation,  1918, made  under  the 
Corn  Production  Act,  1917. 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Department  of  Agri-
culture  and  Technical  Instruction  for  Ireland  on 
the  Sea and  Inland  Fisheries  of clreland  for  the 
year  1917. 

Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland  also  pre-
sented, pursuant to  the  directions of  several Acts 
<>f Parliament,—Copy  of  Order made under  the 
Shops  Act,  1912, by  the  Council  of  the  under-
mentioned  local  authority, and  confirmed  by  the 
Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ireland  :— 

Pembroke  Urban  District  Council. 

s Irish 
Universities 
Act, 1908. 

Copy  of  Statute  V I.   for  University  College, 
Dublin,  made under  the  Irish  Universities  Act, 
1908. 

Munitions. 

Destructive 
Insects and 
Pests Acts. 

Intermediate 
Education 
(Ireland.) 

Copy  of  the  Munition  Tribunal  (Appeals) 
Amendment  Rules  (Ireland),  1918, made  under 
the  Wages  (Temporary  Regulation)  Act,  1918. 

Copy  of  the  Black  Scab  in  Potatoes  (Special 
Area, Ireland) Order, 1919, made by the  Depart-
ment  of  Agriculture  and  Technical  Instruction 
for  Ireland  under  the  Destructive  Insects  and 
Pests  Acts. 

( 

Copy  of  Examiners'  Rules  made by  the  Inter-

mediate  Education  Board  for  Ireland. 

Copy  of  Time  Table  of  Examinations  for 

Intermediate  Education  in  Ireland  for  1919. 

Copy  of  Rule  prescribing  an alternative  work 
in  English,  Junior  Grade,  for  Intermediate 
Education  in  Ireland  for  1919. 

Ordered, That  the  said Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Army (Pay, 
Non-effective 
Pay, and 
-Allowances.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Churchill  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  List  of  Excep-
tions to  the  Army  Regulations  as to  Pay,  Non-
effective Pay,  and  Allowances  sanctioned during 
the year  1917-18. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

VOL.  174i 

Dr.  Addison  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Boad 

Command,—Copy of Report of the Departmental 
Committee  appointed  by  the  President  of  the Motor Ca™ 
Local  Government  Board  to  consider  the  Law (Departmental 
and  Regulations  relating  to  the construction  and Committee.) 
use  of  Road  Locomotives and Heavy Motor Cars 
in  Great  Britain.  Part  1.  Report. 

Copy of Report of the Departmental Committee 
appointed  by the President of  the  Local  Govern-
ment  Board  to  consider  the  Law  and  Regula-
tions  relating  to  the  construction  and  use  of 
Road  Locomotives  and  Heavy  Motor  Cars  in 
Great  Britain.  Part  II.  Minutes  of  Evidence 
and  Appendices  and  Index  to  Evidence. 

Copy  of  Eightieth  Annual  Report  of  the Births, Deaths, 
Registrar  General  of  Births,  Deaths,  and  Mar-  an  1  Marriages, 
riages in  England  and  Wales,  1917. 

Copy  of  Interim Report of the  Advisory  Com- Military 
mittee  on  Military  Service  (Civil  Liabilities)®^®.^ 11 
Grants, for the  period  ending  25th  May  1918.  Grants. 

Ordered, That the  said  Papers  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

The Lord  Advocate  presented, pursuant to  the Education 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy  (Scotland.) 
of  Minute  of  the  Committee  of  Council  on  No. 
Education in  Scotland, dated  20th January  1919, 
providing  for  the  payment  of  Grants from  the 
Education  (Scotland)  Fund. 

Copies  of  Orders  made under  the  Shops  Act,  8h°ps Act, 

1912,  by  the  Councils  of  the  undermentioned  1912, 
Local  Authorities,  and  confirmed, with  amend-
ment, by  the  Secretary  for  Scotland  :— 

Burgh  of  Largs. 
Burgh  of  Leith. 

Copy  of  Regulation,  dated  13th  December 
1918,  made  by  the  Board  of  Agriculture  for 
Scotland  under  the  Corn  Production  Acts,  1917 
and  1918, with  respect  to  the  time  for  making 
claims in  respect of  loss. 

Corn 
Production 
Acts,  1917 
and 1918. 
No.  2. 

Copy  of  Regulation  under  the  Registration  of 
Births,  Deaths, and  Marriages  (Scotland)  Act, 
1854, as approved  by the Secretary for  Scotland, 
amending  the  Regulations  for  Registrars  dated 
21st July  1869. 

Registration 
of  Births, 
Deaths, and 
Marriages 
(Scotland) 
Act, 1854. 

Copy  of Act  of  Sederunt  under  the  Court  of 
Sessions  (Scotland)  Act,  1868, authorising  tem-
porary  Increase  in  Fees  under  C.  A.   S.  K.  iv. 
and  C.  A.   S.  M.  ii. 

Court of 
Session 
(Scotland) 
Act, 1868. 

Copy  of  the Annual  Local  Taxation  Returns Local 

(Scotland)  for  the year  1916-17. 

taxation ^ 

Copy  of  University  Court  Ordinances  No.  71 Universities 

(Ph.D.)  and  relative (Ordinance.) 

3. 

(Edinburgh,  No.  28)  (Institution  of  a Degree  of 
Doctor  of  Philosophy 
Regulations);  No.  72  (Glasgow,  No.  19)  (Pro- 
vision  for  Payments  in respect  of  Pensions  on 
Allowances  for  Lecturers,  Assistants,  &c.) ;  and 
No.  73  (Glasgow,  No.  20)  (Foundation  of  Chair 
of  Mercantile  Law),  of the  Commissioners under 
the  Universities  (Scotland)  Act,  1889. 

Ordered, That  the said Papers  do lie  upon the 
Table ;  and that the Papers relative to Education 
(Scotland), Corn Production Acts, 19 J 7 and  1918, 
and  Universities  (Scotland)  Act,  1889  (Ordi-
nance) be  printed. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's National 

Command,—Copy  of  Reports  of  Inquiries  and  ^jj^ 1 
Appeals  under  the  National  Health  Insurance Commission 
(Medical  Benefit)  Regulations  (England), 1913, (England.) 
Vol.  II. 

Estimate  of  the  further  Sum  required  to  be Civil Service* 

voted  for the  Civil  Services  for  the  year  ending ^"P^1®*-. 
Estimate 
31st  March  1919. 
1918-19 

- 

» 

No. 4. 

18 

6th—10th 

February. 

States of 
Copy  of  Treasury  Minute, dated 28th  Decem-
® J X S i I ar  b. e r  i 9 1 8'   as to  disposal  of  War. Contribution  of 

the  States  of  Guernsey. 

Sugar 
Purchases. 

Public 
Accounts 
Committee. 

Civil  Service 
(Recruitment 
after War.) 

Public Offices 
Sites, and 
Public 
Buildings 
Expenses 
Accounts 
1917-18. 

No. 5. 

Public Offices 
Site (Dublin) 
Act, 1903. 

No.  6. 

Copy  of  further  Treasury  Minute,  dated  1st 
January  1919, as  to  financing  Sugar  Purchases 
abroad  on  behalf of  His  Majesty's  Government. 

Copies  of  Treasury  Minutes,  dated  (i)  11th 
September  1918, (ii)  5th  October  1918,  (iii)  1st 
December  1918, and  (iv)  21st  December  1918, 
dealing  with  the  Report  of  the  Public  Accounts 
Committee,  1918. 

Copy  of  Interim  Report, dated  28th  February 
1918, of  the  Committee  appointed  by  the  Lords 
Commissioners  of  His  Majesty's  Treasury  to 
consider and make recommendations upon  certain 
questions  with  regard  to  Recruitment  for  the 
Civil  Service  after the  War. 

Copy  of  Second  Interim  Report,  dated  17th 
May  1918,  of  the  Committee  appointed  by  the 
Lords  Commissioners  of  His  Majesty's  Treasury 
to  consider  and  make  recommendations  upon 
certain  questions with  regard to  Recruitment for 
the  Civil  Service  after the  War. 

Copy  of  Third  Interim  Report,  dated  30th 
October  1918,  of  the  Committee  appointed  by 
the  Lords  Commissioners  of  His  Majesty's 
Treasury  to  consider and  make recommendations 
upon  certain  questions with  regard  to  Recruit-
ment for  the  Civil  Service  after the  War. 

Mr.  Baldwin  also  presented, pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— 
issued  under 
Accounts  showing  the  moneys 
the provisions  of  the  Public  Offices ( Acquisition 
of  Site)  Act,  1895, &c.,  out  of  the  Consolidated 
Fund,  the  moneys  borrowed  and  the  securities 
created  in  respect  thereof, and  the  expenditure 
under  the  provisions  of  the  Acts  to  the  31st 
March  1918  ;  together  with  the  Report  of  the 
Comptroller  and Auditor  General  thereon. 

Account  showing  the  money  issued  from  the 
Consolidated  Fund  under  the provisions  of  the 
Public  Offices Site  (Dublin)  Act,  1903, and the 
expenditure  ;  the money expended and borrowed 
and  the  Securities  created  under  the  said  Act, 
for  the  period  ended  the  31st  March  1918  ; 
together  with  the  Report  of  the  Comptroller 
and Auditor  General  thereon. 

Civil Services 
Appropriation  Accounts  of  the  sums  granted 
I^partnfenta  by  Parliament  for  Civil  Services,  Classes .I.  to 
(Appropriation VII.,  and for  the  Revenue  Departments, for the 
year  ended  31st  March  1918 ;  together  with the 
Accounts.) 
Reports  of  the Comptroller  and  Auditor  General 
No.  7. 
thereon,  and 
certain  Reports  upon  Store 
Accounts. 

Housing Act, 
1914. 

No.  8. 

Treasury 
Chest. 

No.  9. 

Copy  of  Account  showing  the  money issued 
out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund, the  money  bor-
rowed  and  the  Securities  created  in  respect 
thereof, and  the  expenditure  of  a  capital  nature 
incurred  by  the  Local  Government  Board  for 
Scotland  and  the  Commissioners  of  Works, 
respectively,  under  the  Housing  Act,  1914, for 
the  period  ended  31st  March  1918;  together 
with  the  Report  of the  Comptroller  and Auditor 
General  thereon. 

Account  showing  all  the  sums  which  have 
been  received  into  the  Treasury  Chest,  and 
which  have  been  paid out  of  the  same,  between 
the  1st  April  1917  and  the  31st  March  1918, 
and  of  the  Liabilities and Assets of  the Treasury 
Chest  on the latter  day, with  the  Report  of  the 
Comptroller  and Auditor  General  thereon. 

War Loan 
(War Saving 
Certificates.) 

Copy  of  War  Saving Certificates Regulations, 
(Supplemental 

1919,  under  the  War  Loan 
Provisions)  Act,  1915, dated  1st January  1919. 

Copy  of  Treasury  Minute  under  the  Super-  Superannua- _ 

annuation  Act,  1887, dated  9th  January  1919,  faon  A o t' 1 8 8 T-
granting  a  Retired  Allowance  to  Mr.  A.   J.  K. 
Parkinson,  Architectural  Assistant,  Second 
Class,  Office of  Works. 

Copy  of  Treasury  Minute  under  the  Super- Superannua-
annuation  Acts,  1859  and  1876,  dated  18th jj™  ^ 1 8 59 
December  1918,  declaring  Dairen  to  be  an 
unhealthy  place  for  the  purpose  of  the  Super-
annuation  Acts,  1859  and  1876. 

Copy of Treasury Warrant, dated  3rd January  Income Tax. 

1919,  appointing  Major  Neville  Anderson  to  be 
a  Special  Commissioner  of  Income  Tax. 

Copy  of Return  of the  amount of  Notes issued  Bank of 
more  than  40  years,  and  outstanding  on  31st  England-
October  1918, which have been  written  off. 

Copy  of  Treasury  Minute,  dated  13th  Decern- Bombay Mint, 

ber  1918,  directing  that  the  accounts  of  the 
Bombay  Branch  Mint  be  audited  by  the  Comp-
troller and  Auditor  General. 

Guaranteed  Loan  of  1855 for  the year  1918. 

Copy  of  Account  of  the  Imperial  Ottoman imperial 
Ottoman 
Guaranteed 
Loan of 1855. 

J 

Copy  of  Special  Order,  dated  13th  December National 
1918, made  by  the  National  Health  Insurance  J^JJJ^ 
Joint  Committee,  entitled  the  National  Health (joint 
Insurance 
(Ireland)  Order,  1918. 

(Normal  Rate  of  Remuneration) Committee.) 

Copy  of  Order,  dated  18th  December  1918, 
made  by  the  National  Health  Insurance. Joint 
Committee,  entitled  the  National  Health  Insur-
ance  Act,  1918 
(Date  of  Commencement) 
Amendment  Order,  1918. 

Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  21st  December National 

1918, made  by  the  National  Health  Insurance 
Joint  Committer  the  Insurance  Commissioners, (joint 
the  Scottish  Insurance  Commissioners, the  Irish Committee) 
Insurance  Commissioners,  and the Welsh  Insur- (Regulations^ 
ance Commissioners, entitled the National Health 
Insurance 
(Exempt  Persons)  Consolidated 
Regulations  (Ireland),  1918. 

Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  16th  December 
1918,  made  by  the  National  Health  Insurance 
Joint  Committee  and  the  Irish  Insurance  Com-
missioners,  entitled  the  National  Health  Insur-
ance  (Deposit  Contributors)  Regulations  (Ire-
land),  1918. 

Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  8th  November 
1918, made  by  the  National  Health  Insurance 
Joint  Committee  acting jointly with the  Scottish 
Insurance  Commissioners,  entitled  the  National 
Health  Insurance  (Medical  Benefit)  Regula-
tions  (Scotland),  1918  (No.  2). 

Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  20th  November 
1918, made  by  the  National  Health  Insurance 
Joint  Committee  acting  jointly  with  the  Welsh 
Insurance  Commissioners,  entitled  the  National 
Health  Insurance (Medical  Benefit) Regulations 
(Wales^  1918. 

Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  16th  December 
1918, made  by  the  National  Health  Insurance 
Joint  Committee  and  the  Irish  Insurance  Com-
missioners,  entitled  the  National  Health  Insur-
ance  (Unclaimed  Proceeds  of  Stamp  Sales) 
Regulations  (Ireland),  1918. 

Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  16th  December 
1918, made  by  the  National  Health  Insurance 
Joint  Committee  and  the  Irish  Insurance  Com-
missioners,  entitled  the  National  Health  Insur-
ance  (Collection  of  Contributions)  Consolidated 
Regulations  (Ireland),  1918. 

Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  18th  November 
1918,  made  by  the  National  Health  Insurance 
Joint  Committee,  entitled  the  National  Health 
Insurance  (Women's  Equalisation  Fund)  Regu-
lations,  1918. 

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19 

Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  22nd  November 
1918,  made  by  the  National  Health  Insurance 
Joint  Committee,  acting  jointly  with  the  Insur-
ance  Commissioners,  entitled 
the  National 
Health Insurance (Medical Benefit) Regulations, 
1918. 

Copy  of  Provisional  Regulations,  dated  11th 
December  1918,  made  by  the  National  Health 
Insurance Joint Committee, entitled the National 
Health Insurance (Reserve and Transfer  Values) 
Amendment  Regulations,  1918. 

Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  19th  December 
1918, made  by  the  National  Health  Insurance 
Joint  Committee,  acting  jointly  with  the  Insur-
ance  Commissioners,  the  Scottish  Insurance 
Commissioners,  the  Irish  Insurance  Commis-
sioners, and the Welsh  Insurance  Commissioners, 
entitled  the  National  Health  Insurance  (Irish 
Migratory  Labourers'  Benefits)  Regulations, 
1918. 

Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  8th  November 
1918, made  by  the  National  Health  Insurance 
Joint  Committee,  entitled  the  National  Health 
Insurance  (Accounts  of  Insurance  Committees) 
Regulations  (Ireland),  1918. 

National 
Health 
Insurance 
Commission 
(Ireland) 
(•Regulations.)  (IreJ and),   1918. 

Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  16th  December 
1918, made by the Irish Insurance  Commissioners, 
entitled  the  National  Health  Insurance  (Appeal 
from  Insurance  Committee  Audit)  Regulations 

Ordered, That  the  said Papers  do lie  upon  the 
Table;  and  that  the  said  Estimates  and  the 
Papers  relative to Public  Offices Sites and  Public 
Buildings Expenses  Accounts  1917-1918,  Public 
Offices  Sites  (Dublin)  Act,  1903,  Civil  Services 
and Revenue  Departments  (Appropriation  A c-
counts), Housing Act,  1914, and Treasury  Chest, 
be  printed. 

Midwives Act,  Mr.  Usher  presented  by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand,—Copy  of  Report  on  the  Work  of  the 
Central  Midwives  Board  for  the  year  ended 
31st March  1918. 

Titles 
Deprivation 
Act, 1917. 

Universities of 
Oxford and 
Cambridge 
Act, 1877 
(Cambridge.) 

Universities of 
Oxford and 
Cambridge 
Act, 1877 
(Oxford.) 

University of 
London Act, 
1898. 

Naval and 
Marine Pay 
and Pensions 
Act, 1866. 

Mr.  Fisher  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Report  under  the  Titles  Deprivation  Act, 
1917, of  the  Committee  of  the  Privy  Council, 
with  Copies  of  the  Affidavits therein  mentioned. 
Copy  of  Statutes  made  by  the  Governing 
Body  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  under  the 
Universities  of  Oxford  aud  Cambridge  Act, 
1877, on 8th June  1918, amending Statutes VIA., 
X X I .,   and  L.  of, and  adding  Statute  X V A.   to 
the  existing  Statutes  of,  the  College. 

Copy  of  Statutes  made  by  the  University  of 
Cambridge,  under  the  Universities  of  Oxford 
and  Cambridge,  Act,  1877, on  22nd  June  1918, 
amending  Statute  A.,  Chapters  I.  and  IV.,  of 
the  existing  Statutes  of the  University. 

Copy  of  Statutes  made  by  the  Governing 
Body  of  Pembroke  College,  Cambridge,  under 
the  Universities  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge  Act, 
1877, on  4th  May  1918, amending  Chapter  III. 
of  the  existing  Statutes  of the  College. 

Copy  of  Statute made by the Governing  Body 
of  Lincoln  College,  Oxford,  under  the  Univer-
sities  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge  Act,  1877, on 
22nd May  1918, amending Chapter II., Section  I., 
and  Chapter  VI.,  Section  5,  of  the  existing 
Statutes of  the  College. 

Copy  of  Statute  made  by  the  Senate  of  the 
University  of  London,  under  the  University  of 
London  Act,  1898,  on  18th  December  1918, 
amending  Statute  108  of  the  Statutes  of  the 
University. 

Copies  of  two  Orders  in  Council  under  the 
Naval  and  Marine  Pay  and Pensions Act,  1865, 
dated  14th January  1919. 

VOL. 174. 

Copies  of  six  Orders  in  Council  under  the 
Naval  and  Marine  Pay  and Pensions  Act,  1865, 
dated  18th December  1918, and  three  Orders  in 
Council,  dated  14th January  1919. 

Copy  of  Order  in Council under the Merchant 
Shipping  Convention  Act,  1914,  dated  18th 
December  1918, further  postponing  the  coming 
into  operation  of  the  Merchant  Shipping  (Con-
vention) Act,  1914, till  1st July  1919. 

Merchant 
Shipping 
(Convention) 
Act, 1914. 

Copy of Order in Council under the Greenwich 
Hospital  Act,  1865, dated  25th  November  1918, 
approving  a  Memorial  of  the  Lords  Commis-
sioners  of  the  Admiralty  praying  sanction  to 
certain  proposals  as  to  the  Salaries  of  the 
Teaching  Staff of  the Schools of  the  Hospital. 

Greenwich 
Hospital 
Act, 1865. 

Copies  of  five  Orders  in  Council  under  the 

Representation  of  the  People  Acts,  1918. 

Bepresentatioa 
of the People 
Acts, 1918. 

Ordered, That the  said  Papers  do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Long  presented, by  His  Majesty's  Com- Cape of 
mand,-—Copy  of  Report  of  His  Majesty's  Good Hope 
Astronomer  at  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope  to  the  Obaervatory-
Secretary  of  the  Admiralty,  for  the  year  1917. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Kellaway  presented,  pursuant  to  the Munitions, 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
the  Munitions  Tribunals  (Wages  Regulations) 
Rules,  1918. 

Copy  of  the  Munitions  Tribunals  (Wages 

Regulations)  (Scotland)  Rules,  1918. 

Copy  of  the  Munitions  Tribunals  (Appeal) 

Amendment  Rules,  1918. 

Copy  of  the  Munitions  Tribunals  (Wages 

Regulation  (Ireland)  Rules,  1918. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

Sir 

James 

Craig  presented, 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  First  Annual1>ensions-
Report  of  the  Minister  of  Pensions  to  31st 
March  1918. 

by  His  Ministry of 

the  directions  .  of  an  A ct  

Sir  James  Craig  also  presented,  pursuant 
of  Parlia-
to 
ment,—Copies  of  Orders in  Council  and  Regu-
lations  for  Pensions  of  British  Seamen  and 
Marines,  their  Widows,  Relatives,  and  Depen-
dants,  under  the  Naval  and  Marine  Pay  and 
Pensions  Act,  1865, dated  14th  day  of  January 
1919. 

Ordered, That  the said Papers do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

• 

Mr.  George  Roberts  presented,  by  His Ministry of 

Majesty's Command,—Copies of  Order amending  Food-
the  Edible  Offals  (Maximum  Prices)  Order, 
1918;  Public  Meals  (Ireland)  Order,  1918  j 
Bone  Products 
(Requisition)  Order,  1918; 
Imported  Onions  Order,  1918;  Margarine 
(Prices)  (Ireland)  Order,  1918;  Potatoes  (Ex-
port from Ireland) Order (No. 2),  1918;  Potatoes 
Order,  1918,  General  Licence  ;  British  Onions 
Order,  1918 ;  Swansea Food  Control  Committee 
(Added  Areas)  Order,  1918;  Cocoa  Powder 
(No.  2)  Order,  1918 ;  Imported  Onions  Order, 
1918,  General  Licence  ;  British  Onions  Order, 
1918,  General  Licence;  British-made  Butter 
Restriction  Order, 1918, General  Licence  ;  Milk 
(Registration  of  Dealers)  Amendment  Order, 
i918;  Vegetarian  Butter  and  Vegetarian  Lard 
(Maximum Prices) Order, 1918 ;  Cattle Feeding 
Stuffs (Distribution)  Order,  1918;  Order,dated 
the  14th  October  1918,  amending  the  Dredge 
l>  2 

20 

11th  February. 

r 

Importers 

Corn  Order,  1917  ;  Raw  Beef  and  Raw  Mutton 
(Licensing  of  Purchases)  Order,  1918, 
Fat 
Notice; 
(Returns)  Order,  1918, 
Notice;  Order  amending  the  Rationing  Order, 
1918 ;  Order  amending  the  Oats  (Scotland  and 
Ireland Restriction) Order, 1918  ;  SaleofSweet-
meats  in  Theatres  (Restriction)  Order,  1918; 
Horses  (Rationing) 
(No.  : 2)  Order,  1918  ; 
Rationing Order, 1918 ; Butter (Ireland) (No. 2), 
Order,  1918;  Order,  dated  the  18th  October 
1918, amending  the Butter Order, 1918 ;  Order, 
dated  the  19th  October  1918, amending  the Fish 
(Prices)  (No.  3)  Order,  1918;  British-made 
Butter  (Restriction)  Order,  1918;  Butter  (Dis-
tribution)  Order,  1917;  Rationing  Order,  1918; 
Imported  Onions  Order, 1918, General  Licence; 
Rationing  Order, 1918, General Licence;  Cocoa 
Bean  Shell  (Requisition)  Order,  1918 ;  Order 
amending  the  Poultry and Game (Prices)  Order, 
1918,  as  amended  by  an  Order  of  the  Food 
(No.  1,084);  Flour  and  Bread 
Controller 
(Prices)  Order,  1917,  Licence;  Order,  dated 
the  31st  October,  1918,  amending  the  Bacon, 
Ham, and  Lard  (Prices j Order, 1918 ;  Damaged 
Foodstuffs  Order,  1918;  Barley  (Restriction) 
(Freland)  Order,  1918;  Order,  dated  the  1st 
November  1918,  amending  the  Live  Stock 
(Sales) Order, 1918 ;  Irish Returns Order,  1918 ; 
Meat  Retail  Prices  (England  and  Wales)  Order 
(No.  2),  1918,  and  the  Meat  Retail  Prices 
(Scotland)  Order,  1918;  Cheese  (Export  from 
Ireland)  Order,  1918 ;  Milk  (Prohibition  of 
Export)  (Ireland)  Order,  1918;  Order,  made 
the  5th  November 1918, amending the Voluntary 
Kitchens  (Licensing)  Order,  1918  ;  Potatoes 
(Consolidation)  Order, 1918 ;  Potatoes  (Scottish 
Central Allocation Authority)  Order, 1918 ;  Pig 
(Sales)  Order,  1918,  Notice  ;  Pig (Sales)  Order, 
1918,  General  Licence;  Egg  (Prices)  Order, 
1918, dated the  7th  November  1918, as amended 
by  an  Order  dated  the  18th  November  1918; 
Margarine  (Prices) 
(Ireland)  Order,  1918, 
Notice;  Margarine  (Distribution)  Order,  1918, 
Direction  to  Wholesalers;  Margarine  (Retail 
Prices)  Order,  1918,  Notice  ;  Jam  (Distribu-
tion)  Order,  1918 ;  Jam  (Export  from  Ireland) 
Order,  1918;  Citrous  Fruit  (Prices)  Order, 
1918 ;  Fish  (Distribution)  Order,  1918,  Notice; 
Potatoes  (Scotland)  Order,  1918;  Sugar  (Con-
fectionery)  Order,  1917,  General  Licence  ; 
Grain  (Prices)  Amendment  Order,  1918;  Food 
Hoarding Order, 1917, Revocation of  Authority; 
Syrup,  Liquid  Glucose,  and  Molasses  (Prices) 
Order,  1918 ;  Live  Stocky Restriction  on  Ship-
ment to  Channel  Islands)  Order,  1918 ;  Order, 
dated  the  19th  November  1918,  amending  the 
Bones (Licensing  of  Purchasers)  Order,  1918; 
Potatoes  (Consolidation)  Order,  1918,  General 
Licence;  Canned  Condensed  Milk  (Maximum 
Prices)  (Ireland)  Order,  1918;  Cattle  Feeding 
Stuffs  (Distribution)  Order,  1918,  General 
Licence;  Cattle  Feeding  Stuffs  (Distribution) 
Order,  1918,  Notice;  Raw  Coffee  (Returns) 
Order,  1918;  Butter  (Cold  Storage)  (Ireland) 
Order,  1,918  ;  and  Order, dated the 28th  Novem-
ber  1918,  amending  the  Oats  (Registration  of 
Dealers)  (Ireland)  Order,  1918 ;  made  by  the 
Food  Controller under the Defence of  the Realm 
Regulations. 

Ordered, That  the said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

No  10 

Mr.  Illingworth  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
Poet office 
(London) 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy 
Railway Act,  0f   Account  showing  the  Money  issued  out  of 
Consolidated  Fund  ;  the  Money  borrowed 
and  the  securities  created  in  respect  thereof; 
and  the  Expenditure  under  the  Post  Office 
(London)  Railway  Act,  1913,  for  the  period 
ended  31st March  1918. 

Copy  of  the  Foreign  and  Colonial  Parcel  1'ogt office 

Post  Amendment 
Dated  22nd  November  1918. 

(No.  86)  Warrant,  1918. 

Parcel Post.) 

Copy of  the Inland Post Amendment (No.  18) Post Office 

Warrant,  1918.  Dated  22nd  November  1918. 

( I n l a nd   P o s t) 

Account  showing  the  gross  amount  received  Post Office 
and  expended  on  account  of  the  Telegraph  Ser- Telegraphs and 
vice  during  the year ended 31st  March  1918, and  6 ^  one®' 
the  balance  of  the  expenditure  over  the receipts, 
prepared in  pursuance of  the Telegraph  (Money) 
Act,  1876;  and a  Statement  additional  to  the 
above  Account,  and  Statements  of  Account  in 
respect of  the Telegraph  and Telephone  Services 
for  the year  ended  31st  March  1918,  and  certain 
other  statistics ;  together  with the  Report  of  the 
Comptroller  and  Auditor  General. 

Ordered, That the said Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
Table ;  and that  the Papers  relative  to  the  Post 
Office  (London)  Railway  Act,  1913,  and  the 
Post  Office  Telegraphs  and  Telephones  be 
printed. 

Colonel  Sir  Arthur  Griffith  Boscawen  pre- Board of 
sented,  by  His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of-Agriculture 
Report  on  Wages  and  Conditions  of  Employ- a nd   Fishenea' 
ment in Agriculture.  Vols.  I. and II.  General 
Report. 

Copy of Agricultural Statistics, 1918.  Volume  Board of 
L I I I.   Part I.  Acreage and Live Stock Returns ^  S e r i es 
of  England  and  Wales,  with  Summaries  for  the Agricultural 
United  Kingdom. 

Statistics.) 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  presented,  by  His East India 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  on  S a n i - ^ j ^, 
easur  .j 
tary  Measures  in  India  in  1916-17. 
Copy  of  Provisional  Rules  for appointment  to East India 
the  Indian  Civil  Service  dated  7 th  January (Civil Service.) 
1919, made  by  the  Secretary  of  State for  India 
in  Council  under the Indian  Civil Service  (Tem-
porary  Provisions)  Act,  1915. 

Copy  of  Amendment  to  Regulation  X.  and of  East India 

the  Regulations  for  the  nomination  and election j^Pr""^1 
'of  additional  Members of the Legislative Council Council.) 
of  the  Governor  General  of  India. 

Ordered, That  the said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

» 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  by  His Royal 

Majesty's  Command, —  Copy  of  Fourteenth 
Report  of the  Royal  Patriotic  Fund  Corporation 
for  the year  1917. 

* 

' 

Copy  of  Report  to  His  Royal  Highness  the National 
Prince  of  Wales  bv  the  Executive  Committee  B*"6*Fund-
of  the  National  Relief  Fund  on  the  administra-
tion  of  the  Fund  up  to  the  30th  September 
1918. 

Copy  of  Fourth  Report,  with  Appendix,  of Welsh Church 

the  Commissioners  of  Church  Temporalities  in Act> 1914-
Wales,  1918. 

Copy  of  General  Report,  with  Statistics, for Mines and 

1917,  by  the  Chief  Inspector  of  Mines  upon Quarries. 
Mines  and  Quarries.  Part  II.,  Labour,  and 
Part  III.,  Output. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt also  presented,  pursuant shops Act, 

to the directions of several Acts of  Parliament,—  1912-
Copies  of  Orders made  by  the  Councils  of  the 
undermentioned  Local  Authorities  under  the 
Shops  Act,  1912, and confirmed by the  Secretary 
of  State for the  Home  Department:— 

County  of  East  Sussex  (Urban  District  of 

Seaford). 

Borough  of  Colchester. 

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20/Ft  February. 

3T 

Penal 
Copies  of  Licences  granted  to  two  Convicts 
(CondMonal18  discharging them from Aylesbury  Convict Prison 
Pn  condition  that they  enter  a home. 
licence.) 

Copy of  a  Licence  granted to  Thomas  Thomp-
son  Walter, under  the  provisions  of  the  Penal 
Servitude  Acts,  1853  to  1891,  to  which 
is 
annexed  a condition  other  than  those  contained 
in  Schedule  A  of  the  Penal  Servitude  Act, 
1864. 

Copv  of  Scheme  of  Compensation,  dated  6th 

Workmen's 
S E f i 0D  
J a n u a rV  1 9 1 9>  m a de 
for  the  Home  Department  under  the  provisions 
Scheme 
((Refractories  of  the  Workmen's  Compensation  (Silicosis)  Act, 
1918, for  the  Befractories  Industries. 
Industries.) 

b7  t h e  Secretary  of  State 

Ordered, That  the said  Papers do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Trading with 
the Enemy 
.(Rules.) 

Sir  Albert  Stanley  presented, pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
the Enemy  Banking  Business  Rules, 1918, dated 
8th  December  1918, under the  Trading  with  the 
Enemy  (Amendment)  Act,  1918. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

The  following  Papers, pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,  were  laid 
upon the  Table  by  the  Clerk of the  House  :— 

local Loans 

Accounts  of the  Commissioners for the  Reduc-
tion  of  the  National  Debt  in  respect  of  the 
No.  12.  Capital  and  Income  of  the  Local  Loans  Fund 
for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1918,  with 
Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General 
thereon. 

' 

Irish Land 
Fund480 

. „ 

Accounts  of  the Commissioners for the  Reduc-
tion  of  the  National  Debt  in  respect  of  the 
Capital  and  Income  of  the  Irish  Land  Purchase 
'  Fund  in  the  year  ended  31st  March  1918; 
together  with  the  Report  of  the  Comptroller 
and Auditor  General  thereon. 

Lunacy. 

Copy  of  Report  to  the  Lord  Chancellor  of 
the  ; number  of  Visits  made,  the  number  of 
Patients  seen, and  the  number of  Miles  travelled 
by  the  Visitors  of  Lunatics, between  1st  April 
1918  and  30th  September  1918. 

-County Courts  Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Lord  Chancellor, 
dated  2nd  December  1918, under  Section  45  of 
A c t- ] 8 8 8- 
the  County  Courts  Act,  1888,  directing  that 
Charles  Squire,  Registrar  of  the  County  Court 
of  Leicestershire, shall not practise as a Solicitor. 
Copy  of  Return  to  the  Lord  Chancellor  of 
the  number  of  Visits  made  and  the  number  of 
Patients  seen  by  the  several  Commissioners  in 
Lunacy  during  the  six  months. ending  on  the 
31st December  1918. 

Lunacy. 

Public Records  Copy  of  Third  Schedule  containing  a  list 
£®yPjJltment  and particulars  of  certain  classes  of  Documents 
Comptroller 
existing  in  the  Office  of  the  Comptroller  and 
»nd Auditor  Auditor  General  which  are  not  considered  of 
sufficient public  value  to  justify  their  preserva-
•General.) 
tion  in the  Public  Record  Office. 

Mersey Docks 
Copy  of  Accounts  of  the  Mersey  Docks  and 
Boarfarb°Ur  harbour  Board  for  the  year  ending  1st  July 

Ordered,  That  the  Papers  relative  to  Local 
Loans  Fund  and  Irish  Land  Purchase  Fund 
be  printed. 

Mr. Speaker 
reports His 
Majesty's 
Speech, 

Mr.  Speaker  reported  His  Majesty's  Speech, 

and read  it to  the House, as followeth : 

My  Lords, and  Gentlemen, 

The  dissolution of the last Parliament followed 
almost  immediately  upon  the  collapse  of  Ger-
many  under  the  ceaseless  blows  of  the  Allied 

V O L.   174. 

Armies.  Since  that  date  the  terms  of  the 
Armistice,  which  have  been  more  than  once 
renewed, have been perseveringly enforced.  The 
enemy  forces  have  retired  behind  the  Rhine, 
and  have  surrendered  much  of  their  armament. 
The  Allied  Armies  have  occupied  the  bridge-
heads  across  that  river,  thus  laying  open  the 
road into  Germany  should  she  attempt  to renew 
the  war.  During  the  same  period  the  might  of 
the  German  navy  has  been  shattered  by  the 
surrender  of  the  enemy's  submarines  and  the 
internment  of his main fleet in  My  ports. 

These  great  results,  which  give  practical 
securities  that  the  struggle  between  German 
tyranny  and  European  freedom  is  at an end and 
that a new  era  has  dawned, have  been  achieved 
by  the  vigilance  and disciplined  efficiency of  the 
British  and  Allied  Fleets, and  by  the  courage, 
the  endurance,  and  the  determination  of  My 
Armies  and  the  Armies  of  the  many  nations 
fighting  with  them.  Among  the  resolutions  to 
be submitted  to  you  will  be  one  asking  you  to 
give  solemn  expression  to  the  gratitude  of  My 
People  for  the  achievements  and  sacrifices  of 
those who  have  suffered  for  the  Country's  cause 
by  land, and  sea, and  air. 

In  order  to reap the  full  fruits  of  victory  and 
to safeguard  the  peace  of  the  world  an  adequate 
Army  must be  maintained  in  the  field,  and  pro-
posals  which  will  be  necessary  to  secure  the 
forces required  will  be  submitted  to  you  in  due 
course. 

For  the  last month  a Conference  of  My  pleni-
potentiaries  and  of  the representatives  of  all the 
Allied  and  associated  Powers has been assembled 
in  Paris  to deliberate  upon  the  terms  of  a  just 
and  lasting  peace.  Their  discussions have  been 
marked  by  the  utmost  cordiality  and  goodwill 
and by  no  disagreement.  They  have made  good 
progress  with  the examination  of  the  numerous 
and  varied  problems  which will  require  settle-
ment  in  the  terms  of  peace,  and  I  trust  that 
before the  Session  is far  advanced  preliminaries 
I  rejoice  particularly 
of  peace  will  be  signed. 
that  the  Powers  assembled  in  the  Conference 
have  agreed  to accept the  principle  of  a  League 
of  Nations, for  it is  by  progress  along  that  road 
that  I  see the  only hope  of  saving  mankind  from 
a recurrence  of  the  scourge of  war. 

I  took  an  early  opportunity  to  visit  France 
and  to convey  to the  President  of  the  Republic 
the heartfelt  enthusiasm  with  which  My  people 
acclaimed  the  final  liberation  of  her  territories 
and  the vindication  of  the national  unity  of  our 
faithful  friend  and  ally. 
I  was  deeply  moved 
by  the  demonstration  of  cordial  affection  which 
I  received  during  My  visit. 

It  has also given  Me  great  pleasure to  receive 
in  this  Country  the  President  of  the  United 
States  of  America.  The  enthusiastic  welcome 
accorded  him  is  a  proof  of  the  goodwill  which 
all sections  of  My  people feel  towards  the  great 
Republic  of  the  West,  and  an  earnest  of  the 
increasing  understanding  with  which  I  trust 
they will act  together  in  the future. 

For  the  last  few  months  the  Imperial  War 
Cabinet has  been  in  continuous  session, and  My 
counsels  in  regard  to  the  war  and  external 
affairs  have  been  both  strengthened  and  en-
lightened  by  the  presence  of 
leading 
Ministers  of  My  self-governing  Dominions  and 
of  representatives  of  My  Indian  Empire.  The 
inspiring  sacrifice  and  the  invaluable  service . 
which  have been  rendered  by  the  peoples  of  the 
Dominions  and  of  India  during  the  war  have 
won  for  them an important  place  in  the  counsels 
of  the  world, and it has been a source of  especial 
D  3 

the 

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11 th  February. 

satisfaction  to  Me  that their  title  to  representa-
tion  has  been  fully  recognised  in  the  Paris 
Conference. 

I  trust  that  the  Reports  of  the  Committees 
which  are now inquiring  into  matters  connected 
with  Indian constitutional reform will be received 
in  time  to  enable  a Bill  on  the subject  to be  pre-
sented  in the  course  of the  Session. 

The  position  in  Ireland  causes  Me  great 
anxiety,  but  I  earnestly  hope  that  conditions 
may  soon  sufficiently improve to make  it  possible 
to provide  a durable  settlement  of  this  difficult 
problem. 

Gentlemen  of the  House  of  Commons, 

You  will  be  asked  to  make  further  provision 
for  meeting  the  permanent  charges  resulting 
from the  war, and the  new  expenditure  required 
for  the purposes  of  reconstruction. 

My  Lords, and  Gentlemen, 

The  aspirations for a better  social order  which 
have  been  quickened  in the hearts  of  My  people 
by  the  experience of  the war must be  encouraged 
by  prompt  and  comprehensive  action.  Before 
the  war  poverty,  unemployment, 
inadequate 
housing, and  many remediable  ills existed  in  our 
land, and these  ills  were aggravated  by disunion. 
But  since  the  oiitbreak  of  war every  party and 
every  class have worked  and fought together  for 
a great  ideal. 
In  the  pursuit  of  this  common 
aim they  have  shown  a spirit  of  unity  and  self-
sacrifice which  has  exalted  the  nation  and  has 
enabled  it  to play  its full  part  in  the  winning  of 
victory.  The  ravages  of  war  and the  wastage 
of  war  have  not  yet,  however,  been  repaired. 
If  we  are  to  repair  these  losses  and  to  build  a 
better Britain, we must continue  to manifest  the 
same  spirit.  We   must  stop  at  no  sacrifice  of 
interest  or  prejudice  to  stamp  out  unmerited 
poverty,  to diminish unemployment  and  mitigate 
its  sufferings,  to  provide  decent  homes,  to  im-
prove the nation's health, and to raise the standard 
of  well-being  throughout  the  community.  We 
shall not achieve  this  end  by  undue  tenderness 
towards  acknowledged  abuses, and it  must neces-
sarily  be  retarded  by  violence  or  even  by  dis-
turbance.  We  shall  succeed  only  by  patient 
and untiring  resolution  in  carrying  through  the 
legislation  and  the  administrative  action  which 
are  required^ 
It  is  that  resolute  action  which 
I  now  ask you  to  support. 

A 

large  number  of  measures  affecting  the 
social  and  economic  well-being  of  the  nation 
await your  consideration,  and  it is of  the  utmost 
importance  that  their  provisions  should  be  exa-
mined  and, if  possible, agreed  upon  and  carried 
into  effect with  all expedition.  With this  object 
in  view,  My  Government  will  invite  the  con-
sideration  of  the  House  of  Commons  to  certain 
proposals  for  the  simplification  of  the  procedure 
of  that  House, which, it  is  hoped,  will  enable 
delays  to  be  avoided  and  give  its  Members an 
increasing  opportunity  of  taking  an  effective 
part  in  the  work  of  legislation.  You  will  be 
asked to approve  a Bill  for the creation  of  a new 
Ministry  to  deal with  public  health, with a view 
to the  establishment  throughout  the  land  of  a 
scientific and  enlightened  health  organisation  to 
combat  disease  and to  conserve  the  vigour  of  the 
race  ;  also a Bill  to establish a Ministry of  Ways 
and  Communications  with  a  view  to  increasing 
and  developing  the  industrial  and  agricultural 
resources  of  the  Country  by  improved  means  of 
transport.  You  will  be  asked  to consider  mea-
sures  for  effecting a  speedy  increase  on  a large 
scale  in  the  housing  accommodation  of 
the 
Country, for the  fulfilment  of  the  pledges  given 
to  Trade  Unions, for  the  prevention  of  unfair 

competition  by  the  sale of  imported  goods  below 
their  selling price  in their  country  of  origin, and 
for increasing  industrial and  agricultural  output, 
without  which  a  considerable  and  permanent 
betterment  in  the  national  condition  cannot  be 
effected.  Proposals  will  also be laid before  you 
for  encouraging  settlement  on  the  land,  par-
ticularly  by  those  who have  been  in  the  fighting 
forces of  the  Crown, for  providing  suitable  men 
with  the  necessary  agricultural  training  and for 
enabling  them  to  stock  and  equip their  holdings,, 
and for the  reclamation  of  land  and the  promo-
tion  of a comprehensive  scheme of afforestation. 

Finally  I  commend  to  your  earnest  considera-
tion  the industrial problems  of  the  time.  That 
the gifts  of  leisure and  prosperity  may  be  more 
generally  shared  throughout  the  community  is 
My  ardent desire. 
It  is your duty, while firmly 
maintaining  security  for  property  and person,  to 
spare  no  effort  in  healing  the  causes  of  the 
existing  unrest,  and  I  earnestly  appeal  to  you 
to  do  all  that in you lies to  revive  and foster a 
happier  and  more  harmonious  spirit  in  our 
national industrial  life. 

I  pray the  Almighty  God  may  vouchsafe  His 

blessing on  your  labours. 

A  Motion  was  made, and. the  Question  being  King's Speech 
proposed,  That an humble  Address  be  presented  (Motion for us> 
to  His  Majesty, as followeth  : 
Most  Gracious  Sovereign, 

Address.) 

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  Majesty  for  the  Gracious Speech  which 
Your  Majesty  has  addressed  to  both  Houses  of 
Parliament  —  (Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir  Rhys 
Williams); 

And  a Debate  arising  thereupon; 
And  a Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the Debate  be now  adjourned— 
(Mr.  Bottomley):  — It  was  resolved 
in  the 
Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

Resolved, That  this  House  do  now  adjourn— Adjournment 

(Lord  Edmund  Talbot). 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  twelve  minutes  before 
Eight  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

H O U SE   OP  COMMONS. 

By  virtue  of  an  Act  passed  in  the  twenty-
fourth  year  of  the  Reign  of  His  late  Majesty 
King  George  the  Third,  intituled  An  Act  to 
repeal  so much  of  two  Acts  made  in  the  tenth 
and fifteenth years  of  the  Reign  of  His  present 
Majesty  as authorises the  Speaker  of  the  House 
of  Commons  to  issue  his Warrant  to the  Clerk 
of  the  Crown  for  making  out  Writs  for  the 
Election  of  Members  to  serve  in  Parliament,  in 
the  manner therein provided, and for  substituting 
other  provisions  for  the  like  purposes;  I  do 
hereby  nominate, appoint,  and  authorise— 

The  Right  Honourable  Sir  James  Henry 

Dalziel,  Baronet, 

The  Right  Honourable  Evelyn  Cecil, 
William  Lehman  Ashmead  Bartlett  Burdett-

Coutts, Esquire, 

Thomas Power  O'Connor,  Esquire,  and 
William James  Thorne, Esquire, 

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llth-^-12th  February. 

23 

being  Members  of  the  House  of  Commons,  or 
any  one  or  more  of  them,  to  execute  all  and 
singular  the  powers  given  to  the  Speaker  of  the 
House  of  Commons  for  the  time  being,  for 
issuing  Warrants  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  in 
the  cases  as in the  said Act  specified. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  seal  this  eleventh 
day  of  February,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one 
thousand  nine  hundred  and  nineteen. 

( L . S .) 

JAMES  W.   L O W T H E R, 

Speaker. 

Wednesday, 12th  February 1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Members take  FT^HE  following  Members  took  and  subscribed 
tthe Oath. 

t he   O a th 

J^ 

Colonel  Wilfrid  William.  Ashley, 

for 
County  of  Lancaster  (Fylde  Division). 
Edmund Russborough Turton,  Esquire,  for  the 
County  of  York,  North  Riding (Thirsk and 
Malton  Division). 

the 

sprite Bilie- 

Sir  Richard Ashmole  Cooper, Baronet,  for  the 

Borough  of  Walsall. 

The  Chairman  of  W ays  and  Means  reported, 
That  in  accordance  with  Standing  Order  79 
he  had  conferred  with  the  Chairman  of  Com-
mittees of the  House of Lords, for  the purpose  of 
determining  in  which  House  of  Parliament  the 
respective  Private  Bills  should  be  first  con-
sidered,  and  they  had  determined  that  the  Bills 
contained  in  the  following  list  should  originate 
in the  House  of  Lords,  viz.:— 

Bankers'  Guarantee  Trust  (Transfer). 
Blackpool  Improvement. 
Briton  Ferry  Bridge. 
D.  H.  Evans  and  Company. 
Falmouth  Docks. 
Hartlepool  Corporation. 
Hartlepool  Gas  and  Water. 
Huddersfield  Corporation  Gas. 
Leeds  Corporation. 

Legal 

and  General  Life  Assurance 

Society. 

Londonderry  Port  and  Harbour. 
Mansfield  Railway. 
Med way  Conservancy. 
Middlesbrough  Corporation. 
Newark  Gas. 
Nuneaton  Corporation. 
Pembroke  Gas. 
Poole  Corporation. 

Saint  Just  (Falmouth)  Ocean  Wharves  and 

Railways. 

Sheringham  Gas  and  Water. 
Stockton-on-Tees  Corporation. 
Stourport  Gas. 
Sunderland  Gas. 
Thames  Ocean-Wharf  and  Railway. 
Tynemouth  Corporation. 
West  Somerset  Mineral  Railway. 

\ 

in  the  list  reported  by  the  Chairman  of  Ways 
and  Means,  as intended to  originate in the House 
of  Lords,  they  have  certified that the  Standing 
Orders  have  been  complied with in the following 
cases,  viz.  :— 

Bankers'  Guarantee  Trust  (Transfer). 
Blackpool  Improvement. 
Briton  Ferry  Bridge. 
D.  H.  Evans  and  Company. 
Falmouth  Docks. 

Hartlepool  Corporation. 
Hartlepool  Gas  and  Water. 
Huddersfield  Corporation  Gas. 
Legal  and  General  Life Assurance  Society. 
Londonderry  Port  and  Harbour. 
Mansfield  Railway. 
Medway  Conservancy. 
Middlesbrough  Corporation. 
Newark  Gas. 
Nuneaton  Corporation. 
Pembroke  Gas. 
Poole  Corporation. 
Saint  Just (Falmouth)  Ocean  Wharves  and 

; 

Railways. 

Sheringham Gas  and  Water. 
Stockton-on-Tees  Corporation. 

Stourport  Gas. 
Sunderland  Gas. 
Thames  Ocean-Wharf  and  Railway. 
Tynemouth  Corporation. 
West  Somerset  Mineral  Railway. 

And  they  have  certified  that  the  Standing 
Orders  have  not  been  complied  with  in  the 
following  case,  viz.  :— 

Leeds  Corporation. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private Bill 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  r'rtIt^ s 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Petition [standing 
for  the  following  Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords, Orders not 
the  Standing  Orders  have  not  been  complied 
with,  viz.  :— 

Leeds  Corporation  [Lords']. 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private Bill 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for ^,e.titi9?s • 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Petition Orders not 
for  the 
have  not been  complied  with,  viz.:— 

following  Bill  the  Standing  Orders complied 

with.) 

Llanelly  Corporation. 

Ordered, That the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 
B  '  • 

Mr.  Mitnro presented  a Bill  to  confirm a  Pro- Glasgow and 

visional  Order  under  the  Private  Legislation 
Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating  to  HariS  ** 
Glasgow  and  South  Western  Railway  (Ayr Transfer) 
Harbour  Transfer):  And  the  same  was  read confirmation 
the first time ;  and  ordered  (under  Section  9 of Bill, 
the  Act)  to be  read  a  second  time  upon  Thurs-  Bill  1. 
day  the  20th  day  of  this  instant  February,  and 
to  be  printed. 

Private Bills 
[£or«fr.] 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private 
Bills,  That  in  respect  of  the  Bills  comprised 

VOL.  174. 

Mr.  Wardle  presented,  pursuant  to 

the Trade Boards 

directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Acts-
Special  Order made  by  the  Minister  of  Labour 
D  4 

24 

12 fh  February. 

1919. 

under  Section  1  (2)  of  the  Trade  Boards  Act, 
1918, with  reference to the  Tobacco  Trade. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Foreign 
Trade and 
Commerce. 

Ordered, That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
a  Copy  of  Accounts  relating  to the  Trade  and 
Commerce  of  certain  Foreign  Countries  and 
British  Possessions  for  each  month  of  1919.— 
(Sir  Albert  Stanley.) 

Bill 2. 

Re-election of  Mr. Attorney General, supported by Mr. Bonar 
Ministers Bill.  L a W )  presented,  a  Bill  to  make  provision  for 
rendering  unnecessary  the  re-election  of  Mem-
bers  of  the  House  of  Commons  on  acceptance  of 
office,  and  to  make  provision  as  to  the  right 
of  certain  Ministers  to  sit  in  the  House  of 
Commons:  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  to-morrow;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Ballot for 
Bills, 4c. 

A  Motion  was made, and  the  Question  being 
proposed,  That,  until  the  House  otherwise 
determines,  and  so  far  as  the  House  does  not 
otherwise  determine, no  Public  Bills  other  than 
Government  Bills  be  introduced,  and  no  Ballot 
be  taken for determining  the precedence  of  such 
Bills.—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

The  Question  was  amended,  in  1.  1,  by 
leaving  out  the  words  "House  otherwise  deter-
mines,"  and  inserting  the  words  "31st  day  of 
March  1919," —  (Mr.  Bonar  Law), — instead 
thereof,  and, as amended,  was agreed  to. 

Ordered, That,  until  the  3lst  day  of  March 
1919, and  so  far  as  the  House  does  not  other-
wise  determine,  no  Public  Bills  other  than 
Government  Bills  be  introduced  and  no  Ballot 
be  taken for determining the precedence  of  such 
Bills. 

Business of 
the House. 

Ordered,  That,  until  the  31st  day  of  March 
1919, and  so  far  as the  House  does  not  other-
wise  determine,  on  every  day  on  which  the 
House  sits— 

(1)  Government  Business  do  have  prece-

dence; 

(2)  At the conclusion of Government Business, 
and  of  proceedings  made  in  pursuance  of 
any Act  of  Parliament  requiring  any  order, 
rule,  or  regulation  to  be  laid  before  the 
House  of  Commons, which  shall  be  taken 
immediately  after  Government  Business, 
Mr.  Speaker  shall  propose  the  Question, 
That  this  House  do  now  adjourn,  and, if 
that  Question  shall  not  have  been  agreed 
to,  Mr.  Speaker  shall  adjourn  the  House, 
without  Question  put,  not  later  than  one 
hour  after  the  conclusion  of  Government 
Business  or  such  other  proceedings  if  that 
Business  has  been  concluded  before  10.30 
p.m.,  but,  if  that  Business  has  not  been 
so concluded, not later than  11.30  p.m.; 

(3)  Any  Private  Business  set  down,  or 
Motion 
for  adjournment  standing  over 
under  Standing  Order  No.  10,  for  con-
sideration  at  a  quarter-past  Eight  of  the 
clock  on  any  day  shall,  if  Government 
Business  is concluded  before  that  time,  be 
taken  at  the  conclusion  of  Government 
Business, and, for  the  purposes  of  the  pre-
ceding  provisions  of  this  Order,  shall  be 
deemed  to  be  Government  Business. 

(4)  Whenever 

the  House  adjourns 

from 
Thursday  to  the  following  Monday  or 
Tuesday,  Members  desiring  to  give  Notice 
of  Questions  for  oral answer  on  a  Monday, 

Tuesday,  or  Wednesday  may  send  Notices 
of  such  Questions  to  the  Clerks  at  the 
Table,  and  any  Notices  of  Questions  so> 
received  by  them  before  Five  of  the  clock 
on  a  Friday  or  Monday  shall  be  accepted 
as  Notices  of  Questions for  oral  answer  on 
the  following  Monday  and  Tuesday,  or 
Wednesday,  respectively,  and  be  printed 
and circulated  with  the  Votes; 

(5)  Whenever 

the  House  adjourns 

from 
Thursday  to  the  following  Monday  or 
Tuesday,  Members  desiring  to give  Notice 
of  new  Clauses  and  Amendments  to  Bills? 
or  of  Amendments  to  Motions, may  send 
such  Notices  to  the  Clerks  at  the  Table, 
and  any  such  Notices  received  by  them 
before  Five  of  the  clock  on  a  Friday  or 
Monday  shall  be  printed  and  circulated 
with the  Votes. 
—(Mr.  Bonar  Law?) 

The  Order of  the day being read, for resuming  King's Speecb 
the adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed (Motion for am 
upon the  11th day  of this instant February, That  Addre33-) 
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  Majesty  for the  Gracious  Speech  which 
Your  Majesty  has  addressed  to  both  Houses  of 
Parliament; 

7 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed,  The 

House  resumed  the  said  adjourned  Debate. 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to Peace 

the  Question, by  adding  at  the end  thereof  the 
words  " But  this  House  regrets  the  absence p0"Cy.-) 
from  the Gracious  Speech  of  fuller  information 
as to  the  policy  in  relation  to  the  interests  of 
Great  Britain  and the  Dominions  which  is being 
pressed  by  British  representatives  at  the  Peace 
Conference."  —  (Lieutenant  -  Colonel  Walter 
Guinness.) 

And  the  Question being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  added:—The  said  proposed 
Amendment  was,  with leave  of the  House,  with-
drawn. 

And  the  Main  Question  being  again  pro-

posed  ; 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to be made  Air Serrice^ 

to  the  Question, by  adding  at  the  end  thereof 
the  words  "  But humbly regret that no  assurance 
is  given  that  the  merging  of  the Air  Ministry 
and  the  War  Office  under  one  head  is  but  a 
temporary  measure  of  convenience, inasmuch  as 
to  disintegrate  the  Air  Service  or  subordinate 
it  to the  other  fighting  services  is detrimental  to 
the  Empire's  aerial  development."—(Captain 
Wedgwood Benn.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  added:—The  said  proposed 
Amendment  was with  leave  of  the  House,  with-
drawn. 

And  the Main Question  being  again proposed: 

And  a Debate  arising  thereupon; 

And  a  Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  Debate be now adjourned,— 
(Mr.  Brace):—It  was  resolved  in  the Affirma-
tive. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

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12th—13th  February. 

25 

Adjournment.  Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the 
Order  of  the  House  of  this  day,  proposed  the 
Question,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn. 

African  Currency  Board  for  the  year  ended 
30th  June  1918. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

And  the Question being put:—It  was resolved 

Table. 

in  the  Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  one minute  after  Eleven 
of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

to 

Mr.  Wardle  presented,  pursuant 

the National 
directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Insurance 
Regulations,  dated  5th  February  1919, made  by  ^"t^Acts" 
the  Minister  of  Labour  under  the  National  1911 to 1918. 
Insurance  Act,  1911, entitled  the  Unemployment 
Insurance  (Courts  of  Referees)  Regulations, 
1919. 

Thursday, 13th February  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

East India 
(Trade.) 

P R A Y E R S. 

MR.  Secretary  Montagu  presented,  by  His 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Tables 
relating  to  the  Trade  of  British  India  with  the 
British  Empire  and  Foreign  Countries,  1912-13 
to  1916-17. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Arthur  Griffith  Boscawen  presented,  pur-
Diseases of 
Animals Acts.  8uant to the directions of  an Act  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Order,  dated  30th  January  1919, under 
the  Diseases  of  Animals  Acts,  revoking  the 
operation  of  two  Orders  referred  to 
in  the 
Schedule  thereof. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr. George Roberts presented, by  His Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  the  Meat  Retail  Prices 
(Scotland)  Order,  1918;  and  the  Meat  Retail 
Prices (England and Wales) (No.  2) Order, 1918, 
Licence,  made  by the Food  Controller  under  the 
Defence  of  the  Realm  Regulations. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Estimates  for  Civil  Services  and 
Revenue  Departments  for  the  year  ending  31st 
March  1920,  with  Memorandum. 

Estimate  showing  the  several  Services  for 
which  a  Vote  on  Account  is  required  for  the 
Civil  Services and Revenue  Departments for  the 
year  ending  31st  March  1920. 

Ministry of 
Food. 

Civil Services 
and Revenue 
Departments 
(Estimates, 
1919-20.) 

No.  14. 
Civil Services 
and Revenue 
Departments, 
1919-20 
(Vote on 
Account.) 

No. 15. 

Woods, 
Forests, and 
Land 
Revenues, 

No.  16. 

Mr.  Baldwin  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Abstract 
Accounts  of  the  Commissioners  of  His  Majesty's 
Woods,  Forests,  and  Land  Revenues  for  the 
year  ended  31st  March  1918, with  the  Report  of 
the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General  thereon. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-County Court 

tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon  KuIea-
the  Table  by  the  Clerk of  the  House  :—Copy  of 
the  County  Court  Rules,  1919,  dated  3rd 
February  1919. 

The  following  Members  took  and  subscribed  Members take 

the  Oath  :— 

the Oath. 

The  Right  Honourable  James  Avon  Clyde, 
x.C.,  tor  Edinburgh  Burgh  (North  Divi-
sion). 

John Mackintosh  Macleod,  Esquire,  for  Glas-

gow  Burgh  (Kelvingrove  Division). 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir  Hamar  Greenwood, 
Baronet,  for  the Borough  of  Sunderland. 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre- Members of 
sented  to His Majesty, that  He will be graciously  Parliament, 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before  this  House,  a  Return  of  the  Names  of 
every  Member  returned  to serve in the  Thirtieth 
Parliament  of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great 
Britain  and Ireland,  appointed  to  meet  the  31st 
day  of  January  1911  and  dissolved  the  25th  day 
of  November  1918, specifying  the  names  of  the 
county,  city,  university,  or  place  for  which  each 
member  was returned  (in  continuation  of  Parlia-
mentary Paper, No. 250, of  Session  1911).—(Sir 
William  Bull.) 

The  following  Member  took  and  subscribed  Member takes 

the  Oath  :— 

the Oath. 

Lieutenant-Colonel Martin  Archer-Shee, D.8.O., 

for  the  Borough  of  Finsbury. 

General  Seely  presented  a  Bill  to  make  tem- Aerial 
porary  provision  for  the  regulation  of  aerial Navigation 
navigation,  and  for  purposes  connected  there- 
^ 
with  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read a 
second  time to-morrow;  and  to  be  printed. 

The  Order of the day being  read, for  resuming  King's Speech 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  (Motion for an 
upon  the  11th  day  of  this  instant  February,  A(Wies8-> 
That  an  humble  Address  be  presented  to  His 

Sulphuric Acid  Sir Albert  Stanley presented, by  His  Majesty's 
T^dIs6rtiU8er  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  a  Departmental 
(Departmental Committee  on  the  Post-War  Position  of  the 
Committee.)  Sulphuric  Acid  and  Fertiliser  Trades. 

Foreign 
Trade and 
Commerce. 
No.  17. 

Sir  Albert  Stanley also  presented,—Return  to 
an  Order,  dated  the  12th  day  of  this  instant 
February,  for  a  Return  relative  to  Foreign 
Trade  and  Commerce. 

Ordered,  That  the said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and that the  said Return  be  printed. 

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  Majesty  for  the  Gracious  Speech  which 
Your  Majesty  has  addressed  to  both  Houses  of 
Parliament; 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed  :— 
The  House  resumed  the  said  adjourned  Debate. 

West African 
Currency 
Board. 

Colonel  Amery  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
the  West 

of  Report  of 

Command,—Copy 

VOL.  174. 

Another Amendment was proposed  to  be  made industrial 

to  the  Question,  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof "nrest. 
the  words  " B ut   regret  the  absence  of  any 
E 

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13th—l±th  February. 

1919. 

mention  of  definite proposals for dealing  with the 
present  causes  of 
industrial  unrest  and  for 
securing, as  regards  wages  and  working  hours, 
conditions  of  labour  that will  establish  a  higher 
standard  of  life  and  social  well-being  for  the 
people"—(Mr.  Brace.) 

And  the Question  being put, That those  words 

be there  added; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes to  the  Left. 
Tellers for  the  f Mr.  Tyton  Wilson, 

Yeas, 

|  Mr. Fred  Hall: 

Tellers for the  I Lord  Edmund Talbot, 

Noes, 

1 Captain  Guest : 

5 9. 

311. 

So  it passed in the  Negative. 
And  the Main  Question being again proposed; 
Stimulation of  Another  Amendment was proposed  to be  made 
t o  the  Question,  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof 
Production. 
the words  "  But  humbly  regret,  having  regard 
to the  pressing  need  both  to  increase  that  part 
of  the  Exchequer  receipts  which  is  derived  from 
sources  other  than  taxation,  and  to  stimulate 
productive  enterprise throughout  the  Empire  in 
directions  in  which  individual  effort cannot  be 
relied  upon  by  itself  to achieve  the  most  bene-
ficial results for the community, that no  mention 
is  made  in  the  Gracious  Speech  of  any  policy 
designed  to  meet this  important  need, or  of  any 
intention  to inquire  whether  such  a policy  would 
be  feasible  and  advantageous."—(Mr.  Wilson 
Fox.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  added:—The  said  proposed 
Amendment  was,  with 
leave  of  the  Blouse, 
withdrawn. 

And  the  Main Question  being  again proposed: 

—And  a  Debate  arising  thereupon ; 

And  a Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being  put, That  the  Debate  be now  adjourned,— 
(Mr.  Hogge)  :—It  was  resolved  in  the Affirma-
tive. 

Ordered, 

That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

Re-election of 
Ministers Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Re-election  of  Ministers 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Adjournment.  Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the 
Order  of  the  House  of  the  12th  day  of  this 
instant  February,  proposed  the  Question,  That 
this  House  do  now  adjourn. 

And the Question being put:—It was resolved 

in the Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to sit till six minutes before Eleven 
of the  clock, adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

Friday,  14th February 1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Belfast 
Harbour Bill. 

A B I LL   to  confer  further  powers  upon  the 

Belfast  Harbour  Commissioners  with 
respect  to  the 
levying  of  tolls,  rates,  and 
charges,  and  for  other  purposes, was  presented, 
and read  the first time ;  and ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time. 

A  Bill  to  enlarge  the  powers  of  the  Lord Birmingham 
Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Citizens  of  the  city  of Corporation 
Birmingham  in  relation  to  the  provision  of 
housing  accommodation  and  the  acquisition 
of lands;  to  authorise them to establish a savings 
and  housing  bank,  and  for  other  purposes,  was 
presented, and read  the  first  time;  and  ordered 
to  be read a second  time. 

A  Bill  to  increase  the  maximum  rates, dues, Biyth Harbour 

tolls, and charges leviable by the Blyth  Harbour  Bil1-
Commissioners,  was  presented,  and read the  first 
time ;  and  ordered  to  be read  a second  time. 

A  Bill  to  confer  further  powers  upon  the  Bournemouth 
and Water 

Bournemouth  Gas  and  Water  Company,  was 
presented, and  read  the  first  time;  and ordered  Bil1, 
to  be  read a second  time. 

A  Bill  to  increase  the  maximum  rates, dues, Bristol 
tolls, and  charges  leviable  by  the  Bristol  Cor- Corporation 
poration  in  respect  of  their  dock  undertaking  8 l" -
and in respect of  vessels  and  goods  entering  the 
port  of  Bristol,  and  for  other  purposes,  was 
presented,  and read  the  first  time  ;  and  ordered 
to  be read  a second  time. 

A  Bill  to confer further  powers  on  the  Chep- Chepstow 
stow  Water  Company,  and  for  other  purposes, Water Bill, 
was  presented,  and  read  the  first  time;  and 
ordered to  be  read a second  time. 

A  Bill  to  authorise  an  increase  in  certain  cork Harbour 

rates,  dues,  and  charges  leviable  by  the  Cork Bill. 
Harbour Commissioners under the Cork  Harbour 
Acts,  1820 to  1903, was  presented, and  read  the 
first time %  and  ordered  to  be  read a second  time. 

A  Bill  to  confer  further  powers  upon  the  Dover Harbour 

Dover  Harbour  Board  with respect  to  the  levy-  Bill, 
ing  of  tolls,  rates,  and  charges,  and  for  other 
purposes, was presented,  and read  the first time  ; 
and  ordered  to  be  read  n second  time. 

A  Bill  to  increase  the  maximum  rates, dues, Dublin Port 

tolls,  and  charges  leviable  by  the  Dublin  Port  a n d Docks 
and  Docks  Board,  was  presented,  and  read  the  BlU" 
first time ;  and ordered  to be  read a second  time. 

A  Bill  to  empower  the  Fylde  Water  Board  Fylde Water 

to  extend  the  periods  limited  by  the  Fylde B o a r d  Bill. 
Water  Board  Acts,  1910  and  1912, for  the  pur-
chase  of  certain  lands  and  the  construction  of 
certain works  ;  to  increase  the  charges  for  the 
supply  of  water,  and  for  other  purposes,  was 
presented,  and read  the  first  time;  and  ordered 
to  be read a second  time. 

A  Bill  to  authorise  the  Gosport  and  Alver- GospDrt and 

stoke  Urban  District  Council to  construct  works Alverstoke 
and to  establish  a ferry  undertaking;  to  provide councUB^lf01 
for  the  constitution  of  a  joint  board  of  that 
council  and  the  council  of  the  county  borough 
of  Portsmouth  for certain purposes  in relation  to 
Portsmouth  Harbour,  ana  for  other  purposes, 
was  presented,  and  read  the  first  time ;  and 
ordered  to  be read a second  time. 

A  Bill  to authorise  the  Lancashire  and  York- Lancashire 
shire  and  Loudon  and  North  Western  Railway  ^  London" 
Companies  to  construct  a  railway  in  the  county  an(j North 
of  Lancaster,  and  for  other  purposes,  was  pre- Western 
sented, and read  the  first  time  ;  and ordered  to 
be  read  a second  time. 

B°™pames 

A  Bill  to confer powers on the London County London 

Council,  and for  other  purposes,  was  presented, 
and read  the  first  time ;  and  ordered  to  be  read (G^erai 
a second  time. 

Powers) Bill. 

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14 th  February. 

27 

A  Bill  to  empower  the  Lord  Mayor;  Alder-
Manchester 
Corporation  men, and  Citizens  of  the  city  of  Manchester  to 
obtain  a supply  of  water  from  Haweswater  and 
other sources  in  Westmorland  ;  to  provide  for 
the  transfer to them  of  the  undertaking  of  the 
North  Cheshire  Water  Company  ;  to  make  fur-
ther  provision  in  regard  to  their  water  and 
electricity  undertakings, and for  other  purposes, 
was  presented,  and  read  the  first  time  ;  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a second  time. 

for the improvement,  health,  good  government, 
and  finance  of  the  district,  and  for  other  pur-
poses,  was  presented,  and  read  the  first  time; 
and ordered  to  be read  a second  time. 

A  Bill  to further postpone  the  times  for  the Swansea 
repayment  of  moneys  borrowed  by  the  Swansea Harbour Bill. 
Harbour  Trustees, and  for  other  purposes,  was 
presented,  and read  the  first  time ;  and  ordered 
to be  read  a  second  time. 

Manchester 
SWp Canal 

A  Bill  to  increase  the  maximum  rates,  dues, 
tolls,  and  charges  leviable  by  the  Manchester 
Ship  Canal  Company  was  presented,  and  read 
the first time ;  and  ordered to  be  read  a  second 
time. 

A  Bill  to  confer  further  money  powers  on Tees 

the  Tees  Conservancy  Commissioners,  and  for Conservancy 
other  purposes,  was presented,  and read  the first  P'll!" 
time ;  and ordered  to  be read  a second  time. 

Mersey Docks 
T?d ?Ri?tir 
1  " 

oar 

A  Bill  to  increase the  rates,  dues,  rents,  tolls, 
a nd  charges  authorised  to  be  levied  and  to 
extend  the  period  for  the  completion  of  works 
authorised  to  be  made  by  the  Mersey  Docks 
and  Harbour  Board,  and for  other  purposes,  was 
presented,  and  read  the  first  time ;  and  ordered 
to  be  read  a second  time. 

Milford Docks  A  Bill  to  amend  the  powers  of  the  Milford 
Docks  Company  of  levying  rates ;  to revive  the 
Bil1- 
powers  for  the  construction  of  a  pier, and  for 
other purposes, was presented,  and read  the first 
time ;  and  ordered  to  be read  a second  time. 

A  Bill  to increase  the rates or duties  on vessels 
Newport 
Harbour 
authorised  by  the  Newport  (Monmouthshire) 
Commissioners H a r b o ur   A c t?   1 8 3 6?   a nd   t o  confer  further powers 
on  the  Newport  Harbour  Commissioners  with 
reference  to  wrecks  and  abandoned  vessels  was 
presented, and  read  the  first  time ;  and  ordered 
to  be read  a second  time. 

Northampton 
Gas Bill. 

A  Bill  for  conferring  further  powers  upon  the 
Northampton  Gaslight  Company  was  presented, 
and  read the first time;  and  ordered  to  be read  a 
second  time. 

Corporation 
Bill. 

A  Bill  for  changing  the  system  of  audit  of 
accounts  for  the  borough  of  Reigate,  and  con-
ferring  on the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Burgesses 
of  the borough  powers with  respect  to  markets, 
and for other  purposes,  was  presented,  and read 
the  first  time;  and ordered  to  be  read a  second 
time. 

Saint George's  A  Bill  to  authorise  the closing and disposal  of 
Church, 
the  church  of  Saint  George  the  Martyr,  in  the 
Oxford. Bill. 
city  of  Oxford,  and  for  other  purposes,  was 
presented, and read  the  first  time  ;  and  ordered 
to  be  read  a second  time. 

Sheffield 
Corporation 
Bm* 

A  Bill  to  confer  upon  the  Corporation  of  the 
0ity  of  Sheffield  further  powers  for  the  con-
struction  of  waterworks,  street  improvements, 
and  tramways,  and  for  other  purposes,  was 
presented, and  read  the first time;  and  ordered 
to  be  read  a second  time. 

Stocksbridge 
Gas Bill. 

A  Bill  to  incorporate  and  confer  powers  on 
the  Stocksbridge  Gas  Company,  and  for  other 
purposes, was presented, and read  the first time  ; 
and ordered  to  be read a second time. 

Stretford 
A  Bill  to  enable  the  Stretford  Urban  District 
Urban District Council  to  purchase  the  undertaking  of  the 
(1902), 
Council Bill.  Xrafford  P o w er  
Limited,  and  to  confer  further  powers  on  the 
Council  in  regard  to  their  electricity  under-
taking ;  to  authorise  the council  to  provide  and 
run  omnibuses,  and  to  make  further  provision 

L i g h t  Supply 

a nd  

VOL.  174. 

A  Bill  for increasing  the dues, rates, tolls, and  Tyne 

charges  leviable  by  the  Tyne  Improvement Improvement 
Commissioners  and  extending  the  time  for  com-  1  ' 
pletion  of  works  was  presented,  and  read  the 
first time;  and ordered  to  be read  a second  time. 

A  Bill  to  authorise  the  commissioners  of  the Waterford 
port  and harbour  of  Waterford  to  levy  rates  on Harbour Bill, 
goods  :  to  provide  for  the  appointment  of  the 
chairman  and  vice-chairman  of  the  commis-
sioners ;  to  confer  further  powers  on  the  com-
missioners  and  to  amend  their  existing  Acts, 
and for other  purposes,  was  presented, and  read 
the  first  time ;  and  ordered  to be  read  a second 
time. 

A  Bill  to  increase  the  maximum  rates, dues, Wear 
tolls,  and  charges  leviable  by  the  River  Wear Navigation 
Commissioners  was presented,  and  read  the  first 
time  ;  and  ordered to  be  read  a second  time. 

Dock Bill. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speak er  do  issue  his Leyton 
Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to  make Borough 
out  a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a Member jJi^Son) 
to  serve  in  this  present  Parliament 
Borough  of  Leyton,  West  Division,  in the  room 
of  Lieut.-Colonel  Harry  Wrightson,  deceased.— 
(Lord  Edmund Talbot.) 

for  the Writ. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  issue  his Londonderry 
Warrant  to the  Clerk  of  the  Crown  in  Ireland, Coanty (North 
to make  out  a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a writ. 
Member to  serve  in this  present  Parliament  for 
the  County  of  Londonderry 
(North  Derry 
Division), in the room of Hugh Alfred  Anderson, 
Esquire,  who,  since  his  Election  for  the  said 
county,  hath accepted  the  Office  of  Steward  or 
Bailiff  of  His  Majesty's  Manor  of  Northstead 
in the  County of  York.—(Lord  Edmund, Talbot.) 

A  Public  Petition  was  presented,  and  read  ; 

and ordered  to  lie  upon the  Table. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide First 
Report. 

Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland  presented, 
by  His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Annual 
Report  of  the  Local  Government  Board 
for 
Ireland, for the  year  ended  31st March  1918. 

Local 
Government 
Board 
(Ireland.) 

Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland  also  pre-
sented,  pursuant  to  the  directions  of  several 
Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Statute  X I.   of 
the  National  University  of  Ireland, made  under 
the  Irish  Universities  Act,  1908. 

Irish 
Universities 
Act, 1908. 

Copies  of  Orders  made  under  the  Shops  Act, Shops Act, 

1912,  by  the  Councils  of  the  undermentioned  1912-
Local  Authorities,  and  confirmed  by  the  Lord 
Lieutenant  of  Ireland:— 

County  Borough  of  Cork. 
Urban  District  of  Larne. 
Urban  District  of  Pembroke 

(County 

Dublin). 

E  2 

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14 th—11th February. 

1919. 

Local 
Government 
Board 
(Ireland. 1 

Copies  of  General  Orders  made  under  the 
(Ireland)  Acts  by  the  Local 

Poor  Relief 
Government  Board  for  Ireland. 

Ordered, That  the  said Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Trade a ml 
Navigation. 

Ordered, That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
a  Copy  of  Accounts  relating  to  Trade  and 
Navigation  of  the  United  Kingdom,  for  each 
month  during  the  year  1919.  —  (Sir  Albert 
Stanley.) 

King's Speech 
(Motion  for 
an Addres  .) 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for resuming 
the  Adjourned  Debate  on the Question  proposed 
upon the  11th  day  of  this instant  February. 

That  an humble  address be  presented  to  His 

Pensions. 

Agricultural 
Industry. 

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  Majesty  for  the  Gracious  Speech  which 
Your  Majesty  has  addressed  to  both  Houses  of 
Parliament. 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed:— 
The  House  resumed  the  said  adjourned  Debate. 
Another  Amendment was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Question,  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof 
the  words,  But  humbly  regret  that  in  view  of 
the increasing  dissatisfaction  with  the  provisions 
for, and the  administration  of,  pensions to sailors 
and  soldiers  disabled  on  war  service,  and  to  the 
widows  of  men deceased,  also  with  the  provision 
for  the  treatment,  training,  and  employment  of 
disabled  men, no mention is made in the  Gracious 
Speech  of  any  action  to  be  taken  to  effect  im-
provement  in  the  scales of pensions now  current, 
to  ensure  more  generous  and  speedy  decisions, 
and  to  provide  more  adequate  schemes 
for 
training,  treatment,  and  employment."—(Mr. 
Hogge.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  added  : —  The  said  proposed 
Ameudment  was, with leave  of  the  House,  with-
drawn. 

And  the Main Question  being again  proposed ; 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to  be made 
to  the  Question,  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof 
the  words  " B ut   humbly  regret  that  in  His 
Majesty's  Gracious  Speech  from  the  Throne  no 
announcement is  made  of  real  provision  for  the 
needs  of  the  agricultural  industry  and  popula-
tion."—(Mr.  Cautley.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  added:—The  said  proposed 
Amendment  was, with  leave  of  the House,  with-
drawn. 

And  the  Main  Question  being  put; 

Resolved, 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  Majesty  for  the Gracious  Speech  which 
Your  Majesty  has addressed  to  both  Houses  of 
Parliament. 

Resolved, That  this  House  will, upon  Monday  Supply, 

next, resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to  consider 
of  the  Supply  to  be granted  to  His  Majesty.— 
(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

Ordered, That  the several Estimates  presented 
to  this  House  during  the  present  Session  be 
referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

Resolved, That  this  House  will, upon  Monday  Ways and 

next, resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to  consider  MeaQS-
of  the  Ways  and  Means  for raising  the  Supply 
to  be  granted  to  His  Majesty.—(Lord  Edmund 
Talbot.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Aerial 
Second  Reading  of  the Aerial  Navigation  Bill;  ^ i g a t i o n 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed House of 

to  control  the  arrangements  for  the  Kitchen  and 
Refreshment  Rooms  in  the  Department  of  the Kefreshment 
Serjeant-at-Arms  attending  this  House. 

Rooms.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  do  consist  of 

Seventeen  Members. 

The  Committee  was  accordingly  nominated 
of  Sir  James  Agg-Gardner,  Mr.  Gvsynne,  Sir 
Charles  Hanson,  Mr.  Hogge,  Mr.  John  Beans 
Hope,  Mr.  Kennedy  Jones,  Mr.  Macmaster, 
Mr.  O' Grady,  Mr.  Rawlinson, Captain Redmond, 
Sir  Harry  Samuel,  Sir  William  Seager,  Mr. 
Seddon, Captain Albert  Smith, Mr. Dudley  Ward, 
and  Mr.  Tyson  Wilson. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send for  persons,  papers,  and  records. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Colonel  Gibbs.) 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will, Representation 

upon Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee  rt4!16 p?° ple 
to  consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  ofofla 0^ i ng 
the  charges  of Expenses.] 
the  Consolidated  Fund,  of 
Returning  Officers  at  Parliamentary  Elections. 
—(Lord  Edmund  Talbot)  % 

Mr.  Bonar  Law,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted  the  House  that  His  Majesty, having 
been 
informed  of  the  subject-matter  of  this 
Motion,  recommends  it  to  the  consideration  of 
the  House. 

Resolved, That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself into  the said  Committee. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the Adjournment. 

House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being  then 
three  minutes  after  Five  of  the  clock, 
till  Monday  next. 

Monday,  11 th February 1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE   House  was  moved,  That  the  Standing Brentford 

Order  of  the  House  of  the  19th  day  of 
November  1918  relating  to  Bills  suspended  in GTSMI 
Session  1918  might  be  read J 

Bill a™* 

And  the  same being  read  the  Brentford  Gas 
Bill  was  read  the  first  and  second  time,  and 
(having  been  reported  and considered  in  Session 
1918)  was ordered  to  be  read  the  third  time. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Address  be  presented 
to  His  Majesty  by  such  Members  of  this  House 
as are  of  His  Majesty's  Most  Honourable  Privy 
Council  or  of  His  Majesty's  Household. 

The  South  Shields  Gas  Bill  was read  the  first 
and  second time, and (having  been  reported  and 
considered  in  Session  1918)  was  ordered  to  be 
read  the  third  time. 

9  GE O.   V. 

11th 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented,  and 

read ;  and ordered  to lie  upon  the  Table. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide First 
Report. 
Pharmacy Act  Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland  presented, 
pursuant  to  the  directions  of  several  Acts  of 
1875aU 
Parliament,—Copy  of  Regulation  under  the 
Pharmacy  Act  (Ireland)  1875, altering  the  hour 
for  the  commencement  of 
the  Preliminary 
Examination. 

Copy  of  Order  in  Council  under the  Supreme 
^Supreme Court 
-of  Judicature 
A ct   (Ireland)  G o u rt   o f  Judicature  Act  (Ireland),  1877,'dated 
8th  February  1919,  giving  effect  to  Rules  of 
1877. 
Court  (Ord. ° L X V .,   Rule  91,  Appendix  S., 
Part  IV.). 

Ordered, That  the said Papers do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Albert  Stanley presented, by His  Majesty's 
Light 
fstliTifd 19°12  Command,—Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light 
Railway  Commissioners  under  the  Light  Rail-
ways  Acts,  1896  and  1912,  and  modified  and 
confirmed  by  the  Board  of  Trade, entitled  the 
Edge  Hill  Light  Railway  Order,  1919. 

Trade and 
Navigation. 

Sir  Albert  Stanley also presented,—Return  to 

an   0 r d e rj   d a t ed   t he   1 4 th 
February,  for  a  Return  relative  to  Trade  and 
Navigation. 

0f 

thi 8  instant 

West Highland  Sir  Albert  Stanley also  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— 
Bailway 
from Banavie  Copy  of  Seventeenth  Annual  Report  by  the 
to Maiiaig.)  Board  of  Trade  as to  the  condition  and  working 
of  the  Banavie  and  Mallaig  Railway,  the  Rates 
and  Charges  for  Traffic,  and  the  Receipts  and 
Expenditure  of  any  Company  in  working  the 
Railway,  for  the year  1917-18. 

Ramsgate 
Harbour. 

Copy  of  Statement  of 

the  Income  and 
Expenditure  of  the  Board  of  Trade  on  Rams-
gate  Harbour  for  the  year  ended  3lst  March 
1918. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers  do  lie upon  the 

Table ;  and that the  said  Return  be  printed. 

Tublic Records  The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
<Road Board.)  tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon 
the  Table by the  Clerk  of  the  House  :—Copy  of 
Schedule  containing  a  List  and  Particulars  of 
classes  of  Documents  existing  and 
certain 
accruing  in  the  Office of  the  Road  Board  which 
are  not of  sufficient public  value to  justify  their 
preservation  in the  Public  Record  Office, 

^Supreme 
Court 
•(Priae, &c. 
Deposit 
Account, 
1917-18.) 

Health 
.Authorities. 

Ordered, That there  be laid  before  this  House 
a  Copy  of  Account  of  the  Receipts  and 
Payments  of  the  Assistant  Paymaster  General 
for  Supreme  Court  business  on  behalf  of  the 
Admiralty  Division  in  Prize  for  the  year  ended 
the  31st  day  of  March  1918, and  for the  period 
4th  day  of  August  1914  to  31st  day  of  March 
1918 ; together  with Copy of the Correspondence 
with 
the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General 
thereon.—(Mr.  Baldwin.) 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
sented  to His Majesty, that He will  be graciously 
pleased to give directions that there be laid before 
this House,  a Return of  the  various  Government 
departments  and  classes  of  public  authorities 
who  at  present  administer  health  services,  to-
gether  with  particulars,  as far  as possible, of  the 
scope and limits of their functions.—(Mr  .Godfrey 
Locker- Lampson.) 

February. 

29 
in  Scotland, respectively,  powers  with  respect  to 
health  and  local  government,  and  for  purposes 
connected  therewith  :  And  the same was ordered 
to  be  read  a second  time  to-morrow  ;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Dr.  Addison,  supported  by  Mr.  Munro,  Mr.  Local Elections 

Attorney  General,  and Major  Astor, presented  a expenses) 
Bill  to  amend  section  five  of  the  Municipal 
'  tvii  r 
Elections  (Corrupt  and  Illegal  Practices)  Act, 
1 
1884,  and  section  nine  of  the  Elections  (Scot-
land)  (Corrupt  and  Illegal  Practices)  Act,  1890, 
as to  expenses  of  candidates  at  local  elections  : 
And  the  same  was ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  to-raorrow  ;  and to  be  printed. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Re-election of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Re-election  of  Ministers Ministers Bill. 
Bill; 

And  a Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  "  now," 
and, at the end  of the Question, adding the words 
"  upon  this day  six  months."—(Mr.  Bottomley.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

"  now "  stand part  of the  Question  : 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers for  the (Captain  Guest, 

\o72 

Yeas, 

(Lord  Edmund  Talbot:  J 

Tellers  for  the/Mr.  Bottomley, 

Noes, 

(Colonel  Wedgwood: 

So  it  was resolved  in  the Affirmative. 
And  the  Main  Question  being  p u t; 

42. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be now  read  a  second 
time  :—The  Bill  was accordingly  read  a  second 
time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill.  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House for  to-morrow.— 
(Lord  Edmund Talbot.) 

The  Aerial  Navigation  Bill  was, according  to Aerial 

Order, read  a secondatime. 

. 

. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will  immediately 
resolve  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill.— 
(General  Seely.) 

Navigation 
Bill. 

'  JJJIJ 

The  House  accordingly resolved  itself  into the 

Committee. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1 (Power to regulate  aerial  naviga-

tion). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  5,  after  the 
word  "  state,"  to  insert  the  words  "  with  the 
approval  of  a  Select  or  Grand  Committee."— 
(Mr.  Joynson-Hichs.) 

Question  proposed, That  those  words  be  there 

inserted :— Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in p. 1, 1. 6, to 
leave  out  the  word  "  aerial,"  in  order  to  insert 
the word  "  air."—(Mr.  Bartley  Denniss.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  word  "  aerial" 
stand  part  of  the  Clause:—Amendment,  by 
leave,  withdrawn. 

Ministry of 
Health Bill. 
Bill 4. 

Dr.  Addison,  supported  by  Mr.  Fisher,  Mr. 
Munro,  and  Major  Astor,  presented  a  Bill  to 
establish  a  Ministry  of  Health  and  a Board  of 
Health  to  exercise  in  England  and  Wales, and 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in p.  1,  1. 14, 
after  the  word  "aircraft,"  to  insert  the  words 
"  used for  carrying  passengers,  goods  or  mails." 
—(Captain  Wedgwood Benn.) 

V O L.   174. 

E  3 

17th—ISth February. 

Question  proposed, That  those  words be  there 

inserted : 

Proposed  words  amended, by  inserting,  at the 
beginning, 
these  "— 
the  words  "  especially 
(General  Seely),—and,  as  amended,  there  in-
serted. 

Other Amendments  made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed  to. 
Clauses  No.  2 and  No.  3 agreed  to. 
Bill,  as amended, to be  reported. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  resumed the Chair ;  and 
the Chairman of Ways and Means reported,  That 
the  Committee  had gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
to-

into  consideration 

Committee,  be  taken 
morrow, and be  printed. 

Representation  The  House,  according  to  Order, resolved itself 
TIM;6 P®ople 
a  Committee  on  Representation  of  the 
Officers' 
Expenses.] 

i n t° 
People  [Returning  Officers'  Expenses]. 
. 

T 
( In   the  Committee.) 

. Resolved, That  it  is expedient  to  authorise  the 
payment  out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  the 
charges of Returning  Officers  at  Parliamentary 
Elections.—(Mr.  Baldwin.') 

Resolution  to  be  reported.  ' 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker resumed the Chair ;  and 
the  Chairman of Ways and Means reported, That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Then  the  said  Petition  was  brought  up, British 
and  read;  setting  forth,  That  the  only  funds Museums 
belonging  to  the  Petitioners  for  the  support  of 
the  British  Museum  consist  of  thirty  thousand 
pounds  Two  and  one-half  per cent.  Consolidated 
Annuities,  the  annual  dividends  whereof  amount 
for  1919-20  to  seven hundred  and  fifty  pounds ; 
of  a bequest  of  the  eighth  Earl  of  Bridgewater, 
the  annual  proceeds  of  which  amount to  about 
three  hundred  and  sixty-five  pounds;  of  a  be-
quest  of  Lord  Farnborough,  the  annual  pro-
ceeds  of  which  amount  to  about  seventy-two 
pounds ; of  a fund  bequeathed  by  the  late  Mr. 
Charles  Drury  Edward  Fortnum,  amounting 
at  the  present  time  to two  thousand  and  twelve 
pounds, of which one thousand  eight  hundred  and 
five  pounds  are  invested  in Five  per cent.  War 
Loan,  1929-47,  the  annual  dividends  whereof 
amount  to  ninety-five  pounds;  of  a bequest  by 
the  late  Mr.  Henry  Louis  Florence,  invested 
in  Five  per  cent.  War  Loan,  1929-47,  the 
annual  proceeds  of  which  amount  to 
fifty-two 
pounds  ;  and  of  a  gift from  Mr.  John  A.  Roeb-
ling, of  American securities to  the amount  of  five 
thousand  dollars,  that  the  establishment 
is 
far 
necessarily  attended  with  an  expense 
beyond 
the  above-
the  annual  produce  of 
mentioned  sums,  and  the  Trust  cannot  with 
benefit to  the  public  be  carried  on  without  the 
aid  of  Parliament;  and  praying  the  House  to 
grant them such further support towards enabling 
them  to  carry  on  the  execution  of  the  Trust 
reposed  in them  by  Parliament  for  the  general 
benefit of  learning  and  useful  knowledge  as to 
the  House  shall  seem  meet. 

Supply. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Petition  be  referred 

to  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Colonel  Collins,  Captain  Craig,  Colonel  Ray-  Selection.. 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resol ve itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the said  Committee. 

House of 
Commons 
(Kitchen and 
Refreshment 
Rooms.) 

Adjournment. 

Mr.  Archdale  was nominated  a  M ember  of the 
Select Committee on House of Commons (Kitchen 
and  Refreshment  Rooms).—(Colonel  Gibbs.) 

Whereupon  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker,  pursuant 
to  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  12th  day  of 
this  instant  February,  proposed  the  Question, 
That  this House  do now  adjourn. 

And the Question  being put:—It  was  resolved 

in  the Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  seven  minutes  before 
to-
Ten  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till 

\  morrow. 

Tuesday ,18  th  February  1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide First 
Report. 

A P E T I T I ON   of  the Trustees of the British 

Museum being  offered to be  presented.— 

(Mr.  Fisher). 

Mr.  Fisher,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted  the  House  that  His  Majesty,  having 
informed  of  the  contents  of  the  said 
been 
Petition,  recommends  it  to  the  consideration  of 
the  House. 

mond-Greene, Mr.  Hall,  Mr. Hinds, Mr.  William 
Nicholson, Mr.  Rendall, Sir  Samuel Roberts,  Mr. 
George  Thome,  Major  Trynn,  and  Mr.  Tyson 
Wilton  were  nominated  Members  of  the  Com-
mittee  of  Selection.—(Sir  Samuel Roberts.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  of  Selection Local 
do nominate  a Committee,  not exceeding  Fifteen Legislation/ 
Members,  to  be  called  the  Local  Legislation  C o m m i t t e e-
Committee,  to  whom  shall  be  committed  all 
Private  Bills  promoted  by  municipal  and  other 
local  authorities  by which it  is proposed  to create 
powers  relating  to  police,  sanitary,  or  other 
local  government  regulations  in  conflict  with, 
deviation  from, or  excess of  the  provisions  of  the 
general  Law. 

Ordered, That  Standing  Orders  124,  150, and 

173a  apply  to  all  such  Bills. 

Ordered, That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send for persons, papers, and  records. 

Ordered,  That  Four  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee. 

sanitary,  or  other 

Ordered, That  if  the  Committee  shall  report 
to  the  Committee  of  Selection  that  any  Clauses 
of any  Bill  referred  to  them  (other  than  Clauses 
containing  police, 
local 
government  regulations)  are  such  a3,  having 
regard  to  the  terms  of  reference,  it  is not,  in 
their opinion,  necessary  or  advisable  for  them  to 
deal  with,  the  Committee  of  Selection  shall 
thereupon  refer  the Bill  to  a  Select  Committee, 
Who  shall  consider  those  Clauses,  and  so  much 
of  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill  as  relates  thereto, 
and  shall  determine  the  expenditure  (if  any) 
to  be  authorised  in  respect  of  the  parts  of 
the  Bill  referred  to them ;  that  the  Committee 
shall  deal  with  the  remaining  Clauses  of  such 
Bill, and  so much  of  the  Preamble  as  relates 
thereto, and shall determine the  period and  mode 

Havy  Supple-
mentary 
Estimates, 
1918-19. 

Np.  19. 

Gold 
Production 
{British 
Empire.) 
Supreme 
Court 
(Prize, &c. 
Deposit 
Account, 
1917-18.) 

N o.   20. 
•Greek Loan. 

Malay  States. 

Re-election of 
Ministers Bill. 

9  GEO.  Y. 

l%th  February. 

of  repayment  of  any  money  authorised  by  the 
Select  Committee  to  be  borrowed,  and  shall 
report  the  whole  Bill  to  the  House,  stating  in 
their  Report  what  parts  of  the  Bill  have  been 
considered  by  each  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power,  if 
they  so  determine,  to  sit  as  two  Committees, 
and  in  that  event  to  apportion  the  Bills  referred 
to  the  Committee  between  the  two  Committees, 
each  of  which  shall  have  the  full  powers  of,  and 
be  subject to the instructions  which  apply  to,  the 
undivided  Committee;  and  that  Four  be  the 
quorum  of  each  of  the  two  Committees.—(Sir 
Hamar  Greenwood.) 

Mr.  Long  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand,—Estimate  of  the  further  sum  required 
for  the  Navy  for  the  year  1918-19. 

Clause,  as  amended,  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  2  (Right  of  certain  Ministers  to 

sit in  the  House  of  Commons). 

Amendment  proposed,  in p.  1,1.  21,  after  the 
word  "  Council,"  to  insert  the  words  "  within 
nine  months  from  the  declaration  of  the  polls 
at  a  general  election."—(Lieutenant-Colonel 
Walter  Guinness.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those words  be  there 

inserted :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

An   Amendment  made. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,1.  6, 
to  leave  out  the  word  "  three," in  order to  insert 
the  word  "  one."—(Mr.  Clynes.) 

Question,  That  the  word  "  three "  stand  part 

of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Estimate  be  referred; 

Clause,  as amended,  agreed  to. 

to  the  Committee  of  Supply  ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  bv  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  Committee 
on  the  Gold  Production  of  the  British  Empire. 

Mr.  Baldwin  also  presented,—Return  to  an 
Order,  dated  the  17 th  day  of  this 
instant 
February,  for  a  Return  relative  to  Supreme 
Court  (Prize.  &c.,  Deposit  Account,  1917-18). 

Mr.  Baldwin  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— 
Account  of  the  moneys  paid  out  of  the  Con-
solidated  Fund  under  the  Acts  2  &  3  Will.  4, 
c.  121, and  6 &  7  Will.  4,  c.  94,  for  interest  and 
sinking  fund  on  that  part  of  the  Greek  Loan 
which  was guaranteed  by  this  country  under  the 
authority  of  the  said  Acts,  and  of  the  amount 
repaid  by  the  Greek  Government  on  account  of 
the  same, up  to  3lst  December  1918. 

Ordered,  That  the said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Clause  No.  3 agreed  to. 

Schedule  No.  1 agreed  to. 

Schedule  No.  2  disagreed  to. 

Bill,  as amended,  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
tor 

into  consideration 

Committee,  be  taken 
morrow ;  and  be  printed. 

Bill 7. 

Resolved,  That  the  proposals  of  the  Govern-Business of 
ment  relating  to  procedure  be  now  taken  into the House 
consideration.—(Mr.  Attorney  General. 

r o ce  T 

The  Local  Elections  (Expenses)  Bill  was, Local 

according  to  Order,  read  a second  time. 
' 

° 

Elections 
(Expenses) 

Table;  and  that the  said  Return  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a Bill. 

Colonel  Amery  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copies  of  Reports  for  1917  on  the 
Unfederated  Malay  States  under  British  Pro-
tection. 

Copy  of  Report  for  1917  on  the  State  of 

Brunei. 

Copy  of  Report  for  1917  on  the  Federated 

Malay  States. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee on the Re-election  of  Ministers 
Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Clause  No.  1  (Abolition  of  necessity  for  re-

election  of  Ministers). 

Amendment proposed in p.  1,1. 9, at the end, to 

insert  the  words— 

"  Provided  that  such  acceptance  has  taken 
place  less  than  six  months  from  the  declaration 
of  the  polls at a general election."—(Major  Lloyd 
Graeme.) 

Question proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted: 

Proposed  words  amended,  in  1. 1,  by  leaving 
out  the  word  "  six,"  in  order  to insert  the  word 
"  nine " —  ( Major  Lloyd  Graeme),  —  and,  as 
amended,  there  inserted. 

Other  Amendments  made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  18, 
to  leave out subsection  (3).—(Viscount  Wolmer.) 
Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be left out stand part of the  Clause  :—Amend-
ment, by  leave,  withdrawn. 

VOL. 174. 

Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  to-morrow. 
— (Mr.  Pratt.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking Aerial 
into  consideration  the  Aerial  Navigation  Bill, Navigation 
as  amended  in the  Committee  ; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  taken into  considera-

tion  upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ministry of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Ministry  of  Health H e a l tb   B i lL 
Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Mr.  Pratt  reported  from  the  Committee  on 
Representation  of 
[Returning 
Officers'  Expenses]  a  Resolution;  which  was 
read,  as followeth  : 

the  People 

Representation 
of  the  People 
[Returning 
Officers' 

That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the  payment 
out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  the  charges  of 
Returning  Officers at  Parliamentary  Elections. 

The  said  Resolution, being read  a second  time, 

was  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  a  Bill  be  brought  in  upon  the 
said  Resolution  :  And  that  Mr.  Baldwin  and 
Mr.  Pratt  do  prepare  and  bring  it  in. 

Mr.  Baldwin  accordingly  presented  a  Bill  to 
amend  the  Representation  of  the  People  Act, 
1918,  with  respect  to  the  mode  of  payment  of 
the  charges  of  Returning  Officers :  And  the 
same  was read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  to-morrow;  and  to  be 
printed. 

E  4 

Representation 
of  the People 
(Returning 
Officers' 
Expenses.) 
Representation. 
of  the .People 
(Returning 
Officers' 
Expenses) 
Bill. 

;; 

Bill 8. 

32 

18th—19th February. 

1919. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ordered, That  the  Milford Docks  Bill  be  read  Miiford Dock* 

Committee  of  Supply; 

a  second  time to-morrow. 

BllL 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the  said  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Newport  Harbour  Com- Newport 
missioners  Bill  be  read  a second  time to-morrow. Harbour 

Commissioners 
Bill. 

The  Northampton  Gas  Bill  was read  a second Northampton 

time ;  and referred to the Examiners of Petitions  Gas Bill, 
for  Private  Bills. 

Adjournment.  Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the 
Order  of  the  House  of  the  12th  day  of  this 
instant  February, proposed  the  Question,  That 
this  House  do  now  adjourn. 

The  Saint  George's  Church,  Oxford,  Bill  was saint George's 

read  a second  time, and committed. 

Church, 
Oxford,  Bill. 

The  Sheffield  Corporation  Bill  was  read  a Sheffield 

And  the Question  being put:—It was resolved 

second time,  and  committed. 

Corporation 
Bill. 

in the Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  haying  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  sixteen  minutes  before 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

Wednesday, 19th February 1919. 

P B A Y E B S. 

Birmingham  HTIHE  Birmingham  Corporation  Bill  was  read 
Corporation 
a  second  time, and  committed. 
Bill. 

Blyth Harbour  Ordered, That the Blyth Harbour Bill be  read 
Bil1- 

a second time to-morrow. 

Bournemouth 
The  Bournemouth  Gas  and  Water  Bill  was 
Gas and Water r ead  a second time;  and referred to the Examiners 

1  ' 

of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Bristol 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Chepstow 
Water  Bill. 

Dublin  Port 
and Docks 
Bill. 

Fylde Water 
Board Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bristol  Corporation  Bill 

be  read  a second  time  to-morrow. 

The  Chepstow  Water  Bill  was  read  a second 
time  ;  and  referred  to  the  Examiners  of  Peti-
tions for  Private  Bills. 

Ordered,  That  the  Dublin  Port  and  Docks 

Bill  be  read  a second  time  to-morrow. 

The  Fylde  Water  Board  Bill  was  read  a 

second  time,  and  committed. 

Gosport and 
Alverstoke 
Urban  District 
Council Bill, 

The  Gosport  and  Alverstoke  Urban  District 
Council  Bill  was  read  a  second  time,  and 
, 
. 
c o m m i t t e d. 

Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 
and London 
and  North 
Western 
Railway 
Companies 
Bill. 

London 
County 
Council 
(General 
Powers) Bill. 

Manchester 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Manchester 
Ship Canal 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Lancashire  and  Yorkshire 
and  London  and  North  Western  Railway  Com-
panies  Bill  be  read  a second  time  upon  Wednes-
day  the  5th  day  of  March  next. 

The  London  County  Council 

(General 
Powers)  Bill  was  read  a  second  time, and  com-
mitted. 

Ordered,  That  the  Manchester  Corporation 

Bill  be  read  a second  time  upon  Monday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Manchester  Ship  Canal 

Bill  be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow. 

The  Stocksbridge  Gas  Bill  was read  a second  Stocksbridge 

time, and  committed. 

Gas Bill. 

The Stretford  Urban District Council Bill was stretford 

read  a second  time, and committed. 

' 

Urban District: 
Council  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Swansea  Harbour  Bill  be Swansea 

read  a second  time  to-morrow. 

Harbour Bill, 

Ordered, That  the  Tees  Conservancy  Bill  be Tees 

read a second  time to-morrow. 

Conservancy 
Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Tyne  Improvement  Bill  be Tyne 

read  a second  time to-morrow. 

improvement 
Bill. 

Ordered, That  the Waterford  Harbour  Bill be Waterford 

read  a second  time  to-morrow. 

Harbour Bill-

Ordered,  That  the  Wear  Navigation  and Wear 
Sunderland  Dock  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  *adYigation 
Sunderland 
to-morrow. 
Dock Bill. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented, by  His  Majesty's  Com-  Dentist Act, 

mand,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  Departmental J®78 
Committee  appointed  to  inquire  into  the  extent  Committee!) ^ 
and gravity  of  the  evils  of  dental  practice  by 
persons  not  qualified  under  the  Dentist  Act, 
1878. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  presented,  by  His Bast India 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Memorandum  ^ndXtimates 
explanatory  of  East  India  Accounts  and  Esti- 1918-19.) 
" 
mates,  1918-19,  by  the  Secretary  of  State  for 
India. 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Indian  Industrial  Bast India 
(industrial 
Commission.)-

Commission,  1916-18. 
7 

Ordered, That  the  said Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland  presented, Committals 

pursuant  to  the  directions  of  an Act  of  Parlia- (Ireland-) 
ment,—Copy  of  Returns from the  Clerks  of  the 
Crown  and  Peace  of  the  number  of  persons 
committed  for trial in  Ireland  in  1918. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  by  His Workmen's 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the 
Departmental  Committee  appointed  by 
Secretary  of  State  to  consider  whether  special Sailors) 
provision  should  be  made  for  the  payment  of committee^1 
compensation  under  the  Workmen's  Compensa- 
tion  Act  to disabled soldiers and sailors returning 
to  civil  employment. 

the g^ers and 

o m mi 

Mersey  Docks 
and Harbour  Board  Bill  be  read  a second  time  to-morrow. 
Board  Bill. 

Ordered, That the Mersev Docks and  Harbour 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

9  GEO.  Y. 

l§ih  February. 

33 

i Colonial 
Beports 
(Annual.) 

Colonel  Amery  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Colonial  Report,  No.  985 
(Mauritius,  Report  for  1917). 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

in  a  Select  Committee  unless the  House  other-
wise  Order. 

Standing  Committees  may  sit during  the  Sit-
ting,  and  notwithstanding  any  Adjournment  of 
the  House,  but  they  shall  not  sit  on  any  day 
over  which  the  House  is  adjourned. 

Member takes  The  following  Member  took  and  subscribed 
the Oath. 

the  Oath  :— 

The  Right  Honourable JEdgar Algernon Robert 
Gascoyne  Cecil,  commonly  called  Lord  Robert 
Cecil,  for  the  County  of  Hertford 
(Hitchin 
Division). 

Business of 
the House 
(Procedure) 
S.O. No.  47 
(Constitution 
of  Standing 
Committees.) 

The  House  was  moved,  That  the  Standing 
Order  No.  47  (Constitution  of  Standing  Com-
mittees)  [of  7  March  1888,  9  April  1906,  and 
18  April  1907]  might  be  read, and  the  same was 
read  as followeth: 

(1)  Four  Standing  Committees  shall  be 
appointed  for the  consideration  of  all  Bills  com-
mitted  to  them  ;  and  the  procedure  in  such 
Committees  shall  be  the  same  as  in  a  Select 
Committee,  unless  the  House  shall  otherwise 
order:  provided  that strangers shall be admitted, 
except  when  the  Committee  shall  order  them  to 
withdraw;  and  the  said  Committees  shall  not 
sit, whilst  the  House  is  sitting,  except  in  pur-
suance  of  a  resolution  of  the  Committee,  moved 
by  the  member  in  charge  of  the  Bill  before  the 
Committee,  and  decided  without  amendment  or 
debate, and  shall  not  sit  after  four p.m., without 
the  order  of the  House  :  provided  also, that  any 
notice  of  amendment  to  any  clause  in  a  Bill 
which  may  be  committed  to  a  Standing  Com-
mittee, given  by  any  honourable  member  in  the 
House, shall stand  referred  to such  Committee  : 
provided  also,  that  Twenty  be  the  quorum  of 
such  Standing  Committees. 

(2)  One  of the  Standing  Committees  shall  be 
appointed  for  the  consideration  of  all  Public 
Bills  relating  exclusively  to  Scotland  and  com-
mitted  to  a  Standing  Committee,  and  shall  con-
sist  of  all  the  members  representing  Scottish 
constituencies,  together  with  not  more  than 
fifteen  other members to be  nominated in  respect 
of  any  Bill  by  the  Committee  of  Selection, who 
shall  have  regard  in  such  nomination  to  the 
approximation  of  the  balance  of  parties in  the 
Committee  to  that in the  whole  House, and shall 
have  power  from  time  to  time  to  discharge,  for 
non-attendance  or  at  their  own  request,  the 
members  so nominated  by  them,  and  to  appoint 
others in  substitution  for  those  discharged. 

(3)  Subject  as  aforesaid  the  Bills  committed 
to  a  Standing  Committee  shall  be  distributed 
among the Committees  by  Mr.  Speaker. 

(4)  In  all  but one of  the Standing  Committees 

Government  Bills  shall have  precedence. 

(5)  Standing  Order  19  (as  to irrelevance  and 
repetition)  and  Standing  Orders  26 , and 27  (as 
to  closure)  shall  apply  to  Standing  Committees, 
with  the  substitution  in  Standing  Order  26  of 
the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  tor  the  Chair-
man  of  Ways  and  Means,  and,  in  Standing 
Order 27  of  20  for  100 as the number  necessary 
to  render  the  majority  effective  for  the  closure, 
and the Chairman of  a Standing Committee shall 
have the  like  powers as the  Chairman  of  a  Com-
mittee  of  the  whole  House  has  under  Standing 
Order  23  (as  to  dilatory  motions). 

An  Amendment was proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Standing  Order in  1. 1, by  leaving  out  para-
graph  (1),  and inserting  the  words,— 

"Six  Standing  Committees  shall  be  appointed 
for the consideration  of  Bills  or  other  business 
referred  to  a  Standing  Committee,  and  the  pro-
cedure  in  those  Committees  shall  be  the  same as 

VOL. 174. 

On  a Division  being  called  in  the  House,  the 
Chairman  of  a Standing Committee shall suspend 
the  proceedings  in the. Committee  for  such  time 
as  will, in  his  opinion,  enable  Members  to  vote 
in  the  Division. 

Any  Notice  of  Amendment  to  a  Bill  which 
has been  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee 
shall  stand referred to  the  Standing  Committee. 
The  Quorum  of  a  Standing  Committee  shall 

be  Twenty. 

Strangers  shall  be  admitted  to  the  Standing 
Committee  except  when  the  Committee  shall 
order  them  to  withdraw,"—(Mr.  Bonar  Law),— 
instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
left  out  stand  part  of  the 

proposed  to  be 
Standing  Order :— It  passed in  the  Negative. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 

words be  there inserted in the  Standing  Order. 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  proposed  Amendment  by  leaving  out  the 
word "  six,"  and  inserting  the  word  " five "— 
(Colonel  Wedgwood),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  " s i x"   stand  part  of  the  said  proposed 
Amendment:—The  Amendment  to  the  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed  to be  made 
to  the proposed  Amendment  by  leaving  out Is. 5 
to  7—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  "  Standing  Committees "  "  stand  part  of 
the  said  proposed  Amendment:—The  Amend-
ment to  the  said proposed  Amendment  was, with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to  be made 
to the  proposed  Amendment, in  1. 6, by  leaving 
out from  the word "  House "  to the  end of  1. 7.— 
(Mr.  Aneurin  Williams.) 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  said 
proposed  Amendment:—It  passed in  the  Nega-
tive. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the proposed  Amendment,  in  1. 10, by  insert-
ing  at  the  end  thereof  the  words  " On   such 
days  as  the  House  shall determine,  after  Ques-
tions, on the  Motion  of  a  Minister  of  the Crown, 
without  debate,  the  House  may  resolve  itself 
into Standing  Committees,  which  shall  sit  simul-
taneously."—(Mr.  Sidney Robinson.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  said  proposed 
Amendment :—The  Amendment  to  the  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed  to  be made 
to  the  proposed  Amendment,  in 1. 13,  by  leaving 
out the  word  "  twenty,"  and  inserting  the  word 
"  twelve "  —  (Sir  William  Pearce),  —  instead 
thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  "  twenty "  stand  part  of  the  said  proposed 
Amendment: —  The  Amendment  to  the  said  . 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

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19 th  February. 

1/ X1/ « 

And  the  Question being put, That the  words— 
"  Six  Standing  Committees  shall be  appointed 
for  the  consideration  of  Bills  or  other  business 
referred  to  a Standing  Committee,  and  the  pro-
cedure  in  those  Committees  shall be  the  same as 
in  a Select  Committee  unless  the  House  other-
wise  order. 

Standing  Committees  may  sit  during  the 
Sitting,  and  notwithstanding  any  Adjournment 
of  the  House. 

On  a  Division  being  called  in the  House, the 
Chairman of  a Standing Committee shall suspend 
the  proceedings  in the  Committee  for  such time 
as will, in  his  opinion,  enable  Members  to  vote 
in the  Division. 

Any  Notice  of  Amendment  to  a  Bill  which 
has  been  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee 
shall stand referred  to the Standing  Committee. 

The  Quorum  of  a  Standing  Committee  shall 

be  Twenty. 

Strangers  shall  be  admitted  to  the  Standing 
Committee  except  when  the  Committee  shall 
order  them to  withdraw." 

be  there  inserted  in  the  Standing  Order  :—It 
was resolved  in the Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the  Standing  Order,  in  paragraph  2,  1.  7,  by 
leaving  out  the  word "fifteen,"  and inserting the 
word " ten "—(Mr. Bonar Law),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  "  fifteen"  stand  part  of  the  Standing 
Order:—The  said  proposed  Amendment  was, 
with  leave  of the  House,  withdrawn. 

And  the Standing Order was further amended, 
in 1. 6, by  inserting,  after  the  word  not,"  the 
words  "  less than ten  nor."—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Standing  Order,  by  adding  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words,— 

"  (6)  Reports  of all  debates  shall be published 
in  like  manner  as  the  debates  in  the  House." 
—(Mr.  A damson.*) 

And  the  Question being put, That  those words 

be there  added; 

i 
The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the/Mr.  Hogge, 

Yeas, 

\Mr .Fred  Hall: 

Tellers  for the/Mr.  Dudley  Ward, 

Noes, 

LColonel  Gibbs : 

So  it  passed in  the  Negative. 

1 
/ 

7 
57> 

224. 

Another Amendment was proposed to  be made 
to  the  Standing  Order,  in  1. 15,  by  adding  at 
the  end  thereof,  as  a  new  paragraph,  the 
words,— 

"  (6)  In Standing Committees  there  shall be a 
time limit to the length of  speeches, as follows  :— 

Mover  of  Amendment  and Mini-

ster first replying  thereto 

-  15 minutes. 
Other  Ministers  and  Members  -  10 minutes. 

The  House  was  moved,  That  the  Standing  S.O. No. 48 
Order  No.  48  (Nomination  of  Standing  Com- (Nomination 
mittees)  [of  7  March  1888  and  16  April  1907],  c ^ m m S .) 
might  be  read,  and  the  same  was  read  as 
followeth: 

Each  of  the  said  Standing  Committees  shall 
consist  of  not  less  than  sixty  nor  more  than 
eighty  members,  to  be  nominated  by  the  Com-
mittee  of  Selection, who  shall have  regard  to  the 
classes  of  Bills  committed  to  such  Committees, 
to  the  composition  of  the  House,  and  to  the 
qualifications  of  the members  selected;  and shall 
have  power  to  discharge  members  from  time to 
time, for non-attendance  or  at their  own request, 
and to  appoint  olhers  in  substitution  for  those 
discharged.  Provided  that, for the consideration 
of  all  Public  Bills relating  exclusively  to  Wales 
and  Monmouthshire, the  Committee  shall  be  so 
constituted  as  to  comprise  all  members  sitting 
for  constituencies  in  Wales and  Monmouthshire. 
The  Committee  of  Selection  shall  also  have 
power  to  add  not  more  than  fifteen  members 
to  a  Standing  Committee  in  respect  of  any  Bill 
referred  to it, to  serve  on the  Committee  during 
the  consideration  of  such  Bill.  Provided  that 
this order  shall not  apply  to the  Standing  Com-  • 
mittee  on  Scottish  Bills. 

And amended  in 1. 2,  by  leaving  out  the  word 
"  sixty,"  and inserting  the  word  "  forty," instead 
thereof;  and  in  1.  3,  by  leaving  out  the  word 
"  eighty,"  and  inserting  the  word  "  sixty,"  in-
stead  'thereof;  and  in  1.  17,  by  inserting  after 
the  word  "  not,"  the  words  "  less  than ten  nor." 
—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

Another  Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Standing  Order,  by  adding  at  the  end 
thereof  as a new paragraph, the  words,— 

" ( 2)   Any  Member  of  the  House  may  give 
notice  to  add  any  number  of  Members  not  ex-
ceeding ten to a Standing Committee in respect of 
any  Bill  referred  to  it  and  such  Motion  shall  be 
taken  as the  first  Order  of  the  Day  after which 
such  notice  shall be  given, and upon such Motion 
Mr.  Speaker  shall  forthwith  permit  a  brief 
explanatory  statement  from  the  Member  who 
moves  and  from one  Member  who  opposes  such 
Motion,  respectively,  and  shall, without  further 
debate,  put the  Questions thereon."—(Mr.  Joyn-
son  Hicks.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  added : —  The  said  proposed 
Amendment was,  with  leave  of  the  House,  with-
drawn. 

The  House  was  moved,  That  the  Standing  s.o. No.« 
Order No. 49 (Chairmen of  Standing Committees) (Chairmen of 
[of  7  March  1888  and  16 April  1907]  might  be committees.) 
read, and  the  same was read as followeth : 

The  Committee  of  Selection  shall  nominate  a 
Chairmen's  Panel  to  consist  of not less than four 
nor  more  than  eight  members,  of  whom  three 
shall  be  a  quorum;  and the  Chairmen's  Panel 
shall appoint  from among  themselves  the  Chair-
man  of  each  Standing  Committee,  and  may 
change  the  Chairman  so  appointed  from  time 
to  time. 

Provided  that if  the Member  speaking  or  any 
other  Member  so  request  the  time  limit may  be 
suspended  with  the  leave  of  the  Chairman,  if  he 
is  of  opinion  that  it  is  the wish  of  the  Com-
mittee."—(Major  Newman.) 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Standing  Order, in  1. 1, by  leaving  out from 
the  beginning,  to  the  word  "  a,''  in  1.  2,  and 
inserting  the  words  "  There  shall  be"—(Mr. 
Godfrey  Locker-Lampson),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  added:—The  said  proposed 
Amendment  was, with  leave  of  the  House,  with-
drawn. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words proposed  to  be  left out  stand  part  of  the 
Standing  Order:—The  said  proposed  Amend-
ment  was,  with  leave  of the  House,  withdrawn. 

9  GEO.  V. 

19 th February. 

S.O. No. 4fi 
(Committal 
of  Bills.) 

Be-committal 
of  Bill. 

And  the Standing  Order  was  amended  in 1. 3, 
by  leaving  out  the word  "  f o u r"   and  inserting 
the  word  "  eight" instead thereof, and by  leaving 
out  the  word  "  eight"  and  inserting  the  word 
"  twelve "  instead  thereof.—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

The  House  was  moved,  That  the  Standing 
Order  No.  46  (Committal  of  Bills)  [of  16th 
April  1907]  might  be  read  :  And  the  same  was 
read  as followeth: 

(1)  When  a  Bill  has  been  read  a  second 
time  it  shall  stand  committed  to  one  of  the 
Standing  Committees,  unless  the  House,  on 
motion  to  be  decided  without  amendment  or 
debate, otherwise  order;  and such a motion  shall 
not  require  notice,  must  be  made  immediately 
after  the  Bill  is  read  a  second  time,  may  be 
made  by  any  member, and may, though  opposed, 
be  decided  after  the  expiration  of  the.  time 
for  opposed  business.  But  this  order  shall  not 
apply  to— 

(a)  Bills  for  imposing  taxes  or  Consolidated 

Fund  or  Appropriation  Bills ;  or 

(b)  Bills for  confirming  Provisional  Orders. 
(2)  Provided  that  the  HouSe  may,  on  motion 
made by  the  member  in  charge  of  a Bill,  commit 
the  Bill  to  a  Standing  Committee  in  respect  of 
some  of  its  provisions,  and  to  a  Committee  of 
the whole  House  in  respect  of  other  provisions, 
and  that 
i f,   such  a  motion  is  opposed  the 
Speaker,  after  permitting,  if  he  thinks  fit,  a 
brief  explanatory  statement  from  the  member 
who  makes and  from  the  member  who  opposes 
the  motion, shall without further debate put  the 
question  thereon. 

(3)  Where  a  Bill  has  been  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee,  or  has  been  so  committed 
in  respect  of  any  provision,  then, at  the  report 
stage  of  the  Bill  or  provision, the  rule  against 
speaking  more  than once  shall  not  apply  to  the 
member  in  charge  of  the  Bill  or  to the  mover 
of  any  amendment  or  new  clause in  respect  of 
that  amendment  or  clause. 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be made  to 
the  Standing Order by leaving out paragraph  (a) 
of  paragraph  (1).—(Lord  Hugh  Cecil.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That the 
words proposed  to  be  left Out  stand part  of  the 
Standing  Order::—The  said  proposed  Amend-
ment  was,  with  leave  of the  House,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Standing  Order,  in  1. 26,  by  leaving  out 
paragraph  (3).—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed, That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Standing  Order :—The  said  proposed  Amend-
ment  was, with leave  of  the House,  withdrawn. 

Ordered, That  if  a Motion  to re-commit  a Bill 
be  opposed,  Mr.  Speaker  shall  permit  a  brief 
explanatory  statement  of  the  reasons  for  such 
re-committal  from  the  Member  who  moves  and 
from  a  Member  who  opposes  any  such  Motion 
respectively,  and  shall  without  further  debate 
put  the  Question  thereon. —  (Mr.  Attorney 
General.) 

Resolved,  That  this  Order  be  a  Standing 
Order  of  the  House.—(Mr.  Attorney-General.) 

'65 
glass, if in his opinion  the  division  is  frivolously 
or  vexatiously  claimed,  take  the  vote  of  the 
House, or  Committee,  by  calling  upon  the mem-
bers  who  support,  and  who  challenge,  his 
decision,  successively  to  rise  in  their  places; 
and  he  shall  thereupon, as  he  thinks fit, either 
declare  the  determination  of  the House  or  Com-
mittee,  or  name  tellers  for  a  division.  And, 
in  case  there  is  no  division,  the  Speaker  or 
Chairman  shall  declare  to  the  House  or  the 
Committee  the number  of  the minority  who  had 
challenged  his decision, and their  names shall  be 
thereupon  taken down  in  the  House, and printed 
with  the lists  of  divisions. 

And  amended, in 1. 2, by leaving  out from  the 
word "  minutes,"  to the word  "  if,"  in 1.3;  inl. 4, 
by  leaving  out  the  words  "  frivolously  or  vexa-
tiously,"  and inserting the word "  unnecessarily," 
instead  thereof;  and  in  1.  10,  by  leaving  out 
from  the  word  "  division,"  to  the  end  of  the 
Standing  Order.—(Mr. Attorney  General.) 

A  Motion  was made,  and  the  Question  being  Selection of 
proposed,  That in respect of  any  Motion  or  any  headmen** 
Bill  under  consideration  either  in  Committee  of 
the whole  House  or  on  Report,  Mr.  Speaker, or 
in Committee  the Chairman  of Ways  and Means, 
and the  Deputy  Chairman,  shall  have  power  to 
select  the  new  Clauses  or  Amendments  to  be 
proposed,  and  may,  if  he  thinks  fit,  ask  any 
Member  who  has  given  notice  of  an  Amend-
ment  to  give  such  explanation  of  the  object  of 
the  Amendment  as  may  enable  him  to  form  a 
judgment  upon  it."—(Mr.  Attorney  General.) 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be made  to 
the  Question,  in  1. 1,  by  leaving  out  from  the 
beginning  to  the  word  "shall,"  in  1.  3,  and 
inserting  the  words— 

" W h en   a  Bill  has  been  reported  from  a 
Standing  Committee  no  Amendment  or  new 
Clause  shall  be  moved  to  such  Bill  on  Report 
unless— 

, 

(a)  notice  has  been  given  of  it  within  five 
days after the  Report  has  been  made,  being 
days  on which the  House  has sat;  or 

(b)  it is moved by a Member who has prepared 

and  brought  in the  Bill;  or 

(c)  it  is moved with the general  consent  of  the 

House; 

and no  Amendment  to  an Amendment  shall  be 
moved  except by the  leave of  the Speaker.  The 
Speaker,  after  consultation  with  the  Chairman 
of  the  Standing  Committee,"  —  (Lord  Hugh 
Cecil),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  the  words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question  : 
—It  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

And  the  Main Question being again proposed  : 

—And  a Debate  arising  thereupon  ; 

And  a Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being  put, That  the  Debate  be  now  adjourned,— 
(Mr.  Bonar  Law):—It  was  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved itself Local 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Local  Elections 
(Expenses)  Bill. 

(-Expenses) 
Bill. 

S.O. No. 30 
(Division 
frivolously 
claimed.) 

The  House  was  moved,  That  the  Standing 
Order  No.  30 (Division  frivolously  claimed)  [of 
29  February  1888],  might  be  read:  And  the 
same  was read  as followeth : 

Mr.  Speaker  or  the  Chairman  may,  after  the 
lapse  of  two  minutes  as  indicated  by  the  sand-

VOL,  174. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1 amended,  and agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  2 agreed  to. 
Bill  as amended,  to be  reported. 

1  2 

36 

Idth—20th  February. 

1919. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported,  That the Committee 
had gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee, be now  taken  into  consideration  :— 
The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
Bill into  consideration. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time :—The  Bill  was accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Be-election 
of Ministers 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Re-election  of  Ministers 
Bill as amended  in the  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Representation  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Returning*6  Second  Reading  of  the  Representation  of  the 
Officers* 
Expenses) Bill. 

People  (Returning  Officers' Expenses)  B i l l; 

0 r d e r e d}   T h at   t he   Bm   be   r e ad   a  s e c o n d  time 

to-morrow. 

I  have  received  with  great  satisfaction  the 
loyal  and  dutiful  expression  of  your  thanks  for 
the  Speech  with  which  I  have  opened  the 
present  Session  of  Parliament. 

The  Brentford  Gas (Suspended) Bill was  read  Brentford Gas 

the  third time  and  passed. 

BlU" 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire their  concurrence. 

The  South  Shields  Gas  (Suspended)  Bill  was South 

read the third  time  and passed. 

®^elds  G a s 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire their  concurrence. 

The  Blyth  Harbour  Bill  was,  according  to  Biytb Harbour 

Order,  read  a second  time, and committed. 

BlU-

The  Bristol  Corporation  Bill  was, according Bristol 
to  Order,  read  a  second  time  ;  and  referred  to Corporation 
the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

The Dublin Port and Docks Bill was, according  Dublin Port 

to  Order, read a second  time, and committed. 

' 

D o o k s 

Bill. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Manchester  Ship  Canal  Bill  was, Manchester 
according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time  ;  and Ship Canal 
referred  to  the  Examiners  of  Petitions 
Private  Bills. 

for  1  ' 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Civil 
Contingencies 
Fund 
[Advances.] 

A  Motion  being  made, That  this  House  will, 
to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee,  to 
consider  of authorising  the  issue  of  certain  sums 
out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund  to  the  Civil 
Contingencies  Fund.—(Dr.  Addison.) 

Dr.  Addison,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted  the  House  that  His  Majesty,  having 
been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of  this 
Motion,  recommends it  to  the  consideration  of 
the  House. 

The  Mersey  Docks  and  Harbour  Board  Bill  Mersey Docks 

was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time, *nd 
' 
-p 
and  committed. 

... 

t 

'  Board Bill, 

The  Milford  Docks  Bill  was,  according  to  Milford Docks 

Order,  read  a second  time ;  and  referred  to the  B m-
Examiners  of Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

The  Newport  Harbour  Commissioners  Bill Newport 
according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  H a r b o u r 

~ 

was 
and  committed 

" 

Commissioners 
Bill. 

The  Swansea  Harbour  Bill  was, according  to Swansea 

Order, read  a second  time,  and  committed. 

Harbour Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

The  Tees  Conservancy  Bill  was, according  to Tees 

resolve itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Order, read  a second  time, and committed. 

' 

Conservancy 
Bill. 

Adjournment.  Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the 
Order of the House of the 12th day of this instant 
February,  proposed  the  Question,  That  this 
House  do now  adjourn. 

And the Question  being put 

-It  was  resolved 

in the Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  twenty-eight  minutes 
before  Eleven  of  the clock,  adjourned  till 
to-morrow. 

Thursday, 20th February 1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

King's Speech 
(Answer to 
Address.) 

THE  Vice-Chamberlain  of  the  Household 

reported  to  the  House,  That His  Majesty, 
having  been  attended  with  their  Address  of 
Friday  the  14th  day  of  this  instant  February, 
was pleased  to  receive  the same  very  graciously, 
and to  give  the following  Answer: 

The  Tyne  Improvement Bill  was, according to Tyne 

Order, read  a second time,  and  committed. 

Improvement 
Dill. 

The Waterford Harbour Bill was, according to Waterford 

Order, read  a second  time, and  committed. 

Harbour Bin. 

The  Wear  Navigation  and  Sunderland  Dock Wear 
Bill  was, according  to Order, read  a second  time, Navigation 
Sunderland 
and  committed. 
Dock Bill. 
Resolved, That it is  expedient  that  the  Blyth Dock and 
Harbour  Bill,  Bristol  Corporation  Bill, Dublin Harbour Bills. 
Port  and  Docks  Bill,  Manchester  Ship  Canal 
Bill,  Mersey  Docks  and  Harbour  Bill,  Newport 
Harbour  Commissioners  Bill,  Swansea  Harbour 
Bill,  Tees  ffionservancy  Bill,  Tyne  Improve-
ment  Bill,  Waterford  Harbour  Bill,  and  Wear 
Navigation  and  Sunderland  Dock  Bill  be  com-
mitted  to  a  Joint  Committee  of  Lords  and 
Commons.—(The  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means.) 

Ordered, That  a Message be  sent  to  the  Lords 
to  communicate  this  Resolution  and  to  desire 
their concurrence ;  and  that the  Clerk  do  carry 
the  said  Message. 

9  GEO.  V. 

20/FT  February. 

3T 

Standing 
Orders. 

Mr. Betterton, Mr.  Vaughan-Davies, Sir Arthur 
Fell,  Mr.  Edward  Kelly,  Colonel  Mildmay,  Sir 
Newton  Moore,  Mr.  O' Grady,  Major  O'Neill, 
Sir  William  Pearce,  Sir  Archibald  Williamson, 
and  Mr.  John  William  Wilson  were  nominated 
Members  of  the  Select  Committee  on  Standing 
Orders.—(Mr.  Vaughan-Davies.) 

•Glasgow and 
The  Glasgow  and  South  Western  Railway 
South Western (Ayr  Harbour  Transfer)  Order  Confirmation 
wa8> according  to Order,  read  a second  time, 
HarWr ^Ayr 
and  ordered  to  be  taken  into  consideration  to-
"Transfer) 
0rde r 
morrow. 
Confirmation 
Bill.-, 

Wages 
{Temporary 
Regulation) 
Act, 1918. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of Act  of  Sedeiunt  adapting  Act  of  Sederunt  of 
10th  March  1916, to  appeals  under  the  Wages 
(Temporary  Regulation)  Act,  1918. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

Piers and 
Harbours 
•(Provisional 
Orders.) 

Sir Albert  Stanley  presented, pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,— Copy  of 
Report  by  the  Board  of  Trade  of  their 
proceedings under the General Pier and  Harbour 
Acts,  1861. 

Another  Amendment was proposed to be  made 
to  the  Question,  in  1.  3,  by  inserting, after  the 
word  "  shall,"  the  words  "  after  consultation 
with  a  Committee  of  not  less than  ten  Members 
of  the  House selected  by  Mr.  Speaker."—(Mr. 
Godfrey  Locker  Lamp son.) 

And  the Question  being  put, That those words 

be  there  inserted :—It  passed in the  Negative.. 

Another Amendment was  proposed  to  be  made 
to the  Question,  in  1. 4, by  leaving  out from the 
word  "  proposed,"  to  the  end  thereof, and adding 
the  words  "  but  shall,  before  deciding  not  to 
select  any  Amendment,  call  on  a  Member  who 
has given  notice  to  rise  in his place  and  give  an 
explanation of such Amendment.  Such  explana-
ten  minutes."— 
limited  to 
tion  shall  be 
(Lieutenant-Colonel  Walter  Guinness),—instead 
thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  "  and "  stand  part  of  the  Question:—-The 
said  proposed  Amendment was, with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

And  the  Question  was  amended,  in  1.  4,  by 
leaving  out  the  word  "  ask,"  and  inserting  the 
words  "call  upon"—(Mr.  Bonar  Law),—instead 
thereof. 

And  the  Main  Question,  so  amended,  being 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

put: 

L-
" v  ' 

Table. 

National 
Insurance 
Acts, 1911 
*o 1916 
<Part II., 
Unemploy-
ment 
Insurance) 
•(Unemploy-
ment Fund 
Account.) 

No. 21. 

Mr.  Baldwin presented,  pursuant to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament, —  Copy  of 
Account  of the  Unemployment  Fund  established 
pursuant  to  Section  92  (1)  of  the  National 
Insurance  Act,  1911,  Part  II.,  showing  the 
Receipts  and  Payments  during  the  period  16th 
July  1916  to  14th  July  1917 ;  together  with 
the  Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor 
General  thereon. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

Public 
Accounts 
•Committee. 

Ordered,  That 

the  Committee  of  Public 

Accounts  do  consist  of  Fifteen  Members. 

The  Committee  was  accordingly  nominated 
of Mr. Acland,  Mr.  Baldwin, Sir  William  Barton, 
Major  Blair,  Sir  Hildred  Carlile,  Sir  Henry 
Craik,  Mr.  Alfred  Davies,  Sir  David  Davies, 
Sir  Charles  Henry,  Mr.  Holmes,  Mr.  Lonsdale, 
Mr. Neil MiLean,  Mr. Walsh, Sir Robert  Williams, 
and  Lieutenant-Commander  Hilton  Young. 

Ordered, That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send for  persons, papers, and  records. 

Ordered,  That  Five  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Mr.  Pratt.) 

Business of 
the House 
(Supply.) 

Ordered,  That  other  Government  Business 
have  precedence,  this  day  of  the  Business  of 
Supply.—(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

Business of 
the House 
(Procedure.) 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for resuming 
the  Adjourned Debate  on the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  19th  day  of  this  instant  February, 
That in  respect  of  any  Motion  of  any Bill  under 
consideration  either  in  Committee  of  the  whole 
House  or  on Report,  Mr.  Speaker, or  in  Com-
mittee,  the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means, and 
the Deputy  Chairman, shall have  power  to  select 
the  new Clauses  or Amendments  to  be  proposed, 
and may, if  he  thinks fit, ask  any  Member  who 
has given  notice  of an Amendment  to  give  such 
explanation  of  the  object  of  the  Amendment  as 
may  enable  him  to  form  a judgment  upon it. 

And the Question being again proposed  :—The 

House resumed  the  said adjourned  Debate. 

VOL.  174. 

Ordered, That,  in  respect  of  any  Motion  or Selection of 
any Bill under consideration  either  in Committee Amendments, 
of  the whole  House  or  on  Report,  Mr.  Speaker, 
or  in  Committee  the  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means,  and  the  Deputy  Chairman,  shall  have 
power  to  select  the  new  Clauses  or  Amendments 
to  be  proposed,  and  may, if  he  thinks  fit,  call 
upon  any  Member  who  has  given  notice  of  an 
Amendment  to  give  such  explanation  of  the 
object  of  the  Amendment  as  may  enable  him  to 
form  a judgment  upon  it. 

Resolved, That  this  Order  be  a Standing  Order 

of the  House.—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being  Adjournment 
proposed, That, in order to facilitate the  business 
the House 
of  Standing  Committees,  a  Motion  may, after committees.) 
notice, be  made  by  a Minister  of  the  Crown  at 
the  commencement  of  Public  Business,  to  be 
decided  without  Amendment  or  Debate,  That 
this  House  do  now  adjourn.  Provided  that  if 
on a day  on  which  a Motion  is  agreed  to  under 
this  Standing  Order  leave  has  been  given  to 
move  the  adjournment  of  the  House  for  the 
purpose  of  discussing  a definite matter  of  urgent 
public  importance,  the  Motion  for  which  leave 
has  been  so  given  shall  stand  over  until  a 
quarter-past  Eight  of  the  clock  of  the  day  on 
which  the  House  shall  next  meet  at  a  quarter 
before  Three  of  the  clock.—(Mr.  Attorney 
General.) 

The  Question  was  amended, by  inserting,  in 
1.  1,  after  the  word  "after,"  the  words  " t wo 
leaving  out  from  the  word 
days,"  and  by 
"  importance,"  to  the  end  of  the  Question, and 
adding  the  words  " M r.   Speaker,  instead  of 
adjourning  the  House,  shall  suspend  the  sitting 
only  until  a quarter-past  Eight  of  the clock " — 
instead thereof.—(Mr.  Attorney  General.) 

And  the  Main  Question,  so  amended,  being 

put: 

Ordered, That, in order to facilitate the business Adjournment 
House 
of  Standing  Committees,  a  Motion  may, after 
two  days'  notice,  be  made  by  a Minister  of  the committees.) 
Crown  at the commencement of  Public Business, 
to  be  decided  without Amendment  or  Debate, 
That  this  House  do  now  adjourn,  provided 
that if  on  a day  on  which  a  Motion  is  agreed  to 
under this  Standing  Order  leave has been  given 
F  3 

38 

25th February: WW. 

8.0. No. 26 
(Closnre of 
Debate.) 

to move  the  Adjournment  of  the  House  for  the 
purpose  of discussing  a definite  matter of  urgent 
public 
instead  of 
adjourning  the  House, shall  suspend  the  sitting 
only  until  a quarter-past  Eight  of  the  clock. 

importance,  Mr.  Speaker, 

Resolved, That  this Order  be  a Standing  Order 

of the  House.—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

The  House  was moved,  That  Standing  Order 
No.  26  (Closure  of  Debate)  [of  18  March  1887, 
7  March  1888, and 28 July  1909] might be read: 
And  the  same  was read, as followeth  : 

(1)  After  a  question  has  been  proposed  a 
member rising  in  his  place  may claim to  move, 
That  the  question  be  now  put,  and,  unless  it 
shall  appear  to  the  Chair that such  motion  is  an 
abuse  of  the  rules  of  the  House,  or  an infringe-
ment of the  rights  of  the  minority, the  question, 
That  the  Question  be  now  put,  shall  be  put 
forthwith,  and  decided  without  amendment  or 
debate. 

(2)  When  the  motion,  That  the  question  be 
now  put,  has  been  carried,  and  the  question 
consequent thereon  has been decided, any further 
motion  may  be  made  (the  assent  of  the  Chair, 
as  aforesaid,  not  having  been  withheld)  which 
may  be  requisite  to  bring  to  a  decision  any 
question  already  proposed  from  the  Chair;  and 
also if  a  clause  be  then  under  consideration,  a 
motion  may  be  made  (the  assent  of  the  Chair, 
as aforesaid, not  having  been  withheld), that the 
question, that  certain words  of  the  clause defined 
in the  motion  stand  part  of  the clause,  or  that 
the  clause  stand  part  of,  or  be  added  to,  the 
Bill,  be  now  put.  Such  motions  shall  be  put 
forthwith,  and  decided  without  amendment  or 
debate. 

(3)  A  motion  may  be made  (the  assent of  the 
Chair,  as  aforesaid,  not  having  been  withheld) 
that, with respect  to  certain  words  in  a  motion, 
clause, or  schedule  under  debate  defined  in  the 
motion, the  Chair  be  empowered  to  select  the 
amendments  to  be  proposed.  Such  a  motion 
shall  be  put  forthwith  and  decided  without 
amendment  or  debate. 
If  the motion  is  carried 
the  Chair shall then  and  thereafter  exercise  the 
power  of  selecting  the  amendments  to  be  pro-
posed  on the  words  so defined.  The  Chair  may, 
if  the  Chair  thinks fit, ask  any member  who has 
given  notice  of  an  amendment  to  give  such 
explanation  of  the  object  of  the  amendment  as 
may  enable  the  Chair  to  form  a judgment  upon 
it.  Provided  that  the  power of  selection  shall 
not  be  exercised  by  the  Chairman  of  a  Standing 
Committee. 

(4)  Provided  always, that this rule shall be put 
in force  only  when  the  Speaker  or  the  Chairman 
of  Ways  and  Means  or  Deputy  Chairman  is  in 
the  Chair. 

And,  amended, by  leaving  out  paragraph  (3). 

—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

. No. 27 

S 
(Majority for 
core.) 

The  House  was  moved,  That  Standing  Order 
No,  27  (Majority  for  closure)  [of  28  February 
1888  and  28  July  1909] might  be read  :  And the 
same was read, as  followeth: 

Questions for the closure of debate or selection 
of  amendments  under  Standing  Order  "  Closure 
of  debate"  shall  be  decided  in the  Affirmative, 
if,  when  a division  be  taken, it  appears  by  the 
numbers  declared  from  the  Chair, that  not  less 
than one  hundred members voted  in the  majority 
in support  of  the  motion. 

And  amended,  in  1.  1,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  "  or  selection  of  amendments."—(Mr. 
Bonar  Law. ) 

Ordered,  That,  if  on  an  amendment  to  the Second 
Question  that  a Bill  be  now read  a second  time and Third 
or  the  third  time  it  is  decided  that  the  word 
now"  or  any  words  proposed  to  be  left  out 
stand  part  of  the  Question,  Mr.  Speaker  shall 
forthwith  declare  the  Bill  to  be read  a  second 
or  the  third  time  as  the  case  may  be.—(Mr. 
Bonar  Law.) 

e  Dg*' 

Resolved, That  this Order be  a Standing  Order 

of the  House.—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

The  House  was moved,  That  Standing  Order s.O. No. 1 
No.  1, Sittings  of  the  House  [of  24  February  (Sittings o£ 
1888,  2  May  1902,  and  2  and  3  April  1906]  t be   HonBe-> 
might  be  read,  and  the  same  was  read  as 
followeth : 

(1)  Unless  the  House  otherwise  order,  the 
House  shall  meet  every  Monday,  Tuesday, 
Wednesday,  and  Thursday  at a quarter  to  three 
of the  clock. 

(2)  At  half-past  eleven  of  the  clock  the 
Speaker  shall  adjourn  the  House  without  ques-
tion  put, unless a Bill  originating  in  Committee 
of  Ways  and  Means, or unless proceedings  made 
in  pursuance  of  any  Act  of  Parliament  or 
Standing  Order,  or  otherwise  exempted  as  here-
inafter  provided  from  the  operation  of  this 
Standing  Order, be then  under  consideration. 

(3)  At  eleven  of  the  clock  on  Mondays, 
Tuesdays,  Wednesdays,  and  Thursdays,  except 
as aforesaid, and  at five of  the  clock  on  Fridays, 
the  proceedings  on  any  business  then  under 
consideration  shall  be  interrupted  ;  and,  if  the 
House  be  in  Committee,  the  Chairman  shall 
leave  the  Chair,  and  make  his  report  to  the 
House ;  and  if  a  motion  has been  proposed  for 
the  adjournment  of  the  House,  or  of  the  debate, 
or  in  Committee  that  the  Chairman  do  report 
progress,  or  do  leave  the  chair,  every  such 
dilatory  motion  shall lapse without question  put. 
(4)  Provided  always, that  on  the  interruption 
of  business  the  closure  may  be  moved;  and  if 
moved,  or  if  proceedings  under  the  closure  rule 
be  then  in  progress, the  Speaker  or  Chairman 
shall  not  leave  the  chair  until  the  questions 
consequent  thereon  and  on  any  further  motion, 
as  provided  in  the  rule  "  closure  of  debate," 
have  been  decided. 

(5)  After  the business  under  consideration  at 
eleven  and  five,  respectively,  has  been  disposed 
of,  no opposed business  shall  be  taken. 

(6)  All  business  appointed  for  any  sitting, 
and  not  disposed  of before the  termination  of  the 
sitting,  shall  stand  over  until  the  next  sitting, 
or  until  such  other  sitting  on  any  day  on  which 
the  House  ordinarily  sits  as  the  member  in 
charge  of  the  business may  appoint. 

(7)  Amotion  may  be made by  a  Minister  of 
the  Crown  at  the  commencement  of  public 
business,  to  be  decided  without  amendment  or 
debate  to  the  following  effect:  "  That  the  pro-
ceedings  on  any  specified  business,  if  under 
discussion  at  eleven  this  night,  be  not  inter-
rupted  under  the  Standing  Order  '  Sittings  of 
the House,' "  or  to  the  following  effect:  That 
the  proceedings  on  any  specified  business,  if 
under discussion  when  the  business is  postponed, 
be  resumed  and  proceeded  with, though  opposed, 
after the interruption  of  business. 

(8)  Provided  always,  that  after  any  business, 
exempted  from  the  operation  of  this  order  is 
disposed  of,  the  remaining  business  of  the 
sitting  shall  be  dealt  with  according  to  the 
provisions  applicable  to  business  taken  after 
eleven  o'clock. 

(9)  Provided  also  that  the  Chairman  or 
Deputy-Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  do  take 

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39 

the  Chair  as deputy-Speaker,  when requested  so 
to  do  by  Mr.  Speaker,  without  any  formal  com-
munication  to the  House ;  and  that Mr.  Speaker 
shall  nominate,  at  the  commencement  of  every 
session, a panel  of  not  more  than  five  members 
to  act  as  temporary  ChairmeD  of  Committees, 
when requested  by  the  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means. 

And  amended,  in  paragraph  (7),  1.  5,  by 
leaving  out  from  the  word  "  business "  to  the 
word  "  if,"  in 1. 9, and inserting  the  words  "  be 
exempted  at this day's sitting from the provisions 
of  the  Standing  Order  ' sittings  of  the  House,' 
and, if such  a Motion  be  agreed  to, the  Business 
so specified shall  not  be interrupted if  it is under 
discussion  at  Eleven  o'clock  that  night,  may  be 
entered  upon  at  any  hour  although  opposed; 
and,"  instead  thereof,  and  in 1. 10, by  inserting 
after  the  word  "  postponed "  the  word  "  may." 
—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

Business of 
Supply. 

A  Motion  was made, and  the  Question  being 
proposed,  That 
in  the  present  Session  the 
following  provisions  shall  apply  with  respect 
to  Business  of  Supply  notwithstanding  any 
Standing  Order  or  custom  of the  House  : 

(1)  All  Estimates,  including  Supplementary 
and additional  Estimates,  for the  Army  and 
Navy,  Air  Force,  Civil  Services  and 
Revenue  Departments,  but  not  including 
Votes  A  and  1  of  the  Army,  Navy,  and 
Air  Force  Estimates, shall  be  referred  to a 
Standing Committee  instead  of  to  the  Com-
mittee  of  Supply; 

(2)  The  Estimates  shall  be  allotted  for  con-
sideration  to  the  Standing  Committees  of 
the  House  in  such  manner  as  Mr.  Speaker 
shall determine, and  shall  be  considered  by 
the  Standing  Committee in accordance  with 
the  customary  form  of  procedure  of  the 
Committee  of  Supply; 

(3)  A  Motion  may  be  made  by  a Minister  of 
the  Crown,  after  notice  given, that  certain 
Estimates  or  Votes  be  considered  in  Com-
mittee  of  Supply,  and  if  such  Motion  be 
agreed  to  the  Estimates  or  Votes  therein 
specified shall be  considered  in  Committee 
of  Supply and shall  be deemed  to  have  been 
withdrawn  from  the  Standing  Committee  ; 
(4)  If  notice  is given  of  the * consideration  of 
any  Votes  other  than  a  Vote  of  Credit  in 
Committee  of  Supply,  Mr.  Speaker,  on  the 
Order  of  the Day  therefor  being  read, shall 
leave  the  Chair  forthwith  (notwithstanding 
anything  .contained 
in  Standing-  Order 
No.  17); 

(5)  A  Standing  Committee  to  which  any 
Estimates  are  referred  may  report-  from 
time to  time any  Resolutions  to  which  they 
have  agreed.  All  Resolutions  which  have 
been  considered  by  a  Standing  Committee 
shall, when  reported  to  the  House,  be  pro-
ceeded  with  as  if  they  had  been  reported 
from  the  Committee  of  Supply ; 

(6)  Those  Votes  only  of  which  notice  has 
been  given shall be considered in a Standing 
Committee  on  any  day,  the  right  being 
reserved  to  His  Majesty's  Ministers  of 
placing  the Votes  in  the  rotation  in  which 
they  are  to  be  taken  and  of  determining 
whether  Estimates  or  Bills  should  be  con-
sidered  on  any  particular  day.; 

(7)  Standing  Order  No.  15,  which  relates  to 
Business  of  Supply,  shall  be  modified  as 
follows : 

House  or in  a  Committee  of  the  whole 
House; 

"  twenty  "  and 

(b)  Twelve shall be substitutedfor twenty 
as  the  number  of  allotted  days,  and 
accordingly  that  Order  shall have effect 
as if the words "  twelve " and "twelfth  " 
were  substituted,  respectively,  for  the 
words 
"  twentieth" 
whenever  they pccur  in  that  Order ; 
(c)  Paragraph  1  of  the  Order  (which 
relates to  Business of  Supply  being  the 
first  Order  of  the  Day  on  Thursday) 
and paragraph  10 of  the  Order  (which 
relates  to  Additional  Estimates)  shall 
not have  effect; 

(8)  The  Committee  of  Selection  shall  have 
power  to  add not  less  than  Ten  nor  more 
than  Fifteen  Members  to  the  Standing 
Committee  to  which  any  Estimates  are 
referred to  serve  on  the  Committee  during 
the  consideration of  any specified Estimates, 
and  the  Committee  of  Selection  and  the 
Chairman's  Panel  shall  have  the  same 
powers  and  duties  in  respect  to  Estimates 
as they  have  in  respect  of  Bills  referred  to 
Standing  Committees, in  so far  as  they  are 
not inconsistent  with the  provisions of  this 
Order.—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  in  1.  4,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word  "  the,"  the  words  "  Foreign  Office."—(Mr. 
T.  P.  O'Connor.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted:—The  said  proposed 
Amendment  was,  with 
leave  of  the  House, 
withdrawn. 

And  the  Question  was  amended,  by  leaving 
out  Is.  36  to  39—(Mr.  Attorney  General),— 
and, so  amended,  was agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  in  the  present  Session  the  Business of 

following  provisions  shall  apply  with respect  to  Supply. 
Business of Supply notwithstanding any Standing 
Order  or  custom  of  the  House ; 

(1)  All  Estimates,  including  Supplementary 
and additional  Estimates,  for the  Army  and 
Navy,  Air  Force,  Civil  Services  and 
Revenue  Departments,  but  not  including 
Votes  A  and  1 of  the  Army,  Navy,  and  Air 
Force  Estimates,  shall  be  referred  to  a 
Standing  Committee instead  of  to the  Com-
mittee  of  Supply  ; 

(2)  The  Estimates  shall  be  allotted  for  con-
sideration.  to  the  Standing  Committees  of 
the  House  in  such  manner  as Mr.  Speaker 
shall determine, and shall  be considered  by 
in  accordance 
the  Standing  Committee 
with  the  customary  form  of  procedure  of 
the  Committee  of  Supply  ; 

(3)  A  Motion  may  be  made  by  a  Minister  of 
the  Crown,  after  notice  given,  that  certain 
Estimates  or  Votes  be  considered  in  Com-
mittee.  of  Supply,  and  if  such  Motion  be 
agreed  to  the  Estimates  or  Votes  therein 
specified  shall  be  considered  in  Committee 
of  Supply  and  shall  be  deemed  to  have 
been  withdrawn  from  the  Standing  Com-
mittee ; 

(4)  If  notice  is  given  of  the  consideration  of 
any  Votes  other  than  a  Vote  of  Credit  in 
Committee  of  Supply,  Mr.  Speaker,  on  the 
Order  of  the day  therefor  being  read, shall 
leave  the  Chair  forthwith  (notwithstanding 
anything 
in  Standing  Order 
No.  17); 

contained 

(a)  That  Order  shall  be  taken to  apply 
only to  Business  of Supply in the whole 

(5)  A  Standing  Committee  to  which  any 
from 

Estimates  are  referred  may  report 

VOL. 174. 

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2i)th—21st  February. 

1919. 

time to  time  any  Resolutions  to  which  they 
have  agreed.  All  Resolutions  which  have 
been  considered  by  a  Standing  Committee 
shall, when  reported  to  the  House,  be  pro-
ceeded  with  as  if  they  had  been  reported 
from  the  Committee  of  Supply; 

(6)  Those  Votes  only  of  which  notice  has 
been  given  shall be considered in a  Standing 
Committee  on  any  day,  the  right  being 
reserved  to  His  Majesty's  Ministers  of 
placing  the  Votes  in  the  rotation  in  which 
they  are  to  be  taken  and  of  determining 
whether  Estimates  or  Bills  should  be  con-
sidered  on  any  particular  day ; 

(7)  Standing  Order  No.  15, which  relates  to 
Business  of  Supply,  shall  be  modified  as 
follows  :— 

(a)  That  Order  shall  be  taken  to  apply 
only to  Business  of  Supply in the whole 
House  or  in  a  Committee  of  the  whole 
House; 

(b)  Paragraph  1  of  the  Order,  (which 
relates  to Business of  Supply  being  the 
first  Order  of  the  Day  on  Thursday) 
and  paragraph  10  of  the  Order  (which 
relates  to  Additional  Estimates)  shall 
not  have  effect; 

(8)  The  Committee  of  Selection  shall  have 
power  to  add  not  less  than  Ten  nor  more 
than  Fifteen  Members  to  the  Standing 
Committee  to  which  any  Estimates  are 
referred  to  serve  on  the  Committee  during 
the  consideration of  any specified  Estimates, 
and  the  Committee  of  Selection  and  the 
Chairman's  Panel  shall  have  the  same 
powers  and  duties  in  respect  to  Estimates 
as they  have  in respect  of  Bills  referred  to 
Standing  Committees, in  so  far  as they  are 
not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this 
Order. 

Ordered, That  the proceedings  on the  Reports 
of  the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  and 
Committees authorising the expenditure of  public 
money,  except  the  Committee  of  Supply,  may 
be  entered  upon  after  eleven  of  the  clock though 
opposed,  and  shall  not  be  interrupted  under  the 
provisions  of  the  Standing  Order  "  Sittings  of 
the  House."—(Mr.  Attorney  General.) 

Resolved, That this Order  be a  Standing  Order 

of  the  House.—(Mr.  Attorney  General.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking  Re-election of 
into  consideration  the  Re-election  of  Ministers  Ministers BilL 
Bill,  as amended  in  the  Committee; 

Ordered, That  the Bill be taken into  considera-

tion  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Representation 

Second  Reading  of  the  Representation  of  the  ^e^People 
People  (Returning  Officer's Expenses)  Bill; 

officer's 
Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  ^ e n s e s) 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Civil 

Committee  on  Civil  Contingencies  Fund  [ A d-  Contingencies-
[Advances]. 
vances]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into the  said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking  Aerial 
into  consideration  the  Aerial  Navigation  Bill, Navigation 
as amended  in the  Committee  ; 

1 

Ordered, That  the Bill be taken into  considera-

tion  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ministry of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Ministry  of  Health  Bill;  H e a l th   B i l L 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker,  pursuant Adjournment, 

to  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  12th  day of 
this  instant  February,  proposed  the  Question, 
That  this  House  do  now  adjourn. 

And the Question  being  put:—It  was resolved 

in  the  Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued to  sit  till ten  minutes  before  Nine 
of  the  clock, adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

§ 

Ordered,  That  a  Resolution  authorising  the 
issue  of  money  out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund 
reported  from  the  Committee  of  Ways  and 
Means  may  be  considered  forthwith  by  the 
House,  and  the  consideration  on  Report  and 
Third  Reading  of  a  Bill  ordered  to be  brought 
in  upon  such  a  Resolution  or  Resolutions  may 
be  taken  forthwith  as  soon  as  the  Bill  has  been 
reported  from  Committee  of  the whole  House.— 
(Mr.  Attorney  General.) 

Friday,  21st February 1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

ORDERED, 

That  the  Belfast  Harbour  Bill 

be read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  next. 

Ordered, That  the  Cork  Harbour  Bill  be  read 

Resolved, That this Order be  a  Standing  Order 

a  second  time  upon  Tuesday  next. 

of the  House.—(Mr.  Attorney  General.) 

Money-
Committees. 

Ordered,  That  notwithstanding  any  Standing 
Order  or  custom  of  the  House, if  notice  is given 
of  a Resolution  authorising  expenditure  in  con-
nection  with  a  Bill,  the  House  may,  if  the 
recommendation of the Crown is signified thereto, 
at  any  time  after  such  notice  appears  on  the 
paper  resolve  itself  into  Committee  to  consider 
the Resolution, and the Resolution, when reported, 
may  be  considered  forthwith  by  the  House.— 
(Mr.  Attorney  General.) 

The  Dover  Harbour  Bill  was  read  a  second 

time, and  committed. 

Ordered, That  the Reigate  Corporation  Bill be 

read  a second  time  upon  Monday  next. 

Reigate 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  House,-according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Glasgow  and  South 
Western  Railway 
( A yr   Harbour  Transfer) 
Order  Confirmation  Bill; 

Resolved,  That this Order be  a Standing  Order 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read the  third  time 

of  the  House.—/'Mr.  Attorney  General.) 

upon  Monday  next. 

Belfast 
Harbour BilL 

Cork Harbour 
Bill. 

Dover 
Harbour Bill. 

Glasgow and 
South Western 
Railway (Ayr 
Harbour 
^ 
Transfer) i  —^ 
Order 
Confirmation]! 
Bill. 

Money 
Committees 
[Beports.] 

Consolidated 
Fond Issues. 

9  GEO.  Y. 

21 st February. 

41 

Ministry .of 
Health. 

Dr.  Addison  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
the 

Command, — Copy  of  Memorandum  on 
Ministry of  Health  Bill,  1919. 

Another Amendment was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  1. 6,  by  leaving  out!  sub-
section  (3).—(Commander  Bellairs.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words proposed  to  be  left  out  stand part  of  the 
Bill  :—The said proposed  Amendment  was, with 
leave  of the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Then  the  title  of  the  Bill  was  amended, as [Title 
followeth  :  "  A  Bill to make temporary provision  amended.] 
for  the  regulation  of  Air  Navigation  and  for 
purposes connected  therewith." 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  now read  the  third Air Navigation 

time :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  ™ 
time  and  passed. 

Aerial 
JJJJYJ GFLTIOFL 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  Bill.) 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence., 

The  Representation  of  the  People  (Returning  Representation 

Officers' Expenses)  Bill was, according to  Order,  burning16 
read  a second time,  and  committed to a  Standing officers' 
Committee. 

Expenses) 
Bill. 

The  House, according  to Order, resolved itself Civil 

into  a Committee  on  Civil  Contingencies  Fund Contingencies 

[Advances]. 

[Advances.] 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Resolved, That  it is expedient  to  authorise  the 
issue of  a sum  not  exceeding  £120,000,000  out 
of the  Consolidated  Fund  to  the  Civil  Contin-
gencies  Fund  and  to  make further  provision  in 
connection therewith.—-(Mr.  Baldwin.) 

Resolution  to be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported,  That  the  Committee 
had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved, That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 

next, resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Means. 

Resolved, That  this House  will, upon  Monday 

next, resolve  itself into the  said  Committee. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the Adjournment. 

House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being  then 
one  minute  after  Two  of  the  clock,  till 
Monday  next. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do lie upon  the 

Table. 

Public Ueeords 
(Ministry of 
Munitions.) 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon 
the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  :—Copy 
of  First Schedule containing a list and particulars 
of  classes of  Documents, existing  or  accruing  in 
the  Ministry  of  Munitions  of  War  which  are 
not  considered  of  sufficient  public  value  to 
justify  their  preservation  in  the  Public  Record 
Office. 

Standing 
Orders, 

N o.   22. 

Ordered, That the Standing Orders, as amended, 

be  printed. 

Re-election of 
Ministers Bill.  t a] f e 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
of 

the  R e - e l e c t i on  

consideration 

; nt 0 

[Title 
amended.] 

Ministers  Bill, as amended  in the  Committee. 

Amendments  were  made  to the  Bill. 
Then  the  title  of  the  Bill  was  amended,  as 
followeth  :  "A   Bill  to  make  provision  for 
restricting  the  necessity  of  the  re-election  of 
Members  of  the  House  of  Commons  on  accept-
ance  of  office,  and  to  make  provision  as  to  the 
right  of cert ain  Ministers  to  sit in'the  House  of 
Commons." 

Ordered.,  That  the  Bill  be  now read the  third 
time:—The  Bill was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Aerial 
Navigation 
Bill. 

The  House,  according  to  Order, proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Aerial  Navigation 
Bill,  as amended  in the  Committee. 

An  Amendment  was made to the  Bill. 
Another Amendment was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  12,  by  inserting  at  the 
end  thereof  the  words  " for  the  conveyance  of 
passengers, goods,  or mails, for  hire  or  reward." 
—(Lieutenant-Colonel  Malone.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in the  Bill  :—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  IS,  by  inserting,  after 
the  word  " registration,"  the  word  "  and."— 
(Lieutenant-Colonel  Malone.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
w o r d"   and"  be there inserted  in  the Bill  :—The 
said proposed Amendment  was, with leave of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  15,  by  inserting  at  the 
end  thereof  the  words  "  but  no  such  inspection 
or  certificate shall be  refused  on  the  ground  that 
plans  were  not  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of 
State prior  to  the completion  of  the  aircraft."— 
(Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore-Brabazon.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be there  inserted  in  the  Bill  ;—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House, withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to 

the 

Bill. 

VOL.  174. 

42 

25th February: WW. 

Monday,  24th February 1919. 

P  E  A  T  E E  S. 

Belfast 
Harbour 
Bill. 

THE   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Belfast  Harbour 

B i l l ; 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc- Bank of 
tions of  an  Act  of  Parliament,'  was  laid  upon England, 
the  Table  by  the.  Clerk  of  the  House 
Copy 
of  Annual  Accounts  of  Exchequer  Bills  and 
other  Government  Securities  purchased,  and 
amount of  balances  of  sums issued  for  the  pay-
ment  of  dividends,  &c., for  the  year  ended 5th 
January  1919. 

. 

N o-  2 6-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  be  printed. 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  made  upon  the  14th  day  of  this Supply, 

Manchester 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Manchester  Corporation 
Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Reigate 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Reigate  Corporation 
Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Glasgow and 

Railway (Ayr 
w a T 
Harbour 
Transfer) 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

The  Glasgow  and  South  Western  Railway 
Harbour  Transfer)  Order  Confirmation 
Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the  third 
time, and passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the Bill  to 

the  Lords  and desire  their  concurrence. 

Dock and 
The  House  was  moved,  That  so  much  of  the 
Harbour Bills.  Resolution  of  the  20th  day  of  this  instant  Feb-
ruary  relating  to  the  appointment  of  a  Joint 
Committee  of  Lords  and  Commons on  Dock  and 
Harbour  Bills  as  refers  to  the  Waterford  Har-
bour  Bill  might  be  read,  and  the  same  being 
read; 

Ordered, That  so much  of  the  said  Resolution 
be discharged.—(The  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means.) 

Member takes 
the Oath. 

The  following  Member  took  and  subscribed 

the  Oath  :— 

Sir  Joseph Walton,  Baronet, for  the  Borough 

of  Barngley. 

Education 
^Scotland.) 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Order,  made  by 
the  Scottish  Education  Department  on  20th 
February  1919,  fixing  appointed  days  under 
sub-section  (2)  of  section  33  of  the  Education 
(Scotland)  Act,  1918. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

-

Civil Services 
^Supple-
mentary 
Estimate, 
1918-19.) 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Estimate of the further Sum required 
to  be  voted  for  the  Civil  Services  for  the  year 
ending  31st  March  1919. 

No.  23. 

•Consolidated 
Fund. 

No.  24. 

Development 
Fund. 

N o.   25. 

Abstract  Account  showing  the  Issues  made 
from  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  the  United 
Kingdom in the financial year  ended  31st  March 
1918,  for  the  Interest  and  Management  of  the 
Debt,  for  the  Civil  List,  and for all  other  Issues 
in  the  financial  year 
for  Services  charged 
directly  on  the  said  Fund;  together  with  the 
Report  of  the  Comptroller  and Auditor  General 
thereon. 

Copy  of  Abstract  Account  of  the  Receipts 
into  and  Issues  out  of  the  Development  Fund 
in  the  year  ended  31st  March  1918;  together 
with  the Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor 
General  thereon. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers  do  lie upon  the 
Table,  and  be  printed ;  and that  the  said  Esti-
mates  be referred  to  a Standing  Committee. 

instant  February 
referring  Civil  Services 
(Supplementary  Estimate,  1918-19),  presented 
upon the  11th day  of  this instant  February,  and 
Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments  (Esti-
mates, 1919-20), and Civil  Services and  Revenue 
Departments,  1919-20  (Yote  on  Account),  pre-
sented  upon 
instant 
the  13th  day  of 
February,  to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  was 
read, and  discharged. 

this 

Ordered,  That  the  Civil  Services  (Supple-
mentary  Estimate,  1918-19),  Civil  Services and 
Revenue  Departments (Estimates, 1919-20), and' 
Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments,  1919 
- 20   (Yote  on Account) be referred to a Standing 
Committee. 

Ordered,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a Coal Industry 

Bill  to  constitute  a  Commission  to  inquire  into Commission, 
the  position  of  and  conditions  prevailing  in  the 
Coal  Industry  :  And  that  the  Prime  Minister, 
Mr.  Bonar  Law,  and  Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  do 
prepare  and  bring  it in. 

The  Prime  Minister  accordingly  presented  a Coal Industry 

Bill  to  constitute  a  Commission  to  inquire  into Commission 
the  position  of  and  conditions  prevailing  in  the 
Coal  Industry  :  And  the  same  was read the first 
time,  and  ordered  to be  printed. 

Bill  9. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time : 

An  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
"  That,"  to the  end  of  the  Question,  and  adding 
the  words  "this  House  declines  to  assent  to  the 
Second  Reading  of  a  Bill  which  leaves  to  the 
consideration  of  a  commission  of,  inquiry  the 
principle  of  nationalisation  of  the  coal  mines 
and  which,  by  instituting  an  inquiry  to  secure 
information  already  in  the  possession  of  the 
Government,  would  incur  unnecessary  delay  in 
settling  the claims  of  the  workers  in  and  about 
coal mines to an increase in wages and a reduction 
in  working  hours "—(Mr.  Thomas  Richards),— 
instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
the 

proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of 
Question; 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the j  Lord  Edmund Talbot, 

Yeas, 

( Captain  Guest: 

Tellers for the  ( Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Griffiths: 

257. 

43. 

So  it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
The  Bill  was  read  a second  time. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  to-morrow. 
—(Lord  Edmund Talbot.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ministry of 
Second  Reading of  the  Ministry  of  Health  Bill;  H e a l ch   Bil1-

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

9  GE O.   Y. 

24th—25th  February. 

43 

Civil 
Contingencies 
Fund 
[Advances.] 

Mr.  Baldwin  reported  from  the  Committee 
on  Civil  Contingencies  Fund  [Advances],  a 
Resolution;  which  was read, as followeth  : 

The  Cork  Harbour  Bill  was,  according 

Order, read  a second time, and  committed. 

to  Cork Harbour 

Bill. 

That  it  is expedient  to  authorise the  issue  of 
a  sum  not  exceeding  £120,000,000  out  of  the 
Consolidated  Fund  to  the  Civil  Contingencies 
Fund and to make further provision in connection 
therewith. 

The  said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time, was  agreed  to. 

Ordered, That  a Bill  be  brought  in  upon  the 
said  Resolution  :  And that Mr.  Baldwin and  Mr. 
Bonar  Law  do  prepare  and  bring  it  in. 

Mr.  Baldwin  accordingly  presented  a  Bill  to 
authorise  the  issue  of  certain  sums  out  of  the 
Consolidated  Fund  to  the  Civil  Contingencies 
Fund,and to make further provision in connection 
therewith :  And  the same  was read the first time, 
and ordered  to be read  a second  time to-morrow; 
and to  be  printed. 

Civil 
Contingencies 
Fund Bill. 

Bill  10. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the said  Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

The  Order  made  upon  the  20th  day  of  this Bristol 
instant  February  referring  the  Bristol  Corpora- Co£P°rall'jn 
tion  Bill  to  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills  was read  and  discharged. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  committed. 

The  following  .Member  took  and  subscribed  Member take* 

the  Oath:— 

theOatb. 

Sir  Thomas Rot/den,  Baronet, for  the  Borough 

of  Bootle. 

Colonel  Sir  Arthur  Griffith  Boscawen,  pre-  Diseases of 
sented, pursuant  to  the  directions  of  an  Act  o f A n i m a ls   Acts-
Parliament,—Copy  of  Order  under the  Diseases 
of  Animals  Acts,  dated  1st  February  1919, 
revoking the  operation of  two  Orders  referred  to 
in  the  Schedule  thereof. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Sugar 
Command,—Copy  of  further  Treasury  Minute, Purchases; 
dated  12 th  February  1919  relative  to  arrange-
ments  for  financing  further  Sugar  Purchases 
abroad  on  behalf  of  His  Majesty's  Govern-
ment. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

Table. 

Adjournment,  Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the 
Order  of  the  House  of  the  12th  day  of  this 
instant  February,  proposed  the  Question,  That 
this House  do  now adjourn. 

And  the Question being put:—It  was resolved 

in  the  Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  six  minutes  before 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc- Bank of 
tions of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon  E n g , a n d' 
the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  :—Copy 
of  all  Applications  made  by  the  First  Lord  of 
the  Treasury  and  the  Chancellor  of  the  Exche-
quer  to the  Governor  and  Deputy  Governor  of 
the  Bank  of  England  for  Advances  to  Govern-
ment authorised by Parliament, from 6th  January 
1918  to  5th  January  1919, and  the  Answers  of 
the  said  Court  thereto. 

N o-  2 7-

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  be  printed. 

Tuesday, 26th  February 1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

Private Bills 
(Standing 
Orders not 
previously 
inquired into 
complied 
with.) 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions 
for  Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of 
the 
following  Bill, referred  on  the  Second  Reading 
thereof,  the  Standing  Orders  not  previously 
inquired  into, which  are  applicable  thereto,  have 
been  complied  with, viz. :-— 
Northampton  Gas  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed. 

Private Bill 
Petitions 
\_Lord»] 
(Standing 
Orders not 
complied 
with.) 

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.:— 

Beceles  Waterworks  [Lords], 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Belfast 
Harbour Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Belfast  Harbour  Bill ; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

VOL.  174. 

Ordered, That there be  laid  before  this House, Deaths from 
a  Return  of  Deaths  ino England  and  Wales  in  j ^ ^ 0^. 
the year  1918  upon which  a  coroner's  jury  has privation 
J 
returned  a  verdict  of  Death  from  Starvation  or (England and 
Death  accelerated  by  Privation,  together  with  Wales0 
observations  furnished to  the  Local  Government 
Board  by  boards  of  guardians  with  reference  to 
cases included  in  the  Return  (in  continuation  of 
Parliamentary  Paper  No.  96, of  Session  1918). 
—(Major  Astor.) 

> 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com- Selection 
mittee  of  Selection,  That  they  had  selected  the  ^airmen's 
following  Twelve  Members  to be  the Chairmen's  ane 
Panel,  and  to  serve  as  Chairmen  of  the  Six 
Standing  Committees  appointed  under  Standing 
Order  No.  47.:  Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  Mr. 
Brace,  Mr.  Macmaster, Mr.  Mount,  Mr. William 
Nicholson, Mr.  T.P.  O'Connor, Mr. Rendall, Sir 
Samuel Roberts, Sir  Watson Rutherford,  Captain 
Albert  Smith,  Sir  Archibald  Williamson,  and 
Mr. John  William Wilson. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further  reported  from  the Standing 
Committee,  That  they  had  nominated  the  fol-  C o m m i t t ec  A-
lowing  Members  to  serve  on  Standing  Com-
mittee  A  :  Mr,  Acland,  Mr.  Arnold,  Captain 
Barnett,  Mr.  Briant,  Mr.  Cairns, Mr.  Cautley, 
Major  Sir  Edward  Coates,  Major  Colfox,  Sir 
William  Howell  Davies,  Mr.  Gilbert,  Sir  Henry 
Harris,  Mr.  Hayday,  Sir  Charles  Henry,  Mr. 
Hinds, Mr. Hirst,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir Samuel 
Hoare,  Mr.  Hogge,  Mr.  Austin  Hopkinson,  Mr. 

G 2 

44 

25th  February: 

WW. 

Stanley Johnson, Mr.  Haydn  Jones, Major  Lane-
Fox,  Sir  Robert  Lister,  Mr.  Godfrey  Locher-
Lampson,  Sir  Francis  Lowe,  Major Christopher 
Lowther,  Mr.  Murray  Macdonald,  Mr.  Mac-
Veagh, Mr. Manville,  Mr.  Marriott,  Mr.  Moles, 
Colonel  Sir  Henry  Norris,  Mr.  Renwick,  Mr. 
Thornas  Richards,  Sir  Hallewell  Rogers,  Mr. 
Rose, Mr.  Thomas Shaw, Sir  Courtenay  Warner, 
Mr.  Thomas  Williams,  Mr.  Wilson-Fox,  and 
Mr.  Robert  Young. 

Chairmen's 
Panel 
(Appointment 
of Members 
nnder 
Parliament 
Act, 1911.) 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further  reported  from  the 
Committee,  That,  in-pursuance  of  Section  1, 
sub-section  (3),  of  the  Parliament  Act,  1911, 
they  had appointed  Sir  Frederick  Banbury  and 
Mr. John  William  Wilson from  the  Chairmen's 
Panel,  with  whom  Mr.  Speaker  shall  consult, if 
practicable,  before  giving  his  certificate  to  a 
Money  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Navy 
Supple-
mentary 
Estimate, 
1918-19.) 

The  Order  made  upon  the  18th  day  of  this 
instant  February,  referring  Navy  (Supplemen 
tary  Estimate),  1918-19,  to  the  Committee  of 
Supply  Was read, and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That 

(Supplementary 
the  Navy 
Estimate),  1918-19,  be  referred  to  a  Standing 
Committee. 

Coal Industry 
Commission 
BilL 

•  The  House,  according  to  Order,  resolved 
itself  into  a  Committee  on  the  Coal  Industry 
Commission  Bill. 

Question  put, That the words  proposed  to  be 
left out,  to  the  word  "  nationalisation," in  p.  2, 
1. 1, stand part of  the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the  ( Lord  Edmund  Talbot,  )  „Qg 
( Captain  Guest: 

Yeas, 

Tellers for  the j  Mr.  Tyson  Wilson,' 

Noes, 

|Mr .Griffiths: 

) 
) 
) 

Another Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1.  4. 
After  the  word  "  wayleaves,"  to  insert  the 
words  "  and  taxation."—(Colonel  Wedgwood.) 

Question,  That the  words  "  and taxation "  be 

there inserted,  put, and  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 2,  1.  8, 
after  the word  "  industry,"  to insert  the  words 
"  the  individual  consumer  of  coal." —  (Major 
Newman.) 

Question,  That  those words  be there  inserted, 

put, and  negatived. 

Clause, as amended,  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  2 amended, and  agreed  to. 

Clause  No. 3  (Publicity  of  proceedings). 
Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 3,  1.  1,  to  leave 
out from  the  beginning  to  the word  "  aforesaid," 
in  1. 5.—(Mr.  lnship.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause:— 
Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Clause  agreed  to. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  4  amended, and  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  I 

(Appointment  of  Commis-

sioners). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1.  9,  after the 
word  " conditions,"  to  insert  the  words  "  other 
than  wages  and  hours  of  work."  —  (Mr. 
Richards.) 

Clause  No.  5  (Reports). 
Amendment  proposed  in  p. 3,1.  38,  to  leave 
out the  words  "  as soon  as practicable,"  in  order 
to  insert  the  words  "  on  or  before  the  twelfth 
day  of  March, nineteen  hundred  and  nineteen." 
—-(Mr.  Brace.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there  in-

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 

serted. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for the/Captain  Smith, 

Yeas, 

1  Mr.  Q/son Wihon  : 

Tellers for the/Captain  Guest, 

,n 

T 
/ 
\  07ft 

Noes, 

(Lord  Edmund  Talbot :  J  £<yi' 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  I.  9, 
after  the  word  "coal,"  to  insert  the  words 
"owning  and  producing."  —  (Colonel  Wedg-
wood.) 

Question proposed, That  those words  be  there 

inserted :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1, ].  12, 
to  leave  out  from  the  word  "  workers," tp  the 
end  of  the paragraph.—(Major  Nevbman.) 

Question, That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  to  the  word  "  such,"  in  1. 13,  stand part  of 
the  Clause, put,  and agreed  to. 

An  Amendment  made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in p.  1,1.  25, 

at end, to insert the  words— 

(d)  the  effect  of  Coal  Control  upon  prices, 
wages,  costs  and  production.—(Colonel 
Wedgwood.) 

Question,  That  those  words be  there  inserted, 

put, and  negatived. 

Another Amendment  made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1. 31, 
to leave  out  from  the word  " industry,"  to  the 
end  of  the  paragraph,  in  order  to  insert  the 
words  " on   the  basis  of  nationalisation."—-(Mr. 
Adamson.) 

to be left out stand part of  the  Clause. 

Amendment  by  leave  withdrawn. 

Clause  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  6 agreed  to. 

Bill, as amended, to be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be now  taken  into  consideration:— 
The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
Bill  into  consideration. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  now read the  third 
time :—The  Bill  was accordingly  read  the  third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire their  concurrence! 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ministry of 
Second  Reading  of  the Ministry  of  Health Bill;  H e a l th   B1«-

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Civil 

Second Reading of the  Civil Contingencies  Fund  ^ i n| i e^ c i e8 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

9  GEO.  V. 

25th—26th  February. 

45 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

The  following  Member  took  and  subscribed  Member takes 

the  Oath:—  , 

. 

t he 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into the  said  Committee. 

Adjournment.  Whereupon  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker,  pursuant 
to  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  12th day  of 
this  instant  February,  proposed  the  Question, 
That  this House  do  now  adjourn. 

And  the  Question  being put :* 

- It  was resolved 

in the Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  eighteen  minutes  after 
Eight  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

S T A N D I NG 

C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by Mr. Speaker, pursuant to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Representation 

People 
of 
(Returning  Officers'  Expenses) 
Bill. 

the 

Belfast 
Harbour Bill. 

Board of 
Education. 

Wednesday,  26th February 1919. 

P B A T E B S. 

THE  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Belfast  Harbour 

Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Mr. Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand,—Copy  of  Statement  showing  the  Annual 
Salaries  of  Teachers 
in  Public  Elementary 
Schools  as on  1st April  1918, and  distinguishing 
them  according  to  the  Teachers'  Sex  and 
Qualifications,  and  (except  for  Non-L.  E.  A. 
Schools)  the type  of  Area  in  which  they  were 
employed. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

"Wages and 
Effects of 
Deceased 
Seamen. 

Sir  Albert  Stanley presented,  by His Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Account  of  the  sums 
received  and  paid  in  respect  of  Wages  and 
Effects of  Deceased  Seamen  in  the  year  ended 
31st  March  1918. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Army 
•(Supple'. 
mentary 
Estimate, 
1918-19.) 

No. 28. 

Mr.  Secretary  Churchill presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Estimate  of  the  further 
sum  required  to be voted  for  the  Army  for  the 
year  ending  31st March  1919. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Estimate  be referred 

to  a Standing  Committee;  and  be  printed. 

Henry  Duncan  MLaren,  Esquire,  commonly 
the  Honourable  Henry  Duncan 
for  the  County  of  Leicester 

called 
M*Laren, 
(Bosworth  Division). 

Mr.  Vaughan-Davies reported  from the  Select standing 

Committee  on  Standing  Orders  a  Resolution  ; Orders, 
which  was read,  as followeth  : 

That  in  the  case  of  the  Gosport  and Alver- Gosport and 
stoke  Urban  District  Council  Bill,  Petition  for  ^ ^ s t r i ct 
dispensing  with  Standing  Order  128  in  the  case  Council Bill, 
of  the  Petition  of  the  Port  of  Portsmouth 
Floating  Bridge  Company, the  Standing  Order 
ought  to  be  dispensed  with. 

The  said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time, was agreed  to. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com- Selection, 

mittee  of  Selection ;  That  they  had  selected  the 
following  Eight  Members  to  be  the  Panel  to (pan'el!) 
serve  on  Unopposed  Bill  Committees  under 
Standing  Order  109:—Mr.  France,  Mr.  Hay-
ward, Sir  John Mi  Callum,  Mr.  Ronald  M'Neill, 
Mr.  John  Parkinson,  Colonel  Sir  Alan  Sykes, 
Mr.  Thomas-Stanford, and  Mr.  Turton. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further  reported  from  the Standing 
Committee  ;  That  they  had  added  the  following Committee A. 
Members  to  Standing  Committee  A : — M r. 
Baldwin,  Colonel  Godfrey  Collins, Sir  William 
Cowan, Colonel  Sir  John  Hope,  Mr.  Pratt,  Sir 
William Raeburn,  and  Mr.  Wilkie. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  further  reported  from  the Standing 
Committee;  That  they  had  nominated  the Committee B. 
following  Members  to, serve  on  Standing  Com-
mittee  B :—Colonel  Allen,  Sir  William  Barton, 
Mr.  James Bell,  Sir  Arthur  Shirley  Benn,  Cap-
tain  Wedgwood Benh,  Mr.  James  Brown,  Mr. 
Carr,  Mr.  William  Carter,  Mr.  Chadwich,  Mr. 
Neville  Chamberlain, Major  Cope, Major  Court-
hope,  Commander  Dawes,  Mr.  Donald,  Mr. 
Edgar,  Mr.  Charles  Edwards,  Mr.  John  Hugh 
Edwards, Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir  George  Elliott, 
Major  Lntwistle,  Sir  James Fortescue  Flannery, 
Mr. France,  Mr.  Gange, Mr.  Gritten,  Lieutenant-
Colonel  Sir  Frederick  Hall,  Mr.  Johnstone, Mr. 
John  Joseph  Jones,  Mr.  Kiley,  Mr.  Mallalieu, 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Murray,  Mr.  Neal,  Mr. 
Nelson,  Sir John Rees,  Mr.  Alexander  Richard-
son, Lieutenant-Colonel Roundel/, Mr.  Rowlands, 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Royds,  Mr.  Arthur  Michael 
Samuel,  Major  Steel,  Mr.  Swan,  and  Colonel 
William Thome. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  further reported  from the 
Committee;  That  they  have  agreed  to  the 
following  Resolution,  which  they  had  directed 
him  to  report  to  the  House,  That,  after  a  Bill 
has been  under  consideration  in  Standing  Com-
mittee, no  application  for  changes  in  the  com-
position  of  tfiat  Committee  in  respect  of  that 
Bill  shall  be  entertained  by  the  Committee  of 
Selection. 

( 

Ordered, That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

A  Motion  was  made, and  the  Question  being 
proposed, That  leave  be given  to  bring  in  a  Bill 
to  establish a Ministry of  Ways and  Communica-
tions,  and  for  purposes  connected  therewith.— 
(Mr.  Secretary  Shortt.) 

And  the  Motion  being  opposed,  after  a  brief 
explanatory  statement  from  the  Member  who 
made  the  Motion  and  from  a  Member  who 
opposed  it,  Mr.  Speaker  put  the  Question, 
pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  11. 
And  the  Question  was agreed  to. 

Ministry of 
Ways and 
Communica-
tions. 

Mr. Speaker 
puts the 
Question 
(pursuant to' 
S.O. JSTo. 11.) 

VOL.  174. 

G  3 

Ministry of 
Ways and 
Communica-
tions Bill. 

Bill  11. 

Business of 
the House 
(Supply.) 

Ministry of' 
Health Bill. 

Boyal Assent, 

46 

26th—21th  February. 

1919. 

Ordered, That Mr. Secretary  Shortt, Sir Albert 
Stanley, Major Raird,and Mr.  Attorney-General 
do prepare  and  bring  in  the  Bill. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  accordingly  presented  a 
a  Bill  to  establish  a  Ministry  of  Ways  and 
Communications,  and  for  purposes  connected 
therewith :  And the same was read the first time, 
and  ordered  to be read  a second  time to-morrow  ; 
and  to  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Civil  Services  Supple-
mentary  Estimates, 1918-19, presented upon  the 
11th  and  24th  days  of  this  instant  February; 
the  Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments, 
1919-20  (Yote  on  Account), presented  upon  the 
13th day of  this instant February;  and the Navy 
Supplementary  Estimate,  1918-19,  presented 
upon  the  18th day  of  this  instant  February,  be 
considered  in . Committee  of  Supply.—(Lord 
Edmund  Talbot.) 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the Adjournment. 

Order  of  the  House  of  the  12th  day  of  this 
instant  February,  proposed  the  Question,  That 
this  House  do now  adjourn. 

And the Question being put:—It  was resolved 

in  the  Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  twelve  minutes  before 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

Thursday,  21th February 1919. 

P E A T E E S. 

THE  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Belfast 

Second  Reading  of  the  Belfast  Harbour  Harbour Bill, 

B i l l; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Ministry  of  Health 
Bill; 

And  a Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
time; 

A  Message  was  delivered  by  Captain  Sir 
Thomas  Dacres  Butler,  Yeoman  Usher  of  the 
Black  R o d: 

Mr.  Speaker, 

The  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
Majesty's  Commission,  for declaring  His  Royal 
Assent  to  an Act  agreed  upon by  both  Houses, 
desire  the immediate  attendance  of  this  Honour-
able  House  in  the  House  of  Peers, to  hear the 
Commission  read. 

Accordingly  Mr.  Speaker,  with  the  House, 
went up  to  the  House  of  Peers:— And  having 
returned; 

Mr.  Speaker  reported,  That  the  House,  at 
the  desire  of  the  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of 
His  Majesty's  Commission,  had  been  at  the 
House  of  Peers, where  a  Commission  under  the 
Great  Seal  was  read,  giving,  declaring,  and 
notifying  the  Royal  Assent  to  the  Act  therein 
mentioned;  and  that  the  Lords  thereby  autho-
rised  had declared  the  Royal  Assent  to  the  said 
Act,  as followeth  : 

Coal  Industry  Commission  Act,  1919. 

Ministry of 
Health Bill. 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed.  That 
the  Ministry  of  Health  Bill  be  now  read  a 
6econd  time; 

And  the Question being  put:—It  was resolved 

in  the Affirmative. 

The  Bill  was accordingly  read  a  second  time, 

and committed  to  a Standing  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  it  be  an  Instruction  to  the 
Committee  on  the  Bill  that  they  have,  power  to 
extend  the Bill  to  Ireland.—(Captain  Craig.) 

Civil 
Contingencies 
Furd Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Civil  Contingencies 
Fund  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into the said  Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into the  said  Committee. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Tueeday  next  at a  quarter  of  an hour  after 
Eight  of  the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  issue  his Oxford 
Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to  make  H ^s i ty 
out  a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a  Member 
to  serve  in  this  present  Parliament  for  the 
University  of  Oxford,  in  the room  of  the  Right 
Honourable  Rowland  Edmund  Prothero,  M . V . O ., 
now  Baron  Ernie  of  Chelsea, called  up  to  the 
House  of  Peers.—(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

Colonel  Sir  James  Craig  presented,  pursuant Ministry of 

to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—  Pensions. 
Copy  of  Provisional  Regulation,  dated  26th 
February  1919,  made  by  the  Minister  of  Pen-
sions,  entitled  the  Local  and  Joint  Committees 
(Submission  of  Estimates,  1918-19)  Regulation. 

Ordered, That the said  Paper  do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Baldwin presented, pursuant  to  the  direc- Ministry of 

tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  —  Copy  of Pensions. 
Appropriation  Account  of  the  Sums  granted  No. 29., 
by Parliament to defray the salaries and  expenses 
of  the  Ministry  of  Pensions,  and  for  sundry 
Contributions  in  respect  of  the  administration 
of  the  Ministry  of  Pensions  Act,  1916,  in  the 
year  ended  31st  March  1918,  together  with  the 
Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General 
thereon. 

Ordered,  That  the said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  to be  printed. 

Mr.  Secretary  Churchill  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Estimate  of  the  number 
of  Men  on  the  Establishment  of  the  Army  at 
Home  and  Abroad,  exclusive  of  those  serving 
in  India for  the year  1919-20. 

Army 
Estimates, 
1919-20 
(Vote A). 

No. 30-

Estimate  showing  the  Vote  on  Account  which 
is  required  for  Army  Services  for  the  year 
1919-20. 

Ordered, That  the said  Estimates  be  printed, 
that the  Army  Estimates,  1919-20  (Vote  A)  be 
referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply, and  the 
Army  Estimates,  1919-20  (Vote  on  Account) 
be  referred  to a  Standing  Committee. 

Army 
Estimates, 
1919-20 
(Vote on 
Account.) 

No. 31. 

Mr.  John  William  Wilson reported  from  the standing 
Chairmen's  Panel;  That  they  had  appointed  g S m^ 
Sir Archibald  Williamson  to  act  as  Chairman  of panel.) 
Standing  Committee  A 
Representation  of 
Officers' Expenses)  Bill). 

(in  respect  of  the 
(Returning 

the  People 

9  GEO.  V. 

27th  February. 

47 

•Chairmen's 
Panel. 

Mr.  John  William  Wilson  further  reported 
t h e  Chairmen's  Panel;  That  they  had 

£ r om  
agreed  to the  following  Resolutions: 

That  any  Member  of  the  Chairmen's  Panel 
may  be  and he is  hereby  empowered  to  ask  any 
other  Member  of  the  Chairmen's  Panel  to  take 
his place  temporarily in  case of  necessity. 

That, in the  absence  of  the  Chairman of  the 
Chairmen's  Panel,  the  Panel  may be  convened 
at the request  of any two  Members  of the  Panel. 
Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Message from 
the Lords. 

Coal Industry 
Commission 
Bill. 

Air  Navigation 
Bill. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as followeth  : 

The  Lords have  agreed  to  the  Coal  Industry 

Commission  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Air  Navigation 

Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

Be-election of 
Ministers Bill. 

The  Lords have  agreed  to  the  Re-election  of 

Ministers  Bill, without  any  Amendment. 

Dock and 
Harbour Bills. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Resolution  of 
the  Commons  proposing  that the following  Bills 
be  referred  to  a  Joint  Committee  of  Lords  and 
Commons 

-

Blyth  Harbour  Bill. 
Bristol  Corporation  Bill. 
Dublin  Port  and  Docks  Bill. 
. Manchester  Ship  Canal  Bill. 
Mersey  Docks  and  Harbour  Board  Bill. 
Newport  Harbour  Commissioners  Bill. 
Swansea  Harbour  Bill. 
Tees  Conservancy  Bill. 
Tyne  Improvement  Bill. 
Wear  Navigation  and  Sunderland  Dock 

Bilk 

Selection 
•(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
•Committee A. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  discharged 
the following Members from Standing  Committee 
A  :—Sir  Charles Henry  and  Sir  Robert  Lister. 

Standing 
•Committee A. 
Ministry of 
Health  Bill. 

Standing 
•Committee A. 

they  had  added 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from 
the  Committee;  That 
to 
Standing  Committee  A  the  following  Fifteen 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Ministry  of  Health 
Bill): —  Dr.  Addison, Major  Astor,  Sir  Thomas 
Bramsdon, Sir  Watson Cheyne, Major  Farquhar-
sofi, Mr.  Fisher,  Mr.  Griffiths, Sir  Edgar  Jones, 
Sir  Philip  Magnus,  Mr.  Arthur  Samuels, Mr. 
Sitch,  Mr.  Thomas,  Mr.  George  Tliorne,  Sir 
William  Whitla, and  Sir  Robert  Woods. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts further  reported  from the 
Committee;  That  they  had  added  to  Standing 
Committee  A  the  following  Members  : —Lord 
Henry  Cavendish -  Bentinck,  Captain  Charles 
Craig, Major  David  Davies,  Mr.  John  Murray, 
Mr.  Onions,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Raw,  Sir  Alfred 
Warren,  Colonel  Wedgwood,  Colonel  Weigall, 
Mr. Daniel  Wilson, and  Sir  Kingsley  Wood. 

Standing 
Sit  Samuel Roberts  further  reported  from  the 
"Committee C.  Committee;  That they had nominated the follow-
ing Members to serve on  Standing  Committee C  : 
— Sir  William  Ryland  Adhins,  Major  Barnes, 
Mr.  Barrie,  Mr.  Betterton,  Major  Birchall, 
Colonel  Bowles,  Mr.  Bromfield, Mr.  Cape, Major 
Cayzer,  Mr.  Clynes,  Brigadier-General  Colvin, 
Mr.  William  Coote,  Viscount  Curzon,  Mr.  A. 
Davies  (Clitheroe),  Mr.  Davison,  Mr.  Clement 
Edwards,  Mr.  Galbraith,  Mr.  Joseph  Green, 

VOT.. 174. 

Mr.  Greer,  Colonel  Gretton,  Mr.  Hancock,  Mr. 
Hartshorn,  Sir  Evan  Jones,  Mr.  Lunn,  Mr. 
M'Guffin,  Major  M'Micking,  Mr.  Hugh  Morri-
son, Major  Morrison Bell,  Major  Newman, Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel  Sir  John  Norton-Griffiths,  Mr. 
Pretyman,  Mr.  Purchase,  Mr.  Raffan,  Mr. 
Albion  Richardson,  Colonel  Stephenson,  Colonel 
Sir Alan  Sykes,  Sir  Joseph  Walton,  Mr. Charles 
White,  and  Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir  Mathew 
Wilson. 

* 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts further  reported  from the Private 

Committee ;  That, in pursuance of the provisions 
of  the  Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland) ^gcotlanrT) 
Act,  1899,  they  had  selected  the 
followiug Act, 1899. 
Twelve  Members  to  form  the  Parliamentary 
Panel  of  Members  of  this  House  to  act  as 
Commissioners;—Sir  Henry  Craik,  Major  Glyn, 
Mr.  William  Graham,  Mr.  Harry  Hope,  Mr. 
John Deans Hope,  Sir John M'Valium, Mr.  Mur-
ray  Macdonald,  Mr.  Mackinder,  Mr.  Macleod, 
Major  M'Micking,  Mr. Sturrock, and  Mr.  Wilkie, 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will, Ministry of 

itself  into  a  Committee  to Health 

to-morrow,  resolve 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  of  Expend.1]1 
moneys to  be provided by  Parliament, of  salaries^ 
remuneration,  and  expenses  payable  under  any 
Act  of the present Session to establish a  Ministry 
of  Health—(Lord  Edmund  Talbot) ; 

^ 

Mr.  Bonar  Law,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted  the  House  that  His  Majesty,  having 
been 
informed  of  the  subject-matter  of  this 
Motion,  recommends  it  to  the  consideration  of 
the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Mr.  Secretary  Churchill presented  a  Bill  to Naval, 

s u ch   Military, an 1 

make  provision  for  the  maintenance  of 
forces of  the  Crown  as may  be  required  to  meet geJvice'iBill. 
exigencies  arising  before  the  thirtieth  day  of 
g;n  ]2. 
April,  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty,  and  with 
respect to the conditions of  service of  such  forces, 
and  for  purposes  connected  therewith  :  And 
the  same  was ordered  t6  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Monday  next  ;  and to  be  printed. 

The  House, according to Order,  resolved  itself Supply, 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Civil  Services  Supplementary  Estimates, 
1918-19. 

Class  I. 
1.  £19,770  (Supplementary)  for  Expenditure 
in respect of  Diplomatic and Consular  Buildings, 
and for  the  maintenance  of  certain  Cemeteries 
Abroad. 

2.  £19,300  (Supplementary)  for  Expenditure 
in  respect  of  sundry  Public  Buildings  in  Great 
Britain, not  provided  for  on other  Votes. 

3.  £5,300  (Supplementary)  for  the  Survey  of 
the  United  Kingdom  and  for  minor  services 
connected  therewith. 

4.  £81,500  (Supplementary)  for  Rates  and 
Contributions  in lieu  of  Rates,  &c. in  respect  of 
Government  Property,  and for  Rates  pn  Houses 
occupied  by  Representatives of  Foreign  Powers, 
and for the  Salaries and  Expenses  of  the  Rating 
of  Government  Property  Department,  and  for 
a  Contribution  towards  the  Expenses  of  the 
London  Fire  Brigade. 

G  4 

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25th February: WW. 

Class  II. 

Class  V I I. 

5.  Motion  made,  and  Question  put,  That  a 
Supplementary  sum,  not  exceeding  £5,  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  ta  defray  the  Charge 
which  will  come  in  course  of  payment  during 
the  year  ending  on  the 31st day  of  March  1919, 
for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of  the  Board  of 
Agriculture  and  Fisheries,  of  the  Agricultural 
Wages  Board,  and  of  the  Royal  Botanic  Gar-
dens,  Kew, including  certain  Grants in  Aid. 

The  Committee  divided. 

Tellers  for  the  ( Lord  Edmund,  Talbot, 

Yeas, 

|  Mr.  Pratt: 
Tellers for the  ( Mr.  Hogge, 

Noes, 

( Mr.  Neil  McLean: 

|  233. 

4 9. 

6.  £150,000 (Supplementary) for His Majesty's 

Foreign  and  other  Secret  Services. 

7.  £1,000  (Supplementary)  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Offices of the  Chief  Secre-
tary in Dublin and London, and of  the Inspectors 
of  Lunatic  Asylums,  and  Expenses  under  the 
Inebriates  Acts. 

Class  III. 

8.  £16,000 (Supplementary)  for the  Expenses 
of  the  Prisons  m  England,  Wales,  and  the 
Colonies, including  a  Grant  in  Aid  of  certain 
Expenses  connected  with Discharged  Prisoners. 

9.  £57,955  (Supplementary)  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Office  of  the  Inspector  of 
Reformatories,  and  for  the  Expenses  of  the 
Maintenance  of  Juvenile  Offenders in  Reforma-
tory,  Industrial,  and  Day  Industrial  Schools, 
and in  Places  of  Detention  under the  Children 
Act,  in  Great  Britain. 

10.  £9,644  (Supplementary)  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  various  County  Court  Officers 
and  of  Magistrates  in  Ireland. 

11.  £9,500  (Supplementary)  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Commissioner  of  Police, 
the  Police  Courts, and  the  Metropolitan  Police 
Establishment  of  Dublin. 

12.  £134,105  (Supplementary)  for  the  Ex-

penses  of  the Royal  Irish  Constabulary. 

13.  £1,500 (Supplementary)  for the  Expenses 
of the  Maintenance  of  Criminal  Lunatics  in  the 
Dundrum  Criminal  Lunatic  Asylum,  Ireland. 

Class  I V. 

14.  £225,000 ( Supplementary) for the Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Board  of  Education, and  of 
the  various  Establishments  connected  therewith, 
including  sundry  Grants in  Aid. 

15.  £12,500 

for  a  Grant 

in  Aid  of  the 

Serbian  Relief  Fund. 

16.  £27,875 

for  Public 
Education  in  Scotland,  and for  Science  and  Art 
in  Scotland. 

(Supplementary) 

Class  V. 

17.  £51,022  for  making  good  the  Net  Loss 
on  Transactions  connected  with  the  raising  of 
Money  for the  various  Treasury  Chests  Abroad 
in  the year  1917-18. 

Class  V I. 

18.  £10  (Supplementary)  for  certain  Mis-
cellaneous  Expenses,  including  certain  Charit-
able  and other  Allowances,  Great  Britain. 

Motion  made, and  Question  proposed,  That a 
Supplementary  sum,  not  exceeding  £196,456, 
be granted  to His  Majesty, to  defray  the  Charge 
which  will  come  in  course  of  payment  during 
the year  ending  on the  31st  day  of  March  1919, 
for  the Salaries and  Expenses of  the  Ministry  of 
Labour  and  Subordinate  Departments, including 
the  Contribution  to  the  Unemployment  Insur-
ance  Fund  and  Re-payments  to  Associations 
pursuant to  Sections  85  and  106 of  the  National 
Insurance Act, 1911, and the  National Insurance 
(Part  II.)  (Munition  Workers)  Act,  1916:— 
Motion, by  leave,  withdrawn. 

20.  £25,000 ( Supplementary) for  the payment 
of  Grants  towards  the  cost  of  the  extension  of 
Sanatorium  Benefit to the Dependants of insured 
persons under  the  National Insurance Act,  1911, 
and  of  the  treatment of  Tuberculosis  generally. 

Ministry  of  Munitions. 

21.  £ 1 00 
and  Expenses 

(Supplementary)  for  the  Salaries 
s  of  ti te Ministry  of  Munitions. 

Ministry of  Munitions (Ordnance Factories). 
22.  £100  (Supplementary)  for  the  Expenses 
of  the  Ordnance  Factories,  the  cost, of  the  pro-
duction  of  which will  be  charged  to  the  Army, 
Navy,  Ministry  of  Munitions,  and  Indian  and 
Colonial  Governments,  &c. 

Ministry  of Shipping. 

23.  £100  (Supplementary)  for  the  Salaries 

and  Expenses  of  the  Ministry  of  Shipping. 

Ministry  of  Reconstruction. 

24.  Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed, 
That  a  sum, not  exceeding  £9,000, be  granted 
to  His  Majesty,  to defray  the Charge  which  will 
come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on the 31st  day  of  March  1919, for  the 
Salaries  and  Expenses  of  the  Ministry  of  Re-
construction. 

Whereupon  the  Yeoman  Usher  of  the  Black 
Rod  being  come  with  a  Message, the  Chairman 
left  the  Chair. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair. 

A  Message  was  delivered  by  Captain  Sir BoyaJ Assent, 

Thomas Dacres  Butler,  Yeoman  Usher  of  the 
Black  R o d: 

Mr.  Speaker, 

The  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
Majesty's  Commission, for  declaring  His  Royal 
Assent  to  several/Acts  agreed  upon  by  both 
Houses, desire  the  immediate  attendance  of  this 
Honourable  House  in  the  House  of  Peers,  to 
hear the  Commission  read. 

Accordingly  Mr.  Speaker,  with  the  House, 
went  up to  the  House  of  Peers:—And  having 
returned  ; 

Mr.  Speaker reported, That the  House, at the 
desire  of  the  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
Majesty's  Commission,  had been at the House of 
Peers, whefe a Commission  under the Great Seal 
was  read,  giving,  declaring*, and  notifying  the 
Royal  Assent  to  the  several  Acts  therein  men-
tioned ;  and  that  the  Lords  thereby  authorised 
had declared the  Royal  Assent  to  the  said  Acts, 
as follow  : 

19.  £60,000  (Supplementary)  for  a  Grant in 

Aid  of  the  Government  Hospitality  Fund. 

Air  Navigation  Act,  1919. 
Re-election  of  Ministers  Act,  1919. 

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27th February 

.—3rd  March. 

49 

Supply 

Then the House again resolved  itself  into the 

Committee of  Supply. 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Question  again  proposed,  That  a  sum,  not 
exceeding  £9,000,  be  granted  to  His  Majesty, 
to  defray  the  Charge which  will  come  in course 
of  payment  during  the year  ending  on the  31st 
day of March  1919, for the Salaries and Expenses 
of  the  Ministry  of  Reconstruction. 
Question put, and  agreed  to. 

Resolutions to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had come to  several  Resolutions. 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

Resolved, That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways and  Means  ; 

to act during this Session as temporary  Chairmen 
of  Committees  when requested  by  the  Chairman 
of  Ways  and  Means. 

J A M BS   W.   L O W T H E R, 
Speaker. 

27th February  1919. 

S T A N D I NG  

C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by  Mr. Speaker, pursuant to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Ministry of  Health Bill -

A. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker, pursuant to  Order 
of  20th  February, of  Estimates  referred to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Title of Estimates. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Resolved, That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 

next, resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Civil Services and Revenue  Depart-

ments (Estimates,  1919-20). 

B. 

Civil 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Contingencies  Second  Reading  of  the  Civil  Contingencies 
, W M 1-  

Fund  Billj 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ministry of 
Ways and 
Com^mca.  Communications  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Ministry  of  Ways  and 

Monday, 3rd March  1919. 

PR A T E R S. 

THE   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Manchester 

Second  Reading  of  the  Manchester  Corpo- Corporation 

ration  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Adjournment 
Resolved, That  this  House,  at  its rising this 
of the House,  day,  do  adjourn  till  Monday  next.—(Lord 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Beigate 
Second  Reading  of  the  Reigate  Corporation Corporation 

Edmund  Talbot.) 

Adjournment 

. Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the 
Order  of  the  House  of  the  12th  day  of  this 
instant  February,  proposed  the  Question,  That 
this  House  do now  adjourn. 

And  it  being one hour  after  the  conclusion 
of  Government  Business,  Mr.  Deputy 
Speaker  adjourned  the  House,  without 
Question  put, pursuant  to  the  Order  of 
the  House  of the  12th day  of  this instant 
February,  till  Monday  next,  pursuant  to 
the  Resolution  of  the  House  of  this  day, 
it  being then twelve minutes  before  Nine 
of  the  clock. 

Ordered. That the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to Private 

the  directions  of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Rep ort  by  the  Chairman  of  Committees  of (Scotland) 
the  House  of  Lords  and the  Chairman  of  Ways Act, 18»9. 
and  Means  in  the  House  of  Commons,  under 
Section  2 of  the Private  Legislation  Procedure 
(Scotland)  Act,  1899, that  they  are  of  opinion 
that certain  Provisional  Orders  for  which  Peti-
tions  have  been  presented  to  the  Secretary  for 
Scotland  be  allowed  to  proceed,  subject  to  such 
recommendations  as  they  may  hereafter  make 
with respect  to the several  Orders. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

In  pursuance  of  Standing  Order  No.  1  (Sit-

tings of  the  House)  I  hereby  nominate— 

The  Right  Honourable  Sir  Frederick  George 

Banbury, 

The  Right  Honourable  Charles  William 

Bowerman, 

The  Right  Honourable  John  William  Wilson, 
Mr.  Thomas Power  O'Connor, and 
Mr.  John Frederick  Peel  Rawlinson, 
V O L.   174. 

Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland  presented, Irish Land 
by  His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Return Commission 
of  Advances  under  the  Irish  Land  Purchase 
Acts  for  the  months  of  April,  May,  June, and 
July  1917. 

Copy  of  Return  under  Section  7 of  the  Land Land Law 

Law  (Ireland)  Act,  1887,  of  the  number 
Eviction  Notices  filed  in  the  High  Court  of Notices,) 
Justice  and  County  Courts, and  the  number  of 
Evictions  in  Ireland  during  the  year  ended 
31st  December  1918. 

H 

50 

4th—5th  March. 

1919. 

Bankruptcy 
Courts 
(Ireland.) 

Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland  also  pre-
sented,  pursuant  to  the directions of  an A ct   of 
Parliament,—Annual  Returns  of  the  Official 
Assignee  of  the King's Bench  Division  in  Bank-
ruptcy  in  Ireland  and  the  Local  Courts  in 
Belfast  and  Cork, for the  year  1918. 

Ordered, That the said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Naval and 
Marine Pay 
and Pensions 
Act, 1865. 

Mr.  Fisher presented, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of Three Orders 
in  Council,  dated  10th  February  1919,  made 
tinder  the  Naval  and  Marine  Pay  and Pensions 
Act,  1865. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Organisation 
ofGovernment Command,—Copy  of  Fourth  Interim  Report 
Offices. 
""  
and  Final  Report  of  the  Committee  appointed 
to inquire  into  the  Organisation  and  Staffing  of 
Government  Offices. 

Army 
(Appropriation 
Account.) 

No.  32. 

Army 
(Clothing 
•Factory.) 

No.  33. 

National 
Health 
insurance 
Fund 
Accounts. 

No. 34. 

Mr.  Baldwin  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— 
Appropriation  Account  for  Army  Services  for 
1917-18, with  the Report  of the Comptroller and 
Auditor  General  thereon,  and  upon  the  Store 
Accounts  of the  Army. 

Anpual Accounts of  the Royal  Army  Clothing 
Factory  for the year 1917-18, with  the Report  of 
the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General  thereon. 

Copy  of  Accounts  of  the  National  Health 
Insurance  Fund  (English,  Welsh,  Scottish,  and 
Irish)  established  pursuant  to  the  National 
Insurance  Act,  1911, showing  the  Receipts  and 
Payments  during  the  year  ended  3lst  December 
1916;  together  with  the  Report  of  the  Comp-
troller  and Auditor  General  thereon. 

Ordered, That  the said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
Table,  and  that  the  Papers  relative  to  Army 
(Appropriation  Account),  Army  (Clothing  Fac-
tory),  and  National  Health  Insurance  Fund 
Accounts,  be  printed. 

The  following  Members  took  and  subscribed 

Members take 
the Oath. 

the  Oath  :— 

The  Right  Honourable  Sir  Robert Stevenson 
Home,  K.C.,  K.B.E.,  for  Glasgow  Burgh 
(Hillhead  Division). 

The  Right  Honourable  Joseph  Austen  Cham-
berlain,  for  Birmingham  Borough  (West 
Birmingham  Division). 

The  Right  Honourable  James  Ian  Macpher-
son,ior  the Counties of  Inverness, Ross, and 
Cromarty  (Ross  and  Cromarty  Division). 
The  Right  Honourable  Sir  Worthington 

Laming  Worthington-JEvans,  Baronet,  for 
Essex  County  (Colchester  Division). 

Ordered, That  the  Army  Estimates,  1919-20  Business of 

(Vote  on  Account)  [presented  27th  February], 
and the  Army (Supplementary  Estimate),  1918-
19  [presented  26th  February],  be  considered  in 
Committee  of  Supply.—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

The  House, according to Order,  resolved  itself Supply 

into the  Committee  of  Supply. 

[istailotted 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Army  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Number  of  Land  Forces. 

1.  That  a number of  Land Forces  not  exceed-
ing  2,500,000,  all  ranks, be  maintained  for  the 
Service of  the United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain 
and Ireland  at  Home  and Abroad, excluding  His 
Majesty's  Indian  Possessions,  during  the  year 
ending on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920. 

Vote  on  Account. 

2.  That  a sum not exceeding  £125,000,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty  on  Account  for  or 
towards  defraying the charges for Army  Services 
for  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March 
1920. 

Resolutions  to be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had come  to  several  Resolutions. 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ministry of 

Committee  on  Ministry  of  Health  [Salaries  and health 
i,  
Expenses]  ; 

[Salaries and 
Expenses.] 

L 

, 

J 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Naval, 

Second  Reading  of  the  Naval,  Military, and Air  ^iiite^and 
ServteBill. 
Force  Service  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Major  William  George  Arthur  Ormsby-Gore, 
commonly  called  the  Honourable  William 
George  Arthur  Ormsby-Gore,  for  Stafford 
County  (Stafford  Division). 

Commander  Bolton  Meredith  Eyres-Monsett, 
for  Worcester  County (Evesham  Division). 

Stainding 
Committees 
(Chairmen's 
Panel.) 
Ministry of 
Health Bill. 

Mr.  John  William  Wilson  reported  from  the 
Chairmen's  Panel, That  they  had  appointed  Sir 
Archibald  Williamson  to  act  as  Chairman  of 
Standing Committee A (in respect of the Ministry 
of  Health  Bill),  that  they  had  appointed  Mr. 
Brace  to  act  as  Chairman  of  Standing  Com-
mittee B (in respect of Civil Services and Revenue 
Department  Estimates,  1919-20). 

The  Ordei  of  the day being  read, for receiving Mupply [27th 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of £ebruary] 
the  27th  day  of  February  last; 

•  eport" 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order'  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Civil 

Second Reading of  the  Civil Contingencies Fund ^tdin|f1°cleB 
Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ministry of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Ministry  of  Ways  and  ^^untca-
tions Bill. 
Communications  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read a second  time 

Table. 

upon Thursday  next. 

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3RD—Mh  March. 

Adjournment.  Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the 
Order  of  the  House of  the  12th day of  February 
last, proposed  the  Question,  That  this House  do 
now  adjourn. 

And the Question being put:—It was resolved 

in the Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  one  minute  before 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

Tuesday, 4th March  1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

Beieate 
Corporation 
Bill: 

T ^ HE   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
-L  Second Beading of  the Reigate  Corporation 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Colonial 
Reports 
(Annual.) 

Colonel  Amery  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Colonial  Report  No.  986 
(Cyprus,  Report  for  1917-18). 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir Albert  Stanley  presented, pursuant  to  the 
Patents and 
Designs Act,  directions  of  several Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  the  Register  of  Patent  Agents'  Rules,  1919, 
1907- 
dated  26th  February  1919. 

Trading with 
the Enemy 
(Amendment)  m a (j e 

Copy  of  Supplementary  List  of  persons, firms, 
and  companies  as  to  whom  orders  have  been 
t h e  Trading  with  the  Enemy 

(Amendment)  Acts,  1916 and  1918. 

Ordered, That  the said Papers  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

Civil Services  Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Estimate of the further sum required 
(Supple- 
to  be  voted  for  the  Civil  Services  of  the  year 
Estimate 
ending  31st  March  1919. 
1918-19.) 

Ordered, That  the  said  Estimate  be  referred 

to  a  Standing  Committee ;  and be  printed. 

Primary 
Education 
(Ireland.) 

Mr.  Macpherson presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  Viceregal 
Committee  of  Inquiry  into  Primary  Education 
in  Ireland,  1918.  Vol.  I.  Report. 

Militia Act, 
1882 (Deputy  tions  of  Deputy Lieutenants lodged during  1918, 
hX^dT*8' 

Copy  of  Returns  of  descriptions  of  qualifica-

t0   t h e  Chief  Secretary  for  Ireland. 

ft,rnishe® 

as  

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers do lie upon  the 

Table. 

Mr*  Long  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-
Navy 
(Exceptions  mand,—Copy of List of Exceptions  to  the King's 
SeK&ns.)  R e g i o ns   as  to  Pay,  Non-effective  Pay, and 
Allowances  during  the  year  1917-18. 

Ordered, That the  said  Paper  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

Member takes  The  following  Member  took  and  subscribed 
the Oath. 

the Oath  :— 

Sir  Archibald  Williatnson  reported 

from standing 

Standing  Committee  A,   to  whom  the  R e p r e - R ^ ^ ^ t f on 
sentation  of  the  People  (Returning  Officers'0fe?heP°0ple 
Expenses)  Bill  was  referred;  That  they  had (Rstuming 
gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed  him  to g®0®^-, 
report  the  same,  without  Amendment,  to  the Bm!en 
House. 

N o.  3 6. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,That  the  Minutes of  the Proceedings  No. 36. 

of the Standing  Committee be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill (not  amended  in  the 
Standing Committee) be taken into  consideration 
to-morrow.. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com- Selection 

mittee  of  Selection ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the following Members from Standing Committee gt^dtag 
A  :—Mr.  Baldwin and Mr. Pratt. 

Committee A. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  further  reported from  the Standing 
Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the Committee A. 
following  Members  from  Standing  Committee 
A  :—Mr.  Arnold,  Mr. Hogge,  Mr.  Murray  Mac-
don aid,  Colonel  Wedgwood, Mr.  Daniel  Wilton, 
and  Mr.  Thomas WiUiams;  and  had  appointed 
in  substitution:  Major  Barnes,  Mr.  Galbraith, 
Mr.  M'Guffin,  Dr.  Murray,  Mr.  Charles  White, 
and  Sir  Robert Thomas. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further  reported  from  the Standing 
Committee;  That  thev  had  added  to  Standing Committee A. 
following  Members:—Sir 
Committee  A  the 
William  Ryland  Adkins,  Mr.  Thomas  Davies 
(Cirencester),  Major  Hills, 
and  Major 
MMicking. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further  reported  from  the Standing 
Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the Committee C. 
following  Members  from  Standing  Committee 
C  :—Mr.  Greer  and  Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir 
John  Norton-Griffiths  ;  and  had  appointed  in 
substitution:  Mr.  Bennett  and  Major  Sir 
Bertram  Falle. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further  reported  from the Standing 
Committee;  That  they  had  nominated  the  Committee C. 
following  Member  to  serve  on  Standing  Com-
mittee  C :—Brigadier-General  Cockerill. • 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further reported  from  the Standing 

Committee;  That  they  had  discharged 
following  Member  from  Standing  Committee 
B  :—Colonel  Royds;  and  had  appointed  in  sub-
stitution  Mr.  Greer. 

the C o m m i t t e e B-

Sir  Samuel Roberts  further  reported  from the Standing 

the Committee D. 

Committee;  That  they  had  nominated 
following  Members  to  serve  on  Standing  Com-
mittee  D:—Sir  William  Barton,  Sir  Edward 
Beauchamp,  Mr.  Bowerman,  Major  Brassey, 
Major  Breese,  Mr.  Broad,  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Burgoyne,  Colonel  Campion, Lieutenant-Colonel 
Spender  Clay,  Mr.  Clough,  Sir  Clifford  Cory, 
Mr.  Alfred  Thomas Davies  (Lincoln),  Mr.  Bart-
ley  Denniss,  Mr.  Finney,  Mr.  Foreman,  Mr. 
Glanville,  Mr. Duncan  Graham, Major  Hender-
son, Mr.  Hurd,  Mr.  Irving,  Mr.  Edward  Kelly, 
Mr.  Kenyan,  Mr. Lindsay,  Major  William  Mur-
ray,  Mr.  Reginald  Nicholson,  Mr.  Pennefather, 
Sir  John  Randies,  Mr.  Frederick  Roberts,  Mr. 
Royce,  Sir  William  Seager,  Mr.  Seddon,  Mr. 
Strauss,  Mr.  Thomson, Mr.  Tootill,  Sir  John 
Tudor  Walters,  Colonel  Weston,  Lieutenant-
Commander  Williams, Colonel  Penry  Williams, 
Lieutenant-Colonel Willoughby, and Mr.  William 
Young. 

Sir Clement Anderson Montague Barlow, K.B.E., 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

for Salford Borough (South Division). 

Table. 

VOL.   174. 

H  2 

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4th March. 

Supply. 

The  House, according  to Order, resolved itself 

into the  Committee  of  Supply. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Civil  Services  Supplementary  Estimates, 
1918-19. 

Class  V I I. 

1.  £196,456  (Supplementary)  for the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Ministry  of  Labour  and 
Subordinate  Departments,  including  the  Con-
tribution  to the  Unemployment  Insurance  Fund 
and  Re-payments  to  Associations  pursuant  to 
Sections  85  and  106  of  the  National  Insurance 
Act, 1911, and the National Insurance (Part  II.) 
(Munition  Workers)  Act,  1916. 

Class  II. 
2.  £1,090  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of 

the  Office of the  Lord  Privy  Seal. 

Army  Supplementary  Estimate,  1918-19. 

3.  £10  (Supplementary)  for  Pay,  &c.  of  the 

Army. 

Navy  Supplementary  Estimate,  1918-19. 

4.  £10  (Supplementary)  for  additional  Ex-
penditure  on the  Wages, &c., of  Officers, Seamen, 
Boys,  Coast  Guard, and Royal  Marines. 

Resolutions  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman of Ways and Means reported, That the 
Committee  had come to  several  Resolutions. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may have  leave  to 
sit again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being,  read,  for  the 
©Til 
Contingencies  Second  Reading  of  the  Civil  Contingencies 
Fund Bill. 

F n n d  Bill  ; 

And  a  Motion  being  .made, and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  "  now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
this  day  six  months."—(Mr. 
words 
Cautley.y 

"upon 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

"  now "  stand  part of the  Question; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the/Lord  Edmund  Talbot,  \ 
j 
"I 

Tellers for the/Mr.  Cautley, 

(Mr.  Dudley  Ward: 

Yeas, 

193. 

.. 

Noes, 

1 Captain  Fitzroy: 

J 

So it  was resolved  in the Affirmative. 
The  Bill  was read  a second  time. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  to-morrow. 
(Mr.  Baldwin.) 

Belfast 
Harbour Bill.  Second  Reading  of  the  Belfast  Harbour  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

And  a  Motion  being  ma.de, and the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  "now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  "upon  this  day  six  months."—(Mr. 
Devlin.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

"  now "  stand  part  of  the  Question ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes to  the  Left. 
Tellers for  the j  Mr.  Moles, 

Yeas, 

( Captain  Craig : 

Tellers for  the  ( Mr.  Neil  McLean, 

Noes, 

1 Mr.  Devlin: 

So  it  was resolved  in the  Affirmative. 

176. 

1  KO 
f 

The  Bill  was  read  a  second  time,  and  com-

mitted. 

Mr.  Pratt  reported  from  the  Committee  of supply [27th 

Supply  of  the  27th  day  of  February 
last, 
several Resolutions ;  which were read, as follow : 

p o r' 

Civil  Services  Supplementary  Estimates, 
1918-19. 

Class  I.  . 

1.  That  a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding Diplomatic 
£19,770  be  granted  to  His  Majesty, to  defray and Consular 
the charge  which will  come in course of  payment 
during  theyear ending  on  the 31st day of  March mentary.) 
1919  for  Expenditure  in  respect  of  Diplomatic 
and Consular Buildings, and for the maintenance 
of  certain  Cemeteries  Abroad. 

2.  That  a Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding  Public 

£19,300  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray Buildings in 
the  charge  which  will  come  in course  of payment  ^ ^ p ^ ?^ 
during the  year  ending on  the 31st day of  March mcntary.) 
1919 
in  respect  of  sundry 
Public  Buildings  in  Great  Britain,  not  provided 
for  on  other  Votes. 

for  Expenditure 

3.  That  a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding Surveys of 

£5,300  be  granted  to  His; Majesty,  to  defray g® 
the  charge  which  will  come in  course  of  payment (Supple-
during the year  ending on the  31st day of  March mentary.) 
1919  for  the  Surveys  of  the  United  Kingdom 
and for  minor  services  connected  therewith. 

4.  That  a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding  Bates on 

£81,500  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray 
the charge which will  come  in course of  payment (Supple-
during  the year ending  on  the  31stday  of March mentary.) 
1919  for  Rates  and  Contributions  in  lieu  of 
Rates, &c.  in  respect  of  Government  Property, 
and for Rates  on  Houses  occupied  by  Represen-
tatives  of  Foreign  Powers,  and  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Rating  of  Government 
Property  Department,  and  for  a  Contribution 
towards  the  Expenses  of  the  London  Fire 
Brigade. 

Class  II. 

L 

.,, 

.  • , 

5.  That  a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding  Board of 
£5  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the Agriculture 
,  and Fisheries 
.  J 
charge  which  will  come  m  course  of  payment (Suppie-
during  the year ending on the 31st day  of  March mentary.) 
1919 for  the Salaries and Expenses  of  the  Board 
of  Agriculture and Fisheries, of the  Agricultural 
Wages  Board,  and  of  the  Royal  Botanic  Gar-
dens, Kew, including  certain  Giants  in  Aid. 

n 

" 

J 

6.  That  a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding Secret 
£150,000  be granted  to His  Majesty,  to  defray Service, 
the charge  which will come in course  of  payment mentary.) 
during, the year ending  on the 31st day  of  March 

9  GEO.  V. 

4th March. 

m 

1919 for  His  Majesty's Foreign  and  other Secret; 
Services. 

Chief Secretary  7.  That  a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding 
£1,000  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray 
(Supple- 
the  charge  which  will come in course of  payment 
mentary.) 
during the  year  ending  on the 31st day of  March 
1919  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of  the 
Offices  of  the  Chief  Secretary  in  Dublin  and 
London,  and  of  the  Inspectors  of  Lunatic 
Asylums,  and  Expenses  under  the  Inebriates; 
Acts. 

Discharged 
Prisoners 
•(Supple-
mentary.) 

"Reformatory 
and Industrial 
Schools (Great 
Britain 
(Supple-
mentary.) 

•County Court 
Officers, &c., 
Ireland 
•(Supple-
mentary.) 

Dublin 
Metropolitan 
Police 
•(Supple-
mentary.) 

Boyal Irish 
Constabulary 
-(Supple-
mentary.) 

Dundrum 
Criminal 
Lunatic 
Asylum, 
Ireland 
(Supple-
mentary.) 

Board of 
Education 
(Supple-
mentary.) 

Serbian Belief 
Fund. 

Class  III. 

8.  That  a Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding 
£16,000  be granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray 
the charge which will come in course  of  payment 
during  the year  ending on the 31st day of  March 
1919  for  the  Expenses  of  the  Prisons  in  Eng-
land, Wales, and  the Colonies, including  a Grant: 
in  Aid  of  certain  Expenses  connected  with: 
i 
Discharged  Prisoners. 

9.  That  a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding 
£57,955  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray 
the charge  which will come in course of  payment 
during the  year  ending on the 31st day of  March 
1919 for the  Salaries and Expenses  of  the Office 
of  the  Inspector  of  Reformatories,  and  for  the 
the  Maintenance  of  Juvenile 
Expenses  of 
Offenders  in  Reformatory,  Industrial, and  Day 
Industrial  Schools,  and  in  Places  of  Detention 
under  the  Children  Act,  in  Great  Britain. 

10.  That  a  Supplementary  sum not  exceeding 
£9,644  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray 
the charge  which will  come  in course  of  payment 
during  the  year ending  on the 31st day of  March 
1919  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of  various 
County  Court  Officers  and  of  Magistrates  in 
Ireland. 

11.  That a Supplementary sum  not exceeding 
£9,500  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray 
the charge which will come in course of pavment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of  March 
1919  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of  the 
Commissioner  of  Police,  the  Police  Courts, 
and  the  Metropolitan  Police  Establishment  of 
Dublin. 

<- 12.  That  a  Supplementary  sum not  exceeding 
£134,105  be granted  to  His  Majesty, to  defray 
the  charge which will come in course  of  payment 
during the year  ending on the 31st day  of  March 
1919 for  the  Expenses  of  the  Royal  Irish  Con-
stabulary. 

13.  That a  Supplementary  sum  not exceeding 
£1,500  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray 
the  charge which will  come in course of  payment 
during the year ending  on  the 31st day of  March 
1919  for  the  Expenses  of  the  maintenance  of 
Criminal  Lunatics  in  the  Dundrum  Criminal 
Lunatic  Asylum,  Ireland. 

Class  IV. 

14.  That  a  Supplementary  sum not  exceeding 
£225,000  be  granted  to  His  Majesty, to  defray 
the  charge  which will come  in course of  payment 
during the year ending  on the 31st day of  March 
1919 for. the  Salaries and Expenses  of  the Board 
of  Education,  and  of  various  Establishments 
connected  therewith, including  sundry Grants  in 
Aid. 

15.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £12,500  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which will  come in course  of  payment during  the 
year  ending  on the  31st day of  March  1919 for a 
Grant in Aid  of  the  Serbian  Relief  Fund. 

VOL. 174. 

16.  That  a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding  Public 

£27,875  be  granted  to  His> Majesty,  to  defray 
the  charge  which will  come  in course of payment ^uppie^ 
during  the year ending  on the  31st day of  March mentaiy.) 
1919  for  Public  Education  in  Scotland, and  for 
Science  and Art  in  Scotland. 

, 

Class  V. 

17.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £51,022  be Treasury 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge Chest» Abroad, 
which  will come  in  course of  payment during  the 
year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1919  for 
making  good  the  Net  Loss  on  Transactions  con-
nected with  the  raising  of  Money for  the  various 
Treasury  Chests  Abroad  in the year  1917-18. 

Class  V I. 

lis.  That  a  Supplementary  sum not exceeding Miscellaneous 

£10  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the 
charge  which  will  come  in  course  of  payment mentary.) 
during  the  year ending  on the 31st day of  March 
1919 for  certain Miscellaneous Expenses, includ-
ing  certain  Charitable  and  other  Allowances, 
Great  Britain. 

19.  That  a  Supplementary  sum not  exceeding Government 
£60,000  be granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  Fand(SuTl«-
the  charge which will  come  in  course  of  payment mentary.) 
during  the year ending  on the  31st day of  March 
1919  for  a  Grant  in  Aid  of  the  Government 
Hospitality  Fund. 

,  Class  VII. 

20.  That  a  Supplementary  sum not  exceeding  Treatment of 

£25,000  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  Tn^°n loBi» 
the  charge  whjch  will  come in course  of payment Grants) 
during  the year ending  on  the  31st day of  March (Supple-
1919  for  the  payment  of  Grants  towards  the mentary.) 
cost  of  the  extension  of  Sanatorium  Benefit 
to  the  Dependents  of  insured  persons  under 
the  National  Insurance  Act,  1911,  and  of  the 
treatment  of  Tuberculosis  generally. 

Ministry  of  Munitions. 

21.  That  a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding  Ministry of 
£100  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray Munitions 
the  charge which  will  come in course  of  payment m^ntaiy.) 
during  tne year  ending  on the 31st day of  March 
1919  for-  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of  the 
Ministry  of  Munitions. 

Ministry  of  Munitions  (Ordnance  Factories). 

22.  That  a  Supplementary sum  not  exceeding  Ministry of 

£100  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  ^ l t i o ns 
the charge  which  will  come in course of  payment Factories) 
during  the year ending on the 31st  day of  March (Supple-
1919 for the Expenses of the Ordnance Factories, mentary.) 
the  cost  of  the  production  of  whieh  will  be 
charged  to the  Army,  Navy,  Ministry  of  Muni-
tions, and  Indian  and Colonial Governments,  &c. 

Ministry of  Shipping. 

• 

v:" 

23.  That  a Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding  Ministry of 

£100  be granted  to'  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the Shipping 
charge  which  will  come  in  course  of  payment mentaiy.) 
during  the year ending  on the  31st day of  March 
1919  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of  the 
Ministry of  Shipping. 

Ministry  of  Reconstruction. 

24.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £9,000  be Ministry of 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge  f i^ ) n , t r a c" 
which  will  come  in  course  of  payment  during  10n' 
the  year  ending  on  the 31st day  of  March  1919 
for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of  the  Ministry 
of  Reconstruction. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time, were  agreed  to. 

H  3 

54 

4th—5th March. 

1919. 

Mr.  Pratt  reported  from  the  Committee  of 
Supply 
J8rd March]  Supply  of  the  3rd  day  of  this  instant  March 
several Resolutions  j  which were read, as follow: 

Land Forces. 

Vote on 
Account. 

Army  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Number  of  Land  Forces. 

1.  That  a number  of  Land  Forces  not  exceed-
ing  2,500,000,  all  ranks, be  maintained  for  the 
Service  of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great 
Britain  and  Ireland  at  Home  and  Abroad, 
excluding  His  Majesty's  Indian  Possessions, 
during  the  year  ending  oh  the  31st  day  of 
March  1920. 

Vote  on  Account. 

2.  That  a sum not  exceeding  £125,000,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty's  on  account  for  or 
towards defraying  the  charges for Army  Services 
for  the  year  ending  on  the  3lst  day  of  March 
1920. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time, were  agreed  to. 

Ways and 
. Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  j 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into the  said  Committee. 

Ministry of 
Health 
[Salaries and 
Expenses.] 

The  House,  according  to  Order, resolved itself 
into  a  Committee  on  Ministry  of  Health 
[Salaries  and  Expenses]. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the  payment, out  of 
moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  of  an 
annual  salary not  exceeding five thousand  pounds 
to  the  Ministry  of  Health,  and  of  such  other 
salaries,  remuneration,  and  expenses  as  may 
become  payable  under  any  A ct   of  the  present 
Session  to  establish  a  Ministry of  Health. —(Mr. 
Baldwin.) 

Whereupon  Motion  made, and  Question, That 
the  Chairman  do  report  Progress,  and  ask leave 
to  sit again—(Lord  Edmund  Talbot),—put,  and 
agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had made  Progress  in  the  matter 
to  them  referred;  and  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Adjournment, 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the 
Order  of the  House  of the  12th day of  February 
last,  proposed  the  Question,  That  this  House  do 
now  adjourn. 

And  the Question being  put:—It  was resolved 

in the  Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued to sit till twenty-one minutes  before 
Eleiven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

Wednesday, 5th March  1919. 

P  B AT   E E S. 

THE   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Lancashire 

Second  Reading  of  the  Lancashire  and and ^kshlro 

Yorkshire  and  London  and  North  Western 
Railway  Companies  Bill; 

Northn 

Western 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time Companies 

upon  Wednesday  the  19th  day  of  this  instant  Biil< 
March. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Beigate 
Second  Reading  of  the  Reigate  Corporation  Corporation* 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Resolution  of  the  House  of  the  20th  day  Dock and 
of  February  last, relative  to  Dock  and  Harbour Harbour Bills* 
Bills,  which  was ordered  to  be  communicated  to 
the  Lords,  and  the  Message  from  the  Lords  of 
the  27 th  day  of  February  last  signifying  their 
concurrence  in  the  said  Resolution, were  read: 

Ordered,  That  the  Blyth  Harbour  Bill,  the 
Bristol  Corporation  Bill, the  Dublin  Port  and 
Docks  Bill,  the Manchester  Ship  Canal  Bill, the 
Mersey  Docks  and  Harbour  Board  Bill,  the 
Newport  Harbour  Commissioners  Bill,  the 
Swansea  Harbour  Bill,  the  Tees  Conservancy 
Bill,  the  Tyne  Improvement  Bill,  the  Wear 
Navigation  and  Sunderland  Dock  Bill  be  com-
mitted  to  a  Select  Committee  of  Four  Members 
nominated  by  the  Committee  of  Selection  to  be 
joined  by  a  Committee  of  Four  Lords.—(The 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means.) 

Ordered,  That  a  Message  be  sent to  the  Lords 
to  acquaint  them  therewith,  and  that  the  Clerk 
do  carry  the  said  Message. 

Ordered,  That  all  Petitions  in  favour  of  or 
against  the  Bills,  presented  before  Tuesday  the 
25th  March,  be  referred  to the  Committee;  that 
the  Petitioners  praying  to  be  heard  by  them-
selves,  their  Counsel,  or  Agents,  be  heard  in 
favour  of  or  against  the Bills,  and Counsel  heard 
in  support of  the Bills.—(The Chairman of  Ways 
and  Means.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Belfast  Harbour  Bill,  the Dock and 
Cork Harbour  Bill, and the  Dover  Harbour  Bill  Harbour Bills, 
be  committed  to  the  Joint  Committee  ou  Dock 
and  Harbour  Bills.—(The  Chairman  of  Ways 
and  Means.) 

Ordered,  That  a  Message be  sent to  the  Lords 
to  acquaint  them  therewith,  and  that  the  Clerk 
do  carry  the  said  Message. 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu presented, pursuant to  East India 

* 

* 

the  directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— 
Return  of  all  Loans]  raised  in  India  under m  „ 
the  provisions  of  any  Acts  of  Parliament, 
chargeable on the Revenues  of  India, outstanding 
at  tne  commencement  of  the  half-year  ended 
on  the  30th  September  1918, with  the  rates  of 
interest and total amount payable thereon, and the 
date  of  the  termination  of  each  Loan,  the  debt 
incurred  during  the  half-year, the moneys  raised 
thereby  during  the  half-year,  the  Loans  paid 
off  or  discharged  during  the  half-year,  and  the 
Loans  outstanding at the  close  of  the  half-year  ; 
stating,  so  far  as  the  public  convenience  will 
allow,  the  purpose  or  service  for  which  moneys 
have  been  raised  during  the  half-year. 

9  GEO.  Y. 

5th March. 

55 

Bast India 
(.Legislative 
•Councils.) 

Copy  of  Amendments  to  the  Regulations  and 
Schedules  for  the  nomination  and  election  of 
Members tothe  Indian  Legislative  Council  and 
to the  Legislative  Councils  in  Madras,  Bombay, 
Bengal,  the United  Provinces of  Agra and Oudh, 
the  Central  Provinces,  and  Assam. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
Table;  and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  East 
India  (Loans  raised in  India)  be  printed. 

•Colonial 
Reports 
(Annual.) 

Colonel  Amery  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Colonial  Report,  No.  987 
(Bechuanaland  Protectorate,  Report  for  1917— 
18), 

Ordered, That the  said  Paper  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

National 
Insurance 
Acts, 1911 to 
1918. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Fifth  Report  on  the  Work 
of  the  National  Insurance  Audit  Department, 
1918. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Navy 
Estimates, 
1919-20. 

No.  37. 

Mr.  Long  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand,—Navy  Estimates  for  the  year  1919-20, 
including  a  V ote  on  A c c o u n t. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Estimates  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  Yote  A  be  referred  to  the 
Committee  of  Supply  and  that  the  Vote  on 
Account  and the remaining  Votes  be  referred  to 
a  Standing  Committee. 

Member takes 
the  Oath. 

The  following  M ember  took  and  subscribed 

the  Oath 

Major  David  Watts  Morgan,  for  Rhondda 

Borough  (East  Division). 

Standing 
Orders. 

Mr.  Paughan-Davies reported from the  Select 
Committee  on  Standing  Orders  a  Resolution; 
which  was read,  as followeth: 

Llanelly 
•Corporation. 

That in  the  case  of  the  Llanelly  Corporation, 
Petition  for  Bill,  the  Standing  Orders  ought  not 
to  be dispensed  with. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Summons 
and Process 
Servers' Fees 
.(Ireland) Bill. 
Bin  13. 

Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland,  supported 
by  Mr.  Macpherson, presented  a Bill to  prescribe 
the  fees  that  may  be  charged  for  service  of 
justices'  summonses  and  county  court  processes 
in  Ireland  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  to-morrow;  and  to  be 
.  .• 
printed. 

, 

Public Health 
{Medical 
Treatment 
of  Children) 
(Ireland) Bill. 
Bill  14. 

Mr.  Macpherson,  supported  by  Mr.  Attorney 
General  for  Ireland,  presented  a  Bill  to  make 
. provision for  the  medical  treatment  of  children 
attending  elementary  schools  in  Ireland,  and for 
other  matters  incidental  thereto :  And  the  same 
was ordered  to be read  a second time to-morrow  ; 
and to  be  printed. 

Increase of 
Bent and 
Mortgage 
Interest 
(Restrictions) 
Bill. 

Bill  15. 

Mr.  Fisher,  supported  by  Dr.  Addison  and 
Mr.  Attorney  General,  presented  a  Bill  to 
extend,.amend,  and prolong  the  duration  of  the 
Increase  of  Rent  and  Mortgage  Interest  (War 
Restrictions)  Act,  1915,  and  the  enactments 
amending  that A c t:   And  the  same  was  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  to-morrow;  and  to  be 
printed. 

VOL.  174. 

The House,  according  to  Order, resolved  itself Supply 

into the  Committee  of  Supply. 

l^ndalloUed 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  1919-20  (Vote  on  Account). 

85 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
a  sum  not  exceeding  £210,310,000 be  granted  to 
His  Majesty,  on  account, for  or to wards defray-
ing  the  charges  for  the following  Civil  Services 
and  Revenue  Departments  for  the year  ending 
on  the  31st  d ay   of  March  1920,  v i z . :— 

Civil  Services. 

£ 

Ministry  of  Munitions 

. 

- 

- 

. 

100 

.  CLASS  I. 
-
-
-

-

- 

--

Britain  - 

35,000 
6,000 
75,000 
35,000 

Royal Palaces 
- 
Osborne 
- 
Royal  Parks and Pleasure  Gardens  - 
Houses of  Parliament  Buildings 
- 
- 
Miscellaneous  Legal  Buildings,  Great 
25,000 
- 
- 
51,000 
Art and Science Buildings, Great Britain - 
- 
Diplomatic  and Consular  Buildings  - 
50,000 
Revenue  Buildings 
-  270,000 
- 
- 
Ministry  of  Labour,  Employment  Ex-
change  and  Insurance  Buildings,  Great 
Britain 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 
- 
Public  Buildings,  Great  Britain 
Surveys of  the  United Kingdom 
- 
Harbours under the  Board  of  Trade - 
- 
- 
Peterhead  Harbour 
Rates on  Government  Property 
- 
Public Works  and Buildings, Ireland 
- 
Railways, Ireland 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-  300,000 
-  1,628,000 
-  120,000 
- 
3,000 
10,000 
- 
-  750,000 
95,000 
- 
18,000 
- 

CLASS  I I. 

- 

- 

United Kingdom  and England  : 
- 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

- 
23,000 
House  of  Lords  Offices 
-  110,000 
House  of  Commons  - 
20,000 
- 
War  Cabinet 
- 
80,000 
- 
Treasury and subordinate  Departments 
200,000 
Home  Office 
110,000 
Foreign  Office 
-
37,000 
- 
Colonial  Office  - 
- 
5,000 
.
Privy  Council  Office - 
-1,300,000 
- 
- 
Board  of  Trade 
-  100,000 
Department  of  Overseas Trade - 
Mercantile Marine  Services 
70,000 
- 
- 
Bankruptcy  Department  of  the  Board  of 
-

Trade 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

--

- 

- 

..

-

-

-

-

-

-

--
- 

-

-

- 

--

- 
- 

- 
Interim  Forest  Authority 
Board  of  Agriculture  and Fisheries  - 
Charity  Commission  -
- 
Government  Chemist 
- 
Civil  Service  Commission  - 
- 
Conciliation  and Arbitration  Board  - 
- 
Exchequer  and Audit  Department 
Friendly  Societies Registry 
- 
Local Government  Board  - 
Board  of  Control 
Mint  (including  Coinage)  - 
.
National  Debt  Office 
Public Record  Office 
.
Public  Works  Loan  Commission 
Registrar  General's  Office - 
- 
Stationery and Printing 
Woods, Forests, &c., Office of 
Works and Public  Buildings,  Office of 
Privy  Seal  Office 
- 
- 
Secret  Service 

- 
- 

- 
- 

..
..

.
.

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 
- 
- 
- 

4 
45,000 
- 
-  1,500,000 
17,000 
19,000 
27,000 
2,000 
50,000 
15,000 
655,000 
-  100,000 
4 
• 
8,000 
13,000 
6,000 
25,00u 
-3,000,000 
12,000 
-  125,000 
- 
3,000 
-  150,000 

- 

'  - 

Scotland  : 

Secretary  for Scotland,  Office of 
Board of  Agriculture 
Fishery  Board  -
General Board  of  Control  -
Registrar General's  Office -
Local Government  Board  - 

-

H  4 

14,000 
100,000 
11,000 
18,000' 
5,000 
50,000 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
m 

Ireland t 

Lord  Lieutenant's  Household 
- 
Chief  Secretary's  Offices  and  subordinate 
- 
- 
Department  of  Agriculture  and  Technical 

Departments  - 

-  ; 

- 

- 

- 

£ 
1,200. 

30,000 

5th March. 

Instruction 

.•»-.'! 

- 

. 

- 

Charitable Donations  and  Bequests  Office 
Congested  Districts Board 
Local  Government Board  - 
- 
- 
Public Record Office 
- 
- 
Public  Works Office  - 
Registrar General's Office 
- 
"Valuation and Boundary  Survey 

- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 

- 

- 

-  190,000 
1,000 
-  100,000 
70,000 
4,000 
22,000 
7,000 
19,000 

CLASS  I I I. 

United Kingdom  and England  : 

- 

- 

Law  Charges 
' 
- 
Miscellaneous Legal Expenses  - 
Supreme  Court of  Judicature, &c. 
Land  Registry  - 
Public Trustee  -
County  Courts  - 
Police, England and Wales 
Prisons, England and the Colonies 
Reformatory and Industrial Schools, Great 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

90,000 
- 
- 
32,000 
-  150,000 
25,000 
- 
5 
-  120,000 
-  800,000 
-  500,000 

--

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

-

-

Britain  - 

- 

Criminal  Lunatic Asylums, England - 

220,000 
30,000 

- 

Scotland  : 

Law  Charges and Courts of  Law 
- 
Scottish  Land  Court 
- 
- 
Register  House, Edinburgh 
- 
Police 
- 
- 
Prisons 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 

- 
- 

40,000 
- 
4,000 
- 
- 
20,000 
-  140,000 
75,000 

Ireland : 

27,000 

Law Charges and Criminal Prosecutions  - 
Supreme  Court  of  Judicature  and  other 
- 

,  - 

- 

Legal Departments 
- 

Land  Commission 
County  Court  Officers, &c. 
Dublin Metropolitan  Police 
Royal  Irish  Constabulary  - 
Prisons 
- 
Reformatory  and Industrial  Schools 
Dundrum  Criminal Lunatic Asylum 

- 

- 

- 

- 
- •  ' - 
- 
,- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 

- 

55,000 
-  345,000 
- 
50,000 
-  110,000 
-  900,000 
80,000 
- 
60,000 
- 
5,000 
- 

CLASS  I V. 

- 
- 
- 

United  Kingdom  and England : 
- 
- 
- 

- 
Board  of  Education  - 
- 
- 
British  Museum 
National  Gallery 
- 
- 
National Portrait  Gallery  - 
- 
Wallace  Collection 
- 
- 
- 
London  Museum 
- 
Imperial  War  Museum 
- 
- 
Scientific Investigation,  &c. 
Scientific and Industrial  Research 
- 
Universities  and  Colleges,  United  King-

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 

15,000,000 
90,000 
- 
23,000 
- 
4,000 
5,000 
2,000 
16,000 
50,000 
80,000 

dom, and Intermediate Education, Wales  300,000 
-  200,000 
12,500 
- 

Universities, &c., Special Grants 
- 
Serbian Relief  Fund 

- 
- 

- 

Scotland: 

Public Education 
National Galleries 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

Ireland; 

- 

- 
- 

- 
Public Education 
Intermediate  Education 
- 
Endowed  Schools  Commissioners 
- 
- 
National Gallery 
- 
Science and Art 
- 
• 
Universities and Colleges  - 

- 
- 

CLASS  V. 

Diplomatic  and Consular  Servioes 
- 
Colonial Services 
Telegraph  Subsidies  - 
Cyprus  (Grant  in Aid) 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 

-1,750,000 
4,000 
- 

-1,350,000 
1,000 
- 
400 
- 
1,500 
- 
35,000 
44,000 

- 

-  600,000 
-  138,000 
8,000 
- 
49,000 
- 

£. 

CLASS  V I.  
Superannuation and Retired  Allowances  -  390,000 
20,277 
Miscellaneous  Expenses 
-
Hospitals  and Charities,  Ireland 
16,000 
Temporary  Commissions 
90,000 
Ireland Development  Grant 
280,000 
Government  Hospitality  Fund -
90,000 
Expenses under  the Representation  of  the 
.  -

People  Act 

-  300,000-

- 

-

CLASS  V H. 

Old Age  Pensions 
National  Health  Insurance  Joint  Com-

-7,000,000-

mittee 

-

National  Health 

Insurance 

(England) 

- 
Commission 

-  400,000 

-1,900,000 

National  Health 

Insurance 

Commission 

(Wales) 

National  Health 

(Scotland) 

-

Insurance 

National  Health  Insurance 

- 

(Ireland) 

- 
Ministry  of  Labour  - 
National Insurance Audit  Department 
Treatment 
Grants)  -

of  Tuberculosis 

-
- 

- 

Commission 
- 
- 
Commission 
- 
-

-  180,000-

-  350,000 

-  162,000 
-1,500,000 
65,000 

(Special 

-  150,000-

Highlands  and  Islands  (Medical  Service) 

Board 

- 

l,00fr 

Unclassified  Votes. 

.

..

Ministry  of  Munitions  (Ordnance Factories) 
Ministry  of  Pensions 
- 
Ministry  of  Food 
Ministry  of  Shipping 
Ministry  of  National  Service 
Ministry  of  Reconstruction 
Ministry  of  Labour  (Civil  Demobilisation 

10 
27,000,000-
-1,300,000 
900,000 
-  120,000 
27,000 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 

- 

..

.

.

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

and Resettlement  Department) 

19,000,000 
Bread  Subsidy 
20,000,000-
29,000 
War  Trade  Department 
- 
1,000 
Restriction of Enemy Supplies Department 
- 
National  War  Savings Committee 
50,000 
-  950,000-
Treasury  Securities  Deposit  Scheme 
-  467,000 
Imperial  War  Graves  Commission 
-  200,000-
Central  Control  Board  (Liquor  Traffic) 
37,500,000 
Loans to  Dominions  and Allies  -  ^  - 
30,000,000 
- 
Railway  Agreements 
-  350,000* 
- 
Canal  Compensation  - 
Military Service  (Civil  Liabilities)  Depart-
- 
Property  Losses Compensation (Ireland)  - 
Commission  Internationale  de  Ravitaille-
- 
- 
(Foreign 

- 
- 
Miscellaneous  War  Services 
- 

-2,250,000 
90,000-

- 

-1,750,000 

Office)  - 

30,000 

ment 

ment 

-  ° 

- 
- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Revenue  Departments. 

Customs and Excise  -
Inland  Revenue 
Post Office 

- 2,000,000 
-1,820,000 
16,000,000 

Total  for  Civil  Services  and 

Revenue  Departments 

-  £210,310,000 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  put,. 
That Item  Ministry  of  Munitions  be reduced by 
£10  —(Mr.  Rose). 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the |  Mr.  Tyson 

Yeas, 

( Captain  Albert Smith 

5 4. 

2 4 3. 

Noes, 

;  Tellers for the  ( Lord Edmund Talbot,  ) 
j 

I Mr.  Dudley  Ward: 
Original  Question  again  proposed  : 
Whereupon  Motion  made, and  Question  pro-
posed,  That  Item  Class  I I,   Vote  4  (Home 
Office),  be  reduced  by  £100—(Colonel  Wedg-
wood) :—Motion,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 
Original  Question  again  proposed: 
And  it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock, the  Chair-
man  proceeded,.  pursuant  to  Standing  Order 
No.  15, to  put forthwith  the  Question  necessary 
to  dispose  of the  Vote. 

 
 
 
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5th—m  March, 

57 

Original  Question  put. and  agreed  to. 
Whereupon  the  Chairman  left  the  Chair  to 

make  his Report  to  the  House. 
Resolution  to  be  reported. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 
Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker, pursuant  to  Order 
of  20th  February,  of  Estimates  referred  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 
O 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Representation  of  the 
People  ("Returning  Officers' Expenses)  Bill,  not 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  : 

Title  of  Estimate. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Civil  Services  (Supplementary  Esti-

A.. 

mate,  1918-19). 

Thursday,  6th March  1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

THE  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Manchester 

Second  Reading  of  the  Manchester  Corpo- Corporation 

ration  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the 
federation  to-morrow. 

Bill  be  taken  into  con-

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Representation 
of the People 
(Returning 
Officers' 
Expenses) 
Bill. 

Supply 
[4th March] 
Report. 

The  Order of  the  day being  read, for receiving 
the Report. from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the 4th  day  of  this instant  March  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Civil 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Fund^m0'68  Committee  on  the  Civil  Contingencies  Fund 

R i l l; 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Board of 
Command,—Copy  of  Provisional  Regulations,  Kducfttion-
dated 5th March  1919, for the payment of interim 
Grants  in  respect  of  the  higher  education  of 
ex-service  Officers and  Men at Universities,  &c., 
in England  and  Wales. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant  to Shops Act, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

Ministry of 
Health 
[Salaries and 
Expenses.] 

The  House, according  to Order, resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  Ministry  of  Health 
[ Salaries and  Expenses], 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Question  again proposed, That  it  is  expedient 
to  authorise  the  payment,  out  of  moneys  to  be 
provided  by  Parliament,  of  an annual  salary  not 
exceeding five thousand  pounds to  the  Ministry 
of  Health, and  of  such  other  salaries, remunera-
tion, and expenses  as may become  payable  under 
any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to  establish  a 
Ministry  of  Health. 

Question  put, and agreed  to. 
Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  TJhat 
the  Committee  had  come  to a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the 
Order  of  the  House  of  the  12th day of  February 
last, proposed  the  Question,  That  this  House  do 
now  adjourn. 

° 

And  the  Question  being  put  :  It  was resolved 

in the  Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  twenty-seven  minutes 
after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till 
to-morrow. 

V . L.   171. 

Adjournment. 

the  directions  of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Copies  1912-
of  Closing  Orders made  under  the  Shops  Act, 
1912,  by  the  Councils  of  the  undermentioned 
Local  Authorities,  and 
the 
Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home  Depart-
ment :-   - 

confirmed  by 

„ 

City  of  Norwich. 
County  Borough  of  Salford  (four). 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Order  made  upon  the  5th  day  of  this East India 

instant  March  that  the  Return  relative  to  East 
India  (Loans  raised  in  India)  be  printed,  was"1  n 
read,  and  discharged. 

raised t 

' 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com- Selection 
mittee  of  Selection:  That  they  had  discharged  ^ ^ ^ t f e s) 
the following  Member from Chairmen's Panel:—Chairmen? 
Sir  Frederick  Banbury;  and  had  appointed  in Panel, 
substitution  :  Mr.  Turton. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further reported  from  the Standing 
Committee;  That  they  had  nominated  the Committee E. 
following  Members  to  serve  on  Standing  Com-
mittee  E  :—Mr. Armitage,  Mr. Barrand, Colouel 
Burn,  Mr.  Casey,  Mr.  Evelyn  Cecil,  Sir 
Richard  Cooper,  Captain  Colin  Coote,  Captain 
Dixon,  Major  John  Edwards, Major  Glyn,  Mr. 
William Graham,  Major  Lloyd-Greame,  Captain 
Rupert  Guinness,  Mr.  Gwynve,  Sir  Charles 
Hanson,  Major  Hayward,  Major  Hennessy, 
Mr.  Hodge,  Mr.  Harry  Hope,  Major  Howard, 
Major  Kelley,  Mr.  Tom Lewis,  Mr.  Lyon,  Mr. 
Henry  M'Laren,  Sir  George  Croydon  Marks, 
Major-General  Sir  Newton  Moore,  Sir  William 
Pearce,  Mr.  Perring,  General  Sir  Ivor  Phillips, 
Sir  Philip  Pilditch,  Mr.  Short,  Mr.  Walter 
Smith, iVIr. Spencer, Sir  Charles Syhes, Mr. John 
Taylor  (Chester-le-Street),  Brigadier-General 
Sir  Owen Thomas,  Major  Wheler,  Mr.  Aneurin 
H illiams, Viscount  Wolmer, and  Colonel  Yate. 

58 

4th—5th 

March. 

1919. 

Standing 
Committee A. 

Sir  Samnel Roberts further  reported  from  the 
Committee  :  That  they  had  discharged  the 
following  Members  from  Standing  Committee 
A  : — Mr.  Acland  and  Mr.  Cautley;  and  had 
i appointed  in  substitution  :  Mr.  Stewart  and  Mr. 

Trevelyan  Thomson. 

Standing 
Committee C. 

Standing 
Committee  D. 

Standing 
Committee C. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further  reported  from  the 
Committee;  That 
they  had  discharged  the 
following  Member  from  Standing  Committee 
C  :—Major  M'Micking;  and  had  appointed  in 
substitution  :  Mr.  John  Deans  Hope. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts further  reported  from the 
Committee;  That  they  had  discharged 
the 
following  Members  from  Standing  Committee 
D  :—Sir  William  Barton  and  Mr.  Trevelyan 
Thomson;  and  had  appointed  in  substitution: 
Major  Barker  and  Sir  Alfred  Yeo. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  further  reported  from the 
Committee;  That  they  had  added  to  Standing 
Committee  C  the 
following  Members  :—Mr. 
Attorney  General  for  Ireland,  Mr.  Devlin,  Mr. 
Lindsay,  Mr.  Macpherson,  Mr.  Moles,  Major 
O'Neill,  Captain  Redmond, and  Mr.  Reid. 

Standing 
Committee A. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further  reported  from  the 
Committee  ;  That  they  had  added  to  Standing, 
Committee A  the following Members :—Sir  Cyril 
Cobb  and  Mr.  Devlin. 

Scottish 
Standing 
Committee. 

• . 

' 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the 
Committee ;  That  the following  Members, repre-
senting  Scottish  Constituencies,  are  appointed  to 
serve  on  the  Standing  Committee  for  the  con-
sideration  of  all  Public  Bills  relating  exclusively 
to  Scotland,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Com-
mittee :—Rear-Admiral  Adair,  Mr.  Adamson, 
Sir  Robert  Balfour,  Mr.  George  Barnes,  Mr. 
Barrie,  Captain  Wedgwood  Benn,  Mr.  James 
Brown,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Buchanan,  Sir 
William Watson Cheyne. Colonel  Godfrey  Collins, 
Mr.  Secretary  Churchill,  the  Lord  Advocate, 
Mr.  Cowgn, Sir  William Cowan, Sir Henry  Craik, 
Sir Henry  Dahiel,  Captain  Elliott,  Mr.  Gardiner, 
Colonel  Gilmour,  Major  Gig it,  Lieutenant-
Colonel  Gordon, Mr.  Duncun Graham, Mr.  Wil-
liam Graham, Colouel  (ireig,  S\r Robert  Leicester 
Harmsworth,  Major  Henderson, Mr.  Hogge,  Mr. 
Harry  Hope,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir John  Hope, 
Mr. John Deans  Hope,  Sir  Robert  Home,  Lieu-
tenant-General  Sir  Archibald  Huhtei-Weston, 
Major  Jameson,  Mr.  Johnstone,  Mr.  Kidd,  Mr. 
Bonar  Law,  Mr.  David  M'Donald,  Sir  John 
M'Callum,  Mr.  Murray  Macdonald,  Mr.  Mac-
kinder, Mr.  Robert M'Laren,  Sir Donald  Maclean, 
Mr.  Neil  M'Lean,  Mr.  Macleod,  MajorM'Mick-
ing,  Mr.  Macpherson,  Mr. Macqnisten, Mr.  Mor-
rison,  Mr.  Munro,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Arthur 
Murray,  Major  Charles  Murray,  Mr.  Gideon 
Murray,  Dr.  Murray,  Major  William  Murray, 
Mr.  Nelson,  Mr.  Pratt,  Sir  William  Raeburn, 
Mr.  Rodger,  Mr.  Rose,  Mr.  MacCallum  Scott, 
Mr.  Alexander  Shaw,  Captain  Shaw,  Colonel 
Sir  Alexander  Sprot,  Mr.  Sturrock,  Sir  William 
Sutherland, Mr.  John  Taylor  (Dumbarton),  Mr. 
Frederick  Thomson, Sir  William  Mitchell-Thom-
soii,  Mr.  Wallace,  Mr.  Cathcart  Wason,  Sir 
Archibald  Williamson,  Mr.  Wilkie,  Sir  George 
Younger, and  Mr.  William Young. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  further  reported  from the 
Standing 
Committee E.  Committee  ;  That  they  had  nominated  Standing 
Committee  E  as  the  Committee  on  which 
Government  Bills  shall  not  have  precedence. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do° lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Message from  Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
the Lords.  Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 

one  of  their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Glasgow  and Glasgow and 
South  Western Railway (Ayr Harbour Transfer)  |°a"1t*aWe,tern 
Order  Confirmation  Bill,  with  an  Amendment  ;  (Ayr Harbour 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of Transfer) 
this  House. 

Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Amendment  made  by  the  Glasgow  and 
Lords  to  the  Glasgow  and  South  W e s t e rn   South Western 
Railway  (Ayr  Harbour  Transfer)  Order  Con-- f^Harbour 
firmation  Bill  be  taken  into  consideration  to-Transfer) 
morrow. 

Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Naval, 

Second  Reading of  the  Naval,  Military,  and Air   M i l i t a r y, and 
Force  Service  Bill; 

s ^ B i l l. 

And  a  Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
"  That," to  the  end of  the  Question,  and  adding 
the words  "  this  House  declines  to assent  to  the 
Second  Reading  of  a  Bill  which  is  contrary  to 
oft-repeated  pledges  given  by  Ministers  during 
the  passage  of  .previous  Military  Service  Bills, 
and  which  is not in  conformity with  the  declared 
policy  of  the  Government  at  the  General 
Election"—(Mr.  James  Henry  Thomas,)— 
instead  thereof: 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Question.: 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

Tellers for  the  j Captain  Quest, 

Yeas, 

Noes, 

1 
|  Lord  Edmund  Talbot:  j 
) 
j 

( Mr.  Hogge  : 

3 0 4. 

7 1. 

Tellers  for  the j  Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 

So  it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
The  Bill  was  read  a second  time. 

A  Motion  was  made, and  the  Question  being 
put, That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a Committee 
of  the  whole  House—(Mr.  Adamson) ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers for  the J Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Hogge  : 

Tellers for  the (Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Noes, 

\ Captain  Guest: 

v  | 
j 
I 
I 

62. 

2 8 7. 

So  i,t passed  in  the  Negative. 
The  Bill  was  committed  to  a  Standing  Com-

mittee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ministry of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Ministry  of Ways  and Ways and 
Communica-
Communications  Bill; 
tions Bill. 
Ordered, That  the 

Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Summons 
Second  Reading  of  the  Summons  and  Process ^g^vers^Fees 
(ireTand)BiU. 
Servers'Fees  (Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Public Health 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Medical 
Treatment  of  Children)  (Ireland)  Bill; 

of C^hUdren) 
Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time ( I r e ! a n d)  BilL 

to-morrow. 

9  GE O.   V. 

Qtli—ltJC  March 

59 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Increase  of  Rent  and 
Mortgage  Interest  (Restrictions)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 
Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  Order 
of  20th  February,  of  Estimates  referred  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Increase o£ 
Rent and 
Mortgage 
Interest 
(Restrictions) 
BiJl. 

to-morrow. 

Supply 

The  Order of  the day  being  read, for receiving 

Be?ortar°h] 

t he   R eP o rt  
the  5th  day  of  this  instant  March  ; 

f r om  

t h e  Committee  of  Supply  of 

Ordered, •'That  the  Report  be  received-  upon 

Monday  next. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Representation 
, of the People 
(Returning 
Officers' 
Expenses) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Representation  of  the 
People  (Returning  Officers'  Expenses)  Bill,  not 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Supply 
[4^h March ] 
Report 

The  Order of  the day  being  read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  4th  day  of  this  instant  March ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

Civil 
-
Contingencies 
Fund BilL 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Civil  Contingencies  Fund 
Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Tuesday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ;  . 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ministry of 
Health 
[Salaries and 
Expenses.] 

Mr.  Pratt  reported  from  the  Committee  on 
Ministry  of  Health  [ Salaries  and  Expenses]  a 
Resolution  ;  which  was  read,  as followeth  : 

That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the  payment, 
out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  of 
an  annual  salary  not  exceeding  five  thousand 
pounds  to  the  Ministry  of  Health;  and  of  such 
other  salaries,  remuneration,  and  expenses  as 
may  become  payable  under  any  Act  of  the 
present  Session  to  establish  a  Ministry  of 
Health. 

The  said  Resolution  being  read  a  second 

time  ; 
,  An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Resolution,  by  adding,  at  the  end  thereof,; 
the  words— 

"Provided  that  no  such  moneys  shall  be  paid 
to  members  of  Consultative  Councils  other  than 
for  travelling  and  out-of-pocket  expenses."— 
(Mr.  Godfrey  Locker-Lampson.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed, That  those 
words  be  there  added:—The  said  proposed 
leave  of  the  House, 
Amendment  was,  with 
withdrawn. 

And  the  Resolution  was  agreed  to. 

Adjournment. 

And  it  being  after  half-past  Eleven  of  the 
-  clock,  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the  House 
without  Question  put,  pursuant  to  the 
Standing  Order,  it  being  then  nineteen 
minute's  before  Twelve  of  the  clock,  till 
to-morrow. 

VOL.  174. 

Title  of  Estimates. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Navy  Estimates,  1919-20, 

other 

than  Yote  A. 

Civil  Services  (Supplementary  Esti-
mate,  1918-iy) 
[presented  4th 
March]  (transferred  from  Stand-
ing  Committee  A ). 

c. 

C 

Friday,  1th March  1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

THE   House,  according to  Order, proceeded  to Glasgow and 

take into consideration  the Amendment  made South Western 

by  the  Lords to  the  Glasgow and  South Western  ^"^Harbour 
Railway  ( A yr   Harbour  Transfer)  Order  Con-Transfer) 
firmation  Bill;  and  the same was twice  read; and Order 
agreed  to. 

Confirmation 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  tc 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendment  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Sir  Albert  Stanley presented,  pursuant  to  the Lighthouses, 

directions  of  an  Act"of"'Parliament,—Copies  o f f 0-   ( L o c al 
Reports  to  the  Board  of  Trade  by  the  Trinity  I n s p e c t l o n s' ) 
House  of  Deptford  Strond,  the  Commissioners 
of  Northern  Lighthouses, and the Commissioners 
of  Irish  Lights  of  their  Inspection  of  Local 
Lighthouses,  Buoys,  and  Beacons  in  1918. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

' 

' 

o 

• 
Ordered, That  there  be  laid  before  this  House Supreme 
a  Copy  of  Accounts  of  the . Receipts  and  Pay-Court of 
ments of the Accountant  General of  the  Supreme  n^lanST 
Court  of  Judicature  in  Ireland,  in  respect  of  the 
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  1918  ; 
together  with  a  Statement  of  Liabilities  and 
Assets,  and  particulars  of  Securities  in  Court, 
on  the  30th  day  of  September  1918.—(Mr. 
Baldwin.) 

Mr.  Speaker  informed  the  House  that  he  had Imprisonment 

received  the  following  letter  relating  to  the 
arrest  and  imprisonment  of  a Member  : 

a Member 

General  Headquarters,  Ireland, 

Parkgate,  Dublin, 

6th  March  1919. 

Sir, 

I  have  the  honour  to  report  that on  the  4th 
day  of  March  1919,  Mr.  Pierce  Beasley,  M.P. for 
East  Kerry,  was  arrested  under  a  direction 
issued  by me  and  committed  to Mountjoy  Prison, 
there  to  await  his  trial  by  court-martial  for  an 
offence  against  the  Defence  of  the  Realm  Regu-
lations. 

I  have  the  honour  to  be, 

Sir, 
Your  obedient  Servant, 
F.   S H A W, 

Lieut.-General, 

Commanding-in-Chief,  Ireland, 
Competent  Military  Authority. 

The  Right  Honourable 
The  Speaker, 

House  of  Commons, 

London,  S.W.  1. 
I  2 

60 

24/A—25th  March. 

1919. 

Standing 
Committees 
(Chairmen's 
Panel.) 
Standing 
Committee  C. 
Civil Services 
(Supple-
mentary 
Estimate, 
1918-19) 
and Navy 
Estimates, 
1919-20 ), 
other than 
Vote A. 
Increase of 
Sent and 

Interest 
(Restrictions) 
Bill. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  reported  from  the  Chair-
men's  Panel;  That  they  have  appointed  Mr. 
Macmasier  to  act  as  Chairman  of  Standing 
Committee  C 
(in  respect  of  Civil  Services 
(Supplementary  Estimate,  1918-19)  and  Navy 
Estimates,  1919-20),  other than  Vote  A. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Increase  of  Rent  and  Mortgage  Interest 
(Restrictions)  Bill  was, according  to Order, read 
a  second  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the whole House for Monday next. 
—(Mr.  Pratt.) 

Summons 
The  Summons  and  Process  Servers'  Fees 
ServenTttas  (Ireland)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
(Ireland) Bill,  second  time. 

Resolved, That  this  House  will  immediately 
resolve  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill.— 
(Mr.  Pratt.) 

The  House  accordingly resolved itself  into the 

Committee. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 and  No.  2 agreed  to. 

Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  Mr. 
Rawlinson reported,  That  the  Committee  had 
gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed  him  to 
report  the same, without  Amendment. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Soeaker  adjourned  the Adjournment. 

House,  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being  then 
eight  minutes after  Four  of  the clock, till 
Monday  next. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by  Mr.. Deputy  Speaker,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No. 47, of  Rills  committed 
to a  Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Naval,  Military,  and  Air  Force 

D. 

Service  Bill. 

Monday, 

10th   March  1 9 1 9. 

P R A T E R S. 

THE  Order  of  the  dav  being  read,  for  the Manchester 

Second  Reading  of  the  Manchester  Cor- Corporation 

poration  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Thursday  next.  • 

Mr.  Macpherson presented,  by  His  Majesty's Intermediate 

Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the"  Viceregal 
Committee  on  the  conditions  of  service  and 
remuneration  of  Tenehers 
in  Intermediate 
Schools  and  on  the distribution  of  grants  from 
public  funds  for  Intermediate  Education  in 
Ireland. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be now  read  the  third 
time :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the third 
time  and passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords, and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Mr.  Macpherson also  preseuted,  pursuant  to Shops Act, 

the directions  of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  1912-
of  Closing  Order  made  under  the  Shops  Act, 
1912,  by  the  Council  of  the  undermentioned 
Local  Authority,  and  confirmed  by  the  .Lords 
Justices  oi   Ireland  :— 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Medical 

Public Health 
Treatment 
of Children)  Treatment  of  Children)  (Ireland)  Bill  ; 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

_ 

. 

Ordered, I hat the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Bepresentation  The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into consideration  the Representation of the 
People  (Returning  Officers' Expenses)  Bill,  not 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

(Returning 
Officers' 
Expenses) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read the third  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Publications 
and Debates' 
Keporti. 

Oi de-red,  That  a  Select  Committee  be 
appointed  to  assist  Mr.  Speaker  in  the  arrange-
ments  for the  Official  Report  of  Debates, and  to 
inquire  into  the  expenditure  on  stationery  and 
printing for  this  House  and  the  public  service 
generally. 

The  Committee  was  accordingly  nominated 
of:—Lieutenant-Colonel  Archer  - Shee,  Air. 
Bower man,  Major  Cope,  Mr.  Hugh  Edwards, 
Major  Entwistle,  Mr.  Higham,  Sir  Clement 
Kinloch-Cooke,  Mr.  Ronald  M'Neill,  Mr.  Mac 
Veagh, Mr.  Moles, and  Mr.  Sturrock. 

Ordered, That  the  Committee  have power  to 

send  for persons, papers, and  records. 

Ordered, That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Mr.  Pratt.) 

, 

County  Borough  of  Londonderry. 

Ordered, That the said  Papers  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant Police 

to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— (Counties and 
Copy  of  Report  of  His  Majesty' 8  Inspector  of  England ' 
Constabulary  on the County and Borough  Police  and Wales.) 
Forces  for  the  year  ending  29th  September  No. 38. 
1918, made to  His  Majesty's Priucipal  Secretary 
of  State  under  the  provisions  of  the  Police 
(Counties  and  Boroughs)  Act,  1856. 

Ordered, That  the said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

.  Mr.  Baldwin presented,—Return  to  an Order,  Supreme 
dated  the  7th  day  of  this  instant  March,  for  a 
Return  relative  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  Judi- ("reiand.)e 
cature  (Ireland). 

Xo. 39. 

Ordered, That  the said Return  do lie  upon the 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Secretary  Churchill  presented,  by  His Air Estimates, 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Air  Estimates,19'^I80" 
1919-20,  Vote  A. 

4(X 

A c c o u n t ).  

Copy  of  Air  Estimates,  1 9 1 9 - 20   (Vote  on  Air Estimates, 
1918-20 (Vote 
on  Account.) 
Ordered, That  the  said  Estimates  be  printed,  No. 41. 

_ 

' 

' 

and  that  Air  Estimates,  1919-20  (Vote  A ),   be 
referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  and  Air 
Estimates,  1919-20 
(Vote  on  Account)  be 
referred  to a  Standing  Committee. 

9  Geo.  Y. 

10$.  March. 

The  following  Members  took  and  subscribed 

CLASS  I.  

61 

£ 

Members take 
the Oath. 

the  Oath  :— 

Sir  Ernest  Murray  Pollock,  K . B . E .,   K . C .,   for 
the  Warwick  County  (Warwick  and  Lea-
mington  Division). 

Walter  Waring,  Esquire,  for  the  Durham 

County  (Blaydon  Division). 

John  Murray,  Esquire, 

for 

the  Leeds 

Borough  (West  Division). 

Imprisonment  Mr.  Speaker  informed  the  House  that  he  had 
received  the  following  letters  relating  to  the 
of Member*, 
arrest  and  imprisonment  of  Two  Members  of 
this  House :— 

^ 

Headquarters, 

Dublin  District, 

Lower  Castle  Yard, 
Dublin, 
6th  March  1919. 

Sir, 

0 

I  have  the  honour  to  report  that  on  the  5th 
day  of  March  1919,  Mr.  J.  J.  Walsh,  M.p.  for 
Cork  City, was arrested under  a  direction  issued 
by  me,  and  committed  to  His  Majesty's  Prison, 
Mountjoy,  there  to  await  his  trial  by  court-
martial  for  an  offence  against the  Defence  of  the 
Realm  Regulations.  o 

I  have  the honour  to  be, 
Sir, 
Your  obedient  Servant, 

A.   W.   P A G A N, 

Brigad ier-General, 

Commanding  Dublin  District, 
Competent  Military  Authority. 

The  Right  Honourable 
The  Speaker, 

House  of  Commons, 

London,  S.W.  1. 

Headquarters, 

Dublin  District, 

Lower  Castle  Yard, 
Dublin, 
6th  March  1919. 

Sir, 

I  have  the  honour  to  report  that  on  the 
22nd  day  of  February  1919,  Mr.  R.  C.  Barton, 
M.P.  for  West  Wicklow,  was  arrested  under  a 
direction  issued  by  me,  and  committed  to  His 
Majesty's  Prison,  Mountjoy,  there  to  await  his 
trial  by  court-martial  for  an offence against  the 
Defence  of  the Realm  Regulations. 

I  have  the  honaur  to  be, 
Sir, 
Your  obedient  Servant, 

A.   W.   PAGAN, 

Brigadier-General, 

"Commanding  Dublin  District, 
Competent  Military  Authority, 

The  Right  Honourable 
The  Speaker, 

House  of  Commons, 

London,  S . W.   1. 

Supply 
[3rd allotted 
Day] 
[5th  March] 
Report. 

Mr.  Pratt  reported  from  the  Committee  of 
Supply  of  the  5th  day  of  this  instant  March, 
, 
a  Resolution  ;  which  was read,  as followeth  : 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  1919-20  (Vote  on  Account). 

Civil Services 
and Revenue 
Departments 
Estimates, 
1919-20 
(Vote on 
Account.) 

That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £210,310,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  on  account,  for  or 
towards  defraying  the  charges  for  the  following 
Civil  Services  anil  Revenue  Departments  for 
the  year  ending  on  the  3lst  day  of  March  1920, 
vizu  :— 

Civil  Services. 

Ministry  of  Munitions 

V O L.   174. 

£ 
100 

..

- 

- 

- 

- 
- 

- 
.

Britain  - 

35,000 
6,000 
75,000 
35,000 

- 
- 
Royal Palaces 
- 
Osborne 
- 
- 
Royal  Parks and Pleasure Gardens  - 
Houses of  Parliament  Buildings 
- 
- 
Miscellaneous  Legal  Buildings,  Great 
25,000 
- 
- 
51,000 
Art and Science Buildings, Great Britain  - 
- 
Diplomatic and Consular Buildings . - 
50,000 
Revenue Buildings 
-  270,000 
- 
- 
Ministry  of  Labour,  Employment  Ex-
change  and  Insurance  Buildings,  Great 
Britain 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 
- 
- 
Public  Buildings,  Great Britain 
Surveys of  the United  Kingdom 
- 
Harbours under  the Board of  Trade 
..
Peterhead Harbour 
Rates on Government Property 
- 
Public Works and Buildings,  Ireland 
- 
Railways, Ireland 

- 

- 

- 

- 

.

-  300,000 
-1,628,000 
-  120,000 
- 
3,000 
10,000 
- 
-  760,000 
95,000 
- 
18,000 
- 

CLASS  I I. 

United Kingdom  and England  : 

-

-

--

-
-

- 
- 

- 
- 

House of  Lords Offices 
House OF Commons  - 
War Cabinet 
-
Treasury and subordinate  Departments 
Home Office 
Foreign Office 
-
Colonial  Office  - 
- 
Privy  Council Office  - 
-
Board of  Trade 
Department  of  Overseas  Trade -
Mercantile Marine  Services 
Bankruptcy  Department  of  the  Board 

-
-

Trade 

- 

- 

-

-

Interim  Forestry  Authority 
Board of  Agriculture and Fisheries  -
*.  •  -
Charity Commission  - 
Government  Chemist 
- 
- 
Civil Service  Commission  -
Conciliation  and Arbitration  Board  -
Exchequer and Audit Department 
-
Friendly  Societies  Registry 
Local Government  Board  - 
Board of  Control 
Mint  (including  Coinage) -
- 
National Debt  Office - 
Public  Record Office - 
-
Public Works  Loan  Commission 
Registrar General's  Office - 
-
Stationery and Printing 
Woods,  Forests, &c.,  Office of 
Works and Public Buildings,  Office of 
Privy Seal Office 
Secret Service  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

-

-

-

-

Scotland: 

Secretary for Scotland,  Office of 
-
Board  of  Agriculture 
Fishery Board 
- 
General Board of  Control  - 
Registrar General's  Office - 
Local Government  Board  - 

- 
-
- 
- 

-

-

-
-

Ireland: 

-

-

-

- 

Instruction 

Departments  - 

Lord  Lieutenant's Household 
Chief  Secretary's  Offices and  subordinate 
- 
Department of  Agriculture and  Technical 
-
Charitable  Donations and Bequests  Office -
Congested  Districts  Board 
Local Government  Board 
- 
- 
Public Record  Office - 
-
Public  Works Office  - 
- 
Registrar General's  Office - 
- 
Valuation and Boundary Survey 

- 

- 

-

-

-

- 
23,000 
-  110,000 
- 
20,000 
80,000 
- 
-  200,000 
-  110,000 
37,000 
- 
- 
5,000 
-1,300,000 
-  100.000 
- 
70,000 
of 

4 
45,000 
- 
-1,500,000 
17,000 
- 
19,000 
- 
27,000 
- 
2,000 
50,000 
- 
- 
15,000 
-  655,000 
-  100,000 
4 
8,000 
13,000 
6,000 
- 
25,000 
-  3,000,000 
- 
12,000 
••  125,000 
3,000 
-  150,000 

- 

14,000 
100,000 
11,000 
18,000 
5,000 
50,000 

1,200 

30,000 

190,000 
1,000 
100,000 
70,000 
4,000 
22,000 
7,000 
19,000 

CLASS  I I I. 

United Kingdom  and  England  : 

- 
- 
Law Charges 
Miscellaneous  Legal Expenses  - 
Supreme Court of  Judicature,  &c. 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

90,000 
32,000 
•  150,000 

I  3 

 
 
62 

10th Marcli. 

- 
- 
- 

- 
Land Registry 
- 
- 
Public Trustee  - 
County  Courts  - 
- 
Police, England and Wales 
Prisons, England and the Colonies 
Reformatory and Industrial Schools, Great 
- 

Britain  - 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 

- 

- 

- 

Criminal Lunatic  Asylums,  England  - 

Scotland: 

£ 
25,000 
- 
- 
5 
-  120,000 
-  800,000 
-  500,000 

-  220,000 
30,000 
- 

Law  Charges and Courts of  Law 
Scottish  Land  Court  - 
.
Register House, Edinburgh 
- 
Police 
- 
Prisons 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

..

- 

- 
- 
- 

- 
. 
- 

- 

40,000 
4,000 
20,000 
140,000 
75,000 

Ireland  : 

27,000 

Legal Departments 
- 

Law Charges and Criminal Prosecutions 
- 
Supreme  Court  of  Judicature  and  other 
55,000 
- 
-  345,000 
50,000 
-  110,000 
-  900,000 
80,000 
- 
60,000 
- 
5,000 
- 

- 
Land Commission 
- 
County Court  Officers, &o. 
Dublin Metropolitan Police 
Royal Irish  Constabulary  - 
- 
Prisons 
Reformatory and Industrial  Schools 
Dundrum  Criminal Lunatic  Asylum 

-  - 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

CLASS  I V. 

United  Kingdom  and  England: 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

- 
Board of  Education  - 
- 
- 
British Museum 
National Gallery 
- 
- 
National Portrait Gallery  - 
- 
Wallace  Collection 
- 
London  Museum 
Imperial War  Museum 
- 
Scientific Investigation,  &c. 
Scientific and Industrial Research 
Universities and Colleges, United Kingdom,  , 

15,000,000 
90,000 
- 
23,000 
- 
4,000 
5,000 
2,000 
16,000 
50,000 
80,000 

• 
- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 

- 

£ 

- 

- 

Ministry  of  Labour  - 
National Insurance Audit  Department 
Treatment  of 
Grants)  - 

Tuberculosis 
- 

- 
Highlands  and  Islands  (Medical  Service) 
- 

Board 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-1,500,000 
65,000 
- 
(Special 

-  150,000 

1,000 

Unclassified  Votes. 

10 
Ministry of  Munitions (Ordnance Factories) 
27,000,000 
Ministry of  Pensions- 
-1,300,000 
- 
Ministry  of  Food 
-  900,000 
Ministry  of  Shipping 
-  120,000 
Ministry of  National Service 
Ministry  of  Reconstruction 
27,000 
- 
Ministry of  Labour  (Civil  Demobilisation 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

: 
- 
- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

ment 

- 
-  • 

and Resettlement  Department) 

19,000,000 
20,000,000 
Bread Subsidy 
War  Trade Department 
29,000 
- 
Restriction  of  Enemy  Supplies  Depart-
1,000 
- 
- 
50,000 
- 
National War  Savings Committee 
-  950,000 
Treasury  Securities Deposit  Scheme - 
Imperial War Graves Commission 
-  467,000 
- 
Central Control Board  (Liquor  Traffic)  -  200,000 
37,500,060 
Loans to Dominions and Allies 
30,000,000 
Railway Agreements 
Canal  Compensation - 
-  350,000 
Military  Service  (Civil Liabilities) Depart-
- 
Property  Losses Compensation  (Ireland)  - 
Commission  Internationale  de  Raritaille 
- 
- 
(Foreign 

- 
- 
Miscellaneous  War  Services 
- 
- 

- 2,250,000 
90,000 

- 

-1,750,000 

Office) 

30,000 

ment 

ment 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

-  , 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Revenue  Departments. 

Customs and Excise  - 
- 
Inland Revenue 
- 
- 
Post  Office 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 

-2,000,000 
-1,820,000 
16,000,000 

Total for Civil  Services and 
Revenue Departments 

-  £210,310,000 

and Intermediate Education,  Wales 
- 
- 

Universities,  &c.,  Special  Grants 
- 
Serbian Relief  Fund 

- 

-  300,000 
-  200,000 
-  '  12,500 

The  said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time,  was  agreed  to. 

Scotland: 
Public Education 
National Galleries 

- 

- 

- 

-

.

.

.. 

• 1,750,000 
4,000 

-

Ireland : 
'Public Education 
Intermediate Education 
Endowed  Schools  Commissi8ners 
National Gallery 
Science and Art 
Universities and Colleges  - 

- 

-

-

.

.

.. 

CLASS  V. 

Diplomatic and Consular Services 
Colonial  Services 
.. 
Telegraph  Subsidies  - 
Cyprus  (Grant  in  Aid) 

- 
- 

-
- 

.

.

•1,350,000 
1,000 
400 
1,500 
35,000 
44,000 

- 
• 

•  600,000 
-  138,000 
8.000 
49,000 

• 

-  -

-

CLASS  V I. 

- 

Superannuation and Retired Allowances  -  390,000 
20,277 
Miscellaneous Expenses 
- 
- 
16,000 
Hospitals and Charities,  Ireland  >  - 
90,000 
- 
Temporary  Commissions 
280,000 
Ireland Development  Grant 
.
Government  Hospitality  Fund  - 
90,000 
Expenses  under the  Representation  of  the 
- 

People  Act 

-  300,000 

- 
- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

..

CLASS  V I I. 

Old Age Pensions 
• 
National  Health  Insurance  Joint  Com-
- 
National  Health  Insurance  Commission 

mittee 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

. 

-7,000,000 

-  400,000 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ministry of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Ministry  of  W a ys   and  Ways and 
Communications  Bill  ; 

SnsXl.0*" 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the said  Committee. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for receiving Supply 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  £4th March] 
the  4th  day  of  this  instant  March; 

R e p o n-

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  increase of 

Committee  on  the  Increase  of  Rent  and  Mort- 
gage  Interest  (Restrictions)  B i l l;  

a nd 
im^Sf 6 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow,  {Restrictions) 

Bill. 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

(England) 

- 

1,900,000 

National  Health  Insurance  Commission 

(Wales)- 

.

.

..

- 

-  180,000 

(Scotland) 

National  Health  Insurance  Commission 
- 
National  Health  Insurance  Commission 
- 

(Ireland) 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-  350,000 

-  162,000 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the public Health 

Second  Reading  of  the  Pfiblic  Health  (Medical  (Medical 
Treatment  of  Children)  (Ireland)  B i l l;  

ofChiWren) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time (Ireland) Bill, 

to-morrow. 

 
 
 
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Representation  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Returning*'6  Third  Reading  of  the  Representation  of  the 
Officers' 
Expenses) 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

People  (Returning  Officers' Expenses)  Bill; 

to-morrow. 

10th—11th March. 
by  Parliament 
the  Salaries  and 
Expenses  of  the  Ministry  of  Shipping  during 
the year  ended  31st  March  1918;  together  with 
the  Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor 
General  thereon. 

to  defray 

03 

Adjournment.  Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the 
Order  of  the  House  of  the  12 th day of  February 
last,  proposed  the  Question, That  this  House  do 
now  adjourn. 

And  the Question being put:—It was resolved 

in the  Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit till  nineteen  minutes  before 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

Tuesday, 11th March  1019. 

P R A T E R S. 

Private  Bills 
( Standi ug 
Orders not 
previously 
inquired into 
complied 
with.) 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from one  of  the Examiners of  Petitions for 
Private  Bills,  That  in the  case of  the following 
Bills,  referred  on  the  Second  Reading  thereof, 
the  Standing Orders not previously inquired into, 
which are  applicable thereto, have  been complied 
with,  viz.:— 

Board of 
Education. 

Board of 
Education. 

Milford  Docks  Bill. 
ChepMow  Water  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bills be  committed. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  Board  of 
Education,  made in pursuance  of  16 and  17 Vic., 
cap.  137, sec.  60, in  the  matter  of  the  Charity 
known  as the Crossley and Porter  Orphan  Home 
and  School  at  Halifax,  in  the  County  of  York. 

Copy  of  the  Education  Grants  (Winding-up) 
Regulations,  dated  27th  February  1919,  made 
by  the  Board  of  Education  under  Section 44  of 
the  Education  Act,  1918,  with  regard  to  the 
payment  of  certain  Grants  to  Local  Education 
Authorities,  in respect  of  Elementary  Education 
for  the period  ending  31st  March  1919. 

Ordered, That  the said  Papers  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

Ministry of 
Health. 

Mr.  Addison  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Memorandum  on  the  pro-
visions  of  the  Ministry  of  Health  Bill  as  to  the 
work  of 
the  Medical  Research  Committee 
(Clause  3  (1),  proviso  (i)). 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

Ecclesiastical 
Commission. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's Command,—Copy  of  the  Seventy-first 
Report  froth  the  Ecclesiastical  Commissioners 
for  England  and  Wales, with an  Appendix. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Production. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Memorandum  on  the  Pro-
ceedings  of  the  Committee  on  Production,  May 
to  November  1918. 

Miuistry of 
Shipping 

Mr.  Baldwin  also  presented, pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy 
Ac^ount.)ati0n °f  Appropriation  Account  of  the  sum  granted 

No.  42. 

V o l.   174, 

An  Account of  the gross amount of all  moneys National Debt 

received  and paid  by  the  Commissioners  for  the j^jjj^J7 
Reduction  of  the  National  Debt  on  account  of  Banks.) 
the  Fund  for  Military  Savings  Banks, pursuant  No. 43. 
to the  Military  Savings  Banks  Act,  1859, from 
the  19th  September  1845  to  the  5th  January 
1919. 

Account  of  the  Receipts  and  Disbursements  Duchy of 
of the, Duchy  of'  Lancaster  in  the  year  ended  Lan<»ster-
on  the  21st  December  1918  ;  also  a  separate  No. 44. 
Account  of the  Capital  of  the said Duchy  to  the 
same date. 

V 

1 

Ordered, That  the said  Papers do  lie  upon  the 
Table  ;  and  that the  Papers  relative to Ministry 
of  Shipping  (Appropriation  Account),  National 
Debt  (Military  Savings  Banks),  and  the  Duchy 
of  Lancaster  be  printed. 

Q 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  by  His Ministry of 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Reports  of  the Beconstmc-
Domestic  Service  Sub-Committees 
Women's  Advisory  Committee. 

the t l o n' 

of 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered, That  all  Standing  Committees  have Standing 
leave  to  print  and  circulate  with the  Votes  the  Committeea-
Minutes  of  their  Proceedings  and any  amended 
Clauses of  Bills committed to them.—(Mr.  Mae-
master.) 

Mr.  Macmaster  reported  from  Standing  Com- Standing 
mittee  C  that  they  had agreed  to  the  following  Committee 0. 
Resolution: 

Supply.) 

Civil  Services  Supplementary  Estimates, 
1918-19. 

Class  VI. 

That  a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding 
£20,000  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray 
the  charge  which will  come  in course of  payment 
during  the  year ending on  the 31st day of  March 
1919 for  the  Ireland Development  Grant  (Grant 
in  Aid)  and  for  other  purposes  of  development 
and reconstruction  in  Ireland. 

t 
Ordered,  That  the  Resolution  be  reported 

to-morrow. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  reported  from  the  Chair- Standing 

men's  Panel;  That  they  had  appointed  Mr. 
William Nicholson to act as Chairman of  Standing  pane ™ en  8 
Committee  D  (in  respect  of  the Naval,  Military, 
and Air  Force  Service  Bill). 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts reported  from  the  Com- Selection, 
mittee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  nominated Dock and 
the  following  Four  Members  to  serve  on  the  H a r b o ur   Bil18-
Joint  Committee  of  Lords  and  Commons  on 
Dock  and  Harbour  Bills:  —  Colonel  Bowles, 
Mr.  Neville  Chamberlain, Sir  William  Cowan, 
and  Mr. WignaU. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

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24/A—25th  March. 

1919. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee D. 

Standing 
Committee  A. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Selection  ;  That  they  had  added  to 
Standing  Committee  X)  the  following  Fifteen 
Member*  (in  respect  of  the  Naval,  Military, 
and  Air  Force  Service  Bill):—Mr.  Adamson, 
Mr. Arnold, Lieutenant-Colonel  Moore-Brabazon, 
Colonel  Buckley,  Mr.  Guul'l,  Captain  Guest, 
Mr.  Tom Lewis,  Sir Donald  Maclean,  Mr.  Row-
lands,  Mr.  Mac Valium  Scott,  Mr.  Alexander 
Shaw,  Mr.  Spoort  Brigadier-General  Surtees, 
Mr.  I'ownley,  and  Mr.'Tyson  Wilson. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported 

from 
the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  discharged  the 
following  Members  from  Standing  Committee 
A  :—Major  Christopher Lowther and Mr.  Wilson-
Fox  %  anil  had  appointed  in  substitution:  Mr. 
Simm  and  Mr.  Lyle. 

• 

Amendment  to  proposed  Amendment, by  leave, 
withdrawn. 

Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1. 8, 
in  lieu  of  words  left  out  to  insert  the  words 
"  Lady  Day, nineteen  hundred and  twenty-one." 
—(Mr.  Attorney  General.) 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put, and agreed  to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1. 9, 
to  leave  out from  the  word  "  war "  to  the  end of 
the  Clause.—(Mr.  Kiley.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out,  to  the  word  "expiration,"  in  1.  11,  stand 
part  of  the  Clause,  put, and agreed  to. 

Standing 
Committee D. 

Chairmen's 
Panel 
(Appointment 
of  Members 
under 
Parliament 
Act, 1911.) 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from 
the  Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the 
following  Member  from  Standing  Committee 
D  :—Mr.  Glanville ;  and  had  appointed  in  sub-
stitution  :  Mr.  Hogge. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  further  reported  from  the 
Committee;  That  in  pursuance  of  Section  1, 
subsection  (3),  of  the  Parliament  Act,  1911, 
they  had  appointed  Mr.  Turtou from  the  Chair-
men's  Panel,  with  whom  Mr.  Speaker  shall 
consult, if practicable, before giving his Certificate 
to  a  Money  Bill, in  the  room  of  Sir  Frederick 
Banbury. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 
s> 

Local 
Government 
(Ireland) Bill. 

Bill  16. 

Mr.  Macpherson, supported  by  Mr.  Attorney 
General  for  Ireland, presented  a  Bill  to  amend 
further the  Law  relating  to  Local  Government 
in  Ireland,  and  for  other  purposes  connected 
therewith:  And  the  same,  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  to-morrow;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Business of 
the House 
(Supply.) 

Ordered, That  the  Navy  Estimates,  1919-20 
(Vote  on  Account),  presented  upon  the 5th  day 
of  this  instant  March,  ami  the  Air  Estimates, 
1919-20  (Vote  on  Account),  presented  upon the 
10th day  of  thi*  instant  March,  be  considered  in 
Committee  of  Supply.—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

Increase of 
Rent and 
Mortgage 
Interest 
(Restrictions) 
Bill. 

The  House,  according to  Order, resolved itself 
into  a Committee  on  the  Increase  of  Rent  and 
Mortgage  Interest  (Restrictions)  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1  (Prolongation  of  duration  of 

Principal  Act). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1. 8,  to  leave 
out  the  words  "  one  year,"  in  order  to  insert 
the  words " t wo   years."—(Major Newman.) 

Question proposed, That the words "  one year " 
stand part of  the Clause :—Amendment, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1. 8, 
to  leave  out  from the  word  "  until," to  the  word 
"  but,"  in  1.  9,  in  order  to  insert  the  words 
"  Michaelmas,  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty."— 
(Mr.  Attorney  General.) 

Question, That the  words  proposed  to  be left 
out stand part  of the  Clause, put,  and  negatived. 
Question  proposed,  That those  words  be  there 

inserted  ; 

Amendment proposed to proposed  Amendment, 
to  leave  out the word "  twenty," in order to insert 
the word  "  twenty-four."—(Mr. Afiamson.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  word 

twenty  " 
stand  part  of  the  proposed  Amendment: — 

Another  Amendment  made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  2  (Limited  power  of  increasing 

rents during  the extended  period). 

Amendments  made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p.  1, 1. 19, 
to  leave  out  the  word  "  ten,'  in  order  to  insert 
the  word  "  five,"—(Colonel  William  Thome.) 

Question  put,  That  the  word 

ten,"  stand 

part  of  the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for  the j  Lord  Edmund  Talbot,  ) 

„no 

Yeas, 

( Mr.  Dudley  Ward: 

|  d 

Tellers  for  the  (  Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 

Noes, 

1 Mr.  Griffiths: 

„„ 

1 
f 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1, 1. 19, 
after  the  word  "  rent,"  to  insert  the  words 
"  exclusive  of  any  amount  paid  by  the  tenant 
in increased  rates."—(Mr.  Tyson Wilson.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those words  be  there 

inserted :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1, 1. 19, 
at  the end, to insert the,words  "  of such  dwelling-
house  up to  and including  the  twenty-fourth day 
of  December,  nineteen  hundred  and nineteen, or 
does  not  exceed 
fifteen  per  centum  of  the 
standard  rent  up  to  and  including  the  twenty-
fifth  day of  March, nineteen hundred and twenty-
one."—(Major Newman.) 

Question,  That  those  words  be there  inserted, 

put, and  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p.  1,1.  20, 
to  leave  out  the  words  " d ue   and  recoverable," 
in  order to insert the word " made."—(Sir  Alfred 
Yeo.) 

Question proposed,  That the  words proposed to 
be  left out  stand  part  of  the  Clause:—Amend-
ment, by  leave, withdrawn. 

Other  Amendments  made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  3  (Limited  power  of  increasing 

rate of  mortgage  interest). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1.  11,  at  the 

end, to add the words— 

"  Provided  that  this provision  shall not  autho-
rise  the  raising  of  the  rate  of  interest  under 
existing  mortgages  where the  principal  is  repay-
able  by  fixed  instalments  at  yearly  intervals,  or 
less,  so  long  as  the  principal  and  interest  are 
regularly  paid in accordance  with the terms of  the 
instrument."—(Major  Lloyd-Graeme.) 

Question,  That  those  words  bo  there  added, 

put, and  negatived. 
Clause  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  4  (Extension  of  principal  Act  to 

higher  rented  houses). 

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nth 

March. 

H5 

Amendment  proposed, in  p.  2,1.  12, after the 
first  word  "  Act,"  to  insert  the  words  "  and 
notwithstanding  any  notice  that  may have  been 
given  by  the  landlord  to  the  tenant  or  any 
agreement  entered  into between the landlord  and 
the tenant."—(Mr. Rowlands.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted  :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,1.  19, 
to  leave  out  from  the  word  "  London "  to  the 
second  word  "  the"  in  1. 20.—(Mr.  Rowlands.) 

Question, That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out stand part  of  the  Clause,  put, and  agreed  to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p.  2,  1. 22, 
to  leave  out  the  words  "neither  exceeds,"  in 
order  to  insert  the  words  "  the  rateable  value 
does  not  exceed."—(Major  Lloyd-Graeme.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  "  neither 
exceeds "  stand  part  of  the  Clause:—Amend-
ment, by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2, 1. 22, 
to  leave  out  the  word  "fifty-five,"  in  order 
to insert  the  word  "  seventy-five."—(Mr.  Row-
lands.) 

Question proposed, That  the  word  "  fifty-five  " 
stand part of  the Clause:—Amendment, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Amendments  made. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in p.  3,1.  20, 

to  leave  out paragraph  (ii).—(Mr.  Rowlands.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  to  the  word  "fourth,"  in 1. 21, 
stand  part  of  the  Clause:—Amendment,  by 
leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  made. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 3, 1. 31, 

at the  end, to  add  the  words— 

"  (v)  Notwithstanding  section  one  of  the 
Increase  of  Rent,  &c.  (Amendment)  Act, 
1918, or  anything  contained  in  this  Act,  a 
person  who  has entered  into a valid contract 
before  the  twenty-fifth  day  of  December, 
nineteen  hundred  and  eighteen, to  acquire a 
dwelling-house  shall be deemed the  landlord 
under  sub-section  (3)  of  section  one  of  the 
principal  Act  on  or  after the  completion  of 
his  purchase." 

—(Mr.  Rendall.) 

Question  proposed, That  those  words  be  there 

added:—Amendment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 

Clause,  as amended,  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  5 (Power  to  modify  ten per cent.). 

An  Amendment  made. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in p. 4,1.  5, to 

leave  out  paragraph (a). —(Mr.  Walter  Smith.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be left out  stand part of  the Clause:— Amend-
ment, by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Clause,  as amended, disagreed  to. 

Clause  No.  6  (Minor  Amendments  of  the 

principal  Act). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 4,1.  27, after the 
word  "  shall,"  to  insert  the  words  "  supply  the 
tenant  of  the  house  with  particulars  showing 
the  respective  amounts  paid  lor  rent, rates,  and 
any  other  charges,  and."—(Mr. Adamson.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted  :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

VOL.  174. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 4,1.  32, 
to  leave  out  the  word  "ten,"  in  order  to insert 
the word  "  twenty."—(Mr.  Neil  McLean.) 

Question,  That  the  word  "  ten "  stand part  of 

the  Clause, put, and  agreed  to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 4,  1. 32, 

at  the  end, to insert the  words— 

" ( 2)   Notwithstanding anything  in  sub-section 
(3)  of  section  one  of  the  principal  Act  no  order 
for  the  recovery  of  possession  of  a  dwelling-
house  to  which  this  Act  applies,  or  for  the 
ejectment  of  a  tenant  therefrom, shall  be  made 
so  long  as  the  tenant  continues  to  pay  rent  at 
the agreed  rate  as modified  by  the  principal  Act 
or  by  this  Act,  and  performs  the  other  condi-
tions  of  the tenancy,  except  on  the  ground  that 
the  tenant has been  guilty  of conduct  which  is  a 
nuisance  or an  annoyance  to  adjoining  or  neigh-
bouring  occupiers,  and  where  such  order  has 
been  made, but  not  executed  before  the  passing 
of  this  Act,  the  court  by  which  the  order  was 
made  may,  if  it  is  of  opinion  that  the  order 
would  not  have been made if  this Act  hnd  been 
in operation  at  the  date  of  the  making  of  the 
order,  rescind  or vary  the  order  in  such  manner 
as  the  court  may  think  fit  for  the  purpose  of 
giving  effect  to  this  Act."—(Colonel  William 
Thorne.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted  : 

And  it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Chair-
man  left  the  Chair  to  make  his Report  to  the 
House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  made Progress  in  the  Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  immediately, 
again  resolve  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the 
Bill.—(Mr.  Attorney  General.) 

The  House  accordingly  resolved  itself into  the 

Committee. 

(In  the  Committee. ) 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in p.  4, 1. 32, 

at the  end, to  insert the  words— 

"  (2)  Notwithstanding  anything in sub-section 
(3)  of  section  one  of  the  principal  Act  no  order 
for  the  recovery  of  possession  of  a  dwelliug-
house  to  which  this  Act  applies,  or  for  the 
ejectment  of  a  tenant  therefrom, shall  be  made 
so  long  as  the  tenant  continues  to  pay  rent  at 
the  agreed  rate  as modified by  the  principal  Act 
or  by this  Act, and performs  the other conditions 
of  the  tenancy,  except  on  the ground  that  the 
tenant  has  been  guilty  of  conduct  which  is  a 
nuisance or  an  annoyance  to  adjoining  or  neigh-
bouring  occupiers,  and  where  such  order  has 
been  made, but not  executed  before the  passing 
of  this  Act,  the  court  by  which  the  order  was 
made  may,  if  it  is  of  opinion  that  the  order 
would  not  have been made  if  this  Act  had  been 
in  operation  at  the  date  of  the  making  of  the 
order,  rescind  or vary  the  order in such  manner 
as  the  court  may  think  fit  for  the  purpose  of 
giving  effect to this  Act." 

Question  again proposed,  That  those words  be 

there inserted,  put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p.  4,  1.  32, 

at  the end, to  insert the words— 

" A ny   person  who  offers  to  let  a  house  on 
payment  of  a premium by the prospective tenant, 
or  accepts  such  a  premium, and  any  person  who 
pays a premium  in  order  to  obtain  possession  of 
K 

66 

11th—12th March. 

1919. 

a  house, shall  be guilty  of an  offence,  and  liable 
on summary  conviction  to  a  fine  not  exceeding 
twenty  pounds."—(Mr.  Adamson.) 

Question  proposed, That  those  words  be  there 

inserted : 

And  it  being  after  Eleven  of  the  clock, and 
objection  being taken  to  further Proceeding,  the 
Chairman  left  the  Chair to make  his  Report  to 
the  House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the  Bill; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may have leave to  sit again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve itself  into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Civil 
FundDBmCieS  Committee  on1  the  Civil  Contingencies  Fund 

Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into  the said  Committee. 

Supply 
[4th March] 
Report. 

The  Order of  the  day being read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the 4th  day  of  this instant  March  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Public Health 
(Medical 
Treatment 
of  Children) 
(Ireland) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Medical 
Treatment  of  Children)  (Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Representation  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
of the People  Third  Reading  of  the  Representation  of  the 
O f f l S mg  

P e° P l e  (Returning  Officers' Expenses)  Bill; 

Expenses) 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Adjournment.  Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the 
Order of  the  House  of the  12th day of  February 
last,  proposed  the  Question, That  this House  do 
now  adjourn. 

And the Question  being put:—It  was resolved 

in the Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  seventeen  minutes after 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow.  • 

Wednesday, Ylth  March  1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Reigate 

Second  Reading of  the  Reigate  Corporation Corporation 

Bill; 

BiU-

Ordered, That  the  Bill be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen  presented,  pur-Destructive 
suant to  the directions of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  Insects and 
—Copy  of  Order  under  the  Destructive  Insects  e  8  ots" 
and  Pests  Acts,  numbered  D.I.P.  519,  entitled 
the  Wart  Disease  of  Potatoes  (Scottish  Seed 
Potatoes)  Order  of  1919. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord Advocate  presented, pursuant to the  Universities 

^^ 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
University  Court  Ordinances,  No.  74  (Glasgow, (Ordinance.) 
No.  21)  (Regulations  for  the Degree  of  Doctor  No. 45. 
of  Philosophy)  ;  No.  75  (Glasgow,  No.  22) 
(Foundation  of  the  Gardiner  Chair  of  Bac-
teriology)  ;  No.  76  (Glasgow,  No.  23)  (Foun-
dation  of 
the  Gardiner  Chair  of  Organic 
Chemistry);  and  No.  77  (Glasgow,  No.  24) 
(Foundation  of  the  Gardiner  Chair  of  Physio-
logical  Chemistry),  of  the  Commissioners  under 
the  Universities  (Scotland^)  Act,  1889. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be  printed. 

Sir  Albert  Stanley presented, pursuant  to  the Assurance 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of Companies. 
4<>. 
Statements  deposited  with the  Board  of  Trade 
under  Section  7 (1)  of  the Assurance  Companies 
Act,  1909, during the year 1918.  First,  Second, 
and  Third  Schedules. 

Copy  of  Statements  deposited  with  the  Board Assurance 
of  Trade  under  Section  7 (1)  of  the  Assurance Companies. 
Companies  Act, .1909,  during  the  year  1918. 
Fourth  and  Fifth  Schedules. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 
Table,  and  that  the  first  Paper  relative  to 
Assurance  Companies be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Increase  of  Rent  and Increase of 

Mortgage  Interest  (Restrictions)  Bill, so  far  as ^ort^ge 
Interest 
amended, be  printed. 
(Restrictions) 
Bill. 

Bill  17. 

Rear-Admiral  Sir  William  Reginald  Hall, New Member 

K.C.M.G.,  C.U.,  Member  for  the  Borough  of s w o r n-
Liverpool  (West  Derby  Division),  was  sworn. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  reported  from  the  Com- Selection 

mittee  of  Selection:  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-standing 
mittee  A  :  Sir  Robert  Woods  and  Sir  Francis  Committee A. 
Lowe;  and  had  appointed  in substitution  Major 
Birchall (in  respect  of  the  Ministry  of  Health 
Bill)  and Captain  Elliot. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Vaughan Davies  reported  from the  Select standing 

Committee  on  Standing  Orders  a  Resolution;  0rders-
which  was read, as follow"eth : 

That  in  the  case of  the  Beccles  Waterworks 
[.Lords],  Petition  for  Bill, the  Standing  Orders 
ought to  be  dispensed  with ;  that  the  parties  be 
permitted  to proceed  with their  Bill. 

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12th—13th March. 

67 

The said  Resolution,  being read  a second time, 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the Adjournment. 

was agreed to. 

Supply 
f 4th allotted 
bay.] 

The House, kccnrdins to  Order, resolved  itself 

into the  Committee  of  Supply. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Navy  Estimates,  1919-20. 

1.  That  280,000  Officers,  Seamen,  and  Boys, 
Coast  Guard,  and  Royal  Marines  be  employed 
for  the  Sea  and  Coast  Guard  Services  borne  on 
the  books  of  His  Majesty's  Ships  and  at  the 
Royal  Marine  Divisions  for  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920. 

Vote  on  Account. 
2.  £60,000,000 towards defraying the  Charges 

for  Navy  Services. 

Resolutions to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  several  Resolutions. 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee 01 
[11th  March] 
Report. 

The  Order of  the day  being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply  of  the  11th day  of  this instant  March ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Local 
Government 
(Ireland) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government  (Ire-
land)  Bill  ; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Increase of 
Bent and 
Mortgage 
Interest 
(Restrictions) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Increase  of  Rent  and  Mort-
gage  Interest  (Restrictions)  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Civil 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Contingencies  Committee  on  the  Civil  Contingencies  Fund 
Fund  Bill. 

B i n 

. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself info  the said  Committee. 

Supply 
[4th  March] 
Beport. 

The  Order of  the  day being  read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the 4th day  of  this instant  March  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Representation  The  ° Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
of the People  Third  Reading  of  the  Representation  of  the 
(Returning 
Officers' 
Expenses) 
Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

People  (Returning  Officers' Expenses  Bill; 

to-morrow. 

Order  of the  House  of the  12th day of  February 
last, proposed  the  Question,  That  this  House  do 
now  adjourn. 

And  the Question being put: 

in  the  Affirmative. 

-It was  resolved 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  two  minutes  before 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

Thursday,  13tk  March 1919. 

P R A Y E R S.  

^ 

THE  Manchester  Corporation  Bill  was, Manchester 

according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time, Corporation 

and committed. 

BUl" 

Ordered,  That  it  be  an  Instruction  to  the 
Committee  on  the  Bill  thai  they have  power  to 
inquire  into  and  report  upon  the  sufficiency  of 
the  present  sources  of  water  supply  of  the 
Manchester  Corporation  to  meet  their  obliga-
tions  and  into  and  upon  any  other  sources 
available 
for  such  supply,  and  to  consider 
whether  power  should  be  given  to the  Corpora-
tion  to  make  use  of  Haweswater  in  addition  to 
the  use which  they  already  have  of  Thirlmere; 
and, if  so, how  far  and  under  what  conditions, 
and  what  rights  the  local  authorities  of  the 
districts  situated  between  Ha wes water and  Man-
chester  should  have  to  participate  in  the  water 
supplies  of  the  Corporation 
from  the  Lake 
District.—(Mr.  Sugden.) 

i 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  issue  his Kingston-upon 

Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown, to  make HnU Borough 
out  a  ne-v  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a Member DivSon 
to  serve  in  this  present  Parliament  for  the (Writ.) 
Borough  of  Kingston-upon-Hull  (Central  Divi-
sion),  in  the  room  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir 
Mark Sykes, Baronet, deceased.—(Lord Edmund 
Talbot.) 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty' s Com- Board of 
mand,— Copy  of  Draft  of  Grant  Regulations  Education. 
No.  3, dated  11th  Maich  1919, proposed  to  be 
made  by  the  Board  of  Education  under  the 
Education  Act,  1918,  for  a  substantive  Grant 
for  Elementary  Education to Public  Elementary 
Schools  not maintained  by  the  Local  Education 
Authority. 

Copy  of  Draft  Regulations,  dated 11th March  Board of 
1919,  proposed  to  be  made  by  the  Board  of  Education. 
Education  under  the  Education  Act,  1918,  with 
regard  to the  payment of  Grants  for Elementary 
Education  for  the  period  ending  31st  March 
1919  to  the  Managers  of  Public  Elementary 
Schools  not  maintained  by  the  Local  Education 
Authority. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from the  Lords  by *he Lords, 
one of  their  Clerks, as followeth  : 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill, intituled  An  Union of 
Act  relating  to  the  Union  of  Benefices;  to Benefices Bill 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this '.L'jrds-^ 
House. 

Vol..  174. 

K  2 

Dock and 
Harbour Bills. 

68 

13 th  March. 

1919. 

Dock  and  Harbour  Bills— 
Blyth  Harbour  Bill. 
Bristol  Corporation  Bill. 
Dublin  Port  and Docks  Bill. 
Manchester  Ship Canal  Bill. 
Mersey  Docks and Harbour Board  Bill. 
Newport  Harbour  Commissioners  Bill. 
Swansea  Harbour  Bill. 
Tees  Conservancy  Bill. 
Tyne  Improvement  Bill. 
Wear  Navigation  and  Sunderland  Dock 

Bill. 

Belfast  Harbour  Bill. 
Cork  Harbour  Bill. 
Dover  Harbour  Bill. 

Vote  on  Account. 
2.  £45,000,000  on  Account,  for  or  towards 
defraying  the  Charges  for  Air  Force  Services 
at Home  and  Abroad. 

Resolutions to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  ;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways and Means reported, That the 
Committee  had  come to  several  Resolutions. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ballot for 
Bills and 
Motions. 

The  Lords  have  appointed  a  Committee  of 
Four  Lords  to  join  with  a  Committee  of  the 
Commons to  consider  the  above  Bills, and  pro-
pose that  the  Joint  Committee  do  meet  in  the 
Royal  Gallery  on  Thursday,  the  27th  of 
March,  at  Eleven  of tjie  clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  appointed  by 
this  House do  meet  the  Committee appointed by 
the  Lords,  as  desired  by  their  Lordships.— 
(Lord  Edmund Talbot.) 

Ordered, That  a  Message be  sent to  the  Lords 
to acquaint  them  therewith,  and  that  the  Clerk 
do  carry  the  said  Message. 

Ordered, That  so  much  of  the  Order  of  the 
House  of the  12th  February as gives precedence 
to  Government  Business  shall  not  apply  to  the 
Sittings  of  the  House  ou  Fridays  the  21st  and 
28th  March  or  at 8.15 p.m. on  Tuesday  the  25th 
March  and  Wednesday  the  26th  March  ;  that 
all  Members  who  desire  to  ballot,  whether  for 
Bills,  or  for  Motions  for  Tuesday,  25th  March, 
and  Wednesday,  26th  March,  do  hand  in  their 
names  at  the  Table  during  the  Sitting  of  the 
House  on  Thursday,  13th  March,  or  Friday, 
14th  March,  and  that  a  copy  of  the  Notice  of 
such  Bill  or  Motion  be  handed in, at  the  latest, 
during  the  Sitting  of  the  House  on  Monday, 
17th  March ;  that  the  Ballot  for  the  precedence 
of  the  said  Bills  and  Motions  be  taken  on 
Monday,  17th March,  at  a  convenient  time  and 
place  to be  appointed  by  Mr. Speaker ;  and that 
the  presentation  of  Bills  on  Tuesday,  18th 
March,  be taken immediately  after  Questions.— 
(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

Supply 
[5th allotted,  into  the  Committee  of  Supply ; 
Day.] 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved  itself 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Air  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Number  of  Air  Force. 

1.  M otion  made, and  Question proposed,  That 
a  number of  Air  Forces, not  exceeding  150,000, 
all  ranks, be  maintained  for  the  service  of  the 
United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland 
at Home  and  Abroad,  excluding  His  Majesty's 
Indian  Possessions,  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31 st day  of  March. 1920: 

Whereupon  Motion  made, and  Question, That 
a number of  Air  Forces,  not  exceeding  149,900, 
all ranks,  be  maintained  for  the  said  service— 
(Lord  Henry  Cavendish  Bentinck),—put,  and 
negatived. 

The  House, according  to Order, resolved  itself Ways and 

into the  Committee  of  Ways  and Means. 

Means. 

(In  the Committee.) 

Resolved,  That,  towards  making  good  the 
Supply  granted  to  His  Majesty  for  the  service 
of  the  year  ended  on  the  31st  day  of  March 
1919,  the  sum  of  £1,133,852  be  granted  out 
of  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  the  United  King-
dom.—(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

Resolved,  That,  towards  making  good  the 
Supply  granted  to  His  Majesty  for  the  service 
of  the  year3 ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March 
1920, the sum of £440,310,000  be granted  out of 
the Consolidated  Fund  of  the  United  Kingdom. 
—(Lord  Edmund Talbot.) 

Resolutions  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had come  to  several  Resolutions. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the day being  read, for receiving Supply 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  f12th March] 
the  12th day  of  this instant  March  ; 

Beport-

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ministry of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Ministry  of  Ways  and Ways and 
£ ° ™ i c a" 
Communications  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for receiving Supply 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of [Standing 
Supply  of  the  11th day  of  this instant  March ;  m^MMc?? 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-*®P°rt 

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the increase of 

Committee  on the  Increase  of  Rent  and  Mort-® e n t a nd 
interest^ 
gage  Interest  (Restrictions)  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow,  ^® t r i c t l o n s) 

° Original  Question  put,  and agreed  to. 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

9  GEO.  Y. 

12th—13th March. 

69 

Civil 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Contingencies  Committee  on  the  Civil  Contingencies  Fund 

B i l l; 

Resoloed,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Supply 
[4th  March] 
Report. 

The  Order  of  the day being read, for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the 4th  day  of  this instant  March ; 

Ordered, 

T h at  

the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Bepresentation  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(R^tumtaPle  T h i r d-   Reading  of  the  Representation  of  the 
Office™ 
Expenses) 
Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  the  third  time 

People  (Returning  Officers' Expenses)  Bill; 

' 
to-morrow. 

Adjournment.  Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the 
Order  of  the House  of  the  12th day  of February 
last, proposed  the  Question,  That  this  House  do 
now  adjourn. 

And  the Question  being put:—It  was resolved 

in  the Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  twenty-three  minutes 
after Ten  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

the  hands of  the  Commissioners  for  the  Reduc-
tion  of  the  National  Debt  for  Savings  Banks 
and  Friendly  Societies  and  of  all the  variations 
which  have  taken place during  such  year  in  the 
Securities  held  by  the  said  Commissioners  : 
(3)  A  Statement  showing  the  aggregate  amount 
of  the  Liabilities  of'  the  Government  to  the 
trustees  of  Savings  Banks and Friendly  Societies 
respectively  on 20th  November  1918, &c. 

An  Account  of  the gross  amount of  all  Bank National Debt 

Annuities  and any  Annuities  for terms of  years 
and other  Securities  transferred, and  of  all sums  Wo. 48. 
of  money  paid,  to  the  Commissioners  for  the 
Reduction  of  the  National  D e b t;   and the gross 
amount of  Annuities  for  lives  and  for  terms  of 
years which  have  been  granted for the same, and 
Contracts  for  payments  on  death  which  have 
been  made  under  the provisions  of  the  National 
Debt  Act,  1829,  and  other  Acts,  within  the 
year  ended  5th  January  1919. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  be printed. 

Ordered,  That  Government  Business  be  not Business ol 

interrupted  this day  at Five  or  half-past  Five  0f t h e H o u s e-
the clock, and may  be  entered  upon  at  any  hour 
although  opposed.—(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

The  House,  according to Order, resolved itself  Increase of 

into  a Committee  on  the  Increase  of  Rent  and jS^'wise 
Interest 
Mortgage  Interest  (Restrictions)  Bill. 
(Restrictions) 
. 
Bill. 

x 
(In  the  Committee.) 

' 

. 

Agricultural 
Wages  Board. 

Friday,  14th  March  1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

CO L O N EL   Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen 

presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Command,— 
Copy  of  Report  of  the  Committee  appointed  by 
the  Agricultural  Wages  Board  to  inquire  into 
the  financial  results  of  the  occupation  of  agri-
cultural  land  and  the  cost  of  living  of  rural 
workers?. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Emigration 
Statistics 
(Ireland.) 

Irish 
Universities 
Act, 1908. 

Fertilisers and 
Feeding Stuffs 
Act, 1906. 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Emigration  Statistics  of 
Ireland  for  the year  1918. 

Mr.  Macpherson  also  presented,  pursuant  to 
the directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— 
Copy of  Statutes X II   and X I I I.  of  the National 
University  of  Ireland,  made  under  the  Irish 
Universities  Act,  1908. 

Copy  of  Regulations  made  under  the  Ferti-
lisers  and  Feeding  Stuffs  Act,  1906,  by  the 
Department  of  Agriculture  and  Technical 
Instruction  for  Ireland,  entitled  the  Fertilisers 
and  Feeding  Stuffs  (Methods  of  Analysis,  Ire-
land)  Regulations,  1918. 

Ordered, That  the said  Papers  do life upon  the 

Table. 

National  Debt 
(Savings 
Bants and 
Friendly 
Societies.) 

No. 47. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— 
(1)  An Account  of  the  gross  amount of  all  sums 
received  and  paid  by  the  Commissioners 
for 
the  Reduction  of  the  National Debt  on  account 
of  Banks  for  Savings  and  Friendly  Societies 
in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland, from  their  com-
mencement  at  6th  August  1817  to  the  20th 
-(2)  An  Account  of  the 
November  1918: 
which  have  taken  place 
several  transactions 
during  the  year  ended  20th  November  1918,  in 
the  investment  of  all  moneys  which  came  into 

VOL.  174. 

Clause  No.  6  (Minor  Amendments  of  the 

principal  Act). 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in p. 4,  1. 32, 

at the  end, to  insert the  words— 

"  Any  person who  offers to let  a house on  pay-
ment  of a  premium  by  the  prospective  tenant, or 
accepts  such  a.premium,  and  any  person  who 
pays a premium  in order  to  obtain  possession  of 
a house, shall  be guilty  of  an offence, and  liable 
on  sundry  conviction  to  a  fine  not  exceeding 
twenty  pounds." 

Question  again  proposed,  That  those  words  be 

there  inserted : 

And the  Question  being  put; 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the  ( Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 

Yeas, 

I M r. Frederick  Hall: 

33. 

Tellers  for the  ( Captain  Guest, 

I  i «r» 

Noes, 

I Lord  Edmund  Talbot:  j 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in p. 4,1.  33, 

to  leave out subsection  (2).—(Mr.  Rose.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  to  the  word "  seventeen,"  in  ],  34, stand  part 
of  the  Clause,  put, and  agreed  to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p.  4,  1. 37, 
to  leave  out  the  words  " or  in  the  employ  of 
some tenant from  him."—(Mr.  Kennedy Jones.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed  to. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in p. 5,1. 3, to 
leave  out  the  words  "  all  the  circumstances  of 
the case including."—(Mr.  Hogge.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause:— 

to  be 
Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

An  Amendment  made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  5,  1.  5, 

at the  end, to  add the  words— 

"  (3)  In  any  proceedings  taken  in  any  court 
between  a landlord  and  a tenant  under  this  Act 
or the  principal  Act,  where judgment  is given in 

K  3 

70 

14th  April. 

1919. 

favour  of  the  tenant, the taxed  costs  of  the  pro-
ceedings  shall  be  the  tenant's."—(Mr.  Tyson 
ffilson.) 

Question  proposed,  That those words  be  there 

added  :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  5,  1.  5, 

at the end,  to  add  the  words— 

" ( 3)   Where  under  this  Act  or  the  principal 
Act  it  is  lawful  for  a  landlord  to  increase  the 
rent  by  reason  of  any  increase  of  rates,  such 
power  to  increase  the  rent  shall  not  extend  to 
any  case where  the  increase  in  the  actual  sum 
paid  in rates is due  to  an increase  in  the  assess-
ment only  and not  to  a change  in the  amount  of 
the rate."—(Mr. Adamson.) 

Question, That  those  words  be  there  added, 

put, and  negatived. 

Clause,  as amended, agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  7 (Exception  of  new  house). 
Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  5,  1.  6,  to  leave 

out  the  word  "  neither."—(Mr.  Neil  McLean.) 

Question,  That  the word  " neither," stand part 

of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Clause  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  8  agreed  to. 
A  Clause  (Application  of  Act  to  Scotland)— 
(Mr.  Munro)—Drought up, and read the first and 
second time, aud added to  the Bill. 

Another  Clause  (Disturbance  of  tenants)— 
(Mr.  Kennedy  Jones)—brought  up, and  read  the 
first time.  , 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
the  Clause  be read  a second  time :—Motion  and 
Clause,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Clause  (Saving  for tenants in  certain 
cases)—(Dr.  fforsfold)—brought  up,  and  read 
the first time. 

Motion  made, and  Question,  That  the  ClauBe 

be read a  second  time,  put,  and  negatived. 

Bill, as amended, to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered, 

That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  now  taken  into  consideration  :— 
The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
Bill  into  consideration. 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  20,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "shall,"  the  words  "  commence  to."—(Mr. 
Robert  Young.) 

And  the Question  being put, That those words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—It  passed  in the 
Negative. 

Then  Amendments  were made  to  the  Bill. 
Another Amendment  was proposed  to  be made 
to the  Bill, in  p.  4, 1. 8,  by  inserting  at  the end 
thereof,  the  words— 

"  (2)  Notwithstanding  anything  in  subsection 
(3)  of  section  one  o£  the  principal A ct   no  order 
for  the  recovery  of  possession  of  a  dwelling-
house  to  which  this  Act  applies,  or  for  the 
ejectment  of  a  tenant  therefiom,  shall  be  made 
so  long  as  the  tenant  continues  to  pay  rent at 
the  agreed rate  as modified  by the principal  Act 
or  by  this  Act,  and  performs  the  other  condi-
tions  of  the  tenancy,  except  on  the  ground  that 
the  tenant  has  been  guilty  of  conduct  which  is 
a?  nuisance  or  an  annoyance  to  adjoining  or 
neighbouring  occupiers,  and  where  such  order 
has  been  made,  but  not  executed  before  the 
passing  of  this  Act,  the  court  by  which  the 
order  was made  may, if  it  is of  opinion  that  the 
order  w o u ld   not  have  been  made  if  this  Act  had 
been  in  operation  at  the  date  of  the  making  of 

the  order,  rescind  or  vary  the  order  in  such 
manper  as  the  court  may  think  fit  for  the 
purpose  of  giving  effect  to  this  Act."—(Mr. 
Adamson.) 

And the  Question  bein<j put,  That those  words 
be there inserted  in  the  Bill:—It  passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Another Amendment  was proposed  to  be made 
to  the  Bill, in p.  5, 1.  4, by  leaving  out  the  word 
"  the,"  and  inserting  the  words  "  any  suitable  " 
—(Major  Henderson),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
"  the "  stand part of  the Bill:—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed  to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  Clause  (Application  of  Act  to 
Scotland)  added  in  Committee,  by  leaving  out 
paragraph  (b).—(Mr.  Neil  McLean.) 

And  flie  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out stand  part  of  the  Bill:— 
It  was resolved  in the  Affirmative. 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire their  concurrence. 

The House, according  to Order, resolved  itself  Civil 
Contii 
Fund Bill. 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Civil  Contingencies  Collti!Jgenoie 
Fund  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1 (Power  to  issue  sums  from  the 
Consolidated  Fund  to  the  Civil  Contingencies 
Fund). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1.  7,  to  leave 
out the words "  food  and  other."—(Sir  Frederick 
Banbury.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  stand part of  the  Clause, put,  and  agreed  to. 

An  Amendment  made. 
Another Amendment proposed,  in p. 1,1.19, to 
leave out the words "  and twenty ."^-(Lieutenant-
Colonel  Weigall.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause:— 
Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in p. 2, 1. 5, at 
the  end, to  add  the  words  "  and  if  either  House 
of  Parliament  within  twenty  days  shall  resolve 
that the  minute  be  not  approved, it  shall  cease 
to have effect"—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be there 

added:—Amendment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 

Clause,  as amended, agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  2 agreed  to. 
Bill, as amended,  to be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  ;  aud  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration  upon 
Monday  next. 

The  Representation  of the  People  (Returning Representation 
Officers' Expenses) Bill  was, according  to  Order, of the People 
read  the third  time and  passed. 

officer™"'8 
Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to Expenses) 
the Lords, and desire  their concurrence  (the  Bill ^-.'"speaker's 
having  been  endorsed  by  Mr.  Speaker  with  the Certificate, 
following  Certificate:— 

I  hereby  certify  that  this  Bill  is  a  Money 
Bill  within  the  meaning  of  the  Parliament 
Act,  1911. 

JAMES  W.   L O W T H E R, 

Speaker). 

9  Geo.   Y. 

10$.  March. 

71 

Mr.  Bridqeman reported  from  the  Committee 
Supply 
Ke3odMarCb]  of   SuPP ]y  of  the  13th  day  of  this instant  March 
several Resolutions;  which were  read, as follow : 

Civil  Services  Supplementary  Estimates, 
1918-19. 

Class  V I. 

Air  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Number  of Air  Force. 

Air  Estimates, 
1919-20. 
Number  of 
Air  Force. 

1.  That  a number of  Air  Forces not  exceeding 
150,000, all  ranks, be  maintained  for the  Service 
of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and 
Ireland  at  Home  and  Abroad,  excluding  His 
Majesty's  Indian  Possessions,  during  the  year 
snding  on  the  31st day  of  March  1920. 

Vote on 
Account. 

Vote  on  Account. 

2.  That  a  sum not  exceeding  £45,000,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  on  account,  for  or 
towards  defraying  the  charges  for  Air  Force 
Services  at  Home  and  Abroad,  which  will  come 
in course  of  payment  during  the year  ending  on 
the  31st day  of  March  1920. 

That  a  Supplementary  sum,  not  exceeding  Civil  Services 
£20,000,  be  granted  to  His  Majesty, to  defray |^®™®ntary 
the  charge  which  will come  in course  of payment 1918-19.  ' 
during  the year  ending  on the 31st day of  M a r ch   Ireland 
1919, for  the Ireland Development  Grant (Grant  ^ u t 7 s T nL 
in  Aid)  and  for  other  purposes  of  development mentary.) 
and reconstruction  in  Ireland. 

The  said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time, was agreed  to. 

Mr.  Bridgeman reported from  the  Committee Supply 
of  Supply  of  the 4th  day  of  this  instant  March  ^ J f ™ ' 0^ 
several  Resolutions ;  which were read, as follow : 

' . 

Civil  Services  Supplementary  Estimates, 
1918-19. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

Class  V I I. 

time,  were  agreed  to. 

Supply 
[12th  March] 
Heport. 

Mr.  Bridgeman reported  from  the  Committee 
of  Supply  of the  12th  day  of  this  instant  March 
several  Resolutions  ;  which were read, as follow : 

Navy  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Navy 
Estimates, 
1919-20. 
Sea and 
Coast  Guard 
Services. 

1.  That  280,000  Officers,  Seamen,  and  Boys, 
Coast Guard,  and  Royal  Marines  be  employed 
for  the  Sea  and  Coast  Guard  Services  borne  on 
the  books  of  His  Majesty's  Ships  and  at  the 
Royal  Marine  Divisions  for  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920. 

1.  That  a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding  Civil  Services 
£196,456  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray EstimateT^" 
the  charge which  will  come  in  course  of payment  1918-19.  ' 
during the  year ending  on the  31st  day of March Ministry of 
1919  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of 
Ministry  of  Labour  and  Subordinate  Depart-
the 
ments, 
Unemployment  Insurance  Fund  and  Repay-
ments  to  Associations  pursuant  to  Sections  85 
and  106  of  the  National  Insurance  Act,  1911, 
and the  National Insurance (Part II.)  (Munition 
Workers)  Act,  1916. 

the  Contribution 

including 

the L a b o u r-

to 

Class  II. 

Vote  on  Account. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,090  be Lord Privy 

Vote  on 
Account. 

2.  That  a sum  not  exceeding  £60,000,000  be 
granted to  His  Majesty, on account, for defraying 
the  charges for  Navv  Services  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920. 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge  Seal-
which  will  come  in  course  of  payment  during 
the  year  ending  on  the 31st  day  of  March  1919 
for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses of  the  Office  of 
the  Lord  Privy  Seal. 

And  the first Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time, was agreed  to. 

Army  Supplementary  Estimate,  1918-19. 

Ordered,  That  the  Resolution  which,  upon 
the  3rd day  of  this  instant  March,  was  reported 
from  the  Committee  of  Supply,  and  which  was 
then  agreed  to  by  the  House,  be  now  read ; 
and  the  same was read,  as followeth : 

3.  That  a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding  Army 

£10  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray the  |^e™ eentary 
charge  which  will  come  in  course  of  payment 1918-19.' 
during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day 
March  1919 for  Pay,  &c.  of the  Army. 

of  Pay,  &c. 
(Supple-
mentary.) 

That  a number  of  Land  Forces  not  exceeding 
2,500,000, all ranks, be maintained for the Service 
of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and 
Ireland  at  Home  and  Abroad,  excluding  His 
Majesty's  Indian  Possessions,  during  the  year 
ending, on  the  31st. day  of  March  1920. 

Army 
(Annual.) 

Army 
(Annual)  Bill. 

B i ll   1 8. 

Supply 
[12th  March] 
Keport. 

Ordered, That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a 
Bill  to  provide,  during  twelve  months, for  the 
discipline and regulation  of  the Army  :  And  that 
Mr.  Secretary  Churchill,  General  Seely,  Mr. 
Long,  and  Dr.  Macnamara do  prepare  and  bring 
it in. 

Dr.  Macnamara  accordingly  presented  a Bill 
to  provide,  during twelve  months, for  the  discip-
line  and  regulation  of  the  Army  :  And  the same 
was  read  the first time,  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

The  second  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time, was  agreed  to. 

Navy  Supplementary  Estimate,  1918—19. 

4.  That  a  Supplementary  sum not  exceeding Navy 

£10  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the Supplementary 
charge  which  Avill  come  in  course  of  payment  J^g"1.^6' 
during the  year  ending  on  the  31st day of  March  sea  and  Coast 
1919  for  additional  Expenditure  on  t he   W a g e s,   Guard  Services 
&c. of  Officers,  Seamen,  Boys, Coast Guard,  and  CSuPP le-
Royal  Marines. 

meiitary-> 

' 

The  said  Resolutions, 

being;  read  a  second 

time, were  agreed  to. 

Mr.  Baldwin  reported  from  the  Committee  of  Ways  and 

Ways  and  Means of  the  13th  day  of  this  instant  Means-
March  several Resolutions  ;  which  were  read, as 
follow: 

1.  That,  towards  making  good  the  S u p p ly   Ways  and 
granted  to  His  Majesty  for  the  service  of  the  nlthVarchi 
year  ended  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1919, Report. 
the  sum  of  £1,133,852  be  granted  out  of  the  Consolidated 
Consolidated  Fund  of  the  United  Kingdom. 

Fund-

2.  That,  towards  making  good  the  Supply Consolidated 

Supply 
[lltii  March] 
Standing 
Committee  C. 
Keoort. 

Mr.  Bridgeman reported  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C  a  Resolution  of  the  11th  day  of  this 
instant  March  relating  to  Supply;  which  was 
read, as followeth  : 

granted  to  His  Majesty  for  the  service  of  the  Funcl-
year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920, 
the  sum  of  £440,310,000  be  granted  out  of  the 
Consolidated  Fund  of  the  United  Kingdom. 

Vol..  174. 

„ 

' 

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72 

Uth—17th  March. 

1919. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  pursuant  to  the Intermediate 

time,  were agreed  to. 

Consolidated 
Ordered, That  a  Bill  be  brought  in  upon  the 
Fund (No. l.)  s a i d  Resolutions:  And  that  the  Chairman  of 
Ways  and  Means,  Mr.  Chancellor  of  the 
Exchequer,  and  Mr.  Baldwin  do  prepare  and 
bring  it in. 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Rules  and  Schedule  containing  the  Programme 
of Examinations  relative to Intermediate  Educa-
tion  (Ireland) for  1920. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Consolidated 
^ 
Bil?d 

Bill  19 

Mr.  Baldwin  accordingly  presented  a  Bill  to 
aPP'y  certain  sums  out  of  the  Consolidated 
Fund  to  the  service  of  the  years  ending  on 
the thirty-first  day  of  March, one  thousand  nine 
hundred  and  nineteen,  and  one  thousand  nine 
hundred  and  twenty:  And  the  same  was  read 
the first time, and ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Monday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  by  His Church 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy 
of  Sixty-eighth 
Report  from  the  Church  Estates  Commissioners, 
for the  year  preceding  1st  March  1919. 

Copy  of  Report  by  the  Right  Honourable  Belfast Prison 

Mr.  Justice  Dodd,  the  Commissioner  appointed 
by  the  Special  Commission (Belfast Prison) Act, "special 
1918, to  inquire  aud  report  concerning  the  com- Commission.) 
plaints as to the  treatment of prisoners  in Belfast 
Prison  in  the  months  of June  and  July  1918. 

pawners) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Resolved, That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 

Table. 

next, resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Resolved, That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Adjournment. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House,  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being  then 
twelve  minutes  after  Five  of  the  clock, 
till  Monday  next. 

Sir  Robert  Home  presented,  pursuant  to  the Trade Board : 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of Acts. 
Special  Order  made  by  the  Minister  of  Labour 
under  Section  1 (2)  of  the  Trade  Boards  Act, 
1918,  with  reference  to  the  Aerated  Waters 
Trade. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Army, 1918-19 

Command,  —  Copy  of  Statement  of  Proposed  (Vote 10, 
Expenditure  out  of  the  Vote  of  Credit  on  New  S " / 1 1) 
for  the  Army  of  a  permanent 
Works,  &c. 
character  amounting  to  £2,000  and  upwards 
for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1919. 

Nr() 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Monday, 

\lth  March 

1 9 1 9. 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

P R A T E R S. 

Member takes  HpHE  following  Member  took  and  subscribed 
theOath. 

the  Oath: 

Rear-Admiral  Thomas  Benjamin  Stratton 
Adair,  for  Glasgow  Burgh  (Shettleston 
Division). 

Reigate 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Corporation  Second  Reading  of  the  Reigate  Corporation 
m 

B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Monday  the  3lstday  of  this instant March. 

Colonial 
Reports 
(Annual.) 

Trinidad. 

Colonel  Amery  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Colonial  Report,  No.  988, 
(East  Africa  Protectorate,  Report  for  1916-17): 
Colonel  Amery  also  presented,  pursuant to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
amending  Rules  made  by  the  Governor  of 
Trinidad  in  Executive  Council,  on  9th  January 
1919, with  reference  to  District  Prisons. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

Air Board and  Mr.  Baldirin  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Air Ministry 
Appropriation  Account  of  the  sums granted  by 
Account.) 
No. 49.  Parliament  to  defray  the  expenses  of  the  Air 
Board  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1918, 
together  with  the  Report  of  the  Comptroller 
and  Auditor-General  thereon. 

Duchy of 
Cornwall. 

No. 50. 

Account  of  the  Receipts  and  Disbursements 

0f   the  Duchy  of  Cornwall  for  the  year  1918. 

. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc- Union of 

tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was laid  upon  the Benefices Acts. 
Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House:—Copy  of 
Scheme  under  the  Union of  Benefices  Acts,  1860 
and  1898, for  effecting  an union  of  the  Benefices 
of  Saint  Michael  and  All  Angels,  Paddington, 
and  All  Saints,  Paddington. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com- Selection 
mittee  of  Selection;  That  thev  had  discharged  (Standing 
the  following  Member 
from" Standing  Com- Committees.) 
mittee  A:—Major  Birchall;  and  had  appointed  Committee A. 
in  substitution:  Sir  Robert  Woods (in  respect  of  Minify of 
H e a l th   Biu-
the Ministry  of  Health  Bill). 

i Standing 

j  77 

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n-  

i-

. 

i

i

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Alfred  Ernest  Newbould,  Esquire,  Member  for  New Member 

the  Borough  of  Leyton  (West  Division),  wasSW01Ti-
•sworn. 

Ordered,  That  the  proceedings  of  the  Civil Business of 

Contingencies  Fund  Bill  be  exempted  at  this th« House 
day's  Sitting from  the  provisions of  the  Standing  contingencies 
Order  (Sittings  of  the  House).—-(Mr.  Bonar  Fund Bill.) 
Law.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ministry  of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Ministry  of  Ways  and Ways and 
t> • n 
•o 
(/omraunidations  Bill  ; 

t i o ns   B i l ] 

, • 

Communica-

And  a Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  " n o w ," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  "  upon  this day  six  months."—(Mr.  T.  P. 
O'Connor.) 

 
9  G E O.   V. 

11th—-18th 

March. 

73 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  "now  "  stand part  of  the  Question  :—And 
a  Debate  arising  thereupon; 

And  a Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being  put,  That the  Debate  be now  adjourned— 
(Sir  Robert  Newman) :—It  was  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

Civil 
Contingencies 
Fpnd Bill. 

The  House, according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Civil  Contingencies 
Fund  Bill, as amended in  the  Committee  ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Bill, in  p.  2,  1.  5, by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the words "  and  if  either  House  of  Par-
liament  within  twenty  days  shall  resolve  that 
'the minute  be not approved  it shall  cease  to  have 
effect,"—(Sir  Donald Maclean.) 

And the  Question being  put, That those words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—It  passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Public  Health  (Medical 

Public Health 
(Medical 
J/chMren)  Treatment  of  Children)  (Ireland)  Bill; 
(Ireland) Bill.  Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Local 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Government  Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government 
(Ireland) Bill.  ( I r e l a n d)   B i l l  . 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Army 
(Annual) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Army  (Annual)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Consolidated 
Fund (No. 1) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Consolidated  Fund 
(No.  1)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Adjournment.  Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,,  pursuant  to  the 
Order  of  the  House  of the  12th  day of  February 
last, proposed  the  Question,  That  this  House  do 
now  adjourn. 

And  it  being  half  an  hour  after  Eleven 
of  the clock,  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put, pursuant  to 
the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  12th  day 
of  February  last,  till  to-morrow. 

VOL.. 174. 

Tuesday, 1 8^   March  1919. 

!'  R  A Y E R S. 

I T R.   Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private Bills 
T L  from one  of the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 

Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case of  the  following  previouBly 
. Bills, referred  on  the  Second  Reading  thereof, inquired into 
the  Standing Orders not previously inquired  into, 
which are applicable thereto,  have  been  complied 
with,  viz.:— 

Bournemouth  Gas  and  Water  Bill. 
Manchester  Ship  Canal  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bills  be  committed. 

Colonel  Amery  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Colonial 
Command,—Copy  of  Colonial  Report,  No.  989 Beports 
(Barbados,  Report  for  1917-18). 

(Annual.) 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Major  Beckett  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Coal industry 

Command,—Copy  of Interim  Report  of  the  Coal Commission. 
Industry  Commission. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His Education 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Order  made  by  (Scotland.) 
the  Scottish  Education  Department,  dated  18th 
March  1919,  fixing  appointed  days  under  the 
Education  (Scotland)  Act,  1918, s.33  (2). 

Ordered,  That  the said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc- Lunacy, 

tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon 
the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  :—Report 
to the  Lord  Chancellor  of  all  sums received  by 
the  Visitors  of  Lunatics  for travelling  expenses, 
or  upon  other  account, from  1st January  to  31st 
December  1918. 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre- Convictions for 

sented to  His Majesty, that  He will be graciously Drunkenness, 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before  this  House,  a  Return  of  Convictions  for 
Drunkenness  in  England  and  Wales during  the 
years  1915-18.—(Colonel  Sir Hamar Greenwood.) 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com- Selection 
mittee  of  Selection  ;  That  they  had discharged (Standing 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-  ^ n d S * 0 
mittee  D : — M r.   Mac Valium  Scott;  and  had Committee D. 
appointed 
in  substitution:  Mr.  Secretary 
Churchill. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the Standing 
Committee;  That they had discharged the follow- Committee C. 
ing Members from Standing Committee C  :—Mr. 
Attorney  General  for  Ireland,  Mr.  Devlin,  Mr. 
Lindsay,  Mr.  Macpherson,  Mr.  Moles,  Major 
O'Neill,  Captain  Redmond,  and  Mr.  Reid. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from the  Lords  by  the Lords 
one of their  Clerks,  as followeth  : 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  "  An Ferries 
Act  to  enable  County  Councils  to  acquire (Acquisition 
existing  Ferries  by  agreement "  ;  to  which  the counciisyBili 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House'. 

[Xorrf*.] 

74 

18th March. 

1919. 

I 

Nuioes1 
Registration 
Bill. 

Bill  20. 

Captain  Barnett,  supported  by  Sir.  Samuel 
Scott,  Mr.  Adnmson,  Brigadier-General  Croft, 
Sir  George  Younger,  Sir  Robert  Woods,  Mr. 
MacCallum  Scott,  Mr.  James  Gardiner,  Major 
Kerr-Smiley,  Captain  Shaw,  Mr.  Hopkins,  and 
Sir  Watson  Rutherford,  presented  a  Bill  to  pro-
vide  for  tbe  State  Registration  of  X urses:  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time 
upon  Friday  the  28tb  day of  this  instant  March; 
and to  be  printed. 

Bill 21. 

Mr.  Water son,  supported  by  Mr.  Clynes,  Mr. 
Prevention of 
Unemploy-  Duncan  Graham,  Mr.  Irving,  Mr.  John  Jones, 
ment Bill. 
Mr.  Neil  Maclean,  and  Mr.  Wignall, presented  a 
Bill  to  make  provision  for  the  Prevention  of 
Unemployment,  to provide  for  the  proper  treat-
ment  of  unemployed  persons,  and  -for  other 
purposes  conuected  therewith  :  And  the  same 
was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Friday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Restoration 
of Pre-war 

Mr.  Frederick  Hall,  supported  by  Mr.  Robert 
Young,  Mr.  Bowerman,  Mr.  Thomas  Griffiths, 

B1T22  Mr-  John  Jo"es'  mr-.Se*ton>  and  Mr-  Tyson 

1 

•  Wilson, presented  a  Bill  to  make  provision  with 
respect  to  the  Restoration  of  certain  trade  Prac-
tices :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time  upon  Friday  the  4th  day  of  April 
next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Statement of 
Bates Bill. 

Bill  23. 

Colonel  Yate,  supported  by  Mr.  Walter  Long 
a n )j   Captain  Sir  Beville  Stanier,  presented  a 
Bill  to  provide  for  information  to  occupiers  of 
the  amount  of  Rates  payable  for  the  houses 
which  they  occupy:  And  the  same  was  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Friday  the  11th 
day  of  April  next;  and to  be  printed. 

Vui  24 
1 

,  Mr.  M'Gvffin, 

supported  by  Sir  Edward 
Primary 
^eJfas«nBiil  Larson,  Mr.  Moles,  Mr.  Lynn,  and  Mr.  Burn, 
presented  a  Bill  to  make  better  provision  for 
'  Primary  Education  in  the  city  of  Belfast  :  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Friday  the  9th  day  of  May  uext;  and  to 
be  printed. 

1 

Mr.  Hirst,  supported  by  Mr.  Thomas  Griffiths, 
Checkweigh- 
ing in Various  Mr.  Bowerman,  Mr.  Brace,  Mr.  Clynes,  Mr. 
Industries Bill. Daviton, 
M r  Hodge,  and  Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 
presented  a  Bill  to  provide  for  checking1  the 
' 
weight  or  measurement  of  materials  produced, 
handled,  or  gotten  by  workmen  paid  by  weight 
or  measure  in  certain  industries  :  And  the  same 
was ordered  to be read  a second time  upon  Friday 
the  2nd  day  of  May  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Hogge,  supported  by Sir Donald  Maclean, 
Small 
Landholders  Sir  Henry  Dalziel,  Sir  Archibald  Williamson, 
(Amendment)' M r-  S t u r r» c k>  Mr.  William  Graham,  Mr.  John 
Deans  Hope,  Sir  John  M'Cullu'm,  Major  Mac 
Bill. 
Bill  26.  Micking,  Captain  Wedgwood  Benn,  Mr.  William 
Young,  and  Mr.  Alexander  Shaw,  presented  a 
Bill  to  amend  the  Small  Landholders  (Scotland) 
Act,  1911  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  upon  Friday  the  11th  day 
of  April  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  supported  by  Lieu-
Trades 
Disputes Bill.  tenant-Colonel  Walter  Guinness,  presented  a 
Bill 27.  Bill  to  repeal  the  Trades  Disputes  Act,  1906 : 
And  the  same was ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Friday  the  23rd  day  of  May  n e x t; 
and  to  be  printed. 

, 

' D r.   Addison,  supported  by  Mr.  Munro,  Mr. 
Housing,Town 
Planning, &c.  Attorney  General,  Major  Astor,  and  Sir  Arthur 
7 

•"   • 

—~ 

7 

j 

Bill  28. 

Griffith-Boscawen,  presented  a  Bill  to amend  the 
enactments  relating  to  the  Housing  of  the 
working  classes,  town  planning,  and the  acquisi-
tion  of  small  dwellings  :  And  the  same  was 

ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow  ; 
and  to  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  Civil  Business of 

Contingencies  Fund  Bill  be  exempted  at  this /•ejjyi]0Use 
day's  Sitting  from  the  provisions of  the  Standing  Contingencies 
Order  (Sittings  of  the  House).—(Mr.  Bonar  Fund Bill.) 
Law.) 

The  Order of  the  day  being read, for resuming Ministry of 
the  adjourned Debate  on  the  Amendment  which,  Ways and 
upon  the  17th day of this instant  March  was  pro- HOM^M.0*' 
posed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Ministry  of  Ways  and  Communications  Bill  be 
now  read  a second  time  ; 

Which  Amendment  was, to  leave  out the word 
"  now,"  and  at  the  end  of  the  Question  to  add 
the  words  "  upon  this  day  six  months  ;" 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed,  That 
the  word  "  now  "  stand  part  of  the  Question  :— 
The  House resumed  the  said  adjourned  Debate. 
And  the Question being put:—It  was  resolved 

in  the  Affirmative. 

The  Bill  was  read  a second  time. 
A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a  Committee 
of  the  whole  House." — (Mr.  Joynson-Hicks)  :— 
It  passed  in  the  Negative. 

The  Bill  was  committed  to  a  Standing  Com-

mittee. 

The  Civil  Contingencies  Fund  Bill  was. Civil 

according  to  Order,  read  the  third  time  and  Contingencies 

" 

' 

Fund Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to Mr. Speaker's 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence  (the  Bill Certificate, 
having  been endorsed  by  Mr.  Speaker  with  the 
following  Certificate  :— 

I  hereby  certify  that  this  Bill  is  a  Money 
Bill  within  the  meaning  of  the  Parliament 
Act,  1911. 

J A M ES   W.   L O W T H E R, 

Speaker). 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the  Public Health 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Medical  ^ ^ nt 
Treatment  of  Children)  (Ireland)  B i l l;  

of ChUdren) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time (Ireland) Bill, 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 

Second  R e a d i ng   of   the  L o c al   Government  ( I r e-   Government 
land)  B i l l;  

(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Army 

Second  Reading  of  the  Army  (Annual)  B i l l;  

(Annual) Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Consolidated 
f N o-  0 

Second  Reading  of  the  Consolidated  Fund 
(No.  1)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Means-

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

9  GEO.  V. 

im—19th  March. 

75 

Public 
Petitions. 

Ordered,  That  a  Select  Committee  be  ap-
pointed,  to  whom  shall  be  referred  all  Petitions 
presented  to  the  House,  with  the  exception  of 
such  as  relate  to  Private  Bills;  and  that  such 
Committee  do  classify  arid  prepare  abstracts  of 
the  same,  in  such  form  and  manner  as  shall 
appear  to  them  best  suited  to  convey  to  the 
House  all  requisite  information  respecting  their 
contents,  and  do  report  the  same  from  time  to 
time  to. the  House ;  and that the  Reports  of  the 
Committee  do  set  forth,  in  respect  of  each 
Petition,  the  number  of  signatures  which  are 
accompanied  by  addresses, and which  are  written 
on  sheets headed  in  every  case  by  the  prayer  of 
the  Petition,  provided  that  on  every  separate 
sheet after the first the prayer  may be reproduced 
in  print  or  by  other  mechanical  process  :  that 
such  Committee  have  power  to  direct  the 
printing  in externa  of  such  Petitions,  or  of  such 
parts  of  Petitions,  as shall  appear  to  require  it; 
and that  such  Committee  have  power  to  report 
their  opinion  and  observations  thereupon  to  the 
House. 

Mr .Baldwin  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc- National 

tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Regulations,  dated  14th  March  1919,  made  by  (j,,^11  e 
the  National Health  Insurance Joint Cornmittee, Committee) 
entitled  the  National  Health  Insurance  Reserve (Regulations.) 
and  Transfer  Values  (Amendment)  Regulations, 
1919. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  do  lie upon  the 

» 

« 

a 

Table. 

Sir  Albert  Stanley presented, by His  Majesty's  Water  Power 

Command,—Copy  of  Interim  Report  of 
the  Resources 
Committee  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Commlttee-
examine  and.  report  upon  the  Water  Power 
Resources  of the  United  Kingdom. 

Ordered, That  the said  Piiper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

c 

* 

Mr.  Secretary  Skortt  presented,  by  His Charity 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy 
Report  of  the  Charity  Commissioners  for  Eng-  Vales!)1  an 
land  and  Wales. 

of  Sixty-sixth  ^TTandand 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

The  Committee  was  accordingly  nominated 
of  Sir  William,  Bull,  Mr. Alfred  Thomas  Davies, 
Mr.  Donald,  Captain  Falcon,  .Mr.  Finney,  Mr. 
Foreman,  Mr.  Galbraith,  Mr.  William Graham, 
Sir  Leicester Harmsworth, Major  Henderson, Mr. 
Haydn Jones,  Mr.  Kenyan,  Mr. Mackinder,  Mr. 

Table. 

°  Ronald  M'Neill,  and  Major Steel. 

Ordered, That  Three  be  the. quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Colonel  Gibbs.) 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will, 
Ministry of 
Coinmunfca 
to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to 
tions [Money.] consider  of  authorising  the.  payment,  out  of 
"  moneys to be provided  by  Parliament, of  salaries, 
remuneration,  contributions,  advances,  and other 
expenses payable  under  any  Act  of  the  present 
Session  to  establish  a  Ministry  of  Ways  and 
Communications, and  of  authorising  the  creation 
and issue of  securities with interest to  be charged 
in  certain  contingencies  on  the  Consolidated 
Fund  in  pursuance  of  such Act.—(Mr.  Secre-
tary  Shortt.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt, by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand, acquainted  the  House  that  His  Majesty, 
having  been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of 
this  Motion, recommends  it  to  the  consideration 
of  the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Adjournment.  Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the 
Order  of  the  House  of  the  12th  day of  February 
last, proposed  the  Question,  That  this  House  do 
now  adjourn. 

And  the  Question being put:—It  was resolved 

in  the  Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued to sit till  four minutes  after Eleven 
of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

Wednesday, 19th March  1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Lancashire 
and  Yorkshire 
and  London 
and North 
Western 
Railway 
Companies 
Bill. 

THE  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Lancashire  and 
Yorkshire  and  London  and  North  Western 
Railway  Companies  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  the  2nd  day  of  April  next. 

VOL.  174. 

Mr.  Attorney  General  presented,  pursuant, to Saint George's 

Standing  Order  175a,—Copy  of  Report  of  the Church, 
Attorney  General  on the  Saint George's  Church,  x  ora'  Bl11' 
Oxford,  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  be  referred  to 

the  Committee  on the  Bill. 

Mr.  Vaughan-Davies  reported  from the  Select  standing 

Committee  on  Stauding  Orders  several  Resolu- Orders, 
tions;  which  were  read,  as follow  : 

, 

1.  That  in  the case  of  the  Leeds  Corporation Leeds 

[Lords'],  Petition  for  Bill,  the  Standing  Orders 
ought  to  be  dispensed  with;  that  the  parties  be 
permitted  to  proceed  with  their  Bill. 

f^j'^f™ 
or 

2.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Llanelly  Rural  Llanelly 
District  Council,  Petition  for  leave  to  deposit  a Q^1ei'j>!strict 
Petition  for  Biil,  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to 
t 
be  dispensed  with  ;  that  the  parties  be  per-  " 
mitted  to  deposit  their  Petition  for a  Bill. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time,  were  agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought from  the  Lords  by the  Lords-
one  of their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill, intituled  An  War Charities 

Act  to  facilitate  the  administration  of  War  ^ r 1™^ 
Charities  in  Scotland ;  to  which the  Lords desire  1 
the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

s'' 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An Intestate 

Act  to  amend  and regulate  procedure  under  the 
Intestate  Husband's  Estate 
1911;  to  which the Lords  desire the concurrence  Bill  [Lord*.] 
of  this  House. 

(Scotland)  Act, (Scotland) 

Mr.  Marshall  Stevens,  supported  by  Mr.  Railway and 
Neville  Chamberlain,  Mr.  Manville,  Mr.  George® anal Traffic 
Balfour,  Sir  Richard  Cooper,  Mr.  Athey,  Mr. 
Hailwood,  and  Mr.  Briggs,  presented  a  Bill  to 
provide  for  the  better  regulation  of  Traffic  on 
Railways  and  Canals : And the same was ordered 
to be  read a second time upon  Wednesday  next; 
and to  be  printed. 

1.' 

R 

Sir  Frederick  Banbury, supported  by  Sir  John  Dogs' 
Butcher,  presented  a  Bill  to  prevent  the  vivi- Protection 
section  of  Dogs  :  And  the  same  was ordered  to  11 • 
0 
be  read a  second  time  upon  Friday  ;  and  to be 
1  ^ " 
printed. 

L  2 

76 

24/A—25th  March. 

1919. 

Compensation 
for  Subsidence 
Bill. 

Rill 31. 

Mr.  Brace,  supported  by  Mr.  Adamson, Mr. 
James  Brown,  Mr.  Charles  Edwards, and  Mr. 
Frederick  Hall,  presented  a  Bill  to provide  for 
the  payment  of  compensation  for  Damage  to 
Property  as  the  result  of  subsidence  due  to 
underground  mining  :  And the same was ordered 
to  be  read  a second  time  upon  Friday  the  30th 
day  of  May  n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

Local 
Authorities 
(Enabling) 
Bill. 

Bill  32. 

Mr.  Neil  Maclean,  supported  by  Colonel 
William  Thorne, Mr.  Bromjield,  Mr.  John  Davi-
son,  Mr.  Robert  Richardson,  and  Mr.  Spoor, 
presented  a  Bill  to  extend  the  powers  of  Local 
Authorities  in  matters  of  finance  and  municipal 
trading  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Friday  the  16th day  of  May 
next;  and  to  be  printed. 

Consolidated 
Fund (No.  1) 
Bill. 

The  Consolidated  Fund  (No.  1)  Bill  was, 
according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and 
committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House 
for  to-morrow. 

Public  Health 
(Medical 
Treatment 
of  Children) 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  ( Medical 
Treatment  of  Children)  (Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Local 
Government 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government  (Ire-
land)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-inorrow. 

Housing, Town  The  Order  of  the  dav  being  read,  for  the 
Planning, &c.,  S e c o nd   Reading  of  the  Housing,  Town  Plan-

ning,  &c.,  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Army 
(Annual)Bill.  Second  Reading  of  the  Army  (Annual)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supj/ly  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker,  pursuant  to Adjournment, 

the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  12th  day  of 
February  last, proposed  the  Question,  That  this 
House  do  now  adjourn. 

And  the Question being put:—It  was resolved 

in  the  Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  five  minutes  after  Nine 
of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Ministry  of  Ways  and  Communica-

B. 

tions  Bill. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  Order 
of  20th  February,  of  Estimates  referred  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Title of  Estimates. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Depart-
ments 
1919-20) 
(Estimates, 
(transferred  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B). 

Thursday,  20th  March  1919. 

P R A T E R S, 

o 

_ 

THE   Lord  Advocate,  Mr.  Bower man,  Major  Divorce Bills. 

Brassey,  Sir  Henry  Craik,  Mr.  Jodrell, 
Brigadier-General Palmer, Mr. Purchase, Captain 
Watson, and  Sir  Gilbert  Wills  were  nominated 
Members  of  the  Select  Committee  on  Divorce 
Bills.—(Colonel  Gibbs.) 

v 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented  a Bill  to  con-  Leith Harbour 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the said  Committee. 

Ministry of 
Ways and 
tionsD[ Money.] munications  [Money] ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  Ministry  of  Ways  and  Com-

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Privileges. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  of  Privileges 

do  consist  of  Sefen  Members. 

The Committee  was accordingly  nominated  of, 
Mr.  Attorney  General,  Mr.  Brace,  Mr.  Evelyn 
Cecil, Sir  Ellis  Hume-Williams,  Mr. Bonar  Law, 
Mr.  iT.  P.  O'Connor,  and  Sir  Thomas  Whit-
taker. 

Ordered, That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send for  persons, papers, and  records. 

firm  a  Provisional  Order  under  the  Private 
Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899, confirmation 
relating  to  Leith  Harbour  and  Docks:  And  Bill, 
the  same  was  ordered  (under  Section  7  of  the 
Act)  to  be  taken  into consideration  to-morrow. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com- Board of 
mand,—Copy  of  Grant  Regulations  No.  6  for Education. 
Nursery  Schools,  1919, made  by  the  Board  of 
Education  under  the  Education  Act,  1918. 
s. 44. 

I 

' 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Robert  Home  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Demobilisation 

Command,— Copy  of  Regulations  as to  Demobi-and 
lisation  and  Resettlement  made  by  the  Military 
ese 
Service  (Civil  Liabilities)  Committee  with  the 
concurrence  of  the  Lords  Commissioners  of  His 
Majesty's  Treasury. 

e m e n  ' 

Ordered,  That  Five  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Committee.—(Mr.  Towyn  Jones.) 

Table. 

a a E o.   v. 

20th  March. 

77 

Treaty  Series 
{No.  1, 1919.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Balfour  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command, —  Copy  of  Agreement 
the  United  Kingdom  and  France 
between 
respecting  British  war  graves 
in  France. 
Signed  at Paris,  26th  November  1918. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Cavendish 
Act  to  dissolve  the  marriage  of  George  Fitzroy  Divorce Bill 
Cavendish  Clarke,  of  The  Steeple,  Antrim,  in  [LordtJ] 
the  County  of  Antrim,  Major  in  His  Majesty's 
Royal  Irish  Rifles, with  Florence  Jean  Caven-
dish  Clarke,  his now  wife,  and to  enable  him  to 
marry  again, and  for  other  purposes;  to  which 
the  Lords  desire the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

Welsh  Church 
Act,  L914. 

No.  52. 

The  following  Papers,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,  were  laid 
upon the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  :— 
Copy  of  Account  of  Cash  Receipts  and  Pay-
ments of  the  Welsh  Church  Commission  for  the 
year  ended  31st  December  1918;  together  with 
the  Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor 
General  thereon. 

Public Records  Copy  of  Schedule  containing  a 
list  and 
(Pfivy Council particulars of  classes  of  Documents  existing  or 
accruing  in  the  Privy  Council  Office,  which 
Office.) 
are  not  considered  of  sufficient  public  value  to 
justify  their  preservation  in  the  Public  Record 
Office. 

Ordered, That  the Paper relative  to the Welsh 

Church  Act,  1914,  be  printed. 

Standing 
Committees 
(Chairmen's 
Panel.) 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  reported  from  the  Chair-
men's  Panel;  That  they  had  appointed  Mr. 
Brace  to  act  as  Chairman  of  Standing  Com-
mittee  B  (in  respect  of  the  Ministry  of  Ways 
and Communications  Bill). 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Standing 
Committee D. 
Naval, 
Military, and 
Air  Force 
Service  Bill. 

Sir  William  Nicholson reported from  Standing 
Committee  D,  to  whom  the  Naval,  Military, and 
Air  Force  Service  Bill  was referred ;  That  they 
had  gone  through  the  Bill  and  made an  Amend-
ment  thereunto. 

No.  53. 

No.  53. 

Bill  33. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and be  printed. 

Ordered, That  the  Minutes of  the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing Committee, be  taken  into  consideration 
upon  Tuesday  next;  and be  printed. 

Cavendish  Clarke's  Divorce  Bill 

[Lords'] Cavendish 

was read  the  first  time, and  ordered  to  be  read Divoroe Bill 
a  second  time. 

[ Lords.] 

Hugh  Thom Barrie,  Esquire,  Member  for  the New Member 

County  of  Londonderry  (North  Derry),  wassworn-
sworn. 

Sir  Henry  Cowan, supported  by  Sir  Donald Government 

Maclean,  Mr.  Hogge,  Mr.  Harry  Hope,  Major  °t.jfcot]»nd 
M'Micking,  Mr.  Alexander  Shaw, Mr.  Murray 
j ^j  34. 
Mucdonald,  Sir  John  M' Cullum,  Mr.  James 
Gardiner, Mr. John  Deans Hope,  Colonel  Greig, 
and  Mr. Neil  Maclean, presented  a  Bill  to  make 
provision  for  the  better  government  of  Scot-
land :  And  the  same was  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time  upon  Friday  the  16th day  of  Mav 
next;  and  to be  printed. 

The  House,  according to Order, resolved itself Consolidated 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Consolidated  Fund 
(No.  1)  Bill. 

BlU" 

( N o' 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to  No.  4  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill, and 
directed  him  to  report the same, without Amend-
ment, 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time :—The  Bill  was accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  Mr. Speaker's 

the  Lords,  and desire  their concurrence (the  Bill Certificate, 
having  been  endorsed  by  Mr.  Speaker  with  the 
following  Certificate  :— 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees) 
Standing 
Committee B. 

Standing 
Committee B. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  added  to 
Standing  Committee  B  the  following  Fifteen 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Ministry  of  Ways 
and Communications  Bill) :—Sir  William Ryland 
Adkins, Sir Frederick Banbury, Captain Hamilton 
Benn,  Mr.  Evelyn  Cecil,  Mr.  Gilbert,  Mr. 
Gould, Captain  Rupert  Guinness,  Mr.  Haslam, 
Sir  Henry  Norman,  Sir  William  Raeburn,  Mr. 
Renwick, Mr.  Royce,  Mr.  Stevens',  Mr.  Waterson, 
and  Mr.  Wignall. 

I  hereby  certify  that  this  Bill  is  a  Money 
Bill  within  the  meaning  of  the  Parliament 
Act,  1911. 

J A M ES   W.   L O W T H E R, 

Speaker). 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Public Health 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Health  (Medical 
Treatment  of  Children)  (Ireland)  Bill; 

of Children) 
Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time ( I r e l a n d)  Bl11-

upon  Monday  next. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further reported  from  the 
Committee  ;  That  they  had  added  to the  Stand-
ing  Committee  B  the  following  Members  :— 
Mr.  Attorney  General, Major Baird, Sir William 
Howell  Davies,  Sir  Eric  Geddes,  Mr.  Grundy, 
Major  Haywood,  Sir  Evan  Jones,  Mr. Joynson-
Hicks,  Mr.  Lindsay,  Sir  Francis  Lowe,  Sir 
Donald  Maclean,  Mr.  Manville,  Sir  Herbert 
Nield,  Sir  William  Pearce,  Mr.  Sexton,  Mr, 
Secretary  Shortt,  Sir  Albert  Stanley, Mr. John 
Henry  Thomas,  Colonel  Sir  Rhys  Williams, and 
Mr.  Wilson-Fox. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 

Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government  (Ire- Government 
land)  Bill; 

(Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Housing, Town 

Second  Reading  of  the  Housing,  Town  Plan- 
ning, &c.,  Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

4 c" 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

upon  Monday  next. 

Table. 

Message from  Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
the Lords.  Message  had  l>een  brought  from  the  Lords  by 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Army 

Second  Reading  of the  Army  (Annual)  Bill; 

(Annual) Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

one of  their  Clerks, as followeth  : 

upon  Monday  next. 

VO L.   174. 

L  3 

78 

24/A—25th  March. 

1919. 

Suppiy. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved, That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 

next, resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee, 

Way* and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Resolved, That  this House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ministry Of 
Ways and 
Communica-
ton»m[Mo^y.l  Communications  [Money]. 

The  House,  according  to Order,  resolved itself 
into  a  Committee  on  Ministry  of  Ways  and 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That, 
for the purposes of  any Act of  the present Session 
to  establish  a  M inistry  of  Ways  and  Communi-
cations, it is  expedient— 

(1)  to  authorise the  payment, out  of  moneys 

to be  provided  by  Parliament— 

(a)  of  an  annual  salary  not  exceeding 
five  thousand  pounds to  the  Minister  of 
Ways  and  Communications, of  annual 
salaries  not  exceeding  one  thousand 
five  hundred  pounds  to  the  parlia-
mentary  secretaries  of  the  Ministry, 
and  of  such  other  salaries,  remunera-
tion, and  expenses  as may  become  pay-
able  under such  A c t; 

(b)  of  such  sums  aa may  be  required  to 
fulfil  any  guarantee,  to  make  con-
tributions  to  pension  or  superannuation 
funds, and to  make  advances  and  other 
payments authorised  under such  A c t; 

(2)  To  authorise  the  creation  and  issue  of 
securities,  with interest  to  be charged so fat-
as nOt met out  of  other  sources  of  revenue 
on  the  Consolidated  Fund. 

—(Mr.  Secretary  Shortt.) 

Amendment  proposed,  in 1. 6, to  leave  out  the 
first  word  '"the,"  in  order  to  insert  the  word 
"two."—(Colonel  Gretton.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  word 

the," 
stand  part  of  the  Question :—Amendment,  by 
leave,  withdrawn. 

Main  Question  again  proposed; 

And  it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Chair-
man  left  the  Chair  to  make  his  Report  to  the 
House. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and 
the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported, 
That  the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the 
matter  to  them  referred;  and  that  he  was 
directed  to move, That  the Committee  may  have 
leave  to  sit again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

acrain resolve itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Adjournment. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker,  pursuant 
to  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  12th  day  of 
February  last, proposed  the  Question,  That  this 
House  do now  adjourn. 

And  the Question being put  :—It was resolved 

in  the  Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to sit  till  one  minute  after  Eleven 
of  the clock,  adjourned  til!  to-morrow. 

Friday, 21 st March  1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

THE   House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  Leith Harbour 

to take  into  consideration  the  Leith  Har-  ^ e° o c ks 

bour  and  Docks  Order  Confirmation  Bill. 

Confirmation 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  the  third  time  BiU-

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Intestate  Husband's  Estate  (Scotland)  intestate 
Bill  [Lords]  was read  the first time, and  ordered  Husband's 
to  be  read a second time upon Monday next;  and  j^I^nd) 
to  be  printed. 

Bill rLord*.] 
Bill 35. 

The  War  Charities  (Scotland)  Bill  [Lords']  War Charities 

was  read  the  first  time, and  ordered  to  be  read (Scotland) 
a  second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and  to  be  Bil1 
printed. 

B i l 1 3 6-

P 

Mr.  Munro, supported  by  the  Lord  Advocate Education 
and  Mr.  Solicitor  General  for  Scotland,  pre- (Scotland) 
sented  a  Bill  to  make  further  provision  for tion^BM?11*' 
superannuation  and other  allowances  to  teachers 
in  Scotland,  and  gratuities  to  their  personal 
representatives,  and  for  other  purposes  in  con-
nection  therewith :  And  the same  was ordered to 
be  read  a second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and 
to  be  printed. 

|jjn 37 

Mr.  Spoor, supported  by  Mr.  Adamson,  Mr. Women's 

Crooks, Mr. Neil Maclean, Mr.  Sitch, and Captain Emancipation 
Albert  Smith, presented  a  Bill  to remove  certain 
restraints and disabilities imposed  upon  Women  : 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a second 
time  upon  Friday  the  4th  day  of  April  next; 
and to  be  printed. 

„ft 
' 

1 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Prevention of 

Second Reading  of  the Prevention  of  Unemploy- Cnempioy-
ment Bui. 
,  TJ..1 
ment  Bui; 

' 

And  a  Motion  being  m^de, and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers for  the f Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 

Yeas, 

1 Mr.  Frederick  Hall \ 

~  ~ 

Tellers  for  the J Mr. 

Noes, 

(Colonel  Stanley 

So  it passed  in the  Negative. 

56. 

j- 108. 

The  Dogs'  Protection  Bill  was,  according  to Dogs' 
Order, read  a  second  time  and  committed  to  a Protection 
Standing  Committee. 

Rill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ministry of 

Committee  on  the  Ministry  of  Ways  and  Com- Waysand 
-1 
mumcations  [ M o n e yJ   ; 

Commumca-
t j o i i s  [Money.] 

ru  

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next, resolve  itself  into  the said  Committee. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the Adjournment. 

House  without  Question  put, pursuant  to 
Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being  then 
ten minutes  before  Four  of  the  clock,  till 
Monday  next. 

^ 

9  GEO.  V. 

im—19th 

March. 

79 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the .Increase  of  Increase of 

Monday, 24th March 1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Leith Harbour fTl HE  Leith  Harbour  and  Docks  Order  Con-
Order00^8 
Bill was, according  to  Order,  read 
Confirmation  the  third  time  and  passed. 
Bm- 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

filiation 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Housing. 

Local 
Taxation 
Returns 
(England  and 
Wales.) 

No.  54. 

Dr.  Addison  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Memorandum  by the  Local 
Government  Board  on  Housing  and  Financial 
Assistance  to  Public  Utility  Societies. 

Dr.  Addison  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Summary  of  the Annual  Local  Taxation  Returns 
for  England  and  Wales,  for  the  year  1914—16. 

Ordered, That the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
Table;  and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  Local 
Taxation  Returns 
(England  and  Wales)  he 
printed. 

Sir  Arthur  Steel  Maitland  presented,  by  His 
League of 
Nations 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Draft  Agreement 
§o"if1919.°)U*' f° r  a  League of  Nations, presented to the Plenary 

Allied  Conference  of  14th  February  1919. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
National 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Health 
Regulations,  dated  14th  March  1919,  made  by 
(Joint"06 
Committee) 
the  National  Health  Insurance Joint  Committee, 
(Regulations.)  actingjointly  with  the  Insurance  Commissioners, 
entitled the National  Health  Insurance  (Benefits 
of  Invalided  Seamen  and  Soldiers)  Amendment 
Regulations,  1919. 

Ordered, That  the said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Richmond 
Bridge. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon 
the  Table  by the Clerk of  the  House  :—Account 
of  the  Commissioners  of  Richmond  Bridge  for 
the  year  1918. 

Ruislip-
Northwood 
Town 
Planning 
Scheme, 1914. 

A  Petition  of  James  Ellis,  Esquire,  of 
2, Aberdeen  Terrace,  Blackheath, was  presented 
and  read;  setting  forth  that  the  Petitioner 
entered  an  Appeal  to  the  Divisional  Court  of 
the  High  Court  of  Justice  to  set  aside  the 
Arbitration  Award  of  the  1st  July  1918  in  the 
matter of  the Ruislip-NorthwoodTown  Planning 
Scheme,  1914  ;  and  that it  will  be  necessary  for 
a  true  determination  of  the  matters in  question 
to  produce  certain  documents  and  praying  that 
leave  may  be given  to the  Proper  Officer  of  the 
House  to  attend  and produce documents  and give 
such  further  evidence  as  may  be  necessary  to 
further  the  ends  of justice. 

Ordered, That  leave  be  given  to  the  Proper 

Officer  to  attend  accordingly. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  B. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B :—  Colonel  Allen  ;  and  had  appointed 
in substitution  :  Major  Prescott. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Message from 
the Lords. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as followeth  : 

Rent  and  Mortgage Interest  (Restrictions)  Bill, 
lip l • n  A  m m i nm   A M ^N 
ravlt-asvlk 
with  Amendments  ;  to  which  the 
the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

®ud 
Lords  desire interest 

I  ,A H / I <I  

•  4-  /-V 

/ L A O I WA   — 

R 

(Restrictions) 
BilL 

Ordered, That  the  Amendments  made  by  the Increase of 

Lords  to  the  Increase  of  Rent  and  Mortgage 
Interest  (Restrictions)  Bill  be  taken  into  con- interest 
sideration  to-morrow  :  and be  printed. 

(Restrictions) 
Bin. 

r 

The  Public  Health  (Medical  Treatment  of  Public Health 

Bill  39. 

(Ireland)  Bill  was,  according 

Children) 
Order,  read  a  second  time, and  committed  to a Df children) 
Standing  Committee. 

(Ireland)  Bill. 

to 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 

Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government  (Ire-
land)  Bill; 

an' 

1 

And  a  Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  bv  leaving  out  from'  the  word 
"  T h a t"   to  the  end  of  the  Question,  and  adding 
the  words  "  this  House  declines  to  proceed  with 
a  Bill  which, by  establishing  proportional  repre-
sentation  as  the  basis  of 
local  elections  in 
Ireland,  introduces  a  principle  of  election  in 
Ireland  different  from  that  prevailing  in  Great 
Britain"—(Major  O'Neill) f—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left out  stand  part  of  the  Ques-
tion ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

Yeas, 

Tellers for the J Lord  Edmund Talbot,  1 
J 
\ 
ICaptain  Charles Craig:  } 

Tellers  for  the [Mr.  Ronald McNeill, 

l Captain  Guest: 

Noes, 

170. 

27. 

So  it  was resolved in  the  Affirmative. 

The  Bill  was  read  a  second  time,  and  com-

mitted  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

The  War  Charities  (Scotland)  Bill  [Lords']  War Charities 

was, according  to  Order, read  a  second  time, and 
committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

L 

i 

The  Intestate  Husband's  Estate  (Scotland) intestate 
Bill  [Lords']  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a husband's 
(Scotland) 
second  time; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will  immediatelyBiU lLor<1*.] 

resolve  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill. 
—(Mr.  Pratt.) 

The  House  accordingly  resolved  itself  into 

the  Committee. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1 (Application  to  court  by  widow 
in right, of  estate  under  the  Intestate  Husband's 
Estate  (Scotland)  Act,  1911). 

Whereupon  Motion  made, and  Question,  That 
the  Chairman  do  report  Progress,  and  ask  leave 
to  sit  again—(Sir  Henry  Dalziel),—put, 
and 
agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported, That  the  Committee 
had  made  Progress  in  the  Bill;  and  that he  was 
directed  to move,  That the  Committee  may  have 
leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself into  the said  Committee. 

VOL.  174. 

L  4 

80 

24/A—25th   March. 

1919. 

Education 
(Scotland) 
(Superannua-
tion)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Scotland) 
(Superannuation)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Ministry of 
Ctommuntca- 
tions [Money.] Communications  [ Money]. 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved  itself 
a  Committee  on"  Ministry  of  Ways  and. 

i n to 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Question again proposed, That for the purposes 
of  any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to  establish 
a  Ministry  of  Ways  and  Communications, it  is 
expedient— 

(1)  to  authorise  the  payment, out  of  moneys 

to  be  provided  by  Parliament— 

(a)  of  an  annual  salary  not  exceeding 
five  thousand  pounds  to  the  Minister 
of  Ways  and  Communications,  of 
annual  salaries  not  exceeding  one 
thousand  five  hundred  pounds  to  the 
the 
parliamentary 
Ministry,  and  of  such  other  salaries, 
remuneration,  and  expenses  as  may 
become  payable  under such  A c t; 

secretaries 

of 

1 

Parliament,  of  an  amount  not  exceeding  one-
half of  the expenses  incurred  by local  authorities 
in  the  execution  of  any  Act  of  the  present 
Session  to  make  provision  for  the  medical  treat-
ment  of  children  attending  elementary  schools 
in  Ireland.—(Lord  Edmund Talbot.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,  acquainted  the  House  that  His 
Majesty,  having  been  informed  of  the  subject-
matter  of  this  Motion,  recommends  it  to  the 
consideration  of the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the  said  Committee. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the Adjournment. 

Order  of  the  House  of the 12th  day of  February 
last,  proposed  the  Question,  That  this  House 
do  now  adjourn. 

And the  Question  being put:—It  was resolved 

in the Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued to  sit till  two  minutes after  Eleven 
of  the clock, adjourned till  to-morrow. 

(b)  of  such  sums  as may  be required  to 
fulfil any guarantee, to  make  contribu-
tions 
to  pension  or  superannuation 
funds, and to  make  advances  and other 
payments authorised  under  such  A c t; 

(2)  to  authorise  the  creation  and  issue  of 
securities, with  interest to  be  charged  so far 
as not met out  of  other  sources  of  revenue 
on the Consolidated  Fund. 

Whereupon  Motion  made, and Question,  That 
the  Chairman  do  report  Progress,  and ask leave 
to  sit  again—(Colonel  Gretton),—put,  and 
agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported, That the  Committee 
had  made  Progress 
in  the  matter  to  them 
referred;  and that he was directed  to  move, That 
the  Committee  may  have  leave  to sit  again. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S; 

Distribution  by  Mr. Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Dogs'  Protection  Bill 

-

E. 

Tuesday,  2&th  March  1919. 

Resolved.  That,  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

P R A Y E R S. 

again  resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Housing,Town  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Planning. &c.  Second  Reading  of  the  Housing,  Town  Plan-
BiU- 

ning,  &c.,  Bill  ; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

MR.   Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private Bill 

from one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions for Petitions 

Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Petition  ord'e're not 
for the following  Bill  the  Standing  Orders  have complied 
not been  complied  with, viz.:— 

with.) 

to-morrow. 

Llanelly  Rural  District  Water. 

Army 
(Annual) Bill.  Second  Reading  of the  Army  (Annual)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

3upply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  0being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Public Health  A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will, 
to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to 
(Medical 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment  to  local 
o/chUdren") 
(Ireland) 
authorities,  out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by 
[ Expenses.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to the 

Select  Committee on  Standing  Orders. 

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  additional  provision  in  the  following  Bill, 
originating  in  the  Lords, the  Standing  Orders 
have not been  complied  with,  viz.  :— 

Middlesbrough  Corporation  Bill  [Lords]. 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Private Bills 
[Lordt] 
(Petition for 
additional 
Provision) 
(Standing 
Orders not 
complied 
with.) 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His Education 
Majesty's  Command,—Co^>y  of  Minute  of  the (Scotland.) 
Committee  of  Council  on  Education  in  Scotland, 
dated  25th  March  1919, amending  the  terms  of 
Article 71 of  the Regulations for the Preliminary 
Education,  Training,  and  Certification  of 
Teachers  for  various  Grades  of  Schools,  1915. 

& 

9  GEO.  Y. 

25th March. 

Universities 
(Scotland) 
Act, 1889 
(Ordinance.) 
No.  55. 

The  Lord  Advocate  also presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  University  Court  Ordinance  No.  78 
( St. Andrews,  No. 15) ( Regulations for  Degrees 
in  Pure  Science)  of  the  Commissioners  under 
the  Universities  (Scotland)  Act.  1889. 

Ordered, That the  said  Papers  do lie upon  the 
Table;  and that the Paper relative to Universities 
(Scotland)  Act,  1889  (Ordinance),  be  printed. 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented, by  His  Majesty's 
Diseases ot 
Animals Acts.  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  Proceedings  by 
the  Department  of  Agriculture  and  Techrfical 
Instruction  for  Ireland  under  the  Diseases  of 
Animals Acts  for  1917. 

Pharmacy Act,  Mr.  Macpherson  also  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
(Ireland), 
of  Regulation  under  the  Pharmacy  Act  (Ire-
1875' 
fee  payable  on 
land),  1875,  increasing  the 
re-examination  for  the qualification  of  Assistant 
to  Pharmaceutical  Chemist  from  10s.  (id.  to 
£1   1 

Pharmacy  Act 
(Ireland),  , 
1875. 

Copy  of  Regulation  under  the  Pharmacy  Act 
(Ireland),  1875,  increasing  fee  payable  on  re-
examination  for  Preliminary  Examination  from 
10s. 6d. to  £1  Is. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Message from 
the Lords. 

Summons 
and  Process 
Servers' Fees 
(Ireland)  Bill. 
Barristers 
and  Solicitors 
(Qualification 
of  Women) 
Bill  [Lord*. 1 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of their  Clerks,  as followeth  : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Summons and 
Process  Servers'  Fees  (Ireland)  Bill,  without 
any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  remove  disqualifications  on  the  ground 
of  sex  for  the  admission  of  persons  to  the 
practice  of  the  Law ;  to  which the  Lords  desire 
the  concurrence  of this  House. 

Standing 
Committees 
(Chairmen's 
Panel.) 

Increase of 
Rent and 
Mortgage 
Interest 
(Restrictions) 
Bill. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  reported  from  the  Chair-
men's  Panel  j  That  they  had  appointed  Mr. 
Macmaster  to  act  as  Chairman  of  Standing 
Committee  C  in  place  of  Mr.  Brace  (in  respect 
of  the  Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  1919-20), and  Sir  Samuel Roberts  to 
act  as  Chairman  of  Standing  Committee  E  (in 
respect  of  the  Dogs'  Protection  Bill). 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  House,  according  to  Order, proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Increase  of  Rent  and 
Mortgage  Interest  (Restrictions)  Bill; 

The Lords' Amendments, as far as the Amend-
ment in p, 1,1. 20, being read a second  time, were 
disagreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  1,1.  20,  leave 
out ("  and "),  and insert ("   or"), the next Amend-
ment, being  read a second time, was  agreed to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  1,  1. 24,  after 
("   until"),  insert  ("   or  in respect  of  any  period 
prior  t o " ),   the  next  Amendment,  being  read a 
second  time, was agreed  to. 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  as 
far  as  the  Amendment  in p.  4,1.  22, being  read 
a second time, were disagreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p. 4,1.  22,  at  end, 

insert— 

( " ( 3)   The  principal  A ct   both  as  originally 
enacted and  as; extended  by  this Act  shall  have 
effect  as  if  in! proviso  (vi)  to  subsection  (1)  of 

Vol..  174. 

section  one  of  that  Act  after  the  word  '  until' 
there  were  inserted  the  words  ' or  in  respect  of 
any  period  prior  to.' 

(4)  Any  rooms in  a  dwelling-house  the  sub-
ject  of  a separate  letting  shall  for  the  purposes 
of  the  principal  Act  and this  Act,  be  treated  as 
a  part of  a  house  let  as  a  separate  dwelling''), 
the next  Amendment,  being  read  a second  time, 
was  amended,  by  leaving  out  paragraph  (4)— 
(The  Lord  Advocate),—and,  so  amended,  was 
agreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  4,  1. 22,  after 
Clause  5,  insert  Clause  B  (Limitation  on  rent 
of  houses  let  furnished),  the next  Amendment, 
being  read  a second  time,  was disagreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  4,  1.  22,  after 
Clause  5  insert  Clause  C  (Application  of  Act 
to  Ireland),  the  next  Amendment,  being  read  a 
second  time, was agreed  to. 

Then  the remaining  Lords' Amendment, being 

read a second  time,  was disagreed  to. 

Ordered, That  a Committee  be  appointed  to 
draw  up Reasons to  be  assigned  to the  Lords  for 
disagreeing  to  certain  of  the  Amendments  made 
by  their  Lordships  to the Bill. 

And a Committee was nominated of  Mr  .Fisher, 
the  Lord  Advocate,  Mr.  Acland,  Mr.  William 
Graham and  Colonel Nicholson. 

Ordered, That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee. 

And  they  are  to  withdraw  immediately.— 

(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

The  House, according  to  Order, proceeded  to Naval, 

take  into  consideration  the  Naval,  Military,  and Military, and 
Air  Force  Service  Bill, 
Standing  Committee. 

as  amended  in  the 

Air Force 
Service Bill. 

A  Clause  was  offered to  be  added  to  the  Bill 
(Discharge  of  soldiers).—(Mr.  Godfrey  Locker-
Lar>ipson),—&nd the said  Clause  was  brought  up, 
and  read  the first time. 

And  a Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That the  said  Clause be read  a second 
time :—It  passed in  the  Negative. 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  I.  5,  by  leaving  out  from  the 
word  " I f ,"   to  the  word  "any,"  in  1.  6,  and 
inserting  the  words  "  at  the termination  of  the 
war."— (SirDonald  Maclean),—instead  thereof. 

And 

the  Question  being  put,  That 

the 
words  proposed  to be  left  out  stand  part of  the 
Bill. 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas to  the  Right; 

The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

Tellers for  thej Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Yeas, 

I Mr.  Dudley  Ward  : 

Tellers for  the J Mr.  George  Thorne, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Griffiths: 

|  283. 

1 
J 

71. 

So  it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed  to  be made 
to  the  Bill, in p.  1,1.  10, by  inserting  after  the 
word  "retained,"the  words  " b ut   not for  service 
in  any labour  unit,"—(Mr.  Hogge.) 

And  the  Question  being put, That those  words 

ibe there  inserted in the  Bill. 

The  House  divided. 

M 

82 

14th April. 

1919. 

The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers for the  ( Mr.  George  Thome, 

Yeas, 

1 
I Captain  Albert  Smith :  ) 

65. 

Tellers for the  (  M r'  D u d l eV  Ward"> 

) 

242. 

So  it passed in  the  Negative. 
And  a Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  further  consideration  of 
the  Bill,  »s  amended,  be  now  adjourned.—(Mr. 
Secretary  Churchill):—It  was  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

Ordered.  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be taken  into  further  con-
sideration  to-morrow. 

A  Motion  was made,  and  the  Question  being 
proposed, That,  in  the  opinion  of  this  House, 
the  delay  on  the  part  of  the  Government  to 
declare  its  policy  for  the  protection  of  key 
industries,  for  the  prevention  of  dumping, and 
for  imperial  preference,  is  prejudicial  to  the 
reconstruction  of  trade  and  industry,  to  the 
production  of  revenue,  and  to  the  employment 
of  labour.—(Major  Newman)  :—And  a  Debate 
arising  thereupon; 

And,  it being  Eleven  of  the  clock, the  Debate 

stood  adjourned. 

Imperial 
Preference. 

Intestate 
Husband's 
Bstate 
(Scotland) 
Bill  [iorrf*.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Intestate  Husband's  Estate 
(Scotland)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the said  Committee. 

Education 
(Scotland) 
(Superannua-
tion) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Scotland) 
(Superannuation)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Ministry of 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Communica  Committee  on  the  Ministry  of  Ways  and 
tio^sm[Mo^e"y.] Communications  [Money]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into the  said  Committee. 

Housing, Town  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Planning, &c.,  Second  Reading  of  the  Housing,  Town  Plan-
M I-  

ning, &c.,  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Army 
(Annual) Bill.  Second  Reading  of  the  Army  (Annual)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the  said  Committee. 

Mr.  Fisher  reported 

from  the  Committee  Increase of 

appointed  to  draw up  Reasons  to  be  assigned  to 
a nd 
the  Lords  for  disagreeing  to  certain  of  the interest6 
Amendments  made  by  their  Lordships  to  the (Bestriction«) 
Increase  of  Rent  and  Mortgage 
(Restrictions)  Bill;  That  they  had  drawn  up 
Reasons accordingly, which they had directed him 
to  report  to the  House  ;  and the  same were read, 
as  follow: 

InterestBil1, 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  the  Lords  in p.  1, Is. 10 and  11, for  the 
following  Reason :—Because  it is inexpedient  to 
derogate  from  the  rights  already  conferred  on 
tenants  by  the Act  of  1915. 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  the  Lords in  p.  1, Is.  18 and  19, for  the 
following  Reason  :— Because  it  is not  expedient 
to  allow  rents  to  be  raised  immediately,  or  by 
more  than 10 per cent, before  the Act  is  directed 
to  expire. 

The Commons disagree  to the first Amendment 
made by  the Lords  in p. 4,1.  2, for the  following 
Reason:—Because  it  is  inexpedient  to  make 
substantial  retrospective  amendments  to  the 
principal  Act. 
,  The  Commons  disagree  to1 the  Amendment 
made  by  the  Lords  in  p.  4,  1.  2  (to  insert 
Clause  A ),   for  the  following  Reason :•—Because 
it  alters the law  with  regard  to  the  assessment 
of  rates,  and  the  Commons  consider  that  it  is 
unnecessary  on  their  part  to  offer  any  further 
reason,  hoping  that  the  above  reason  may  be 
deemed sufficient. 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  the  Lords  in  p.  4,  1.  22  (to  insert 
Clause  B),  for  the  following  Reason:—Because 
it  is  expedient  to  extend  the  principal  Act  to 
furnished  houses,  and  because  of  the  practical 
difficulty  of  ascertaining  the  "  normal  profit" in 
the  County  Court. 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  the  Lords  in  p.  4,  1.  22  (to  insert 
Clause  D),  for the  following  Reason  :—Because 
it  is  inexpedient  to  extend  the  Bill  to  cover 
cases not contemplated  by  the  principal  Act. 

The  said  Reasons,  being  read  a  second  time,' 

were  agreed  to. 

Ordered, That a Message  be  sent to  the Lords 
to  communicate  the  said  Reasons  (with  the  Bill 
and Amendments):  And that  the  Clerk  do  carry 
the same.—(Mr.  Fisher.) 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the Adjournment. 

Order of  the  House of  the  12th  day  of  February 
last,  proposed  the  Question,  That  this  House  do 
now  adjourn. 

And,  it  being  half-an-hour  after  Eleven 
of  the  clock,  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put, pursuant  to 
the  Standing  Order. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 
Distribution  by  Mr. Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Public Health 
(Medical 
Treatment 
of  Children) 
(Ireland) 
[Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Medical 

Committee  on  the  Public  Health 
Treatment  of  Children)  (Ireland)  [Expenses]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

Public  Health  (Medical  Treatment 

of Children) (Ireland) Bill. 

Local  Government (Ireland) Bill 

-

D. 

D. 

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83 

(Scotland)  Bill 

Mr.  Speaker  being  of  opinion  that  the  War 
Charities 
is  a  Bill 
relating  exclusively  to  Scotland,  the  Bill  will 
be  considered  by  the  Standing  Committee  on 
Scottish  Bills. 

[Lords] 

Standing 
Orders. 

Ministry of 
Food. 

Wednesday, 26th  March 1919. 

P  R ^ Y EK   S. 

ORDERED,  That  Sir  Archibald  Williamson 

be discharged from  the  Select  Committee 

on  Standing  Orders. 

Ordered, That  Major  M'Micking  be  added  to 

the  Committee,—(Mr.  Vaughan-Davies.) 

Mr. George Roberts presented, by His  Majesty's 
Command, —  Copies  of  Order  revoking  the 
Potatoes  (lyl8  Crop) (Restriction)  Order, 1918 ; 
Dredge  Corn  Order,  1917,  General  Licence; 
Rationing Order, 1918, General  Licence ;  Bread 
Order,  1918,  General  Licence  ;  Manufacture  of 
Flour and  Bread  Order (No. 2), 1917, Directions 
as  to  Imported  Flour;  Milk  (Restriction  in 
Establishment)  Order,  1918;  Edible  Oil3  and 
Fats and  Oils  and Fat Compounds  (Distribution) 
Order,  1918,  and  the  Margarine  ( Distribution) 
Order,  1918, Directions ;  Cattle  Feeding  Stuffs 
(Maximum  Prices)  Order, 1918,  Notice;  Horse-
flesh (Maximum  Prices)  Order,  1918;  Apples 
(Retail 
(Prices)  Order,  1918;  Canned  Fish 
Prices  and  Distribution)  Order,  1918;  Seed 
Potatoes  Order;  Rationing  Order,  1918,  Order 
amending  Directions  for  Catering  Establish-
ments  and  Institutions;  Order  revoking  the 
Cake  and  Pastry  Order,  1917, and  Clause  2  of 
the Sugar (Confectionery) Order, 1917 ;  Canned 
Condensed  Milk  (Maximum  Prices)  (Ireland) 
Order,  1918;  Rationing Order, 1918,  Directions 
for  Catering  Establishments;  Order  amending 
the  Flour  and  Bread  (Prices)  Order,  1917; 
Order  amending  the  Bacon,  Ham,  and  Lard 
(Prices)  Order,  1918;  Order  amending  the 
Bacon,  Ham,  and  Lard 
(Provisional  Prices) 
Order,  1917,  Amendment  Order,  1918  ;  Meat 
(Dealers'  Restriction)  Order,  1918;  Horses 
(Rationing)  Order,  General  Licence;  Home 
Melt  Tallow  and  Grease  (Requisition)  Order, 
1918,  and  Raw  Beef  and  Raw  Mutton  Fat 
(Licensing  of  Purchases)  Order,  1018,  General 
Licence;  Potatoes (Consolidation)  Order (No. 2), 
1918 ;  Cream  Order,  1918 ;  Rationing  Order, 
1918,  Directions;  Manufacture  of  Flour  and 
Bread  Order, 1918  ;  Order amending the  Syrup, 
Liquid  Glucose,  and  Molasses  (Prices)  Order, 
1918 ;  Rationing  Order, 1918, General Licence ; 
Order revoking wholly or  partly certain  Orders  ; 
Cattle  Feeding  Stuffs  (Distribution)  Order, 
1918,  General  Licence;  Milk  (Local  Distribu-
tion)  Order,  1918;  Pig  (Sales)  Order,  1918, 
Notice  of  Revocation;  Greek  Currants  (Maxi-
mum  Prices)  Order,  1918,  Notice  ;  Condensed 
Milk  (Distribution)  Order,  1918,  Directions; 
Order  amending  the  Edible  Offals  (Maximum 
Prices)  Order,  1918 ;  Order amending  the  Meat 
(Maximum  Prices)  Order,  1917;  Meat  (Retail 
Prices)  (England  and  Wales)  Order  (No.  2), 
1918,  and  Meat 
(Scotland) 
Order,  1918,  Notice;  Pigs 
(Prices)  Order 
(No.  2),  1918;  Order  amending  the  Imported 
Onions  Order,  1918  ;  Citrous  Fruits  (Prices) 
Order,  1918,  General  Licence;  Dried  Fruits 
(Retail  Prices)  Order,  1918,  Notice;  Potato 
(Consolidation)  Order  (No.  2),  1918,  General 
Licence;  Order revoking  the  Malt  (Restriction 

(Retail  Prices) 

V O L.  174. 

on  Shipping)  Order,  1917;  Rationing  Order, 
1918,  Directions  relating  to  the  amount  of 
Rationed  Food  ;  Rationing  Order,  1918,  Direc-
tions for  General  Butchers and their  Customers  ; 
Rationing  Order,  1918, Directions  for  Retailers 
of  Sugar,  Butter,  and  Margarine,  and  their 
Customers  ;  Rationing  Order,  1918,  Authorisa-
tion under the Sugar Order. 1917  ;  Sugar Orders, 
1917,  Authorisation;  Rationing  Order,  1918, 
Directions  for  Retailers  of  Bacon,  Ham,  and 
Lard,  and  their  Customers;  Order  amending 
the  Imported  Onions  Order,  1918;  Cattle 
Feeding  Stuffs 
(Distribution)  Order,  1918, 
General  Licence;  Order  dated  16th  January 
1919, revoking  certain Orders ;  Margarine  (Dis-
tribution)  Order,  1918, and the Rationing  Order, 
1918,  Authorisation;  Rationing  Order,  1918, 
General  Licence;  Order  amending  the  Apples 
(Prices)  Order,  1918  ;  Canned  Meats  (Requisi-
tion)  Order,  1918,  Notice;  Rationing  Order, 
1918,  Directions  for  Catering  Establishments; 
Milk  (Registration  of  Dealers)  Order,  1918, 
Directions;  Notice  of  revocation  of  certain 
Orders  dated 24th January  1919;  Order  amend-
ing  the  Potatoes  (Consolidation)  Order  (No.  2), 
1918;  Order  revoking  the  Beehive  Section 
(Maximum  Prices) Order, 1918 ;  Cattle  Feeding 
Stuffs (Maximum  Prices)  Order,  1918,  Notice; 
Sugar Order, 1917, Authorisation  ;  Meat  (Maxi-
Irish 
mum  Prices)  Order,  1917,  Direction; 
Returns  Order,  1918,  Notice;  Jam  (Prohibition 
of  Export) Order, 1919 ;  Rationing  Order,  1918, 
Directions;  Order  revoking  the  Feeding  of 
Game  Order,  1917;  Order  revoking  the  Oat-
meal  (Restriction)  Order,  1.918;  Canned  Con-
densed Milk (Retail  Prices)  Order, 1918, Notice ; 
Canned  Fish  (Retail  Prices  and  Distribution) 
Order,  1918, Notice ;  Dredge Corn Order,  1917, 
General  Licence;  Meat  (Licensing  of  Export) 
(Ireland)  Order,  1918,  General  Licence;  Oil 
and  Fat  Compound  (Maximum  Prices)  Order, 
1919;  Order  amending  the  Flour  and  Bread 
(Prices)  Order,  1917 ;  Edible  Oils  and  Fats 
and  Oil  and  Fat  Compounds 
(Distribution) 
Order,  1918,  and  the  Rationing  Order,  1918, 
Authorisation  ;  Beer  (Prices  and  Description) 
Order,  1919;  Intoxicating  Liquor  (Output  and 
Delivery)  Order,  1919;  Order  dated  5th  Feb-
ruary  1919, revoking  certain  Orders  wholly  or 
partly  ;  Flour  and  Bread  (Prices)  Order,  1917, 
General  Licence ;  Cattle  Feeding  Stuffs ( Maxi-
Prices)  Order,  1918,  Notice;  Order 
mum 
amending  the Cattle  Feeding  Stuffs  (Maximum 
Prices)  Order,  1918;  Canned  Salmon  (Requisi-
tion)  Order,  1918,  General  Licence  ;  Rationing 
Order,  1918,  Notice;  Rationing  Qrder,  1918, 
General  Licence;  Meat  Dealers  (Restriction) 
Order,  1918,  General Licence  ;  Order amending 
the  Dried  Fruits  (Retail  Prices)  Order,  1918  ; 
Order  amending  the  Live  Stock  (Sales)  Order, 
1918;  Sugar  Order,  1917, and  Sugar  (Restric-
tion)  Order,  1918,  General  Licence;  Order 
amending  the  Grain 
(Prices)  Order,  1918; 
Order  revoking  the  Vegetable  Marrow  Order, 
1918  ;  Order dated  14th February 1919 revoking 
certain  Orders;  Sugar  Order,  1917, and  Sugar 
(Restriction)  Order,  1918,  Authorisation;  Oils 
and  Fat-»  (Restriction)  Order,  1918,  General 
Licence;  Rationing  Order,  1918,  Notice; 
Shredded  Suet  (Maximum  Prices)  Order,  1918, 
Notice;  Vegetarian  Butter  and  Vegetarian 
Lard  (Maximum  Prices}/Order,  1918,  Notice; 
Margarine  (Maximum  Prices)  Order,  1919; 
Rationing  Order,  1918,  General  Licence;  Milk 
(Registration  of  Dealers)  Order,  1918,  General 
Licence ;  Cattle  Feeding  Stuffs  (Maximum 
Prices)  Order,  1918,  Notice;  Fish 
(Prices) 
(No.  3)  Order,  1918,  General  Licence;  Fish 
(Registration  of Dealers)  Orders,  1918,  General 
M  2 

84 

26th March. 

1919. 

Licence;  Order  amending  the  Apples  (Prices) 
Order,  1918  ;  Order  revoking  the  Horses  (Ra-
tioning)  (No.  2)  Order,  1918;  Potatoes  (Con-
solidation)  Order 
(No.  2),  1918,  Notice  of 
partial revocation  of  General  Licence;  Notice 
dated  27th  February  1919  of  revocation  of  cer-
tain  Orders;  Notice  dated  27th  February  1919 
of  revocation  of  certain  Orders  ;  Edible  Oils 
(Maximum  Prices)  Order,  1918;  Meat,  Retail 
Prices  (England  and  Wales)  Order  (No.  2), 
1918,  and  Meat,  Retail Prices (Scotland)  Order, 
1918,  Notice  ;  Order  amending  the  Meat 
(Maximum  Prices)  Order,  1917;  Meat  (Maxi-
mum  Prices)  Order,  1917,  Direction;  Dried 
Fruits  (Retail  Prices)  Order,  1918,  General 
Licence;  Order  revoking  the  Dealings  in  Oats 
(Restriction)  Order,  1917;  Notice  dated  6th 
March  1919  of  revocation  of  certain  Orders  ; 
and  Order  revoking  the  Edible  Oils  and  Fats 
and  Oil  and  Fat  Compounds 
(Distribution) 
Order,  1918;  made  by  the  Food  Controller 
under the  Defence  of  the  Realm  Regulations. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ministry of 
Beconstruc-
tion. 

Sir  Auckland 

.Geddes  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Advisory  Coun-
cil  Report  to  the  Ministry  of  Reconstruction  on 
Electric  Power  Supply. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Convictions • 
for 
Drunkenness. 
No. 57. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,—Return  to 
an  Address  to  His  Majesty, dated  the  18th  day 
of  this  instant  March,  for  a  Return  relative  to 
Convictions  for  Drunkenness. 

Shops Act, . 
1912. 

Mr.  Secretary  iShortt also presented, pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,— 
Copies  of  Orders  made  by  the  Councils  of  the 
tu.dennentioned  Local  Authorities  under  the 
Shops Act, 1912,  and confirmed  by  the  Secretary 
of  State  for  the  Home  Department:— 
Urban  District  of  Tottenham. 
Borough  of  Beverley. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers do lie  upon  the 

Table, and that the  said  Return  be  printed. 

a n 

Sir  Albert  Stanley presented, by  His  Majesty's 
Light 
f&llund m l'   Command,—Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light 
' Railway  Commissioners  under  the  Light  Rail-
ways  Acts,  1896  and  1912,  and  confirmed  by 
the  Board  of  Trade,  entitled  the  Hooton  Light 
Railway  Order,  1919. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Chair- Standing 
men's  Panel;  That  they  had  appointed  Captain  S ^ S j ^s 
Albert  Smith  to  act  as  Chairman  of  Standing  Panel.) 
Committee  D  (in  respect  of  the  Public  Health 
Medical  Treatment  of  Children  (Ireland)  Bill 
and  the  Local  Government  (Ireland)  Bill),  and 
Sir  Samuel Roberts  to  act  as Chairman  of  the 
Standing  Committee  on  Scottish  Bills 
(in 
respect  of  the  War  Charities  (Scotland)  Bill 
[Lords']). 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

> 

Sir  Harry  Samuel  reported  from  the  Com- Private Bills 

mittee  on Group A  of Private  Bills,  That,  owing (Group A.) 
to  the withdrawal of opposition  to certain  Private 
Bills,  the  Committee  had adjourned  till Wednes-
day  next,  at  half-past  Eleven  of  the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Vaughan-Davies  reported from  the  Select Standing 

Committee  on  Standing  Orders,  several  Resolu-  0rders-
tions ;  which  were  read  as follow : 

' 

1.  That,  in the  case  of  the  Rotherham  Corpo- Botherham 
ration, Petition  for  leave  to  deposit  a  Petition  Corporation, 
for  Bill,  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be 
dispensed  with,  That  the  parties  be  permitted 
to  deposit  their  Petition  for  a  Bill. 

2.  That,  in  the  case  of  the  City  and  South City and 

London  Railwav,  Petition  for  leave  to  deposit 
a  Petition  for  Bill, the Standing Orders  ought to 
be  dispensed  with, That  the parties  be  permitted 
to  deposit  their  Petition  for  a  Bill. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time, were  agreed  to. 

L o n d on 
7' 

Mr.  Secretary  Churchill  presented  a  Bill  to Parliamentary 
B i l l 

repeal  the  Parliamentary  Elections  (Soldiers) 
Act,  1847 :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  to-morrow;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Mr.  Fisher,  supported  by  Dr.  Addison  and Acquisition 
Colonel  Sir Arthur  Griffith- Boscawen,  presented (Assessment of 
a  Bill  to  amend  the Law  as to  the  assessment  of Compensation) 
Compensation 
compulsorily  for  public  purposes  and  the  costs  Bill  41. 
in  proceedings  thereon:  And  the  same  was 
ordered  to  be read  a second  time to-morrow;  and 
to  be  printed. 

in  respect  of  Land  acquiredBil1-

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to Naval, 

Table. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
Navy 
(Appropriation tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  the 
Appropriation  Account of  the Navy  for  1917-18, 
Account.) 
with  the  Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor 
General  thereon,  and  upon  the  Store  Accounts 
of the  Navy. 

No. 56. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and be  printed. 

University 
of  Saint 
Andrews. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Abstract  of  Accounts  of  the  University  of 
Saint  Andrews  for  the year  1916-17. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered, That there  be  laid before this  House, 
a  Copy  of  Reports  of  the  Director  for  the  year 
1918.—(Mr.  Baldwin.) 

National 
Gallery and] 
National 
Gallery of 
British Art. 

into 

further  consideration 

the  Naval, A^FOTC^1"1 
take 
Military, and  Air  Force  Service Bill, as amended service Bill, 
in  the  Standing  Committee. 

Another  Amendment was  proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  12,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  "  thirtieth  day  of  April; nineteen  hundred 
and  twenty,"  and  inserting  the  words  "thirty-
first  day  of  December,  nineteen  hundred  and 
nineteen"—(Mr.  Aneurin  Williams,)—instead 
thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  the  words 

proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  B i l l; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the  ( Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 
. 
Tellers  for  the  ( Mr.  Aneurin  Williams, 

|  Mr.  Dudley  Ward : 

Yeas, 

Noes, 

j  Mr. France  : 

So it  was resolved  in  the Affirmative. 

70. 

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26th March. 

85 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  17,  by  inserting  at  the 
end thereof  the  words— 

"  Provided  that liability  to service  under  this 
subsection  does  not  include  service  in  any  part 
of the territory formerly included  in  the Russian 
Empire,  except  as  regards  men  who  are  so 
serving  at the  date  of  the  passing  of  this  Act." 
—(Mr.  Arnold.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those 

words  be there inserted  in  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the  ( Mr.  Arnold, 
I Mr.  Hogge: 

Yeas. 

Tellers for the  ( Lord  Edmund Talbot, 
|  Mr.  Dudley  Ward: 

Noes, 

So  it passed in the  Negative. 

48. 

281. 

Another Amendment was proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill, in  p.  1,1. 20,  by  inserting  after the 
word  " attestation,"  the  words  "  or  sailors  or 
soldiers who  have  served  abroad  without  home 
leave for two years."—(Colonel  Penry  Williams.) 

And the  Question being  put, That those words 

be  there  inserted  in the  Bill; 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Question  again  proposed,  That, for  the  pur-
poses  of  any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to 
establish  a  Ministry  of  Ways  and  Communica-
tions, it  is  expedient— 

(1)  to  authorise  the  payment  out of  moneys 

to  be  provided  by  Parliament— 

(a)  of  an  annual  salary  not  exceeding 
five  thousand  pounds  to  the  Minister 
of  Ways  and  Communications,  of 
annual  salaries  not  exceeding  one 
thousand  five  hundred  pounds  to  the 
parliamentary 
the 
Ministry,  and  of  such  other  salaries, 
remunerations,  and  expenses  as  may 
become  payable  under  such  A c t; 

secretaries 

of 

(b)  of  such  sums  as may  be  required  to 
fulfil any  guarantee, to  make  contribu-
tions  to  pension  or  superannuation 
funds, and to make advances  and  other 
payments  authorised under such  A c t; 

(2)  to  authorise  the  creation  and  issue  of 
securities, with  interest  to be  charged  so far 
as not  met out of  other  sources  of  revenue 
on  the  Consolidated  Fund. 

Amendment  proposed,  in 1. 11, at  the  end,  to 

insert  the  words,— 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers for  the] Colonel  Penry  Williams,\ 
f 
I Mr.  Spoor x 
( 
J 

Tellers for  the/Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

I  Mr.  Dudley  Ward: 

Noes, 

Yeas, 

249. 

So it  passed in the  Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to be made 
to  the-Bill,  in p.  1, 1. 20,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word  "attestation,"  the words  "  or  soldiers  who 
are repatriated  prisoners of  war."—(Mr.  Hogge.) 

And  the  Question  being  put, That those words 

be  there inserted  in the  Bill; 

"  Provided  that no  new  transport  undertaking 
shall  be  established  by  the  Ministry  until  an 
estimate  of  capital  expenditure  required  to  com-
plete the  undertaking  has  been  approved  by  the 
Treasury."—(Colonel  Gretton.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be there 

„. 

inserted; 

And  it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Chair-
man left  the  Chair  to  make  his  Report  to  the 
House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That the Committee 
in  the  matter  to  them 
had  made  Progress 
referred;  and that he was directed to move, That 
the  Committee  may have leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into the  said Committee. 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the j  Mr.  Hogge, 

Yeas, 

\ Mr.  Griffiths : 

Tellers  for the  I Mr.  Dudley  Ward, 
( Colonel  Gilmour : 

Noes, 

So  it passed  in  the  Negative.  * 

57. 

234. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Intestate 
Committee  on  the  Intestate  Husband's  Estate Husband's 
(Scotland)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 
fg^tTand) 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow,BiU l^rd*.-} 

resolve  itself into  the said  Committee. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Agricultural 
Becons trac-
tion. 

. 

Resolved, That,  as  a necessary  and  immediate 
preliminary  to  Agricultural  Reconstruction,  it 
is  essential  to  reorganise  the  Board  of  Agri-
culture,  and  to  accord  the  department  the 
status, staff, and accommodation  of  a  first-grade 
M inistry.—(Mr.  Harry  Hope.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Education 
Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Scotland) (Scotland) 
(Superannuation)  Bill; 

i f o ^ B ^' 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Railway and 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Canal Traffic  Second  Reading  of  the  Railway  and  Canal 
m 

Traffic  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Means. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

The  House, according to Order, resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  Ministry  of  Ways  and 

Ministry of 
Ways and 
S p fe   Communications  [Money].. 
V O L.  174. 

The  House, according  to Order, resolved itself  Public Health 

into  a  Committee  on  Public  Health  (Medical (Medical 
Treatment  of  Children)  (Ireland)  [Expenses]. 

ofChUd«n) 

M  3 

(Ireland) 
[ Expenses.] 

86 

11th—12th  March. 

1919. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise 
the  payment to  local authorities,  out  of  moneys 
to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  of an  amount  not 
exceeding  one-half  of  the  expenses  incurred  by 
local  authorities  in  the  execution  of  any  Act  of 
the  present  Session  to  make  provision  for  the 
medical  treatment  of  children  attending  elemen-
tary  schools in  Ireland—(Mr.  Attorney  General 
for  Ireland.) 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported, That the Committee 
had come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Adjournment. 

"Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the 
Order  of the  House  of  the  12th day of  February 
last, proposed  the  Question,  That  this  House  do 
now  adjourn. 

And  the Question being put:—It  was resolved 

in the  Affirmative. 

Mr. Secretary  Churchill presented, pursuant to Army 
the directions of  an Act  of Parliament,—Copy of  J ^ "^ 
Statement  of  the  amounts  due  by  the  public nanfcg.) 
to  depositors  in  Military  Savings  Banks  on 
31st  March  1917, and  of  the  Receipts,  Interest, 
and  Disbursements  during  the  year  ended  31st 
March  1918, &c. 

go 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Sir  Archibald  Williamson  reported 

from Standing 

Standing  Committee  A,   to  whom  the  Ministry  y°™™itte®fA' 
of  Health  Bill  was  referred  ;  That  they  hail HeabhBill. 
gone  through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  [Title 
thereunto;  and  had  amended  the  Title,  as "mended.] 
followeth:—A  Bill  to  establish  a  Ministry  of 
Health  and  to  exercise  in  England  and  Wales 
powers  with  respect  to  Health  and  Local 
Government,  and  confer  upon  the  Chief  Secre-
tary  certain  powers  with  respect  to  Health  in 
Ireland. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 61. 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered, That the  Minutes  of  the Proceedings  No. 61. 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to sit till five minutes after  Eleven 
of  the clock, adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill 44. 

Standing  Committee, be taken  into  consideration 
upon  Monday  next;  and  be printed. 

* 

Thursday,  21th March  1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

Aberdeen and 
Kincardine 
County 
(Central 
Division) 
"Writ. 

ORDERED,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  issue  his 

Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to 
make  out  a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a 
Member  to  serve  in  this  present  Parliament 
for  the  County  of  Aberdeen  and  Kincardine 
(Central  Division),  in  the  room  of  Lieutenant-
Colonel  Alexander  Theodore  Gordon,  deceased. 
—(Lord  Edmund Talbot.) 

Education 
(Scotland.) 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Minute  of  the 
Committee  of  Council 011 Education  in Scotland, 
dated  26th  March  1919,  providing  for  Grants 
under  Section  16 (1)  ( f)   of  the  Education  (Scot-
land)  Act,  1908,  in  aid  of  the  Salaries  of 
Teachers. 

Ordered, That  the said Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

National 
Gallery and 
National 
Gallery of 
British  Art. 
No. 59. 

Court of 
Probate 
- Division 

(High  Court 
of  Justice) 
(Ireland.) 

Mr. Baldwin presented,—Return  to  an  Order, 
dated  the 26th day  of  this  instant  March,  for  a 
Return  relative  to  the  National  Gallery  and 
National  Gallery  of  British  Art. 

Mr.  Baldwin  also presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Annual 
Account  of  Receipts  and  Disbursements  of  the 
Court of  Probate  Division  of  the  High  Court  of 
Justice  in  Ireland for  the year  1918. 

Ordered,  That  the said  Papers do  lie upon  the 

Table;  and  that the  said  Return  be  printed. 

Mr.  William  Nicholson  reported 

from  the Selection 

Committee  of  Selection ;  That  they  had ' dis-
charged  the  following  Member  from  Standing  siding 
Committee  D  :—Mr. Hogge  ;  and  had  appointee! Committee D. 
in substitution:  Mr.  Glanville. 

Mr.  William  Nicholson  further  reported  from standing 
the Committee ; That they had added to Standing  Committee E. 
Committee  E  the  following  Fourteen  Members 
(in  respect  of  the  Dogs'  Protection  Bill)  :—Sir 
Frederick  Banbury,  Sir  John  Butcher,  Lord 
Hugh  Cecil,  Major  Farquharson,  Mr.  Joseph 
Green,  Mr.  John  Jones,  Major  M'Micking,  Dr. 
Donald  Murray,  Captain  Ormsby-Gore,  Mr. 
John  Parkinson,  Colonel  Raw,  Mr.  Rawlinson, 
Mr.  Sitch, and  Sir Alfred  Yeo. 

Mr.  William Nicholson further  reported  from standing 
the Committee;  That they had added to Standing Committee D. 
Committee  D  the  following  Fifteen  Members 
(in  respect  of  the  Public  Health  (Medical 
Treatment  of  Children) 
(Ireland)  Bill  and 
the  Local  Government  (Ireland)  Bill):—Mr. 
Attorney  General  for  Ireland,  Mr.  Devlin,  Cap-
tain  Dixon,  Mr.  Gange,  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Walter  Guinness, Mr.  Harbison, Mr.  Hopkinson, 
Mr.  Macpherson,  Mr.  Mallalieu,  Mr.  Moles,  . 
Major  Newman,  Mr.  O' Grady,  Major  Waring, 
Mr.  Aneurin  Williams, and  Sir  Robert  Woods. 

Mr.  William Nicholson  further  reported  from Standing 
the  Committee;  That they had added to Standing Committee D. 
Committee  D  the  following  Members:—Mr. 
Burn,  Mr.  William Coote, Sir  Maurice  Dockrell, 
Mr.  Lynn,  Major  Morrison-Bell,  and  Major 
O'Neill. 

Mr.  William Nicholson further  reported  from standing 
the Committee ; That they had added to Standing  Committee 0. 
Committee  C  the  following  Members:—Mr. 
Baldwin and  Sir Alfred  Mond. 

Belfast Prison 
(Treatment 
of  Prisoner*) 
(Special 
CommiMion.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  the  Minutes  of 
Evidence  and Appendices  of  the  Proceedings  at 
the  Inquiry  directed  by  the  Special  Commission 
(Belfast  Prison)  Act,  1918. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  William  Nicholson  further  reported  from Scottish 
the  Committee;  That  they  had  added  to  the ^o^jlttee 
Standing  Committee  on  Scottish  Bills  the 
following  Ten  Members  (in  respect  of  the  War 
Charities (Scotland)  Bill)  [.Lords]:—Lieutenant-
Colonel  Bell,  Mr.  Britton,  Sir  Clement  Kinhch-
Cooke,  Major  Nail,  Mr.  Robert  Richardson,  Mr. 
Tillett,  Sir  John  Tudor  Walters,  Sir  Joseph 

9  GEO.  V. 

21th March. 

81 

Walton,  Colonel  Penry  Williams, and  Sir  Frede-
rick  Young. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Message from 
the Lords 

Civil 
Contingencies 
Fund Bill. 
Consolidated 
Fund (No.  1) 
Bill. 
Public-house 
Improvement 
Bill [Lord*.] 

Increase of 
Bent and 
Mortgage 
Interest 
(Restrictions) 
Bill. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  L"rds  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as followeth  : 
-  The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Civil  Con-
tingencies  Fund  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Consolidated 

Fund  (No.  1)  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  amend  the  Law  relating  to  the  sale  by 
retail of  Excisable  Liquors  ;  to which  the  Lords 
desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  do  not  agree  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  this  House  to  one  of  the  Amendments 
made  by  the  Lords,  for  which  they  assign  a 
reason. 

The  Lords  do  not  insist  upon  certain  of  their 
Amendments  to which  this  House  has  disagreed, 
but  insist  upon  their  other  Amendments,  for 
which  insistence  they  assign  reasons. 

Increase ot 
Ordered,  That  the  Reasons  assigned  by  the 
Bent and 
Lords  for  disagreeing  to  the  Amendment  made 
by  this  House  to  one  of  their  Amendments  to 
Uteres?6 
(Restrictions)  the  Increase  of  Rent  and  Mortgage  Interest 
(Restrictions)  Bill  and  for  insisting  on  certain 
Bill. 
0f   their  Amendments  to  which  this  House  has 
disagreed,  be  taken 
into  consideration  upon 
Monday  next,  and  be  printed. 

Bill 45. 

His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum  necessary 
to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course 
of  payment  during  the  vear  ending  on  the 
31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries  and 
Expenses  of 
the  Office  of  the  Committee 
of  Privy  Council  for  Trade  and  subordinate 
Departments,  including  certain  Special  Services 
arising  out  of the  W a r; 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question,  That 
a  sum  not  exceeding  £2,113,154  be  granted  for 
the  said  service—(Captain  Wedgwood  Benn),— 
put, and  negatived. 

Original  Question  again  proposed: 

Whereupon  Motion made,  and Question,  That 
the  Chairman  do  report  Progress,  and  ask 
leave  to  sit  again—(Mr.  Bridgeman),—put,  and 
agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  ;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  acquainted  the 
House  that  the  Committee  had  made  Progress 
in  the  matter to  them  referred ;  and  that  he was 
directed  to move,  That  the  Committee  may have 
leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 
next,  again  resolye  itself  into  the  said  Com-
mittee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Army 

Second  Reading  of the  Army  (Annual)  Bill;  

(Annual)iBill. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Member takes 
the Oath. 

The  following  Member  took  and  subscribed 

the  Oath: 

Q 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Parliamentary 

Second  Reading  of  the  Parliamentary  Elections  Elections 
(Soldiers)  Bill; 
} 

XBm 

Benjamin  Tillett,  Esquire, 
Borough  (North  Division). 

for  Salford 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. „ 

New Member 
sworn. 

Charles  William  Chadwick  Oman,  Esquire, 
Member  for  the  University  of  Oxford,  was 
sworn. 

Vivisection 
of Animals 
Bill. 

Bill  42. 

Mr.  Cathcart  Wason,  supported  by  Colonel 
Burn  and  Sir  Henry  Cowan, presented  a Bill  to 
prohibit  the  Vivisection  of  the  higher  Animals  : 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Monday  next;  and to  be  printed. 

Scottish Board  Mr.  Munro,  supported  by  the  Lord  Advocate 
of Health Bill, and  Mr. Solicitor General for Scotland, presented 
Bill  43.  a  Bill  to  establish  a  Scottish  Board  of  Health 
to  exercise  powers  with  respect  to  health  and 
local  government  in  Scotland,  and  for  purposes 
connected  therewith  :  And the  same was ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time  fib-morrow ;  aud  to  be 
printed.  o 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Acquisition 

Second  Reading  of  the  Acquisition  of  Land  ot Land 
(Assessment  of  Compensation)  B i l l;  

Completion) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BiU-

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ministry of 

Committee  on  Ministry  of  Ways  and  C o m -W a ys   and 
' •  -i 
mumca tions  [ Money J ; 

Commumca-
tions [Money.] 

m*  

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  intestate 
Committee  on  the  Intestate  Husband's  Estate  Husband's 
fC'Ld) 
(Scotland)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Resolved, That  this  House  will, upon  Monday  BiU [L<rrdt.~\ 

next,  resolve  itself into the  said  Committee. 

Business of 
the House 
(Supply.) 

Ordered, That  the  Civil  Services  Estimates, 
1919-20,  Class  2,  Vote  8  (Board  of  Trade),  be 
considered in Committee of Supply.—(Mr.  Bonar 
Law.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Education 
Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Scotland)  (Scotland) 
(Superannuation)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be-  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Adjournment. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  was 
proposed,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn— 
(Lord  Edmund  Talbot)  :—And  the  said  Motion 
was, with  leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Supply 
[6th allotted 
rav.J 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved  itself 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  1919-20. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
a  sum  not  exceeding  £2,113,254  be  granted  to 

V o l.   174. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Means. 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next, resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order of  the day  being read, for receiving  public Health 

the  Report 
Health  (Medical  Treatment  of  Children)  (Ire- £  c E n) 
laud)  [Expenses]; 

from  the  Committee  on  Public  (Medical 

(Ireland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-  Lenses.] 

morrow. 

u  4 

88 

24/A—25th  March. 

1919. 

Adjournment.  Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the 
Order of  the  House of  the  12th  day of  February 
last, proposed  the  Question,  That  this  House  do 
now  adjourn. 

And  the  Question  being put:—It  was resolved 

in the Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  twenty-four  minutes 
after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till 
to-morrow. 

Cavendish 
Clarke's 
Divorce Bill 
[Lords.} 
War Savings 
Certificates, 
&c. 

Board of 
Education. 

Ministry of 
Ways and 
Communica-
tions. 

Land 
Settlement! 
(Facilities) 
Bill. 

Bill 46. 

Friday,  28th March  1919. 

P R A Y E R S, 

CA V E N D I SH   Clarke's  Divorce  Bill  [Lords] 

was read  a second  time, and  committed. 

Mr.  Baldwin presented, pursuant  to the  direc-
tions of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Draft 
Treasury  Warrant  relating  to  War  Savings 
Certificates  under  the  Savings  Banks  (Barris-
ters)  Act,  1876. 

Ordered, That  the said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Grant  Regulations, No. 7, 
for  Special  Schools  and  Evening  Play  Centres 
made  by  the  Board  of  Education  under  the 
Education  Act,  1918, s. 44. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered, That  there  be laid before this House, 
a  Copy  of  Return  of  Summary. °of  principal 
powers  and  functions  under  statute  which  may 
be  transferred  to  the  Ministry  of  Ways  and 
Communications  from other Government  depart-
ments.—(Mr.  Baird.) 

Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen  presented  a  Bill 
to make further  provision  for  the  acquisition  of 
land for the  purposes of  small  holdings,  reclama-
tion  and  drainage,  to  amend  the  enactments 
relating  to  small  holdings  and  allotments, and 
otherwise  to facilitate land  settlement:  And  the 
same  was ordered  to  be  read  a second  time  upon 
Monday  next ;  and to  be printed. 

Nurse*' 
Registration 
Bfli 

The  Nurses'  Registration  Bill  was,  according 
to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and committed  to 
a  Standing  Committee. 

Ministry of 
Ways and 
Commumca- 

The House, according  to Order,  resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  Ministry  of  Ways  and 
• 
i 
[ M o n e y .]   Communications  [Money]. 

mr  

t i o ns  

' 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Question  proposed,  That,  for  the  purposes 
of  any  Act  of  the present  Session  to  establish  a 
Ministry  of  Ways  and  Communications,  it  is 
expedient— 

( 1)   To   authorise  the  payment  out  of  moneys 

to  be  provided  by  Parliament— 

(a)  of  an  annual  salary  not  exceeding 
five  thousand  pounds  to  the  Minister 
of Ways and Communications, of annual 
salaries  not  exceeding  one  thousand 
five  hundred  pounds  to  the  parliamen-
tary  secretaries  of  the  Ministry,  and 
of  such  other  salaries,  remuneration, 
.  and  expenses  as  may  become  payable 

under  such  A c t; 

(b)  of  such  sums  as may  be  required  to 
fulfil  any guarantee, to  make  contribu-
tions  to  pension  or  superannuation 
funds, and  to  make  advances  and  other 
payments authorised  under such  A c t; 

(2)  To   authorise  the  creation  and  issue  of 
securities,  with  interest  to  be  charged  so 
far  as  not  met  out  of  other  sources  of 
revenue  on  the  Consolidated  Fund. 

Amendment  proposed,  in  1.  11, at the  end,  to 

insert the  words,— 

"  Provided  that no new transport  undertaking 
shall  be  established  by  the  Ministry  until  an 
estimate  of  capital  expenditure  required  to  com-

?lete  the  undertaking  has been  approved  by  the 

'reasury." 

Question  again  proposed,  That  those words  be 

there  inserted. 

Whereupon  Motion  made, and  Question  pro-
posed, That  the  Chairman  do  report  Progress, 
leave  to  sit  again. —  (Mr.  Ronald 
and  ask 
M'Neill.) 

Whereupon  the  Gentleman  Usher  of  the 
Black  Rod  being  come  with  a  Message,  the 
Chairman  left  the  Chair. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair. 

A  Message  was  delivered  by  Admiral  Sir Royal Assent. 

Henry Frederick  Stephenson, G.C.B.,  Gentleman 
Usher of  the  Black  Rod  : 

Mr.  Speaker, 

The  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
Majesty's  Commission,  for  declaring  His  Royal 
Assent  to  several  Acts  agreed  upon  by  both 
Houses, desire the immediate  attendance  of  this 
Honourable  House  in  the  House  of  Peers,  to 
hear the  Commission  read. 

Accordingly  Mr.  Speaker,  with  the  House, 
went up  to  the  House  of  Peers  :—-And  having 
returned  ; 

Mr.  Speaker  reported,  That  the  House,  at 
the  desire of  the  Lords  authorised  by  virjtue of 
His  Majesty's  Commission,  had  been  at  the 
House  of  Peers,  where  a  Commission  under 
the  Great  Seal  was read,  giving,  declaring, and 
notifying  the  Royal  Assent  to  the  several  Acts 
therein  mentioned ;  and  that  the  Lords  thereby 
authorised  had  declared  the  Royal  Assent  to 
the  said  Acts,  as follow: 

1.  Consolidated  Fund  (No.  1) Act,  1919. 
2.  Summous  and, Process  Servers' Fees  (Ire-

land)  Act,  1919. 

3.  Civil  Contingencies  Fund  Act,  1919, 
4.  Glasgow and  South Western  Railway  (Ayr 
Harbour  Transfer)  Order  Confirmation 
Act,  1919. 

..-•.*> 

Then  the  House  again  resolved  itself  into Ministry of: 

a  Committee  on  Ministry  of  Ways  and  Com-  ^ ^^ 
munications  [Money]. 

tions [Money.] 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Question  again  proposed, That the  Chairman 

do  report  Progress, and ask  leave  to  sit  again! 

Question  put, and agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and*  Mr. 
Rawlinson  reported,  that  the  Committee  had 
made  Progress  in  the  matter to  them  referred; 
and  that  he  was  directed,  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may jhave leave  to'sit  again'. 

* 

1 

Resolved, That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 
next,  again  resolye  itself  into r the  said  Com-
' 
mittee. 

"" 

* 

9  GEO.  V. 

28th—Slst  March, 

Scottish Board  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
of Health Bill.  S e c o r l d  R e a d i ng   of   t he   Scottish  Board  of   H e a l th 

Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Public Health 
(Medical 
Treatment 
of  Children) 
(Ireland) 
[Expenses.] 

Mr.  Pratt  reported  from  the  Committee  on 
Public  Health  (Medical  Treatment  of  Children) 
(Ireland)  [Expenses]  a  Resolution  ;  which  was 
read, as  followeth: 

That it is expedient to authorise the payment to 
local  authorities, out of  moneys to be provided  by 
Parliament, of an amount not  exceeding  one-half 
of the expenses incurred by local authorities in the 
executionof any Actof thepresent Session to make 
provision  for  the  medical  treatment  of  children 
attending  elementary  schools  in  Ireland. 

The  said Resolution,  being read a  second  time, 

was agreed  to. 

• 

Ministry of 
Ways and 
Communica 
tions. 

No. 58. 

Mr.  Baird  presented,—Return  to  an  Order, 
dated  the  28th  day  of  this  instant  March, for  a 
Return  relative  to  Ministry  of  Ways  and  Com-
munications. 

Ordered, That the  said  Return do lie upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Adjournment. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House,  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being  then 
twenty-seven  minutes  after Four  of  the 
clock,  till  Monday  next. 

Monday,  3Is*  March  1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

Reigate 
Corporation 
Bill. 

THE   Reigate  Corporation  Bill  was,  according 

to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and  com-

mitted. 

Sir  Albert  Stanley presented, by  His Majesty's 
Government 
War Insurance Command,—Copy  of  Preliminary  Statement  of 
Insurance 
Schemes. 

the  Government  War 

Results  of 
Schemes. 

Shops Act, 
1912. 

Universities 
(Scotland) 
Act, 1889 
(Ordinance.) 
No. 62. 

Ordered, That  the said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  —Copy 
of  Order  made  under  the  Shops  Act,  1912,  by 
the Council  of  the  undermentioned Local  Autho-
rity,  and confirmed  by the  Secretary  of  State for 
the  Home  Department:— 

Borough  of  Middlesborough. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented, pursuant to the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copies 
of  University  Court  Ordinances,  No.  79  (St. 
Andrew's,  No.  16)  (Institution  of  a  Degree  of 
Doctor  of  Philosophy 
(Ph.D.)  and  relative 
Regulations) ;  and No. 80 (St. Andrew's, No.  18) 
(Regulations  for  Degrees  in  Arts,  Philosophy, 
and Letters)  (Supplementary to  Ordinance No. 4 
of  the  University  Court  of  the  University  of 
St.  Andrew's)  of  the  Commissioners  under  the 
Universities  (Scotland)  Act,  1889. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie upon  the 

Table;  and be  printed. 

80 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before  this  House  a Return  showing  (a)  Parti-
culars  of  all.  Aliens  to  whom  certificates  of 
Naturalisation  have  been  issued,  and  whose 
oaths of  allegiance  have, during  the year  ended 
the  31st day  of  December  1918, been  registered 
at the; Home  Office ;  (b)  Information  as  fo  any 
Aliens  who  have,  during  the  same  period, 
obtained  Acts  of  Naturalisation  from  the  Legis-
lature ;  and  (c)  Particulars  of  cases  in  which 
Certificates  of  Naturalisation  have  been  revoked 
within  the  same  period  (in  continuation  of  Par-
liamentary  Paper,  No.  47  of  Session  1918).— 
(Colonel  Sir  Hamar  Greenwood.) 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre- Street 

sented  to His  Majesty,  that he will be  graciously 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid Vehicles, 
before this House, a Return showing the number 
of  Accidents  resulting  in  death  or  personal 
injury  known  by  the  police  to  have  been  caused 
by  Vehicles  in  Streets,  Roads, or  Public  Places 
during  the  year ending the 3lst day of  December 
1918  (in  continuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper, 
No. 44  of  Session  1918).—(Colonel  Sir  Hamar 
Greenwood.) 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time  upon Restoration 
Friday  next, the  Restoration  of  Pre-war  Prac- g  Pre-war ^ 
tices Bill  was read, and discharged. 

Practices Bill. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt, supported  by  Mr.  Soli- Aliens 
citor General and Colonel  Sir  Hamar Greenwood, Benetton 
presented  a  Bill  to  continue  and  extend  the 
provisions  of  the  Aliens  Restriction  Act,  1914  : 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be read  a  second 
time  to-morrow;  and to  be  printed. 

BiU. 

Bill  47. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Walter  Guinness,  sup- Animals 
ported  by  Lieutenant-Colonel  Archer-Shee,  Sir ^"esthetics) 
Frederick  Banbury,  Mr.  Bottomley,  Sir  John 
Butcher,  Major  Courthope,  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Raymond Greene,  Sir  Samuel  Hoare,  Mr.  T.  P. 
O'Connor,  Major  O'Neill,  Mr.  John Jones, and 
Sir  Philip  Magnus,  presented  a  Bill  to  make 
further provision  for  the  protection  of  Animals 
from cruelty  :  And  the  same  was ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time upon  Friday  the  2nd day  of 
May  next;  and to  be  printed. 

^ 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Naval, 

Third  Reading  of  the  Naval,  Military,  and  Air 
Force  Service  Bill  ; 

Service Bill. 

And  a Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
third  time; 

An  Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by  leaving  out  from the  word  "  That" 
to  the  end  of  the  Question,  and  adding  the 
words  "  this  House  refuses  to  give  a  third 
reading  to  a  Bill  which,  in  the absence  of  any 
immediate  national  necessity  and  without  any 
efforts having first been made to secure its objects 
by  voluntary  means,  confers  upon  the  military 
authorities  the  power  to  extend  the  period  of 
conscription  under  the  Military  Service  Acts 
as and when  they  think  proper  within  the  limits 
of  the  Bill  and thus delegates  and hands  over  to 
Government  departments  powers  and  responsi-
bilities  of  supreme  importance  which  should  be 
exercised,  if  at all, by  Parliament  alone,"—(Mr. 
George  Thome),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be left out  stand  part of  the 
Question :—And  a Debate  arising  thereon ; 

Aliens 
(Naturalisa-
tion.) 

Resolved, That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
sented to His Majesty, that He will  be  graciously 

Mr.  Bonar  Law  rose in his place  and  claimed 

to move, That  the Question  be  now  put. 

VOL. 174. 

B 2 

90 

31st March, 

1919. 

Question put 
pursuant to 
S.O. 
Closure of 
Debate. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  Ques-

tion  be now  put: 

. 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right  ; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the  ( Captain  Guest, 

(  2g3 

Yeas, 

I Lord  Edmund  Talbot:  J 

Tellers  for  the  ( Mr.  Hogge, 

61. 

Noes, 

1  Mr.  Tyson  Wilson: 
So it  was resolved  in the Affirmative. 
And  the Question being  accordingly put,  That 
the  words proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of 
the  Question; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to  the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the  ( Captain  Guest, 

Yeas, 

1 
1 Lord Edmund  Talbot:  j 

Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the  House, 
withdrawn. 

The  Lords'  Reason  for  insisting  upon  their 
Amendment,  to  insert, in  p. 4,1.  22,  Clause  D, 
was  read  as  followeth : —Because  this  Amend-
ment  is  clearly  in accordance  with  the  intention 
of  the principal  Act  and  of  this  Bill. 

Resolved, That  this House doth not insist  upon 
its disagreement  to  the  said  Lords'  Amendment. 
—(The  Lord  Advocate.) 

Ordered, That  a Message  be  sent  to the  Lords 
to  acquaint  them  that  this  House  doth  not 
insist  on  its  disagreement  to  certain  of  the 
Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  on  which  the 
Lords  have  insisted,  and  have made  an  Amend-
ment  to one  of  the Lords'  Amendments, to  which 
they desire  the  concurrence  of  their  Lordships, 
and that the  Clerk  do  carry  the  said  Message. 

282. 

The  Order  of'  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ministry of 

Increase of 
Bent and 
Mortgage 
Interest 
{Restrictions) 
Bill. 

Tellers  for  the  ( Mr.  Hogge, 

Noes, 

( Mr.  Tyson  Wilson: 

)  g4 
) 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the Affirmative. 
The  Bill  was  read  the third  time,  and  passed. 
Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  House,  according  to  Order, proceeded  to 
take into  consideration  the  Lords'  Reasons  for 
disagreeing  to  the  Amendment  made  by  this 
House  to  the  Amendment  made  by  the  Lords 
to  tlie  Increase  of  Rent  and Mortgage  Interest 
(Restrictions) Bill  and for  insisting  on certain  of 
their  Amendments  to the  Bill. 

The  Lords'  Reason  for  insisting  upon  their 
Amendment in p. 4,1. 2, was read as followeth  :— 
Because  they  do  not  admit  that  this  Amend-
ment  makes  any  retrospective  Amendment  to 
the principal  Act. 

Resolved,  That this House  doth riot insist upon 
its  disagreement  to the  said  Lords'  Amendment. 
(The  Lord  Advocate.) 

The  Lords'  Reason  for  disagreeing  to  the 
Amendment  made  by  this  House  to the  Amend-
ment  made by  the  Lords  in  p.  4,1.  22, was read 
as iolloweth:—Because  it  is  desirable  to  make 
it  clear  that  this  Bill  and  the  principal  Act 
apply  to parts  of  dwelling-houses  as  they  apply 
to  undivided  dwelling-houses. 

Resolved, That this House  doth  not insist  upon 
its  Amendment  to  the  Lords'  Amendment  to 
which  the  Lords  have  disagreed.—(The  Lord 
Advocate.) 

The  Lords'  Amendment  was  amended 

in 
inserting  after  the  word 
para.  4,  1.  2,  by 
"  letting,"  the  words  "  as  a  dwelling  "—(The 
Lord  Advocate),—and,  so  amended, was  agreed 
to. 

The  Lords'  Reason  for  insisting  upon  their 
Amendment  to  insert  in  p.  4,  1. 22,  Clause  B, 
was  read  as  followeth:—Because  it  would  be 
unjust to apply  a different principle  to  the  treat-
ment  of  the  letting  of  furnished  and  unfurnished 
dwelling-houses. 

Resolved, That this House  doth  not  insist  upon 
its disagreement  to  the  said  Lords'  Amendment. 
—(The  Lord  Advocate.) 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Lords'  Amendment,  in  1.  3,  by  inserting 
after  the  word  " let,"  the  words  "  for  a  period 
exceeding  two  months."—(The  Lord  Advocate.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed, That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Lords  Ame'nd-
ment:—The  Amendment  to  the  said  Lords' 

Committee  on  Ministry  of  Ways  and 
munications  [Money]  ; 

tions [Money.] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Education 
Second  Reading  of  the  Education  (Scotland)  (Scotland) 
(Superannuation)  Bill; 

tion)^^!"1*" 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Intestate 
Committee  on  the  Intestate  Husband's  Estate Estate"'1'8 
(Scotland)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 
(Scotland) 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow,BiU 

l*"*-! 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Scottish Board 

Second  Reading  of the  Scottish Board  of  Health  of  H e a l th   B m-
Bill; 

x 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Parliamentary 

Second  Reading  of  the  Parliamentary  Elections Elections 
(Soldiers) 
(Soldiers)  Bill  ; 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Army  (Annual)  Bill  was,  according  to Army 

Order,  read  a second  time. 

(Annual) Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  Wednesday 
next.—(Mr.  Pratt.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Housing, Town 

Second  Reading  of  the  Housing,  Town  Plan-  ^, n n i n g' 
ning,  &c.  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Ministry of 
into consideration the Ministry  of  Health Bill, as Health Bill, 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Acquisition 

Second  Reading  of  the  Acauisition  of  Land 
(As sessment  of  Compensation)  B i l l;  

Compensation) 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time  BiU-

to-morrow. 

9  G r E O.  Y. 

31s2—1 st April. 

91 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Civil Services 

Ways and 
Means. 

Land 
Settlement 
(Facilities) 
BilL 

Government 
Works at 
Cippenham. 

Committee  of  Ways and  Means  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Land  Settlement 

of 

Second  Reading 
(Facilities)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Resolved, That  it  is  expedient  that  a  Select 
Committee  of  Five  Members  of  this  House  be 
appointed  to join  with  a  Committee  of the  Lords 
to  inquire  into  the  conditions  under  which  the 
Government  works  at  Cippenhain  are  being 
carried  out,  the  cost  that  is  involved,  and  the 
responsibility  for  the  advice on which the  scheme 
was undertaken.—(Lord  Edmund Talbot,) 

Ordered, That  a Message  be sent to the  Lords 
to  acquaint  them therewith  :  And that the  Clerk 
do carry  the  said  Message. 

Vivisection  of 
Animals Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  vivisection  of  Animals 
Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Adjournment.  Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the 
Order  of  the  House  of  the 12th day  of  February 
last, proposed  the  Question,  That  this  House  do 
now  adjourn. 

And  the Question  being  put:—It  was  resolved 

in the Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till one minute  after  Eleven 
of the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by Mr. Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ins  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Nurses'  Registration  Bill 

E. 

Board of 
Agriculture 
and Fisheries. 

Tuesday, \st April  1919.  0 

PR A Y E R S. 

CO L O N EL   Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen 

presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Command,— 
Copy  of  Annual  Report  pf  proceedings  under 
the  Diseases  of  Animals  Acts, the  Markets  and 
Fairs  (Weighing  of  Cattle)  Acts,  &c.,  for 
1918. 

Ordered, That the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Medical 
Council. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Accounts  of  the  General  Medical  Council  and 
Branch  Councils,  and of the Dental  Registration 
Fund, for  1918. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

VOL.  174. 

Command,—Estimate of the further sum required ^PP1®"^ 
to be  voted  for  the  Civil  Services  of  the  year  Estimate, 
1919-20. 
ending  31st  March  1920. 

Copy  of  Regulation  substituted  for  Regula- Capital Issues, 

No.  63. 

tion 30F of the Defence of the Realm Regulations 
as to  Capital  Issues. 

1 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 
Table  and that the  said Estimate  be  referred  to 
a  Standing  Committee;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Herbert  Fisher  presented,  by  His Board of 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  addition  to  the Education. 
"  Regulations  under  which  Special  Grants  in 
Aid  of  certain  Local  Education  Authorities  'in 
England  and  Wales  will  be paid in  1918-19." 

Ordered,  That the  said  Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc- Supreme Court 

tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon CKules-) 
the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  :—Copy 
of  Rules  of  the  Supreme  Court (March)  1919, 
dated  31st  March  1919. 

Ordered, That  there  be  laid  before  this House British 
a  Copy  of  Account  of  the  Income  and Expendi-  Museum-
ture of the British Museum (Special  Trust Funds) 
for  the year  ending the 31st  day  of  March  1919; 
and  Return  of  the number  of  persons  admitted 
to  visit  the  Museum  and  the  British  Museum 
(Natural  History)  in  each  year  from  1913  to 
1918,  both  years  inclusive  ;  together  with  a 
Statement  of  the  progress  made  in  the  arrange-
ment and  description  of  the  Collections,  and an 
Account  of  objects  added  to  them  in  the  year 
1918.—(Mr.  Fisher.) 

* 

Ordered, That  a Message  be sent  to the  Lords Cavendish 
Bi]1 

to  request  that  their  Lordships  will  be pleased 
to  communicate  to  this  House  Copies  of  the [Xw<fo.] 
Minutes  of  the  Evidence  and  Proceedings, 
together  with  Documents  deposited,  in  the  case 
of  Cavendish  Clarke's  Divorce  Bill  [Lords] — 
(The  Lord  Advocate),—and  that the  Clerk  do 
carry  the  said  Message. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com- Selection 
mittee  of  Selection  ;  That  they  had  added  to (Standing 
Standing  Committee  D  the following  Members  : standing 
—Mr.  MacVeagh, Captain Redmond, Mr. Donald, Committee D. 
and  Mr.  Reid. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further reported  from  the Standing 
Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the Committee A. 
following  Member  from Standing  Committee A  : 
—Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir  John.  Hope;  and  had 
appointed  in  substitution  :  Sir  Clement  Kinloch-
Coohe. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the standing 
Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the Committee E. 
following Member from  Standing  Committee E  : 
—Sir  William  Pearce;  and  had  appointed  in 
substitution:  Mr.  Thomas Williams. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further  reported  from  the Standing 
Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the Committee C. 
following  Member from Standing Committee C  : 
—Sir  William Ryland Adkins. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from standing 
the  Committee  ;  That  they  had  discharged  the Committee D. 
following  Member  from  Standing  Committee D  : 
—LieUtenant-Colonel  Burgoyne;  and  had  ap-
pointed 
in  substitution:  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Pownall. 

x  2 

_  . 

92 

li)th—-11 th—lMh April. 

1919. 

Standing 
• 
Committee E» 
Dogs' 
Protection 
Bill. 

Standing 
Committee  E. 
Nurses' 
Registration 
Bill. 

;  Sir  Samuel  Roberts further  reported  from  the 
Committee;  That  they  had  added  ta  Standing 
Committee  E  :—Sir  Hamar  Greenwood 
(in 
respect of  the Dogs' Protection  Bill), Sir  William 
Watson  Cheyne,  Mr.  Holmes,  and  Sir  Philip 
Magnus. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  further  reported  from  the 
Committee;  That  they  bad  added  to  Standing 
Committee  E  the  following  Fifteen  Members 
(in  respect  of  the  Nurses'  Registration  Bill)  :— 
Major  Astor,  Major  Barnett,  Mr.  Briant,  Sir 
William  Watson  Cheyne,  Mr.  Dugald  Cowan, 
Mr.  Joseph  Green,  Mr.  Austin  Hopkinson,  Sir 
Edgar  Jones, Mr. Lyle,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Raw, 
Mr.  Robert  Richardson,  Mr.  Frederick  Roberts, 
Sir  Samuel  Scott,  Colonel  Wedgwood,  and  Sir 
Robert  Woods. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Message from 
the Lords. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as followeth  : 

Increase of 
Bent and 
Mortgage 
Interest 
(Restrictions) 
Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  this  House  to  the  .Amendment  made 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Increase  of  Rent  and  Mort-
gage  Interest  (Restrictions)  Bill,  without  any 
Amendment. 

Advocates and 
Law Agents 
(Qualification 
of  Women) 
Bill [Zordx.] 

The  Lofds  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  remove  disqualification  on  the  ground  of 
sex  for  admission  in  Scotland  to  the  practice  of 
the  Law;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  con-
currence  of  this  House. 

Ministry of 
Communfca- 
tions [Money.] Communications  [Money]. 

The House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself 
a  Committee  on  Ministry  of  Ways  and 

i n to 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Question  proposed,  That, for  the  purposes  of 
any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to  establish  a 
Ministry  of  Ways,  and  Communications,  it  is 
expedient— 

(1)  to  authorise  the  payment  out of moneys to 

be  provided  by  Parliament— 

" 

(a)  of  an  annual  salary  not  exceeding 
five  thousand  pounds  to  the  Minister 
of  Ways  and  Communications,  of 
annual  salaries  not  exceeding  one 
thousand  five  hundred  pounds  to  the 
the 
parliamentary 
Ministry,  and  of  such  other  salaries, 
Remuneration,  and  expenses  as  may 
become  payable  under  such  A c t; 

secretaries 

of 

•(b)  of  such  sums as may  be  required  to 
fulfil any  guarantee,  to  make  contribu-
tions  to  pensions  or  superannuation 
funds, and  to make  advances  and  other 
payments  authorised  under  such  A c t; 

(2)  to  authorise  the  creation  and  issue  of 
securities, with  interest  to  be  charged  so  far 
as not met  out  of  other  sources  of  revenue 
on  the  Consolidated  Fund. 

Amendment  proposed,  in  1. 11,  at  the  end,  to 

insert  the  words— 

"  Provided  that  no  new  transport undertaking 
shall  be  established  by  the  Ministry  until  an 
to 
estimate  of  capital  expenditure  required 
complete  the  undertaking  has been  approved  by 
the  Treasury." 

Question again  proposed,  That  those  words  be 
there  inserted  :—Amendment,  by  leave,  with-
drawn. 

Original  Question  put,  and agreed  to. 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Housing; Town 

Second  Reading  of  the  Housing,  Town  Plan- planning, &c. 
ning,  &c.,  B i l l; 

BlU' 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Aliens 
Second  Reading  of the  Aliens Restriction  Bill;  Restriction 

Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Education  (Scotland)  (Superannuation)  Education 
Bill was,  according  to  Order, read a second  time, (Scotland) 
and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

(Superannua-
tion) Bill. 

The  House, according  to Order, resolved  itself intestate 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Intestate  Husband's  g ^ 1" 1' 8 
Estate  (Scotland)  Bill  [Lords].  
(Scotland) 
Bill  [Lord*.] 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1 (Application  to  court  by  widow 
in right  of  estate  under the  Intestate  Husband's 
Estate  (Scotland)  Act,  1911. 

Amendment  proposed, in  p.  1, 1. l l,   after  the 
word  "  Edinburgh,"  to insert  the  words  "  or  in 
the  sheriff court  of  Aberdeenshire at  Aberdeen." 
—(Mr.  Alexander  Shaw.*) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted  :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Clause  agreed  to. 

Clauses  No.  2 to  No.  6  agreed  to. 

Schedule  agreed  to. 

Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported, That  the  Committee 
had gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed  him  to 
report  the  same,  without  Amendment, 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords,  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same, without  Amendment. 

The  Scottish  Board  of  Health  Bill  was, Scottish Board 
according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and of   H e a l th   Blll» 
committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Parliamentary 

Second  Reading  of  the  Parliamentary  Elections  Electi°n» 
(Soldiers)  Bill  f 

(Soldxers) BUI. 

And  notice being taken  that Forty Members Adjournment, 

were  not  present,  the  House  was  told  by 
Mr.  Speaker;  and  Forty  Members  not 
being  present,  and  it  being  then  after 
Four  of  the  clock,  the  House  was  ad-
journed  by  Mr.  Speaker,  at  six  minutes 
before  Eight  of  the  clock,  without  a 
Question first put,  till  tomorrow. 

9  GEO.  V. 

2nd  April. 

93 

Wednesday j 2nd April  1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 
and London 
and North 
Western 
Railway 
Companies 
Bill. 

THE   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Beading  of  the  Lancashire  and 
Yorkshire  and  London  and  North  Western 
Railway  Companies  B i l l; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 
upon  Wednesday  the  30th  day  of  this  instant 
April. 

•Capital Issues,  Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Treasury  Instructions  to 
the  Capital  Issues  Committee. 

Ordered, That the  said  Paper  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

Public Records 
(Royal 
Commission.') 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Third  Report  of 
the  Royal  Commission  appointed  to  inquire  into 
and report  on  the  state  of  the  Public  Records 
and  Local  Records  of  a  public nature  in  Eng-
land  and  Wales,  with  Minutes  of  Evidence  and 
Appendices. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Board of 
.Education. 

Board of 
Education. 

Board of 
Education. 

Army. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented, by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand,—Copy of the Education  Grants,"  Special 
Services,"  Winding-up  Regulations,  dated  1st 
April  1919,  made  by  the  Board  of  Education 
under  Section 44  of  the  Education  Act,  1918, 
with regard to  the  payment  of  Grants to  Local 
. Education  Authorities in respect of  the "  Special 
Services"  of  Elementary  Education  for  the 
period  ending the 31st  March  1919. 

Copy  of  Provisional  Code  of  Regulations, 
dated  1st  April  1919,  for  Public  Elementary 
Schools  in  England,  excluding  Wales  and  Mon-
mouthshire. 

Copy  of  Provisional  Code  of  Regulations, 
dated  1st  April  1919,  for  Public  Elementary 
Schools in Wales, including  Monmouthshire. 

Ordered, That the  said  Papers  do lie upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Churchill  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—  Copy  of  Reports  by 
British  Officers  on  the  Economic  Conditions 
prevailing  in  Germany. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir Arthur  Steel-Maitland  presented,  by  His 
Russia 
<No. 1,1919.)  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  a  Collection  of 

Reports  on  Bolshevism  in  Russia. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

Courts  Act,  1888,  directing  that W.   B.  Wood- 
forde, Registrar  of  the  County  Court  of  Derby-
shire held  at  Derby  and  Long  Eaton,  shall  not 
practice  as a  solicitor. 

; 

Mr.  Vaughan-Davies  reported from the  Select  Standing 

Committee  on  Standing  Orders  several  Resolu-  0rders-
tions ;  which  were  read, as follow  : 

1.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Llanelly  Rural  Llanelly Rural 
District  Water,  Petition  for  Bill,  the  Standing  District Water. 
Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with;  that  the 
parties  be permitted  to  proceed  with  their  Bill. 

2.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Walsall  Corpora-  Walsall 
tion, Petition  for  leave  to  deposit  a  Petition  for  Corporation. 
Bill,  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to he  dispensed 
with;  that  the  parties  be  permitted  to  deposit 
their  Petition  for  a  Bill. 

3.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Bedwellty  Urban  Bedwellty 
District  Council,  Petition  for  leave  to deposit  a ^ an   District 
Petition  for  Bill,  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to 
be  dispensed  with;  that  the  parties  be  per-
mitted  to  deposit  their  Petition  for a  Bill. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time, were agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from the  Lords  by  t he   Lords-
one of  their  Clerks, as  followeth: 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to the  Brentford  Gas Brentford 

Bill,  with  Amendments,  to  which  the  Lords 
desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled * An   Public 

Act  to  modify  the  requirements  of  the  enact-
ments relating  to public  notaries  with  respect  to  clerks) Bill 
articled  clerks  who have served in  His  Majesty's [Lorit.] 
forces or  in  other  public  service  or  have  been 
prisoners  of  war  or  interned in connection  with 
the  present war;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence  of this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An   Solicitors 
Act  to  extend  the  provisions  of  section  one  of CArtjolea 
the  Solicitors  (Articled  Clerks)  Act,  1918 ;  to  [ ^ J i .f 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a Bill,  intituled  An   Grant of 

Act  to  amend  the  Law  with  respect  to  bonds  Administration 

. 

given  by  persons  to  whom  administration  is 
granted;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  con-
currence  of  this  House. 

(Bonds) BiU 
Dili 
[Xordt.] 

Colonel  Claude Lowther,  Member  for  Lanca- Adjournment 

the House 

shire  (Lonsdale  Division),  rose  in  his  place, and 
asked  leave  to  move • the  Adjournment  of  the conference.) 
House  for  the  purpose  of  discussing  a definite 
matter  of  urgent  public  importance,  viz.,  the 
Proceedings  of  the  Peace  Conference,  and  to 
ask for information  especially  with  regard  to  the 
question  of  Indemnities;  and  the  pleasure  of 
we   House  having  been  signified,  the  Motion 
stood  over, under  Standing  Order  No,  10,  until 
a  quarter  of  an  hour  after  Eight  of  the  clock 
this  evening. 

Trade Boards 
Acts. 

Sir Albert  Stanley  presented, pursuant to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Special  Order  made  by  the  Minister  of  Labour 
under  Section  1 of  the  Trade  Boards  Act,  1918, 
with  reference  to  the  Laundry  Trade. 

Ordered, That the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Macpherson,  supported  by  Mr.  Attorney  Housing of 

General for  Ireland  and  Mr.  Barrie,  presented 
a«Bill  to  amend  the  enactments  relating  to  the  ( i^ f^ d)   Bill, 
Housing  of  the  Working  Classes  arid  the 
acquisition  of  small  dwellings  in Ireland  :  And 
the  same was  ordered  to be  read  a  second  time 
upon Tuesday  next;  and to  be  printed. 

jjill 4.9^ 

County Courts  The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
Act, 1888, 
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was'  laid  upon 
the Table  by  the Clerk  of the  House :—Copy  of 
Order  made by  the  Lord  Chancellor,  dated  29th 
March  1919,  under  Section  45  of  the  County 

Ordered, That  after the  Order  of  the  Day  for  Parliamentary 

Committee  on  the  Army  (Annual)  Bill,  the 
Parliamentary  Elections 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time. —  (Lord 
Edmund  Talbot.) 

(Soldiers)  Bill 

b e ( S o l d i e r s ) 8 m-

VOL.  174. 

N  3 

94 

li)th—-11 th—lMh April. 

1919. 

Army 
(Annual) Bili.  i n to  a  Committee  on the  Army  (Annual)  Bill. 

The House,  according  to  Order, resolved  itself 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to  No.  4  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  5 (Amendment  of  s. 46  of  Army 

Act). 

Amendment  proposed, in p. 3,1.20,  at the  end, 
to  add  the  words  " and in paragraph  (a)  of  sub-
section  (2)  after the word  '  days'  there  shall  be 
inserted  the following  words  ' or  may  order  that 
the  offender forfeit all ordinary  pay  for  a period 
commencing  on  the  day  of the sentence, and  not 
exceeding  twenty-eight  days  '."—(Lieutenant-
Colonel  Sir  John  Hope.) 

Question  proposed,  That those  words be  there 

added  :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Clause agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker, 

The  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
Majesty's  Commission,  for  declaring  His  Royal 
Assent  to  an  Act  agreed  upon  by  both 
Houses, desire  the  immediate  attendance  of this 
Honourable  House  in  the  House  of  Peers,  to 
hear the  Commission  read. 

Accordingly  Mr.  Speaker,  with  the  House, 
having 

went  up  to  the  House  of  Peers  :—And 
returned; 

Mr.  Speaker  reported,  That  the  House,  at the 
desire  of  the  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
Majesty's Commission, had been  at the House  of 
Peers, where  a Commission  under  the Great Seal 
was  read,  giving,  declaring,  and  notifying  the 
Royal  Assent  to  the  Act  therein  mentioned; 
and  that  the  Lords  thereby  authorised  had 
declared  the  Royal  Assent  to  the  said  Act,  as 
followeth : 

Increase  of  Rent  and  Mortgage  Interest 

Clauses  No.  6 and No.  7 amended,  and agreed 

(Restrictions)  Act,  1919. 

to. 

Clauses  No.  8 to  No.  11  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  12  (Penalty  for  causing  dis-

affection, &c.). 

Amendment proposed, in  p. 7,1. 2, to leave  out 

paragraph  (a).—(Mr. Adamson.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  to  the  word  "intended,"  in  1. 4, 
stand  part  of  the  Clause:—Amendment,  by 
leave,  withdrawn. 

Question, That  the  Clause  stand  part  of  the 

Bill, put, and  negatived. 

Clause  No.  13 disagreed  to. 

Clause  No.  14 agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  15  (Unauthorised  use  of  decora-

tions,  &c.) 

Amendments  made. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in p. 8,  1. 33, 
to  leave  out  the  words  "lawful  authority  or 
excuse,"  in  order  to  insert  the  words  "  licence 
granted  by  the  Secretary  of  State for  War  or 
Air."—(Major  Christopher  Lowther.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to be left out stand part of  the Clause  :—•Amend-
ment, by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Other  Amendments  made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed  to. 

Clauses  No.  16 to No.  19 agreed  to. 

A  Clause  (Amendment  of  s.  180 of  the  Army 
Act),—(Mr.  Forster),—brought  up, and read  the 
first and second time ;  and added  to  the  Bill. 

Another  Clause  (Amendment  of  s. 44  of the 
Army  Act)—(Major  Hayward),—brought  up, 
and read  the first time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
the  Clause be  read  a second time :—Motion  and 
Clause, by  leave, withdrawn. 

Another Clause  (Appeals)—(General  Sir  Ivor 

Philipps)—brought  up, and read  the first time. 

Whereupon,  the  Yeoman  Usher  of  the  Black 
Rod  being  come with  a  Message,  the  Chairman 
left the  Chair. 

Then  the  House  again  resolved  itself 

Committee  on  the  Army  (Annual)  Bill. 

into  Army 

(Annual) Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
the  Clause  be read  a  second  time :—Motion  and 
Clause,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Schedule. 
Amendment  proposed,  in  1.  10,  to  leave  out 
the  word  "sixpence,"  in  order  to  insert  the 
words  "  one  shilling." —  (Lieutenant-Colonel 
Archer  Shee.) 

Question proposed, That the  word  "  sixpence  " 
stand  part  of  the  Schedule: —Amendment,  by 
leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  11,1.  13, 
to  leave  out  the  words  "  two  shillings  and four-
pence,"  in  order  to  insert  the  words  "  sixpence 
per  day,  and  forage  at  current  Government 
contract  prices."—(Lieutenant-Colonel  Archer 
Shee.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Schedule: — 
Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Schedule  agreed  to. 
Bill, as amended,  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  now  taken  into  consideration  :— 
The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
Bill  into  consideration. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now read the  third 
time:—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Parliamentary  Elections  (Soldiers)  Bill  Parliamentary 

was, according  to Order, read  a second  time. 

. 

Elections 
(Soldi era) Bill* 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will  immediately 
resolve  itself into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill.— 
(Mr.  Pratt.) 

The  House  accordingly  resolved  itself  into 

the  Committee. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair. 

(In  the  Committee;) 

Soyal Assent 

A  Message  was  delivered  by  Captain  Sir 
Thomas  Dacres  Butler,  Yeoman  Usher  of  the 
Black  R o d: 

Clauses  No.  1 and  No.  2 agreed  to. 
Bill  to be  reported. 

• 

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2nd—3rd 

April. 

95 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Com-
mittee  had gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed 
him to ^report the  same, without  Amendment. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time :—The  Bill  was accordingly  read  the  third 
time and  passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire their  concurrence. 

Mr.  Pratt  reported  from  the  Committee  on 
Ministry of 
Communis-  Ministry of Ways  and Communications [Money], 
tions [Money.l a  Resolution;  which  was read,  as followeth  : 

That,  for  the  purposes  of  any  Act  of  the 
present  Session  to establish  a Ministry  of  Ways 
and  Communications^ it  is  expedient— 

(1)  To  authorise  the  payment  out  of  moneys 

to be  provided  by  Parliament— 

(a)  of  an  annual  salary  not  exceeding 
five  thousand  pounds  to  the  Minister 
of Ways and Communications, of annual 
salaries  not  exceeding  one  thousand 
five  hundred  pounds  to  the  parliamen-
tary  secretaries  of  the  Ministry,  and  of 
such  other  salaries, remuneration,  and 
expenses  as may  become  payable  under 
such  A c t; 

(b)  of  such  sums  as may  be  required  to 
fulfil any  guarantee, to  make  contribu-
tions  to  pension  or  superannuation 
funds, and to  make  advances  and  other 
payments  authorised  under such  A c t; 

(2)  To  authorise  the  creation  and  issue  of 
securities, with  interest  to  be charged  so far 
as not  met out  of  other  sources  of  revenue 
on the  Consolidated  Fund. 

The  said  Resolution  being  read a second time, 

was agreed  to. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  was Adjournment 

proposed,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn.— 
(Colonel  Claude  Lowther.) 

Order No. 10) 

And,  it being  Eleven  of  the clock,  the  Motion 
lapsed, 

for  the  Adjournment  of  the  House 
without  Question  put. 

en 

A  Motion  being  made, That  this House  will, Education 
to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee,  to (Scotland) 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  into  the annuation) 
Education  (Scotland)  Fund,  out  of  moneys  to [Payments.] 
be provided  by  Parliament,  of such  sums as may 
become  payable  thereinto  in  pursuance  of  any 
Act  of  the  present  Session,  to  make  further 
provision  for  superannuation  and  other  allow-
ances to  teachers  in  Scotland.—(Lord  Edmund 
Talbot.)  ' 

Mr.  Munro,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted the House, That His  Majesty, having 
been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of  this 
Motion,  recommends  it  to  the  consideration  of 
the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into  the said  Committee. 

A  Motion  being  made, That  this  House  will, Scottish Board 

to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment  out  of s^enses^I*"* 
moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament  of 
salaries,  remuneration,  and  expenses  payable 
under any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to  estab-
lish  a  Scottish  Board  of  Health  to  exercise 
powers with  respect  to  health  and  local  govern-
ment in  Scotland.—(Lord  Edmund Talbot.) 

Mr.  Munro,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted  the House,  That His Majesty, having 
been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of  this 
Motion, recommends  it  to  the  consideration  of 
the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Aliens 
Restriction 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

Second  Reading  of  the Aliens  Restriction  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

And  then  the  House  having  continued  to Adjournment, 

sit  till  two  minutes  after Eleven  of  the 
clock, adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

Ministry of 
Health Bill. 

The  Order  of  the day  being  read, for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Ministry  of  Health  Bill, 
as amended  in the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

Acquisition 
of Land 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Sec6nd  Reading  of  the  Acquisition  of  Land 
(Assessment  of  Compensation)  Bill; 

Bil1, 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Land 
Settlement 
(Facilities) 
Bill 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of the  Land  Settlement  (Facili-
ties)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

V O L.  174. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by  Mr. Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Mr.  Speaker  being  of  opinion  that  the 
Education  (Scotland)  (Superannuation) Bill  and 
the  Scottish  Board  of  Health  Bill  are  Bills 
relating  exclusively  to  Scotland,  the  Bills  will 
be  considered  by  the  Standing  Committee  on 
Scottish  Bills. 

Thursday,  3rd April  1919. 

P  R A  T  E B 8. 

MR.  Fisher presented, by  His  Majesty' S Com- Board of 

mand,—Copy  of  the  School  Teachers' Education. 

Superannuation  Rules,  1919, dated  17th  March 
1919,  made  by  the  Board  of  Education,  with-
the  consent  of  the  Treasury,  under  Section  15 
of  the  School  Teachers  (Superannuation)  Act, 
1918, 

Ordered,  That the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

N  4 

® 

96 

li)th—-11 th—lMh April. 

1919. 

Shops Act, 
1912- 

Army. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Order  made  under  the  Shops  Act,  1912,  by 
the  Council  of  the  undermentioned  Local  Autho-
rity,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  of  State 
for  the  Home  Department:— 

Borough  of  Sunderland. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Churchill  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Terms  of  the 
Armistices 
the  Allied 
concluded  between 
Governments  and the  Governments of  Germany, 
Austria-Hungary,  and  Turkey. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Albert  Stanley presented,  pursuant  to  the 
Light 
?896Waand ma  d i r e c t i o ns   of   a n  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
No  65  Report  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Board  of 
Trade under  the  Light  Railways  Acts,  1896 and 
1912, up to  the  31st December  1918,  and  of  the 
Proceedings  of  the  Light  Railway  Coinmis-
sioners  up to the  same date. 

. . . . . . ..  

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Message from  Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
the Lords.  Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 

one  of  their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

Representation 
of  the  People 
(Returning 
Officers' 
Expenses) Bill. 
Leith  Harbour 
and  Docks 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 
North  British 
Railway Order 
Confirmation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Representation 
of  the  People  (Returning  Officers'  Expenses) 
Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Leith  Har-
bour  and  Docks  Order  Confirmation  Bill,  with-
out  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  under  the 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act, 
1899, relating  to the  North  British  Railway  ;  to 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

Standard  Life 
Assurance 
Company 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

Cavendish 
Clarke's 
Divorce  Bill 
[L„rd«.] 

North  British 
Railway Order 
Confirmation 
BiU  [Lord!*.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  under  the 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act, 
1899, relating  to  the  Standard  Life  Assurance 
Company;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  con-
currence  of this  House. 

The  Lords  communicate  the  Minutes  of  Evi-
dence  and  Proceedings  taken  upon  the  Second 
Reading  of  the  Cavendish  Clarke's  Divorce  Bill 
[Lords],  as  desired  by  this  House,  with  the 
request  that the  same may  be  returned. 

The  North  British  Railway  Order  Confirma-
tion  Bill  [Lords],  was ordered  (under  Section  7 
of  the Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland) 
into  consideration 
Act,  1899),  to  be  taken 
to-morrow. 

Standard Life 
Assurance 

The  Standard  Life  Assurance  Company 
Order  Confirmation  Bill  [Lords]  wis  ordered 
(under  Section  7  of  the  Private  Legislation 
Confirmation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899),  to  be  taken 
Bill [Zordi.] 

into  consideration  to-morrow. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.)" 
Scottish 
Standing 
Committee. 
Education 
(Scotland) 
(Superannua-
tion)  Bill and 
the Scottish 
BeQ-dof 
Health BilL 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  added  to 
the  Standing  Committee  on  Scottish  Bills  the 
following  Ten  Members 
(in  respect  of  the 
Education 
(Superannuation)  Bill 
and  the  Scottish  Board  of  Health  Bill)  :— 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Bell,  Mr.  Britton,  Sir  Cle-
ment  Kinloch-Cooke,  Major  Nail,  Mr.,  Robert 
Richardson, Mr.  Tillett,, Sir John Tudor  Walters. 

(Scotland) 

Sir Joseph  Walton,  Colonel  Penry  Williams, and 
Sir  Frederick  Young. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

f 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  Standing standing 
Committee  E  to  whom  the  Dogs'  Protection  Committee E, 
Bill  was referred;  That  they  had gone  through protection 
the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

64. 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered, That  the Minutes  of  the  Proceedings  No.  64. 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill  50. 

Standing  Committee, be  taken  into consideration 
to-morrow  ;  and  be  printed. 

Sir  Harry  Samuel  reported  from  the  Com-Private Bills 

mittee  on  Group  A  of  Private  Bills,  That,  for (Group A.) 
the  convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee  had 
adjourned  till  Wednesday  next,  at  half-past 
Eleven  of  the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Chair- standing 
men's Panel;  That  they had appointed  Mr.  Mac- Committees 
master  to  act  as  Chairman  of  Standing  Com-
mittee  E  (in  respect  of  the  Nurses'  Registra-
tion  Bill),  and  Mr.  Rendall  to  act  as  Chairman 
of  the  Standing  Committee  on  Scottish  Bills  (in 
respect  of  the  Education 
(Super-
annuation)  Bill and the Scottish  Board of  Health 
Bill). 

(Scotland) 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported Chepstow 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Chepstow  Water Water Bill. 
Bill;  That  they  had  examined  the  allegations 
contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  had 
amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it  consistent 
with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill as passed  by  the 
Committee,  and  found  the  same,  as  amended, 
to  be  true ;  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and 
made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  Saint George'* 

the  Saint  George's  Church,  Oxford,  Bill,  with 
Amendments. 

, 
0 x f o r d > B d K 

Ordered,  That  the  Report,  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  he  printed. 

The  following  Member  took  and  subscribed  Member takes 

the  Oath :— 

the Oath. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Thomas  Henry  Parry  for 

Flint  County. 

Ordered, That  the  Civil  bervices  Estimates,  Business of 
1 9 1 9 - 2 0,  Class  2,  Vote  35  (Chief  Secretary  for the House 
Ireland), be  considered  in  Committee of  Supply. C^PPW 
—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

The  House,  according to  Order, resolved  itself Supply 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

[7th allotted 
bay.] 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Civil  Services  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  I I. 

Motion  made, and  Question  proposed,  That  a 
sum,  not  exceeding  £49,604,  be granted  to  His 
Majesty,  to  complete  the sum necessary to  defray 

3rd—4th April. 

97 

9  GEO.  V. 
the  charge which will  come in course of  payment 
during  the year  ending  on the  31st day of  March 
1920, for the Salaries and Expenses of the Offices 
of  the  Chief  Secretary  in  Dublin  and  London 
(including  Grants for  the  Higher  Education  of 
ex-Officers,  &c.),  and  of  the  Inspectors  of 
Lunatic  Asylums,  and  Expenses  under  the  In-
ebriates  Acts. 

And  it  being  Eleven  of  the clock, the  Chair-
man  left  the  Chair  to  make  his  Report  to  the 
House. 

The  House,  according  to  Order, proceeded  to standard Life 

into  consideration 

take 
Assurance  Company  Order  Confirmation  Bill o^ei-
[Lords]. 

the  Standard  Life 

Confirmation 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  the third  time  WU 

upon  Monday  next. 

A  Bill  to  confer  further  powers  on  the Llaneily Rural 
Llanelly  Rural  District in regard  to  their  water ^strict Water 
undertaking,  was  presented,  and  read  the  first 
time ;  and ordered  to  be read a second  time. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair j  and  the 
Chairman  of  "Ways  and  Means  acquainted 
the  House  that  the  Committee  had  made  Pro-
gress  in  the  matter to  them referred  ;  and  that 
he  was  directed  to move,  That  the  Committee 
may  have leave  to sit again. 

Resolved, That this  House  will, upon  Monday 
next,  again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Com-
mittee. 

A  Public  Petition  was  presented,  and  read ; Public 

and ordered  to lie  upon  the  Table. 

videFirit 
Report. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Queen Anne's 

Command, —  Copy  of  Annual  Report  and Bounty. 
Accounts  of  the  Governors  of  Queen  Anne's 
Bounty  for  the year 1918. 

Ordered, That  the said Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Resolved, That  this House  will, upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself into  the said  Committee. 

Education 
(Scotland) 
(Superannua-
tion) 
[Payments.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Super-

Committee  on  Education  (Scotland) 
annuation)  [Payments]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant  to Shops Act, 

the directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  1912-
of  Order  made  under  the  Shops  Act,  1912, 
by-  the  Council  of  the  undermentioned  Local 
Authority,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  of 
State for  the  Home  Department:— 

County  Borough  of  Brighton. 

Ordered, That the  said  Paper do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

resolve  itself  into the said  Committee. 

The following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc- Public Records 

Scottish Board  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
[Salaries and  Committee on Scottish Board of  Health  [Salaries 
Expenses.] 

and  Expenses]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into the said  Committee. 

Adjournment. 

And  then the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  one  minute  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by Mr. Speaker, pursuant to  Order 
of  20th  February,  of  Estimates  referred  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Title of  Estimates. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Civil  Services (Supplementary Esti-

mates, 1919-20). 

C. 

Friday, 4th April  1919. 

PR A T E R S. 

North British  f F HE   House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded 
Bailway Order  X'  
the  North 
B r i t i 8 h  Railway  Order  Confirmation  Bill 
B l f f K] 
[Lords]. 

into  consideration 

take 

to 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read  the  third  time 

upon Monday  next. 

VOL.  174. 

tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon (Ministry of 
the  Table  by  the Clerk  of the  House :—Copy  of  ^° ) n 8 t r u c-
Schedule  containing  a  list  and  particulars  of 
classes  of  Documents  existing  or  accruing  in 
the  Office  of  the  Ministry  of  Reconstruction 
which  are  not  considered  of  sufficient  public 
value to justify  their preserva tion  in  the  Public 
Record  Office. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-Selection 
mittee  of  Selection  ;  That  they  had  discharged (Standing 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com- sending6 
mittee E  :—Mr.  Armitage,  Mr.  Holmes,  and  Sir Commits E. 
Philip  Magnus ;  and  had  appointed  in  substitu-
tion :  Dr. Addison, Sir Kingsley  Wood, and Major 
Farquharson. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the women's 
Second  Reading  of  the  Women's  Emancipation Emancipation. 
Bill; 

BiU-

And  a Motion  being  made, and.  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

And  a  Debate  arising  thereupon  ; 
Mr.  Adamson rose  in his  place  and claimed  to 

move,  That the Question  be  now put. 

And  the Question being put, That the Question Question put 

pursuant to 
S.O. (Closure 
of  Debate.) 

be  now  put; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers for the  ( Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 

Yeas, 

( Mr.  Frederick  Hall: 

c 

.. 

m  ii 
Tellers for the 
JN o e s'  

(  Sir  William Watson 

C h 

I Sir  William  Whitla: 

So it  was resolved  in the  Affirmative, 

o 

119. 

32. 

Division (no 
Tellers tor the 
Noes.) 

Dogs' 
Protection 
Bill. 

Education 
(Scotland) 
(Superannua-
tion) 
[Payments.] 

98 

li)th—-11 th—lMh April. 

1919. 

And  the  Question  being  accordingly  p u t :— 

The  House  proceeded  to  a  Division. 

IV^r. Tyson  Wilson and Mr. Frederick Hall were 
appointed  Tellers for the Ayes,  but, there  being 
no  Members  willing  to  act  as  Tellers  for  the 
Noes,  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  declared  that  the 
Ayes  had  it. 

The  Bill  was accordingly  read  a  second  time, 

and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Dogs'  Protection 
Bill, as amended  in  the  Standing  Committee. 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be made  to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  7,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word  "  unlawful,"  the  words  "  except  as herein-
after  provided."—(Colonel  Sir  Hamar  Green-
wood.) 

And  the question  being  proposed, That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—And  a 
Debate  arising  thereupon; 

And,  it  being  Five  of  the  clock, the  Debate 

stood  adjourned. 

Ordered, That  the  Debate  be  resumed  upon 

Friday  the 23rd  day of  May  next. 

The  House, according  to Order, resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  Education  (Scotland) 
(Superannuation)  [Payments]. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Resolved, That  it is expedient to  authorise  the 
payment  into  the  Education  (Scotland)  Fund, 
out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament, 
ofsuch8ums  as may  become  payable  thereinto 
in  pursuance  of  any  Act  of  the  present  Session, 
to  make  further  provision  for  superannuation 
and  other  allowances  to  teachers  in  Scotland.— 
(Mr.  Munro.) 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  Sir 
Frederick  Banbury reported, That the Committee 
had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

The  Committee  was accordingly  nominated  of 
Sir  Montague  Barlow,  Mr.  Betterton,  Sir  John 
Butcher,  Brigadier-General  Cockerill,  Captain 
Coote,  Major  Entwistle,  Sir  Henry  Harris, 
Captain  Loseby,  Mr. Pennefather,  Captain  Red-
mond,  Mr.  Reid,  Mr.  Frederick  Roberts,  Mr. 
Wallace, Mr.  Walsh, and  Mr.  Charles  White. 

Ordered, That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send for  persons,  papers, and  records. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Colonel  Gibbs.) 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed National 

to  examine  the  current  Expenditure  defrayed E i pe 
out  of  moneys  provided  by  Parliament,  and  to 
report  what,  if  any, economies  consistent  with 
the  execution  of 
the  policy  decided  by  the 
Government  may  be effected  therein  ;  to  make 
recommendations in  regard  to  the form of  Public 
Accounts,  the  system  of  control  within  the 
Departments  and  by  the  Treasury,  and  the 
procedure  of  this  House  in  relation  to  Supply 
and Appropriation,  so as to secure more effective 
control by   Parliament  over Public Expenditure; 
and  to have  power  to  appoint  from  outside  its 
own body such additional persons as it may think 
fit to  serve on  any  Sub-Committee  which  it  may 
appoint with  the  view  to  the preparation  of  such 
recommendations. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  do  consist  of 

Twenty-six  Members. 

The  Committee  was  accordingly  nominated  of 
Mr.  Armitage,  Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  Mr. 
Beckett,  Colonel  Godfrey  Collins,  Sir  William 
Howell  Davies,  Colonel  Gretton,  Mr.  Thomas 
Griffiths,  Major  Lloyd-Greame,  Mr.  Gwynne, 
Sir  Charles Henry,  Mr.  Home,  Colonel  Jackson, 
Sir  Edgar Jones,  Mr.  Kiley,  Mr.  Lonsdale,  Mr. 
Lunn,  Mr.  Marriott,  Mr.  Frederick  Roberts, 
Mr.  Thomas  Robinson,  Colonel  Stephenson, 
Colonel  Wedgwood,  Colonel  Weigall,  Mr. 
Aneurin  Williams,  Colonel  Sir  Robert  Williams, 
Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, and  Mr.  Wilson-Fox. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send for persons, papers, and  records. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  leave  to 

Monday  next. 

report from time to  time. 

Scottish Board  The  House, according  to Order, resolved  itself 
i nto   a  Committee  on  Scottish  Board  of  Health 
•of Health 
[Salaries  and  Expenses.] 
K e T " , T d 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Resolved,  That  it is expedient  to authorise  the 
payment,  out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by 
Parliament,  of  salaries,  remuneration,  and  ex-
penses  payable  under  any  Act  of  the  present 
Session  to  establish  a  Scottish  Board  of  Health 
to  exercise  powers  with  respect  to  health  and 
local  government  in  Scotland.—(Mr.  Munro.) 

Ordered,  That  Five  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Colonel  Gibbs.) 

Whereupon  Mr. Deputy  Speaker  adjourned  Adjournment, 

the  House,  without  Question  put,  pur-
suant  to  Standing  Order  No.  3, it  being 
then  eight  minutes  after  Five  of  the 
clock,  till  Monday  next. 

Monday,  7th April  1919. 

Resolution  to be  reported. 

P R A T E R S. 

0 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  Sir 
Frederick Banbury reported, That the  Committee 
had come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

0 

THE   North  British  Railway  Order  Confirma- North British 

tion  Bill  [ W s]   was, according  to  Order, 

read the  third  time  and  passed. 

Bill [Lord*.} 

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Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath agreed  to  the  same, without  Amendment. 

Pensions. 

Ordered,  That  a  Select  Committee  be 
appointed  to  inquire  and  report  upon  the  past 
method  of  administering  the  Pensions Acts  and 
Warrants,  and  what  steps, if  any, are  necessary 
for  the  removal  and  prevention  of  legitimate 
grievances. 

The  Standard  Life  Assurance  Company  Standard Life 

Order  Confirmation  Bill  [Lords]  was, according 
to  Order,  read the third  time, and passed. 

.  order 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  ^ l S f e] 

the  Lords;  and  acquaint them  that  this  House 
hath agreed  to the same, without  Amendment. 

7 th April. 

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our  country  with  the  noble  aims and  objects  of 
your  civilising  mission. 

9  GE O.   Y. 

6«   Standard*.  Sir Albert  Stanley presented, by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  to  the  Board  of 
Trade  by  the  Fuel  Research  Board  on  Gas 
Standards. 

Ordered,  That  the said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Board of 
Education. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Draft,  dated  24th  March 
1919, of Regulation  proposed  to  be  made  by  the 
Board  of  Education  under  Section  44  of  the 
Education  Act,  1918, amending  the  Regulations 
for  Technical  Schools, &c.,  1918. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Civil  Service. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  on  the  application 
of  the  Whitley  Report  to  the  Administrative 
Departments  of  the  Civil  Service. 

Ordered, That the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

University of 
Edinburgh. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Annual  Statistical  Report  by  the  University 
Court  of  the  University  of  Edinburgh  for  the 
year  ended  30th  September  1917. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Leeds 
Corporation 
BiU* 

Mr.  Attorney  General  presented,  pursuant  to 
Standing  Order  175a,—Copy  of  Report  by  the 
Attorney  General  on  the  Leeds  Corporation 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Committee  on  the  Bill. 

Greenwich 
Hospital  and 
Travers' 
Foundation. 
No. 66. 

Mr.  Long  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Accounts  of 
the  Receipt  and  Expenditure  of  the  Capital 
and  of  the Income  derived  from  the  Lands  and 
other  property  held  for  the  benefit  of  Green-
wich  Hospital,  and  the  Foundation  of  Samuel 
Travers,  Esquire,  for  the  year  ended  on  31st 
March  1918  ;  together  with  the  Report  of  the 
Comptroller  and Auditor  General  thereon. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Trade Disputes  The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  upon 
Friday  the  23rd  day  of  May  next, the  Trade 
Bill. 
Disputes  Bill  was read  and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

Please  accept,  Mr.  Speaker,  the  assurance  of 

my  highest  esteem. 

PRESIDENT  OP  THE  P O L I SH   D I E T. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts 

reported • from 

the Standing 

Standing  Committee  on  Scottish  Bills,  to  whom 
the  War  Charities  (Scotland)  Bill  [Lords']  was war Charities 
referred  ;  That  they  had gone  through  the  Bill (Scotland) 
and  made  Amendments  thereunto. 

BU1 f 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 67. 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered, That  the  Minutes of the Proceedings  No. 67. 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill 54. 

Standing Committee, be taken into  consideration 
to-morrow;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Bottomley,  supported  by  Sir John Norton-  Dormant pank 

Griffiths,  Sir  John  Butcher,  Mr.  Devlin,  Major 
Lowther,  Sir  Edgar  Jones, Mr.  Hogge,  Mr.  Ren-  Securities Bill. 
wick,  Mr.  Clement  Edwards,  Major  Lloyd- 
Greame,  Mr.  Crooks,  and  General  Page  Croft, 
presented  a  Bill to  compel  banks  periodically  to 
disclose  dormant  balances  and  unclaimed  secu-
rities  and  hand  the  same  over  to  the  Public 
Trustee :  And  the  same was  ordered  to  be read 
a  second  time  upon  Friday  the  9th day  of  May 
next;  and  to  be  printed. 

gju 51. 

Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

supported 

by Trade Dispute* 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Walter  Guinness presented  a C1*0,2)BiU-
Bill  to  repeal  the  Trade  Disputes  Act,  1906, 
and to  amend section  three  of  the  Trade  Union 
Act,  1913:  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a second  time  upon  Friday  the  30th  day  of 
May  next;  and to  be  printed. 

B iU   5 2-

Colonel  Sir  Hamar  Greenwood  presented  a city of London 

Bill  to  amend  the  enactments  relating  to  the Police Bill, 
expenses  of  the  Police  Force  of  the  City  of  Bill 53. 
London  :  And  the  same  was ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time to-morrow;  and to  be  printed. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read  for  the Housing, Town 

Second  Reading  of  the  Housing,  Town  P l a n - ^ n i ns - Z o-
ning,  &c.  Bill; 

And  a  Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time:—And  a  Debate •  arising  there-
upon  ; 

And  a Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being  put,  That the  Debate  be  now  adjourned— 
(Colonel  Royds)  :—It  was  resolved 
in  the 
Affirmative. 

morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-Education 
(Scotland) 
(Superannua-
tion) 

Mr.  Pratt  reported  from  the  Committee  on [Payments.] 

Polish 
Bepublic. 

Mr.  Speaker informed  the  House  that  he  had 
received the following  letter  from  the  President 
of the  Polish  Diet: 

I  have  the  honour  to  inform  you  that  the 
Constituent  Assembly  of  the  Polish  Republic 
has  directed  me  to  convey  its  most  cordial 
greetings  to  the British  Parliament. 

It  is  our  heart-felt  desire  that  this  message 
from  the First  Assembly of  reconstituted  Poland 
should give  expression  to that  sincere  friendship 
which  inspires  the  whole  Polish  Nation  in  its 
feelings  towards  the generous and mighty  British 
Nation. 

Education  (Scotland)  (Superannuation)  [Pay-
ments]  a  Resolution  ;  which  was  read,  as 
followeth  : 

That it  is expedient  to  authorise  the  payment 
into  the  Education  (Scotland)  Fund,  out  of 
moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  of  such 
sums as  may  become  payable  thereinto  in  pur-
suance  of  any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to 
make  further  provision  for superannuation  and 
other  allowances  to  teachers  in  Scotland. 

The said Resolution, being  read a second  time, 

was agreed  to. 

The  sentiment  of  fellowship  in  our  common 
effort for the cause of  justice  and  civilisation,  no 
less than our admiration for  the  vigour  of  Great 
Britain, identifies for  all  time  the  aspirations  of 

Mr.  Pratt  reported  from  the  Committee  on  Scottish Board 

of  Health 
Scottish  Board 
Expenses]  a  Resolution;  which  was  read,  a« 
followeth: 

[Salaries  and °f  Health 

V O L . 1 7 4. 

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li)th—-11 th—lMh April. 

1919. 

That  it  is expedient  to authorise  the  payment, 
out  of  moneys  to  be provided by  Parliament, of 
salaries,  remuneration,  and  expenses  payable 
under  any Act  of  the  present  Session  to  estab-
lish  a  Scottish  Board  of  Health  to  exercise 
powers  with respect  to  health  and  local  govern-
ment in  Scotland. 

The  said Resolution, being  read  a second  time, 

was agreed  to. 

Aliens 
Restriction 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the Aliens  Restriction  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Ministry of 
Health  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking 
into consideration the Ministry of  Health Bill, as 
amended in the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Acquisition 
of  Land 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
__ 
Second  Reading  of  the  Acquisition  of  Land 

__ 

% £ S 3 f i>  (Asses"smen"Tof   Compensation)  Bili"; 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Land 
Settlement 
(Facilities) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Land  Settlement 

Second  Reading  of 
(Facilities)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Tuesday,  8th April  1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

MR.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,—Return  to street 

an  Address  to  His Majesty, dated the  31st  ^ ^ j *8 
day  of  March  last,  for  a  Return  relative  to  vehicles.7 
Street  Accidents  caused by  Vehicles. 

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Ordered, That  the said Return do lie upon  the 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc- Naval and 

tious  of several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copies  of 
Three  Orders  in  Council,  dated  12th  and  28th Act, 1865. 
March  1919,  under  the  Naval  and  Marine  Pay 
and  Pensions  Act,  1865. 

Copy  of  Order  in  Council, dated  12th  March Merchant 

1919, made  under  the  Merchant  Shipping  Act, 
1894,  relating  to  the  Establishment  of  the 
Corporation 
of  Trinity  House,  Deptford 
Strond. 

A ct' 

Copy  of  Order  in  Council  under the  Govern- Government 
Aot, 

ment  of  India  Act,  1915,  dated  28th  March, 
1919,  approving  a  Statement  of  proposed  new 
and  revised  Appointments  and  alteration  of 
Salaries  in  the  Establishment  of  the  Secretary 
of  State for  India in  Council. 

Ordered, That  the said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

<-• 

Table. 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Department of 

Command,—Copy of Eighteenth Annual General  ^T^'tofcal 
Report  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  and instruction 
Technical  Instruction  for  Ireland  for  the  year for Ireland. 
1917-18. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie upon  the 

resolve  itself  into  the said  Committee. 

Table. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means j 

Vivisection  of 
Animals Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the said  Committee. 

/ 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Vivisection  of  Animals 
BiU; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

City of London  Ordered, That  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills  do  examine  the  City  of  London 
Police Bill. 
Police  Bill  with  respect  to  compliance  with  the 
Standing  Orders relative  to  Private  Bills. 

Adjournment. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued 
to sit till  two minutes  after Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG  COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by Mr.  Speaker, pursuant to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  4'7,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name of Bill. 

Women's  Emancipation  Bill 
j . a &q 

-

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His Education 
Majesty's. Command,—Copy  of  Statement  show- (Scotland.) 
ing  (1)  an Estimate  of  the  Sums  receivable  by 
the  Education  (Scotland)  Fund  for  the  year 
1918-19,  of  the  Expenditure  therefrom  under 
Section  16  (1)  (a-fI) of the Education  (Scotland) 
Act,  1908,  and  of  the  balance  available  for 
allocation  under  Section  16  (2)  of  that  A c t; 
(2)  the  allocation  of  such  balance in  accordance 
with the  terms  of  the  Department's  Minute  of 
28th  June  1912. 

Ordered, That  ihe  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Kellaway  presented,  by  His  Majestj's Government 
Command,—Copy  of  List  of  Firms  placed  on Contractors 
the  Black  List  by  the  Admiralty,  War  Office, ( I n e l i g i b le-) 
and  Ministry  of  Munitions  during  the  war  for 
offences  where  prosecution  and  conviction  has 
taken  place. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Laming  Worthington  Evans  presented, Ministry of 

pursuant  to  the  directions  of  an Act  of  Parlia- Pensions 
ment,—Copy  of  Provisional  Regulations,  dated  (Regions.) 
7th  April  1919, made  by  the  Minister  of  Pen-
sions, entitled  the  Local  and Joint  Committees 
(Administrative  Expenses)  Regulations,  1919. 

Copy  of  Provisional  Regulations,  dated  7th Ministry of 

April  1919, made  by  the  Minister  of  Pensions, Pensions 
entitled the  War  Pensions (Proceedings of  Com- angulations.) 
mittees)  Regulations,  1919. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

9  GEO.  Y. 

8th  April 

101 

standing 
Committee on 
Scottish Pills. 
Education 
(Scotland) 
(Superannua-
tion) Bill. 

Mr.  Rendall  reported 

from  the  Standing 
Committee  on  Scottish  Bills,  to  whom  the 
Education  (Scotland)  (Superannuation)  Bill was 
referred;  That 
they  had  gone  through  the 
Bill  and  made  an  Amendment  thereunto. 

No. 69. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be  printed. 

No.  69. 

Ordered, That  the Minutes  of the Proceedings 

of the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee, be  taken into  consideration 
to-morrow. 

Message from, 
the Xjords. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the Lords  by 
one of their Clerks,  as followeth  : 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the City of London 

Second  Reading  of  the  City  of  London  Police  Polioe  Bm-
Bill; 

. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Aliens 
Second  Reading  of  the Aliens  Restriction  Bill;  Restriction 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

. 

. 

Bill. 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Acquisition 

Second  Reading  of  the  Acquisition  of  Land  •Land 
(Assessment  of  Compensation)  Bill;  • 

Compensation)' 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bl11-

to-morrow. 

•Government 
Works at 
•Cippenham. 

The  Lords  concur  in  the  Resolution  of  this 
House  communicated  to  them  on  Tuesday  last, 
viz., That it is expedient that a Select  Committee 
of  Five  Members  of  this  House  be  appointed 
to join  with  a Committee  of  the Lords to  inquire 
into  the conditions  under which  the  Government 
works  at  Cippenham  are  being  carried  out, the 
cost that  is  involved,  and  the  responsibility  for 
the  advice  on  which  the  scheme  was  under-
taken. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Land 

Second  Reading  of 
(Facilities)  Bill; 

the  Land  Settlement  Settlement 
( M t i e s) 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into  the  said  Committee. 

!Public 
Defender Bill. 
Bill 56. 

Mr.  Bottomley  presented  a  Bill  to  establish 
the  office  of  Public  Defender:  And  the  same 
was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Friday  the  23rd  day  of  May  next;  and  to  be 
printed. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  ifouse  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into  the  said  Committee. 

•Criminal 
Injuries' 
(Ireland) 
Bill. 

Bill 55. 

Mr.  Macpherson, supported  by.  Mr.  Attorney 
General for  Ireland,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend 
the  enactments  relative  to  compensation 
for 
Criminal  Injuries  in  Ireland  :  And the same was 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow; 
and to be  printed. 

Housing, Town  The Order of  the  day being  read, for resuming 
Planning, &c.  ^ 

a(j jo u r i i e(j  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 

upon  the  7th  day  of  this  Instant  April,  That 
the  Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c.  Bill  be  now 
read a second time  ; 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed  :— 
The  House  resumed the said  adjourned  Debate. 

A  Motion  was made, and  the  Question  being  Pensions for 

proposed,  That,  in  the  opinion  of  this  House, Mothers, 
pensions adequate  for  a  healthy  and  useful  life 
should  be  paid  to  all  widows  with  children  or 
mothers  whose  family  breadwinner  has  become 
incapacitated,  such  pensions  to  be  provided  by 
the  State  and  administered  by  a  committee  of 
the  municipal  or  county  council  wholly  un-
connected  with  the  Poor  Law—(Mr.  Tyson 
Wilson)-.—And  a Debate  arising  thereupon; 

Mr.  Tyson  Wilson rose in his place and  claimed closure 
to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now  put;  but claimed bgt 
Mr.  Speaker  withheld  his  assent, and  declined wfthholds hta 
then  to  put  that  Question  :—Then  the  House Assent, 
resumed  the  Debate. 

And  it  being  Eleven  of  the clock,  the  Debate 

And  the  Question  being  put; 

stood  adjourned. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  now read  a  second 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 
time  and committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 

War Charities 
(Scotland)  _  t ak e  ; n t0  consideration  the  War  Charities  (Scot-
Bill [Lards.] 
land) Bill  [Lords]. as amended in  the  Standing 
Committee. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Ministry of 
Health Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Ministry  of  Health  Bill, 
as amended in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Housing of 
the Working 
Classes 
(Ireland) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the  Housing  of  the  Working 
Classes  (Ireland)  Bill; 

| 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

VOL.  174. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House will, Housing, Town 

to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to Planning, &c. 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  of [BxPenses'] 
to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  of 
moneys 
expenses incurred  in carrying  out  the  provisions 
of  any  Act  of  the present  Session to  amend  the 
enactments  relating  to  the  Housing  of 
the. 
Working  Classes,  Town  Planning, and  the  ac-
quisition  of  Small  Dwellings.—(Mr.  Secretary 
Shortt.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt, by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand, acquainted  the  House  that  His  Majesty, 
having  been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of 
this  Motion,  recommends  it  to  the  consideration 
of  the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

And  then  the  House, having  continued  to  Adjournment, 

git, till  two  minutes  after Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

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li)th—-11 th—lMh April. 

1919. 

Ministry of 
.  Food. 

Wednesday, 9th April  1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

MR.  George  Roberts  presented,  by  His 

Majesty's  Command, —  Copies  of  Ration-
ing  Order,  1918,  Notice  relating  to  the  use  of 
Lard  and  Edible  Fats  in  Catering  Establish-
ments  and  Institutions;  Order  amending  the 
(Prices)  Order,  1918  ; 
Poultry  and  Game 
Cheese  (Distribution)  Order,  1918,  Directions  ; 
Order  amending  the  Potatoes  (Scotland)  Order, 
1918;  Eggs  (Licensing  of  Wholesale  Dealers 
and  Distribution) Order, 1918, and Eggs  (Prices) 
Order, 1918, General Licence  ;  Salmon Fisheries 
(Ireland)  Order,  1919;  Order  revoking  the 
Apricot  Pulp  and  Bitter  Oranges  Order,  1917  ; 
Cattle  Feeding  Stuffs (Maximum  Prices)  Order, 
1918,  Notice ;  Live  Stock  (Sales)  Order,  1918, 
General  Licence  ;  Cocoa  Powder (No. 2)  Order, 
1918, General  Licence;  Imported  Canned  Con-
densed  Milk  (Requisition)  Order,  1918,  General 
Licence;  Freshwater  Fish  Order,  1919 :  Notice 
of  revocation  of  certain  Orders ;  Jam  (Distribu-
tion)  Order,  1918,  and  Rationing  Order,  1918, 
Directions;  Sugar  Order  (Ireland),  1917,  and 
(Restriction)  Order,  1918,  General 
Sugar 
(Retail  Prices)  Order,  1918, 
Licence;  Tea 
(Provisional 
General  Licence;  Cocoa  Butter 
Prices)  Order,  1918, and Cocoa Butter  (Requisi-
tion)  Order,  1918,  General  Licence;  Meat 
Retail  Prices  (Scotland)  Order,  1918,  General 
Licence  ;  Order  amending  the  Imported  Onions 
Order,  1918;  Canned  Fish  (Retail  Prices  and 
Distribution) Order,  1918, Notice;  Milk  (Regis-
tration  of  Dealers;  Order,  1918,  Directions; 
Maize  Products  (Retail  Prices)  Order,  1918, 
General  Licence;  and  Notice  of  revocation'of 
certain  Orders,  dated  21st  March  1918  ;  made 
by  the  Food  Controller under  the Defence of  the 
Realm  Regulations. 

acting  jointly  with  the  Welsh  Insurance  Com-
missioners,  entitled  the  National  Health  Insur-
ance (Benefits of  Invalided  Seamen and  Soldiers) 
Amendment  Regulations  (Wales),  1919. 

Account  of  all  moneys  received  on  account  Government 

of  Contracts  for  the  grant  of  Deferred  Life Insurances 
Annuities  and  for  payments  on  Death,  and  of  a nd  A n n m t i es-
No.  71. 
the  disposal  thereof,  and  of  the  Contracts  made, 
for the  year  1918. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon the 
Table  ;  and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  Govern-
ment  Insurances  and  Annuities  be  printed. 

Mr.  Long  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com- Navy 

mand,—Copy  of  Appendix  to  the  Appropriation 
Accounts  for  the  years  1914-15,  1913 -16,  and  l on  °c o un 
1916-17,  showing those  Accounts  in  an amplified 
form,  together  with  an  explanatory  note  by  the 
Accounting  Officer. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Arthur  Steel-Maitland  presented,  by  His Treaty Series 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Renewal  of  the (N o- 2> 1919-> 
existing  Arbitration  Agreements  between  the 
United  Kingdom  and  France,  Italy,  and  Spain, 
and  of  the  Arbitration  Convention  between  the 
United  Kingdom  and  the  United  States  [3rd 
June  1918,  1st February  1919].  , 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

~ 

Mr.  Rendall reported' from  the  Standing  Com- Standing 
mittee  on  Scottish  Bills,  to  whom  the  Scottish  g0™ ^ " ^11 
Board  of  Health  Bill  was  referred;  That  they Scottish Board 
had gone through  the B i ll  and made Amendments  of  Health BilL 

O 
thereunto. 

© 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 72. 

Table  ;  and be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes of  the Proceedings  No. 72. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

East India 
(.Loans raised 
in England.) 
No.  70. 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu presented, pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Return 
of  all  Loans  raised  in  England  under  the  pro-
visions  of  any  Acts  of  Parliament,  chargeable on 
the Revenues  of  India,  outstanding  at  the com-i 
mencement  of 
the  half-year  ended  on  the 
31st  March  1919,  with  the  rates  of  interest 
and  total  amount payable thereon, and the date of 
the  termination  of  each  Loan,  the debt  incurred 
during  the  half-year,  the moneys  raised  thereby 
during  the  half-year,  the  Loans  paid  off.  or 
discharged  during  the  half-year,  and  the  Loans 
outstanding at the close of the half-year;  stating, 
so  far  as  the  public  convenience  will  allow,  the 
purpose  or  service  for  which  moneys  have  been 
raised  during  the  half-year. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill  57. 

Standing  Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration 
to-morrow;  and  be  printed. 
• 

o 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  t he Lords, 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An Bankers' 
Act  to  provide  for  the  transfer  of  the  business Guarantee 
of-the  Bankers  Guarantee  Trust  to the  Alliance  £^nsfer) 
Assurance  Company,  Limited,  and  for  other Bill fZords.] 
purposes;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
currence of  this  House. 

con-

The  Bankers  Guarantee  Trust 
Bill  rLords]  was react the  first  time. 

L 

J 

(Transfer)  Bankers' 

Guarantee 
Trust 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the (Transfer) 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Bm 

Education 
(Scotland.) 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Minute  of  the 
Committee  of  Council of  Education  in  Scotland, 
dated  8th  April  1919,  sanctioning  the  payment 
by  Education  Authorities  out  of  the  Education 
Fund  of  Expenditure  incurred  for  certain  pur-
poses. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  Northampton 

from  the  Committee  on  the  Northampton  Gas 
Bill;  That  they  had  examined  the  allegations 
contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and 
amended  the  same,  and  found  the  same,  as 
amended,  to be  true ;  and had  gone  through  the 
Bill  and made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Bil1-

Table. 

Mr.  Baldwin presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
National 
tions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Health 
OriS""56 
Regulations,  dated  2nd  April  1919, made by  the 
Committee)  National  Health  Insurance  Joint  Committee, 
(Regulations.) 

The  Lord  Advocate  reported  from  the  Select Cavendish 
Committee  on  Divorce  Bills;  That  they  had  S " *6'8^ ., 
examined  the  allegations  of  Cavendish  Clarke's  [z°rds.~\  ' 
Divorce  Bill  [Lords]  as  to  the  marriage  of  the 

9  GEO. V. 

9 th  April 

103 

parties,  the  adultery charged  as  the  ground  for 
dissolving  the  marriage,  the  verdict  at  law,  and 
the  sentence  of  divorce,  a  mensa et  thoro, in  the 
Probate  and  Matrimonial  Division  of  the  High 
Court  of  Justice  in  Ireland;  and,  upon  evi-
dence  satisfactory  to  the  Committee,  found  the 
same  and  other  allegations  to  be  truey and  they 
saw  no  reason  to  suspect  collusion  between  the 
parties;  and  that  the  Committee  had  gone 
through  the  Bill,  and  directed  him  to  report  the 
same, without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

•Cavendish 
Clarke's 
Divorce Bill 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes  of  Evidence  and 
Proceedings  in  the  House  of  Lords  on.  the 
Second  Reading  of  Cavendish  Clarke's  Divorce 
Bill 
together  with  the  documents 
deposited  in  the  case,  be  returned  to  the  House 
of  Lords.^(The  Lord  Advocate.) 

[Lords], 

Sir  Harry  Samuel  reported  from  the  Com-
Bournemouth 
mas and Water m i t t ee   Qn   t h e  Bournemouth  Gas  and Water  Bill; 
That  they  had  examined  the  allegations  con-
tained  in the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  amended 
the  same  so  as  to  make  -it  consistent  with  the 
provisions of  the Bill as passed by the  Committee, 
and  found • the  same,  as  amended,  to  be  true; 

» and had gone through  the  Bill  and  made  Amend-

ments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Private Bills 
(Group A.) 

Sir  Harry  Samuel  reported  from  the  Com-
mit tees© n  Group  A  of  Private  Bills;  That,  for 
the  convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee  had 
adjourned  till  Wednesday  the  7th  day  of  May 
next,  at  half  an hour  after Eleven  of  the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  the.  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Standing 
Orders. 

Mr.  Fauqhan-Davies  reported  from  the  Select 
Committee  on  Standing  Orders  several  Resolu-
tions ;  which  were read,  as follows  : 

Workington 
•Corporation. 

Swinton and 
Mexborough 
•Gas Board. 

"Leicester 
Corporation. 

1.  That  in the  case  of  the  Workington  Corpo-
ration,  Petition  for  leave  to  deposit  a  Petition 
for  Bill,  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be 
dispensed  with;  that the  parties  be  permitted  to 
deposit  their  Petition  for  a  Bill. 

2.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Swinton  and  Mex-
borough  Gas  Board, Petition  for leave  to  deposit 
a  Petition  for  Bill,  the  Standing  Orders  ought 
to  be  dispensed  with ;  that  the  parties  be  per-
mitted  to  deposit their  Petition  for  a  Bill. 

3.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Leicester  Corpo-
ration, Petition  for  leave  to  deposit  a  Petition 
for  Bill,  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be 
dispensed  with  ;  that the  parties  be  permitted  to 
deposit  their  Petition  for  a  Bill. 

London 
County 
Council 
(Tramways 
and Improve-
ments.) 

4.  That  in  the  case  of  the  London  County 
Council (Tramways and Improvements),  Petition 
for  leave  to  deposit  a  Petition  for  Bill,  the 
Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with; 
that  the  parties  be  permitted  to  deposit  their 
Petition  for  a  Bill. 

T he   said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time,  were  agreed  to. 

Standing 
Committee D. 
Public Health 
(Medical 
Treatment of 
Children) 
^Ireland) Bill. 

Captain  Albert  Smith reported  from  Standing 
Committee  D,  to  whom  the  Public  Health 
(Medical  Treatment  of  Children)  (Ireland)  Bill 
was  referred;  That  they  had  gone  through  the 
Bill  and  made  Amendments  thereunto. 

V O L.  174. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No.  73. 

Table;  and be  printed. 

Ordered,  That the Minutes  of  the  Proceedings  No.  73. 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill  59. 

Standing  Committee, be  taken  into  consideration 
to-morrow  ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Clement Edwards,  Member  for  East  Ham Adjournment 

(South  Division),  rose  in  his  place,  and  asked  ^ g ^ ^ 8® 
leave  to  move  the  Adjournment  of  the  House Overtures.) 
for  the  purpose  of  discussing  a  definite  matter 
of  urgent  public  importance,  viz.,  The  alleged 
Overtures  from  the Bolshevist  Regime  in  Russia 
in  Paris,  and  the 
to  the  Peace  Conference 
pleasure  of  the  House  having  been  signified; 

The  Motion  stood  over, under  Standing  Order 
No.  10,  until  a  quarter  of  an  hour  after  Eight 
of  the  clock  this  evening. 

Mr.  Herbert  Lewis, supported  by  Mr.  Fisher, 
Mr.  Whitley,  Mr. James  Parker,  and  Mr.  Rams-
den,  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a  Scheme 
approved  and  certified  by  the  Board  of  Educa-
tion  under  the  Charitable  Trusts  Act,  1853, 
relating  to  the  Crossley  and  Porter  Orphan 
Home  and  School:  And  the  same  was  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Board of 
Education 
Scheme 
(Crossley and 
Porter Orphan 
Home and 
School) 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

B i ll   5 8. 

Ordered,  That  the  Proceedings  on  Govern-Business of 
ment  Business  be  exempted  at this  day's  Sitting  /Qo^rnment 
from  the  provisions  of 
(Sittings  of  the  House).  — ( L o rd   Edmund 
Talbot.) 

the  Standing  Order Business.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking  Ministry of 
into  consideration  the  Ministry  of  Health  Bill, Health Bill, 
as amended  in the  Standing  Committee  ; 

A  Motion  was  made, and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  the  Bill  be  re-committed  to  a  Com-
mittee  of  the  whole  House  in  respect  of  the 
Amendments  to  Clause  10  standing  in  the  name 
of  Mr.  Attorney  General 
for  Ireland—(Dr. 
Addison):—It  was resolved  in the  Affirmative. 

The  House,  accordingly  resolved  itself  into 

the  Committee. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  10,  amended,  and  agreed  to. 

Bill,  as amended,  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee  and  on  Re-committal,  be  now  taken 
into  consideration  :—The  House  accordingly 
proceeded  to  take  the  Bill  into consideration. • 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  16,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word  "  diseases,"  the words  "  including  venereal 
diseases 
confidential  notification 
and 
thereof."—(Mr.  Stewart.) 

the 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there inserted  in  the  Bill:—-The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  Amendments  were  made  to  the  Bill. 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill, in  p.  1,1.  19, by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof,  the  words— 

"  Provided  that  nothing  in this  section  shall 
compel  any  person  to  receive  treatment  who 
0  4 

104 

9 th April. 

makes  a  statutory  declaration  that  upon  con-
scientious  grounds  he  objects  to  medical  treat-
ment  and  who,  after  making  the  declaration, 
does not  by  infection  endanger  the health  of  any 
other  person."—(Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir  Samuel 
Hoare.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

BUI. 

Another Amendment  was  proposed to  be made 
to  the  Bill, in  p.  2,1.  8, by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words— 

"  Provided  that, for  the  purpose of  facilitating 
the  effective exercise  and  performance  of  these 
powers  and  duties,  the  Minister  may  make 
arrangements  with  the  Board  of  Education 
respecting  the  submission  and  approval  of 
schemes  of  local  education  authorities  and  the 
payment  of  grants  to local  education  authorities, 
so  far  as such  schemes  and  payment  relate  to  or 
are  in  respect  of  medical  inspection  and  treat-
ment ;  and the powers and  duties of  the  Minister 
may  under  any  such  arrangements  be  exercised 
and  performed  by  the  Board  on  his  behalf  and 
with  his  authority  under such  conditions  as  he 
may think  fit."—(I)r.  Addison.) 

And  the  Question  being, proposed,  That  those 

words be  there  inserted  in the  B i l l; 

The  proposed  words  were  amended, in  1. 6,  by 
inserting,  after the  word  "  treatment,"  the  words 
"  provided  for  under paragraph  (b) of  subsection 
(1)  of  section 
the  Education 
thirteen  of 
(Administrative  Provisions)  Act,  1907,  as 
amended  and  extended  by  section  eighteen  of 
the  Education  Act,  1918 "—(Sir  Cyril  Cobb),— 
and,  so  amended,  were  there  inserted  in  the 
Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3,  1. 9,  by  leaving  out  para-
graph  (c).—(Colonel  Gretton.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word 
"  which,"  in 1. 10, stand  part  of  the  BiU  :—The 
said proposed  Amendment  was, with leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was  proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in p. 4,1.  10, by  inserting,  after  the 
word  "  council',"  the  words  "  except  as specified 
in  subsection  (3)."  —  (Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir 
Samuel  Hoare.) 

And  the  Question  being put,  That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—It  passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Another  Amendment was proposed to be  made 
to  the  Bill, in  p. 4,1.  13, by  leaving  out  Clause 
5.—(Mr.  Seddon). 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word 
"  subject,"  in  1.  13,  stand  part  of  the  BUI:— 
The  said  proposed  Amendment  was, with  leave 
of  the House,  withdrawn. 

1919. 
other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Then 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Criminal 
Second  Reading  of  the  Criminal  Injuries  (Ire- (j^Snd) Bill. 
land)1 Bill; 

(( 

And,  it  being  a  quarter-past  Eight  of  the 
clock,  and  leave  having  been  given  to  move  the 
Adjournment  of  the  House  under  Standing 
Order  No.  10, further  proceeding  was  postponed, 
without  Question  put. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  was Adjournment 

Q 

proposed,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn—  gJ^Jms 
(Mr.  Clement Edwards):—And 
was,  with leave  of the  House,  withdrawn. 

the said  Motion  order No. 10 

(Bolshevist 
Overtures.) 

The  Postponed  Proceeding  on  the  Second Criminal 

Reading  of  the  Criminal  Injuries  (Ireland)  Bill  (inland) BilL 
was resumed; • 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put, That  the  Bill  be  now read  a  second 
time :—It  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

The  Bill  was accordingly read  a second  time. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will  immediately 
resolve  itself into  the  Committee  on  the  BUI.— 
(Mr.  Pratt.) 

The  House  accordingly resolved itself  injo the 

Committee. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to  No.  3  agreed  to. 

Bill to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  Sir 
Edwin  Cornwall  reported,  That  the  Committee 
had gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed  him  to 
report  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time :—The  BiU was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the Lords,  and  desire their  concurrence. 

t 
The  War  Charities  (Scotland)  Bill  [Lords]  War Charities 
was,  according  to  Order, read the  third  time  and ^H^SML T 
passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  BUI  to 
the  Lords;  and acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to the  same, with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Housing, Town 
Committee  on  Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c.  Planning,  fcc. 
[Expenses]; 

Tenses.] 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Resolved,  That  this  House  wiU,  to-morrow, 

Bill. 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Another Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill, in  p.  7,1.  28, by  leaving  out  Clause 
10.—(Major  O'Neill) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand part of  the 
BUI:—The  said proposed  Amendment  was, with 
leave of the  House,  withdrawn. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking Education 
(Scotland)  (Scotland) 

into  consideration  the  Education 
(Superannuation)  Bill,  as  amended 
Standing  Committee  ; 

in 

t h e ^ ™ ™^ 

Ordered,  That  the  BUI  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

9  GEO.  V. 

9th—10th  April 

105 

Housing of  ' 
the Working 
Classes 
(Ireland) Bill.  Classes (Ireland)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Housing  of the  Working 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

City of London  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  City  of  London  Police 
Police BiU. 
Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Aliens 
Bestriction 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Aliens  Restriction  Bill; 
Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Acquisition 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Assessment of Second  Reading  of  the  Acquisition  of  Land 
Compensation) (Assessment  of  Compensation)  Bill; 
Bnl 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Land 
Settlement • 
(Facilities) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Laud  Settlement 

Second  Reading'  of 
(Facilities)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into the said  Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,—Return  to Aliens 
an  Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated  the 31st  day  t(^t)urali8tt" 
of  March  last, for  a  Return  relative  to  Aliens 
^ 
(Naturalisation). 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt also presented, pursuant  Pena* 

. 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—  (additional0 
Copy of  a Licence  granted to Charles Carpenter,  Licence.) 
under  the  Penal  Servitude  Acts,  1853  to  1891, 
to  which  is annexed  a condition  other  than those 
contained  in  Schedule  A  of  the  Penal  Servitude 
Act,  1864. 

Ordered, That the  said  Papers  do lie upon  the 

Table;  and  that the  said  Return  be  printed. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His Police 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  the  Sixty-first (Scotland.) 
Annual  Report  of  His  Majesty's  Inspector  of 
Constabulary  for  Scotland  for  the  year  1918. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  the  Agricultural  Statistics 
of  Ireland,  with detailed  Report  for  1916. 

Agricultural 
Statistics 
(Ireland.) 

Copy  of  Abstracts  showing  the  acreage  under 
Crops  and  the numbers and  descriptions  of  Live 
Stock  in  each county and  province in  Ireland  on 
the  1st June  1916,  1917, and  1918. 

Agricultural 
Statistics 
(Ireland.) 

Copy  of  Additional  Regulations 

the 
Register  of  the  Intermediate  School  Teachers 
in  Ireland. 

for 

Intermediate 
Education 
(Ireland.) 

Mr.  Macpherson  also  presented,  pursuant  to Local Taxation 

the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  — (Ireland) 
Copy  of  Account  of  Receipts  and  Payments  of 
" 
Local  Taxation  in  Ireland  for  the  financial year 
ended  31st  March  1917. 

' 

Copy of Account  of  Receipts  and Payments of Local Taxation 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Local  Taxation  in  Ireland  for  the financial year (lrelan<P 
^ 76 
ended  31st  March  1918. 

. 

Adjournment. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit till  seventeen  minutes  after  Eleven  of 
the clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by Mr. Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No. 47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of, Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers do lie  upon  the 
Table;  and  that  the  Papers  relative  to  Local 
Taxation  (Ireland)  Account  be  printed. 

Sir Alfred  Mond  presented, by  His  Majesty's Boyal Parks. 

Command,—Copy  of  Report  by  the  First  Com-
missioner  of  Works  on the  cultivatiou  of  certain 
areas  in the  Royal  Parks. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Dr.  Addison  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Housing. 

Command,—Copy  of  Housing  Schemes  sub-
mitted  to  the Local  Government  Board by  Local 
Authorities. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c.  Bill  -

A. 

Table. 

Thursday,  10th April  1919. 

P  Bi   T E B 8. 

Brentford 
Gas Bill. 

THE   House  proceeded  to  take into  considera-

tion  the Amendments  made by the  Lords to 
the  Brentford  Gas  Bill, and the same were  twice 
read,  and agreed  to. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide First" 
Beport. 

A  Public  Petition  was  presented,'and  read  ; 

and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

V O L . 1 7 4. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  pursuant 

to  the Greek Loan 

directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—of  1898-
Account,  up  to  31st  March  1919,  of  the  total 
sums  issued  from  the  Consolidated  Fund,  pur-
suant  to  the  Greek  Loan  Act,  1898, in  respect 
of  the Annuity  which  was  guaranteed  by  Her 
late  Majesty  Queen  Victoria  for  the  purpose 
of  facilitating  the  raising  of  a  Loan  by  the 
Go7emment  of  Greece,  and  of  the  sums  paid 
in  or  towards  the  repayment  of  any  money  so 
issued. 

Account,  up to  the  31st  March  1919, showing Egyptian 
the  total  sums  issued  from  the  Consolidated Guaranteed 
Fund,  pursuant  to  the  Egyptian  Loan  A c t , L o an   of  1885' 
1885,  in  respect  of  the  Annuity  of  £315,000 
which  was  guaranteed  by  Her  late  Majesty 
Queen  Victoria  for  the  purpose  of  facilitating 
the  raising  of  a  Loan  by  the  Government  of 
Egypt,  and  of  the  sums  paid  in or  towards  the 
repayment  of  any  money  so  issued. 

106 

14th April. 

1919. 

Bankruptcy 
Act, 1914 

' 

Companies 
(Consolida-
tion) Act, 
1908. 

East India 
(India Office, 
Retirement 
at 65.) 

Copy  of  Account  showing  the  Receipts  and 
Expenditure  on  account  of  Bankruptcy  pro-
ceedings  during  the  vear  ended  31st  March 
1919. 

Copy  of  Account  showing  Receipts  and 
Expenditure  on  account  of  proceedings  in  con-
nection  with  the  winding  up  of  Companies 
under the  Companies  (Consolidation)  Act,  1908, 
during  the  year  ending  31st  March  1919. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
sented to His Majesty, that He will be graciously 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before  this  House  a Return  of  Copy  of  Minute 
by  the  Secretary  of  State  for  India  stating  the 
circumstances  under which  two  members of  his 
permanent  establishment  have  been  retained  in 
the  service  after  they  have  attained  the  age  of 
65.—(Mr.  Secretary  Montagu.) 

Standing 
Committees 
(Chairmen's 
Panel.) 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  reported  from  the  Chair-
men's  Panel;  That  they  had  appointed  Mr. 
John  William  Wilson  to  act  as  Chairman  of 
Standing  Committee  A 
(in  respect  of  the 
Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c.  Bill). 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  D. H. Evans 

Act  for  enabling  D.  H.  Evans  and  Company, 
Limited, to  re-arrange  its  capital  and to  provide 
for  the  cancellation  of  its  founders'  shares  and 
to issue  fully  paid  ordinary  shares  in  exchange 
therefor, and  for  altering  the  memorandum and 
articles  of  association  of  that  company  and  to 
increase its capital, and for enabling  D.  H.  Evans 
and  Company  Founders'  Shares  Company, 
Limited,  to  accept  such  ordinary  shares  of 
D. H. Evans and Company, Limited, in exchange 
for the founders' shares  of  that company, and  to 
pay  to  the  directors  of  D.  H.  Evans  and  Com-
pany  Founders'  Shares  Company,  Limited, 
compensation  for  loss  of  office  as  directors  of 
that  company,  autf 
to 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

for  other  purposes ; 

The  Legal  and  General  Life  Assurance  Legal and 

Society  Bill  [Lords]  was  read the first time. 

AMumnc^^ 
Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the Society Mil 

[Lord*.} 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

The  D.  H.  Evans  and  Company  Bill  [Lords]  D.H.  Evans 

was read  the first time. 

[ x ^ Tf 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Examiners of  Petitions  for Private  Bills. 

Table. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee A. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Selection ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  A  :—Mr.  Stanley  Johnson  and  Major 
M'Micking  ;  and had appointed  in  substitution  : 
Mr.  Neville  Chamberlain and Sir  Edgar Jones. 

Mr.  Munro, supported  by  the  Lord  Advocate Housing, Town 

and  Mr.  Solicitor  General  for  Scotland,  pre-  f s ^ S i^ 
sented a  Bill to  amend  the  enactments  relating 
to  housing,  town  planning,  and  the  acquisition 
of  small dwellings  in  Scotland  :  And  the  same 
was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Monday  next;  and to  be  printed. 

BiU  60. 

Standing 
Committee A. 

Standing 
Committee A. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts 

further  reported  from  the 
Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the 
following  Members  from  Standing  Committee 
A:—Captain  Elliot,  Mr.  Leonard  L.yle,  Mr. 
Simm, Sir  Robert  Thomas, Major  Barnes,  Lord 
Henry  Cavendish-Bentinch,  Captain  Charles 
Craig,  Major  Davies,  Sir  Cyril  Cobb,  Mr. 
Thomas  Davies,  Mr.  Devlin,  Mr.  Galbraith, 
Major  Hills,  Mr.  M'Guffin,  Mr.  John  Murray, 
Mr.  Onions,  Sir  Alfred  Warren,  and  Colonel 
and  had  appointed  in  substitution  : 
Weigall; 
Sir  Francis  Lowe,  Major  Christopher  Lowther, 
Mr.  Wilson-Fox,  Mr.  Thomas  Williams,  Mr. 
Waddington,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Walter  Guin-
ness, Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen, Sir  William 
Watson Cheyne, Mr.  Sugden, Mr. Hopkins,  Major 
Wood,  Mr.  Hugh  Edwards,  Sir  John  Tudor 
Walters,  Colonel  William  Thorne,  Mr.  Sexton, 
Mr.  Waterson,  Mr.  John  Taylor,  and  Mr. 
Pemberton  Billing. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further  reported  from  the 
Committee;  That  they  had  added  to  Standing 
Committee  A  the  following  Fifteen  Members 
(in respect  of  the  Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c. 
Bill):—Dr.  Addison, Major Astor,  Mr.  Attorney 
General,  Major  Birchall,  Sir  Francis  Blake,  Mr. 
Davison, Mr.  France,  Mr. Griffiths, Mr.  Grundy, 
Mr.  Kiley,  Captain  Orrnsby- Gore,  Mr.  Perkins, 
Sir  Philip  Pilditch,  Colonel  Royds,  and  Mr. 
Leslie  Scott. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Message from 
the Lords., 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one of their Clerks,  as followeth  : 

Legal and 
General Life 
Assurance 
Society Bill 
f Lordt,] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill, intituled  An 
Act  to change  the name  and  extend  the  objects 
of  the  Legal  and  General  Life  Assurance 
Society, and  for  other  purposes;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire the concurrence  of this  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Proceedings  on  Govern- Business of 
ment Business  be exempted  at this day's  Sitting (Government 
from  the  provisions  of  the  Standing  Order Business.") 
( Sittings of the House.) —( Lord Edmund Talbot.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Acquisition 

Second  Reading  of  the  Acquisition  of  Land 
(Assessment  of  Compensation)  Bill; 

of 
Compensation) 

And  a Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question  Bl11-

being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
"  That,"  to the  end  of  the Question,  and  adding 
the  words  "  this  House  declines  to  proceed 
further  with  a measure  which  falsifies  the  hopes 
held  out  by  the  present  Government  at  the 
General  Election  of  a  great  scheme  of  land 
reform  and  which  fails  to  provide  a  simple, 
cheap, and expeditious procedure for the granting 
of  compulsory  powers  to  acquire  land  and  rights 
over, under, or  in  connection  with  land  where  it 
is in  the national interest that such powers should 
be  granted, and  makes  no  attempt  to  deal  with 
the  subject  of  compensation  as  a  whole,  and 
particularly  with  betterment  and injurious affec-
tion,"—(Mr.  Leslie  Scott,)—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part of  the  Ques-
tion :• 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers for the j  Lord  Edmund Talbot,  ) 
J 
) 
f 

Tellers for  the  ( Mr.  Hogge, 

I  Mr.  George  Thorne: 

( Captain  Guest: 

Noes, 

Yeas, 

17g 

17 

So  it was resolved  in the  Affirmative. 

9  GE O.   Y. 

10th  April. 

107 

The  Bill  was  read  a  second^ time,  and  com-

mitted  to  a Standing  Committee. 

, I 
Scottish Board  The  House,  according  to  Order, proceeded  to 
j n t o  consideration  the  Scottish  Board  of 
of  Health  Bill.  t a k e 
Health  Bill,  as amended  in  the  Standing  Com-
mittee. 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  3,  1. 10,  by  leaving  out  the  word 
"Provided,"  and inserting  the  words— 

"  (i)  All  the powers and duties of  the  Scottish 
Education  Department  with  respect  to  the 
medical inspection and treatment of  children 
and  young  persons. 

Provided  that for  the  purpose  of  facilitating 
the  effective  exercise  and  performance  by  the 
Board  of  the  last-mentioned  powers  and  duties 
the  Board  may  make  arrangements  with  the 
Scottish  Education  Department  respecting  the 
submission  and  approval  of  schemes  of  education 
authorities  and the payment  of  grants  to  educa-
tion  authorities,  so  far  as  such  schemes  and 
payment  relate  to, or  are  in  respect  of,  medical 
inspection  and  treatment. 

And  provided  also,''—(Mr.  Munro,)—instead 

thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  "  Provided "  stand  part of  the  Bill  :—And 
a  Debate  arising  thereupon. 

r 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and the  Question 
being  put, That  the  Debate  be  now  adjourned, 
(Sir  Donald  Maclean)  : —  It  passed  in  the 

Negative. 

And  the  Question  being  again proposed,  That 
the  word  "  Provided  "  stand  part  of  the  Bill:— 
The  House  resumed  the  Debate. 

And  the  Question  being  put, it  passed  in  the 

Negative. 

And  the  Question being  put, That the words— 
"  (i)  All  the  powers  and duties  of  the  Scottish 
Education  Department  with  respect  to  the 
medical  inspection and  treatment of  children 
and young  persons. 

Provided  that  for  the  purpose  of  facilitating 
the  effective  exercise  and  performance  by othe 
Board  of  the  last-mentioned  powers  and  duties 
the  Board  may  make  arrangements  with  the 
Scottish  Education  Department  respecting  the 
submission  and  approval  of  schemes  of  education 
authorities  and the payment  of  grants  to  educa-
tion  authorities,  so  far  as  such  schemes  and 
payment  relate  to,  or  are  in  respect  of,  medical 
inspection and  treatment. 
And  provided  also," 

be there  inserted  in  the  Bill: —It  was  resolved 
in the  Affirmative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  now  read  the third 
,  time :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the third 

time and passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire  their  concurrence. 

Public Health 
(Medical 
of Children) 
(Ireland) Bill,  as amended  in the  Standing  Committee. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take 
into  consideration  the  Public  Health 
(Medical  Treatment  of  Children)  (Ireland)  Bill, 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  now  read the  third 
time ;—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time and  passed. 

«  Ordered, That the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

VOL.  174. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Education 
take  into  consideration  the Education  (Scotland)  (Scotland) 
(Superannuation)  Bill,  as  amended 
Standing  Committee. 

in  the tio^SBilKUa" 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  now  read the third 
time :—The  Bill  was accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Board of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Board  of  Education |0dbue^ion 
Scheme  (Crossley  and  Porter  Orphan  Home and (Crossley and 
Porter Orphan 
School)  Confirmation  Bill; 
Home and 

* 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time School) 

upon  Monday  next. 

Confirmation 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Housing, Town 

Committee  on  Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c. 
[Expenses]  ; 

'. 

' 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Land 
Second  Reading  of  the Land  Settlement (Facili- Settlement 
ties)  Bill; 
} 

Sn? 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Means-

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next, resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

A  Motion  being  made,  that  this  House  will, Acquisition 

. 

, 

'j. 

.  . 

L a n d 

. 
to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to 
» (Assessment of 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  or Compensation) 
moneys to  be  provided  by Parliament, of salaries [Salaries.] 
or  remuneration  to  official  valuers  appointed 
under  any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to  amend 
the  Law  as to  the Assessment  of  Compensation 
in  respect  of  Land  acquired  compulsorily  for 
public  purposes  and  the  costs  in  proceedings 
thereon.—{Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt, by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand, acquainted  the  House,  that  His  Majesty, 
having  been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of 
this  Motion, recommends  it  to  the  consideration 
of  the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ordered, That the  Lords  Message  of  the  8th Government 

day  of  this instant  April  relating  to  the  appoint- Works at 
p p en   a m' 
ment  of  a  Joint  Committee  on  Government 
Works  at  Cippenham  be  now  taken  into  con-
sideration.—(Lord  Edmund Talbot.) 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 

Lords  Message  into  consideration. 

Ordered,  That  a  Select  Committee  of  Five 
Members  be  appointed  to join  with  a  Committee 
to  be appointed  by  the  Lords  to inquire  into the 
conditions  under  which  the  Government  works 
at  Cippenham  are  being  carried  out,  the  cost 
that  is  involved,  and  the  responsibility  for  the 
advice  on  which  the  scheme was undertaken.—  . 
(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

Ordered, That  a Message  be  sent to  the  Lords 
to  acquaint  them therewith  :  And  that the Clerk 
do  carry  the  said  Message. 
p  2 

1 08 

li)th—-11 th—lMh  April. 

1 9 1 9. 

Mr.  Britton,  Sir  Joseph Davies,  Mr.  Davison, 
Mr.  Hogge,  and  Mr.  Gershom  Stewart  were 
nominated  Members of  the  Select  Committee. 

•  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Acquisition 
Committee  on  Acquisition  of  Land  (Assessment  ^^° 8 d m e nt   of 
of  Compensation)  [Salaries]; 

Compensation) 

Ordered, That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday  [Salaries^ 

send for  persons, papers, and  records. 

next,  resolve itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Lord  Edmund  Talbot) 

Whereupon  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  adjourned Adjournment, 

Adjournment. 

And  it being  after half-past  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the  House 
without  Question  put,  pursuant  to  the 
Standing  Order, it being then  twenty-four 
minutes  before  Twelve  of  the  clock,  till 
to-morrow. 

Friday,  11th April  1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

the  House without Question  put, pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being  then 
eight  minutes  before  Four  of  the  clock, 
till  Monday  next. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution by  Mr.  Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Saint George's  r p HE   House  proceeded  to  take into  considera-

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Oxford,' Bill. 

t i on  

"V 
Bill,  as amended  in the  Committee. 

t he   S a! n t  George's  Church,  Oxford, 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third time. 

Llanelly Burai  The  Llanelly  Eural  District  Water  Bill,  was 
District  Water 
e a (j  a  s e c o n (J   t i m e,   and  c o m m i t t e d. 
Bill. 

' 

Thames 
Conservancy. 
No.  77. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon 
the  Table  by  the Clerk  of  the  House  :—General 
Report  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Conservators 
of  the  River  Thames during  the  year  1918 with 
a  Statement  of  the Accounts of  the  Conservators 
for that  year. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  be  printed. 

Newport 
Harbour 
Commissioners 
Bill. 
Dock and 
Harbour Bills. 

[Title 
amended.] 

Colonel  Bowles  reported 

from  the  Select 
Committee  appointed  to  join  with a  Committee 
of  the  House  of  Lords  on  the  Blyth  Harbour, 
Bristol  Corporation,  Dublin  Port  and  Docks, 
Manchester  Ship  Canal,  Mersey  Docks  and 
Harbour  Board,  Newport  Harbour  Commis-
sioners,  Swansea  Harbour,  Tees  Conservancy, 
Tyne 
Improvement,  Wear  Navigation  and 
Sunderland  Dock,  Belfast  Harbour,  Cork  Har-
bour,  and  Dover  Harbour  Bills;  That  in  the 
case  of  the  Newport  Harbour  Commissioners 
Bill  they had  examined  the allegations  contained 
in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  amended  the 
same so  as  to  make  it  consistent  with  the  pro-
visions  of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the  Committee, 
and  found  the  same,  as  amended,  to  be  true; 
and  had  gone 
through  the  Bill,  and  made 
Amendments  thereunto,  and  had  amended  the 
title  as  followeth :—A  Bill  to  confer  further 
powers  on  the  Newport  Harbour  Commissioners 
with  reference 
to  Wrecks  and  abandoned 
Vessels. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

Statement 
of  Bates Bill. 

The  Statement  of  Rates  Bill  was,  according 
to  Order, read  a second  time, and committed  to a 
Standing  Committee. 

Small 
Landholders 
(Amendment)''a  8 e c o. nd  
Bill. 

Committee. 

The  Small  Landholders 

(Scotland)  Act 
(Amendment) Bill  was, according  to  Order, read 
t i m e>  a n d  committed  to  a  Standing 

Housing, Town  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Planning, ic.  Committee  on  Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c. 
[Expenses.] 

[ E xp e n s e s]; 

Acquisition  of  Land  (Assessment  of 

Compensation)  Bill. 

Statement of Rates Bill - 

- 

-

D. 

E. 

Mr.  Speaker  being  of  opinion  that the  Small 
Landholders  (Scotland)  Act  (Amendment)  Bill 
is  a  Bill  relating  exclusively  to  Scotland,  the 
Bill  will  be  considered  by  the  Standing  Com-
mittee  on  Scottish  Bills. 

Monday,  14th  April  1919. 

THE  House  being  met,  the  Cleik  at  the Mr. Speaker's 

Table  informed  the  House  of  the  unavoid- Absence, 

able  absence  of  Mr.  Speaker  from  this  day's 
Sitting:—Whereupon  Mr.  Whitley,  the  Chair-
man  of  Ways  and  Means,  proceeded  to  the 
Table,  and,  after  Pray ers,  took  the  Chair  as prayers. 
Deputy  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the  Standing 
Order. 

Cavendish  Clarke's  Divorce  Bill  [Lords]   was cavendish 

read  the third  time  and passed. 

Clarke's 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  [_z0rdt. ] 

the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath agreed  to  the same, without  Amendment. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into considera- Chepstow 
tion  the  Chepstow  Water  Bill,  as  amended  in Water Bill, 
the  Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read the  third  time. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His Education 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Minute  of  the (Scotland.) 
Committee  of  Council  on  Education  in  Scot-
land, dated  10th April  1919, dealing  with certain 
Minutes  issued  under  the  Education  (Scotland) 
Act,  1908,  Section  16 (1)  (f). 

Copy  of  Minute  of  the  Committee  of  Council Education 
on  Education  in  Scotland,  dated  11th  April (Scotland.) 
1919,  providing  for  the  Payment  of  Grants 
from the  Education  (Scotland)  Fund  under  the 
Education  (Scotland)  Act,  1918,  Section  21' 
(2)  (a),  and  also  amending  Minute,  dated  20th 
January  1919. 

Resolved, That  this House  will, upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

Ordered, That  the said Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
e 

Table. 

Army. 

Board of 
Education. 

Board of 
Education. 

9  GEO.  V. 

14 th April. 

109 

Mr.  Secretary  Churchill  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  further  Reports 
by  British  Officers  on  the  Economic  Conditions 
prevailing 
(in  continuation  of 
Cd.  52,  Session  1919). 

in  Germany 

Ordered,  That  the said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

and  the  responsibility  for  the  advice  on  which 
the  scheme  was  undertaken,  pursuant  to  the 
Message  of  this  House  of  the  14th  day  of  this 
instant  April. 

The  Lords  propose that  the  Joint  Committee 
do  meet in  Committee  Room  C  on Tuesday  the 
15th  day  of  this instant  April  at  Twelve  of  the 
clock. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand,—Copy  of  Draft  of  Regulation,  dated 
11th  April  1919, proposed  to  be  made  by  the 
Board  of  Education  under  the  Education  Act, 
1918,  Section  44,  amending  the  Regulations  for 
the  Training  of  Teachers. 

Copy  of  Grant  Regulations  No.  5A,  dated 
lith  April  1919, made  by  the  Board  of  Educa-
tion  under  the  Education  Act,  1918,  Section  44, 
being  Provisional  Regulations  amending  Grant 
Regulation  No.  5  (Regulations  for the  payment 
of  Interim  Grants  in  respect  of  the  Higher 
Education  of  Ex-Service  Officers  and  Men  at 
Universities,  &c., in  England  and  Wales). 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

M r.   Ulingworth 

Post Office 
the 
(Foreign and  directions  of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Copies  of 
Colonial Parcel t h e  Foreign  and  Colonial  Parcel  Post  Araend-
ment  (No.  87  and  No. 88) Warrants,  1919, dated 
24th  March  1919. 

p r e s e n t e d,   p u r s u a nt   to  

' 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

New Member 
•worn. 

Lieutenant-Commander 

Joseph  Montague 
Kenworthy, Member for the Borough of  Kingston-
upon-Hull  (Central  Division),  was sworn. 

Message from  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  acquainted  the  House 
that  a Message had been brought  from the  Lords 
the Lords. 
by  one  of  their  Clerks,  as followeth: 

Army 
(Annual) Bill.  B i ] ] }  w i t h o ut   a ny   A m e n d m e n t. 

The  Lords have agreed  to the Army  (Annual) 

Parliamentary  The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Parliamentary 
Elections  (Soldiers)  Bill,  without  any  Amend-
Elections 
(Soldiers) Bill. 
ment. 

Local 
Elections 
(Expenses) 
Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the Local  Elections 
(Expenses)  Bill,  with  an Amendment;  to which 
the  Lords  desire 
this 
House. 

the  concurrence  of 

The  Lords have agreed to the Naval,  Military, 
Naval, 
Military, and  and  Air  Force  Service  Bill,  with  Amendments; 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
Service Mil. 
this  House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
War Charities 
(Scotland)  made  by  this  House  to  the  War  Charities 
BUi [Lord*.-] 

( g c o t] a n d)   Bill  [Lords'],  without  any  Amend-

ment. 

Hartlepool 
The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled,  An 
Corporation _  Act  to  authorise  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and 
to 
Bill  [£(>/•*,.] 
acquire  the  ferry  across  the  harbour  at  Hartle-
pool  and  to  maintain,  improve,  and  work  the 
same,  and  for  other  purposes;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the concurrence  of  this  House. 

t h e  borough  of  Hartlepool 

of  

es  

B u

rg

g

g

e

Beccles 
Waterworks 
Bill  [Lords.] 

Government 
Works at 
Cippenham. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled,  An 
A ct   to  sanction  and  confirm  the  construction  by 
the  Beccles  Waterworks  Company  of  existing 
works,  and  for  other  purposes;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  appointed  a  Committee  of 
Five  Lords  to  join  with  a  Committee  of  this 
House  to  inquire  into  the  conditions  under 
which  the  Government  works  at  Cippenham  are 
being  carried  out,  the  cost  that  is  involved, 

VO L.   174. 

Ordered, That  so  much  of  Lords  Message  as Government 

relates to  the time  and  place  of  meeting  of  the  ? o r ka 
Joint  Committee  on  the  Government  Works  at 
Cippenham  be  now taken  into  consideration. 

m" 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  so 

much  of the  said  Message  into  consideration. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  appointed  by 
this  House  do  meet the Committee  of  the  Lords, 
as  desired  by  their  Lordships.—(Lord  Edmund 
Talbot.) 

Ordeied,  That  a  Message  be  sent  to  the 
Lords  to  acquaint  them therewith :  And  that the 
Clerk  do  carry  the  said  Message. 

The  Hartlepool  Corporation  Bill  [Lords]  was Hartlepool 
BE® £] 

read  the first time; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

The  Beccles  Waterworks  Bill  [Lords]  was Beccles 

read  the first time. 

Bill  [Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions for  Private  Bills. 

Mr.  Donald Macmaster reported from Standing  Standing 
Committee  E,  to  whom  the  Nurses  Registration  §°^ s i t t e9  B' 
Bill  was referred  ;  That  they had  gone  through R^utration 
the  Bill,  and made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 78. 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the Minutes of  the Proceedings  No. 78. 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  (as  amended  in  the  Bill 65. 

S t a n d i ng   Committee)  be  taken  into  consideration 
upon  Friday  the 9 th  day  of  May  next;  and  be 
printed. 

Colonel  Wedgwood presented" a  Bill  to provide Land Values 

for  the  separate  assessment  and  rating  of  land Assessment 
values  :  And  the  same was  ordered  to  be read  a ^  B a t i ns 
second  time upon  Monday  the  28th  day  of  this  gjj]  gj 
instant  April;  and to be  printed. 

Colonel  Sir  Hamar  Greenwood,  supported  by  Prevention of 
Mr.  Secretary  Shortt, presented  a Bill  to control  Anthrax Bill, 
the importation  of  goods  infected  or  likely  to  be  Bill 62. 
infected  with  Anthrax, and  to  provide  for  the 
disinfection  of  any  such  goods:  And  the  same 
was ordered to  be  read  a second  time  to-morrow; 
and  to  be  printed. 

Mr.  Stanton,  supported  by  Sir  Richard  Moneylenders 

Cooper,  Mr.  John  Williams,  Mr.  Tillett,  Mr. Acts (1900 
Simm, Mr.  Kenyon,  Mr.  Seddon, and Mr. Morris, Amendment 
presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Moneylenders  Bill. 
Acts,  1900  and  1911,  and  for  other  purposes  Bill 63. 
connected  therewith :  And the same was ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time upon  Friday  the  30th 
day  of  May  next;  and to be  printed. 

Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer,  supported j0int stock 
by  Sir Albert  Stanley and Mr. Baldwin, presented  Banks (Amal-
a  Bill  to  make  provision  for  controlling  the {^XonBiu. 
amalgamation  of  Joint  Stock  Banks,  and  for 
purposes  connected  therewith:  And  the  same 
was ordered  to  be read a second time to-morrow  ; 
and  to be  printed. 

p  3 

1 10 

14th  April. 

1919. 

Ordered, That the  Proceedings on Government 
Boamess of 
(Government  ® U 8' n e s s  be  exempted  at this  day's Sitting  from 
the  provisions  of  the  Standing  Order  (Sittings 
Business.) 
of  the  House).—(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Housing of 
Second  Reading  of the  Housing  of  the  Working  c ^ 8 o r k i ng 
Classes (Ireland)  Bill; 

(Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

I*11^ 

The  Land  Settlement  Facilities  Bill  was, 

FaciUttaTBiU.  according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and 
committed  to  a Standing  Committee. 

Housing, Town  The  House, according  to  Order, resolved itself 
into  a  Committee  on  Housing,  Town  Planning, 
[Expenses.] 
&c.  [Expenses]; 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That, 
for  the  purposes  of  any  Act  of  the  present 
Session  to  amend  the  enactments relating  to  the 
Housing  of  the  Working  Classes,  Town  Plan-
ning,  and  the  acquisition  of  Small  Dwellings,  it 
is  expedient  to  authorise  the  payment,  out  of 
moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  of 
expenses  incurred  by  any  Government  Depart-
ment— 

(a)  when  acting  in  the  place  of  local  autho-
rities  or  county  councils  in  preparing  and 
carrying  out schemes  under  such  A c t; 

(b)  in  recouping  losses 

incurred  by 
authorities  and county  councils;  and 

local 

(c)  in contributing  to  costs incurred  by  public 
utility  societies and housing trusts and other 
persons.—(Dr.  Addison.) 

Amendment  proposed, at  the  end,  to  add  the 

words— 

"  Provided  that the  total  expenditure  for  the 
year  ending  the  31st dav  of  March  1920  shall 
*  not  exceed  £750,000."—(Sir  Donald  Maclean.) 
Question  proposed, That  those words  be  there 

added :—Amendment, by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Main  Question  put, and agreed  to. 
Resolution  to  be reported. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and 
the  Chairman of Ways and Means reported, That 
the  Committee  had come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That,  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved itself 
into  a  Committee  on  Acquisition  of  Land 

Acquisition 
of Land 
Compensation) (Assessment  of  Compensation)  [Salaries] ; 
[Salaries.] 

^ 

, 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Resolved, That  it is expedient  to  authorise  the 
payment,  out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by 
Parliament, of  salaries  or remuneration to official 
valuers  appointed  under  any  Act  of  the  present 
Session  to  amend the  Law  as  to the  Assessment 
of  Compensation  in  respect  of  Land  acquired 
compulsorily 
the 
costs  in  proceedings  thereon.—(Mr.  Attorney 
General.) 

for  public  purposes  and 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr. Deputy  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  ;  and 
the Chairman of  Ways and  Means reported, That 
the  Committee  had come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Aliens 
Restriction 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the Aliens  Restriction  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  tor  the City of London 

Second  Reading  of  the  Citv  of  London  Police  P o l i ce   BiU-
" 
Bill; 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Housing, Town 

Second  Reading  of  the  Housing,  Town  Plan-
ning, &c.  (Scotland)  Bill; 

BUI. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  tor  the  Board of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Board  of  Education  ^ h m™ 
Scheme  (Crossley  and  Porter  Orphan  Home  (Crossley and 
Porter  O n^ 
and  School)  Confirmation  Bill•; 
Home and 

, 

. 

Ordered, That  the BiU  be  read  a  second  time School) 

to-morrow. 

Confirmation 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow 

resolve  itself into  the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Means-

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

" 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Vmsection of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Vivisection  of  Animals  A m m* 8  1 
Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made by  the Naval, 

Lords  to  the  Naval,  Military,  and  Air  Force 
Service  Bill  be now taken  into  consideration. 

Service Bin. 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
said  Amendments  into  consideration  ;  and  the 
same  were  twice  read, and disagreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to 
draw  up  Reasons to be  assigned to  the  Lords  for 
disagreeing  to their  Amendments  to the  Bill. 

The  Committee  was  accordingly  nominated 
of  Mr.  Secretary  Churchill,  General  Seely, Cap-
tain  Wedgwood  Benn,  Mr.  Tyson  Wilson,  and 
Colonel  Royds. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 
Committee:  And  they  are  to  withdraw  imme-
diately.—-(Mr.  Secretary  Churchill.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendment  made  by  the Local 

Lords  to the  Local  Elections  (Expenses)  Bill be 
now  taken into  consideration. 

Bill?6" 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to take  the 
said  Amendment  into  consideration;  and  the 
same was twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath agreed  to  the  Amendment  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

A  Motion  being  made, That  this  House  will, Land 

to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  of  [i^ney.j 

NaTal, 
Military, and 
Air Force 
Service Bill. 

lWi—15tk 

9  GEO. V. 
moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  of  any 
expenses  that  may be  incurred  by  the  Board  of 
Agriculture  and  Fisheries  in  pursuance  of  any 
Act  of  the present  Session  to  make further  pro-
vision for the  acquisition of  land  for the  purposes 
of  small  holdings,  reclamation,  and  drainage  ; 
and  of  authorising  the issue to the  Public  Works 
Loans  Commissioners  out  of  the  Consolidated 
Fund  of  sums  not  exceeding  twenty  million 
pounds  for  the  purposes  of  such  Act.—(Lord 
Edmund  Talbot.) 

Dr.  Addison,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted  the House,  that  His  Majesty,  having 
been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of  this 
Motion,  recommends  it  to  the  consideration  of 
the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into the  said  Committee. 

Mr.  Secretary  Churchill  reported  from  the 
Committee  appointed  to  draw  up  Reasons  to  be 
assigned  to  the  Lords  for  disagreeing  to  the 
Amendments  made  by  their  Lordships  to  the 
Naval,  Military,  and  Air  Force  Service  Bill; 
That  they  had  drawn  up  Reasons  accordingly, 
which they directed him to  report  to  the  House  ; 
and  the  same were  read, as follow; 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made  by the  Lords  in p. 1,1. 18, for the following 
Reason:—Because  the  Amendment 
is  inex-
pedient in that soldiers  of  the  regular  army  are 
serving  under  attestations  longer  in  duration 
in  character  from 
than  and  wholly  different 
those  of the  persons included  in  the  scope  of  the 
Bill. 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made  by the  Lords  in p. 1,1. 24, for the following 
Reason:—Because  it  is  consequential  on  the 
Amendment  in  p. 1,1. 18, to  which  the  Commons 
have  disagreed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  disagreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by 
their  Lordships, for which  they  assign  Reasons. 

Adjournment. 

And  then  the  House  having  continued  to 
sit till  eight minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock, adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

Mr. Speaker's 
Absence. 

Prayers. 

Private Bills 
[Zordtl 
(Standing 
Orders not 
previously 
inquired into 
complied 
with.) 

Tuesday, 15th  April  1919. 

P p HE   House being  met, the  Clerk  at the  Table 
informed  the  House  of  the  unavoidable 
X 
absence  of  Mr.  Speaker from this day's  Sitting  : 
— Whereupon  Mr.  Whitley,  the  Chairman  of 
Ways  and  Means, proceeded  to  the  Table, and, 
after Prayers, took the Chair as Deputy  Speaker, 
pursuant to the  Standing  Order. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,— 
Report  from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions 
for  Private  Bills,  That  in  .the  case  of  the 
following  Bills,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and 
referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof,  the 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into, 
which  are  applicable  thereto,  have  been  com-
plied  with, viz. s— 

Bankers'  Guarantee  Trust  (Transfer)  Bill 

[Lords]. 

D.  H.   Evans and  Company  Bill 
Legal  and  General  Life  Assurance  Society 

[Lords]. 

Bill  [Lords]. 

Ordered, That the  Bills be  read  a second  time. 

VOL.   174. 

, 

/ 

April 

111 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—  Private Bill 

Report  from  one  of  the  Examiners  of Petitions JJJjJtalt 
for  Private  Bills,  That 
in  the  case  of  the  Orders not 
Petition  for  the  following  Bill  the  Standing  complied 
Orders have  not been  complied  with, vir:. : — 

^th.) 

City  and  South  London  Railway. 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—  City of London 

Report from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  PoUoe  BiU' 
for  Private  Bills,  That 
in  the  case  of  the 
following  Bill,  referred  pursuant  to  the  Order 
of  the House  of  the 7th day of this instant  April, 
the  Standing Orders which are applicable thereto 
have  been  complied  with,  viz.  : — 

City  of  London  Police  Bill. 

The  Saint  George's  Church,  Oxford,  Bill  was  Saint George's 

read the third  time and  passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Church, 
Oxford, Bill. 

The  House  proceeded  to take  into  considera-  Bournemouth 
and  W a t er 

tion  the  Bournemouth  Gas  and  Water  Bill,  as 
amended  in the  Committee. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  the  third time. 

Colonel  Sir  Hamar  Greenwood  presented  a Pensions 

Bill to confirm  a Provisional  Order  under section Funds 
eight  of  the  Police  Act,  1893, uniting  the  Police  ProvkSLl 
and  Fire  Brigade  Pension  Funds  of  the  City  Order Bill, 
of  Cardiff:  And  the  same  was  read  the 
first  Bill 66. 
time,  and  ordered 
to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
to  be  printed. 

to  be  referred 

A  Petition  of  the  Lord  Mayor,  Aldermen, Manchester 
and  Citizens  of  the  City  of  Manchester  praying  Corporation 
that  provision  may  be made in  the  Manchester  Bil1-
Corporation  Bill  enabling  them  to  make  bve-
laws  to  protect  their  interests  and  secure  the 
purity  of  the  water  on  the  lands  within  the 
watersheds of the streams proposed to  be acquired 
by  the  Bill  was  presented,  and  read;  and 
referred  to  the  Examiners  of  Petitions 
for 
Private  Bills. 

Several  Public  Petitions  were  presented, and Public 

read;  and ordered  to lie  upon  the  Table. 

r 

Vide First 
Beport. 

General  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Air Ministry. 

Command,—Copy  of  Synopsis  of  the  British 
Air  Effort during  the  War. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  presented,—Return  Bast India 
to  an  Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated  10th  day  (India Office, 
3  Betireir— 
of  this  instant  April, for  a  Return  relative  to  E e t i r e m e n t 
at 66.) 
East  India  (India  Office, Retirement  at  65). 

—  - 

- 

- 

- 

Ordered, That  the  said  Return  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Baldwin presented, pursuant  to  the  direc- Ministry of 

tions of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Munitions 
Appropriation  Account  of  the  sums granted  by  Account)^'011 
Parliament  to  defray  the  Expenses  of  the  No  79 
Ministry  of  Munitions  for  the  year  ended  31st 
March 1918 ;  together with the Annual Accounts 
of  the  National  Factories  and the Report  of  the 
Comptroller  and  Auditor  General thereon. 

P 4 

112 

15th April. 

Ministry of 

Copy  of  Appropriation  Account  of  the  sums 
granted  by  Parliament  for  the  Expenses  of  the 
Factories) 
Ordnance  Factories,  the  Cost of  the  production 
(Appropriation of  which  has been  charged  to  the  Army,  Navy, 
Ministry  of  Munitions,  and  Indian  and  Colonial 
Account.) 
No. 80.  Governments,  &c.,  for  the  year  ended  31st 
March  1918;  together  with  the  Report  of  the 
Comptroller  and  Auditor General  thereon. 

Ministry of 
Munitions 
(Ordnance 
Factories.) 

No. 81. 

Copy  of  Annual  Accounts  of  the  Ordnance 
Factories  (Ministry  of  Munitions),  for  the  year 
1917-18,  with  the  Report  of  the  Comptroller 
and  Auditor  General  thereon. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers do lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Penal 
*krvrtude Acts 
Licence!)11 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant  to 
directions  of  an A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy 
°f  Licence  granted  to  a  convict  discharging  her 
from  Aylesbury  Convict  Prison  on  condition 
that  she  enters  a  home. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Temporary 
Laws. 
.  No.  82. 

Dock and 
Harbour Bills 
(Joint 
Committee.) 
Mersey Docks 
and Harbour 
Board BUI. 

The  following  Paper, pursuant  to  the  Report 
of  the  Select  Committee  on  Expiring  Laws  in 
Session  1866,  was  laid  upon  the  Table  by  the 
Clerk  of  the  House  :—Register  of  Temporary 
Laws  for  the  First  Session,  Thirty-first  Parlia-
ment,  of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain 
and  Ireland  (9  &  10 Geo.  V.  1919). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  be  printed. 

Colonel  Bowles  reported  from  the  Joint  Com-
mittee  on Dock  and  Harbour  Bills ;  That  in  the 
case  of  the  Mersey  Docks  and  Harbour  Board 
Bill  they  had examined  the  allegations  contained 
in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  had  amended 
the  same  so  as  to  make  it  consistent  with  the 
provisions  of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the  Com-
mittee,  and  found  the  same,  as  amended,  to  be 
true;  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and  made 
Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be  printed. 

Dock and 
Harbour Bills 
(Joint 
Committee.) 
Tees 
Conservancy 
Bill. 
[Title 
amended.] 

Colonel  Bowles reported  from  the  Joint  Com-
mittee  on  Dock  and  Harbour  Bills  ;  That  in  the 
case  of  the  Tees  Conservancy  Bill  they  had 
examined  the  allegations  of  the  Bill,  and  found 
the  -same  to  be  true;  and  had  gone  through 
the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  thereunto,  and 
had  amended  the Title  as followeth :—A.  Bill  to 
confer  further powers  on  the  Tees  Conservancy 
Commissioners  with  respect  to rates  and  dues. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Dock and 
Harbour BiUs 
(Joint 
Committee.) 
Tyne 
Improvement 
Bill. 

Colonel  Bowles reported from  the  Joint  Com-
mittee  on  Dock  and Harbour Bills ;  That  in  the 
case  of  the  Tyne  Improvement  Bill  they  had 
examined  the  allegations 
in.  the 
Preamble  of  the  Bill, and  had amended  the  same 
so  as  to  make  it  consistent  with  the  provisions 
of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the  Committee,  and 
found  the  same,  as  amended,  to  be  true;  and 
had  gone  through  the  Bill  and  made  Amend-
, 
ments  thereunto. 

contained 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Dock and 
Harbour Bills 
(Joint 

Colonel  Bowles  reported  from  the  Joint  Com-
mittee  on  Dock  and Harbour  Bills  ;  That in  the 
of  the  Belfast  Harbour  Bill  they  had 
case 
Belfast''66"^  examined 
the 
Harbour BiU.  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  found  the  same  to  be 

the  allegations 

contained 

in 

true  ;  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and made 
an  Amendment  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Colonel  Bowles reported  from  the  Joint  Com- Dock and 
mittee  on  Dock  and  Harbour  Bills ;  That in the ^'bour BUls 
case  of  the  Dublin  Port  and  Docks  Bill  they Committee.) 
had  examined  the  allegations  of  the  Bill,  and Dublin Port 
found  the  same  to  be  true  ;  and  had 
through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  there-
unto. 

rrnno  a nd  Docks 
_gone BiU_ 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

. 

—. 

t . . .,   m. 

Colonel  Bowles  reported  from  the  Joint  Com- 
.' 
mittee  on  Dock  and Harbour  Bills ;  That  in  the 
case  of  the  Dover  Harbour  Bill  they 
in 
examined 
Preamble  of  the  Bill, and  found  the  same-to  be 
true,  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and  made 
Amendments  thereunto. 

the  allegations  contained 

. 

and„. 
Harbour Bills 
,  Hflrnnnf Tti 
(Join G 
had  Committee.) 
the D°ver Harbour 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Colonel  Bowles  reported  from the  Joint  Com- Dock and 
mittee  on  Dock  and  Harbour  Bills ;  That  in  the  H ^W   Bills 
case  of  the  Swansea  Harbour  Bill  they  had committee.) 
examined 
Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  had  amended  the H a r b o ur   BiU-
same,  and  found  the  same,  as  amended,  to  be 
true;  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and  made 
Amendments  thereunto. 

the  allegations  contained 

the Swansea 

in 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

in 

the Bristol 

Colonel  Bowles reported  from the  Joint  Com- Dock and 
mittee  on  Dock  and Harbour Bills;  That  in  the  ^w   Bills 
case  of  the  Bristol  Corporation  Bill  they  had  committee.) 
examined  the  allegations  contained 
Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  amended  the  same  ™ ^ r a t i o n' 
so  as  to  make  it  consistent  with  the  provisions amended.] 
of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the  Committee,  and 
found  the  same,  as  amended,  to  be  true;  and 
had  gone  through  the  Bill  and  made  Amend-
ments thereunto;  and had  amended  the  Title,  as 
followeth:—A  Bill  to  increase  the:  maximum 
rates  dues  tolls  and  charges  leviable  by  the 
Bristol  Corporation  in  respect  of  their  Dock 
Undertaking,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

Colonel  Bowles  reported  from  the  Joint  Com-  Dock and 
mittee  on  Dock  and  Harbour  Bills;  That  in the  JJ*[^ur  BiUs 
case  of  the  Blyth  Harbour  Bill  they  had committee.) 
examined  the  allegations  of  the  Bill,  and  found  Blyth Harbour 
the  same to  be  true ;  and  had  gone  through  the  BiU-
Bill  and  made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and be  printed. 

Colonel  Bowles  reported  from  the  Joint  Com-Dock and 
mittee on  Dock  and  Harbour  Bills ;  That  in  the  Harbour Bills 
case  of  the  Wear  Navigation  and  Sunderland  cornmittee) 
Dock  Bill  they  had  examined  the  allegations Wear 
of  the  Bill,  and  found  the  same  to  be  true ; Navigation 
and  had  gone  through  the  Bfll  and  made Sunderland 
Dock Bin. 
Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

TableV  and  be  printed. 

Colonel  Bowles reported  from  the  Joint  Com-Dock and 
mittee  on  Dock  and  Harbour  Bills ;  That  in  the Harbour BiUs 
case of  the  Manchester  Ship  Canal Bill they had  S e t t e e .) 
examined  the  allegations  of  the  Bill, and  found Manchester 
Ship Canal 
BUI. 

, M!  

•  . 

9  GEO.  V. 

15th  April. 

113 

the  same  to  be true, aud  had gone  through  the 
Bill  and made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered*  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and be  printed. 

Member takes 
the Oath. 

The  following  Member  took  and  subscribed 

the  Oath— 

Tan  Zachary  Malcolm, Esquire, for  Croydon 

BbrOugh  (South  Division). 

Standing 
Committees 
(Chairmen's 
Panel.) 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  reported  from  the  Chair-
men's  Panel;  That  they  had  appointed  Mr. 
Turton  to  act  as  Chairman  of  Standing  Com-
mittee  D  (in  respect of  the Acquisition  of  Land 
(Assessment  of  Compensation)  B i l l;   that  they 
had  appointed  Sir  Watson Rutherford  to  act  as 
Chairman  of  Standing  Committee  D  (in  respect 
of the  Land  Settlement  (Facilities)  Bill). 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Public 
Accounts 
Committee. 
No.' 83. 

Mr.  Acland  reported  from  the  Committee  of 
Public  Accounts ;  That  they had  made  Progress 
in  the matters to  them referred, and directed him 
to make  a Report  thereof  to  the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Message from 
the Lords, 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

Criminal 
Injuries 
(Ireland) 
BiU. 

Sunderland 
Gas Bill 
f Lord,.] 

Mansfield 
Railway Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Criminal 
Injuries  (Ireland)  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  an 
Act  to  confer  further  powers  upon  the  Sunder-
land  Gas  Company,  to  extend  their  limits  of 
supply,  and  for  other  purposes;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  authorise  the  Mansfield  Railway  Com-
pany  to  construct  a  branch  railway  in  the 
county  of  Nottingham  in  extension  of  their 
raise  additional 
authorised  undertaking,  to 
capital,  and  for  other  purposes j  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

the  Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c.  Bill),  Sir 
Peter  Griggs,  Captain  Hacking,  Mr.  Dennis 
Herbert,  Lieutenant-Colonel  M'Lean,  Mr. 
Parkinson  (in  respect  of  the  Housing,  Town 
Planning,  &c.  Bill),  Mr.  Robert  Richardson, 
Mr.  Sitch,  Mr.  Thomas-Stanford,  Sir  Robert 
Thomas,  Mr.  Tillett,  Colonel'  Wedgwood,  and 
Colonel  Penry  Williams. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Robert Home,  supported  by  Mr., Secretary  Restoration 
Shortt and Mr.  Wardle, presented  a Bill to make ef Pre-War 
provision  with  respect  to  the  restoration  after  £jj^2)Bill 
the  present  war of certain  trade  practices  and to <  jjm g7 
amend  the  Law  relating  to  munition  tribunals : 
And  the  same was ordered  to  be  read  a second 
time  to-morrow;  and to be  printed. 

Resolved, That this  House  do meet  to-morrowi Sittings of 

at Twelve  of  the clock.—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

the  House-

Ordered,  That the Proceedings  on Government  Business of 

Business  be  exempted  at this day's  Sitting  from  t h e House 
the  provisions  of  the  Standing  Order  (Sittings  ^vneersn" ent 
of  the House).—(Lord  Edmund Talbot.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Aliens 

Second  Reading  of  the  Aliens  (Restriction)  (Restriction) 

And  a  Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question, by  leaving  out  the  word  "  now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  "upon  this  day  six  months."—(Mr. 
Bottomley.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  " now "  stand part  of  the  Question  :—The 
said  proposed Amendment was, with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

And  the  Main  Question  being  put; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time :—The  Bill  was accordingly  read  a  second 
time  and  committed  to  a Standing  Committee. 

Sunderland 
Gas Bill 
[Lards.] 

The  Sunderland  Gas  Bill  [Lords]   was  read 

The  Order  of  the day being read, for receiving  Housing, Town 

the first time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions for  Private  Bills. 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  on  Housing,  Planning, Sc. 
Town  Planning,  &c.  [Expenses] ; 

Report"681 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-r 

morrow. 

Mansfield 
Railway Bill 
[  Lords.] 

The  Mansfield  Railway  Bill  [.Lords] was read 

the first time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions for Private  Bills. 

Mr.  Pratt  reported  from  the  Committee-" on. Acquisition 

Acquisition  of  Land  (Assessment  of  Compensa- 
tion)  [Salaries]  a  Resolution  j  which  was read, Compensation) 
as followeth : 

[Salaries.] 

L a nd 

Selection 
(Standing! 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee A. 

Mr.  William  Nicholson  reported 

from  the 
Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  dis-
charged  the  following  Members  from  Standing 
= Committee  A : — S ir   William  Ryland  Adkins, 
Mr.  Neville  Chamberlain,  Mr.  John  Edwards, 
Mr.  France  (added  in  respect  of  the  Housing, 
Tbwh  Planning,  &c.  Bill),  Mr.  Gilbert$  Mi. 
Grundy  (added  in  respect  of  the  Housing, 
Town Thinning,  &c. Bill),  Mr.  Riley  (added  in 
respect  of  the  Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c. 
BiH),  Mr.  Manville,  Sir  William  Raeburn, Mr. 
Renwick, Mr.  Sexton,  Colonel  William  Thorne, 
Mr.  Water son  and  Mr.  Wilson-Fox-,  and  had 
appointed  in  substitution:  Mr.  Armitage  (in 
respect  of  the  Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c. 
Bill),  Captain  Wedgwood Benn  (in  respect  of 

That  it  is expedient  to  authorise  the  payment; 
out  of  moneys  to  be provided  by  Parliament,  of 
Salaries  or  remuneration  to  official  valuers 
appointed  under  any  Act  of  the  present  Session 
to  amend  the  Law'  as  to  the  Assessment  of 
Compensation^  in  respect  of  Land;  acquired 
compulsorily  for  public  purposes  and  the  coetsf 
in  proceedings  thereon. 

The  said Resolution being read a  second time : 

And  a Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being  proposed, That this House  doth  agree with 
the  Committee  in  the  said Resolution::—And la 
Debate  arising  thereupon; 

And  a Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being  put, That  the  Debate  be  now  adjourned 

VOL.  174. 

Q 

Land 
Settlement, 

?Facilities) 

Money.] 

114 

li)th—-11  th—lMh April. 

1919. 

—(Lord  Edmund  Talbot)  :—It  was  resolved  in 
the  Affirmative. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Means. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

The  House,  according  to Order, resolved  itself 
into a Committee on Land  Settlement  (Facilities) 
[Money]. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

further  provision 

Resolved, That  it is expedient  to  authorise  the 
payment,  out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by 
Parliament,  of  any  expenses 
that  may  be 
incurred  by  the  Board  of  Agriculture  and 
Fisheries in pursuance  of  any  Act  of  the  present 
Session  to  make 
for  the 
acquisition  of  land  for  the  purposes  of  small 
holdings,  reclamation,  and  drainage,  to  amend 
the  enactments  relating  to  small  holdings  and 
allotments,  and  otherwise  to 
land 
settlement;  and  to  authorise  the  issue  to  the 
Public  Works  Loans  Commissioners  out  of  the 
Consolidated  Fund  of  sums  not  exceeding 
£20,000,000  for  the  purposes  of  such  Act.— 
(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

facilitate 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  was Pensions, &c. 

proposed,  That,  in  the  opinion  of  this  House, 
the  pensions  and  gratuities  now  awarded  to  men 
who  have  served  in  His  Majesty's  forces,  or 
their  dependants,  and  the  allowances  granted 
to  the  wives  and  dependants  of  men  serving in 
the  forces  are inadequate  in view  of  the  services 
rendered  by  these  men  and  the  present  cost  of 
living,  and  ought  to  be  increased;  and  the 
present  regulations  governing  the  payment  of 
Pensions, gratuities,  and  allowances  ought  to  be 
amended.—(Mr.  Tyson  Wilson) :—And  the  said 
Motion  was,  with  leave  of  the  House,  with-
drawn. 

Ordered, That  the  Amendments  made  by  the Criminal 

Lords  to  the  Criminal  Injuries  (Ireland)  Bill  be 
now  taken  into  consideration.—(Mr.  Attorney 
General  for  Ireland.) 

BiU 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair; 
and the  Chairman  of  Ways  and Means  reported, 
That  the  Committee  had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
said  Amendments  into  consideration  ;  and  the 
same  were  twice read, and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them, that this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Prevention of 
Anthrax  Gill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Prevention  of  Anthrax 
Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Joint  Stock 
Banks 
(Amalgama-
tion  Control) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks 
(Amalgamation  Control)  B i l l; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Housing of 
the Working 
Classes 
(Ireland) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the Housing  of  the Working 
Classes  (Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

c%  of London  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  City  of  London  Police 
Police Bill. 
B i l l; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Hpusing, Town  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Planning, &C.  Second  Reading of  the Housing, Town  Planning, 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

&c.  (Scotland)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Board  of  Education 
Scheme  (Crossley  and  Porter  Orphan  Home 
and  School)  Confirmation  B i l l; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Board of 
Education 
Scheme 
(Crossley and 
Porter Orphan 
Home and 
School) 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

Supply. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  was Adjournment, 

proposed,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn.— 
(Mr.  Pratt.) 

And  it being  half  an  hour  after  Eleven  of 
the  clock,  Mr. Deputy  Speaker  adjourned 
the House, without Question put, pursuant 
to  the  Standing  Order,  till  to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed 
to  a  Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Land  Settlement  (Facilities)  Bill 

D. 

Wednesday, 16th April  1919. 

The  House  met  at  Twelve  of  the  Clock. 

0 

THE   Clerk  at the  Table  informed the  House  Mr. Speaker's 

of  the unavoidable  absence  of  Mr.  Speaker  Absence, 

from  this  day's  Sitting:  —  Whereupon  Mr. 
Whitley,  the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means, 
proceeded  to  the  Table,  and,  after  Prayers, Prayers, 
took  the  Chair  as  Deputy  Speaker,  pursuant 
to  the  Standing  Order. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera- Northampton 

tion  the  Northampton  Gas  Bill,  as  amended  in Ga«  Bil1-
the  Committee. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

9  GEO.  V. 

16^—29  th April. 

115 

Message from 
the Lords. 

Naval, 
Military, and 
Air  Force 
Service Bill. 
Stourport Gas 
Bill [Lordt.~\ 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  acquainted  the  House 
that  a  Message  had  been  brought  from  the 
Lords  by  one of  their  Clerks,  as followeth  : 

The  Lords  do  not  insist on their  Amendments 
to  the  Naval,  Military, and  Air  Force  Service 
Bill, to  which this  House  hath  disagreed. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  for incorporating  and  conferring  powers  on 
the  Stourport  Gas  Company;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

Stourport Gas  The  Stourport  Gas  Bill  [Lords]  was read  the 
Bill [Zordt.] 

tinie> 

firgt 

Pensions. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Ordered, That Brigadier-General  Cockerill be 
discharged  from  the  Select  Committee  on  Pen-
sions. 

Ordered, That  Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir  Frede-
rick Hall  be  added  to  the  Committee.—(Colonel 
Gibbs.) 

Adjournment 
of  the Honse 
(Easter.) 

Resolved, That  this  House,  at  its  rising  this 
day, do  adjourn  until  Tuesday  the  29th  of  this 
instant  April.—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

Adjournment.  A  Motion  was made, and the  Question  being 
proposed,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn.— 
(The  Prime  Minister.) 

oyal Assent. 

A  Message  was  delivered  by  Captain  Sir 
Thomas  Dacres  Butler,  Yeoman  Usher  of  the 
Black  R o d: 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker, 

The  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
Majesty's  Commission, for  declaring  His  Royal 
Assent  to  several  Acts  agreed  upon  by  both 
Houses, desire the  immediate  attendance  of  this 
Honourable  House  in  the  House  of  Peers,  to 
hear the  Commission  read. 

Accordingly  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker,  with  the 
House,  went  up  to  the  House  of  Peers  :—And 
having  returned; 

Mr. Deputy  Speaker reported, That the House, 
at the desire of  the Lords authorised by virtue  of 
His Majesty's Commission, had been at the House 
of Peers, where  a Commission  under  the  Great 
Seal  was  read, giving,  declaring, and  notifying 
the  Royal  Assent  to  the  several  Acts  therein 
mentioned  ;  and  that  the  Lords  thereby  autho-
rised  had  declared  the  Royal  Assent  to  the 
said  Acts,  as follow  : 

1.  Intestate  Husband's  Estate 

(Scotland) 

Act,  1919. 

2.  Representation  of  the  People  (Returning 

Officers' Expenses)  Act,  1919. 

3.  Army  (Annual)  Act,  1919. 
4.  Parliamentary  Elections  (Soldiers)  Act, 

1919. 

5.  Local  Elections  (Expenses)  Act,  1919. 
6.  War  Charities  (Scotland)  Act,  1919. 
7.  Naval,  Military, and  Air  Force  Service 

Act,  1919. 

8.  Criminal  Injuries  (Ireland)  Act,  1919. 
9.  Leith  Harbour  and  Docks  Order  Con-

firmation Act,  1919. 

10.  North  British  Railway  Order  Confirma-

tion  Act,  1919. 

11.  Standard  Life  Assurance  Company  Order 

Confirmation Act,  1919. 
12.  Brentford  Gas Act,  1919. 
13.  Cavendish  Clarke's  Divorce  Act,  1919. 

VOL.  174. 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed, That Adjournment, 

the  House  do  now adjourn  ; 

And  notice  being taken that Forty  Members 
were  not  present,  the  House  was  told 
by  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker;  and  Forty 
Members  not being present, and  it  being 
then  after  Four  of  the  clock,  the  House 
was  adjourned  by  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker, 
without  a  Question  first  put,  at  thirteen 
minutes  before  Seven  of  the  clock,  till 
Tuesday  the  29th  day  of  this  instant 
April, pursuant to the  Resolution  of  the 
House  of this  day. 

S T A N D I NG  C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed 
to  a  Standing  Committee. 

Aliens Restriction Bill 

Tuesday, 2<dth April  1919. 

THE  House  being  met, the  Clerk at the Table   Mr. Speaker's 

informed  the  House  of  the  unavoidable Absence-

absence  of  Mr.  Speaker  from this day's  Sitting  ; 
—Whereupon  Mr.  Whitley,  the  Chairman  of 
Ways  and  Means,  proceeded  to  the  Table,  and, 
after  Prayers,  took  the  Chair  as  Deputy  Prayers. 
Speaker, pursuant  to the  Standing  Order. 

read  the  third  time and  passed. 

The  Bournemouth  Gas  and  Water  Bill  was Bournemouth 
£as a nd  Wftter 
Bill. 

1 
Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Bankers' 

Guarantee  Trust 

(Transfer) Bankers' 

BUI  [Lords] 
mitted. 

was  read  a second  time, and  com- guarantee 

' 

Trust 
(Transfer) Bill 
[Lords. 

was read  a second  time, and  committed. 

The  D.  H.  Evans  and  Company  Bill  [Lords]  D. H. Evans 
Company 
[Zordt.J 

Bill 

A  Public  Petition  was  presented,  and  read; 

and  ordered  to lie upon  the  Table. 

The 

following  Papers,  presented  by  His 
Majesty's  Command  during  the  Easter  Recess, 
were  delivered  to  the  Librarian  of  the  House 
of  Commons,  during  the  Recess,  pursuant  to 
Standing  Order  No.  95  :— 

Copy  of  Grant  Regulations  (No. 1), dated  the 
26th April  1919, made  by the Board of  Education 
with regard  to  the  payment  to  Local  Education 
Authorities  of  Substantive  Grant  in  respect  of 
Elementary  Education. 

Education Act, 
1918 (Grant 
Begulations.) 

Copy  of  Grant  Regulations  (No.  2), dated the 
26th  April  1919, made  by  the  Board'of  Educa-
tion  for  the  purpose  of  determining  how  the 
amount  of  any  Deficiency  Grant  in  respect  of 
Elementary  Education  shall  be  ascertained. 

Copy  of  Statement  showing  existing  Proce-
dure  (1)  under  Part  I.  and  Part  II.  of  the 
Housing  of  the  Working  Classes  Act,  1890  ; 
(2)  for  compulsory  Acquisition  of  Land  under 
Part  I I I.  of  the  Housing  of  the  Working 
Q  2 

Education Act, 
1918 (Grant 
Beguiations.) 

Housing, Town 
Planning, Jcc. 
Bill. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide First 
Beport. 
Parliamentary 
Papers 
(Recess.) 

116 

li)th—-11 th—lMh April. 

1919. 

Classes  Act,  1890;  (3)  in  the  case  of  Town 
Planning  and  the  effect  of  proposed  Amend-
ments. 

Copy  of  Report  to the  Secretary  of  State  by 
Mr.  Albion  Richardson,  C.B.E.,  M.P.,  of  an 
Inquiry  held  into  the  Allegations  made  against 
the  Acting-Governor  of  Wandsworth  Prison 
concerning  his  action  against  certain  disorderly 
prisoners. 

Wandsworth 
Prison 
(Allegations 
against 
Acting-
Governor.) 

Local Taxation  Copy  of  Returns  of  Local Taxation in Ireland 

F OR  T HE  YE AR  1 9 1 7 - 1 8. 

Ordered, That  the said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Albert  Stanley presented, pursuant  to  the 
Merchant 
Shipping 
directions  of  an  A ct  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
(Mercantile 
Marine Fnnd)  Draft  Order  in  Council  altering  the  Scale, 
Rules,  and  Exemptions  set  out  in  the  Second 
Act, 1898. 
Schedule  to  the  Merchant  Shipping  (Mercantile 
Marine  Fund) Act,  1898,'for  the  purpose  of  the 
levying  of  Light  Dues  in  pursuance  of  that 
Act. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Trade  Board 
Acts. 

Sir  Robert  Home  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Special  Order made  bv  the  Ministry  of  Labour 
under  Section  1 (2)  of  the  Trade  Boards  Act, 
1918,  with reference  to  the  Paper  Bag  Trade. 

Ordered, That  the said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

National 
Health 
Insurance 
Commission 
(England.) 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Reports  of  Decisions  on 
Appeals  and  Applications  under  Section  67  of 
the National Insurance Act,  1911, and Section 27 
of  the  National Insurance  Act,  1913, Part  V. 

National 
Health 
Insurance 
Commission 
(England) 
(Regulations.) 

Superannua-
tion  Act, 1884, 

Public 
Income and 
Expenditure. 

No.  84. 

Mr.  Baldwin  also  presented, pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  several Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Provisional  Regulations,  dated  15th  April 
1919, made  by  the  Insurance  Commissioners,  the 
Irish  Insurance  Commissioners,  and  the  Welsh 
Insurance  Commissioners  entitled  the  National 
Health  Insurance  (Behaviour  during  Sickness) 
Regulations,  1919. 

Copy  of  Treasury  Minute  under  the  Super-
annuation  Act,  1884,  dated  26th  March  1919, 
declaring  that  Walter  George  Thompson,  Boy 
Sorter,  General  Post  Office,  was  appointed 
without  a  Civil  Service  Certificate  through 
inadvertence  on  the  part  of  the  Head  of  his 
Department. 

Account  of  the  Public  Income  and  Expendi-
ture  of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain 
and  Ireland  in the  year  ended  31st March  1919  ; 
together  with  the balances  in  the  Exchequer  on 
the  1st  April  1918, the  Receipts  and  Payments 
(not  being  Income  and  Expenditure)  in  the year 
ended  31st  March  1919  and  the  balances  in  the 
Exchequer  on  that  day. 

Trustee 

No. 85. 

Copy  of  Twenty-seventh  Annual  Report  of 
' the proceedings  of  the  Inspection  Committee  of 
Trustee  Savings  Banks, for the year  ended  20th 
November  1918,  with  Appendices. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do lie  upon  the 
Table  ;  and  that  the  Papers  relative to  Public 
Income  and  Expenditure  and  Trustee  Sayings 
Banks  be  printed. 

Factory and 
Workshop 
(Regulations 
for 
Manipulation 
of  Refractory 
Materials.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  26th  April  1919, 
made by the  Secretary of  State  under  Section 79 
of  the  Factory  and  Workshop  Act,  1901, for the 

Crushing,  Grinding,  and  Sieving  of  Refractory 
Materials  containing  not  less  than  80  per  cent, 
of  Silica,  and  other  processes  involving  the 
Manipulation  of  such  Materials. 

Accounts  of  the  Metropolitan  Police  and  the Metropolitan 

Police  Pensions  Funds  for  the  year ended  31st  Police-
March  1919. 

No, 86. 

Copies  of  Orders made  under  the  Shops Act,   Shops Act, 

1912,  by  the  Councils  of  the  undermentioned  1912-
Local  Authorities,  and  confirmed ,by the  Secre-
tary  of  State for the  Home  Department:— 

Boroughs  of  Windsor  and  Brecon. 

Urban  District  of  Longridge  (2). 

Ordered, That  the said  Papers  do  lie  upon the 
Table;  and that the  Paper relative to the  Metro-
politan  Police  be  printed. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to Universities 
the  directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—  2^*1889 ^ 
Copies  of  University  Court  Ordinances,  No.  81 (Ordinance.) 
(Aberdeen,  No.  9)  (Institution  of  a  Degree  in  No, 87. 
Commerce  and relative Regulations),  and  No. 82 
(St.  Andrew's,  No.  17)  (Institution  of  a  Degree 
in  Commerce  and  relative  Regulations),  of  the 
Commissioners under the Universities ( Scotland) 
Act,  1889. 

° 

Copy  of  Report  on  the  state  of  the  Finances  University of 

of  the  University  of  Edinburgh,  made  by  the  Kdinblirgh-
University  Court, for  the year  1917-18. 

Copies, of  Orders  made  under  the  Shops  Act,  Shops Act, 

1912,  by  the  Councils  of  the  undermentioned  1918-
Local  Authorities,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secre-
tary  for  Scotland:— 

-  Burgh  of  Aberdeen  (2),  with  Amendment. 

Burgh  of  Perth. 

Ordered, That  the said Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
Table ; and that the Paper relative to Universities 
(Scotland)  Act,  1889  (Ordinance)  be  printed. 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  pursuant  to  the Intermediate 

directions  of  an  A ct  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Rule  appointing  Places  of  Examination,  1919, 
for  Intermediate  Education  in  Ireland. 

e  n 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Colonel  Sir  Arthur- Griffith  Boscawen  pre- Land 

sented,  by  His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of 
Estimate of  probable Expenditure  to be  incurred 
under  the  Land  Settlement  (Facilities)  Bill. 

1  e8) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  informed  the  House Imprisonment 

that  Mr.  Speaker  had  received  the  followingof  a  Member-
letter  relating 
Member:— 

imprisonment  of  a 

the 

to 

Sligo  Borough  Petty  Sessions Office, 

Court  House,  Sligo, 

Sir, 

14th day  of  April  1919. 
Referring  to  my  letter  of  7th  mst.,  and 
yours  of  9th  inst.,  I  beg  to  inform  you  that 
Mr.  John  J.  Clancy,  Member  for  North  Sligo, 
was at  Sligo  Borough  Petty  Sessions, this  day, 
convicted  by  a  Court  of  Summary  Jurisdiction, 
constituted  under 50  and 51  Yic., cap. 20, on the 
charge  of  unlawful  assembly  as  given  in  detail 
in  mine  of  7th  inst.,  and  sentenced  to  three 
months'  imprisonment; in  His  Majesty's  Prison 
at  SJigo | no mention was made of  hard  labour. 

9  GEO.  Y. 

29 th April. 

117 

The resident magistrates who adjudicated  were 

Captain  F.  FitzPatrick  and  Mr.  J.  P.  Byrne. 

I  have the honour to  be, 

Sir, 
Your  obedient  Servant, 

T H O S.  R.  W I L S O N, 

C.  P.  S.,  Sligo  Borough. 

To  the  Right  Honourable 

J.  Lowther, 

The  Speaker  of  the 

House  of  Commons, 

Westminster,  London,  S.W.I. 

Member takes 
-the Oath. 

The  following  Member  took  and  subscribed 

the  Oath  :-

Lieutenant-General  Sir  Aylmer  Hunter-
Weston,  K.C.B.,  D.S.O.,  for  Ayr  and  Bute 
Counties (Bute  and  Northern  Division). 

Business of 
the House 
(Supply.) 

Ordered,  That  Civil  Services  Estimates, 
1919-20,  Class  7,  Vote  7  (Ministry  of  Labour), 
and  Ministry  of  Labour  (Civil  Demobilisation 
and  Resettlement  Department)  Yote  be  con-
sidered  in  Committee  of  Supply.—(Mr.  Bonar 
Law.) 

Supply 
[8th allotted 
W] 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved itself 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

the payment,  out  of  moneys to  be  provided  by 
Parliament, of  salaries or remuneration  to official 
valuers appointed  under  any Act  of  the  present 
Session  to amend  the  Law  as to  the  Assessment 
of  Compensation  in  respect  of  Land  acquired 
compul8orily  for  public  purposes  and  the  costs 
in  proceedings  thereon. 

Ordered, That  the Debate  be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for  receiving  Land 

the  Report  from the  Committee  on  Land  Settle- Settlement 
[Money.f 
ment  (facilities)  [Money]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  fiestoration 

Second  Reading  of  the  Restoration  of  Pre-War  ofPre-War 
f ^ B i l i. 
Practices  (No.  2)  BUI; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Prevention of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Prevention  of  Anthrax Anthrax BilL 
BUI  ; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Civil  Services  Estimates,  1919-20. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Joint Stock 
Second  Reading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks Banks(Amal-
cWdjBill. 
(Amalgamation  Control)  Bill; 

Class  VII. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

Motion  made, and  Question  proposed,  That  a 
sum not exceeding  £1,935,053  be granted to  His 
Majesty, to complete  the sum necessary to defray 
the charge which will  come  in course of  payment 
during the year  ending on  the 31st  day of  March 
1920  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of  the 
Ministry  of  Labour  and  subordinate  Depart-
ments : 

Whereupon  Motion  made, and  Question  pro-

Eosed,  That  a  sum,  not  exceeding  £1,934,953, 

for  the  said  Service.—-(Colonel 

e  granted 
Gretton.) 

Whereupon  Motion  made, and Question,  That 
the  Chairman  do  report  Progr ess, and  ask leave 
to  sit  again—(Sir  Robert  Horne),—put,  and 
agreed  to. 

" 

. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  resumed  the Chair;  and 
the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  acquainted 
the  House  that  the  Committee  had  made  Pro-
gress  in  the  matter  to  them referred;  and  that 
he was  directed  to  move,  That  the  Committee 
may  have leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee-

"Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Housing, Town  The  Order of  the  day being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  on  Housing, 
Planning, 
T ( ) Wn  pl a n n ; n g)  &c.  [Expensesj  ; 
[Expenses.] 

Ordered, 

That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Acqnisition 
The  Order  of the  day being read, for resuming 
(Assessment of  ^e  adjourned Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
Compensation) upon  the  15th  day  of  this  instant  April,  That 
this Ho,use doth  agree with the  Committee in the 
[Salaries.] 
Resolution  :  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Housing of 
Second  Reading  of  the Housing  of the  Working  ^Working 
Classes  (Ireland)  Bill; 

(iretad) Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the city of London 

Second  Reading  of  the  City  of  London  Police Police Bill. 
BUI; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Housing, Town 

Second  Reading  of  the  Housing,  Town  Plan- Planning, &c. 
ning,  &c.  (Scotland)  B i l l; 

(Scotland) 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Board of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Board  of  Education Education 
Scheme  (Crossley  and  Porter  Orphan  Home  (Crossiey and 
Porter Orphan 
and  School)  Confirmation  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read  a second  time School) 

to-morrow. 

Confirmation 
Bill. 

A  Motion  was made, and  the  Question  being Adjournment, 

proposed,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn— 
(Mr.  Pratt):—It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirma-
tive. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  seven  minutes  after  Ten 
of  the clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

VOL.  174. 

Q  3 

118 

li)th—-11  th—lMh April. 

1919. 

Wednesday, 30th April  1919. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords, and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Northampton  Gas Bill  was read  the third Northampton, 

time  and  passed. 

0 88   B m-

Mr.  Speaker'! 
Absence. 

Prayers. 

Private Bills 
[.Lords] 
(Standing 
Orders not 
previously 
inquired into 
complied 
with.) 

THE   House  being  met,  the  Clerk  at  the 

Table  informed  the House  of  the  unavoid-
able  absence  of  Mr.  Speaker  from  this  day's 
Sitting :•—Whereupon Mr.  Whitley the Chairman 
of  Ways  and  Means,  proceeded  to  the  Table, 
and,  after  Prayers,  took  the  Chair  as  Deputy 
Speaker,  pursuant to  the  Standing  Order. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,— 
Report  from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions 
for  Private  Bills,  That 
in  the  case  of  the 
following  Bills,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and 
referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof,  the 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into, 
which  are  applicable  thereto,  have  been  com-
plied  with,  viz.:— 

Beccles  Waterworks  Bill  [Lords]. 

Hartlepool  Corporation  Bill  [Lords]. 

Mansfield  Railway  Bill  [Lords]. 

Ordered, That  the Bills be  read  a second time. 

Private Bills 
(Petition for 
additional 
Pro vision) 
(Standing 
Orders not 
complied 
with.) 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker laid  upon  the  Table,— 
Report  from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions 
for  Private  Bills,  That 
the 
Petition  for additional  provision  in the following 
Bill,  the  Standing  Orders  have  not  been  com-
plied with,  viz.:— 

in  the  case  of 

Manchester  Corporation  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Lancashire 
Second  Reading  of  the  Lancashire  and  Y o r k - Y o r k s M r e-
shire  and  London  and  North  Western  Railway  an<i North 
Companies  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill be  read  a second  time Companies 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Western 
Bailway 

Bill. 

The 

following  Papers,  presented  by  His Parliamentary 

Majesty's  Command  during  the  Easter  Recess, 
were  delivered  to  the  Librarian  of  the  House 
of  Commons,  during  the  Recess,  pursuant  to 
Standing  Order  No.  95  :— 

e 

Copy  of Statutory  Enactments proposed  to  be Housing, Towa 

repealed,  amended, or  extended  by the  Housing,  Planning, 4c. 
Town  Planning,  &c.  Bill. 

B , u' 

Copy  of  Estimate  of  probable  Expenditure  Housing, Town 

under the  Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c.  Bill. 

P^nnine>&0-

Copy of (1) Draft Regulations and (2)  Circular 
issued  by  the  Local  Government  Board  relative 
to  the  Housing',  Town  Planning,  &c.  Bill. 

Copy  of  (1)  Draft  Regulations  for  Public 
Utility  Societies,  (2)  Draft  Regulations 
for 
Housing  Trusts,  and  (3)  Draft  Model  Rules 
for  Public  Utility  Societies, in  relation  to  the 
Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c. Bill. 

Ordered, That  the said Papers  do lie upon  the 

Housing, Town-
Planning, tee. 
Bill  (Financial 
Assistance 
to Local 
Authorities.) 
Housing, Town 
Planning, &c. 
Bill (financial 
Assistance to 
Public  Utility 
Societies and 
Housing 
Trusts.) 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Table. 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Private  Bill 
Petitions 
[Lords] 
(Standing 
Orders not 
complied 
with.) 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,— 
Report  from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions 
for  Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the 
Petitions  for  the  following  Bills, originating  in 
the  Lords,  the  Standing  Orders  have not  been 
complied  with,  viz.:— 

General  Seely  presented,  pursuant  to  the Air Force 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  0f   (Constitution) 
Two  Orders  in  Council  made  under  the  Air 
Force  (Constitution)  Act,  1917,  dated  30th 
January  1919  and  27th  March  1919.  ' 

0 ' 

Ordered,  That  the said  Paper do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

Newcastle-upon-Tyne  Corporation  (Rates) 

[  Lords]. 

Shoreham-by-Sea  Urban  District  Council 

[Lords]. 

London  Electric  Railway  [Lords]. 

West  Hartlepool  Corporation  [Lords]. 

Dover  Gas  [Lords]. 

East  Ham  Corporation 

[Lords]. 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu presented, pursuant  to  Et.st India 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  (Legislative 
of  Amendments  to  the  Provincial  Legislative 
Council  Regulations  in  India  providing  for  the 
extension  of  the  terms  of  office  of  Members  up 
to  one  year. 

ounci 

Ordered,  That the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Sir  Robert  Home  presented,  pursuant  to  the Trade Boards 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Private Bill 
Petitions 
(Standing 
Orders not 
complied 
with.) 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,— 
Report from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions 
for  Private  Bills,  That 
in  the  case  of  the 
Petitions  for  the  following  Bills, the  Standing 
Orders  have not been  complied  with, viz.  :— 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of A c t s-
Special  Order made  by  the  Minister  of  Labour 
under  Section  1 of  the  Trade  Boards Act,  1918, 
with  respect  to  the  Boot  and  Shoe  Repairing 
Trade. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

Bedwellty  Urban  District  Council, 

Walsall  Corporation. 

Workington  Corporation. 

Leicester  Corporation. 

Swinton  and  Mexborough  Gas  Board. 

Ordered, That  there be  laid  before this  House Financial 
a  Copy  of  Statement  of  Revenue  and  Expen-  n ^ ^ o) 
diture as laid before the House by Mr, Chancellor 
of  the  Exchequer  when  opening  the  Budget.— 
(Mr.  Baldwin.) 

Mr.  Baldwin  accordingly  presented  the  said 

Rotherham  Corporation. 

Paper. 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

9  GEO.  Y. 

%i)th  April. 

119 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  A  :—-Major  Barnett  and  Mr.  Thomas-
Stanford;  and  had  appointed  in  substitution  : 
Mr.  Lorden  and  Sir  William  Davison. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Wafes 

Sir  Robert  Home,  supported  by  Mr.  Wardle 

iteg™&tion) 
a nd  the  Lord  Advocate,  presented  a  Bill  to 
Extension Bill, extend  the operation  of  the  Wages  (Temporary 
Bill 68.  Regulation)  Act,  1918, for  a  further  period  of 
six  months:  And  the  game  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  to-morrow;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Continuation  of  Duties  (Excise). 

3.  Resolved,  That  the  additional  duties  of 
Excise  upon  medicine  imposed by  section  eleven 
of  the  Finance  (No.  2)  Act,  1915,  and  con-
tinued  by  section  two  of  the  Finance  Act,  1918, 
until the  first  day  of  August,  nineteen  hundred 
and  nineteen, shall  continue  to  be  charged  until 
the  first  day of  August,  nineteen  hundred  and 
twenty. 

And  it  is declared  that it is  expedient  in  the 
public  interest  that  this  Resolution  shall  have 
statutory  effect  under  the  provisions  of  the 
Provisional  Collection  of  Taxes  Act,  1913.— 
(Mr.  Chancellor  of the  Exchequer.) 

Business of 
the House 
{Ways and 
Means.) 

Ordered,  That  the  proceedings  of  the  Com-
mittee  of  Ways  and  Means  have  precedence 
this day  of  Notices  of  Motions  and  be  exempted 
from  the  provisions  of  the  Standing  Order 
(Sittings  of  the  House).—(Mr.  Chancellor of  the 
Exchequer.) 

4.  Resolved, That  in  addition to  the  duties  of 
Customs  now  payable  on  spirits  imported  into 
Great  Britain  or  Ireland  there  shall,  on  and 
after the first day  of  May,  nineteen  hundred and 
nineteen, be  charged  the  following  duties  (that 
is to say)  :— 

Spirits  (Customs). 

Ways and 
Means. 

The House, according  to Order, resolved itself 

into the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Tea  (Customs). 

1.  Resolved, That  on  and  after the  second  day 
of  June, nineteen  hundred  and nineteen, in  lieu 
of  the  existing  duty  of  Customs  the  following 
duties  of  Customs  shall, until  the  first  day  of 
August, nineteen hundred and twenty, be charged 
upon  all  tea  imported  into  Great  Britain  or 
Ireland  (that  is to  say)  :— 

Upon  all  tea  shown  to  be  the 
growth  of  a  British  Posses-
the pound 
sion 

- 

tenpence 

Upon  all other  tea 

-  the  pound  one  shilling 

And  it is declared  that  it  is  expedient  in  the 
public  interest  that  this  Resolution  shall  have 
statutory  effect  under  the  provisions  of  the 
Provisional  Collection  of  Taxes  Act,  1913.— 
'Mr.  Chancellor  of the  Exchequer.) 

Continuation  of  Duties  (Customs). 

2.  Resolved,  That  the  following  duties  of 
Customs,  imposed  by  Part  I.  of  the  Finance 
(No.  2)  Act,  1915,  and  continued  by  section 
one  of  the  Finance  Act,  1918,  until  the 
first day  of  August,  nineteen  hundred  and nine-
teen,  shall continue  to  be charged  as from  that 
date  until  the  first  day  of  August,  nineteen 
hundred and twenty  (that  is to  say)  :— 

y-vi 
D uty- 

Section of 
Finance 
(No.  2) 
Act,  1915. 

Additional  duties  on  dried  fruit 
Additional  duty  on motor  spirit 
New  import  duties 

Up to and 
including the 
thirty-first day of 
August, nineteen 
hundred and 
nineteen, in 
respect of  all 
spirits, and on 
and after the  first 
day of September 
nineteen  hundred 
and nineteen, in 
respect of  spirits 
shown to  be the 
produce of a 
British Possession. 

On and after 
the first day 
of  September, 
nineteen 
hundred and 
nineteen, in 
respect of 
spirits not 
shown to be the 
produce of  a 
British 
Possession. 

£ 

t.  A. 

£  «.  d. 

10 

0 

12 

6 

1  11  10 

1  16  10 

1  6  11 

1  10  3 

For every gallon computed 
at proof of  spirits of  any 
description  except  per-
fumed spirits 

For  every  gallon  of  per-

fumed spirits 

For every gallon of  liquors, 
cordials,  mixtures,  and 
other  preparations  en-
tered  in  such  a  manner 
as  to  indicate  that  the 
strength  is  not  to  be 
-
tested 

- 

- 

- 

And  it  is  declared  that  it is  expedient  in the 
public  interest  that  this  Resolution  shall  have 
statutory  effect  under  the  provisions  of  the 
Provisional  Collection  of  Taxes  Act,  1913.— 
(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.) 

Spirits  (Excise). 

5.  Resolved,  That  in  addition  to  the duty  of 
Excise  now; payable  for  every  gallon  computed 
at proof of spirits distilled in the United Kingdom 
there  shall, on  and  after  the  first  day  of  May, 
nineteen  hundred  and  nineteen,  be  charged  tne 
following  duty  (that is to  say):— 

For  every  gallon  of  spirits  com-

puted  at proof 

- 

- 

-  1  0  0 

£ 

s.  d. 

and so on in proportion  for  any less  quantity* 

And it is declared  that  it  is  expedient  in  the 
public  interest  that  this  Resolution  shall  have 
statutory  effect  under  the  provisions  of  the 
Provisional  Collection  of  Taxes  Act,  1913.— 
(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.) 

And  it  is  declared  that  it is expedient  in  the 
public  interest  that  this  Resolution  shall  have 
statutory  effect  under  the  provisions  of 
the 
Provisional  Collection  of  Taxes  Act,  1913,-— 
(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.) 

VOL.  174. 

Q  4 

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30th April. 

Beer  (Customs). 

6,  Resolved, That  in  addition  to  the  duties  of 
Customs  now  payable  on  beer  imported  into 
Great  Britain  or  Ireland  there  shall,  on  and 
after  the  first  day  of  May,  nineteen  hundred 
and  nineteen,  be  charged  the  following  duties 
(that is to  say) :—• 

In  the  case of  beer  called  or  similar to  mum, 
spruce,  or black  beer,  or  Berlin  white  beer, 
or  other preparations, whether fermented  or 
not  fermented, of a similar  character:— 

£  s.  d. 

For  every  thirty-six  gallons 
where  the worts  thereof 
are  or  were  before  fer-
mentation  of  a  specific 
gravity— 

teen, be charged  the  following  duties  (that  is to-
say)  : 

d. 

If  the  brewer  is  the  occupier  of 
a  house  of  an  annual  value 
exceeding  ten  pounds  and not 
exceeding  fifteen  pounds— 

(a)  Where  he  brews  solely 

for his domestic  use  -
(b)  In  any  other  case -

10 
4 

0 

0 

If  the  annual  value  of  such house 
does not  exceed  ten  pounds 

-  1  5  0 

A nd  such  licences  shall  be  taken out  by  all 
such  brewers,  including  those  who  brew  solely 
for their own domestic  use.—(Mr.  Chancellor  of 
the  Exchequer.) 

Not  exceeding  one  thou-
sand  two  hundred  and 
fifteen  degrees,  a  duty 
- 
of 

- 

- 

-  4  0  0 

Exceeding  one  thousand 
two hundred  and  fifteen 
degrees,  a duty  of 

-  4  13  9 

»  In  the  case  bf  every  description 
of  beer  other  than  that  above 
specified  :— 

For  every  thirty-six  gallons 
where  the  worts  thereof 
were  before  fermentation 
of  a specific gravity of one 
thousand  and 
fifty-five 
degrees,  a duty  of 

- 

-  1  0  0 

and  so  in  proportion  for  any  difference  in 
gravity. 

And  it is declared  that  it  is  expedient in  the 
public  interest  that  this  Resolution  shall  have 
statutory  effect  under  the  provisions  of  the 
Provisional  Collection  of  Taxes  Act,  1913.— 
(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.) 

Beer  (Excise). 

7.  Resolved, That  in  addition  to  the  duty  of 
Excise  now  payable  in  respect  of  beer  brewed 
in -the  United  Kingdom,  there  shall,  on  and 
after  the  first  day  of  May,  nineteen  hundred 
and  nineteen,  be  charged  the  following  duty 
(that is to  say)  :— 

£  s.  d. 

For  every  thirty-six  gallons  of 
worts  of  a  specific  gravity  of 
one 
fifty-five 
thousand  and 
degrees, a duty  of  - 

- 

-  1  0  0 

and  so  on  in  proportion  for  any  difference  in 
quantity  or  gravity. 

And  it  is  declared  that  it  is expedient  in  the 
public  interest  that  this  Resolution  shall  have 
statutory  effect  under  the  provisions  of 
the 
Provisional  Collection  of  Taxes  Act,  1913.— 
(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.) 

Private  Brewers  Licences. 

Reduction  of certain  Drawbacks  and 
Allowances. 

9.  Resolved,  The  drawback  payable  on  the-' 
exportation  or  shipment  as stores of any  chicory, 
coffee, or  tobacco, or  in  respect of  any  molasses 
delivered  by  a refiner  to  a  licensed  distiller  for 
use in the  manufacture  of  spirits, and the  allow-
ance  payable  to  a  refiner  in  respect  of  any 
molasses used solely for  the  purpose  of  food  for 
stock,  shall  be  reduced  by  an  amount  not  ex-
ceeding  one-sixth of such drawback  or  allowance 
if  the  duty  charged  on  such  chicory,  coffee,  or 
tobacco,  or  on  the  sugar  from  which  such 
molasses was  produced,  was  a  duty  of  Customs 
or!  Excise  less  than  the  existing  duty.—(Mr. 
Chancellor  of the  Exchequer.) 

Excess  Profits  Duty. 

10.  Resolved, That— 

(a)  excess  profits  duty  under  Part  III.  of 
the  Finance 
(No.  2)  Act,  1915,  as 
amended  or  extended  by  any  subsequent 
enactment, shall, unless Parliament  other-
wise  determine,  be  charged  for  any 
accounting  period  ending on  or  after the 
first day  of  August,  nineteen  hundred and 
nineteen,  and  before  the  fifth  day  of 
August,  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty  j 
and 

(b)  excess  profits duty  shall  be  an  amount 
equal  to  forty  per  centum,  instead  of 
eighty per centum, of  the excess profits for 
any  accounting  period  commencing  on  or 
after the  first  day  of  January,  nineteen 
hundred  and  nineteen, or, in  the  case  of 
an  accounting  period  which  has  com-
menced  before  that  date  but  ends  after 
that  date,  forty  per  centum,  instead  of 
eighty  per  centum,  of  so  much  of  the 
excess  profits  as  may be  apportioned  to 
the  part commencing  on  that  date. 

—(Mr.  Chancellor  of the  Exchequer.) 

Death  Duties  (Increase  of  Rate  of  Interest 
on Duty  outstanding). 

11.  Resolved, That the rate  of  interest  payable 
on  Death  Duties  shall  be  five  per cent,  instead 
of  three  per  cent.—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the 
Exchequer?) 

8.  Resolved, That  in lieu  of  the existing duties 
charged  upon licences  to be  taken  out  annually 
by  brewers  of beer  (other than brewers for  sale) 
occupying  houses  of  an annual value not  exceed-
ing fifteen pounds there  shall, on  and  after  the 
first day  of  October,  nineteen  hundred  and nine? 

Estate  Duty  (Alteration  of  Scale). 

12.  Resolved, That  there  shall  be  substituted 
for  the  rates  of  Estates  Duty  set  out  in  the 
First  Schedule  to  the  Finance  Act,  1914,  the 
following  rates:— 

9  GEO.  7. 

30th  April 

121 

Where the Principal Value of  the Estate 

Estate  Duty 
shall be 
payable at 
the rate per 
Cent, of 

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20,000 
25,000 
30,000 
40,000 
50,000 
60,000 
70,000 
.90,000 
110,000 
130,000 
150,000 
175,000 
200,000 
225,000 
250,000 
300,000 
350,000 
400.000 
450,000 
500,000 
600,000 
800,000 
1,000,000 
1,250,000 
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30,000 
40,000 
50,000 
60,000 
70,000 
90,000 
110,000 
130,000 
150,000 
175,000 
200,000 
225,000 
250,000 
300,000 
350,000 
400,000 
450,000 
500,000 
600,000 
800,000 
1,000,000 
1,250,000 
1,500,000 
2,000,000 

The Order of  the  day being read, for  receiving Land 

the  Report 
Settlement  (Facilities)  [Money]  ; 

from  the  Committee  on  Land j3®'*1™?11' 

[Money!] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply j 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Bestoration 

Second  Reading  of  the  Restoration  of  Pre-War 
Practices  (No.  2)  Bill; 

(No° ^Bill 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Prevention of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Prevention  of  Anthrax Anthrax Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Joint Stock 
Second  Reading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks gamation1"^" 
Control) Bill. 
(Amalgamation  Control)  B i l l;  

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

—(Mr.  Chancellor  of the  Exchequer.) 

Amendment  of  Law. 

13.  Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the 
Law  relating  to  the  National  Debt,  Customs, 
and  Inland  Revenue  (including  Excise),  and  to 
in  connection  with 
make  further  provision 
Finance.—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.) 

Resolutions to  be  reported. 

Mr. Deputy  Speaker  resumed  the Chair ;  and 
the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported. 
That  the  Committee  had  come  to  several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered,,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Housing of 
3I°rkillg 
(Ireland) Bill. 

Second  Reading of  the  Housing of  the  Working 
Classes  (Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the City of London 

Second  Reading  of  the  City  of  London  Police  P o l i ce   B1U-
Bill  ; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Housing, Town 

Second  Reading  of  the  Housing,  Town  Plan- 
ning,  &c.  (Scotland)  Bill; 

&0-

an  * 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

The  Board  of  Education  Scheme  (Crossley  Board of 
and  Porter  Orphan Home and School) Confirma-  f , ^ " 0 11 
tion  Bill  was, according  to  Order, read  a second (Crossiey and 
Porter Orphan 
time. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

Housing, Town  The  Order  of the  day  being  read for receiving 
Planning, 4c.  the  Report  from  the  Committee  on  Housing, 
Expenses.]  Town  Planning,  &c.  [Expenses]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of the day being read, for resuming 
Acquisition 
of  Land 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
Cc X " L °)   upon  the  15th  day  of  this  instant  April,  That 
this  House  doth  agree  with the  Committee  in 
[Salaries.] 
the  Resolution:  That it is expedient to authorise 
the payment, out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by 
Parliament,  of  salaries  or  remuneration 
to 
official valuers  appointed  under  any  Act  of  the 
present  Session  to  amend  the  Law  as  to  the 
Assessment  of  Compensation  in respect  of  Land 
acquired  compulsorily  for  public  purposes  and 
the  costs  in  proceedings  thereon. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will  immediately School) 
resolve  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill.— Confirmation 
(•Mr. Herbert  Lewis.) 

The  House  accordingly  resolved  itself  into 

the  Committee. 

. 

. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 and No.  2 agreed  to. 
Schedule  agreed  to. 
Preamble  agreed  to. 

,  Bill to be  reported. 

Mr. Deputy  Speaker  resumed the Chair;  and 
the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported, 
That  the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill, 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  now read  the  third 
time :—The  Bill  was accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and passed. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

till  to-morrow. 
VOL..  174. 

the  Lords,  and  desire their  concurrence. 

Board  of 
Agriculture. 

122 

30^  April—1st  May. 

A  Motion  was made  and  the Question  being 
proposed,  That,  in  view  of  the  present  serious 
position, it is desirable that a Royal  Commission 
be  forthwith  appointed  to  inquire  into  the 
economic  position  of  the agricultural  industry, 
and  to  ascertain  what  measures  are  necessary 
to  encourage  agriculture  and  to  enable  it 
permanently  to  pay  a  reasonable  wage  to  the 
people  employed,  and  that  in  the  constitution 
of  such  commission  representation  be  given  to 
all interests concerned—(Captain  Reginald  Ter-
rell)  :—And  a Debate arising thereupon  ; 

And  it being Eleven  of  the clock the Debate 

stood adjourned. 

General  Seely  presented,  pursuant  to  the Air 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Navigation. 
Order under  the  Air  Navigation  Acts  making 
Regulations  with  reference  to  Air  Navigation, 
dated 30th  April  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the said  Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  by  His  Ministry of 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the ^ o n B t r u c" 
Advisory  Council  Committee  on  Local  Recon-
struction  Organisations. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper  do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Vivisection  of 
Animals  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the Vivisection  of  Animals 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Land  Values 
Assessment 
and  Bating 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Land  Values  Assess-
ment and Rating  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read a  second time 

upon Monday next. 

Adjournment. 

And  then  the House,  having  continued to 
sit  till  one  minute  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till to-morrow. 

Mr.  Speaker's 
Absence. 

Prayers. 

London 
County 
Council 
(Money)  Bill. 

Thursday, 

1st  May 

1 9 1 9. 

THE  House  being met, the Clerk at the Table 

informed  the  House  of  the  unavoidable 
absence of Mr.  Speaker from this day's  Sitting  : 
—Whereupon  Mr.  Whitley,  the  Chairman  of 
Ways  and Means, proceeded  to  the  Table, and, 
after Prayers, took the Chair as Deputy  Speaker, 
pursuant to the  Standing  Order. 

A  Bill  to  regulato  the  expenditure  on 
capital  account  and  lending  of  money  by  the 
London  County  Council  during  the  financial 
period from the first day of  April,  one thousand 
nine hundred and  nineteen,  to the thirtieth  day 
of  September,  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and 
twenty,  and  for  other  purposes,  was  presented, 
and  read  the  first  time;  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions for Private  Bills. 

Sinking Funds.  Mr. Baldwin  presented,  pursuant to the direc-
tions of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Account  of the 
Commissioners for the Reduction of  the National 
Debt,  showing  the  amount  received  from  the 
Exchequer in respect of the old and new  Sinking 
Funds  in  the financial year ended  31st  March 
1919 ;  also of  the particular  application thereof, 
pursuant to  Section  7 of  the  Sinking  Fund  Act, 
1875. 

Ordered, That  the said  Paper do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Shops  Act, 
\912. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Order  made  under  the  Shops  Act,  1912,  by 
the  Council  of  the  undermentioned  Local 
Authority,  and  confirmed,  with  amendment,  by 
the  Secretary for Scotland  :— 

Burgh of Paisley. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House,  That  a  Message from 

Message had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by the Lords-
one of  their Clerks,  as followeth : 

The Lords have  agreed  to  the  South  Shields  South  Shields 

Gas Bill, with Amendments ;  to  which the  Lords <Ja3 Bil1-
desire the concurrence of this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Matrimonial 

Act  to  enable  the  competent  courts  in  the 
United  Kingdom  to  entertain  matrimonial  pro-  Trcrapg) BUI 
ceedings  in  respect  of  certain  marriages  con- [Lords.'] 
tracted  during  the  war  by  members  of  His 
Majesty's  forces  domiciled  outside  the  United 
Kingdom  ;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the con-
currence of this House. 

. 

Mr.  John  William  Wilson  reported  from  the 
Chairmen's  Panel;  That  they  had  appointed 
Mr.  Macmaster  to  act  as Chairman of Stauding 
Committee  C  (in  respect  of  the  Civil  Service 
Supplementary  Estimates,  1919-20). 

Standing 
Committees 
(Chairmen's 
Panel.) 
Standing 
Committee  C. 

That they had  appointed  Sir  Watson  Ruther-
ford  to act as Chairman of Standing Committee E 
(in  respect  of  the Women's  Emancipation  Bill 
and the  Statement of Rates Bill). 

Standing 
Committee  E. 

That  they had appointed  Mr.  Mount  to  act as 
Chairman of the Standing Committee on Scottish 
Bills (in respect of  the Small Landholders (Scot-
land) Act  Amendment  Bill). 

Standing 
Committee  on 
Scottish  Bills. 

That they had appointed Mr.  William Nicholson 
to act as Chairman of Standing Committee  B (in 
respect  of  the Aliens  Restriction  Bill). 

Standing 
Committee  B. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr. Macmaster  reported  from  Standing  Com-  Standing 

mittee C ;  That  they had agreed to the following 
Resolutions: 

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p p w 

Civil  Services  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  1. 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £55,400  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will 
come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920,  for 
Expenditure in respect of  Royal  Palaces, includ-
ing a Grant in Aid. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £11,100  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will 
come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for 
Expenditure in respect of Osborne. 

Ordered,  That  the  Resolutions  be  reported 

to-morrow. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-  Selection 
mittee of  Selection;  That  the following Members  (Standing 
are  discharged  from  Standing  Committee  D  at 

Committee  D. 

9  GEO.  Y. 
the conclusion  of  the Bill now  under considera-
tion :—Mr.  Burn,  Mr.  Coote, Sir Maurice  Dock-
rell,  Mr. Donald, Mr. Lynn, Major Morrison-Bell, 
Major  O'Neill,  Captain  Redmond,  and  Mr. 
Mac Veagh. 

1st May. 

Standing 
Committee  D. 

Standing 
Committee  D. 

Sir Samuel Roberts further  reported  from  the 
Committee;  That  they  had  added  to  Standing 
Committee  D  the  following  Fifteen  Members 
(in respect of  the  Acquisition  of  Land (Assess-
ment  of  Compensation)  Bill  and  the  Land 
Settlement. 
(Facilities)  Bill):—Mr.  Acland, 
Major  Barnes,  Major Barnston, Sir John  Bethell, 
Colonel  Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen,  Mr. 
Cautley,  Brigadier-General  C»lviii,  Captain 
Coote,  Mr.  (Jozens-Hardy,  Mr.  Fisher,  Captain 
FitzRoy,  Mr.  Joseph  Green,  Major  Howard, 
Mr.  Irving, and Mr. Neil  Maclean. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts further reported  from  the 
Committee;  That  they had  added  to  Standing 
Committee  D  the  following  Members  (for  the 
Consideration  of 
the  Acquisition  of  Land 
(Assessment  ot  Compensation)  Bill,  and  the 
Land  Settlement 
(Facilities)  Bill):-Mr. 
Attorney  General,  Major  Watts  Morgan,  Mr. 
Morrison,  Mr.  Munro,  Sir  Robert  Newman, 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Parry,  Mr. Pretyman,  Mr. 
Raff an,  Mr.  Alexander  Shaw,  Mr.  Short,  Mr. 
Waller  Smith,  Mr.  Solicitor  General,  Mr. 
Spencer,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Weigall,  Major 
•  Wheler, Mr.  John  Williams, Lieutenant-Colonel 
Murrough  Wilson,  Sir  Richard  Winfrey,  Major 
Earl  Winterton, and Sir Frederick  Young. 

Standing 
Committee  E. 

Scottish 
Standing 
Committee. 

Sir Samuel Roberts further  reported  from  the 
Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the 
following Members from Standing Committee  E : 
—Dr.  Addison and Sir Kingsley  Wood;  and that 
they had  added  to  Standing  Committee  E  the 
following  Fifteen  Members  (in  respect  of  the 
Women's  Emancipation  Bill): — Mr.  Adamson, 
Commander  Bellairs,  Mr.  Campbell, Mr .John 
Hugh  Edwards,  Mr.  Forestier-Walker,  Colonel 
Sir  Hamar  Greenwood,  Captain  Douglas  Hall, 
Major  Hills,  Captain  Loseby,  Major  O'Neill, 
Mr.  Sitch,  Mr.  Spoor,  Mr.  George  Thorne, 
Captain  Watson, and Sir Alfred  Yeo. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts further reported from  the 
Committee;  That they had added to the Standing 
Committee on Scottish Bills  the  following  Ten 
Members (in respect  of  the  Small  Landholders 
(Scotland)  Act Amendment Bill):—Major  Bor-
Wick, Mr. Britton,  Mr.  Carew, Sir  Stuart  Coats, 
Sir Joseph Davies, Colonel  Du Pre,  Mr.  Hayday, 
Mr.  Hodge,  Mr.  Morris,  and  Captain  Tudor-
Rees. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Pensions. 

Ordered, That  Mr.  Wallace be discharged from 

the Select  Committee on Pensions. 

Ordered, That  Mr. John  Taylor  be  added to 

the Committee.—(Mr.  Pratt.) 

' 

Government 
Works  at 
Cippenbam. 

Ordered, That Sir Joseph.  Davies be discharged 

from  the  Select  Committee  on  Government 
Works at Cippenham. 

Ordered,  That  Colonel  Stephenson  be  added 

to the Committee.—(Mr.  Pratt.) 

Business  of 
the  House 
(Ways  andj 
Means.) 

Ordered,  That  the  proceedings  of  the  Com-
mittee of  Ways and  Means be exempted  at this 
day's sitting from, the provisions of the Standing 
Order (Sittings of  the House).—(Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer.) 

V o l.   174. 

123 

The  House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 

into the Committee of  Ways  and  Means. 

tteaM 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Inpome Tax. 

Motion made, and Question proposed,  That— 
(a)  Income  Tax shall be charged for the year 
beginning  the  sixth day of  April, nineteen 
hundred  and  nineteen,  at  the  rate  of  six 
shillings  in  the pound, and the same Super 
Tax  shall  be  charged for that year as was, 
charged  for  the  year  beginning  the  sixth 
day of  April,  nineteen  hundred  and  eigh-
teen ;  and 

(b)  the  like  provisions  shall  have effect with 
respect  to the annual value  of  property as 
had effect with  respect  thereto  during  the 
year beginning  the sixth day of  April, nine-
teen hundred and eighteen ;  and 

(c)  it is declared  that  it  is  expedient  in  the 
public  interest  that  this  Resolution  shall 
have  statutory  effect  under  the  provisions 
of  the Provisional  Collection of  Taxes  Act, 
1913.—(Mr.  Chancellor of the  Exchequer.) 

Amendment  proposed, in 1. 8,  after  the  word 

"  eighteen," to insert the words,— 

"  Provided that if  .either  a husband or a wife 
who are living  together  claim  to  be  separately 
assessed  for  nurposes  of  Income Tax  neither  of 
them shall be liable to pay a larger sum in respect 
of  Income Tax  than they would  be liable to pay 
if  they  were  each  unmarried."—(Mr.  Godfrey 
Locker-Lampson.)' 

Question proposed, That  those words be there 

inserted :—Amendment,  by  leave, withdrawn. 

Main  Question put, and agreed to. 

Resolution  to be reported. 

« 

Mr. Deputy  Speaker  resumed the Chair;  and 
the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported, 
That  the.Committee  had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Wednesday  next. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may have  leave  to 
sit again. 

Resolved, That this  House will,  upon  Monday 
next,  again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Com-
mittee. 

Mr.  Pratt  reported  from  the  Committee  on Housing,  Town 

Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c.  [Expenses] 
Resolution;  which was read, as followeth: 

a  Planning,  &c 
[Expenses.' 

That,  for  the  purposes  of  any  Act  of  the 
present  Session to amend the enactments relating 
to the  Housing  of  the  Working  Classes, Town 
Planning, and the acquisition of Small Dwellings, 
it is  expedient  to  authorise the payment, out of 
moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  of  ex-
penses  incurred  by  any  Government  Depart-
ment— 

(a)  when acting  in  the  place  of  local authd-
rities  or  county councils  in  preparing  and 
carrying out schemes under such  Act; 

(b)  in  recouping  losses  incurred  by  local 

authorities and county councils ;  and 

(c)  in contributing to costs incurred by public 
utility societies and housing trusts and other 
persons. 

The  said Resolution,  being  read  a  second  time, 

was  agreed  to. 

B  2 

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1st—2nd—5th  May. 

1919. 

The  Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Acquisition 
(Assessment  of 
Adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
Compensation) upon the  15th day of  April last, That this House 
doth agree with the  Committee  in  the  Resolu-
[Salaries.] 
tion, That it is expedient to  authorise  the  pay-
ment, out of moneys to be provided by Parliament, 
of  salaries  or  remuneration  to  official  valuers 
appointed under any Act  of  the present  Session 
to amend the Law as to the Assessment of  Com-
pensation  in  respect  of  Land  acquired  com-
pulsorily  for  public  purposes  and  the  costs  in 
proceedings  thereon; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till Monday next. 

Land 
Settlement 
(Facilities) 
[Money.] 

The  Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the  Committee  on Land Settle-
ment (Facilities) [Money] ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

Wages 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Regulation) 
Extension  Bill. Regulation)  Extension  Bill j 

Second  Reading  of  the  Wages  (Temporary 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon  Monday next. 

Ways  aud 
Means 
[30th  April] 
Keport. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Ways  and 
Means of the 30th day of  April  last; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

Sir Alfred  Mond  presented, by  His  Majesty's  Imperial  War 

Command,—Copy  of  Report  on  the  Imperial  Museum-
War  Museum for  1918-19. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

The  Checkweighing  in  Various  Industries  Check-

Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second various8m 
time, and committed to a Standing  Committee. 

Industries 
Bill. 

The Animals  (Anaesthetics)  Bill  was,  accord-  Animals 
ing  to Order, read a second time, and committed  ^nsesthetics) 
to a  Standing  Committee. 

The Prevention of Anthrax Bill was, according  Prevention  of 
Anthrax  Bill. 

to Order, read a second time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole House  for  Wednesday 
next.—(Mr.  Pratt.) 

The Order of  the day being read, for receiving Supply 

from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply  of the  1st day of this instant  May; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

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[ist May] 
port" 

Monday next. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Deputy Speaker adjourned  Adjournment, 

the  House without Question put, pursuant 
to  Standing  Order No.  3,  it  being  then 
sixteen  minutes  after  Two of  the  clock," 
till  Monday next. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Supply; 

Monday,  5th May  1919. 

Resolved, That this  House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve  itself into the said  Committee. 

Prevention  of 
Anthrax  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the  Prevention  of  Anthrax 
Bill', 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Adjournment, 

And  it being after  half-past Eleven  of  the 
clock,  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  adjourned 
the  House  without  Question  put,  pur-
suant  to  the  Standing  Order,  it  being 
then twenty-nine  minutes  before Twelye 
of the clock,  till to-morrow. 

Friday,  2nd May  1919. 

THE   House being met, the Clerk at the Table 

informed  the  House  of  the  unavoidable 
absence of Mr. Speaker from this day's  Sitting : 
—Whereupon  Mr.  Whitley,  the  Chairman  of 
Ways  and Means, proceeded to  the Table,  and, 
after Prayers, took the Chair as Deputy  Speaker, 
pursuant  to the  Standing  Order. 

The following  Member  took  and  subscribed 

Mr.  Speaker's 
Absence. 

Prayers. 

Member  takes 
the  Oath. 

the  Oath: 

Major  David 
County. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE   House  proceeded to  take into considera-. Belfast 

tion  the Belfast  Harbour Bill,  as  amended  Harbour  BiU. 

in the Committee. 

\ 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read the third time. 

The  House  proceeded  to take into  considera-  Blyth-Harbour 

tion the Blyth  Harbour Bill,  as  amended  in the Bil1-
Committee. 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read the third time. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take into  considera-  Bristol 
tion the Bristol  Corporation  Bill,  as amended  in  Corporation 
the  Committee. 

1 ' 

Ordered, That the  Bill be read the third time. 

The  House proceeded to  take  into  considera-  Dover  Harbour 

tion  the  Dover  Harbour  Bill,  as  amended  in Bil1-
the  Committee; 

Ordered,  That the Bill be read the third time. 

The  House proceeded to  take  into considera-  DubUn  Port 
tion the Dublin Port and Docks Bill, as amended and Docks 
in the Committee. 

BiU. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

The  House  proceeded to  take  into considera-  Manchester 
tion the Manchester  Ship Canal Bill, as amended S h iP   Canal 
in the Committee ; 

B111, 

Davies, 

for  Montgomery 

Ordered,  That the Bill be read the third time. 

The  Legal  and  General  Life  Assurance 
Legal  and 
Assurance^8  Society  Bill  [Lords']  was read  a second time  and 
Society BiU 
[Lordt.] 

committed. 

The  House proceeded to  take  into considera-  Mersey  Docks 
tion the Mersey Docks  and Harbour Board Bill, ^Harbour 
as amended in the  Committee. 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read the  third time. 

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5th  May. 

1 25 

Newport 
Harbour 
Commissioners  t' o n 
Bill. 

The  House  proceeded to  take  into considera-
Newport  Harbour  Commissioners  Bill, 

as amended in the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill be readthe  third time. 

Swansea 
Harbour  Bill. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take into considera-
tion  the  Swansea  Harbour  Bill,  as  amended  in 
the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read the third time. 

Tees 
Conservancy 
Bill. 

The  House proceeded  to  take  into considera-
tion  the  Tees  Conservancy  Bill,  as amended in 
the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read the third time. 

Tyne 
Improvement 
Bill. 

The  House proceeded  to  take  into considera-
tion the  Tyne Improvement  Bill, as  amended in 
the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That the Bill be read the  third time. 

Wear 
The  House proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
SundS^dand  fci?n  t he   W e a r  Navigation  and Sunderland Dock 
Bill,  as amended in the  Committee. 
Dock  Bill. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read the third time. 

Beceles 
Waterworks 
Bill  {Lords.J 

The  Beccles  Waterworks  Bill  [Lords]  was 

read a second time,  and committed. 

' 

Hartlepool 
Corporation 
Bill  [Lord».]  

The Hartlepool  Corporation  Bill  [Lords]  was 

read a second time, and committed. 
' 

and the lowering  of  Santiago to the  rank  of  a 
second  class  Mission. 

Ordered,  That the  said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Arthur  Grijfith-Boscawen  presented,  p u r-   Commons  Act, 

suant  to the directions of  an Act  of  Parliament, wluia 
7 
—Copy  of  Report  of  the Board of  Agriculture  Commons, 
and  Fisheries  upon  an  Application  for  a Pro-  Glamorgan.) 
visional Order for the regulation of  Cefn Hirgoed 
Common,  Hirwann  Common,  Ystrad-y-Wann, 
Allt-y-Rhiw,  and  Mynyddy-y-Gaer, 
in  the 
parishes  of  Pencoed,  Coychurch  Higher,  Saint 
Bride's  Minor, and Coity  Higher,  in the county 
of  Glamorgan. 

Ordered, That  the said  Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Sir Robert  Home  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  industrial 
Command,  —  Copy  of  Report  of  the  Pro-  Conference, 
visional  Joint  Committee  of  the  Industrial 
Conference. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Maephers'on  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Irish 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Y ^ ^ ® 8 
Statute  X I I.   for  University  College,  C o r k , * > 1 9 0 8, 
under the Irish Universities  Act,  1908. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mansfield 
Bail way  Bill 
[Lords.'] 

Public  Works 
(Exclusive  of 
Housing.) 

The  Mansfield  Railway  Bill  [Lords]  was read 

a second time, and committed. 

Dr.  Addison  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Memorandum  of the Local 
Government  Board  in  regard  to  the execution 
of  Public  Works  (exclusive  of  Housing)  by 
Local  Authorities  in England  and  Wales. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

A  Motion  being made,  That  this  House will)  Prevention 
to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to of  Anthrax 
xPeDses-J 
Consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  of 
moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  of  any 
expenses that may  be incurred by the Secretary 
of  State in  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  any 
Act  of  the  present  Session  to  control  the 
importation  of  goods  infected  or  likely  to  be 
infected  with  anthrax,  and  to  provide  for  the 
disinfection of any such  goods.—(Mr.  Secretary 
Shortt.) 

East  India 
(Legislative 
Councils.) 

Mr,  Secretary  Montagu  presented, pursuant to 
the directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of Amendments  in  the Rules  for the  Discussion 
of  the  Annual  Financial  Statement  in  certain 
Provincial  Legislative  Councils,  viz.,  Assam, 
Madras,  Punjab, and United  Provinces. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt, by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand, acquainted the  House  that  His  Majesty, 
having  been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of 
this Motion,  recommends  it  to the consideration 
of the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into  the said Committee. 

Table. 

Manchester 
Corporation 
B111, 

Mr. Attorney  General  presented,  pursuant  to 
Standing  Order  l?5a,—Copy  of  Report  of  the 
Attorney  General  on  the. Manchester  Corpora-
tion Bill. 

Mr.  Macmaster  reported from  Standing  Com-  Standing 
mittee  C  that  they had agreed  to the following  Committee  C 
Resolution  : 

( S u p p l y 0 

Civil  Services  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Paper  be  referred  to 

the  Committee  on the Bill. 

Class  I. 

Air  Forces 
General  Seely  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
(Begulafcions.)  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Regulations  made  by the Air  Council, with  the 
consent  of  the  Treasury,  under  the  Air  Force 
( Constitu tion) Act, 1917, respecting the billeting 
of officers of  the  Women's  Royal  Air  Force. 

.That a sum not exceeding £117,900  be granted 
to His  Majesty,  to complete  the  sum necessary 
to  defray the charge  which will  come in  course 
of payment  during  the year ending  on the  3lst 
day  of  March  1920  for  Expenditure in respect 
of the Royal  Parks and Pleasure Gardens. 

Ordered,  That  the  Resolution  be  reported 

Ordered,  That the  said Paper  do lie upon  the 

to-morrow. 

Table. 

Foreign  • 
Missions. 

Sir  Arthur  Steel-Maitland  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Notification 
addressed to the; Treasury  respecting the raising 
of Belgrade to the rank  of  a  first  class Mission 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means reported  Fylde  Water 

the  Fylde  Water  Board  Bill,  with  Amend-Board  Bm-
ments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and be  printed. 

VOL.  174. 

B  3 

126 

oth—6fh  May. 

1919. 

Bill  69. 

Colonel  Sir  Hamar  Greenwood  presented  a 
Disabled  Men 
wS^fentt  B i l1   t0   e T l a b l e  arrangements  to  be  made  as  to 
Employment) 
employers'  liability  to  pay  compensation  in 
Bill. 
respect  of  men  disabled  by  service  in  His 
Majesty's forces during  the  present war  with  a 
view to facilitating their employment:  And  the 
same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
to-morrow ;  and to be printed. 

Housing, Town  The  Housing, Town  Planning, &c. (Scotland), 
Planning, &c.  RJH Was,  according to Order, read a second time, 
(Scotland), 
Bill. 

and committed to a Standing  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways  and 

Committee  of Ways  and  Means ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  it!to the said  Committee. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for receiving  Ways  and 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means 
Means of  the 30th  day of April last; 

fiortt 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Wednesday  next. 

Bestoration 
of  Pre-War 

'  Practices 

(No. 2)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Beading of  the Restoration  of  Pre-War 
Practices (No.  2)  Bill ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Ordered, That the  Bill be read  a second  time 

resolve itself into the  said Committee. 

to-morrow. 

Wages 
(Temporary 
Regulation) 
Extension  Bill. 

The  Wages  (Temporary  Regulation)  Exten-
sion Bill  was, according to Order, read  a second 
,. 
t i m e-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for Wednesday 
next—(Mr.  Pratt.) 

City of  London  The City of London Police Bill was, according 
Police  Bill. 

to   Order,  read a second time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Select  Committee  of  Five  Members, Three  to 
be  nominated  by  the  House  and  Two  by  the 
Committee of  Selection. 

Ordered, That  all  Petitions  against  the  Bill 
presented  Three  clear  days  before the  meeting 
of the Committee  be referred to the Committee ; 
that  the  Petitioners  praying  to  be  heard  by 
themselves,  their  counsel,  or  agents  be  heard 
against  the  Bill,  and counsel  heard  in  support 
of the Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Committee  have power to 

send for persons, papers, and records. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Mr.  Secretary  Shortt.) 

The Order of  the day being read, for resuming 
Acquisition 
of  Land 
the adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
Comprasation)  5Pon  the  15th  day  of  April  last,  That  this 
House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the 
[Salaries.] 
Resolution :  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise 
the payment, out  of  moneys  to  be provided  by 
Parliament, of salaries or remuneration to official 
valuers appointed under any  Act  of  the  present 
Session  to amend the  Law as to the  Assessment 
of  Compensation  in  respect  of  Land  acquired 
compulsorily  for  public  purposes  and  the  costs 
in proceedings thereon. 

The Order of the day  being  read, for receiving  Supply 

from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply of  the  1st day of this instant May; 

C1 

May] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-  Ueport' 

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Vivisection  of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Vivisection  of  Animals  Animals  Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill be  read a second time 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Land  Values 

Second  Reading  of the Land Values Assessment  ^fiutta' 
and Rating  Bill; 

BJU. • 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued to  Adjournment, 

sit till a quarter  of  an  hour  before Nine 
of  the clock, adjourned till to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to 
Standing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed 
to a Standing  Committee. 

Name of Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Wednesday  next. 

Animals (Anaesthetics) Bill 

- 

-

Checkweighing in Various Industries 

Bill. 

E. 

E. 

Land 
Settlement 
(Facilities) 
[Money.] 

The Order of  the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee  on Land Settle-
ment (Facilities)  [Money] ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Joint  Stock 
Banks  (Amal-
gamation 
Control)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks 
(Amalgamation  Control)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon Wednesday  next, 

Housing  of 
the  Working 
Classes 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the Housing  of  the  Working 
Classes (Ireland) Bill j 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Tuesday, 6th May  1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bills 

frorti one of the Examiners of Petitions for [ Lords'] 

Private  Bills,  That in  the  case  of  the following 
Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords, and referred  on  previously 
the First  Reading  thereof,  the Standing  Orders inquired  into 
not previously inquired into, which are applicable 
thereto, have been complied with, viz.  :— 

Stourport  Gas  Bill  [ Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill be  read  a second  time. 

10   GEO.  V. 

6 th  May. 

127 

Private  BIU 
Petitions 
[ Lords J 
(Standing 
Orders  not 
complied 
with.) 

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.  :— 

Antrim  County 
(East  Antrim) 
Writ. 

Birmingham 

\_Lor<!s~\. 

Corporation 

Tramways 

Ordered, That the Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select Committee on Standing  Orders. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  issue  his 
Warrant  to the Clerk of  the Crown in Ireland, 
to  make  out a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a 
Member  to serve  in  this present Parliament for 
the County of  Antrim  (East  Antrim  Division), 
in the room of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Chaine 
Alexander  McCalrnont,  D.s.o.,  who,  since  his 
Election  for  the said  county, hath  accepted the 
Office  of  Steward  or  Bailiff  of  His  Majesty's 
Three Chiltern Hundreds of  Stoke, Desborough, 
and Burnham, in  the  County  of  Buckingham.— 
(Lord Edmund  Talbot.) 

Commons Act,  Ordered, That the Paper relative to Commons 
1876 (Coity  Act,  1876  (Coity Wallia Commons, Glamorgan), 
which  was  presented  upon  the  5th day of  this 
Commons 
instant May  be printed. 
Glamorgan.) 
No. 89. 

Ceylon  War 
Contribution. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Treasury  Minute,  dated 
29th  April  1919,  on  the  subject  of  a further 
Contribution  made  by  the  Colony  of  Ceylon 
towards the cost of  the War. 

tfuperannua- 
Mr.  Baldwin  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
tion  Act, 1884. directions  0f  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Treasury  Minute  under  the  Superannuation 
Act,  1884, dated 29th April  1919, declaring that 
Frank  Edward  Crossland,  General  Post  Office, 
was appointed without a Civil Service Certificate 
through iuadvertence  on the  part  of  the  Head 
of his Department. 

Ordered, That  the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

East  India 
Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  presented,  by  His 
(Constitutional  Majesty's Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  Com-
mittees appointed by the  Secretary of  State  for 
Beforms.) 
India to  inquire into  questions  connected  with 
(1)  Vol.  I.,  the  Franchise  and  other  matters 
relating  to Constitutional Reform  in  India, and 
(2)  Vol.  II.,  the  Division of  Functions between 
the Central and Provincial Governments, and in 
the 
the  Provincial  Governments  between 
Executive  Council and Ministers. 

Ordered, That  the said Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Women  in 
Industry 
(War  Cabinet 
Committee.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the 
War  Cabinet  Committee  appointed  to  investi-
gate and report upon  the  relation which  should 
be  maintained  between  the  Wages  of  Women 
and Men, having regard to the interests  of both, 
as well  as to the value of their work. 

. 

Mines and 
Quarries 
(Accident  at 
Stanrigg  and 
Arbuckle 
Colliery, 
Lanarkshire.) 

Copy of  Report to the  Secretary  of  State for 
the  Home  Department  by  W.  Walker,  C . B . E ., 
His Majesty's Acting  Chief Inspector  of  Mines, 
on  the  circumstances  attending  the  Accident 
at the Stanrigg  and Arbuckle Colliery,  Lanark-
shire, on the 9th July  1918. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Ta"ble. 

\  OL.  174. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-  County  Court* 

tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon Act' 1888-
the Table  by the Clerk  of  the House :—Copy  of 
Order made by the Lord  Chancellor, dated 30th 
April  1919,  urider  Section  45  of  the  County 
Courts  Act,  1888,  directing  that  Philip  Henry 
Willimot,  Registrar  Of  the  County  Court  of 
Staffordshire, held at West  Bromwich, shall  no.t 
practise as a Solicitor. 

Major  Murdoch M'Kenzie  Wood, Member  for New  Member 

Aberdeen  and  Kincardine  Counties  (Centralsworn-
Division),  was sworn. 

A  Motion  being  made, That  this House will,  Housing, Town 
to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to rs^Uand')*0' 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out,  of  [Expenses.] 
moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  of  ex-
penses  incurred  in  carrying  out the provisions 
of any Act  of  the present  Session  to  amend  the 
enactments  relating  to  Housing,  Town  Plan-
ning,  and the acquisition  of  Small  Dwellings  in 
Scotland.—(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt, by  His Majesty's  Com-
mand, acquainted  the House, That  His Majesty, 
having  been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of 
this  Motion, recommends it  to  the consideration 
of  the House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Sir  William  Middlebrook reported  from  the  Local 

the  allegations  contained  in  the  Corporation 

Local  Legislation  Committee ;  That  in the case 
of  the  Reigate  Corporation  Bill  they  had  Reigate 
examined 
Preamble of the Bill, and had amended the same BiU-
so as to make it consistent with the  provisions of 
the  Bill as passed  by the Committee, and found 
the same, as amended, to be true ;  and had gone 
through the Bill  and  made  Amendments- there-
unto, and bad amended  the Title of  the  Bill  as 
followeth:—A  Bill  for changing the  system  of  [Title 
audit of  accounts  for  the Borough  of  Reigate ;  amended.] 
and for other purposes. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee of  Selection ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee A  :—Mr.  Leslie  Scott  (in  respect  of  the 
Housing,  Town Planning,  &c. Bill). 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 
Housing,  Town 
Planning,  &c. 
Bill. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from 
the Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the 
following  Member  from  Standing  Committee 
C  :— Major Morrison- Hell. 

Standing 
Committee  C. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from 
the  Committee;  That  they had  discharged  the 
following Members from Standing  Committee  D 
at the conclusion of the Bill now under considera-
tion :—Mr.  Glanville  aud  Mr.  Irving;  and  had 
appointed  in  substitution  (for  the consideration 
of  the  Acquisition  of  Land  (Assessment ° of 
Compensation)  Bill  and  the  Land  Settlement 
(Facilities)  Bill):  Sir Donald  Maclean  and Mr. 
Hodge. 

Standing 
Committee  D. 
Acquisition 
of  Land 
(Assessment  of 
Compensation) 
HiU. 
Land 
Settlement 
(Facilities) 
Bill. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from standing 
the Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  t he   CommitteeE. 
following Members from Standing Committee E  : sXnSpation 
—Colonel  Sir  Hamar  Greenwood  (in  respect Bill. 
o£ the Women's  Emancipation  Bill),  Sir  Philip 
Pilditch  and  Major  Lloyd-Graeme  % and  had 
appointed  in  substitution:  Major  Astor  (in 
respect  of  the  Women's  Emancipation  Bill), 
Major Falcon,  and Colonel  Ashley. 

k  4 

• 

128 

6th—7th  May. 

1919. 

Standing 
Committee  E. 
Statement of 
Bates  Bill. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from 
the  Committee;  That  they  had  added  to 
Standing  Committee  E  the  following  Fifteen 
Members (in  respect of  the  Statement  of  Rates 
Bill):—Mr.  Joseph  Green,  Mr.  Jodrell,  Mr. 
Lambert,  Sir  John  MiCallum,  Major  Watts 
Morgan,  Major Parry,  Mr. Rawlinson, Mr. Simm, 
Captain Sir Beville  Stanier,  Mr.  George  Terrell, 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir Alfred  Warren,  Mr. John 
Williams, Mr.  Tyson  Wilson,  Sir Kingsley  Wood, 
and Major Mackenzie  Wood. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Business of 
the  House 
(Supply.) 

Ordered,  That  Civil  Services  Estimates, 
1919-20  (Ministry  of  Food  Vote), be considered 
in  Committee  of  Supply.—(Mr.  Secretary 
Shortt.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Bestoration 
Second Reading  of  the Restoration,  of Pre-War « f  Pre-War 
Practices  (No.  2)  Bill; 

Km 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The Order of  the day being read, for receiving Land 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  on  Land  Settlement 
[ E e yf 
Settlement (Facilities)  [Money]; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

s 

And  then  the House,  having  continued  to  Adjournment, 

sit till thirteen minutes  before Ten  of the 
clock, adjourned till to-morrow. 

Supply 

E9th  allotted 

)ay.] 

The  House, according to Order, resolved itself 

into the  Committee of  Supply. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Civil  Services and Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,-1919-20. 

Ministry  of  Food. 

£1,451,700  for the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of 

the Ministry  of Food. 

Resolution  to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the Committee had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to 
Standing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed 
to a Standing  Committee. 

Mr.  Speaker  being  of  opinion  that  the 
Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c.  (Scotland)  Bill 
is  a  Bill  relating  exclusively  to  Scotland,  the 
Bill  will  be  considered  by  the  Standing  Com-
mittee on  Scottish  Bills. 

Wednesday, 1th May  1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE   House  proceeded  to take into considera-  South  Shields 

tion  the Amendments  made  by  the  Lords BiU" 

to  the  South  Shields  Bill;  and  the same were 
twice  read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the  Clerk do carry the  Bill  to 
the  Lords ;  and  acquaint them  that  this House 
hath  agreed to  the  Amendments  made by  their 
Lordships. 

Supply 
[Standing 
j. 
= 
FiTSl?]6 
Report. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 

]  Supply  of  the  1st day  of  this instant  May ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Supply 
/Standing 

[5thMay] 
Beport. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply  of the 5th  day of  this instant  May; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of Ways  and Means j 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Prevention 
of  Anthrax 
[Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  Prevention  of  Anthrax  [Ex-
penses] ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

Disabled  Hen 
(Facilities  for 
Employment) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the Disabled  Men  (Facilities 
for Employment)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Lancashire 
Second  Reading  of  the  Lancashire  and  York-  ai>d  Yorkshire 
shire and London  and  North  Western  Railway 
Companies  Bill  ; 

North11 

Western 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read  a second time  companies 

upon  Wednesday  the 4th day of  J une next. 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  so much  of  Standing  Order  91  standing 

as  fixes  Five  as  the  quorum  of  the  Select  Orders. 
Committee  on  Standing  Orders  be  read  and 
suspended. 

Ordered,  That,  for  the  remainder  of  the 
Session, Three be  the quorum of the  Committee. 
—(Mr.  Vaughan-Davies.) 

, 

Mr.  Bridgeman  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm Gas and Water 

certain  Provisional  Orders  made  by. the  B o a rd   Provisional 
of  Trade  under  the  Gas  and  Water  Works 
Facilities  Act,  1870,  relating  to  Elstree  and 
Boreham  Wood  Gas  and  Tonbridge  Water; 
And  the same was read the first time. 

B i ll   7 0. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions for Private Bills ;  and be 
printed. 

Sir  Robert  Home  presented, pursuant  to  theTradeBoards 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,-—Copy  of Acts-
Special  Order made  by the Minister  of  Labour 
under Section  1 of the Trade Boards Act,  1918, 

10   G E O.   Y. 

with  reference  to  the  Corset  Trade,  with 
Appendix. 

Ordered, That the  said  Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

Board  of 
Education. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented, by  His  Majesty's Com-
mand,—Copy  of  Reports  for  the  year  1918 on 
the  Science  Museum  and  on  the  Geological 
Survey and the Museum  of Practical  Geology. 

Ordered, That the said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Agriculture 
(Scotland.) 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command, —  Copy  of  Agricultural 
Statistics,  1917.  Vol.  VI.  Part  I.  Acreage 
and  Live  Stock  Returns  of  Scotland,  with  a 
Summary for the United  Kingdom. 

1th May. 

129 
at the decision that  the  Bill  should  be  allowed 
to proceed, subject as follows :— 

(1)  That,  subsection (3)  of  Clause  3a, which 
provides  that  the auditor shall not disallow 
subscriptions  and  donations  made  by  the 
Commissioners  to  charitable  institutions 
or  other  funds  in  the  City  or  County  of 
Cork, be deleted ; 

(2")  That  the  Local  Government  Board for 
Ireland  be  substituted  for  the  Board  of 
Trade as auditing authority ; 

(3)  That provisions should be inserted limiting 
the operation of the Bill  to three years, and 
requiring the Commissioners within the next 
two  Sessions  of  Parliament  to introduce a 
Bill for  the  reconstitution  of  the  Harbour 
Board. 

Ordered, That the said Paper  do  lie  upon the 

That, upon these decisions being communicated 

Table. 

Dock and 
Colonel Bowles reported from the  Joint Com-
Har^rBills.  mj t t ee   o n  Dock  and  Harbour  Bills;  That the 
B m 
parties  promoting  the  Cork  Harbour  Bill had 
[Parties  do not stated  to  the  Committee  that  it was  not their 
intention to proceed with the same. 
proceed.] 

Ordered, That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Dock  and 
Harbour  Bills 
[Special 
Beport.] 

Colonel  Bowles reported from the  Select Com-
mittee  appointed  to  join  with  a  Committee  of 
the House of  Lords on Dock and Harbour Bills ; 
That they had agreed  to  the  following  Special 
Report. 

That  they had  considered  the  Bills  to  them 

referred,  viz.:— 

1.  Mersey  Docks and Harbour Board Bill, 
2.  Tees Conservancy  Bill, 
3.  Blyth  Harbour Bill, 
4.  Wear  Navigation  and  Sunderland  Dock 

Bill, 

5.  Tyne  Improvement  Bill, 
6.  Belfast Harbour  Bill, 
7.  Dublin  Port and Docks Bill, 
8.  Cork Harbour Bill, 
9.  Dover  Harbour Bill, 
10.  Swansea Harbour Bill, 
11.  Newport Harbour  Commissioners  Bill, 
12.  Bristol  Corporation  Bill, 
13.  Manchester Ship Canal Bill, 

with  special  reference  to  the  continuance  in 
peace-time  of  the  higher  rates  allowed  to  be 
charged  by  the  various  Dock  and  Harbour 
Authorities during the war. 

That,  except  in  the  case  of  the  Newport 
Harbour  Commissioners  Bill,  they  had  with 
certain  modifications  sanctioned  an  increase  in 
the  maximum  rates  leviable,  in order to enable 
the harbour authorities to carry out the necessary 
works, but without  prejudice  to  any new situa-
tion  that  may  arise  out  of  general  legislation 
now pending, and that, except in the case of the 
Manchester Ship Canal Bill, no time limit should 
be imposed as to the  period  during  which these 
rates should remain in force. 

That,  they had  considered  the  reports  from 
the various  Government  Departments,  and had 
examined officials of  the Board of  Trade on  the 
matters referred to them. 

That, in the  case  of  the  Cork  Harbour Bill, 
after hearing  all  the  evidence  they had arrived 

VOL.  174. 

to them, the Promoters withdrew the Bill. 

That  the  Committee  are  strongly  of  opinion 
that  His  Majesty's  Government  should, at the 
earliest  opportunity,  institute  an  enquiry  into 
the  constitution  of  the  Cork  Harbour  Board 
with a view to the  introduction  of  such legisla-
tion  as  may  seem  necessary  to  increase  its 
efficiency. 

That in the public  interest  they consider that 
the  Treasury  advance  to  the  Dover  Harbour 
Authority  should be written off. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

No. 90. 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Sir  Watson Rutherford reported from Standing  Standing 
Committee E,  to whom the  Statement  of  Rates g^^en?of' 
Bill  was referred ;  That  they had gone  through Bates  Bill, 
the Bill and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 91. 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of  the Proceedings  No. 91. 

of the Standing  Committee  be printed. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill 71. 

Standing Committee, be taken into consideration 
to-morrow ;  and be printed. 

Mr.  Vaughan-Davies reported from the Select Standing 

Committee  on  Standing Orders several Resolu- 0rders-
tions ;  which were read, as follow : 

1.  That, in the case of  the Manchester Corpo-  Manchester 
ration  Bill,  Petition  for  additional  Provision, Corporation 
the  Standing  Orders ought to be dispensed with :  1 ' 
—That  the  parties  be  permitted  to  insert their 
additional  Provision  if  the  Committee  on  the 
Bill think  fit. 

2.  That, in  the  case  of  the  City  and  South  City  and 
London Railway, Petition for Bill,  the  Standing South  London 
Orders ought  to  be  dispensed with:—That  the Railway' 
parties  be permitted to proceed with their  Bill. 

3.  That,  in  the  case  of  the  ^Valsall  Corpo-  Walsall 
ration, Petition  for  Bill,  the  Standing  Orders  Corporation, 
ought to  be  dispensed with :—That  the parties 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

4.  That, in  the  case  of  the Leicester Corpo-  Leicester 
ration,  Petition  for  Bill,  the  Standing  Orders  Corporation, 
ought  to  be  dispensed with :—That  the  parties 
be permitted  to proceed with their Bill. 

5.  That,  in the case of  the Rotherham  Corpo-  Botherham 
ration,  Petition  for  Bill,  the  Standing  Orders  Corporation, 
ought  to  be dispensed  with :—That  the  parties 
be permitted  to proceed with their Bill. 

1 30 

7 th May. 

1919. 

u^banJDistrict 
Council. 

.6'  ?h at'  in  tbe  ca.8®  of  t he  Cannock  Urban 
District  Council,  Petition for  leave to  deposit a 
Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to 
be  dispensed  with:—That  the  parties  be  per-
mitted  to deposit their Petition for a Bill. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time,  were agreed to. 

Spirits  (Customs). 

4.  That,  in addition  to the  duties  of  Customs  Spirits 
now  payable  on  spirits  imported  into  Great (Cnston>8-) 
Britain  or  Ireland,  there shall,  on  and  after the 
first  day of  May,  nineteen  hundred and nineteen, 
be  charged  the  following  duties  (that  is  to 
say):— 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House,  That  a 
r  "  Message had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 

e 

one of  their Clerks,  as followeth : 

Public Health  The  Lords have agreed  to  the Public  Health 
(Medical  Treatment of  Children)  (Ireland)  Bill, 
Treatuwnt 
of Children)  without any Amendment. 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ways and 

Mr.  Pratt  reported  from  the  Committee  of 

fsothA  rill  W a7 8  an<1  M e a ns  of  t he  3 0 tt  da.v  of  APr il 
Report, 

several Resolutions;  which were read, as follow : 

l a 8t 

Tea  (Customs). 

Tea (Customs.) 

1.  That  on  and after the second  day of June, 
nineteen  hundred  and  nineteen,  in  lieu  of  the 
existing  duty of  Customs the following duties of 
Customs  shall,  until  the  first  day  of  August, 
nineteen  hundred  and  twenty,  be  charged upon 
all  tea imported  into  Great  Britain  or  Ireland 
(that is to say)  :— 

Upon  all  tea  shown  to  be  the 
growth  of  a  British  Posses-
tenpence 
-  the pound 
sion 
-  the pound  one shilling 

- 
Upon all other tea 

- 

And  it is  declared that it  is expedient  in the 
public  interest  that  this  Resolution  shall  have 
statutory  effect  under  the  provisions  of  the 
Provisional  Collection of Taxes Act,  1913. 

Up to  and 
including  the 
thirty-first day of 
August,  nineteen 
hundred  and 
nineteen,  in 
respect  of  all 
spirits, and  on 
and after the first 
day of  September 
nineteen  hundred 
and  nineteen,  in 
respect of  spirits 
shown  to  be the 
produce of  a 
British Possession. 

On and  after 
the  first  day 
of  September, 
nineteen 
hundred  and 
nineteen,  in 
respect  of 
spirits  not 
shown  to  be the 
produce  of  a 
British 
Possession. 

£  ».  d. 

&  ».  d. 

1  0  0 

12 

6 

1  11  10 

1  15  10 

1  6  11 

1  10  3 

For  every  gallon  computed 
at  proof  of  spirits of  any 
description  except  per-
fumed  spirits 

For  every  gallon  of  per-

fumed  spirits 

For every gallon  of  liquors, 
cordials,  mixtures,  and 
other  preparations  en-
tered  in  such  a  manner 
as  to  indicate  that  the 
is  not  to  be 
strength 
-
- 
tested 

- 

- 

And  it is declared that  it is  expedient  in  the 
public  interest  that  this  Resolution  shall  have 
statutory  effect  under  the  provisions  of  the 
Provisional  Collection  of Taxes  Act,  1913. 

Spirits  (Excise). 

Continuation 
of  Duties 
(Customs.) 

Continuation of Duties  (Customs). 

2.  That  the  following  duties  of  Customs, 
imposed by  Part  I.  of the  Finance  (No.  2)  Act, 
1915, and continued by section one of the Finance 
Act,  1918,  until  the first day of  August, nine-
teen hundred  and  nineteen, shall  continue  to be 
charged as from  that date  until  the  first  day of 
August,  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty  (that  is 
to  say):— 

Duty. 

Section of 
Finance 
(No. 2) 
Act, 1915. 

5.  That  in addition to the duty of Excise now Spirits 
payable for  every gallon  computed  at  proof  of  (Excise.) 
spirits  distilled  in  the  United  Kingdom  there 
shall, on and after the first day of  May, nineteen 
hundred  and  nineteen, be  charged the following 
duty (that is to  say):— 

For  every gallon  of  spirits com-

puted at proof 

-  - 

-  1  0  0 

and so on in proportion for any less quantity. 

£ 

s.  d. 

And it is declared that it  is  expedient  in  the 
public  interest  that  this  Resolution  shall  have 
statutory  effect  under  the  provisions  of  the 
Provisional  Collection of Taxes  Act,  1913. 

Additional duties on dried fruit 
Additional duty  on motor spirit 
New import duties 

And  it  is  declared  that it  is expedient in the 
public  interest  that  this  Resolution  shall  have 
statutory  effect  under  the  provisions  of  the 
Provisional  Collection  of Taxes Act,  1913. 

Beer  (Customs). 

6.  That in addition  to  the  duties  of  Customs Be*r 

now payable on beer imported into Great Britain (Onrtomi.) 
or  Ireland  there  shall,  on  and  after  the first 
day  of  May,  nineteen  hundred  and  nineteen, 
be  charged  the  following  duties  (that  is  to 
say)  : 

Continuation 
of  Duties 
(Excise.) 

Continuation of  Duties  (Excise). 

3.  That  the  additional  duties  of  Excise  upon 
medicine  imposed  by  section  eleven  of  the 
Finance  (No.  2)  Act,  1915,  and  continued  by 
section two  of  the Finance  Act,  1918,  until  the 
first  day  of  August,  nineteen  hundred and nine-
teen, shall continue  to be  charged  until  the  first 
day of August,  nineteen hundred and twenty. 

And  it  is  declared  that it is expedient in the 
public  interest  that  this  Resolution  shall  have 
statutory  effect  under  the  provisions  of  the 
Provisional  Collection  of Taxes  Act,  1913. 

In the case of  beer called  or  similar to mum, 
6pruce, or black beer, or Berlin white beer or 
other  preparations,  whether  fermented  or 
not fermented, of a similar character  :— 

£ 

*.  d. 

For  every  thirty-six  gallons 
where  the  worts  thereof 
are  or  were  before  fer-
mentation  of  a  specific 
gravity— 

Not  exceeding  one 
thousand  two  hundred 
and  fifteen  degrees,  a 
- 
duty of 

- 

- ' 4 00 

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1th  May. 

131 

£ 

s.  d. 

Exceeding  one  thou-
sand  two  hundred  and 
fifteen  degrees, a duty of  4  13  9 

In  the  case  of  every description 
of  beer  other  than  that above 
specified:— 

For  every  thirty-six  gallons 
where  the  worts  thereof 
were  before  fermentation 
of  a specific gravity of one 
thousand  and  fifty-five 
degrees, a duty bf  - 

-  1  0  0 

and  so  in  proportion  for  any  difference  in 
gravity. 

And it is  declared that it  is  expedient in the 
public interest  that  this  Resolution  shall  have 
statutory  effect  under  the  provisions  of  the 
Provisional  Collection of  Taxes Act,  1913. 

Beer (Excise). 

Beer  (Excise.) 

7.  That  in  addition to  the  duties  of  Excise 
now  payable  in  respect  of  beer  brewed  in  the 
United Kingdom,  there  shall, on  and  after  the 
first day  of  May,  nineteen  hundred  and  nine-
teen,  be  charged  the  following  duty  (that  is 
to  say):— 

For  every  thirty-six  gallons  of 
worts  of  a  specific  gravity  of 
one 
thousand  and  fifty-five 
degrees, a duty of 
- 

£ 

s.  d. 

1 

0 

0 

and  so  on  in  proportion  for  any  difference in 
quantity or gravity. 

And it is declared  that it  is  expedient  in the 
public  interest  that  this  Resolution  shall  have 
statutory  effect  under  the  provisions  of  the 
Provisional Collection of  Taxes  Act,  1913. 

Private 
Brewers 
Licences. 

Private Brewers Licences. 

8.  That in lieu of  the  existing duties charged 
upon  licences  to  be  taken  out  annually  by 
brewers  of  beer  (other  than  brewers  for  sale) 
occupying houses of an annual value not exceed-
ing fifteen pounds  there  shall, on and  after the 
first  day  of  October,  nineteen  hundred  and 
nineteen, be  charged  the  following  duties (that 
is to say) :— 

£ 

s.  .  d. 

If  the  brewer  is  the  occupier of 
a  house  of  an  annual  value 
exceeding  ten  pounds  and not 
exceeding fifteen pounds— 

(a)  where he brews solely for 
his domestic use - 
(b)  in any other case  - 

-  2  10  0 
-  0  4  0 

If  the annual value of  such house 
does not exceed ten pounds 

-  1  5  0 

And  such  licences  shall  be  taken out by  all 
such  brewers, including  those  who  brew  solely 
for their own domestic use. 

Reduction of certain Drawbacks and 
Allowances. 

deduction 
of  certain 
Drawbacks 
and 
Allowances. 

9.  The drawback payable  on  the  exportation 
or  shipment  ao stores  of  any chicory, coffee, or 
tobacco, or in respect  of  any molasses  delivered 
by a refiner to a licensed distiller for  use in the 
manufacture  of  spirits, and  the  allowance  pay-
able to a refiner in respect of  any molasses used 
solely for  the  purpose  of  food  for  stock,  shall 

V O L.  174. 

be  reduced  by  an  amount  not  exceeding  one-
sixth of such drawback or allowance if  the  duty 
charged  on  such  chicory, coffee, or  tobacco, or 
on  the  sugar  from  which  such  molasses  was 
produced, was a duty of  Customs Or Excise less 
than the existing duty. 

Excess  Profits Duty. 

10.  That— 

Excess  Profits 
Duty, 

(a)  excess  profits  duty  under  Part  III.  of 
the  Finance  (No.  2)  Act,  1915,  as 
amended or  extended  by any  subsequent 
enactment, shall, unless Parliament other-
wise  determine,  be  charged  for  any-
accounting  period  ending  on or after the 
first  day of  August, nineteen hundred and 
nineteen,  and  before  the  fifth  day  of 
August,  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty; 
and 

(b)  excess profits duty shall  be  an amount 
equal  to  forty  per  centum,  instead  of 
eighty per  centum,  of  the  excess  profits 
for  any  accounting  period  commencing 
on  or  after  the  first  day  of  January, 
nineteen hundred and  nineteen,  or in the 
case  of  an  accounting  period  which has 
commenced  before  that  date,  but  ends 
after that  date, forty  per  centum  instead 
of  eighty per centum  of  so much  of  the 
excess  profits  as  may  be  apportioned  to 
the part commencing on that date. 

Death Duties (Increase of  Rate of  Interest 
on Duty  outstanding). 

11.  That the rate of interest payable on Death  Death Duties 

Duties shall  be  five  per  cent,  instead  of  three 
per cent. 

Interest 
on  Duty 
outstanding.) 

Estate Duty  (Alteration  of  Scale). 

12.  That  there  shall  be  substituted  for  the Estate Duty 
rates  of  Estates  Duty  set  out  in  the  First (iteration of 
Schedule to the Finance Act,  1914, the following 
rates: — 

e) 

Where the  Principal Value of  the  Estate 

Estate  Duty 
shall  be 
payable  at 
the rate  per 
Cent, of 

Exceeds 

not exceed 
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1,000 
5,000 
10,000 
15,000 
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25,000 
30,000 
40,000 
50,000 
60,000 
70,000 
90,000 
110,000 
130,000 
150,000 
176,000 
200,000 
225,000 
250,000 
300,000 
360,000 
400,000 
450,000 
500,000 
600,000 
800,000 
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Amendment  of  Lavr. 

The  Fifth  to  the  Twelfth  Resolutions, being 

7 th May. 

Amendment 
of  Law. 

13.  That  it  is  expedient  to  amend  the  Law 
relating  to  the  National  Debt,  Customs,  and 
Inland Revenue  (including  Excise), and to make 
further provision in connection  with  Finance. 

The  First  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time ; 

An  Amendment was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the Resolution, in 1. 5,  by  leaving out the words 
"  shown to be the growth of a British Possession." 
—(Mr.  Thomas Shaw.) 

And  the Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand part  of  the  said 
Resolution; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 

Tellers for the (  Mr.  Pratt, 

Yeas, 

( Colonel  Gilmonr: 
Tellers for the ( Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 
( Mr.  Neil  Maclean  : 

Noes, 

262. 

63. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Resolution,  in  1.  6,  by  leaving  out  the 
word "  ten,"  and  inserting  the  word  "  three,"— 
(Mr.  Rose,)—instead thereof ; 

And  the Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

" t e n"   stand part of the said Resolution  ; 

read a second time, were agreed  to. 

And, it being  a quarter of  an hour after Eight 
of  the  clock,  further proceeding  was  postponed 
without  Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order  No. 4. 

A  Motion was made,  and  the  Question  being  Railway  Fares, 

proposed, That,  in  the  opinion  of  this  House, 
present conditions no longer justify the retention 
of  the  increase  of  fifty  per  cent, in  passenger 
railway fares imposed during  the war, and  these 
fares ought to  be  restored  to  the  pre-war  rate 
without  delay ;  further,  that, in  order  to  meet 
the  needs  of  the  general  public,  the  present 
inadequate  train  services  should  be  increased 
and  provision  made  for  the  running  of  cheap 
trains  on  a  scale  at  least  equal to the  pre-war 
standard—(Major  Watts  Morgan*):—And  a 
Debate arising thereupon  ; 

Mr.  Adamson  rose in his place,  and claimed to  closure 
move,  That  the  Question  be  now  put,  but  claimed,  but 
Mr.  Speaker  withheld  his  assent,  and  declined  wn'hholdshis 
then  to  put  that  Question:—Then  the  House  Assent, 
resumed the Debate. 

Major  Watts  Morgan  rose  in  his  place  and  Closure 
claimed to  move,  That the Question be now put ; ^"S®*1' 
but Mr. Speaker withheld his assent, and declined  withholds  his 
then  to  put  that  Question :—Then  the  House  Assent, 
resumed  the  Debate. 

The  House divided. 

The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the  ( Lord  Edmund  Talbot,  | 
1 
1 Mr.  Pratt: 
1 
| Captain Albert  Smith : j 

Tellers for the  ( Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 

Yeas, 

Noes, 

63. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And  the Resolution was agreed to. 

The  Second  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time; 

An  Amendment was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Resolution,  in  1.  10,  by  leaving  out  the 
words— 

"  New import duties  - 

- 

-  12  :  " 

—(Captain  Wedgwood  Benn.) 

And  the Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  said 
Resolution ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers for the j  Lord Edmund  Talbot, 

5  Yeas, 

( M r.   Pratt-, 

Tellers for the  I Mr.  George  Thorne, 

'  Noes, 

( Mr.  France: 

275. 

88. 

So it was resolved  in the Affirmative. 
And  the Resolution  was agreed to. 
The  Third  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time,  was agreed to. 

The  Fourth  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be made  to 
the  Resolution,  by  leaving  out  the  heading of 
the second  column.—(Captain  Wedgwood  Benn.) 

And  the  Question  being put, That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  said 
Resolution  :—It  was resolved  in the Affirmative. 

Mr.  Adamson  rose in his place  and claimed to 

move,  That  the.Question  be now put. 

And the  Question  being  put, That  the  Ques-  Question  put 
sPo^lo"ure° 

tion be now put: 

285. 

The  House  divided. 

of  Debate.) 

The  Yeas  to the  Right; 

The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the j  Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 

) 
{ Captain Albert  Smith :  j 

Yeas, 

i 

mil 
Tellers for the  C o, o n el   g ir   R h y $ 
| 

j-i.  I Mr.  Ronald  McNeill, 

m U i a m s. 

JNoes, 

53. 

118. 

So it passed in the  Negative. 

And  the  Original  Question  being  again  pro-

posed :—The  House  resumed  the Debate. 

And  it  being  after  Eleven  of  the clock, and 
objection  being  taken  to further  proceeding, the 
Debate  stood adjourned. 

The  postponed proceeding on  consideration  of  Ways  and 

the Resolutions was resumed. 

.,, 
[30th  April] 

The  Thirteenth  Resolution,  being  read  a Report, 

second time, was agreed to. 

Ordered, That  a Bill  be brought  in  upon  the  Finance, 

said  Resolutions  :  And  that  the  Chairman  of 
the 
Ways  and  Means,  Mr.  Chancellor  of 
Exchequer,  and  Mr.  Baldwin  do  prepare  and 
bring it in. 

The Order of  the day being read, for receiving  Ways  and 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Ways  and ??ean® 
Means of  the  1st day of this instant May  ; 
Report. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prevention 
Committee on the  Prevention  of  Anthrax  Bill;  ^ Anthrax 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

1  JBill. 

And  the  Resolution  was agreed  to. 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

10  GEO.  Y. 

Itk^—Sth  May. 

1 33 

Wages 
(Temporary 
Regulation) 
Extension 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the Wages  (Temporary  Regula-
tion)  Extension  Bill; 

The  Order of the day being read, for receiving Land 
the Report from the Committee on Land  Settle-  ^ " o i S) 
ment (Facilities)  [Money]  ; 

[Money.] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

morrow. 

The  Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Acquisition 
of  Land 
the Adjourned Debate on the  Question proposed 
^^  
(Assessment  of 
Compensation)  upon the  15 th day of April last, That this House 
doth agree  with  the Committee  in  the  Resolu-
[Salaries.] 
tion :  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the 
payment,  out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by 
Parliament,  of salaries or remuneration to official 
valuers  appointed  under any Act  of  the  present 
Session to amend the  Law as  to the Assessment 
of  Compensation  in  respect  of  Land  acquired 
compulsorily  for  public  purposes  and  the  costs 
in proceedings thereon. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

Joint  stock 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
®^3.(Amal-  s e c o nd   Reading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks 
gamation 
ram*  inn 
Control)  Bill. 

(Amalgamation  Control)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read  a second time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Housing, Town  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
fsMttod)*0'  Committee  on the  Housing, Town  Planning, &c. 
[Expenses.] 

(Scotland)  [Expenses] ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to Adjournment, 

sit till seventeen  minutes after Eleven  of 
the clock, adjourned till to-morrow. 

Thursday,  8th May  1919, 

P  K A  T  E  B  S. 

THE   Belfast Harbour  Bill was  read the third Belfast 

time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

Harbour Bill. 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

The  Blyth  Harbour  Bill  was  read  the third  Blyth  Harbour 

time and passed. 

Bill. 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do  carry the  Bill to 

the Lords,  and desire  their concurrence. 

The  Bristol  Corporation  Bill  was  read  the  Bristol 

third time  and passed. 

Corporation 

Ordered,  That the  Clerk do  carry the Bill  to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Supply 
[6th  May] 
Heport. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the 6th day of this instant  May; 

The  Dover  Harbour  Bill  was  read the third  Dover Harbour 

time and passed. 

BiU-

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

Ordered, That  the Clerk  do  carry the Bill  to 

morrow. 

the Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

The  Dublin  Port  and  Docks  Bill  was  read Dublin  Port 

Committee of  Supply; 

the third time and passed. 

Docks 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

the Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee  C] 
[lst  May j 
Report. 

The Order of  the day being  read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply of  the  lst  day of this instant  May; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee  C] 
[6th  May] 
Report. 

The Order of  the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply  of the 5th day of  this instant May  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of Ways  and  Means; 

third time and passed. 

The  Manchester  Ship Canal Bill was read the  Manchester 
Ship  Canal 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 

t}ie Lords, and desire their  concurrence. 

was read the third time  and passed. 

The  Mersey  Docks  and  Harbour  Board  Bill  Mersey  Docks 
*nd harbour 
Board  Bill. 

r 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

was read the  third time  and passed. 

The  Newport  Harbour  Commissioners  Bill  Newport 
Harbour 
Commissioners 

1 

Ordered,  That the  Clerk  do carry the  Bill  to BiU-

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

the  Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Prevention 
of  Anthrax 
[Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
[Ex-

Committee  on  Prevention  of  Anthrax 
penses]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

Disabled  Men 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Facilities for  Second Reading  of the  Disabled Men  (Facilities 
Employment) 

E m p l o y m e n t) 

B i l l  . 

for 

Ordered,  That  the  Swansea  Harbour  Bill  be  Swansea 

read the third time to-morrow. 

Harbour  Bill. 

The  Tees  Conservancy  Bill  was  read  the  Tees 

third  time and passed. 

1 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk do  carry  the Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Conservancy 
Bill. 

The  Tyne  Improvement  Bill  was  read  the  Tyne 

third time and  passed. 

Improvement 
BUI, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

to-morrow. 

VOL.  174. 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

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8 th  May• 

1919. 

Wear 
Navigation 
and 
Sunderland 
Dock  Bill. 

The  Wear  Navigation  and  Sunderland Dock 

Bill was read the third time and passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Prevention  of 
Anthrax  Bill 
(Proposed 
Expenditure.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Memorandum 
on  Expenditure  likely  to  be  incurred  under 
Clause 2 ( 2)   of the Prevention of Anthrax  Bill. 
Ordered, That the  said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Colonial 
Reports 
(Annual.) 

Barbados. 

Private  Bills 
(Group  A.) 

Milford  Docks 
Bill. 

Stocksbridge 
Gas  Bill. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Amery  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's Command,—Copies of Colonial Reports, 
Nos.  990  (Sierra  Leone,  Report  for  1917), 
991  (Straits  Settlements,  Report for  1917), and 
992  (Leeward  Islands, Report for  1917-18). 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Amery also presented, pur-
suant to the directions of  an Act  of  Parliament, 
—Copy  of  Rules  made  by  the  Governor  of 
Barbados in Executive  Council  on 16th January 
1919,  with  the  object  of  extending  the  ticket-
of-leave system. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Harry  Samuel  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  on  Group A  of  Private Bills ;  That, for 
the  convenience  of  parties, the  Committee had 
adjourned till  Tuesday  next,  at  Eleven  of  the 
clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The Chairman of  Ways  and  Means reported 
from the Committee on the Milford  Docks  Bill; 
That  they  had  examined  the  allegations  con-
tained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  had 
amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it consistent 
with the provisions  of  the  Bill  as  passed by the 
Committee,  and  found  the  same,  as  amended, 
to be true ;  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

The Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Stocksbridge  Gas 
Bill;  That  they had  examined  the  allegations 
contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and 
had  amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it  con-
sistent with the provisions of  the Bill  as passed 
by  the  Committee,  and  found  the  same,  as 
amended, to be  true;  and  had gone through the 
Bill and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be printed. 

D.  H.  Evans 
and 
Bill 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and Means  reported 
[Lords]. 

Company  the  D.  H.  Evans  and  Company  Bill 
[lords.T  without Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

and Sir Joseph  Walton;  and  the  following  Fif-
teen  Members  (in  respect  of  the  Animals 
(Anaesthetics)  Bill) :  Colonel Archer-Shee,  Mr. 
Cape,  Sir  William  Watson Cheyne, Mr.  Finney, 
Mr.  France,  Colonel  Raymond  Greene,  Lieu-
tenant-Colonel  Walter Guinness, Mr. John Jones, 
Sir  Philip  Magnus,  Mr.  Mallalieu, Dr.  Donald 
Murray,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Raw, Mr.  Stanton, 
Major  Waring,  and Sir  William Whitla. 

Sir Samuel  Roberts  further reported from the  standing 

Committee ;  That they had  added the following Committee E. 
Members to  Standing  Committee E  :  Dr.  Addi-
son and Sir  Kingsley  Wood. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts further  reported from  the  Scottish 

Committee ; That they had added to the Standing 
Committee on Scottish  Bills  the  following Ten  Housing, Town 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c. 
Planning,  &c.  (Scotland)  Bill);  Mr.  Briant,  gj° t k n d) 
Mr.  Cairns,  Brigadier-General  Sir  Hill  Child, 
Mr. Denison-Pender,  Mr.  Preston,  Mr.  Raffan, 
Mr.  Ratcliffe,  Mr.  Sitch,  Sir  Robert  Thomas, 
and Mr.  Aneurin  Williams. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Ministry  of  Ways  and Ministry  of 
Communications  Bill, so  far  as  amended  in the ^Tunica-
Standing  Committee,  be printed. 

tions 

Bill. 
B i ll   73. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message had been  brought from  the  Lords  by 
one of their Clerks, as followeth : 

Message from 
the  Lords. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Education 
(Scotland)  (Superannuation)  Bill,  without any 
Amendment. 

Education 
(Scotland) 
(Superannua-
tion)  Bill. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill, intituled, An 
Act  to authorise the Hartlepool  Gas and Water 
Company  to  construct  waterworks,  to  confer 
further powers upon that company in connection 
with their undertaking, and for  other  purposes ; 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this House. 

Hartlepool 
Gas and  Water 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Hartlepool  Gas  and Water  Bill  [Lords']  Hartlepool 

was read the first time. 

^  Water 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt, supported  by  Sir  Eric  Electricity 
Geddes, Mr. Munro,  Mr. Macpherson, Sir Hamar  S uPP'y  B i l 1-
Greenwood,  and  Mr.  Attorney  General,  pre-  Bill 72. 
sented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Law  with  respect 
to the  supply of  electricity:  And the same was 
ordered to  be read  a  second time  upon Monday 
next;  and to be printed. 

Ordered, That Mr.  Tyson  Wilson be discharged  National 
from the Select  Committee  on  National Expen- B*P««iitaHs. 
diture. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Rose  be  added  to  the 

Committee.—(Colonel  Gibbs.) 

Mr.  James Hope reported from the Committee  Ways  and 
. 

of  Ways  and  Means  of  the  lst  day  of  this 
instant  Mav,  a Resolution  ;  which was  read, as  Report, 
followeth : 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Income Tax. 

Income  Tax. 

That-

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  E. 
Check-
weighing  in 
Various  • 
Industries  Bill. 
Animals 
(Anaesthetics) 
Bill. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  added to 
Standing  Committee  E  the  following  Ten 
Members (in  respect  of  the  Checkweighing  in 
Various  Industries  Bill)  :  Major  Cohen,  Mr. 
Hugh  Edwards,  Sir  Hamar  Greenwood,  Mr. 
Grundy,  Mr.  Hirst,  Mr.  Kenyon,  Mr.  Alfred 
Law,  Mr. Robert  MiLaren,  Colonel Robert  Peel, 

(a)  Income  Tax  shall  be  charged  for the 
year  beginning  the  sixth  day of  April, 
nineteen  hundred  and  nineteen,  at  the 
rate of  six shillings in the pound, and the 
•  same  Super  Tax  shall  be  charged  for 
that  year  as  was  charged  for  the  year 
beginning  the  sixth  day of  April,  nine-
teen hundred and eighteen ;  and 

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(b)  the  like  provisions  shall  have  effect 
with respect to the  annual value  of  pro-
perty as  had  effect  with  respect  thereto 
during the year  beginning  the  sixth day 
of April,  nineteen hundred and eighteen; 
and 

(c)  it is declared that it  is  expedient in the 

Eublic interest  that  this  Resolution shall 

ave statutory effect under the provisions 
of  the  Provisional  Collection  of  Taxes 
Act,  1913. 

The said Resolution being read a second time, 

was agreed to. 

Ordered,  That  it  be  an  Instruction  to  the 
Gentlemen  appointed  to  bring  in  a  Bill upon 
the  Resolutions reported from the Committee of 
Ways  and Means on the 7th day of  this  instant 
May,  and then agreed to by the  House, that they 
do make provision  therein  pursuant  to the  said 
Resolution.—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exche-
quer.) 

Finance  Bill.  Mr.  Baldwin presented a Bill  to  grant certain 
Bill 74.  duties of Customs and Inland Revenue, including 
Excise, to alter  other duties, and  to  amend  the 
Law  relating  to  Customs  and  Inland  Revenue, 
including  Excise,  and  the  National  Debt,  and 
to  make  further  provision  in  connection  with 
Finance :  And the same  was read the first time, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
M onday next;  and to be printed. 

of  Compensation  in  respect  of  Land  acquired 
compulsorily  for  public  purposes  and  the costs 
in proceedings thereon. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday next. 

The Order of  the day being read, for receiving  Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of ^ t hJf a y] 
the 6th day of this instant  May; 

Ordered,  That  the Report  be  received upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this  House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving  Supply 

from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply of the  1st day of this instant May ; 

C1 

^lst May] 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be  received  upon  eport' 

Monday next. 

The  Order of the day being read, for receiving  Supply 

from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  °f[£^ttiecn 
r5th uayj  -1 
Supply of the 5th day of  this instant May ; 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be  received  upon  eport" 

Monday next. 

The  Disabled  Men  (Facilities  for  Employ-
Disabled  Men 
gacilities^for  m e n t)   Rill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
second  time;  and  committed  to  a  Standing 
BHL 0ymen 
Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee of  Ways  and Means ; 

Means. 

Resolved, That this House will,  upon  Monday 

next, resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Wages 
(Temporary 
Begnlation) 
Extension 
Bill. 

The  House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Wages  (Temporary 
Regulation)  Extension Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prevention 
Committee  on  Prevention  of  Anthrax  TEx-  ofAnthrax 
[Expenses.] 
pensesj ; 
J 
L 

L 

(In the Committee.) 

Clauses No.  1 and No. 2 agreed to. 

Bill to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported, That the Committee 
had gone through  the Bill,  and  directed him  to 
report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  now read the third 
time:—The  Bill  was accordingly read  the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Housing, Town  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Planning,  4c.  Committee  on  Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c. 
(Scotland) 
[Expenses.] 

(Scotland)  [Expenses] ; 

Resolved,  That this  House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Prevention  of 
Anthrax  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day . being  read,  for  the 

Committee on the Prevention  of  Anthrax  Bill; 
Resolved, That this House  will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

t he  

1 5 th  

d a y 

The Order of  the day being read, for resuming 
the Adjourned Debate  on the Question proposed 

Acquisition 
of  Land 
(CAom™L°) UP 0n  
[Salaries.] 
ompensa ionj  jjQUge  doth  ag r e e  with  the  Committee  in  the 
Resolution:  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise 
the payment, out  of  moneys  to  be provided by 
Parliament, of  salaries or remuneration  to official 
valuers appointed under  any Act  of  the present 
Session to amend the  Law as to the Assessment 

° f  A p r il  

I a S t' 

T h at  

t h i s 

VOL.  174. 

Resolved, That this House  will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Colonel  Sanders  reported from the Committee  Land 

on  Land  Settlement  (Facilities)  [Money] 
Resolution;  which was read, as followeth : 

Settlement 

?Facilities) 

Money.] 

That it is expedient to authorise the payment, 
out of  moneys  to be provided by  Parliament, of 
any expenses tbat may be incurred  by the Board 
of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries  in  pursuance  of 
any Act  of  the present  Session to make further 
provision  for  the  acquisition  of  land  for  the 
purposes  of  small  holdings,  reclamation,  and 
drainage,  to  amend  the enactments  relating to 
small holdings  and  allotments, and otherwise to 
facilitate land  settlement;  and  to  authorise the 
issue to the Public Works Loans Commissioners 
out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  sums  not 
exceeding £20,000,000  for  the  purposes of  such 
Act. 

The  said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time, was agreed to. 

The  Order  of the day being  read,  for  taking  statement  of 

into consideration the  Statement  of  Rates Bill, Rates, 
as amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

A  Motion  being  made, That this House will, Disabled Men 
to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to (Facilities for 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  of [Money!]611 
moneys  to  be  provided  by Parliament,  of  any 
sums payable in  respect  oi  arrangements  made 
under any Act  of  the  present Session  to enable 
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8th—9th  May. 

1919. 

Government 
Obiteat' 

arrangements  to  be  made  as  to  employers' 
liability  to pay compensation  in  respect  of  men 
disabled  by  service  in  His  Majesty's  .Forces 
during the present war with a view to facilitating 
their employment.—(Colonel  Sir Hamar  Green-
wood.) 

Sir Robert  Home  by His  Majesty's Command, 
acquainted the House, That His Majesty, having 
been  informed  of  the  subject matter  of  this 
Motion,  recommends  it  to  the  consideration of 
the House. 

Resolved, That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

A  Motion  being  made, That  this House will, 
to-morrow,  "resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  of 
moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  and,  if 
those  moneys  are  insufficient, out  of  the  Con-
solidated Fund, of such sums as may be required 
for giving effect to  obligations  incurred  for  the 
purposes  of  the  present  war,  or  in  connection 
therewith,  by  or  on  behalf  of  His  Majesty's 
Government, and for  other  purposes  in relation 
thereto.—(Mr.  Baldwin) ; 

Sir  Robert Home,  by His Majesty's Command, 
acquainted the House that His  Majesty,  having 
been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of  this 
Motion, recommends  it  to  the  consideration  of 
the House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Adjournment. 

And  then  the  House, having  continued to 
sit  till  five  minutes  after  Seven  of  the 
clock, adjourned till to-morrow. 

Friday,  9th May  1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Swansea 
Harbour  Bill. 

r p HE   Swansea Harbour  Bill  was, according to 
J_   Order, read the third time and passed. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do  carry  the Bill  to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Electric 
Lighting 

o Xr   Bill! 
Bill 75 

Mr.  Bridgeman presented  a  Bill  to  confirm 
a  Provisional  Order  made  by  the  Board  of 
T r a de   u n d er   t h e  Electric  Lighting  Acts,  1882 
t o  1909. relating to Chepstow (Extension) :  And 
the same was read the first time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be printed. 

City and 
|™th 

A  Bill  for  empowering  the  City  and  South 
London  Railway  Company  to  construct  new 
way  1  '  subways and works;  to raise further money ;  to 
alter  the  periods  during  which  the  Company 
may  pay  interest  out  of  capital  and  make  up 
dividends  on  preference  capital;  and  for  other 
purposes, was presented, and read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

Leicester 
Corporation 
Bill. 

A  Bill to authorise the Mayor, Aldermen, and 
Burgesses  of  the  county borough  of  Leicester 
to  acquire  certain  lands  for  the  purpose  of a 
generating station ;  to confer upon them further 
powers with reference to the holding and disposal 
of lands ;  to extend the time for the construction 
of  certain  authorised tramways;  and  for  other 
purposes, was presented, and read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

A  Bill to make further provision in  regard  to  Botherham 
certain  loans  raised  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen, Corporation 
and Burgesses of the county borough of Rother-
ham for the purposes  of  their  electricity under-
taking and in regard  to  the  purchase of  certaiu 
lands  by  them;  and  for  other  purposes,  was 
presented, and read the first time;  and  ordered 
to be read a second time. 

A  Hill  to  extend  the  area  for  the  supply  Walsall 
of  electricity  by  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Corporation 
Burgesses  of' the  borough of Walsall;  to  make  1 ' 
further provision with regard  to their electricity 
undertaking;  to  authorise  the  said  Mayor, 
Aldermen, and Burgesses  to  provide  and  work 
motor  omnibuses  on  additional  routes  outside 
the borough ;  to enlarge their powers in relation 
to the provision  of  housing  accommodation  and 
the acquisition  of  lands;  and  to  make  further 
provision with  regard  to  the  local  government 
and improvement of  the borough;  and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read the first time ; 
and ordered  to be read a second time. 

Several  Public  Petitions were presented, and 

read ;  and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide  First 
lleport. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Provisional Regulations,  dated  10th  April  1919, 
made  by the  National  Health  Insurance  Joint 
Committee,  entitled  the  National  Health Insur-
ance  (Payments  to  Insurance  Committees) 
Amendment Regulations (Ireland),  1919. 

National 
Health 
Insurance 
(Joint 
Committee) 
Beguiations, 
1919. 

Ordered, That  the said Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Long  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Navy  (Pay, 

US1 n 

Command,—Copy  of  Statement  showing  the 
Recommendations  of  the  Committee  presided 
over  by  Admiral  Sir  Martyn  Jerram,  K . C . B ., 
K.C.M.G.,  in  regard  to  the  Pay,  Allowances,  and 
Pensions of the Royal  Navy and Royal Marines, 
with the  decisions  of  the  Government  thereon, 
and  of  further  Statement  as to  other  decisions 
taken during the War, together with an Estimate 
of the monetary value of  the provision made  by 
the State for the Sailor in cash and kind. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His  Education 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Minute  of  the  (Scotland.) 
Committee of Council on Education in Scotland, 
dated 9th May  1919,  providing  for the  payment 
from  the  Education  (Scotland)  Fund,  under 
Section  21 (2)  (a)  of  the  Education  (Scotland) 
Act,  1918,  of  Grants  for  Staffing  of  Small 
Schools. 

Copy of Twenty-ninth  Annual Report  of  the  Boyal 

Astronomer Royal for  Scotland. 

^Edinburgh  ) 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-  Arundel  Port, 

tions of an Act  of Parliament,  was laid upon the 
Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House:—Copy  of 
the Annual  Report and General  Account of  the 
Commissioners  of  Arundel  Port  for  the period 
from 25th March  1917 to 25th  March  1918. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this  House  Acquisition 

a Copy of  Memorandum on  Expenditure  likely 
of 
to  be  incurred  under  the  Acquisition  of  Land  Comp^ation) 
(Assessment 
Attorney  General.) 

of  Compensation)  Bill.—(Mr.  Bill. 

No.  92. 

10  GEO.  V. 

9th—12th  May. 

137 

Mr.  Attorney  General  accordingly presented 

Ordered, That  the Committee  have  power  to 

the said Paper. 

send for persons, papers, and records. 

Ordered, That  the said Paper do  lie  upon the 

Ordered,  That  Five  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Committee.—(Colonel  Gibbs.) 

Primary 
Education 
(Belfast)  Bill. 

The Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Primary  Education 
(Belfast)  Bill; 

And  a Motion  being  made, and  the Question 
being  proposed.  That  the  Bill  be  now  read a 
second time :—And  a Debate arising thereupon ; 
And, it  being Five  of  the  clock, the  Debate 

stood adjourned. 

Ordered, That  the  Debate  be  resumed  upon 

Friday next. 

Dormant  Bank  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
DnSadmed"1  S e c o n d  Reading of  the Dormant Bank Balances 
Securities Bill, and Unclaimed Securities  Rill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Friday  the 23rd day of this instant  May. 

Nurses 
Registration 
Bin. 

The Order of  the  day being  read, for taking 
into  consideration  the  Nurses Registration  Bill, 
as amended in the Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-
sideration  upon  Friday  the  27th  day  of  June 
next. 

Statement  of 
Bates  Bill. 

The  Order  of the day being read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Statement of  Rates Bill, 
as amended in the Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Monday next. 

Disabled  Men 
(Facilities  for 
Employment) 
[Money.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  Disabled  Men  (Facilities  for 
Employment)  [Money]; 

Resolved, That this  House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Government 
"War 
Obligations. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee on Government  War  Obligations ; 

Resolved,  That this  House will,  upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Commons. 

Ordered,  That  a  Select  Committee  be  ap-
pointed  to  consider  every  Report  made by the 
Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries  certifying 
the  expediency  of  any  Provisional  Order  for 
the inclosure  or  regulation  of  a  Common,  and 
presented  to  the  House  during  the  last  or 
present  Sessions, before a Bill be  Drought in for 
the confirmation of such Order. 

Ordered,  That  it  be  an  Instruction  to  the 
Committee  that  they have  power  in  respect  of 
each  such  Provisional  Order  to  inquire  and 
report to the  House whether  the same should be 
confirmed  by  Parliament,  and,  if  so,  whether 
with or without  modification;  and  in  the  event 
of  their  being  of  opinion  that  the same  should 
not  be  confirmed,  except  subject  to  modifica-
tions,  to  report  such  modifications  accordingly, 
with  a  view  to  such  Provisional  Order  being 
remitted  to  the  Board  of  Agriculture  and 
Fisheries. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  do  consist  of 
Twelve  Members,  Seven  to  be  nominated  by 
the  House  and  Five  by  the  Committee  of 
Selection. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the  Adjournment. 

House without  Question put, pursuant to 
Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being  then 
two  minutes  after Five of  the  clock, till 
Monday next. 

STANDING  COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to 
Standing Order No. 47, of Bills  committed  to 
a  Standing Committee. 

Name of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Disabled Men (Facilities for Employ-

ment) Bill. 

B 

Monday,  12 th May  1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

THE   D.  H.  Evans and Company Bill [Lords]  D. H.  Evana 

was read the third time and passed. 

^ 

Ordered, That  the Clerk do carry the Bill  to 
the Lords;  and acquaint  them  that  this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

The  House proceeded  to take  into  considera-  Reigate 
tion  the  Reigate  Corporation Bill,  as  amended  Corporation 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

The  Stourport  Gas  Bill  [Lords']  was  read  a  stourport Gas 
Bill [Zordt.] 

second time, and committed. 

Several Public  Petitions  were presented, and  Public 

' 

read ;  and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions. 
Vide  First 
Report. 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Amery  presented,  by  His  colonial 
Majesty's Command,—Copy  of Colonial Report,  Reports 
No. 993 (Uganda,  Report for  1917-18). 

Annual.) 

r 

Ordered, That the  said Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Sir Albert  Stanley presented, by  His Majesty's  Railway 
Command,—Copy  of  Statement  showing  the  Working 
cost  of  running  the  Railways in  Great Britain 
during the period of Government Control of the 
Railways  (1914-18). 

the 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His  Housing, Town 

Majesty's Command,—Copy  of Estimate of  pro-
bable  Expenditure  to  be  incurred  under  the gj^ 
Housing,  Town Planning,  &c. (Scotland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the said  Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Robert  Peel,  Lieutenant-
Colonel  Hilder,  Major  Townley,  Colonel  Penry 
Williams, Sir Henry  Cowan, Mr.  Rowlands,  and 
Mr. John  Taylor  were  nominated  Members  of 
the Select Committee. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Board  of 
Command,—Copy  of  Draft,  dated  10th  May  Education. 
1919, of the Education  Act,  1918,  Grant  Regu-
lation  No. 4 proposed  to  be made  by the  Board 
of Education  under  Section  44  of  the Act, for 

VOL.  174. 

138 

12^  May: 

11)19. 

Trade  Boards 
Acts. 

the purpose of  determining  how  the  amount  of 
any  Deficiency  Grant,  payable  under  that 
Section  in  respect  of  Education,  other  than 
Elementary,  shall be ascertained. 

Ordered,  That the  said Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Robert  Borne  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Regulations, dated 23rd  April  1919, made by the 
Minister  of  Labour  under  Section  11  of  the 
Trade  Boards  Act,  1909,  with  respect  to  the 
constitution  and  proceedings of  a  Trade  Boaid 
for the Tobacco  Trade in Great Britain. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Disabled  Men 
(Facilities  for 
Employment) 
Bill. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Memorandum 
on Expenditure  likely  to be  incurred  under  the 
Disabled  Men 
(Facilities  for  Employment) 
Bill. 

Historical 
Manuscripts 
(Boyal 
Commission.) 

Copy  of  Report of  the Royal  Commission  on 
Historical  Manuscripts  on  the  Manuscripts  of 
tie  Marquess of  Ormonde,  K.p.  Volume 8. 

Ordered, 
to-morrow. 

That  the  Resolutions  be  reported 

Mr.  Bowerman, supported by  Mr.  Crooks,  Mr.  Cheap  Trains 

Jesson, Mr. John  Jones, Colonel  William  Thorne, 
and  Mr.  Tyson  Wilson,  presented  a  Bill  to 
amend the  Law  relating to Cheap Trains for the 
working classes:  And  the  same  was  ordered to 
be  read  a  second  time  upon  Friday  the  20th 
day of  June next;  and to be printed. 

Bill 76. 

Lord  Henry  Cavendish-Bentinck, supported by Hours of 
Major  Hills',  Mr.  Hancock,  Captain  Ormsby- Employment 
Gore,  Mr.  Betterton,  Mr.  Devlin,  and  Mr. 
Murray  Macdonald,  presented a Bill  to regulate 
conditions  of  employment:  And  the  same  was 
ordered  to  be  read  a second time upon Friday 
next;  and to be printed. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
Committee  on  Housing,  Town  Planning, 
(Scotland)  [Expenses] ; 

the  Housing,  Town 

Planning,  4c. 

0 J C'   (Scotland) 

[Expenses.] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

Ordered,  That the said Papers do lie upon the 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming  Acquisition 

Table. 

Augmentation 
of  Benefices 
Act,  1863. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon 
the Table  by  the Clerk  of  the House :—Return 
of  Proceedings  under  the  Augmentation  of 
Benefices Act,  1863, from lst  November  1863  to 
9th May  1919. 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee  C] 
Be port. 

Mr. Macmaster  reported from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C that  they had  agreed  to  the following 
Resolutions relating to  Supply: 

Civil  Services Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  I. 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £145,836  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to defray the  charge  which will  come 
in course of  payment  during the year  ending on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Expenses 
of Survey  of the  United Kingdom, and for minor 
services connected therewith. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £3,226  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray the charge which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on the 31st day of March 1920 for the  Expenses 
of  maintaining  certain  Harbours  under  the 
Board of Trade,  and for Grants for Harbours. 

3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £22,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray the  charge which will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on the 31st day  of March  1920  for the Expenses 
of  constructing  a  new  Harbour  of  Refuge  at 
Peterhead. 

4.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £563,950  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray the  charge which  will  come 
in course of  payment during the  vear ending on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  Rates  and 
Contributions  in  lieu  of  Rates,  &c., in  respect 
of  Government  Property,  and  for  Rates  on 
Houses occupied by Representatives  of  Foreign 
Powers, and  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of 
the  Rating  of  Government  Property  Depart-
ment,  and  for  a  Contribution  towards  the 
Expenses  of the London Fire  Brigade. 

die adjourned  Debate  on the  Question proposed °f Land 
upon the  15th day of April last,  That this House 
doth  agree  with  the Committee  in the Resolu-  [Salaries.] 
tion •  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the 
payment,  out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by 
Parliament,  of  salaries  or  remuneration  to 
official valuers  appointed  under any  Act  of  the 
present  Session  to  amend  the  Law  as  to  the 
Assessment of  Compensation  in respect of  Land 
acquired  compulsorily  for  public  purposes  and 
the costs in proceedings  thereon ; 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed:— 
The  House  resumed the said adjourned  Debate. 
And  a  Motion  being made, and the  Question 
being put,  That the  Debate  be now adjourned— 
(Mr.  Fisher)  :—It  was  resolved  in  the Affirma-
tive. 

Ordered,  That 

the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

The  House,  according to Order, resolved itself  Prevention 
Antluax 

into  a  Committee  on  Prevention  of  Anthrax 
[Expenses], 

[Expenses- ] 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Motion made, and  Question  proposed, That it 
is  expedient  to  authorise  the  payment,  out  of 
moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  of  any 
expenses that may be incurred by the  Secretary 
of  State in  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  any 
Act  of  the  present  Session  to  control  the 
importation  of  goods  infected  or  likely  to  be 
infected  with  anthrax,  and  to  provide  for  the 
disinfection  of  any  such  goods.—(Colonel  Sir 
Hamar  Greenwood.) 

Amendment  proposed,  at  the  end, to  add  the 

words— 

"  Provided that such payment in any one year 
shall  not  exceed  ten  thousand  pounds."—(Sir 
Frederick  Banbury.) 

Question proposed,  That those  words be there 

added:—Amendment,  by leave, withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  at the end,  to 

add the words— 

"  Provided  that  such  payment  in any one  year 
shall  not exceed twenty-five thousand pounds."— 
(Sir  Frederick  Banbury). 

/ 

10 GEO. y. 

1 Mi  May. 

Question  proposed, That those words be there; 

a d d ed   : 

Motion  made, and  Question,  That,  the  Chair-
man  do  report  Progress,  and  ask  leave  to  sit 
again—(Colonel  Sir  Hamar  Greenwood),—put, 
and agreed to. 

in  coarse  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on the 3 let day of  March  1920 for Expenditure 
in  respect  of  the  Royal  Parks  and  Pleasure 
Gardens. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 

was agreed to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and Means  reported,  That 
the Committee had made Progress in the matter 
to  them  referred;  and  that  he  was directed  to 
move, That  the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Housing  of 

Second  Reading  of the  Housing of the  Working 
Classes (Ireland)  Bill; 

( l S d ) B i l l. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Restoration 

again resolve itself  into  the said  Committee. 

Supply 
[6th  May] 
Report. 

Mr.  Pratt  reported  from  the  Committee  on 
Supply  of  the  6th  day  of  this  instant  May,  a 
Resolution ;  which was read, as  followeth : 

Second  Beading of  the Restoration  of  Pre-War  ^ 
Practices  (No.  2)  Bill; 

( Na   a^Bill. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Monday  next. 

Civil  Services 
and  Revenue 
Departments 
Estimates, 
1919-20. 
Ministry  of 
Food. 

Civil  Services and Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  1919-20. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Joint  Stock 

Second  Reading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks 
(Amalgamation  Control) Bill; 

ControOBill. 

Ministry of Food. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a second  time 

That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,451,700  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to defray the  charge  which  will come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on  the 31st day. of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries 
and Expenses  of  the Ministry  of Food. 

The  said  Resolution  being  read  a  second 

time  ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed to  be  made to 
the  Resolution,  by  leaving  out  "£1,451,700," 
and 
'«£1,451,600  "—(Captain  Sir 
Seville  Stanier),—instead thereof. 

inserting 

And the Question being put, Tha t"  £1,451,700 " 
stand  part  of  the  said  Resolution:—It  was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

And  the Resolution  was agreed to. 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Electricity 
Second Reading  of  the Electricity  Supply  Bill ;  Supply  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be .read a  second time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Finance  Bill. 

Second Reading  of  the Finance Bill ; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  he read a  second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prevention  of 
Committee on the  Prevention  of  Anthrax  Bill;  A n t h r aI   BiU-

Resolved,  That  .this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Supply 
[Standing 
fcommittee  C"l  ^  s e v e r al   Resolutions  of  the  1st  day  of  this 

~M.r.  Pratt  reported from  Standing  Committee 

tlstMay] 

eport. 

Civil  Services 
Estimates, 
1919-20. 

Royal  Palaces. 

Osbome. 

instant  May  relating  to  Supply;  which  were 
read, as follow : 

Civil  Services  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  I. 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £55,400  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray the charge  which  will come 
in  course  of payment during the year ending on 
the  31st  day of  March  1920 for Expenditure in 
respect of  Royal  Palaces,  including  a  Grant in 
Aid. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £11,100  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray the charge which  will come 
in  course  of  :payment  during  the  year  ending 
on the 31st day of  March  1920 for  Expenditure 
in respect of  Osborne. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways  and 

Committee of  Ways and Means; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Disabled  Men 
Committee  on  Disabled  Men  (Facilities  for (Facilities  for 
Employment)  [Money] ; 

f Z g !T 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Government 

Committee on Government  War  Obligations ; 

obhgat;lon8 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

time,  were agreed to. 

Mr.  Pratt  reported  from  Standing  Committee 
Supply 
[Standing 
C  a  Resolution  of  the  fith  day  of  this  instant 
[st^May]  May  relating  to  Supply;  which  was  read,  as 
Report. 

followeth: 

Civil  Service* 
Estimates, 
1919-20. 

Civil  Services Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  I. 

That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £ 1 1 7 , 9 00   be 
Royal  Parks 
and  Pleasure  granted  to  His  M ajesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to defray the  charge  which  will  come 
Garden8- 

V O L . 1 7 4. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Vivisection of 

Second Reading  of  the  Vivisection  of  Animals  Animals  Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read a  second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Land Values 

Second Reading of the 'Land Values Assessment ^^dR^in' 
and Rating  Bill; 
Bill.  m g 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read  a second time 

upon Monday  next. 

T 2 

140 

mhr—mh  May. 

1919. 

Statement  of 
Bates  Bill. 

The  House,  according to Order, proceeded to 
take  into  consideration  the  Statement of  Bates 
Bill,  as amended in the Standing  Committee. 

The  House proceeded to take  into considera-  Fylde  Water 

tion the Fylde  Water Board Bill,  as amended in Board  Bill, 
the Committee. 

Ordered,,  That the Bill  be  now read  the third 
time :—The  Bill was  accordingly  read  the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered, That the Clerk  do carry the  Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Adjournment. 

And  then  the  House, having  continued  to 
sit till twelve  minutes  after  Five  of  the 
clock, adjourned till to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That the Bill be read the third time. 

Major  Astor,  supported  by  Dr.  Addison,  pre-  Local 

sented  a  Bill  to  confirm  certain  Provisional  p ^ ^ J ^f 
Orders  of the Local  Government  Board relating orders (No. 1) 
to  Birkenhead,  Blackburn,  Godalming,  Hyde,  Bill, 
and the  District of  the  Heywood  and Middleton  Bill 78. 
Water  Board :  And the  same was  read the  first 
time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private Bills;  and 
be printed. 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  presented,  pursuant  East  India 

Tuesday,  13th May  1919. 

PR A T E R S. 

London 
County 
Council 
(Money)  BiU. 
(Standing 
Orders 
applicable 
thereto 
complied 
with.) 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from one of the Examiners of  Petitions for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the case of  the following 
Bill, referred  on  the  First  Reading thereof, the 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into, 
and  which  are  applicable  thereto,  have  been 
complied with,  viz.:— 

London  County  Council  (Money) Bill. 

Ordered,  That the Bill be read a second time. 

Private  Bills 
[Lord,] 
(Standing 
Orders  not 
previously 
inquired  into 
complied 
with.) 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,— Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private Bills,  That in the  case  of  the following 
Bill, originating  in  the  Lords, and  referred  on 
the First  Reading  thereof, the Standing  Orders 
not previously  inquired into, which are applicable 
thereto,  have been complied with,  viz.:— 

Hartlepool  Gas and Water  Bill  [Lords]. 

Ordered,  That the Bill be read a second time. 

Provisional 
Order  Bills 
(No  Standing 
Orders 
applicable.) 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills, That  in the case  of  the following 
Bill, referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof,  no 
Standing  Orders are applicable,  viz.:— 

Pensions Funds (Cardiff) Provisional  Order 

Bill. 

Ordered, That  the Bill be  read  a second time 

to-morrow. 

Private  Bill 
Petitions 
[Lords'} 
(Standing 
Orders  not 
complied 
with.) 

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.:— 

British and Continental Bank 

[Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report be  referred  to  the 

Select Committee on  Standing Orders. 

Private  Bills 
[Lords'] 
(Petition  for 
additional 
Provision) 
(Standing 
Orders  hot 
complied 
with.) 

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  additional  Provision  in  the  following  Bill, 
the  Standing  Orders  have  not  been  complied 
with,  viz.:— 

Londonderry  Port  and  Harbour  Bill 

[Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— (Home 
Co 
India,  1917-18. 

jpy of  Home Accounts of  the Government  of 
idia, 1 
Copy  of  Finance  and  Revenue  Accounts  of  East  India 

"  1" 

" 

the Government  of India for the year 1917-18. 

J 

% 

(Finance  and 
Revenue 

Ordered,  That  the said Papers do lie upon the  Accounts.) 

Table;  and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  East 
India (Home Accounts) be printed. 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  by  His  Ministry  of 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Third  Report  Beconstruc-
of the Acquisition  and Valuation of  Land  Com-tlon' 
mittee on the acquisition  for  public purposes  of 
rights and powers in  connection with  Mines and 
Minerals. 

Ordered,  That the said  Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

Sir Robert  Home  presented,  pursuant  to  the Trade  Boards 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  ofActB-
Regulations dated 30th April  1919, made by the 
Minister  of  Labou/,  under  Section  11  of  the 
Trade  Boards  Act,  1909,  with  respect  to  the 
constitution  and  proceedings  of  a  Trade  Board 
for the Laundry  Trade in Great  Britain. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper do lie upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Kellaway  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Central 

Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  General 
Manager  to  the  Central  Control  Board (Liquor  Traffic.) 
Traffic) with reference to the Carlisle and District 
Direct  Control  Area  for  the  year  ending  31st 
December  1918. 

Board 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr. John  William  Wilson  reported  from  the 
Chairmen's  Panel;  That  they  had  appointed 
Mr.  William  Nicholson  to  act  as  Chairman  of 
Standing Committee B (in respect of the Disabled 
Men (Facilities  for Employment)  Bill). 

Standing 
Committees 
(Chairmen's 
PaneL) 
Disabled  Men 
(Facilities  for 
Employment) 
Bill. 

That they had  appointed  Mr.  Rendall  to  act 
as  Chairman  of  Standing  Committee  E  (in 
respect  of 
in  Various 
the  Checkweigbing 
Industries  Bill  and  the  Animals  (Anaesthetics) 
BUI). 

ChecJ; weighing 
in  Various 
Industries  Bill. 
Animals 
(Anaesthetics) 
Bill. 

That they had appointed  Mr.  Mount  to  act as 
Chairman of the Standing Committee on Scottish 
Bills (in respect of the Housing, Town Planning, 
&c. (Scotland)  Bill). 

Housing,  Town 
Planning,  &c. 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-  Selection 

mittee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  added to 
Standing  Committee  B  the  following  Fifteen g^Sng 
Members (in  respect  of  the  Aliens  Restriction  Committee  B. 
Bill  and  the  Disabled  Men  (Facilities  for 

Bill. 

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141 

Disabled  Men 
{Facilities  for 
Employment) 
Bill. 

Employment)  Bill):—Mr.  Bottomley,  Sir  John 
Butcher,  Colonel  Raymond  Greene,  Colonel 
Sir  Hamar  Greenwood,  Mr.  Joy n son-Hick t, 
Lieutenant-Commander  Kenworthy,  Sir  George 
Croydon Marks,  Sir Herbert Nield, Mr. Secretary 
Shortt,  Mr.  Solicitor  General,  Mr.  Tillett,  Mr. 
Waterson,  Sir  Ernest  Wild,  Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 
and Sir Alfred  Yeo. 

Standing 
Committee  E. 
Animals 
{Anaesthetics) 
Bill. 

Sir Samuel. Roberts further reported  from  the 
Committee ;  That they had added the following 
Members  to  Standing  Committee  E  (for  the 
consideration of the Animals (Anaesthetics) Bill): 
—Mr.  Bottomley and Sir John  Butcher. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

•remittee C 
(Supply.) 

Macmaster reported from  Standing Com-
mittee C that they had  agreed  to  the  following 
Resolutions 

Civil  Services Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  I. 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £54,600  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray,  the  charge  which  will 
come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for 
Expenditure in respect of  Houses  of Parliament 
Buildings. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £39,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty, to  complete  the  sum 
neceseary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will 
come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  31sjt  day  of  March  1920  for 
Expenditure  in  respect  of  Miscellaneous Legal 
Buildings. 

3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £75,400  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will 
come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for 
Expenditure  in  respect  of  Art  and  Science 
Buildings,  Great Britain. 

4.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £69,900  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will 
come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for 
Expenditure  in  respect  of  Diplomatic  and 
Consular  Buildings,  and  for  the  maintenance 
of certain Cemeteries Abroad. 

Ordered,  That  the  Resolutions  be  reported 

to-morrow. 

Message from 
the  Lords. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been brought from  the  Lords  by 
one of their Clerks, as followeth: 

Solicitors  Bill 
ILordn.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act to amend the-Law relating to Solicitors;  to 
which  the Lords desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

Public  House 
Improvement 
Bill. 

BUI 79. 

Sir  Watson  Rutherford  presented  a  Bill  to 
amend the Law relating  to  the sale by retail  of 
excisable liquors :  And the same was  ordered to 
be read a second tifne upon  Friday the 27th day 
of  June next;  and to be printed. 

Housing  of 
the  Working 
Classes 
{Ireland)  Bill 

The Housing of the Working Classes (Ireland) 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time, 
and committed to a Standing  Committee. 

VOL.  174. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself  Housing, Town 

into  a  Committee  on  Housing, Town Planning,  S ^ ^ ^ * 0, 
&c. (Scotland)  [Expenses]. 
[Expenses. | 

(In the Committee.) 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That, 
for  the  purposes  of  any  Act  of  the  present 
Session  to  amend  the  enactments  relating  to 
Housing,  Town  Planning,  and  the  acquisition 
of Small  Dwellings  in  Scotland, it  is  expedient 
to authorise the  payment, out  of  moneys  to  be 
provided  by  Parliament,  of  expenses  incurred 
by any Government Department— 

(a)  when acting in the place of local authorities 
in preparing and carrying out schemes under 
such  A c t; 

(b)  in  recouping  losses  incurred  by  local 

authorities and county councils ;  ana 

(c)  in contributing to costs incurred by public 
utility societies and housing trusts and other 
persons. 
—(Mr.  Munro.) 

Amendment proposed, to  leave  out paragraph 

(c).—(Mr.  Neil  Maclean.) 

Question, That the words  proposed  to  be left 
out stand part  of  the Question, put, and agreed 
to. 

Main Question put, and agreed to. 

Resolution to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the Committee had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming  Acquisition 

the adjourned Debate on the  Question proposed °f. Land 
upon  the  15th  day  of  April  last,  That  this 
House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the  [Salaries.] 
Resolution:  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise 
the payment, out  of  moneys  to  be provided  by 
Parliament,  of  salaries  or  remuneration  to 
official valuers  appointed  under  any  Act of  the 
present  Session  to  amend  the  Law  as  to  the 
Assessment of Compensation in respect  of  Land 
acquired  compulsorilv  for  public  purposes  and 
the costs in proceedings thereon ; 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed  :— 
The  House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 
And the Question being put:—It was resolved 

in the Affirmative. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself  Prevention 
into  a  Committee  on  Prevention  of  Anthrax  ?f  Anthrax 
[Expenses]. 
[Expenses.] 

(In the Committee.) 

Question  proposed,  That  it  is  expedient  to 
authorise  the  payment,  out  of  moneys  to  be 
provided  by  Parliament, of  any  expenses  that 
may be  incurred  by  the  Secretary  of  State  in 
carrying out  the  provisions  of  any  Act  of  the 
present  Session  to  control  the  importation  of 
goods  infected  or  likely  to  be  infected  with 
anthrax, and  to  provide  for  the  disinfection of 
any such goods. 

Amendment proposed, at  the  end, to  add  the 
words "  Provided that such  payment in  any one 
year  shall  not  exceed  twenty-five  thousand 
pounds." 

Question again proposed, That those words be 

there added ; 

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Vdth—ltth  May. 

Motion  made,  and Question, That the Chair-
man  do  report  Progress,  and  ask  leave  to  sit 
again—(Colonel  Sir  Jfitamar  Greenwood),—put, 
and agreed to. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being 
Committee of Ways  and Means ; 

read,  for  the  Ways and! 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy Chairman reported, That the  Committee 
had  made  Progress  in  the  matter  to  them 
referred;  and  that  he  was  directed  to  move, 
That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit 
again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve itself into the said Committee. 

A  Motion  being made, That this  House  will, Housing of 

to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  of  (irei^d) 
moneys to be provided by Parliament, of expenses [Expeases.1 
incurred in  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  any 
Act  of  the  present  Session  to amend the enact- 
ments relating to  the  Housing  of  the Working 
Classes  and the acquisition  of  Small  Dwellings 
in Ireland.—-(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

. 

Disabled Hen 
(Facilities for 
Employment) 
[Money.] 

The House,  according to Order, resolved itself 
into a  Committee  on  Disabled  Men  (Facilities 
for Employment)  [Money]. 

(In  the Committee.) 

Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the 
payment,  out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by 
Parliament,  of  any sums  payable  m  respect  of 
arrangements  made  under  any  Act  of  the 
present  Session  to  enable  arrangements  to  be 
made as to employers' liability to pay compensa-
tion in respect of  men disabled by service in His 
Majesty's forces during  the  present  war with  a 
view to facilitating their employment.—(Colonel 
Sir  Hamar  Greenwood.) 

Resolution to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported, That the  Committee 
had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Government 
War 
Obligations. 

The  House,  according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee  on  Government  War  Obliga-
tions. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Resolved, That it is expedient  to authorise the 
payment, out of  moneys provided by Parliament, 
ana, if  those  moneys  are insufficient, out of  the 
Consolidated  Fund,  of  such  sums  as  may  be 
required for giving effect to obligations incurred 
for the purposes  of  the  present  war, or in  con-
nection  .therewith,  by  or  on  behalf  of  His 
Majesty's  Government,  and  for  other  purposes 
in relation thereto.—(Mr.  Baldwin.) 

Sir Alfred  Mond, by His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted  the House  that His  Majesty,  having 
been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of  this 
Motion, recommends  it  to  the  consideration  of 
the House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to  Adjournment, 

sit  till  twenty-nine  minutes  before  T en 
of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

Wednesday,  14th  May  1919. 

P E A Y EB 

Motion  being  made,  That  the  Chepstow Chepstow 
W a t«   Bill. 

Water  Bill be now read the third time; 

A 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,  acquainted  the  House, 
That  His  Majesty, having been informed of  the 
purport of  the Bill, gives  His  Consent, as far as 
His  Majesty's  interest  is  concerned,  that  the 
House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then  the  Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and 

Ordered,  That the Clerk  do  carry the Bill  to 

the Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

i 

Ordered,  That  the  City  and  South  London City and 
Railway  Bill  be read a second time to-morrow.  Bouth London 

J 

Railway BiU. 

Resolution  to be reported. 

The  Leicester  Corporation  Bill  was  read  a Leicester 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Com-
mittee had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee  C] 
[12th  May] 
Report. 

The Order of  the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply  of the  12th day of  this instant  May ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Prevention of 
Anthrax BUI. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee on the Prevention of  Anthrax  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

Supply. 

The  'Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

second time, and committed. 
• 

Corporation 
BilJ. 

The  Rotherham  Corporation  Bill  was  read a Rotherham 
Corporation 
BiU. 

second time, and committed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Walsall  Corporation  Bill Walsall 

be read a second time to-morrow. 

Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Pensions  Funds  (Cardiff)  Provisional Pensions 
Order  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a^"""*8  • 
second time, and committed. 

Provisional 
Order Bill. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented, pursuant  to  the  direc-  Universities of 

tions of an Act  of Parliament,—Copy  of Statute Oxford, and 
made  by  the  Governing  Body  of  Downing Act* 187^ 
College,  Cambridge,  under  the  Universities  of  (Cambridge.) 
Oxford  and  Cambridge  Act,  1877, on the  25th 
January  1919, 
for  altering  and  amending 
Statute  X X I V.   of  the existing  Statutes  of  the 
College. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

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143 

Hast  India 
•(Legislative 
•Councils.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Copy of  Amendment of  Rules  for asking  ques-
tions  in  the  Central  Provinces  Legislative 
Council. 

3.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Swinton  and Swinton  and 

Mexborough  Gas  Board,  Petition  for  BUI, thfl  ^ S 11 
Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed with;  M 
that  the  parties  be  permitted  to  proceed  with 
their  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper  do lie upon the 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 

Table. 

were agreed to. 

Metropolitan 
Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant  to 
-Cattle Market,  the directions of an Act of  Parliament,—Account 
of  Moneys  received  and paid on  account  of  the 
Metropolitan  Cattle Market by the Chamberlain 
of  the  City  of  London  for  the  year  1917-18, 
also  an  Account  of  Extraordinary  Works 
executed  other  than  General  Repairs  for  the 
same period. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Lunacy. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon 
the  Table  by the  Clerk  of  the  House  :—Copy 
of  Report  to the  Lord  Chancellor of  the number 
of  Visits  made,  the  number  of  Patients  seen, 
and  the  number  of  Miles  travelled  by  the 
Visitors  of  Lunatics,  between  the  lst  October 
1918 and the 31st  March  1919. 

Sir  Watson Rutherford  reported from Standing 
Standing 
-Committee  E 
Committee  E,  to whom the  Women's  Emancipa 
Women's 
Emancipation  t i o n  Bill  was  referred;  That  they  had  gone 
tnwATl/wn  4 rt A 
.<•! 
Uill 
I I  nn<J  Un/1  /liMAntn/l 
through the  Bill,  and had directed him to report 
Bill. 
the same, without Amendment,  to the  House. 

N o.   9 4. 

N o.   9 4. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes  of  the Proceedings 

of  the Standing  Committee be printed. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  (not  amended  in  the 
Standing Committee) be taken into consideration 
upon Friday the 4th day  of July  next. 

Standing 
Committee  D 
Local 
•Government 
.(Ireland) 
Bill. 

Captain Albert  Smith reported from  Standing 
Committee  D,  to whom  the  Local  Government 
(Ireland)  Bill  was  referred;  That  they  had 
gone  through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments 
thereunto. 

N o.   9 5. 

No. 95. 

Bill 80. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be  printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of  the  proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing Committee,  be taken into consideration 
to-morrow ;  and be printed. 

Selection 
•(Standing 
Committees;) 
Standing 
Committee  D. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Selection ;  That  they had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Stauding  Com-
mittee  D:   Sir John Randies  ;  and had appointed 
in substitution:  Mr.  Murchison. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Standing 
Orders. 

Mr.  Vanghan-Davies  reported from the Select 
Committee  on Standing  Orders  several Resolu-
tions ;  which were read, as follow: 

Bedweilty 
1.  That  in  the case of  the  Bedwellty  Urban 
Urban  District  District  Council, Petition for Bill, the  Standing 
Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with;  that  the 
parties be permitted to proceed with their  Bill. 

ounci. 

Workington. 
Corporation. 

2.  That in  the  case  of  the  Workington  Cor-
poration, Petition  for  Bill,  the  Standing  Orders 
ought to  be  dispensed with ;  that the parties be 
permitted to proceed  with their Bill. 

VOL.   174. 

The  Order  made  upon  the  8th  day  of  this Disabled  Men 
instant  May  that  the  Disabled  Men (Facilities  ^ i o ^ e n t) 
for Employment) Bill be committed to a Standing 
Committee  was read, and discharged. 

oyinen 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee of the whole  House for Friday next. 
—(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Archdale  be  discharged House of 
from  the  Select Committee  on  House of  Com-  ^ S S a nd 
mons (Kitchen  and Refreshment  Rooms). 
Refreshment 
Booms.) 

Ordered,  That  Major  Kerr-Smiley  be  added 

to the Committee.—(Colonel  Gibbs.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Electricity 
Second Reading  of  the Electricity  Supply  Bill;  Supply  BiU 

And  a  Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read a 
second time ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be made to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
"  That "  to the end of  the Question,  and adding 
the  words  "  this  House  declines  to  proceed 
further with a measure  which  proposes  to  take 
from  popularly  elected  local  authorities  the 
powers  entrusted  to  them  by  Parliament,  and 
to transfer  these  powers  to  boards  created  by 
other  methods  than  that  of  popular  election, 
and so, while it establishes a great public utility 
service,  places  it  beyond  public  control,"— 
(Major  Barnes),—instead thereof; 

And the  Question  being  put, That  the words 
proposed to be left out  stand  part  of  the  Ques-
tion :—The House proceeded  to a Division : 

Lord  Edmund  Talbot  and  Mr.  Dudley  Ward's*Second 
were  appointed  TeUers  for  the  Yeas  and  Sir N®g|T £o11  6 
Frederick  Banbury  was appointed  Teller  for the 
Noes;  but  no  Member  being  willing  to  act as 
the  Second  Teller  for  the  Noes,  Mr.  Speaker 
declared that the Yeas  had it. 

The  Bill  was  read  a  second  time,  and  com-

mitted to a Standing  Committee. 

Lord Edmund  Talbot reported from the  Com-  Housing,  Town 

mittee  on  Housing, Town  Planning, &c. (Scot-  (g^nd)* 0' 
land) [Expenses]  a Resolution ;  which was read,  [Expenses.] 
as followeth : 

That,  for  the  purposes  of  any  Act  of  the 
present  Session to amend the enactments relating 
to  Housing,  Town  Planning,  and the acquisition 
of  Small  Dwellings  in Scotland, it is  expedient 
to authorise the  payment, out  of  moneys  to  be 
provided  by  Parliament,  of  expenses  incurred 
by any  Government  Department— 

(a)  when acting  in  the  place of  local autho-
rities in preparing and carrying out schemes 
under such  A c t; 

(b)  in  recouping  losses  incurred  by  local 

authorities and county councils;  and 

(c)  in contributing  to costs incurred by public 
utility societies and housing trusts and other 
persons. 

The  said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time, was agreed to. 

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14dh  May. 

1919. 

Disabled  Hen 
(Facilities  for 

Colonel  Sir Hamar  Greenwood  reported  from 
the  Committee on  Disabled  Men  (Facilities for 
[Money!]8"^  Employment  [Money] a Resolution,;  which was 

read, as followeth: 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

That it is expedient to authorise the payment, 
out of  moneys to  be  provided by Parliament, of 
any  sums  payable  in  respect  of  arrangements 
made under any Act  of  the  present  Session, to 
enable arrangements to be made as to employers' 
liability to pay compensation in  respect  of  men 
disabled  by  service  in  His  Majesty's  forces 
during the present war with a view to facilitating 
their employment. 

The  said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time, was agreed to. 

Government 
War 
Obligations. 

Colonel  Sanders reported from the Committee 
on Government  War  Obligations  a  Resolution; 
which was read, as followeth : 

That it is expedient  to authorise the payment, 
out of  moneys  provided  by Parliament,  and,  if 
those moneys are  insufficient,  out  of  the  Con-
solidated Fund,  of such sums as may be required 
for  giving effect  to obligations incurred for  the 
purposes  of  the  present  war  or  in  connection 
therewith,  by  or  on  behalf  of  His  Majesty's 
Government,  and  for  other  purposes in relation 
thereto. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time : 

And  a Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  this  House  doth  agree 
with the  Committee  in  the  said  Resolution:— 
And a Debate arising thereupon: 

And  a Motion being  made, and  the Question 
being put,  That  the  Debate  be  now adjourned. 
—(Lord  Edmund  Talbot)  :—It  was  resolved  in 
,the Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

Prevention 
of  Anthrax 
e x p e n s e s .] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  Prevention  Of  Anthrax  [Ex-
p e n s e 8]  

. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

Housing  of 
the  Working 
Classes 
. (Ireland) 

[Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on Housing  of the  Working  Classes 
(Ireland)  [Expenses]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee  01 
[13th  May] 
Repcrt. 

The  Order of the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply  of the  13th  day of this instant  May; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  dav  being  read,  for  the  Ways  a ni 

Committee  of  Ways  and Means ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

A  Motion  was made, and  the  Question  beiug  Ireland, 

proposed,  That  this  House  views  with  regret 
and concern  the  present conditions prevailing in 
Ireland, which tend further to alienate the people 
of that country from the people of  Great Britain, 
and subject to international suspicion our earnest 
efforts to promote and safeguard  the  freedom of 
other  small  nations.—(Mr.  Hartshorn)  :—And 
a Debate arising thereupon : 

Mr.  Adamson  rose  in  his  place  and  claimed  Closure 

to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now put;  hut 
Mr.  Speaker  withheld  his  assent,  and  declined  withholdshte 
then  to  put  that  Question :—Then  the  House  Assent, 
resumed the  Debate. 

Mr.  Adamson  rose  in  his  place  and claimed  Closure 

to  move,  That  the Question  be  now put;  but 
Mr.  Speaker  withheld  his  assent,  and  declined  withholds  his 
then  to  put  that  Question:—Then  the  House  Assent, 
resumed the Debate. 

And,  it being Eleven  of the clock, the Debate 

stood adjourned. 

A  Motion being  made, That  this  House will, Electricity 
to-morrow,  resolve  itself  intQ  a  Committee  to rS)p,y  -i 
consider of  authorising the payment,  out  of  the 
Consolidated  Fund  and  out  of  moneys  to  be 
provided  by  Parliament,  of  such  sums  as may 
be required for the purposes  of  any Act  of  the-
present  Session to amend the  Law  with  respect 
to the  Supply of Electricity ;  and of  authorising 
the Treasury to borrow money for these purposes 
by means of  Exchequer  bonds.—(Lord  Edmund 
Talbot.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt, by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand, acquainted  the  House,  that His  Majesty, 
having  been  informed  of  the  subject-matter of 
this Motion, recommends  it  to the consideration 
of the House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to  Adjournment, 

sit  till  one  minute  after  eleven  of  the 
clock, adjourned till  to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to 
Standing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed 
to a  Standing  Committee. 

Supply 
[Standing 
D 

The  Order of the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 

0]  Supply  of  the  12th day of  this instant  May; 

Name of  Bill. 

Report. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

Housing  of  the  Working  Classes 

morrow. 

(Ireland) BiU. 

Standing 
Committee. 

D. 

Prevention  of 
Anthrax  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee on the Prevention  or Anthrax  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

10 GEO. Y. 

15 th  May. 

145 

Thursday,  15th May  1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Reigate 
Corporation 

r p HE   Reigate Corporation  Bill  was  read  the 
J 

p a 8 B e d. 

t i me   a nd  

t h i r <j 

Ordered, That  the Clerk do carry  the  Bill  to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

City and 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
lUUwa^BuT  S e c o n d  Reading of  the  City and South  London 

way 

Railway  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

Walsall 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Walsall  Corporation  Bill  was, according 

to Order, read a second time, and committed. 

Penal 
Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant  to 
Servitude  Acts the  directions  of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
°f  a  Licence  granted  to  George  Jupp,  under 
Licence!)" 
the Penal  Servitude  Acts, to  which  is  annexed 
a  condition  other  than  those  contained  in 
Schedule A  of  the Penal Servitude  Act,  1864. 

Ordered, That the  eaid  Paper  do  lie upon the 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further reported  from  the  Standing 
Committee;  That they had added  the following  CommitteeC. 
Member 
to  Standing  Committee  C:—Mr. 
lllingworth. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further reported  from the standing 

Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the Committee B. 
following Member from Standing  Committee  B 
at  the  conclusion  of  the  Bill  now  under  con-
sideration :—Mr.  Rowlands. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  John  William  Wilson  reported  from  the Standing 
Chairmen's  Panel;  That  they  had  appointed Committees 
Mr.  T.  P.  O'Connor  to  act  as  Chairman  of  panel.) 
Standing  Committee  D  (in  respect  of  the  Housing  of 
Housing  of  the  Working  Classes  (Ireland) 
B i l l )*  

(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Harry  Samuel  reported  from  the  Com-  Private  Bills 

mittee  on  Group  A  of  Private  Bills;  That,  < G r o aP  A-> 
for  the  convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee 
had  adjourned  till  Tuesday  next, at  Eleven  of 
the clock. 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

National 
Galleries  of 
Scotland  Act, 
1906. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to 
the directions  of  an Act of  Parliament,—Copy 
of the National  Galleries  of  Scotland (Applica-
tion of Annuity)  Order,  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

States  of 
Jersey  War 
Contribution. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  a Treasury  Minute, dated 
23rd  April  1919,  on  the  subject  of  a further 
Contribution  made  by  the  States  of  Jersey 
towards the cost of the  War. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

Trade  Boards 
Acts. 

Trade  Boards 
Acts. 

Sir  Robert  Horne  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
direction  of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of a 
Special  Order made by the Minister of  Labour, 
dated 9th May  1919, in pursuance  of  Section  1 
of  the Trade Boards Act,  1918, with  respect  to 
the Hair,  Bass, and Fibre Trade. 

Copy of  a Special Order made by the Minister 
of  Labour, dated  9th  May  1919, in  pursuance 
of  Section  1  of  the  Trade  Boards  Act,  1918, 
with respect to the Brush and Broom Trade. 

Sir  Harry  Samuel reported  from  the  Com-  Private Bills 

mittee  on  Group  A  of  Private  Bills;  That (GrouP 
Mr.  Frederick  Hall,  one of  the Members  of  the 
said  Committee,  was  not  present  during  the 
sitting of  the Committee this day. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Macmaster  reported 

from  Standing  standing 

Committee  C  that  they  had  agreed  to  the  Committee  C 
following Resolution  : 

(^uPPy-) 

Civil  Services Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class I. 

That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £590,900  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to defray  the  charge  which will come 
in course of  payment  during  the year ending on 
the  31st day of March  1920  for Expenditure  in 
respect of  Customs and Excise, Inland Revenue, 
Post  Office  and  Telegraph  Buildings in  Great 
Britain,  and certain Post Offices Abroad. 

Ordered,  That  the  Resolution  be  reported 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

to-morrow. 

Table. 

National 
Assembly  of 
the  Church  of 
England. 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
sented to His Majesty, that He will be graciously 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before this  House, a  Copy of  the  Address  pre-
sented  to  His  Majesty by  the  Convocation  of 
Canterbury and York  touching  the  constitution 
of  the  National  Assembly  of  the  Church  of 
England.—(Viscount Wolrner.) 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee of  Selection;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee A  :—Sir  William  Davison. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 

Standing 
Committee  E. 

Mr.  John  William  Wilson  reported  from standing 
Standing  Committee  A,  to whom the  Housing,  Committee A. 
Town  Planning,  &c.  BiU  was referred ;  That FZn^,  ^T 
they  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and  made Bill. 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

.No. 96. 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings  No. 96. 

of  the Standing Committee be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill 81. 

Standing Committee, be taken into consideration 
upon Thursday next;  and be printed. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further reported  from  the 
Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the 
following Members from Standing Committee E: 
—Dr.  Addison and Sir Kingsley  Wood. 

Ordered, That  the  Civil  Services  Estimates,  Business of 

1919-20,  Class  2,  Vote  5  (Foreign  Office),  be ^e  House 
considered in Committee of Supply.—(Mr. Bonar 
upp y"-) 
Law.) 

VOL.  174. 

V 

15th—l6thMay. 

1919. 

Supply 
gMh allotted  i u to   t t c  Committee of  Supply. 

The  House, according to Order, resolved itself 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Civil  Services Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  II. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,,  That 
a  sum  not  exceeding  £109,668  be  granted  to 
His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum  necessary 
to defray the charge  which  will  come  in  course 
of  payment  during the year ending  on the 31st 
day  of  March  1920 
for  the  Salaries  and 
Expenses  of  the, Department  of  His  Majesty's 
Secretary  of State for Foreign Affairs, including 
the  Foreign  Claims  Office,  Foreign  Trade 
Department, War  Trade Statistical  Department, 
and News  Department: 

Whereupon  Motion,  made,  and  Question, 
That  the  Chairman  do  report  Progress,  and 
ask leave to sit again—(Lord Edmund  Talbot),— 
put, and agreed to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  ;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and Means  acquainted  the 
House  that the  Committee had  made  Progress 
in  the  matter  to  them  referred ;  and  that  he 
was  directed to move,  That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved,  That  this House  will, upon  Monday 
next,  again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Com-
mittee. 

Supply 

Committee  01 
[13th  May] 
Report. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply  of the  13th day, of  this instant  May ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

[Standing 
Committee  0] 
[12th  May] 
Report. 

The Order, of  the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply  of  the  12th day of  this instant May  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of Ways  and Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-m&rrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order of  the day  being  read^  for  taking 
Local 
into  consideration  the Local  Government  (Ire-
Government 
(lreiand)  Bill.  l a n d)  B m>   as   a m e nded   in  the  Standing  Com-

mittee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

Committee  on  Prevention  of  Anthrax 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prevention 
[Ex-  of Anthrax 
[Expenses.] 
u 
L 

-I 
penses]; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Housing  of 
Committee  on  Housing of  the Working  Classes  Q 1^ r W ng 
(Ireland)  [Expenses]  ; 

n S d) 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow,  LExPensea-] 

resolve  itself into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prevention  of 
Committee  on the Prevention of  Anthrax  Bill;  Anthrax  Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Electricity 
[Monly ] 

Committee  on Electricity  Supply  [Money] ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

And  then  the House, having  continued  to  Adjournment, 

sit  till  twenty-five  minutes after  Ten  of 
the clock, adjourned till to-morrow. 

Friday,  1 6$   May  1919. 

P  R A T E R S. 

THE   House proceeded to take into considera-  Milford  Docks 

tion the  Milford Docks  Bill, as  amended in Bil1-

the Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read the third time. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  City  and 
Second Reading  of  the City  and South  London  South  London 
Railway  Bill; 
BanwayBill. 

Ordered,  That the Bill be read  a  second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

A  Bill to confer  further powers on  the  urban  Bedwellty 
district council  of  Bedwellty with regard to the S5b®n1I)4a1^ict 
supply  of  electricity  and  gas,  and  for  other 
purposes, was presented, and  read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

unci 

A  Bill  to confer  further  powers  on the  Swin-  Swinton  and 
ton and Mexborough  Gas Board, was presented,  Mexborough 
and read the first time : 
a second  time. 

and  ordered to  be  read 

Gas  Board 
BUI. 

Government 
War 
Obligations. 

The  Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate on the Question proposed 
upon  the  14th  day  of  this  instant  May,  That 
this  House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in 
the Resolution:  That it is expedient to authorise 
the payment^ out of moneys  provided by Parlia-
ment, and, if  those  moneys  are  insufficient, out 
of the  Consolidated Fund,  of  such sums  as  may 
be  required  for  giving  effect  to  obligations 
incurred for the purposes of  the  present  war  or 
in  connection  therewith,  by  or  on  behalf  of 
His  Majesty's  Government,  and  for  other 
purposes-m  relation thereto j 

A  Bill to confer powers on the Mayor, Alder-  Workington 
men, and Burgesses of  the borough of  Working-, Corporation 
ton with regard to the supply of  electricity, and 
for other purposes,  was  presented, and  read  the 
first  time;  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time. 

Dr.  Addison  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Housing. 

Command,—Copy  of  Schemes  on  Housing sub-
mitted to the Local Government Board by Looal . 
Authorities. 

Ordered,Th^t 
till to-morrow. 

therDebate befurther adjourned 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

W  QM). 

y. 

mifr^thMay. 

147 

Prisons 
w f io  

East. India 
Revenue 
Accounts. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented, pursuant  to 
the directions  of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of Draft of  a Rule to  he made by the Secretary 
of  State  under  the  Prison  Act,  1877,  placing 
His  Majesty's  Prison 'fat  Ipswich  wholly Within 
the jurisdiction  of  the Coroner  for  the  borough 
of Ipswich. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  several  Accounts  and 
Papers  which have been  presented to the House 
in  this  Session  of  Parliament  relating  to  the 
Revenues  of India be referred  to  the considera-
tion of a Committee of the whole House.—(Lord 
Edmund  Talbot.) 

Resolved,  That  this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee.— 
(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

Local 
Authorities 
(Enabling) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  rfead,  for  the 
the  Local  Authorities 

Second  Reading  of 
(Enabling)  Bill; 

And  a'Motion  b^irig  made,  arid the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made to 
the  Question,  bv leaving  out  the  word, "  now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  "  upon  this  day  six  months."—(Mr. 
Samuel  Samuel.) 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  the  word 

"  now "  stand part of  the  Question : 

The  House divided. 

The  Yeas to the  Right; 

The  Noes to the Left. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  bv  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to 
Standing  Order'No.;47j  of  Bills cdmmitted to 
a  Standing  Committee. 

Name of Bill. 

Standing 
C o m m i t t e e. 

Elecftricity  Stipply Bill  -

Aliens  Restriction  Bill (transferred 
from Standing  Committee B). 
5 

B. 

A. 

Monday, \%th  May  1919. 

P l i A f EK   8. 

THE   Fylde  Water  Board  Bill  was  read  the  Fylde  Water 

third time, and passed. 

Board Bill. 

Ordered,  That the  Clerk  do  carry the Bill  to 

the Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

The House  proceeded to  take  into eonsidera-  stocksbridge 

tion  the  Stocksbridge  Gas Bill,  as  amended  in  (J a s  Bill, 
the  Committee. 

OtdVrid, Thfat the Bill  be rfead the thifd time. 

The  Hartlepool  Gas and Water  Bill  '[Lords'],  Hartlepool 

was read a second time, and committed. 

^ 

was read a second time, and committed. 

The  London  County  Council  (Money)  Bill,  London 
bounty 
Council 
(Money)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  city  and 
Second Reading  of  the City  and  South London  South  London 
Railway  Bill; 
Railway  Bill. 

Tellers  for the  f Mr.  Neil  McLean, 

Yeas, 

( Mr.  Tyson  Wilson : 

25. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  a second time 

upon Monday next. 

157. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  pursuant to the direc-  National 

Tellers for the j  Mr.  Samuel  Samuel, 

Noes, 

|  Mr.  Hailwood: 

So it  passed in the  Negative. 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  the words 
"upon  this  day  six  months"  be  added  at "the 
end  of  the  Question :—It  was  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

Then  the  Main  Question,  so  amended, being 

put; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read a second time 

upon this day six months. 

Government 
of  Scotland 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of the  Government  of  Scotland 
Bill  ; 

Adjournment. 

C 

ten  minutes 
that 

And,  notice  being  taken  at 
before  Four  of  the  clock. 
Members  were  not  present,  the  House 
was  told  by  Mr.  Speaker,  and,  Thirty-
four  Members  Only  being  present,  Mr. 
Speaker retired from the Chair until Four 
of  the  clock, when '-the House1 was  again 
told  by  Mr.  Speaker,  and,  Thirty-seven 
Members only  being  present,  the  House 
was  adjourned  by  Mr.  Speaker  at  two 
minutes after Four  of  the clock, without 
a  Question first prft, till Monday  next. 

VOL.  174. 

tion of  an Act of Parliament,—Copy  of  Regula-  ^ealth 
tions, dated 15th April 1919, made by the Scottish oommiSion 
Insurance Commissioners,  entitled  the  -National  (Scotland) 
Health  Insurance  (Behaviour  during  Sickness)  (Regulations.) 
Regulations  (Scotland),  1919,  amending  the 
National  Health Insurance (Approved  Societies) 
Consolidated Regulations,  1918. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

j- 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  by  His income Tax 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Evidence  taken (R°yal.  .  ^ 
•  Commission.) 
i 
before  the  Commissioners  appointed  to  inquire 
into the Income  Tax  (including  Super-Tax)  of 
the  United  Kingdom  in all its aspects. 

•  • 

x i 

n 

• 

- 

i 

. 

. 

Copy  of  Memorandum  on Expenditure  likely  Prevention  of 
to  be  'incurred  under  Clause  2  (2)  of  the Pre-  Anthrax  Bill 
vention  of  Anthrax  Bill  (in  substitution " for K^Tnditoe.) 
Memorandum  previously  circulated  (C.  142). 

Ordered,  That the said Papers  do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Macpher. fori presented, by  His  Majesty's  Education 
Command,—Copy  of  the Annual  Report  of  the  (Ireland.) 
Commissioners  of  Education  in  Ireland  for  the 
year  1918. 

Copy of  Report  of  the Viceregal  Committee  Primary 
of  Inquify into  Primary  Education^ in -Ireland,  Education 
1918.  Vol.  II.  Report. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

U  2 

148 

Vbth May. 

1919. 

Colonial 
Reports 
(Annual.) 

Colonel  Amery  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Colonial  Report,  No. 994 
(British Honduras, Report  for 1917). 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving  Supply 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of ^standing 
[i^May] 
Supply of  the 15th day of this instant May ; 

Ordered, That the said Paper do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to- RepOTt' 

morrow. 

Bast  India 
Mr.  Secretary  Montaqu  presented,  by  His 
ReforSms U) i0nal  M aj e s ty ' 8  Command,—Copy  of  Letter  from  the 
Government  of  India,  dated  5th  March  1919, 
and Enclosures  on  the  Questions  raised  in  the 
Report on Indian Constitutional Reforms. 

Ordered, That  the said  Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Selection 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-

Committees.)  mittee of  Selection;  That  they  had  added  the 
following Member to Standing  Committee E  (for 
Standing 
consideration  of  the Animals  (Anaesthetics) 
Committee  E. 

Bill)  :—Colonel  Sir  Hamar  Greenwood. 

Standing  ^ 
ommi  ee 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further reported  from  the 
.  Comm;ttee ;  That they had added the following 
Member to Standing Committee  C :—Sir Robert 
Home. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

City of  London 
Police  Bill. 

Sir  Albion  Richardson,  Mr.  Rei  Carter, and 
Mr.  Spencer  were  nominated  Members  of  the 
Select  Committee on the City  of  London  Police 
Bill.—(Colonel  Gibbs.) 

Business  of 
the  House 
(Supply.) 

Ordered, That  the  Civil  Services  Estimates, 
1919-20  (Ministry  of  Shipping  Yote),  be  con-
sidered in  Committee  of  Supply.-^-(Mr.  Bonar 
Law.) 

Supply 
Day.h]81101163  i n t0   t h e  Committee of Supply. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways  and 

Committee of  Ways  and Means; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Restoration 
Second Reading  of  the Restoration  of Pre-War pr^,rt-^ar 
Practices  (No.  2)  Bill  ; 

^2)Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  thet Joint  stock 
Second  Reading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks Banks  (Amai-
CoOBill. 
(Amalgamation  Control)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Finance  Bill, 

Second Reading of the Finance  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read a second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Disabled  Men 
Committee on  the  Disabled Men  (Facilities  for (facilities  for 
Employment) Bill; 
Employment) 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

The  Order of  the day being  read, for taking  Local 

into  consideration  the  Local  Government (Ire- Government 
land)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com- (Ireland) Bil1-
mittee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

(In the Committee.) 

sideration to-morrow. 

Civil  Services Estimates,  1919-20. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for resuming  Government 

Ministry  of Shipping. 

£597,203 for the Salaries and Expenses  of the 

Ministry  of  Shipping. 

Resolution to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman of Ways and Means reported, That the 
Committee had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee  C] 
[13th  May] 
Report. 

The  Order of the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply of the 13th day of this instant May  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

lga 10ns" 

the adjourned  Debate on  the Question proposed 
upon the 14th day of this instant May,  That this 
House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the 
Resolution  :  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise 
the payment,  out of moneys provided by Parlia-
ment, and, if  those  moneys  are insufficient, out 
of the Consolidated Fund, of  such sums  as  may 
be  required  for  giving  effect  to  obligations 
incurred for the purposes  of  the  present  war  or 
in connection  therewith,  by or  on behalf  of  His 
Majesty's  Government, and  for  other  purposes 
in relation thereto; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Prevention 
Committee  on  Prevention  of  Anthrax  [Ex-  of  Anthrax 
penses]; 

[Expenses.] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Housing  of 
Committee on Housing  of  the Working  Classes the  Working 
(Ireland)  [Expenses]; 

g ^ n dj 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow,  LExpenses.] 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee  C] 
f 12th  May] 
Report. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply of  the 12th day of this instant  May; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Prevention  of 
Committee on the Prevention of Anthrax  Bill;  Anthrax  BilL 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

morrow. 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

10  GEO.  Y. 

19 th—20 th  May. 

149 

Electricity 
Supply 
[Money.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
Committee  on Electricity  Supply  J"Money]  ; 

the 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

Adjournment. 

A  Motion  was made, and the  Question  being 
put,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn—(Mr. 
Pratt):—It  was resolved in  tbe Affirmative. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant  to  Penal 

the  directions  of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  ( ^ m o n t l* 
of  Licence granted to a convict  under the Penal  Licence.) 
Servitude  Acts  discharging  her  from  Aylesbury 
Convict  Prison  on  condition  that  she  enters  a 
home. 

Ordered,  That  the said  Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

And  accordingly  tbe  House,  having  con-
tinued to sit till twenty-one minutes after 
Nine  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Board of 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  Board  of Education. 
Education for the year  1917-18. 

Ordered, That the  said  Paper do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Tuesday,  20th  May  1919. 

FB A T I B S. 

Provisional 
Order  Bills 
(Standing 
Orders 
applicable. 
thereto 
complied 
with.) 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from one of  the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private  Bills,  That in  the case of  the following 
Bills,  referred on the First  Reading thereof, the 
Standing  Orders  which  are  applicable  thereto 
have been complied with,  viz.:— 

Gas and Water  Provisional  Orders  Bill. 
Electric  Lighting  Provisional  Order Bill. 

Ordered,  That the Bills  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

Private  Bill 
Petitions 

Srders  Dot 
complied 
with.) 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That in  the case of  the  Petitions 
for  the  following  Bills,  the  Standing  Orders 
have not been complied with,  viz.:— 

London  County  Council  (Tramways  and 

Improvements). 

Cannock  Urban  District  Council. 

Ordered, That  the Reports be referred  to  the 

Select  Committee on  Standing  Orders. 

Milford  Docks 
Bi'1- 

The  Milford Docks  Bill  was  read  the  third 

time and passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do carry the Bill  to 

the  Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Trade  of 
-Canada  and 
Newfound-
land. 

Sir Albert  Stan ley presented, by His Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  on  the  Trade  of 
Canada  and  Newfoundland  together  with  a 
detailed Report on the Trade  of  the Province of 
Ontario for the  year  1918,  by  Mr.  F.  W.   Field, 
His  Majesty's  Trade  Commissioner at  Toronto. 

Sir  Harry  Samuel  reported  from  the  Com-  Private  Bills 

mittee on  Group A  of  Private  Bills;  That,  atCQro,1PA> 
the meeting of the  Committee  this  day, a  letter 
was  received  from  Mr.  Frederick  Hall,  one  of 
the Members of the said Committee, stating that 
he was  unable, on  account  of  illness, to  attend 
the  Committee this day and to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Finance  Bill. 

Second Reading of the Finance  Bill; 

And  a Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question,  by leaving out from the word "  That  " 
to  the  end  of  the  Question,  and  adding  the 
words  "  this  House  declines  to  give  a  Second 
Reading to a Bill  which  makes  inadequate  pro-
vision out of  revenue for the expenditure  of  the 
Country,  which fails  to  deal  with  the war  debt 
by means of  a  capital  levy, which  reduces  the 
taxes  payable  by  the  recipients  of  business 
profits without  lessening  the  burdens  bome by 
those whose  labour  contributes  to  the  creation 
of  the  profits, and  which  initiates  a  system  of 
tariffs,"  —  (Mr. 
preferential  and  protective 
Acland),—  instead thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the 
words  proposed to be  left out  stand part of  the 
Question  ; 

The  House divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Nces to the Left. 
Tellers for the f Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Yeas, 

(Captain  Guest: 

Tellers for the /  Mr.  Hogge, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Arnold-. 

|  317. 

\ 
I 

72. 

Ordered,  That the  said Paper do  lie upon the 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Table. 

r  e  sc.) 

Civil  Service 
Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
afterThe^Var) Command,—Copy  of  Final  Report,  dated  22nd 
Committee  appointed by the 
Lords  Commissioners of  His  Majesty's Treasury 
to  consider  and  make  recommendations  upon 
certain questions with regard to Recruitment for 
the Civil  Service after the  War. 

i9i9 }  0f 

And the Main Question  being again proposed : 

—And  a Debate arising  thereupon ; 

And  a Motion  being  made, and  the Question 
being put,  That the Debate  be now adjourned— 
(Mr.  Hogge)  :—It  was  resolved  in  the Affirma-
tive. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

Ordered,  That the said  Paper do lie upon  the 

Table. 

Diseases  of 
Animals  Acts. 

Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen  presented, pur-
suant  to  the directions of an Act  of  Parliament, 
—Copy  of  Order under the Diseases of Animals 
Acts,  dated 5th May  1919, revoking  the  opera-
tion of an Order, dated 18th December  1917, and 
referred to therein. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving  Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  C19th M»yl 
the 19th day of this instant May; 

Bep0  ' 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee of  Supply; 

Ordered,  That the  said Paper do lie upon the 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Table. 

VOL.  174. 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

v  3 

1 50 

mt^-^M 

Way. 

Supply 
(tatiutM'Ol 
. ..   ^ 
P . . ..  
[13th  May] 
Rep •port. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
'St»ndinge  Committee  C  the  Report  of 

' C l i t ^ lw   'A^ ^VA  T9+1*  JAW  Af: +1 
• Supply 'of the 13th day of this instant  May; 

The  Order  of  the  daty  being  read,  for Hhe  Housing  of 
Committee on Housing  of  the Wbrking  Classe*  tcb1^Borking' 
(Ireland)  [Expenses]; 

(Ireland) 

Ordered.,.  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, LBxPen«» ] 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Supply 
- 
|mhMay]  ]  Supply  of  the  12th day of  this instant  May; 

The  Order of  the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 

.  - 

port. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Supph 

Committee 
[15th  May] 
Report. 

The  Order of the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 

•  Supply  of the  15th day of this instant  May ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Ways  and Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

Disabled  Men 
(Facilities  for 
Employment) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee on  the  Disabled  Men  (Facilities for 
Employment)  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Local 
Government 
(Ireland)  BiU. 

The  Order of  the  day being  read, for  taking 
into  consideration the  Local  Government  (Ire-
land)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com-
mittee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

Government 
War 
Obligations. 

Government 
War 
Obligations. 

•Government 
War 
Obligations 
Bill. 

Bill 82. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for resuming 
the  Adjourned Debate on the  Question proposed 
upon  the  14th  day of  .this  instant  May,  That 
this  House  doth  agree with  the  Committee  in 
the Resolution  :  That it is expedient to authorise 
the payment, out of  moneys provided by  Parlia-
ment,  and, if  those  moneys are  insufficient, out 
of the  Consolidated  Fund,  of  such  sums as may 
be  required  for  giving  effect  to  obligations 
incurred for the purposes  of  the present  war  or 
in connection therewith, by or on  behalf  of  His 
Majesty's  Government,  and  for  other  purposes 
in relation thereto. 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed:— 
The  House resumed the said adjourned  Debate. 

And  the  Question being p u t It   was resolved 

in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That  a  Bill be  brought in upon  the 
isaid Resolution:  And that Mr.  Chancellor of the 
Exchequer, Mr. Solicitor General, and Mr. Bctld-
ibin do prepare and bring it in. 

Mr.  Baldwin  accordingly  presented  a  Bill  to 
make  provision  with  respect  to  obligations  in-
curred by or on behalf  of His  Majesty's Govern-
ment  for  the purposes of  the present war, or in 
connection  therewith:  And  the  same was  read 
the  first  time, and  ordered  to  be  read a second 
time upon Monday next;  and to be printed. 

Prevention 
of  Anthrax 
[Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
[Ex-

Committee  on  Prevention  of  Anthrax 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Prevention of 
Committee  on the  Prevention  of  Anthrax  Bill;  Anthrax Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Electricity 
^ppiy^ ^ 

Committee on Electricity  Supply  [Money]; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

A  Motion  was made, and  the  Question  being  Adjournment, 

put,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn.—(Mr. 
Prodi):—It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued to sit till twenty-two minutes after 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

Wednesday, 21 st  May  1919. 

PR A T E R S. 

THE   Electric  Lighting  Provisional  Order  Electric 

Bill was, according  to Order, read a second Lighting 

time and committed. 

orderBOL 

The  Gas  and Water  Provisional  Orders  Bill  Gas and  Water 

was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time 
and committed. 

Provisional 
Orders  Bill. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  National 

Command,—Copy  of  Memorandum  submitted  to  Health 
the National  Health  Insurance Joint  Committee oXmtefon 
upon  the  Dogs' Protection Bill  by  the  Medical  (England.) 
Research  Committee. 

Mr.  Baldwin  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions of several Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Regulations,  dated  27th  March  1919,  made 
by  the  National  Health  Insurance  Joint  Com-
mittee, entitled  the  National  Health  Insurance 
(Payments  to  Insurance  Committees)  Amend-
ment Regulations,  1919. 

National 
Health 
Insurance 
(Joint 
Committee) 
(Regulations.} 

Vote of  Credit 
(Appropriation 
Account, 
1917-18.) 

N o.   9 7. 

Copy  of  Appropriation  Account  of  the sum" 
granted  by  Parliament,  beyond  the  ordinary 
Grants  of  Parliament,  to  pay  the  expenses 
incurred  for  general  Navy  and  Army  services, 
beyond  the  specific  provisions  made  therefor 
by  Parliament;  for  the  conduct  of  naval  and 
military operations;  for  measures taken  for  the 
security of  the  country ;  for  assisting  the food 
supply, and  promoting  the  continuance of  trade, 
industry,  business, and communications,  whether 
by means of insurance  or indemnity against risk, 
the  financing  of  the  purchase  and  resale  of 
foodstuffs  and  materials, or otherwise;  for relief 
of  distress;  and  generally  for  all  expenses, 
beyond  those  provided  for  in  the  ordinary 
Grants of  Parliament,  arising out  of  the  exist-
ence of  a  state of  war,  in the  year  ended  31st 
March  1918;  together with  the  Report  of  the 
Comptroller and Auditor General thereon. 

Ordered,  That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table;  and  that  the  Paper  relative to  Vote  of 
Credit  (Appropriation  Account,  1917-18),  be 
printed. 

Women  in 
Industry 
<War  Cabinet 
Committee.) 

10  GEO.  V. 

Mr.  Secretary,  Shortt  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Appendices  to 
the  Report  of,  and  Summaries  of,  Evidence 
taken  before,  the  War  Cabinet  Committee 
appointed  to  investigate  and  report  upon  the 
relation  which  should  be  maintained  between 
the Wages  of Women  and  Men, having  regard 
to the interests of both, as well  as  to  the  value 
of their work. 

' 

Ordered, That the said Paper do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Under  Sheriffs 
and  Bailiffs 
.(Ireland.) 

Mr.  Meepherson  presented,  by  His Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  Committee  of 
Inquiry, 1918-19, on Under  Sheriffs and Bailiffs 
in Ireland. 

Ordered, That  the said Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

flailway 
Accidents. 

Board  of 
Education. 

Sir Albert  Stauley presented,  by His Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  to  the  Board  of 
Trade  upon  the  Accidents  that  have  occurred 
on the Railways of  the United  Kingdom  during 
the year 1918. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Draft,  dated  16th  May 
1919,  of  Regulations  proposed  to  be made  by 
the Board of Education  under Section 44 of  the 
Education Act,  1918, amending the Regulations 
for the Preliminary  Education  and  Training  of 
Teachers in Wales. 

Ordered, That the said  Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Army 
Estimates, 
1919-20  (Vote 
on   Account.) 
N o.   9 9. 

Mr.  Secretary  Churchill  presented,  by  I-Iis 
Majesty's  Command,—Estimate  showing  the 
further Vote  on  Account which is  required  for 
Army  Services for the year  1919-20. 

Ordered, That  the  said Estimate  be  referred 

to a Standing  Committee  ;  and be printed. 

Waterford 
Harbour  Bill. 

Private  Bills 
(Group  B.) 

Private  Bills 
(Group  A.) 

Captain Starkey reported from the Committee 
on the Waterford Harbour  Bill;  That  they had 
examined  the  allegations  contained 
in  the 
Preamble  of  the Bill,  and had verbally amended 
the same, and found the same, as amended, to be 
true ;  and had  gone  through  the Bill and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report 

do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be printed. 

Captain  Starkey reported from the Committee 
on  Group  B  of  Private  Bills;  That,  for  the 
convenience  of  parties,.  the  Committee  had 
adjourned  till  Thursday  the  29th  day  of  this 
instant May,  at Eleven of the clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Harry  Samuel  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee on  Group A  of Private  Bills;  That,  for 
the convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee  had 
adjourned  till  Friday  next,  at  Eleven  of  the 
clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

151 

the Standing  Orders ought to be dispensed with.;, 
—That the parties be  permitted to proceed with 
their Bill. 

2.  That  in  the  case  of  the  London  Electric  London 
Rail way  [Lords],  Petition  for BiU, the Standing  Electric 
Orders ought  ta  be  dispensed  with;—Thatthe 
parties be permitted to proceed with their BiU« 

3.  That in the case of the Dover Gas  \_Lords],  Dover  Gas 

Petition for Bill, the  Standing  Orders  ought  to [Xwfr.] 
be  dispensed  with:—That  the  parties  be  per-
mitted to proceed with their Bill. 

4.   That  in  the  case  of  the  East  Ham  Cor-  East  Earn 
poration  [ Lords],  Petition for BiU, the Standing Corporation 
Orders ought  to  be  dispensed with .-—That the LZord'--l 
parties be permitted to proceed with their BiU. 

5.  That  in the  case  of  the  West  Hartlepool west 

[Lords],  Petition  for  Bill,  the  Hartlepool 

Corporation 
Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with s 
—That  the  parties be permitted to proceed with 
their BiU. 

6.  That in the  case  of  the  Shoreham-by-Sea shoreham-by-

Urban  District  Council  [Lords],  Petition, for S^ Urbw? 
Bill, the Standing  Orders  ought to be dispensed  ^ J^ 
with:—That  the parties be permitted to proceed [Zwrf*.] 
with their Bill. 

7.  That in the case of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne  Newcastle-
Corporation  (Rates)  [ Lords],  Petition  for  Bill,  upon-Tyne 
the Standing  Orders ought to be dispensed with r 
—-That the parties be permitted to proceed with  [Lords.] 
their Bill. 

8.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Middlesbrough  Middlesbrough 

Corporation  Bill [Lords],  Petition for additional  Corporation 
Provision,  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to  beEiU  iLnrd*-'] 
dispensed with ::—That  the  parties be permitted 
to insert  their additional Provision  if  the  Com-
mittee on the Bill think fit. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time, were agreed to. 

Selection 
standing 
"  immittees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com 
mittee  of  Selection ;  That  they had  discharged (st 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  A  :—Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen,  Sir 
Peter  Griggs,  Captain  Hacking,  Mr.  Dennis 
Herbert,  Mr. Lorden,  Major M'Lean,  Dr.  Donald 
Murray,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Raw,  Mr.  Robert 
Richardson,  Mr.  Sitch,  Sir  Robert  Thomas, Mr. 
Trevelyan  Thomson, Mr.  Tillett,  Mr.  Wadding-
ton, Colonel  Wedgwood,  Colonel Penry  Williams, 
Mr.  Thomas  Williams,  Mr.  Charles  White,  and 
Sir Kingsley  Wood. 

Standing 
Committee  B. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  further  reported from the 
Committee;  That  they  had  transferred  from 
Standing Committee B to Standing Committee A 
the foUowing Fifteen Members (in respect of the 
Aliens  Restriction  Bill)  :—Mr.  Bottomley,  Sir 
John Butcher, Colonel  Raymond  Greene, Colonel 
Sir Hamar  Greenwood, Mr. Joynson-Hicks,^ Lieu-
tenant  -  Commander  Kenworthy,  Sir  George 
Croydon  Marks,  Sir  Herbert  Nteld,  Mr. Secre-
tary  Shortt,  Mr.  Solicitor  General, Mr.  Tillett, 
Mr.  Waterson,  Sir  Ernest  Wild,  Mr.  Tyson 
Wilson, and Sir Alfred  Yeo. 

Sir Samuel Roberts further Reported from the 
Committee ;  That they had added the  following 
Members  to  Standing  Committee  A:—Lord 
Hugh  Cecil,  Captain  Foxcroft,  Mr.  Inskip,  Mr. 
Lyle- Samuel,  Mr.  MaeVeagh,  Major  Godfrey 
Palmer,  Sir William Pearce,  Mr. Reid, Mr.  Sitch, 
and Mr.  Aneurin  Williams. 

Standing 
Committee  A. 

Standing 
Orders. 

Birmingham 
Corporation 
Tramways 
[Lor  it.] 

Mr.  Yaughan-Davies reported from the Select 
Committee  on  Standing  Orders  several  Reso-
lutions;  which were read, aa follow : 

1.  That  in the  case of  the  Birmingham  Cor-
poration  Tramways  [Lords'],  Petition  for  BiU, 

V O L . 1 7 4. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further  reported  from the  Standing 
Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the  CommitteeC. 
foUowing Members from Standing Committee C: 
—Mr,  Barrie  and  Sir  Albion  Richardson;  and 
had appointed in  substitution :  Major  Guest and 
U  4 

1 52 

21 st  May. 

1919. 

Mr.  Sturrock;  and  had  added  the  following 
Members  to  the  Committee:  Mr.  Arnold,  Cap-
tain Bowyer,  Captain  Edge,  Captain  Elliot,  Sir 
Park  Goff,  Major  Hills,  Mr.  Irving,  Major 
Kerr-Smiley,  Sir  Joseph  Larmor,  Lieutenant-
Colonel  Malone,  Major  Newton,  Mr.  Onions, 
Captain  Ormsby-Gore,  Mr.  Rae,  Mr.  Waterson, 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Dalrymple  White,  Brigadier-
General  Wigan,  and Captain  Stanley  Wilson. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts further reported from the 
Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the 
following  Member from the Standing  Committee 
on  Scottish  Bills s  Mr.  Aneurin  Williams  (in 
respect  of  the  Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c. 
(Scotland) Bill;  and  had  appointed in substitu-
tion :  Sir  Thomas  Bramsdon. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Scottish 
Standing 
Committee. 

Standing 
Committee  E. 
Animals 
(Anesthetics) 
Bill. 

Mr.  Rendall  reported  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  E,  to  whom  the  Animals  (Anaesthetics) 
Bill was referred ;  That  they had  gone through 
the Bill  and made Amendments thereunto. 

No. 98. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and be printed. 

No. 98. 

Ordered, That the Minutes  of the  Proceedings 

of the  Standing  Committee  be printed. 

Bill 83» 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing Committee,  be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next;  and to be printed. 

The  House, according to Order, resolved itself Prevention 
into  a  Committee  on  Prevention  of  Anthrax  ?LAnthiax, 
[Expenses]. 
[Expenses.] 

' 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Question  proposed,  That  it  iB expedient  to 
authorise  the  payment,  out  of  moneys  to  be 
provided  by  Parliament,  of  any  expenses  that 
may  be  incurred  by  the  Secretary  of  State  in 
carrying out  the  provisions  of  any  Act  of  the 
present  Session  to  control  the  importation  of 
goods  infected  or  likely  to  be  infected  with 
anthrax, and  to  provide  for  the  disinfection  of 
any such goods. 

Amendment  proposed, at  the  end, to  add the 
words "  Provided that  such  payment in any one 
year  shall  not  exceed  twenty-five  thousand 
pounds": 

Question again proposed, That those words be 

there added: 

Question put,  and negatived. 

Main  Question put, and agreed to. 

Resolution  to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the Committee had come to a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Corn 
Production 
Acts  (Bepeal) 
Bill. 

B i ll   84. 

Sir  Frederick  Banbury  presented  a  Bill  to 
repeal  the Corn  Production  Act,  1917,  and  the 
Corn Production (Amendment) Act, 1918:  And 
the same  was ordered  to  be  read a  second time 
upon Tuesday next;  and to  be printed. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for receiving  Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  [ mh   MaJj 
the  19th day of  this instant May  ; 

fteport 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

House of 
Commons  and 
Municipal 
Corporations 
(Qualification 
of  Clergymen) 
Bill. 

B i ll   85. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Burgoyne,  supported  by 
Mr. Joseph Green,  Captain Moreiny,Mr.  Reginald 
Nicholson, and  Colonel  Yate,  presented  a Bill to 
remove  the  disqualification  of  clerks  in  holy 
orders and other ministers of religion as Members 
of  the  House  of  Commons  and  as  municipal 
councillors  :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read a  second time upon  Tuesday  next;  and  to 
be printed. 

Fmanc«  Bui. 

The  Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on the  Question proposed 
upon  the  20th  day  of  this  instant  May,  That 
the Finance  Bill be now read a second time ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 

House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for receiving  Supply 

from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply  of  the  13th day of this instant May ; 

0 I 

[lstlTMayl 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-Bei>ort' 

morrow. 

The  Order of the day being read, for receiving  Supply 

from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply of  the  12th day  of this instant May ; 

0 T 

[m^May] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-Ueport' 

And  the Question being put:—It was resolved 

morrow. 

in the Affirmative. 

The  Bill was  accordingly read a  second time, 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House 
for Monday  next. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for receiving  Supply 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of [15th MaJl 
Supply  of  the  15th day  of this instant May; 

Keport-

Local 
Government 
(lreland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for taking 
; n t 0  consideration  the  Local  Government  (Ire-
in   t h e  Standing  Com-

g j^  ag   a m e n d ed  

mittee ; 

Committee of Ways  and Means ; 

Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways  and 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

sideration to-morrow. 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Disabled  Men 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Facilities for  Committee on  the  Disabled  Men  (Facilities  for 
Employment)  E m p l o y m e n t)   B i U  . 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Housing  of 
Committee  on  Housing of  the Working  Classes ^Working 
(Ireland)  [Expenses] ; 

n S d) 
[Expenses.] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the said  Committee. 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

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21st—22nd  May. 

153 

Preventions! 
Anthia*  Bill, 

;  .  The  Order  of  the »4ay  being  read,  for  the 
Committee -on tie  Prevention of Anthrax  Bill; 

Resolved, ;That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Electricity 
Supply 
[Money.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee on Electricity  Supply  [Money]; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Foreign, 
Diplomatic, 
and  Consular 
Services, 

A  Motion was  made, and  the  Question, being 
proposed,  That,  ih  view  of  the  time  that  has 
elapsed  and  the  changes  that have taken  place 
since the  Report  of  the  Royal  Commission  on 
the Civil Service with  reference to the Foreign, 
Diplomatic, and Consular Services, a Committee 
should at once be set up for carrying  into effect 
such  of  their  recommendations  as  are  still 

fracticable,  and for  introducing  a single  graded 

'oreign  Service  recruited  by open  competition 
in  the  examinations  of  the  Civil Service Com-
mission, supervised for the purpose of promotion 
by  representative  Boards,  and  paid  at  such 
rates as to disqualify no candidate on the ground 
of  inadequate  financial  means—(Lieutenant-
Colonel  Sir  Samuel  Hoare)  :—And  a  Debate 
arising thereupon; 

And, it being Eleven of the clock, the Debate 

stood adjourned. 

P k a t b b s. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report Provisional 

from one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills,  That in the case  of  the  following 
g 
Bill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof, applicable.) 
no Standing  Orders are applicable,  viz.:— 

BU]s 

Local  Government  Provisional  Orders 

(No.  1)  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the Bill be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Stocksbridge  Gas Bill was read the third  stocksbridge 

time and passed. 

Gas Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk do  carry the  Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 

Mr.  Kellaway  presented,  by  His  Majesty's petroleum 
Command,—Copy  of  Licence, dated  i2th  May  Production 
1919,  granted  by  the  Minister  of  Munitions (Licences0 
under the Petroleum  (Production) Act,  1918, to 
the Oilfields of  England, Limited. 

Ordered, That  the said Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Vivisection  of 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Animals Bill  Second Reading  of  the Vivisection  of  Animals 

BUI; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 

Sir  Robert  Home  presented, by  His Majesty's industrial 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  Provisional Conference 
Joint Committee presented to meeting of  Indus-  ^vSonal 
trial Conference on 4th April  1919. 

Joint 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper do lie upon the 0ommittee-> 

Table. 

Land  Values 
Assessment 
and  Bating 
BilL 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the Land Values Assessment 
and Rating  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read  a  second time 

upon Monday next. 

Primary 
Education 
(Belfast)  BUI.  u p on  

The  Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on  the Question proposed 

t he  

9 th   d ay 

0f 

thi8  instant May,  That the 

Primary Education (Belfast ) Bill  be now read a 
second time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till Monday next. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His Highlands 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Fifth Report  of al£I?la?ds 
the  Medical  Service  Board  of  the  Highlands  service) Grant 
and Islands, for the year  1918. 

Act, 1913. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

The  following  Paper, pursuant  to  the  direc- Medway 
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon Conservancy, 
the Table  by the  Clerk  of  the  House:—Copy 
of  Statement  of  Receipts  and  Expenditure  of 
the Conservators of  the  River  Medway for  the 
year ending 25th March  1919. 

Hours of 
Employment 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Hours of  Employment 
Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read a  second time 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  made  upon  the  5th  day  of  this industrial 
instant May, that the Paper relative to Industrial Conference. 
Conference do lie upon the Table, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Paper, be withdrawn. 

Adjournment. 

A  Motion was made, and  the  Question  being 
proposed,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn— 
(Mr.  Pratt.) 

<-'-.., 

And notice being taken that Forty Members 
were not present, the House was  told  by 
Mr.  Speaker;  and  Forty  Members  not 
being  present,  and  it  being  then  after 
Four of the clock, the House was adjourned 
by Mr.  Speaker without  a Question first 
put,  at  sixteen  minutes  after  Eleven  of 
the clock, till to-morrow. 

Mr.  John  William  Wilson  reported  from  the standing 
Chairmen's  Panel;  That  they  had  appointed  ^ ^ ^f 
Sir  Samuel  Roberts  to  act  as  Chairman  of Panel!)16118 
Standing  Committee  B  (in  respect  of  the 
Electricity  (Supply) Bill). 

< 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  William  Middlebrooh reported  from  the Local 
Local  Legislation Committee ;  That in the case Legislation 
of  the  Stretford  Urban  District  Council  Bill, st^tford*' 
they had  examined  the allegations contained  in  Urban  District 
the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and found the  same Council BUI. 
to  be true;  and had gone  through  the Bill and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

VOL.  174. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;;  and be printed. 

Ferries 
(Acquisition 
by  County 
Councils)  Bill 
[Lords."] 

0 
Bill 86. 

Message from 
tbe  Lords. 

154 

2%nd May. 

1919. 

Bankers' 

The  Chairman of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
t he  Bankers'  Guarantee  Trust  Transfer  Bill 
> 

.  • 

«  « 

. 

[J^ords],  without  Amendment. 

J.xu8t  iransier  r»  
Bill  [Lords.] 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  D. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read the third time. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee of Selection;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  D  at  the  conclusion  of  the Acquisition 
of  Land  (Assessment  of Compensation)  Bill:— 
Mr.  Bartley  Denniss,  Major  Henderson,  Major 
William  Murray,  and  Mr.  Strauss;  and  had 
appointed in  substitution (for  the  consideration 
or  the Land  Settlement (Facilities)  Bill)  :—Sir 
Francis  Blake,  Major  Courthope,  Sir  Alfred 
Warren,  and Major  Edward  Wood. 

Standing 
Committee  E. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  further  reported from  the 
Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the 
following  Members  from  Standing  Committee 
• E  :—Mr.  Bottomley  and Sir John  Butcher. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The Ferries (Aqquisition  by County Councils) 
Bill  [Lords]  was read the first time, and ordered 
to  be read  a second  time  upon  Friday  the 30th 
day of this instant May ;  and to be printed. 

Mr.  Bottomley,  Member  for  South  Hackney, Adjournment 

rose in  his  place, and  asked  leave  to  move  the ?Dhe  House 
Adjournment  of  the  House  for  the  purpose of indemnity.) 
discussing  a  definite  matter  of  urgent  public 
importance, viz.,  "  the  absence  from  the  Peace 
Treaty  with  Germany of  any definite  provision 
for the reimbursement of  the cost of  the  war  as 
distinguished  from  reparation  for  damage  to 
persons  and  property,"  but  the pleasure of  the 
House  not  having  been  signified, Mr.  Speaker 
called  on  those  Members  who  supported  the 
Motion to  rise  in their  places,  and  less than  40 
Members  having  accordingly  risen,  the  House 
proceeded to the Orders of the day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  East  India 

Committee on East  India Revenue Accounts; 

Revenue 
Accounts. 

And  a Motion being made, and  the  Question 
being proposed,  That  Mr.  Speaker do now leave 
the  Chair—(Mr.  Secretary  Montagu); 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to be  made  to Criminal  Law 

the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  tbe  word  Amendment 
"  That"  to the end of  the Question,  and adding  B l lK 
the  words  "  in  the  opinion  of  this  House, the 
operation  of  the  two  Criminal  Law  (Amend-
ment)  Bills  which  issued  from  the  Rowlatt 
Report  and  which  have  recently  been  before 
the  Indian  Legislature,  should  be  suspended 
until  this  House  has  had  an  opportunity  of 
expressing  an  opinion  upon  them' —(Mr.  Neil 
Maclean),—instead thereof. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one of  their Clerks, as followeth: 

And  the Question  being put,  That  the words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Question :—It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Wages 
(Temporary 
^Regulation) 
Extension  Bill, 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the Wages  (Tem-
porary  Regulation) Extension  Bill,  without any 
Amendment. 

And  the Main  Question being  put; 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  now leave the 

Falmouth 
Docks  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Huddersfield 
Corporation 
Gas  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Med way 
Conservancy 
Bill  [Kardx.J 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to authorise  the Falmouth  Docks Company 
to  make  additional  works  and  to  raise  further 
capital  ;  and  for  other  purposes ;  to which  the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

Hie  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  make  provision  for  the  transfer  of  the 
undertakings  of  the  Longwood and Slaithwaite 
and  the  Kirkheaton,  Dalton,  and  Lepton  Gas 
Companies  to  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Bur-
gesses of  the borough of  Huddersfield ;  to make 
further  provision  in  regard  to  the  gas  under-
taking  of  the  said  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and 
Burgesses;  and for other purposes;  to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill, intituled  An 
Act  to  extend  the  powers  of  the  Conservators 
of the River Medway;  to make f urtherprovisions 
with  reference  to  the  tolls  and  charges  to  be 
taken  by the  Conservators;  to  provide  for  the 
appointment  of  additional Conservators ;  and for 
other  purposes;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence of  this  House. 

Falmouth 
Docks  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The Falmouth  Docks  Bill  [Lords]  was  read 

the first time. 

Ordered,  That  tbe  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners of Petitions for Private  Bills. 

The Huddersfield Corporation Gas Bill  [Lords] 

was read the first time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of Petitions for Private  Bills. 

Chair. 

The  House  accordingly  resolved  itself  into 

the  Committee. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Resolved, That  it  appears from  the  Revenue 
Accounts  presented  to  Parliament  that  in 
1917-18  the  Revenue  of  India  amounted  to 
the  Expenditure  charged  to 
£112,662,347, 
Revenue to £104,575,273, and the capital Expen-
diture not charged to Revenue  to  £104,194,998. 
—(Mr.  Secretary  Montagu.) 

Resolution  to  be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  Mr. 
Pratt  reported, That  the  Committee  had come 
to a Resolution. 

The  Order  of the  day  being  read, for  taking  Local 

into  consideration  the  Local  Government  (Ire-
land)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com-^m 
mittee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Monday next. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for receiving  Prevention 

the Report  from  the  Committee  on  Prevention 
of  Anthrax  [Expenses] ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Medway  Conservancy  Bill  [Lords]  was 

read the first time. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Prevention a£ 

Committee on the  Prevention of  Anthrax Bill;  Anthrax  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners of Petitions for Private  Bills. 

Resolved, That  this House  will,  upon Monday 

next, resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

Hnddersfield 
Corporation 
Gas  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Medway 
Conservancy 
Bill  [Lords.] 

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22nd—23rd 

May. 

155 

T he   O r d er   of   the  d ay   being  read,  f or   taking 
Housing, Town 
Pknning, 4c.,  i n to   consideration  the Housing,  Town Planning, 
&c.,  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com-
mittee ; 

S T A N D I NG  

C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution by  Mr.  Speaker, pursuant to Order 
of 20th February, of  Estimates  referred  to a 
Standing Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Monday next. 

Title of Estimates. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Disabled  lien 
(Facilities  for 
Employment) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the Disabled Men  (Facilities for 
Employment)  Bill; 

Army  Estimates, 1919-20 (Vote on 

Account). 

C. 

Resolved, That  this  House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

[19th  May] 
Beport. 

The  Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the 19th day of this instant May ;  , 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be  received  upon 
0 

Monday next. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee o£ Supply ; 

Resolved, That this  House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Friday,  23rd  May  1919. 

PR A T E R S. 

T HE  Bedwellty  Urban  District  Council Bill Bedwellty 

was  read  a  second  time,  a nd   c o m m i t t e d.  

Urban  District 
Council  Bui. 

The  Swinton  and  Mexborough  Gas  Board Swinton and 
Bill was read a second time, and committed.  Mexborough 

The  Workington  Corporation  Bill  was read Workington 
Corporation 
Bid.  t 

a second time, and committed. 

' 

Gas  Board 
Bill. 

Supply 
[Standing 
|l3thM^]  Supply of the 13th day of this instant May ; 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 

eport. 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Orders i-ocai 

(No.  V)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a py™^®"4 
second time, and committed. 

Orders (No. 1) 
Bill. 

Monday next. 

Several Public  Petitions were  presented, and Public 

The  Order of the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 

Supply 
[Standing 
R2t™Ma^]°]  Supply of the 12th day of this instant May ; 
Beport. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday next. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply of the  15th day of this instant  May; 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday next. 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee  0] 

tlSth  May] 

eport. 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House  will, upon Monday 

r 

read;  and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitiona. 
Vide  First 
Report. 
Colonel  Amery  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Colonial 
Command,—Copy of  Colonial  Report  No.  995 Reports 
(Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Report for 1917-18.) ( A 
Ordered, That the said  Paper do lie upon the 

° 

0 

Table. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  pursuant  to  the National 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Regulations, dated  27th  March  1919,  made  by (joint 
the National  Health Insurance Joint Committee, Committee) 
entitled  the  National  Health  Insurance  (Pay-  (Regulations.) 
ments  to  Insurance  Committees)  Amendment 
Regulations (Scotland),  1919. 

Ordered, That the said  Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time  upon Restoration 

Housing  of 
the  Working 
Classes 
(Ireland) 
[Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee on Housing of  the  Working  Classes 
(Ireland) [Expenses] ; 

Resolved, That  this House will, upon Monday 

n e x t,   resolve  itself  into  the  said  C o m m i t t e e. 

Electricity 
Supply 
[Money.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee on Electricity  Supply  [Money]  5 

Resolved,  That this House will,  upon Monday 

n e x t,   resolve  itself  into  the  said  C o m m i t t e e. 

Adjournment. 

And  then  the  House, having  continued  to 
sit till  twenty minutes  before  Eleven  of 
the clock, adjourned till to-morrow. 

Monday  next  the  Restoration  of  Pre-War 
Practices (No. 2)  Bill was read, and discharged; (n0. 2) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 

M r.   Speaker  acquainted 

the  H o u se   t h at   a  Message from 

Message had  been  brought from  the Lords  bytbe ^ords. 
one of their Clerks, as followeth: 

T he   L o r ds   have  agreed  to  t he   S a i nt   G e o r g e 's   Saint  George's 

Church, Oxford, Bill, without any Amendment.  Church, 

' 

' 

Oxford, BiU. 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Ministry  of Ministry of-
Health  Bill,  with  Amendments ;  to  which  the Hcalth  Bm-
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

J 

Ordered, That  the Amendments  made by the Ministry of 
Lords to the  Ministry of  Health Bill  be  taken Health BUI. 
87. 
into consideration  upon  Monday next j  and  be 
printed. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming Dogs' 
the adjourned  Debate  on the  Amendment  pro- Protection 
posed on  consideration  of  the  Dogs'Protection  1 ' 
Bill,  as amended in the Standing Committee ; 

V O L.   1 7 4. 

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23 RDR-MTHMIUY, 

Which  Amendment  was,  in  p.  1,  1.  7,  after 
the  word  "  unlawful,"  to  insert  the  words: 
"except  as hereinafter provided." 

And  the Question being again proposed, That 
those  words  .be  there  inserted  in  the  Bills— 
The  House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

Sir  Frederick  Banbury  rose  in  his  place, and 
claimed to move, That the Question be now put; 

Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
S.O.  Closure 
•f  Debate.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the 
Question  be  now put:—It  was  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

And  the Question being accordingly put, That, 

adjourned till Wednesday  next,  at Eleven  of 'the  -
clock. 

*- • 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Harry  Samuel  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  on  Group  A  of  Private  Bills;  That 
Mr.  Frederick  Hall,  one of  the  Members of ,the 
said  Committee,  was  not  present  during  the 
sitting of the Committee this day. 

Private  Bills 
(Group  A.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upod  the 

Table. 

those words be there inserted in the  Bill; 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the  Adjournment. 

The  House divided. 

The  Yeas to the  Eight; 

The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the f Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Dudley  Ward'. 

Tellers for the) Sir Frederick  Banbury, 

Noes, 

I Sir John  Butcher: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

147. 

} 69. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to tbe Bill,  in p.  1,1.  8,  by leaving out the words 
" or   disease."—(Mr.  Rawlinson.) 

And  the  Question being put,  That  the words 
" or   disease"  stand  part  of  the  Bill:-—It  was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  13,  by  leaving  out from 
the word  "  against,"  to  the  end  of  the  clause, 
and inserting the words "  this Act,  and shall if it 
be  a  first  offence  be  liable  to  a  penalty  not 
exceeding  one hundred  pounds, and  if  it be the 
second or any subsequent offence be liable at the 
discretion  of  the  court  by which  he is tried to 
a penalty not exceeding  five  hundred  pounds  " 
—(Mr.  Rawlinson),—instead thereof. 

And  the  Question being put, That  the words 

?roposed to be  left out stand part of  the Bill  :— 

t was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill, 

[Title 
amended.] 

And  the  title  of  the  Bill  was  amended  as 
followeth,—"  to  impose  further  restrictions  on 
the Vivisection of  Dogs." 

Ordered,  That  the Bill be read the third time 

upon Friday the 27th day of June  next. 

Public 
Defender  Bill.  Second Reading  of  the Public  Defender  Bill  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Friday the 4th day  of J uly next. 

Dormant Bank  The  Dormant Bank  Balances and  Unclaimed 
Balances and  Securities  Bill  was,  according  to  Order, read a 

ESStaW second  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Select  Committee. —  (Mr.  Chancellor  of  the 
Exchequer.) 

Prevention 
of  Anthrax 
[Expenses.] 

The  Order of  the day being read, for receiving 
the  Report from  the  Committee  on Prevention 
Q|   A n t h r ax   [Expenses]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday next. 

Sir  Marry  Samuel  reported  from  the  Com-
Private Bills 
(Group A.)  mittee  on Group  A  of  Private Bills ;  That, for 

House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being  then 
one minute before Five  of  the  clock, till 
Monday  next. 

.. 

. 

Monday,  26th  May  1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE  Bankers' 

Bill  [Lords] 

passed. 

Guarantee  Trust  (Transfer) 
was  read the  third  time  and 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry the Bill  to 
the  Lords, and  acquaint them  that  this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

Bankers' 
Guarantee 
Trust 
(Transfer) 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the City  and  South  London 
Railway  Bill; 

City  and 
South  London 
Railway  Bill. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

Mr.  Munro  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a 
Provisional  Order  under  the  Private  Legisla-
tion  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating 
to Edinburgh and Leith Corporations Gas:  And 
the  Bame  was  ordered  (under  Section  7  of  the 
Act)  to be taken intQ consideration  to-morrow. 

Edinburgh 
and  Leith 
Corporations 
Gas Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented, pursuant to the direc-
tions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Accounts  showing  the  Receipts  and  Expendi-
ture  in  respect  of  the  High  Court  of  Justice, 
the Court of  Appeal, and the Court  of Criminal 
Appeal during the year ended 31st March  1919. 

High  Court  ot 
Justice  and 
Court  of 
Appeal,  See. 
No.  100. 

Account  of Receipts  and Payments in respect 
of  the  Land  Registry for  the  year  ended  31st 
March  1919. 

Land  Registry, 
No.  101. 

Ordered± That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  by  His  Railway  and 
Majesty's Command,—-Copy of Thirtieth Annual  ^ ^ J ™ ® 0 
Report  of  the Railway  and  Canal  Commission, toCl89i. 
with  Appendix. 

Copy  of  Draft  of  an  Order  in  Council  to  Aliens 

regulate the Admission  of  Aliens  to  the  United  (immigration 
Kingdom  and  the Supervision of  Aliens  in  the |npervigj0n.) 
United  Kingdom  after  the  war,  to  be  made 
under  an  Act  amending  and  continuing  the 
Aliens Restriction  Act,  1914. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  also  presented,  pursuant inebriates 
1879 

to the directions of  several  Acts  of Parliament, 
—Copy  of  Report  of  the  Inspector  under  the 
Inebriates  Acts,  1879  to  1900,  for  the  year 
1918. 

Ordered, That  the said Papers do lie upon the 

the  convenience of  parties, the  Committee  had | 

Table. 

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last  India 
Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  presented,  by  His 
& 8X i 0 n al   M aJ e s ty's   Command,—Copy  of Vol. III.,  Views; 
of the  Government of  India upon the Reports of 
Lord  Southborough's  Committees  on  Constitu-
tional  Reform  in India. 

,••'.. 

• 

Ordered, That  the said Paper  do * lie upon the 

a  local government  elector.''—(Captain  Qrmshy-
Gore.) 

And the  Question  being proposed. That  those 
words  be  there  inserted in the  Hill :•—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House, withdrawn. 

Table. 

; 

" 

•Selection 
{Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
•Committee  C. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee of  Selection  ;  That  they  had  discharged: 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee C :—Mr.  lllingworth  ;  and had appointed 
in substitution :  Sir  Arthur  Grijfith-Boscawen. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Restoration 
•of  Pre-War 
Practices 
<No.  3)  Bill. 
Bill 88. 

Sir  Robert  Home,  supported  by  the  Lord 
Advocate  and Mr.  War die, presented  a  Bill  to 
make  provision  with  respect  to  the restoration 
after the present  war  of  certain  trade  practices 
and  to  amend  the  Law  relating  to  munitions 
tribunals:  And the same was ordered  to be read 
a second time to-morrow ;  and,to be  printed. 

Private 
Legislation 
Procedure 
.(Ireland)  Bill. 
Bill  89. 

Mr.  Macpherson,  supported  by  Mr.  Attorney 
General  for  Ireland,  Mr.  Solicitor  General  for 
Ireland, and Mr.  Hugh  Barrie,  presented  a  Bill 
to  provide  for  improving  and  extending  the 
procedure  for  obtaining  parliamentary  powers 
by way of  Provisional Orders in matters relating 
to  Ireland:  And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  to-morrow;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Business  of 
the  House 
•(Housing, 
Town 
Planning,  &c., 
Bill  and 
Ministry  of 
Health  Bill.) 

Ordered, That the Proceedings on the Housing, 
Town Planning, &c., Bill,  and  on  Consideration 
of  the  Lords  Amendments  to  the  Ministry  of 
Health  Bill  be  exempted  at  this  day's  Sitting 
from  the  provisions  of  the  Standing  Order 
(Sittings  of the House).—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

Commons. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Rowlands  be  discharged 

from the  Select Committee on Commons. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Sturrock  be  added  to  the 

Committee.—(Mr.  Pratt.) 

1  ' 

Housing, Town  The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded 
Planning, 4c.,  t 0  take  into  consideration  the  Housing,  Town 
Planning,  &c.,  Bill,  as  amended in the  Standing 
Committee. 
•  A  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added  to  the 
Bill  (Extension  of  45  and  46  Vict.,  c.  38.)— 
(Lieutenant-Colonel  Royds.) 

And  the said Clause was brought up, and read 
the  first  and  second  time,  and  amended;  and 
made part of the Bill. 

An  Amendment  was  proposed to be made  to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  1. 12,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word "  inadequate,"  the words  "  or  injurious  to 
the natural beauties or architectural  amenities of 
the neighbourhood/'—(Six  Martin  Conway.) 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted  in the  Bill:—It  passed  in the 
Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3,  1. 11,  by  leaving  out  from 
the  word  "  scheme,"  to  the  end  of  1.  13.— 
(Colonel  Burn.) 

And  the Question  being put, That  the words 
proposed to be left out  stand part of the  Bill:— 
It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then  an  Amendment  was  made to  the  Bill. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill,  in  p. 4,1.  32, by  inserting, after the 
word  "  made,"  the  words "  by any person being 

V O L.   174. 

r. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the  Bill, in p. 4,  1. 38,  by inserting at  the, eiicl 
thereof-the  words  "and  if  on  receipt  of  such 
report  the  Board  are  of  opinion  that  the  local 
authority  have  been  negligent  in  exercising 
their  powers  under  Part  I.  or  Part  II.  of  the 
principal  Act,  the  Board  may  authorise  the 
county  council  to  act  in  place  of  the  local 
authority,  and  any  expenses  so  arising  to  the 
county  council  shall: be  recoverable  from  the 
local  authority  concerned."—(Captain  Ormsby-
Gore.) 

And  the Question being proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 
,  Another Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to the  Bill,  in  p. 5,  1.  11,  by inserting, after the 
word  "  Board,"  the  words  ''and  if  the  rents  to 
be charged have  been  approved  by  the  Board." 
—(Rear-Admiral  Adair.) 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there  inserted  in  the Bill:—It  passed in the 
Negative. 

• 

Another Amendment was proposed to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  5,  1.  20,  by  leaving  out  the 
word "  annual,"  and inserting  the word "  actual" 
—  (Mr.  Godfrey  Locker-Lampson),  —  instead 
thereof.. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the' 

word "  annual "  stand part of the  Bill; 

And  objection being  taken  that  the  proposed Mr. Speaker 
Amendment would involve  an  increased  charge, Amendment 
Mr.  Speaker  declined  to  put  the  Question 0ut of Order, 
thereon. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill,  in p.  8,  1. 5,  by inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the words— 

"  (3)  For the period of  seven years  from  the 
date  of  the  passing  of  this  Act  where  land 
included in any scheme made Under Part  III.  of 
the  principal Act  is  acquired  compulsorily  the 
compensation to be paid for the land shall be the 
value at  the  time  the valuation is made, subject 
to a deduction  of  the  amount  of  the  increment 
value of the land  as  ascertained  under  the pro-
visions  of  the  Finance  (1909-10)  Act,  1910, 
always  providing that the  amount  of  the  incre-
ment value to be  deducted  shall  not exceed  the 
amount  upon  which  increment  value  duty has 
not been collected on  any previous  occasion."— 
(Major  Barnes.) 

And  the Question being put, That those words 

be there inserted in the Bill j  ' 

The  House divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the Left. 

Tellera  for  the ( ^nZTyan 

Thom-

as' 

( 

son: 

58. 

Tellers  for  the f Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 1 
I Mr. Dudley  Ward-.  J 

Noes, 

124. 

So it passed in the  Negative. 

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26th  May. 

1919. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill, in  p. 9,  1.  17,  by  inserting,  at  the 
end thereof, the words— 

"  Notwithstanding  anything  in  the  principal 
Act  or  in  this Act  contained  a local authority 
or  county  council  shall  not  be  authorised  to 
acquire any land belonging to any local authority, 
company,  or  person  empowered  by  Act  of 
Parliament  to  supply  water  in  any  area  and 
required  by them for the purpose of such supply, 
or for  protecting  from  contamination  any water 
which such  local  authority,  company, or  person 
are  so  empowered  to impound, take, or  use  for 
the purpose of supply."—(Mr. Rawlinson.) 

And the Question being  proposed,  That those 
words be  there  inserted  in the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill, in p.  9,1.  25, by inserting,  after  the 
word "  agreement," the words "  or compulsorily." 
—(Mr.  Neville  Chamberlain.) 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there  inserted in  the  Bill:—It  passed in  the 
Negative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 9,1. 39, by  leaving out from the 
word "  houses,' to the word "  and,"  in 1. 40, and 
inserting  the  words  "  which  are  not  provided 
with a sufficient supply of water "—(Major  Lane-
Fox),—instead thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
" words proposed to be left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Bill  :—The  said proposed Amendment was, with 
leave of  the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in  p.  10,1.  1, by  inserting  after  the 
word "  houses,"  the words  "  or  houses that  may 
be deprived  of  sufficient water  supply by reason 
of  such  abstraction."—(Mr.  Godfrey  Locher-
Lampson.) 

And the  Question  being proposed,  That those 
words  be there  inserted in the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  further  consideration  of  the 
Bill, as amended  (in  the  Standing  Committee), 
be now adjourned.—(Dr.  Addison.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  (in  the 
Standing  Committee),  be  taken  into  further 
consideration  to-morrow. 

Ministry  of 
Health  Bill. 

The  House,  according to  Order, proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made 
by  the Lords to the Ministry  of Health  Bill. 

The Lords' Amendments, as far as the Amend-
ment  in  p.  4,  1.  37, being  read  a second time, 
were agreed to. 

The  Lords' Amendment  in  p.  4,  1. 37, after 
("   appoint"),  insert ("  one Parliamentary  Secre-
tary and " ),   the  next  Amendment, being  read a 
second time ; 

And  a Motion  being made, and  the  Question 
being  put, That  this  House doth  disagree with 
the  Lords  in  the  said  Amendment —  (Dr. 
Addison)  ; 

The  House divided. 
The Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the ( Lord Edmund  Talbot, 

Yeas, 

( Mr.  Dudley  Ward: 

Tellers  for the  ( Mr.  Hohler, 

Noes, 

( Colonel  Gretton  : 

} 17°-

25. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  4,  1.  39, after 
("   determine "),  insert  ("   and  in  the  making of 
such appointments shall give equal consideration 
to the suitability  of  persons of  both sexes "), the 
next  Amendment, being read  a second time, was 
agreed to. 

The  Lords' Amendment  in  p.  6,  1.  16,  leave 
out from  ("sections"),  to end of  subsection  (5), 
the next Amendment,  being  read  a second time, 
was disagreed to. 

Then the remaining Lords' Amendments, being 

read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to 
draw  up  Reasons  to  be  assigned  to  the  Lords 
for  disagreeing  to certain  of  their Amendments 
to the Bill. 

And  a Committee  was  accordingly nominated 
of  Dr.  Addison,  Major  Astor,  Dr.  Murray,  Mr. 
Griffiths, and  Mr.  Edge. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Dr.  Addison.) 

And they are to withdraw immediately. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving  Prevention 
the  Report  from  the  Committee on Prevention [ExpensedT 
of Anthrax  [Expenses]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Prevention  of 
Committee on the Prevention  of  Anthrax Bill;  Anthrax  BiU. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  Y"ll>  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the day  being read, for taking Local 

into consideration  the  Local  Government  (Ire- j^efan^BilL 
land)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com 
mittee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Joint  stock 
Second  Reading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks  Banks  (Amal-
(Amalgamation  Control)  Bill; 
Control^Bill. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Government 

Second  Reading  of  the  Government  War 
Obligations  Bill; 

Bill.8*  1 0 n 

Ordered, That the  Bill be read a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Finance  Bill, 

Committee  on the Finance Bill 5 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Disabled  Men 
Committee  on  the  Disabled Men  (Facilities for (facilities  for 
Employment)  Bill ; 
Employment) 

, 

. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

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159 

'Supply 
[19th  May] 
Beport. 

The  Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  19th day of  this instant  May; 

Tuesday,  27th  May  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

P R A T I E S. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee  C] 
[13th  May] 
Beport. 

The Order of  the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply  of the  13th day of this instant  May ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Supply 
[Standing 
•Committee  C] 
[12th  May] 
Beport. 

The  Order of the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the • Report  of 
Supply  of the  12th day  of this instant  May; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received . to-

morrow. 

Supply 
I Standing 
Committee  C] 
[15th  May] 
Beport. 

The  Order of the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply  of  the  15th day  of this instant May ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private  Bills 

for Private Bills, That in the case of the follow- orders  not 
ing  Bills,  originating  in the Lords, and  referred  previously 
on  the  First  Reading  thereof,  the  Standing  ™ & d d i n t° 
Orders,  not  previously  inquired  into,  which  with.) 
are applicable  thereto,  have been  complied with, 
viz.:— 

Sunderland  Gas  Bill 

[Lords]. 

Medway  Conservancy  Bill 

[Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the Bills be read a second time, 

The  House proceeded  to take  into  considera-  Waterford 
tion  the  Waterford  Harbour  Bill,  as  amended Harbour  Bill, 
in the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read the third time. 

The  House,  according  to Order, proceeded to  Edinburgh 
take into consideration  the  Edinburgh  and Leith ^  orations 
Corporations  Gas  Order  Confirmation  Bill. 

,  . 

. 

Qag order 
Confirmation 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read the third time  Bill. 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  the 

to-morrow. 

Committee of Ways  and Means  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the  said Committee. 

Housing  of 
the  Working 
Classes 
(Ireland) 
[Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee on Housing  of  the  Working  Classes 
(Ireland)  [Expenses] ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented  a Bill to con-  Pievand 

firm  certain  Provisional  Orders  made  by  the pra0r^ 
Board  of  Trade  under  the  General  Pier  and orders  Bill. 
Harbour  Act,  1861,  relating  to  Cowea  and  BilL90. 
Findochty :  And  the  same  was  read  the  first 
time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be printed. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Sir Arthur  Steel-Maitland  presented,  by  His  British  Mission 

Electricity 
Supply 
[Money.] 

Ministry  of 
Health  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on Electricity  Supply  [Money]; 

resolve itself into  the said  Committee. 

Dr.  Addison  reported  from  the  Committee 
appointed  to  draw up  Reasons  to  be  assigned 
to the  Lords  for  disagreeing  to  certain  of  the 
Amendments  made  by  their  Lordships  to  the 
Ministry  of Health  Bill;  That  they had  drawn 
up  Reasons  accordingly,  which  they  directed 
him to report  to the House 5 and  the  same were 
read, as follow : 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made by the Lords in p. 4,1.37, for the following 
Reason :  Because they consider that two Parlia-
mentary  Secretaries are  necessary  for the trans-
action  of the business of the Ministry. 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made by the Lords in p. 6,1.  16, for the following 
Reason;  Because  it  is  consequential  on  the 
Amendment made by the Lords in p.  4,  1. 37, to 
which the Commons have disagreed. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords 
to communicate the  said  Reasons  (with the  Bill 
and Amendments) :  And that the Clerk do carry 
the same. 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Correspondence 
respecting  the British Mission to South America,  (Miscellaneous, 
1 9 1 8.  

No.  2,  1919.) 

Ordered,  That  the  said Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Board  of 
Command,—Copy  of  Draft,  dated  26th  May  Education. 
1919,  of  the  Regulations for Secondary  Schools 
in  England,  excluding  Wales  and  Monmouth-
shire,  proposed  to  be  made  by  the  Board  of 
Education  under  Section  44  of  the Education 
Act,  1918. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Corn 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
the  Cereals  (Ireland)  Declaration  Regulations, 
1919,  made  under  the  Corn  Production  Act, 
1917. 

' 

Ordered  That  the  said Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,—Return  to  National 
an Address  to  His  Majesty, dated the  15th  day  ^ ^ y^ 
of  this  instant  May,  for  a  Return  relative  to  England. 
National  Assembly  of  the  Church of  England. 

No. 102. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Return  do  lie  uponthe 

Adjournment. 

A  Motion  was made, and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn—(Mr. 
Pratt),—It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  .House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  twenty-four  minutes 
.  after Eleven  of  the  clock, adjourned till 

to-morrow. 

VOL.  174. 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

x  4 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
Bast  India 
gncome^ancl  Bented  to His Majesty, that He will be graciously 
xpen i m-e.j  p]eage(j  t o  gj v e  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before  this House  a Return  of  the  net  Income 
and Expenditure  of  British  India, under certain 
specified heads, for the three years from  1915-16 
to  1917-18  (in  continuation  of  Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 99, of Session 1918).—(Mr.  Secretary 
Montagu.') 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £176,700  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty, to  complete  the sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will 
come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for 
Expenditure  in  respect  of  Publio  Buildings  in 
Ireland, for  the  Maintenance  of  certain  Parks 
and Public Works, and  for  the  Maintenance  of 
Drainage Works on the River  Shannon. 

. 

Ultimus  Hferes  Ordered, That there be laid before this House 
a  R e t u r n o f  Abstract  Account of  the Receipts 
Awonntdand 
List of  Estates, and Payments of the King's and Lord Treasurer's 
Remembrancer  in  Scotland, in  the  year  ended 
the 31st  day of  December  1917, in  the adminis-
tration of  Estates and Treasure Trove on behalf 
of  the  Crown ; 
And  of  alphabetical List  of 
Estates  which  fell  to  the  Crown  as  Ultimus 
Hares  in  Scotland, administered  by the King's 
and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer in the same 
year.— (Mr. jBaldwin.) 

Pltimus  Hseres  Ordered, That there be laid before this House a 
Accomt'and  Return of Abstract Account of  the Receipts and 
List of  Estates. Payments  of  the  King's  and  Lord  Treasurer's 
Remembrancer  in  Scotland, in  the  year  ended 
the 31st day of December 1918, in  the  adminis-
tration of Estates and Treasure Trove on  behalf 
And  of  alphabetical  List  of 
of the Crown 
Estates  which  fell  to  the  Crown  as  Ultimus 
Haeres  in  Scotland, administered  by the  King's 
and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer in the same 
year.—(Mr.  Baldwin.) 

Public 
Petitions 

C.irs 

Sir  William  Bull  reported  from  the  Select 
Committee on Public Petitions ;  That they  had 
epor.)  e x a mj n e (j   the Petitions presented upon the  14th, 
17th, and 19th  days  of  February  last, the  4th, 
10th,  15th, and 29th days of  April  last, and 9th, 
12th and 23rd days of this instant  May,  and had 
directed  him  to  make  a  Report  thereof  to  the 
House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be printed. 

Mr.  Turton  reported  from  Standing  Com-
Standing 
Committee  D 
mittee  D  to  whom  the  Acquisition  of  Land 
Acquisition 
of  Landi 
(Assessment of Compensation) Bill was referred ; 
(Assessment  of  That they had gone  through  the  Bill and made 
Compensation) Amendments thereunto. 
Bill. 

N o.   103. 

N o.   103. 

Bill  9 1. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings 

of the Standing Committee  be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee, be taken into consideration 
to-morrow ;  and be printed. 

Standing 
Committee  C 
(Supply.) 

Mr.  Macmaster reported  from  Standing Com-
mittee  C that they had  agreed  to  the following 
Resolutions: 

Civil  Services Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  I. 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,430,700 be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will 
come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for 
Expenditure in  respect of  sundry  Public Build-
ings in Great Britain, not  provided for on other 
Votes. 

3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £436,700  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will 
come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for 
Expenditure  in respect  of  Ministry of  Labour, 
Employment Exchange and Insurance Buildings, 
Great Britain. 

4.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £82,340  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  i 
come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for 
payments  under  the  Tramways  and  Public 
Companies  (Ireland)  Act,  1883,  &c.,  the Rail-
ways  (Ireland)  Act,  1896,  the  Marine  Works 
(Ireland)  Act,  1902,  and  for  other  purposes 
connected with Irish Railways. 

Ordered,  That  the  Resolutions  be  reported 

to-moirow. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the Com- Selection 
mittee of  Selection;  That  they had  discharged ( 0 S 0^£f e s> 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com- standing 
mittee  A  :—Mr.  Aneurin  Williams;  and  had Committee  A-
appointed in substitution: Lord Henry Cavendish-
Bentinck. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  further  reported  from the  Standing 
Committee ;  That they had added  the following 0ommiltee  E-
Members  to  Standing  Committee  E  (for  the 
consideration  of  the Checkweighing in  Various 
Industries  Bill)  :—Mr.  Adamson,  Mr.  Alfred 
Davies (Clitheroe), Sir James Fortescue Flannery, 
Mr. Griffiths, Mr. John Jones, Mr.  Neil  Maclean, 
Major  Nail,  Sir  John  Randies,  Mr.  Swan,  and 
Mr.  Wignall. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further reported  from  the  Standing 
Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the Committee  C, 
following  Member  from  Standing  Committee 
C  :—Mr.  Arnold;  and  had  appointed  in  sub-
stitution :  Major MKenzie  Wood. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further reported  from  the  Standing 
Committee  ;  That  they had  added  to  Standing  Committee B» 
Committee  B  the  following  Fifteen  Members 
(in  respect of  the Electricity  (Supply) Bill)  :— 
Mr.  George  Balfour,  Viscount  Duncannon, Mr, 
Grundy, Mr.  Hartshorn,  Mr. Austin  Hopkinson, 
Dr.  Edward  Hopkinson,  Sir  Joseph,  Larmor, 
Captain  Moreing,  Sir  Philip  Pilditch,  Mr.  Rat-
cliffe,  Mr.  Royce,  Mr.  Strauss,  Mr.  Trevelyan 
Thomson, Mr.  Waddington, and Captain Watson. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further  reported  from  the Standing 
Committee ;  That  they  had  discharged  the Committee B„ 
following  M embers from Standing Committee  B 
(at  the  conclusion  of  the  Ministry  of  Ways 
and  Communications  Bill) :—Major  Baird,  Sir 
William  Howell  Davies,  Mr.  Grundy,  Major 
Hay ward, Sir  Evan  Jones,  Mr.  Joynson-Hicks, 
Mr.  Lindsay,,  Sir  Francis  Lowe,  Sir  Donald 
Maclean,  Sir Herbert  Nield,  Sir  William  Pearce, 
Mr.  Sexton, Sir Albert Stanley, Mr.  James Henry 
Thomas,  and  Mr.  Wilson-Fox;  and  had  added 
to the Committee (for  the  consideration  of  the 
Electricity  (Supply)  Bill):  Major  Cohen,  Mr. 
Donnelly, Captain Rupert  Guinness, Mr. Haslam, 
Mr.  Marriott,  Colonel  Pinkham,  Mr.  Raffan, 
Mr.  Seddon,  Mr.  Alfred  Short,  Mr.  Marshall 

10  GE O.   Y. 
Stevens, Mr.  John  Taylor,  Mr.  John  W.  Taylor, 
Mr.  Vickers,  Mr.  Waterson,  Colonel  Penry 
Williams, and  Sir  Kingsley  Wood. 

27tli 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the 
Standing 
Committee  D.  Committee;  That  they  had  added  to  Standing 
Committee  I)   the  following  Fifteen  Members 
(in  respect  of  the  Housing  of  the  Working 
Classes (Ireland) Bill)  :—Mr.  Attorney-General 
for  Ireland,  Mr.  Hugh  Barrie,  Sir  Henry  Cowan, 
Mr.  Devlin,  Mr.  Donnelly,  Major  Oscar  Guest, 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Walter  Guinness, Mr.  Mac-
pherson,  Mr.  Mac  Veagh,  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Malone,  Sir  George  Croydon  Marks,  Dr.  Donald 
Murray,  Major  Newman,  Sir  William  Whitla, 
and  Sir  Robert  Woods. 

Standing 
Committee  D. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  further  reported  from  the 
Committee;  That  they  had  discharged 
the 
following  Members  from  Standing  Committee  D 
(at  the  conclusion  of 
the  Land  Settlement 
(Facilities)  Bill)  :—Mr.  Attorney  General,  Mr. 
Hodge,  Sir  Donald  Maclean,  Major  Watts 
Morgan,  Mr.  Morrison,  Mr.  Munro,  Sir  Robert 
Newman,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Parry,  Mr.  Prety-
man,  Mr.  Raffan,  Mr.  Alexander  Shaw,  Mr. 
Alfred  Short,  Mr.  Walter  Smith,  Mr.  Solicitor 
General,  Mr.  Spencer, 
Lieutenant-Colonel 
Weigall,  Major  Wheler,  Mr.  John  Williams, 
Colonel  Murrough  Wilson,  Sir  Richard  Winfrey, 
Major  Earl  Winterton,  and Sir  Frederick  Young ; 
and  had  added  the  following  Members  to  the 
Committee  (for  the  consideration of  the Housing 
of 
(Ireland)  Bill)  : 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Allen,  Mr.  Thomas  Brown, 
Mr.  William  Coote,  Captain  Dixon,  Mr.  Harbi-
son,  Mr.  Lynn,  Mr.  M  Guffin,  Mr.  Moles,  Mr. 
John Murray,  Mr.  Neat,  Mr.  O'Grady,  Mr.  Roe, 
Mr.  Raffan,  Captain  Redmond,  Mr.  Reid,  Mr. 
Thomas  Shaw,  Colonel  Stephenson,  Mr.  Swan, 
and  Mr.  Daniel  Wilson. 

the  Working  Classes 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Business  of 
the  House 
(Housing, 
Town 
Planning,  &c., 
Bill.) 

Ordered, That the Proceedings on the  Housing, 
Town  Planning,  &c.,  Bill,  be  exempted  at  this 
day's  Sitting  from the  provisions of  the  Standing 
Order  (Sittings  of  the  House).—(Mr.  Bonar 
Law.) 

Looal 
Government 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Local  Government 
(Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended 
in  the  Standing 
Committee  ; 

A  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added  to  the  Bill 
(Register  for  wards  to  be  continued) —  (Mr, 
M' Guffin)-—and the  said  Clause was  brought  up, 
and read  the  first  time. 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put, That  the  said  Clause  be  read  a  second 
time :—It  passed  in the  Negative. 

An  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  by  leaving  out  Is.  27  to  32 
inclusive.—(Mr.  Mac  Veagh.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word  "  shall,"  in 
p.  2, 1. 30,  stand  part  of  the  B i l l; 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the  ( Lord  Edmund  Talbot,  I  OQ„ 

Yeas, 

( Mr.  Pratt: 

Tellers  for  the  I Mr.  Mac  Veagh, 

Noes, 

t  Mr.  Devlin: 

M 

) 
j 

57. 

May. 

161 
Another Amendment was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  1.  30,  by  leaving  out  the 
w o r d"   shall"  and  inserting  the  word  " m a y" 
:—(Mr.  MacVeagh,)—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
"  shall " stand  part  of  the  Bill:—It  was  resolved 
in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  4,  1.  15,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  "  on  the  ordinary  day  of  election,"  and 
inserting  the  words  " in   the first week  of  June," 
—(Mr.  Mac  Veagh,)—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left out  stand part  of  the  Bill:— 
It  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  5,1.  2,  by  leaving  out  from  the 
beginning  to  the word "  the," in 1.3, and inserting 
the  words  "  three  thousand  nine  hundred,"—• 
(Mr.  Harbison,)—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  B i l l; 
— It   was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  8,  1.  14,  by  inserting  in  the 
third  column,  after  the  word  "  and,"  the  words 
"section  three,  subsection  ( 1 ) ."   —  (Mr.  Mac 
Veagh.) 

And the  Question "being put, That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  recommitted  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  in  respect  of 
Clause  8.—(Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland.) 

The House  immediately resolved itself into the 

Committee. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  8  amended  and  agreed  to. 

Bill,  as amended,  to  be  reported. 

Mr,  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported.  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  on  re-
committal,  be  now  taken  into  consideration:— 
The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
Bill  into  consideration. 

A  Motion  was made,  and  the  Question  being 

put,  That  the  Bill be  now  read the  third  time ; 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the f Lord  Edmund  Talbot,  1 
(Mr.  Pratt: 

Yeas, 

, 

;  244. 

Tellers for  the (Mr.  Coote, 
i Mr.  Lynn: 

Noes, 

} 
) 

42. 

So  it  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time 

and  passed. 

So it  was resolved in  the  Affirmative. 
Then  an Amendment  was made  to the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

VOL.  174. 

Y-H-

27th  May. 

1919. 
Another  Amendment was proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  18,  1. 9,  by  inserting,  at  the 
end  thereof  the  words— 

Houring, Town  The  House,  according  to  Order, proceeded  to 
t ak e 
' n t o  further  consideration  the  Housing, 
BiU?milg' 
Town  Planning,  &c.,  Bill,, as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  13, by  leaving  out  Clause  19. 
—(Major  Lloyd  Graeme.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word  "  as," in 
p.  13,  1.  7,  stand  part  of  the  Bill:—It  was 
resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was proposed  to be  made 
to  the Bill,  in p.  16,1.13, by inserting at  the  end 
thereof  the  words— 

"  Provided  that  as regards  the  administrative 
county  of  London  the  Board  shall  not  approve 
any  plans  and  specifications  inconsistent  with 
the provisions  of  any  building  byelaws  in  force 
in the  county  except  after  consultation  with  the 
London  County  Council,  either  on  the  general 
question  of  the relaxation  of  such  provisions in 
Connection  with  housing  schemes  or  a relaxation 
with  respect  to any  particular  scheme."—(Major 
Ernest  Gray.) 

And  the  Question  being  put, That those words 
be there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—It  passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Another  Amendment was  proposed to  be  made 
to  the  Bill, in  p.  16, 1. 23, by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  extent,"  the  words  '" and  subject  to  the 
like  conditions  and  compensations."  —  (Mr. 
Aneurin  Williams.) 

And  the  Question being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment  was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in p. 16,1.  24, by inserting at the  end 
thereof the  words— 

"  (3)  The  power  of  making  byelaws  under 
section  one  hundred and fifty-seven of  the  Public 
Health  Act,  1875,  and  the  enactments  amending 
the  same, shall  extend  to  the  making  and  en-
forcing  of  byelaws  for  limiting  in  the  case  of 
houses  which  do  not  form  part  of  the  housing 
scheme  the  number  of  houses per  acre,  provided 
that in  making  such  byelaws  the  local  authority 
shall  have  regard  to  any limitation prescribed  by 
any  housing  scheme for  the  district  approved  by 
the  Local  Government  Board."—(Mr.  Trevelyan 
Thomson.) 

And  the Question  being  put, That those words 
be  there  inserted  in  the Bill: —It  passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was proposed to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  16,  1.  30,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  "during  a  period  of  two  years from  the 
passing  of  this Act."—(Mr.  I.orden.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Bill:—The  said  proposed  Amendment  was, with 
leave  of the House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

"  (i)  for  prohibiting  the  building  of  under-

ground  rooms  in semi-urban  districts; 

(j)  for  requiring  the  provision  of'  adequate 
garden ground  attached  to  flats  where  this 
form of  building  is adopted ; 

(k)  for  requiring  proper  lighting  and  ven-

tilation  for every  room  in  each  house." 

—(Mr. Sugden.) 

And  the  Question  being proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted in  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was  proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  22, 1. 25,  by  inserting  at  the 
end  thereof  the  words  " f or   each  day  or  part  of 
a  day  that  the  house  or  part  thereof  continues 
to  be  occupied  by  any  person  after  a  closing 
order  has  been  made."—(Mr.  Sugden.) 

And  the Question being  put, That  those  words 
be  there inserted  in the  Bill:—It  passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Another  Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill, in  p.  22,1.  25, by inserting  at the  end 
thereof  the  words— 

"Nothing 

in  this  section  shall  prevent  an 
owner  letting  or  leasing  for  the  purpose  of 
putting  such  house  in  habitable  condition  or 
pulling  down  or rebuilding."—(Mr.  Lorden.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed  to be  made 
to  the Bill, in p. 23,1. 9, by leaving  out Clause 33. 
— (Mr.  Aneurin  Williams.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be left out stand  part  of  the 
B i l l T he   said proposed  Amendment  was,  with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in p.  23,1.  33,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  thereof," 
the  words  "  or  a  company 
registered  under  the  Companies  Acta."—(Mr. 
Aneurin  Williams.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in the  B i l l It   passed 
in the  Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill, in p.  26, 1. 27,  by  inserting,  after the 
word "  authority,"  the  words  " and after  holding 
a local inquiry."—( Mr.  Neal.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill  :—It  passed 
in the  Negative. 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill, in  p.  27, 1. 13, by  leaving  out  Clause 
40.—(Major  Ernest  Gray.) 

And  the  Question  beiug  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Bill:— 
It  was resolved  in the  Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  Was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  28,  1.  9,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  "  seven  hundred  pounds,"  and  inserting 

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163 

the words "  eight hundred pounds or such  higher 
value as the  Local  Government  Board  may. in 
any  case  prescribe "  —  (Mr.  JVeal,) —  instead 
thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  "seven  hundred  pounds"  stand  part  of 
the Bill:—The  said  proposed  Amendment  was, 
with leave of the  House, withdrawn. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Government 

Second Reading of the Government War  Obliga- War 
tions  Bill; 

Obligations 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Finance Bill. 

Committee on the Finance Bill j 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Resolved,  That this  House  will, upon Monday 

Bill. 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Another Amendment was proposed to  be made 
to the  Bill,  in  p.  28,  1.  13,  by leaving  out  the 
words  "  eighty-five,"  and  inserting  the  word 
"  ninety "—(Mr.  Aneurin  Williams), — instead 
thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
"eighty-five,"  stand  part  of  the  Bill:—It  was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then  other Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  now read  the third 
time:—The  Bill  was accordingly  read  the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry the Bill to 

the  Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

Prevention 
of  Anthrax 
[Expenses.] 

Sir Hamar  Greenwood reported from the Com-
mittee on Prevention  of  Anthrax  [Expenses] a 
Resolution;  which was read, as followeth : 

That it is expedient  to authorise the payment, 
out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament, 
of  any  expenses  that  may  be  incurred  by  the 
Secretary  of  State in, carrying out the provisions 
of any Act  of  the present  Session to control the 
importation  of  goods  infected  or  likely  to  be 
infected  with  anthrax,  and  to  provide  for  the 
disinfection of  any such goods. 

The  said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time,  was agreed to. 

Prevention of 
Anthrax  Bill. 

The House, according to  Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee  on the Prevention  of Anthrax 
Bill. 

(In  the Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  I  to No.  3  agreed to. 
Bill  to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported,  That the Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill, and directed him to 
report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  now read  the third 
time :—The  Bill was accordingly  read the  third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill to-

the Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

Restoration 
of  Pre-War 
Practices 
(No. 3) BUI. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of the Restoration  of  Pre-War 
Practices (No.  3)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Disabled Men 
Committee  on  the  Disabled  Men (Facilities for (facilities for 
Employment)  Bill J 
Employment) 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply of  [19th May] 
the  19th day  of this instant  May ; 

Report-

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply 

from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of [Standing  _ 
Supply of  the ,13th day of this instant May  ; 
1 

n 3TM^] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon Report, 

Thursday  next. 

The Order of  the day being read, for receiving Supply 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of [Standing 
Supply of the  12th day of this instant  May ; 

[IMTJSS] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon Report. 

Thursday next. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  o f j ^ J ^f 
Supply  of the  l/>th day of this instant May ; 

rfsthMay] 

Ordered;  That  the  Report  be  received  upon »ePort-

Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Housing of 
Committee on  Housing  of  the Working  Classes  Working 
(Ireland)  [Expenses] ; 

(irela^i) 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, [Expenses.] 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Electricity 

Committee on Electricity  Supply  [Money] ; 

Supply 
[Money-] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a seeond  time 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

to-morrow. 

Private 
PrS^urT 
Ireland) BilL  cedure  (Ireland)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the Private Legislation  Pro-

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Joint  Stock 
Banks  (Amal-
gamation 
Control)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks 
(Amalgamation  Control)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

V O L.   174. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Com 
Second  Reading  of  the  Corn  Production Acts Production 
(Repeal)  Bill  ; 

Acts (Repeal.) 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Resolved, That this  House  do now adjourn.— Adjournment. 

(Mr.  Pratt.) 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  Eleven  of  the  clock, 
adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

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28th  May. 

1919. 

Wednesday, 28th May  1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

retired  allowance  to  Mr.  B.  S.  Boulter, Higher 
Division Clerk,  War  Office, under the Act. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie  upon the 

Table ;  and that the said Returns be printed. 

Edinburgh 
and Lath 

R P HE   Edinburgh  and Leith  Corporations Gas 
X  Order  Confirmation  Bill  was, according to 

ar
Confirmation. 

° r d e r> r e ad  

t he  

t w rd  

t i me   a n d  p a s s e d-

Ordered, That  the Clerk  do  carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His Small 

Majesty's Command,—Copy  of  Seventh  Report 
of the Scottish Land  Court for the year  1918.  Acta.  ° 

Ordered, That  the said Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

East India 
Statement and 
Budget.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  presented,  pursuant 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
to 
Copy  of  East  India  (Financial  Statement  and 
No. 104.  Budget)  for 1919-20  and discussions  thereon  in 
the  Legislative  Council  of  the  Governor 
General. 

Ordered, That the said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

General  Seelg  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Air Ministry. 

Command,—Copy of  Correspondence relating to 
the  termination  of  the  Appointment  of  the 
Honourable  Violet  Douglas-Pennant  as "Com-
mandant of the  Women's Royal  Air  Force. 

Ordered, That the said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Representation  Mr.  Fisher  presented, pursuant  to  the direc-
of the People  ti o n8  0f  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy of 
Act,  1918. 
Order in  Council,  dated  8th , May  1919,  made 
under  the  Representation  of  the  People  Act, 
1918,  relative to the  Third Register in England 
and Scotland and the Second Register in IrSand, 
and other matters. 

Colonial 
Probates  Act, 
1892. 

Copy  of  Order  in  Council,  dated  8th  May 
1919, applying the Colonial  Probates  Act, 1892, 
to the Colony of the Bermudas. 

Naval  and 
Marine  Pay 
and  Pensions 
Act,  1865. 

Foreign 
Jurisdiction 
Act,  1890. 

Air  Force 
(Constitution) 
Act,  1917. 

Copies of Five  Orders in Council  made under 
the  Naval  and  Marine  Pay and  Pensions  Act, 
1865. 

Copy of  Order in Council  under the  Foreign 
Jurisdiction  Act,  1890,  dated  8th  May  1919, 
amending  the  Northern  Territories  Order  in 
Council,  1901, as to the Suspension of Officers. 
Copy  of  Order  in  Council  under  the  Air 
Force (Constitution)  Act,  1917, dated  8th  May 
1919, applying  the  Army  (Annual)  Act,  1919, 
to the Royal Air  Force. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Honsing  of 
the  Working 
Classes 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented, by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Probable  Expenditure 
under  the  Housing  of  the  Working  Glasses 
(Ireland) Bill. 

Housing  of 
the  Working 
Classes 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

Copy of  Circular explaining Financial Assist-
ance to be rendered to  Local  Authorities under 
the Housing  of  the Working  Classes (Ireland) 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Robert Peel  reported from Commons, 
the Select  Committee  on  Commons,  That  they goity Wallia 
had  considered  the  Report  of  the  Board  of R^uuons. 
Agriculture,  certifying  the  expediency  of  a 
Provisional  Order  for  the  Regulation  of  Cefn 
Hirgoed  Common, Hirwaun  Common,  Ystrad-v-
Waun, Allt-y-Rhiw, and Mynydd-y-Gaer,  in the 
parishes  of  Pencoed,  Coychurch  Higher, Saint 
Bride's Minor, and Coity  Higher, in the County 
of Glamorgan,  and are of  opinion  that the  same 
ought  to  be  confirmed  by  Parliament  without 
modification, and  that they had  directed  him  to 
make  a  Report  thereon,  together  with  the 
Minutes of  Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes  of  Evidence  be 

printed. 

No. 107. 

No. 107. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by the Lok1s-
one of their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to  the Scottish Board Scottish Board 

of  Health  Bill, with  an  Amendment;  to  which of Health  Bm-
they desire the concurrence of  this House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled An Sheringham 
Act to confer further powers on the Sheringham 0ag »nd Water 
Gas  and  Water  Company,  and  for  otherBin  L ^ 'O 
purposes;  to which they desire  the  concurrence 
c 
of  this House. 

The  Sheringham  Gas and Water Bill  [Lords],  Sheringham 

was read the first time. 

^ 

{ j j j j j j* 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners of  Petitions for Private Bills. 

National 
Health 
Insurance 
Commission 
(England.) 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  'of  Memorandum  on  the 
Special  Measures taken  by the National  Health 
Insurance Commission (England)  in  relation  to 
the  Supply of  Drugs  and  other Medical  Stores 
during the  War. 

Mr.  Rendall  reported  from  Standing  Com- Standing 
mittee E, to whom the Checkweighing in Various Commttee  & 
Industries  Bill  was  referred;  That  they  had in  V &2 
gone through the Bill, and had  directed  him  to Industries BiU. 
report  the  same,  without  Amendment,  to  the 
House. 

Ultimas  H seres 
(Scotland) 
(Account  and 
List  of 
Estates.) 

Mr.  Baldwin  also  presented,—Return  to  an 
Order, dated the 27th day of this instant May, for 
Returns  relative  to  Ultimus  Hseres (Scotland) 
(Account  and List of Estates) for 1917. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 108. 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings  No. 108. 

of the  Standing  Committee  be printed. 

No. 105. 
Ultimus Haeres 
(Scotland) 
(Account  and 
List  of 
Estates.) 

No. 106. 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  27th  day  of 
this  instant  May,  for  a  Return  relative  to 
Ultimus  Hares (Scotland) (Account and List of 
Estates) for 1918. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  (not  amended  in  the 
Standing Committee) be taken into consideration 
to-morrow. 

Superannua-  Mr.  Baldwin  also  presented, pursuant  to  the 
tion Act, 1887. directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Treasury  Minute  under  the  Superannuation 
Act,  1887,  dated  23rd  May  1919,  granting  a 

Mr.  Brace  reported  from  Standing  Com- Standing 
mittee B,  to  whom  the  Ministry  of  Ways  and SinUtS^f8' 
Communications  Bill  was  referred;  That  they Ways and 
had gone  through  the  Bill,  and made Amend- Communica-
ments,  thereunto. 
tions BUI. 

 
10  GEO.  V. 

28th  May. 

1 65 

No.  109. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be printed. 

No. 109. 

Ordered, That the Minutes  of the Proceedings 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Corn 

Second  Reading  of  the  Corn Production  Acts 
(Repeal)  Bill; 

Acts  (Bepeal) 
A ^ nw 
Bill. 

of the  Standing  Committee be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read a  second time 

Bill 92. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  (as  amended  in  the 
Standing Committee) be taken into consideration 
to-morrow ;  and be  printed. 

Standing 
Orders. 

British  and 
Continental 
Bank  [Lords.] 

Londonderry 
Port  and 
Harbour  Bill 
[Lords.'] 

Mr.  Vaughan Davies  reported from the  Select 
Committee  on Standing  Orders, several Resolu-
tions, which were read as follows : — 

1.  That  in  the  case  of  the  British and Con-
tinental  Bank  [ Lords'],  Petition  for  Bill,  the 
Standing  Orders ought to  be  dispensed with :— 
That the parties  be  permitted  to  proceed  with 
their Bill. 

2.  That  in the  case  of  the Londonderry  Port 
and  Harbour  Bill  [Lords'],  Petition  for  addi-
tional Provision, the  Standing  Orders  ought  to 
be  dispensed  with:—That  the  parties  be  per-
mitted to insert their  additional  Provision if  the 
Committee on the Bill think fit. 

3.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Cannock  Urban 
Cannock 
Brban  District  District  Council, Petition for  Bill, the Standing 
Orders ought  to  be  dispensed  with :—That  the 
parties be  permitted  to proceed with their Bill. 

w e i'  

Ammanford 
•Gas. 

4.  That  in  the  case  of  the Ammanford  Gas, 
Petition  for  leave  to  deposit  a  Petition  for  a 
Bill, the Standing  Orders ought to be dispensed 
with :—That  the parties be permitted to deposit 
their Petition for a Bill. 

London 
County 
Council 
•(Tramways 
and  Improve-
ments.) 

5.  That  in  the  case  of  the  London  County 
Council (Tramways and Improvements), Petition 
for  Bill,  the  Standing  Orders  ought  not  to  be 
dispensed with. 

The  First  Four  Resolutions,  being  read  a 

second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Scottish  Board 
of   Health  Bill. 
BiU 93. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendment  made  by the 
Lords  to  the  Scottish Board  of  Health Bill  be 
taken  into  consideration  to-morrow  ;  and  be 
printed. 

Adjournment. 

Secret  Party 
Funds. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  was 
proposed,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn— 
Mr.  Pratt)  ; 

And it being a quarter of  an hour after Eight 
of  the clock,  further  Proceeding  was  postponed 
without  Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order No.  4. 

A  Motion was made, and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  this  House  is  of  opinion  that  the 
system of secrecy in connection  with the sources 
of  funds  for  party  purposes  has  debased  our 
political  system  and  is  inimical  to  the  best 
interests  of  the  Country,  and  calls  upon  the 
Government  to  introduce  a  Bill  to  make  the 
publication  of  the  particulars  of  such  funds 
compulsory;  and  further  is  of  opinion  that 
recommendations for the bestowal of honours  in 
recognition of  subscriptions to such funds should 
be discontinued.—(Brigadier-General  Croft.) 

The House divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the ("Brigadier General  Croft,\ 
J 
(  ..  „ 
J 

Tellers for the f Lord  Edmund Talbot, 

(Sir  Richard  Cooper: 

(Captain  Guest: 

Noes, 

Yeas, 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

VOL.  174. 

upon Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the House  of 
Second Reading  of  the  House  of  Commons and Commons  and 
Municipal  Corporations (Qualification of Clergy- corporations 
men) Bill; 
(Qualification 
Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second  time °f.£ieisy™n> 

upon  Monday next. 

The  Order of  the day  being  read, for  taking  Animals 
into  consideration  the  Animals  (Anesthetics)  (Anaesthetics) 
Bill,  as amended in the Standing  Committee ; 

Bit1' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Vivisection  of 
Second Reading  of  the  Vivisection  of  Animals  Animals  Bill. 
Bill: 

• • 

. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday  next, 

t 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Land  Values 

Second  Reading  of  the  Land  Values  Assess-
ment and Rating  Bill; 

and  Bating 
BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon Monday  next. 

The Order of  the day being read, for resuming  Primary 
the adjourned  Debate  on the  Question proposed  E d u c a t i o n^ 
upon the  9th day of  this  instant  May,  That the <Bel£a'lt->BUL 
Primary Education  (Belfast)  Bill  be  now read 
a second time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read*  for  the Hours  of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Hours  of  Employment  Employment 
Bill; 

Bm< 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Disabled  H en 
Committee  on the Disabled  Men  (Facilities  for (Facilities  for 
Employment) Bill; 
Employment) 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the Baid Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Government 

Second  Reading  of  the  Government  War  ^ar  t. 
Obligations  Bill; 

BUl!**  ° M 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Housing  of 

Committee on Housing  o"f  the Working  Classes 
(Ireland)  [Expenses]  ; 

(Ireland) 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow,  L Expenses.j 

resolve itself into  the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Electricity 
[u0ney ] 

Committee on Electricity  Supply  [Money] ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for taking  Acquisition 

into  consideration  the  Acquisition  of  Land 
of 
(Assessment  of  Compensation)  Bill, as  amended  compensation) 
in the  Standing  Committee; 

BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be 
siderajion  upon  Monday  next. 

taken  into  con-

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28th—29th  May. 

1919, 

Supply 

mittee 01 

The  Order of the day being read, for receiving 
Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 

[mh^May]  Supply of the 27th day of this instant May  ; 
Report. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

and  Technical Instruction  for  Ireland,  or from 
other  information  in  the  possession  of  those 
departments  (in  continuation  of  Parliamentary 
Paper,  No.  13,  of  Session  1917-18).—(Major 
Newman.) 

' 

Restoration 
of  Pre-War 
Practices 
(No.  3)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  fior  the 
Second  Reading of the Restoration of  Pre-War 
Practices (No.  3)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill be read a  second time 

upon Monday next. 

Private 
Legislation 
Procedure 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Private  Legislation 
Procedure (Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Ways  and Means; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Adjournment. 

And then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  ten  minutes  after  Eleven of  the 
clock, adjourned till to-morrow. 

East  India 
(Government 
of  India)  BUI. 

Police  Act, 
1890 

Sugar 
Purchases. 

Agricultural 
Prices 
(Ireland.) 

Thursday,  29th May  1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

MR.  Secretary  Montagu  presented,  by  His 

Majesty's Command,—Copy  of  Memoran-
dum by the Secretary of State for India regarding 
the Government  of  India  Bill to  make  further 
provision  with  respect  to  the  Government  of 
India. 

Ordered, That  the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant  to 
the directions  of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Correspondence relative  to the  refusal of the 
Secretary  of  State's  Certificate  under  Section 
17  (2)  of  the  Police  Act,  1890,  to  the  Tyne 
River  Police  Force,  for  the  year  ended  29th 
September 1918. 

Ordered, That the said  Paper do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Treasury  Minute,  dated 
17th  May  1919,  relative  to  arrangements  for 
financing  further Sugar Purchases abroad. 

Ordered, That  the said  Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That there be laid before this House, 
a Return  showing, to  the  latest  year  available, 
for  Ireland  as a  whole, (1)  the  annual  average 
Prices for each year from  1881 ;  (2)  the annual 
average Prices for each period comprised  in  the 
period from  1881 of  5 years,  10 years,  15 years, 
20  years, and  25  years,  and  for  the  period  of 
6  years from 1909;  such Prices  to  be  compiled 
from the Returns of Prices  of  crops, live stock, 
and other Irish  agricultural products heretofore 
published  from time  to  time by the Irish Land 
Commission, or  the Department  of  Agriculture 

Sir  William  Middlebrooh reported  from  the Local 
Local Legislation  Committee;  That  in the case legislation 
of  the  Sheffield  Corporation  Bill  they  had 
examined  the  allegations  contained in  the Pre- Corporation 
ainble of  the Bill, and had amended the same so Bil1-
as to make it consistent with the provisions of the 
Bill as passed by  the Committee,  and  found the 
same,  as  amended,  to  be  true;  and  had  gone 
through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments there-
unto. 

^X 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon 

the 

Table;  and be printed. 

The  Order  for  reading  a  second  time,  to- Ferries 
morrow,  the  Ferries  (Acquisition  by  County (Acquisition 
Councils)  Bill  [Lords'],  was  read,  and  dis- c^unciis/si 
charged; 

[Lordt.~\ 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a second time 

upon Monday next. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the Com- Selection 

mittee  of  Selection;  That  they had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com- gt°^Sng 
mittee  A  :—Major  Godfrey  Palmer;  and  had Committee A. 
appointed in substitution :  Captain Watson ;  and 
that they had discharged  the following Member 
from  the  Standing  Committee :—Lord  Henry 
Cavendish-Bentinck. 

es 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further reported from  the Standing 
Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the Committee C. 
following  Member  from  Standing  Committee 
C:—Major  Hills;  and  had  appointed  in  sub-
stitution :  Mr.  Dennis. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

^ 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message had  been  brought  from the  Lords  by the Lords, 
one of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Belfast Harbour Belfast 

Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

Harbonr Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Dover Harbour Dover 

Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

Harbour Bill. 

The  Lords have agreed to the Blyth  Harbour Blyth 

Bill, without any Amendment. 

Harbour BiU. 

The  Lords have agreed to  the Bristol  Corpo- Bristol 

ration Bill,  without any Amendment. 

Corporation 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Dublin 
and Docks Bill,  without any Amendment. 

Port  Dublin  Port 

and  Docks 
Bill; 

The Lords have agreed to  the  Mersey Docks Mersey Docks 

and Harbour Bill, without any Amendment. 

^  Harbour 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to 
Harbour  Commissioners  Bill, 
Amendment. 

the  Newport Newport 
without  any ^rbonr 

»  Commissioners 

Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Swansea Swansea 
Harbour  Bill,  with Amendments  ;  to which  the Harboar  BaL 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Official 
Act to enable the Official  Solicitor  for  the time f ^^  BiU 
being  to  exercise  powers  and  perform  duties 1  ar  *'' 
conferred or imposed on  the person  holding  the 
office  of  Official  Solicitor;  to which  the  Lords 
desire the concurrence of  this House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled An  Newark Gas 
Act  to  authorise  the Newark Gas Company  to BU1 \.Lordi-l 
raise  additional  capital; 
to  confer  further 
powers  upon  the  company  in  connection  with 

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29th  May. 

167 

their  undertaking;  and  for  other  purposes ;  to 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

the  charges for Army  Services  which will come 
in course of payment during  the  year  ending on 
the 31st day of  March  1920. 

Poole 
Corporation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

Ministry of 
Health  Bill. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  authorise  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and 
Burgesses  of  the  borough  of  Poole  to acquire 
the undertaking  of  the Poole  Bridge  Company, 
and  to  make  provision with  regard to lands  in 
the  borough  adjacent  to  the  foreshore  with 
regard  to  the  health,  local  government,  and 
improvement  of  the  borough, the establishment 
of  a  fund  for  the  granting  of  superannuation 
allowances to officers and servants;  and for other 
purposes;  to  which the Lords desire the concur-
rence of  this House. 

The  Lords insist on  their Amendments  to  the 
Ministry  of  Health  Bill  to  which  this  House 
hath  disagreed,  for  which  they  assign  their 
Seasons. 

Newark Gas 
BiU [ Lards.] 

The  Newark  Gas  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the 

first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners of  Petitions for  Private  Bills. 

Poole 
Corporation 
BUI  [Lords.} 

The Poole  Corporation  Bill  [Lords]  was read 

the first time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of Petitions for Private  Bills. 

Ministry of 
Health  BiU. 
Bill  95. 

Ordered, That the Lords Reasons for insisting 
on their Amendments to the Ministry  of  Health 
Bill,  to  which  this  House  hath  disagreed,  be 
taken  into  consideration  upon  Monday  next; 
and be printed. 

Land 
Settlement 
(FaciUties) 
Bill. 

No.  110. 

Sir  Watson Rutherford  reported from Standing 
Committee  D,  to  whom  the  Land  Settlement 
(Facilities)  Bill  was  referred;  That  they  had 
gone  through  the Bill,  and  made  Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be printed. 

No.  110. 

Ordered,  That the Minutes of  the Proceedings 

of the  Standing Committee be printed. 

Bill  96. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee, be taken into consideration 
to-morrow ;  and be printed. 

Member takes 
the  Oath. 

The  following  Member  took  and  subscribed 

the  Oath:— 

William Lehman Ashmead-Bartlett  Burdett-
Coutts, Esquire, for Westminster Borough 
(Abbey  Division). 

Government 
of  India Bill. 
Bill 94. 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu,  supported  by  Mr. 
Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  and Mr.  Herbert 
Fisher,  presented  a  Bill  to  make  further  pro-
vision with respect to the Government of  India : 
And  the  same was ordered to  be  read a  second 
time upon Thursday  next;  and to be printed. 

Business of 
the House 
(Supply.) 

Ordered,  That  the Army  Estimates,  1919-20, 
further  Vote  on Account  [presented 21st May], 
be considered  in  Committee  of  Supply.—(Mr. 
Pratt). 

Supply 
[12th allotted 
bay.] 

••'>• The  House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the  Committee  of  Supply. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Army  Estimates,  1919-20. 
Further  Yote  on Account. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That  a 
further  sum  not  exceeding  £50,000,000  be 
granted  to His Majesty on  account  for defraying 

VOL.  174. 

Whereupon  Motion  made, and  Question  pro-
posed,  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £49,000,000 
be granted for the said Service.—(Mr. Adamson.) 

Whereupon  the Yeoman  Usher of  the  Black 
Rod  being come with a Message,  the  Chairman 
left the Chair. 

Mr.  Speaker resumed the Chair. 

A  Message  was  delivered  by  Captain  Sir Boyal Assent. 

Thomas  Dacres  Butler,  Yeoman  Usher  of  the 
Black  Rod: 

Mr.  Speaker, 

The  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
Majesty's  Commission, for  declaring  His  Royal 
Assent  to  several  Acts  agreed  upon  by  both 
Houses,  desire the immediate  attendance of  this 
Honourable  House  in  the  House  of  Peers,  to 
hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly  Mr.  Speaker,  with  the  House, 
went up  to  the  House  of  Peers:—And  having 
returned; 

Mr.  Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of  the  Lords authorised  by virtue of  His 
Majesty's  Commission,  had  been  at  the  House 
of  Peers,  where a  Commission under  the  Great 
Seal  was  read,  giving,  declaring, and  notifying 
the  Royal  Assent  to  the  several  Acts  therein 
mentioned;  and  that  the Lords  thereby autho-
rised  had declared the Royal Assent to  the said 
Acts, as follow : 

1.  Public  Health  (Medical  Treatment  of 

Children)  (Ireland) Act,  1919. 

2.  Education  (Scotland)  (Superannuation) 

Act,  1919. 

3.  Wages  (Temporary  Regulation)  Exten-

sion Act,  1919. 

4.  South  Shields  Gas  Act,  1919. 
5.  D.  H. Evans and Company, Limited, Act, 

1919. 

6.  Saint George's Church, Oxford, Act,  1919. 
7.  Belfast Harbour Act,  1919. 
8.  Dover  Harbour Act,  1919. 
9.  Blyth  Harbour Act,  1919. 

10.  Bristol  Corporation  Act,  1919. 
11.  Dublin  Port and Docks  Act,  1919. 
12.  Mersey  Docks  and  Harbour  Board  Act, 

1919. 

13.  Newport  Harbour Act,  1919. 
14.  Bankers'  Guarantee  Trust  (Transfer  to 

Alliance Assurance)  Act,  1919. 

Then the House  again resolved  itself  into the Supply. 

Committee of  Supply. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Question  again  proposed,  That  a  sum  not 
exceeding  £49,000,000  be  granted  for the  said 
Service. 

Question  put: 

The  Committee divided. 

Tellers for the  { Captain Albert  Smith, 

Yeas, 

I Mr. Neil  Maclean  : 

) 
J 

47. 

Tellers for the  ( Lord Edmund  Talbot,  I 
f 

( Captain  Guest: 

Noes, 

149. 

Original  Question  again  proposed; 

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168 

29th  May. 

1919. 

And,  it  being  after Eleven  of  the  clock, the 
Chairman  proceeded,  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order  No.  15,  to  put  forthwith  the  Question 
necessary to dispose of  the  Vote. 

Original  Question put, and agreed to. 

Resolution  to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means reported,  That 
the  Committee  had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received upon 

Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Disabled  Men 
Committee on  the  Disabled  Men  (Facilities tor f a c i l i t i es   for 
Employment)  Bill; 
Employment) 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Government 

Second Reading of  the  Government  War  Obli-

T>.n 

p 

gations Bill; 

Obligations 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Housing of  the 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the Committee  may have  leave  to 
sit again. 

Committee on Housing  of  the  Working  Classes 
(Ireland)  [Expenses]; 

(Ireland) 

Resolved, That  this House will, upon  Monday  [Expenses.] 

next, resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 
next,  again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Com-
mittee. 

Supply 
[19th  May] 
Report. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  19th day of this instant May ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday next. 

Supply 
[Standing; 
j l S t f a y]  

The  Order of  the day being read, for receiving 
f r o m  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply  of  the  13th day of  this instant  May  ; 

port' 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday next. 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee  C] 
[12th  May] 
Beport. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply  of the  12tli day of this instant  May  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

Smpply 
[Standing 
j t e S j ] ® 3  Supply  of  the  13th day of  this instant  May  ; 

The  Order of the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 

eport. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Electricity 

Committee  on Electricity  Supply  [Money]; 

Resolved, That this  House will, upon  Monday 

next, resolve itself  into  the said  Committee. 

Supply 
[Money.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Private 

Second Reading of  the Private Legislation  Pro-
cedure (Ireland) Bill; 

(Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed  Transport 
to  investigate  the  congestion  in  the  existing  ^^°Polita11 
means  of  transport  in  the  Metropolitan  area 
together with the question of fares. 

The  Committee  was  accordingly  nominated 
of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Archer-Shee,  Mr.  George 
Balfour,  Mr.  Bowerman,  Mr.  Clement  Edwards, 
Mr.  Foreman,  Mr.  Gilbert,  Sir  Park  Goff,  Sir 
Frederick  Hall,  Mr.  Higham,  Mr.  John  Jones, 
Mr.  Kennedy  Jones,  Mr.  Lane-Mitchell,  Major 
Nail,  Mr.  Newbould,  and  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Assheton  Poumall. 

Ordered,  That  the Committee  have power to 

send for persons, papers,  and records. 

Ordered,  That  Five  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Colonel  Gibbs.) 

Supply 
[Standing  "! 
Committee  C] 
T27th  May] 
Beport. 

The  Order of the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply  of  the 27th day of this instant  May ; 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for taking  Check-
into consideration the Checkweighing in Various varfoug8 
Industries  Bill,  not  amended  in  the  Standing industries Bill. 
Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

upon 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

Monday next. 

sideration to-morrow. 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of Ways  and Means; 

Resolved,  That this  House will,  upon Monday 

next, resolve itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order of  the day  being read,  for  taking 
Ministry oi 
Ways and 
into  consideration  the  Ministry  of  Ways  ana 
ttoMKll10*  Communications  Bill, as amended in the Standing 

Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Monday next. 

The  House, according  to  Order, proceeded  to  Animals 

take  into  consideration  the  Animals  (Anaes- (Anaesthetics) 
thetics) Bill, as amended  in  the  Standing  Com-
mittee. 

Ordered,  That the Bill be  now read the third 
time :—The  Bill  was  accordingly read the third 
time  and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the Clerk do  carry the  Bill  to 

the Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to Adjournment, 

sit till  eleven minutes after Eleven  of the 
clock, adjourned till to-morrow. 

Scottish  Board  The  Order of  the day being  T e a d,  for taking 
of  Health Bill,  into  consideration  the Amendment  made by the 

Lords to the  Scottish  Board of  Health  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Amendment  be taken 

into consideration  to-morrow. 

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30th  May—2nd 

Friday,  30th  May  1919. 

PR A T E R S. 

Waterford 
Harbour Bill.  X 

third time  and passed. 

R P HE   Waterford  Harbour  Bill  was  read  the 

June. 

169 
Ordered,  That  the Clerk do  carry the  Bill  to 
the'Lords;  and  acquaint them  that  this  House 
hath agreed to  the Amendments  made  by their 
Lordships. 

, 

The  Mcdway  Conservancy  Bill  [Lords]   was Medway 

read a second time ;  and committed. 

Conservancy 
BUI 

Ordered,  That  the Clerk do  carry the Bill  to 

The  Sunderland  Gas  Bill  [Lords]   was read a Sunderland 

the  Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

second time ;  and committed. 

®as ®iu, 
[Lordt. J 

Stretford 
The  House proceeded to  take  into  considera-
Drban District tion  the  Stretford  Urban  District  Council  Bill, 
Council Bill. 

aa   a m ended  5 n  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read the third time. 

The  City  and  South  London  Railway  Hill City and 

was, according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time; 
and  referred  to  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills. 

kogdon 

1 way 

Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Orders 
(No.  2)  Bill. 
Bill  9 7. 

Major Astor  presented a Bill to confirm certain 
Provisional  Orders  of  the  Local  Government 
Board relating to Ashborne,  Beckenham,  Liver-
pool, Lytham,  Manchester, Padiham, and  Rhyl: 
And the same was read the first time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions for  Private  Bills ;  and 
be printed. 

Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Orders 
(No.  3)  Bill. 
Bill 98. 

Major Astor  presented a Bill to confirm certain 
Provisional  Orders  of  the  Local  Government 
Board  relating  to  Bacup,  Burnley,  Finchley, 
Scarborough,  Swindon,  and  the  Hitchin  Rural 
and Letchworth  Urban  Joint Hospital  District: 
And  the same was read the first time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for Private  Bills;  and 
be printed. 

Cannock 
A  Bill to authorise the Urban District Council 
Urban District 0f   Cannock to provide and run omnibuses within 
Council  Bill. 

district  of  Cannock, 

u rb a n 

b e y o nd 

th e 

a nd  
and  for  other  purposes,  was  presented,  and 
read  the  first  time ;  and  ordered  to  be read a 
second time. 

Private Bills 
Sir  Harry  Samuel  reported  from  the  Com-
(Group A.)  mittee  on Group A  of  Private  Bills ;  That, for 
the convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee  had 
adjourned  till  Wednesday  the 25th day of  June 
next, at Eleven  of  the clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Compensation 
The  Compensation  for  Subsidence  Bill  was, 
for Subsidence a c c o r (j i ng   t o  Order,  read  a  second  time;  and 
committed to a Standing  Committee. 

Trade Disputes  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read  for  the 
(No. 2) BUI.  s e c o n d  Reading  of  the  Trade Disputes  (No.  2) 

Bill. 

Adjournment. 

And  Notice  being  taken that Forty  Mem-
bers  were  not  present;  the  House  was 
told  by  Mr.  Speaker ;  and  Forty  Mem-
bers not  being  present, and it being then 
after Four  of  the  clock ;  the  House was 
adjourned by Mr.  Speaker, at five minutes 
after Four  of  the clock, without a Ques-
tion first put, till Monday next. 

Monday,  2nd June 1919. 

PR A T E B S. 

Swansea 
Harbour BiU.  X 

FT1HE  House  proceeded  to take into considera-
tion the Amendments  made by  the  Lords to 
the Swansea  Harbour  Bill;  and  tbe  same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

V O L . 1 7 4. 

0 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His Housing, Town 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  (1)  Draft Regu-  f i ^ " ! ' ^ 0, 
lations,  and  ( 2)   Circular  issued  by  the  Local  BiU°(FiLuIcial 
Government  Board  for  Scotland  relative  to the Assistance 
. 
Financial  Assistance  to  be  given  to  Local 
Authorities  under the provisions of the Housing,  u  0 
les'-) 
Town  Planning,  &c. (Scotland)  Bill. 

The  Lord Advocate  also  presented,  pursuant Shops Act, 

to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—1918-
Copies  of  Orders  made  under  the  Shops  Act, 
1912,  by  the  Councils  of  the  undermentioned 
Local Authorities,  and confirmed  by the  Secret 
tary for Scotland  :— 

Burgh of  Clydebank. 

Burgh of Edinburgh. 

Burgh of  Aberdeen  (with  Amendment). 
Burgh of  Kirkcaldy  (with  Amendment). 
Ordered,  That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  pursuant  to  the Intermediate 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Rule  made by the Intermediate Education Board  re an 
for Ireland, determining  the  maximum  number 
of  Superintendents  of  Examinations  to  be 
appointed in  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  pursuant  to Trading with 

the directions of an Act  of Parliament,—Copy of t h e Enemy 
Supplementary  List  of  Persons,  Firms,  and <£®endment) 
Companies as to whom  Orders  have  been  made 
under the Trading with the Enemy (Amendment) 
Acts. 

Ordered, That  the said Paper  do lie upon the 
, 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  presented,  by  His  Ea«t India 
Majesty's Command,— Copy  of  the Government (Government 
of  India  Act,  1915,  showing  Amendments  pro-of  India  B,U  ) 
posed to be  made  by  the  Government of  India 
Bill. 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  also  presented,—  East India 
Return  to  an  Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated (income and 
the 27th day  of  May  last, for  a  Return relative 
to East India  (Income  and Expenditure). 

No.  111. 

Ordered,  That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table;  and that the said Return be printed. 

General  Seely presented, pursuant to the direc- Air Force 
tions of  an Act of Parliament,—Copies  of  Three  (Constitution) 
Orders  in  Council,  dated  10th  May  1919,  3rd Act  1917" 
May  1919, and  26th  May  1919, made under the 
Air  Force  (Constitution) Act,  1917. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper do  lie  Upon the 

Table. 

Llanelly  .Rural 
District  Water 
Bill. 

170 

2nd June. 

1919. 

Captain  Starkey  reported from the Committee 
on  the  Llanelly  Rural  District  Water  Bill; 
That  they  had  examined  the  allegations  con-
tained in the Preamble of  the Bill,  and amended 
the  same so  as  to  make  it  consistent  with  the 
provisions of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the  Com-
mittee,  and found the  same, as  amended,  to  be 
true ;  and  had  gone through  the Bill  and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

and  Expenses  ot  the  Offices  of  the  House  of 
Commons. 

3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £19,84-5  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray the charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on the  31st  day of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries 
and Expense  of the War  Cabinet. 

Private  Bills 
(Group  B.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Captain  Starkey  reported from the  Committee 
on  Group  B  of  Private  Bills;  That,  for  the 
convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee  had 
adjourned till  Tuesday  the  lst day of  July  next, 
at Eleven  of  the clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Imprisonment 
of  a  Member. 

Mr.  Speaker informed the  House that he had 
received  the  following  letter  relating  to  the 
imprisonment of  a  Member:— 

Sir, 

General  Headquarters,  Ireland, 
Parkgate,  Dublin, 

30th May,  1919. 

With  reference  to  my letters  of  6th  March 
1919  and 6th  May  1919,  I  have  the  honour to 
report  that  Mr.  Pierce  Beasley,  M.P.  for  East 
Kerry,  was  tried  by  general  court-martial  at 
Dublin  on  12th  May  1919,  and  was  sentenced 
to two years' imprisonment without hard  labour, 
for the  following  offences  under  the Defence of 
the Realm  Regulations  :— 

(1)  Under Regulation  42, for making a speech 

calculated to cause sedition;  and 

(2)  Under Regulations 48 and 27,  for  having 
in  his  possession  documents indicating pre-
paration for injuring railways and telegraph 
wires,  and  documents  containing  instruc-
tions  for  injuring  railway locomotives, and 
for training men in the use of  the rifle. 

I  have the honour to be, 
Sir, 

Your  obedient  Servant, 
F.   S H A W, 

Lieutenant-General, 
Commanding-in-Chief, Ireland. 

The  Right  Hon.  the Speaker, 
House  of  Commons, 

London,  S.W.  1. 

Trade Disputes  Ordered,  That  the  Trade  Disputes  (No.  2) 
B jn   k e  r e a(l  a  second time to-morrow. 
(No.  2)  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee C  mittee C that they had  agreed  to  the following 
(Snpply.) 

Mr.  Macmaster reported from  Standing  Com-

R e 8 0l u t i o n 8. 

Civil  Services Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  II. 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £28,632  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray the  charge which will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
-  on the 31st day of  March  1920 for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Offices  of  the  House  of 
Lords. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £231,774  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to defray the charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on the 31st day of  March  1920 for  the  Salaries 

4.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £107,519  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray the  charge which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on  the 31st  day of  March  1920 for  the  Salaries 
and other Expenses  in  the  Department  of  His 
Majesty's  Treasury  and  Subordinate  Depart-
ments, including Expenses in respect of Advances 
under the Light  Railways Act,  1896. 

5.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  ,'£10,777  (in-
cluding  a  Sm>plementary  sum  of  £3,000),  be 
granted  to  Ixis  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray  the  charge  which will  come 
in course of  payment during  the year ending on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries 
and Expenses of the Department of His Majesty's 
Most  Honourable Privy  Council. 

6.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £55,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray the  charge  which will come 
in course  of  payment during the year ending  on 
the 31st  day of  March  1920  for a Grant to  the 
Interim  Forestry  Authority. 

7.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £19,619  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to defray the charge which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on the 31st  day of  March  1920  for the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Charity  Commission  for 
England  and  Wales. 

8.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £20,825  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to defray the  charge  which will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on the 31st clay of  March  1920  for the Salaries 
and Expenses of the  Department  of the Govern-
ment  Chemist. 

9.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £29,059  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray the  charge  which will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on the 31st day of  March  1920  for the Salaries 
and  Expenses of  the Civil  Service  Commission. 

10.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,282  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray the  charge which will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on the 31st day  of  March  1920  for the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Conciliation and Arbitration 
Board for Government  Employees. 

11.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £63,030  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray the  charge which  will come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on the 31st day of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries 
and Expenses  of  the Department of  the Comp-
troller and Auditor  General. 

12.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £19,074  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray the  charge which will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on the 31st day of  March  1920 for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Registry  of  Friendly 
Societies. 

Ordered,  That  the  Resolutions  be  reported 

to-morrow. 

10  GEO.  Y. 

2nd June. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  A. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Selection  ;  That- they had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  A : — M r.   Marriott;  and had appointed  in 
substitution:  Captain  Douglas  Hall. 

Standing 
Committee  C. 

Standing 
Committee  D. 

Standing 
Committee  E. 

Standing 
Committee  E. 

Standing 
Comm'ttee  B. 

Committee  of 
Selection 
(Standing 
Committees) 
(Special 
Report.) 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further reported  from  the 
Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the 
following  Member from Standing  Committee  C  : 
—Sir  Robert Home;  and  had  appointed  in  sub-
stitution  :  Mr.  Bridgeman. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  further  reported  from  the 
Committee;  That  they  had  discharged 
the 
following Member  from  Standing  Committee  D  : 
—Lieutenant-Colonel  Allen  ;  and had  appointed 
in  substitution  (for  the  consideration  of  the 
Housing of  the Working  Classes (Ireland) Bill)  : 
Mr.  Archdale. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from the 
Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the 
following Members from Standing  Committee E  : 
—Mr.  Adamson, Mr.  Alfred  Davies  (Clitheroe), 
Sir James Fortescue  Flannery,  Mr.  Griffiths,  Mr. 
John Jones,  Mr.  Neil  Maclean,  Major  Nail,  Sir 
John  Randies, Mr.  Swan, and  Mr.  Wignall. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further  reported  from the 
Committee  ;  That  they  had  added  to  Standing 
Committee  E  the  following  Eleven  Members in 
for  Subsidence 
respect  of  the  Compensation 
Bill.—yir.Adarnson, Colonel Burdon, Sir Clifford 
Cory,  Mr.  Charles  Edwards,  Sir  Hamar  Green-
wood,  Sir  John  Harmood-Banner,  Brigadier-
General  Hickman,  Major  Morrison-Bell,  Mr. 
Stanton,  Brigadier-General  Surtees,  and  Mr. 
Stephen Walsh. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts further  reported  from  the 
Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the 
following  Member from  Standing  Committee  B : 
—Sir  J.  D.  Rees;  and  had  appointed  in  sub-
stitution  (for  the  consideration of  the  Electricity 
(Supply)  Bill:  Major  Baird. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  of  Selection 

have leave  to  make  a Special  Report. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  accordingly  reported  from 
the  Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had 
agreed  to  the  following  Special  Report;  That, 
in  view  of  the  fact  that  the  attendance  of 
Ministers  is  often  required  on  the  Standing 
Committee  which  considers  Estimates, and that 
it  is not  practicable  for  the  Committee  of  Selec-
tion  to  make  such  provision  as would  facilitate 
their  attendance,  consideration  be  given  to  the 
expediency  of  enabling  the  Committee  of  Selec-
tion  to appoint  all  Ministers  who  are  Members 
of  this  House  as  ex-officio  Members  of  the 
Standing  Committee  to  which  Estimates  may  be 
referred,  without  the  power  of  voting  except 
when  Estimates affecting their respective  depart-
ments are  under  consideration. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

I  and  "Values 
Assessment 
and  Rating 
Bill. 

The  Order  for  reading  a second  time  this  day 
the  Land  Values  Assessment  and  Rating  Bill 
was read,  and  discharged. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

The  House,  according  to  Order, resolved itself Ways and 

into  the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means. 

Means" 

(In the Committee.) 

War  Loan. 

1.  Resolved, That  the  Treasury  may,— 

(1)  borrow,  in  such  manner  as  they  may 
think fit, on  the  security  of  the  Consoli-
dated Fund  (in  addition  to  any other sums 
which they  are  entitled  to  borrow)— 

(a)  any  sums  required  for  raising  the 
Supply  granted  to  His  Majesty for 
the  service  of  the  vear  ending  the 
thirty-first  day  of  March,  nineteen 
hundred and twenty, up to an  amount 
not  exceeding  two  hundred  and  fifty 
million  pounds;  and 

(b)  any  sums  required  for  repayment 
of  any  maturing  securities  issued 
under  the  War  Loan  Acts,  1914  to 
1918,  or  of  any  Treasury  bills  or  of 
any  Ways  and Means advances;  and 

(2)  create  securities  to  be  issued  to  the 
holders  of  any  securities  issued  under 
those  Acts, in  exchange  for  those  securi-
ties ;  and 

(3)  in  connection  with  any  borrowing  or 
creation  of  securities  in pursuance  of  this 
resolution— 

(a)  charge  on  the  Consolidated  Fund 
the  principal  and  interest  of  any 
securities  created  in  pursuance  of 
this  Resolution  and  any  expenses 
incurred 
in  respect  of  any  such 
borrowing  or  exchange  of  securities ; 
and 

(b)  charge  on  the  Consolidated  Fund 
such  stuns  as  may  be  required  for 
the  purposes  of  any  sinking  funds 
established  for  the  redemption  of 
securities created in pursuance  of  this 
Resolution;  and 

(c)  charge  on  the  Consolidated  Fund 
any  additional  remuneration  to  the 
Bank  of  England  or  the  Bank  of 
Ireland  in  respect  of  any  sums raised 
or  securities  created  in  pursuance  of 
this  Resolution. 

—(Mr.  Chancellor  of the  Exchequer.) 

War  Saving  Certificates  Extension. 
2.  Resolved,  That  the  Treasury  may  arrange 
for giving  an  option  to  the  holders  of  any  War 
Saving  Certificates  to  extend  the  currency  of" 
those  securities.—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Ex-
chequer.) 

Resolutions  to be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair ;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had come  to  several  Resolutions. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Business  of 
the  House 
(Government 
Business.) 

Ordered,  That  the  proceedings  on  Govern-
ment Business  be exempted at this day's Sitting 
from  the  provisions  of  the  Standing  Order 
(Sittings of the House).—Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

VOL.  174. 

The Restoration of  Pre-War Practices (No.  3)  Restoration 
Bill  was, according  to  Order,  read  a second  time tpRfcrt<?^ar 
and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 
^ o.   3)  Bill, 

z  2-i— 

172 

2nd Jvm<& 

1919. 

TJie  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking 
Acquisition 
(AsResfment  of  * n t o  consideration  the  Acquisition  of  Land 
Compensation)  (Assessment  of  Compensation)  Bill,  as  amended 
Bil1' 

in  the  Standing  Committee; 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read, for receiving  Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  f ^ J ^i 
the  19th  day  of  May  last; 

Report. 
" 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

morrow. 

sideration  to-morrow. 

fF^mtfeffor 

Employment) 
Bill. 

®- 0 U 8 e'  according  to  Order, resolved  itself 
a  Committee on the Disabled Men  (Facilities 

for Employment)  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 and  No.  2  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr. Speaker's 
Certificate. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through 
the  Bill, 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence  (the  Bill 
having  been  endorsed  by  Mr.  Speaker  with  the 
following  Certificate  :— 

I  hereby  certify  that  this  Bill  is  a  Money 
Bill  within  the  meaning  of  the  Parliament 
Act,  1911. 

JAMBS  W.   L O W T H E R, 

Speaker). 

Joint  Stock 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Banks (Amal-  Second  Reading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks 
gamation 
Control)  Bill.  (Amalgamation  Control)  Bill; 

, • 

,, 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Finance  Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ministry  of 
Health  Bilj. 

Committee  on  the  Finance  Bill  ; 

Resolved,  That this  House will, upon  Thursday 

next,  resol ve itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
t a] j C  i n to   consideration  the  Lords'  Reasons  for 
insisting  on  certain  of  their  Amendments  to  the 
Ministry  of  Health  Bill  to  which  this  House 
hath  disagreed. 

The  Lords'  Reason  for  insisting  on  their 
Amendment  in  p.  4,  1. 37,  was read  as followeth : 
—Because  they  consider  that  no  case  has  been 
made  out  for  the  unusual  multiplication  of  par-
liamentary officials in the case of the new  Ministry 
of  Health. 

The  Lords'  Reason  for 

Resolved, That  this  House  doth  not  insist  upon 
its disagreement  to  the  said  Lords'  Amendment. 
insisting  on  their 
Amendment  in  p.  6,1.  16, was read  as followeth  : 
—Because  it  is  consequential  on  the  Amend-
ment in  p.  4,  1. 37, on  which  they  insist. 

Resolved, That  this  House  doth  not insist  upon 
its  disagreement  to  the  said  Lords'  Amendment. 
Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
doth  not  insist  on  their  disagreement  to  the 
Amendments  made  by  the  Lords,  on  which  the 
Lords  have  insisted. 

Supply 
k 2' t h/ a y ] 

p 

The  Order of  the day being  read,  for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  29th  day  of  May  last; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being read, for receiving  Supply 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of  [Standing 
[ m M a y] 
Supply  of  the  13th  day  of  May  last; 

] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-  Beport. 

morrow. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for receiving  Supply 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of  [Standing 
^ ^^ 
Supply  of  the  12th  day  of  May  last; 

_ 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-  Beport. 

morrow. 

The  Order of the  day being read, for receiving  Supply 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of  [Standing 
Supply  of  the  15th  day  of  May  last; 

_ 

^ M a y * ] 0 3 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-Report. 

morrow. 

The  Order of  the  day being  read, for receiving  Supply 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of  [Standing 
Supply  of  the  27th  day  of  May  last; 

_ 

^ M a T^ 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-  Report, 

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Ministry  of 
into  consideration  the  Ministry  of  Ways  and  Ways  and 
Communications  Bill, as amended in the  Standing 
Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Government  War  Obligations  Bill  was,  Government 

according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and 
committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

Obligations 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Housing  of 
Committee  on  Housiug  of  the  Working  Classes  the Working 
(Ireland)  [Expenses]  ; 

n S) 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow,  [Expenses.] 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of   the  day  being  read,  for  the  Electricity 

Committee  on  the  Electricity  Supply  [Money]   ;  Supply 

Resolved,  That,  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

ouey'J 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Private 
Second  Reading  of  the  Private  Legislation  ^ 8^ 11 
Procedure  (Ireland)  Bill;  

(Irelan^Bili. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Thursday, next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking  Land 
into  consideration  the  Land  Settlement  (Facili-  j^ttle™?nt> 
ties)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com-  j,^01 1 ies> 
mittee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Thursday  next. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Scottish  Board' 

take  into  consideration  the  Amendment  made of  H e a l th   BlU-
by  the  Lords  to  the  Scottish  Board  of  Health 
B i l l;   and  the  same  was  twice  read,  and  agreed 
to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendment  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being  Adjournment, 

proposed,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn.— 
(Colonel  Sanders.) 

10  GEO.  Y. 

2nd—3rd  June. 

173 

And notice being taken that Forty Members 
were not present, the  House  was  told by 
Mr.  Speaker ;  and  Forty  Members  not 
being  present,  and  it  being  then  after 
Four of the clock, the House was adjourned 
by  Mr.  Speaker,  at  seven  minutes  after 
Eight  of  the  clock,  without  a  Question 
first  put, till to-morrow. 

Major  Astor  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a Local 

Provisional  Order  of  the  Local  Government 
Board  relating  to  the  counties of  Chester  and order 
Lancaster:  And  the  same  was  read  the first  (No.  4)  Bill, 
Bill 101. 
time. 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be printed. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to 
Standing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed lo 
a  Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Major  Astor  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a  Local 

Provisional  Order  of  the  Local  Government Government 
Board relating to Lowestoft:  And the same was 
read the first time. 

(No. 6) Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the  Bm   1 0 2-

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills ;  and 
be printed. 

Compensation for Subsidence Bill 

E 

Tuesday,. 3rd June 1919. 

P  B AT   B B S. 

Private  Bills 
\Lprd,i\ 
(Standing 
Orders not 
previously 
inquired into 
complied 
with.) 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions 
for  Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the 
following  Bills,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and 
referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof,  the 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into, 
which are applicable thereto, have been complied 
with, viz.  :— 

Sheringham  Gas and Water  Bill  [Lords]. 
Falmouth  Docks  Bill  [Lords], 

Poole  Corporation  Bill 
Newark  Gas  Bill  [Lords]. 

[Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the Bills be read a second time. 

Provisional 
Order  Bills 
(no  Standing 
Orders 
Applicable.) 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private Bills,  That in the case  of  the following 
Bill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof, no 
Standing  Orders are applicable,  viz.  : — 

Pier  and Harbour Provisional  Orders  Bill. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read a second time 

to-morrow. 

stretford 
OoMdlBilf04 w as   rea(^  tk® third time and passed. 

The  Stretford  Urban  District  Council  Bill 

Ordered,  That the Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Local 
Government 
(Ireland) 
Provisional 
Orders  Bill. 
Bill  99. 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented  a  Bill  to confirm 
certain Provisional  Orders of the  Local  Govern-
ment Board for  Ireland  relating  to the  County 
Borough  of  Cork  and  the  Urban  District  of 
Dungarvan:  And  the  same  was  read  the first 
time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for Private  Bills ;  and 
be printed. 

Sir Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen  presented  a  Bill 
Commons 
a  Provisional  Order  under  the 
W aw n,r 
to  
fto^S 
I n c l o s u re   A c t s»   1845-99,  relating  to  Coity 
Order  BUI.  Wallia  Commons, in the County  of  Glamorgan  ; 
Bill 100.  and  for  purposes  incidental  thereto :  And  the 

c o nfi rm 

same was read the first time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be  printed. 

Major  Astor  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a Local 

Provisional  Order  of  the  Local  Government  Government 
Board relating  to  the  district of  the  Southport, *£°"rsional 
Birkdale,  and  West  Lancashire  Water  Board :  (No. 6)  Bill. 
Bill 103. 
And the same was read the first time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be printed. 

Major Astor  presented a Bill to confirm certain  Local 

Provisional  Orders  of  the  Local  Government government 
Board  relating  to  Morley  and  the  Middlesex  o Xs 
Districts  Joint  Small-pox  Hospital  District:  (No.  7)  Bill. 
Bill 104. 
And  the same was read the first time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be printed. 

A  Public  Petition  was  presented,  and  read ;  Public 

and ordered to lie upon the  Table. 

1 

Petitions. 
Vide  Second 
Report. 

Sir  Arthur  Steel-Maitland  presented,  by His  Treaty  Series 
Majesty's  Command, —  popy  of  Arbitration (No- 3»1919-) 
Treaty  between  the  United  Kingdom  and 
Uruguay.  Signed  at  Monte  Video,  18th  April 
1918.  Notifications exchanged at Monte  Video, 
11th February  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper  do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shdrtt  presented,  by  His  Wild  Birds 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  the  Evidence  Protection 
taken  before  the  Departmental  Committee SommitSeO 
appointed  by the  Secretary  of  State  to consider 
the administration  of  the  Wild  Birds  Protection 
Acts  and to  report  whether  any amendment  of 
the Law  is required. 

Copy  of  Memorandum  of  Expenditure likely  Electricity 
to be incurred under the financial clauses of  the  (.Supply)  Bill. 
Electricity  (Supply)  Bill. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  also presented, pursuant  Penal 

to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—  Servitude  Acts 
Copy  of  a  Licence under  the  Penal  Servitude Licence!) 
Acts  granted  to  a  Convict,  discharging  her 
from  Aylesbury  Convict  Prison  on  condition 
that she enters a Home. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  civil  Services 

Command,—Estimate of the further sum required  (Supple-
to  be  voted  for  the  Civil  Services  of  the  year ^mate 
ending 31st  March  1920. 
1919-20.) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Estimate  be  referred 

N o-  1 1 2-

to  a  Standing  Committee  ;  and  be  printed. 

VOL.  174. 

z  3 

3rd June. 

1919, 

Prisons 
(Scotland) 
Act,  1877. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees). 
Standing 
Committee  S. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Annual  Report 
of  the  Prison  Commissioners  for  Scotland  for 
the year  1918. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the Com 
mittee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  discharged 
the following  Member from Standing Committee 
B  :—Major  Courthope;  and  had  appointed  in 
substitution (for the consideration of the  Electri-
city  (Supply)  Bill) :  Mr.  Bridgeman. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Pensions 
Funds 
(Cardiff) 
Provisional 
Order Bill. 
[Provisional 
Order 
confirmed.] 

The  Chairman of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Pensions  Funds 
(Cardiff)  Provisional  Order  Bill;  That  they 
had  considered  the  Order  therein  contained; 
that  the said  Order ought to be confirmed ;  and 
that  they had  directed  him  to  report  the  Bill, 
without  Amendment,  to the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill be  read the third time 

to-morrow. 

Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Orders 
(No.  1) Bill. 
[Provisional 
Orders 
confirmed.] 

The  Chairman of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from the  Committee on  the  Local  Government 
Provisional  Orders (No.  1)  Bill;  That they had 
considered  the  Orders  therein  contained;  that 
the said Orders ought to be confirmed;  and that 
they  had  directed  him  to  report  the Bill,  with 
Amendments,  to the  House. 

Legal and 
General Life 
Assurance! 
Society  Bill 
[Lords."] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration  to-
morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from  the  Committee  cfn the  Legal  and General 
Life  Assurance  Society  Bill  [Lords] ;  That 
they had  examined  the  allegations  contained  in 
the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  had  verbally 
amended  the  same,  and  found  the  same  to  be 
true;  and had  gone through  the  Bill  and  made 
Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mansfield 
Railway  Bill 
[Lord*. ] 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and Means reported 
[Lords'],  with 

the  Mansfield  Railway  Bill 
Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Hartlepool 
Corporation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Chairman of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from the  Committee  on  the  Hartlepool  Corpo-
ration Bill [Lords]  ;  That they had examined the 
allegations  contaiped  in  the  Preamble  of  the 
Bill,  and had amended  the  same  so  as  to make 
it  consistent  with  the  provisions  of  the Bill  as 
passed  by  the  Committee,  and  found  the same 
to be true ;  and had gone through  the  Bill  and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  stourport Gas 

from the  Committee  on  the  Stourport  Gas Bill  Bill [T^rdt.] 
[Lords]  ;  That  they  had  examined  the  allega-
tions contained in  the Preamble of  the  Bill, and 
had  verbally  amended  the  same,  and  found 
the  same,  as  amended,  to  be  true;  and  had 
gone  through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by the Lords, 
one of their Clerks, as foiloweth : 

The Lords  have agreed  to the  Local  Govern-

ment (Ireland)  Bill,  without any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Board  of 
Education  Scheme (Crossley and  Porter  Orphan 
Home  and  School)  Confirmation  Bill,  without 
any  Amendment. 

Local 
Government 
(Ireland)  Bill. 
Board  of 
Education 
Scheme 
(Crossley and 
Porter Orphan 
Home and 
School) 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the Northampton 
Gas Bill, with Amendments ;  to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

Northampton 
Gas Bill. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  an law Agents 

Act  to make further provision for the reckoning 
of service in connection  with the  present  war as servi,:*)" 
service  under  an  indenture  of  apprenticeship (Scotland) 
for the purpo3es  of  the  Law  Agents (Scotland)  Biu  [Lord*.] 
Act,  1873 ;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence of  this House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill, intituled  An 
Act  to amend the  Weights  and  Measures  Acts, 
1878  to  1904,  in  relation  to  instruments  for 
measuring leather  by superficial  area;  to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence  of  this House. 

Weights and 
Measures 
(Leather 
Measurement) 
Bill  [Lords.] 

i 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  an 
Act  to  make  further  provision  with respect  to 
wireless  telegraphy on ships;  to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

Merchant 
Shipping 
(Wireless 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill, intituled  An 
Act  to  incorporate  the  Saint Just  (Falmouth) 
Ocean  Wharves  and  Railways  Company  and  to 
empower  that  company  to  construct  wharves 
and railways in the county of  Cornwall;  and for 
other  purposes;  to which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence of  this House. 

Saint Just 
(Falmouth) 
Ocean 
Wharves and 
Railways Bill 
[ Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill, intituled  An Nuneaton 
Act  to  constitute  the  corporation  of Nuneaton j^pr°Jrati3n-, 
the  burial  board  for  the  borough;  to  increase  1  1°r 
the  number  of  the  council;  to  make  better 
provision  for  the  health, local government, and 
improvement of  the  borough ;  to confer further 
powers upon the corporation with  respect to the 
supply of  water  and  electricity  ;  and  for  other 
purposes;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  con-
currence of this House. 

/ 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An Blackpool 
Act  to  provide  for  the transfer  to  the  Mayor, J^P^1^®11-,* 
Aldermen,  and  Burgesses  of  the  Borough  of  1  ^  r 
Blackpool  of  the  undertaking  of the  Blackpool 
and  Fleetwood  Tramroad  Company  and  to 
empower  the  said  Mayor.  Aldermen,  and 
Burgesses to construct additional  tramways  and 
a street  improvement  and  for  other  purposes ; 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this House. 

London 
County 
Council 
(General 
Powers) Bill.i 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
the London  County  Council  (General  Powers) 
Bill,  with Amendments. 

The  Saint  Just  (Falmouth)  Ocean  Wharves Saint Just 
and  Railways  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the first ^ c^ o u t h )  . 
time. 
Wharves and 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Bi 

Table. 

Examiners  of Petitions for  Private  Bills. 

10 GEO. y. 

3rd  June. 

1 75 

Nuneaton 
Corporation 
Bill  [Lord*.] 

Tbe  Nuneaton  Corporation  Bill  [.Lords] was 

read the first time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

United  Kingdom,  and  that  to  this  end  the 
Government, without prejudice to  any proposals 
it  may  have  to  make  with  regard  to  Ireland, 
should  forthwith  appoint  a  parliamentary body 
to consider and report— 

Blackpool 
Improvement 
Bill  [Lordt. 1 

The Blackpool Improvement  Bill  [Lords]  was 

read the first time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners of  Petitions for Private  Bills. 

Federal 
Devolution. 

A  Motion  was made, and  tbe  Question  being 
proposed,  That,  with  a  view  to  enabling  the 
Imperial  Parliament  to  devote  more  attention 
to the general interests  of  the United Kingdom 
and, in collaboration with the other governments 
of  the Empire, to  matters  of  common  imperial 
concern, this  House  is  of  opinion that the time 
has come for the creation of  subordinate legisla-
tures  within  the  United  Kingdom, and  that  to 
this end  the  Government,  without  prejudice  to 
any proposals  it  may have  to make with regard 
to  Ireland,  should  forthwith  appoint  a  parlia-
mentary body to consider and report— 

(1)  upon  a  measure  of  Federal  Devolution 
applicable  to  England,  Scotland,  and  Ire-
land,  defined  in  its  general  outlines  by 
existing  differences  in  law and administra-
tion between the three countries ; 

(2)  upon the extent to which these differences 
are  applicable  to  Welsh  conditions  and 
requirements;  and 

(3)  upon  the financial aspects  and  require-

ments of  the measure. 
—(Major Edward  Wood.) 

Boyal Assent. 

A  Message  was  delivered  by  Captain  Sir 
Thomas  Dacres  Butler,  Yeoman  Usher  of  the 
Black  Rod: 

Mr.  Speaker, 

The  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
Majesty's  Commission, for declaring  His  Royal 
Assent  to  several  Acts  agreed  upon  by  both 
Houses, desire the immediate attendance, of  this 
Honourable  House  in  the  House  of  Peers,  to 
hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly  Mr.  Speaker,  with  the  House, 
went  up  to  the  House of  Peers :—And having 
returned; 

Mr.  Speaker  reported,  That  the  House,  at 
the desire  of  the Lords authorised  by  virtue of 
His  Majesty's  Commission,  had  been  at  the 
House of  Peers, where a Commission under  the 
Great  Seal  was  read,  giving,  declaring,  and 
notifying  the  Royal Assent  to  the  several Acts 
therein mentioned ;  and that  the Lords thereby 
authorised  had  declared  the  Royal  Assent  to 
the said Acts,  as follow : 

1.  Local, Government (Ireland)  Act,  1919. 
2.  Ministry of Health  Act,  1919. 
3.  Scottish Board of  Health Act,  1919. 
4.  Board  of  Education  Scheme  (Crosslev 
and  Porter  Orphan  Home  and School) 
Confirmation Act,  1919. 
5.  Swansea Harbour Act,  1919. 

And  the Question being again proposed, That, 
with a view to enabling the Imperial Parliament 
to devote more attention to the general interests 
of  the  United  Kingdom  and,  in  collaboration 
with the  other  governments  of  the  Empire, to 
matters of  common imperial concern, this  House 
is  of  opinion  that  the  time  has  come  for the 
creation  of  subordinate  legislatures  within  the 

VOL.  174. 

Federal 
Devolution. 

(1)  upon  a  measure  of  Federal  Devolution 
applicable  to  England,  Scotland,  and Ire-
land,  defined  in  its  general  outlines  by 
existing  differences  in  law and  administra-
tion between the three countries; 

(2)  upon the extent to which these differences 
are  applicable  to  Welsh  conditions  and 
requirements ;  and 

(3)  upon  the financial aspects  and  require-

ments of  the measure : 

—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion  being  made, and  the Question 
being put, That the  Debate be now adjourned— 
(Mr.  George  Thorne):—It  was  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

Mr.  Pratt  reported  from  the  Committee  of Ways and 

Ways  and Means  of  the 2nd day of this instant 
•Tune  several  Resolutions;  which  were  read, as Report, 
follow: 

• 

War Loan. 

1.  That the Treasury may— 

War Loan.] 

(1)  borrow,  in  such  manner  as  they  may 
think fit, on  the  security  of  the Consoli-
dated Fund (in addition to any other sums 
which they are entitled to borrow) — 

(a)  any  sums  required  for  raising  the 
Supply granted  to  His  Majesty for 
the  service  of  the  year  ending  on 
the  thirty-first  day  of  March, nine-
teen  hundred  and  twenty,  up to an 
amount  not  exceeding  two  hundred 
and fifty million pounds;  and 

(b)  any  sums  required for  repayment 
of  any  maturing  securities  issued 
under  the  War  Loan  Acts,  1914 to 
1918, or  of  any Treasury bills or  of 
any  Ways and Means advances ;  and 

(2)  create  securities  to  be  issued  to  the 
holders  of  any  securities  issued  under 
those Acts, in  exchange for  those  securi-
ties ;  and 

(3)  in  connection  with  any  borrowing  or 
creation  of  securities in pursuance of this 
resolution— 

(a)  charge  on  the  Consolidated  Fund 
the  principal  and  interest  of  any 
securities  created  in  pursuance  of 
this  Resolution  and  any  expenses 
incurred  in  respect  of  any  such 
borrowing or exchange of  securities; 
and 

(b)  charge  on  the  Consolidated Fund 
such  sums  as  may  be  required  for 
the  purposes  of  any  sinking  funds 
established  for  the  redemption  of 
securities created in pursuance of this; 
Resolution;  and 

(c)  charge  on  the  Consolidated Fund 
any  additional  remuneration  to  the, 
Bank  of  England  or  the  Bank  of 
Ireland in respect of any sums raised 
or securities created in  pursuance of 
this  Resolution. 

z  4 

176 

3 rd June. 

1919. 

War  Savings Certificates  Extension. 

2.  That  the Treasury  may arrange for giving 
an  option  to  the  holders  of  any  War  Saving 
Certificates  to  extend  the  currency  of  those 
securities. 

The said Resolutions being read a second time 

were agreed to. 

Ordered,  That a  Bill  be brought  in upon  the 
said  Resolutions :  And  that  Mr.  Chancellor of 
the  Exchequer,  the  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means,  and  Mr.  Baldwin  do  prepare  and bring 
it in. 

Mr.  Chancellor of  the  Exchequer accordingly 
presented  a  Bill  to  make  further  provision  lor 
raising  Money  for  the  present  war,  and  for 
purposes  in  connection  therewith,  to  authorise 
the  extension  in  certain  cases  of  war  saving 
certificates,  and  to  make  further  provision  in 
relation  to  Government  securities :  And  the 
same  was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow;  and  to  be 
printed. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving  Supply 

from  Standing  Committee  C  the  R e p o rt   of  
Supply of the  15th day of  May  last; 

[ S i d i ng 
[uTllay]  3 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-  REPORT-

morrow. 

The  Order of the day being read, for receiving supply 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of [Standing 
/Ommittee  C] 
Supply  of the 27th  day of  May  last; 
Committee 
[27th  May] 

Ordered, 

That  the  Report  be  received 

( 0-   Beport. 

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Housing  of 

Committee on Housing  of  the  Working  Classes 
(Ireland)  [Expenses] ; 

(Ireland) 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow,  L^pm**] 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Electricity 

Committee on Electricity  Supply  [Money]  ; 

rMoney] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, " 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

The  Order of the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply of the 2nd day of  this instant June ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Trade 

Second  Reading  of  the  Trade  Disputes  (.No. 2) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

to-morrow. 

morrow. 

War  Saving 
Certificates 
Extension. 

War  Loan. 

War  Loan 
Bill. 

Bill  105. 

Supply 

ommittee  C] 

i2nd  June] 

.eport. 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of Ways  and  Means; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the House  of 

Second Reading  of  the  House  of  Commons and 
Municipal Corporations (Qualification of Clergy-  corporations 
men)  Bill; 
(Qualification 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read a second time °f.®lergyme11^ 

upon  Monday next. 

The  Order of  the  day being  read,  for taking 
Acquisition 
of  Land 
into  consideration  the  Acquisition  of  Land 
Co^ensation) (Assessment  of  Compensation)  Bill,  as amended 
Bill. 

in the Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Vivisection  of 
Second  Reading  of  the Vivisection  of  Animals  Animals BHL 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

upon  Monday next. 

Supply 
[29th  May] 
Beport. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the 29th day of  May  last; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Supply 
[19th  Way] 
Beport. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  19th day of  May  last; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The Order of  the day being read, for resuming  primary 
the adjourned Debate on  the  Question proposed  Education 
upon the  9th day  of  Mavlast, That the Primary (Be,fa8t)  B aL 
Education  (Belfast)  Bill  be  now read  a second 
time; 

Ordered, That  the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Honrs of 
Second  Reading  of  the Hours  of  Employment  Employment 
Bill; 

Bl11" 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a  second time 

upon Tuesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Perries 
Second Reading  of  the Ferries (Acquisition  by  (Acquisition 
County  Councils)  Bill  [Lords]; 

cLnd^Bill 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a second time  [Lords.] 

to-morrow. 

Supply 
[Standing 
n3TM*y]° ]  Supply of the 13th day of  May  last; 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 

K>P°RT- 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Moneylenders 

Second  Reading  of  the  Moneylenders  Acts  Ao^s <•1900 
(1900  and 1911)  Amendment  BiU; 

Imem.ment 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second time BiU-

upon Monday  next. 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee  C] 
[12th  May] 
Beport. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply of the  12th day of  May  last; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Corn 

Second  Reading  of  the  Corn  Production  Acts  Production 
Acts  (Bepeal) 
A^ ™— 
(Repeal) Bill; 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

morrow. 

to-morrow. 

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3rd—4th  June. 

177 

Check, 
weighing In 
Various 
Industries 
BUI. 

Tbe  Order of  the  day being  read, for taking 
into consideration the Checkweighing in Various 
Industries  Bill,  not  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

Pensions and 
Transport 
. (Metropolitan 
Area.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Select  Committee  on 
Pensions and the Select Committee on Transport 
(Metropolitan Area) have  leave to  sit, notwith-
standing  any  adjournment  of  the  House.— 
(Colonel  Stanley.) 

Adjournment. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued to 
sit  till  five  minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock, adjourned till to-morrow. 

STANDING  COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to 
Standing  Order No.  47, of Bills  committed to 
a Standing  Committee. 

Name of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Restoration  of  Pre-War  Practices 

(No. 3) BiU. 

Government War Obligations Bill  -

E. 

A. 

Wednesday, 4th June 1919. 

P  B A Y E R S. 

Cannock 
Urban  District 
Council  Bill. 

Lancashire 
and  Yorkshire 
and  London 
and  North 
Western 
Railway 
Companies 
BiU. 

Pensions 
Funds 
(Cardiff) 
Provisional 
Order  Bill. 

C\RDERED, 

That  the  Cannock  Urban  Dis-
trict  Council  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Lancashire  and  Yorkshire  and  London 
and  North  Western  Railway  Companies  Bill 
was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time; 
and  referred  to  the Examiners of  Petitions  for 
Private Bills. 

The  Pensions  Funds  (Cardiff)  Provisional 
Order  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the 
third time and passed. 

Ordered, That the Clerk  do  carry the  Bill  to 

the Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Orders 
(No.  1)  Bill. 

The  House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take  into  consideration  the  Local  Government 
Provisional  Orders  (No.  1)  Bill, as  amended  in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read the third  time 

to-morrow. 

Pier  and 
Harbour 
Provisional 
Orders BiU. 

Ammanford 
Gas  Bill. 

The  Pier  and  Harbour  Provisional  Orders 
Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second 
time, and committed. 

A  Bill  to  authorise  the  acquisition  by  the 
Ammanford  Gas  Company of  the  undertaking 
of  the Garnant Gas Company ;  to confer further 
powers  on  the Ammanford Gas Company ;  and 
for other purposes;  was  presented, and read the 
first time ;  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time. 

VOL.  174. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented, pursuant  to  the  diiec-  Universities of 

tions of an Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Statute 
made by the Governing Body of Exeter College, Act^i877 
Oxford,  under  the  Universities  of  Oxford  and  (Oxford.) 
Cambridge  Act,  1877,  on  the  24th  February 
1919,  amending  Statute  III.  of  the  existing 
Statutes of  the College. 

Copy of  Statute made by the Governing Body  UniversitieBof 

of  Saint  John's  College,  Oxford,  under  the 
Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Act, 1877, Ac^lsV/6 
on the 22nd  November  1918,  amending  Statutes  (Oxford.) 
X V.   and X V I.   of  the  existing  Statutes of  the 
College. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Churchill  presented,  pursuant Army, 

to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Amendments  to  Rules  of  Procedure, 
1907,  made  under  Section  70  of  the  Army 
Act. 

Ordered, That the said Paper  do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming Federal 
the Adjourned  Debate on the Question proposed Devolution, 
upon  the  3rd  day  of  this  instant  June,  That, 
with a view to enabling the  Imperial Parliament 
to devote more attention to the general  interests 
of  the  United  Kingdom  and,  m  collaboration 
with  the  other  governments  of  the Empire, to 
matters of  common imperial concern, this House 
is  of  opinion  that  the  time  has  come  for  the 
creation  of  subordinate  legislatures  within  the 
United  Kingdom,  and  that  to  this  end  the 
Government, without prejudice to  any proposals 
it  may  have  to  make  with  regard  to  Ireland, 
should forthwith  appoint  a  parliamentary body 
to consider and report— 

(1)  upon  a  measure  of  Federal  Devolution 
applicable  to  England,  Scotland,  and  Ire-
land)  defined  in  its  general  outlines  by 
existing  differences  in  law  and administra-
tion between the three countries; 

(2)  upon the extent to which these differences 
are  applicable  to  Welsh  conditions  and 
requirements;  and 

(3)  upon  the financial aspects  and  require-

ments of  the measure ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 

House resumed the said adjourned  Debate. 

And the Question being  put; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the J Major  Wood, 

Yeas, 

"l 
| Mr. Murray  Macdonald: J 
Tellers for the f Sir Frederick  Banbury,  \ 
J 

\ Mr.  Ronald  McNeill: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Noes, 

187. 

34. 

The  Order of  the  day being  read,  for  taking  Acquisition 

into  consideration  the  Acquisition  of  Landof  Land 
(Assessment of  Compensation)  Bill,  as  amended  (^ Z S o n) 
in the Standing  Committee ; 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Electricity 

into  a  Committee  on  Electricity  Supply ??PPIy 
[Money] ; 

[Money;] 

(In the  Committee.) 

Motion  made,  and Question  proposed, That, 
for  the  purposes  of  any  Act  of  the  present 

A  A 

4 th June. 

Session  to  amend  the Law with respect  to  the 
supply of electricity, it is expedient— 

(a)  to authorise the  Treasury to  advance  out 
of  the  Consolidated  Fund  stich  sums  not 
exceeding  in  the  aggregate  twenty million 
pounds  as  may  be  required  in  connection 
with the construction  of  interim works, and 
to  borrow  money by  means  of  Exchequer 
bonds  for  the  issue  of  such  sums  or  the 
repayment  thereof;  the  principal  of  and 
interest  on  such  bonds  to  be  charged  oil 
and paid out of the Consolidated Fund ; 

(b)  to  authorise  the  Treasury  to  guarantee 
the  interest  on  stock  issued  under  the 
powers  of  such  Act  by  the  Electricity 
Commissioners  appointed  thereunder  up 
to  an  amount  not  exceeding  twenty-five 
million  pounds,  and  the  charge  on  and 
payment  out  of  the  Consolidated Fund  of 
any  sums  required 
for  fulfilling  such 
guarantee; 

(c)  to  authorise  the  payment  out of  moneys 
to be provided by Parliament  for five years 
after  the  passing  of  such  Act  by  way  of 
advance  of  any excess  of  the  expenses  of 
the  Electricity  Commissioners  over  their 
receipts. 

—(Colonel  Sir Hdmar Greenwood.') 

Amendment proposed, in 1. 4,  to leave out the 
in  order  to  insert  the  word 

word  "  twenty, 
"  five."—(Colonel  Gretton.) 

Question proposed, That  the word  "  twenty  " 

stand part of the  Question ; 

Whereupon,  Motion made and Question, That 
the Chairman  do  report  progress and  ask leave 
to sit again—(Colonel  Gretton,)—put,  and agreed 
to. 

. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy Chairman reported, That the Committee 
had  made  Progress  in  the  matter  to  them 
referred;  and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

War  Loan 
B i ll 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second Beading of the War  Loan  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read  a second time 

to-morrow. 

Supply 
[Standi  „ 
Committee  0] 
"2nd Ju 
Report. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply of  the 2nd day of  this instant June ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next 

Ways  and 
Means, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Ways  and Means; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Supply gJth  May] 

port. 

The Order of the day bein^ read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the 29th day  of May  last; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday next. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Supply; 

The Order of  the day being read, for receiving Supply 
the Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supplv  of  [istir May] 
the 19th day of May last; 

' 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday next. 

The  Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply 

from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply of the  13th day of May last; 

0 1 
fistlTMay] 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be  received  upon ®ePort-

Monday next. 

The Order of  the day being read, for receiving supply 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of'f1standing 
Supply of the  12th day of  May  last; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon Report. 

Monday next. 

The Order of  the day being read, for receiving  Supply 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of  [Standing 
Supply of the 15th day of May  last; 

r m ^ y ] 0 1 

Ordered,  That  the Report  be  received  upon ™P°rt-

Monday  next 

The Order of  the day being read, for receiving Supply 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of Lading 
Supply  of the 27th day of May last; 

S h ^ ] 1 

Ordered, That  the  Report 

be  received  upon Report. 

Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Housing of 
Committee  on  Housing  of  the Working  Classes J||e "Working 
(Ireland)  [Expenses]; 

a Z d) 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, LBiPenses-] 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Resolved,  That  the  present  rate  of  Public  Public 

Expenditure  causes  anxiety  in  regard  to  the Expenditure, 
financial  stability  of  the  Country, and  that  all 
possible means for the  reduction  of  expenditure 
should  receive  the  immediate  attention  of  the • 
Government.—(Mr.  Grant.) 

The  Trade Disputes  (No.  2) Bill was, accord- Trade Disputes 

ing to Order,  read a second time, and committed CNo-2) B"1-
to a Standing  Committee. 

The Ferries (Acquisition by County Councils)  Perries 

Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to  Order,  read 
second  time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  council") 7 
Committee. 

Bill  [Lordt.~] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the com 

Second  Reading  of  the  Corn  Production  Acts Production 
(Repeal)  Bill; 

Acts (Repeal) 

And a Motion being  made, and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second time; 

And  a Debate arising thereupon ; 
And  a Motion  being  made, and the  Question 
being put, That the  Debate be now adjourned— 
(Colonel  Gretton)  : —  It  was  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

The  Order of  the  day  being read, for taking Check-

into consideration the Checkweighing in Various weighing in 
Industries  Bill,  not  amended  in  the  Standing  ^ ^ ^g 
Committee; 

Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House will, upon Monday 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

next; resolve itself into the said Committee. 

sideration  to-morrow. 

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4th—5th  June. 

179 

Adjournment. 

And  then  the House, having  continued  to 
sit  till  one  minute  after  Eleven  of  tbe 
clock, adjourned till to-morrow. 

STANDING  COMMITTEES. 

Distribution by Mr.  Speaker, pursuant to Order 
of 20th February, of  Estimates  referred  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Title of Estimates. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Civil Services (Supplementary Esti-

mate, 1919-20). 

C. 

Thursday,  5th June 1919. 

PB A T B R S. 

Sheffield 
Corporation 
Bill. 

THE   House  proceeded to take into considera-

tion  the  Sheffield  Corporation  Bill,  as 

amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read the third time. 

Cannock 
The  Cannock  Urban  District  Council  Bill 
Urban  District  w ag   acc0rding  to Order, read a second time, and 
Council  Bill. 

. 

. ..  
j 
committed. 

Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Orders 
(No.  1)  BUI. 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Orders 
(No.  1) Bill  was, according  to  Order, read  the 
third time and passed. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do  carry the  Bill  to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Ministry  of 
Pood. 

Mr. George Roberts presented,by His Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Financial  Report  of  the 
Ministry  of  Food  with Appropriation  Account, 
Trading  Account,  and  Balance  Sheet,  for  the 
financial  year ending 31st March  1918. 

Ordered, That the said Paper  do lie upon  the 

Table. 

Seamen's 
Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  pursuant  to 
CMrafy ordSsthe directions of an Act ofParliament,—Account 
of  all  Deposits  received  and  repaid  by  the 
and Trans- 
Board of  Trade on account of Seamen's Savings 
mission of 
Banks under the Merchant  Shipping  Act,  1894, 
Wages.) 
during the year ended 20th  November 1917, and 
of the interest thereon ;  Statement  showing the 
number and amount of  Seamen's  Money Orders 
issued and paid at Ports in the  United Kingdom 
and  at  Ports Abroad  from  1855  to 31st  March 
1918 ;  also Statement showing  the Receipts and 
Payments in connection with the transmission of 
Seamen's Wages,  Home and  Foreign, from 1878 
to 31st March  1918. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-Selection 
mittee  of  Selection;  That  they had discharged  ^ ^ ^v 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Coin- standing 
mittee D  :—Mr.  Raffan. 

Committee D. 

Ordered,  That  the. Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir Frederick Banbury reported from the Select National 

Committee on National Expenditure;  That they 
had made progress in the matters to them referred, 
and  directed  him  to  make  a  Report thereof to 
the House. 

" 

1)0 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 113. 

Table;  and be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Proceedings  on  Govern- Business of 
ment Business  be exempted at this day's Sitting 
t 
from  the  provisions  of  the  Standing  Order BusineMi!)611 
(Sittings of the House).—(Colonel  Sanders.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Government of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Government  of  India Indl» Bil1, 
Bill; 

And  a Motion  being made, and the Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second time; 

And a Debate arising thereupon; 
And  a Motion  being  made, and the Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Debate  be  now 
adjourned—(Colonel  Meysey-Thompson):—The 
said  Motion  was,  with  leave  of  the  House, 
withdrawn. 

And  the Original Question being put; 
Ordered, That the  Bill be  now  read a  second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly  read  a second 
time. 

Resolved, That it is expedient that the Bill be 
committed  to  a Joint  Committee  of  Lords  and 
Commons.—(Mr.  Secretary  Montagu.) 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords 
to acquaint them therewith :  And that the Clerk 
do carry the said Message. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for taking Acquisition 

^ 
into  consideration  the  Acquisition  of  Land 
(Assessment of  Compensation)  Bill, as  amended  compensation) 
in the  Standing  Committee; 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Electricity 

Committee on Electricity  Supply  [Money] ; 

[^.oneyj 

Resolved, That  this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Joint Stock 
Second  Reading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks Banks (Amal-
(Amalgamation  Control)  Bill  ; 

K ^ W l. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a  second time 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Finance Bill. 

Ordered, That the said  Paper  do lie upon the 

Committee on the Finance  Bill; 

Table. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon  Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Cape  of 
Good  Hope 
Observatory. 

Mr.  Long  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  His  Majesty's 
Astronomer  at  the Cape of  Good Hope Obser-
vatory  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Admiralty  for 
the year  1918. 

Ordered, That the said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

V O L.   174. 

Tbe  Order  of  the  day being read, for taking Ministry of 

into  consideration  the  Ministry  of  Ways  and Ways and 
Communications Bill, as amended in the Standing  ^^jm. 0*' 
Committee); 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Monday next. 

A  A  2 

<7 

5th-—6th  June. 

1919. 

Private 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Beading of the Private  Legislation  Pro-

(Ireland) Bill,  cedure  (Ireland)  B i l l; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Monday next. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to 
Standing  Order No. 47, of  Bills committed to 
a  Standing  Committee. 

Name of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Land 
Settlement 
(Facilities) 
Bill. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for  taking 
into consideration  the  Land  Settlement  (Facili-
ties)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com-
mittee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

Ferries 

(Acquisition  by  County 

sideration upon Monday next. 

Councils) Bill [Lords]. 

War  Loan 
Bia 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second Beading of the War  Loan  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Monday next. 

Friday,  6th June 1919. 

Trade  Disputes (No. 2) Bill  -

E. 

E. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

PR A T E R S. 

Committee of Ways  and  Means; 

Resolved, That  this House  will,  upon Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

THE  House proceeded  to take into considera- Northampton 

tion  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords088  Bil1, 

to  the  Northampton  Gas  Bill;  and  the  same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Housing of 
the  Working 
Classes 
(Ireland) 
(Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee on Housing  of  the  Working  Classes 
(Ireland)  [Expenses]; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Corn 
Production 
Acts  (Repeal) 
Bill. 

The  Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned  Debate on the Question  proposed 
upon the 4th day of  this  instant June,  That the 
Corn Production Acts (Repeal) BiU  be now read 
a second time; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till Tuesday  the 24th day of  this instant June. 

Ordered,  That  the  entry  in  the  Votes  and Ammanford 

Proceedings  of  the  House  upon  Wednesday  last G as   B m-
in  relation  to  the Presentation  and First  Reading 
and  the  Order  for  the  Second  Reading  of  the 
Ammanford  Gas  Bill  be  read. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Proceedings  be  null 
and  void.  —  (The  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means.) 

Check-
weighing 
in  Various 
Industries 
Bill. 

The Order of  the  day  being  read, for taking 
into consideration the Checkweighing in Various 
Industries  Bill,  not  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Monday next. 

Mr.  Munro  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a  Pro-  Bridge of Allan 

visional  Order  under  the  Private  Legislation ^fomation 
Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating  to Bill. 
Bridge  of  Allan  Water:  And  the  eame  was 
ordered  (under  Section  7  of  the  Act)  to  be 
taken into consideration upon Tuesday  the  24th 
day of  this instant June. 

Government! 
of  India 
[Salaries  and 
Expenses.] 

A  Motion  being made, That  this House  will, 
upon  Monday  next,  resolve  itself  into a  Com-
mittee to  consider  of  authorising  the  payment, 
out of moneys  to be  provided  by  Parliament, of 
the  salary  of  the  Secretary of  State for  India, 
the  salaries  of  the  under  secretaries,  and  any 
other expenses of his Department payable under 
any Act  of  the present Session, to make further 
provision  with  respect  to  the  Government  of 
India, and the payment, out of  the Revenues  of 
India,  of  any  salaries,  pensions,  or  other  ex-
penses  which  may  become  payable  under  such 
Act.—(Mr.  Secretary  Montagu.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,  acquainted  the  House  that  His 
Majesty,  having  been  informed  of  the  subject-
matter  of  this  Motion,  recommends  it  to  the 
consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House  will,  upon Monday 

next, resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Adjournment. 

And  it being  after  half-past  Eleven of  the 
clock,  Mr. Deputy  Speaker adjourned the 
House without Question put,  pursuant to 
the  Standing  Order,  it  Deing  then  one 
minute  before  Twelve  of  the  clock, till 
to-morrow. 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  pursuant  to  the Irish 

directions of several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy ^°t1T®g'gles 
of Statute X I V .,   made  under  the Irish  Univer- 
sities  Act,  1908, for  the National  University of 
Ireland. 

' 

Copy of  the  County  Court  (Ireland)  Rules, Representation 

made  under  the  Representation  of  the  People °f 
Act,  1918, as to Taxation of  Returning Officers' 
Accounts. 

' 1 9 1 8, 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen  presented,  by Board of 

His  Majesty's  Command, —  Copy  of  Annual 
Report  of  Proceedings  of  the  Board  of  Agri-and  Fishenes* 
culture and Fisheries under the Tithe, Copyhold, 
Inclosure,  Commons,  and  other  Acts  for  the 
years  1915,  1916,  1917, and 1918. 

Ordered, That  the said Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Sir Robert  Home  presented, by  His  Majesty's Ministry of 

Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  Committee Labour-
appointed  by  the Minister  of  Labour  to  make 
inquiries and  report with  regard  to  the Out-of-
Work  Donation  Scheme  instituted in November 
1918  and  extended  in  February  1919,  and  to 
make Recommendations  as  to any Modifications 

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181 

that may be desirable in the scope  and  adminis-1 
tration of  the existing  Scheme. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper do  He upon the 

Table. 

Education 
(Scotland.) 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's Command,—Copy  of  Superannuation 
Scheme for Teachers under Section 8 (1)  of  the 
Education (Scotland)  Superannuation Act, 1919! 
Ordered, That  the said  Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

National 
War  Savings 
Committee. 

Aliens in 
Government 
Offices. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Third  Annual  Report  of 
the  National  War  Savings  Committee,  June 
1919. 

Copy of  Report  of  the Committee  appointed 
by the Prime Minister  to  consider the  cases  of 
persons in Government Offices not  of  British  or 
Allied parentage. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Intermediate 
Education 
(Ireland.) 

N o.   114. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions of  an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the 
Table  by the  Clerk  of  the  House:—Accounts 
of Receipts and Expenditure of the Intermediate 
Education  Board for Ireland for the year  1918; 
together with the Report of the Comptroller and 
Auditor General thereon. 

Ordered, That the said Paper be printed. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  B, 
Electricity 
(Supply) 
BiU. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the Com-
mittee of  Selection, That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B :—Colonel  Penry  Williams ;  and  had 
appointed in  substitution  (for  the  consideration 
of the Electricity (Supply)  Bill):  Major Barnes. 
Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  TMr.  Higham  be  discharged 
Transport 
(Metropolitan  from  the  Select  Committee  on Transport  (Me-

'' 

tropolitan Area). 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Strauss  be addgd  to  the 

Committee.—(Colonel  Gibbs.) 

Tuesday, 2±th June 1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

THE  Sheffield Corporation  Bill  was  read  t he   Sheffield 

t h i rd   t i me   a nd   p a s s e d.  

Corporation 
BiU. 

y 

Ordered, Thai  the Clerk  do carry the Bill  to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

The  House  proceeded  to take  into considera- Llanelly Rural 
tion the Llanelly Rural  District  Water  Bill,  as District Water 
amended in the Committee. 

Bl11' 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read the third time. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take into considera- Legal and 
tion  the  Legal  and  General  Life  Assurance General Life 
Society  Bill 
[Lords],  as  amended  in  the societ^BiU 
Committee. 

[Lords.'] 

Ordered. That the Bill be read the third time. 

The House  proceeded* to  take into  considera- London 
tion  the  London  County  Council  (General °onnty 
Powers) Bill as amended in the Committee, 

Ordered,  That the Bill be read the third time. 

(General 
Powers)  Bill. 

The  Falmouth  Docks  Bill  [Lords] was  read Falmouth 

a second time, and committed. 

Docks BiU 
[Lords.] 

The  Newark  Gas  Bill  [Lords]]  was  read  a Newark Gas 
BiU [Lords.} 

second time, and committed. 

The Poole Corporation Bill  [Lords]  was  read Poole 

a second time, and committed. 

Corporation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The Sheringham  Gas and Water Bill [Lords]  Sheringham 

was read a second time, and committed. 

Gas ^  Water 
Bill  [Lords.] 

Business of 
the House. 

Ordered, That the Proceedings on the Motion 
relating  to  the  Adjournment  of  the  House  be 
not  interrupted  this  day  at  Five  or  half-past 
Five of the clock.—(Captain  Guest.) 

The  House,  according to Order,  proceeded to Bridge of Allan 

take  into  consideration  the  Bridge  of  Allan 
Water  Order  Confirmation  Bill. 

UHL 

°n 

Adjournment 
Resolved, That  this  House,  at  its  rising  this 
OftheHouse  day, do  adjourn  until Tuesday the  24th day  of 
(Whitsuntide.) 

—-(Captain  Guest.) 

Adjournment.  A  Motion  was  made, and  the Question being 
proposed, That  this  House  do  now  adjourn— 
(Captain  Guest); 

„  And notice being taken that Forty  Members 
were  not  present,  the  House  was  told 
by  Mr.  Speaker;  and  Forty  Members 
not being present, and it being  then after 
Four  of  the  clock,  the  House  was 
adjourned  by  Mr.  Speaker,  at  seventeen 
minutes before Five  of the clock, without 
a  Question  first  put,  till  Tuesday  the 
24th  day  of  this  instant June, pursuant 
to  the  Resolution  of  the  House  of  this 
day. 

V O L.   174. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  following  Papers,  presented  by  His  Parliamentary-

Majesty's  Command  during  the  Whitsuntide £?pera  v 
Recess, were  delivered  to  the  Librarian  of the 
House of Commons  during  the Recess, pursuant 
to Standing Order No.  95 :— 

• Copy of  Reports of  the  Coal Industry  Com- Coal industry-
mission (Second  Stage). 

Commission. 

Copy of  Sixty-third  Report of  His  Majesty's civil Service 
Commission. 

Civil £ service  Commissioners. 

Copy  of  Approved  Societies'  and  Insurance National 
Committees'  Receipts  and  Payments  for  the insurance 
periods  15th  July  1912  to  11th  January  1914 
and 12th January 1914 to 31st December  1914. 

1911  to 

R e p o rt   f or   1 9 1 7 - 1 8 ).  

Copy of Colonial  Report No. 996  (Nyasaland Colonial 
Reports 
(Annual.) 

Copy  of  Report  on  the  Trade  of  the  Fiji Trade of the 
Islands, by Mr.  R.  W.   Dalton,  His  Majesty's  Fij' Islands. 
Trade Commissioner in New Zealand. 

A  A  3 

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24th June. 

1919. 

Copy  of  Reports  on  the  Trade  of  Western 
Trade of 
Samraand 
Samoa and  the  Tongan  Islands,  by  Mr.  R.  W. 
theTongan  Dalton,  His  Majesty's  Trade  Commissioner  in 
Islands. 

New  Zealand. 

Copy  of  the  Covenant  of  the  League  of 

Leagneof 
(Miscellaneous, N a t i o n s>  w i th  a  Commentary  thereon. 
No.  8,19X9.) 
Judicial 

Copy of Judical  Statistics,  Part I.,  relating to 
land and  Criminal  Proceedings,  Police,  Prisons,  and 
Wales')  an  Reformatory  and Industrial  Schools for the year 

1917. 

Copy of  Report to  the  Secretary of  State by 
London 
General 
Sir Arthur  Whinney.,  K.B.E.,  of  an investigation 
Omnibus 
of  the  Accounts  and  Records  of  the  London 
WIlipaiIJ, 
Company, 
Limited (Fares General  Omnibus Company, Limited, to  ascertain 
and Working  whether  the increase  of  Fares is justified by the 
Expenses.) 

increase of Working Expenses. 

Ministry of 
Ways and 
Communica-
tions. 

Housing. 

Copy  of Return  of the Powers  and  Duties to 
be  transferred  to  the  Ministry  of  Ways  and 
Communications  from  the  Board of  Trade  and 
Local  Government Board. 

Copy  of  Schemes  submitted  to  the  Local 
Government  Board  by  Local  Authorities  and 
Public  Utility  Societies. 

Education Act,  Copy  of  Grant  Regulations  (No.  5B),  dated 
1918 (Grant 
Regulations.) 

the  Board  of 

1 9 1 9>   m a ( le   by 

t he   1 6 fh   J u ne  

Education,  being  Provisional  Regulations  for  the 
payment of  Grants in respect of the  HigherEdujca-
tion  of  ex-Service  Students. 

Education Act, 
1918 (Grant 
Regulations.) 

'  Copy  of  the Education  Grants  (Winding-up) 
Regulations, dated the  13th June 1919, made by 
the  Board of  Education  with regard  to the pay-
ment  of  Grants  for  Elementary  Education for 
the period  ending  the  31st  March  1919  to the 
Managers  of  Public  Elementary  Schools  not 
maintained by the Local  Education  Authority. 

Education Act, 
1918 (Grant 
Regulations.) 

Copy of  Grant Regulations (No. 3),  dated the 
13th June 1919, made by the Board of Education 
for a Substantive  Grant  for Elementary Educa-
tion to Public Elementary Schools not maintained 
by the Local Education  Authority. 

Board of 
Education 
(Welsh 
Intermediate 
Education Act, 
1889.) 

Ministry of 
Food. 

Copy of  Report  of  the  Board  of  Education 
under the  Welsh  Intermediate  Education  Act, 
1889, for the year 1918. 

Copy of  Interim  Report  of  the  Travelling 
Commission  of  Inquiry  into  the  Cost  of  the 
Production  of  Milk, as  to  the  Establishment of 
Differential  Zones,  and  the  Estimated  Cost of 
Production  of  Milk  in the summer of  1919. 

Board of 
Agriculture 
and Fisheries. 

Copy  of  First  Annual  Report  of  the  Flax 
Production  Branch of  the  Board of  Agriculture 
and Fisheries for the year  1918. 

Ministry of 
Labour. 

Agriculture 
(Scotland.) 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  National Provisional 
Joint  Committee  on  the  application  of  the 
Whitley  Report  to  the  Administrative  Depart-
ments of the State. 

Copy of  Agricultural  Statistics,  1916.  Vol. 
V.  Part  II.  Returns of  Produce of Crops  in 
Scotland,  with  a  Summary  for  the  United 
Kingdom. 

Ordered,  That  the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Universities of 
Oxford and 
Cambridge 
Act,  1877 
(Oxford.) 

Mr. Fisher  presented, pursuant to the directions 
of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Statutes 
made  by  the Governing  Body of  Jesus  College, 
Oxford, under  the  Universities  of  Oxford and 
Cambridge  Act,  1877,  on  3rd  March  1919, 
amending  Statutes  IV.,  V.,  VII.,  and  I X.   of 
the existing  Statutes of the  College. 

Ordered,  That  the  said" Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen  presented, pur- Board of 

suant  to  the  directions  of  several  Acts  of 
Parliament,—Copy  of  Annual  Report  of  the an-^Q 
proceedings  of  the  Board  of  Agriculture  and 
Fisheries  under  the  Small  Holding  Colonies 
Act,  1916, for the year  1918. 

Copy of  Order  numbered  D.I.P  520,  under Destructive 

the Destructive  Insects and  Pests  Acts,  dated 
6th  June  1919,  entitled  the  American  Goose-
berry  Mildew  (Importation  of  Fruit)  Order 
ofH919. 

Ordered,  That the said  Papers do lie upon the 
Table ;  and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  Board 
of Agriculture  and Fisheries be printed. 

Dr.  Addison 

presented,  pursuant 
directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  o f H e s l t l 1' 
Draft  of  tbe  Ministry  of  Health  (Consultative 
Councils) Order,  1919. 

to 

the  Ministry of 

N o-   US-

Copy  of  Draft Order in Council  made  under Ministry of 

subsection (4) of  Section  3  of  the  Ministry  of Health-
Health Act,  1919. 

No. 117. 

Copy  of  Draft  of  the  Ministry  of  Health  Ministry of 

(Welsh  Consultative  Council)  Order,  1919. 

Ordered, That the said Papers  do lie upon the 

Table;  and be printed. 

Health. 

No. 118. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented, pursuant  to Shops Act, 

the  directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,1912, 
—Copies  of  Orders  made,  under  the  Shops 
Act,  1912,  by  the  Councils  of  the  under-
mentioned  local  authorities,  and  confirmed  by 
the Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home  Depart-
ment :— 

City  of Nottingham  ; 
City  of  Chester; 
County  borough of  Bury. 

Copy of  a Licence under the Penal  Servitude Penal 

Acts  granted to a Convict, discharging  her from 
Liverpool  Convict Prison on condition  that  she Licenoe.) 
enters  a  Home. 

Ordered, That  the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

General  Seely  presented,  pursuant  to  the Air Force 
directions of an  Act  ofParliament,—Copy  of  an  (Constitution) 
Order made under the  Air  Force  (Constitution)  A c t' 1 9 1 7-
Act, 1917, providing for the Grant of  Pecuniary 
Rewards  for  Warrant  Officers,  Non-Commis-
sioned Officers, and Men of  the  Royal Air  Force 
awarded the  Distinguished Flying Cross and the 
Distinguished  Flying  Medal. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Forty-sixth 
Annual  Report by the  Accountant for Scotland 
to the Scotch  Education Department. 

Education 
(Scotland.) 

Copy  of  Fifth  Annual  Report of the General 
Board of  Control for Scotland under the Mental 
Deficiency and Lunacy  (Scotland)  Act,  1913. 

Mental 
Deficiency 
and  Lunacy 
(Scotland) 
Act, 1913. 

The Lord Advocate also presented, pursuant to 
the  directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament, 
—Copies of  University Court Ordinance,  No. 83 
(Edinburgh,  No.  29)  (Foundation  of  Chair  of 
Psychiatry);  No.  84  (Edinburgh,  No. 
3) 
(Foundation  of  Chair  of  Forestry) ;  No.  85 
(Edinburgh,  No.  31) (Foundation  of  Chair  of 
Zoology);  No. 86 (Edinburgh No. 32) (Founda-
tion  of  Chair  of  Accounting  and  Business 
Method) of  the Commissioners  under  the  Uni-
versities (Scotland)  Act,  1889. 

Universities 
(Scotland) 
Act, 1889 
(Ordinance.) 
N o.   119. 

Copy  of  Draft  Order  in  Council,  entitled  the 
Scottish  Board  of  Health  A c t,   1919  (Transfer 
of  Property)  (No.  1)  Order,  1919. 

Scottish Board 
of  Health. 

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24th  June. 

183 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table;  and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  Uni-
versities  (Scotland)  Act,  1889  (Ordinance)  be 
printed. 

Copy of  Rules made  by  the Lord  Chancellor  County Officers 

and  County  Court  Judges  under  the  County and  Courts 
Officers and Courts (Ireland) Act, 1877,amend- (^r7e7land) Act> 
ing  Order  VIII.,  Rule  6,  and  Order  X V I .,  
Rule 2, of the existing County  Court Rules. 

' 

Income  Tax 
Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
and Super-Tax, Command,—Copy  of  Estimate  prepared  by the 
Board of  Inland  Revenue showing the approxi-
mate distribution  of  the estimated  amounts  of 
Taxable  Income,  Allowances,  &c., among  Tax-
payers,  classified  according  to  the  amounts  of 
their total Incomes, together with the estimated 
number of  Incomes  in  each  class and  the  Tax 
paid by each class. 

British 
Museum, 

Mr.  Baldwin  also  presented,—Return  to  an 
Order, dated  the  lst  day  of  April  last,  for  a 

No. 120.  Return relative to the British Museum. 

National 
Health 
Insurance 
(Joint 
Committee.") 

Mr. Baldwin  also  presented, pursuant  to the 
directions of several Acts of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Special Order, dated 23rd. June  1919, made 
by the National  Health  Insurance Joint  Com-
mittee, entitled  the  National  Health  Insurance 
(Normal  Rate of Remuneration)  Order,  19l9. 

Copy of  Provisional  Regulations, dated  11th 
National 
Health 
June  1919, made  bv the Irish  Insurance Com-
Commtarion  missioners,  entitled" the  National  Health  In-
(Ireiand) 
surance  (Insurance  Committees)  Amendment 
(Regulations.)  Regulations  (Ireland),  1919. 

Finance 
Accounts. 

Copy  of  Finance  Accounts  of  the  United 

Kingdom for the year ended 31st  March  1919. 

No. 121. 

8 
Copy of  List of  all Pensions  granted  during 
the year  ended  31st  March  1919, and  payable 
No.  122.  under  the  provisions  of  Section  9  (1)  of  the 

Civil list 
Pensions. 

• 

Civil List Act,  1910. 

Copy of  Treasury  Minute, under  the  Super-
Superannua- 
tion  Acts, 
annuation Acts,  1859 and 1876, dated 10th June 
1859 and 1876. 1 9 1 9 )  declaring  the  territory lately  known  as 
German East  Africa to  be  an  unhealthy place 
within the meaning of  the Superannuation  Act, 
1876. 

Superannua- 
Copy of  Treasury  Minute, under  the Super-
tion  Act,  1887.  annuation  Act,  1887,  dated  2nd  June  1919, 
granting a Retired  Allowance  to  Mr.  William 
Henry  Doonan,  Postmaster,  TamwOrth  Post 
Office. 

Public Works 
Copy of  Forty-fourth Annual Report  of  the 
Loan  Board.  Public  Works  Loan  Board, for  1918-19, with 
,  No. 123.  Appendices. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table;  and  that  the Papers relative  to  British 
Museum, Finance Accounts,  Civil List Pensions 
and Public  Works Loan Board be printed. 

Ministry  of 
Beconstruc-i 
tion. 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the 
the  Women's  Advisory 
Sub-Committee  of 
Committee appointed by the  Ministry of Recon-
struction  to consider  the  position  after the war 
of  Women holding temporary  Appointments  in 
Government Departments. 

Ordered, That the said  Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

County Officers  Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
(XrelaindVAct  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
° '  Provisional  Rules  of  Procedure  made  by  the 
1877. 
Lord  Chancellor  'and  County  Court  Judges 
under the County  Officers and  Courts (Ireland) 
Act,  1877,  as  to  Compensation  for  Criminal 
Injuries under the  Local Government (Ireland) 
Act,  1898  and  the Criminal  Injuries  (Ireland) 
Act,  1919. 

V O L.   174. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr*  Long  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Navy 
Command,—Copy  of  Statement  of  the  sum ^ ^ J f * 5, 
required  to  be  voted  in  order  to  make  good 
Excesses  of  Navy  Expenditure  beyond  the 
Grants for the year ended 31st  March  1918. 

No. 124. 

Ordered, That the said  Paper  be referred  to • 

a Standing  Committee, and be printed. 

The  Merchant  Shipping'  (Wireless  Tele-  Merchant 
graphy)  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the first time, ^vvireless 
and ordered  to be read a second time to-morrow ;  Telegraphy) 
and to be printed. 
Bill  [Lords.] 
Bill  106. 

The  Weights  and  Measures  (Leather  Mea- Weights and 

surement) Bill  [.Lords] was  read  the first time, 
and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow 
and to be printed. 

-  A _ 

1  A 

" 

i 

i 

j 

j 

;  Measurement) 
BiU  [Lords.] 
B i ll   107. 

Mr.  George  Terrell,  Member for Chippenham, Adjournment 

rose  in  his place,  and  asked  leave to move the 
the ?^n8e 
Adjournment  of  the  House  for  the purpose  of  p0£cy°)  ° 
discussing  a  definite  matter  of  urgent  public 
importance,  viz.—That  the  uncertainty  as  to 
the  future  Economic  Policy of  the  Country in 
the absence of  definite steps for  tbe  prevention 
of dumping and the protection of  key industries 
which  were  promised  at  the  recent  General 
Election  is  a  matter  of  grave  urgency  to  the 
Country and  calls  for  immediate  action by the 
Government, but  the  pleasure of  the House not 
having  been  signified,  Mr.  Speaker  called  on 
those  Members  who  supported  the  Motion  to 
rise  in  their  places,  and  not  less  than  Forty 
members  having  accordingly  risen  the  Motion 
stood over, under  Standing  Order No.  10, until 
a  quarter  of  an  hour  after  Eight  of  the clock 
this evening. 

Mr.  Speaker  informed  the  House  that  he Imprisonment 

had  received  the  following  letters  relating  to of  Meml}ers. 
the Imprisonment of two Members  :— 

Sligo County Petty  Sessions Office, 

Sir, 

Courthouse,  Sligo, 

18th June  1919. 

I  beg to report that Mr.  John  J.  Clancy, of 
St.  Mary's  Terrace,  John  Street,  Sligo, 
Member  of  Parliament  for the  North  Division 
of  the  county  of  Sligo,  was  charged  before 
Captain Frederick  FitzPatrick,  R.M.,  and John 
Byrne,  Esquire,  R.M., at  a  Court  constituted 
under  50  and 51 Vict.,  c.  20,  at Sligo County 
Petty  Sessions  on  the  6th  day  of  June  1919 
for :— 

That  on  the  6th  day  of  April  1919,  at 
Dromore West, in the  county of  Sligo, the 
said  John  J.  Clancy,  with  divers  other 
persons  to the number of four hundred  and 
more,  did  unlawfully,  riotously,  and  rout-
ously  assemble  and  gather together  to  the 
disturbance of the public peace. 

Mr.  Clancy was convicted  of  the said offence, 
and  was  ordered  to  be  imprisoned  in  His 
Majesty's  prison at Sligo for the space  of  three 
months  at  hard labour, said  term  of  imprison-
ment  to  commence  at  the  expiration  of  any 
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1919. 

184 
other  term  of  imprisonment  to  which  he  was 
previously  sentenced  by  the  Court. 
I  have  the  honour  to  be, 

Sir, 

Y o ur   obedient  servant, 

A N T H O NT   B U B K B, 

Clerk  of  Sligo  County  Petty  Sessions. 

The  Right  Hon.  J.  W.  Lowther,  P.O., 

Speaker  of  the  House  of   Commons, 

House  of  Commons, 

London. 

Weston, 

Mallow, 

County  Cork. 
17th  June  1919. 

Sir, 

I  beg  to  inform  you  that  at  a  court  of  sum-
mary  jurisdiction  under  the  Criminal  L aw   and 
Procedure  (Ireland)  A c t,   1887, held  here  to-day, 
Countess  Markievitz,  M.P.  for  Dublin  City,  was 
convicted  before  Mr.  J.   M.   Dickson,  Resident 
Magistrate,  and  myself  of   taking  part  in  an 
unlawful assembly  at  Newmarket, in  this  county, 
on 
to  be 
17th  ultimo,  and  sentenced 
imprisoned  f or   four  calendar  months  in  Cork 
female  prison. 

the 

I  have  the  honour  to  be 
Sir, 

Y o ur   obedient  servant, 

J.   A.   H A R D Y, 

Resident  Magistrate. 

The  Right  Hon.  The  Speaker, 

House  of  Commons. 

Civil  Services  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  I I. 

Civil Services 
Estimates, 
1919-20. 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £28,632  be  House of Lord* 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum Offices, 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of   the  Offices  of   the  House  of 
Lords. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £231,774  be  House of 
granted  to.  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum Commons 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Offices  of  the  House  of 
Commons. 

ces" 

3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £19,845  be  war Cabinet, 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  f or   the  Salaries  and 
Expenses  of  the  W ar   Cabinet. 

4.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £107,519  be  Treasury and 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum Subordinate 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge- which  will  come  D eP a r t m e n t s-
in  course  of   payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for the  Salaries  and 
other  Expenses 
the  Department  of  His 
Majesty's  Treasury  and  Subordinate  Depart-
ments including  Expenses in respect  of  Advances 
under  the  Light  Railways  Act,  1896. 

in 

5.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £10,777  (inclu-  Privy Council 

Agricultural 
Land Sales 
(Restriction 
of  Notices to 
Quit) Bill. 

Bill  108. 

Mr.  Cautley,  supported  by  Captain  Fitzroy 
and  Major  Wheler,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend 
the  L aw   as  to  notices  to  quit  given  to  tenants 
by   owners  of  agricultural  land  prior  to  the  sale 
of  such land  :  A nd   the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  upon  Tuesday  n e x t;   and  to 
be  printed. 

sum  of  £3,000)  be  0 f f i o e-

ding  a  Supplementary 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries  and 
Expenses  of  the  Department  of  His  Majesty's 
Most  Honourable  Privy  Council. 

Business of 
the House 
(Supply.) 

Ordered, 

1919-20,  Ministry 
considered 
Secretary  Shortt) 

that  the  Civil  Service  Estimates, 
of  Munitions  Vote,  be 
Supply,—(Mr. 

in  Committee 

of 

Supply 
[ISth allotted 
Day.] 

T he   House,  according  to Order, resolved  itself 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

( In   the  Committee). 

Civil  Services  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Ministry  of  Munitions. 

£ 9 00   for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of  the 

Ministry  of  Munitions. 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Supply 
[Standing % 
Committee C] 
[2nd June] 
Report. 

Colonel  Sanders  reported  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C  several  Resolutions  of  the  2nd  day  of 
this  instant  June,  relating  to  Supply  ;  which 
were  read,  as  follows: 

6.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £55,000  be  interim 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum Forestry 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come  A u t h o r i t y" 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  f or   a  Grant  to  the 
Interim  Forestry  Authority. 

7.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £19,619  be  charity 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum  Commission, 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries  and 
Expenses  of 
f or 
England  and  Wales. 

the  Charity  Commission 

8.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £20,825 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries  and 
Expenses  of  the  Department  of  the  Government 
Chemist. 

be  Government 
Chemist. 

9.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £29,059  be  Civil Service 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum  Commission, 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries  and 
Expenses  of  the  Civil  Service  Commission, 

10.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,282  be  Conciliation 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum  a n d. 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries  and 
Expenses  of  the  Conciliation  and  Arbitration 
Board  for  Government  Employees. 

11.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £63,030  be Exchequer 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray the  charge  which  will  come 

A" d it 
par  m e n * 

10  GEO.  V. 

24 th  June. 

185 

Friendly 
Societies 
Registry. 

in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries  and 
Expenses  of  the  Department  of  the  Comptroller 
and  Auditor  General. 

12.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £19,074  be 
granted  to  H is   Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries  and 
Expenses  of  the  Registry  of  Friendly  Societies. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being read a second  time, 

were  agreed  to. 

SnpplT 
[29th  May] 
Report. 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read,  for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  29th  day  of  May  l a s t; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Supply 
[19th May] 
Report. 

Colonel  Leslie  Wilson  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Supply  of   the  19th  day  of  M ay   last,  a 
Resolution  ;  which  was  read  as  followeth  : 

Ministry of 
Shipping. 

Civil  Services  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Ministry  of  Shipping. 

That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £597,203  bp 
granted  to  His  Majesty  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920,  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Ministry  of  Shipping. 

The  said  Resolution,  being  read  a second  time, 

was agreed  to. 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee C] 
[13th May] 
Report. 

Colonel  Leslie  Wilson  reported  from  Standing 
Committee C  several  Resolutions of  the  13th  day 
of  May  last  relating to  S u p p l y;   which were read, 
as  f o l l o w: 

Civil  Services 
Estimates, 
1919-20. 

Houses of 
Parliament; 
Buildings. 

Miscellaneous 
Legal 
Buildings. 

Art and 
Science 
Buildings, 
Great Britain. 

Diplomatic 
and Consular 
Buildings. 

Civil  Services  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  I. 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £54,600  be 
granted  to  H is   Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray the charge  which  will come  in 
course of  payment  during  the year ending  on  the 
31st  day  of  March  1920  for  Expenditure  in 
respect  of  Houses  of  Parliament  Buildings. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £39,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  Expenditure  in 
respect  of  Miscellaneous  Legal  Buildings. 

3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £75,400  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  will  come 
in 
course of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the 
31st  day  of  March  1920  for  Expenditure  in 
respect  of  A rt   and  Science  Buildings,  Great 
Britain. 

4.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £69,900  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  Expenditure  in 
respect of Diplomatic and Consular  Buildings, and 
for 
certain  Cemeteries 
Abroad. 

the  maintenance  of 

The  first  Resolution,  being  read  a  second  time 
and a Motion  being  made, and the  Question  being 
proposed,  That  this  House  doth  agree  with  the 
Committee  in  the  said  Resolution  ; 

And  it  being  a  quarter  of   an  hour  after  Eight 
of  the  clock,  and  leave  having  been  given  to 
move  the  Adjournment  of  the  House  under 
Standing  Order  No.  10,  further  Proceeding  was 
postponed  without  Question  put. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  was  Adjournment 

proposed,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn—  (under 
( M r.   George  Terrell)  : 

E  NI 10) 

A nd   it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Motion  (Economic 

for  the  Adjournment  of  the  House  lapsed,  with-  0  loy"-) 
out  Question  put. 

The  postponed  Proceeding  on  the  Question,  supply 
That  this  House  doth  agree  with  the Committee  [standing 
in  the  Resolution,  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  m ^ M ^ - . 0^ 
£54,600  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  Report, 
the  sum  necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which 
will  come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  E x-
penditure 
in  respect  of  Houses  of  Parliament 
Buildings,  was  resumed; 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed  and  a 

Debate  arising  thereupon; 

A nd   it  being  after  Eleven  of   the  clock  and 
objection  being  taken  to  further  Proceeding,  the 
Debate  stood  adjourned. 

Ordered^  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  subsequent  Resolutions 

be 

taken  into  consideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of the  day  being  read,  for receiving  Supply 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of  [Ending 
o 
Supply  of  the  12th  day  of  May  last; 

i - i i i r . ii  

Committee C] 
n2th May] 

/•-»«- 

i 

r 

i 

Ordered, 

That  the  Report  be  received  to-  ^ p o r t-

morrow. 

The Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  receiving  Supply1 

from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply  of  the  15th  day  of  May  last; 

0 1 

[Isth May] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to- 

e p o r t" 

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  receiving  Supply 

from  Standing  Committee  C 
Supply  of  the  27 th  day  of  May  l a s t;  

the  Report  of  [Standing 
[ 2 X 1 ^] 

3 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-  8 u p p l y-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of   W a ys   and  Means  ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  aaid  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   taking  Acquisition 
into  consideration 
L a n a ^ ^ ^j 
the  Acquisition  of 
(Assessment  of  Compensation)  Bill,  as  amended  com^nsation) 
in  the  Standing  Committee; 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the  Electricity 

Committee  on  Electricity  Supply  [ M o n e y]   ; 

Supply 
[Money.] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the Joint stock 

Second  Reading  of  
(Amalgamation  Control)  B i l l;  

the  Joint  Stock  Banks  Banks (Amai-
(bXoOBili. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

• 

V O L.   1 7 4. 

B  B 

186 

24th—25th June. 

•1919. 

Finance Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on  the  Finance  Bill; 

applicable  thereto,  have  been  complied  with, 
v i z . :— 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Saint  Just  (Falmouth)  Ocean  Wharves  and 
[Lords]. 

Railways  Bill 

Ministry of 
Ways and 
Communica-
tions Bill.' 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Ministry  of  Ways  and 
Communications  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Stand-
ing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Nuneaton  Corporation  Bill 

[Lords], 

Ordered,  That  the  Bills  be  read  a  second  time. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Provisional 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  P " 3" 
Private  BiUs,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following  onier, au 
Bill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof,  no applicable.) 
Standing  Orders  are  applicable,  viz.  :— 

Private 
Legislation  ; 
Piocedare 
(Ireland) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Private  Legislation  Pro-
cedure  (Ireland)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Local  Government 

(Ireland)  Provisional 

Orders  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  BiU  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Land 
Settlement 
(Facilities) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Land  Settlement  (Facili-
ties)  Bill ,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com-
mittee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,-—Report  Private Bill 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  (5>®titi°?s 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Petition  orders not 
for  the  following  Bill,  the  Standing  Orders have compUed 
v i
not  been  complied  with, 

t h .) 

. w i

z

Ammanford  Gas. 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

War Loan Bill.  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Second  Beading  of  the  W ar   Loan  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private Bill 

to-morrow. 

Housing of 
the Working 
Classes 
(Ireland) 
[Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  Housing  of  the  Working  Classes 
(Ireland)  [Expenses]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Government 
of  India 
[Salaries and 
Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
[Salaries 

Committee  on  Government  of  India 
and  Expenses]; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Adjournment. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn.— 

( M r.   Pratt.) 

A nd   accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  one  minute  after  Eleven 
of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of   Petitions  f or 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  Petition (standing 
for  the  following  Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords,  Orders not 
the  Standing  Orders  have  not  been  complied 
with,  v i z . :— 

Shropshire,  Worcestershire,  and  Stafford-

shire  Electric  Power 

[Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be. referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

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  additional  Provision  in  the  following  Bill, 
originating  in  the  Lords,  the  Standing  Orders 
have  not  been  complied  with,  v i z . :— 

Pembroke  Gas  BiU 

[Lords]. 

Private Bills 
f Lords'] 
(Petition for 
additional 
Provision) 
(Standing 
Orders not 
complied 
with.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

The  Bridge  of  AUan  Water  Order  Con-Bridge of Allan 

firmation  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  Jfat!F  0 l^ e r 
Confirmation 
° 
Bill. 

the  third  time  and  passed. 

j 

' 

Wednesday, 25th June 1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

P  B A T  E  B  S. 

Private Bills 
(Standing 
Orders not 
previously 
inquired into 
complied 
with.) 

MB.   Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Beport 

from one  of  the  Examiners  of Petitions  for 
Private  BiUs,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bill,  referred  on  the  Second  Beading  thereof, 
the  Standing  Orders  not  previously 
inquired 
into,  which  are  applicable  thereto,  have  been 
complied  with,  v i z . :— 

City  and  South  London  Railway  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed. 

Private Bills 
\Lord>] 
(Standing 
Orders not 
previously 
inquired-into 
complied 
with.) 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bills,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and  referred  on 
the  First  Reading  thereof,  the  Standing  Orders 
into,  and  which  are 
not  previously 

inquired 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do 

issue  his Swansea 

Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to  make  Borough, East 
out  a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a  Member  ^ ' t s l o n' 
to  serve  in  this  present  Parliament 
the 
Borough  of  Swansea  (East  Division),  in  the 
room  of  Tliomas  Jeremiah  Williams,  Esquire, 
deceased.—(Captain  Guest.) 

for 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Housing of 
Command,—Copy  of  Draft  Regulations,  &c.,  * h^ g o r k i n8 
relative  to  Financial  Assistance  to  be  granted  (Ireland) Bill, 
to  Public  Utility  Societies  and  Housing  Trusts 
under  the  Housing  of  the  Working  Classes 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

Copy  of  Draft  Regulations,  &c.,  relative  to  Housing of 
Financial  Assistance  to  be  granted  to  Local  £}}e Working 
Authorities  under  the  Housing  of  the  Working  ( i r^ d)  B i lL 
Classes  (Ireland)  Bill. 

10  GEO.  V. 

25th June. 

187 

Ireland 
Development 
Grant Act, 
1903. 

Copy  of  Beport  of  the  Lord  Lieutenant  of  all 
his  Proceedings  under  the  Ireland  Development 
Grant  A c t,   1903,  for  the  financial  year  ending 
the  31st  March  1919. 

Local 
Government 
Board 
(Ireland.) 

Mr.  Macpherson  also  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  the  Heavy  Motor  Car (Ireland)  (Amendment) 
Order,  1919,  made  by  the  Local  Government 
Board  f or   Ireland. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Bast India 
(Government 
of India Bill.) 

Suez Canal 
(Commercial 
No. 1, 1919.) 

Petroleum 
Exeoutive. 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  presented,  by  H is 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Memorandum 
on  Expenditure  likely  to  be  incurred  under 
Clauses  2,  3,  22,  26,  and  27  of  the  Government 
of  India  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Cecil  Harmsworth 

presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Returns  of  Ship-
ping  and  Tonnage  in  the  Suez  Canal,  1915, 
1916,  and  1917  (in  continuation  of  Commercial, 
No.  1,1917). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Long  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  C o m-
mand,—Copy  of  Report  of  the 
Inter-Depart-
mental  Committee  to  the  Petroleum  Executive 
on  various  matters  concerning  the  Production 
and  Utilisation  of  Alcohol  for  Power  and  Trac-
tion  Purposes. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Alkali, &c. 
Works 
Begulation 
Act, 1906. 

to 

Dr.  Addison  presentedt  pursuant 

the 
directions  of  an  Act  of   Parliament,—Copy  of 
the  Fifty-fifth  Annual  Report  on  Alkali,  &c. 
Works,  by  the  Chief  Inspector  under the  Alkali, 
&c.  Works  Regulation  A c t,   1906, of  proceedings 
during  the  year  1918,  presented  to  the  Local 
Government  Board  and  to  the  Secretary 
for 
Scotland. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Hartlepool 
Gas and Water the  Hartlepool  Gas  and  W a t er   Bill 
Bill [Lords.]  w i th  

The  Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported 
[Lords'], 

A m e n d m e nt s. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Overseas Trade  Mr.  Bridgeman,  supported  by  Sir  Auckland 
(insurance 
Geddes,  presented  a  Bill  to  enable  the  Board 
against 
of  Trade,  for  the  purpose  of 
re-establishing 
Abnormal 
overseas  trade,  to  undertake  the  business  of  in-
Bisks) Bill. 
surance  or  re-insurance  involving  abnormal  or 
exceptional  risks  :  And  the  same  was  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow  ;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Bill  109. 

Courts 
(Emergency 
Powers) Bill. 
Bill  110. 

M r.   Bridgeman,  supported  by  Sir  Auckland 
Geddes  and  Mr.  Attorney-General,  presented  a 
Bill  to  extend,  amend,  and  prolong  the  duration 
of  section one  of  the  Courts  (Emergency  Powers) 
A c t,   1917  :  And  the  same was  ordered to  be  read 
a  second time to-morrow;  and  to  be  printed. 

The  House,  according  to  Order, proceeded  to 
Acquisition 
of Land 
w. 
take  into  consideration  the  Acq uisition  of  Land 
c t m Z Z L 0)   (Assessment  of  Compensation)  Bill,  as  amended 
Bill. 

in  the  Standing  Committee. 

An   Amendment  was  made  to  the  Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1. 9,  by   leaving  out  from  the 
word  "  shall,"  to  the  word  "  of,"  and  inserting 
the  words  "  at  the  request of  either  the  claimant 
or  the  public  authority  be  assessed  by  the  C o m-
missioners  of  Inland  Revenue,  and  such  assess-
ment  shall  be  final  unless  either  party  shall 
within  sixty  days  of  the  issue  to  such  party  of 
the  notice  of  assessment  require  the  Commis-
sioners  to  refer  all  or  any  of  the  items  of  such 
assessment  to  the  determination  " — ( S ir   Donald 
Maclean),—instead 
thereof. 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 

proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Bill. 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  L e f t. 

Tellers  for  thefCaptain  Guest, 

Yeas, 

(Colonel  Sanders: 

Tellers  for  the/ M r.   George  Thorne, 

Noes, 

I Mr.  Hogge: 

„.„ 

58. 

1 
J 

} 
/ 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1. 22,  by  leaving  out  sub-
section  ( 3 ) . — ( M r.   Rawlinson.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word  "  shall," 
in  1. 23,  stand  part  of  the  B i l l :— It   was resolved 
in  the Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  23,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  shall," 
" be   a  practising 
member  of  the  Surveyors'  Institution  who,  at 
the  time  of  his  appointment,  has been  in  practice 
for  a period  of  not  less than ten  years  and  shall" 
—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

the  words 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  24,  by  leaving  out  the 
the  words 
word 
"  Treasury,"  and 
Cautley),—in-
" R e f e r e n ce   Committee,"—(Mr. 
stead  thereof. 

inserting 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  "  Treasury  "  stand  part  of  the  B i l l : — T he 
said  proposed  Amendment,  was,  with  leave  of 
the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,1.  27,  by  leaving  out  sub-
section  (2).-—(Sir  Richard  Winfrey.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  first  word 
"  the "  in  1. 28,  stand part of  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment,  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,1.  28,  by  leaving  out  from 
the second word "  be," to the end of paragraph  ( 2 ), 
and  inserting  the  words  "  the  sum  o f— 

( a)   the  amount  which  the  land  might  have 
been  expected  to  realise  during  the  month 
of  June,  nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  if 
it  had  been  sold  in  the  open  market  by  a 
willing  seller;  and 

( b)   the  amount  which,  if  the  land  were  sold 
in  the  open  market,  a  buyer  might  be 
expected  to  pay  solely  on  account  of  anv 
improvement  directly  attributable  to  work 

VOL.  174. 

B  B  2 

188 

25th June. 

1919. 

or  expenditure  upon  that  land  since  June, 
nineteen hundred  and  fourteen,  the  cost  of 
which  has been  borne  by  claimant;  and 

( c)   any  excess  of  duty  or  taxation  already 

The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 

The  Noes  to  the  L e f t. 

Tellers  for  the/Captain  Guest, 

Yeas, 

(.Colonel  Sanders: 

\ 
J 

132. 

Eaid  by   the  claimant  on  account  of  the  land 

aving  been  assessed  or  valued  at  a  higher 

amount  than  the  sum  of  ( a)   and  ( b ) , "— 

(Captain  Bag ley),—instead 

thereof. 

A nd   the Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word  "  might,'  in 
1.  29,  stand  part  of  the  Bill. 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 

The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

Tellers  for  the/Captain  Guest, 

Yeas, 

I Colonel  Sanders  : 

Tellers  for  thef  Captain  Bagley, 

Noes, 

I  Colonel  Wedgwood  : 

1 3 6. 

41. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,1.  30,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words  "  and  such  valuation  shall  be 
based  upon  any  returns  and  assessments 
for 
taxation  made  or  acquiesced  in  by  the  claimant 
during  the  preceding  three years " — ( S ir   Donald 
Maclean.) 

Tellers  f or  the (Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  \ 
J 

I Colonel  Gretton: 

Noes, 

30. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

A nd  

it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock  further 
consideration  of  the  Bill,  as  amended,  stood 
adjourned. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
further 

Standing  Committee,  be  taken 
consideration  to-morrow. 

into 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Electricity 
^PP1^. -j 

Committee  on  Electricity  Supply  [ M o n e y]   ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  f or   the  Housing o£ 

Committee  on  Housing  of  the  Working  Classes 
(Ireland)  [Expenses]  ; 

(Ireland) 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow,  LExP enses-] 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Private 

Second  Reading  of  the  Private  Legislation 
Procedure  (Ireland)  B i l l;  

(ireiand^Bill. 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l; 

to-morrow. 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  proposed  Amendment,  by  inserting  after  the 
first  word  and," the word "  in " —(   Mr.  Alexander 
Shaw.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  "  in "  be  there inserted  : — T he   Amendment 
to  the  Srtid proposed  Amendment,  was, with  leave 
of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

A nd   the  Question  being put, That those  words 

be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l; 

T he   House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

Tellers  f or   the  f  Mr.  George  Thome, 

Yeas, 

|  Mr.  Hogge: 

Tellers  for the  j  Colonel  Sanders, 

Noes, 

( Mr.  Pratt 

: 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

£ 
j 

39. 

156. 

Another Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,1.  30,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof,  the  words— 

"  Provided  always  that  regard  shall  be  had  to 
all  returns  and  assessments  for  taxation  made  or 
acquiesced  in  by  the  claimant  during  the  three 
years  next  preceding  the  assessment  of  compen-
sation."—(Mr.  Attorney-General.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 

words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l; 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  proposed  Amendment,  by   inserting  after  the 
word  "  taxation,"  the  words  "  or  capital  value." 
— ( S ir   Frederick  Banbury.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  :—The  Amendment  to 
the  said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of 
the  House,  withdrawn. 

A nd   the  Question  being  put, That those  words 

be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill. 

The  House  divided. 

T he   Order'  of   the  day  being  read,  for  the Merchant 
the  Merchant  Shipping  ^ P P j " 8 

Second  Reading  of 
(Wireless  Telegraphy)  Bill  [Lords']  ; 

Telegraphy) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bm 

to-morrow. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the  Weights and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Weights  and  Measures **ea®'Fes 
(Leather  Measurement)  Bill  [Lords] 

M^urement) 

; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  m 

to-morrow. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read,  for receiving  Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  k 3 e r t J u n e] 
the  24th  day  of  this  instant  June  j 

e p°  ' 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-# 

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

T he   Order of  the  day  being  read,  for  receiving  Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of   Supply  of  I2®th  M»y] 
the  29th  day  of  May  last; 

K e p o r t' 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

„ 

The  Order of  the day  being  read,  for  resuming  Supply 

the  Adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  24th  day  of  this  instant  June,  That  rmiuMay] 
this  House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in Beport. 
the  Resolution  reported  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C  on  the  13th  day  of  May  last,  That  a 
sum  not  exceeding  £54,600  be  granted  to  His 
to 
Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum  necessary 
defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day 
of  March  1920  for  Expenditure  in  respect  of 
Houses  of  Parliament  Buildings. 

Ordered,  That the Debate  be further  adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

\ 

10  GEO.  V. 

25th—26$  June. 

1 89 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee C] 
[13th May] 
Report. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  second  and  subsequent 
Resolutions  which  upon  the  24th  day  of  this 
instant  June  were  reported  from  Standing  C o m-
mittee C  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Resolutions  be  taken 

into  consideration  to-morrow. 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee C] 
[12th MayJ 
Report. 

The  Order  of   the day being  read, for  receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply  of  the  12th  day  of  May  last; 

Ordered,  That  ,tbe  Report  be  received 

to-

morrow. 

Supply 

The  Order of  the  day being read,  f or   receiving 
immittee C"l  ^ r o m  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
—m-- 
[15th May] 
Bei eport. 

-  J  Supply  of  the  15th  day  of  May  last; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

to-

Thursday,  26th June 1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE   House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  Hartlepool 

the  Hartlepool  Corporation  Bill  { ^ T ^ gS 

[Lords'],  as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

tion 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the third  time. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera- Mansfield 

tion  the  Mansfield  Railway  Bill 
amended  in  the  Committee. 

[Lords], 

as  P?'1*?7,®111 

!' J 

An   amendment  was  made  to  the  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

morrow. 

The  Order0  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Local 

Supply 
[Standing 
bommittee CI  ^ r o m  Standing  Committee  C 
[m^May] 
Report. 

The  Order of  the day  being read,  f or   receiving 
the  Report  of 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

Supply  of  the  27th  day  of  May  last: 

morrow. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of   the  day  being  read,  for 

the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-inorrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Way Loan Bill.  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  War  Loan  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Government 
of India 
[Salaries and 
Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  Government  of   India  [Salaries 
and  E x p e n s e s ]; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   taking 
Cheek- 
Various8 i B 
' n to   c o n sideration   the  Clieckweighing  in  Various 
Industries Bill. Industries  Bill,  not  amended  in  the  Standing 

Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Corn 
Production 
Aets fRepeal") 
B?U. 

The  Order  of  the day  being read, for  resuming 
ad j ° u r ned   Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  4th  day  of  this  instant  J une,  That  the 
Corn  Production  A c ts  
(Repeal)  Bill  be  now 
read  a  second  t i m e; 

Ordered,  That the Debate  be further  adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

House of 
Commons and 
Municipal 
Corporations 
(Qualification 
of  Clergymen) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  House  of  Commons 
(Qualification  of 

Second  Reading  of 
and  Municipal  Corporations 
Clergymen)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Adjournment. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  was 
proposed,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn.— 
(Mr.  Pratt.) 

A nd   it  being  half  an  hour  after  Eleven  of 
the  clock,  M r.   Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question put,  pursuant  to 
the  Standing  Order,  till  to-morrow. 

VOL. 174. 

Second  Reading  of 
(Ireland)  Provisional  Orders  Bill  ; 

ProviSonal 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  0 r d e ra   B m-

the  Local  Government 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Paper  relative  to 

the  Scottish Board 
Scottish  Board  of   Health  A c t,   1919, which  was  ° ^ e a l th   Aot> 
presented  upon  the 24th  day of  this instant J une, 
be  printed. 

No.  125. 

Dr.  Addison  presented,—Return  to  an  Order,  Deaths from 
dated  the 25th  day of  February  last, for a Return  Starvation or 
relative to  Deaths from  Starvation  or  accelerated  ^ S * 1 
7 
by  Privation  (England  and  Wales). 

(England and 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

N o-  1 2 6-

Mr.  Baldwin 

presented,  pursuant 

to 

the  Post Office 

directions  of  several  A c ts   of  Parliament, —  SaTing» Banks. 
Accounts  of  all  Deposits  received  and  paid  No.  127. 
during  the  year  1918, together  with  a  Statement 
showing  the  aggregate  amount  of  the  Liabilities 
of  the:  Government  to  Depositors  in  the  Post 
Office  Savings  Banks  on  the  31st  December 
1918,  and 
the 
Securities  held  by  the  Commissioners  for  the 
Reduction  of  the  National  Debt  to  meet  those 
Liabilities  at  that  date. 

the  nature  and  amount  of 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Colonel  Amery  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Colonial 
Command, —Copy  of  Colonial  Report,  No.  997  Beports 
(Basutoland,  Report  for  1917-18). 

(Annual.) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

M r.   Secretary  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Army. 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  to  the 
A r my   Council  on  the  National  Scheme  of  C o-
ordination  of  Voluntary  Effort  resulting 
from 
the formation of  the  Department  of  the  Director-
General  of  Voluntary  Organisations. 

Copy  of   Report  of  the  W o rk   of  the  Camps'  Army. 

Library  connected  with  the  Supply  of  Literature 
to  the  Troops  during  the  War. 

Copy  of  further  Reports  by  British  Officers Army, 

the  Economic  Conditions  prevailing 

on 
Germany,  March  and  April  1919. 

in 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

B  B 3 

190 

26th June. 

1919. 

National 
Insurance 
Funds. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  several  Aets  of  Parliament,  was  laid 
upon  the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  H o u s e :— 
No.  128.  Oopy  of  Account  showing  nature  and  amount  of 
Securities  held  by   the  Commissioners  for  the 
Reduction  of  the  National  Debt  at  31st  Decem-
ber  1918, (a)  as  investments for moneys,  forming 
part  of  the  National  Health  Insurance  Fund, 
paid  over  to  them  by  the  Insurance  Commis-
sioners  for  England,  Wales,  Scotland,  and  Ire-
land,  respectively,  under  Section  54  ( 3)   of  the 
National  Insurance  A c t,   1911;  and (b)  as  invest-
ments for moneys  of  the Central  Fund  established 
pursuant  to  Section  4  ( 1)   of 
the  National 
Health  Insurance  Act,  1918. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com- Selection 
t o ^ ^^ 
mittee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  added 
Standing  Committee  A  the following  Ten  M e m-  standing 
bers  (in  respect  of  the  Government  War  Obliga- Committee A. 
tions  Bill)  : —  M r.   Baldwin,  Mr.  Bridgeman, 
Colonel  Boles,  Mr.  Bird,  Captain 
Foxcroft, 
Major  Hayward,  Mr.  Lyle-Samuel,  Sir  William 
Pearce,  M r.   Spencer,  and  Mr.  Spoor. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the standing 

they  had  discharged 

Committee;  That 
following  Member  from  Standing  Committee 
A : — M r.   Godfrey  Locker-Lampson 
;  and  had 
appointed  in  substitution  (for  the  consideration 
of  the  Aliens  Restriction  Bill)  :  Mr.  Ronald 
M'Neill. 

the  Committee A. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  be  printed. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the Standing 

Message from 
the Lords. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  : 

Justices of 
the Peace 
(Qualification 
of Women) 
Bill  {Lords. 1 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
A ct   to  provide  for  Women  being  appointed  and 
serving  as  Justices  of  the  Peace  ;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

Middlesbrough 
Corporation 
Bill [Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
A ct   to  confer  powers  upon  the  Mayor,  Alder-
men,  and  Burgesses  of  the  Borough  of  Middles-
brough  with  respect  to  tramways  and  omnibuses, 
to  authorise  them  to  construct  street  works  ;  to 
incorporate 
the  Teesside  Railless  Traction 
Board,  and  f or   other  purposes  ;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

stockton-on- 
The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
A ct   to  empower  the  Corporation  of  Stockton-
Tees 
BiUP[^or(i°.T  on-Tees  to  work  tramways  ;  to  purchase  and 
provide  and  run  omnibuses  ;  to  establish  and 
work  ferries  across  the  River  Tees,  and  for 
other  purposes;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence  of   this  House. 

Middlesbrough 
Corporation  was  read  the  first  time. 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Middlesbrough  Corporation  Bill  [Lords] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Stookton-on-
Tees 
Corporation 
Bill [Lords.] 

The 

Stockton-ou-Tees 

Corporation 

Bill 

[Lords']  was  read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Dogs' 
Protection 
Bill 112 

Ordered,  That  the  D o g i'   Protection  Bill  as 
in  the  Standing  Committee,  and  on 

a m en d ed  
Consideration,  as  amended,  be  printed. 

Standing 

M r.   John  William  Wilson  reported  from  the 

( c T a S ws  
Panel.) 

Chairmen's  P a n e l;   That  they  had  appointed 
Mr.  William  Nicholson  to  act  as  Chairman  of 
Standing Committee A  (in respect of the  Govern-
ment  War  Obligations  Bill). 

That  they  had  appointed  Mr.  Turton,  in  place 
of  M r.   Macmaster,  to  act  as  Chairman  of  Stand-
ing  Committee  C (in respect  of the  Civil  Services 
and  Revenue  Department  Estimates,  1919-20). 

That  they  had  appointed  Sir  Watson  Ruther-
ford  to act as Chairman of  Standing  Committee  E 
(in  respect  of  the  Compensation  for  Subsidence 
Bill,  the  Trade  Disputes  ( N o.   2)   Bill,  and  the 
Ferries  (Acquisition  by  County  Councils)  Bill 
[Zorrfs]). 

That 

they  had  appointed  Sir  Archibald 
Williamson to  act  as Chairman  of  Standing  Com-
mittee  E  (in  respect  of  the  Restoration  of  P r e-
W ar   Practices  (No.  3)   Bill). 

* 

Ordered, That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

they  had  discharged 

Committee  ;  That 
following  Member  from Standing  Committee  B  : 
— Mr.  Chadwick',  and  had  appointed  in  sub-
stitution  (for  the  consideration  of  the  Electricity 
(Supply)  B i l l ):   Mr.  Norman  Craig. 

the Committee B. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the  standing 

, Committee D. 

t h e n 

they  had  discharged 

Committee  ;  That 
following  Members from Standing  CommitteeD  : 
—Sir  Francis  Blake,  Major  Courthope, 
Sir 
Alfred  Warren,  and  Major  Edward  Wood;  and 
in  substitution  Mr.  Bartley 
had  appointed 
Denniss,  Major  Henderson,  Major  William 
Murray,  and  Mr.  Strauss. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the Standing 

they  had  discharged 

Committee;  That 
following member  from  Standing  Committee  D  : 
— M r.   Archdale;  and  had  appointed  in  sub-
stitution  (for  the  consideration  of  the  Housing 
of  the  Working  Classes  (Ireland)  Bill)  :  Mr. 
Thomas  Burn. 

the  Committee D. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the Standing 
Committee  ;  That  they  had  added  to  Standing  Committee E. 
Committee  E  the  following  Member:  Mr.  Leslie 
Scott. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the  standing 
Committee;  That  they  had  added  to  Standing  Committee E. 
Committee  E  the  following  Fifteen  Members  in 
respect  of the  Restoration  of  P r e - W ar   Practices 
(No.  3)  Bill:—Rear-Admiral  Adair,  the  Lord 
Advocate,  Mr.  Big land,  Colonel  Sir  Godfrey 
Collins,  Colonel  Greig,  Sir  Robert  Home,  Sir 
Edgar  Jones,  Lieutenant-Commander  Kenworthy, 
Captain  Loseby,  Mr.  O*Grady,  Mr.  Samuel 
Samuel,  Mr.  Wardle,  Mr.  Charles  White,  Mr. 
Tyson  Wilson,  and  Mr.  Robert  Young;  and  the 
following  Fifteen  Members  (in  respect  of   the 
Trade  Disputes  ( N o.   2)   B i l l ) : — S ir   Frederick 
Banbury,  Mr.  Bridgeman,  Sir  Clifford  Cory, 
Mr.  Charles  Edwards,  M r.   Galbraith,  Colonel 
Walter  Guinness,  Mr.  Johnstone,  Mr.  Kenyon, 
Mr.  0 'G r a d y,   Mr.  Rawlinsott,  Mr.  Solicitor 
General,  Colonel  Hall  Walker,  Mr.  Tyson 
Wilson,  Sir  Alfred  Yeo,  and  Mr.  Robert  Young  ; 
and  the  following  Fourteen  Members  (in  respect 
of  the  Ferries  (Acquisition  by  County  Councils) 
Bill  [Lords]):  Mr.  Attorney  General  f or   Ire-
land,  Mr.  Hugh  Barrie,  Lieutenant-Commander 
Chilcott,  Sir  William  Howell  Davies,  Mr.  Hinds, 
Sir  Ellis  Hume-Williams,  Major  MMicking,  D r. 
Donald  Murray,  Mr.  O' Grady,  Mr.  Perkins, 
Captain  Redmond,  Brigadier-General  Wigan, 
Mr.  Tyson  Wilson,  and  Mr.  Robert  Young. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Harry  Samuel  reported  from  the  Com-  private Bills 

mittee  on  Group  A  of  Private  Bills  j  That, for (Group A.) 
the  convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee  had 
adjourned  till  Wednesday  next, at  Eleven  of  the 
clock. 

Ordered, that  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

10  GEO.  Y. 

26 th  June. 

191 

National 
Health 

p.... . 
Bill 111. 

Major  Astor,  supported  by  Dr.  Addison,  Mr. 
Munro,  and  Mr.  Macpherson,  presented  a  Bill  to 
alter  the  rate  of  remuneration  for  the  purposes 
of  exception  from  insurance  under  the  National 
j j e aj t h  i n s u r a n c e  Acts,  1911  to  1918,  and  for 
purposes  in  connection 
therewith  :  And  .the 
same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time  upon 
Monday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
Acquisition 
further  consideration  the  Acquisition 
f Assessment of 
Compensation) of  Land  (Assessment  of  Compensation)  Bill,  as 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee. 
Bill. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was proposed to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3,  1.  32,  by  inserting  at  the 
end  thereof  tbe  words  "  but  the  value  of  the 
several  interests  in  the  land  having  a  market 
value  shall  be  separately  assessed.''—(Mr.  Leslie 
Scott.) 

And  the  Question  being put, That  those words 

be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  B i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  L e f t. 
Tellers for  the  (  Captain  Guest, 

Yeas, 

( Colonel  Sanders  : 

Tellers  for  the  f  Mr.  Hogge, 

Noes, 

( Major  Entwistle  : 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

}  181. 

| 

44. 

Another  Amendment was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3,1.  33,  by  inserting  at  the 
beginning  thereof  the  words  "  Unless  tne  official 
valuer  otherwise  orders."—(Mr.  Cautley.) 

And  the  Question  being put,  That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in p. 3,1.  39,  by  inserting  at the  end 
thereof  the  words  "  but if  no  such  offer is  made 
or  if  the  sum  so awarded  exceeds  the  sum offered 
the  official  valuer  shall  order  the  acquiring 
authority  to  bear  its own  costs  and  to  pay  the 
costs  of  the  claimant."—(Mr.  Cautley.) 

And  the Question  being  put, That  those  words 

be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill; 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to  be  made 
to  the Bill,  in  p.  5,  1.  12,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words  "  except  bv  leave  of  the  High 
Court."—(Mr.  Cautley.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  BUI:—It  passed 
in  the  Negative. 

Another Amendment  was proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  5,1.  17,  by  inserting  at  the 
end  thereof  the  words— 

"  Provided  that  nothing  in  this  Act  shall 
apply  to  any  land  acquired  before  the  date 
of  this  A ct   by  a  railway,  canal,  dock,  water, 
gas,  electricity,  or  other  public  company."— 
(Mr.  Rawlinson.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment was  proposed  to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  6,1.  7,  by  inserting,  at the  end 
thereof  the  words,— 

for 

"  Either  party  to  a  claim  for  compensation 
may  require 
Inland 
the  Commissioners 
Revenue  to assess the value of  the  land in  respect 
of  which  the  claim  arises,  and  a  copy  of  any 
such  assessment  shall  be  sent  forthwith  by  the 
Commissioners  to  the  other  party,  and  such 
assessment  shall  be  admissible in evidence  of  that 
value  in  proceedings  before  the  official  valuer, 
and  the  servant  of  the  Commissioners  who  made 
the  valuation  shall  attend  if  required  for  cross-
examination  before  the  official  valuer."—(Mr. 
Leslie  Scott.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 

words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l;  

\ 

The  proposed  words  were  amended, in 1. 4,  by 
inserting  after  the  word  "  and,"  the  words  '5 a 
certified  copy  of  ";   and  in  1. 5,  by  leaving  out 
all  the  words  after  the  word  " v a l u e r , " — ( M r. 
Attorney-General,)—  and,  so  amended,  were 
there  inserted  in  the  Bill. 

Another Amendment was  proposed  to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  6, L 1 0,   by  leaving  out  from 
the  word  "  A ct   "  to  the  word  "  shall"  in  1. 12. 
—(Mr.  Hogge.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
B i l l : — T he   said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to the  R i g h t; 

The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the  ( Mr.  Cautley, 

Yeas, 

( M r.   Home; 

Tellers  for  the  ( Colonel  Sanders, 

Noes, 

|  Mr  Pratt: 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

l 
j 
) 
J 

212. 

Another  Amendment was proposed to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  4,  by  leaving  out  lines  1 to  10, 
inclusive.—(Mr.  Cautley.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 

{roposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  B i l l :— 

t  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  tbe 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  5,1.  4,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word  "  shall,"  the  words  "  upon  reasonable  and 
proper  request  made  by one  of  the parties, or  "— 
(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

Vol,.  174. 

38. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  Electricity 

itself 
[Money]. 

into  a  Committee  on  Electricity  Supply 

[Money. J 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Question  proposed,  That  for  the  purposes  of 
any  A ct   of  the  present  Session  to  amend  the 
Law  with respect  to  the  supply  of  electricity,  it 
is  expedient—- 

s  , 

(a)  to  authorise  the  Treasury  to  advance  out 
of  the  Consolidated  Fund  such  sums  not 
exceeding  in  the  aggregate  twenty  million 
pounds as maybe required in connection  with 
the  construction  of  interim  works,  and  to 

B  B  4 

26th Jurie. 

borrow  money  by means  of  Exchequer  bonds 
for  the  issue  of  such  sums  or  the  repayment 
thereof;  the  principal  of  and 
interest  on 
such  bonds  to  be  charged  on  and  paid  out 
of  the  Consolidated  F u n d; 

Amendment  proposed,  at  the  end,  to  add  the 
words  "  but  such  amount  shall  not  exceed  the 
ten  million  p o u n d s"   —  (Sir  Frederick 
sum  of 
Banbury.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

( b)   to  authorise  the  Treasury  to  guarantee 
the  interest  on  stock issued  under the powers 
of  such  A ct   by  the  Electricity  Commis-
sioners  appointed 
to  an 
amount  not  exceeding  twenty-five  million 
pounds,  and  the  charge  on  and  payment  out 
of  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  any  sums 
required  for  fulfilling  such  guarantee; 

thereunder  up 

( c)   to  authorise  the  payment  out  of  moneys  to 
be  provided  by  Parliament  for  five  years 
after  the  passing  of  such  A ct   by  way  of 
advance  of  -any  excess  of  the  expenses  of 
the  Electricity  Commissioners  over  their 
receipts. 

word 
" 

Amendment  proposed,  in  1. 4,  to  leave  out  the 
"  twenty,"  in  order  to  insert  the  word 

five." 
Question  again  proposed,  That  the  word 

"  twenty  "  stand  part  of   the  Question  ; 

Question  put. 

added. 

A nd   it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Chair-
man  left  the  Chair  to  make  his  Report  to  the 
House. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Committee 
had  made  Progress  in  the  Matter 
them 
referred;  and  that  he  was  directed  to  move, 
to  sit 
That  the  Committee  may  have 
again. 

leave 

to 

, 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 
the  said  Com-

into 

next,  again  resolve  itself 
mittee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Private 
Second  Reading  of  the  Private  Legislation  Legislation 
g S SW 
Procedure  (Ireland)  B i l l;  

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

T he   Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the J Captain  Guest, 

Yeas, 

j  Colonel  Sanders  : 

Tellers  for  the  j  Mr.  Remer, 

Noes, 

j  Mr.  George  Balfour, 

) 
) 
I 
J 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Overseas 

136. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Overseas  Trade  (Insu- Trade 
ranee  against  Abnormal  Risks)  B i l l; 

26. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time Abnormal^ 
Bisks) Bill. 

upon  Monday  next. 

Another Amendment proposed, in 1. 11, to leave 
out  the  words  "  twenty-five,"  in  order  to  insert 
the  word  " f i v e . " — ( M r.   Joynson-Hicks.) 

The  Order  of  the 
Second  Reading  of 
Powers)  B i l l; 

day 
the 

being  read,  for  the  Courts 
Courts  (Emergency  (Emergency 
J  Powers) Bill. 
6 

v 

Question  put,  That  the  words  "  twenty-five  " 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Btand  part  of  the  Question: 

The  Committee  divided. 

Tellers  for  the  (  Captain  Guest, 

Yeas, 

1 Colonel  Sanders: 

1 
f 

125. 

Tellers  f or   the  (  Sir Frederick  Banbury,  ) 
J 

1 M r.   Wilson  Fox: 

Noes, 

32. 

Main  Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
the  Com-

Deputy-Chairman  reported,  That 
mittee  had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

Housing  of 
the  Working 
Classes 
(Ireland) 
[Expenses.] 

The  House,  according  to  Order, resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  Housing  of  the  Working 
Classes  (Ireland)  [Expenses]. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Motion  made  and  Question  proposed,  That, 
for  the  purposes  of  any  A ct   of  the  present 
Session  to  amend  the  enactments  relating  to 
the  Housing  of  the  Working  Classes  and  the 
Acquisition  of  Small  Dwellings  in  Ireland,  it  is 
expedient 
to  authorise  the  payment,  out  of 
moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  of  ex-
penses  incurred  by  any  Government  Depart-
ment— 

(a)  when  acting  in  the  place  of  local  autho-
rities  in  preparing and  carrying  out  schemes 
under  such  A c t;  

< 

( b)  

in 

recouping 

losses 

incurred  by 

local 

authorities;  and 

( c)   in  contributing  to  costs  incurred  by  public 
utility  societies  and  housing trusts  and  other 
f or 
persons."  —  (Mr.  Attorney  General 
: Ireland.), 

• 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the  Merchant 

Second  Reading  of 
(Wireless  Telegraphy)  Bill  [Lords] 

Telegraphy) 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BU1  V™**-1 

; 

the  Merchant  Shipping 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of   the  day  being  read,  f or   the  Weights and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Weights  and  Measures 
(Leather  Measurement)  Bill  [Lords] 

; 

Measurement) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  B iU 

upon  Monday  next. 

T he   Order  of  the day  being read,  for receiving  Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of   [24th June] 
the  24th  day  of  this instant  June  ; 

^ 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Order  of   the  day  being  read,  f or   the Supply. 

Committee  of  S u p p l y; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

T he   Order of  the  day  being  read,  for  receiving  Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  [29th May] 
the  29th  day  of  May  last; 

E e p o r t' 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the day  being  read, for  resuming  Supply 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  [Standing 
upon  the  24th  day  of  this  instant  June,  That  S ^ J g ?^ 
this  House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  Report, 
the  Resolution,  That  a  sum,  not  exceeding 
£54,6,00,  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete 
the  sum  necessary  to" defray  the  charge  "which 
will  come in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 

10  GEO.  y. 
ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920,  for 
Expenditure  in  respect  of  Houses  of  Parliament 
Buildings. 

Ordered,  That  the Debate  be further  adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

; 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee  C] 
[13th  M a y] 
Beport. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Second  and  subsequent 
Resolutions,  which,  upon  the  24th  day  of  this 
instant  June,  were  reported  from Standing  Com-
mittee  C  of  the  13th  day  of  May  last. 

Ordered,  That  the  said- Resolutions  be  taken 

into  consideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Supply 
[Standing 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 

PlIt^May5]0"'  Supply  of  the  12th  day  of  May  last; 
Eeport. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

- 

( 

193 

Friday,  21th June 1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE   Llanelly  Rural  District  Water  Bill  was  Llanelly  Rural 

read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

district  Water 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Legal  and  General  L i fe   Assurance  Legal  and 

Society  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the 

and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

third  time  general  Life 
A qcii vft n pp 
Society  Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  {Lords.] 

the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence,  of 
their  Lordships. 

Supply 
[  Standing 
Committee  C] 
[15th  M a y] 
Eeport. 

The Order of  the  day  being  read, for  receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply  of  the  15th  day  of  May  last; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  London  County 
Powers)  Bill  was  read 

Council 
third 

the 

(General  London 
time  and£ o u n ty 
Council 
(General 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  P o w e r s)   B i lL 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Supply 
[Standing 

:  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  receiving 
of 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report 

[ K g ] 0 1  Supply  of  the  27th  day  of  May  last; 
Report. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

War  Loan 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  W ar   Loan  Bill  ; 

A  Public  Petition  was  presented,  and  read;   Public 

and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

L t S p o r t. 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Fines,  &c. 
directions  of  several  A c ts   of  Parliament,—  Copy   (Ireland.) 
of  Abstract  of  Account  of  Fines  accounted  for 
by   the  Registrar  of  Petty  Sessions  Clerks  in 
Ireland  for  the  year  1918. 

Copy  of  Accounts  of  Receipts  and  Expendi-   Dogs 

ture  under  the  Dogs  Regulation  (Ireland)  A c t,  
1865,  for  the  year  1918. 

i sS 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Table. 

upon  Monday  next. 

Government  , 
of  India 
[Salaries  and 
Expenses.  ] 

The  Order 

of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 
[Salaries 

on  Government  of  India 

Committee 
and  Expenses]; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Gheckweighmg 
in Various 
Industries 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Checkweighing  in 
Various  Industries  Bill,  not  amended 
the 
Standing  Committee  ; 

in 

Ordered,  T^hsit  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 

time : —The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  pursuant  to  Electric 
the  directions of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Lighting 
Report  by  the  Board  of  Trade  respecting  the  ^ 
applications  to,  and  proceedings  of,  the  Board  of  (Proceedings.) 
Trade  under  the  Electric  Lighting  A c t s,   1882 
to  1909,  during  the  past  year. 

1 8 82   t0 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Kellaway  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Woolwich 

Command,—Copy  of  Reports  to  the  Minister  of   Royal 
Munitions  of  Committee  of  Inquiry  into  the  ^ctoriS 
Royal  Ordnance  Factories,  Woolwich. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Corn 
Production 
Acts  (Repeal) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for  resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  4th  day  of  this  instant  June,  That  the 
Corn  Production  Acts  (Repeal)  Bill  be  now 
read  a  second  time  ; 

Ordered,  That the Debate  be further  adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

Adjournment, 

A nd   then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  two  minutes  after  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

VOL.  174. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-   Selection 
mittee  of  Selection,  That  they  had  discharged  (Standing 
the 
following  Member  from  Standing  Com-   standing 6 
mittee  D : — M r.   Daniel  Wilson-,  and  had  ap-Committee D 
pointed  in  substitution  (for  the  consideration  of 
the  Housing  of  the  Working  Classes  (Ireland) 
B i l l ):   Mr.  Donald. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the  Standing 
Committee,  That  they  had  discharged  the  fol-   Committee  E. 
lowing  Member  from  Standing  Committee  E  :-— 
Mr.  Charles  Edwards  (added  in  respect  of  the 
Trade  - Disputes  ( N o.   2)   B i l l );   and  had  ap-
pointed  in  substitution  (in  respect  of  the  Trade 
Disputes  (No.  2)  R i l l ):   Mr.  Clement  Edwards. 

Ordered, That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

c  c 

i 

27th—30th  June. 

Dogs 
Protection 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Third  Reading  of  the  Dogs  Protection  B i l l; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
the  Bill  be  now  read 

being  proposed,  That 
the  third  time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out 
f r om   the  word 
"  That "  to  the  end  of  the  Question,  and  adding 
the words  "this  House  declines  to  proceed  fur-
ther  with  a  measure  ' which  would  impose  an 
unnecessary  and  vexatious  obstacle  to  medical 
research"  —  (Sir  Watson 
Cheyne),—instead 
thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Question: 

And  notice being  taken  that  Forty  Members 
were  not  present,  the  House  was'  told 
by  Mr.  Speaker;  and  Forty  Members 
not  being  present,  and  it  being  then  after 
Four  of  the  clock,  the  House  was  ad-
journed  by  Mr.  Speaker  at  twenty-two 
minutes  before  Five  of  the  clock,  without 
a  Question  first  put,  till  Monday  next. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant 

to 
Order  of  20th  February, of  Estimates  referred 
to  a  Standing  Committee. 

Title  of  Estimates. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Navy  (Excesses,  1917-18)  - 

-

c. 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  L e f t. 

Tellers  for  the j  Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

Yeas, 

(Sir  John  Butcher: 

Tellers  for  the) Captain  Guest, 

Noes, 

I Colonel  Sanders : 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

} 
f 

62. 

101. 

Monday,  30 th June 1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

And 

the  Question  being  p u t;   That 

the 
words  "this  House  declines  to  proceed  further 
with  a  measure  which  would  impose  an  unneces-
sary  and vexatious  obstacle  to medical  research," 
be  added  to  the  word  " T h a t"  
in  the  Main 
Question  :—It  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  the  Main  Question,  so  amended,  being 

p u t; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  declines  to  proceed 
further  with  a  measure  which  would  impose  an 
unnecessary  and  vexatious  obstacle  to  medical 
research. 

Nurses 
Registration 
Bill. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Nurses  Registration 
Bill  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee. 

Amendments  were  made  to  the  Bill. 

Another Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p. 2,  by  leaving  out  lines  3  to  12, 
and  inserting  the  words  "  namely,  one  person  to 
be  appointed by  the Privy  Council, one person  by 
the  British  Medical  Association,  two  persons  by 
the  College  of  Nursing,  Limited,  one  person  by 
the Royal  British  Nurses'Association,  and thirty -
^even  nurses  by  election  on  the  part of  all nurses 
duly  registered,  the  first  election  to  take  place 
on the  expiration  of  two  years  from  the  passing 
hereof," —  (Lieutenant-Commander  Astbury),  — 
instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 

word  "  Three  "  stand  part  of  the  B i l l; 

And  a  Debate  arising  thereupon  ; 
And  a Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That the Debate  be  now  adjourned,— 
:—It  was  resolved  in  the 
(Major  Ormsby-Gore) 
Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  upon 

Friday  next. 

Corn 
Production 
Acts  (Repeal) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  re-
suming  the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question 
proposed  upon  the  4th  day  of  this  instant  J u n e; 
(Repeal) 

That  the  Corn  Production  Acts 

Bill  be  now  read  a seeond  time. 

IT HE   Hartlepool  Corporation  Bill 

was  read  the  third  time  and 

Amendments. 

[.Lords], 

Hartlepool 

w i th   Corporation 
BiU  [Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same, with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  Mansfield  Railway  Bill  [Lords'],  was  read Mansfield 

the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

P^lrr^ 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

Ordered, That  the  Stourport  Gas  Bill  [Lords],  stourport  Gas 
as  amended  in  the  Committee,  be  taken  into  Bill  [Lords.] 
consideration  upon  Monday  next. 

The  Nuneaton  Corporation  Bill,  [Lords],  was 

read  a  second  time ;  and  committed. 

The  St.  Just  (Falmouth)  Ocean  Wharves  and 
Railways  Bill .[Lords],  was  read  a  second  time; 
and  committed. 

Ordered,  That.  Mr.  Speaker  do  issue  his 
Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to  make 
out  a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a  Member 
for  the 
to  serve  in  this  present  Parliament 
Lanark  County,  Bothwell  Division, 
the 
in 
room  of  David  Henderson  Macdonald,  Esquire, 
deceased.—(Colonel  Sanders.) 

Nuneaton 
Corporation 
Bill [Lords.] 
St. Just 
(Falmouth) 
Ocean Wharves 
and  Railways 
Bill  [Lords.] 
Lanark 
County, 
Bothwell 
Division 
(Writ.) 

: 

Mr,  Macpherson  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Department of 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  ^fd Technical 
Black  Scab  in  Potatoes  (Special  Area,  Ireland), instruction for 
No.  3  Order,  1919. 

Ireland. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Arthur  Griffith- Boscawan  presented,  by Woods, 
His  Majesty's  Command, —  Copy  of  Ninety-  ^ ^ f 8' a nd 
seventh  Report  of  the  Commissioners  of  Woods,  Revenues. 
Forests  and  Land  Revenues,  dated  June 
1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to  War charities 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed  : — 
The  House  resumed  the  said  adjourned  Debate. 

the  directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Scheme  under  the  W ar   Charities  (Scotland) 

' 

10  GEO.  Y. 

30th June. 

195 

Act,   1919,  for  the  application  of  the  Funds  or 
Property of the  Women's  Emergency  0orps(War 
Hospital  Supply  Depot),  Edinburgh. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

payment  during  the year  ending  on the  31st  day 
of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses 
of  the  Local  Government  Board,  including  cer-
tain  Special  Services  arising  out  of  the  War. 

Table. 

Treaty Series 
(No. 4, 1919.) 

Mr.  Cecil  Harmsworth  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Treaty  of  Peace 
between  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  and 
Signed  at  Versailles,  28th  June 
Germany. 
1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

National 
Insurance 
Acts,  1911 to 
1918. 

National 
Health 
Insurance 
Joint 
Committee. 

Soane's 
Museum. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  a  Return  as  to  the  Admin-
istration of  Sanatorium  Benefit  from  lst  January 
1917  to  31st  December  1917  and  lst  January 
1918  to  31st  December  1918. 

Copy  of  Order  dated  26th  June  1919,  made 
by  the  National  Health  Insurance  Joint  Com-
mittee,  entitled  the  National  Health  Insurance 
Act,   1918(Dateof  Commencement)  Amendment 
Order,  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of  an A ct   of  Parliament, was  laid  upon  the  Table 
by the Clerk  of  the  House  :—Copy  of  Statement 
of  the Funds of  the  Museum of  the  late Sir  John 
Soane  on  5th  January  1919. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  D. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Selection,  That  they  had  added  the 
following  Member  to  Standing  Committee  D  :— 
Sir  Maurice  Dockrell. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Message from 
the  Lords. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House,  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 

Government 
of  India Bill. 

The  Lords  concur  with the  Commons  in  their 
Resolution  communicated  to  them  on  Tuesday 
last:  That  it  is  expedient  that  the  Government 
of  India  Bill  be committed  to  a Joint  Committee 
of  Lords  and  Commons. 

Town  Tenants 
Bill. 

Bill  113. 

Mr.  Rowlands,  supported  by  Mr.  Gilbert,  Mr. 
Hinds,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Parry, 
and  Mr. 
Strauss, presented a  Bill to improve  the  position 
of  tenants  of  certain  houses,  shops,  and  other 
buildings  in  Great  Britain  :  And  the  same  was 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday 
the  28th  day  of  July  n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

Business of 
the House 
(Supply.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Civil  Services  Estimates, 
1919-20,  Class  2,  Vote  17  (Local  Government 
Board),  be  considered  in  Committee  of  Supply. 
— ( M r.   Bohar  Law.) 

Supply1 
Day!]all0tted  into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

The  House,  according  to Order,  resolved  itself 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Civil  Services  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  I I. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That  a 
sum  not exceeding £1,380,377  be granted  to  His 
the  sum  necessary  to 
Majesty,  to  complete 
defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  . of 

VOL.  174. 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question,  That 
the  Chairman  do  report  progress;  and  ask  leave 
to  sit  again,—{Dr.   Addison,)—put,  and  agreed 
to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  acquainted 
the  House,  That  the  Committee  had  made 
Progress  in  the  matter  to  them  referred  ;  and 
that he was directed  to move, That the  Committee 
may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Mr.  Kellaway  reported from  the  Committee  of Supply 
Supply  of  the  24th  day  of  this  instant  June  a ^2e4t£.tJune] 
Resolution  ;  which  was read,  as followeth  : 

Civil  Services  Estimates  1912-20. 

Ministry  of  Munitions. 

That  a sum  not  exceeding  £900  be  granted  Ministry of 

to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum  necessary  M u n i t i o n s-
to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course 
of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the 
31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries  and 
Expenses  of  the  Ministry  of  Munitions. 

The  said  Resolution,  being read  a second  time, 

was  agreed  to. 

The  Order  of  the day  being  read, for receiving  Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  & f c M a yl 
the  29th  day  of  May  last; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read, 

for Supply 

c-. 

resuming  the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Ques- 
tion  proposed  upon  the  24th  day  of  this  instant  ri3th May] 
June,  That  this  House  doth  agree  with  the Report. 
Committee  in  the  Resolution,  That  a  sum  not 
exceeding  £54,600  be  granted  to  His  Majesty, 
to  complete  the  sum  necessary  to  defray  the 
charge  which  will  come  in  course  of  payment 
during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of 
Msirch  1920 
in  respect  of 
for  Expenditure 
Houses  of  Parliament  Buildings. 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed  :— 
The  House  resumed  the  said  adjourned  Debate. 
And  the  Question  being  p u t : — It   was resolved 

in  the  Affirmative. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to Supply 

take  into  consideration  the  Second  and  subse-
quent  Resolutions  which,  upon  the  24th  day 
this instant  J une,  were  reported  from  Standing  fteport. 
Committee  C  of  the  13th  day  of  May  last: 

OI  [13th  May] 

c  Committee  C] 

Civil  Services  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  I. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £39,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  Expenditure 
in  respect  of  Miscellaneous  Legal  Buildings. 

3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £75,400  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  Expenditure  in 
c  C  2 

196 

30$  June. 

1 9 1 9. 

Supply 
[Standing 
[°2th May]0"1 
Report. 

Civil Services 
Estimates, 
1919-20. 

Survey of 
the United 
Kingdom. 

Harbours 
under the 
Board of 
Trade. 

Peterhead 
Harbour. 

Rates on 
Government 
Property. 

respect  of  A rt   and  Science  Buildings,  Great 
Britain. 

4.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £69,900  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  daring  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  f or   Expenditure  in 
respect  of  Diplomatic  and  Consular  Buildings, 
and  for  the  maintenance  of  certain  Cemeteries 
abroad. 

, 

A nd   the  said  Resolutions  were  agreed  to. 

Mr.  Towyn  Jones  reported  from  Standing 
Committee  C  several  Resolutions  of  the  12th 
o f  May  last  relating  to  Supply  which  were 

read,  as  f o l l o w: 

Civil  Services  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  I. 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £145,836  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  f or   the  Expenses  of 
Survey  of  the  United  Kingdom,  and  for  minor 
services  connected  therewith. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £3,226  be1 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come; 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Expenses 
of  maintaining  certain  Harbours  under the  Board 
of  Trade,  and  for grants  for  Harbours. 

3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £22,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  y ear  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Expenses  of 
constructing  a  new  Harbour  of  Refuge  at 
Peterhead. 

4.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £563,950  be. 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  Rates  and 
Contributions  in  lieu  of  Rates,  &c.,  in  respect  of 
Government  Property  and  for  Rates  on  Houses 
occupied  by  Representatives  of  Foreign  Powers, 
and 
the 
for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of 
Rating  of  Government  Property  Department, 
and  for  a  contribution  towards  the  Expenses  of 
the  London  Fire  Brigade. 

The  said Resolutions, being  read a second  time, 

were  agreed  to. 

Mr.  Towyn  Jones  reported 

from  Standing 
Supply 
[Standing 
Committee  C  a  Resolution  of  the  15th  day  of 
^i5t™MaC]G"'  M ay   ^ a s t  relating  to  Supply  which  was  read,  as 
Report, 

followeth: 

Civil Services 
Estimates. 
1919-20.  ' 

Revenue 
Buildings, 

Civil  Services  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  I. 

That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £590,900  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  Expenditure  in 
respect  of  Customs and Excise,  Inland  Revenue, 
Post  Office  and  Telegraph  Buildings  in  Great 
Britain,  and  certain  Post  Offices  Abroad. 

Mr.  Towyn  Jones  reported 

from  Standing  Supply 

Committee  C  several  Resolutions  of  the  27th  [£m^ttfe CI 
day  of  May  last  relating  to  Supply  which  were  j-27th May] 
read,  as  follow  : 

Report. 

Civil  Services  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  I. 

Civil Services 
Estimates, 
1919-20. 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,430,700  be  Public 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum  ®^t*Mtain 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  Expenditure  in 
respect  of  sundry  Public  Buildings  in  Great 
Britain,  not  provided  for  on  other  Votes. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £176,700  be  Public 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  Expenditure  in 
respect  of  Public  Buildings  in  Ireland,  f or   the 
Maintenance 
certain  Parks  and  Public 
Works  and  for  the  Maintenance  of  Drainage 
Works  on  the  River  Shannon. 

of 

< 

in 

3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £436,700  be  Ministry of 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum  L a b o n r-
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  Expenditure 
in  respect  of  Ministry  of  Labour,  Employment 
Exchange  and 
Insurance  Buildings,  Great 
Britain. 

4.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £82,340  be  Railways 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum  (Ireland.) 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  payments  under 
the  Tramways  and  Public  Companies  (Ireland) 
(Ireland)  A c t, 
A ct   1883,  &c.,  the  Railways 
1895,  the  Marine  Works  (Ireland)  Act,  1902, 
and  for  other  purposes  connected  with 
Irish 
Railways. 

> 

The 

first  two  Resolutions  being  read  a 

second  time  were  agreed  to. 

The  Third  Resolution  being  read  a  second 
time  was  amended  by  leaving  out  "  £436,700," 
and inserting  "  £336,700,"—(Sir  Alfred  Mond,) 
—instead  thereof,  and,  so  amended, was  agreed 
to. 

The  Fourth  Resolution  being  read  a  second 

time  was  agreed  to. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Joint stock 
Second  Reading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks  jP^ai  a m a. 
tionControl) 
(Amalgamation  Control)  B i l l;  

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bil1' 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Finance Bill. 

Committee  on  the  Finance  B i l l; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Ministry of 

into  consideration  the  Ministry  of  Ways  and 
Communications  Bill, as amended  in  the  Stand-  tionsKll!03" 
ing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking Land 

into  consideration  the  Land  Settlement  (Faci-
lities)  Bill,  as  amended 
Committee; 

in 

the  Standing  gy^1 

The  said Resolution, being read a  second  time, 

was agreed to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

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30th June—lst  July. 

197 

National 
Health 
Insurance 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  National  Health 

of 

Second  Beading 
Insurance  Bill; 

Ordered,  That, the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Acquisition of 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Assessment of  "^"rd  Reading  of  the  Acquisition  of  Land 
Compensation) (Assessment  of  Compensation)  Bill  ; 

BU1- 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Electricity 
Supply 
[Money.] 

The  Order of  the day being  read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  on  Electricity 
Supply  [Money]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Housing of 
the Working 
Classes 
(Ireland) 
| Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on Housing  of  the  Working  Classes 
(Ireland)  [Expenses]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Private 
Legislation 
Procedure 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Private  Legislation 

Second  Reading  of 
Procedure  (Ireland)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Overseas  Trade  (Insur-
ance  against  Abnormal  Risks)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Emergency 

the  Courts 

Second  Reading  of 
Powers)  Bill; 

Tuesday. 

July  1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

MR.   Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private Bills 

from  one  of  the Examiners  of  Petitions  for  j^T^-jj 

the  First  Reading  thereof,  the  Standing  ^ u J^ i n t <> 

Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following  Orders not 
Bills,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and  referred previously 
on 
Orders  not  previously  inquired  into,  which  are  wjth.) 
applicable  thereto,  have  been  complied  with, 
viz.— 

Huddersfield  Corporation  Gas  Bill  [Lords], 

. 

Middlesbrough  Corporation  Bill 
Stockton-on-Tees  Corporation  Bill 

[Lords]. 

[Lords]. 

Ordered, That  the  Bills  be  read  a second  time. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Beport 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bills,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof,  the 
Standing  Orders  which  are  applicable  thereto 
have  been  complied  with,  viz.  :— 

Provisional 
Order BiUs 
(Standing 
•Orders 
applicable 
thereto 
complied 
with.) 

Local  Government  Provisional  Orders 

(No.  3)  Bill. 

Local  Government  Provisional 

Order 

( N o.   4)  Bill. 

Local  Government  Provisional  Order 

(No.  5)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bills  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

s 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table, —  Report  Provisional 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following  orders U 
8 
Bills,  referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof,  no applicable.) 
Standing  Orders  are  applicable,  viz.  :— 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Merchant  Shipping 

Second  Reading  of 
(Wireless  Telegraphy)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Commons  Regulation  (Coity  Wallia)  Pro-

visional  Order  Bill. 

Local  Government  Provisional  Orders 

(No.  2)  Bill. 

Local  Government  Provisional  Order 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

(No.  6)  Bill. 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Weights  and  Measures 

Weights and 
Measures 
, 
L 
Measurement)  (Leather  Measurement)  Bill  [Lords']  ; 
BUi [Lord,.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Wednes-
day  next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

War Loan BiU.  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  War  Loan  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Government of  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee on Government  of India Bill [ Salaries 
India Bill 
and  Expenses]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Adjournment. 

And  then  the  House,  having  continued  to 
sit  till  five  minutes  before  nine  of  the 
clock, adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

Local  Government  Provisional  Orders 

(No.  7)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bills  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  House proceeded to take into consideration  Hartlepool 
the  Hartlepool  Gas  and  Water  Bill  [Lords]  as  Gas and Water 
amended  in  the  Committee. 

BlU 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  pursuant  to Merchant 
the directions  of an  A ct   of Parliament,—Account  Seamen's 
of  the  Receipts  and  Expenditure  under  the  Sea- 
men's  Fund  Winding-up  A ct   from  lst  January 
to  31st  December  1918. 

un 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc- Representation 

tions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Order  in  Council,  dated  25th  June  1919,  under  A o t s'  1918° 
the  Representation  of  the  People  Acts,  1918, 
making  certain  Amendments  in  Schedule  I I I. 
of  the  Representation  of  the  People  Order. 

t h e people 

Copies  of  Five  Orders  in  Council,  dated  25th  Naval and 
June  1919,  under  the  Naval  and  Marine  Pay  M a r i? e  *** 
and Pensions 
and  Pensions  A c t,   1865. 
Act, 1865. 

V O L.   174. 

C  c  3 

Overseas 
Trade 
(Insurance 
against 
Abnormal 
Bisks) Bill. 

Courts 
(Emergency 
Powers)  Bill. 

Merchant 
Shipping 
(Wireless 
Telegraphy) 
Bill  [Lords.] 

1 98 

1st July. 

Greenwich 
Hospital Acts, 
1866 to 1883. 

Explosives 
Act, 1873. 

Copy  of  Order  in  Council,  dated  25th  June 
1919,  under  the  Greenwich  Hospital  A c t s,   1865 
to  1883,  approving  a  Memorial  of  the  Lords 
Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty  praying  sanc-
tion  to  the  removal  of  the  existing  limitation  of 
the  annual  amount  of  Greenwich  Hospital  Funds 
which  may  be  expended  on  the  Edufeation  and 
Maintenance  of  certain  Boys. 

Ctopy  of  Order  in  Council,  dated  25th  June 
1919,  exempting  Di-nitro-phenol  under  certain 
conditions  from  the  provisions  of  the  Explosives 
A c t,   1875. 

Merchant 
1894Ptol9UtS'  l 9 1 9>  u n d er  

Copy  of  Order  in  Council,  dated  25th  June 
t he   M e r c h a nt   Shipping  Acts,  1894 
into 
(Conven-

"to  1914,  further  postponing  the  coming 
operation  of  the  Merchant  Shipping 
tion)  A c t,   1914. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon 

the  Table. 

Sir  Alfred  Mond  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Hampton 
Court Gardens. Command,—Copy  of the Report of the  Committee 
appointed  by  the  First  Commissioner  of   His 
Majesty's  Works 
to  advise  on  the  proposed 
alteration  of  floweivbeds  at  Hampton  Court. 

/ 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Production of 
Milk. 

Mr.  George  Roberts 

presented,  by   His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of 
the 
Travelling  Commission  appointed  by  the  Food 
Controller  to  inquire  into  the  cost  of  Production 
of  Milk. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

City of London 
Police Bill. 

Sir  Albion  Richardson  reported  from the  Select 
Committee  on  the  City  of  London  Police  B i l l; 
That  they  had  examined  the  allegations  of  the 
Bill,  and  found  the  same  to  be  true,  and  had 
taken  evidence  thereon,  which  they  had  directed 
him  to  report  to  the  House,  and  had  gone 
through  the  Bill  and made  an  Amendment  there-
unto. 

No.  129. 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes  of  Proceedings  of 

the  Select  Committee  be  printed. 

No.  129. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Bill  114. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Select  Committee,  be  re-committed  to  a  Com-
mittee  of  the  whole  House  f or   to-morrow;  and 
be  printed. 

Message from 
the Lords. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  f r om   the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  foiloweth  : 

British 
Mercantile 
Marine 
Uniform Bill 
[Lord).'] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
A ct   to  make  provision  with  respect 
to  the 
British  Mercantile  Marine  U n i f o r m;   to  which 
the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

Tynemouth 
Corporation 
Bill [Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  empower  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and 
Burgesses  of  the  borough  of  Tynemouth  to  con-; 
struct  a  new  street  and  street  improvements;  to 
provide  and  run  trolley  vehicles  and  omnibuses  ; 
to  make  further  provision  with  respect  to  the 
acquisition  by  them  of  tramways  and  light  rail-
ways,  and  to  enable  them  to  work  the  same  ;  to 
make  further  provision  with  respect  to  their 
water  undertaking,  and  for  other  purposes  ;  to 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

T he   Tynemouth  Corporation  Bill 

[Lords']  Tynemouth 

was  read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-  Selection 
mittee  of  Selection  ;  That  they  have  discharged  ^ ^ e e s .) 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-  standing 
mittee  B  :—Lieutenant-Colonel  Arthur  Murray  Committee B. 
and  Mr.  John  Taylor;  and  had  appointed 
in 
substitution  (for  the  consideration  of   the  Elec-
( S u p p l y)   B i l l ):   Sir  Evan  Jones  and 
tricity 
Mr.  John  Williams. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the  Standing" 
Committee  ;  That  they  had  discharged  the  fol-  Committee D. 
lowing  Member  from  Standing  Committee  D :— 
Major  Henderson. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the  Standing 
Committee;  That  they  had  added  the  following  Committee E. 
Member 
to  Standing  Committee  E  :—Major 
M alone. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Turton  reported 

from  Standing  Com-  Supply 

mittee  C,  That  they  had  agreed  to  the  following  (Standing 
Resolutions : 

Committee C.) 

Civil  Services  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  I I. 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £190,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to-complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  March  1920  for  the  Salaries  and  E x-
penses  of  the  Department  of  Overseas  Trade. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £15,213  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries  and 
Expenses  in  tbe  Office  of  His  Majesty's  Woods, 
Forests,  and  Land  Revenues. 

3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £170,890  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries  and 
Expenses  of  the  Offif-e  of  the  Commissioners  of 
His  Majesty's  Works  and  Public  Buildings. 

Ordered,  That  the  Resolutions  be  reported 

to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  adjourned  Debate  upon  Com 

last,  That  the  Corn  Production  Acts  pjj]®, 

the  Question  proposed  upon 
June 
(Repeal)  Bill  be  now  read  a  second  time,  be 
resumed  to-morrow. 

the  4th  day  of 

p 

The  Order, of  the  day  being  read  for  taking  Ministry of 

into  consideration  the  Ministry  of  W a ys   and 
Communications  Bill  as amended  in  the  Standing  tionsBiU.0** 
Committee  ; 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  re-committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House;—(Mr.  Joynson-
Hicks.) 

And,  the  Motion  being  opposed,  after  a  brief  Question pat 
from  the  Member  who  (pursuant to 

the  Motion  and 

explanatory  statement 
made 
the  Question 
opposed 
thereon,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  40A  : 
— A nd   it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

it,  Mr.  Speaker  put 

from  a  member  who  8. 0.   No. 40A.> 

10  GEO.  V. 

1 at  July. 

199 

Tlien  the  House  proceeded  to  take  into  con-
sideration  the  Bill  as  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee. 

A  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added  to  the 
Bill  (Accounts,  Statistics,  and  Returns),—(Sir 
Eric  Geddes),—and  the  said  Clause  was  brought 
up,  and  read  the  first  and  second  time  ; 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  proposed  Clause, in  1. 6,  by  adding  at  the end 
thereof  the  words— 

"  (2)  It  shall  on  and  after  the  sixth  day  of 
April  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty,  -be  obliga-
tory  on  all  highway  authorities  to  keep  their 
records  and  books  of  account  in  such  manner 
and  form  as to  show  expenditure  solely  incurred 
and  made  on  the  construction,  reconstruction, 
improvement,  or  maintenance  of  roads,  bridges, 
and  culverts to meet the requirements  of  wheeled 
traffic  separately  and  distinctly  from  any  ex-
penditure  incurred  in  executing  work  on  or  to 
roads,  bridges,  and  culverts  for  purposes  or 
reasons  including  sidewalks,  cleansing,  water-
ing,  lighting,  sewerage,  subways,  and  public 
in  part  other  than  to 
conveniences  wholly  or 
make  provision  to  carry  wheeled  traffic,  and 
to  furnish  the  Minister  from  time  to 
time 
with certified  extracts, copies,  or analyses of  such 
records  and  accounts."—(Mr.  Joynson-Hicks.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
there  added:—The  said  proposed 
leave  of  the  House, 

words  be 
Amendment  was,  with 
withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  proposed  Clause, in  1. 6,  by  adding  at  the 
end  thereof  the  words— 

"  Provided  that  nothing  in  this  section  shall 
remove  the  liability  of  the  owners  of  any  rail-
way  to  render  the  accounts  required  under  the 
Railway  Companies 
(Accounts  and  Returns) 
Act,  1911."—(Major  Barnes.) 

And  the  Question  being put, That  those  words 

be  there  inserted  ; 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 

The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the j Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Yeas, 

1 Captain  Guest: 
Tellers  for  the/ Colonel  William  Thome,\  RS) 
I Mr.  Griffiths  : 

Noes, 

1 gg^ 
/ 

"So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  proposed Clause,  in  1, II,  by  leaving 
to  the  end 
out  from  the  word 
thereof,  and  inserting  the  words  " a nd   may  for 
that  purpose  confer  on  the  owners  any  such 
powers  of  acquiring  land, or  easements,  or  con-
structing  works,  as are  mentioned  in  paragraph 
(d)  of  subsection  (1)  of  that  section. 

"  prescribe," 

Provided  that  if  the  owners  of  such  under-
taking  consider  that  any  such  requirements  are 
likely  to  be  seriously 
injurious  to  the  under-
taking  or  to  the  trade  of  the  port  they  may 
appeal, in  the  case  of  an  undertaking  situate  in 
England  or  Wales,  to  the  Lord  Chief  Justice 
of  England,  and,  in  the  case  of  an  undertaking 
situate  in  Scotland,  to  the Lord  President  of  the 
Court  of  Session,  and, in  the  case  of  an  under-
taking  situate  in  Ireland,  to  the  Lord  Chief 
Justice  of  Ireland,  and  if  it  appears  to  such 
Lord  Chief  Justice  or  Lord  President  that  a 
prim& facie  case  is  made  out  that  the  require-
ments  of  the  Minister  would  be  so  injurious  as 
aforesaid  he  shall  forthwith  appoint  an  arbi-
trator  to  hold  an  immediate  inquiry  and,  if  the 
arbitrator  reports  that  the  carrying  out  of  the 
requirements  of  the  Minister  will  be  so inj urious 
as  aforesaid,  the  Minister  shall  revoke  his  order, 
without  prejudice  to  the  power  of  the  Minister 
to  issue  a  new  order."—(Sir  Eric  Geddes,)— 
instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed, That  those 
words be there added:—The said proposed Amend-
ment  was,  with  leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left out stand part of  the  proposed 
Clause  :—It  passed  in  the  Negative, 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  pro-
posed  Clause  be  made  part  of  the  B i l l : — It   was 
resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Another  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added  to 
the  Bill  (Saving 
for  statutory  harbour,  dock, 
and  pier  authorities,)—(Sir  William  Pearce),— 
and  the  said  Clause  was  brought  up  and  read 
the  first  and  second  time  ; 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  proposed  Clause,  in  1.  I,  by  inserting,  after 
the  word  "  in,"  the  words  "  section three  of  " .— 
(Sir  Eric  Geddes.) 

And  the  Question  being  .proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  :—And  a  Debate  arising 
thereupon  ; 

Mr. Speaker 
declines to 
propose  a 
Question 
(Abuse  of 
Rules.) 

Lord  Hugh  Cecil  moved,  That  the  Debate 
be  now  adjourned;  but  Mr.  Speaker  being  of 
opinion  that  the  Motion  was  an  abuse  of  the 
Rules  of  the  House,  declined  to  propose  the 
Question  thereupon  to  the  House. 

And  the Question  being put, That  those  words 
in  the 
inserted  :—It  was  resolved 

be  there 
Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be made 
to  the  proposed  Clause, in  1. 2,  by  inserting  after 
the  word  ''Parliament,"  the  words  "including 
the  Manchester  Ship  Canal  but  not  including 
any  harbour,  dopk,  or  pier  forming  part  of  a 
railway  undertaking,"—(Sir  Eric  Geddes.) 

V O L.   174.. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 

words  be  there  inserted. 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  proposed  Amendment  by  inserting  after  the 
second  word  "  may,"  the  words  "  within  seven 
days  of  receiving  notice  of  such  requirements 
from  the  Minister."  —  (Sir  James  Fortescue 
Flannery.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  said  proposed 
Amendment:  —  The  Amendment  to  the  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  With  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

The  said  proposed  Amendment  was  amended 
by  inserting,  after  the  second  word  "  may,"  the 
words  "within  thirty  days  of  receiving  notice 
of  such  requirements  from  the  Minister."—(Sir 
James  Fortescue  Flannery.) 

for  that  purpose  confer  on 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
the 
"andi  may 
owners  any  such  powers  of  acquiring 
land  or 
easements,  or  constructing  works,  as  are  men-
tioned  in  paragraph  (d)  of  subsection  ( 1)   of  that 
section. 

Provided  that  if  the  owners  of  such  under-
taking  consider  that  any  such  requirements  are 
likely  to  be  seriously  injurious  to  the  under-
taking  or  to  the  trade  of  the  port  they  may, 
within  thirty  days  of  receiving  notice  of  such 
requirements  from  the  Minister  appeal,  in  the 
case  of  an  undertaking  situate  in  England  or 

c  c  4 

» 

2 00 

Isi  July. 

1919. 

Wales,  to   the  Lord  Chief  Justice  of  England, 
and,  in  the  case  of  an  undertaking  situate  in 
Scotland,  to  the  L o rd   President  of  the  Court 
of  Session,  and,  in  the,  case  of  an  undertaking 
situate  in  Ireland,  to  the  Lord  Chief  Justice 
of  Ireland,  and  if  it  appears  to  such  Lord  Chief 
Justice  or  Lord  President  that  a  prim&  facie 
case  is  made  out  that  the  requirements  of  the 
Minister  would  be  so  injurious  as  aforesaid,  he 
shall  forth with appoint  an  arbitrator  to  hold  an 
immediate  inquiry,  and,  if  the  arbitrator  reports 
that  the  carrying  out  of  the  requirements  of  the 
Minister  will  be  so  injurious  as  aforesaid,  the 
Minister  shall revoke  his  order, without prejudice 
to  the  power  of  the  Minister  to  issue  a  new 
order,"  be  there  inserted  in  the  proposed  clause  : 
— It   was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That  the  Clause, 

so  amended,  be  made  part  of  the  Bill  ; 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  L e f t. 

Tellers for the  J Captain  Guest, 

Yeas, 

(  Lord  Edmund  Talbot: 

Tellers  f or   the 

Noes, 

{  Mr.  Griffiths  : 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

(Provisions  as  to  Orders 

Another  Clause  was  offered to  be  added  to  the 
in  Council,0)— 
Bill 
(Sir  Frederick  Banbury),—and 
the  said  Clause 
was  brought  up,  and  read  the  first  and  SecoDd 
time,  and  amended  in  1.  5,  by  leaving  out  all 
the  words  after  the  word  " p u b l i c i t y"   —  (Sir 
Frederick  Banbury),  and,  so  amended,  was  made 
part  of  the  Bill. 

Another  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added  to  the 
Bill  (Complaints  to  Railway  and  Canal  Com-
mission  as  to  undue  disadvantage)—(Mr.  Penne-
fat  her),—and 
the  said  Clause  was  brought  up 
and  read  the  first  time. 

A nd   a  Motion  being  made  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  said  Clause  be  read  a 
second  time  : — T he   said Motion  and Clause  were 
severally,  with  leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added  to 
the  Bill  (Right  of  Traders  to  appeal  to  Railway 
and  Canal  Commissioners)—(Mr,Joynson~Hicks\ 
—and  the  said  Clause  was  brought  up  and  read 
the  first  time. 

A nd   a  Motion  being  made  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  said  Clause  be  read  a 
second  time  : — T he   said  Motion  and Clause  were 
severally,  with  leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added  to 
the  Bill  (Appeal  as  to  Bridges)—(Mr.  Joynson-
Hicks),—and 
the  said  Clause  was  brought  up, 
and  read  the  first  and  second  time,  and  made 
part  of  the  Bill. 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  17,  by  leaving  out  the  words 
"  W a ys   and  Communications,"  and  inserting  the 
Pearce),— 
word  " T r a n s p o r t , "—   (Sir  William 
instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the 
"  Ways  and  Communications  "  stand  part 
B i l l; 

words, 
of  the 

Tellers  for  the  j  M r.   Remer, 

Yeas, 

I Colonel  Raw  : 

|  109. 

Tellers  for  the  j  Sir  William  Pearce, 

Noes, 

1 Mr.  Alexander  Shaw: 

J  65. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  19,  by  leaving  out  the 
word  "tramways  " — ( M r.   George  Balfour). 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
"  tramways  "  stand  part  of  the  B i l l : — It   was 
resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  I.  40, by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words,— 

,  "  (  )  Nothing  in  this  section  shall  transfer  to 
the Minister  the  powers  or duties of  any  Govern-
ment  department  in  relation to  foreshore,  naviga-
tion,  pilotage,  wreck  and  salvage,  lighthouses  and 
shipping."—(Commander  Hamilton  Benn.) 

)  ^g 
j 

^ 

55. 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 

The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

Another  Clause  was  offered  to  be added  to  the 
Bill  (Roads  Advisory  Committee)—(Mr.  Joyn-
son-Hicks),—and 
the said  Clause  was  brought  up 
and  read  the  first  time. 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill,  the  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of 
the 
House,  withdrawn. 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the said  Clause  be  read  a  second 
time; 

Another Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3,1.  11,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words,— 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  Right  ; 

The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

Tellers  f or   thej"Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Yeas, 

(Captain  Guest: 

"1 
J 

Tellers  for  the | Colonel  William  Thorne,} 
J 

( M r.   Tyson  Wilson  : 

Noes, 

' 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

The  proposed  clause  was amended,  in  L  11,  by 
leaving  out  from  the  word  "  chairman,"  to  the 
word  "  and,"  in  1.  1 2;   in  1.  14,  bv  leaving  out 
paragraph  _ ( d );   and,  in  1.  20,  by  leaving  out 
from  the  beginning  thereof  to  the  end  of  the 
proposed  Clause—(Mr.  Secretary  Shortt),—and, 
so  amended,  was  made  part  of  the  Bill. 

" P r o v i d ed   that  in  the  case  of  a  draft  of  an 
Order in Council proposed to  be made under section 
two,  subsection  (1),  of  this  Act,  the  order  shall 
not  be  made  until  both  Houses  of  Parliament  by 
resolution  have  approved  the  draft,  nor  if  any 
modifications are agreed  to  by  both  Houses  other-
wise than as so modified,  and in  the case  of  a draft 
of  an  order  proposed  to  be  made  under  section 
two,  subsection  ( 2)   of  this  Act,  if  either  House 
before  the expiration  of  thirty  days  on which  the 
House  is  sitting  after  the  draft  of  the  order  has 
been  laid  before  that  House  presents  an  Address 
to  His  Majesty  against  the  draft  or  any  part 
thereof,  no  further  proceedings  shall  be  taken 
thereon  without  prejudice  to  the  making  of  any 
new  draft  order.—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the  question  being  put,  That  those  words 

be  there  inserted in  the  Bill  ; 

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lst—2nd  July. 

201 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t: 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

Tellers  for  the f Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  1 
j 

[ M r.   Marriott: 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for  the f Captain  Guest, 

1 
\ Lord  Edmund  Talbot:  J 

Noes, 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Overseas Trade 

Second  Reading  of  the  Overseas  Trade  (Insur- (insurance 
ance  against  Abnormal  Risks)  B i l l;  

AWmal 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bisk8:)  B ia 

64. 

to-morrow. 

215. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Courts 
Second  Reading  of  the  Courts  (Emergencv  (EMerg<«07 
Powers)  B i l l;  

-Powers) BiU. 

Then  an  Amendment  was  made  to  the  Bill. 

And,  it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  further 
consideration  of  the  Bill,  as  amended,  stood  ad-
journed. 

® 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be  taken  into  further  con 
sideration  to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

' 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Merchant 
the  Merchant  Shipping  ^ P P 1^ 

Second  Reading  of 
(Wireless  Telegraphy)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

S^hy) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  B iU 

to-morrow. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Weights and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Weights  and  Measures Measures 
(Leather  Measurement)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Measurement) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  B iU   i L o r i*^ 

National 
Health 
Insurance 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  National  Health  Insur-
ance  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Acquisition of 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
fAsd  ment of  ^bird  Reading  of  the  Acquisition  of  Land 
Compensation) (Assessment  of  Compensation  Bill)  ; 
Bm- 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Electricity 
Supply 
[Money.]  1 

Lord  Edmund  Talbot  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  on  Electricity  Supply  [Money]  a  Reso-
lution ;  which  was  read,  as  followeth: 

That  for  the  purposes  of  any  A ct   of  the 
present  Session  to  amend  the  Law  with  respect 
to  the  supply  of  electricity,  it  is  expedient— 

(a)  to  authorise  the  Treasury  to  advance  out 
of  the  Consolidated  Fund  such  sums  not 
exceeding  in  the  aggregate  twenty  million 
pounds as may be req uired in connection  with 
the  construction  of  interim  works,  and  to 
borrow  money  by  means  of  Exchequer 
bonds  for  the  issue  of  such  sums  or  the 
repayment  thereof;  the  principal  of  and 
interest  on  such  bonds  to  be  charged  on  and 
paid  out of  the  Consolidated  Fund  ; 

(b)  to  authorise  the  Treasury  to guarantee  the 
interest  on  stock  issued  under  the 'powers  of 
such  A ct   by  the  Electricity  Commissioners 
appointed  thereunder  up  to  an  amount  not 
exceeding  twenty-five  million  pounds,  and 
the  charge  on  and  payment  out  of  the  Con-
solidated  Fund  of  any  sums  required  for 
fulfilling  such guarantee  ; 

(c)  to  authorise  the  payment  out  of  moneys  to 
be  provided  by  Parliament  for  five  years 
after  the  passing  of  such  A ct   by  way  of 
advance  of  any  excess of  the expenses of  the 
Electricity  Commissioners  over  their  re-
ceipts. 

The  said  Resolution  being  read  a  second  time 

was  agreed  to. 
0 

Housing of 
the Working 
Classes 
(Ireland) 
[Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  heing  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  Housing  of  the  Working  Classes 
(Ireland) 

[Expenses]; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Government 

Committee  on  Government  of  India  TSalaries 
and  Expenses]; 

_ 

I n d ia 

I B S i f 1 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Agricultural 

Second  Reading  of  the Agricultural  Land  Sales  *£nd SaJ.®1 
(Restriction  of  Notices  to  Quit)  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Q u i t> B m-

upon  Thursday  next. 

/ 

And  then the House,  having continued  to  sit Adjournment, 

till  twenty-nine  minutes  after  Eleven  of 
the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

Wednesday, 2nd July  1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE   Commons  Regulation  (Coity  Wallia)  Commons 

Provisional  Order  Bill  was,  according  to  f c ^y  WaUia) 

Order,  read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Orders  Local 

(No.  2)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  p ^ - ^ 'f 
second  time,  and  committed. 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Orders 
(No.  3)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
second  time,  and  committed. 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Order 
(No.  4)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
second  time,  and  committed. 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Order 
(No.  5)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
second  time, and  committed. 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Order 
(No.  6)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
second  time,  and  committed. 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Orders 
(No.  7)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
second  time,  and  committed. 

Provisional 
Order BiU. 
/ 

Orders (No. 2) 
BUl. 
Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Orders 
(No. 3) Bill-
Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Order 
(No. 4) BiU. 
Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Order 
(No. 6) BUI. 
Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Order 
(No. 6) BiU. 
Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Orders (No  7) 
Bill. 

VOL. 174. 

D  D 

Local 
Government 
(Ireland-) 
Provisional 
Orders Bill. 

Agriculture 
(Scotland.) 

Treaty Series 
(No. 6,1919.) 

Treaty Series 
(No. 6,1919.) 

2 02 

2nd  July. 

1919. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Local  Government 

Second  Beading  of 
(Ireland)  Provisional  Orders  B i l l; 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  Beccles 

the  Beccles  Waterworks  Bill  [Lords],  without 
Amendment., 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

The  Lord Advocate  presented, by His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Seventh  Report  of  the 
Board  of  Agriculture  f or   Scotland  for  the  year 
1918; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

T he   Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported  Sunderland 

the  Sunderland  Gas  Bill  [Lords],  with  Amend-  j ? ^ ™ 1 
ments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

° 

Mr.  Cecil  Harmsworth, 

presented  by   H is 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Protocol  supple-
mentary  to  the  Treaty  of  Peace.  Signed  at 
Versailles,  28th  June  1919. 

T he   Official  Solicitor  Bill <j[Lords]  was  read Official 

the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Monday  n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

Bill [ Lord.«.] 
Bill  115. 

Copy  of  Treaty  respecting  Assistance 
to 
France  in  the  event  of  unprovoked  Aggression 
by  Germany.  Signed  at  V ersailles,  28th  J une 
1919. 

.. 

° 

The  Solicitors  (Articled  Clerks)  Bill  [Lords]  Solicitors 

was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Monday  n e x t;   and  to  be  Biif[jLrifr.] 
printed. 

Bm  

n 6 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Public  Notaries  (Articled  Clerks)  Bill  Public Notaries 

East India 
(Industrial 
Commission.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  presented,  by   His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of   Minutes 
of 
Evidence  taken  before  the  Indian  Industrial 
Commission  1906-18.  Vols.  I.  to  V. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Public Becords  The following Paper, pursuant  to the  directions 
0f  a n  A ct   of  Parliament,  was laid  upon  the  Table 
(Office of the 
DepaSnfof  bJ ' t i ie   C l e rk   o £  . t h e  House,—Copy  of  Schedule 
the Local 
containing  a  List  and  Particulars  of  certain 
the Local 
Government 
classes  of  Documents  existing  in  the  Office  of 
Board.) 
the  W ar   Refugees  Department  of  the  Local 
Government  Board  which  are  not  of   sufficient 
public  value  to justify  their  preservation  in  the 
Public  Record  Office. 

Local 
Legislation 
Committee. 
Birmingham 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Sir  William  Middlebrook  reported  from  the 
Local  Legislation  Committee  ;  That  in  the  case 
they  bad 
of  the  Birmingham  Corporation  Bill 
examined 
the 
the  allegations  contained 
Preamble  of  the  Bill, and  had  amended  the  same 
so  as  to  make  it  consistent  with  the  provisions 
of  the  Bill  as  passed  by   the  Committee,  and 
found  the  same,  as  amended,  to  be  true,  and  had 
gone  through  tbe  Bill  and  made  Amendments 
thereunto. 

in 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

T a b l e;   and  be  printed. 

Standing 
Orders. 

Ammanford 
Gas. 

Mr.  Vaughan-Davies  reported  from  t be   Select 
Committee  on  Standing  Orders  several  Resolu-
tions  which  were  read  as  follows: 

1.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Ammanford  Gas, 
Petition  f or   Bill,  the  Standing  Orders  ought 
to  be  dispensed  with  :—That  the  parties  be 
permitted  to  proceed  with  their  Bill. 

Pembroke Gas 
Bill [Lord,».] 

2.  That  in  the  case  of  the  Pembroke  Gas  Bill 
[Lords],  Petition  for  additional  Provision,  the 
Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with  : 
— T h at   the  parties  be  permitted  to  insert  their 
additional  Provision  if  the  Committee  on  the 
Bill  think  lit. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time,  were  agreed  to. 

LondonOounty  The  Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported 
Council. 
the  London  County  Council  ( M o n e y)   Bill,  with 
(Money) Bill.  A m e nd m e n t s. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

[Lords]  was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  ^ r tj [ 0l e^. u 
be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  n e x t;   and 
to  be  printed. 

g yj   j  j^ 

1 

The  Matrimonial  Causes  (Dominions  Troops) Matrimonial 

Bill  [Lords],  was read  the  first  time,  and ordered  Causes 
to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  n e x t;   xrwps^BM 
and  to  be  printed. 

[Zonk.] 

Bill  118. 

Ordered,  That the Proceedings  on the Ministry  Business of 
of   W a ys   and  Communications  Bill  be  exempted  *jj.e.Hcrase  . 
at this  day's  Sitting  from  the  provisions  of  the ways and° 
Standing  Order  (Sittings  of  the  H o u s e ) . — ( Mr   Communica-
Bonar  Law.) 
tions Bill.) 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Ministry of 
take  into  further  consideration  the  Ministry  of Ways and 
W a ys   and  Communications  Bill,  as  amended  in 
the  Standing  Committee. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3,1.  28,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word  "  force,"  the  words  "  under  the  agreement 
made  in pursuance  of  that  section  for  such  part 
of  the  period  of  possession  as  is  covered  by  such 
agreement  and  for  the  remainder  of  the  period 
of  possession upon  the  same  terms  as to  compen-
sation  as  are  provided  under  section  seven  of 
this  A c t . "—  (Major  Barnes.) 

A nd   the Question  beingput, That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3,  1. 35,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  "  take  possession,"  and  by  inserting  the 
words  "undertake  direction"—(Mr.  Marshall 
Stevens),  instead  thereof. 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 

"  take  possession  "  stand  part  of  the  B i l l; 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  L e f t. 
Tellers  for the (Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Yeas, 

(Captain  Guest: 

1  „„„ 
J ' " 8' 

Tellers for the f Mr.  Marshall Stevens,  \ 
J 

(Mr.  George Balfour: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Noes, 

g3 

10 GEO.  Y. 

2nd  July. 

2 03 

Another  Amendment was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  BUI, in  p.  3,  1.  37,  by  leaving  out  from 
the  word  "  any," to  the  word  "  canal  "  in  1.  40. 
— ( M r.   George  Balfour.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  B i l l: 
— It   was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to  be made 
in  p.  4,  1,  5,  by  leaving  out 

to  the  Bill, 
paragraph  (c).—(Mr.  Leslie  Scott.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be 
first 
word  " of   "  m  I. 7,  stand  part  of  the  Bill:—The 
said  proposed  Amendment  was, with  leave  of the 
House,  withdrawn. 

left  out,  to  the 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  4,  1.  21,  by  inserting  at  the 
end  thereof,  the  words" but  there  shall  be  no 
power  on  the  part  of  the  Minister  to  close  any 
road  or  prevent  the  use  of  any  roads  by  any 
user.—(Mr.  Remer.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

1 

Another  Amendment was  proposed to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  5,  1.  21, 
inserting 
after the  word  "  authority,"  the  words  "  or  of  a 
body  constituted  by  A ct   of  Parliament."—(Mr. 
Joynson-Hicks.) 

by 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Hill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  5,  1.  23,  by  inserting  after 
the  word  "  land,"  the  words  "  during  a period  of 
not  more  than  two  years."—(Mr.  Bigland.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  5,  1. 25,  by  inserting  at the  end 
thereof,  the  words,— 

"  Provided  also  that  any person  interested  in 
such land,  or  claiming that  ne  will be  prejudiced 
by  the  construction  of  such  works,  may  apply  to 
the  Railway  and  Canal  Commission,  or  such 
independent  sanctioning  authority  as Parliament 
may  hereafter  set  up  for  the  granting  of  com-
pulsory  powers  of  acquisition  and  user  of  land, 
and such  order  shall  not  take  effect  except  by 
leave  of  the  Railway  and  Canal  Commission  or 
such  other  authority  as  aforesaid;  and  upon 
such  terms  as  they  shall  think  right;  and  the 
Railway  and  Canal  Commission,  or  such  other 
authority,  shall  have  power  to  deal  with  the 
costs  of  such  application »as they  shall  think  fit." 
—(  Mr.  Leslie  Scott.) 

And the  Question  being  put,  That those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

V O L.   1 74 

Another Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  5,1.  42,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof,  the  words  "  but no  change  shall be made 
in  the  method of charging  rates, fares, tolls, dues, 
and  other  charges."—(Mr.  Remer.) 

A nd  the Question  being put,  That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to be made 
to  the Bill,  in  p.  5,1.  42,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof,  the  words,— 

"  ( f)   Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in 
this  A ct   the  rights"of  a  consignor  or  con-
signee  of  goods  or  minerals,  any  trader  or 
class  of  traders,  or  any  port  or  harbour 
authority  or  dock  company  to  complain  to 
the  Railway  and  Canal  Commission  under 
the  Railway  and  Canal  Traffic  Acts  in 
reasonable 
the  provision  of 
respect  of 
facilities,  undue  preference,  or  undue  dis-
advantage,  or  allowances,or  rebates  in  rela-
tion  to  the  provision  of  station  accommoda-
tion  orterminal  services shall  not be  deemed 
to  be  affected  and  it  shall  be  no  answer  to 
any  such  complaint  that  the  railway  com-
pany  in  respect  of  which  the  complaint  is 
made  was acting under  the  directions  of  the 
Minister."—(Mr.  Joynson-Hicks.) 

And  the Question  being  put, That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed in  the 
Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Anpther  Amendment  was proposed to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  7,1.  28,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  omnibuses,"  the  words  "  save  that  the 
A ct   shall  cease  to  apply  to  any  system  of 
travelling  facility  involving  overhead  equipment 
when  such  equipment  was  commenced  prior  to 
the  passing  of  the  A c t . " — ( M r,   Clough.) 

And  the  Question  being put, That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

BiU.  . 

Another Amendment  was proposed to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  8,1.  6,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof,  the  words— 

"  (6)  Nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  deemed 
to  exempt  any  undertaking  to  which  this section 
applies  from  any  rate  assessable  by  any  county 
or  local  authority."—(Mr.  Mount.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in p.  9,1.  3,  by  leaving  out  from  the 
word  " A c t ."   to  the  end  of  paragraph(ii).— 
(Mr.  John  Jones.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Bill:—The  said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with 
leave of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  10,1.  5,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof,  the  words,— 

"  Provided  that  in  exercising  these  or  any 
other  powers  under  this  A ct   the  Minister  shall 

D  D  2 

2 04 

2nd July. 

1919. 

do  nothing  to  deprive  the  directors  of  the  under-
takings  of  the  services  of  any  officer  whose 
advice  and  assistance  will,  in  the  opinion  of  the 
directors,  be  essential  to them in  their  conduct of 
the  undertaking  at  the  end  of  the  period  of 
possession  by  the  Government."—(Sir  Frederick 
Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That those words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative, 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  .was proposed  to  be made 
to the  Bill,  in  p.  10,1.  39,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "begins,"the  words  " or   of  any  officer  or 
servant who suffers any  loss  of prospective  super-
annuation  or  other  retiring  allowances  as  afore-
said."—(Mr.  Tyson  Wilson.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 

words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill; 

The proposed words were amended by  inserting, 
after  the  word  "  retiring,"  the w o r d s"   or death," 
(Sir Frederick  Banbury,)—and,  so amended,  were 
there  inserted  in  the  Bill. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was  proposed to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  11,1.  30,  by  leaving  out  the 
word  "Government,"  and  inserting  the  word 
"  Minister,"—(Sir  William  Raeburn),—instead 
thereof. 

And  the  Question,  being  put,  That  the  word 
"  Government"  stand  part  of  the  B i l l : — It   was 
resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment was proposed to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  11,1.  33,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  "  income  thereof,"  and  inserting the  words 
"revenue  earned,"—-(Major 
Barnes),—instead 
thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  "  income  thereof  "  stand  part  of  the  B i l l: 
— T he   said proposed  Amendment  was, with  leave 
of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to be made 
to  the Bill,  in  p.  11,1.  34, by  inserting  after  the 
word  "enhanced,"the  words  " as   compared  with 
the  revenue  earned  during  a  period  of  equal 
the  period  of 
length 
possession  under  this A c t . " — (M a j or   Barnes.) 

immediately  preceding 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  12,1.  3,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  section,  the  words  "  and  is  not  due  to 
the natural growth of traffic or the natural  growth 
of outgoings."— (Major  Hay  ward.) 

And  the Question being  put,  That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  12,1.  25,  by  leaving  out  from 
the  word  "  subsection,"  to  the  word  "  shall  "  in 
1. 31.—(Major  Barnes.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Bill:—The  said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  13,1.  39,  by  inserting  at  the 
beginning  thereof,  the  words  " F or   a  period  of 
two  years  after  the  passing  of  this  A c t . " — ( S ir 
Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment  was proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  14,1.  2,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words  "  but  in  establishing  such 
services  due  consideration  shall  be  shown to  such 
existing undertakings as give a reasonable  service 
with  a  view  to  avoiding  undue  competition."— 
(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the Question  being put, That  those  words 

be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l; 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 

The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for the] Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  1 
j 
Tellers  for  the ("Lord  Edmund  Talbot,  1 
J 

(Captain  Guest: 

I Mr.  Marriott: 

Noes, 

Yeas, 

.. 
* 

' 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

Ordered,  That  further  consideration  of  the 
Bill,  as  amended,  be  now  adjourned.—(Mr. 
Secretary  Shortt.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be  taken  into  further  con-
sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the National 

Second  Reading  of  the  National  Health  In- Health 
surance  B i l l;  

^ n c e 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  City of London 

Committee  on 
(re-committed)  Bill; 

the  City  of  London  Police  p° U ce   B11)-

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for Supply 

from  Standing  Committee  C  the  [Standing  _ 

receiving 
Report  of  Supply  of  the  lst  day  of  this  instant 
J u l y;  

Beport. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the Acquisition of 
Third  Reading  of  the  Acquisition  of  Land  ^ ^ s g m e nt   of 
(Assessment  of  Compensation)  B i l l;  

Compensation) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time  B m< 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Housing of 

Committee  on  Housing  of  the  Working  Classes 
(Ireland)  [Expenses]  ; 

(Ireland) 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow,  LElPen8e»-l 

resolve itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

10  GEO.  V. 

2nd—3rd  July. 

2 05 

Overseas 
Trade 
(Insurance 
against 
'Abnormal 
Risks) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Overseas  Trade  ( I n-
surance  against  Abnormal  Bisks)  B i l l; 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  presented,  by  His  Bast India 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Review  of   the  (Trade.) 
Trade  of  India  in  1917-18. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Copy  of  views  of  the  Government? of  India  on  Bast India 

the  composition  of  Grand  Committees. 

Courts 
(Emergency 
Powers) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  r&ad,  f or   the 
(Emergency 

Second  Beading  of  che  Courts 
P o w e r s)   Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Merchant 
Shipping 
(Wireless 
Telegraphy) 
Bill  [Lords? 

Weights and 
Measures 
(Leather 
Measurement) 
Bill  [Urdt.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Merchant  Shipping 

Second  Beading  of  
(Wireless  Telegraphy)  Bill 

[Lords]; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Weights  and  Measures 
(Leather  Measurement)  Bill  [Lords'] 

; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the Grand 

Table. 

Committees.) 

M r.   Baldwin  presented,  by   H is   Majesty's  National 

Command,—Annual  Accounts  of  Receipts  and  ®oho?1 
Payments 
in  respect  of  the  National  School 
Teachers  (Ireland)  Pension  Fund  for  the  year  Pension Fnnd. 
1918. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Prime  Minister  presented  by  H is   Occupation of 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Declaration  by   | h e Rhine 
. Provinces. 
the  Governments  of 
the  United  States  of 
America,  Great  Britain,  and  France,  in  regard 
to  the  occupation  of  the  Rhine  Provinces. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Government of 
India 
[Salaries and 
Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the 
[Salaries 

Committee  on  Government  of  India 
and  Expenses]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

M r.   Mount  reported  from  the  Standing  C o m-
mittee  on  Scottish  Bills  to  whom  the  Housing, 
Town  Planning, &c. (Scotland)  Bill was  referred; 
That  they  had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  made 
Amendments  thereunto. 

Standing 
Committee 
on Scottish 
Bills. 
Housing, 
Town 
Planning, tax 
(Scotland)Bill. 

Corn 
Production 
Acts (Repeal) 
Bill.  ' 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  4th  day  of  June  last,  That  the  Corn 
Production  A c ts   (Bepeal)  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  t i m e; 

Ordered,  That the Debate  be further  adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report 

do  lie  upon  the  No.  130. 

T a b l e;   and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the Minutes  of  the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be taken into  consideration 
upon  Thursday  n e x t;   and  be  printed. 

No.  130. 

Bill  119. 

Adjournment. 

A nd   it  being  after  half-past  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the  House 
without  Question  put,  pursuant  to  the 
Standing  Order,  it  being  then  nineteen 
minutes  before  Twelve  of  the  clock,  till 
to-morrow. 

Mr.  Gershom  Stewart  reported from  the  Select  Government 

Committee  appointed  to join  with  a  Committee  Works at 
of  the  House  of  Lords  on  Government  W o r ks   (joint 
at  Cippenham  ;  That  they  had  considered  the  Committee.) 
matters  to  them  referred,  and  directed  him  to 
make  a  Report  thereof  to  the  House,  together 
with  the  Minutes  of  Evidence  taken  before 
them,  and  Appendices. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No.  131. 

Thursday,  3rd July  1919. 

T a b l e;   and  be  printed. 

Agriculture 
(Scotland.) 

Housing, 
Town 
Planning, Jtc. 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE   Lord  Advocate  presented,  by   H is 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Agricultural 
Statistics,  1916.  Vol.  V.   Part  I I I.   Prices  and 
Supplies  of  Grain,  L i ve   Stock,  and  other 
Agricultural  Produce  in  Scotland, 

Copy  of  Begulations  as  to  the 

financial 
to  Public  Utility 
assistance  to  be  rendered 
Societies and Housing  Trusts under the  Housing, 
Town  Planning,  &c.  (Scotland)  B i l l;   (i)  Draft 
Begulations  for  Public  Utility  Societies;  (ii) 
Draft  Begulations 
for  Housing  Trusts;  (iii) 
Draft  Model  Bules  for  Public  Utility  Societies. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Intermediate 
Education 
(Ireland.) 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,-—Copy  of 
Bule  in  substitution  for  Rule  60  of  the  Bules  of 
the  Intermediate  Education  Board  for  Ireland 
relating  to  the  distribution  of  the  School  Grant 
for  the  year  1918-19. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

VOL.  174. 

Sir  Harry  Samuel  reported  from  the  Com-Private Bills 

mittee  on  Group  A  of  Private  Bills  ;  That,  f or   (Group A.) 
the  convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee  had 
adjourned  till  Tuesday  next,  at  Eleven  of  the 
clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported  Workington 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Workington  Corpo-  Corporation 
ration  Bill,  that  they  had  examined  the  alle-
gations contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill, 
and  had  amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it 
consistent  with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as 
passed  by  the  Committee,  and  found  the  same, 
as  amended,  to  be  true;  and  had  gone  through 
the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be   printed. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com- Selection 

mittee  of  Selection  ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Committee  s i d i ng  6S* 
B : — M r.   John  Williams  ;  and  had  appointed  in Committee B. 
substitution  (for  the  consideration  of  the  Elec-
tricity  (Supply)  Bill)  :  Mr.  William  Graham. 
D  D  3 

2 06 

3rd  July, 

1919. 

Standing 
Committee D. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the 
Committee;  That 
the 
following  Member  from  Standing  Committee D  : 
— M r.   Bartley  Denniss. 

they  had  discharged 

Ordered,  That  the  Government  of  India  Bill 
be  committed  to  a  Select  Committee  of  Seven 
Members  to  join  with  a  Committee  to  be  ap-
pointed  by  the  Lords. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  that  a  Message  be  sent  to  the  Lords 

to  acquaint  them  therewith. 

, 

Bedwellty 
Urban 
District 
Council Bill. 

Captain  Starkey  reported  from  the  Committee 
on  the  Bedwellty  Urban  District  Council  Bill, 
that  they  had  examined  the allegations  contained 
in  the  Preamble of the  Bill,  and had  amended  the 
same  so  as  to  make  it  consistent  with  the  pro-
visions  of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the  Committee, 
and found  the  same,  as amended,  to  be  true  ;  and 
had gone  through the Bill  and made  Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report 

do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ; and  be  printed. 

Coal Mines 
Bill. 

Bill  120. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented  a  Bill  to 
amend  the  Coal  Mines  Acts,  1887  to  1914,  with 
respect 
the  hours  of  employment  below 
ground  :  A nd   the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Monday  n e x t;   and  to  be 
printed. 

to 

Business of 
the House 
(Government 
Business.) 

Ordered,  That  the proceedings  on  Government 
Business  be  exempted  at  this  day's  sitting  from 
the  provisions  of  the  Standing  Order  (Sittings 
of  the  House).—(Mr.  Secretary  Shortt.) 

Treaty of 
Peace Bill. 

Ordered,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a 
Bill  for  carrying  into  effect the  Treaty  of  Peace 
between  His  Majesty  and  certain  other  P o w e r s: 
A nd   that  the  Prime  Minister,  Mr.  Bonar  Law, 
Mr.  Secretary  Balfour,  Mr.  Barnes,  and  Mr. 
Attorney-General  do  prepare  and  bring  it  in. 

Anglo-Blench 
Treaty 
(Defence of 
France) BiU. 

Ordered,  That  leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a 
Bill  for approving  a Treaty  between  His  Majesty 
and  the  President  of  the i< rench  Republic  :  A nd 
that  the  Prime  Minister,  Mr.  Bonar  Law,  Mr. 
Secretary  Balfour,  Mr.  Secretary  Churchill,  and 
Mr.  Attorney-General  do  prepare  and  bring 
it  in. 

Treaty of 
Peace Bill. 

BUI  121. 

The  Prime  Minister  presented  a  Bill 

f or 
carrying  into  effect  the Treaty  of  Peace  between 
His  Majesty  and  certain  other  P o w e r s:   A nd 
the  same  was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  n e x t;   and 
to  be  printed. 

Anglo-French 
Treaty 
(Defence of 
France) Bill. 

Bill  122. 

The  Prime  Minister  presented  a  Bill 

for 
approving  a  Treaty  between  His  Majesty  and 
the  President  of  the  French  Republic  :  A nd 
the  same  was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time  Upon  Monday  n e x t;   and 
to  be  printed. 

Government of  A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  the  Government  of   India  Bill  be 
India Bill. 
committed 
to  a  Select  Committee  of  Seven 
Members  to  join  with  a  Committee  to  be  ap-
pointed  by  the  Lords.—(Colonel  Gibbs.) 

T he   House  divided. 

T he   Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 

T he   Noes  to  the  L e f t. 

Tellers  f or   the J Captain  Guest, 

„„fi 
\ L o rd   Edmund  Talbot:  /  • 

) 

Yeas, 

Mr.  Bennett,  Sir  Henry  Craik,  Sir  Donald 
Maclean,  Mr. 
Secretary  Montagu,  Captain 
Ormsby-Gore,  Sir  J.  D.  Rees,  and  M r.   Spoor 
were  nominated  Members  of  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send  for  persons,  papers,  and  records. 

Ordered,  That  Four  be  the  quorum  of 

the 

Committee.—-(Colonel  Gibbs.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the National 

Second  Reading  of  the  National  Health  Insu- Health 
"Rill  . 
ranee  B i l l; 

Insurance 
Bj U 

A nd   a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
leaving  out  from  the  word 
the  Question  by 
"  That,"  to  the  end  of  the  Question,  and  adding 
the  words  "  this  House  declines  to  proceed  with 
a  measure  which  increases the  number of  persons 
to'  make  contributions  towards  the 
compelled 
funds  administered  by  the  National  Health  I n-
surance  Commissioners  without  guaranteeing 
acceptable  medical  service  to  all  insured  persons 
and  without  establishing  the  principle  of  free 
choice  both  by patient  and medical  practitioner," 
—(Captain  Ormsby-Gore),—instead 

thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Question  : — T he   said  proposed  Amendment  was, 
with  leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

A nd   the  Main  Question  being  p u t; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 
time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  resolved itself  Housing of the 

into  a  Committee  on  Housing  of  the  Working  Working 
(Ireland) 
Classes  (Ireland)  [Expenses]. 
[Expenses. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Question  proposed,  That  for  the  purposes  of 
any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to  amend  the 
the 
to 
enactments  relating 
W o r k i ng   Classes  and  the  Acquisition  of  Small 
Dwellings  in  Ireland, it  is  expedient  to  authorise 
the  payment,  out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by 
Parliament,  of  expenses  to  be  incurred  by  any 
Government  Departments-  .  •. 

the  Housing  of 

( a)   when  acting  in  the  place  of  local  autho-
rities  in  preparing  and carrying  out  schemes 
under  such  A c t; 

( b)   in  recouping 
authorities;  and 

losses 

incurred  by 

local 

( c)   in  contributing  to  costs  incurred  by  public 
trusts  and 

utility  societies  and  housing 
other  persons." 

Amendment  proposed,  at  the  end,  to  add  the 
words  "  but  such  amount  shall  not  exceed  the 
sum  of  ten  million  pounds." 

Question  again  proposed,  That  those  words 

be  there  added. 

Question  put  and  negatived. 

T e l lN 8o e - r  t h e{ C o l o n el   My'sey  Thomp-} 
son: 

~> 

• 

I 

J 

23. 

Main  Question  put  and  agreed  to. 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

So it  was resolved  in the Affirmative. 

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3rd—4 th July. 

207 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  tbe 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the Committee 
had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   re-  Supply, 
ceiving  from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  [Standing 
[ i T j u i yf 
of  Supply  of  the  1st  day  of  this  instant  J u ly   ; 

' 
J 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon  Beport. 

Monday  next. 

Monday  next. 

Government 
of India. 
[Salaries and 
Expenses.] 

The  Order  of   the  day  being  read,  f or   the 
[Salaries 

Committee  on  Government  of  India 
and  Expenses]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of   S u p p l y;  

• 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Weights  and  Measures  (Leather  Measure-
[Lords]  was,  according  to  Order, 

Weights and 
S t h CT  
Measurement)  read  a  second  time  ; 
BiU [Lords.] 

ment)  Bill 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will  immediately 
resolve  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill.— 
( M r.   Bridgeman.) 

The  House  accordingly  resolved  itself  into  the 

Committee. 

( In   the  Committee.) 
Clause  No.  1  (Instruments  f or   measuring 

leather  by  superficial  area). 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That 

the 
Chairman  do  report  Progress,  and  ask  leave 
to  sit  again-
Banbury),—put, 
and agreed  to. 

(Sir  Frederick 

Mr,  Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported, That  the  Committee 
haa  made  Progress  in  the  Bill  ;  and  that  he 
was directed  to  move,  That  the  Committee  may 
have leave  to sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 
into  the  said  C o m-

next,  again  resolve  itself 
mittee. 

Merchant 
Shipping 
(Wireless 
Telegraphy 
BiU [Lord* 

Courts 
(Emergency 
Powers) Bill. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Merchant  Shipping 

(Wireless  T e l e-
graphy)  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to  Order, 
read  a  second  time, and  committed  to  a  Standing 
Committee. 

The  Courts  (Emergency  Powers)  Bill  was, 
according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time  and 
committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  W a ys   and  Means  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the  Acquisition of 
the  Acquisition  of  Land  ^ ^ g s m e nt   of 

Third  Reading  of  
(Assessment  of  Compensation)  Bill  ; 

Compensation) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time  B i n-

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of   the  day  being  read,  for  the  Overseas Trade 

Second  Reading  of  the  Overseas  Trade  , (Insu- 
ranee  against  Abnormal  Risks)  Bill  ; 

( I n s^ n ce 
Abnormal 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Risks>  B l u-

upon  Monday  next. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being  Adjournment, 

proposed,  That  tbis  House  do  now  adjourn.— 
(Colonel  Sanders.) 

A nd   notice  being taken  that F o r ty   Members 
were  not  present,  the  House  was  told 
by  Mr.  Speaker;  and  Forty  Members 
not  being  present,  and  it  being 
then 
after  Four  of  the  clock,  the  House  was 
adjourned  by  Mr.  Speaker,  without  a 
first  put,  at  seven  minutes 
Question 
after  Eight  of  the  clock,  till  to-morrow. 

Friday, Ath July  1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

MR.   Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private Bills 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of   Petitions  f or   [Lords.] 

Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and  referred  on  previously 
the  First  Reading  thereof,  the  Standing  Orders  inquired into 
not  previously inquired into, which are  applicable 
thereto,  have  been  complied  with,  viz.  :— 

Tynemouth  Corporation  Bill  [L o r d s ]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  Second  time. 

City of London 
Police Bill. 

The  House,  according  to  Order, resolved itself 
into  a  Committee  o»   the  City  of  London  Police 
(re-committed)  Bill. 

T he   Hartlepool  Gas  and  Water  Bill  [Lords]  Hartlepool 

was  read the third time  and passed, with  Amend-  SS? 
ments. 

B lU   [ £ o r d' J 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1 agreed  to. 

Clause  No   2  amended,  and  agreed  to. 

Schedule  agreed  to. 
Bill,  as  amended,  to  be  reported. 

-

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  and  on  re-committal,  be  now  taken 
into  consideration:—  The  House  accordingly 
proceeded  to  take  the  Bill  into  consideration. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
t i m e : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

A  Bill  to  authorise  the  acquisition  by   the Ammanford 

Ammanford  Gas  Company  of  the  undertaking  Q as   B m-
of  the  Garnant  Gas  Company  ;  to  confer  further 
powers  on  the  Ammanford  Gas  Company,  and 
for  other  purposes,  was  presented,  and  read  the 
first  time;  and  referred  to  the  Examiners  of 
Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  com-  Board of 
mand,—Copy  of  List  of  Fee-charging  Secondary  Education, 
Schools  in  England  and  Wales  receiving  the 
Higher  Grant  in which  the  ordinary  requirement 
(25  per  cent.)  of  free  places  has  been  reduced 
by   the  Board  of  Education. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie 

upon 

the  Lords,  and desire their  concurrence. 

the  Table. 

VOL.   174. 

D D  4 

2 08 

4 th July. 

1919. 

Suez Canal 
(Commercial, 
No. 2,1919.) 

Sir  Arthur  Steel-Maitland  presented,  by   His 
Majesty's  command,—Copy  of  Returns  of  Ship-
ping  and Tonnage  in  the  Suez  Canal,  1918. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

The  Agricultural  Land  Sales  (Restriction  of  Agricultural 
Notices  to  Quit)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  ^ ^ ^ ns 
read  a  second  time, and  committed  to  a  Standing  0f Notices to 
Committee. 

Quit) Bill. 

Table. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being read, for  resuming Corn 

Women's 
Emancipation 
Bill. 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  thev  Women's  Emanci-
pation  Bill,  not  amended  in  the  Standing  Com-
mittee. 

the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed Acts"fReDeai~> 
upon  the  4th  day  of  June  last,  That  the  Corn  BUI. 
Production  A c ts   (Repeal)  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time. 

° 

A  Motion  was  made,  and 

the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the 
third  time  ; 

the  Question,  by 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
leaving  out  the  word 
to 
"  now,"  and  at  the  end  of  the  Question  adding 
the  words  "  upon  this  day  three  months."— 
(Major  Astor.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

"  now  "  stand  part  of  the  Question  j 

The  House  divided. 
T he   Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  the  f Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 

Yeas, 

( M r.   Frederick  Ha.ll'. 

Tellers  for  the  ( Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Noes, 

(  Captain  Guest: 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That the  Debate be further  adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will, National 
upon  Monday  next,  resolve  itself  into  a  Com-  xn^rance 
mittee  to  consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  [Money.] 
out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by   Parliament,  of 
such  additional  contributions  as  may  become 
necessary  under  any  A ct   of  the  present  Session 
to  alter  the rate of  remuneration  for the  purposes 
of  exception  from  insurance  under  the  National 
Insurance  (Health)  Acts,  1911  to  1918.—(Lord 
Edmund  Talbot.) 

100. 

85, 

Mr.  II liny worth,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted  the  House  that  His  Majesty,  having 
been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of 
this 
Motion,  recommends  it  to  the  consideration  of 
the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

The  Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Nurses 
Begistration 
Bill. 

Ordered,  that  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Order  of   the  day  being  read, for  resuming 
the adjourned  Debate  on  the  Amendment  which, 
upon  the  27th  day  of  June  last,  was  proposed 
to  be  made  on  consideration  of  the  Nurses 
Registration  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee; 

W h i ch   Amendment  was,  in  p.  2,  to  leave  out 
Is.  3  to  12,  and  insert  the  words  " n a m e l y,   one 
person  to  be  appointed  by  the  P r i vy   Council, 
one  person  by  the  British  Medical  Association, 
two  persons  by  the  College  of  Nursing,  Limited, 
one  person  by  the  Royal  British  Nurses'  Asso-
ciation,  and  thirty-seven  nurses  by  election  on 
the  part  of  all  nurses  duly  registered,  the  first 
election  to  take  place  on  the  expiration  of  two 
years  from, the  passing  hereof,"  instead  thereof. 

A nd   the  Question  being  again  proposed,  That 
the  word  "  Three  "  stand  part  of  the  B i l l :— 
the  said  adjourned  D e-
The  House  resumed 
bate  ; 

And  the  Question  being p u t : — It   was  resolved 

in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  further  consideration  of  the 
Bill,  as  amended,  be  now  adjourned.—(Major 
Nail.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be 
into  further 
consideration  upon  Friday  the  25th  day  of  this 
instant  July. 

taken 

Public 
Defender BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Defender  B i l l; 

A nd   a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time, and  a  Debate  arising  thereupon  ; 

And,  it  being  Five  of  the  clock,  the  Debate 

stood  adjourned. 

Ordered, That  the  Debate  be  resumed  upon 

Friday  next. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will, Betired 
upon  Monday  next,  resolve  itself  into  a  Com- ®ffic®rs 
mittee  to  consider  of  authorising  the  Treasury  [Money!fen 
by  order  to  revoke  or  modify  the  rules  as  to  the 
civil  employment  of  Retired  Officers  in  so  far 
as  thev. provide  for  deductions  from  civil  pay.— 
( L o rd   Edmund  Talbot) 

Mr.  Ulingworth,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted  the  House  that  His  Majesty,  having 
been 
this 
informed  of  the  subject-matter  of 
Motion,  recommends  it  to  the  consideration  of 
the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 

next,  resolve, itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the  Adjournment. 

House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being  then  four 
minutes  after  Five  of  the  clock,  till 
Monday  next. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution,  by  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of   Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

National  Health  Insurance  Bill 
Merchant  Shipping  (Wireless  Tele-
-
-

Courts  (Emergency  Powers)  Bill 

graphy)  Bill  [Lords]  

- 

D. 

D. 
D. 

10  GEO.  Y. 

1th July. 

2 09 

Monday,  7th July  1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Beccles 
Waterworks 
Bill [Lords.] 

THE   Beccles  Waterworks  Bill  [L o r d s],   was 

read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Birmingham 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion the Birmingham  Corporation  Bill, as amended 
in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  the  third  time. 

The  Huddersfield  Corporation  Gas  Bill  [Lords] 

was  read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

Huddersfield 
Corporation 
Gas Bill 
[Lords.] 
Middlesbrough 
Corporation  was  read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Middlesbrough  Corporation  Bill,  [Lords'] 

Stockton-on-
Tees 
Corporation 
Bill [Lords.] 
Stourport Gas 
BiU [Lords.] 

The 

Bill 
[Lords],  was  read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

Stockton-on-Tees 

Corporation 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Stourport  Gas  Bill 
as amended  in  the  Committee. 
[lA>rds], 

Amendments  were  made  to  the  Bill. 

The  Lords  propose  that  the  Joint  Committee 
do  meet  in  Committee  R o om   A  on  Thursday  the 
10th  day  of  this  instant  July  at  half-past  two  of 
the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  of   this  House 
do  meet the  Committee  of  the Lords,  as  proposed 
by   their  Lordships.—(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

Ordered,  That  a  Message  be  sent to  the  Lords 
to  acquaint  them  therewith,  and  that  the  Clerk 
do  carry  the  said  Message. 

Mr.  Speaker  informed  the  House  that  he  had Imprisonment 

received  the  following 
imprisonment  of  a  Member  :— 

letter  relating  to  the of»Member 

The  Moorings, 

Athlone, 

Sir, 

1st  J u ly   1919. 

I  have  the  honour  to  report  to  you  that 
Mr.  Laurence  Ginnell,  M.p.  for  county  West-
meath,  was, on  7th .Tune, at  Mullingar,  sentenced 
to  four  months' 
for  unlawful 
assembly  by  a  court  of   summary  jurisdiction, 
under  the  Criminal  Law  Procedure  (Ireland) 
A c t. 

imprisonment 

I  have  the  honour  to  be,  Sir, 

Y o ur   obedient  servant, 

J O HN   B Y R N E, 

Resident  Magistrate. 

The  Right  Honourable 

The  Speaker, 

House  of  Commons. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Mr.  Speaker  informed  the  House  that  he  had  Treaty of 

National 
Portrait 
Gallery. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy 
of  Sixty-Second  Annual 
Report  of  the  Trustees  of  the  National  Portrait 
Gallery,  1918-19. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

British and 
Foreign 
Legal 
Procedure. 

Table. 

r\ 

Mr.  Attorney  General  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the 
Committee  appointed  by  the  Lord  Chancellor 
to  consider  the  conduct  of  legal  proceedings 
between  parties  in  this  country  and  parties 
abroad,  and  the  enforcement  of  judgments  and 
awards. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Public Records  T he   following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon 
(Ministry of 
the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  :—Copy 
F o o d-)  
of  Schedule  containing  a  list  and  particulars  of 
certain  classes of  Documents  existing  or  accruing 
in  the  Ministry  of  Food  which  are not  considered 
of  sufficient public value to justify their  preserva-
tion  in  the  Public  Record  Office. 

Message from 
the Lords. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  °by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  : 

Prevention of 
Anthrax BiU. 

Disabled Men 
(Facilities for 
Employment) 
Bill. 
Beigate 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Prevention  of 

Anthrax  Bill,  without  any  amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Disabled  Men 
(Facilities  for  Employment)  Bill,  without  any 
amendment. 

The Lords have  agreed to the Reigate  Corpora-

tion  Bill,  without  any  amendment. 

Government of  The  Lords  have  appointed  a  Committee,  con-
sisting of se ven Lords,  to join with a  Committee  of 
India Bill. 
the Commons to consider the Government  of  India 
Bill,  pursuant  to  the  Message  of  the  Commons 
of  the  7th  day  of  this  instant  July. 

received  the  following  Communications  relating  P e a o e-
to  the  signing  of  the  Treaty  of  Peace  : 

(Translation.) 

The  Spanish  Congress 

of  Deputies,  on 
receiving  the  official  information  of  the  signing 
of  Peace,  agreed  that  it  should  be  put  on  record 
how  they  rejoice  at  receiving  the  communication 
of  an  event which is so fortunate  for all  humanity, 
and that their most cordial  congratulations  should 
be  addressed  to  that  House  and  to  the  Parlia-
ments of the several allied and associated  Nations. 
I  have  the  honour  and  satisfaction  of  so  doing 
in  the  name  of  the  Congress. 

( S i g n e d)   MARQUES  OE  FIGUEROS, 

President  of  the  Congress. 

(Translation.) 

Buenos  Aires, 

5th  J u ly   1919. 

To   the  Speaker  of  the 

House  of  Commons,  London. 

The  Chamber  of  Deputies  of  the  Argentine 
nation  over  which  I  preside  has  resolved  to 
convey  to  the  Parliament  of  your  country  its 
feeling  of  unanimous  rejoicing  at  the  celebration 
of  the  Peace  which  the  world  awaited.  The 
signing  of  the  historic  A ct   of  Versailles  has 
definitely  assured  to  all  the  nations  of  the  earth 
their  ideals  of justice  and  humanity. 

I  am,  with  the  highest  consideration, 
( S i g n e d)   A R T U RO   GOYENCHE, 

President. 
CARLOS  G O N Z A L EZ   BONQBINO, 
Secretary. 

Ordered,  That  the  Proceedings  on  Govern-  Business of 

ment  Business  be  exempted  at  this  day's  Sitting  t h e House 
from  the  provisions  of 
(Sittings  of  the  House).—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

the  Standing  Order  j E Z S S T* 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Ministry of 
take  into  further  consideration  the  Ministry  of  Ways and 
Ways  and  Communications  Bill,  as  amended  in  tionsBill.0*" 
the  Standing  Committee. 

V O L.   1 7 4. 

E  E 

2 10 

7 th July. 

1919. 

Another Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  14,1.  3,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words— 

"  ( 1)   No   new  transport  undertaking  shall  be 
established  by  the  Minister  until  an  estimate  of 
the  capital  expenditure  required  to  complete  it 
has  been  approved  by  the  T r e a s u r y ' — ( M r. 
Wilson-Fox.) 

inserted 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there 
in  the  Bill  : — T he 
proposed  words  were  amended  by  leaving  out 
inserting  the 
the  word 
word  "  service " — ( S ir   Eric 
Geddes),—instead 
thereof 5  and, so amended,  were  there  inserted  in 
the  BHl. 

"  undertaking,"  and 

by  him  under  this  section  to  provide  all 
such  due  and  reasonable  facilities  f or   the 
receiving,  and  forwarding,  and  delivery  of 
traffic  as  under  the  Railway  and  Canal 
Traffic  Acts  a  railway  or  canal  company  is 
bound  to  provide;  and  f or   the  purpose  of 
enforcing  this  dutv  the  Railway  and  Canal 
Commission  shall  have  power  to  award 
damages  and  determine  all  other  questions 
relating  to  such  facilities." —  ( M r.   Leslie 
Scott.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That those  words 

be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

T he   Noes  to  the  Left. 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  14,  I.  4,  by  leaving  out  the 
word 
the  word 
"  services " — ( S ir   Frederick 
Banbury),—instead 
t h e r e o f :— 

"  service,'  and 

inserting 

A nd   the  Question  being  put  That  the  word 
"  service "  stand part of  t h e B i l l : — It   was resolved 
in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  were  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  14,  1.  7,  by  inserting 
after  the  word  "  of," 
the  words  "  or  the  laying 
"  of  any  light  railway  upon."—(Mr.  Joynson-
Hicks.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Hill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  14,  1.  33,  by  leaving  out 
the  words  "concurred 
in,"  and  inserting  the 
words  "  consented  to  "—   ( M r.   Neal),—instead 
thereof, 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  "  concurred  in "  stand  part  of  the  B i l l :— 
T he   said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in p.  14,1.  34,  by  inserting  after  the 
words  last  inserted,  the  words— 

\ 

"  ( v)   Not  less  than  thirty  days  before  com-
mencing  to  establish  any  transport  service 
under  this  section  the  Minister  shall  give 
to  every  local  authority  within  whose  area 
it  is  proposed  to  execute  any  works,  notice 
of  his  proposal  and  any  such  local  authority 
shall  have  the  right  of  being  heard  against 
any  sucK  proposal.  The  Minister  shall  at 
the  request  of  any  such  local  authority  hold 
a  public  inquiry  upon  the  proposal  to  which 
objection  had  been  taken  and  shall  make 
regulations  prescribing the  manner in  which 
and  other  necessary  particulars  in  regard  to 
the  method  of  making  representations  or 
inquiries 
objections  and  of  holding  such 
Frederick 
under 
Banhiry.) 

section."  —  (Sir 

this 

A nd   the Question  being  put, That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to  be  made 
to  the Bill,  in  p.  14,  1. 34,  by   inserting  after  the 
words  last  inserted,  the  words— 

"  (v)  it  shall be the  duty  of  the  Minister  in 
respect of any service established and worked 

Tellers  for  the j  Mr.  Leslie  Scott, 

Yeas, 

(  Mr.  Marshall  Stevens: 

I 
j 

Tellers  for  the  (  Lord  Edmund  Talbot,  1 
f 

\ Captain  Guest: 

Noes, 

ona 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  15,  1. 4,  by   inserting,  at 
the  end  thereof,  the  words— 

"  ( 2)   No   claim  for  extraordinary  traffic  shall 
arise  in  respect  of  traffic  on  any  roads  made  or 
reconstructed  with  the  assistance  of  advances 
from  the  Minister."—(Mr.  Joynson-Hicks.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the Bill, in  p. 15,1.5,  by inserting after the word 
"  purchase,"  the  words  "  seventy  thousand."— 
Mr.  Marshall  Stevens.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of   the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  15,1.  6,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  wagons,'  the  words  "  other  than  wagons 
owned  by  a  local  a u t h o r i t y . " — ( S ir   Francis 
Lowe.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of   the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  15,1.  9,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  Parliament,"  the  words  "  within  twelve 
months  after  the  date  of   the  passing  of  this 
A c t . " — ( S ir   John  Harmood-Banner.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l:  —The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

of 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  15,  1. 37,  by  inserting  at  the 
' end 
thereof  the  words  "  and  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Minister  to  afford  such  facilities, 
the  Bailway  and  Canal 
and  the  power 
Commission  to  award  damages  under  section 
the  Railway  and  Canal  Traffic 
twelve  of 
A c t,   1888,  and  any  provision  amending 
the 
same  shall  include  power  to  award  the  whole 
of  any  loss  resulting  to  such  trader  from  the 
neglect  or  default  of  the  Minister  to  afford 
such  facilities."—{Mi.  Leslie  Scott.) 

10  G E O.  Y. 

1th July. 

211 

A nd  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to the  proposed  Amendment in 1.1, by leaving  out 
the  words  "  one  million,"  and 
inserting  the 
words  "  half  a  million "—(Colonel  Gretton),— 
instead  thereof. 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  It),  1.  17,  by  inserting  at  Amendment:—The  Amendment 
the  end  thereof  the  words— 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
to  be  words  "  one  million  "  stand  part  of  the  proposed 
to  the  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

"  Provided  that  every regulation so  made  shall 
be  laid  before  both  Houses  of  Parliament  as 
soon  as  may  be  after  it  is  made,  and  if  an 
Address  is  presented  by  either  House,  within 
twenty-one  days  from  the  date  on  which  that 
House  has  sat  next  after  any  such  regulation  is 
laid  before  it,  praying  that  the  regulation  may 
be  annulled,  His  Majesty  in  Council  may  annul 
the  regulation  but  without  prejudice  to  the  Joynson-Hicks.) 
validity  of anything previously  done  thereunder." 
— (Mr.  Godfrey  Locher-Lampson 

in  the  Bill. 

A nd  the  proposed  words  were  there  inserted 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
inserting 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  19,  1. 23,  by 
after  the  word  "  with,"  the  words  "  and  for 
safeguarding  any  interests  affected  b y . " — ( M r. 

And  the  Question  being  put, That those  words 

be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill  ; 

The  House  divided. 

T he  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 

T he  Noes  to  the  Left. 

A nd  the  Question  being  put,  That 

those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l ; — It  passed 
in  the  Negative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  19,1.  29,  by  inserting  at 
the  end  thereof  the  words— 

Lam

60. 

Bill. 

P™n, 

Noes, 

L o c k e r" 

Yeas 
' 
X e a s

Tellers  for  the  j  M rj 

I 
(  Mr.  Molson: 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

Tellers  f or  the  (  Captain  Guest, 

) 
> 
) 
) 
( Lord  Edmund  Talbot:  ) 

"  ( 2)  The  said  panel  may  act  together  as  one 
committee  (hereinafter  referred  to  as  '  the  com-
mittee'),  and  may  appoint  a  chairman  and  a 
183.  secretary,  and  may  dissolve  themselves  into  sub-
committees,  of  whom  the  chairman  shall  be  a 
member,  and  may  make  regulations  as to  their 
procedure  and  as  to  their  method  of  voting,  and 
the  committee  shall  make  an  annual  report  to 
the  Minister,  and  such  report  shall  be  laid 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  annually  before  Parliament,  and  if  they  think 
fit  the  committee  may  lay  before  Parliament 
any  interim report upon  matters  on  which  advice 
is  tendered  to the  Minister  under  this  section. 

made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  16,1.  30,  by  inserting  at 
the  end  thereof  the  words— 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

"  Provided  that  when  the  consideration  for 
any  wagons that  are  charged with  the  repayment 
( 3)  The  owners  of  any  undertaking  to  whom 
of  any  money  is  discharged  by  the  issue  of 
the  Minister  shall  have  issued  directions  under 
securities  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  owner  of  the 
the  powers  of  this  A ct  may  make  representation 
wagons  to  repay  such  money  by  the  transfer  of 
thereon  to  the  committee  and  the  committee 
such  securities  of  an  amount  equivalent  to  such  may,  if  they  think  fit,  make  a  special  report  of 
money,  and  such  transfer  shall  have  the  same 
the  circumstances  and  submit  recommendations 
effect  as  the  repayment  of  the  money."—(Sir 
f or  consideration  by 
the  Minister."—(Mr. 
John  Harmood-Banner.) 
Joynson-Hicks.) 

A nd  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It  passed 
in  the  Negative. 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to  be  made 
to  t he  Bill,  in  p.  17,  1. 3,  by  inserting  at the  end 
thereof  the  words— 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in p.  19,1.  34,  by 
leaving  out  the 
words  "  selected  by  him  from  the  said  panel," 
inserting  the  words  "  of  the  said  panel 
and 
"  Provided  that the owners of  any  undertaking  appointed  by  the  panel;"—(Mr.  Joynson-Hicks), 

established  by  A ct  of  Parliament  shall  not,  —-instead  thereof. 
except  with  their  consent,  be  required  to  accept 
securities  in  lieu  of  cash  in  discharge  of  any 
sum payable  to  them  for  reduction  in  the  value 
of  their  undertaking."  —  (Captain  Hamilton 
Benn.) 

A nd  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to be  left  out  stand part  of  the  B i l l :— 
It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
A nd  the Question  being  put,  That those  words  made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  19,  1. 35,  by  inserting 

be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It  passed  in  the  at  the  end thereof  the  words— 
Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  18,  1, 14,  by  inserting  at 
the  end  thereof  the  words— 

"  If  the  owners  of  any  undertaking  to  which 
this  A ct  relates  consider  that  any  direction  of 
the  Minister  made  under  section  three  of  this 
A ct  in  relation  to  such  undertaking  is  unreason-
"  Provided  that  the  Minister  shall  not  make  able,  the  direction  shall  not  come into  force  until 
the  expediency  thereof  has  been  inquired  into 
an  advance  exceeding  one  million  pounds  at 
for  the  purpose  of  any  work  and  approved  by  the  said  panel  or  by  a  com-
any  one  time 
unless  specially  authorised  to  do  so  by  a  resolu- mittee  of  the  panel  appointed  by  the  panel."— 
tion  of  the  House  of  Commons."—-'(Sir  Eric 
Geddes.) 

tbe  Question  being  put,  That  those 
And  the  Question  being  proposed, That those  words be there inserted  in the  B i l l : — It  passed 

( M r.  Joynson-Hicks.) 

And 

words  be there  inserted in the  Bill; 

in  the  Negative. 

VO L.  174. 

E  E  2 

2 12 

7 th July. 

1919. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Joint Stock 

made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  19,1.  40,  by  inserting  at  Second  Reading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks 
the  end  thereof  the  words— 
" ( 4)  Section  two  of 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

( Amalgamation  Control)  B i l l; 

the  Official  Secrets 

Banks 
(Amalgama-
tion Control) 
Bill. 

A c t,  1911,  shall  apply  to  any  member  of  the  upon  Monday  next. 
advisory  panel,  or  any  committee  thereof,  or  of 
any  other  committee  established  under 
this 
A c t.  for  giving  advice  and  assistance  to  the  Committee  on  the  Finance  Bill; 
Minister  as  if  he  were  a  person  holding  office 
under  His  Majesty."—(Sir  Eric  Geddes.) 

The  Order  of 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Finance Bill. 

A nd  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 

words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l; 

A nd  the  House  having  continued  to  sit  till 
after  Twelve  of  the  clock  on  Tuesday  morning  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or  taking  Land 

into  consideration  the  Land  Settlement 
lities)  Bill  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com- Bill. 
mittee  ; 

(Faci- Settlement 
(Facilities) 

Tuesday,  8th  July  1919 : 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

The said  proposed  Amendment  was, with  leave  sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

BiU. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  20,1.  4,  by  leaving  out 
the  words  "  or  the  Local  Government  Board."— 
( M r.  Jnskip.) 

A nd  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
B i l l : — T he  said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  further  consideration  of  the 
Bill,  as  amended,  be  now  adjourned."—(Lord 
Edmund  Talbot.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be  taken  into  further  con-
sideration  this  day. 

Mr.  Baldwin  reported  from  the  Committee  of 
Supply 
[29th May]  Supply  of  the  29th  day  of  May  last,  a  Resolu-
Beport. 
tion  ;  which  was  read,  as  followeth  : 

A r my  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Further  Y o te  on  Account. 

Further Vote 
on Account. 

to  His  Majesty  on  Account 

That a further sum, not exceeding  £50,000,000, 
for 
be  granted 
defraying 
Services, 
which  will  come  in  course  of  payment  during 
the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920. 

the  charges 

for  A r my 

The  said Resolution,  being  read a  second time, 

was  agreed  to. 

Housing of the  The  Order  of  the  day being read, for  receiving 
Working 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  on  Housing 
Classe
of  the  Working  Classes  (Ireland)  [Expenses]  ; 
Ireland) 
Expenses.] 

Ordered,  that  the  Report  be  received  this  day. 

s 

f

Government 
of India 
[Salaries and 
Expenses.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  Government  of  India  [Salaries 
and  Expenses]; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or  the  Private 

Second  Reading  of 
Procedure  (Ireland)  B i l l; 

the  Private  Legislation  Legislation 
Procedure 
(Ireland) BUI. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or  the  War Loan 

Second  Reading  of  the  War  Loan  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  dav  being 

read,  for  the 

BiU. 

Official 

Second  Reading  of  the  Official  Solicitor  Bill  Solicitor BiU 
[.Lords]  ; 

[Lord*.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Solicitors 
(Articled  (Articled 
the  Solicitors 
Clerks) Bill 
[Lords.] 

Second  Beading  of 
; 
Clerks)  Bill  [Lords] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Public 
Second  Reading  of  the Public  Notaries  (Articled  Notaries 
(Articled 
Clerks)  Bill 
Clerks) BiU 

[Lords]; 

the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  [Lords, j 

Ordered,That 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Matrimonial 

Second  Reading  of  the  Matrimonial  Causes  Causes 
(Dominions  Troops)  Bill  [Lords] 

; 

(Dominions 
Troops) Bill 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or  the  Coal Mines 

Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Mines  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or  the  Treatv of 

Peace Bili. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Treaty  of  Peace  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

National 
Health 
Insurance 
[Money.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Insurance 
on  National  Health 

Committee 
[ M o n e y]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

T he  Order  of   • the  day  being  read,  for  the Anglo-French 

Second  Reading  of  the  Anglo-French  Treaty  Treaty)^  _ 
France^Biu.
(Defence  of  France)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Betired 
Officers (Civil  Committee  on  Retired  Officers  (Civil  Employ-
Employment) 
[Money.] 

ment)  [ M o n e y]  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Weights and 

Committee  on 
(Leather  Measurement)  Bill  [Lords] 

the  Weights 

and  Measures  ^a s°r es 

; 

Measurement)

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  this  d a y ,B in  [£«>•<*'•] 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

 
 
10  GEO.  Y. 

1th—§th  July. 

2 13 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  W a ys   and  Means  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee C] 
[1st July] 
Report. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read, for  receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply  of  the  1st  day  of  this  instant  July  ; 

Ordered,  That 

the  Report  he 

received 

time. 

Tuesday,  8th July  1919. 

P R A T E R S.  

° 

T HE   House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to London 

take  into  consideration  the  London  CoUnty  County 
Council  ( M o n e y)   Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Com-  (^oney) Bill, 
mittee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third 

this  day. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
o {  Third  Reading  of  the  Acquisition  of  Land 

Acquisition of 
*jand 
Compen»tion) (Assessment  of  Compensation)  Bill; 
Bm- 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Overseas 
Trade 
(Insurance 
against 
Abnormal 
Bisks) BiU. 

Corn 
Production 
Acts (Bepeal) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Overseas  Trade  (Insur-
ance  against  Abnormal  Risks)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being read, for  resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  4th  day  of  June  last,  That  the  Corn 
Production  A c ts   (Repeal)  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  ; 

Ordered,  That the Debate  be  further  adjourned 

till  this  day. 

Government of  A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will, 
into  a  Committee,  to 
the Soudan 
this  day,  resolve  itself 
Loan 
consider 
to 
the  Treasury 
of 
[Guarantee.] 
guarantee  out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund  the 
payment  of  interest  on  a  Loan  to  be  raised  by 
the  Government  of  the  Soudan.—(Mr.  Bonar 
Law.) 

authorising 

Mr.  Bonar  Law,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted 
the  House,  That  His  Majesty, 
having  been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of 
this  Motion,  recommends  it  to  the  considera-
tion  of  the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Adjournment. 

A nd  

clock  on  Monday 

it  being  after  half-past  Eleven  of 
the 
evening,  Mr. 
Speaker  adjourned  the  House  without 
Question  put,  pursuant  to  the  Standing 
Order,  it  being  then  twenty-seven  min-
utes 
the  clock  on 
after  Twelve  of 
Tuesday  morning,  till  this  day. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu, 

. presented  by  His  East India 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the 
Committee  appointed  by  the  Secretary  of  State  tion.) 
for  India  to  inquire  into the  Home  Administra-
tion  of  Indian  Affairs. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  by  His  Light 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Order  made 
the  Light  Railways  Commissioners,  under  the 
Light  Railways  Acts,  1896  and  1912,  and 
modified  and  confirmed  by  the  Board  of  Trade, 
entitled  the  De  TrafFord  Light  Railway  Order, 
1919. 

b y ^ ^ ^* 

Copy  of  Order  made  by  the  Light  Railway  Light 

Commissioners,  under  the  L i g ht   Railways  Acts,  Railways Acts, 
1896  and  1912,  and  modified  and  confirmed  by  1 8 96   a nd   1 9 1 2, 
the  Board  of  Trade,  entitled  the  Lostock  L i g ht 
Railways  Order,  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen 

presented,  by   Ordnance 

His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  Survey, 
the  progress  of  the  Ordnance  Survey  to  the 
31st  March  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Dr.  Addison  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc- National 

tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament, —  Copy  of Health 
Regulations,  dated  18th  June  1919,  made  by  the  ( j ^ T 06 
National  Health  Insurance  Joint  Committee, Committee) 
entitled  the National Health Insurance (Payments  (Begulations.) 
to  Insurance  Committees)  Amendment  Regula-
tions  (Ireland),  1919. 

Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  30th  June  1919, National 

the  Insurance  Commissioners, 

made  by 
Irish  Insurance  Commissioners,  and  the  Welsh  (England) 
Insurance  Commissioners,  entitled  the  National  (Regulations.) 
Health  Insurance  (Behaviour  during  Sickness) 
Regulations,  1919. 

the 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

presented,  by  His  Treaty Series,] 
of  Agreement  ( N o-  7>  1919.) 

Mr.  Cecil  Harmsworth 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy 
between  the  United  States  of  America,  Belgium, 
the  British  Empire,  and  France,  and  Germany, 
with  regard  to  the  military  occupation  of  the 
Territories  of  the  Rhine.  Signed  at  Versailles, 
28th  June  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Robert  Horne  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Ministry of 

Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  Committee  L a b o u r-
of  Inquiry  into  Night  W o rk  
Baking  and Flour  Confectionery  Trade. 

the  Bread 

in 

Agricultural  Land  Sales  (Restriction 

of  Notices  to  Quit)  Bill 

Restoration  of  Pre-War  Practices 
from 

(transferred 

(No.  3)  Bill 
Standing  Committee  E) 

Sir  Robert  Borne  also  presented,  pursuant  to  Trade Boards 

E. 

A. 

the directions  of  an A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of  ActB-
Special  Order made  in  pursuance  of  Section  1  of 
the  Trade  Boards  A c t,   1918,  with  respect  to 
the  Jute  Trade. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

VOL.  174. 

Table. 

E  E  3 

2 14 

8th July. 

1919. 

SuperanDua-
Act, 1884. 

Private 
Legislation 
Procedure 
(Scotland) 
Act, 1899. 

Publio 
Records 
(Ministry of 
National 
Service.) 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—  Copy  of 
Treasury  Minute  under 
the  Superannuation 
A c t,   1884,  dated 5th August  1919,  declaring  that 
Esper  Shoucair, Chancelier and  First  Dragoman, 
His  Majesty's  Consulate,  Beirut,  was  appointed 
without  a  Civil  Service  Certificate  through 
inadvertence  on  the  part  of  the  Head  of  his 
Department. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  L o rd   Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy 
of   Beport  by   the  Chairman  of  Committees  of 
the  House  of  Lords  and  the  Chairman  of  W a ys 
and  Means  in  the  House  of   Commons,  under 
Section  2  of  the  Private  Legislation  Procedure 
(Scotland)  A c t,   1899,  that  they  are  of  opinion 
that  the  Provisional  Orders  for  which  Petitions 
were  presented  be  allowed  to  proceed,  subject  to 
such  recommendations  as  they  may  hereafter 
make  with  respect to  the  several  Orders. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

T he   following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  A ct   of   Parliament,  was  laid  upon  the 
Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House,—Copy  of 
Schedule  containing  a  list  and  particulars  of 
certain  classes  of  Documents  now  or 
lately 
existing  in  the  Headquarters  and  Local  Offices 
of  the  Ministry  of  National  Service  which  are 
not  considered  of  sufficient  public  value  to 
justify  their  preservation  in  the  Public  Record 
Office. 

Standing 
Committees 
(Chairmen's 
Panel.) 
Standing 
Committee A. 

Mr.  John  William  Wilson  reported  from  the 
Chairmen's  P a n e l;   That  they had  appointed  Sir 
Archibald  Williamson 
to  act  as  Chairman  of 
Standing Committee  A  (in respect of the  Restora-
tion  of  P r e - W ar   Practices  (No.  3)  BUI)  (trans-
ferred  from  Standing  Committee  E ). 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Private Bills 
(Group A.) 

Swinton and 
Mexborough 
Gas Board 
Bill. 

Private Bills. 
(Group C.) 

Sir  Harry  Samuel  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  on  Group  A  of  Private  Bills  ;  That  Mr. 
Grattan  Doyle,  one  of  the  Members  of  the  said 
Committee,  was  not  present  during  the  sitting 
of  the  Committee  this  day. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Charles  Hanson  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  on  the  Swinton  and  Mexborough  Gas 
Board  B i l l;   That  they  had  examined  the  allega-
tions contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and 
had  amended  the same so  as  to make it  consistent 
with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the 
Committee,  and  found  the  same,  as  amended,  to 
be  true,  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill and  made 
Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  j  and  be  printed. 

Sir  Charles  Hanson  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  on  Group  C  of  Private  Bills  ;  That,  for 
the  convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee  had 
adjourned  till  Tuesday  next,  at  half-past  Eleven 
of  the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee B. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Selection  ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from Standing  Committee 

B : — S ir   Arthur  Shirley  Benn;  and had  appointed 
in  substitution 
(for  the  consideration  of  the 
Electricity  (Supply)  B i l l ):   Mr.  Mac  Veagh. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the Standing 

they  had  discharged 

Committee;  That 
following Members from  Standing  Committee  B: 
— D r.   Edward  Hopkinson  and  Sir  Philip  Pilditch 
(added  in  respect  of  the  Electricity  (Supply) 
Bill)  ;  and  had  appointed 
(in 
respect  of  the  Electricity  (Supply  )  Bill)  :  Mr. 
Thomas  Robinson  and  Captain  Bowyer. 

in  substitution 

the  CommitteeB. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the  Standing 

they  had  discharged 

Committee;  That 
following Members from  Standing  Committee  C  : 
— S ir   Alfred  Mond  and  Captain  Ormsby-Gore 
; 
and  had  appointed  in  substitution:  Sir  Hamar 
Greenwood  and  Mr.  Cecil  Harmsworth. 

the  CommitteeC. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the  standing 

the  CommitteeD. 

they  had  discharged 

Committee;  That 
following  Members from  Standing  Committee  D 
at  the  conclusion  of the  Housing  of  the  Working 
Classes  (Ireland)  B i l l : — M r.   Thomas  Brown, 
Mr.  Burn,  Mr.  William  Coote,  Captain  Dixon, 
Sir  Maurice  Dockrell,  Mr.  Donald,  Mr.  Harbison, 
Mr.  Lynn,  Mr.  Ml  Guffin,  Mr.  Moles,  Mr.  John  . 
Murray,  Mr.  O' Grady,  Mr.  Roe,  Captain 
Redmond,  Mr.  Reid,  Mr.  Thomas  Shaw,  Colonel 
Stephenson,  and  Mr.  Swan;  and  had  added  to 
the  Committee 
(for  the  consideration  of  the 
National  Health  Insurance  Bill)  ;  Mr.  Adamson, 
Mr.  Bar rand,  Mr.  Britton,  Mr.  Thomas  Davies, 
Mr.  Devlin,  Mr.  Hogge,  Mr.  Johnstone,  Mr. 
Haydn  Jones,  Dr.  M'  Donald,  Major  Molson, 
Captain  O'Neill,  Colonel  William  l'horne,  Mr. 
Tyson  Wilson,  and  Sir  Robert  Woods. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the Standing 
Committee;  That  they  had  added  to  Standing  Committee D. 
Committee  D  the  following  Fifteen  Members  in 
respect  of  the  National  Health  Insurance  B i l l: 
— D r.   Addison,  Major  Astor,  Mr.  James  Bell, 
Mr.  Cairns,  Sir  Watson  Cheyne,  Captain  Eliot, 
Major  Farquharson,  Mr.  Hodge,  Mr.  Macpherson, 
Sir  Philip  Magnus,  M r.   Munro,  D r.   Murray, 
Mr.  Purchase,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir  Alfred 
Warren,  and  Sir  Kings  ley  Wood  ;  and  had  added 
to the  Committee  the following  Fifteen  Members 
in  respect  of  the  Merchant  Shipping  (Wireless 
Telegraphy)  Bill 
the  Courts 
(Emergency  Powers)  Bill  :—Mr.  Bridgeman, 
Mr.  Chadwich,  Mr.  Houston,  Lieutenant-Com-
mander  Kenworthy,  Commander  King,  Mr.  Neil 
Maclean,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Malone,  Captain 
0'  Grady,  General  Sir  Ivor  Philipps,  Sir  Owen 
Philipps,  Sir  William  Raeburn,  Mr.  Renwick, 
M r.   Sexton,  Mr.  Sturrock,  and  Mr.  Haveloch 
Wilson. 

[L o r d s]   and 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the Standings 

Committee;  That 
following  Member  from  Standing  Committee  E 
(added  in  respect  of  the  Bestoration  of  Pre-War 
Practices  ( N o.   3)  Bill)  : — M r.   Bigland. 

they  had  discharged 

the  Committee E. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the Standing 
Committee;  That  they  had  added  the  following  Committee A. 
Members  to  Standing  Committee  A 
(for  the 
consideration  of  the  Restoration  of  P r e - W ar 
Practices  ( N o.   3)   B i l l ) :—   Major-General  Sir 
John  Davidson  and  Captain  Edge. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Grant  of  Administration 

(Bonds)  Bill  Grant of 

[Lords],  was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered Administration 
to  be«read  a  second  time  to-morrow;  and  to  be  f x ^ f o] 
printed. 

B i l l ' m. 

1 

Law; Agents 
Apprenticeship 
(War Services) 
(Scotland) Bill 
[Zortfs.] 

Bill  125. 

British 
Mercantile 
Marine 
Uniform Bill 
[Lords.] 

Bill  127. 

from the 
Lords. 

Statement of 
Bates Bill. 

Shoreham-by-
Sea Urban 
District 
Council Bill 
[Lords.] 

10  GEO.  V. 

8 th July. 

2 15 

The  Law  Agents  Apprenticeship 

( W ar 
Services)  (Scotland)  Bill  [Lords],  was  read  the 
first  time,  and  ordered  to be   read  a  second  time 
to-morrow;  and  to  be  printed. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

Bill  126. 

upon  Thursday  n e x t;   and  be  printed. 

The  British  Mercantile  Marine  Uniform  Bill 
[Lords],  was  read  the  first  time ;  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House,  That  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as followeth  : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Statement  of 
Rates  Bill,  with  Amendments,  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
A ct   to  empower  the  Urban  District  Council  of 
Shoreham-on-Sea  to  construct  a footbridge  over 
the  River  A d u r,   and  for  other  purposes  ;  to 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

Statement of 
Bates Bill. 

Bill  128. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendment  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Statement  of  Rates  Bill  be  taken 
into  consideration  to-morrow  ;  and  be  printed. 

Shoreham-by-
Sea Urban 
District 
Council Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Shoreham-by-Sea  Urban District  Council 

Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  f or   Private  Bills. 

Member takes 
the Oath. 

The  following  Member  took  and  subscribed 

the  Oath  :— 

S ir   Robert  Balfour, 
tick  Division). 

f or   G l a s g ow   B u r gh  

( P a r-

Police BilL 

Bill  123. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented  a  Bill  to 
amend  the  L aw   relating  to  the  Police  of  Great 
Britain  ; 

A nd   tbe  same  was ordered  to  be  read a  second 

time  to-morrow  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Ministry of 
Ways and 
Communica-
tions Bill. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  further  consideration  the  Ministry  of 
W a ys   and  Communications  Bill,  as  amended  in 
the  Standing  Committee. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  20,  1. 7,  by inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words— 

"  Provided  that  there  shall  not  be  more  than 
one  paid  parliamentary  secretary  of  the  Minis-
t r y . " — ( M r.   Rawlinson.) 

The  House,  according  to  Order, resolved  itself  Finance buL 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Finance  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1 (Continuation  of  Customs  duties 

imposed  under  5  &  6  Geo.  5.  c.  89). 

An   Amendment  made. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  19, 
after  the  word  "  twenty,"  to  insert  the  words 
"  and  as  regards  the  new  import  duties  until  the 
first  day  of  M a y,   nineteen  hundred  and  twenty." 
—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there  in-

serted  : 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  t h ej  Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Yeas, 

[ Captain Guest  : 

Tellers  for  the  (  Mr.  George  Thorne, 

Noes, 

| Mr.  Hogge: 

"j  ggy 
/ 

J 
J 

75. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  to 

leave  out  1. 2 1 . — ( M r.   Arnold.) 

Question  put,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be 

left  out  stand  part of  the  Clause  : 

The  Committee  divided. 

Tellers  for  the f Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Yeas, 

I Mr.  Dudley  Ward  : 

1208. 

Tellers  for  thej Mr.  Hogge, 

Noes, 

I M r.   Tyson  Wilson  s 

1 
J 

Question  put,  That  the  clause,  as  amended, 

stand  part  of  the  B i l l: 

The  Committee  divided. 

Tellers  for  the  (  Captain  Guest, 

Yeas, 

Noes, 

) 
|  L o rd   Edmund  Talbot:  J 
\ 
J 

( M r.   Hogge  : 

„.„ 

,, 
00' 

Tellers  f or   the f Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 

Clauses  No.  2 to  No.  5  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  6  (Increase  in  duty  on  private 

brewers'  licences). 

Amendment  proposed  in  p. 4,  1.  14,  at  end,  to 

insert  the  words— 

"  Provided  that  a  bou& fide labourer who  occu-
pies  a  house  of  an  annual  value  not  exceeding 
fifteen  pounds  and  brews  for  his  own  domestic 
use  a  quantity  of   malt  not  exceeding  eight 
bushels  in  any  one  year  shall  be  exempt  from 
duty  and  licence."—(Major  Howard.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That 

those 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l; 

inserted  :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 

The  Noes  to  the  L e f t. 
Tellers  for  thej Mr.  Rawlinson, 

\ 
\ Colonel  Gretton  :  J 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for  thej  Colonel  Burn, 

l 
I Commander  Dawes  :J 

Noes, 

1 6 5. 

132. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  21j  1.  36,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  "  or  other  public  "  —  ( M r.   Joynson-
Hieks.) 

And  the  Question  being  put, That the  words 
"  or other public "  stand  part of  the  Bill,  it  was 
resolved in  the Affirmative. 

VOL.   174. 

Clause  agreed  to. 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Chair-
man  do  report  Progress  and  ask  leave  to  sit 
again— ( M r.   Cha mcellor  of  the  Exchequer)—put 
and  agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the  Bill  ; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

M r.   Pratt  reported  from  the  Committee  on  Housing of 
Housing  of  the  Working  Classes  (Ireland)  [ E x-   c h 1^ ' r k i na 
penses]  a  Resolution,  which  was  read,  as (Ireland) 
followeth: 

[Expenses.! 

That,  for  the  purposes  of  any  Act  of1 the 
present  Session  to amend  the enactments relating 

IK  

4 

216 

8 th—9 th July. 

1919. 

to  the  Housing  of  the  Working  Classes  and  the 
Acquisition  of  Small  Dwellings  in  Ireland,  it  is 
expedient 
the  payment,  out  of 
moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  of  ex-
penses  incurred  by  any  Government  Depart-
ment— 

to  authorise 

( a)   when  acting  in  the  place  of  local  autho-
.  rities  in  preparing  and carrying  out  schemes 

under  such  A c t; 

( b)   in  recouping 
authorities;  and 

losses 

incurred  by 
\ 

local 

( c)   in  contributing  to  costs  incurred  by  public 
utility  societies  and housing  trusts and  other 
persons. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the  Ways and 

Committee  of  W a ys   and  Means  ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order of  the day  being read, for  receiving  Supply, 

from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Beport 
Supply  of  the  lst  day  of  this  instant  July  ; 

[ktJuly]6 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to- E eP° r t-

morrow. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  f or   the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

The  said Resolution,  being  read  a  second  time, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

was  agreed  to. 

Government of 
India [Salaries Committee  on  Government  of  India 
and Expenses.J 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
[Salaries 

Expenses]  ; 

The  Order  of   the  day  being  read,  for  the  Overseas 

Second  Reading  of  the  Overseas  Trade  ( I n-  Trade 
surance  against  Abnormal  Risks)  B i l l;  

against"06 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Abnormal 

Bisks) Bill. 

National 
Health 
Insurance 
[Money.] 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Insurance 
on  National  Health 

Committee 
[ M o n e y]   ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Government of 

Committee  on  Government  of  the  Soudan  Loan  £ j ^ o n d an 
[Guarantee]; 

[Guarantee.] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself into  the  said  Committee. 

Retired Officers  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the 
rc^i 
n  Committee  on  Retired  Officers  (Civil  Employ-
[Money!]611  ment)  [ M o n e y]   ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for resuming  Corn 

the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  ^ ^ " J ^ 0 1^ 
upon  the  4th  day  of  June  last,  That  the  Corn  B-]] 
Production  Acts  (Repeal)  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  ; 

Ordered,  That  the Debate  be further  adjourned 

War Loan 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

till  to-morrow. 

Second  Reading  of  the  W ar   Loan  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

A nd  

it  being  after  half-past  Eleven  of Adjournment, 

to-morrow. 

Official 
Solicitor Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Official  Solicitor  Bill 

Second  Reading  of 
[.Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Solicitors 
(Articled 
Clerks) Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the 
Second  Reading  of 
Clerks)  Bill  [Lords']  ; 

day  being  read,  for  the 
(Articled 
the  Solicitors 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

the  clock,  Mr. Deputy  Speaker  adjourned 
the  House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  the Standing  Order,  it  being  then  nine 
minutes  before  Twelve  of  the  clock,  till 
to-morrow. 

Wednesday,  9th July  1919. 

F B A T E B S. 

Public 
Notaries 
(Articled 
Clerks") Bill 
[Lords.] 

Matrimonial 
Causes 
(Dominions 
Tioops) Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
( A r-

Second  Reading  of  the  Public  Notaries 
ticled  Clerks)  Bill  [Lords] 

; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Matrimonial  Causes 

Second  Reading  of 
(Dominions  Troops)  Bill  [Lords] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Coal Mines 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Mines  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Weights and 
Measures 
(Leather 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Weights  and  Measures 

Committee 
on 
(Leather  Measurement)  Bill 

[Lords]; 

r r HE   Tynemouth  Corporation  Bill 
1 

was  read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

[Lords],  Tynemcuth 

S?,^?0?14"?11-, 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 

Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Government  ( I r e-  Government 
land)  Provisional  Orders  B i l l;  

S o S al 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  0 r d e rs  

m 

; 

upon  Monday  the  21st  day  of  this  instant  July. 

Ordered,  That  the  Paper  relative  to  Inter-intermediate 

mediate  Education 
(Ireland)  which  was  pre- Education 
sented  upon  the  17th  day  of  March  last  be  ( I r® k n d> 
printed. 

N o-  1 3 2' 

Dr.  Addison  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  National 

Command,—Copy  of  Memorandum  on  Expendi- Health 
ture  likely  to  be  incurred  under  Clause  1,  sub-  ^®,irailoe 
section  ( 1)   of  the  National  Health1  Insurance 
Bill. 

Bill [Lords.]  •  Resolved, That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 
resolve itself  into the  said  Committee. 

Table. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

10  GEO.  V. 

9 th July. 

217 

Air Force 
(Constitution) 
Act, 1917. 

•General  Seely  , presented,  pursuant  to 

the 
directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Order,  dated  3rd  April  1919,  under  the  Air 
Force  (Constitution)  Act,  1917, providing  special 
rates of  pay for Airmen  employed  as Shoemakers 
and  Tailors  in  the  Royal  Air  Force. 

of  Income  from  Fees,  &c.,  for  the  requirements  • 
of  the  Board  of  Trade,  under  the  Bankruptcy 
Act,  1914. 

-

Ordered,  That  the  Resolutions  be  reported 

to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Mr.  T.  P.  O' Connor  reported  from  Standing Standing 

Table. 

Public 
Records 
(Board  of 
Trade.) 

The  following  Papers,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,  were  laid 
upon  the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  :— 

Copy  of  Second  Schedule  containing  a  list 
and  particulars  of  certain  classes  of  Documents 
existing  or  accruing  in  the  Board  of  Trade 
which  are  not  considered  of  sufficient  public 
value  to justify  their preservation  in  the  Public 
Record  Office. 

o£ 

containing  a 

Public Records  Copy  of  First  Schedule 

list 
and  particulars  of  certain  classes  of  Documents 
Emergency 
in  the  Board  of  Trade, 
existing  or  accruing 
Departments,  Emergency  Departments,  1914-19,  for  business 
0f   t|le  Supreme  Court  of  Judicature  which  are 
1914-19.) 
to 
not  considered  of  sufficient  public  value 
justify  their  preservation  in  the  Public  Record 
Office. 

Standing 
Committees 
(Chairmen's 
Panel.) 

Mr.  John  William  Wilson  reported  from  the 
Chairmen's  P a n e l;   That  they  had  appointed 
Mr.  T.  P.  O'Connor  to  act  as  Chairman  of 
Standing  Committee  D 
the 
National  Health  Insurance  Bill,  the  Merchant 
Shipping  (Wireless  Telegraphy)  Bill  [Lords], 
and  the  Courts  (Emergency  Powers)  Bill). 

(in  respect  of 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Standing 
Orders. 

Mr.  Vaughan-Davies  reported  from  the  Select 
Committee  on  Standing  Orders,  a  Resolution 
which  was  read  as followeth  :— 

That  in  the  case  of  the  Shropshire,  Worces-
Shropshire, 
and  Staffordshire  Electric  Power 
Worcestershire tershire, 
Staffordshire 
[Lords'],  Petition  for  Bill,  the  Standing  Orders 
Electric Power ought  to  be  dispensed  with  :—That  the  parties 
[Lords.] 

be  permitted  to  proceed  with  their  Bill. 

The  said Resolution,  being  read  a  second  time, 

was agreed  to. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee C. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Selection  ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C  :  Captain  Bowyer  ;  and  had  appointed 
in  substitution  :  Sir  Arthur  Steel-Maitland. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee  C] 
Beport. 

Mr. 

'l'urton  reported 

from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C  that  they  had  agreed  to  the  following 
Resolutions: 

Committee  D,   to  whom  the  Housing  of  the 
D" 
Working  Classes  (Ireland)  Bill  was  referred  ; the Working 
That  they  had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  made Classes 
Amendments  thereunto. 

(Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No.  133. 

Table ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes  of  the  Proceedings 

jjo.  133. 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill  129. 

Standing  Committee,  be  taken  into  Consideration 
upon  Wednesday  n e x t;   and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  b y t h e  Lords, 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 

The  Lords  have 
Allan  Water  Order 
any  Amendment. 

agreed  to  the 
Confirmation 

Bridge  of Bridge of 
Bill,  without -"la" Water 

Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 
the  Tees  Con- Tees 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to 

servancy  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

Conservancy 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Chepstow Chepstow 
Water  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which  the  Water Bill. 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Dover Gas 

for  conferring 

Act 
powers  on  the  Dover  Gas  Company  ;  to  which 
the  Lords desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

further  capital  and  other  Bil1  [Lord*.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An   East Ham 

to  alter  the  wards  of  the  borough  of 
A ct  
East  Ham  ;  to  increase  the  number  of  aldermen 
and  councillors  of  the  borough  ;  to  increase  the 
number  of  guardians  representing  the  parish  of 
East  Hain  on  the  West  Ham  Poor  Law  IJnion, 
and  for  other  purposes  ;  to  which  the  Lords 
desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill, 

intituled London 

An   Act  to  empower  the  London  Electric  Rail- 
way  Company 
and  for  other  purposes  ;  to  which  the  Lords 
desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

to  construct  a  new  subway,  [i^^dl] 

B, u 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill  intituled  An   stoney's 
A ct   to  dissolve  the  marriage  of  Anna  Theodosia  Divorce Bill 
Hester  Stoney,  of  69,  Adelaide  Road,  Dublin, 
in  the  county,  of  Dublin,  with  Leigh  Sadleir 
Stoney,  a  Lieutenant-Colonel  (retired),  in  the 
4th  Battalion,  Royal  Irish  Fusiliers,  her  now 
husband,  and  to  enable  her  to  marry  again, 
and  for  other  purposes  ;  to  which  the  Lords 
desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Dover  Gas  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the  first  Dover Gas 

Civil  Services  Estimates,  1919-20. 

t i m e.  

BUI  [Tsords.] 

Class  I I. 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £112,751  be 
granted  tip  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries 
and Expenses  of certain services transf erred  from 
the  Mercantile  Marine  Fund,  and  other  services 
connected  with  the Mercantile  Marine,  including 
Merchant  Seamen's  Fund  Pensions. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £6  be  granted 
to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum  necessary 
to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course 
of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st 
day  of  March  1920  for  meeting  the  Deficiency 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

The  East  Ham  Corporation  Bill  [ Lords]  was East Ham 
Corporation 

read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the  U 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

The  London  Electric  Railway  Bill  [Lords]  London 
Electric 
Railway  BiU 

was  read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the  [Lord*.] 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Stoney's  Divorce  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the stoney's 
first  time, and  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time.  Divorce BUI 

[Lords.1 

V O L.   1 7 4. 

F  F 

2 18 

9 th July. 

1919. 

Finance Bill. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Finance  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  L aw   Agents  Apprentice-
ship  ( W ar   Services)  (Scotland)  Bill  [Zorefe]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Law Agents 
Apprenticeship 
(War  Services) 
(Scotland) 
Bill  [Lordt.] 

Clause  No.  7  (Imperial  Preference). 

to-morrow. 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  4,  1. 22,  to  leave 
out  from  the  beginning,  to  the  first  word  "  the," 
in  1. 23.—(Captain  Wedgwood  Benn.) 

Question  put,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be 

left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause. 

The  Committee  divided. 

Tellers f or   the f Lord  Edmund  Talbot,  \ 271 
(Captain  Guest  : 

Yeas, 

J 

Tellers  for  the ( M r.   Hogge. 

Noes, 

\Mr.  George  Thorne  : 

\ 
J 

-„ 
' 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  4,  1. 37, 
after  the  word  "  protection,"  to  insert  the  words 
"  or  is  a  territory  in  respect  of  which  a  mandate 
of  the  League  of  Nations  is  exercised  by  the 
Government  of  any  part  of  His  Majesty's 
dominions."—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exche-
quer.) 

Question  put,  That 

those  words  be 

there 

inserted. 

T he   Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  t h e / L o rd   Edmund  Talbot, 

Yeas, 

l_Mr.  Dudley  Ward: 

}  195. 

Tellers  f or   the ( M r.   Hogge, 

Noes, 

( M r.   Griffiths: 

( 
j 

The  Order  of   the  day  being  read,  f or   the  Police Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Police  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the 
[Salaries 

Committee  on  Government  of  India 
and  E x p e n s e s ]; 

Government of 
iDdia 
[Salaries and 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the 
Insurance 
on  National  Health 

Committee 
[ M o n e y]   ; 

National 
Health 
Insnrance 
[Money.] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the 
Committee  on  Betired  Officers  (Civil  Employ-
ment)  [ M o n e y ]; 

Betired Officers 
(Civil 
Employment) 
[Money.] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the 

58. 

Second  Reading  of  the  W ar   Loan  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Wax Loan 
Bill. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  5,  1.  2, 
in 
fifty  per 

to  leave  out  the  words  " s u ch   proportion" 
order  to  insert  the  words  "  at  least 
cent."—(Captain  Wedgwood  Benn.] 

Question,  That  the  words  "  such  proportion  " 

upon  Monday  next. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Official  Solicitor  Bill 
[Lords] 

; 

Official 
Solicitor Bill 
[Zordt.] 

stand  part  of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Other  Amendments  made. 

Clause,  as  amended,  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  8  (Reduced  Excise  duties). 

Amendment  proposed  in  p.  5,  1. 32,  to  leave 

out  the  word  "  tobacco."—(Mr.  Hogge.) 

Question,  That  the  word  "  tobacco "  stand part 

of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed  in  p. 5,1. 33,  to 

leave  out  the  word  " s u g a r . " — ( M r.   Arnold.) 

Question,  That  the  word  " s u g a r'   stand  part 

of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed  in  p.  5,1.  33, 
to  leave  out  the  words  "  saccharin  and  chicory." 
— ( M r.   Acland.) 

Question,  That  the  words 

"saccharin  and 
stand  part  of  the  Clause,  put,  and 

c h i c o r y"  
agreed  to. 

Clause  agreed  to. 

Clauses  No.  9  to  No.  12  agreed  to. 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Chair-
man  do  report  progress,  and  ask  leave  to  sit 
again 
put  and  agreed  to. 

( M r.   Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer),-

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and 
the  Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported, 
That  the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the 
B i l l;   and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That 
the  Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Solicitors 

Second  Reading  of   the  Solicitors 
Clerks)  Bill  [LordsJ  ; 

( Articled  ^ k s ) B iu 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Public 
Second Reading  of  the Public  Notaries  (Articled  Notaries 
Clerks)  Bill  [Lords] 

; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  Second  time 

J 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Matrimonial 

Second  Reading  of 
(Dominions  Troops)  Bill  [Lords] 

the  Matrimonial  Causes  ^ o ^ f n i o ns 
Troops) Bill 

; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  iLords-1 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Coal Mines 

Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Mines  B i l l; 

B u l-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

» 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Weights and 

Committee 
(Leather  Measurement)  Bill  [Lords] 

on 

the  Weights  and  Measures Measures 

; 

dement) 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  to-morrow,  B iU 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, 
resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

to-morrow, 

4  , 

10  GEO.  Y. 

dth—lOth July. 

219 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee C] 
[lst July] 
Beport. 

The  Order  of  the day  being read, f or   receiving 
of 

from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report 
Supply  of   the  lst  clay  of  this  instant  J u l y; 

Ordered,  That  the  Birmingham  Corporation  Birmingham 
Bill  be  read  the  third  time  upon  Monday  next.  Corporation 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

The  Stourport  Gas  Bill  [Lords]v/a.a  read  the  Stourport Gas 

morrow. 

third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

B i U  \.LorAt^\ 

Supply. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of   Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Overseas 
Trade 
(Insurance 
against 
Abnormal 
Bisks) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Overseas  Trading  ( I n-
surance  against  Abnormal  Risks)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

« 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Grant of 
Administration  Second  Reading  of  the  Grant  of  Administration 
(Bonds) Bill 
[Lords.] 

(Bonds)  Bill  [Lords']  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

British 
Mercantile 
Marine 
Uniform Bill 
[Lords. ] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the 
the  British  Mercantile 

Second  Beading 
Marine  Uniform  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

of 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Statement of 
Bates Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Statement  of  Rates  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Amendments  be  taken 

into  consideration  to-morrow. 

Corn 
Production 
Acts (Bepeal) 
Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being read,  for resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  4th  day  of  J une  last,  That  the  Corn 
Production  Acts  (Repeal)  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time; 

Ordered,  That the Debate  be  further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

Adjournment. 

A nd   it  being  after  half-past  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  adjourned 
the  House  without Question  put, pursuant 
to  the  Standing  Order, 
then 
twenty-eight  minutes  before  Twelve  of 
the  clock,  till  to-morrow. 

it  being 

Thursday, 10th  July  1919. 

P X I T E B B. 

Private Bills 
[Lords.] 
(Standing 
Orders not 
previously 
inquired into 
complied 
with.) 

MR.   Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  f or 
. 5rivate   Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
! Bill, originating  in  the  Lords,  and  referred  on 
the  First  Reading  thereof,  the  Standing  Orders 
not previously  inquired  into, which  are  applicable 
thereto,  have  been  complied  with,  v i z . :— 

Blackpool  Improvement  Bill 

[Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time. 

Private Bills 
(Standing 
Orders not 
previously 
inquired into 
not complied 
with.) 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon 

the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions 
for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bill, the  Standing  Orders not  previously  inquired 
into,  which  are  applicable  thereto, have  not been 
complied  with,  v i z . :— 

Ammanford  Gas  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

Ordered,  That  the  Resolution  of  the  Select  London 

i

i

. 

ii

Committee  on  Standing  Orders  of  the  28th  day 
of  May  last  with  respect  to  the  London  County  (Tramways 
Council  (Tramways and Improvements) (Petition  and 
for  Bill)  be  referred  back  to  the  said  Com-  ImP™™-
.  ments.) 
mittee,  and  that  they  have  power  to  inquire 
whether  there  are  any  special  circumstances 
which  render  it  just  and  expedient  that  the 
Standing  Orders  should  be  dispensed  with  in 
respect  of  Part  V.   of  the  Bill  referred  to  in  the 
Petition  and  the  provisions  relating  thereto.— 
(Mr.  Vaughan-Davies.) 

. 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  presented,  by  His  East India 
Majesty's  C o m m a n d - C o py   of  Report  on  t h e ( E d u c* t i o n- ) 
Progress of Education  in  India, 1912-17.  Vol.  I., 
I I ., 
Seventh  Quinquennial  Review. 
Appendices  and  Tables. 

Vol. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  pursuant 

the  Isle of Man. 
directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Account  No.  134. 
of  Revenue  and  Expenditure  of  the  Isle  of  Man 
for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1919,  with  the 
Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General 
thereon. 

to 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  by   His  Board of 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Statement  by  ^ e 3 ( C o al 
the  Board  of  Trade  (Coal  Mines  Department)  Department.) 
showing  the  basis  upon  which  the  increase  in 
the  cost  of  coal  to  the  consumer  by  6s.  per  ton 
is  calculated. 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  also  presented,  pursuant Harwich 
to  the  directions  of  an  A ct   of Parliament,—Copy  H a r b o u r-
of  Abstract  of  the  Accounts  of  the  Receipts  and 
Expenditure  of 
the  Harwich  Harbour  Con-
servancy  Board  from  the  time  of  their  incorpora-
tion  down  to  and  inclusive  of  the  31st  March 
1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-  Board of 
inand,—Copy  of  Draft  dated  10th  J uly  1919,  Education, 
of   the  Education  Act,  1918,  Grant  Regulations 
No.  12.  The  Board  of  Education 
(Health 
Visitors'  Training)  Regulations  1919,  proposed 
to  be  made  by  the  Board  of  Education,  under 
Section  44  of  the  Education  A c t,   1918,  for  the 
Training  of  Health  Visitors  (including  Regula-
tions for  Payment  of  Grant  in  respect  of  such 
Training). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

General  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Air Ministry. 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be  referred  to  the 

Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders. 

Command, —  Copy  of  further  Correspondence 
relating  to the  termination  of  the  appointment 

VOL.   174. 

F  P  2 

 
2 20 

10 Ih July. 

1919. 

of  the  Honourable  Violet  Douglas-Pennant  as 
Commandant  of  the  Women's  Royal  A ir   Force. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

said  Orders  ought  to  be  confirmed;  and  that 
they  had  directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  with 
Amendments,  to  the  House. 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
Selection 
(3ommittee8)  m i t t e e. o f  Selection  ;  That,  they  had  added  the 
Standing 
following  Member  to  Standing  Committee  A 
Committee A.  (for  the  consideration  of  the  Aliens  Restriction 

Bill)  .-—Major  Baird. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Turton  reported  from  Standing  Com-
Supply 
Committee O  m i t t ee   C  t h at   t , , e7  h a d  agreed  to  the  following 

ommi 

.)  j j e g oi u t; o n s  .— 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
to-

into  consideration 

taken 

Committee,  be 
morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  Pier and 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Pier  and  Harbour  p ^ J ^j 
Provisional  Orders  B i l l;   That  they  had  con-orders BiU. 
sidered  tbe  Orders  therein  contained;  that  the  [Provisional 
said  Orders  ought  to  be  confirmed  ;  and  that  ^uft^ed i 
they  had  directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  without 
Amendment,  to  the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Civil  Services  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Table. 

Unclassified  Services. 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £30,000,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  to  meet  Expendi-
ture  arising  from  the  Government  Control  of 
Railways  in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland  under 
the  Regulation  of  the  Forces  A c t,   1871. 

Class  I I I. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,183,337  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries 
of  the  Commissioner  and  Assistant  Commis-
sioners  of  the  Metropolitan  Police  aud  of  the 
Receiver  for  the  Metropolitan  Police  District, 
the  Contribution  towards  the  Expenses  of  the 
Metropolitan  Police,  the  Salaries  and  Expenses 
of  the  Inspectors  of  Constabulary,  and  other 
Grants  in  respect  of  Police  Expenditure. 

3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £473,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Expenses 
of  the  Prisons  in  England,  Wales,  and 
the 
Colonies,  including  a  Grant  in  A id   of  certain 
Expenses  connected  with  Discharged  Prisoners. 

4.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £285,332  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  ot  March  1920  for  the  Salaries  and 
the  Office  of  the  Inspector  of 
Expenses  of 
Reformatories,  and 
the  Expense  of  the 
for 
Maintenance  of  Juvenile  Offenders  in  Reforma-
tory,  Industrial,  and  Day  Industrial  Schools, 
and  in  places  of  Detention  under  the  Children 
A c t,   in  Great  Britain. 

5.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £46,875  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Expense  of 
the  Maintenance  of  Criminal  Lunatics  in  the 
Criminal  Lunatic  Asylums  at  Broadmoor  and 
Rampton. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  Electric 

from  the  Committee  on  the  Electric  Lighting 
Provisional  Order  B i l l;   That  they  had  con-  order Bill, 
sidered  the  Order  therein  contained;  that  the  [Provisional 
said  Order  ought  to  be  confirmed  ;  and  that  they 
had  directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  without0011 
Amendment,  to  the  House. 

ro 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  Local 

from  the  Committee  on  the  Local  Government  p°Jv®™™®f 
Provisional  Orders  ( N o.   2)  B i l l;   That  they  had  Oiders (No. 2) 
considered  the  Orders  therein  contained;  that  Kill, 
the  said  Orders  ought  to  be  confirmed  ;  and  that  f£d°™ional 
they  had  directed  him  to  report  the  Bill, without confirmed.] 
Amendment,  to  the  Hous^e. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  Local 

from  the  Committee  on  the  Local  Government 
Provisional  Orders  ( N o.   3)  B i l l;   That  they  Orders (No. 3) 
had  considered  the  Orders  therein  contained;  Bill. 
;  provisional 
that  the  said  Orders  ought  to  be 
and  that  they  had  directed  him  to  report  the confirmed.] 
Bill,  without  Amendment,  to  the  House. 

i r m ed  

c o n f

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  local 

from  the  Committee  on  the  Local  Government 
Provisional  Order  ( N o.   5)   B i l l;   That  they  had  order (No. 5> 
considered  the  Order  therein  contained;  that  Bill, 
the  said  Order  ought  to  be  confirmed  ;  and  that 
they  had  directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  with- confirmed.] 
out  Amendment,  to  the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Resolutions  be  reported  to-

to-morrow. 

morrow. 

f r om  

Gas and Water  The  Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported 
t l l e  Committee  on  the  Gas  and  Water 
O^dlramu 
(Provisional  Provisional  Orders  B i l l;   That  they  had  con-
Orders 
sidered  the  Orders  therein  contained;  that  the 
confirmed.] 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  i-ocal 

from  the  Committee  on  the  Local  Government  p0^"™®"* 
Provisional  Orders  ( N o.   7)  B i l l;   That  they  had  ordere (No. 7) 
considered  the  Orders  therein  contained;  that BiU. 
the  said  Orders  ought  to  be  confirmed;  and  that 

confirmed.] 

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10th  July. 

2 21 

they  had  directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  without 
Amendment,  to  the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do 

lie  upon  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  on  Group  A  of  Private Bills 

Private  Bills  have  leave  to  make  a  Special  (»«>npA.) 
Report. 

Commons 
Regulation 
(Coity Wallia) 
Provisional 
Order Bill. 
[Provisional 
Order 
confirmed.] 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Commons  Regula-
tion  (Coity  Wallia)  Provisional  Order  B i l l; 
That  they  had  considered  the  Order  therein 
contained;  that  the  said  Order  ought  to  be 
confirmed  ;  and  that  they  had  directed  him  to 
report  the  Bill,  without  Amendment,  to  the 
House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Gosport and 
Alverstoke 
Urban District 
Council BiU. 

The  Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported 
the  Gosport  and  Alverstoke  Urban  District 
Council  Bill,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Keport  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Leicester 
Corporation 
Bill. 

T he   Deputy  Chairman reported from the  Com-
mittee  on  the  Leicester  Corporation  Bill  ;  That 
they  had  examined  the  allegations  contained 
in  the  Preamble  of 
the  Bill,  and  verbally 
amended  the  same,  and  found  the  same,  as 
amended,  to  be  true  ;  and  had  gone  through 
the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Sir  Harry  Samuel,  reported  from  the  Com-  Manchester 
mittee  on  Group  A  of  Private  Bills;  That  in  Corporation 
the  case  of  the  Manchester  Corporation  Bill 
they  had  agreed 
special 
R e p o r t :— 

following 

the 

1  ' 

to 

The  Committee  sat  on  sixteen  days,  giving  Special Beport. 

very  careful  consideration  to  the  terms  of  the 
Bill,  in  view of  the  Instruction  to the  Committee 
on  March  13th.  and  of  the  financial  magnitude 
of  the  Bill  and  the  principles  involved. 

The  Bill  sought  to  give  largely  extended 
powers  to  the  Manchester  Corporation  for  the 
purpose  of  obtaining  an  increased  supply  of 
water  at  vast  expense  from  Haweswater  lake  in 
Cumberland. 

The  Committee  had  to  consider  whether  the 
Corporation had substantiated  its contention  that 
an  increased  supply  of  water  was  absolutely 
essential  for  the  needs  of  Manchester  and  those 
authorities  dependent  upon  it  for  their  supplies 
under  the  A ct   of  1847  and  amending  Acts. 

Further, 

to  consider 
the  Committee  had 
whether  the  scheme  included  in  the  Bill  was  the 
best  available,  and  the  most  economical,  and, 
if  so,  for  what  term  of  years,  and  in  what 
manner  the  Corporation  should  be  permitted  to 
borrow  the  necessary  monies. 

Moreover,  in  coming  to  a  decision,  the  water 
needs  of  the  districts  from  which  the  supply  was 
to  be  drawn,  and  through  which  the  aqueduct 
had  to  pass,  required  anxious  consideration. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

The  Committee  decided, 

after  hearing 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

exhaustive  evidence,  that— 

Botherham 
Corporation 
Bill. 

Falmouth 
Docks BUI 
[ Lordt.J 

Manchester 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Deputy  Chairman  reported  from  the 
Committee  on  the  Rotherham  Corporation  B i l l; 
That  they  had  examined  the  allegations  con-
tained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  had 
amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it  consistent 
with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the 
Committee,  and  found  the  same,  as  amended,  to 
be  true  ;  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill  and 
made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

[L o r d s];   That 

The  Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported 
from  the  Committee  on  the  Falmouth  Docks 
Bill 
they  had  examined  the 
allegations  contained  in  the  Preamble  of the  Bill 
and  had  amended  the  same,  and  found  the  same, 
as  amended,  to  be  true  ;  and  had  gone  through 
the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

T a b l e;   and  be  printed. 

Sir  Harry  Samuel,  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  on  the  Manchester  Corporation  B i l l; 
That 
in  pursuance  of  the  Resolution  of  the 
House  of  the  7 th day of  May  last, the  Committee 
have  inserted  in  the Bill  the  additional  provision 
referred  to  in  such  Resolution,  with  Amend-
ments. 

Sir  Harry  Samuel  further  reported  from  the 
Committee  ;  That  they  had  examined  the  alle-
gations  contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill, 
found 
the  same  to  be  t r u e;   and  had  gone 
through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  there-
unto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be printed. 

VOL.   174. 

1.  The  present  sources  of  supply  (Thirlmere 
and  Lougdendale)  will  not  be  sufficient  to 
meet the increasing demands and  obligations 
likely  to  arise  in  the  near  future. 

be 

2.  It  is  not  advisable  that  the  water  supply 
increased  by 
of  Thirlmere 
should 
obtaining  an  additional  supply  from  another 
watershed,  which,  in  the  opinion  of  the 
Committee,  should  be  retained  for 
local 
requirements  and  industries.  Moreover  it 
would  not,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Committee, 
be  the  most  economical  method  of  increas-
ing  the  supply  of  water  in  Manchester,  in 
view  of  the  structural  capacity  and lay  out 
of  the  Thirlmere  Aqueduct. 

3.  Haweswater,  as  shown  on  the  plans  sub-
"  mitted  by  the  Promoters  is  the  best  source 
from  which  to  obtain 
the  necessary 
additional supply  for  Manchester,  provided 
that  the  Corporation  undertake  the  obliga-
tion  to  provide  an  adequate,  supply  on 
equitable  terms  to  the  localities  through 
which  the  aqueduct  passes. 

The  Committee  have,  accordingly  amended 

the  Bill  to  give  effect to  these  conclusions. 

In 

considering  the  provisions  of 

the  Bill 
relating  to  the  borrowing  of  money  the  Com-
mittee  felt  that  the  present  financial  situation 
must  be  taken  into  accouut,  and  decided  that  in 
view  thereof,  and  of  the  magnitude  of  the  work, 
and  the  length  of  time  which  must  elapse  before 
the  works  are  available,  an  extended  period  of 
eighty  years  should  be  granted  for  repayment, 
and  the  Corporation  should  be  permitted  for  ten 
years  to  capitalise  the  interest. 

The  evidence  given  during  the  consideration 
of  this  Bill  has  brought  very  forcibly  to  the 
notice  of  the  Comittitttee  the  difficulties  that 
surround  the  present  position  of  the  available 

F  F  3 

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10th July. 

1919. 

water  supply,  and  the  necessity  for  a  survey  of 
the  whole  of  the  water  supply  and  water  needs 
of  the  country,  and  for  the  adoption  of  measures 
for  conserving  the  supply  and  disposing  of  it  to 
the  best  advantage, 
the 
Report  of  the  Joint  Select  Committee  appointed 
to  consider  the  Water  Supplies 
(Protection) 
Bill,  1910. 

in  accordance  with 

Ordered,  That  the  Special  Report  do  lie  upon 

the  Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

may  become  payable  under  such  A c t . — ( M r. 
Secretary  Montagu.) 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Committee 
had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That 

the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Message from 
the Lords. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 

Tallin's 
Divorce Bill 
[Lords. 1 

Pallin's 
Divorce Bill 
[Lords.] 

Business of 
the House 
(Government 
Business.) 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill  intituled,  An 
A ct   to  dissolve  the  marriage  of  George  Roland 
Alexander  Pallin  with  Clara  Eileen  Pallin,  his 
now  wife,  and  to  enable  him  to  marry  again, 
and  for  other  purposes;  to  which  the  Lords 
desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

Pallin's  Divorce  Bill 

[Lords]  was  read  the 
first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Proceedings  on  Govern-
ment  Business  be  exempted  at  this  day's  sitting 
from  the  provisions  of  the  Standing  Order  (Sit-
tings  of  the  H o u s e ) . — ( M r.   Bonar  Law.) 

Ministry of 
Ways and 
Communica-
tions Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Reading  of  the  Ministry  of   W a ys   and 
Communications  Bill 

; 

A nd   a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the 
» 
third  timp  ; 
An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  "  now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words 
" u p on   this  day  three  months."—(Sir 
Richard  Cooper.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

"  now  "  stand  part  of  the  Question  : 

The  House  divided. 

T he   Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 

The  Noes  to  the  L e f t. 
Tellers  for  thej Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Yeas, 

I Captain  Guest: 

|  ^AK 
J 

Noes- 

1  Kg, 

Croft: 

1 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

The  Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Finance Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on  the  Finance  B i l l; 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved  itself  National 

into  a  Committee  on  National  Health  Insurance  health 
rijr 
[ M o n e y ].  

Insurance 
[Money.] 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  to  raise  the  rate 
of  remuneration  for  the  purposes  of  exception 
from  insurance  under  the  National  Insurance 
(Health)  Acts,  1911 to  1918, from  £ 1 60   a  year 
to  £ 2 50   a  year,  in  pursuance  of  any  A ct   of  the 
present  Session, to  alter  the  rate of  remuneration 
for  such  purposes.—(Dr.  Addison.) 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported, That  the  Committee 
had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

to-

morrow. 

The  House, according  to  Order,  resolved  itself Betired 
into  a  Committee  on  Retired  Officers  (Civil  g ® 0^ 
Employment)  [ M o n e y ].  

[Money.™ 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the 
Treasury  by  order  to  revoke  or  modify  the  rules 
as to  the  civil  employment  of  retired  officers  in 
so  far  as  they  provide  for  deductions  from  civil 
pay.—(Mr.  Baldwin.) 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported, That the  Committee 
had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received 

to-

morrow. 

The  Official  Solicitor  Bill 

[I*ords],   was, Official 

according  to  Order, read  a second  time. 
'  , 

n 

Solicitor Bill 
[Lords.] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will  immediately 
itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill. 

resolve 
— ( M r.   Attorney-General.) 

The  House  accordingly  resolved  itself  into the 

Committee. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Clause  N o.   1  amended,  and  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  2  agreed  to. 

Government of 
India 
f Salaries and 
Expenses.] 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved  itself 
India 

into  a  Committee  on  Government  of 
[Salaries  and  Expenses]. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the 
payment, out of  moneys  to  be provided  by  Parlia-
ment,  of  the  salary  of  the  Secretary  of  State  for 
India, the  salaries of  his under secretaries, and any 
other  expenses  of  his  Department  payable  under 
any  A ct   of  the  present  Session,  to  make  further 
provision with respect to the Government of  India, 
and  the  payment,  out of  the  Revenues  of  India, 
of  any  salaries, pensions, or  other  expenses  which 

Bill,  as  amended,  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  Tbat 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  now  taken  into  consideration  :— 
The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
Bill  into  consideration. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  with  amendments. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 

10   GEO.  Y. 

10 th July. 

2 23 

Solicitors 
(Articled 
Clerks) Bill 
[Lordt.] 

Public 
Notaries 
(Articled 
Clerks) BiU 
[Lordt.] 

hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence 
of  their  Lordships. 

The  Solicitors  (Articled  Clerks)  Bill  [.Lords] 

was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will  immediately 
resolve  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill.— 
(Mr.  Pratt.') 

The  House  accordingly  resolved  itself  into  the 

Committee. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1  amended,  and  agreed  to. 

Clause  N o.   2  agreed  to. 

Bill,  as  amended,  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  now  taken  into  consideration  :— 
The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
Bill  into  consideration. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  with  an  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  an  Amendment  ; 
to  which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence 
of  their  Lordships. 

The  Public  Notaries  (Articled  Clerks)  Bill 
[Lords]  was,  according  to  Order, read  a  second 
time. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will  immediately 
resolve  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill.— 
( M r.   Pratt.) 

The  House accordingly  resolved  itself  into  the 

Committee. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1  agreed  to. 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Chair-
man  do  report  Progress,  and  ask  leave  to  sit 
again  —  ( M r.   Attorney-General),  —  put,  and 
agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the  B i l l; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Matrimonial 
Causes 
(Dominions 
Troops) BiU 
[Lordt.] 

The  Matrimonial  Causes  (Dominions  Troops) 
Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
second  time. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will  immediately 
into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill. 

resolve  itself 
— ( M r.   Pratt.) 

The  House  accordingly  resolved 

itself  into 

the  Committee. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to  No.  3  agreed  to. 

Schedule  agreed  to. 

Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill, 

VOL.   174. 

and  directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That, the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

The  Grant  of  Administration 

(Bonds)  Bill  Grant of 

[Lords]  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second  f ^ ^ f ^ f / 0 11 
time. 

iLori*.-) 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will 

immediately 
resolve  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill. 
— ( M r.   Pratt.) 

® 

The  House  accordingly  resolved 

itself 

into 

the  Committee. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 and  No.  2  agreed  to. 

Schedule  agreed  to. 

Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and 
directed him to  report  the  same,  without  Amend-
ment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the same,  without  Amendment. 

The  British  Mercantile  Marine  Uniform  Bill 
[Lords]  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second 
time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

British 
Mercantile 
Marine 
Uniform BUI 
[Lorit.'] 

The  Law  Agents  Apprenticeship  ( W ar   Ser-
vices)  (Scotland)  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to 
Order,  read  a  second  time. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will'  immediately 
resolve  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill.— 
(Mr.  Pratt.) 

Law Agents 
Apprenticeship 
(War Services) 
(Scotland) 
BiU 

[Lordt.] 

The  House  accordingly resolved  itself  into  the 

Committee. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1  and  No.  2agreed  to. 

Bill  to be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill, 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Housing, Town 

into consideration  the  Housing,  Town  Planning,  Planning, &c. 
&c.  (Scotland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  (Scotland) 
Committee; 

BlU< 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Acquisition of 

Third  Beading  of  the  Acquisition  of  Land 
(Assessment  of  Compensation)  B i l l;  

c^TpeT^tion) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time  Biu-

to-morrow. 

F  V  4 

2 24 

10th—11th  July. 

1919. 

T he   Order of  the  day  being  read, for  receiving 
the  Report  of 

Supply 
^ommittM C]  f r o m  Standing  Committee  C 
[9th July] 
Beport. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Supply  of  the  9th  day  of  this  instant  July  ; 

Monday  next. 

Police  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Police  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday,  next. 

Coal Mines 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Mines  Bill; 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  statement of 

take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made  R a t es   BlU-
by  the  Lords  to  the  Statement  of  Rates  B i l l; 
and  the  same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  resuming Corn 

the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed  Production 
upon  the  4th  day  of  June  last,  That  the  C o r n ( K e p e a l) 
Production  A c ts   (Repeal)  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  ; 

Ordered,  That  tlie  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  further adjourned 

upon  Monday  next. 

till  to-morrow. 

The  House,  according  to  Order, resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Weights  and  Measures 

Weights and 
Measures 
M o m e n t)   (Leather  Measurement)  Bill 
Bill [Lords.] 

[Lords']. 

( In   the  Committee.; 

Clauses  No.  1  and  N o.   2  agreed  to. 

Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through 
the  Bill, 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  pf  W a ys   and  Means  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Supply 
[Standing 
rutJSJ?  c]  
Beport. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being read,  for  receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 

t he   l st  

of   t h' s  i n s t a nt   J u l/» 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

A nd   then  the  House,  having  continued  to  Adjournment, 

sit  till  one  minute  before  nine  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

Friday,  Wth  July  1919. 

P K A Y E R S. 

THE   London  County  Council  ( M o n e y)   Bill  London 

was  read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

Council 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to (Money) BilL 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  House proceeded  to take into consideration  Sunderland 

the  Sunderland  Gas  Bill  [Lords'],  as  amended  in  j^.® 1 1' 
the  Committee. 

° 

; 

Amendments  were  made  to  the  Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

The  Commons  Regulation 

(Coity  Wallia) Commons 

Provisional  Order  Bill  was, according  to  Order, 
read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

Provisional 
Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  t o  Order Bill, 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Electric  Lighting  Provisional  Order  Bill  Electric 
was,  according  to  Order,  read  the third  time  and  Lighting 

j 

passed. 

Provisional 
Order Bill. 

Supply. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence.  o 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

Committee  o f S u p p ly   ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Orders Local 

(No.  2)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the Government 
I ,.  
third  time  and  passed. 

Provisional 
Orders (No. 2) 

,  ,!  

j 

j 

Overseas 
Trade 
(Insurance 
against 
Abnormal 
Bisks) Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
( I n-

Seeond  Reading  of   the  Overseas  Trade 
surance  against  Abnormal  Risks)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Dormant Bank  The  Select  Committee  on  the  Dormant  Bank 
Balances and  Balances  and  Unclaimed  Securities  Bill  was 
nominated,  of  Mr.  Beckett,  Sir  John  Bethell, 
s S t f ef  
Mr.  Bottomley,  Colonel  Moore-Brabazon,  Mr. 
Kill, 
William  Carter,  Lord  Hugh  Cecil,  Major  Sir 
Edward  Coates,  Sir  Clement  Kinloch-Cooke,  Sir 
Martin  Conway,  Mr.  Clement  Edwards,  Mr. 
Hogge,  Sir  Edgar  Jones,  Major  Lowther,  Major 
Watts  Morgan,  and  Major  M'Kehzie  Wood; 

Ordered,  That  the  Committee  have  power  to 

send  for  persons,  papers,  and  records  : 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  BiU-

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Orders  Local 

( N o.   3)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the government 
third  time  and  passed. 

o X * ( N o.   3) 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  B i l 1-. 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Order  Local 

( N o.   5)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the  Government 
third  time  and  passed. 

^ e !; i o n a l 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  (N°-  6) Bill, 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

T he   Local  Government  Provisional  Orders  Local 

(No.  7)  Bill  was,  according  to  Older,  read  the  Government 
rroyisionai 
i 
.  •  ,  , i 
Orders 
third  time  and  passed. 

i 

Ordered,  That  Five  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  <No-  7> B m-

Committee.—(Mr,  Pratt.) 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

10   GEO.  Y. 

11th July. 

2 25 

Pier and 
Harbour 
Provisional 
Orders Bill. 

The  Pier  and  Harbour  Provisional  Orders 
Bill  was, according  to  Order, read  the  third  time 
and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Gas and Water  The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration 
Provisional 
the  Gas  and  Water 
p r o vj g; o n ai   Orders  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Order. Bill. 
Committee. 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

Tellers  for  the  (  Captain  Guest, 

Yeas, 

1 Lord  Edmund  Talbot: 

I 
) 

100, 

Tellers  for  the  ( Mr.  Hogge, 

Noes, 

( Mr.  George  Thome  : 
So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 
The  Bill  was read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

17. 

Revenue 
Departments 
(Supple-
mentary 
Estimate, 
1919-20.) 

No.  135. 

Universities of 
Oxford and 
Cambridge 
Act, 1877 
(Oxford.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

upon  Monday  next. 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
the  further  sum  re-
Command,—Estimate  of 
quired  to  be  voted  for the  Bevenue  Departments 
for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1920. 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  reported  from  the  Government of 

^^ 
Committee  on  Government  of  India  [Salaries 
and  Expenses]  a  Resolution;  which  was  read,  as Expense*/]11 
followeth  : 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Estimate  be  referred 

to  a  Standing  Committee  ;  and  be .printed. 

Mr. Fisher  presented, pursuant to the  directions 
of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Statute  made 
under the  Universities  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge 
A c t,   1877,  by  the  Governing  Body  of  Lincoln 
College,  Oxford,  on  21st  March  1919,  amending 
Chapters  3,  6,  and  9  of  the  existing  Statutes  of 
the  College. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the  payment, 
out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  of 
the  salaries  of  the  Secretary  of  State  for  India, 
the  salaries  of  his  under  secretaries,  and  any 
other  expenses of  his  Department  payable  under 
any  A ct   of  the  present  Session,  to  make  further 
provision  with  respect  to  the  Government  of 
India,  and  the  payment,  out  of  the  Revenues  of 
India,  of  any  salaries,  pensions,  or  other 
expenses  which  may  become  payable  under  such 
Act. 

The  said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time,  was  agreed  to. 

National 
Health 
Insurance 
(Joint 
Committee.) 
(Begulations.) 

Dr.  Addison  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Regu-
lations,  dated  7th  July  1919,  made  by  the 
National  Health  Insurance  Joint  Committee, 
acting  jointly  with 
the  Minister  of  Health, 
entitled  the  National  Health  Insurance  (Panel 
Committee)  Regulations,  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Treaty Series 
(No. 8,1919.) 

Mr.  Cecil  Harmsworth  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Treaty  of  Peace 
between  the  United  States  of  America,  the 
British  Empire,  France,  Italy,  and  Japan  and 
Poland.  Signed  at  Versailles,  28th  June  1919. 
Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Caledonian 
Canal. 

No.  136. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon 
the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  :—Copy 
of  One  Hundred  and  Fourteenth  Report  of  the 
Commissioners  of  the  Caledonian  Canal. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  be  printed. 

Acquisition of 
Land 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Acquisition  of  Land 

Third  Reading  of 

Compensation) (Assessment  of  Compensation)  B i l lj 
Bi)1- 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the 
third  time; 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
"  That,"  to  the end  of  the  Question,  and  adding 
the  words  "  this  House,  declines  to  give  a  Third 
Reading  to  a  Bill  which  sets  up  an  unnecessary 
and  expensive  staff  of  valuers  and  fails  to 
establish  the  principle  that  the  value  on  which 
land  is  taxed  should  also  be  the  value  at  which 
it  may  be  acquired  for  public  purposes,"—(Sir 
Donald  Maclean),—instead 

thereof. 

And 

the  Question  being  put,  That 

the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Question  : 

Lord  Edmund  Talbot  reported  from  the  Com- National 
mittee  on  National  Health  Insurance  [Money]  ^ealth^^ 
a  Resolution  ;  which  was  read,  as followeth  : 

[Money 

That  it  is  expedient  to  raise  the  rate  of 
remuneration  for  the  purposes  of  exception  from 
insurance  under  the National  Insurance  (Health) 
Acts,  1911  to  1918,  from  £160  a  year  to  £250  a 
year,  in  pursuance  of  any  Act  of  the  present 
Session, to alter the rate of  remuneration for  such 
purposes. 

The  said Resolution,  being  read a  second  time, 

was  agreed  to. 

Mr.  Pratt  reported  from  the  Committee  on  Betired 

Retired  Officers  (Civil  Employment)  [ M o n e y] 
a  Resolution  ;  which  was read,  as followeth  : 

Employment) 

That  it  is  expedient  to authorise  the  Treasury  [ M o n ey ] 

by  order  to  revoke  or  modify  the  rules  as to  the 
civil  employment  of  retired  officers  in  so  far  as 
they  provide  for  deductions  from  civil  pay. 

The  said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time,  was  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  a  Bill  be  brought  in  upon  the 
said Resolution  :  And  that Mr.  Baldwin,  and  Mr. 
Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  do  prepare  and 
bring  it  in.. 

Mr.  Baldwin  accordingly  presented  a  Bill  to  Retired 

enable  the  rules  as  to  the  Civil  Employment  of 
Retired  Officers  to  be  revoked  or  modified  in  so  Employment) 
far  as  they  provide  for  deductions  from  civil BiU. 
pay  :  And  the  same  was  read  the  first  time,  Bill  130. 
and  ordered 
Monday  next;  and  to  be  printed. 

to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 

The  Order of  the day being  read,  for  receiving  Supply 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of  Sup-  j^teMing^ 
[lOtlTjuly] 
ply  of  the  10th  day  of  this  instant  J u l y;  

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon  ReP ort-

Monday  next. 

The  House, according  to  Order,  resolved  itself  Public 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Public  Notaries  Articled 
(Articled  Clerks)  Bill  \_Lords]. 

Clerks; Bill 

V O L.   174. 

G  G 

2 26 

11th—lUh  July. 

1 9 1 9. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  2  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  3  amended,  and  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  4  agreed  to. 
Bill,  as  amended,  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That 
the  Com-
mittee  had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  made  an 
Amendment  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended 

in  the 
Committee,  be  now  taken  into  consideration  :— 
The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
Bill  into  consideration. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
t i m e : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  with  an  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords,  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  an  Amendment; 
to  which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence 
of  their  Lordships. 

Public 
Defender 
Bill. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read, for  resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  4th  day  of  this  instant  J u l y,   That  the 
Public  Defender  Bill  be  now  read  a second  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be further  adjourned 

till  Thursday  next. 

Corn 
Production 
Acts (Bepeal) 
BUI. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  4th  day  of  June  last,  That  the  Corn 
Production  A c ts   (Repeal)  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  t i m e; 

Ordered,  That  the Debate be  further  adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

Adjournment. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being  then 
twenty-five  minutes  before  F o ur   of  the 
clock  till  Monday  next. 

Monday,  l±th  July  1919. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-  Weights and 
tions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament—Copies  of  ^ u r es   Aot> 
Two  Orders  in  Council  under  the  Weights  and 
Measures  A c t,   1878,  dated  11th  July  1919, 
relating  to  (1)  new  denominations  of  Standards, 
set  forth  in  Schedule  annexed  thereto;  and 
( 2)   varying  the  Order  in  Council  of  19th  July 
1918  as  to  Fees  in  respect  of  the  Verification  of 
Measures,  &c. 

Copy  of  Order  in  Council,  dated  11th  July  Finance Act, 

1919,  made  under  the  Finance  A c t,   1916,  and 
the  Immature  Spirits  (Restriction)  A c t,   1915,  8 p i r i ts 
entitled 
Amendment  Order,  1919. 

Immature  Rum  Order,  1916, (Restriction) 

Aot> 1915-

the 

^ 

Copy  of  Order  in  Council  under  the  Naval  Naval and 
and  Marine  Pay  and  Pensions  A c t,   1865,  dated  J J j ^ i j *, 
11th  July  1919,  approving  a  Memorial  of  the  Act, 1865. 
Lords  Commissioners  of  the  Admiralty  praying 
colour-sergeants, 
sanction  to  the  placing  of 
the  Navy 
Royal  Marines, 
Separation  Allowance  Scale. 

in  Class  3  of 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  by  His  Police Service 

I.  

of  Part 

of 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy 
Report  of 
the  Committee  appointed  by  the 
Secretary  of  State  for  the  Home  Department 
to  consider  and  report  whether  any  and  what 
changes  should  be  made 
in  the  method  of 
recruiting  for,°the  conditions  of   service  of,  and 
the  rates  of  pay,  pensions,  and  allowances  of, 
the  Police  Forces  in  England  and  Wales  and 
Scotland. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Long 

presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Petroleum 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  to  the  Petroleum  Executive. 
Executive  of  the Inter-Departmental  Committee 
on  the  Employment  of  Gas  as  a  source  of 
Power,  especially  in  Motor  Vehicles,  in  sub-
stitution  for  Petrol  and  Petroleum  Products. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Speaker  informed  the  House  that  he  had  Treaty of 

received  the  following  communication  relating P e a c e-
to  the  ratification  of  the  Treaty  of  Peace  by 
Germany  :— 

P R A T E R S. 

(Translation.) 

r p HE   House  proceeded 

Bedwellty 
Urban District  X 
Council Bill.  Council  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

take  into  con-
sideration  the  Bedwellty  Urban  District 

to 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Workington 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
the  Workington  Corporation  Bill,  as 

tion 
amended  in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Stoney's 
Divorce Bill 
[Zordt.] 

Birmingham 
Corporation 
BiU. 

Stoney's  Divorce  Bill 
second  time,  and  committed. 

[L o r d s]   was  read  a 

The  Birmingham  Corporation  Bill  was, 
according  to  Order,  read  the  third  time  and 
passed. 

Ordered,  that  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Gas and Water  T he   Gas  and  Water  Provisional  Orders  Bill 
w as,   according  to  Order,  read  the  third  time 
ProTisional 
^ 
Orders Bill. 

p a s s e d. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire their  concurrence. 

To   the  Speaker  of 
the  House  of  Commons, 

Luxemburg, 

12th  July  1919. 

The  Chamber  of  Deputies  of 

the  Grand 
D u c hy   of  Luxemburg  has  received  the  news 
of  the  ratification  of  the  Treaty  of  Peace  by 
intense 
Germany  with  lively  satisfaction  and 
gratification,  and  requests  that  you  will  kindly 
inform  the  Members  of  the  British  House  of 
Commons  that  the Chamber  of  Deputies  decided, 
at  their  Sitting  yesterday,  to  set  apart  the 
14th July  as  a  day f or   the  celebration  of  victory 
and  of  the  country's  gratitude  to  the  allied  and 
associated  Powers. 

A L T W I E S, 

President  of  the  Chamber  of  Deputies 
of  the  Grand  Duchy  of  Luxemburg. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-  Selection 
mittee  of  Selection  ;  That  they  had  discharged  (Standing 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-  g^ding* 
mittee  C  : — M r.   Clement  Edwards,  Sir  Park  Committee C. 
Goff,  and  Sir  Arthur  Steel-Maitland; 
appointed 
General 
Mr.  M'  Curdy. 

and  had 
substitution:  Mr.  Attorney-
and 

for  Ireland,  M r.   Macpherson, 

in 

10  GEO.  Y. 

14 tli  July. 

227 

Standing 
Committee E. 

further  reported 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts 

from 
the  Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the 
following  Member  from  Standing  Committee  E 
(added  in  respect  of  the  Trade  Disputes  ( N o.   2) 
Bill)  :—Mr.  Bridgeman  ;  and  had  appointed  in 
substitution  (in  respect  of  the  Trade  Disputes 
(No.  2)  B i l l ):   Mr.  Wardle. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Business of 
tbe House 
(Coal Mines 
Bill.) 

Ordered,  That  the  proceedings  on  the  Coal 
Mines  Bill  be  exempted  at  this  day's  Sitting 
from 
the  provisions  of  the  Standing  Order 
(Sittings  of  the  House).—(Mr.  Bonar 

Low.) 

Business of 
the House 
(Supply.) 

Ordered,  That  on  this  day,  notwithstandiug 
anything  in  Standing  Order  No.  15,  Business 
other  than  the  Business  of  Supply,  may  be  con-
sidered  before  Eleven  of  the  clock.—(Mr.  Bonar 
Law.) 

Supply. 
[15th allotted 
Day.] 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved  itself 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Civil  Services  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  I I. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That  a 
sum  not exceeding  £2,113,254  be  granted  to  His 
Majesty,  to complete  the  sum  necessary  to  defray 
the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of  payment 
during  the  year  ending on  the 31st  day  of  March 
1920 
for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of  the 
Office  of  the  Committee  of  Privy  Council  f or 
Trade  and  Subordinate  Departments,  including 
certain  Special  Services  arising  out  of  the  War  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Private 

Second  Reading  of 
Procedure  (Ireland)  B i l l;  

the  Private  Legislation  Legislation 

J g *^ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BllL 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Treaty of 
P e a ce   RUI-

Second  Reading  of  the  Treaty  of  Peace  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Anglo-French 

Second  Reading  of  the  Anglo-French  Treaty  F ™^  
(Defence  of  France)  Bill  ; 

tt) 

. 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the-Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Government of 
-

Committee  on  Government  of  the  Soudan  Loan  ^0ea®01ldan 
[Guarantee]  B i l l;  

[Guarantee.] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  War Loan 

Second  Reading  of  the  W ar   Loan  B i l l;  

Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Finance Bill. 

Committee  on  the  Finance  B i l l; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  pro-
posed,  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £2,113,154 
be granted for the said Service.—(Mr.  Brace):— 
Motion,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

The  Order  of   the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Housing, 

into  consideration  the  Housing,  Town  Planning,  Town 
&c.  (Scotland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  F ^ S d ) * 0' 
Committee; 

, gill. 

Original  Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 
Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read, for  receiving  Supply 

from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  OFJ^mltteeCl 
Supply  of  the  9th  day  of  this  instant  July  ; 

[9th*July] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to- 

p o r t' 

Ordered,  That 

the  Report 

be 

received 

morrow. 

to-morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move, That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit 
again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Police Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Police  B i l l ;. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Coal Mines 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Mines  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of   the  day  being  read,  f or   the  Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Joint Stock 
Banks 
(Amalgama-
tion Control) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the 
Second  Reading  of   the  Joint  Stock  Banks 
(Amalgamation  Control)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read, f or  receiving  Supply 

from  Standing  Committee  C 
Supply  of  the  1st  day  of  this  instant  July  ; 

the  Report  of 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

0 1 

[i°sTjuiy] 
Beport, 

morrow. 

Land 
Settlement 
(Facilities) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of   the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Land  Settlement  ( F a c i-
lities)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  C o m-
mittee  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Overseas 

Second  Reading  of  the  Overseas  Trade  (Insu-  T r a de 
ranee  against  Abnormal  Risks)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  "be  read  a  second  time  ^ y^ 

sideration  to-morrow. 

V O L . 1 7 4. 

to-morrow. 

G  G  2 

2 28 

14th—15th  July. 

1919. 

Betired 
Officers (Civil 
Employment) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Retired  Officers  (Civil 
Employment)  B i l l; 

not previously  inquired into,  which  are applicable 
thereto,  have  been  complied  with,  v i z . :— 

Shoreham-by-Sea  Urban  District  Council 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a  second time 

Bill  [.Lords]. 

to-morrow. 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee C] 
[10th July] 
Beport. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being read, for  receiving 
the  Report  of 

from  Standing  Committee  C 
Supply  of  the  10th  day  of  this  instant  July  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

East  Ham  Corporation  Bill  \_Lords'\. 

Dover  Gas  Bill  [L o r d s ]. 

London  Electric  Railway  Bill  [  Lords]. 

Ordered,  That the  Bills  be  read  a  second  time. 

The  Sunderland  Gas  Bill  [Lords]   was  read  Sunderland 

the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

] 

Ministry of 
Health. 

Resolved,  That  the  Draft  of  the  Ministry  of 
Health  (Consultative  Councils)  Order,  1919, 
which  was  presented  upon  the  24th  day  of  June 
last,  be  approved.—(Dr.  Addison.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments; 
to  which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence 
of  their  Lordships. 

Ministry of 
Health. 

Resolved,  That  the  Draft  of  the  Ministry  of 
Health 
(Welsh  Consultative  Council)  Order, 
1919,  which  was  presented  upon  the  24th  day  of 
June  last,  be  approved.—(Dr.   Addison.) 

Corn 
The  Order  of  the  day being  read, for resuming 
Acts "(Repeal)  ^e   adjourned  Debate  on  the  Question  proposed 
upon  the  4th  day  of  June  last,  That  the  Corn 
Bill. 
Production  Acts  (Repeal)  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  ; 

Ordered,  That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

Adjournment. 

A nd   then  the  House  having  continued  to  sit 
till  four  minutes  before  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  Manchester 
tion the  Manchester  Corporation  Bill, as amended  Corporation 
in  the  Committee. 

1  ' 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
be  suspended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read  the 
third 
time.—(The  Chairman  of  W a ys   and 
Means.) 

The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time 

and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Blackpool  Improvement  Bill  [Lords],  was Blackpool 

read  a  second  time,  and  committed, 

Improvement 
Bill  [Lords.] 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

British  Mercantile  Marine  Uniform 

E. 

Bill  [Lords]. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  Order 
of  20th  February,  of  Estimates  referred  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Pallin's  Divorce  Bill  [Lords],   was  read 

second time,  and  committed. 

a  Pallin's 

Divorce BiU 
[Lords.] 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented, 

by  His  National 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Twelfth  Report  ^ e ^ of 
to  the  Secretary  for  Scotland  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees  for  the  National  Galleries  of  Scotland, 
for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1919. 

c t' 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Committee  of  Council  Education 
(Scotland.) 

on  Education  in  Scotland  in  1918-19. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Cecil  Harrnsworth  presented,  by  H is   Peace 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Reply  of  the Conditions 
Allied  and  Associated  Powers  to  the  Observa-  ^ . M ^ T 8' 
tions  of  the  German  Delegation  on  the  Condi-
tions  of  Peace. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Title  of  Estimates. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Table. 

Revenue  Departments  (Supplement-

ary  Estimate,  1919-20). 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  by  His  Anti-Dumping 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Summary  State-  Legislation, 
the  Legislative  Provisions  for  the 
rnent  of 
Prevention  of  Dumping  in force in  the  Dominion 
of  Canada,  the  Commonwealth  of  Australia,  the 
Union  of  South  Africa,  and  the  United  States 
of  America. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Tuesday, 

July  1919. 

Table. 

P R A T E R S. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions 
for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bills,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and  referred  on 
the  First  Reading  thereof,  the  Standing  Orders 

Mr.  Illingvoorth  presented,  pursuant  to  the  p08t office 
directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,— Copy  of (Foreign and 
the  Foreign  and  Colonial  Parcel  Post  Amend-  ° o l o nj ! ll  ^ 
ment  (No.  89)  Warrant,  1919,  dated  13th  June 
' 
1919. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Private BiUs 
[Lords.'] 
(Standing 
Orders not 
previously 
inquired into 
complied 
with.) 

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229 

Ministry of 
Pensions 
(Regulations.) 

Sir  Laming  Worthington-Evans 

presented, 
pursuant  to  the  directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parlia-
ment,—Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  16th  June 
1919, made  by  the  Minister  of  Pensions,  entitled 
the  War  Pensions  (Proceedings  of  Committees) 
Regulations,  1919. 

Ministry of 
Pensions 
(Regulations.) 

Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  16th  June  1919, 
made  by  the  Minister  of  Pensions,  entitled  the 
Local  and  Joint  Committees 
(Administrative 
Expenses)  Regulations,  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Trade Boards 
Acts. 

Sir  Robert  Home  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Special  Order,  dated  l l th   July  1919,  made  in 
pursuance  of  section  one  of  the  Trade  Boards 
Act,  1918,  with  respect  to the  Rope,  Twine, and 
Net  Trade. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Message from 
the Lords. 

M r.   Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 

Edinburgh and 
Leith 
Corporations 
Gas Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

Stourport Gas 
Bill  [Lords.] 

West 
Hartlepool 
Corporation 
BiU  [Lords. ] 

Clowes Settled 
Estates  Bill 
[lards.] 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Edinburgh 
and  Leith  Corporations  Gas  Order  Confirmation 
Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Stourport  G as   Bill 
[Lords'],  without  any  Amendment. 

T he   Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
A ct   to  empower  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and 
Burgesses  of  the  borough  of  W e st   Hartlepool 
to  construct a  tramroad,  a  tramway,  and  a  street 
work,  and  to  provide  and  work  omnibuses  within 
and  beyond  the  borough,  and  for  other  pur-
poses  ;  to  which the  Lords desire  the  concurrence 
of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
A ct   for  confirming  an  Agreement  between  the 
Trustees  of  the  Clowes  Settled  Estates  and  the 
Manchester  Ship  Canal  Company  for  the  con-
veyance  to  the  company  of  lands  forming  part 
of  the  settled  estates  in  the  county  of  Lancaster 
in  consideration  of  rentcharges  to  be  created  by 
the  company  ;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence  of  this  House. 

West 
Hartlepool 
Corporation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

T he   W e st   Hartlepool  Corporation  Bill 

[Lorrfs]  was  read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Clowes Settled 
Estates  Bill 
[ Lords.] 

T he   Clowes  Settled  Estates  Bill  [Lords]  was 

r e a (j   the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee B. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member 
from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B  : — M a j or   Cohen. 

Standing 
Committee  E. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts 

further  reported  from  the 
Committee;  That  they  had  discharged 
the 
following  Member  from  Standing  Committee  E  ; 

D 

( 

O 

—Captain  Rupert  Guinness. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Standing 
Orders. 

M r.   Vaughan-Davies 

reported  from  the  Select 
Committee  on  Standing  Orders  several  Resolu-
tions  ;  which  were  read,  as  follow  : 

1.  That, in  the  case  of  the  London  County  London 

Council  (Tramways  and  Improvements)  (Peti-
tion for  Bill  referred  back), the  Standing  Orders (Tramways 
ought  to  be  dispensed  with  ;  That  the  parties and 
be  permitted  to  proceed  with  their  Bill,  on  con-
dition  that  Parts  II.,  III.,  and  I V .,   and  such 
clauses  of  Part  VI.  as  do  not  relate  to  Part  V. 
be  struck  out  of  the  Bill;  That  the  Committee 
on  the  Bill  do  report  how far  such  Order  has 
been  complied  with. 

2.  That,  in  the  case  of  the  Ammanford  Gas Amma,nford 

Bill,  the  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  G aa   Bl11' 
with ;  That  the  parties  be  permitted  to  proceed 
with  their  Bill. 

3.  That,  in  the  case  of  the  Local  Government  Local 

Provisional  Order  ( N o.   4)  Bill,  Petition 
dispensing  with  Standing  Order  128  in  the  case  Order 
of  the  Petition  of  the  Partington  Steel  and  Iron (No. 4) Bill. 
Company,  Limited,  the Standing  Order  ought  to 
be  dispensed  with. 

for 

The  said  Resolutions,  being read  a  second time, 

were  agreed  to. 

Sir Auckland  Geddes,  supported by  Mr.  Bridge-  Patents and 

man,  M r.   Solicitor-General,  and  Sir  Robert 
Home,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Patents 
and  Designs  A c ts   :  A nd   the  same  was  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow  ;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Bill  131. 

Sir Auckland  Geddes,  supported  by  Mr. Bridge-  Trade Marks 

man,  Mr.  Solicitor-General,  and  Sir  RobertBm* 
Home,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Trade 
Marks  Act,  1905:  And  the  same  was  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow;  and  to  be 
printed. 

1 3 2» 

T he   House,  according  to Order, resolved  itself  Finance  Bill, 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Finance  Bill. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  13  to  No.  16  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  17  (Allowance  in  respect  of  mills, 

factories,  &c.) 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  9,  1.  17,  to  leave 
out  the  word  "  similar."—(Mr.  Godfrey  L,ocker-
Lampson.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  word  " s i m i l a r" 
stand  part  of  the  Clause  :—Amendment,  by 
leave,  withdrawn. 

Clause,  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  18  agreed  to. 
Clause  No.  19  (Relief  in  respect  of  houses 

occupied  by  ministers  of  religion). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  10,  1.  3,  to  leave 
out  from  the  word  "  entitled,"  to  the  word  '* to  " 
in  1. 4.—(Mr.  Godfrey  Locker-Lampson.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed  , 

to be left out stand part  of  the  Clause  :—Amend-
ment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Clause  agreed  to. 
Clauses No.  20  to  No.  23  agreed  to. 

Clause  N o.   24  (Continuance  of  excess  profits 

duty  at  decreased  rate). 

Amendment  proposed, in p.  12,1. 20, at the  end 

to  add  the  words— 

"  Provided  that  if  it  is  proved  that  during  the 
period  from  the fourth  day  of  August,  nineteen 
hundred  and  fourteen,  to  the  end  of  the  last 
accounting  period  no  excess  profits as  defined  by 
the  principal  • A c t,   and  as  amended,  have  been 
made  the  whole  of  the  duty  paid  in  respect  of 
past  accounting  periods  shall  be  repaid.''—(Mr. 
Godfrey  Locker-Lampson.) 

V o l.   174. 

G  G  3 

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15th July. 

1919. 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

T he   Committee  divided. 

added  :—Amendment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  12,  1.  20, 

at  the  end,  to  add  the  words— 

"  Except  that  no  apportionment  shall  be  made 
where  it  is  proved  that  at  the  end  of  the  last 
accounting  period  stock  was  taken  at  cost  or 
market  price  and  consequent  on  the  cessation  of 
hostilities  the  market  price  fell  prior  to  the  first 
day  of  January,  nineteen  hundred  and  nineteen, 
when  the  repayment  or  set  off arising  therefrom 
shall  be  calculated  at the rate of  eighty  per  cent, 
even  though  the  accounting  period  ends  after 
the  thirty-first  day  of  December,  nineteen  hun-
dred  and  e i g h t e e n . " — ( M r.   Godfrey 
Locker-
Lampson.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

added:—Amendment,  by   leave,  withdrawn. 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause  stand  part  of 

the  B i l l: 

The  Committee  divided. 

Tellers  for  the) Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Yeas, 

I Captain  Guest: 

Tellers  for  t h e / M r.   Tyson  Wilson, 

Noes, 

( M r.   Hogge: 

"I™. 
/ 

i 
/ 

Clause  No.  25  (Decrease  of  rate  of  excess 

mineral  rights  duty). 

Question  p u t;   That  the  Clause  stand  part  of 

the  B i l l: 

V 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the| Mr.  Dudley  Ward, 

Yeas, 

I L o rd   Edmund  Talbot: 

Tellers  for  the | Mr.  Hogge, 
1 Mr.  Spoor  : 

Noes, 

1  ___ 
f 

/  5 7. 

Clause  No.  26  to  No.  30  agreed  to. 
New Clause (Income tax on War Savings  Certi-
ficates)—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer),— 
brought  up  and  read  the  first  and  second  time, 
and  added  to  the  Bill. 

Another  new  Clause  ( T ax   on  income  from 
converted  Government  securities)—(Mr.  Chan-
cellor  of  the  Exchequer)—brought  up,  and  read 
the  first  and  second  time,  and  added  to  the  Bill. 

Another  new  Clause  (Bepeal  of  Customs  and 
Excise  duties  on  sugar)—(Mr.  William  Graham) 
—brought  up,  and  read  the  first  time. 

Tellers  for the  j 
I 
Yeas 
(  Captain  Craig: 
' 

Lan}Psoni 

Tellers  for  the  j  Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Noes, 

\ Mr.  Dudley  Ward: 

' 
66. 

L° c k e r-   \ 
( 
) 
I  ,  .„ 
J48' 
f 

Another  new  Clause  (Amendment  of  law  as 
to  separate  assessment  of  husband  and  wife) — 
(Mr.  Godfrey  Locker-Lamp  son)  —brought up, and 
read  the  first  and  second  time,  and  added  to  the 
Bill. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  put,  That  the 
Chairman  do  report  progress  and  ask leave  to  sit 
again—(Mr.  Chancellor  of the  Exchequer),—put 
and  agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  ;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the  Bill  ; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order of  the day  being read, f or  receiving  Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  L u ,h   J u lyl 
the  14th  day  of  this instant  J u l y; 

E e p o r t-

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Coal Mines 

Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Mines  B i l l; 

B l U -

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Joint stock 

Second  Reading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks  ?f n k s. 
(Amalgamation  Control)  B i l l;  

tion Control) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BlU" 

upon  Monday  next. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  put,  That  the 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Land 

\ 
J 

4 6. 

1 
/ 

Clause  be  read  a  second  time  : 
The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the/  Mr.  Frederick  Hall, 

Yeas, 

( M r.   Hogge: 

Tellers  f or   the f Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Noes, 

\Mr.  Dudley  Ward  : 

i78' 
Another  new  Clause  (Extension  of  relief  in 
. respect  of  children)—(Mr.  William  Graham)— 
brought  up,  and  read  the  first  time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That, 
the  Clause  be  read  a  second  time  :—Motion 
and  Clause,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  new  Clause  (Assessment  of  income 
up, 

of   wage  earners)—(Mr.  Adamson)—brought 
and  read  the  first  time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
time:—Motion 

the  Clause  be  read  a  second 
and  Clause,  by   leave,  withdrawn. 

into  consideration  the  Land  Settlement  ( F a c i-   Settlement 
lities)  Bill,  as  amended 
the  Standing  0,»cilitie8> 
Committee  ; 

in 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  private 

Second  Reading  of 
Procedure  (Ireland)  B i l l; 

the  Private  Legislation  Legislation 
Procedure 
(Ireland) BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the  Treaty of 
P e a ce   BIU-

Second  Beading  of  the  Treaty  of  Peace  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Another  new  Clause  (Income  Tax  on  married 
Locker-Lampson)— 

persons)  —  ( M r.   Godfrey 
brought  up,  and  read  the  first  time. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the  Anglo-French 

Second  Reading  of  the  Anglo-French  Treaty  treaty 
(Defence  of  France)  B i l l;  

^ 
W « ) B i U. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  put,  That  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Clause be read a  second  time : 

upon  Monday  next. 

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231 

Government of  The  Order  of  the  <inv  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  Government  of  the  Soudan  Loan 
Loan°Udan 
[Guarantee]; 
[Guarantee.] 

Resolved,  That this  House  will, upon  Thursday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

War Loan 
BiU. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  War  Loan  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Housing, Town  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read  for  taking 
Planning, &c.  into consideration  the  Housing,  Town  Planning, 
(Scotlacd) 
&c.  (Scotland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing 
BiU. 
Committee; 

Wednesday, 16th July  1919. 

P  K A Y  E R  s. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  Botherham 
tion  the Rotherham  Corporation  Bill,  as  amended  Corporation 
in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
be  suspended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read  the 
third 
time.—(The  Chairman  of   Ways  and 
Means.) 

The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time 

and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Thursday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee C] 
[9th July] 
Report. 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read, for  receiving 
the  Report  of 

from  Standing  Committee  C 
Supply  of  the  9th  day  of  this  instant  July  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Thursday  next. 

Police BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Police  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of   W a ys   and  Means; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

T he   Order  of  the day  being  read,  for  receiving 
the  Report  of 

Supply 
[Standing 
from  Standing  Committee  C 
f ut  July]6 0 ]  Supply  of  the  1 st  day  of   this  instant  July  ; 
Report. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Thursday  next. 

Overseas 
Trade 
(Insurance 
against 
Abnormal 
Bisks) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Overseas  Trade  (Insur-
ance  against  Abnormal  Risks)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Retired 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Officers (Civil)  Second  Reading  of  the  Retired  Officers  (Civil 
Employment)  B m p l o y m e n t )  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Thursday  next. 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee C] 
[10th July] 
Beport. 

The  Order of  the  day being  read,  for  receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply  of  the  10th  day  of  this  instant  July  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Thursday  next. 

Adjournment. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
proposed,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn.-— 
(Colonel  Sanders.) 

A nd   notice  being taken  that  Forty  Members 
were  not  present,  the  House  was  told 
by   M r.   Speaker;  and  Forty  Members 
not  being  present,  and  it  being*  then 
after  Four  of  the  clock,  the  House  was 
adjourned  by  Mr.  Speaker, at  five  minutes 
before  Eleven  of  the  clock,  without  a 
Question  first  put,  till  to-morrow. 

VOL. 174. 

Mr.  Attorney-General  presented,  by  His PubUc 
Eleventh T r u s t e e-

Majesty's  Command,  —  Copy 
General  Report  of  the  Public  Trustee. 

of 

Ordered,  That  the  said Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Court of 

directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of®®8"®11 
A ct   of  Sederunt  under  the  Court  of  Session 
(Scotland)  A c t,   1868,  extending  the  duration  of 
the  provisions  in  A ct   of  Sederunt  of  27th 
November  1918  authorising  temporary  increase 
in  Fees  under  Consolidated  A c ts   of  Sederunt 
K.   iv.  and  Consolidated  A c ts   of  Sederunt  M.   ii. 

18g8_ 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Board of 
0f B d u o a t i o n-

Command,  —  Copy  of  Provisional  Code 
Regulations  made  by  the  Board  of  Education, 
dated  16th  July  1919,  for  Public  Elementary 
Schools  in  England  (excluding  Wales  and  Mon- 
mouthshire). 

0 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Robert  Home  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Trade Boards 

directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copies  of  A c t s-
Regulations  made  by  the  Minister  of  Labour 
under  Section  11  of  the  Trade  Boards  A c t, 
1909,  dated  1st  July  1919,  with  respect  to  the 
Constitution  and  Proceedings  of 
the  Trade 
Board  for  the  Boot  and  Shoe  Repairing  Trade 
(Great  Britain),  dated  4th  J u ly   1919,  with 
respect  to  the  Constitution  and  Proceedings  of 
the  Trade  Board  for  the  Corset  Trade,  dated 
10th July  1919,  with  respect  to  the  Constitution 
and  Proceedings  of  the  Trade  Board 
for  the 
Brush  and  Broom  . Trade  (Great  Britain),  and 
with  respect  to  the Constitution  and  Proceedings 
of  the  Trade  Board  for  the  Paper  Bag  Trade 
(Great  Britain). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Long 

presented,  by  His  Majesty's Navy 

Command,—Estimate  showing  the  further  Vote  joflSSj8*  ' 
on  Account  which  is  required  for  the  Navy  for  (gUppie-
the  year  1919-20. 

mentaryVote 
on Account.) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Estimate  be  referred 

to  a  Standing  Committee  ;  and  be  printed. 

No.  139. 

Ordered,  That  leave  be  given  to  Standing  standing 

Committee  E  to  make  a  Special  Report. 

G  a  4 

Committee E. 
Trade 
Disputes 
(No. 2) BiU. 

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16th July. 

1 9 1 9. 

Special 
Beport. 

Sir  Watson  Rutherford  reported from  Standing 
Committee  E to whom the Trade Disputes ( N o.   2) 
Bill  was  referred  ;  That  they  had  agreed  to  the 
following  Special  B e p o r t :— 

That  the  Committee  had  considered  the  Trade 
Disputes  ( N o.   2)   Bill committed  to  them  by  the 
House, but  had  disagreed  to  the  Clauses  thereof. 

No.  137. 

Ordered,  That  the  Special  Report  do  lie  upon 

the  Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

No.  137. 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes  of  the  proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Local 
Legislation 
Committee 
Nuneaton 
Corporation 
Bill  [Lordt.'] 

Mr.  Ernest  Gardner  reported  from  the  Local 
Legislation  Committee  ;  That  in  the  case  of  the 
Nuneaton  Corporation  Bill  [Lords] 
they  had 
examined 
in  the 
Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  found  the  same  to 
be  true  ;  and had  gone through the  Bill and  made 
Amendments  thereunto. 

the  allegations 

contained 

Adjournment 
of the House. 
(Speeches of 
Sir Edward 
Carson.) 

Treaty of 
Peace 
[Expenses.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

"  the 

importance,  viz., 

in  motion  against 

Mr.  Clynes,  Member for  Manchester  (Platting 
'  Division),  rose  in  his  place  and  asked  leave  to 
move  the  adjournment  of  the  House  for  the 
purpose  of  discussing  a  definite  matter  of  urgent 
lack  of  any 
public 
declared  intention  on  the  part  of  the  Govern-
ment  to  set  the  L aw  
the 
Right  Honourable  gentleman  the  Member  for 
the  Duncairn  Division  of  Belfast  in  respect  of 
the  speeches  made  by  him  on  the  12th  July, 
near  Belfast,  inciting  to  violence  and  breaches 
of  the  law  calculated  to  endanger  the  safety 
of  the  realm,"  but  the  pleasure  of  the  House 
not having  been  signified,  Mr.  Speaker  called  on 
those  Members  who  supported  the  Motion  to 
rise  in  their  places,  and  not  less  than  Forty 
Members  having  accordingly  risen; 

The  Motion  stood  over, under  Standing  Order 
No.  10,  until  a  quarter  of  an  hour  after  Eight 
of  the  clock  this  evening. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will, 
into  a  Committee  to 
to-morrow,  resolve  itself 
consider  of   authorising  the  payment  out  of 
moneys  to be provided  by Parliament, of  expenses 
incurred  under  any  A ct   of  the  present  Session 
for  carrying  into  effect  the  Treaty  of  Peace 
between  His  Majesty  and  certain  other  Powers. 
— ( M r.   Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.) 

M r.   Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,  acquainted  the  House  that 
informed  of  the 
His  Majesty,  having  been 
subject-matter  of  this  Motion,  recommends  it  to 
the  consideration  of  the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Standing 
Committee D.  Committee  D 
National 
Health 
Insurance 
BiU. 

M r.   T.  P.  O'Connor,  reported  from  Standing 
to  whom  the  National  Health 
Insurance  Bill  was  referred;  That  they  had 
gone  through  the  Bill,  and  had  directed  him  to 
report  the  same,  without  Amendment,  to  the 
House. 

No.  138. 

N o.   138 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes  of  the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill,  not  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee, be  taken  into  consideration 
upon  Monday  next. 

M r.   Speaker  acquainted 

the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  : 

Message from 
the Lords. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Solicitors  (Articled 
Clerks)  Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Public  Notaries 
(Articled  Clerks)  Bill 
[Lords],  without  any 
Amendment. 

Solicitors 
(Articled 
Clerks) Bill 
[Lordt.] 
Public 
Notaries 
(Articled 
Clerks) BiU 
[  Lordi, 

] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments Official 
ftj^ 

made  by  this  House  to  the  Official  Solicitor  Bill 
[Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

"" 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An   Tramways 
A ct   to  confirm  certain  Provisional  Orders  made  Q ' ^ ™ 1 0^ 
by  the  Board  of  Trade,  under  the  Tramways [Lords.] 
A c t,   1870,  relating  to  Oldham  and  Chadderton 
Tramways  and  Thornaby-on-Tees  Corporation 
Tramway;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  con-
currence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An   Londonderry 
A ct   to  confer  further  powers  upon  the  London-  Arbour BiU 
derry  Port  and  Harbour  Commissioners,  and  \ T*rd*.] 
for  other  purposes;  to  which  the  Lords  desire 
the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An   Pembroke Gas 
A ct   for  incorporating  and  conferring  powers  Bil1  [Lord*. J 
to 
on  the  Pembroke  District  Gas  Company; 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An   Birmingham 

A ct   to  coufer  further  powers  upon  the  Lord  ^ P 0^ 1"" 
Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Citizens  of  the  city 
of  Birmingham 
to  their  tramway 
undertaking  and  for  the  construction  of  street 
improvements,  and 
to 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

for  other  purposes; 

in  regard 

The  Tramways  Provisional  Orders  Bill  Tramways 
o r i S m il 

[Lords]  was  read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the  [Lords.] 
Examiners  of  Petitions for  Private  Bills  ;  and  be  Bill  133. 
printed. 

The  Londonderry  Port  and  Harbour  Bill  Londonderry 

[Lords]  was  read  the  first  time. 

, 

.  H a rW 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the  Bill  [Lords.] 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

The  Pembroke  Gas  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  Pembroke Gas 

the  first  time. 

B i i l 

1 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

The  Birmingham  Corporation  Tramways  Bill  Birmingham 

[Lords]  was  read  the  first  time. 

S w a ^T 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the  Bill [ Lords.] 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Ordered,  That  the  Proceedings  on  Govern-  Business of 

ment  Business be  exempted  at this  day's  Sitting 
t 
from  the  provisions  of  the  Standing  Order  Basfness/)611 
(Sittings  of  the  House).—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself Finance BiU. 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Finance  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Another  new  Clause  (Increase  of 

limit  of 
exemption  from  Income  T a x ) — ( M r.   Arnold),— 
brought  up  and  read  the  first  time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
the  Clause  be  read a second time  :—Motion  and 
Clause,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

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233 

Another new  Clause  (Increase  of   relief  from 
Income Tax  in respect  of  w i f e ) — ( M r.   Arnold)— 
brought  up,  and  read  the  first  and  second  time, 
and  added  to  the  Bill. 

Another  new  Clause  (Charity  lands  to  be 
assessable  under Schedule  D . ) — ( M r.   RaiSlinson) 
—brought  up,  and  read  the  first  time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Clause 

be  read a  second  time, put, and  negatived. 

Anothernew Clause (General rule for estimating 
the  annual  value  of   certain  charity  lands)—Mr. 
Rawlinson)—brought 
up, and  read  the  first  time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Clause 

be  read  a  second  time,  put,  and  negatived. 

Another  new  Clause  (Amendment  of  s.  5  of 
Income  Tax  A c t,   1918)—(Sir  Frederick  Ban-
bury)—brought  up,  and  read  the  first  time. 

The  House  again  resolved 
Committee  on  the  Finance  Bill. 

itself 

into 

the  Finance Bill. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

,  Postponed  proceeding  resumed:— 

Another  new  Clause  (Exemption  from  Estate 
D u t y ) — ( L o rd   Hugh  Cecil)—brought  up,  and 
read  the  first  time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Clause 

be  read  a  second  time, put,  and  negatived. 

Another  new  Clause  (Amendment  of  s.  36  of 
Finance  A c t,   1916) — ( S ir   Herbert  Nield)  — 
brought  up,  and  read  the  first  time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Clause 

be  read  a  second  time,  put,  and  negatived. 

Another  new  Clause (Exemption  from  Income 
T ax   of  imperial  overseas  produce)—(Mr.  Alex-
ander  Shaw)—brought 
up,  and  read  the  first, 
time  : 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Clause 

be  read  a  second  time, put, and  negatived. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 

the  Clause  be  read  a  second  time: 

Another  new  Clause  (Amendment  of  s.  44  of 
Income Tax A c t,   1918—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury) 
—brought  up,  and  read  the  first  time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Clause 

be  read  a  second  time,  put,  and  negatived. 

Thursday,  17th  July,  1919. 

Question  put :•— 
T be   Committee  divided. 
Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Alexander  Shaw, 

} .. 

Yeas, 

{Sir  Arthur  Shirley  Benn  :/ 

Another  new  Clause  (Amendment  of  s.  35  of 
Finance  A c t,   1894,  57 and 58  V i c t . , c.   3 0 — ( M r. 
Cautley)—brought 

up,  and  read  the  first  time. 

Motion made, and  Question  proposed, That the 
Clause  be  read  a  second  time:—Motion  and 
Clause,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  new  Clause  (Amendment  of  Finance 
(1909-10)  A c t,   1910,  s.  86  (part-year  motor-car 
licences)—(Colonel  Oretton)—brought 
up,  and 
read  the  first  time. 

Motion made, and  Question proposed,  That  the 
Clause  be  read  a  second  t i m e : — M o t i on   and 
Clause,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  new  Clause  (Provisions  as  to  import 
films—(Mr.  Newbould) 

duties  on  cinematograph 
—brought  up,  and  read  the  first  time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Clause 

Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Dudley  Ward, 

Noes, 

\ Lord  Edmund  Talbot: 

7 b' 
Another  new  Clause  (Allowance  of  claims  f or 
relief)—( M ajor Newman)  —brought  up, and  read 
the  first  time. 

\ 
J 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Clause 

be  read  a  second  time,  put,  and  negatived. 

Another  new  Clause  (Entertainment  d u t y )— 
( M r.   Newbould)—brought  up,  and  read  the  first 
and  second  time,  and  added  to  the  bill. 

Another  new  Clause  (Penalties  in  case  of 
up,  and  read 

evasion)—(Mr.  Hohler)—brought 
the  first  time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  put,  That  the 

Clause  be  read  a  second  time  : 

The  Committee  divided. 

Tellers  for  the f Mr.  Hohler, 

Yeas, 

( M r.   Remer: 

\  1 7. 
/ 

be  read  a second  tithe, put,  and  negatived. 

Tellers  f or   the / L o rd   Edmund  Talbot, 

"1 
/ 

Another  new  C l a u s e — ( D r a w b a c k)   — ( M r. 
Newbould)—brought  up,  and  read  the  first  time. 

Motion • made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
the  Clause  be  read  a  second  time  :—Motion  and 
Clause,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

A nd  

it  being  a  quarter  of  an  hour  after 
Eight  of  the  clock,  and  leave  having  been  given 
to  move  the  Adjournment  of  the  House  under 
Standing  Order  No.  10, further proceeding  was 
postponed,  without  Question  put. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair. 

Noes, 

\ Mr.  Dudley  Ward  : 

b1' 
Another  new  Clause  (Amendment  of  sections 
12  and  13  of  Income  T ax   A c t,   1918,)—(Mr. 
Adamson)-—brought  up,  and  read  the  first  time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
the  Clause  be  read  a  second  time  :—Motion  and 
Clause,  by   leave,  withdrawn. 

Schedules  No.  1 to  No.  4  agreed  to. 
Bill,  as  amended,  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  BilL 

Adjournment 
(tinder 
Standing 
Order No. 10) 
(Speeches of 
Sir Edward 
Carson.) 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn. —  ( M r. 
Clynes.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill  134. 

Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration  upon 
Monday  n e x t;   and  be  printed. 

T he   House  divided. 

T he   Yeas  to  the  E i g h t; 

The  Noes  to  the  L e f t. 

Tellers  for the  ( Mr.  Griffiths, 

Yeas, 

|  Mr.  Tyson  Wilson: 

l 
f 

7A' 

Tellers for the  ( Lord  Edmund  Talbot,  )  01  „ 

Noes, 

\  Mr.  Dudley  Ward: 

] 

T be   Order  of   the  day  being  read,  for  the  Coal Mines 

Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Mines  B i l l;  

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the  Police Bill. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Police  B i l l;  

. 

. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

So  it passed in  the  Negative. 

this  day. 

V O L . 1 7 4. 

H  H 

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11th July. 

1 9 1 9. 

Housing of the  The  Order  of   the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Housing  of  the  W o r k i ng 
Hassesg 
( I r e l a n d)   Bill.  Classes (Ireland) Bill, as amended in the  Standing 

Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Friday  next. 

Patents and 
Designs Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
S e c o n d  Reading of the Patents  and Designs  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

Trade Marks 
Bil1- 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Beading  of  the  Trade  Marks  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Friday  next. 

Mr.  Long 

presented,  by   His  Majesty's  Navy (Pay 

showing  the 
C ommand,  Copy  of  Statement 
Recommendations  of  the  Committees  in  regard 
to  the  P a y,   Half-Pay,  Betired  P a y,   and  allow-
ances  of  Officers  of  the R o y al   Navy  and  Royal 
Marines,  with  the  Decisions  of  the  Government 
thereon. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen  presented,  pur- Corn 
suant  to  the  directions  of   an  A ct   of   Parliament,  j ^ " ^ 11 
— C o py   of  Regulations  made  by  the  Board  of 
Agriculture  and  Fisheries  under  the  Corn  P r o-
duction  A c t,   1917,  with  respect  to  claims  f or 
payment  under  Part  I.   of  that  A ct   or  any 
amendment  of  that  enactment. 

' 

Supply. 

T he   Order  of   the  day  being  read,  f or   the 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Table. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the 

Committee  of  W a ys   and  Means  ; 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His  M a-  Local 
jesty's  Command,  —  Copy  of  Twenty-fourth  g ^ n m e nt 
Annual  Report  of  the  Local  Government  Board  (Scotland.) 
for  Scotland,  1918. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Committee  on  Rural  Sural 

Transport  in  Scotland. 

( 3 m l) 

Adjournment. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn.— 

(Colonel  Sanders.) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

A nd   accordingly  the  House  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  half  an  hour  after  One 
on  Thursday  morning, 
of 
adjourned  till  this  day. 

the  clock 

Chepstow 
Water Bill. 

Thursday,  llth  July  1919. 

P  B A Y  E R S. 

THE   House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-

tion  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords 
to  the  Chepstow  Water  B i l l;   and  the  same 
were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Bedwellty 

The  Bedwellty  Urban  District  Council  Bill 

CouneUBm?Ct  w as   r e ad   t he   t h i rd   t i me   a n d  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Workington 
Corporation 

The  Workington  Corporation  Bill  was  read 

the  third  lime  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

-A. Bill  to  empower the London  County  Council 
London 
to  construct  and  work  new  tramways  ;  to  alter 
County 
a n (*   reconstruct  existing  tramways  and to  make 
oSamways 
and 
street  improvements andother  works;  to  provide 
Improvements) and  work  omnibuses,  and  for  other  purposes; 
,  was  presented  and  read  the  first  time  ;  and 
B a i- 

ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time. 

Civil Services  Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—  Estimate 
(Supple- 
further  Sum 
Esttaate 
required  to be  voted for  the  Civil  Services  of   the 
1919-20.)  •  year  ending  31st  March  1920. 

the 

of  

No.  140. 

Ordered, That  the said  Estimate  be  referred 

to  a  Standing  Committee ;  and be printed. 

D r.   Addison  presented,  pursuant 

to 

the National 

directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Regulations  dated  30th  J une  1919,  made  by  the  commission 
National  Health  Insurance  Commission,  entitled  (England) 
the  National  Health  Insurance  (Insurance  Com-.(Beg ulatiollf,-> 
mittees)  Amendment  Regulations,  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  by   H is   Majesty's  Board of 
Command,—Copy  of  Regulation,  dated  17th Education. 
J u ly   1919,  made  by   the  Board  of  Education 
under  Section  44  of  the  Education  A c t,   1918, 
amending  the  Regulations  f or   the  Training  of 
Teachers. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

M r.   Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant  to  Shops Act 

the  directions  of  an  A ct   of   Parliament,—Copy  1912-
of  Order  made  under  the  Shops  Act,  1912,  by 
the  Council  of  
the  undermentioned  Local 
Authority,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  of 
State  f or   the  Home  Department, 
fixing  the 
Hours  of  Closing  f or   certain classes  of  S h o p s :— 

Urban  District  of  Cowes. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

General  Seely  presented,  by  H is   Majesty's  International 

Command,—Copy  of   Convention  relating 
International  A ir   Navigation. 

to  ^ Y i„ a t i cn 
. ' 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon 

the  Table. 

f 

Ordered,  That  a  Message  be  sent  to  the  Lords  stoney s 
to  request  that  their  Lordships  will  be  pleased  P j ^ *, 
to  communicate  to  this  House  Copies  of  the  paiun'g  a° 
Minutes  of  Evidence  and  Proceedings,  together  Divorce Bill 
with  the  Documents  deposited  in  the  case  of  {.l-ordt.] 
Stoney's  Divorce  Bill  [Lords],   and  in  the  case 
of  Pallin's  Divorce  Bill  [Lords]—(The 
Lord 
A d v o c a t e ):   A nd   that  the  Clerk  do  carry  the 
said  Message. 

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Mr.  William  Nicholson  reported  from  Standing 
Standing 
Committee A.  Committee  A,   to  whom  the  Aliens  Restriction 

A  1 *a A|t 

fl 

/ 

Bestriction 
Bill. 

Bill  was  referred,  That  they  had  gone  through 
the Bill  and  made  Amendments  thereunto. 

No.  141. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do 

lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

No.  141. 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes of  the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Bill  135. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  (in  the 
Standing Committee), be  taken into  consideration 
upon  Tuesday  n e x t;   and  be  printed. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees). 
Standing 
Committee A. 

Standing 
Committee D. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  A : — M a j or   Baird  and  Mr.  Lyle-Samuel. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts 

further  reported  from  the 
Committee  ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the 
following  Member  from  Standing  Committee  D  : 
—Colonel  William  Thorne. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Transport 
(Metropolitan 
Area.) 

Ordered,  That  a  Message  be  sent  to  the  Lords 
to  request  that  their  Lordships  will  be pleased  to 

five  leave  to  the  Viscount  Cave  to  attend  to 

e  examined  as  a  witness  before  the  Select 
Committee  on  Transport  (Metropolitan  A r e a )— 
( M r.   Kennedy  Jones)  :  A nd   that  the  Clerk  do 
carry  the  said  Message. 

Message from 
tbe Lords. 

Wear 
Navigation 
and 
Sunderland 
Dock Bill. 
Sunderland 
Gas Bil! 
[Lords.] 

Housing, 
Town 
Planning, &c., 
Bill. 
Leeds 
Corporation 
Bill [Lords.] 

M r.   Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  W e ar   Naviga-
tion  and  Sunderland  D o ck   Bill,  without  any 
Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Sunderland  Gas  Bill 
[Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the Housing,  Town 
Planning,  &c,, Bill,  with Amendments;  to  which 
the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

T he   Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  empower  the  L o rd   Mayor,  Aldermen, 
and  Citizens  of  the  city  of  Leeds  to  acquire 
lands  for  providing  further  housing  accommoda-
tion  ;  ana  to  construct  tramways,  street 
im-
provements,  and  waterworks  ;  to  extend  the 
boundary  of  the  city,  and  for  other  purposes  ; 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this  House. 

Housing 
Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Town 
Haimin  &c  ^ords  to  the Housing,  Town  Planning, &c.,  Bill, 
''  be  taken  into  consideration  upon  Monday  next  j 
Bill. 

Bill  144.  and  be  printed. 

Leeds 
Corporation 
BiU  [Lards.] 

The  Leeds  Corporation  Bill  [Turds']  was  read 

the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Sir  Charles  Hanson  reported,  from  the  Com-
Local 
Government  mittee  on  the  Local  Government  Provisional 
Order (No! 4)  Order  (No.^4)  B i l l;   That^they  had  considered 
the Order therein  contained;  that the  said  Order 
ought  to  be  confirmed;  and  that  they  had 
directed him to  report  the  BiU,  without  Amend-
ment,  to  the  House. 

[Provisional 
Order 
confirmed.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

VOL.   174. 

Sir  Charles  Hanson  reported  from  the  Cora-Local 

mittee  on  the  Local  Government  Provisional  p®^™^®^ 
Order  ( N o.   6)  B i } l;   That  they  had  considered  Order (No. 6) 
the  Order  therein  contained; 
Order  ought  to  be  confirmed;  and  that  they  [j^®^8®0^*1 
had  directed  him  to 
Amendments,  to  the  House. 

the  Bill,  with  firmed.] 

the  said  Bill. 

report 

that 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
to-

Committee,  be  taken  . into  consideration 
morrow. 

Sir  Charles  Hanson  reported  from  the  Com-  Private|BUls 

mittee  on  Group  C  of  Private  B i l l s;   That,  for  (Group c.) 
the  convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee  had 
adjourned  till  Wednesday  next,  at  Eleven  of 
the  clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Deputy  Chairman  reported 

from 

the  St. Just 

Committee  on  the  St.  Just  (Falmouth)  Ocean  g ^ o u t h )^ 
Wharves  and  Railways  Bill  [Lords']  ;  That  they  andRailwayg68 
had  examined  the  allegations  contained  in  the  Bill 
Preamble  of 
the 
the  Bui,  and 
same,  so  as  to  make  it  consistent  with  the  pro-
visions  of  the  Bill  as passed  by  the  Committee, 
and  found  the  same,  as  amended,  to  be  t r u e; 
and  had  gone 
the  Bill  and  made 
through 
Amendments  thereunto. 

amended 

[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

The  Deputy-Chairman  reported  the  Newark  Newark Gas 
B i U i^ords.] 

Gas  Bill  [Lords],  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Deputy-Chairman  reported  the  Medway  Medway 
Conservancy  Bill  [Lords],  with  an  Amendment.  Conservancy 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

The  Deputy-Chairman 

reported 

from  the  City and South 

Committee  on  the  City  and  South  London 
Railway  B i l l;   That 
allegations  contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the 
Bill,  and  amended 
found 
the 
the  same,  as  amended,  to  be  true  ;  and  had  gone 
through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  thereto. 

same,  and 

they  had  examined  the  R a i l w ay   B uL 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

The  Deputy-Chairman 

reported 

from  the Sheringham 

That  they  had  examined  the  B Ul   [ 

[Lords]-, 

Committee  on  the  Sheringham  Gas  and Water 
Bill 
allegations  contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the 
Bill,  and  amended  the same,  and  found  the  same, 
as  amended,  to  be  true;  and  had  gone  through 
the  Bill  and  made  Amendments  thereunto. 

«d   Water 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do 

lie  apon  the 

Table. 

The  Deputy-Chairman  reported  the  Hudders- Huddersfield 
field  Corporation  Gas  Bill  [Lords],  with  Amend-  ^poration 
ments. 

[Lords.'t 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

T a b l e;   and  be  printed. 

Sir  Joseph  Compton-Rickett  presented  a Bill  to Wells 
confirm  a  scheme  of  the  Charity  Commissioners  J ^ t S t 1^ 
f or   the  application  or  management  of  certain  congrega-
charities,  and  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  tional Chapels 
a  second  time  upon  Monday  n e x t;   and  to  be  0 h a r i M e 8 ®iH< 
printed. 

Bill  136. 

• 

H  H 

2 

2 36 

llih—lWi 

July. 

1 9 1 9. 

National Trust 
Charity Bill. 
Bill  187. 

Sir  Joseph  Compton-Rickett  presented  a  Bill  to 
c o nf i rm 
a  scheme  of  the  Charity  Commissioners 
f o r  the  application  or  management of  the  charity 
called  the  National  Trust  for  Places  of  Historic 
Interest  or  Natural  Beauty,  incorporated  by  the 
National  Trust  A c t,   1907:  And  the  same  was 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday 
n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

Brooke 
Bobinson 
Charity Bill 
Bill  138. 

Sir  Joseph  Compton-Rickett  presented  a  Bill  to 
confirm  a  scheme  of  the  Charity  Commissioners 
f ° r  the  application  or  management  of  the  charity 
the  Brooke  Robinson 
called  or  known  as 
Museum,  in  the  borough  of  Dudley, 
the 
county  of  Worcester  :  A nd   the same  was  ordered 
i.  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  n e x t; 

in 

and  to  be  printed. 

T n T l t he  

Sir  Joseph  Compton-Rickett  presented  a Bill  to 
Congrega- 
tional Chapels  confirm  a  scheme  of  the  Charity  Commissioners 
application  or  management  of  certain 
*  charities:  A nd   the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Monday  n e x t;   and  to  be 
printed. 

1 

Sir Joseph  Compton-Rickett  presented  a  Bill  to 
Batington 
confirm  a  scheme  of  the  Charity  Commissioners 
Methodist 
Chapel 
f or   the  application  or  management  of  the  charity 
Property Bill,  consisting  of  certain  property  in  the  parish  of 
Bill  140.  Eatington,  in  the  county  of  Warwick,  used  as  a 
schoolroom 
in  connection  with  the  Wesleyan 
Methodist  Chapel  in  the  said  parish  :  A nd   the 
same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Monday  n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

Plnmptre 
Hospital 
. 

' 

Sir  Joseph  Compton-Rickett  presented  a  Bill  to 
confirm  a  scheme  of  the  Charity  Commissioners 
for  the  application  or  management  of  the  charity 
called or known as Plumptre  Hospital,  in  the  city 
of  Nottingham:  A nd   the  same  was  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  n e x t;   and 
to  be  printed. 

M"'iM4.V 
B U 1 

Sir  Joseph  Compton-Rickett  presented  a Bill  to 
Headcorn 
Charif  mu^1  c o n® rm  a  scheme  of  the  Charity  Commissioners 
the  application  or  management of  the  charity 
consisting  of  the  Baptist  Chapel  and  Trust 
the  parish  of  Headcorn,  in  the 
Property 
county  of  K e n t:   A nd   the  same  was  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  n e x t;   and 
to  be  printed. 

in 

' 

Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawensupported 

Agriculture 
( C o u n i l l S)  M r-.   Solicitor  General,  presented  a  Bill 
Bill. 

by 
to 
provide  for  the  constitution  of  Councils  and 
Bill  143.  Committees  in  connection  with  Agriculture  and 
Fisheries  and  to  amend the Board  of  Agriculture 
and  Fisheries  Acts,  1889  to  1909  :  A nd   the 
same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Monday  next  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Business of 
the House 
(Coal Mines 
Bill.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  Coal 
Mines  Bill  be  exempted  at this day's  Sitting  from 
the  provisions  of  the  Standing  Order  (Sittings 
of  the  House.)—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

Business of 
the House 
(Supply.) 

Ordered,  That  on  this  day,  notwithstanding 
anything  in  Standing  Order  No.  15,  Business, 
other  than  the  Business  of  Supply,  may  be 
considered  before  Eleven  of  the  clock.—(Mr. 
Bonar  Law.) 

Business of 
the House 
(Supply.) 

That 

Ordered, 

Departments 
Estimates,  1919-20,  V o te   3  (Post  Office),  be 
considered 
in  Committee  of  Supply.  —  (Mr. 
Bonar  Law.) 

Revenue 

The  House,  according  to Order, resolved  itself  Supply 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

allotted 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  1919-20. 

Revenue  Departments. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That  a 
sum  riot  exceeding  £25,273,922  be  granted  to 
His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum  necessary  to 
defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day 
of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses 
of   the  Post  Office,  including  Telegraphs  and 
Telephones  : 

Whereupon  Motion  made, and Question,  That 
a  sum  not  exceeding  £25,272,922,  be  granted  for 
the  said  Service,—(Major  Hurst,)—put, 
and 
negatived. 

Original  Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House,  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Coal Mines 

Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Mines  B i l l; 

m 

A nd   a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time. 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
"  That,"  to  the  end  of  the  Question,  and  adding 
the  words  "  this House, while deeply sympathetic 
towards  the  provisions  of  this  Bill,  declines  to 

-

{jroceed  further with  the Bill  until trade  unionist 

eaders  abstain  from  advocating  restriction  of 
output  in  collieries, " — ( M r.  
Remer,)—instead 
thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Question. 

And  the  House  having  continued  to  sit  till 

after  Twelve  of  the  clock  on  Friday  mornings 

Friday,  18M  July  1919. 

And  the Question  being p u t : — It   was resolved 

in  the  Affirmative. 

The  Bill  was read a second time and committed 

to  a  Standing  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking Land 

consideration 

Settlement  Settlement 
into 
(Facilities)  Bill,  as,  amended  in  the  Standing  (FaoiIities-) 
Committee; 

Land 

the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Government of 

Committee  on  Government  of  the  Soudan  Loan 

uarantee]. 

Soudan 
[Guarantee.] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself into  the said  Committee. 

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18th July. 

2 37 

War Loan 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Second  Beading  of  the  W ar   Loan  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to 
Order  of  20th  February,  of  Estimates  referred 
to  a  Standing  Committee. 

Housing, 
Planni  &c 
' 
<Seotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
' n t o  ^ " " d e r a t i on   the  Housing,  Town  Planning, 
(Scotland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing 

Committee; 

Title  of  Estimates. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Navy  Estimates,  1919-20  (Supple-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

mentary  Vote  on  Account). 

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Supply 

[9th July] 
Beport. 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read, for  receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  tbe  Report  of 
Supply  of  the  9th  day  of  this  instant  July  ; 

C] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Friday,  ISth  July1919. 

Monday  next. 

P B A T I B B. 

The  Order  of  the day being  read, for  receiving 
Supply 
Committee CI  ^ r o m  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
[1st Julyf 
Beport. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Supply-  Of the  Ist  day  of   this  instant  J u l y; 

Monday  next. 

Betired 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the 
Officers (Cm!  Second  Reading  of  the  Retired  Officers  (Civil 
Biu 

Employment)  B i l l; 

y m 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Supply 
[Standi 
Committee C] 
[10th July] 
Bet>ort. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for  receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply  of   the  10th  day  of  this instant  J u l y; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

Treaty of 
Peace 
{Expenses.] 

The  House, according  to  Order, resolved  itself 
into a Committee  on Treaty  of Peace  [Expenses]. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the 
payment, out  of  moneys to be provided  by  Parlia-
ment,  of  expenses  incurred  under  any A ct   of  the 
present Session for carrying  into effect the  Treaty 
of  Peace  between  His  Majesty  and  certain  other 
Powers.—(Mr.  Baldwin.) 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

tion  the  Gosport  and  Alverstoke  Urban  Alverstoke 

P p HE   House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-  Gosport and 
A 
District  Council  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Com-  councu  m^ 
mittee. 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
be  suspended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read 
the  third  time.—(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt,  by  His  Majesty's  C o m-
mand,  acquainted  the  House  that  His  Majesty, 
having  been  informed  of  the  purport  of 
the 
Bill,  gives  His  Consent,  as  far  as  His  Majesty's 
interest  is  concerned,  that  the  House  may  do 
therein  as  they  shall  think  fit. 

Then  the  Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera- Leicester 
tion  the  Leicester  Corporation  Bill,  as  amended  Corporation 
in  the  Committee. 

B U l 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
be  suspended, and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read  the 
third  time.—(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time . 

and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported, That  the  Committee 
had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  this 

day. 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Order  Local 

(No.  4)   Bill  Was,  according  to  Order,  read  the  Government 
third  time  and  passed. 
•  Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  (No-  Bill, 
the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

^ r 8 i o n a l 

Police Bm. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  Police  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Ways and 
Means. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of   Ways  and  Means; 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Local 

take  into  consideration  the  Local  Government  Government 
Provisional  Order  (No.  6)  Bill  as  amended  in  £ ^ 0 I i al 
the  Committee. 

(No. 6) Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Government of 

Command,—Copy  of  Estimate  of  probable  e x-  *he Soudan 

Jenditure  under  the  Government  of  the  Soudan 

ioan  Bill. 

•  ' 

, 

Adjournment. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn.— 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

(Colonel  Sanders.) 

Table. 

A nd   accordingly  the  House  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
before One of  the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned  till  this  day. 

VOL.   174. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-  pubiic 
tions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,  was,  laid  upon  Becords 
the  Table  by  the  Clerk of  the House  : — C o py   of  ^ u t en 
Schedule,  containing  a  list  and  particulars  of 
classes  of  documents  existing  or  accruing  in  the 
Offices of  the  Clerks  of  Assize  of  the  Circuits 
H  H  3 

e 

2 38 

18th July. 

1 9 1 9. 

of  the  Judges  which  are  not  of  sufficient  public 
value  to justify  their  preservation  in  the  Public 
Record  Office. 

The  House,  according to  Order,  resolved  itself  Government of 

into  a  Committee  on  Government  of  the  Soudan 
Loan  [Guarantee]. 

[Gmirantee.] 

National 
Expenditure. 
(Second 
Beport.) 

.  Sir  Frederick  Banbury 
the 
Select  Committee  on  National  Expenditure; 
That  they  had  made  further  progress  in  the 
matters  to  them  referred,  and  directed  him  to 
make  a Report  thereof  to  the  House. 

reported 

from 

No.  142. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

T a b l e;   and  be  printed. 

Dogs 
Begulation 

Mr.  Macpherson,  supported  by  Mr.  Attorney-
General  for  Ireland,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend 
Bill.  t he   D o g s  R e g ui a tj o n  ( i n l a n d)   Act,  1865  :  A nd 
s a me   w ag   o rdered   to  be  read  a  second  time 

Bill  145. 

upon  Monday  n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

Business of 
(Government 
Business.) 

Ordered,  That  Government  Business  be  not 
interrupted  this  day  at  Five  or  half-past  Five  of 
the  clock,  and  may  be  entered  upon  at  any  hour 
although opposed.—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.') 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the 
Treasury  to  guarantee  the  payment  of  interest 
on  a  loan  to  be  raised  by   the  Government  of  the 
Soudan  not  exceeding  an  amount  sufficient  to 
raise  £6,000,000  ana  to  charge  on  the  Con-
solidated  Fund  any  moneys  required  to  fulfil 
such  guarantee.—(Mr.  Baldwin.) 

Resolution  to  be reported. 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported, That  the  Committee 
had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Patents and 
Second  Reading  of  the  Patents  and  Designs  Designs BiU. 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Police Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

upon  Monday  next. 

Second  Reading  of the Police  Bill; 

A nd   a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the Trade Marks 

Second  Reading  of  the  Trade  Marks  B i l l; 

BiU-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  "  now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  " u p on   this  day  three  months."—(Mr. 
Sexton.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
"  now  "  stand  part  of  the  Question  : — It   was 
resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

upon  Monday  next. 

The Order  of  the  day being read,  for  receiving Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of   Supply  of  L17th  J aW 
the  17th  day  of  this  instant  J u l y;  

^ P 0^ 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

The  Bill  was  read  a  second  time,  and  com-

Committee  of  Supply; 

mitted  to  a  Standing  Committee. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
Housing of 
Classes^118 
the 
into  consideration  the  Housing  of 
(Ireland) Bill.  Working  Classes  ^Ireland)  Bill,  as  amended  in 

take 

the  Standing  Committee. 

A  Clause  (Payment  of  compensation  into  the 
county  court)—(Mr.  Attorney-General  for  Ire-
land)  was  twice  read;  and  made  part  of  the 
Bill. 

Then  Amendments  were made  to the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

T he   Retired  Officers  (Civil  Employment)  Bill  Beped 

was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second  t i m e;  

Employment) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a B UL 

Committee  of  the whole  House for  Monday  next. 
—(Colonel  Sanders.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  W a ys   and  Means  ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve itself  into the  said  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

Resolved,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn.—  Adjournment. 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

(Colonel  Sanders.) 

Treaty of 
Peace 
[Expenses.] 

Mr.  Baldwin  reported  from  the  Committee 
on  Treaty  of  Peace  [Expenses]  a  Resolution; 
which  was read,  as followeth  : 

A nd   accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  twenty-five minutes  after 
Four  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  Monday 
next. 

That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the  payment, 
out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by   Parliament,  of 
expenses  incurred  under  any  A ct   of  the  present 
Session  for  carrying  into  effect  the  Treaty  of 
Peace  between  His  Majesty  and  certain  other 
Powers. 

The  said Resolution, being  read  a  second  time, 

was  agreed  to. 

War Loan 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the 

Second  Reading  of  the  W ar   Loan  Bill  ; 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by   Mr,  Speaker, pursuant  to  Order 
of   20th  February,  of  Estimates  referred  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Title of  Estimates. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Civil  Services  (Supplementary  Esti-

C. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

mates,  1919-20). 

upon  Monday  next. 

10  GEO.  Y. 

18th—21st—22nd  July. 

239 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Coal Mines Bill 

A. 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  also  presented,  pur-East India 

suant to the directions of  an A ct   of  Parliament,—  j^j0®1®88 
Copy  of  Statement  exhibiting  the  moral  and condition.) 
material  Progress  and  Condition  of  India  during 
143 
the  year  1917-18.  Fifty-fourth  Number. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers do  lie  upon  the 
T a b l e;   and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  East 
India  (Progress and  Condition)  be  printed. 

Monday,  21 st  July  1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

Ammanford 
Gas Bill. 

THE   Ammanford  Gas  Bill  was  read  a  second 

time,  and  committed. 

Dover Gas 
Bill [Lords.]  s econd   time, and  committed. 

The  Dover  Gas  Bill 

[Lords],  was  read  a 

Bast Ham 
-Corporation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

London 
Electric 
Bail way  Bill 
[Lords.] 
Shoreham-by-
Sea Urban 
District 
Council Bill 
[Lords.] 

Local 
•Government 
Provisional 
•Order 
(No.  6) Bill. 

Local 
Government 
(Ireland) 
Provisional 
Orders  Bill. 

Dublin 
University 
(Writ.) 

Board of 
Education. 

The  East  Ham  Corporation  Bill  [Lords],  was 

read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

The  London  Electric  Bailway  Bill 
was read  a  second  time,  and  committed. 

[Lords], 

The  Shoreham-by-Sea  Urban  District  Council 
Bill  J  Lords],  was  read  a  second  time,  and 
committed. 

The  Local  Government  Provisional  Order 
(No.  6)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the 
third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Local  Government (Ireland)  Provisional 
Orders  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
second  time,  and  committed. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do 

issue  his 
Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown  in  Ireland 
to  make  out  a n ew   Writ  for  the  electing  of  a 
member  to  serve 
in  this  present  Parliament 
for  the  University  of  Dublin,  in  the  room  of 
the Bight  Honourable  Arthur  Warren  Samuels, 
K.C.,  who,  since  his  Election  for  the  said 
University  hath  accepted  the  Office of* Judge  of 
His  Majesty's  High  Court of  Justice in  Ireland. 
—(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

Mr.  Fisher  presented, by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand,—Copy  of  the  Technical  Schools,  &c. 
(Amending),  Regulation,  1919,  dated  21st  July 
1919, made  by  the  Board  of  Education  under 
the  Education  Act,  1918, 
Section  44  of 
amending 
for  Technical 
Schools,  &c.,  1918. 

the  Regulations 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

Supreme 
Court of 
Judicature 
Act  (Ireland), 
1877. 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Order  in  Council,  under  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Judicature  A et  (Ireland),  1877,  dated  14th  July 
1919,  giving  effect to  Rules  of  Court. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

(added  in  respect  of  the  Merchant  Committee D. 

from  Standing  Com- st^ding6** 

following  Member 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com- Selection 
mittee  of  Selection  ;  That  they  had  discharged (Standing 
the 
mittee  D 
Shipping  (Wireless  Telegraphy)  Bill 
[Lords] 
and the  Courts  (Emergency  Powers)  Bill)  :— 
Mr.  Bridgeman;  and  had  appointed  in  substi-
tution  (in  respect  of  the  Merchant  Shipping 
(Wireless  Telegraphy)  Bill  [Lords]  and  the 
Courts  (Emergency  Powers)  Bill)  :—Colonel 
Leslie  Wilson. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House,  That  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  b y t h e  Lords, 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Fylde  Water  Fylde Water 

Board  Bill,  with  Amendments; 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

to  which  the  Boftrd  B i lL 

The  Lords  communicate  the  Minutes  of stoney's 

taken  and  the 

Evidence  and  Proceedings 
Documents  deposited  upon  the  Second  Reading  p j ^ ' g - 8 ,1 
of  Stoney's  Divorce  Bill  [Lords]  and  Pallin's  Divorce BUI 
Divorce  Bill  [Lords],  as desired  by  the  Com- [Lords.] 
mons,  with  a  request  that  the  same  may  be 
returned. 

BiH 

The  Lords  give  leave  to the Viscount  Cave  to Transport 
attend  in  order  to  his  being  examined  as  a (Metropolitan 
witness  before  the  Select  Committee  appointed  Area"-) 
by  the  Commons  on  Transport  (Metropolitan 
Area),  his  Lordship  consenting. 

Ordered,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  Treaty  Business of 

of  Peace  Bill  and  the  Anglo-French  Treaty^House 
(Defence  of  France)  Bill  be  exempted  at  this peace Bill and 
day's  Sitting  from  the  provisions  of  the  Stand- Anglo-French 
ing  Order  (Sittings  of  the  House).—(Mr.  Bonar  treaty 
T 
Law.) 

(Def6HC€ 01 
Fiance)  Bill.) 

\ 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Treaty of 
P e a ce   B m-

Second  Reading  of  the  Treaty  of  Peace  Bill; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now read  a 
second  time  ; 

the  unsparing  efforts  of 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
" T h a t ,"   to  the  end  of  the  Question,  and  adding 
"  this  House,  whilst  gratefully 
the  words 
acknowledging 
the 
Prime  Minister  in  the  cause  of  a  just  and 
honourable  Peace,  and  fully  appreciating  the 
difficulties  with  which  he  had  to  contend, 
expresses  its  regret  that  the  Treaty  does  not 
impose  upon  Germany  definite  and  binding 
obligations  to  make  good  to  Britain  her  total 
financial  cost  of  the  war."—(Mr.  Bottomley),— 
instead  thereof: 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of 
the  Question: 

A nd   the  House  having  continued  to  sit  till 
after  Twelve  of  the  clock  on  Tuesday  morning. 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  presented,  by  His 
East India 
(Constitutional  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Correspondence 
Beforms.) 
regarding  (1)  Constitutional  changes  to  be  made 
" 
in  Assam  and  Backward  Tracts;  (2)  Champaran 
and  Kaira  Cases. 

* " 

Tuesday,  22nd July  1919. 

And 

the  Question  being  put  ;—It 

was 

resolved  in the  Affirmative. 

The  Bill  was  read  a  second  time, 

VO L.   174. 

H  H  4 

22nd  July. 

Resolved.—That 

this  House  will  immediately 
resolved  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill.'— 
( M r.   Pratt.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
the 

proposed 
Question  : — It   was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

left  out  stand  part  of 

to  be 

The  House  accordingly  resolved  itself  into 

The  Bill  was  read  a second  time. 

the  Committee. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1  (Power  of  His  Majesty  to  give 

effect  to  Peace  Treaty). 

Amendment  proposed  in  p.  1,1.  13,  to  leave 
out  from  the  word  "  Officers,"  to  the  word 
"  and."—(Mr.  Hogge.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to be  left out  stand  part of  the  Clause  : —Amend-
ment,  by   leave,  withdrawn. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will  immediately 
resolve  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill.— 
( M r.   Pratt.) 

T he   House  accordingly  resolved itself  into the 

Committee. 

"(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 and  No.  2  agreed  to. 

Schedule  agreed  to. 
Preamble  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

Clause  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  2  agreed  to. 
Preamble  agreed  to. 
Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair ;  and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and Means reported,  That  the 
Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and 
directed  him  to 
the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

report 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
t i m e; 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question  by  leaving  out  the  word  "  n o w" 
and  at  the  end  of  the  Question  adding  the  words 
"  upon  this  day  three months."—(Mr.  Devlin.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

"  now  "  stand  part  of  the  Question  : 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 

T he   Noes  to  the  L e f t. 

Tellers  for  t h e/  Captain  Guest, 

Yeas, 

( L o rd   Edmund  Talbot: 

Tellers  for  the ("Mr.  Devlin, 

Noes, 

( M r.   Harbison: 

"1  1fi„ 
J  ° 

V 
J 

4 
' 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

The  Bill  was  read  the  third  time and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Anglo-French 
Treaty 
(Defence of 
France) BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Anglo-French  Treaty 
(Defence  of  France)  B i l l; 

A nd   a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  ; 

Member 
directed to 
discontinue 
his speech 
(Irrelevance.) 

Mr.  Speaker  called  the  attention  of  the  House 
to  the  continued 
irrelevance  on  the  part  of 
M r.   Devlin,  Member for Belfast  (Falls  Division), 
and  directed  the  honourable  Member  to  dis-
continue  his  Speech. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bil),  and 
directed  him  to report  the same, without  A m e n d-
ment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
t i m e : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the  Betired 
the  Retired  Officers 

Committee  on 
Employment)  B i l l;  

(Civil  Officers (Civil 
Employment) 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

T he   Order  of  the day being  read, f or   receiving  Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  k1£t^rfJaW 
the  14th  day  of  this  instant  J u l y; 

Beport. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the  Joint stock 

Second  Reading  of 
(Amalgamation  Control)  B i l l;  

the  Joint  Stock  Banks 

« 0n  c ! S i> 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  B , u-

upon  Monday  next. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Private 

Second  Reading  of 
Procedure  (Ireland)  B i l l;  

the  Private  Legislation  legislation 
S 5W 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Overseas 

Second  Reading  of  the  Overseas  Trade  (In- Trade 
surance  against  Abnormal  Risks)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

El8k8> BlU-

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, f or   taking National 

into consideration  the  National  Health  Insurance  Health 
Bill  (not  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee); 

I n s u r a n ce   B m-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  this  day. 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
from  the  word 
the  Question  by   leaving  out 
"  That,"  to  the  end  of  the  Question,  and  adding 
. the words "  this House, while uniting in respectful 
admiration  of the French  people, declines  to  give 
a  Second  Reading  to  a  Bill  which  is  inconsistent 
with  the  spirit  of  the  League  of  Nations,  which 
is  calculated  to perpetuate the system of  alliances 
that  produced  the  late  war,  and  which  imposes 
upon  this  Country  unprecedented  military  bur-
dens  which  will  impede  its  financial  recovery," 
—(Lieutenant-  Commander  Kenworthy),—instead 
thereof. 

T he   Order  of   the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Finance Bill, 

into  consideration  the  Finance  Bill,  as  amended 
in  the  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  tbe  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Wednesday  next. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  taking  Housing, 

into  consideration  the  Amendments  made  by  Town 
the  Lords  to  the  Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c.  g® n n l nS' t o 5' 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Amendments  be  taken 

into  consideration  this  day. 

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V. 

22rid  July. 

241 

Agriculture 
and Fisheries 
^Councils, *c.)  (Councils,  &c.)  Bill  j 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the  Agriculture  and  Fisheries 

The  Order  of  the 
of 

Second  Beading 
Charity  B i l l; 

day  being  read,  f or   the Plumptre 
the  Plumptre  Hospital  H o s p i^ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Land 
Settlement 
(Facilities) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Land  Settlement  (Facili-
ties) Bill, as amended  in the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be taken into  considera-

tion  this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  th'e Headcorn 

Second  Beading of  the  Headcorn  Baptist  Chapel  Baptist Chapel 
Charity  B i l l;  

Chanty Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Housing, 
Town 
Planning, &c. 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Housing,  Town  Planning^ 
&c.  (Scotland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be taken  into  considera-

tion  upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Dogs 

Second  Beading 
(Ireland)  B i l l;  

of 

the  D o gs   Regulation  Regulation 
* 

(Ireland) BID. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  War Loan 

Second  Reading  of  the  W ar   Loan  B i l l; 

Bil1-

Supply 
[Standing 
fcommittee  rn  ® r o m  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
[ath'july] 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for  receiving 

Supply  of  the  9th  day  of  this  instant  July  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

T he   Order of   the day  being  read, for  receiving  Government of 

Wednesday  next. 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee C] 
[lst  July]' 
Beport. 

The  Order of  the  day being  read, f or   receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply  of  the  lst  day  of  this  instant  J u l y; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Thursday  next. 

Supply 

Committee C] 
[10th July] 
Beport. 

The  Order of  the day  being  read,  for  receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply  of  the  10th  day  of  this  instant  July  ; 

the  Beport  from the  Committee  on  Government  the  SOUCIMJ 
[Grantee] 
of  the  Soudan  Loan  [Guarantee]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  be  received  this 

day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Patents and 
Second  Reading  of  the  Patents  and  Designs  Designs Bill. 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Trade Marks 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Second  Reading  of  the  Trade  Marks  B i l l;  

Bill. 

Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  .day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Wells  Particular  Baptist 

Weils 
Particular 
Congr^ationaland  Congregational  Chapels  Charities  Bill  ; 
Chapels 
Charities Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

^ 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read, for  receiving  Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of  the  I 1 7" 1  J uW 
17th  day  of  this  instant  J u l y; 

H e p o r t 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Thursday  next. 

National Trust  The  Order  of 
the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Charity Bill.  Second  Beading  of  the  National  Trust  Charity 

B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee  of  S u p p l y; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

-

Brooke 
Bobinson 
CluSty Bill,  Charity  B i l l; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the 
Second  Reading of the Brooke  Bobinson  Museum 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Congregational  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Chapels 
Second  Beading  of  the  Congregational  Chapels 
Charities Bill.  0 h a r i t i e B  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Eatington 
Wesley an 
Methodist 
Chapel 
Property Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for,  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Eatington  Wesleyan 
Methodist  Chapel  Property  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

VOL.   174. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means  ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn. Adjournment. 

— ( L o rd   Edmund  Talbot.) 

A nd   accordingly  the House, having continued 
to  sit till twenty-four  minutes before  Four 
of  the  clock  on  Tuesday  morning,  ad-
journed  till  this  day. 

. 

i 

i 

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Tuesday,  22nd July  1919. 

22nd   My. 

1919. 
Authority,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  for 
Scotland  :—  

-  : 

Burgh  of  Greenock. 

P R A T E R S. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Private Bills 
[Lo  ,dt} 
j, (Standing 
Orders hot 
prev.ously 
inquired into 
complied 
with) 

MR.   Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
1 iills,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and  referred  on 
the  First  Reading  thereof,  the  Standing  Orders 
not  previously inquired into,  which are  applicable 
thereto,  have  been  complied  with,  viz.  :— 

Table. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Staffs 

Command,—Copy  of  Statement  showing 
the  employed in 
Staffs of Government  Departments on  1st August  Departments 
1914,  11th  November  1918,  and  31st  March 
1919,  respectively. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  He  upon  the 

West  Hartlepool  Corporation  Bill 
[Lords].. 
Londonderry  Port  and  Harbour  Bill 

Table. 

[Lords], 

Pembroke  Gas  Bill  [L o r d s ]. 

Birmingham  Corporation  Tramways  Bill 

[Lords], 

Leeds  Corporation  Bill 

[Lords], 

Ordered,  That  the  Bills  be read  a second  time. 

the  Examiners  of  Petitions 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 
for 
from  one  of  
Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and  referred  on 
the  First  Beading  thereof,  no  Standing  Orders 
a re   applicable,  v i z . :— 

Clowes  Settled  Estates  Bill  [Lords], 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time. 

Private Bills 
[Lords] 
(No standing 
Orders 
applicable.) 

City and 
The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
South London  tion  the  City  and  South  London  Railway  Bill, 
Railway Bill. 

ftg 

a m e nd ed   in  the  C o m m i t t e e. 
Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
be  suspended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read 
the  third  time.—(The  Chairman  of  W a ys   and 
Means.) 

The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time 

and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Sheringham 
The  House  proceeded  to  take  into  considers 
Ga« and Water tion  the  Sheringham,  Gas  and  Water  Bill,  as 
B l l L 

amended  in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time. 

Swinton and 
Mexborough 
Gas Board 
Bill. 

T he   House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
tion  the  Swinton  and  Mexborough  G as   Board 
Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
be  suspended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read 
the  third  time.—(The  Chairman  of  W a ys   and 
Means.) 

T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time 

and  passed. 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

'Lbcal 
Government 
(Ireland) 
Provisional 
Orders BilL 

Ordered,  That,  in  the  case  of  the  Local  G o-
vernment 
(Ireland)  Provisional  Orders  Bill, 
Standing  Order  211  be  suspended,  and  that  the 
Committee  on  Unopposed  Bills  have  leave  to 
proceed  with  the  Bill  on  Thursday  next.—(The 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means.) 

The  L o rd   Advocate 

Fishery Board 
presented,  by   H is 
(Scotland.)  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Thirty-seventh 
Annual  Report  of  the  Fishery  Board  for  Scot-
land, being  for  the  year  1918. 

Shops Act, 
1912. 

The  Lord  Advocate  also  presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Order  under the  Shops  A c t,   1912, made 
the  undermentioned  Local 
bv  the  Coiincil  of 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  by  His Trading 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Statement  of 
Conditions  under  which  trading  is  permissible 
since  the  raising  of  the  Blockade. 

00 

Copy  of  Translation  of  the  French  Presi- France and 

dential  Decree  of  8th  July  1919, with  Statement 
showing  the  classes  of   goods  on  which 
the Customs 
Customs  Import  Duties  are  increased  and  the  Duties.) 
co-efficient  of  increase  in  each  case. 

of 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts 

reported  from  the  C o m-   Selection 
mittee  of  Selection  ;  T h at   they  had  discharged  (Standing 
the  following  Member 
from  Standing  C o m - I ^ ^ jf 
mittee  C  : ^ M r.   Ml  Curdy 
in  substitution  :  M r.   George  Roberts, 

;  and  had  appointed  Committee  C. 

, 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the  standing 
Committee  ;  That  they  had  added  the  following  Committee D. 
Member 
to  Standing  Committee  D : — M r. 
Bridgeman. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the  ^ 

Table. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  t he   Lord,!-
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  : 

' 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Llanelly  Rural  Llanelly  Rural 
to  District Water 

District  W a t er   Bill,  with  A m e n d m e n t s;  
which  the 
House. 

Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 

Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Legal  and  General 
L i fe   Assurance  Society  Bill  [Lords],  without 
any  Amendment. 

Legal and 
General Life 
Assurance 
. 
Society Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Hartlepool  Corpora-
tion  Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

Hartlepool 
Corporation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by   this  House  to  the  Mansfield  Railway 
Bill [Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

Mansfield 
Railway  Bill 
[Lords.] 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Hartlepool  Gas  and 
W a t er   Bill  [Lords'],  without  any  Amendment. 

Hartlepool Gas 
and Water 
Bill  [Lords.] 

the 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill, intituled  An 
A ct   to  confer  powers  on  the  National  Assembly 
of  the  Church  of  England  constituted  in  accord-
ance  with 
constitution  attached  as  an 
Appendix  to  the  Addresses  presented  to  His 
Majesty  by  the  Convocations  of  Canterbury  and 
Y o rk   on  the  tenth  day  of   May, nineteen  hundred 
and  nineteen,  and  f or   other  purposes  connected 
therewith;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  con-
currence  of  this  House. 

National 
Assembly of 
the Church of 
England 
(Powers) Bill 
[ Lords. ] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An   Newcastle-

A ct   to  consolidate  the  local  rates  leviable  in  the 
city  and  county  of  Newcastle-upon-Tyne  and  tO (RaM.s-) Bill; 
make  provision  with  respect  thereto,  and  for  [ £»»•<&.] 
other  purposes;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence  of  this  House. 

1 0 . G E O.   V. 

22nd Juhfj. 

Newcastle-
upon-Tyne 
Corporation 
(Bates) BiU 
[Lords.'] 

The  Newcastle  -  upon  -  Tyne  Corporation 

(Rates)  Bill  [Lords]  was read  the  first  time. 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills, 

Business of < 
the House 
(Land 
Settlement 
(Facilities) 
Bill.) 

j  Ordered,  That  the  proceedings  on  the  Land 
Settlement  (Facilities)  Bill  be  exempted  at  this 
day's  Sitting from  the  provisions  of  the  Standing 
Order  (Sittings  of  the  House.)—(Mr.  Bonar 
Law.) 

Land 
Settlement 
(Facilities) 
Bill. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into1  consideration  the  Land  Settlement 
(Facilities)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee. 

A  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added  to  the  Bill 
(Provisions  as  to  commons  and  open  spaces)— 
(Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen),—and 
the  said 
Clause  was  brought  up,  and  read  the  first  and 
second  time,  and  amended,  and  made  part  of  the 
Bill. 

Another  Clause  (Power,  of  appropriation  of 
land) —  (Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen),  —  was 
twice  read,  and  made  part  of  the  Bill. 

Another  Clause  (Agreements  as  to  compen-
sation  where  land  is  let  for  provision  of  allot-
ments)  —  (Mr.  Solicitor-General),  —: was  twice 
read,  and  made  part  of  the  Bill. 

Another  Clause  (Consent  of  Board  to  period 
of   borrowing  by  county  councils)—(Sir  Arthur 
Griffith-Boscawen),—was 
twice  read,  and  made 
part  of  the  Bill. 

Another  Clause was  offered  to  be  added  to  the 
Bill  (Co-operative  societies)—(Mr.  Cautley),— 
and  the  said  Clause  was  brought  up,  and  read 
the  first  time •; 

A nd   a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That the  said  Clause  be  read  a second 
time;  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

Another  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added to  the 
Bill  (Amendment  of  Settled  Land  Acts,  1882  to 
1890)—(Major  Lane-Fox),—and 
the  said  Clause 
was  brought  up,  and  read  the  first  and  second 
time,  amended,  and  made  part  of  the  Bill. 

Another  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added  to  the 
Bill  (Notice  to  councils)—(Major  Barnes),  and 
the  said  Clause  was  brought  up;  and  read  the 
first  t i m e; 

land  has  served  in  any  branch  of  His  Majesty's 
Forces  and  has  now  returned,  or  has  expressed 
his  intention  of  returning,  to  resume  the  cultiva-
tion  o£ the  land."—(Major  Lane-Fox^) 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 

words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill  ; 

The  said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with 

leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then other Amendments  were made to the  Bill,. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be made 
to  the  Bill, in  p.  2,  1. 37,  by  inserting,  at  the  end 
thereof,  the  words— 

"  A  council  which  has hired  land  compulsorily 
or  by  agreement  shall  have  the  option  at  any 
time  during the tenancy  of  purchasing the  holding 
from  the  landlord,  and  if  the  council  so  desires-
the  purchase  money  shall  be  paid  by  means  of 
an  annuity. 

In  determining  the.  amount  of  compensation 
the  value  of  the  land  shall  be  taken  to  be  the 
value  which  the  land  would  have  had  at  the  date 
of  the  notice  to  treat  if  it  had  remained  in' the 
condition  in  which  it  'was  at  the  commencement 
of  the  tenancy  without  regard'to  any  enhance-
ment  or  depreciation  in  the  value  which  may  be 
attributable,  directly  or  indirectly,  to  any  build-
ings,  works,  or  improvements  erected,  construc-
ted,  executed,  or  made  in,  on,  over,  or  under  the 
land,  or  any  adjoining  or  neighbouring  land,  for 
the  purposes  connected  with  the  tenancy  wholly 
or  partly  at  the  expense  of  the  council  or  with 
the  consent  of  the  council  at  the  expense  of  any 
person  not being  a person  interested  in the  land." 
— ( M a j or   Barnes.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,1.  41,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  allotments," 
in  any 
borough  or  urban  district  the  borough  or  urban 
district  council  are  not  providing  allotments."—• 
(Sir  Kingsley  Wood.) 

the  words 

"  or 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill  : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

A nd   a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  said  Clause  be  read  a 
second time  :—The  said  Motion  and  Clause  were 
severally,  with  leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill, in  p.  3 , 1 . 1,   by  leaving  out  the  words 
"  during  a  period  of  two  years  after  the  passing 
of  this  A c t . " — ( S ir   Kingsley  Wood.) 

Another  Clause was  offered  to  be  added  to  the 
land)—(Mr. 
the  said  Clause  was 

Bill  (Powers  of  councils  to  hire 
Aneurin  Williams),—and 
brought  up,  and  read  the  first  time  ; 

A nd   a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  said  Clause  be  read  a 
second  time  :—-The  said  Motion and  Clause  were 
severally,  with leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

.  An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1. 9,  by  leaving  out  the  words 
"  and  before  the  expiration  of  two  years  from 
that  date."—(Sir  Kingsley  Wood.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed to  be left  out, to  the word  "  two  " 
stand  part  of  the  Bill.-—-The  said  proposed 
Amendment  was,  with 
leave  of  the  House, 
withdrawn. 

Then  Amendments  were  made  to  the  Bill. 

.  Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,1.  16,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words— 

"  Provided  always  that  no  order for  compul-
sory  purchase:  shall  be  confirmed  or  possession 
takeu  of  any  land  where  the  occupier  of  such 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  lef t out to  the word  "  two  " 
stand  part  of  the  B i l l : — T he   said  proposed 
Amendment  was,  with  leave  of 
the  House, 
withdrawn. 

/ 

Then another Amendment was made to the  Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3,1.  16,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof,  the  words— 

"  ( 3)   Before  acquiring  any  land  under  the 
provisions  of  this section  the  Board  shall  consult 
with  the. chairman  of  the  council  of  the  county 
in  which  the  land  proposed  to  be  acquired  ir 
situate,  or  with  a  committee  of  that council,  as to 
the  suitability  of   the 
land  proposed  to  be 
acquired."—(Sir  Francis  Blake.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment was  proposed to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3,  1.  30,  by  leaving  out  the 
word  "  two,"  and  inserting  the  word  " t h r e e "— 
(Sir  Kingsley  Wood),^instead 

thereof. 

VOL.  174. 

II   2 

Boyai Assent. 

244 

22nd July. 

1919. 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  "  two  "  stand  part  of  the  Bill  : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of 
the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  4,1.   27,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  war,"  the  words  "  and  to  persons  who, 
having  volunteered  to  serve  in  the  forces  of  the 
Crown  subsequently  to the fourth day of  August, 
nineteen  hundred  and  fourteen,  were  rejected  on 
the  grounds  of  medical  unfitness."—(Captain 
Coote.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
"House,  withdrawn. 

A  Message  was  delivered  by  Captain  Sir 
Thomas  Dacres  Butler,  Yeoman  Usher  of  the 
Black  Rod  : 

Mr.  Speaker, 

The  Lords  authorised  by 

virtue  of  His 
Majesty's  Commission 
for  declaring  His  Royal 
Assent  to  several  Acts  agreed  upon  by   both 
Houses,  desire  the  immediate  attendance  of  this 
Honourable  House  in  the  House  of  Peers,  to 
hear  the  Commission  read. 

Accordingly  M r.   Speaker,  with  the  House, 
went  up  to  the  House  of  Peers:—and  having 
returned  ; 

Mr.  Speaker  reported,  That  the  House,  at  the 
desire  of  the  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
Majesty's  Commission, had  been  at  the  House  of 
Peers, where  a Commission  under the  Great  Seal 
was  read,  giving,  declaring,  and  notifying  the 
Royal  Assent  to  the  several  Acts  therein  men-
tioned  ;  and  that  the  Lords  thereby  authorised 
had  declared  the  Royal  Assent  to  the  said  Acts, 
as follow  : 

1.  Anthrax  Prevention  Act,  1919. 

2.  Disabled  Men  (Facilities  for  Employment) 

Act,  1919. 

3.  Grant  of  Administration 

(Bonds)  A c t, 

1919. 

4.  L aw   Agents  Apprenticeship  ( W ar   Ser-

vices)  (Scotland)  A c t,   1919. 

5.  Matrimonial  Causes  (Dominions  Troops) 

A c t,   1919. 

6.  Weights  and Measures  (Leather  Measure-

ment)  Act,  1919. 

7.  Statement  of  Rates  A c t,   1919, 

8.  Official  Solicitor  Act,  1919. 

9.  Solicitors  (Articled  Clerks)  Act,  1919. 

10.  Public  Notaries  (Articled  Clerks)  A c t, 

1919. 

11.  Bridge of  Allan  Water  Order  Confirmation 

A c t,   1919. 

12.  Edinburgh  and  Leith  Corporations  Gas 
Order  Confirmation  A c t,   1919. 

22.  Sunderland  Gas  A c t,   1919. 
23.  Wear  Navigation  and  Sunderland  D o ck 

A c t,   1919. 

24.  Chepstow  Water  A c t,   1919. 

The  House  again  proceeded  to  take  into  con- Land 

sideration  the  Land  Settlement  (Facilities)  Bill, 
as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee. 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  6,  1.  8,  by  leaving  out  sub-
section  (3).—(Major  Lane-Fox.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
B i l l : — T he   said  proposed  Amendment  was, with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  6,1.  21,  by  leaving  out  sub-
section  (3),  and  inserting  the  words— 

" ( 3)   (a)  Subject to  the approval  of  the  Board 

of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries,  a tenant  of  a  • 
small  holding  shall  have  the  option  at  any 
time  during  his  tenancy  of  purchasing  his 
holding  from  the  council,  and,  if  the  tenant 
so  desires, the  purchase  money  shall  be  paid 
by  means of  a  purchase  annuity, which  shall 
be  fixed  by  the  Treasury,  and  the  annuity 
shall  be  calculated  at  the  lowest  rate  which 
will,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Treasury,  secure 
the  Treasury  against  loss; 

(b)  The  purchase  annuity  shall  be  paid  until 
the  whole  of  the  advance  is  ascertained,  in 
a  manner  prescribed  by  the  Treasury,  to 
have  been  paid,  and  the  terms, of  purchase 
shall  also  include  such  other  terms  as  are 
not  inconsistent  with  this  section  ; 

( c)   On  any  purchase  under  this  section  any 
increase  of  the  value  of  the  land  due  to  im-
provements  executed  by   and  at  the  expense 
of  the tenant  shall  not  be  taken  into  account 
in  fixing  the  purchase  money  to  be  payable 
by  the  purchaser." 

—(Captain  SirBeville   Stanier),—instead 

thereof. 

And  tbe  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
B i l l : — T he   said  proposed  Amendment  was, with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  9,  1. 7, by  leaving  out  from  the 
word  "  land,"  to  the  word  "  and,"  in  1. 9,  and 
inserting  the  words  "  and  may  appropriate  land 
already  acquired,  for  the  purpose  of  providing 
allotments, either  directly or  by  means  of  leasing 
such  land  to  the  council  of  a  parish  within  the 
county,  as  the  county  council  may  think 
fit"— 
(Sir  Francis  Blake),—instead 

thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
B i l l : — T he   said proposed  Amendment  was, with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

13.  Northampton  Gas  A c t,   1919. 

Bill. 

14.  Legal  and  General  Assurance  Society's 

A c t,   1919. 

.15.  Hartlepool  Corporation  A c t,   1919. 

16.  Mansfield  Railway  A c t,   1919. 

17.  Reigate  Corporation  A c t,   1919. 

18.  Hartlepool  Gas  and  Water  A c t,   1919. 

19.  Beccles  Waterworks  A c t,   1919. 
20.  Tees  Conservancy  A c t,   1919. 

21.  Stourport  Gas  Act,  1919. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the.  Bill,  in  p.  12,1.  22,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  "  are  hereby  repealed,"  and  inserting  the 
words  "  shall  cease  to  have  effect  during  the 
period  ending  on  the  thirty-first  day  of  March, 
nineteen  hundred  and twenty-six  " — ( S ir   Francis 
Blake),—instead 

thereof. 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
B i l l : — T he   said  proposed Amendment  was,  with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

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22nd July. 

2 45 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  12,  1. 28,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  A c t ,"   the  words  "  after  the  first  day  of 
April,  nineteen  hundred  and  nineteen  " — ( S ir 
Francis  Blake.) 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  those words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—-It  passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  14,1.  3,  by   inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words— 

"  Notwithstanding  any  of  the  provisions  of   the 
Defence  of  the  Realm  Regulations  or  the  De-
fence  of  the  Realm  (Acquisition  of  Land)  A c t, 
1916,  land  held  for  allotments  shall  continue  to 
be  held  until it  is  shown  to  the satisfaction of  the 
local  authorities  that  the  same  is  required  f or 
immediate  public  building  or  other  public  pur-
poses  provided  that  where  land  is  so  required, 
unless  the  Board  of  Agriculture  is  satisfied  that 
other suitable land has been  provided, six  months' 
previous  notice  in  writing  shall  be  given  to  the 
tenant."—(Sir  Kingsley  Wood.) 

Dr.  Addison,  by  Command  of  His  Royal 
the  House,  That  His 
Highness,  acquainted 
Royal  Highness,  having  been  informed  of  the 
purport  of   the  Bill,  gives  His  Consent,  as fair  as 
His  Royal  Highness  s  interest  is concerned,  that 
the  House  may  do  therein  as  they  shall  think 
fit. 

And  the  Question  being  p u t; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—'The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire their  concurrence. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  National 

to  take  into  consideration  the  National  Health 
Insurance  Bill  (not  amended  in  the  Standing  gill. 
Committee). 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed.  -

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Housing, 

take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made 
by  the Lords  to the Housing,  T o wn   Planning, he. Bill 
Bill. 

^ 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p. 14,1.  8, by  leaving  out  from  the 
word  " l a n d ,"   to  the  word  " a nd   "  i n l.   9."—(Sir 
Kingsley  Wood.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
B i l l : — T he   said  proposed  Amendment  was, with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

" 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill, as  amended, be  recom-
mitted  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House 
in  respect  of  a  new  Clatise  (Compensation  to 
labourers)  and  of  a  Government  Amendment  to 
Schedule  2.—(Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen.) 

The  House  immediately  resolved  itself  Into 

the  Committee. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

A  Clause  (Compensation  to 

labourers)—(Sir 
Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen)-—brought 
up  and 
read  first  and  second  time,  and  added  to  the 
Bill. 

Schedule  No.  2,  amended,  and  agreed  to. 

Bill,  as  amended,  to  be  reported. 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  on  re-

committal,  be  now  taken  into  consideration. 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 

Bill  into  consideration. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
t i m e; 

Dr.  Addison,  by  His  Majesty's  Command,  ac-
quainted  the  House,  That  H is   Majesty,  having 
teen  informed  of  the  purport  of  the  Bill,  gives 
His  Consent,  as  far  as  His  Majesty's  interest  is 
concerned,  that  the  House  may  do  therein  as 
they  shall.think  fit, 

A nd   notice  being  taken,  that  the  interest  of 
the  Prince  of  • Wales,  as  Duke  of  Cornwall,  Is 
concerned  therein; 

VOL.  174. 

The  Lords'  Amendments,  as 

the 
Amendment  in  p.  12,1.  34,  being  read  a  second 
time,  were  agreed  to. 

far  as 

The  Lords  Amendment,  in  p.  12,  1. 34, after Special Entry, 

the  second  word  ( " b u i l d i n g s " ),   insert  ( " a l t e r, 
enlarge, repair, and improve  buildings " ),  the  next 
Amendment, being read a second  time, was  agreed 
to  ;  the  object  of  the  Amendment  being  to  carry 
out  the intentions  of  the  Commons. 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  as 
far  as  the  Amendment  in  p.  15,  1.  27,  being  read 
a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  15,  1. 27,  after 
( " s o l e l y " ),   insert 
two-thirds 
( " m ay  
b u t " ),   the next  Amendment,  being  read a second 
time  ; 

exceed 

A nd   a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  this  House  doth  agree  with  the 
Lords in the paid Amendment—(Dr.  A ddison)  :— 
It   passed  in  the  Negative. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  16,1.  3,  after 
("   solely  " ),   insert  ("   shall  in  the  case  of  persons 
being  members of a  building  society  incorporated 
under  the  Building  Societies  Acts,  1874  to  1894, 
be  advanced  upon  the  most favourable  terms the 
Treasury  by   regulation  may  permit,  and  in  any 
c a s e " ),   the  next  Amendment,  being  read  a 
second  time,  was disagreed  to. 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments, 
as  far  as  the  Amendment  in  p.  17,  1. 8,  being 
read  a second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  17,1.  8,  after 
Clause  22,  insert  Clause  A  (Purchase  of  building 
materials  in  possession of  a  Government  Depart-
ment),  the  next  Amendment,  being read a second 
time,  was  disagreed  to. 

Then  an  Amendment  was  made  to  the  Bill 
instead  of  Clause A,   disagreed  to,  by  inserting  a 
as  to  pale  of   building 
Clause 
materials)— 

(Provisions 

Subject  to  any  conditions  prescribed  by   the 
Local  Government  Board  with  the  consent  of 
the  Treasury,  any  bricks  or  other  building 
materials which have  been acquired  by  a  Govern-
ment  Department  for  the  purpose  of the  erection 
I  i  3 

(»Ali 

22nd July. 

Then  an  Amendment  was  made  to the Bill, 
instead  of  Clause  41  left  out  of  the; Bill,  by 
inserting a Clause (Preparation of town planning 
schemes)— 

t--.-.^. 

' 

(1)  The  Council  of  every  borough  or  other 
urban  district  containing  on  the  first  day  of 
January, nineteen  hundred  and  twenty-three, a 
population according  to  the  last  Census,  for the 
timfe being of  more  than  twenty thousand, shall 
within  three  years  after  that date  prepare and 
submit to the  Local  Government  Board a town 
planning scheme in respect of  all land within the 
Borough or Urban  District  in  respect  of which 
a town planning  scheme may be  made under the 
Act  of  1909. 

(2)  Without  prejudice  to  the  powers  of  the 
council under the Act  of  1909, every scheme to 
which  this  section  applies  shall  deal  with such 
matters as may be  determined  by regulations to 
be made by the Local  Government Board. 

(3)  Every  regulation  so ,made  shall  be  laid 
before both  Houses of Parliament as soon as may 
be after it is made, aud if an address is presented 
by  either  House  within  twenty-one  days  on 
which  that  House  has  sat  next  after any such 
regulation  is  laid  before it,  praying  that  the 
regulation  may  be  annulled,  His  Majesty  in 
Council  may annul  the  regulation,  but  without 
prejudice to the  validity  of  anything  previously 
done thereunder.—(Dr.  Addison.) 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords' Amendments, as 
far as the Amendment in p. 30,  1.15, being read 
a second time, were agreed to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment,  in p. 30,  1.  15, after 
the second ("  act "),  insert  ("or  in the  case of a 
borough  the  population  of: which  is  less than 
10,000,  or of  an urban district the  population  of 
which is  less  than  20,000,  may,  if  the Board 
think fit by order,  empower  the  county council 
to  act "),  the  next  Amendment, being  read  a 
second  time, was  amended,  by  leaving  out  the 
Words  "  the  population  of  which . is  less  than 
10,000,  or of an,"  and  inserting  the  words  "  or 
other,"—(Mr.  Aneurin  Williams), — instead 
thereof, and, so amended, was agreed to, 

Then the remaining Lords' Amendments, being 

read a second time, were agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That a  Committee  be  appointed  to 
draw up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for 
disagreeing to certain of  the  Amendments made 
by their Lordships to the Bill. 

. 

And  a  Committee  was  nominated  of  Mr. 
George  Thorne, Dr.  Addison, Captain  Elliot,  Air. 
Trevelyan  Thomson, and  Major  Ormsby-Gore. 

Ordered,  That Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Dr.  Addison.) 

And they are to withdraw immediately. 

oi  improvement of houses for the working classes 
and which  .are  not  for  the  time  being required 
for that purpose by any local  authority or pubKc 
utility  society may during ai'period  of two years 
from  the  passing  of  this  Act  be  sold  to  any 
person who undertakes to use the same forthwith 
tor the purpose of  erecting  or  improving houses 
for the working classes  and  to  comply  with the 
said conditions at a  price  sufficient  to  cover the 
cost  of  replacement  at  the  time  of  sale  of the 
materials so sold.—(Dr.  Addison.) 

The  Lords' Amendment  in  p.  17,1.  15, leave 
out  ("carried"),  and  insert  ("constructed  and 
laid "), the next Amendment, being read a second 
time,  was agreed to. 

The Lords'  Amendment, in  p.  17,1.. 20, leave 
out  ("may  " ),  and  insert  (" shall"),  the  next 
Amendment^  being  read  a  second  time,  was 
disagreed to. 

Then  the  subsequent Lords'  Amendments, as 
far  as the Amendment in p. 22,1.  27,  being read 
a second time,  were agreed to.  • 

The  Lords'  Amendment,  in  p. 22,1.  27,  after 

(" habitation ")j insert— 

("  Provided that the owner may within twenty-
one days  after  the  receipt  of  such  notice,  by 
written notice to the local  authority, declare his 
intention  of  closing the house  for human habita-
tion,  and  thereupon  a  closing  order  shall  be 
deemed  to  have become  operative  in  respect of 
such house,") the next Amendment, being read a 
second time,  was disagreed to. 

The Lords'  Amendment in  p.  22,  1. 31, after 
("  with "),  insert  ("and  if  the  owner  has  not 
given  such  notice  as  aforesaid"),  the  next 
Amendment,  being read a  second  time, was dis-
agreed to. 

Then  the subsequent  Lords' Amendments,  as 
far as the Amendment in p. 24, after 1. 17, being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 

And, it being Eleven of the clock, Mr. Speaker 

proceeded to interrupt the business. 

Ordered,  That  the  Lords'  Amendments  be 
taken into further consideration forthwith.—(Dr. 
Addison.) 

The House accordingly proceeded  to take the 

Lords'  Amendments into further consideration. 

Then  the subsequent  Lords'  Amendments, as 
far  as  the  Amendment  in  p.  25,  1.  18,  after 
Clause  33,  insert  new Clause E,  being  read a 
second  time, were agreed to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  25,1.  18, after 
Clause  33, insert  new  Clause  E  (Extension  of 
powers  of  Commissioners  of  Woods),  the  next 
Amendment,  being  read  a  second  time,  was 
amended  in  1.  7,  by  leaving  out  the  words 
"  Ministry  of  Health,"  and  inserting  the words 
"Local  Government Board,"—(Dr.  Addison),— 
instead thereof. 

Dr.  Addison,  hy  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted the House, That His Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of  the Amendment 
gives  His  Consent,  as  far  as  His  Majesty's 
interest  is  concerned,  that  the  House  may do 
therein as they  shall think fit. 

And,  it being  half  an hour after Eleven  of Adjournment, 

the  clock,  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to the  Standing  Order, till to-morrow. 

STANDING  COMMITTEES. 

And  the said  Amendment,  so  amended,  was 

agreed to. 

Then the subsequent  Lords'  Amendments, as 
far as the Amendment  in  p. 29,  I  30 being read 
a second time, were agreed to. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to' 
Standing Order No. 47,  of  Bills  committed to 
a  Standing Committee. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  29,  1.  30,  leave 
out  Clause 41,  the  next  Amendment,  being  read 
a  second  time,  was  agreed  to. 

Police Bill 

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23rd July. 

Wednesday,  2'Srd July  1919. 

P  B  A  Y  E  B  S. 

Falmouth 
Docks Bill 
[LordtA 

TH E  House  proceeded to  take  into considera-

tion  the  Falmouth  Docks  Bill  [Lords'],  as 

amended in the Committee. 

And Amendments  were made to the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill be read the third time. 

Mercantile 
Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  by  His 
{Examinations Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  on  the 
for Certificates Examinations  of  Candidates  for Certificates  or 
Competency in  the  Mercantile  Marine  and  the 
°f 
•Competency.)  S ea_F i s h i ng  Service for the year  1918. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper do lie  upon  the 

Table.; 

Dr.  Addison  presented, pursuant-to  the  direc-
tions'of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  the 
Regulations,  dated  5th  March  1919,  made  by 
the National Health Insurance  Joint  Committee, 

National 
Insurance 
{joint 
Committee) 
•(Regulations.)  a cting jointly with  the  Scottish Insurance  Com-
missioners,  entitled  the  National  Health  In-
surance  (Benefits  of  Invalided  Seamen  and 
Soldiers)  Amendment  Regulations  (Scotland), 
1919. 

. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper do  lie npon the 

,. 

Table. 

War Charities 
(Scotland) 
set,  1919. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Schemes  made  under  the  War  Charities 
(Scotland)  Act,  1919,  for  the  disposal  of  the 
unexpended balances of the Funds of  the under-
mentioned War  Charities :— 

Brechin  Comforts for Troops  Association; 
City of Aberdeen War-Work  Association; 
County  of Aberdeen  \Var-Work  Association; 
The  Cameronians  (Scottish  Rifles)  Regular 
Battalions  Prisoners of  War  Relief Charity. 

Ordered,  That 

the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon 

the Table. 

Lunacy, 

The  following  Paper, pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions of an Actof  Parliament,  was laid upon  the 
Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the House  :—Copy  of 
Return to  the  Lord  Chancellor  of  the  number 
of  Visits  made and the number of  Patients seen 
by the -several  Commissioners  in Lunacy during 
the six months ending on 30th  June  1919. 

Housing, 
Town 
Planning, &c. 
Bill. 

Dr.  Addison  reported  from  the  Committee 
appointed  to  draw up  Reasons to  be assigned  to 
the  Lords  for  disagreeing  to  certain  of  the 
Amendments  made  by  their  Lordships  to  the 
Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c.  Bill ;  That  they 
had  drawn up Reasons  accordingly,  which  they 
had directed  him  to  report  to  the House ;  and 
the same were read as follow ; 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made by  the Lords in p. 15,1. 27, for the follows 
ing  Reason:—Because  it affects  the  powers  of 
the  Public  Works  Loans  Commissioners  to 
advance money, and the  Commons  consider that 
it  is unnecessary on their  part  to  offer  any fur* 
ther Reason, hoping that the above Reason  may 
be deemed sufficient. 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
! made by  the  Lords  in p. 16,1.  3, for the  follow-
ing Reason : r- Beeause the Amendment  would be 
ineffective without  the addition of a new scheme 
of financial assistance. 

VOL.  174. 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made by  the Lords in p. 17,  1. 20,  for the follow* 
ing Reason  :—Because  it  makes expenditure by 
local  authorities  compulsory,  and  the Commons 
consider that  it  is  unnecessary  on  their  part to 
offer any further Reason,  hoping that the  above 
Reason may  be deemed sufficient. 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendments 
made by the  Lords  in p. 22, 1. 27,  and 1. 31,  for 
the following Reason:—Because  in  view  of  the 
present shortage of  housing accommodatipn  it  is 
not  desirable  to  allow  owners  of  houses  by 
closing  their  houses  further  to  restrict  -the 
supply. 

j> 

The  said Reasons,  being  read  a  second  time, 

were agreed to. 

Ordered,  That a Message  be sent to the Lords 
to acquaint them that this House  hath agreed to 
certain of  the Amendments  made by  the  Lords, 
hath  agreed  to  one of  their  Amendments with 
an  Amendment  thereunto,  hath  disagreed  to 
certain  other  of  their  Amendments,  for  which 
they  assign  Reasons,  and  hath  made  Amend-
ments to the Bill in lieu of  certain Amendments 
made  by  the  Lords;  to  which  Amendments 
this  House doth  desire the concurrence  of  their 
Lordships:  And  that  the  Clerk  do  carry  the 
said Message. • 

Sir  Archibald  Williamson  reported 

from standing 

Standing  Committee A,  to  whom  the  Restora- Committee A. 
tion  of  Pre-War  Practices  (No.  3)  Bill  was 
01 
referred;  That  they  had  gone  through  the Practices 
Bill, and made Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of  the Proceedings  No. 144. 

of the Standing  Committee be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  a 

Standing Committee,  be taken into consideration 
to-morrow. 

(No. S) BilL 
jjo. 144. 

Mr.  Ernest  Gardner  reported  from  the  Local Local 

Legislation  Committee;  That, in the case of the  co^ttee 
Poole  Corporation  Bill  [Lords],  they had  exa- p^ole 
mined the allegations  contained in the  Preamble^gorporation -
of  the Bill, and found the same  to  be  true, and ®m f1®"**-! 
had  gone  through  the  Bill  and  made  Amend-
ments thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be printed. 

The  National  Assembly  of  the  Church  of National 
England  (Powers)  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the  ^ f K ^V 
first  time;  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second England 
time upon Tuesday  next;  and to be printed. 

^Powers) BUI 

Bill  147. 

Mr.  John  William  Wilson  reported  from  the standing 
Chairmen's  Panel;  That  they  had  appointed Committees. 
Mr.  Rendall  to  act  as  Chairman  of  Standing 
Committee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Coal  Mines 
Bill). 

8 

That they  had  appointed Mr.  Mount  to act as 
Chairman of  Standing  Committee  D  (in respect 
of  the Police Bill,). 

That they had  appointed  Sir  Watson  Ruther-
ford  to act as Chairman of Standing Committee  E 
(in respect of the  Agricultural  Land  Sales (Re-
striction of Notices to  Quit) Bill and the British 
Mercantile Marine  Uniform  Bill 

[Lords]). 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Henry  Craik  reported  from  the  Select PalUn's 
Committee  on  Divorce  Bills ;  That  they,  had Divorce BUI 
examined  the  allegations  of  Pallin's  Divorce 
1  I  4 

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23rd  July. 

1919. 

Bill  [Lords]  as  to the  marriage of  the  parties, 
the  adultery  charged  as  the  ground  for  dis-
solving  the  marriage,  the  verdict  at  law,  and 
the sentence  of  divorce, a mensd et  thoro, in  the 
Probate  and Matrimonial Division of  the  High 
Court of Justice in Ireland,  and,  upon evidence 
satisfactory  to  the Committee,  found the  same 
,and  other  allegations  to  be  true,  and  they 
saw no  reason  to  suspect  collusion  between  the 
parties;  and  that  the  Committee  had  gone 
through  the  Bill,  and  directed  him  to  report 
the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Sir  Henry  Craik  reported  from  the  Select 
Committee  on  Divorce  Bills;  That  they  had 
examined  the  allegations  of  Stoney's  Divorce 
Bill  [Lords]  as  to  thfe marriage  of  the  parties, 
the adultery coupled with cruelty charged as the 
ground  for  dissolving  the  marriage,  and  tbe 
sentence  of  divorce,  a  mensd  et  thoro,  in  the 
Probate and Matrimonial  Division of  the  High 
Court of Justice in Ireland,  and,  upon evidence 
'satisfactory  to  the  Committee, found  the  same 
and  other  allegations  to  be  true,  and  they 
saw no  reason  to suspect  collusion  between  the 
parties;  and  that  the  Committee  had  gone 
through the Bill, and  directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes  of  Evidence  and 
proceedings  in  the  House  of  Lords  on  the 
Second Reading of Pallin's Divorce Bill  [Lords], 
and  Stoney's  Divorce  Bill 
[Lords'],  together 
with  the  documents  deposited  in  each case, be 
returned  to  the  House  of  Lords.-—(The  Lord 
Advocate.) 

Stoney's 
Divorce Bill 
[Lord,.-] 

Pallia's  , 
Divorce'Bill 
[Lords]  and 
Stoney's 
Divorce Bill 
[Lords.] 

Supply 
tam&itteeC")  Committee  C that  they had  a 
following Resolutions: 
; 

Mr. John William Wilson reported from Stand-

«> <  o  the 

Civil  Services Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  V. 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,164,797  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the sum 
necessary to defray the charge  which  will come 
in course  of payment during the year  ending on 
the  31st  day of  March  1920  for  the  Expenses 
in  connection  with  His  Majesty's  Embassies, 
Missions, and  Consular Establishments  Abroad, 
and  other  Expenditure  chargeable  to  the Con-
sular Yote. 

Class  II. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,312  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to defray the  charge  which will  come 
in course of payment during  the year ending  on 
the 31st day of March 1920  for the  Salaries and 
.  Expenses  of the  Office of the Commissioners of 
;  Charitable Donations  and Bequests for Ireland. 
3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £34,757  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray the  charge which  will come 
in course of  payment during  the year epding on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries 
and Expenses of  the Office of  Public Works  in 
Ireland. 

Ordered,  That  the  Resolutions  be  reported 

to-morrow. 

Sir Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com- Selection 

following  Ten standing 

inittee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  added  to 
Standing  Committee  A  the 
Members (in respect of the Coal Mines Bill)  :— Committee A. 
Mr.  Adamson,  Mr.  Baird,  Sir  John  Harmood-
Banner,  Sir  Clifford  Cory,  Mr.  Gilbert,  Mr. 
Thomas Lewis, Mr. Robert McLaren,  Mr. Stephen 
Walsh,  Mr.  Aneurin  Williams,  and  Captain 
Stanley  Wilson. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further  reported  from the Standing 
Committee;  That they  had  added  the following Committee A. 
Members  to  Standing  Committee  A  (for  the 
consideration  of  the  Coal  Mines  Bill) 
Sir 
David  Davies,  Mr.  Gratton  Doyle,  Brigadier-
General  Hickman,  Mr.  Robert  Richardson, and 
Colonel Penry  Williams, 

, 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further  reported from  the Standing 
Committee;  That  they  had  added  to  Standing Committee D„ 
Committee D  the  following  Ten  Members  (in 
respect of the Police  Bill)  :—  Mr.  Baird,  Major 
Barnes,  Mr.  Briant,  Lieutenant -  Commander 
Chilcott, Mr.  Clynes, Colonel  Greig,  Major Nail, 
Captain  0' Grady,  Mr.  Remer,  and  Mr,  Secre-
tary Shortt. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further  reported  from the Standing 
Committee;  That they had  added  the  following Committee D. 
Members  to  Standing  Committee  D  (for  the 
consideration of  the Police Bill):—Major  Boyd-
Carpenter, Mr. James Brown,  Colonel Burn, and 
Dr.  Murray. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further  reported  from  the Standing 
Committee ;  That they had added the following Committee K. 
Ten  Members to Standing  Committee  E  (in  re-
spect of the  British Mercantile  Marine Uniform 
Bill [Lords]):—Major  Cayzer,  Sir  Clifford  Cory, 
Mr.  Alfred Davies,  Mr. John Guest, Mr. Houston, 
Lieutenant-Commander  Kenworthy,  Sir  Owett 
Philipps,  Sir  William  Seager,  Major  Waring, 
and Colonel Leslie  Wilson. 

Sir Samuel Roberts further  reported  from  the Standing 
Committee;  That  they  had  added  to  Standing Committee BL 
Committee  E  the  following  Fifteen  Members 
(in  respect  of  the  Agricultural  Land  Sales 
(Restriction  of  Notices  to  Quit)  Bill):—Mr. 
Acland, Major  Barnston,  Sir Francis  Blake,  Sir 
Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen,  Mr.  Bromfield,  Mr. 
Cautley,  Mr.  Thomas  Davies,  Colonel  Fitzroy, 
Mr.  Haydn  Jones,  Mr. Lambert,  Mr.  Pretyman, 
Mr.  Royce,  Lieutenant -  Colonel  Royds,  Mr. 
Waterson, and Sir Richard  Winfrey, 

Sir  Hamuel  Roberts further reported from  the Standing 
Committee ;  That  they had  added  to Standing Committee B. 
Committee  E  the  following  Member : —- Mr. 
Robert  McLaren. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message front 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the Lords  bytheLord4' 
one of their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An intestate 
Act  to  amend  the  Law  of  Intestate  Moveable Moveable 
Succession  in  Scotland;  to  which  tjie  Lords (Scotland) Bill 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

[Lords.] 

Mr.  Baldwin, 

certain  expiring ?resented  a  Bill  to  continue Expiring 
and Continuance 
Bill. 
BiU  146. 

ordered to be read a second time to-morrow 
to be printed. 

jaws:  And  the  Same  was Lawg 

A  Motion was made, and  the  Question being Business of 

put, That the Third Reading of  the Finance Bill  t he  H o u s e. 
may be  taken  immediately  after  the  considera- ^  ance 
tion  of  the  Bill,  as  amended;  notwithstanding 
the  practice  of  the  House  as  to  the  interval 

(^ 
' 

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23rd  July. 

249 

between the various stages  of  a Bill relating to 
Finance :—(Mr.  Bonar  Law)  : 

The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers  for the (Captain  Guest, 

Yeas, 

\ 
f 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Sidney Robinson,  "1 
J 
t Mr.  Neal: 

\ Colonel  Sanders: 

Noes, 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

288. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill  (Amendment  of  8  and  9  Geo.  V.,  c. 40, 
s.  15)—(Mr.  Stewart), — and  the  said  Clause 
was brought up and read the first time. 

And  a Motion  being  made, and the  Question 
being proposed,  That the  said Clause  be  read a 
second time :—The  said Motion and Clause were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

5. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Amendment of s. 36 of  Finance  Act, 1916) 
—(Sir  Herbert  Nield),—and  the  said  Clause 
was brought up, and read the first time. 

Finanoe Bill. 

The House,  according  to Order, proceeded to 
take  into  consideration  the  Finance  Bill,  as 
amended in the Committee. 

A  Clause was offered to be added  to  the  Bill 
(Further relief in respect of children,&c.)—(Mr. 
Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer)—and  the  said 
Clause was  brought up, and  read  the  first  and 
second  time and  amended,  in  1.  24,  by leaving 
out the words "  and under the age of  eighteen. 
—(Mr.  Chancellor of the Exchequer.) 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the said proposed Clause, as amended, in 1. 27, 
by leaving out the word "  one," and inserting the 
word "  each,"—(Mr. Arnold,)—instead thereof  : 

And the  Question  being put,  That  the word 
"  one "  stand part of the said proposed Clause, as 
amended: 

The  House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the (Captain  Guest, 

Yeas, 

(Colonel  Sanders: 

Tellers for the J Mr.  Arnold, 

1 
J 

230. 

\ 

66. 

Noes, 

(Major Entwistle: 

J 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And  the  proposed  Clause, so  amended,  was 

made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Further provision as to allow-
ances  for  repairs) —  (Mr.  Chancellor  of  the 
Exchequer),—was  twice  read;  and  made  part 
of the Bill. 

Another  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added to 
the Bill (Belief  in respect  of earned  incomes)— 
(Mr. •  Godfrey  Locker-Lampson),—and  the  said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

And  a Motion being  made, and  the  Question 
being proposed,  That the  said Clause  be read a 
second  time :—The  said  Motion  and  Clause 
were severally,  with  leave  of  the  House, with-
drawn. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill(Motorspiritduties)—(Mr. Joynson Hicks),— 
and  the  said  Clause  was  brought up, and read 
the first time. 

And a Motion being  made, and  the  Question 
being proposed, That the said  Clause  be read a 
second time:—The  said Motion and Clause were 
severally,  with  leave  of  the  House,  with-
drawn. 

Another  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added to 
the  Bill  (Exemption  from  Income  Tax  of 
Imperial  over-seas  produce)—(Mr.  Alexander 
Shaw),—and the  said  Clause  was  brought  up, 
and read the first time. 

And a Motion being  made, and  the Question 
being proposed, That the  said Clause  be  read a 
second time :—The said Motion and Clause were 
severally,  with leave of  the House, withdrawn. 

And  a Motion  being  made, and  the Question 
being proposed, That the  said  Clause  be read a 
second time:—The  said Motion and Clause were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Clause (Amendment of s. 26 of Income 

Tax  Act,  1918)—(Mr.  Godfrey  Locker-Lamp-
son),—was  twice  read,  and  made  part  of  the 
Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill  (Appeal from direction  of  Inland  Bevenue 
Commissioners) —  (Mr.  George  Terrell),—and 
the said  Clause  was  brought up, and  read  the 
first  time. 

And  a Motion being  made, and  the  Question 
being put,  That the said Clause be read a second 
time:—It passed in the Negative. 

Another  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added  to 
the Bill  (Amendment of Finance (,1909-10)  Act, 
1910,  s.  86,  part-year  motor-car  licences) — 
(Colonel  Gretton),—  and  the  said  Clause  was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and  the  Question 
being proposed, That the  said  Clause be read a 
second time:—The  said  Motion and Clause were 
severally, with leave of  the House, withdrawn. 
Then  Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another  Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  12,  1.  24,  by  leaving  out 
Clause 26:—(Brigadier-General  Croft.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That the 
words proposed to be left out, to the end of 1. 28, 
stand  part  of  the  Bill":—The  said  proposed 
Amendment was, with leave of the House, with-
drawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill, in  p. 12,1.  28, by  inserting  at  the 
end thereof, the words— 

"  Provided that the value of the estate referred 
to in the scale shall be the value of  the property 
passing at <the death  of  the  deceased to any one 
person, and if an estate shall be divided and shall 
pass to more persons  than  one  each  part of the 
estate so passing  shall  for  the  purpose of  fixing 
the  rate  of  estate  duty  be  deemed  to  be  the 
whole  estate  of  the  deceased."—(Lord  Hugh 
Cecil.) 

And  the Question being  proposed,  That those 
words be there  inserted in  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the  Bill, in  p.  13,1. 3, by  inserting after  the 
word  "  due,"  the  words  "  in  respect  of  the 
estates  of persons  dying."—(Lieutenant-Colonel 
Royds.) 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted in the Bill  :—It  passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made to the 

Bill. 

VOL.  174. 

K  K 

2 50 

23rd  July. 

1919. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill, in  p.  14,1.  10,  by inserting  at  the 
end thereof, the words*—-

£6,000,000,  and  to  charge on  the Consolidated 
to  fulfil  such 
Fund  any  moneys  required 
guarantee. 

"  Except that no apportionment shall be made 
where it is  proved  that  at  the  end  of  the  last 
accounting  period  stock  was  taken  at  cost  or 
market price and consequent  on the cessation of 
hostilities the market  price fell prior  to the  first 
day of January, nineteen hundred  and nineteen, 
when the repayment or set  off arising therefrom 
shall be calculated at the rate of eighty percent, 
even  though  the  accounting  period  ends  after 
the  thirty-first  day  of  December,  nineteen 
hundred and eighteen."—(Mr.  George  Terrell.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those 
words be there inserted in the Bill:—It  passed in 
the Negative. 

A  Motion was  made,  and  the Question being 
proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the third 
time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to be made to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
"  That,"  to the end of  the  Question and  adding 
the words "  this House  declines to  give a Third 
Reading  to  a  Bill  which  for  the  first  time 
introduces  protection  into  the  fiscal  system  of 
this  country and  initiates a  system  of  Colonial 
preference  which  must  ultimately  lead  to  the 
taxation of imports of food and of raw materials," 
—(Captain  Wedgwood Benn,)—instead  thereof. 
And the Question being  put, That  the words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Question : 

The  House divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Bight; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the ( Lord Edmund  Talbot, 

Yeas, 

( Captain  Guest : 

Tellers for the j Mr. Hogge, 

Noes, 

( Mr.  George  Thorne : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

219. 

( 
j 

48. 

The Bill was read the third time and passed. 

Ordered, That' the Clerk  do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence (the Bill 
having  been  endorsed  by  Mr.  Speaker  with 
the following  Certificate :— 

I  hereby  certify  that  this  Bill  is  a  Money 
Bill within  the meaning  of  the  Parliament 
Act,  1911. 

J A M ES   W.   L O W T H E E, 

Speaker). 

Mr. Speaker's 
Certificate. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Retired 
Officers (Civil  Committee  on  the  Retired  Officers  (Civil 
Employment)  E m p l o y m e n t)   B i l ]  . 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

War Loan 
Bill. 

The  War  Loan Bill  was, according  to Order, 

read a second time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.— 
(Mr.  Chancellor of  the Exchequer.) 

Government of  Lord  Edmund  Talbot  reported 
from  the 
the Soudan  Committee on Government of  the  Soudan Loan 
10811 
[Guarantee]  a  Resolution,  which  was  read, as 
[Guarantee.] 
followeth: 

That it is expedient to authorise the Treasury 
to guarantee the  payment of  interest on a  loan 
to  be  raised  by the Government of  the Soudan 
not  exceeding  an  amount  sufficient  to  raise 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 

was agreed to. 

Ordered,  That  a  Bill be brought  in upon the Government of 

said  Resolution  and that  Mr.  Chancellor of  the ^eJ|oudaD 
Exchequer,  Mr.  Baldwin,  and  Mr.  Cecil 
Harmsworth, do prepare and bring it in. 

Mr.  Baldwin, accordingly  presented  a Bill to Government of 

authorise the Treasury to guarantee the payment 
of interest on a loan to be raised by the Govern-  g ^ 1  ' 
ment of  the Soudan :  And the same was read the 
first  time, and ordered to be  read  a second  time 
to-morrow ;  and to be printed. 

' 

' 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Agriculture 

Second Reading of the Agriculture and Fisheries 
(Councils,  &C.) Bill; 

Fineries 
gouncUs,&c.) 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of (Standing 
fgthjuJ] 
Supply of the 9th day of this instant July ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to- «ePort-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Patents and 
Second  Reading  of  the  Patents  and  Designs Designs Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill be  read  a second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Trade Marks 

Second Reading of the Trade Marks Bill; 

Bil1 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a  second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Dogs 

Second Reading of the Dogs Regulation (Ireland) 
Bill; 

m 
(.  an )  i  . 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a second time 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for taking Aliens 
into consideration the Aliens  Restriction Bill, as *^triction 
amended in the Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered, That, the Bill be taken into considera-

tion upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Overseas 
Second Reading of the Overseas Trade (Insurance  (J^rance 
against Abnormal Risks)  Bill; 

against 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a second time R^ks^'mil. 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Wells 
Second Reading of  the Wells  Particular Baptist  f ^ ^ nd 
and Congregational Chapels  Charities  Bill; 

Congregational 
Ordered, That the Bill  be read a second  time charities Bill, 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the National 

Second Reading  of  the  National Trust Charity Tr°<rt Charity 
Bill: 

Ordered, That  the Bill be  read a second time 

upon Monday next. 

10   GEO.  Y. 

23rd—24^  July. 

251 

Brooke 
Bobinson 
Museum 
Charity fill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Brooke  Robinson 

Second  Beading  of 
Museum  Charity  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read  a  second time 

upon Monday next. 

Congregational  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Charities BiU  Second  Beading of  the Congregational Chapels 

Charities  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Monday next. 

Eatington 
Wesleyan 
Methodist 
Chapel 
Property BUI. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Eatington  Wesley an 
Methodist  Chapel Property Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill be read a  second  time 

upon Monday next. 

Plumptre 
Hospital 
Charity BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Plumptre  Hospital 
Charity  BUI; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a second time 

upon Monday next. 

Headeom 
ffian? 
7 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for the 
Second  Beading  of  the  HeadcOrn  Baptist 
Chapel  Charity  Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a  second time 

upon Monday next. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of Supply ; 

Thursday,  24th July  1919. 

PB A Y E R S. 

THE  House proceeded to take into considera-

tion  the Amendments  made  by  the Lords 
to the Fylde Water  Board  Bill;  and  the  same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Fylde Water 
Board Bili. 

Ordered, That the Clerk do carry the  Bill  to 
the Lords;  and  acquaint  them that  this  House 
hath agreed  to  the Amendments  made by their 
Lordships. 

Ordered,  That  the  London  County  Council 
(Tramways  and  Improvements)  Bill  be  read a 
second time to-morrow. 

Mr.  Acland  reported  from  the  Committee  of 
Public Accounts;  That  they had  made further 
progress  in  the  matters  to  them  referred,  and 
directed  him to  make  a Beport  thereof  to  the 
House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

The Chairman  of  Ways  and Means  reported Local 

from  the  Committee  on  the  Local  Govern- Government 
ment  (Ireland)  Provisional  Orders  Bill ;  That  S ^ ^ ai 
they  had  considered  the  Orders  therein  con- Orders BiU. 
tained;  that  the  said  Orders  ought  to  be ^°78sional 
confirmed;  and  that  they  had  directed  him  to confirmed.) 
report the Bill, with Amendments, to the House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do  lie  Upon  the 

London 
County 
Council 
(Tramways 
and 
Improve-
ments) Bill. 
Public 
Accounts 
Committee. 
(Second 
Report.) 

No.  U o. 

Ways and 
Means. 

High Prices 
and Profits. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Table. 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire  how  far  the  present  high  prices  of 
articles  of  general  consumption  are  due  to 
excessive  profits  on  the  part  of  any  persons 
concerned  in  their  production,  transport,  or 
distribution, and to advise as  to what action can 
usefully be taken in the matter. 

The  Committee was  accordingly nominated of 
Major Barnes, Mr. Ret  Carter, Sir Henry  Cowan, 
Major  Lloyd- Greame,  Mr.  Hartshorn,  Mr. 
Holmes,  Mr.  Hard,  Mr.  Inship,  Lieutenant-
Colonel Jackson, Sir Arthur  Stecl-Maitland,  Mr. 
Thomas  Robinson,  Mr.  Alfred  Short, Mr. Simm, 
Mr.  Sitch,  and Mr.  George  Thome. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration  to-
morrow. 

The Chairman of  Ways  and  Means  reported Middlesbrough 

from the  Committee on _the  Middlesbrough  Cor- Corporation^ 
Lords]  ;  That in pursuance of the BiU  t ^ ' -l 
poration Bill "  _  — 
the  House  on  the 21st  May last 
Besolution  o 
the additiona 
referred  to in the siaid 
provisions 
Besolution had been inserted in  the Bill. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  further 
reported  from  the  Committee;  That  they  had 
examined  the  allegations  contained  in  the 
Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  amended  the  same 
so  as  to  make  it  consistent  with  the  pro-
visions of  the  Bill  as passed  by  the Committee, 
and  found  the  same  to be  true ;  and  had  gone 
through the Bill  and  made  Amendments there-
unto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon the 

Table;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Committee  have  power  to 

The  Deputy  Chairman  reported  from  the stockton-on. 

send for persons, papers, and records. 

Ordered,  That  Five  be  the  Quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Colonel  Gibbs.) 

Adjournment.  Resolved, That  this House  do  now adjourn.— 

(Colonel Sanders.) 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued to sit till twenty-one minutes after 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

VOL.  174. 

Committee on the Stockton-on-Tees Corporation ^ees 
Bill  [Lords]  ;  That  they  had  examined  the 
allegations  contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the 
Bill,  and  amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it 
consistent  with  the  provisions  of  the  Bill  as 
passed  by the  Committee, and found  the  same, 
as amended, to  be  true ;  and  had  gone through 
the Bill  and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Major  Malone  reported  from  the  Committee Private Bills 

on  Group  C  of  Private  Bills ;  That,  for  the (Gr°uPc-) 
convenience  of  parties,  the  Committee  had 
adjourned  till  Tuesday  next,  at  Eleven  of  the 
clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do  lie  upon  tee 

Table. 

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24:th  July. 

1919. 

Message from 
the Lords. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  tlie  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the Lords by 
one of their Clerks, as followeth : 

Anglo-French 
Treaty 
(Defence of 
France) Bill. 

The  Lords  have agreed to  the Anglo-French 
Treaty  (Defence  of  France)  Bill,  without  any 
Amendment. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the House, that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may have  leave  to 
sit again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve itself into the said Committee. 

, 

Treaty of 
Peace Bill. 

Boland's 
Divorce Bill 
[Lordi.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Treaty  of 
Peace Bill, with an Amendment;  to  which  the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act to dissolve the marriage of  Maurice Boland 
with Annie Boland, his  now wife, and to  enable 
him to marry again, and  for  other  purposes ;  to 
which  the Lords  desire the concurrence  of  this 
House. 

Boland's 
Divorce Bill 
[Lord*.] 

Boland's Divorce  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the 
first time ;  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time. 

Treaty of 
Peace Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Amendment  made  by the 
Lords to the Treaty  of  Peace Bill be taken into 

Bill  149.  consideration  to-morrow ;  and be printed. 

Health 
Authorities. 

The  Order  made  upon  the  17th  day  of 
February  last,  for  presenting  to  His  Majesty 
an humble Address that He  would be graciously 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before  this House a Return  relative  to  Health 
Authorities, was read and discharged. 

West Indian 
Court of 
Appeal Bill. 
Bill  150. 

Lieutenant - Colonel  Amery,  supported  by 
Mr.  Attorney-General,  presented  a  Bill  to 
provide  for  the  establishment  of  a  Court  of 
Appeal for certain of  His  Majesty's Colonies in 
the  West  Indies :  And  the same  was ordered to 
be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Business 
of the House 
(Supply.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Navy  Estimates,  1919-20 
(Supplementary  Yote  on  Account)  (presented 
16th  July),  and  Civil  Services  Estimates, 
1919-20,  Class  2,  Yote  6  (Colonial  Office), be 
considered in Committee of Supply.—(Mr. Bonar 
Law.) 

Supply 
ri7th allotted 
Day.J 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

into the Committee of  Supply. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Navy  Estimates.  1919-20. 

Supplementary  Vote  on Account. 
Motion  made, and  Question  proposed, That a 
Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding  £.60,000,000 
be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  on  Account,  for 
defraying  the charges for Navy  Services, which 
will come in course  of  payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of  March  1920: 

Whereupon  Motion  made, and Question  pro-
posed,  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £59,999,900 
be granted for the said  service.—(Rear-Admiral 
Adair):—Motion,  by leave, withdrawn. 
Original  Question put, and agreed to. 

Resolution to be reported. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of ^e4t^rtJul7^ 
the 14th day of  this instant July ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday next.  , 

The Order of  the day being read, for receiving Supply 

from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of 
Supply of the 1st day of  this instant July ; 

C1 

[x8t jttiy] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon BeP01*-

Monday next. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of [Standing 
Supply of the 1 Oth day of this instant J uly : 

n0Tjui^] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon Report. 

Monday next. 

The Order of  the day being read, for receiving Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of [{1e7thrtJu1^ 
the  17th day of this instant July; 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday next. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  of [ j ^ ^* 
Supply of  the 9th day of this instant July ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday next. 

0] 

rgth juiy] 
Seport. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Report  o f ^ ^ ^g 
Supply of the 23rd day of this instant July ; 

[23rd July] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon BeP01*-

Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee of  Ways  and Means; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The Order  of  the day being  read, "for  taking Housing, 

into consideration the Housing,  Town Planning, Town 
&c. (Scotland)  Bill, as amended  in the  Standing fscotife^' 
Committee; 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

The Order of  the  day being  read, for  taking Restoration 
into  consideration  the  Restoration  of  P r e - W ar   of Pre-War 
Practices  (No.  3)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the (No^^ilL 
Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Expiring Laws 

Second  Reading  of  the  Expiring  Laws  Con- Continuance 
tinuance Bill ; 

BiU-

Ordered, That the Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the Committee had come to a Resolution. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Retired 

Committee  on  the  Retired  Officers  (Civil Officers (Civil 
Employment) 
Employment)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

morrow. 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

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24th—25th  July. 

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The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  by  His Explosives. 

War Loan 
Bill. 

Committee on the War Loan  Rill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Government of  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Heading  of  the  Government  of  the 
the Soudan 
Soudan Loan  Bill; 
L o a n m 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second time 

to morrow. 

Patents and 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Designs Bill.  Second  Beading  of  the  Patents  and  Designs 

Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be  read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

Trade Marks 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second Beading of the Trade Marks  Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill be read  a  second time 

to morrow. 

Adjournment.  Resolved,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn. 

(Colonel Sanders.) 

And accordingly the House, having continued 
to sit till four minutes before Eleven  of  the 
clock, adjourned till to-morrow. 

Friday. 25th July  1919. 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  the  Forty-third 
Annual  Beport  of  His  Majesty's  Inspectors  of 
Explosives, for the year 1918. 

Ordered, That the said  Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Churchill  presented,  by  His Army 

Majesty's  Command,—Estimate  showing  the f 9 8{i^fv o te 
further Vote on  Account  which is required  for 0n Account.) 
No. 146. 
Army  Services for the year  1919-20. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Estimate  be referred 

to a Standing  Committee ;  and be printed. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House,  That  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from the Lords  by the  Lords-
one of their  Clerks, as followeth : 

The  Lords  do  not  insist • upon their Amend- Housing, 

ments  to  the  Housing,  Town  Planning,  8tc., 
Bill, to which the Commons  have disagreed, but Bill. 
propose further  Amendments  in  lieu  of  one of 
them ;  they  agree  to  the  new Clauses inserted 
in the Bill  by  this  House,  and  propose certain 
Amendments to one of  them :  and they propose 
a  further Amendment to one  of  their  Amend-
ments as amended by this House. 

' 

' 

Ordered, That  the  Amendments made by the Housing, 

Lords  to  the  Amendments made by  this House 
to the Amendments made by  the Lords, and the em  mg' 
Amendments  proposed  by  the  Lords  in  lieu  of 
certain  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  and 
disagreed  to  by  this  House,  to  the  Housing, 
Town  Planning,  &c.,  Bill,  be  taken  into  con-
sideration upon Monday next;  and be printed. 

. 

-g^j ^-g 

P R A Y E R S. 

Llanelly Rural  HE  House, proceeded to take into considera-
District Water  X  tion  the Amendments made by  the Lords to 
the Llanelly Bural District Water Bill;  and the 
BiU- 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do carry the Bill to 
the Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the Amendments  made  by their 
Lordships. 

Mr.  Kennedy  Jones  reported  from the Select Transport 
Committee  on  Transport  (Metropolitan  Area); (Metropolitan 
That  they  had  considered the matters  to  them 
referred,  and  directed  him  to  make  a  Beport 
thereof to the  House, together with the Minutes 
of  the  Evidence  taken  before  them,  and  an 
Appendix. 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do  lie  upon  the  No. 147. 

Table ;  and be printed. 

, 

Sheringham 
Gas and Water w as  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with 
BiU [Lord,,] 

The  Sheringham  Gas and Water  Bill [Lords'] 

Amendments. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do carry the  Bill to 
the Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this House 
hath  agreed to the same, with Amendments ;  to 
which this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 

Medway 
The House proceeded  to  take into considera-
Conservancy  tion  the Medway  Conservancy  Bill  [Lords'], as 
Bill [Lord,.]  amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read the third time. 

Newark Gas 
BiU  [Lord,.] 

The  House proceeded  to take into considera-
tion the Newark  Gas  Bill  [Lords],  as  amended 
in the  Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

London 
County 
Council 
(Tramways 
and 
Improve-
ments) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Beading of the  London  County  Council 
(Tramways  and Improvements)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 

Local 
Government 
(Ireland) 
Provisional 
Orders Bill. 

The  House, according to Order, proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Local  Government 
(Ireland) Provisional  Orders Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

VOL.  174. 

Mr.  T.  P.  O'Connor reported  from  Standing 
Committee  D.  to whom the  Merchant  Shipping 
[Lords]  was 
(Wireless  Telegraphy)  Bill 
referred ;  That  they had gone through the  Bill, 
and made Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do  lie  upon  the 

Standing 
Committee D 
Merchant 
Shipping 
(Wireless 
Telegraphy) 
Bill  [Lord,.] 
No.  148. 

Table  ;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings 

No.  148. 

of the Standing Committee be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be  taken  into  considera-
tion upon Monday  next  ;  and be printed. 

Bill  152. 

Sir  Samuel  Roierts  reported  from  the  Com- Selection 
mittee of  Selection;  That  they  had  discharged (fom^ttL.) 
the following Member from Standing Committee standing 
D :—Mr.  Bridgeman. 

Committee  D. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from Standing 
the Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the Gommittee  c-
following  Members  from  Standing  Committee 
C :~   Mr.  Attorney  General  for Ireland and Mr. 
Macpherson ;  and had appointed in substitution : 
Sir Robert  Home  and Mr.  Wardle. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Herbert Lewis,  supported  by  Mr.  Fisher Education 
and  Mr.  Baldwin,  presented  a  Bill  to  enable (Compliance 
governing  bodies  of  schools,  and  educational conditions of 
institutions  to comply  with  the  conditions pre- Grants) BiU. 
scribed  in  the  Regulations  of  the  Board  of  Bill 151. 

E  K  3 

2 54 

25th  July. 

1919. 

Education  for  the  receipt  of  grants  out  of 
moneys  provided by  Parliament:  And  the same 
was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Monday  next;  and to be printed. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed, That  the 
word "  two "  stand  part of  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Business of 
the House. 

Ordered,  That  Government  Business  be  not 
interrupted this day  at Five  or half-past Five of 
the  clock,  and  may  be  entered  upon  at  any 
hour although  opposed.—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

Supply [34th 
Jnly] 
Beport. 

Dr.  Macnamara,  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee of  Supply  of the 24th  day of  this instant 
July  a  Resolution;  which  was  read,  as 
followeth : 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 14,1. 8, by  leaving out from the 
second word  "  time "  to the end of  Clause  18.— 
(Mr.  Munro). 

And  the Question  being  put,  That  the words 

proposed to be left out stand part of  the  Bill: 

Navy  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Supplementary  Vote  on Account. 

The  House divided. 

The  Yeas to the  Right; 

That  a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding 
£60,000,000  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  on 
Account, for  defraying  the  charges  for  Navy 
Services, which  will come in course of  payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1920. 

The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for  the  ( Colonel Sir John Hope,  ) 
( Mr.  Gideon  Murray  :  J 

Yeas, 

Tellers for the ( Lord Edmund  Talbot, 

Noes, 

( Captain  Guest: 

12. 

129. 

The  said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

So it passed in the  Negative. 

time, was agreed to. 

Housing, 
Town 
Planning, See. 
(Scotland) 
Bill, 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded 
to  take  into  consideration  the  Housing,  Town 
Planning,  &c.  (Scotland)  Bill,  as  amended  in 
the  Standing  Committee. 

A  Clause was offered to  be added to the  Bill 
(Control  of  supplies  of  building  materials)— 
(Mr.  William  Graham.)—and  the  said  Clause 
was brought  up, and read the first time ; 

And  a  Motion being made, and  the  Question 
being proposed. That the Clause be read a second 
time:—Tne  said  Motion  and Clause were sever-
ally,  with leave of the House,  withdrawn. 

Then Amendments  were made to the  Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 7,1. 4,  by leaving  out subsection 
(3),  and inserting the words— 

"  (3)  Where  any land is  included in an  area 
in respect of which  the  Board under the  provi-
sions of  section fifty-four, subsection  (2),  of  the 
Housing, Town  Planning,  &c.,  Act,  1909, have 
authorised the local authority to prepare a town-
planning  scheme,  or  is  included in  an  area  in 
, respect of  which  the  local  authority under  the 
provisions  of  section  thirty-three  of  this  Act 
have resolved to prepare & town-planning scheme, 
and such land is  required  for the  purposes of a 
housing scheme  prepared  by the local authority 
and approved by the  Board under section one of 
this Act,  the  restricted  use  to which  such  land 
can  be  put under the  housing  scheme shall  be 
taken  into account in fixing the compensation to 
the owner  in  respect  of  the  compulsory taking 
of  such  land  for  the  purposes  of  the  scheme, 
provided  that  for  the  purposes of  this  section 
land shall not include buildings,"—(Mr. Jameson), 
—instead thereof. 

And the  Question being  put, That the  words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the  Bill:— 
It  passed in the  Negative. 

And the Question being 
be there inserted in the  I 
Negative. 

put, That those words 
iill:—It  passed in  the 

Then  other  Amendments  were made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  13,  1. 33,  by  leaving  out  the 
word " t w o"   and  inserting  the word  "three,"— 
(Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir  John  Hope),—instead 
thereof. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be now read  the third 
time:—The  Bill was  accordingly read  the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That,  the Clerk  do  carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

The  House,  according to Order,  proceeded  to Restoration of 

take  into consideration  the  Restoration of  Pre- Pre-War 
War  Practices  (No.'3)  Bill,  as  amended in  the  j ^ j j B u i. 
Standing  Committee; 

And a  Motion  being  made,  That the  Bill be 

now read the third time ; 

. ' . - .. 

Sir  Robert Home,  by  His Majesty's Command, 
acquainted the House, That His Majesty, having 
been informed of  the purport of  the  Bill, gives. 
His  Consent, as far as  His  Majesty's  interest is 
concerned,  that  the  House  may  do  therein  as 
they shall think fit. 

Then  the  Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk do carry the Bill  to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

The House,  according  to  Order, proceeded to Treaty of 
take into1 consideration the Amendment ma,de by Peace Bill, 
the  Lords to  the  Treaty  of Peace Bill,  and  the 
same was read twice, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do  carry the  Bill to 
the  Lords,  and  acquaint them  that  this  House 
hath agreed  to  the  Amendment  made  by their 
Lordships. 

The  House, according to Order, resolved itself Retired 

into  a Committee  on the  Retired  Officers (Civil 
Employment)  Bill. 

(Civil 
Employment) 
"" 
BiU. 

(In the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 and No.  2  agreed to. 

Bill to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported, That the Committee 
had gone  through  the Bill,  and directed him  to 
report the same, without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill be read the third  time 

upon Monday next. 

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25th—28th  July. 

m 

War Loan 
BiU- 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee on the "War Loan  Bill; 

Resolved,  That this House will, upon  Monday 

next, resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Expiring Laws  The  Expiring  Laws  Continuance  Bill  was, 
Continuance  according to Order, read a second time; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  qf  the  whole  House  for  Monday 
next.—(Colonel  Sanders.) 

West Indian 
Court of 
Appeal Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  West  Indian  Court  of 
Appeal  Bill; 

Monday,  28th July  1919. 

P B A Y E B S. 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Private Bills 

.IOUB >a. 
.  , 
(Standing 
for  Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of 
t he   Orders not 
following  Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords, 
a nd   previously 
-  , 
referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof,  u.m 
^jjg  inquired into 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired into, with.) 
which are applicable thereto, have been complied 
with, viz.:— 

, J 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read a second  time 

Newcastle-upon-Tyne  Corporation  (Rates) 

upon Monday  next. 

Bill  [.Lords]. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Supply  ; 

Resolved, That  this  House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Ways  and Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this House will,  upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

Government o!  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the Soudan 
Second  Beading  of  the  Government  of  the 
Loan  Bill. 
Soudan Loan  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read  a  second  time 

upon Monday next. 

Patents and 
Designs Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Patents  and  Designs 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

Trade Marks 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second Beading  of the Trade Marks  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill be read a second time. 

Mr.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report  Provisional 
from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for Order Bills 
Private Bills, That in  the case  of the  following (standing 
Bill,  brought  from  the  Lords,  and  referred on Orders 
the First Reading  thereof, the  Standing Orders 
which are applicable thereto, have been complied complied 
with, viz.:— 

with.) 

Tramways  Provisional  Orders Bill [Lords]. 
Ordered, That  the  Bill be read a second  time 

to-morrow. , 

The  Falmouth Docks  Bill  [.Lords]  was  read Falmouth 
the third time and passed, with Amendments.  Docks Bill 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do carry the Bill to [Zflr<?,  ] 

the  Lords ;  and  acquaint them that  this House 
hath agreed  to  the same,  with Amendments;  to 
which this  House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 

Pallin's  Divorce  Bill 

[.Lords]  was  read  the  Pallin's 

third time and passed. 

Divorce Bill 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do  carry the Bill to 
the Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

Land Values. 

Ordered,  That  a  Select  Committee  be 
appointed  to inquire into the  present position of 
the  duties  imposed  by  Part  I.  of  the  Finance 
(1909-10)  Act,  1910 ;  to make recommendations 
in regard to their retention, alteration, or repeal, 
and in regard to such legislative or administrative 
measures as  may be  necessary in  order to  give 
effect  thereto;  to  inquire  into  the  basis  and 
present  position of  the  valuations of  land  pre-
scribed by Part I. of  the Finance (1909-10) Act, 
1910,  and  to  make  recommendations  thereon, 
regard  being  had  to  the  desirability  of  State 
valuations  of  land  being  available  for  public 
purposes. 

The  Committee  was  accordingly  nominated 
of  Major  Barnes,  Major  Courthope,  Mr. 
Howard  Gritten,  Mr.  Hartshorn,  Major  Hay-
ward,  Mr.  Kidd,  Mr.  Pretyman,  Lieutenant-
Colonel  Royds,  Mr.  Raffan,  Mr.  Parkinson, 
Sir  Watson  Rutherjord,  Mr.  Alexander  Shaw, 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Weigall,  Sir  Thomas  Whit-
taker, and  Major  Wood. 

Ordered, That  the  Committee  have power to 

send for persons, papers, and records. 

Ordered,  That  Five  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.-—(Colonel  Sanders.) 

Adjournment. 

Resolved, That this  House do  now adjourn.— 

(Colonel Sanders.) 

And accordingly the House, having continued 
to  sit  till  nine  minutes  after  Four  of  the 
clock, adjourned till  Monday next. 

VOL.   174. 

Stoney's  Divorce  Bill  [Lords]   was  read the stoney's 

third time and passed. 

Divorce Bill 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do carry  the Bill to ^T/0rd*^ 

the Lords ;  and  acquaint them  that this  House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

The  House, proceeded  to take  into considera- Nuneaton 
tion the  Nuneaton  Corporation Bill  [Lords],  as Corporation 
amended in the Committee. 

Bill [Xonfc.] 

An  Amendment was made  to the Bill. 
Ordered, That  the Bill  be read the third time. 

The Birmingham  Corporation  Tramways  Bill 
[Lords]  was read a second time, and committed. 

The  Clowes  Settled  Estates  Bill  [Lords] was 

read a second time, and committed. 

The  Leeds  Corporation  Bill  [Lords]   was 

read a second time,  and committed. 

The  Pembroke  Gas  Bill  [Lords']  was  read  a 

second time, and committed. 

Pembroke Gas 
Bill  [Lordt.] 

The  West  Hartlepool  Corporation  Bill 
[Lords]  was read a second time, and committed. 

The Local Government  (Ireland)  Provisional 
Orders Bill was, according to Order, read the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered, That  the Clerk  do  carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

£1   4 

Birmingham 
Corporation 
Tramways 
Bill  [Lord*.] 
Clowes 
Settled 
Estates Bill 
[Lordt.] 
Leeds 
Corporation 
Bill [Lords.] 

West 
Hartlepool 
Corporation 
BiU [lordt.  \ 
Local 
Government 
(Ireland) 
Provisional 
Orders BUI. 

2 56 

11th August. 

1919. 

Mr.  Cecil  Harmsworth  presented,  by  His 
Soudan 
OMwnteed  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Note  on  the 
(Miscellaneous, Soudan Guaranteed  Loan. 
No. 5,1919). 

Ordered, That the  said Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Pott Office 
(Foreign and 
Colonial 
Parcel Post.) 

Mr.  Rlingworth  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy of 
the  Foreign  and  Colonial  Parcel  Post  Amend-
ment (No.  90)  Warrant,  1919,  dated  8th July 
1919. 

Ordered, That the said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Shops Act, 
1912. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant  to 
the directions  of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Copies 
of  Orders made  under the  Shops  Act,  1912, by 
the  Councils  of  the  undermentioned  Local 
Authorities, and  confirmed by  the  Secretary  of 
State for the Home  Department:— 

Ministry of 
Food. 

City of Bristol. 

County Borough of Eastbourne. 

Ordered, That  the said Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  George  Roberts  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,  —  Copy  of  Report  to 
the  Ministry  of  Food  on  Food  Conditions  in 
Germany  by Ernest  H.  Starling,  C.M.G.,  M.D., 
F.R.8.,  Jodrell  Professor  of  Physiology, 
University  College;  with  Memoranda  on 
Agricultural  Conditions  in  Germany  by  A.  P. 
M'Dougall,  Chief  Live  Stock  Commissioner for 
Scotland;  and  on  Agricultural  Statistics  by 
C.  W.  Guillebad,  M.A.,  Fellow  of  St.  John's 
College,  Cambridge ;  and Statistical Tables and 
Charts. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

New Member 
sworn. 

David  Matthews,  Esquire,  Member  for  the 
Borough of  Swansea (East  Division), was sworn. 

Sir Montague Barlow  reported from the Select Pensions 

Committee  on  Pensions;  That  they  had  made 
Progress  in  the  matters  to  them  referred,  and 
directed  him  to  make a  Special  Report thereof 
to the House. 
tne  House. 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon 

the 

jj 

Table;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the proceedings on Government Business of 

Business be exempted at this day's Sitting from 
the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of Business.") 
the House).—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Patents and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Patents  and  Designs D081^8 Bm-
Bill; 

And  a Motion  being  made, and  the Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second time ; 

An  Amendment was proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by leaving  out  the word  "  now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  "  upon  this  day  three  months."—(Mr. 
Wallace.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word "  now "  stand part of  the Question :—The 
said proposed Amendment was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

And the Main  Question being put; 
Ordered,  That  tbe Bill  be  now read a second 
time :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read a second 
time, and committed to a Standing  Committee. 

The  Trade  Marks  Bill  was,  according  to Trade Marks 

Order, read a second  time ;  and  committed  to a BiU-
Standing  Committee. 

The  Government  of  the  Soudan  Loan  Bill Government of 

was, according to Order, read a second time ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee of  the  whole  House  for Wednesday 
next.—(Mr.  Cecil Harmsworth.) 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself War Loan 

into a Committee on the  War  Loan Bill. 

BlU-

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee C. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee of  Selection  ;  That they  had  discharged 
the following Member from Standing Committee 
C  :—Mr.  George Roberts;  and had appointed  in 
substitution:  Mr.  M'Curdy. 

(In  the Committee.) 

Clauses No.  1 to No.  7 agreed to. 
Schedule agreed to. 
Bill to be reported. 

Standing 
Committee D. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from 
the  Committee ;  That  they  had discharged the 
following  Members  from/Standing  Committee 
D  (added  in  respect  of  the  Police  Bill):— 
Lieutenant-Commander  Chilcott  and  Captain 
O' Grady ;  and had  appointed in substitution (in 
respect  of  the  Police  Bill):  Colonel  Sir James 
Remnant and Mr. John Jones. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  aud  Means  reported, That 
the Committee  had  gone  through  the Bill,  and 
directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the  third  time 

upon  Wednesday next. 

Standing 
Committee D. 

Sir Samuel  Roberts  further  reported from the 
Committee  ;  That  they  had  discharged  the 
following  Member from  Standing  Committee  D 
(added  in  respect  of  the  Courts  (Emergency 
Powers) Bill): —Colonel Leslie  Wilstm  ;  and had 
appointed in substitution (in respect of the Courts 
(Emergency  Powers)  Bill):  Sir  Auckland 
Geddes. 

Standing 
Committee D. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from 
the  Committee;  That  they  had  added  the 
following Member to Standing  Committee  D :— 
Mr.  Munro. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  House, according to Order, resolved itself Expiring Laws 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Expiring  Laws Continuance 
Continuance Bill. 

(In  the Committee.) 

Clauses No.  1 and No. 2 agreed to. 
Schedule agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill  to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee had  gone  through  the  Bill, and 
directed  him 
to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

, 

, 

10  GEO.  Y. 

28th July. 

257 

Ordered, That the Bill be  now  read the third 
time :—The  Bill  was accordingly read  the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered, That  the Clerk do  carry the Bill to 

the  Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

West Indian 
Court of 
Appeal BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  West Indian  Court  of 
Appeal  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Wednesday next. 

Joint Stock 
Banks 
(Amalgama-
tion  Control) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Joint  Stook  Banks 
(Amalgamation  Coutrol)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

Private 
Legislation 
Procedure 
(Inland) BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Private  Legislation 
Procedure (Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill be  read a second time 

upon Monday next. 

Agriculture 
and  Fisheries 
(Counoils, 
&c )  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the Agriculture  and Fisheries 
(Councils, &c.) Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill be read a second time 

upon Wednesday next. 

Dogs 
Begulation 
(Ireland) RiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dogs  Regulation 
(Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

(b)  at the expiration  of  twenty-one days from 
the determination by the Local Government 
Board if  such  notice  has  been given by the 
owner,  and  the  Local  Government  Board 
have determined  that  the  house  is capable 
without reconstruction of being  made fit for 
human habitation ; 

do  the  work  required  to  be  done." —  (Major 
Astor,)  instead thereof. 

Then the remaining Lords Amendment, being 

read a second time, was agreed to. 

Ordered, That  a  Committee  be  appointed to 
draw up a Beason  to be assigned to the Lords for 
disagreeing to one  of  their  Amendments  to the 
Bill. 

And  a  Committee  was  nominated  of  Major 
Astor,  Mr. Aneurin  Williams, Sir Kingsley Wood, 
Major Barnston, and Mr.  Alfred  Short. 

Ordered, That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Major  Astor.) 

And they are to withdraw immediately. 

The Order of  the  day  being read,  for  taking Merchant 
the  Merchant  Shipping Shipping 

into  consideration 
(Wireless  Telegraphy) Bill [Lords],  as amended 
in the Standing  Committee; 

ffijhy) 
BiU[£ori#.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Wednesday next. 

The  Education  (Compliance  with  Conditions Education 
of Grants)  Bill  was,  according  to Order, read a (Compliance 
second time. 
conditions of 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will  immediately GranU>BU1-

resolve  itself  into  the Committee on the Bill.— 
(Mr.  Fisher). 

Ordered, That the Bill  be withdrawn. 

The House accordingly resolved itself  into the 

Aliens 
Restriction 
BiU. 

The  Order of  the day  being  read, for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Aliens  Restriction  Bill, 
as amended in the Standing Committee; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Monday next. 

Overseas 
Trade 
(Insurance 
against 
Abnormal 
Bisks) Bill/ 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Overseas  Trade 

Second  Reading  of 
(Insurance against Abnormal Risks)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill be read a second time 

upon Wednesday next. 

Housing, 
Town 
Planning, &c. 
BiU. 

The  House, according  to Order,  proceeded to 
take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  niade 
by the Lords to  the  Amendments  made by this 
House to  the  Amendments  made  by the Lords 
and the Amendments  proposed  by the Lords in 
lieu of certain  Amendments made  by the  Lords 
and disagreed to by this  House, to the Housing, 
Town  Planning, &c.,  Bill. 

The  Lords  Amendments  as  far  as  the 
Amendment  in p.  22, 1, 31,  being  read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

The Lords  Amendment  in  p. 22, L 31,  after 
("  with"),  insert  ("   and  if  the  owner  has not 
given  such  notice  as  aforesaid"),  the  next 
Amendment,  being  read  a  second  time,  was 
disagreed to. 

An  Amendment  was  made  to  the Bill in lieu 
of the Lords Amendment, disagreed to, in p. 22, 
1.  30,  by  leaving  out  subsection 
(2),  and 
inserting  the words,— 

"  (2)  If  the notice of  the local authority is not 

complied with the local authority  may— 

(a)  at the  expiration  of  the  time specified in 
that  notice  if  no  such  notice  as aforesaic 
has been given by the owner ;  and 

Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 

Clauses No.  1 and No. 2 agreed to. 
Bill to be reported. 

Mr. Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and the 
Deputy Chairman reported.  That the Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill, and directed  him to 
report the same, without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be now read the third 
time :—The  Bill was  accordingly read the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do  carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

The  Betired  Officers  (Civil  Employment) Retired 

Bill  was, according to Order, read the third time Officers (Civil 
*  Employment) 
and passed. 

Ordered, That  the Clerk do carry the Bill  to Mr. Speaker's 

the Lords,  and desire their concurrence  (the Bill Certificate, 
having  been endorsed  by Mr.  Speaker with  the 
following Certificate :— 

I  hereby  certify  that  this  Bill  is  a  Money 
Bill within  the  meaning  of  the  Parliament 
Act,  1J»11. 

J A M ES   W.   L O W T H E R, 

Speaker). 

The  .Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee of Ways  and Means; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

V O L.   174. 

L  L 

2 58 

28^  July. 

1919. 

Wells 
Particular 
Baptist and 
Congregational Order, read a second time. 

The  Wells  Particular  Baptist  and  Congrega-
tional  Chapels  Charities  Bill  was,  according  to 

Charities Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will  immediately 
resolve  itself  into the  Committee on  the  Bill.— 
(Colonel  Sanders.) 

The  Congregational  Chapels  Charities  Bill Congregational 
chantiL BiU. 

was, according to Order, read a second time. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will  immediately 
resolve  itself  into  the Committee  on the  Bill.— 
(Colonel  Sanders.) 

The  House, accordingly  resolved itself into the 

The House, accordingly resolved itself into the 

Committee. 

Committee. 

(In  the Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 and No.  2 agreed to. 
Schedule agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill  to be reported. 

(In  the Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 and  No.  2  agreed to. 

Schedule  agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported, That the Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill, and  directed  him 
to  report  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be now read the third 
time :—The  Bill  was accordingly  read  the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry the  Bill to 

the  Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported, That  the Committee 
had  gone through the  Bill,  and directed  him  to 
report the same, without  Amendment. 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be now read  the third 
time :—Tbe  Bill  was  accordingly  read the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill to 

the Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

National 
Trust Charity 
Bill. 

The National Trust Charity Bill was, according 

to Order, read a second time. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will  immediately 
resolve itself  into the  Committee  on  the  Bill.— 
(Colonel Sanders.) 

The  House, accordingly resolved itself into the 

Committee. 

(In  the Committee.) 

Clauses No.  1 and No.  2 agreed to. 
Schedule agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 

Bill to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported, That the Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed  him 
to report the  same, without Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be now  read the third 
time :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the Clerk  do carry  the Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

Brooke 
Robinson 
Museum 
Charity Bill. 

The  Brooke Robinson  Museum  Charity  Bill 

was, according  to Order, read a second time. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will  immediately 
resolve itself  into  the  Committee  on the  Bill.— 
(Colonel  Sanders.) 

The  House, accordingly resolved itself into the 

Committee. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 and No.  2 agreed to. 
Schedule agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 

Bill to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported, That  the Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed  him 
to report the same, without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be now read the  third 
time : —Tbe  Bill  was accordingly read  the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Eatington  Wesleyan  Methodist  Chapel Batington 

Property  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
second time. 

chapri 

Resolved,  That' this  House  will  immediately Property  Bil1' 

resolve itself  into  the  Committee  on the  Bill.— 
(Colonel  Sanders.) 

The  House, accordingly resolved itself into the 

Committee. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 and No.  2 agreed  to.. 

Schedule agreed to. 

Preamble  agreed to. 

Bill to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported,  That the Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and directed him  to 
report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be now read the third 
time :—Tbe  Bill  was  accordingly read the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the Clerk  do  carry the Bill to 

the  Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

The  Plumptre  Hospital  Charity  Bill  was, piumptre 

according  to  Order, read a second  time. 

Charit^Bill 

Resolved, That  this  House  will  immediately 
resolve itself into the  Committee  on the  Bill.— 
(Colonel  Sanders.) 

The  House,  accordingly  resolved  itself  into 

the  Committee. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 and No.  2 agreed to. 

Schedule agreed to. 

Preamble  agreed to. 

Bill to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported, That the Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed  him 
to report the same, without  Amendment. 

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28th—29th  July. 

2 59 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  now  read the third 
time:—The  Bill was accordingly read  the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk do carry the Bill  to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  the  Lords  in  p.  22,  1.  31,  for  the 
following  Beason:—Because  they  are of opinion 
that the Amendment might lead to ambiguity. 

The  said  Reason  being  read  a  second  time, 

Headcorn 
Charity Bm*1 w a s'  acc°rding  to Order, read a second time. 

The  Headcorn  Baptist  Chapel  Charity Bill 

Resolved, That  this  House  will  immediately 
resolve itself  into the  Committee  on  the Bill.— 
(Colonel Sanders.) 

was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Message  be sent to the Lords 
to communicate the said  Reason  (with  the  Bill 
and Amendments) :  And that the Clerk do carry 
the said Message. 

The  House,  accordingly  resolved  itself  into 

Resolved, That  this House  do now adjourn.— Adjournment. 

the Committee. 

(Colonel Sanders.) 

(In the  Committee.) 

Clauses No.  1 and No. 2 agreed to. 
Schedule agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill to be reported. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  four  minutes  before 
Eight  of  the  clock  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy Chairman reported,  That the Committee 
had gone through  the  Bill,  and  directed him to 
report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be now read the  third 
time:—The  Bill was accordingly read  the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered, That  the Clerk do  carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

STANDING  COMMITTEES. 

Distribution by  Mr.  Speaker, pursuant to Order 
of 20th  February, of  Estimates  referred  to  a 
Standing Committee. 

Title  of  Estimates. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Army  Estimates,  1919-20  (further 

C. 

Vote  on  Account). 

[14th July] 
Report. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the  I4tn day of this instant July; 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  be  received  to-

Tuesday, 2$th July  1919. 

morrow. 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee C] 
[lst July] 
Beport. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Beport  of 
Supply of  the  lst  day of  this instant July ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Supply 
The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
Committee 01  f r o m  Standing  Committee  C  the  Beport  of 
[lOthJnly]  Supply of the  10th day of this instant July ; 
Beport. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Q 

Supply 
ri7th July] 
Beport. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Beport  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the 17th day of this instant July ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee C] 
[9th July] 
Beport. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Beport  of 
Supply  of  the 9th day of this instant July; 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Supply 

ommittee C] 
[23rd July] 
Beport. 

The. Order of the day being read, for receiving 
from  Standing  Committee  C  the  Beport  of 
Supply  of  the 23rd day of this instant July ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Housing, 
Town 
Planning,  fee. 
BiU. 

Major  Astor  reported  from  the  Committee 
appointed to draw up a Reason to be assigned to 
the Lords for disagreeing to one of their Amend-
ments  to  the  Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c. 
Bill;  That  they  had  drawn  up  a  Beason 
to 
accordingly,  which  they  directed  him 
report  to the House;  and the  same  was read as 
foUoweth: 

V o i«   174. 

P  R A "S  E R S. 

THE  Medway  Conservancy  Bill  [Lords]  was Medway 

read  the  third  time  and  passed  with  an Conservancy 
Bill [Lords.] 
F 

Amendment. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the Bill to 
the Lords ;  and acquaint  them  that this House 
hath agreed  to the same, with  au  Amendment; 
to which this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 

The House  proceeded  to take  into considera- Poole 

tion  the  Poole  Corporation  Bill  [Lords'],  as H?,r,p?r*.t!°I\ 
BUI [Lordt.] 
amended in the Committee. 
,  Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

Boland's  Divorce  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  a Boland's 

second time ; and committed. 

Divorce BUI 
[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Londonderry  Port  and Londonderry 
Harbour  Bill  [Lords]  be  read  a  second  time Harbour Bill 
to-morrow. 

[JSnfc!] 

Ordered, That, in  the  case  of  the  Pembroke Pembroke Gas 

Gas Bill  [Lords],  Standing  Order  211  be  sus- BiU  L^'-J 
pended, and  that  the Committee on Unopposed 
Bills  have  leave  to  proceed  with  the  Bill  on 
Thursday  next,—(The  Chairman  of  Ways and 
Means.) 

Ordered,  That,  in  the  case  of  the  Clowes Clowes Settled 

Settled Estates  Bill [Lords],  Standing Order 211 
be suspended, and  that  the Committee  on  Un- 
opposed  Bills  have  leave  to  proceed  with  the 
Bill  on  Thursday  next.—(The  Chairman  of 
Ways and Means.) 

r 

Ordered,  That,  in  the  case  of  the  West West 

Hartlepool  Corporation  Bill  [Lords],  Standing  ^ration 
Order 211 be suspended, and that the Committee Bill 
on Unopposed  Bills  have leave to proceed with 
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29th July. 

1919. 

the Bill on  Thursday next.-
Ways  and Means.) 

-(The  Chairman of 

Leeds 
Corporation 
Bill [Lord*.] 

Ordered,  That,  in  the  case  of  the  Leeds 
Corporation Bill [Lords],  Standing Order 211 be 
suspended, and that the Committee on Unopposed 
Bills  have  leave  to  proceed  with  the  Bill  on 
Thursday next.—(The  Chairman of  Ways  and 
Means.) 

Birmingham 
Corporation 
Tramways 
Bill [Lord*.] 

Ordered, That, in the case of  the Birmingham 
Corporation  Tramways  Bill  fLords],  Standing 
Order 211 be suspended, and that the Committee 
on Unopposed  Bills have  leave to proceed with 
the Bill on Thursday next.—(The  Chairman  of 
Ways  and Means.) 

Tramways 
Provisional 
Orders Bill 
[Lord*.] 

The  Tramways  Provisional  Orders  Bill 
[.Lords]  was,  according  to  Order, read a second 
time ;  and committed. 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Order  211  be  sus-
pended, and  that  the Committee on  Unopposed 
Bills  have  leave  to  proceed  with  the  Bill  on 
Thursday  next.—(The  Chairman  of  Ways and 
Means.) 

Greenock 
Port and 
Harbours 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

Bill 154. 

Mr.  Munro  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a 
Provisional Order under the Private  Legislation 
Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating  to 
Greenock Port and Harbours:  And the same was 
read the first time ;  and ordered (under Section 9 
of  the  Act)  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Wednesday  the 6th day of August next;  and to 
be printed. 

Public 
Petitions 
Vide Second 
Beport. 

Empire Flax-
Growing 
Committee. 

A  Public  Petition  was presented,  and  read; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Interim  Beport 
to  the  Board  of  Trade  of  the  Empire  Flax-
Growing  Committee  on  the General  Situation 
and  Immediate  Prospects  of  Supply  in  April 
1919. 

Ordered, That the  said  Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Penal 
Mr. Secretary Shortt presented,pursuant to the 
Servitude Acts  directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Licence  under the Penal  Servitude Acts granted 
K X n a I 
to  a  convict  discharging  her  from  Liverpool 
Convict  Prison  on  condition  that  she  enters a 
home. 

Ordered, That  the said Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

Education 
(Scotland.) 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Minute  of  the 
Committee of Council on Education in  Scotland, 
dated 28th  July  1919, sanctioning the  payment 
by Education Authorities,  out of  the Education 
Fund,  of  expenditure  incurred  for  certain 
purposes. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Turkish 
Prisons 
£ t S 5T   Conditions in Turkish Prisons. 

Mr.  Cecil  Harmsworth  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Reports  on 

Ordered, That  the said Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

Ministry of 
Food. 

Mr. George Roberts presented, by His Majesty's 
Command,—Copies  of  Notice relating to the use 
of  Sugar in Catering  Establishments  and  Insti-
tutions;  Calves  (Sales)  Order,  1918,  Notice; 
Order  amending  the  Rats  Order,  1918;  the 
Cattle Feeding  Stutfs (Maximum  Prices) Order, 

1918,  Notice;  the  Beans,  Peas,  nnd  Pulse 
(Retail  Prices)  Order,  1917, General  Licence ; 
Bacon  and  Ham  (Prices)  Order,  1919;  the  < 
Rationing  Order,  1918,  General  Licence;  the 
Bacon  (Prohibition  of  Export)  Order,  1918, 
General  Licence;  the  Sugar  (Confectionery) 
Order,  1917, General Licence;  Order amending 
the Ship's  Stores Order,  1917  ;  Order amending 
the  Potatoes  (Scotland)  Order,  1918;  Order 
amending  the  Potatoes  (Consolidation)  Order 
(No.  2),  1918;  the  Milk  Products  (Import 
Restriction) Order,  1918, and the Milk Products 
(Returns)  Order,  1918,  Notice  of  Revocation; 
the Greek  Currants  (Maximum  Prices) Order, 
1918,  Notice ;  Order  amending the  Live  Stock 
( Sales) Order, 1918;  Order revoking the Whole-
sale Milk Dealers (Control) Order, 1918 ;  Order 
revoking the Canned  Meats (Maximum  Prices) 
Order, 1918 ;  Order amending the Edible Offals 
(Maximum  Prices)  Order, 1918 ;  Oils, Oilcakes, 
and  Meals  (Requisition)  Order,  1917;  Cattle 
Feeding  Stuffs  (Requisition)  Order,  1917 ; 
Cattle  Feeding Stuffs (Maximum  Prices) Order, 
1918,  General  Licence ;  the Bread Order,  1918, 
General Licence;  Potatoes (Consolidation) Order 
(No. 2), 1918, General Licence;  Order revoking 
the Food Control Committees (Milk  Requisition) 
Order,  1917, as  amended ;  Order  amending the 
Flour  and  Bread  (Prices)  Order,  1917;  the 
Cream Order, 1918, General Licence;  the Greek 
Currants (Maximum  Prices) Order, 1918, .Notice 
of  Revocation;  Jam  (Prohibition  of  Export) 
Order, 1919, General  Licence ;  Order amending 
the  Live  Stock (Sales)  Order  1918 ;  Notice of 
Revocation  of  Directions relating to the Ration-
ing of  Jam ;  Notice of Revocation of Directions 
relating to the Rationing of J am:  Milk (Summer 
Prices)  Order,  1919;  General ,Licence as to the 
Purchase, &c., of  Sugar for  Business Purposes ; 
General  Licence as to the  Sale, &c., of  Coffee ; 
Directions under the Milk  (Distribution) Order, 

1918,  and  the  Milk  (Registration  of  Dealers) 
Order,  1918 ;  Seeds,  Nuts,  Kernels,  Oil?,  and 
Fats  (Maximum  Prices)  Order,  1919 ;  Notice 
of  Revocation  of  certain  Orders;  Dripping 
(Standard  of  Quality)  Order,  1919 ;  Directions 
to  Wholesale  Dealers  in  Milk;  Notice  of 
Revocation  and  Suspension of  certain  Orders; 
Spirits  (Prices  and  Description)  Order,  1919; 
the  Raw  Cocoa  (Prices)  Order,  1918, General 
Licence;  Notice  of  Revocation  of  certain 
Orders;  Notice  of  Reduction 
in  Price  of 
Imported  Meat;  Order  revoking  tbe  British-
(Restriction)  Order,  1918; 
made  Butter 
Directions  as  to  Supply  of  Butter;  Order 
amending  the  Meat  (Maximum  Prices) Order, 
1917 ;  Order  amending the  Live  Stock (Sales) 
Order,  1918;  Seeds,  Nuts,  Kernels,  Oils, and 
Fats  (Maximum  Prices) Order,  1919,  General 
Licence;  Directions  relating  to  Meat;  Direc-
tions relating  to Sugar and  Butter ;  Directions 
as to Maximum  Wholesale  Prices  for Beef  and 
Mutton  in Scotland;  the British Cheese Order, 
1917,  Notice;  Notice  of  Revocation  of  the 
Horseflesh  (Maximum  Prices)  Order,  1918; 
Order amending the Beer  (Prices and  Descrip-
tion) Order, 1918 ;  General Licence as to Butter 
Making;  Order revoking the Foreign  Holdings 
(Returns)  Order,  1918 ;  Grain  (Prices)  Order, 
1919,  General  Licence;  Notice  as  to  Price of 
Cheese ;  Order  revoking  the  Canned  Salmon 
(Returns)  Order,  1918;  Order  revoking  the 
Sugar  (Confectionery)  Order,  1917;  the  Oats 
Products  (Retair Prices)  Order,  1918, General 
Licence;  Notice of  Revocation of  the Brewers' 
Sugar Order, 1917 ; the Potatoes (Consolidation) 
(No.  2)  Order,  1918,  General  Licence;  Caer-
philly  Cheese  (Retail  Prices)  Order,  1919; 
Revocation  of  certain  Orders;  Order amending 
the Canned Fish (Retail Prices and Distribution) 

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261 

Order,  1918 ;  Revocation  of  General  Licence 
under the Live Stock (Sales) Order, 1918;  Order 
amending the Rice  (Retail  Prices)  Order,  1918 ; 
Notice of  Revocation of  certain Orders ;  Order 
amending the  Bacon  and  Ham  (Prices) Order, 
1919 ;  Order amending the Intoxicating  Liquor 
(Output  and  Delivery)  Order,  1919;  Imported 
Cheese (Retail  Prices)  Order,  1919 ;  Notice as 
to  Revocation  of  certain  Orders;  Bacon  and 
Ham (Prices)  (Ireland)  Order  1919 ;  Notice as 
to the Importers (Returns)  Order, 1918  ;  Notice 
of  Revocation of  certain  Orders;  Edible  Fats 
(Standard  of  Quality)  Order,  1919;  Notice  of 
Revocation of certain Orders;  the Bread Order, 
1918,  General  Licence;  Order  revoking  the 
Oats (Scotland  and  Ireland  Restriction) Order, 
1918 ;  Order  amending  the  Flour  and  Bread 
(Prices) Order, 1917 ;  Order revoking the Sugar 
(Domestic  Preserving)  Order,  1917;  Order 
amending  the  Butter  Order,  1918;  Order 
amending  the Meat  (Maximum  Prices)  Order, 
1917;  the Meat (Licensing of  Export) (Ireland) 
Order,  1918,  General  Licence;  Food  Control 
Committee  for  Ireland  (Transfer  of  Powers) 
Order,  1919;  Notice  relating  to  Veal;  Seeds, 
Oils, and Fats Order,  1919;  Spirits (Prices and 
Description)  Order,  1919, as  amended;  Direc-
tions as to purchase of  Milk in  Scotland;  Milk 
(Summer  Prices)  Amendment  Order,  1919; 
Order  amending  the  Meat  (Maximum  Prices) 
Order,  1917 ;  Meat  Retail  Prices (England and 
Wales) Order  (No.  2),  1918;  Order  amending 
the  Edible  Offals  (Maximum  Prices)  Order, 
1918 ;  the  Jam  Prices  (No.  2)  Order,  1918, 
General Licence ;  Notice as to prices of  Cheese ; 
Order amending  the  Bacon  and  Ham  (Price.") 
Order,  1919 ;  Order amending  the  Beer (Prices 
and Description) Order, 1919, made by the Food 
Controller  under  the  Defence  of  the  Realm 
Regulations. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Public 
Expenditure. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing for the period stated the  total 
Public Expenditure in  England and Wales under 
the  Acts of  Parliament  mentioned  in  the  sub-
joined Schedule, together with similar particulars 
tor Scotland and Ireland so far as available  :— 

Public Expenditure (other 
than out of Loans') during 
the year ended March 

Public Expenditure 
under the 

Amount of  Public 
Expenditure dur-
ing the year ended 
March 1918 (or 
latest available 
year) estimated 
to have been 
met from 

1891.  1901. 

1911. 

1918 (or 
latest 
available 
year). 

Local 
Rates. 

Parliamen-
tary Votes 
and 
Grants. 

National Insurance (Health) 

Acts. 

National  Insurance  (Un-

employment) Acts. 

War Pensions Acts and the 
Ministry of Pensions Act. 

Old Age Pensions Acts 
Education Acts 
Acts relating  to  Reforma-
Industrial 

and 

tory 
Schools. 

Inebriates Acts 
- 
Public Health Acts  -
Housing  of  the  Working 

» 

Classes Acts. 

Acts relating to  the Relief 

of the Poor. 

Unemployed Workmen Act 
Lunacy Acts 
Mental Deficiency Act 
Public Libraries Act 

-

Ordered, That there be laid before this  House Imperial 
a Return relating  to  Imperial  Revenue (Collec- Revenue 
tion  and  Expenditure)  (Great  Britain  and ^tditure) 
Ireland)  for  the  year  ending  the  31st  day  of (Great Britain 
March  1919  (in  continuation  of  Parliamentary and Ireland.) 
Paper,  No.  105,  of  Session  1918).—(Mr. 
Baldwin.) 

Ordered, That there be laid before this  House  Revenue and 

a  Return  showing, for  the year ended  the 31st  ®*Pendi'ure 
day of  March  1919,  (1)  the amount  contributed Scotland 'and 
by England, Scotland, and Ireland, respectively, Ireland.) 
to the Revenue collected by the Imperial officers; 
(2)  the  Expenditure  on  English,  Scottish, and 
Irish  Services  met  out  of  such  Revenue;  and 
(3)  the  balances  of  Revenue  contributed  by 
England,  Scotland,  and  Ireland,  respectively, 
which  are  available  for  Imperial  Expenditure 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 106, 
of  Session  1918).—(Mr.  Baldwin.) 

Sir  William  Middlebrook reported  from  the Local 

Local Legislation  Committee;  That  in the case Legislation 
of  the  Walsall  Corporation  Bill  they  had 
examined  the  allegations  contained  in  the Corporation 
Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  amended  the  same Bil1-
so as to make it  consistent  with  the  provisions 
of  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the  Committee,  and 
found  the  same,  as  amended,  to  be  true ;  and 
had  gone  through the  Bill  and  made  Amend-
ments thereunto;  and had amended the Title, as 
follows : —  A  Bill  to  confer  further  powers [Title 
upon  the  Mayor  Aldermen  and  Burgesses  ofAmended-] 
the  borough  of  Walsall  with  regard  to  their 
electricity  undertaking;  to  authorise  the  said 
Mayor Aldermen  and Burgesses  to  provide and 
work motor omnibuses  on  additional routes out-
side  the  borough ;  to  enlarge  their  powers  in 
relation to the provision of  housing  accommoda-
tion and the  acquisition  of  lands;  and  to make 
further  provision  with  regard  to  the  local 
government  and  improvement of  the borough ; 
and for other purposes. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Sir  William  Middlebrook reported  from  the Local 
Local Legislation  Committee;  That  in  the case Legislation 
of  the  Cannock  Urban  District  Council  Bill  f ^ t * *' 
they  had  examined the  allegations  contained  in Urban District 
the  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and  had  verbally Council Bill 
amended  the  same,  and  found  the  same,  as 
amended, to be true, and had  gone  through the 
Bill and made Amendments therein. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ; and be printed. 

Sir  William  Middlebrook  reported  from  the Local 
Local Legislation  Committee;  That  they  had Legislation 
agreed to a Special Report,  which they directed y01"^]4^6®- rt 
i cn 
him to make to the House. 
JNo.  150. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be printed. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the Com- Selection 
mittee of  Selection;  That  they  had  added  the (StM"*1®* 
following  Member to Standing Committee D  :— 
Mr.  Solicitor-General for Scotland. 

^^ 
Committee D. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further  reported  from the standing 
Committee ;  That  they  had  discharged  the Committee A. 
following  Member  from  Standing  Committee 
A  (added  in  respect  of  the  Coal  Mines Bill): 
Mr.  Gilbert;  and had  appointed  in  substitution 
(in respect of  the Coal Mines Bill)  :  Mr.  Casey. 
Ordered,  That  the  Beports  do  lie  upon  the 

— ( M r.   Baldwin.) 

VOL.   174. 

Table. 

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29 th July. 

1919. 

Government 
War 
Obligations 
Bill. 

Mr.  William Nicholson reported from Standing 
Committee  A,  to  whom  the  Government  War 
Obligations  Bill  was  referred ;  That  they  had 
gone  through the  Bill  and  had directed him to 
report  the  same,  without  Amendment,  to  the 
House. 

No.  151. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

No. 151. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings 

of the  Standing  Committee be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  not  amended  in  tbe 
Standing  Committee, be taken into  consideration 
to-morrow. 

Message from  Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
the Lords.  Message  had  been  brought from  the  Lords  by 

one of their Clerks, as followeth : 

The  Lords have agreed to the London County 
Council  (General  Powers)  Bill,  without  any 
Amendment. 

London 
County 
Council 
(General 
Powers) Bill. 

Sherinsham 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
¥ld Water m ade   by  this  House to the  Sheringham  Gas and 

Bill [Lord,.]  W a t er   B i U  [j^rfc^  without any  Amendment. 

Forestry 
BiU [Lordt.] 

British and 
Continental 
Bank Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
j o r  establishing  a Forestry  Commission for 
the  United  Kingdom, and  promoting  afforesta-
tion and  the  production  and  supply  of  timber 
therein,  and  for  purposes  in connection  there-
with ;  to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of  this House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled 
An  Act to vest in and  transfer  a company  to be 
incorporated  under the Companies Acts,  1908 to 
1917,  the  assets  and  liabilities  of  the  London 
branch  of  the  Russian  and  English  Bank and 
certain other property j  to  define  the  rights  of 
the  shareholders  in  the  company  so  to  be 
incorporated,  and for  other purposes ;  to  which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

British and 
Continental 
Bank Bill 
[Zordt.] 

The British and Continental Bank Bill  [Lords] 

was read the first time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Examiners  of Petitions for Private  Bills. 

Forestry Bill 
[Lordt.] 

The  Forestry  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the first 
ti me  ;  and ordered to  be  read a  second time to-

Bill  156.  morrow ;  and to be printed. 

Tynemouth 
Corporation 
Bill  [Lordt.] 

Major  Malone  reported  from  the  Committee 
on  the  Tynemouth  Corporation  Bill  [Lords]  ; 
That  they  had  examined  the  allegations  con-
tained  in  tbe  Preamble  of  the  Bill,  and 
amended  the  same, so  as  to  make  it  consistent 
with the provisions of  the  Bill  as passed  by the 
Committee, and found the  same  to  be true, and 
had gone through the Bill and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered,  That"  the  Report 

do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be printed. 

Labourers 
(Ireland) Bill. 
Bill  155. 

Mr.  Macpherson,  supported  by  Mr.  Attomey-
General for Ireland, presented  a  Bill  to  amend 
the  definition  of  agricultural  labourer  for  the 
purposes of the Labourers (Ireland)  Acts  :  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be read a second time 
to-morrow ;  and to be printed. 

The House, according to Order, resolved  itself  ??| t^ l o t t ed 

into the  Committee  of  Supply.  , 

Day.J 

0 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Army  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Further Vote  on  Account. 
Motion made, and Question  proposed,  That a 
further  sum  not  exceeding  £107,000,000  _be 
granted to His Majesty on Account, for defraying 
the  charges for Army  Services  which will  come 
in course of  payment during the  year ending  on 
the  31st day of  March  1920. 

Whereupon  Motion made,  and  Question  pro-

Eosed, That a sum, not exceeding  £106,999,900, 

e granted for the  said  Service —  (Lieutenant-
General  Sir  Aylmer  Hunter• Weston,)-*-Motion, 
by  leave, withdrawn. 

Original  Question put, and agreed to. 
Resolution  to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the Committee  had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may have  leave  to 
sit again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

The Order of  the day being read, for receiving Supply 
the  Report  from  the  Committee of  Supply  of ge4thrtJnly] 
the  14th day of  this instant July; 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received, to-

morrow. 

The  Order of the day being  read, for receiving Supply 
from  Standing Committee C the Report of Supply [Standing 
[ Z l n p] 
of the  1st day of this instant July; 

1 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to- Beport. 

morrow. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply 
from Standing Committee Cthe  R e p o rt   of   S u p p ly   [Standing 
r S h J ®] 
of  the  10th day of this instant July; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-^P01*' 

morrow. 

The  Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply 
the Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of ^7thrtJuly] 
the  17th day of  this instant  July; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Supply 

from Standing  Committee Cthe Report of Supply  ^ " ^ I s Cl 
of the 9th day  of this instant July ; 

[MhJulyj 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to- ®eP°rt-

morrow. 

The  Order of  the day being read, for receiving Supply 
from Standing Committee C the Report of Supply [Standing 
of the 23rd day  of this instant July ; 

S ^ S y]  J 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-Beport. 

morrow. 

Business of 
the House 
(Supply.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Army  Estimates,  1919-20 
(Further Yote on Account) which was presented 
upon  the  25th  day  of  this  instant  July,  be 
considered in Committee of Supply.—(Mr.  Bonar 
Law.~) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

Committee of  Ways  and Means; 

the Way* and 
Mean*. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

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29th—30th  July. 

2 63 

Jfurres 
Registration 
BUI. 

National 
Assembly of 
the Church of 
England 
(Powers) 
BiU  [Lordt.J 

The  Order of  the  day being read  for  taking 
into consideration  the  Nurses  Registration  Bill, 
as amended in the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into further 

consideration upon Friday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  National  Assembly of 
the Church of  England  (Powers)  Bill  [Zorrfs] ; 

Ordered,  That the said Paper do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Mount  reported  from  Standing  Com- Standing 
mittee  D  to whom the  Police  Bill  was referred; ^onimittee D. 
That  they had gone through  the  Bill,  and made 
Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do  lie  upon  the  No. 152. 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read a second  time 

Ordered,  That the Minutes of  the Proceedings  No. 152. 

to-morrow. 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be printed. 

Town Tenants 
BilL 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second Beading of the Town  Tenants  Bill; 

Standing Committee,  be taken into consideration 
upon Friday  next;  and be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill  157. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill be  read a second  time 

upon  Thursday the  14th day of August next. 

Adjournment. 

A  Motion  was made, and  the  Question being 
roposed,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn,— 
Colonel  Sanders); 

% 

And  notice  being  taken  that Forty  Mem-
bers were not present, the House was told 
by  Mr.  Speaker;  and  Forty  Members 
not being  present,  and it being then after 
Four  of  the  clock,  the  House  was  ad-
journed by Mr.  Speaker, at seven minutes 
after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  without  a 
Question first put, till to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by Mr. Speaker, pursuant to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Patents  and  Designs  Bill 

Trade  Marks  Bill  -

D. 

D. 

Newark Gas 
Bill  [Lerdt.] 

Londonderry 
Port and 
Harbour BiU 
[ionfc.] 

Trade Boards 
Acts. 

Wednesday, 30th July  1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE   Newark  Gas  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the 

third time and passed,  with an Amendment. 
Ordered,  That  the  Clerk do carry  the  Bill  to 
the Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this House 
hath agreed to the same, with an Amendment;  to 
which this House doth desire the Concurrence of 
their Lordships. 

The  Londonderry  Port  and  Harbour  Bill 
[Lords]  was, according  to Order,  read  a second 
time, and committed. 

Sir  Robert  Home  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Special  Order made by the  Minister  of  Labour, 
in  pursuance of  Section  1  of  the  Trade  Boards 
Act,  1918,  with reference to the Fur Trade. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That a Message be sent to the  Lords Boland's 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to Divorce Bill 
communicate  to  this  House  Copies  of  the  1 
Minutes of  Evidence and  Proceedings,  together 
with  the  Documents  deposited,  in  the  case  of 
Boland's  Divorce  Bill 
[Lords].—(The  Lord 
Advocate):  And  that  the  Clerk  do  carry  the 
said Message. 

The  House  was  moved  That  leave  be  given Standing 
to  Standing  Committee  E  to  make  a  Special compen^tion 
Beport:  And the same was brought up and read, f o r Subsidence 
as followeth : 

Bill. 

Sir  Watson Rutherford  reported from Standing  Special Report. 

Committee  E,  to  whom  the  Compensation  tor  No.  153. 
Subsidence  Bill  was  committed,  that  he  had 
adjourned the proceedings of  the  Committee on 
this Bill  to  a  future  date, to  be  named  by the 
Chairman,  on  the  request  of  the  Member  in 
charge of  the Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and  be printed. 

The Intestate Moveable Succession (Scotland) 
Bill  [Lords],  was read the first time,  and ordered 
to  be read a second  time  to-morrow ;  and  to be 
printed. 

Intestate 
Moveable 
Succession 
(Scotland) 
Bill [Lordt.] 
Bill  158. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Selection;  That  they had  discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee A:—Lord  Hugh  Cecil,  Captain  Foxcroft, 
Mr.  Inskip,  Mr.  Ronald  M'Neill,  Sir  William 
Pearce,  Mr.  Reid,  Mr.  Sitch,  and  Captain 
Watson. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee A. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  further  reported from the Standing 
Committee ;  That  they had added the  following Committee A. 
Member  to  Standing  Committee  A  (in  respect 
of the  Coal Mines Bill):—Mr.  Secretary  Shortt. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from the  Lords  by the Lords, 
one of their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  tb  the  Stocksbridge Stocksbridge 

Gas Bill, with Amendments ;  to Which the Lords Gas BiU-
desire the concurrence of this  House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Waterford Waterford 
Harbour  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which  the Harbour BiU. 
Lords  desire  the concurrence of this House. 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented  a Bill  to amend the Dogs 

Dogs  Begulation  (Ireland) Act,  1865 :  And  the 
same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time (No. 2) BUI. 
Bill 159. 
to-morrow;  and to be printed. 

Metropolitan 
Water Board. 

Dr.  Addison  presented, pursuant  to  the direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Six-
teenth Annual Beport of the Metropolitan Water 
Board for  1918-19. 

VOL.  174. 

The  West  Indian  Court of  Appeal  Bill  was, West Indian 

according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and 
committed to a Standing  Committee. 

L  L  4 

War Lean 
Bill. 

Mr. Speaker's 
Certificate. 

2 64 

30 th July. 

1919. 

The War  Loan  Bill  was, according  to order, 

read the third time and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the Clerk do carry the  Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence (the Bill 
having been endorsed  by Mr.  Speaker with  the 
following Certificate  :— 

I  hereby  certify  that  this  Bill  is  a  Money 
Bill within the  meaning of  the  Parliament 
Act,  1911. 

JAMES  W.   LOWTHER, 

Speaker). 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the Committee had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may have  leave  to 
sit again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Government 
of the Soudan 
Loan Bill. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Government  of  the 
Soudan Loan Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

Clauses No.  1 and No. 2 agreed to. 
Schedule agreed to. 
Bill to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy Chairman reported, That  the Committee 
had gone through  the  Bill,  and  directed him  to 
report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the  Bill be read the third time 

upon Friday next. 

Merchant 
Shipping 
(Wireless 
Telegraphy) 
Bill [Lurdt.] 

The  House, according  to Order, proceeded  to 
take into  consideration  the  Merchant  Shipping 
(Wireless  Telegraphy)  Bill [Lords],  as amended 
in the Standing Committee. 

An  Amendment was  proposed  to  be  made to 
the  Bill,  in  p. 1,1.  5,  by  leaving  out  the  word 
"  seagoing."—(Mr.  Chadwick.) 

And the Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

"  seagoing "  stand part of  the Bill: 

T he   H o u se   divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the /Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Yeas, 

(Captain  Guest: 

Tellers  f or   t h e / M r.   Chadwick, 

N o e s,  

I M r.   Sexton: 

229. 

1 
J 

55. 

So it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made to the Bill, in p.  1,1.  6, by leaving out the 
"  sixteen  hundred," and  inserting  the 
words 
words 
"  one  thousand," —  (Lieutenant-Com-
mander Kenworthy)—instead  thereof. 

And  the Question  being  put, That  the words 
"sixteen  hundred"  stand  part  of  the  Bill:—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That  the Bill be now read  tbe third 
time :—The  Bill  was accordingly  read the third 
time and passed, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ;  and  acquaint  them that this  House 
hath agreed  to the same, with Amendments ;  to 
which this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 

Supply. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

into the Committee of  Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Agriculture 
Second Reading  of the Agriculture and Fisheries ^d  Fisheries 
/n  
(Councils, &c.) Bill; 

(Councils, 4cc.) 
Bill. 

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Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a second time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Overseas 

Second  Reading  of  the  Overseas  Trade  (In-
surance against  Abnormal  Risks) Bill; 

against™06 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read a  second time  R ^ m i. 

upon Monday next. 

The  House, according to Order, proceeded  to Government 

take  into  consideration  the  Government  War Wf? 
Obligations  Bill, not  amended  in  the  Standing Biu.8*'101" 
Committee. 

. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read the third time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Forestry Bill 

Second Reading of  the Forestry Bill  [Lords].  [.Lord*.] 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read  a second time 

upon Friday next. 

» 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Labourers 
Second  Reading  of  the  Labourers  (Ireland) (i»i»nd) Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Friday next. 

Colonel  Sanders reported from the Committee Supply 
of  Supply of  the  29th  day  ot' this instant July [20th July] 
a Resolution ;  which was read, as followeth: 

Beport. 

Army  Estimates,  1919-1920  (Further  Vote 
on Account). 

Army 
Estimates, 
1919-20 

That a further sum not exceeding £107,000,000 (further Vote 

be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  on  account  foron Accoant--> 
defraying  the  charges for Army  Services which 
will come in course  of  payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of  March  1920. 

The  said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time, was agreed to. 

Colonel  Sanders reported from the Committee Supply 
of  Supply on  the 14th  day of  this instant July r^th July] 
a Resolution ;  which was read, as followeth: 

epo * 

Civil  Services Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  II. 

(In  the Committee.) 

Civil  Services and Revenue Departments 
Estimates,  1919-20. 

' 

Class  II. 

£57,525  for the  Salaries and Expenses of the 
Department of His  Majesty's  Secretary of  State 
for the  Colonies, including  a  Grant  for certain 
Expenses connected with Emigration. 

Resolution to be reported. 

That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £2,113,254  be Board of 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sumTrade-
necessary to defray the charge which  will  come 
in course of payment during the year ending  on 
the 31st day ot March  1920 for  the Salaries and 
Expenses  of  the  Office  of  the  Committee  of 
Privy, Council  for  Trade  and  Subordinate  De-
partments,  including  certain  Special  Services 
arising out of the ^var.  ' 

• 

The  said Resolution,  being  read  a  second time, 

was  agreed  to. 

10  GEO.  V. 

30tk July. 

265 

Colonel  Sanders  reported  from  Standing 
Som^tteeCl  Committee  C  several  Resolutions  of  the  lst 
day  of  thisinstant  July  relating  to  Supply; 
[lst July] 
which were read, as follow: 
Beport. 

Department 
of Overseas 
Trade. 

Woods, 
Forests, &c., 
Office of. 

Works, and 
Public 
Buildings, 
Office of. 

Civil  Services Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  II. 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £190,000  be 
grunted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to defray the  charge wnich will  come 
in course of  payment during the year ending on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Department  of  Overseas 
Trade. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £15,213  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to defray the charge which  will  come 
in course of  payment during the  year ending  on 
the 31st day of  March  1920 for the  Salaries and 
Expenses in the Office of  His Majesty's  Woods, 
Forests, and Land Revenues. 

3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £170,890  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to defray the  charge which  will  come 
in course, of payment during the  year ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries 
and Expenses of the Office of the Commissioners 
of  His  Majesty's Works  and Public  Buildings. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time, were agreed to. 

Supply 
[Standing 
Committee  0] 
[10th July] 
Beport. 

Colonel  Sanders  reported  from  Standing 
Committee  C  several  Resolutions, of  the  10th 
day of  this  instant  July  relating  to  Supply; 
which were read, as follow : 

Industrial,  and  Day  Industrial  Schools,  and  in 
Places  of  Detention under  the Children Aet, in 
Great Britain. 

5.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £46.875  be Criminal 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  s u m j ^ j^ 
necessary to defray  the  charge which will  come (England.) 
in course of payment during the  year ending  on 
the  31st day of  March  1920 for  the  expense  of 
the  Maintenance  of  Criminal  Lunatics  in  the 
Criminal  Lunatic  Asylums  at  Broadmoor  and 
' 
Rampton. 

•  •,  . 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 

were agreed to. 

Colonel  Sanders reported from  the Committee Supply 
of Supply of the 17th  day of  this instant July a ^e7thrtJu,y] 
Resolution;  which was read, as followeth : 

Civil  Services and Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  1919-20. 

Revenue Departments. 

That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £25,273,922  be Post Office, 

granted  to  His Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray the charge which will  come 
in course of  payment during the year ending on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Post  Office,  including 
Telegraphs  and Telephones. 

The  said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time, was agreed to. 

Colonel  Sanders  reported 

from  Standing Supply 

Committee  C  several  Resolutions  of  the  9th Committee 01 
day  of  this  instant  July  relating  to  Supply ;  rgth July] 
which  were  read,  as  follow: 

port. 

fee 

Government 
Control of 
Railways. 

Police 
(England and 
Wales.) 

Prisons 
(England and 
the Colonies.) 

Beformatory 
and Industrial 
Schools (Great 
Britain.) 

Civil  Services Estimates,  1919-20. 

Civil  Services Estimates,  1919-20. 

Unclassified Services. 

Class  II. 

That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £30,000,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to defray the  charge  which will come 
in course of payment during the  year  ending on 
the 31st  day of  March  1920  to  meet  expendi-
ture  arising  from  the  Government  Control  of 
Railways  in  Great  Britain  and  Irelaud  under 
the Regulation  of the Forces Act,  1871. 

Class  III. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding £1,183,337  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty, to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to defray the charge which  will  come 
in course of payment during the  year  ending on 
the 31st day of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries  of 
the Commissioner  and  Assistant Commissioners 
of the Metropolitan  Police, and  of  the Receiver 
for the Metropolitan  Police  District, the  contri-
bution towards the expenses of the Metropolitan 
Police,  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of  the  In-
spectors  of  Constabulary,  and  other  Grants  in 
respect of Police Expenditure. 

3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £473,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty, to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to defray the  charge  which will come 
in course of  payment during the  year ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the Expenses 
of  the  Prisons  in  England,  Wales,  and  the 
Colonies,  including  a  Grant  in  aid  of  certain 
Expenses connected with Discharged Prisoners. 

4.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £285,332  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to defray the  charge which will  come 
in course of payment during  the year  ending on 
the 31st dsy  of March 1920  for the Salaries and 
Expenses of  the Office of  the Inspector  of  Re-
formatories, and  for  the Expense  of  the Main-
tenance  of  Juvenile Offenders  in  Reformatory, 

1,  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £112,751  be Mercantile 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray the  charge which  will come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on  the 31st day  of  March  1920 for the Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  certain  services  transferred 
from  the  Mercantile  Marine  Fund,  and  other 
services connected  with  the Mercaniile  Marine, 
including Merchant  Seamen's Fund Pensions. 

2.  That  a  sum  not exceeding £6  be  granted Bankruptcy 
to His  Majesty, to complete  the  sum  necessary Department of 
to defray  the charge which will  come  in  course pj^" 1 
of  payment during  the  year ending  on  the 31st 
day of  March  1920  lor meeting  the  Deficiency 
of  Income  from Fees,  &c.,  for  the  requirements 
of  the  Board  of  Trade,  under  the  Bankruptcy 
Act,  1914. 

o£ 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time, were  agreed to. 

Colonel  Sanders  reported  from  Standing Supply 
Committee  C  several  Resolutions  of  the  23rd [Standing 
day  of  this  instant  July  relating  to  Supply ; r^srfj^y] 
which were read, as follow : 

Report. 

Civil  Services  Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  V. 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £  1,164,797  be Diplomatic 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum and Consular 
necessary  to defray the  charge which  will come Senriee'* 
in  cours'e  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Ex-
penses 
in  connection  with  His  Majesty's 
Embassies,  Missions,  and  Consular  Establish-
ments Abroad, and other Expenditure chargeable 
to the Consular  Vote. 

VOL.   174. 

MM 

2 66 

30^—31s/  July. 

Class  II. 

Office 
(Ireland.) 

Charitable 
2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,312  be 
Donations and  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray the charge which  will come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the,  year  ending 
on the 31st  day  of  March  1920 for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Office  of  the  Commis-
sioners  of  Charitable  Donations  and  Bequests 
for  Ireland. 

Public Works 
Office 
(Ireland.) 

3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £34,757  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray the charge which will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on  the  31st  day of  March  1920  for  the Salaries 
and Expenses of  the  Office of  Public  Works  in 
Ireland. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time, were agreed to. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to Shops Act, 

the directions of  an Act  of  Parliament,—-Copies 19i2- 
of  Orders  made under tbe  Shops Act,  1912, by 
the  Councils  of  tbe  undermentioned  Local 
Authorities,  and confirmed by  the  Secretary for 
Scotland:— 

' 

Burgh of  Edinburgh; 
Burgh  of  Maxwelltown. 

Ordered,  That the  said Paper do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  George  Roberts  presented,  by  His Ministry of 
Majesty's Command,—Copy of Financial  Report ^J?"1 
. . 
of  the  Ministry  of  Food,  with  Provisional Re'ponT) 
Trading  Account  for  the financial year ending 
31st  March  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre- Experiments 

Ways and 
Means, 

Committee of  Ways and  Means; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Adjournment. 

Resolved, That this House  do  now adjourn.— 

(Colonel  Sanders.) 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  ten  minutes  before 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

Thursday,  31 st July  1919, 

P S A T B R S. 

Nuneaton 
Corporation 
Bill  [L«rdt.] 

THE  Nuneaton  Corporation  Bill  [Lords] was 

read the third time and passed, with Amend-

ments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk do carry the  Bill to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them that  this House 
hath  agreed  to the same, with  Amendments;  to 
which this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their  Lordships. 

Huddersfield 
Corporation 
Gas Bill 
[.Lordt.] 

The  House  proceeded  to take into  considera-
tion  the  Huddersfield  Corporation  Gas  Bill 
[Lords],  as amended in the Committee. 

An  Amendment  was made to the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read the third time. 

Stockton-on-
Tees 
Corporation 
Bill  [ Lm-dt.] 

The  House  proceeded to  take into  considera-
tion  the  Stockton-on-Tees  Corporation  Bill 
\_Lords],  as amended in the  Committee. 

sented to His Majesty, that He will be graciously ^"J,^71"8 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid  nnDaB-
before this  House a Return  showing the number 
of  Experiments  on  Living  Animals  during  the 
year  1918  under licences granted  under the Act 
39  and 40  Vict.,  c.  77,  distinguishing  the nature 
of  the  experiments  (in  continuation  of  Parlia-
mentary Paper, No. 109, of  Session  1918).—(Mr. 
Baird.) 

Ordered, That the  adjourned Debate  upon the Corn 

Question proposed upon the 4th day of  June last, Production 
That  the  Corn  Production  Acts  (Repeal)  Bill 
be  now  read  a  second  time,  be  resumed  upon 
Thursday the  14th day of  August  next. 

(Repeal) 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought from the Lords  by the Lords, 
one of their Clerks,  as followeth : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Finance  Bill, Finance Bill, 

without any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Falmouth  Docks 
Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

Falmouth 
Docks Bill 
[ Lordt.'} 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made by this House to the Medway Conservancy 
Bill  [Lords],  without any  Amendment. 

Medway 
Conservancy 
Bill  [Lordt.] 

Tbe  Lords do  not  insist  on their Amendment 
to  the  Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c.  Bill,  to 
which  this  House  hath  disagreed,  and  have 
agreed  to  the  Amendment  proposed  by  this 
House in lieu thereof. 

Housing, 
Town 
Planning, &c. 
Bill. 

reported 

Mr.  Macmaster 

from  Standin] 
Committee  E, to  whom  the Agricultural  Lam 
Sales (Restriction  of  Notices  to  Quit)  Bill was 
referred;  That they  had gone  through the  Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Standing 
Committee E. 
Agricultural 
Land Sales 
(Restriction  o 
Notice® to 
Quit) Bill. 

No.  154. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read the third time. 

Table ; and be printed. 

Public 
Becords. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  the  Eightieth 
Report  of  the  Deputy  Keeper  of  the  Public 
Records. 

Ordered, That  the said Paper do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Housing. 

Dr.  Addison  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—-Copy  of  Housing  Schemes  sub-
mitted  to  the  Ministry  of  Health  by  Local 
Authorities and Public  Utility  Societies. 

Ordered,  That the Minutes of  the Proceedings  No. 154. 

of  the Standing  Committee  be printed.  . 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill 160. 

Standing  Committee,  be  taken  into  considera-
tion  to-morrow ;  and be printed. 

on 

the  Committee 

The Chairman of  Ways  and  Means  reported tramways 
the  Tramways Provisional 

from 
Provisional  Orders Bill  [Lords]  ;  That they had boi [Xor^.] 
considered  the  Orders  therein  contained;  that [Provisional 
the said Orders ottght to be confirmed;  and that Orders 
-
they  had  directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  withoonfirmed-] 
Amendments, to the House. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper  do  He upon the 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Table. 

10  GEO.  V. 

3ls£  July. 

267 

Ammanford 
Gas Bill, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration  to-
morrow. 

The  Chairman of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from the Committee on the Ammanford Gas Bill; 
That they had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same 
so as to  make  it  consistent  with  the  provisions 
of  the  Bill,  as  passed  by  the  Committee,  and 
found the same, as amended, to be true, and had 
gone  through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and Means reported 
t l i e  Shorehani-by-Sea  Urban  District  Council 

Shoreham-by 
District"1 
Council BiU  Bill  [Zorrf*], with Amendments. 
[Zonk.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be printed. 

Bast Ham 

The  Chairman of  Ways  and Means  reported 

Biff'r^Tl 

1 

t he   E a st   H am   C o rP o r a t i on   B i l 1  [Lords],  with 
Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do  lie  upon  the 

Table.  •..,..-  ,, 

London 
Electric 
Bail way BiU 
I Lordt.] 

The  Chairman of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
from  the  Committee  on  the  London  Electric 
Bailway  Bill  [ i o r Aj  ;  That they had examine^ 
the allegations contained  in the Preamble of the 
Bill,  and  amended  the  same  so  as  to  make  it 
consistent  with  the  Bill  as  passed  by  the 
Committee,  and  found  the  same,  as  amended, 
to be  true, and hitd  gone  through  the  Bill and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the 

do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Blackpool 
Improvement  the Blackpool Improvement  Bill  \ Lords] <  with 
Bill [Lord*.]  Amendments. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and Means  reported 

, 

' 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  further 
reported  from  the  Committee;  That  they  had 
examined  the  allegations  contained 
in  the 
Preamble of  the Bill,  and had verbally amended 
the same, and found the same, as amended, to be 
true, and had  gone through  the  Bill  and  made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon 

the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

The Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means reported West 
the West  Hartlepool  Corporation  Bill  [ i o r ^ ],   ^ 1^ ?^ 
with Amendments. 

. BUl  [Lordt.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be printed. 

Ordered,  That  Sir  Arthur  Steel-Maitland be High Prices 

discharged from  the  Select  Committee on High and  Profit<-
Prices and Profits. 

Ordered, That Major-General  Sir John David? 
son  be  added  to  the  Committee.-—(Colonel 
Gibbs.) 

A  Motion  was  made, and  the  Question being Business of 
proposed. That the Navy  Excess  Vote, 1917-18, the House 
and all outstanding  Votes  in  the  Civil  Services (SuPP1J'0 
and  Revenue  Departments  Estimates  and 
Supplementary  Estimates,  1919-20,  except 
Class 2,  Votes  17 and 33, and  Class  7,  Votes  3, 
4,  5,  and  10,  be  considered  in  Committee  of 
Supply ;  that on this day, notwithstanding  any-
thing  in  Standing  Order  No.  15,  the  Navy 
Excess  Vote,  1917—18j  and  Supplementary 
Estimates for  New  Services  may be considered 
in  Committee  of  Supply;  that no  Question be 
put  upon  Navy  Estimates,  1919-20,  Vote  I  ; 
that  the  Question  necessary to  dispose  of  any 
outstanding unclassified  Votes in  the  Civil  Ser-
vices  Estimates  and  Supplementary  Estimates 
be put as if  those  Votes  constituted  together a 
class of those Estimates ;  and that business other 
than the business of Supply may be taken before 
Eleven of the clock.—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Leeds 
BTr°wTl 

1  L 

-  The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported 
[Lords],  with 
t he  
Amendments. 

L e e d s  Corporation  Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Birmingham 
Corporation 
BiU^Z^L]  {.Lords], with Amendments. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and Means reported 
the  Birmingham  Corporation  Tramways  Bill 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Clowes Settled  The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means reported 
the Clowes  Settled  Estates  Bill [Lords],  without 
Estates BUl 
[Lordt.] 
Amendment. 

The  Question was amended, in 1. 8, by leaving 
out from "  1,"  to the word "  and," in 1.  10.—(Sir 
Donald  Maclean.) 

And the Question,  so amended being put— 

Ordered,  That  the  Navy  Excess  Vote, 
1917-18,  and  all outstanding  Votes in the Civil 
Services  and  Revenue  Departments  Estimates 
and  Supplementary  Estimates,  1919-20,  except 
Class  2, Votes  17 and 33,  and Class 7,  Votes 3, 
4,  5,  and  10,  be  considered  in  Committee  of 
Supply ;  that on  this  day, notwithstanding any-
thing  in  Standing  Order  No.  15,  the  Navy 
Excess Vote,  1917-18,  and Supplementary  Esti-
mates  for  New  Services  may be  considered  in 
Committee of  Supply ;  that no  Question  be put 
upon  Navy  Estimates,  1919-20,  Vote  1 ;  and 
that Business other than the Business of  Supply 
may be taken before  Eleven of the clock. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do  lie  upon  the 

The  Order  made  upon  the  30th  day of  this West Indian 

Table;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read the third time. 

instant  July,  That  the  West  Indian  Court  of Court of 
Appeal Bill  be  committed  to  a  Standing  Com-AppealBm" 
mittee was  read, and discharged. 

Pembroke Gas  The .Chairman; of  Ways  and  Means reported 
BiU [Lorii,]  from the Committee on  the  Pembroke Gas Bill 
[Lords]  ; That, in pursuance of the Besolution of 
the  House  of  the  2nd  da£  of  July  last,  the 
additional  provision  referred  to  in  the  said 
Resolution had been inserted in the Bill. 

VOL.  174. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  this day.—• 
(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

William  Morgan  Jellett,  Esquire,  K.C.,  M e n-   New  Member 

ber for  the  University  of  Dublin,  was  sworn. 

sworn. 

M  M  2 

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31 st July. 

1919. 

Supply 
y.9th allotted  i o to   t h e  Committee of  Supply. 

The  House, according to Order, resolved itself 

(In the Committee.) 

Civil  Services aud Revenue Departments 
Estimates and Supplementary 
Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  II. 

1.  £245,711  for the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Board of Agriculture for Scotland, including 
certain  Grants  in  Aid  and  certain  Special 
Services arising out of  the  War. 

2.  £2,927,220 

Class  IV. 
for  Public  Education 

in 

Scotland, and for Science and Art  in Scotland. 

Class  II. 

3.  £21,177  for  the Salaries  and Expenses  of 
the Fishery Board  for  Scotland, and for Grants 
in Aid  of Piers or Quays. 

1. £1,131,000 (Supplementary) for the Salaries 
4 
1 Expenses of the Fishery  Board for Scotland, 
and 
including  Grants in Aid  of  Piers or Quays, and 
certain  Special  Expenditure  in  connection with 
the Purchase and Storing of  Pickled  Herrings. 
5.  £23,010  for the  Salaries  and Expenses  of 
the  Office  of  His  Majesty's  Secretary  for 
Scotland  and  subordinate  Offices,  Expenses 
under  the  Inebriates  Acts,  1879  to  1900, 
Expenses  under  the  Private  Legislation  Pro-
cedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  and  Expenses 
under the National Registration  Acts,  1915 and 
1918. 

Unclassified Services. 

Motion made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
a  Supplementary sum  not  exceeding  £4,488,500 
be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge 
which will come in course of  payment during the 
year ending on the  31st day of  March  1920, for 
the cost of certain  Miscellaneous War  Services : 
—Motion,  by leave, withdrawn. 

6.  Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a sum not exceeding  £45,855,000  be granted to 
His  Majesty, to  complete  the  sum necessary to 
defray  the charge which will come  in  course  of 
payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of  March  1920 for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses 
of  the  Ministry  of  Pensions,  and  for  sundry 
Contributions in  respect  of  the  Administration 
of  the Ministry of Pensions  Act,  1916 : 

Whereupon,  the  Gentleman  Usher  of 
Black  Rod  having  come  with  a  message, 
Chairman left the Chair. 

the 
the 

Mr. Deputy  Speaker resumed the Chair. 

A  Message  was  delivered  by  Admiral  Sir 
Henry  r redenck  Stephenson, Gentleman  Usher 
of  the  Black  Rod,  attending  the  House  of 
Lords: 

Mr. Deputy  Speaker, 

The  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
Majesty's Commission, for declaring  His  Royal 
Assent  to  several  Acts  agreed  upon  by  both 
Houses, desire  the immediate attendance of  this 
Honourable  House  in  the  House  of  Peers,  to 
hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker,  with  the 
House,  went  up to  the  House  of  Peers:—And 
having returned; 

Mr. Deputy Speaker reported, That the House, 
at the desire of the Lords authorised by virtue of 
His Majesty's Commission, had been at the House 
of Peers, where  a  Commission under  the  Great 

Royal Assent. 

Seal was read,giving, declaring, and notifying the 
Royal  Assent to  the several  Acts  therein men-
tioned;  and  that  the. Lords  thereby authorised 
had declared the Royal Assent to  the said Acts, 
as follow: 

1.  Finance Act,  1919. 
2.  Anglo-French Treaty (Defence of France) 

Act,  1919. 

3.  Treaty of Peace Act,  1919. 
4.  Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c. Act,  1919. 
5.  London County Council (General Powers) 

Act,  1919. 

6.  Sheringham  Gas  and Water  Act,  1919. 
7.  Fylde  Water Board  Act,  1919. 
8.  Llanelly  Rural District  Water Act,  1919. 
9.  Falmouth  Docks Act,  1919. 

10.  Medway  Conservancy  Act,  1919. 
11.  Stoney's  Divorce Act,  1919. 
12.  Pallin's  Divorce  Act,  1919. 

The  House  again  resolved  itself  into  the Supply. 

Committee of  Supply. 

(In  the Committee.) 

Question  again  proposed,  That  a  sum  not 
exceeding  £45,855,000  be  granted  to  His 
Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray 
the charge which will come in course of  payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1920 lor the Salaries and Expenses of the Ministry 
of  Pensions,  and  for  sundry  contributions  in 
respect of the Administration  of  the Ministry of 
=>-
Pensions  Act,  1916: 

And it  being Ten of  the clock, the Chairman chairman put 

proceeded, pursuant  to  Standing  Order No.  15, Questions 
to  put  forthwith  the  Question  necessary  to  ^ j ^ L *^ 
dispose of  the Vote  under consideration : 

8.0. No. 15.) 

Question put,  and agreed to. 

The  Chairman  then. proceeded,  pursuant  to 
Standing  Order  No.  15,  to  put  severally  the 
Questions, That  the  total amounts of  the Votes 
outstanding  in the several  Classes  of  the  Civil 
Services  Estimates,  and of  the  other  outstand-
ing Votes,  including  Supplementary  Estimates, 
and the total amounts  of  the Votes  outstanding 
in  the  Estimates for  the  Revenue  Departments 
and  the  Navy  Excess  Vote,  be  granted  for 
the  Services  defined  in  those  Classes  and 
Estimates. 

Civil  Services and Revenue Departments 
Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  I. 

7.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,349,660  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the sum 
necessary to  defray the  charge  which will come 
in course of payment  during  the year ending on 
the  31st  day of  March  1920 for  expenditure in 
respect  of  the  Services  included  in  Class  I. of 
the Estimates for  Civil  Services, viz.:— 

4.  Houses  of  Parliament  Buildings 

(Supplementary sum) 

-

2,310 

9.  Ministry  of  Labour,  Employment 
Exchange  and Insurance  Buildings, 
Great Britain  (Supplementary  sum) 
10.  Public  Buildings,  Great  Britain 

500,000 

(Supplementary  sum) 

-

-  847,350 

£1,349,660 

Class  II. 

8.  That  a sum  not  exceeding  £3,796,403  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 

lo   am   V. 

31 st July. 

269 

necessary to  defray the  charge which will come 
in course of  payment during the year ending on 
the  31st day of  March  1920 for  expenditure in 
respect of  the Services  included  in  Class II.  of 
the Estimates for Civil  Services,  viz.  :— 

necessary to  defray the charge  which will  come 
in course of  payment during the year ending on 
the 3lst  day of  March  1920 for  expenditure  in 
respect of  the Services included in  Class  IV.  of 
the Estimates for Civil Services,  viz.:— 

£ 

£ 

4.  Home  Office 
6.  Foreign  Office 

.

.
..

.

.. 

-

-

11.  Board  of  Agriculture  and Fisheries 
18.  Board of  Control,  England  -
- 
- 
19.  The  Mint 
20.  National  Debt  Office  • 
21.  Public Record  Office  - 
-
22.  Public Works  Loan Commission  -
23.  Registrar  General's  Office, England 
24.  Stationery  and Printing 
26A.  Privy  Seal  Office 
27.  Secret  Service 

.. 

- 

- 

- 

-

.

.

-  152,058 
-  109,668 
-  378,095 
-  116,650 
6 
11,236 
17,697 
8,851 
- 
41,459 
-  2,280,442 
3,900 
50.000 

- 
- 

- 

Scotland: 

31.  General Board of  Control,  Scotland 
32.  Begistrar General's  Office, Scotland 

-
-

29,734 
7,514 

1.  Board of  Education  - 
2.  British Museum (including  a  Supple-

- 

- 

-  16,353,111 

- 

- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
mentary sum of  £10,000) 
- 
3.  National  Gallery 
- 
- 
4.  National  Portrait  Gallery  - 
- 
- 
5.  Wallace  Collection 
6.  London  Museum 
- 
- 
7.  Imperial  War  Museum  (including a 
Supplementary  sum  of  £37,300)  - 
- 
- 
10.  Universities  and  Colleges,  Great 
Britain,  and  Intermediate  Educa-
- 
tion, Wales  - 
- 
- 

10A.  Universities, &o.,  Special  Grants 
10B.  Serbian Relief  Fund 

8.  Scientific Investigation,  &c. 
9.  Scientific and Industrial Research 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

129,714 
11,167 
3,211 
5,315 
2,400 

48,500 
63,974 
162,815 

645,700 
300,000 
12,500 

Ireland  : 

Scotland: 

Ireland 

34.  Household  of  Lord  Lieutenant  of 
-

- 
- 
35.  Chief  Secretary for  Ireland 
36.  Department  of  Agriculture  and Tech-

- 

- 

nical Instruction 

-

38.  Congested Districts  Board  for Ireland 
39.  .Local Government  Board  • 
-
40.  Public  Record  Office  - 
42.  Registrar  General's  Office  - 
- 
43.  Valuation and Boundary  Survey 

-

2,304 
49,604 

328,588 
69,750 
100,320 
5,945 
9,595 
22,987 

12.  National  Galleries 

.

.

..

4,887 

Ireland  : 

13.  Public Education  (inoludinga Supple-
mentary  sum of  £451,280) 

- 
14.  Intermediate  Education,  Ireland 
15.  Endowed  Schools  Commissioners 
16.  National Gallery 
17.  Science and Art 
18.  Universities and C o l l e g e s . ..  

..
..

.
.

.
.

-  1,822,636 
89,000 
- 
492 
- 
2,650 
155,498 
41,000 

£3,796,403 

£19,954,570 

Class  V. 

Class  III. 

9.  That a  sum  not  exceeding  £7,850,379  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge which will come 
in course of  payment during  the year ending on 
the 31st  day  of  March  1920 for expenditure  in 
respect of  the Services included in Class III. of 
the Estimates for Civil Services,  viz.:— 

11.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £696,246  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sue. 
necessary to  defray the  charge which will  come 
in course  of payment during  the year  ending on 
the  31st day of  March  1920  lor  expenditure  in 
respect of  the  Services  included  in  Class  V. of 
the Estimates for Civil  Services,  viz.:— 

1.  Law  Charges 
2.  Miscellaneous Legal Expenses 
3.  Supreme  Court of Judicature and Court 

- 

£ 
135,132 
,  -  21,314 

of  Criminal Appeal  - 

- 

- 

4.  Land Registry 
5.  Public  Trustee 
6.  County  CourtB 
7.  Police  (England  and  Wales)  (Supple-

.
- 

..

.

.

-  195,044 
32,605 
5 
189,277 

mentary sum)  -  <  - 

- 

- 

4,000,000 

10.  Criminal  Lunatic  Asylums,  England 

(Supplementary  sum) 

- 

- 

-  7,366 

Scotland: 

11.  Law  Charges and Courts  of  Law  - 
- 
- 
12.  Scottish Land Court 
13.  Register  House,  Edinburgh  - 
- 
13A.  Police  (Scotland)  (including a Supple-

- 

-  64,700 
5,798 
- 
-  36,314 

mentary  sum  of  £530,000) 
- 

- 

- 

14.  Prisons- 

- 
Ireland: 

- 
- 

-  710,000 
-  114,772 

15.  Law  Charges and Criminal Prosecutions  37,753 
16.  Supreme  Court of  Judicature and other 

..

- 

- 

Legal Departments 

- 
17.  Irish  Land  Commission 
.
- 
18.  County  Court Officers, &c. 
19.  Dublin  Metropolitan  Police  - 
20.  Royal  Irish  Constabulary 
- 
21.  Prisons  - 
22.  Reformatory  and Industrial  Schools 
23.  Dundrum  Criminal  Lunatic  Asylum 

- 
- 
- 

- 

..

.

.

-  91,649 
577,335 
-  75,911 
-  93,044 
1,285,223 
102,017 
-  65,874 
9,246 
- 

£7,850,379 

Class  IV. 

10.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £19,854,570 
be  granted  to His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 

1.  Diplomatic  and  Consular 
-

(Supplementary  sum) 

Services 

2.  Colonial  Services 
3.  Telegraph  Subsidies 
-
4.  Cyprus  (Grant  in  Aid) 

205,885 
482,061 
7,300 
1,000 

£696,246 

Class  VI. 

12.  That a sum not exceeding £10,327,838  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the sum 
necessary to defray  the charge which will  come 
in course of  payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of  March  1920  for  expenditure in 
respect  of  the  Services  included  in  Class  VI. 
of the Estimates for Civil  Services, viz.: — 

.  ances 

1.  Superannuation  and  Retired  AUow-
-
2.  Miscellaneous  Expenses  (including  a 
Supplementary  sum of  £5,000) 

--

- 

-

-

- 

.1.  Hospitals and Charities,  Ireland 
4.  Temporary  Commissions 
..
5.  Repayments to the Local  Loans  Fund  - 
6.  Ireland Development  Grant 
7.  Government  Hospitality 
8.  Expenses  under  the  Representation  of 

- 
- 

- 

.

469,649 

-  21,744 
738 
• 
85,000 
5,011 
-  135,000 
-  110,000 

the People Act 

9.  Development  Fund 

.
- 

.

..

- 
- 

- 
• 

200,00Q 
1,000,003 
8,250,000 

10.  Road Improvement  Fund 
11.  Mission  of  His  Royal  Highness  the 

Prince of  Wales to  Canada 

- 

- 

5,000 

12.  Repayments  to  the  Civil  Contingencies 

Fund 

-  45,696 

£10,327,838 

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Hist 

July. 

W it 

Class  VII. 

War  Trade  Department. 

13.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £25,987,265 
be granted to His  Majesty, to complete  the sum 
necessary to  defray the  charge which will  come 
in  course  of  payment during the year ending on 
the  31st day  of  March  1920 for expenditure  in 
respect of  the  Services  included  in Class  VII. 
of the Estimates for Civil  Services, viz.  — 

19.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty, to  complete  the sum 
necessary to defray the charge which  will  come 
in course of  payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of  March  1920 for the Salaries and 
Expenses of the War  Trade Department, 

£ 

Restriction of Enemy  Supplies Department. 

-  *  - 

- 

10,892,000 

1.  Old Age  Pensions 
2.  National  Health 
- 
Committee 

Insurance  Joint 
- 

- 

- 

- 
3A.  Ministry  of  Health  - 
5A.  Scottish Board  of  Health  - 
6.  National  Health 

- 
Insurance  Com-
- 
7.  Ministry of  Labonr(including  a Supple-

mission  (Ireland)  - 

- 

- 

- 

mentary sum  of  £4,000,000) 

- 

8.  National Insnrance,.Audit  Department 
9.  Treatment  of  Tuberculosis  (Special 
- 
- 
- 

11.  Friendly  Societies'  Deficiency 

grants)  - 

- 
- 

a. 

- 

664,605 
6,650,590 

773,037  . 

271,745 

-  5,935,053 
85,400 

700,000 
14,835 

£25,987,265 

Ministry of  Munitions (Ordnance Factories). 

14.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £90  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to defray the charge  which  will  come 
in course of payment during  the year ending on 
the  31st day  of  March  1920  for  the expense of 
Ordnance Factories, the cost of the production of 
which  will  be  charged  to  the  Ministry  of 
Munitions. 

Ministry  of National  Service. 

15.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £47,588  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray the  charge which will come 
in course  of  payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of  March  1920  for the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Ministry  of  National Service. 

Ministry  of Reconstruction. 

16.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £33,878  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty, to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray the  charge which will  come 
in course of  payment during the year  ending on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries 
and Expenses of  the Ministry of  Reconstruction. 

Ministry  of Labour (Civil  Demobilisation and 
Resettlement  Department), 

17.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £21,373,593 
(including a Supplementary sum of  £9,500,000) 
be granted to His  Majesty, to complete the sum 
necessary to defray the charge which will  come 
in jcourse of  payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March  1920 for the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Department of Civil Demobilisa-
tion and Resettlement of the Ministry of Labour, 
including  Out-of-Work  Donation and  the Con-
tribution  to the Unemployed  Insurance  Fund, 
and  Repayments  to  Associations  pursuant  to 
Sections 85 and  106 of  the National Insurance 
Act,  1911, and  the  National  Insurance  (Part 
II.)  (Munition  Workers)  Act,  1916, and Grants 
foi  the training of Demobilised Officers. 

National  War  Savings  Committee. 

18.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £65,540  be 
grf nted  to  His  Majesty, to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to defray the charge which will  come 
in course of  payment during  the year ending on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  National  War  Savings 
Committee. 

20.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £19,164  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty, to  complete  the Sum 
necessary to defray  the charge which will  come 
in course of  payment during the year ending on 
the 31st  day of  March  1920 for the Salaries and 
Expenses of  the Restriction of  Enemy  Supplies 
Department. 

Commission Internationale de Ravitaillement. 

21.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £45,016  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty, to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to defray the charge which  will  come 
in course of  payment during  the year ending on 
the 31st  day of  March  1920 for the Salaries and 
Expenses of  the Commission  Internationale de 
Ravitaillement. 

Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic), 

22.  That  a sum  not  exceeding  £116,350  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty, to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to defray the charge which  will  comb 
in course of  payment during the  year ending on 
the 31st day of March  1920 for the  Salaries and 
Expenses of the Central  Control Board (Liquor 
Traffic), including  the  cost  of  acquisition  and 
direct control of  licensed premises and businesses 
and the provision of canteens. 

Imperial War  Graves Commission. 
23.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding £937,347  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty, to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to defray the charge which  will  come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March  1920 for the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Imperial War  Graves Commis-
sion, formed  under  Royal  Charter,  10th  May 
1917. 

Military Service (Civil  Liabilities) Department. 

24.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £4,092,103 
(including a Supplementary sum  of  £2,400,000) 
be granted to His  Majesty, to complete the sum 
necessary to defray the charge which  will  come 
in course of  payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of  March  1920 for the Salaries and 
Expenses  of  ihe  Military  Service  (Civil  Liar 
bilities)  Department,  and  for  the  payment  of 
Grants  for  assisting  Officers  and  Meu  of  His 
Majesty's Forces in cases of  serious hardship to 
meet certain financial obligations, and Grants to 
facilitate their reinstatement in civil life. 

Royal Patriotic Fund. 
25.  That  a  sum  not exceeding  £156,135  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on  the 31st day  of  March  1920 for 
a Grant in Aid  of  the Royal Patriotic  Fund. 

Loans to Dominions and Allies. 

26.  That a sum  not  exceeding  £110,000,000 
(including a Supplementary sum of £60,000,000), 
be granted to His  Majesty, to complete the sum 
necessary to  defray the charge which will  come 
in course of  payment during the year ending on 
the  31st  day of  March  1920  for  Loans to the 
Governments of British Dominions and of Allied 
Countries, and for Loans and Grants for purposes 
of Reconstruction  and Relief in  War  Areas. 

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Canal Compensation. 

27.  That  a sum  not  exceeding  £600,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to defray the charge which  will  come 
in course of  payment during the year ending on 
the 31st  day of  March  1920  for Compensation 
to Canal Companies and  Canal  Carriers  in  the 
United  Kingdom  arising  out  of  Government 
Control.. 

. 

v 

Bread Subsidy. 
28.  That a sum not exceeding £30,000,000 be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray the  charge which will come 
in course of  payment during the  year ending on 
the 31 st day of  March  1920 for the Cost of the 
Bread Subsidy. 

Treasury  Securities  Deposit  Scheme. 

29.  That a sum  not  exceeding  £925,407  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty, to  complete the  sum 
necessary to defray the charge  which will  come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Expenses 
connected with the Treasury Securities  Deposit. 

in course of  payment during the year  ending on 
the 31st day of  March 1920  for  expenditure  in 
respect of the Services included in the  Estimates 
for Revenue Departments, viz.  :— 

1.  Customs and Excise 
2.  Inland Revenue 
-
3.  Post  Office (Supplementary  sum) 

-
- 

- 

£ 
2,091,664 
2,625,380 
170,000 

£4,887,044 

Navy  Estimates, Excess  1917-18. 

36.  That a sum not exceeding £10 be granted 
to His  Majesty, to defray the charge which will 
come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ended on the  31st  day  of  March  1918  to make 
good Excesses of  Navy Expenditure  beyond the 
grants  for  the  year  ended  on  the 31st  day of 
March  1918. 

Resolutions to be reported. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker resumed the Chair ; and 
the Chairman of Ways and Means reported, That 
the  Committee  had come to several Resolutions. 

Property  Losses (Ireland)  Compensation. 

Ordered, That the  Report  be  received  upon 

30.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £160,000 be 
granted  to  His  Majesty, to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to defray the charge which will  come 
in course of payment  during the year ending on 
the 31st day of March  1920 for ex gratia Grants 
in respect of Losses and Injuries sustained in the 
Rebellion in Ireland. 

Miscellaneous  War  Services (Foreign Office). 

31.  That a sum  not exceeding £1,835,000 be 
granted  to  His  Majesty, to  complete the  sum 
necessary to defray the charge which  will  come 
in course of payment during the year ending on 
the  31st  March  1920  for  the  cost  of  certain 
Miscellaneous  War  Services. 

Purchase of  Housing  Materials (England and 
Wales). 

32.  That a sum  not  exceeding £5,500,000 be 
granted  to  His  Majesty, to  defray the  charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending  on  the 31st day of  March  1920 for 
the Cost of  Building  Materials for the Housing 
of the Working  Classes in England and Wales. 

Purchase of Housing  Materials (Scotland.) 

33.  That a sum not  exceeding £1,500,000 be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray the  charge 
which  will  come, in  course  of  payment  during 
the year ending on the 31st  day of  March 1920 
for  the  Cost  of  Building  Materials  for  the 
Housing  of the  Working  Classes in Scotland. 

Coal Mines Deficiency. 

34.  That a sum not exceeding £26,400,000 be 
granted  to  His  Majesty, to  defray  the  charge 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on  the 31st day of  March  1920  to 
meet  the  Deficiency  arising  under  the  Coal 
Mines Control  Agreement  (Confirmation)  Act, 
1918, and the cost of carrying out the recommen-
dations contained in  the Interim  Beport of  the 
Chairman  of  the  Coal  Industry  Commission, 
dated  20th  March  1919,  and  for  kindred 
purposes. 

Revenue Departments Estimates,  1919-20; 

35.  That  a  sum  not exceeding  £4,887,044  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge  which  will  come 

Monday next. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted the  House, that  he was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may have  leave  to 
sit again. 

Resolved,  That this  House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 

into the Committee of  Ways  and Means. 

Means 

( In the Committee.) 

1.  Resolved,  That,  towards  making  good  the 
Supply granted  to  His Majesty for  the  service 
of  the  year  ended  on  the  31st  day  of  March 
1918,  the  sum  of  £10  be  granted  out  of  the 
Consolidated Fund  of  the  United  Kingdom.— 
(Colonel Sanders.) 

2.  Resolved,  That,  towards  making  good  the 
Supply granted  to  His  Majesty  for  the service 
of  the  year  ending  on  the  31st day  of  March 
1920, the sum of £613,315,596  be granted out of 
the Consolidated Fund of  the United  Kingdom. 
—(Colonel Sanders.) 

Resolutions to be reported. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  : 
and  the Chairman of Ways  and Means reported, . 
That  the  Committee  had  come  to  several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to 

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted the  House,  that  he  was directed to 
move,  That the Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve itself into the said Committee. 

!The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Intestate 
Second  Reading  of  the  Intestate  Moveable Moveable 
§Snd) 
Succession  (Scotland) Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read a second  time  BiU 

to-morrow. 

VOL.  174. 

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191& 

Dogs 
Regulation 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2) BUI. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Beading  of  the  Dogs  Regulation  (Ire-
land) (No.  2)  Bill. 

Friday,  1st August  1919. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill be read  a second  time 

P R A Y E R S, 

to-morrow. 

Supply 
r30th July] 
Beport. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Supply  of 
the 30th day of this instant July; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received upon 

Monday next. 

Government 
War 
Obligations 
BUI. 
Mr. Speaker's 
certificate. 

The  Government  War  Obligations  Bill was, 
according  to  Order,  read  the  third  time  and 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence (the Bill 
having been endorsed  by  Mr.  Speaker with  the 
following Certificate  :— 

I  hereby  certify  that  this  Bill  is  a  Money 
Bill within  tbe  meaning of  the  Parliament 
Act,  1911. 

JAMES  W.   L O W T H E R, 

Speaker). 

West Indian 
9°urt 
,. 
ApperiBlll.. 

The  House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a  Committee  on  the  W est  Indian Court of 
A p p e a l B i l l. 

(In  the Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to No.  8 agreed to. 
Bill to be reported. 

A MOTION  being made, That the Poole  Cor- Poole 
rV  poration Bill  [ Lords'] be now read the third 
time ; 

Lord  Edmund  Talbot, by  His Majesty's Com-
mand, acquainted the  House,  That His Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the  Bill, 
gives  His  Consent,  as  far  as  His  Majesty's 
interest  is  concerned,  that  the  House  may do 
therein as they shall think  fit. 

Then  the  Bill  was  read  the  thisd time and 

with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Clerk  do  carry the Bill to 
the Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments; 
to  whicb this  House doth desire the concurrence 
of  their Lordships. 

The  House, proceeded to  take into considera- Middlesbrough 

tion the Middlesbrough Corporation Bill [Lords],  ^ p ^ on 
as amended in the Committee. 

L 

-J 

Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill  be read the third time. 

The  House, according  to Order,  proceeded to Tramways 

take  into  consideration  the  Tramways  Provi-
sional Orders  Bill  [Lords],  as  amended  in  the [Lords.] 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the  Bill be read  the third time 

upon Monday  next. 

[ 

! 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported, That 
the  Committee had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend-
ment. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill be now read  the third 
time :—The  Bill was  accordingly read  the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do carry the Bill  to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House Merchant 
a  return  showing,  separately, British  merchant Stopping 
and fishing vessels captured or destroyed by the 
enemy;  also  British merchant  vessels  damaged 
or molested  by the  enemy, but not sunk, during 
the period 4th  day of  August  1914 to  11th day 
of November  1918 ;  to show, as far as is known, 
name, gross tonnage, date, position, and  method 
of  attack, cause of loss or escape, and number of 
lives lost.—(Lieutenant-Colonel  Burgoyne.) 

Adjournment.  Besotved,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn. 

—(Colonel  Sanders.) 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  eighteen  minutes  after 
Ten of the clock, adjourned till to-morrow. 

STANDING  COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to a 
Standing Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing-
Committee. 

Patents  and  Designs  B i ll  

(trans-
ferred  from  Standing  Committee 
-
- 
D)  

- 

- 

- 

- 

Trade  Marks  Bill  (transferred  from 
-

Standing  Committee  D)  

- 

C. 

iC. 

Ordered,  that  there  be  laid  before  this Navy Losses. 

House,  a  return  showing  the  losses  of  ships 
of the Royal  Navy  during the period 4th day of 
August  1914  to  11th  day  of  November  1918, 
distinguishing battleships, cruisers, light cruisers, 
torpedo gunboats,  coast  defence ships, monitors, 
sloops,  river  gunboats,  flotilla  leaders,  torpedo 
boat  destroyers,  torpedo  boats,  submarines, 
coastal  motor  boats,  patrol  boats, armed  mer-
chant cruisers, mine-layers,  aircraft carriers, and 
armed boarding  steamers;  to show, as  far  as  is 
known, name, class, displacement, date of launch, 
date of completion, and  date, place, and  method 
of loss : 

And showing the  losses  of  auxiliary  ships of 
the Royal  Navy during  the  period  4th  day of 
August  1914  to  11th  day  of  November  1918, 
distinguishing hospital ships, store carriers, mine 
sweepers, auxiliary patrol paddlers, mine carriers, 
fleet  messengers,  commissioned  escort  ships, 
miscellaneous  craft, w colliers,  oilers,  special 
service  ships,  tugs,  yachts, and  other  auxiliary 
craft;  to show, as far  as  is known,  name, class, 
gross  tonnage,  whether  or  not  commissioned, 
and  date,  place,  and  method  of  loss.—(Lieu- , 
tenant-Colonel  Burgoyne.) 

Mr.  Attorney-General  presented  a  Bill  to War 

continue  temporarily  certain  emergency  enact-
ments  and  regulations, and  to  make  provision (Continuance) 
with  reBpiect  to  the  expiration  of  emergency Bill. 

Bill 161. 

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Ministries and 
Secretaries 
BiU. 

Bill-162. 

enactments  and  instruments  made  thereunder: 
And the same was ordered  to be  read  a  second 
time upon Monday  next;  and to be printed. 

The  Prime  Minister,  supported  by  Mr. 
Bonar Lavs,  Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer, 
and Mr.  Attorney  General, presented  a  Bill  to 
remove  the  statutory limitation  on  the  salaries 
of  certain Ministers,  to increase  thQ  number  of 
Secretaries  of  State  and  Under  Secretaries  of 
State  capable  of  sitting  and  voting  in  the 
Commons House of  Parliament, and  to  transfer 
the powers of the Secretary  of  Scotland  to  one 
of  His Majesty's Principal  Secretaries of  State : 
And the same was ordered  to  be  read a second 
time upon Monday next;  and to be printed. 

PoUce BUl. 

The House, according  to  Order, proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Police  Bill,  as 
amended in the Standing Committee. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p.  2,1.  29,  by  inserting  after the 
word  "  submitted,"  the  words  "  to  the  police 
authorities and."—(Mr.  Forestier-Walker.) 

And  the Question being proposed.  That those 
words be there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—The said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made to  the 

BiU. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be now read the third 
time:—The  Bill was  accordingly read  the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered, That  the Clerk do  carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

A  Clause  (Amendment  of  provisions  as  to 
police pensions,)—(Mr.  Secretary  Shortt),  was 
twice read ;  and made part of the Bill. 

An  Amendment  was proposed to be  made to 
the  Bill,  in p.  1, 1. 8,  by  leaving  out  from  the 
word  "  efficiency,"  to  the word "  there,"  in 1. 9. 
—(Mr.  Royce.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That the 
words proposed to  be left  out  stand part  of  the 
Bill:—The said proposed  Amendment  was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,1.  14,  by  leaving out  sub-
section (2).—(Mr.  Clynes.) 

And the Question being  put, That  the  words 

proposed to be left out stand part of  the Bill  ; 

The  House divided. 
The Yeas to the Bight; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the ( Lord Edmund  Talbot,  ) 
| 

( Mr.  Dudley  Ward : 
Tellers for the ( Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 

Yeas, 

Noes, 

[ Mr.  Griffiths : 

117. 

28. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 1,1.17, by leaving  out Clause 2. 
—(Mr.  Clynes.) 

And the Question being put,  That  the  words 
proposed to be left out, to the end of 1. 19, stand 
part of the Bill:—It was resolved in the Affirma-
tive. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 2,1.  9, by leaving out Clause 3. 
—(Mr.  Clynes.) 

And the  Question  being put,  That the  words 
"  If  any person  causes "  stand part  of  the Bill: 
— It   was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the Bill,  in p. 2,  1. 19,  by  leaving  out  from 
the word "  five,"  to the end of the Clause.—(Mr. 
Tyson  Wilson.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed, That  the 
words proposed  to  be  left  out stand part of the 
Bill:—The  said proposed Amendment was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  1.  23,  by  leaving  out  the 
word "  Government."—(Mr.  Alfred  Short.) 

And the  Question  being  proposed, That  the 
word "  Go\ernment"  stand  part  of the  Bill  :— 
The  said proposed  Amendment  was, with leave 
of the  House, withdrawn. 

0 

The  Labourers  (Ireland) Bill  was,  according Labourers 

to  Order,  read  a  second  time. 

(Ireland) Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will  immediately 
resolve  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill. 
—(Colonel Sanders.) 

The House  accordingly resolved itself into the 

Committee. 

(In the  Committee.) 

Clause No.  1 amended, and agreed to. 
Clause No. 2 agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee, be now  taken  into  consideration:— 
The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
Bill into consideration. 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  now read the third 
time :—The Bill  was accordingly read  the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That the Clerk  do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Dogs 
SecondBeading of the Dogs Begulation (Ireland) 5egJlla!??n 
(No.  2)  Bill; 

KV 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Tuesday next. 

The  Government  of  the  Soudan  Loan  Bill Govern ment of 

was, according to Order, read the third time and 
passed. 

'  j 

° 

So^,an 
Loan BUL 

Ordered, That  the Clerk  do  carry the Bill  to Mr. Speaker's 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence (the  Bill Certificate, 
having  been  endorsed  by  Mr.  Speaker with the 
following  Certificate:— 

I  hereby  certify  that  this  Bill  is  a  Money 
Bill within  the  meaning of  the  Parliament 
Act,  1911. 

JAMES  W.   LOWTHER, 

Speaker). 

The  House, according  to Order, proceeded to Agricultural 

take  into  consideration  the  Agricultural  LandLand  Sale8 
Sales  (Bestriction  of  Notices to  Quit)  Bill,  us 
amended in the Standing  Committee. 

^^ 
Quit) BUl. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  now  read the third 
time :—The  Bill  was  accordingly read the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

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1 9 1 9. 

Forestry 
Bill  [Lordt.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the Forestry Bill  [Lords] ; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

upon Tuesday next. 

Monday, 4th August  1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Ways and 
Means. 
[31st July] 
Report. 

The Order of  the day being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  of  Ways  and 
Means of the 31st day of July  last; 

Ordered, That  the Report  be  received  upon 

Monday next. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That  this House will,  upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee, 

Intestate 
Moveable 
Succession 
(Scotland) 
Bill [Lords.] 

The Intestate  Moveable  Succession  (Scot-
land) Bill  [Lords']  was, according to Order, read 
a second time. 

Resolved, That  this  House  will  immediately 
resolve itself into the Committee  on  the  Bill.— 
(Colonel  Sanders.) 

The  House  accordingly  resolved  itself  into 

the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 

Clause No.  1 agreed to. 

Clause No. 2 amended, and agreed to. 

Clauses No.  3 and No.  4  agreed to. 

THE  House proceeded to take into considera- 8tocksbridge 

tion the  Amendments made by the  Lords to Gas Bl11-

the Stocksbridge  Gas Bill;  and  the  same  were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That  the Clerk  do  carry the Bill to 
the Lords  ;  and  acquaint them that  this House 
hath  agreed to  the Amendments  made  by their 
Lordships'. 

The House proceeded to  take  into  considera- Waterford 
tion the  Amendments  made by the Lords to  the Harbour Bill, 
Waterford  Harbour  Bill;  and  the  same  were 
twice read, and  agreed to. 

Ordered, That  the Clerk do carry the  Bill  to 
the Lords;  and acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The Huddersfield Corporation Gas Bill [Lords]  Huddersfield 
was  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with Corporation 
« 
1 
Amendments. 

' Gas Bill 
(3-o.a Kill 
[Lords.] 

7 

4 

Ordered, That the Clerk  do  carry the Bill to 
the Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments ; 
to  which this House doth desire the concurrence 
of  their Lordships. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 

A  Motion  being made,  That the Stockton-on- Stockton-on-

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee, be  now  taken  into consideration :— 
The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
Bill into consideration. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be now read the third 
time:—The  Bill  was  accordingly read  the  third 
time and passed, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That  the Clerk  do carry the Bill to 
the Lords;  and acquaint  them that  this  House 
hath agreed to the  same, with Amendments ;  to 
which this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their  Lordships. 

Nmses 
Registration 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for taking 
into consideration the Nurses Registration  Bill, 
as amended in the Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  taken into  further 

consideration upon  Friday next. 

National 
Assembly of 
the Church of 
England 
(Powers) Bill 
f Lords.] 

Adjournment! 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  National  Assembly  of 
the Church of England (Powers) Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read  a  second time 

upon Wednesday  next. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the 
House,  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being  then 
one minute before Four  of  the clock, till 
Monday next. 

Tees Corporation  Bill  [Lords]  be now read  the £®es 
third time; 

^ 

BilT^rL.] 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means, by  His 
Majesty's Command, acquainted  the House that 
His  Majesty,  having  been  informed  of  the 
purport of  the  Bill,  gives  His  Consent,  as  far 
as His Majesty's  interest  is concerned, that  the 
House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then  the  Bill  was  read  the  third  time and 

passed, with  Amendments. 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do  carry the Bill to 
the  Lords;  and acquaint them that  this  House 
hath agreed to  the same, with Amendments ;  to 
which this  House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 

The  House proceeded  to  take  into  considera- Cannock 
tion  the  Cannock Urban  District  Council  Bill, ^irtrict 
as  amended  in  the  Committee. 

Council Bill. 

Ordered, That  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
be  suspended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read 
the  third  time.—(The  Chairman  of  Ways and 
Means.) 

The Bill was accordingly  read  the  third time 

and passed. 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do  carry the Bill  to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 

The  House  proceeded  to  take into  considera- Walsall 
tion the Walsall Corporation  Bill, as amended in Corporation 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That  Standing  Orders  223  and 243 
be  suspended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read 
the third  time.—(The  Chairman of  Ways  and 
Means.) 

The  Bill  was  accordingly  read the third time 

and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

10  G E O.  V, 

4oth  August. 

Newcastle-
upon-Tyne 
Corporation 
(Rates) BUI 
[Lordt.] 

The  Newcastle -  upon -  Tvne  Corporation 
(Elites)  Rill'  [Lords]  was  read  a  second time, 
and committed. 

Ordered, That  Standing  Order  211  be  sus-
pended, and that the  Committee on  Unopposed 
Bills have leave to  consider the  Bill  on  Thurs-
day next.—(The Chairman of Ways and Means.) 

Tramways 
Provisional 
Orders 
BiU  [Lordt.] 

The  Tramways  Provisional  Orders  Bill 
[Lords]  was, according to  Order, read the  third 
time and passed, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That  the Clerk do carry the  Bill to 
the Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this House 
hath agreed to  the same, with  Amendments;  to 
which this  House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 

Clyde 
Navigation 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

Bill  163. 

Mr.  Munro  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a 
Provisional  Order,  under  the  Private  Legisla-
tion Procedure  (Scotland) Act,  1899, relating to 
the  Clyde Navigation  :  And the  same was read 
the first time, and  ordered  (under  Section  9  of 
the Act) to be read a second time upon Tuesday, 
the  12th day of  this  instant August;  and to be 
printed. 

Post  Office 
(Foreign and 
Colonial 
Parcel Post.) 

Mr.  Illingworth  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
the  Foreign and  Colonial  Parcel  Post  Amend-
ment  (No.  91)  Warrant,  1919,  dated  8th  July 
1919. 

^ 
(Inland Post.) W a m m t}   m 9>   d a t e (]  22nd May  1919. 

.  Copy of the Inland Post Amendment (No.  19) 

Ordered,  That the said Papers do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Corn 
Production 
Act,  1917. 

Shops Act, 
1912. 

Board of 
Education. 

Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen  presented, pur-
suant to  the directions of  an Act of  Parliament, 
—Copy of  Regulations  made  by the  Board  of 
Agriculture and  Fisheries under the  Corn Pro-
duction Act,  1917, with respect to  claims under 
Part IV.  of  that  Act  as  amended  by the  Corn 
Production  (Amendment) Act,  1918. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of Order  made under  the  Shops  Act,  1912, by 
the Council of  the under-mentioned local autho-
rity,  and  confirmed, with  Amendment,  by  the 
Secretary  for Scotland :— 
Burgh  of  Dundee. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr. Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Com-
mand,—Copy  of  Draft, dated  15th  July  1919, 
of the School Teachers' Superannuation (Amend-
ing)  Bule,  1919,  proposed  to  be  made  by  the 
Board  of  Education,  with  the  consent  of  the 
Treasury,  under  Section  15  of  the  School 
Teachers (Superannuation) Act,  1918, amending 
the  School  Teachers'  Superannuation  Buies, 
1919. 

Ordered, That  the said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Message from 
the Lords. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought from the  Lords  by 
one of  their Clerks, as followeth  s 

Local 
Elections 
(Proportional 
Bepresenta-
tion) Bill 
[iMrdt.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to authorise the introduction of proportional 
representation in  Local Elections,  and for other 
purposes  connected  therewith;  to  which  the 
Lords desire the concurrence of  this House. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com- Selection 

mittee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  added  to 
Standing  Committee  C  the  following  Ten standing 
Members (in respect of the Patents and Designs Committee C 
Bill  and  the  Trade  Marks  Bill)  :—Captain 
Wedgwood Benn,  Sir  Stuart  Coats, Sir Auckland 
Geddes, Mr.  Thomas  Griffiths, Mr.  Hood, Major 
Lloyd- Greame, Sir  George  Croydon Marks,  Mr. 
Solicitor  General,  Mr.  Wallace, and Mr. Stephen 
Walsh. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  further reported from the  Standing 
Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the Committee A. 
following  Member from Standing  Committee  A: 
—Sir John  Tudor  Walters. 

o 

r 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further reported from the Standing 
Committee;  That they had discharged the follow- Committee B 
ing Member from  Standing Committee E  (added 
in respect of  the Ferries (Acquisition  by County 
Councils)  Bill)  [Lords]  :—  Brigadier  General 
Wigan. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretarv  Shortt,  supported  by  Major Welsh Church 

Baird  and  Mr. * Solicitor  General,  presented  a^porali-
Bill  to  continue  in  office  the  Welsh  Commis-  g.jj  ^ 
sioners appointed under the  Welsh  Church  Act, 
1914, to  postpone the date  of  disestablishment, 
and to  make  further  provision  with  respect  to 
the temporalities of  and marriages in the Church 
Wales:  And  the  same  was  ordered to  be 
in 
time  to-morrow;  and  to  be 
read  a  second 
printed. 

Ireland,  presented  a  Bill  to 

.  Mr.  Macpherson,  supported  by  Mr.  Attorney Supreme 
General  for 
amend  section  seventy-three  of  the  Supreme (ireiand^Bill. 
Court  of  Judicature  Act  (Ireland),  1877,  as 
respects appointments to junior clerkships in the 
High Court:  And  the  same  was ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time  to-morrow;  aud  to  be 
printed. 

jjjy  165> 

Colonel Gilmour reported from the Committee Supply 

of  Supply of  the  31st  day of  July  last,  several [20th allotted 
Besolntions ;  which were read, as follow : 

[S   July] 

Civil  Services and Revenue  Departments 
Estimates, and Supplementary 
Estimates,  1919-20. 

BeP°rt-

Class  II. 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £245,711  be Board of 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the sum 
necessary  to defray  the charge which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on the 31st  day of  March  1920  for the Salaries 
and Expenses  of  the Board  of  Agriculture  for 
Scotland,  including  certain Grants  in  Aid  and 
certain  Special  Services arising out of the  War. 

Class  IV. 

2.  That  a sum  not  exceeding  £2,927,220  be Public 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum  y ^ ^p 
necessary  to  defray the  charge which will come 
in  Course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  Public 
Education  in  Scotland,  and  for  Science  and 
Art in Scotland. 

Class  II. 

3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £21,177  be Fishery Board, 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum Bootland' 
necessary to  defray the  charge which will  come 
in course of  payment  during the year ending on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Fishery  Board  for  Scot-
land and for Grants in Aid  of  Piers or Quays. 

VOL.  174. 

N  N  2 

276 

4 th August. 

Fishery Board, 
Scotland 
(Supple-
mentary.) 

Office of 
Secretary for 
Scotland. 

Ministry of 
Pensions. 

Class 1. 

4.  That  a Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding 
£1,131,000  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  de-
fray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st 
day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries  and  Ex-
penses  of  the  Fishery  Board  for  Scotland,  in-
cluding Grants  in  Aid  of  Piers  or Quays, and 
certain Special  Expenditure  in  connection with 
the Purchase and Storing of Pickled  Herrings. 

5.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £23,010  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to defray the  charge  which  will come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on  the 31st  day of  March  1920  for the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Office  of  His  Majesty's 
Secretary  for Scotland and  Subordinate Offices, 
Expenses  under  the  Inebriates  Acts,  1879  to 
1900,  Expenses  under  the  Private  Legislation 
Procedure (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  and  Expenses 
under the National Registration  Acts,  1915  and 
1918. 

Unclassified Services. 

6.  That a  sum not exceeding  £45,855,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray the  charge which  will  come 
in  course of  payment during  the year ending on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries 
and Expenses  of  the Ministry of  Pensions, and 
for sundry  Contributions  in  respect of  the  Ad-
ministration  of  the  Ministry  of  Pensions  Act, 
1916. 

Civil Services and Revenue  Departments 
Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  I. 

7.  That a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,349,660  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to defray the  charge which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on the 31st day of  March  1920 for  Expenditure 
in  respect  of  the Services  included  in Class  1. 
of the Estimates for Civil  Services,  viz.:— 
£ 

plementary  snm) 

4.  Houses  of Parliament Buildings  (Sup-
- 
9.  Ministry  of  Labour,  Employment  Ex-
change  and  Insurance  Buildings, 
Great Britain (Supplementary sum) 
10.  Public  Buildings,  Great  Britain  (Sup-

- 

- 

- 

2,310 

500,000 

plementary  sum) 

- 

- 

- 

847,350 

Ireland  : 

34.  Household  of  Lord  Lieutenant  of 

Ireland 

-

-

-

-

--

nical Instruction 

35.  Chief  Secretary  for  Ireland 
36.  Department  of  Agriculture  and Tech-
-
38.  Congested  Districts  Board  for  Ireland 
.  -
- 
39.  Local  Government  Board 
40.  Public  Record  Office  - 
-
- 
42.  Registrar  General's  Office  -
43,  Valuation  and  Boundary  Survey 

- 
- 

- 

- 

- 

1919. 

£ 
2,304 
49,604 

328,588 
69,750 
100,320 
5,945 
9,595 
22,987 

£3,796,403 

Class  III. 

9.  That  a sum  not  exceeding  £7,850,379  be Class III. 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray the  charge which will  come 
in course  of  payment  during the year ending on 
the 31st  day  of  March  1920 for  expenditure in 
respect of  the Services included  in Class III.  of 
the Estimates for Civil  Services,  viz.:— 

Court  of  Criminal  Appeal 

1.  Law  Charges 
2.  Miscellaneous  Legal  Expenses  - 
- 
3.  Supreme  Court  of  Judicature  and 
- 
- 

4.  Land  Registry 
- 
5.  Public  Trustee  -
6.  County  Courts 
7.  Police  (England  and  Wales)  Supple-

- 
- 

- 
-

--

- 

-

-

£ 
135,132 
21,314 

195,044 
32,605 
5 
189,277 

mentary  sum) 

- 

- 

- 

-  4,000,000 

10.  Criminal  Lunatic  Asylums,  England 

(Supplementary  sum) 

- 

7,366 

Scotland  : 

- 
11.  Law  Charges and Courts of  Law 
- 
- 
12.  Scottish  Land  Court  - 
- 
13.  Register  House,  Edinburgh 
• 
- 
13A.Police  (Scotland)  (including  a  Sup-
- 
plementary  sum  of  £530,000) 

14. Prisons 

Ireland ; 

64,700 
5,798 
36,314 

710,000 
114,772 

15  Law  Charges  and  Criminal  Prosecu-

tions 

-

-

-

-

.. 

37,753 

16.  Supreme  Court  of  Judicature  and 

other Legal  Departments 

17.  Irish  Land  Commission 
-
18.  County  Court  Officers,  &c. 
19.  Dublin  Metropolitan  Police 
20.  Royal  Irish  Constabulary  -
-
21.  Prisons 
22.  Reformatory and  Industrial  Schools 
-
23.  Dundrum  Criminal  Lunatic  Asylum  -

--

-

-

-

91,649 
577,335 
75,911 
93,044 
1,285,223 
102,017 
65,874 
9,246 

£ 7 , 8 5 0 , 3 79 

£1,349,660 

C l a ss   I V. 

Class II. 

Class  II. 

8.  That  a  sum  not exceeding  £3,796,403  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray the  charge which will  come 
in course of  payment  during the year  ending on 
the  31st  day of  March  1920 for expenditure  in 
respect  of  the Services] included  in  Class II. of 
the Estimates for Civil  Services, viz.  :— 

4.  Home  Office 
5.  Foreign  Office 

.

..
-

-

- 

--

-
11.  Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries  - 
- 
18.  Board of  Control,  England 
19.  The  Mint 
20.  National  Debt  Office  - 
21.  Public Record  Office  - 
22.  Public  Works  Loan  Commission 
23.  Registrar  General's  Office, England 
24.  Stationery  and Printing 
26A. Privy  Seal  Office 
- 
27.  Secret  Service 

- 
,  - 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

* 

£ 
152,058 
109,668 
378,095 
116,650 
6 
11,236 
17,697 
8,851 
- 
- 
41,459 
-  2,280,442 
3,900 
50,000 

- 

10.  That a sum not  exceeding £19,854,570  be OISMIY. 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray the  charge which will  come 
in course of  payment during  the year ending on 
the 31st  day of  March  1920 for expenditure  in 
respect of  the Services  included  in Class IV.  of 
the Estimates for Civil Services,  viz.:— 

£ 

-16,353,111 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 
- 
- 

1.  Board  of  Education  - 
2.  British  Museum  (including  a  Supple-
- 

mentary  sum  of  £10,000) 
3.  National  Gallery 
- 
4.  National  Portrait Gallery  - 
5.  Wallace  Collection 
6.  London  Museum 
7.  Imperial  War  Museum  (including  a 
- 
- 
- 
10.  Universities  and  Colleges,  Great 
Britain,  and  Intermediate  Educa-
- 
tion,  Wales 
- 

8.  Scientific Investigation,  &c. 
• 
9.  Scientific and Industrial  Research 

- 
10A.Universities,  &c.,  Special  Grants 

Supplementary  sum  of  £37,300) 

- 
.

- 

- 

- 

..

.

129,714 
11,167 
3,211 
5,315 
2,400 

48,500 
63,974 
162,815 

645,700 
300,000 

Scotland: 

10B.Serbian  Relief  Fund 

- 

- 

- 

12,500 

31.  General Board of Control, Scotland  - 
32.  Registrar General's Office, Scotland  - 

29,734 
7,514 

Scotland: 

12.  National Galleries 

4,887 

 
 
 
 
10   GEO.  V. 

Ireland: 

4 th August. 

277 

13.  Public Education (inoluding a Supple- 

mentary sum of  £451,280) 

- 
14.  Intermediate Education,  Ireland 
15.  Endowed  Schools Commissioners 
16.  National  Gallery 
17.  Science and Art 
18.  Universities and Colleges  - 

- 
.

..

.

£ 
-  1,822,636 
89,000 
- 
492 
- 
2,650 
155,498 
41,000 

£19,854,570 

Ministry of Munitions  (Ordnance Factories). 
14.  That  a sum not exceeding  £90  be granted Ministry of 
to His  Majesty,  to  complete  the sum necessary  rordnaSce 
to defray the charge  which  will  come  in course Factories.) 
of  payment  during  the year ending on  the 3lst 
day  of  March  1920  for  the  Expense  of  the 
Ordnance  Factories, the  cost  of  the production 
of  which  will  be  charged  to  the  Ministry  of 
Munitions. 

Class  V. 

Ministry  of  National  Service. 

€1m«V. 

11.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £696,246  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray the  charge which will come 
in course of  payment  during  the year  ending on 
the  31st  day of  March  1920  for expenditure in 
respect of  the  Services  included  in  Class  V.  of 
the Estimates for  Civil  Services,  viz.:— 

1.  Diplomatic  and  Consular 
(Supplementary  sum) 

Services 

2.  Colonial Services 
3.  Telegraph  Subsidies 
-
4.  Cyprus (Grant in  Aid) 

205,885 
482,061 
7,300 
1,000 

£696,246 

Class  VI. 

12.  That a sum not exceeding £10,327,838  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray the  charge which will come 
in course of  payment  during  the year ending on 
the 31st  day  of  March  1920  for  expenditure  in 
respect of  the  Services  included  in Class  VI.  of 
the Estimates for Civil  Services,  v i z .— 

<31US VI. 

1.  Superannuation  and  Retired  Allow-

ances 

2.  Miscellaneous  Expenses  (including  a 
-
Supplementary sum of  £5,000) 

3.  Hospitals and Charities,  Ireland 
4.  Temporary  Commissions  -. 
5.  Repayments to the Local Loans Fond 
6.  Ireland Development  Grant 
7.  Government  Hospitality  -
8.  Expenses  under  the  Representation 

.

.. 

of  the People Act 
9.  Development  Fund  -
10.  Road Improvement  Fund 
11 

Mission  of  His  Royal  Highness  the 

Prince of  Wales to Canada  -

12, 

Repayments  to  the  Civil  Contin-

gencies Fund 

- 

- 

-

469,649 

21,744 
738 
85,000 
5,011 
135,000 
110,000 

200,000 
1,000,000 
8,250,000 

5,000 

45,696 

15.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £47,588  be Ministry of 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum geati?^al 
necessary to  defray the  charge  which will  jome  m c e" 
in course of  payment  during  the year ending on 
the 3lst  day of  March  1920 for. the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Ministry  of  National  Service. 

Ministry of Reconstruction. 

16.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £33,878  be Ministry of 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum Reconstruo-
necessary  to defray  the  charge which will come  on' 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on the  31st  day of  March  1920 for  the Salaries 
and Expenses of  the Ministry of  Reconstruction. 

Ministry  of  Labour  (Civil  Demobilisation  and 
Resettlement  Department). 

17.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £21,373,593  Ministry of 
(including  a Supplementary  sum )of  £9,500,000)  ^XmStfon 
be granted to His  Majesty,  to complete the  sum and 
necessary to  defray the  charge  which will come Resettlement 
in  course  of  payment during the year  ending on Department.) 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries 
and Expenses  of  the Department  of  Civil  De-
mobilisation  and Resettlement  of  the  Ministry 
of  Labour,  including  Out-of-Work  Donation 
and  the  Contribution  to  the  Unemployed  In-
surance Fund,  and  Repayments  to  Associations 

fursuant to Sections 85 and 106  of  the  National 

nsurance Act, 1911, and the National Insurance 
(Part  II.)  (Munition  Workers)  Act,  1916,  and 
Grants for the training of  Demobilised Officers. 

National War  Savings  Committee. 

18.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £65,540  be National War 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum ®aTin£®. 
necessary  to  defray the  charge which will  come 
in course of  payment during  the year ending  on 
the 31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  National  War  Savings 
Committee. 

£10,327,838 

War  Trade  Department. 

Class  V I I. 

Class  V I I. 

13.  That a sum not exceeding £25,987,265  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray the charge which will  come 
in course of  payment  during the year ending on 
the 31st  day  of  March  1920  for expenditure in 
respect  of  the  Services  included  in  Class  VII. 
of the Estimates for Civil  Services,  viz.  :— 

1.  Old Age  Pensions 
2.  National  Health  Insurance  Joint 

- 

Committee 

3A.Ministry  of  Health  - 
5A.Scottish  Board of  Health 

- 
-  6,  National  Health  Insurance  Com-

- 

mission  (Ireland)  - 

£ 

10,892,000 

664,605 
6,650,590 
773,037 

271,745 

19.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,000  be War Trade 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum Department 
necessary  to defray  the  charge which  will come 
in course of payment during the  year  ending on 
the 31st  day of  March  ] 920 for the Salaries and 
Expenses  of the War  Trade  Department. 

Restriction  of  Enemy  Supplies Department. 

20.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £19,164  be Restriction of 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum ?neB?L 
necessary to  defray the  charge which  will come Department, 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on the 31st day of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Restriction  of  Enemy 
Supplies Department. 

7.  Ministry  of  Labour  (including  a 

Commission Internationale de  Ravitaillement. 

Supplementary sum of £4,000,000)  5,935,053 

8.  National  Insurance,  Audit  Depart-

ment 

- 

9.  Treatment  of  Tuberculosis  (Special 
- 
- 

- 
11.  Friendly Societies'  Deficiency  - 

Grants) 

- 

- 

- 

85,400 

700,000 
14,835 

£25,987,265 

21.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £45,016  be Commission 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum Internationale 
necessary  to  defray the  charge  which will come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on the  31st day of  March  1920  for the Salaries 
and Expenses  of  the Commission  Internationale 
de Ravitaillement. 

fiavitaille" 

ment. 

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1919, 

Central  Control  Board (Liquor Traffic)! 

Property  Losses (Ireland)  Compensation. 

Central 

22.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £116,350  be 

OTUOT1*0^  S r a n t ed   to   H i s  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary to  defray  the  charge which  will  come 
Traffic.) 
in course of payment (luring  the  year ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Central  Control  Board 
(Liquor  Traffic), including  the  cost  of  acqui-
sition  and direct control of  licensed premises and 
businesses and the provision  of canteens. 

Imperial 
War Graves 
Commission. 

Military 
Service (Civil 
Liabilities) 
Department. 

; 

'(. 

Imperial  War  Graves  Commission. 
23.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £937,347  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the sum 
necessary to defray the  charge which  will  come 
in  course of payment during the year  ending on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Imperial  War  Graves 
Commission,  formed  under  Royal  Charter,  10th 
May  1917. 

Military  Service  (Civil  Liabilities)  Department. 

24.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £4,092,103 
(including  a  Supplementary  sum of  £2,400,000) 
be granted  to His  Majesty,  to  complete the  sum 
necessary  to  defray the  charge  which will  come 
in course of  payment during  the year ending on 
the 3lst  day of  March  1920 for  the Salaries and 
Expenses  of  the  Military  Service  (Civil  Lia-
bilities)  Department,  and  for  the  payment  of 
Grants  for  assisting  Officers  and  Mep  of  His 
Majesty's Forces in cases of  serious  hardship to 
meet certain financial obligations,  and Grants to 
facilitate their reinstatement  in civil life. 

30.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £160,000  be  Property 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum £°^nd) 
necessary  to  defray  the  charge which  will come Compensation, 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
On  the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  ex  gratia 
Grants  in  respect  of  Losses  and  Injuries  sus-
tained in the Rebellion in Ireland. 

Miscellaneous War  Services  (Foreign Office). 

31.  That a  sum  not exceeding  £1,835,000  be Miscellaneous 

granted  to  His  Majesty, to  complete  the  sum ^ e® e r r i o es 
necessary  to  defray the  charge which will  come Offioe.) 
in course of  payment  during the year  ending on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for  the  cost  of 
certain  Miscellaneous  War  Services. 

. Purchase of  Housing  Materials (England and 
Wales). 

32.  That  a sum  not  exceeding £5,500,000  be Purchase of 

granted to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which  will  come  in  course  of  payment  during (Eng^a  ^ 
the year  ending  on  the  31st  day of March  1920 Wales.) 
for  the  cost  of  Building  Materials  for  the 
Housing  of  the  Working  Classes  in  England 
and  Wales. 

Purchase  of Housing  Materials  (Scotland). 

33.  That  a  sum not exceeding £1,500,000  be Purchase of 

granted  to  His  Majesty  to  defray  the  charge ^ateri^s 
which will come in course of payment during the (Scotland.) 
year ending on the  31st,  day of  March  1920  for 
the cost of  Building  Materials  for  the Housing 
of  the Working  Classes in Scotland. 

. 

Royal  Patriotic  Fund. 

Coal Mines  Deficiency. 

BoyalPatriotic  25.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £156,135  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
Fund. 
which will  come  in  course  of  payment  during 
the year ending on  the  3let  day of  March  1920 
for a Grant in Aid  of the Royal  Patriotic  Fund. 

Loans to 

Loans to Dominions  and  Allies. 

26.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding £l   10,000,000 
(including  a Supplementary  sum of £60,000,000) 
be granted to His  Majesty j to complete  the sum 
necessary  to  defray the charge  which  will  come 
in course  of payment  during the  year ending on 
the  31st day  of  March  1920  for  Loans  to  the 
Governments of British Dominions and of  Allied 
Countries,  and  for Loans  and Grants  for  pur-
poses  of  Reconstruction  and  Belief  in  War 
Areas. 

Canal  Compensation. 

Canal 
27.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £600,000  be 
Compensation,  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray the charge  which  will  come 
in course of payment during  the  year  ending  on 
the 31-st day of  March  1920 for Compensation to 
Canal  Companies  and  Canal  Carriers  in  the 
United  Kingdom  arising  out  of  (government 
Control. 

" 

' , 

Bread  Subsidy. 

Bread Subsidy.  28.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £30,000,000 
be  granted  to  His  Majesty  to complete the sum 
necessary  to  defray the charge which will  come 
in Course of payment during  the year ending on 
the  31st day of  March  1920 for  the cost  of  the 
Bread  Subsidy. 

34.  That a sum not exceeding  £26,400,000  be Coal  Mines 

granted  to His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge Defiolency-
which  will  come  in  course  of  payment  during 
the year ending on  the 31st day  of  March  1920 
to  meet  the Deficiency  arising  under  the  Coal 
Mines  Control  Agreement  (Confirmation) Act, 
1918,  and  the  cost  of  carrying  out  the  recom-
mendations contained in  the  Interim  Beport  of 
the  Chairman of  the  Coal  Industry  Commission, 
dated  20th  March  1919,  and  for  kindred  pur-
poses. 

Revenue Departments  Estimates,  1919-20. 

35.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £4,887,044. Bevenue 

be granted  to His  Majesty,  to complete the sum 
necessary  to defray the  charge  which  will  come 1919-20.  ' 
in course of  payment  during  the year ending  on 
the 31st day of  March  1920  for  Expenditure  in 
respect  of  the  Services  included  in  the  inti-
mates for Bevenue Departments,  viz.:— 

;  1.  Customs and Excise  - 
- 
;  2.  Inland Revenue- 

- 

3.  Post  Office (Supplementary sum) 

£ 

-  2,091,664 
-  2,625,380 
170,000 
- 

£4,887,044 

Navy  Estimates,  Excess  1917-18. 

36.  That  a sum not exceeding  £10 be granted Navy 

to  His  Majesty,  to defray the charge which will 
Come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 1917_18 
ended on  the  31st  day  of  March  1918 to  make 
good  Excesses  of  Navy  Expenditure  beyond 
the  grants  for  the  year  ended  on  the 31st day 
of  March  1918. 

Treasury 
Securities 
Deposit 
Scheme. 

Treasury  Securities Deposit  Scheme. 

The  first  Two  Resolutions,  being  read  a 

29.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £925,407  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum 
necessary  to  defray the  charge which will  come 
in  course of  payment during the year ending on 
the 31st day of  March  1920  for  the  Expenses 
connected with the Treasury Securities  Deposit. 

second time, were agreed to. 

The  Third  Resolution  being  read  a  second 

time; 

And  a Motion being  made,  and  the  Question 
being proposed, That this House doth agree with 
the Committee in the said Resolution  ; 

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And  it being Ten  of  the  clock, Mr.  Speaker 

Mr. Speaker 
forthSthti0nS  proceeded, pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  15, 
(pursuant to 
to  put  forthwith  the  Question  necessary  to 
S.O. No. 15.)  dispose  of  the Report  of  the Resolution  under 

consideration. 

And the Question being  put, That this House 
doth  agree  with  the  Committee  in  the  said 
Resolution:—It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Mr.  Speaker then  proceeded to  put forthwith 
the Questions, That this  House doth agree with 
the  Committee  in  the  outstanding  Resolutions 
reported  in  respect  of  each  Class  of  the  Civil 
Services  Estimates,  of  the  Navy  Estimates, 
Excess,  1917-18,  and the Revenue Departments 
Estimates,  and  other  outstanding  Resolutions, 
severally. 

Civil  Services  Estimates, and Supplementary 
Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class I. 

* 

And  the Question being put, That this  House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolutions reported in respect of  Class I.  of the 
Civil Services Estimates :—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

Class  II. 

And the Question being put, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolutions reported in respect of Class II.  of the 
Civil Services Estimates :—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

Class  III. 

. 

And  the Question being put, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolutions  reported in  respect of  Class  III.  of 
the Civil Services Estimates :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

Class  IV, 

And the Question  being put, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolutions reported in respect of Class IV. of the 
Civil Services Estimates :—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

Class  V. 

And the Question being put, That this House 
. loth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolutions reported in respect of Class V. of the 
Civil Services Estimates:—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

Class  VI. 

And the Question  being put, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolutions reported in respect of Class VI. of the 
Civil Services Estimates:—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

Class  VII. 

And the Question being put, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolutions reported in respect ofc Class VII.  of 
the Civil Services Estimates:—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

Ministry  of Pensions. 

And  the Question being put,  That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolution  reported  in  respect of  the  Estimate 
for  the  Ministry of  Pensions:—It  was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Ministry of National Service. 

And the Question being put, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolution  reported  in  respect  of  the  Estimate 
for  the  Ministry  of  National  Service:—-It  was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ministry of  Reconstruction. 
And the Question being put, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolution reported  in  respect  of  the  Estimate 
for  the  Ministry  of  Reconstructions—It  was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ministry of Labour (Civil  Demobilisation and 
Resettlement  Department). 

And the Question being  put. That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolution  reported  in  respect  of  the Estimate 
for the Ministry of  Labour (Civil Demobilisation 
and Resettlement Department):—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Bread  Subsidy. 
And the Question being put, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolution  reported  in  respect  of  the  Estimate 
for  Bread  Subsidy:—It  was  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

War  Trade Department. 

And  the Question  being put, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolution  reported  in  respect  of  the Estimate 
for  the  War  Trade  Department:—It  was 
resolved in the Affirmative, 

Restriction  of  Enemy's  Supplies Department. 

And the Question being  put, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolution  reported  in  respect  of  the Estimate 
for the Restriction of Enemy's  Supplies Depart-
ment :—It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

National  War  Savings Committee. 

And the Question being  put, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolution reported in  respect  of  the  Estimate 
for  the  National  War  Savings  Committee:—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Treasury  Securities Deposit Scheme. 

And the Question being put,  That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolutions  reported in  respect of  the Estimate 
for  the Treasury  Securities Deposit Scheme :—. 
It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Imperial War  Graves Commission, 

And the Question  being put,  That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolution  reported  in  respect  of  the  Estimate 
for  the Imperial  War  Graves Commission  :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ministry of Munitions (Ordnance Factories)/ 

Central  Control Board (Liquor Traffic). 

And the Question being put, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolution  reported  in  respect  of  the Estimate 
for  the  Ministry  of  Munitions  (Ordnance 
Factories):—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And  the Question being put,  That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolution  reported  in  respect  of  the  Estimate 
for the Central Control Board (Liquor  Traffic) : 
—It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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1919. 

Loans to Dominions and Allies. 

And  the Question  being put, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolution  reported  in  respect  of  the Estimate 
for  Loans  to  Dominions  and  Allies:—It  was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Canal Compensation. 

And  the Question being put,  That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolution reported  in  respect  of  the Estimate 
for  Canal  Compensation:—It  was  resolved  in 
the Affirmative. 

Military  Service (Civil  Liabilities) 
Department. 

And  the Question being put, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolution reported  in  respect  of  the Estimate 
for  the  Military  Service  (Civil  Liabilities) 
Department:—It  was  resolved  in  the Affirma-
tive. 

Property  Losses (Ireland)  Compensation. 

And  the Question  being put, that  this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolution reported  in  respect  of  the  Estimate 
for  the  Property  Losses  (Ireland)  Compensa-
tion :—It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Purchase of Housing  Materials (England 
and Wales). 

And the Question being put, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolution reported  in  respect  of  the Estimate 
for the Purchase of Housing  Materials (England 
and Wales) :—It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirma-
tive. 

Purchase of Housing Materials (Scotland). 

And the Question  being put, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolution reported  in  respect  of  the Estimate 
for  the  Purchase  of  Housing  Materials  (Scot-
land) :—It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Royal Patriotic Fund. 

And the Question  being put, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolution reported  in  respect  of  the  Estimate 
for the Royal Patriotic  Fund :—It  was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Commission  Internationale de Ravitaillement. 

And the Question being put,  That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolution reported  in  respect  of  the Estimate 
for the Commission Internationale de Ravitaille-
ment :—It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Miscellaneous  War  Services (Foreign Office). 

And  the Question being put, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolution  reported  in  respect  of  the Estimate 
for  Miscellaneous  War  Services 
(Foreign 
Office) :— -It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Coal  Mines Deficiency. 

Revenue Departments  Estimates and 
Supplementary  Estimates,  1919-20. 

And  the Question being put, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolutions reported  in  respect  of  the Revenue 
Departments  Estimates:—It  was  resolved  in 
the Affirmative. 

Navy Estimates,  Excess  1917-18. 

And  the  Question being put, That this House 
doth agree with the  Committee  in  the outstand-
ing Resolution reported in  respect of  the Navy 
Estimates,  Excess  1917-18 :—It  was  resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Colonel  Sanders reported from the Committee Ways and 

of  Ways and  Means  of  the  31st  day  of  July Means, 
last  several  Resolutions,  which  were  read,  as l . ™?   ^ 
follow: 

1,  That,  towards  making  good  the  Supply Consolidated 

granted  to  His  Majesty  for  the  service  of  the Fund, 
year  ended  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1918, 
the  sum  of  £10  be  granted  out  of  the  Con-
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom. 

2.  That,  towards  making  good  the  Supply Consolidated 

granted  to  His  Majesty  for  the  service  of  the Fand-
year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920, 
the sum of £613,315,596,  be granted  out  of  the 
Consolidated Fund of the United  Kingdom. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time,  were  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  a  Bill  be  brought  in  upon Consolidated 
the  said  Resolutions :  And  that  the  Chairman Fund (No. a.> 
of  Ways  and  Means,  Mr.  Chancellor  of  the 
Exchequer,  and  Mr.  Baldwin  do  prepare  and 
bring it in. 

Mr.  Baldwin  accordingly  presented  a  Bill  to Consolidated 

apply  certain  sums  out  of  the  Consolidated 
Fund  to  the service  of the years  ending  on  the 
thirty-first  day  of  March,  one  thousand  nine 
hundred  and  eighteen  and  one  thousand  nine 
hundred  and  twenty :  And  the  same  was read 
the first time, and  ordered  to be  read a  second 
time to-morrow ;  and to be printed. 

CNo< 

Bill. 

Bill  166. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee of Ways  and Means; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Joint Stock 

Second  Reading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks Banks 
(Amalgamation  Control)  Bill; 

S £ 7 < S> 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a second time Bil1-

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the private 
Second  Reading  of  the  Private  Legislation legislation 
Procedure (Ireland)  Bill ; 

[ i X SV 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon Monday next. 

And  the Question being put, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding 
Resolution reported  in  respect  of  the Estimate 
for the Coal Mines Deficiency: —It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

The  Order  of  the day being  read, for  taking Aliens 
into  consideration  the  Aliens  Restriction  Bill, Bestriction 
as amended in the  Standing  Committee; 

BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

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Agriculture 
and Fisheries 
(Councils, &c.)  ( C o u n c i l S)   & ( J <)   B i U  . 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the Agriculture and Fisheries 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Overseas 
Trade 
(Insurance 
against 
Abnormal 
Bisks) BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Overseas  Trade  (In-
surance against Abnormal  Bisks)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Monday  next. 

War 
Emergency 
Laws 
(Continuance) 
Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  War  Emergency  Laws 
(Continuance)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill be read a second time 

f 

to-morrow. 

Ministries and 
Secretaries 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Beading of the Ministries and Secretaries 
Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Adjournment. 

And  then  the  House, having  continued  to 
sit  till fourteen minutes  after Ten  of  the 

•  clock, adjourned till  to-morrow. 

Tuesday, 5th August 1919. 

P B A T E B S. 

Private BiUs 
[Lords] 
(Standing 
Orders not 
previously 
inquired into 
complied 
with) 

MB.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Beport 

from one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills,  That  in the  case of  the following 
Bill,  originating in  the  Lords,  and referred  on 
the  First  Beading  thereof, the  Standing  Orders 
not previously inquired into, Which are applicable 
thereto, have  been complied with, viz.  :— 

British and Continental  Bank Bill  [Lords.] 

Ordered,  That the  Bill be read a second time. 

The  House proceeded to take  into  considera- Shoreham-by 

tion  the  Shoreham-by-Sea  Urban  District 
Council  Bill  [Lords],  as  amended  in  the  Com- Council BiU 
mittee j 

[Lordt.] 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill be read the third time. 

The  House proceeded  to take  into  considera- Tynemouth 
tion  the Tynemouth  Corporation  Bill  [Lords],  g ^ f ^™ 
] 
as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read the third time. 

The  House  proceeded to  take  into considera- West 
tion  the  West  Hartlepool  Corporation  Bill  c ^^ 
[Lords],  as amended  in  the Committee ; 

Bill [Lordt.] 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  the third time. 

Ordered,  That  Standing; Orders  220  and 246, Private Bills, 

relating to Private  Bills,  be  suspended  for  the 
remainder of the Session. 

Ordered,  That,  as regards  Private  Bills to  be 
returned by  the House  of  Lords  with  Amend-
ments,  such Amendments (if unopposed) shall be 
considered forthwith. 

Ordered,  That,  as  regards  Private  Bills  re-
turned,  or  to  be  returned,  by  the  House  of 
Lords with  Amendments,  such Amendments  (if 
opposed)  shall  be  considered  at  such  time  as 
the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  may deter-
mine. 

Ordered,  That,  when it  is  intended to propose 
any  Amendments  thereto,  a  copy  of  such 
Amendments shall be deposited in the Committee 
and Private  Bill  Office, and  notice  given on the 
day on which the  Bill  shall have  been  returned 
from  the  House  of  Lords.—(The  Chairman  of 
Ways  and Means.) 

Mr. Munro  presented a  Bill to confirm a  Pro- Dundee 
visional  Order  under  the  Private  Legislation ®arlSur ?nd 
Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating  to  ^ d J e m ee 
Dundee  Harbour  and  Tay  Ferries :  And  the Confirmation 
same was ordered (under  Section  7  of  the Act)  Bm« 
to  be taken  into consideration  to-morrow. 

(  I 

A  Public  Petition  was  presented, and read; Public 

Clowes 
Settled 
Estates BUl 
[Lordt,] 

Clowes  Settled Estates Bill  [Lords']  was  read 

the third time and passed. 

and ordered  to lie upon the Table. 

r 

Petitions. 
Vide Second 
Beport. 

Ordered,  That  the Clerk  do  carry the Bill to 
the Lords;  and  acquaint them that  this  House 
hath agreed to the same, without  Amendment. 

Mr. 

Secretary  Shortt  presented,  by  His  Welsh Church 

Majesty's Command,—Copy of  Memorandum  on (Temporali-
the Welsh  Church (Temporalities)  Bill. 

ties> 

BUL 

Birmingham 
Corporation 
Tramways 
BiU  [Lordt.] 

The  House proceeded to  take  into considera-
tion  the  Birmingham  Corporation  Tramways 
Bill  [Lords],  as amended in the  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read the third time. 

Blackpool 
Improvement 
Bill  [Lord,.] 

The  House proceeded  to take  iuto considera-
tion the Blackpool Improvement  Bill  [Lords],  as 
amended in the  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read the third time. 

East Ham 
Corporation 
Bill  [Lordt.] 

The  House jproceeded  to  take  into considera-
tion the East Ham  Corporation  Bill  [Lords],  as 
amended in the  Committee; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read the third time. 

Leeds 
Corporation 
BiU  [Lord*.] 

The  House  proceeded to take  into  considera-
tion  the  Leeds  Corporation  Bill  [Lords],  as 
amended in the  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That the Bill be read the third time. 

London 
Electric 
Bailway Bill 
[LordtA 

The  House  proceeded to take  into considera-
[Lords], 

tion  the London  Electric Bailway  Bill 
as amended in the  Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill be read the third time. 
VOL.  174. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  also presented, pursuant PoUce Act, 

to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—1890 
Copy  of Begulations,  made  by the  Secretary  of 
State  for  the  Home  Department  under  the to Police 
Police Act,  1890,  varying the basis on which the Funds.) 
sum  payable  annually  under  Section  1  of the 
Local  Taxation  (Customs  and  Excise)  Act, 
1890,  to  the  Police  Authorities  of  the Police 
Forces  in England  and  Wales  other  than  the 
Metropolitan Police,  is  distributed  among these 
Authorities. 

ffiffin 

Ordered,  That  the said Papers do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Board of 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  to  the  Board  of  Bdnoation-
Education for the year  1916 on the  Victoria and 
Albert  Museum  and the Bethnal Green Museum. 

Mr.  Fisher  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the Merchant 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of ShiPPine Acts, 
two Orders in Council, dated 30th  July  19 1 9, (1)  1894  to  19M" 
under  the  Merchant  Shipping 
(Mercantile 
Marine Fund) Act,  1898, and (2)  relating to the 
Staff of the  Corporation of Trinity  House. 

Ordered,  That  the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

o  o 

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12  th August. 

1919. 

Forestry 
Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen  presented,  by 
Bill [ Lordt.]  His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Memor-
andum  on  Expenditure  likely  to  be  incurred 
under tbe Forestry  Bill  [Lords]. 

verbally amended the same and  found  the same 
as amended to be true;  and had gone through the 
Bill and made Amendments  thereunto. 

"Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Ordered, That the said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Table. 

Universities 
(Scotland) 
Act, 1889 
(Ordinance.) 
No.  155. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to 
the directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  University  Court  Ordinance,  No.  87  (Edin-
burgh,  No.  33)  (Begulations  as  to  Offices  of 
Reader  and  Senior  Lecturer,  Addition 
to 
Membership of  Faculties,  Granting  of Degrees, 
and Amendment of  Ordinances of  the  Commis-
sioners under  the  Universities  (Scotland)  Act, 
1889. 

Ordered, That  the said Paper do lie  upon the 

Table  ;  and be printed. 

Midwives 
Act, 1918. 

Dr. Addison presented, pursuant to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament, —  Copy  of 
No. 157.  Representations  made by the  Central Midwives 
Board  with  regard  to  the  Constitution  of  the 
Board. 

Ordered, That the said Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table;  and be printed. 

Lunacy and 
Mental 
Deficiency. 

No.  156. 

Standing 
Committees 
(Chairmen's 
Panel.) 

The  following Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid upon 
the Table  by  the  Clerk of  the  House :—Copy 
of Fifth Annual  Report of the Board of Control 
under the Lunacy and  Mental  Deficiency Acts, 
for the year  1918.  Part  I. 

Ordered, That the said Paper be printed. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  reported  from  the  Chair-
men's  Panel;  That  they  had  appointed  Mr. 
William Nicholson to act as Chairman of Standing 
Committee  C  (in  respect  of  the  Patents  and 
Designs Bill and the Trade Marks  Bill). 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee D. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Selection,  That  they  had  discharged 
the following Member from Standing Committee 
D  : —Sir John  Tudor  Walters. 

Standing 
Committee E. 

Standing 
Committee D. 

Standing 
Committee C. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  further reported from the 
Committee,  That  they  had  discharged  the 
following Member from  Standing  Committee  E 
(added in respect of  the  Compensation  for Sub-
sidence Bill) :—Colonel  Sir Hamar  Greenwood; 
and had appointed in  substitution  (in respect of 
the  Compensation  for  Subsidence  Bill);  Mr. 
Solicitor  General. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further  reported  from the 
Committee,  That  they  had  discharged  the 
following Members from Standing Committee D : 
—Major  Boyd-Carpenter,  Mr.  James  Brown, 
Colonel Burn,  and Dr.  Murray. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further reported  from the 
Committee,  That  they  had  discharged  the 
following member  from  Standing  Committee  C 
added  in  respect  of  the  Patents  and  Designs 
Bill and the Trade  Marks Bill) .-—Major  Lloyd-
Greame;  and  had  appointed  in  substitution (in 
respect of the Patents and  Designs Bill and the 
Trade Marks Bill);  Mr.  Grattan  Doyle. 

Ordered,  That  the Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Dover Gas 
The Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means reported 
Bill rLordt.]  fr0m  the  Committee  on  the  Dover  Gas  Bill 
[Lords]  i  That they had examined the allegations 
contained  in  the  Preamble  of  the  Bill  and 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that a 
Message  had  been brought  from  the Lords  by 
one of their  Clerks, as followeth : 

Message from 
the Lords. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  National 
Health  Insurance  Bill, without any Amendment. 

National 
Health 
Insurance 
Bill. 
Commons 
Regulation 
(Coity Wallia) 
Provisional 
Order Bill. 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Pier  and Rer and 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Commons 
Regulation  (Coity  Wallia)  Provisional  Order 
Bill,  without any Amendment. 

Harbour  Provisional  Orders  Bill,  without  any 
Amendment. 

Orders Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Electric Electric 
Lighting  Provisional  Order  Bill,  without  any Lighting 
A  SZ 
Amendment. 

Provisional 
0rder  BUL 

• 

The Lords have agreed to the Check weighing Checkweighing 

in  Various  Industries  Bill, with an Amendment;  j^gjjj?116 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of^m"8  68 
this House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Rotherham Botherham 
Corporation Bill, with an Amendment;  to which Corporation 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

l' 

The Lords have agreed to the Gas and Water Gas and Water 

Provisional  Orders  BUI, with  Amendments;  to ordlrelM. 
which the Lords  desire  the concurrence  of  this 
House. 

The Lords have agreed to the London County London 

Council  (Money)  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  Q^^ 
which  the Lords desire  the  concurrence of  this (Money) Bill. 
House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments Merchant 
made  by this House to  the Merchant  Shipping Shipping 
(Wireless Telegraphy) Bill [Lords],  without any Tel^aphy) 
Bill [Lordt.] 
Amendment. 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments Newark Gas 
made by this  House  to  the  Newark  Gas  BillBm lz9rd»-1 
[Lards],  without any Amendment. 

The  Lords  communicated  the  Minutes  ofBoland's 
Evidence  and  Proceedings  taken  upon  the'Billfzlrrf  " 
Second  Reading  of  Boland's  Divorce  Bill 
,'J 
[Lords],  as  desired  by  the  Commons,  with  a 
request that the same may be returned. 

Ordered, That the  Amendments made  by the Gas and Water 

Lords  to  the  Gas  and  Water  Provisional Provisional 
Orders Bill. 
Orders  Bill  be  taken  into  consideration  to-
morrow. 

Mr.  Rendall  reported  from  Standing  Com- Standing 
mittee  A,  to whom  the  Coal  Mines  Bill  was cS   MinesA' 
referred ;  That they  had  gone through  the Bill, Bill, 
and had directed him to report the same without 
Amendment to the House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 158. 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the.Proceedings  No. 158. 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be printed. 

Ordered, That  the Bill,  not  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be taken  into  consideration 
to-morrow. 

The Prime Minister, at  the  Bar,  acquainted Naval, 

the  House  that  he  had  a  Message  from  His 
Majesty  the  Kins,  signed  with  His  Majesty's (Urant^to 
own hand ;  and  he  presented  the  same  to  the  Officers.) 
House,  and it was read  by  Mr.  Speaker (all the 
Members of  the House being uncovered), and is 
as followeth: 

5th August. 

283 

10  GEO.  V. 

GEORGE,  R.I. 

His  Majesty  taking  into  consideration  the 
eminent  services  rendered  during  the  late war 
by  those  officers  who  commanded  and  directed 
His forces  bv sea, on  land, and  in  the  air, and 
being desirous  in  recognition  of  such  services 
to  confer upon them some  signal  mark  of  His 
favour,  recommends  to  His  faithful  Commons 
that He should be enabled to grant to— 

Navy— 

£ 

Admiral of  the Fleet  Sir David Beatty  -  100,000 
Admiral  of  the Fleet Viscount  Jellicoe  -  50,COO 
-  10,000 
Admiral  Sir Charles  E.  Madden 
-  10,000 
Admiral Sir E.  C. Doveton  Sturdee 
-  10,000 
Bear-Admiral  Sir Roger J.  B.  Keyes 
-  10,000 
Vice-Admiral  Sir John de Robeck  - 
-  10,000 
Commodore Sir Reginald Y.   Tyrwhitt 

- 

. Army— 

Field Marshal  Sir Douglas Haig 
'  Field  Marshal Viscount  French 

-  100,000 
- 
-  50,000 
- 
-  50,000 
Field Marshal S|ir Edmund  AUenby 
-  30,000 
Field  Marshal Sir Herbert  Plumer  - 
-  10,000 
- 
Field Marshal  Sir Henry  Wilson 
-  30,000 
General  Sir Henry  Rawlinson 
- 
-  30,000 
General the Hon.  Sir Julian  Byng  - 
-  30,000 
- 
General Sir Henry Home 
- 
-  10,000 
- 
General Sir William  Robertson 
General  Sir WUliam. Birdwood 
10,000 
- 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir  Maurice  Hankey-  25,000 

"-  

And the  Question  was agreed to. 
Ordered,  That  Mr.  Acland  be  added  to  the 

Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Forestry BiU 

Second Reading of  the Forestry  Bill [Lords'] ;  ILordt.j 

And a Motion  being  made, and  the Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read a 
second time; 

" 

An Amendment was  proposed  to  be  made to 
the Question by leaving  out  the  word  "  now," 
and, at the end of the Question, adding the words 
"upon this day  three months."—(Mr.  Alexander 
Shaw.) 

And the  Question  being put,  That  the  word 
"  now"  stand  part  of  tha  Question :—It  was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

The Bill was read a second time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to 
a Committee of  the whole House for to-morrow. 
— (Sir  Arthur Griffith-Boscawen.) 

The  Order  o£  the.  day  being  read,  for  the Ministries and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Ministries  and  Secre- Secretaries 
taries Bill; 

BlU 

Air— 

Air Vice-Marshal  Sir Hugh Trenchard 

-  10,000 

Ordered, That  His  Majesty's  Most  Gracious 
Message be referred to the Committee of  Supply. 
—(The  Prime  Minister.) 

New Member 
sworn. 

John  Robertson  Esquire,  Member  for  the 
County of Lanark (Bothwell Division) was sworn. 

War Pensions 
(Administra-
tive 
Provisions) 
BiU. 

Bill  167. 

Sir  Laming  Worthington-Evans, supported by 
Colonel  Sir  James  Craig,  presented  a  Bill  to 
make further provision for the  administration of 
the  enactments relating  to  naval,  military,  and 
Air  Force war pensions, grants, and allowances; 
and for  certain  other  purposes  connected  with 
such pensions, grants,  and  allowances : And the 
same  was  ordered to be read  a second  time  to-
morrow ;  and to be printed. 

Business of 
the House 
(Government 
Business.) 

A  Motion was made, and  the Question being 
put,  "  That  the  Proceedings  on  Government 
Business be exempted  at  this day's Sitting from 
the  provisions  of  the  Standing  Order  (Sittings 
of the House)  :"-—(Mr.  Bonar  Law). 

The  House divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Bight; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers for the J Lord  Edmund Talbot,  \ 224 
[Captain  Guest: 

Yeas, 

J 

Tellers for the J Mr.  Hogge, 

Noes, 

A Mr.  Newbould: 

{ 
I 

50. 

So it was resolved in the  Affirmative. 

Government of  Ordered,  That  Sir  Donald  Maclean  be  dis-
charged from  the  Select  Committee  appointed 
India BUl. 
(Joint 
to  join with a Committee of  the  Lords  on  the 
Committee.) 
Government of India  Bill.—(Colonel  Gibbs.) 

A  Motion  was  made, and  the Question being 
proposed,  That  Mr.  Acland  be  added  to  the 
Committee.—(Colonel  Gibbs). 

Mr. Speaker 
puts the 
Question 
(pursuant to 
S.O. No. 11.) 

And, the  Motion being  opposed, after a brief 
explanatory  statement  from  a  Member  who 
opposed  the  Motion and  from  a  Member  who 
supported  it,  Mr.  Speaker  put  the  Question, 
pursuant to Standing  Order No.  11; 

VO L.   1 7 4. 

And  a Motion  being  made, and  the Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second time ; 

An  Amendment  was proposed to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
"  That"  to the end of the  Question,  and adding 
the  words  "this  House  declines  to  give  a 
Second  Reading  to a  Bill which  increases  the 
salaries and alters the status  of  Ministers, until 
the Government declares its policy with regard to 
the reduction of  Government  departments  to  a 
scale  conducive  to  national  efficiency  and 
economy,"—(Sir  Donald  Maclean),—instead 
thereof. 

And  the Question being  put, That  the words 
proposed to  be left out  stand part  of  the Ques-
tion ; 

The  House divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the ( Lord Edmund Talbot, 

Yeas, 

( Captain  Guest: 

Tellers for the ( Mr.  Hogge, 

Noes, 

I Mr.  George  Thome  : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

176. 

83. 

The  Bill  was  read  a  second  time, and  com-

mitted to a Standing Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the War 
Second  Reading of  the  War  Emergency  Laws  ® ^ g e n oy 
(Continuance) Bill; 

(Continuance) 

Ordered,  That the Bill be read  a second time BiU-

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Dogs 
Second  Reading of  the  Dogs  Regulation  (Ire- Beguiation 
land)  (No. 2)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Welsh Church 

Second  Beading of  the  Welsh  Church  (Tem- ^emporaii-
poralities)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be  read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

o o2 

284 

5th—6th  August. 

1919. 

Supreme 
Court of 
.juuicuure 
Judicature 
(Ireland) BUl. Judicature (Ireland)  Bill ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do  carry the Bill to 
the  Lords;  and acquaint them  that  this House 
hath agreed to  the same, with Amendments ;  to 
which this House doth desire  the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 

Consolidated 
Fund 
(No. 2) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  xlay  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the Consolidated Fund  (No. 
2)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The House  proceeded to take  into  considera- Pembroke Gas 

tion the Pembroke Gas Bill [Lords],  as amended Bm 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, 

That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third 

time. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of.  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  House, according  to Order, proceeded  to Gas and Watsr 

take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made Q^T^^L 
by the  Lords to the Gas and Water Provisional 
Orders Bill;  and the same  were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ways and 
Means, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the Clerk do  carry the Bill to 
the Lords;  and acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed to  the  Amendments  made by  their 
Lordships. 

Forestry 
[Expenses.] 

A  Motion  being made, That  this House  will, 
to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  of 
moneys  provided  by  Parliament,  of  a  sum 
three  million  five  hundred 
not  exceeding 
thousand  pounds 
into  a  Forestry  Fund, 
established  by any Act  of  the  present  Session, 
for  establishing  a  Forestry  Commission for the 
United  Kingdom,  and  promoting  afforestation, 
and the production and supply of timber therein 
(Lord Edmund  Talbot.) 

Mr.  George  Barnes,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand, acquainted the  House  that  His  Majesty, 
having  been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of 
this  Motion,  recommends  it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Adjournment, 

And then  the  House, having  continued  to 
sit till  seven minutes after eleven  of  the 
Clock,  adjourned till to-morrow. 

London 
County 
Council 
(Money) Bill. 

Wednesday, 6th August  1919. 

P B A T E B S. 

THE  House,  pursuant  to  the  Order  of  the 

House  of  the  5th  day  of  this  instant 
August, proceeded to take into consideration the 
Amendments made  by  the Lords to the London 
County Council (Money)  Bill:  And  the  same 
were twice  read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That  the Clerk  do  carry the Bill to 
the Lords;  and  acquaint  them that  this House 
hath agreed  to  the Amendments  made  by their 
Lordships. 

Middlesbrough  A  Motion  being  made,  That  the  Middles-
Corporation  brough Corporation  Bill  [Lords]  be  now  read 
Bill  [ Lord*.'] 

the third time. 

The  House, according  to Order, proceeded  to Dundee 
take into consideration the  Dundee Harbour and 5fTl£?'ir ,and 
Tay  Ferries Order Confirmation Bill; 

TayFeme. 

Ordered,  That the Bill be read  the third time ®°°firmation 

to-morrow. 

The  Greenock  Port  and  Harbours  Order Greenock Port 

Confirmation  Bill was,  according to  Order,  read ^ J [ a r b o nw 
a  second  time;  and  ordered  to  be  taken  into Confirmation 
consideration to-morrow. 

BiU. 

Mr. Bridgeman presented  a Bill  to  confirm  a Water 
Provisional Order made by  the Board  of  Trade o^^Buf 
under the Gas and Water  Works  Facilities  Act, 
1870, relating to West  Hampshire Water. 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Order  193a  be  sus-
pended, and  that  the  Bill  be now read the  first 
time.—(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

The Bill was accordingly read the first time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 
Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills;  and 
be printed. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  by  His Judicial 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Judicial  Statis- J^f i o® 
tics for England and  Wales, 1917. Part II.  Civil 
Statistics.  Statistics  relating  to  the  Judicial 
Committee  of  the Privy  Council, the  House  of 
Lords, theJ3upreme Court of Judicature, County 
Courts, an3 other Civil Courts. 

Copy  of  Report  of  the Departmental  Com-

mittee on the Protection of Wild Birds. 

Copy  of Beport  of  the Committee  appointed 
to  review  the  Conclusions  arrived  at  by  the 
Committee on the Licensing of Partially-disabled 
Men as  Drivers of  Public Motor  Vehicles which 
reported in 1916. 

WUd Birds 
Protection 
(Departmental 
Committee.) 
Licensing of 
Partially-
disabled Men 
as Drivers of 
Public Moto 
Vehicles. 

Mr.  Secretary Shortt also presented,—Return 
to  an  Address  to  His  Majesty, dated  the  31st 
day of  July  last, for  a Return  relative  to  Ex-
periments on Living  Animals. 

Experiments 
on Living 
Animals. 

No. 159. 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,  acquainted  the  House  that  His 
Majesty,  having  been informed of the  purport 
of  the  Bill,  gives  His  Consent,  as  faf  as  His 
Majesty's interest  is concerned,  that  the House 
may do therein as they shall  think fit. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  also  presented, pursuant Penal 

to the directions of several Acta of Parliament,— ffirTrf'tf6 Ai°ts 
Copy  of  Licence  granted  to  Joseph  Atkins, Licence.)*1* 
under  the  Penal  Servitude  Acts,  to  which  is 
annexed  a condition  other  than  those contained 
in Schedule A  of  the Penal  Servitude Act,  1864. 

Then  the  Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and 

Copies  of  Orders  made  under  the  Shops  Act,  Shops Act, 

with  Amendments. 

1912,  by  the  Councils  of  the  under-mentioned1913* 

Local 
Elections 
(Proportional 
Representa-
tion) BiU 
[Lords.] 

BUI  171. 

Standing 
Committee  C. 
Patents and 
Designs Bill. 

10  GEO.  Y. 

6th August. 

285 

local authorities, and confirmed by tbe Secretary 
of  State, for tbe  Home Department:— 

Borough of  Gillingham ; 
County Borough of Smethwick. 

The  Local  Elections  (Proportional Represen-
tation)  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the  first  time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow; 
and to be printed. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table;  and that the said Return be printed. 

Prisons 
Officers' 
Superannua-
tion 
Committee. 

Permanent 
Charges 
Commutation. 
No. 160. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the Committee 
appointed  to  inquire  into  the  conditions  of 
Service  and  Superannuation  of  the  Warder 
Classes  in  Prisons  and  Criminal  Lunatic 
A sylums. 

Mr.  Baldwin also  presented,  pursuant  to the 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Return  of  Permanent Charges on  the 
Consolidated  Fund  or  Votes  of  Parliament 
which  have  been  redeemed  in  the  period from 
30th  November  1915 to 30th September  1918. 

Copy  of  Treasury  Warrant,  dated  17th 
January  1919,  amending 
the  Warrant  of 
16th  September,  1887,  made  under  Section  1 
of  the  Superannuation  Act,  1887,  so  far  as 
relates  to  persons  in  the  Civil  Service  of  the 
State  who may  be  injured  whilst  employed  as 
fliers  or observers or otherwise in  aircraft being 
flown  for experimental  or  testing  purposes, and 
to  the dependants of  such  persons  when  death 
results from the injury. 

Mr.  William Nicholson reported from Standing 

Committee C, to whom the Patents and Designs 
Bill  was  referred,  That  they had  gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 161. 

Table;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings  No. 161. 

of the Standing  Committee  be printed. 

Ordered,  that  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be  taken  into  considera-
tion to-morrow. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House,  That  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from the Lords  by the LorrIa-
one of  their Clerks, as followeth : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  War  Loan War Loan 

Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed  to  the Housing  of the Housing of 

Working  Classes  (Ireland)  Bill,  with  Amend-
ments;  to which the Lords desire the concurrence (Ireland) BilL 
of this House. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table;  and thatthe Paper relative to Permanent 
Charges Commutation be printed. 

The Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Bournemouth Bournemouth 
and Water 

Gas  and  Water  Bill,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which the Lords desire  the  concurrence  of  this  1 ' 
House. 

Dr.  Addison  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command, —Copy  of  Report  of  the  Inter-
Departmental  Committee appointed  to  consider 
and report  upon  the  immediate  practical  steps 
which  should  be  taken  for  the  provision  of 
Residential  Treatment  for  Discharged  Soldiers 
and  Sailors  suffering  from  Pulmonary  Tuber-
oulosis,  and  for  their  re-introduction  into  em-
ployment, especially on the land. 

Ordered, That the  said  Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Henry  Craik  reported  from  the  Select 
Committee  on  Divorce Bills ;  That  they  had 
examined  the  allegations  of  Boland's  Divorce 
Bill [Lords],  as  to  the  marriage of  the  parties, 
the adultery charged as the ground for dissolving 
the marriage, the verdict at law, and the sentence 
of  Divorce a mensd et  thoro in  the Probate  and 
Matrimonial  Division  of  the  High  Court  of 
Justice  in  Ireland,  and,  upon  evidence  satis-
factory  to  the Committee, found  the  same  and 
other  allegations  to  be  true,  and  they saw no 
reason to suspect collusion  between  the parties ; 
and that  the Committee  had  gone  through  the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
any Amendment. 

Ordered, That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third 

time. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Sheffield Sheffield 
Corporation  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which Corporation 
the Lords desire the concurrence of  this House. 

1  ' 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill, intituled  An Sex Dis-

Act  to amend the Law  with respect to disqualifi-
cations  on account of  sex (Sex  Disqualification Bill rLordt.] 
(Removal)  Bill)  [Lords]  ;  to  which  the  Lords 
desire the concurrence of  this House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments Stockton-
made by  this  House  to  the  Stockton-on-Tees °£-Tee'  . 
Corporation  Bill  [Lords],  without  any Amend- Bffl'fSrrf*.] 
ment. 

The  Lords have  agreed  to  the  Amendments Nuneaton 
made  by this House to  the  Nuneaton  Corpora-Corporation 
t^'-l 
tion Bill  [Lords],  without any Amendment. 

BlU 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to the  Amendments Poole 

made  by  this  H o u se   to  the  Poole  Corporation  ®?rporatian 
BlU L/j0rrfx-J 
Bill  [Lords],  without any Amendment. 

Ordered, That  the Amendments  made  by the Housing of 
Lords  to  the Housing  of  the Working  Classes J^e Working 
consideration  to- (Ireland)  Bill. 
(Ireland)  Bill  be  taken  into 
morrow ;  and be printed. 
Bill 172. 

Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen,  supported  by Rats and Mice 

Mr. Munro  and Mr. Macpherson, presented a BiU (Destruction) 
to make further provision for  the  destruction of BU1, 
Rats and Mice :  And  the  same  was  ordered  to 
be read a second  time  upon  Monday  next;  and 
to be printed. 

Bill 169. 

Superannua-
tion  Act, 1887, 

Tuberculosis 
(Sanatoria 
for  Soldiers) 
{Inter-
Departmental 
Committee.) 

Divorce  Bills, 
Boland's 
Divorce  Bill 
[Lordt.] 

Boland's 
Divorce Bill 
[Lords.] 

Ordered, That  the Minutes  of  Evidence  and 
Proceedings in the House of Lords on the Second 
Reading  of  Boland's  Divorce  Bill 
[Lords], 
together  with  the  documents  deposited  in  the 
case, be returned to  the House  or  Lords.—(Sir 
Henry  Craik.) 

The Solicitors Bill  [Lords']  was read  the first 
Solicitors 
Bill [Lordt.]  time ;  and ordered to be  read a second time  to-

Bill  170.  morrow ;  and be printed. 
V O L . 1 7 4. 

Resolved, nemine  contradicente, That the thanks Thanks of the 

of  this' House  be accorded to  the  officers, war- House-
rant officers, petty officers, and men of  the Navy 
and  of  the  Royal  Marines  for  their  sleepless 
watch over the seas and for the courage, resource, 
and  devotion  with  which, during  four  years  of 
constant peril, they have maintained the blockade 
of  the  enemy's  coast,  convoyed  armies  drawn 
from  the  most  distant  lands, and  defended  the 
o  o  3 

286 

Qth  August. 

1919. 

commerce of the civilised  world against the craft 
and subtlety  of  a lawless foe. 

That the thanks of  this  House be accorded to 
the  officers,  warrant  officers,  non-commissioned 
officers, and men of the Armies in the field for the 
matchless valour and endurance with which, amid 
circumstances of  unexampled hardship, they have 
sustained the  shock  of  war  in  many climes, for 
the good humour, clemency, and patience of their 
bearing, and for the  undaunted  spirit which has 
carried them through four years of  strenuous toil 
to  a complete and splendid victory. 

That the thanks of  this House be accorded  to 
the  officers, non-commissioned  officers, and  men 
of the Air  Force  for  their  brilliant  daring  and 
conspicuous services over sea and land. 

That the thanks of  this House  be accorded to 
the gallant troops from the Dominions  Overseas, 
from India, and  from  the Colonies  and  Protec-
torates,  for  the  promptitude  with  which  they 
responded to the call of  justice and freedom, and 
for the noble part that  they have played in  con-
junction with their comrades of  the British  Isles 
in securing the triumph of  right over wrong. 

That the thanks of  this  House  be accorded to 
those  subjects of  His  Majesty who, inspired  by 
the greatness of  the issue, voyaged  from Foreign 
lands  to  offer their lives  in  the service of  their 
Country. 

That the thanks of  this House be  accorded to 
the members of  the Royal Army  Medical Corps 
and of  the Indian Medical Service for the skilful 
discharge  of  their  humane  office,  and  for  the 
unprecedented  Success which  attended  their un-
remitting  labours  to  preserve the Armed  Forces 
of  the  Crown from the ravages of  disease. 

That the thanks of  this  House be accorded to 
the  women  of  the  medical  and  other auxiliary 
services  for  their  devotion in  tending  the  sick 
and wounded  as  for  other  duties faithfully and 
bravely  discharged. 

That the thanks of this House  be  accorded to 
the  officers  and  men of  the Mercantile  Marine 
for the fine and fearless seamanship by which our 
people have  been  preserved  from want  and  our 
cause from disaster. 

That  this  House  doth acknowledge with deep 
submission and  reverence  the  heroism  of  those 
who have fallen  in  the service of their  Country, 
and tenders its sympathy to their relatives in the 
hour  of  their  sorrow  and  their  pride.-— (The 
Prime  Minister.) 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  signify  the 
said Resolution  to the Commissioners for execut-
ing  the Office  of  Lord  High  Admiral,  and  to 
the Army  Council, and to the  Air Ministry, and 
to  His  Majesty's  Secretaries  of  State for India 
and  for  the  Colonial  Department,  and  to  the 
President of  the Board of Trade to communicate 
the  same  to  the  officers  and  men  referred  to 
therein. —(The  Prime  Minister.) 

Thanks of the 
Eonse. 

Resolved,  nemine contradicente, That this House 
accords  its  profound  sense  of  admiration  and 
gratitude  for  the  supreme  services  rendered to 
the  British  nation  by  Field-Marshal  Foch, 
Marshal  of  France,  as  Generalissimo  of  the 
Allied Armies, in  which  great  position  he  dis-
played a military genius worthy of  the  foremost 
captains in history.—(The  Prime  Minister.) 

The House, according  to  Order, resolved itself Supply, 

into the  Committee of  Supply. 

(In  the Committee.) 

King's Message  [5th August] read  :— 

Navy,  Military, and Air  Forces, 

Grants to Officers. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
a sum not exceeding £585,000  be granted to  His 
Majesty, to be issued to those  Officers who com-
manded and directed  his  forces by  sea, on land, 
and in  the  air, in  recognition  of  their  eminent 
services during  the late war, namely  :— 

Navy— 

, 

£ 
Admiral of  the Fleet  Sir David Beatty 
-  100,000 
Admiral  of  the Fleet  Viscount Jellicoe  -  50,000 
-  10,000 
Admiral  Sir Charles E.  Madden 
-  10,000 
Admiral  Sir F.  C. Doveton  Sturdee 
-  10,000 
Rear-Admiral  Sir Roger J.  B.  Keyes 
-  10,000 
Vice-Admiral  Sir John de Robeck  - 
-  10,000 
Commodore  Sir  Reginald Y.  Tyrwhitt 

- 

Army— 

-  100,000 
- 
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig 
-  50,000 
Field  Marshal Viscount  French 
- 
-  50,000 
Field Marshal Sir Edmund Allenby - 
-  30,000 
Field Marshal Sir Herbert  Plumer  - 
-  10,000 
- 
Field Marshal Sir Henry  Wilson 
-  30,000 
- 
General Sir Henry  Rawlinson 
-  30,000 
General the Hon. Sir Julian  Byng  - 
30,000 
General  Sir Henry  Horne 
- 
-  10,000 
General Sir William  Robertson 
General Sir William  Birdwood 
-  10,000 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir Maurice Hankey -  25,000 

- 
- 

A i r-

Air  Vice-Marshal  Sir Hugh  Trenchard 

-  10,000 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and Question put, 
That  a sum not  exceeding  £200,000  be granted 
for the said Service.—(Mr.  Adamson.) 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the ( Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 

Yeas, 

\  Mr.  Griffith  : 
Tellers  for the  f Lord  Edmund  Talbot,  \  ggg 
( Captain  Guest: 

Noes, 

) 

1 
| 

66. 

Original  Question  put : 

The  Committee divided. 

Tellers for the J Captain  Guest, 

I 0 70 

Yeas, 

ILord Edmund  Talbot 1 

' 

(  mander Kenworthy  : 

Resolution  to be reported. 

54. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave to 
sit again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

The  House according to Order, resolved itself  Ways and 

into the  Committee of  Ways  and Means. 

Means. 

(In  the Committee.) 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  signify  the 
said Besolution  to  Field-Marshal  Foch,  Marshal 
of  France.—(The  Prime  Minister.) 

Resolved,  That,  towards  making  good  the 
Supply  granted  to  His  Majesty  for  the  service 
of  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March 

10  GEO.  V. 

August. 

287 

1920,  the  sum  of  £ 5 8 5 , 0 00  be granted  out  of  the 
Consolidated  Fund  of  the  United  Kingdom.— 
(The  Prime  Minister.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Consolidated 
2> 

Second  Reading  of  the  Consolidated  Fund 
(No.  2) Bill; 

BlU> 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means reported,  That 
the Committee had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit again. 

Besolped,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Welsh Church 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Temporalities) Second Reading of the Welsh  Church  (Tempor-

alities) 

B i

l

l

;

•

•

'

.. 

And  a Motion  being made, and  the Question 
being  put,  That  the Bill  be  now read  a  second 
time; 

The  House divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers for the ("Lord Edmund  Talbot, 

Yeas, 
m  „ 
j. 
Tellers for the j 

1 Captain  Guest: 

j 
f Lieutenant  -  Colonel  ) 
Sir  & zW  Hoare, 
( Captain' Ormsby  Gore:) 

-N o es' 

182. 

37. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
The Bill was accordingly read a second time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee of  the whole House for  to-morrow.— 
(Mr.  Secretary  Shortt.) 

Coal Mines 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being read, for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Coal  Mines  Bill  (not 
amended in the Standing  Committee); 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

War Pensions 
(Admini-
strative 
Provisions) 
BiU. 

The  War  Pensions 

(Administrative  Pro-
visions)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
second time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.— 
(Sir Laming  Warthingtom-Evans.) 

Forestry BiU 
[Lord*."] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee on the Forestry  Bill  [.Lords]  ; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Forestry 

Committee on  Forestry  [Expenses] ; 

fExpeMea.] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the National 
Second  Reading  of  the  National  Assembly  of ^cjjJJJ^* 
the Church of  England (Powers)  Bill  [Lords]  ;  0f"England 
Ordered,  That  the Bill  l)e  read a second  time ft0*!"?  Bm 

[Lords. J 

, 
' 
to-morrow. 

A  Motion  being made, That  this  House  will, Welsh Church 
to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to CT«mPora-  . 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  of [Money.] 
moneys to be provided by Parliament,  of  the sum 
of  one  million  pounds  to  the  Welsh  Commis-
sioners under any Act  of  the present Session to 
continue  in  office  the  Welsh  Commissioners 
appointed under  the  Welsh  Church  Act,  1914, 
to postpone the date  of  disestablishment, and to 
make  further  provision  with  respect  to  the 
temporalities of and marriages in the  Church  in 
Wales.—(Mr.  Secretary  Shortt.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt, by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand, acquainted the  House  that  His  Majesty, 
having  been  informed  of  the  subject-matter of 
this Motion, recommends  it  to the consideration 
of  the House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

A  Motion  being made,  That this  House  will, War Pensions 

f  strative 

Provisions) 

to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to i^fj?^" 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out 
moneys  to be provided  by  Parliament,  of  remu- [Remuneration 
neration,  to  the  members  of  pensions  appeal ^  ExPenaea.] 
tribunals  constituted  under  any  Act  of  the 
present  Session  to  make  further  provision  for 
the administration of  the  enactments relating to 
Naval,  Military,  and  Air  Force  war  pensions, 
grants,  and  allowances,  and  of  any  expenses 
which may  be incurred  by a tribunal  under such 
Act—-(Sir  Laming  Worthington-Evans). 

Sir  Laming  Worthington  -  Evans  by  His 
Majesty's  Command acquainted  the  House  that 
His  Majesty,  having  been  informed  of  the 
subject-matter of  this  Motion, recommends  it to 
the consideration of  the House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

War 
Emergency 
Laws 
(Continuance) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  da,y  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  War  Emergency  Laws 
(Continuance)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

upon  Monday next. 

Dogs 
Regulation 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2) BUL 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading ofthe Dogs Regulation (Ireland) 
(No.  2)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a second time 

upon Monday next. 

Supreme 
Court of 
Judicature 
(Ireland) BUI. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of the  Supreme  Court of  Judi-
cature (Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

And  then the House, having continued to sit Adjournment, 

till  ten minutes after eleven of the clock, 
adjourned till  to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG  COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Ministries  and Secretaries  Bill 

to-morrow. 

VOL.  174. 

o o 4 

2 88 

1th  August 

1.919. 

Thursday,  7th August 1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

Botherham 
Corporation 
Bi!1* 

f p HE  House,  pursuant  to  the  Order  of  the 
1  House of the 5th day of  this instant August, 
proceeded to  take into consideration the Amend-
ment  made  by  the  Lords  to  the  Rotherham 
Corporation  Bill:  And  the  same  was  twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Sir  Auckland Geddes also presented,  pursuant Finance 
19*9 

to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy 
of  Begulations  made by the Board of  Trade  in j>rrference.) 
pursuance  of  Section  8  of  the  Finance  Act, 
1919, as to the proportion of value resulting from 
labour within the British Empire. 

Copy of  Order made by the Board of  Trade, Finance 
19}9 
Preference.) 

in  pursuance of  Section  8  of  the Finance Act, 
1919,  relating to Sugar and Tobacco. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon- the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That  the Clerk  do carry the  Bill to 
the Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this House 
hath  agreed  to  the Amendment  made  by their 
Lordships. 

Mr. Fisher  presented, by His  Majesty's  Com- Board of 
mand,—Copy of Provisional Code of Regulations, Education, 
dated  7th  August  1919, for  Public Elementary 
Schools in Wales  (including  Monmouthshire). 

Bournemouth 
The  House,  pursuant  to  the  Order  of  the 
Gas and Water House  of  the  5th  day of  this instant  August, 

Table. 

Ordered, That the  said  Paper  do lie upon the 

proceeded to take into consideration the Amend-
ments  made  by the Lords  to  the  Bournemouth 
Gas and Water Bill;  And the  same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do  carry the Bill to 
the Lords ;  and acquaint them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to the Amendments  made  by their 
Lordships. 

Sheffield 
The  House,  pursuant  to  the  Order  of  the 
Corporation  House of  the 5th  day  of  this  instant  August, 
proceeded to take into consideration the Amend-
ments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the  Sheffield 
Corporation Bill:  And the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That  the Clerk  do carry the  Bill to 
the Lords ;  and acquaint  them  that  this House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

Dundee 
The  Dundee Harbour and  Tay Ferries Order 
Harbour and  Confirmation Bill  was,  according to Order, read 
OriJerrieS 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Clerk  do carry the Bill  to 

the third time and passed. 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Greenock Port  The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded 
and Harbours  to  take  into  consideration  the  Greenock  Port 
°rd!.r 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the  Bjll be read  the third time 

and Harbours Order Confirmation Bill. 

.. 

to-morrow. 

Lancashire 
The  Order  made upon  the  4th  day of  June 
and Yorkshire  last., referring the Lancashire and Yorkshire and 
and North"  London and North Western  Bailway Companies 
Bill to the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private 
Western 
Bailway 
Bills was read, and discharged. 
Companies 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be withdrawn. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Taxes and 

a  Beturn  showing  for  1918-19  the  Bates  ofImP°sti 
Duties, Taxes, or  Imposts  collected;  quantities 
or  amounts  taxed;  gross  receipts  from  each 
duty, &c.;  and  the  net  receipts and appropria-
tions ;  also  showing  for  each  of  the  ten years 
ending the 31st day of  March 1919 the aggregate 
gross  receipts  derived  from  all  such  Duties, 
Taxes,  or  Imposts;  aggregate  net  receipts; 
charges  of  collection;  and  the  produce  after 
deducting  these  charges;  with  Notes  to  show 
any changes  in  the  Taxes, Duties, or  Imposts, 
consequent  upon  the acceptance of  the Budget 
proposals of  1919-20  (in continuation of  Parlia-
mentary  Paper,  No.  434,  of  Session  1914).— 
(Mr.  George  Thorne.) 

George  Boyle  Hanna,  Esquire,  Member  for New Member 

Antrim  County (East Antrim),  was sworn. 

sworn. 

The  Chairman of  Ways  and Means  reported Londonderry 
from the Committee  on  the  Londonderry  Port ^art^ur Bill 
and  Harbour Bill  [Lords]-,  That  in  pursuance [Lords.] 
of  the Besolution of  the House of  the 28th day 
of  May last  the Committee had inserted  in  the 
Bill the additional  provision  referred  to  in  the 
said Besolution. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  further 
reported  from  the  Committee;  That  they  had 
examined the allegations of  the Bill, and  found 
the same to be true, and  had  gone through  the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

The Chairman  of  Ways and  Means  reported Newoastle-
the  Newcastle-upon-Tyne  Corporation  (Bates) gP°n-T3??e 
Bill  [Lords'],  with Amendments. 
(Bates) BiU 

Imperial 
Bevenue 
(Collection 
and 
Expenditure) 
(Great Britain 
and Ireland.) 
No.  162. 

Bevenue and 
Expenditure 
(England, 
Scotland, and 
Ireland.) 

Mr. Baldwin presented,—Return  to an Order, 
dated  the 29th  day  of  July  last,  for  a  Return 
relative  to  Imperial  Revenue  (Collection  and 
Expenditure) (Great Britain and Ireland). 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Beturn  to  an  Order, dated  the  29th  day  of 
July last, for a Beturn relative  to  Bevenue and 
Expenditure  (England,  Scotland, and Ireland). 

Ordered, That the'said Returns do lie upon the 

No.  163. 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Profiteering 
Bill. 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's Command,—Copy of  Memorandum on 
Expenditure  likely  to  be  incurred  under  the 
Profiteering Bill. 

Sir Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com- Selection 
mittee of  Selection;  That  they  had added the (Standing 
following Member to Standing  Committee E  (in  g S j^ 
respect of  the  Ferries  (Acquisition  by County Committee E. 
Councils) Bill)  :—Major  Astor. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further reported  from  the standing 
Committee;  That they had discharged the follow- Committee E. 
ing  Member  from  Standing  Committee  E  :— 
Colonel Yate;  and had appointed in substitution ; 
Captain  Brown. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

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7th—8th  August. 

289 

Hjgh Prices 
and Profits 
(Special 
Eeport.) 

Colonel  Jackson  reported  from  the  Select 
Committee  on  High  Prices and  Profits;  That 
they had agreed to a Special Report, which they 
directed  him  to  make  to  the  House,  together 
with  the  Minutes of  the Evidence taken before 
them. 

No.  166. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie 

upon  t he 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Standing 
Committee. 
Trade Marks 
Bill. 

IV] r.. William Nicholson reported from Standing 
Committee  C  to  whom  the  Trade  Marks  Bill 
was referred ;  That  they had gone through  the 
Bill, and had made Amendments thereunto. 

No.  167. 

No.  167. 

Bill  174.  J 

Ordered, That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings 

of the Standing  Committee be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee, be taken into consideration 
to-morrow ;  and be printed. 

Message from 
the Lord 8. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one of  their  Clerks, as followeth : 

Expiring Laws 
Continuance 
BUI. 
Betired 
Officers (Civil 
Employment) 
Bill. 

City of London 
Police Bill. 

The  Lords have agreed to the Expiring  Laws 

Continuance  Bill,  without any Amendment. 

The  Lords have agreed to the Retired Officers 
(Civil  Employment)  Bill, without  any Amend-
ment. 

The Lords have agreed to the City of  London 

Police  Bill, without any Amendment. 

Workington 
Corporation 
BiU. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Workington 
Corporation Bill, with an  Amendment;  to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

Birmingham 
Corporation 
Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Birmingham 
Corporation  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which 
the Lords desire the concurrence  of this House. 

National 
Expenditure 
(Third 
Beport.) 

No.  168. 

Sir  Frederick  Banbury  reported  from  the 
Select  Committee  on  National  Expenditure; 
That  they  had  made  further  progress  in  the 
matters  to  them  referred,  and  directed  him  to 
make a Report thereof  to the House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

County Court 
Judges 
(Betirement 
Pensions, and 
Deputies) Bill. 
Bill  173. 

Mr.  Attorney  General,  supported  bv  Mr. 
Baldwin,  presented  a  Bill  to  make  further 
provision  with  respect  to  the  Retirement  and 
Pensions  of  County  Court  Judges  and  the 
employment of Deputy Judges,  and for purposes 
in  connection  therewith:  And  the  same  was 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow; 
and to be printed. 

Constabulary 
and Police 
(Ireland) Bill. 
Bill  175. 

Mr.  Macpherson, supported  by  Mr.  Attorney 
General  for Ireland,  presented a Bill  to amend 
the Law relating to the Royal Irish Constabulary 
and Dublin  Metropolitan  Police :  And the same 
was ordered to be read a second time to-morrow ; 
and to be printed. 

Profiteering 
BiU. 

Bill  176. 

Sir Auckland  Geddes, supported by  Sir Robert 
Home,  Mr.  Solicitor  General,  Mr.  Bridgeman, 
and  Mr.  M' Curdy, presented  a  Bill  to  check 
Profiteering;  And  the same was ordered  to  be 
read a second time to-morrow;  and to be printed. 

Business of 
the House 
(Government 
Business.) 

Ordered, That the proceedings on Government 
Business be exempted  at this day's  Sitting from 
the  provisions of  the  Standing Order  (Sittings 
of the House).—(Lord  Edmund Talbot.) 

VOL.  174. 

The  Consolidated  Fund  (No.  2)  Bill  was, Consolidated 
(No- 2) 

according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and 
committed  to  a Committee  of  the  whole  House 
for Monday next. 

The  House, according  to Order, proceeded  to Coal Mines 

take into  consideration the  Coal Mines Bill,  notBiU' 
amended in the Standing  Committee. 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Bill,  p.  1, 1. 5, by  leaving  out  from  "  1908," 
to  the  word  "  shall," in 1. 6.—(Mr.  Adamson.) 

And  the Question  being  put,  That  the words 

proposed to be left out stand part of  the  Bill: 

The  House divided. 

The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers for the ( Captain  Guest, 

Yeas, 

Noes, 

1 
I Lord Edmund Talbot:  J 
1 
j 

{  Mr.  Griffiths : 

145. 

37. 

Tellers  for the  j  Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Another Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  12, by  leaving  out  the 
word "in."—(Mr.  Adamson.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 

word  "  in "  stand  part  of  the  Bill: 

And  the House  having  continued  to  sit  till 

after Twelve of  the clock on Friday  morning; 

Friday,  8th August  1919 : 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

"  in "  stand part  of  the  Bill: 

The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the  I Lord  Edmund Talbot,  i  127 
( Captain  Guest: 

Yeas, 

Tellers for the j  Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 

Noes, 

,  |  Mr.  Griffiths: 

So it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

) 
| 
) 

27. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p.  2,  by  leaving  out  Is.  1 to 5.— 
(Mr.  Adamson.) 

And the  Question  being put,  That  the words 
proposed  to  be left  out, to  the  word  "  may," in 
1.  1, stand part of the  Bill : 

The  House divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the j Captain  Guest, 

Yeas, 

\ Lord Edmund  Talbot, 

Tellers for the I Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 

Noes, 

1  Mr.  Griffiths: 

107. 

\ 
J 

26. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That  the Bill be now  read the third 
time :—The  Bill was  accordingly read  the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do carry the Bill  to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

The House, according  to Order, resolved itself War Pensions 

into a Committee on War Pensions (Administra-
tive Provisions)  [Remuneration  and  Expenses], provisions) 
. 

(In  the Committee.) 

[Remuneration 
and Expenses.] 

Resolved,  That  it.  is  expedient  to  authorise 
the  payment,  out  of  moneys  to  be  provided by 
Parliament, of  remuneration to  the  members of 
p  P 

1th—8th 

Au&usL 

pensions  appeal  tribunals  constituted  under  any 
Act  of the present  Session,  to .make  further  pro-
vision.for  the  administration  of  the  enactments 
relating  to  Naval,  Military,  and  Air  Force  war 
pensions,  grants,  and  allowances,  and  of  any 
expenses  which  may  he  incurred  by  a  tribunal 
under  such  Act.—(Colonel  Sir James Craig.) 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr. Deputy  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and 
the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported, 
That  the  Committee  had come to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  this 

day. 

Welsh Church 
The  House,  according to Order, resolved  itself 
(Temporalities) ; nto  a  Committee  on Welsh  Church  (Tempo rali-
[Mcney.] 

[ M o n e y ] > 

^ 

- 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise 
the  payment,  out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by 
Parliament,  of  the  sum  of  one  million  pounds to 
the  Welsh  Commissioners  under  any  Act  of  the 
present  Session,  to  continue  in  office the  Welsh 
Commissioners  appointed  under 
the  Welsh 
Church  Act,  1914,  to  postpone  the  date  of  dis-
establishment, and to make further provision with 
respect  to  the  temporalities  of  and  marriages in 
the  Church  of  Wales.—(Mr.  Secretary  Shortt.) 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair ; and 
the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported, 
That  the  Committee  had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  this 

day. 

Forestry 

The  House,  according  to Order,  resolved itself 

into  a Committee  on  Forestry  [Expenses], 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Resolved, That  it is expedient  to  authorise  the 
payment,out  of  moneys to be provided  by Parlia-? 
ment, of  a sum not  exceeding  three  million  five 
hundred thousand  pounds into  a  Forestry  Fund, 
constituted under  any  Act  of  the  present  Session 
for  establishing  a  Forestry  Commission  for  the 
United  Kingdom,  and  promoting  afforestation, 
and  the  production  and  supply  of  timber 
therein.—(Sir  Arthur  Qriffith-Boscawen.) 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr. Deputy  Speaker resumed the Chair ;  and 
the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported, 
That the Committee had come to a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  this 

day. 

Solicitors'  Bill 
[Lords.'] 

The  Qrder  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of the  Solicitors'  Bill  [Lords']; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

this  day. 

Local 
Elections 
(Proportional 
Representa-
tion)  Bill 
[Lords.] 

Patents  and 
Designs  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Elections  (Pro-
portional  Representation)  Bill  [Lords'] ; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

this  day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Patents  and  Designs  Bill, 
as amended  in the  Standing  Committee  ; 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Housing  of 

take  into consideration  the Amendments made by 
the  Lords to the  Housing of  the Working  Classes  (Ireland)  BilL 
(Ireland)  Bill  :  And  the  same  were  twice  read, 
and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Colonel  Sanders reported  from  the  Committee  Supply 
of  Supply  of  the  6th  day  of  this  instant  August  [6th  A u g u s t] 
a  Resolution  ;  which  was read, as followeth  : 

Beport. 

Navy,  Military,  and  Air  Forces. 

Grants to  Officers. 

i 

That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £585,000  be  Grants  to 

granted  to  His  Majesty, .to be  issued  to  those  Officers. 
Officers who  commanded  and directed  His forces 
by  sea, on land,, and  in  the  air, in  recognition  of 
their  eminent  services  during  the 
late  war, 
namely  :— 

Navy— 

Admiral  of  the Fleet  Sir David Beatty 
Admiral  of  the Fleet  Viscount  Jellicoe 
Admiral  Sir  Charles E.  Madden 
- 
Admiral  Sir F.  G. Doveton  Sturdee 
Rear-Admiral  Sir Roger  J.  B.  Keyes 
Yice-Admiral  Sir John de Robeck  - 
Commodore  Sir Reginald Y.  Tyrwhitt 

£ 
-  100,000 
-  50,000 
-  10,000 
-  10,000 
-  10,000 
-  10,000 
-  10,000 

A r m y— 

-  100,000 
- 
Field Marshal  Sir Douglas  Haig 
-  50,000 
Field Marshal  Viscount  French 
- 
-  50,000 
Field Marshal  Sir Edmund Allenby 
-  30,000 
Field Marshal  Sir Herbert  Plumer  - 
-  10,000 
- 
Field Marshal  Sir Henry  Wilson 
30,000 
General  Sir Henry  Rawlinson  .
-  30,000 
General the Hon.  Sir Julian  Byng  - 
-  30,000 
- 
General  Sir Henry  Home 
- 
-  10,000 
- 
General  Sir  William  Robertson 
-  10,000 
, 
General  Sir William  Birdwood 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir Maurice Hankey -  25,000 

..

A i r —.  

/ 

Air  Vice-Marshal  Sir  Hugh  Trenchard 

-  10,000 

The  said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time,-was  agreed  to. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself into the  said  Committee. 

Colonel  Sanders  reported  from the Committee  w a ys   and 

of  Ways  and  Means  of  the  6th  day  of  this  Means 
instant August  a  Resolution  ;  which  was read, t.6th ^ugustl 
as  followeth: 

That,  towards  making  good 

the  Supply  Consolidated 

granted  to  His  Majesty  for  the  service  of  the  Fund  ( N o. 2). 
year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920, 
the  sum  of  £585,000  be  granted  out  of 
the 
Consolidated  Fund  of  the  United  Kingdom. 

The  said Resolution, being  read a second time, 

was agreed to. 

Ordered,  That  it  be  ah  Instruction  to  the  Consolidated 

Committee  on  the  Consolidated  Fund  (No. 2)  F u nd 
Bill  that  they  have  power  to  make  provision1 
therein  pursuant  to  the  said  Resolution. 

( N o.   2)   Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways  and 

Committee  of  Ways and  Means  ; 

- 

Means. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

Resolved, 

T h at   this  House  will,  this 

sideration  this  day. 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

 
10  GEO.  Y. 

7 th—Sth August, 

Welsh Church  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Temporalities) Committee on the Welsh  Church  Temporalities 
B,1L 

Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

War Pensions 
(Admini-
strative 
Provisions) 
Bill. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the War Pensions (Adminis-
trative  Provisions) Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

Clauses No.  1 to No.  3 agreed to. 
Clause No. 4 amended, and agreed to. 
Clauses No. 5 and No.  6 agreed to. 
Clause No.  7 amended, and agreed to. 
Clause No.  8 amended, and agreed to. 
Clauses No.  9 and No.  10 agreed to. 

Whereupon  Motion  made and Question,  That 
the  Chairman do  report  progress  and ask leave 
to  sit  again,  put  and agreed  to.—(Colonel  Sir 
James  Craig.) 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair; 
and the Chairman of  Ways  and Means reported, 
That  the  Committee  had  made Progress in the 
Bill;  and that he was directed to move,That the 
Committee  may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

again resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Forestry  Bill 
[Lordt.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee on the Forestry  Bill [Lords] ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Supreme 
Court of 
Judicature 
(Ireland)  BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Beading of the Supreme Court of Judica-
ture (Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be  read  a  second time 

this day. 

National 
Assembly of 
the Church of 
England 
(Powers) Bill 
[Lordt. J 

Superannua-
tion (Prison 
Officers) 
[Money.] 

Adjournment. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Beading  of  the  National  Assembly  of 
the Church of England ( Powers)  Bill [Lords]  ; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a  second time 

upon Monday next. 

A  Motion  being made,  That this  House will, 
this day, resolve  itself  into a Committee to con-
sider of making further provision, out of moneys 
provided by  Parliament,  for  superannuation and 
additional  allowances  to  Officers  employed  in 
Prisons and Criminal  Lunatic  Asylums.—(Lord 
Edmund Talbot.) 

Mr.  Bonar Low,  by  His  Majesty's Command, 
acquainted the House, that  His Majesty,  having 
been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of  this 
Motion, recommends  it  to  the  consideration of 
the  House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 

And it  being after half-past  Eleven  of  the 
clock on  Thursday evening,  Mr.  Deputy 
Speaker  adjourned  the  House  without 
Question  put,  pursuant  to  the  Standing 
Order, it being then  twelve minutes after 
one  of  the clock  on  Friday  morning,  till 
this  day. 

Friday,  8th August 1919. 

P R A T E R S, 

rp HE   House,  pursuant  to  the  Order  of  the Workington 
I  House of the 5th day of this instant August, Corporation 

proceeded to take into consideration the  Amend-
ment  made  by  the  Lords  to  the  Workington 
Corporation  Bill  :  And  the  same  was  twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That  the Clerk  do carry the Bill to 
the  Lords ;  and  acquaint  them  that this House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendment  made  by their 
Lordships. 

Ordered, That  the Amendments  made by  the Birmingham 
Lords  to  the  Birmingham  Corporation  Bill  be t>orp°ration 
taken into consideration  upon Monday next. 

The  Birmingham  Corporation  Tramways Bill Birmingham 
[Lords]  was  read  the  third  time  and  passed, Tramways11 
with Amendments. 

Bill  [Lordt.] 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do carry the Bill  to 
the Lords;  and acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath agreed to the  same, with Amendments;  to 
which this  House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 

The Blackpool Improvement  Bill J Lords]  was Blackpool 
read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amend- J™PrrcTin,en,t 
Bill  [Lordt.] 
ments. 
J 

L 

r 

. 

Ordered,  That the Clerk  do carry  the  Bill to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them that  this House 
hath  agreed to  the same, with  Amendments;  to 
which this House doth desire  the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 

The East Ham  Corporation  Bill  [ Lords]  was East Ham 
read  the  third  time  and passed,  with  Amend-  ^ P 0™ ^, 
ments. 

Ordered, 'That  the  Clerk  do carry the Bill to 
the Lords;  and acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath agreed to  the  same, with  Amendments ; to 
which this House doth desire the concurrence of  . 
their  Lordships. 

The Leeds  Corporation Bill  [Lords]  was read Leeds 

the third time and passed, with  Amendments. 

r 

' 
Ordered,  That  the Clerk  do carry the Bill to 
the Lords;  and acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed to the  same, with Amendments;  to 
which this House doth desire  the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 

BUI  [Lordt.] 

The  London  Electric  Bailway  Bill  [Lords]  London 

was  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with 
Amendments. 

[Lordt.] 

Bill 

Ordered,  That the Clerk  do carry the Bill  to 
the Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that this House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments; 
to which this House doth desire the concurrence 
of  their Lordships. 

The Shoreham-by-Sea  Urban District  Council Shoreham-by-

Bill  [Lords]  was read the third time and passed, Sea Urban 
District 
with  Amendments. 
Council BiU 

. ..  L.  

t 

VOL.  174. 

Ordered, That the Clerk  do  carry the Bill  to 
the Lords ;  and acquaint  them that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the same, with  Amendments, to 
which this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence 
of their Lordships. 

p  p  2 

292 

8th August. 

1919. 

Tynemouth 

The  Tynemouth  Corporation  Bill [Lords]  was 

r e a cl   t he   t h i rd   t i me   a n d  passed,  with  Amend-
ments. 

Ordered, That  the Clerk  do  carry the  Bill  to 
the Lords;  and acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to the  same, with Amendments;  to 
which this  House doth desire  the concurrence of 
their  Lordships. 

Wert 
Hartlepool 
S B ® &]  

A  Motion  being  made, That  the West  Hartle-
p 0 0l   Corporation  Bill  \Lords]  be  now  read  the 
third time ; 

Lord  Edmund  Talbot, by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand, acquainted the  House that  His  Majesty, 
having  been informed of  the purport of  the Bill, 
gives  His  Consent,  as  far  as  His  Majesty's 
interest  is  concerned,  that  the  House  may  do 
therein as they  shall think fit. 

Then  the  Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and 

passed, with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That the Clerk  do  carry  the Bill to 
the  Lords ;  and  acquaint  them that this  House 
hath agreed to the  same, with Amendments ;  to 
which this  House doth  desire the concurrence of 
their  Lordships. 

Greenock Port  The Greenock Port and Harbours  Order  Con-
«nd Harbours firmation Bill was,  according to  Order, read the 

Catenation 
Bill. 

t h i rd  

time  a n d  P a 8 s e d-

Ordered,  That the  Clerk  do  carry the  Bill to 

the Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

Board of 
Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen  presented,  by 
Agriculture  His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of Agricultural 
( A ^ f c uS   Statistics,  1918.  Volume LIII.,  Part  II.  Be-
turn of Produce of  Crops in England and  Wales, 
Statistics.) 
with  Summaries for the  United  Kingdom. 

Ordered,  That the  said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

National 
Education 
(Ireland.) 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command, —  Copy  of  Eighty-fourth  Annual 
Beport of  the  Commissioners of  National  Edu-
cation in Ireland, for the year  1917-18. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

County 
Officers and 
Courts 
(Ireland) 
Act, 1877. 

Mr.  Baldwin presented,  pursuant to the direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Account  of 
Beceipts  and  Payments  under  the  County 
Officers and  Courts (Ireland)  Act,  1877,  during 
the year ended 31st  March  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Colonial Stock  Ordered,  That  there be laid  before this  House 
a Copy  of  Treasury  List  of  Colonial  Stocks  in 
Act, 1900. 
respect  of  which the provisions  of  the  Colonial 
Stock  Act,  1900,  are for the time being complied 
with.—(Mr.  Baldwin.) 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Gom-
Selection 
mittee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  added 
(Standing 
t he   f o l l o w i ng   Member to  Standing Committee  E 
sS'ng 6 6 80  
Committee E.  (in  respect  of  the  British  Mercantile  Marine 

Uniform Bill  [Lords]) 

:—Mr.  Bridgeman. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Message from  Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
the Lords.  Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 

one of  their Clerks, as followeth : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the Bestoration of 
Bestoration 
of Pre-War  Pre-War  Practices  (No.  3)  Bill,  without  any 
SRTSW  AMENDMENT-

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Education 
(Compliance  with  Conditions  of  Grants)  Bill, 
without any Amendment. 

Education 
(Compliance 
with 
Conditions of 
Grants)  Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Manchester 

Ship  Canal  Bill,  without any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to the  Milford  Docks 
Bill,  with  Amendments ;  to  which  the  Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

Manchester 
Ship Canal 
Bill. 
Milford Docks 
Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Bedwellty Bedwellty 
Urban District  Council Bill, with  Amendments ;  Urban District 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this  House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Stretford stretford 

Urban  District  Council BUI, with Amendments ; co^cilBUL'* 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this  House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Police  Bill, Police Bill, 

with  Amendments;  to which  the  Lords  desire 
the concurrence of  this  House. 

Ordered,  That  the Amendments  made by the Police Bill. 
Lords  to  the  Police  Bill  be  taken  into  con-  Bill 179. 
sideration  upon  Monday  next;  and be printed. 

Mr.  Macmaster  reported  from  Standing  Com- Standing 

mittee  E,  to  whom  the  Ferries  ^Acquisition  by 
E' 
County  Councils)  Bill  [Lords]  was  referred j (Acquisition 
That  they  had gone through  the  Bill  and made by County 
Amendments thereunto. 

[ S i S?  K U 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do  lie  upon  the  No. 169. 

Table;  and be printed. 

Ordered,  That the Minutes  of  the Proceedings  No. 169. 

of  the Standing  Committee  be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill 178. 

Standing  Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration 
upon  Monday  n e x t;   and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented  a Bill  to  grant money public Works 

for the purpose of certain local  loans  but  of  the Loans Bill. 
Local  Loans  Fund;  and  for  other  purposes  re-  Bill 177. 
lating to local loans :  And the same was ordered 
to  be  read  a second  time  upon  Monday  next; 
and to be printed. 

Ordered,  That  Government  Business  be  not Business of 

interrupted this day at Five  or half-past Five  of t he   Houss-
of  the  clock, and  may  be  entered  upon at any 
hour although opposed.—( Lord Edmund  Talbot.) 

Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen  reported  from War Pensions 

the Committee  on War  Pensions (Administrative 
Provisions) [Bemuneration  and Expenses] a Be- provisions) 
solution ;  which was read, as followeth : 

[Bemuneration 

That it is expedient to  authorise the payment, Expenses.] 

out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament, 
of  remuneration  to  the  members  of  pensions 
appeal  tribunals  constituted  under  any Act  of 
the  present  Session  to  make  further  provision 
for the administration of  the enactments relating 
to  N aval,  M ilitary, and  Air  Force war  pensions, 
grants,  and  allowances,  and  of  any  expenses 
which may be incurred  by a tribunal under such 
Act. 

The said Besolution, being read a second time, 

was agreed to. 

Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen  reported  from Welsh Church 

the Committee on Welsh Church (Temporalities) (Temporali-
[Money]  a  Besolution ;  which  was  read,  astiea) [Money0 
followeth: 

That it is expedient to authorise the payment, 
out of  moneys to  be provided  by  Parliament, of 
the  sum  of  one  million  pounds  to  the  Welsh 
Commissioners  under  any  Act  of  the  present 

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2 93 

Session, to continue in office the Welsh  Commis-
sioners appointed under  the  Welsh  Church  Act, 
1914, to  postpone  the date  of  the  disestablish-
ment,  and  to  make  further  provision  with 
respect  to  the  temporalities  of  and  marriages 
in  the Church  in  Wales. 

The said Resolution, being  read a second time, 

was agreed to. 

Forestry 
[Expenses.] 

Sir Arthur  Grijfith-Boscawen  reported from the 
Committee on Forestry [Expenses] a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth : 

That it is expedient to authorise  the payment, 
out cf  moneys  to be provided  by Parliament, of 
a sum not exceeding  three  million  five  hundred 
thousand  pounds  into  a  Forestry  Fund, consti-
tuted under  any Act  of  the present  Session for 
establishing  a  Forestry  Commission  for  the 
United  Kingdom,  and  promoting  afforestation, 
and  the  production  and  supply  of  timber 
therein. 

The  said Resolution,  being read a second time, 

was agreed to. 

Patents and 
Designs Bill. 

The  House, according  to Order,  proceeded  to 
take into  consideration  the Patents  and  Designs 
Bill, as amended in the  Standing  Committee. 

A  Clause was offered to be added  to the  Bill 
(Amendment  of  section  38  (1)  of  the  Patents 
and Designs  Act,  1907,)—(Mr.  Wallace):  And 
the said Clause  was  brought  up, and  read  the 
first  time. 

And  a Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being put, That  the  said Clause be read a second 
time:—It  passed in the  Negative. 

An  Amendment  was  proposed to be  made  to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  9,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word  "  comptroller "  the  words "  or to  the  High 
Court of Justice as hereinafter provided."—(Mr. 
Wallace.) 

And  the  Question  being proposed,  That those 
words  be  there inserted in the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House, withdrawn. 

Then Amendments  were made to the  Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in p.  19,1.  15, by  leaving  out  the 
word " fifteen," and inserting the word "  eighteen," 
— (Mr.  Grattan  Doyle),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That the  word 
"fifteen"  stand  part  of  the  Bill: —  It  was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

A  Motion  being  made, That  the  Bill be now 

read the third time; 

Lord Edmund  Talbot,  by His Majesty's  Com-
mand, acquainted the  House, that  His  Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of  the Bill, 
gives  His  Consent,  as  far  as  His  Majesty's 
interest  is  concerned, that  the  House  may  do 
therein as they  think fit. 

Then  the  Bill  was  read  the  third time  and 

passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry the Bill to 

the Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

Trade Mark* 
Bill. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration the  Trade  Marks  Bill,  as 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee. 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to the  Bill, in p. 7,1.  14, by  inserting  at the  end 
thereof  the words— 

Section  22  At  the end add  the  words "  and 
the Registrar may permit regis-
tration  of the same mark  or any 
modification thereof in the name 
of the  assignee:" 

—(Mr.  Hood.) 

And the  Question  being put,  That those words 
be there inserted in the Bill:—It  passed in  the 
Negative. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be now read  the third 
time:—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill to 

the Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

The  House, according to Order, resolved itself  War Pensions 

into the Committee on the War Pensions (Admin-
istrative  Provisions)  Bill. 

(In  the Committee.) 

Schedule agreed to. 

Bill, as amended,  to be reported. 

Provisions) 

BlU-

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported, That tbe  Committee 
had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be how taken  into  consideration  :— 
The  House  accordingly  proceeded  .to  take  the 
Bill into consideration. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  now  read  the third 
time :•;—The Bill  was accordingly  read the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk do  carry the Bill  to 

the Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the County Court 

Second  Reading  of  the  County  Court  Judges Judges 
(Retirement  Pensions  and Deputies)  Bill; 

^n^onTand 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a  second  time ^®Pnties) 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Constabulary 
Second Reading  of the Constabulary  and Police ??d,Poljc®  ... 
(Ireland)  Bill; 
(Ireland) Bnl. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a  second  time 

upon  Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Profiteering 

Second Reading  of the  Profiteering  Bill; 

BIU-

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Solicitors Bill 

Second  Reading  of  the  Solicitors Bill  [Lords]   ; 

1 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon  Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 
Second  Reading of  the Local Elections (Propor- Elections 
tional Representation)  Bill  [Lords]   ; 

Repr^nta-

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a second  time  [ i j ^ . ] 1 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee of Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

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8 th  August 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Ways  and Means ; 

Question proposed, That those words be there 

inserted :—Amendment,  by leave, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That this House  will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Welsh Church 
T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Tempoiali-  Committee on the Welsh Church (Temporalities) 
ties) Bill. 

Bill; 

Another  Amendment proposed, in  p. 3,  1.  18, 
at the beginning, to insert the words "  Subject to 
any  regulations  that  may  be  issued  by  the 
Treasury."—(Major  Courthope.) 

Question proposed, That  those words be there 

inserted:—Amendment,  by leave, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

An  Amendment made. 

next, resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

forestry Bin 
[Lord*.] 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
the  Committee  on  the  Forestry  Bill 

j n t0 
[.Lords]. 

(In  the Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1  (Establishment  of  Forestry 

Commission). 

An  Amendment made. 
Another  Amendment proposed,  in  p.  1,  1.  8, 
at the end, to insert the words"and  one at least, 
a person haviug scientific attainments and a tech-
nical  knowledge  of  forestry."—(Sir  Phillip 
Magnus.) 

Question,  That those words  be there inserted, 

put, and negatived. 

Another  Amendment made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1. 9, 
to leave out the words "  not more than three of." 
-^-(Lieutenant-Commander  Kenworthy.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause:— 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment  proposed  in  p.  1,  1.12, 
to leave out the  words "  four thousand five hun-
dred,"  in  order  to  insert  the  words  "three 
thousand,"—(Mr.  Hogge.) 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in p. 3,1.  20, 

at the beginning, to insert the words-— 

"  Subject to the npproval of the Board of Agri-
culture and Fisheries or the Board of Agriculture 
for Scotland or  the  Department  of  Agriculture 
and Technical  Instruction for  Ireland."—(Lieu-
tenant-Colonel  Arthur  Murray.) 

Question  proposed, That those words  be there 

inserted {—Amendment,  by leave, withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in p.  3, 1. 27, 
to  leave  out  paragraph  (b).—  (Lieutenant-
Colonel Arthur  Murray.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words proposed 
to be left out stand part of the Clause:—Amend-
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment proposed, in  p.  3,  1. 37, 
to leave  out the  words "  grant or by way of."— 
(Lieutenant-Colonel  Arthur  Murray.) 

Question, That  the words  proposed  to be left 
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to. 

Other Amendments made. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  4,  to 

leave out Is. 28 to 42.—(Major Courthope.) 

Question, That the words  proposed to  be left 
out  stand  part  of  the  Clause,  put, and  agreed 
to. 

Question  put,  That  the  words  proposed to be 

Other Amendments made. 

left out stand part of the Clause. 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers for the ( Captain  Guest, 

Yeas, 

\ Mr.  Eyres  Monsell: 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

|  119. 

Clause  No.  4  (Prevention  of  damage  by 

rabbits and  vermin). 

Amendment  proposed, in p. 5,1.  17,  after the 

Tellers for the/Mr.  Hogge, 

Noes, 

I Mr.  Neil  Maclean : 

1  14. 

word "  by,"  to  insert  the  word  "  deer."—(Lieu-
tenant-Colonel  Arthur  Murray.) 

Another Amendment made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  15, 
to  leave  out  the  word " five," in  order  to insert 
the word "three."—(Mr.  Hogge.) 

Question, That the word  " five "  stand part of 

the Clause, put, and agreed to. 
Another Amendment made. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in p.  1,  1. 23, 

at the end, to add the words— 

(6)  One of the unpaid Commissioners shall be 
a  Member  of  Parliament  who  shall  be 
answerable to  Parliament  for  all  acts  and 
deeds  of  the  Forestry  Commission.—(Mr. 
Gideon  Murray.) 

Question proposed,  That those words  be there 

added :—Amendment,  by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Clause  N o. 2 agreed to. 

Clause No. 3  (Powers and Duties  of Commis-

sioners). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  3,1.  2,  after the 
word "  duties,"  to  insert  the words  " including 
the obligation to implement  current  contracts." 
—(Lieutenant-Colonel  Arthur  Murray.) 

Question proposed, That the  word  "  deer "  be 
there  inserted :—Amendment,  by  leave,  with-
drawn. 

Another  Amendment proposed, in p. 5,  1.  18, 
after  the  word  "  hares,"  to  insert  the  words 
"  black  game."—(Lieutenant-Colonel  Arthur 
Murray.) 

Question  proposed, That  those  words be there 

inserted :—Amendment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Clause  No.  5  (Appointment  of  Assistant 
Commissioners to act for England,  Scotland and 
Ireland). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  6,  1. 4,  to  leave 
out the words "  the  Commissioners "  in order to 
insert  the  words  "  His  Majesty  by  Order 
in  Council."  —  (Lieutenant-Colonel 
Arthur 
Murray.) 

Question proposed, That the words "  the Com-
missioners "  stand  part of  the  Clause:—Amend-
ment, by leave,  withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Clause  No.  6  (Consultative  Committees  for 

England, Scotland, Ireland and  Wales.) 

An   Amendment  made. 

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295 

Another Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  6,1.21, 
at the end, to insert the words "  a representative 
.if  the  Board,  or  department,  of  Agriculture 
having jurisdiction in the Kingdom or principality 
concerned,and."—(Major  Courthope.) 

The Order  of  the  day being read, for, taking Nurses 
into  consideration  the Nurses  Registration  Bill,  ®®«i,tration 
as amended in the Standing  Committee; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  taken into further 

consideration upon Friday next. 

Question  proposed, That those words be there 

inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Other Amendments made. 

Another Amendment  proposed, in p.  6,  1.  29, 

at the end, to add the words— 

" ( f)   representatives  of  small  holders."— 

(Lieutenant-Colonel  Arthur  Murray.) 

Question, That  those  words  be  there  added, 

put, and negatived. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Clause No. 7 (Compulsory acquisition of land.) 
Amendment proposed, in  p.  6,  1. 30,  to  leave 
out subsection  (I).—(Lieutenant-Colonel  Arthur 
Murray.) 

Question  proposed, That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause  :— 
Amendment,  by leave, withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p.  7,  1.  2, 
to  leave  out  from  the  word "house"  to  the 
second  Word  "  or "  in  1.  3.—(Lieutenant-Colonel 
Arthur  Murray.) 

Question, That  the words  proposed  to be left 
out stand part of  the Clause, put, and agreed to. 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Clause  No. 8 amended,  and agreed to. 

Clauses No.  9 to No.  11  agreed to. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House will, Profiteering 
upon  Monday  next, resolve  itself  into  a  Com- [Expenses.] 
mittee  to  consider  of  authorising  the  payment, 
out of moneys to  be  provided  by Parliament, of 
any expenses that  may  become  payable  by the 
Board  of  Trade  under  any  Act  of  the present 
Session to  check  Profiteering.—(Lord  Edmund 
Talbot.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt, by His  Majesty's  Com-
mand, acquainted  the  House  that  His  Majesty, 
having  been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of 
this Motion,  recommends  it to  the consideration 
of  the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

A  Motion  being made, That  this  House  will, Public Works 

upon  Monday  next,  resolve  itself  into  a  Com- Loans 
mittee to consider of  authorising the remission of j ^ i n i on   01 
certain  Debts  in  pursuance  of  any Act  of  the 
present  Session relating to  Local  Loans.—(Lord 
Edmund Talbot.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt, by His  Majesty's  Com-
mand, acquainted the  House, that  His  Majesty, 
having  been informed  of  the  subject-matter  of 
this Motion, recommends  it  to  the consideration 
of  the House. 

Resolved, That this  House will,  upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

A  Clause  (Duration  of  Act)—(Mr.  Gideon 

Murray,)—brought up, and read the first time. 

Motion  made, and Question,  That  the  Clause 

be read a second time, put, and negatived. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the Adjournments 

House  without  Question put, pursuant to 
Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being  then 
a  quarter  of  an  hour  after  Six  of  the 
clock, till  Monday next. 

Schedule amended, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy Chairman reported,  That the Committee 
had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  now taken into  consideration  :— 
The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
Bill into  consideration, and  an Amendment  was 
made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be now read  the third 
time :—The  Bill was  accordingly read  the  third 
time and passed, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do  carry  the Bill to 
the  Lords;  and acquaint them  that this  House 
hath agreed to the same, with  Amendments ;  to 
which this  House doth desire  the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 

Supreme Court  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
of Judicature  Second Reading of the Supreme Court of  Judi-
Act (Ireland)  cature  (Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

Monday, llth  August 1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

THE   House,  pursuant  to  the  Order  of  the  Milford Docks 

House of  the 5th day of this instant August,  Bil1-

proceeded to take into consideration the Amend-
ments made by the Lords to the  Milford  Docks 
Bill:  And the same were twice read, and agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That tbe Clerk  do  carry the  Bill to 
the Lords ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by their 
Lordships. 

The  House,  pursuant  to  the  Order  of  the Bedwellty 
House  of  the  5th  day  of  this  instant  August,  Urban Di»trict 
proceeded to take into consideration the  Amend-  Coancil  Billi 
ments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the  Bedwellty 
Urban District Council Bill:  And the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That  the Clerk do carry the Bill  to 
the Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that this  House 
hath agreed  to  the Amendments  made  by their 
Lordships. 

Superannua-
tion (Prison 
Officers) 
[Money.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee on Superannuation  (Prison  Officers) 
[Money] 5 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  House,  pursuant  to  the  Order  of  the stretford 

House  of  the  5th  day  of  this  instant  August, Urban District 
proceeded to take  into consideration the Amend- 
ments made by the  Lords to the Stretford Urban 
District Council Bill:  And the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

ncil Bil1" 

VOL.   174. 

p  P  4 

296 

11th August. 

1919. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ;  and acquaint  them  that  this House 
hath agreed  to  the  Amendments made  by their 
Lordships. 

Boland'i 
Divorce Bill 
[Lordt.] 

Boland's  Divorce  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the 

third time and passed. 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do  carry the Bill to 
the Lords;  and acquaint them  that  this  House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

Mr. Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com- Board of 
mand,—Copy  of Draft, dated 11th August  1919, Education, 
of  Begulations for Grant of  Maintenance  Allow-
ances  proposed  to  be  made  by  the  Board  of 
Education  under  Section  44  of  the  Education 
Act,  1918, for  the  payment of  Grants to  Local 
Education  Authorities  in  respect  of  their  Ap-
proved Expenditure on Maintenance Allowances 
to Pupils in Secondary  Schools and  other places 
of  Higher Education. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Pembroke Gas  The Pembroke  Gas Bill  [Lords]  was read the 
BiU [Lordt.]  third time and passed, with Amendments. 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  pursuant  to  the Corn 

Ordered, That the Clerk do  carry the Bill  to 
the Lords;  and  acquaint  them that this House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments; 
to which this House doth desire the concurrence 
of  their Lordships. 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— Copy  of 
Cereals (Ireland)  Declaration  Amending  Regu-
lations, 1919, made  under  the  Corn  Production 
Act,  1917. 

Ordered, That the said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Dover Gas 
Bill  [Lordt.]  t; on 

The  House  proceeded  to take  into  considera-

tj, e  D o v er  Gas  Bill  [Lords],  as  amended 

in the Committee. 

Ordered, That  Standing  Orders  223  and 243 
be suspended, and that the  Bill  be now  read the 
third  time. — (The  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means.) 

The  Bill was  accordingly read the  third time 

and passed, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That  the Clerk  do carry the Bill to 
the  Lords ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath agreed  to  the  same, with Amendments ;  to 
which this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 

Birmingham 
Corporation 
BiJL 

The  House, according to  Order, proceeded to 
take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Birmingham  Corporation 
Bill:  And the same were twice read, and agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk  do  carry the Bill  to 
the Lords ;  and acquaint them  that  this House 
hath  agreed to the Amendments  made  by their 
Lordships. 

Clyde Valley 
Electrical 
Power Order 
Confirmation 
BiU. 

Mr.  Munro  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a 
Provisional Order under  the Private Legislation 
Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating  to 
Clyde Yallev  Electrical  Power :  And  the same 
was  ordered (under  Section  7 of  the Act) to be 
taken into consideration to-morrow. 

Fee Fund 
(House of 
Lords.) 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Account  of  the Fee Fund 
of  the House of  Lords from the  lst  April  1918 
to the 31st March  1919. 

Superannua- 
Copy of Memorandum  on the provisions of the 
tion (Prison  Superannuation  (Prison  Officers)  Bill;  with  an 
Officers) Bill.  e g t i m a te  0f  th e probable expenditure. 

Colonial Stock  Mr.  Baldwin  also  presented,—Beturn  to  an 
Order,  dated the 8th day of  this  instant August, 
Act, 1900. 
for a Beturn relative to the  Colonial  Stock  Act, 
1900. 

No. 171. 

Ordered, That the said Papers  do lie upon the 

Table ;  and that the said Beturn be printed. 

Mr.  Cecil Harmsworth  presented, by His  Ma-
jesty's  Command,—Copy of the Peace Proposals 

Peace 
Proposals 
Miscellaneous, m a de  
No. 7,1919.)  ' rent Powers, on lst  August 1917, and correspon-

H is   H o l i a e ss   t he   P oP e  to   t h e  Bellige-

dence relative thereto. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir Auckland Geddes presented, pursuant to the  Patents, 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
Thirty-sixth  Beport of  the Comptroller  General Marks, 
of  Patents,  Designs,  and  Trade  Marks,  with  No. 172. 
Appendices, for the year 1918. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper  do  lie  upon the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Sir  Arthur  Grtffith-Boscawen  presented,  by  Board of 

His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Statement  ^ 
of  Financial  Results  of  Principal  Trading ^pood'  enes 
Schemes  carried  out  by  the  Food  Production  Production 
Department  of  the  Board  of  Agriculture  and Department.) 
Fisheries. 

Ordered, That the said  Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Robert  Home  presented, by  His  Majesty's Ministry of 

Command,—Copy  of Final Report  to the Minis- Labour-
try of  Labour of  the Committee of  Inquiry into 
the Out-of-Work Donation Scheme. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His Scottish 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the 
Committee appointed by the  Secretary for Scot- committee, 
land to consider and report upon the utilisation of 
Edinburgh  Castle  for the purposes of  a Scottish 
National  War  Memorial. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House,  public Works 

a Copy of  Statement of  particulars of  Loans  of Loans Bill, 
which the balances outstanding are proposed to be 
remitted or written  off (in whole or in part) from 
the  assets  of  the  Local  Loans  Fund.—(Mr. 
Baldwin.) 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from the Lords by the Lords, 
one of  their Clerks, as followeth : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Local 
Government  Provisional  Orders  (No.  1)  Bill, 
without any Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to 

the  Local 
Government  Provisional  Orders  (No.  2)  Bill, 
without any Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Local 
Government  Provisional  Orders  (No.  3)  Bill, 
without any  Amendment. 

Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Orders 
(No.  1) BiU. 
Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Orders 
(No. 8) BiU. 
Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Orders 
(No. 3) BiU. 

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297 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Local 
Government  Provisional  Order  (No.  5)  Bill, 
without any Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Local 
Government  Provisional  Order  (No.  6)  Bill, 
without any  Amendment. 

The  House divided. 
The  Yeas to the Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the j  Lord Edmund  Talbot, 1 
j 
Tellers for  the j Mr.  Kennedy Jones,  1 
I Sir Frederick Banbury. ) 

( Captain  Guest: 

Yeas, 

Noes, 

251. 

8. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Wells  Par-
ticular  Baptist  and  Congregational  Chapels 
Charities Bill, without any Amendment. 

So it was resolvod in the Affirmative. 

The Bill was read a second time. 

The  Lords have  agreed to the National Trust 

Charity  Bill,  without any Amendment. 

:  The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Brooke 
Robinson  Museum  Charity  Bill,  without  any 
Amendment. 

The  Lords have agreed to the Congregational 
Chapels Charities Bill, without any Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Eatington 
Wesleyan  Methodist  Cbapel  Property  Rill, 
without any Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Plumptre 
Hospital  Charity  Bill,  without any Amendment. 

Headcorn 
Baptist Chapel 
Charity Bill. 

,  The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Headcorn 
Baptist Chapel Charity Bill, without any Amend-
ment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee of  the whole  House  for  Wednesday 
next.—(Sir Auckland Geddes.) 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Welsh Church 

into a  Committee  on the  Welsh  Church  (Tem- (Tempo™-
lities) BiU. 
Hill 

i«  •  \  r»»n 
porahties) Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

Clause No.  1 amended, and agreed to. 

Clause No.  2 (Date of Disestablishment). 
Amendment  proposed, in  p.  1,1.  16,  to  leave 
out  the  words "  March  nineteen  hundred  and 
twenty ;" in order to insert the words "  December 
nineteen hundred  and  nineteen."—(Mr.  Hay don 
Jones.) 

Question, That  the words  proposed  to be left 
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to. 

LoC»i 
Government 
Provisional 
Order 
(No. 5) BiU. 
Local 
Government 
Provisional 
Order 
(No. 6) Bill. 
Wells 
Particular 
Baptist and 
Congregational 
Chapels 
Charities BiU. 
National 
Trust Charity 
BUI. 
Brooke 
Robinson 
Museum 
Charity BiU. 
Congregational 
Chapels 
Charities Bill. 
Eatingtoc 
Wesleyan 
Methodist 
Chapel 
Property BiU. 
Plumptre 
Hospital 
Charity Bill. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee D. 

Sir Samuel Roberts reported from the Committee 

of Selection;  That they  had  discharged the fol-
lowing Member from Standing  Committee D  :— 
Sir  Auckland  Geddes;  and  had  appointed  in 
substitution:  Colonel Sir  Hamar  Greenwood (in 
respect  of  the  Courts  (Emergency  Powers) 
Bill.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Advertise-
ments 
Regulation 
BiU. 

Bill  180. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Arthur Murray, supported 
by  Sir  Henry  Craik  and  Sir  Martin  Conway, 
presented  a  Bill  to  amend and extend  the Ad-
vertisements  Regulation  Act,  1907:  And  the 
same was ordered to  be read a second time upon 
Monday next;  and to be printed. 

Business of 
the House 
(Government 
Business.) 

Ordered,  That  Government  Business  be  ex-
empted at this  day's  Sitting  from the provisions 
of the  Standing  Order  (Sittings of  the House). 
—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

Profiteering 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second Reading of  the Profiteering  Bill; 

And  a Motion  being  made, and the Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read a 
second time; 

An  Amendment was  proposed  to  be made  to 
the  Question,  by leaving  out  the word  "  now," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
words  "  upon  this  day  three  months."—(Mr. 
Kennedy  Jones.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word "  now "  stand part of  the Question;  And a 
Debate arising thereupon: 

Mr. Bonar  Law  rose in his place, and claimed 

to move,  That the Question be now put: 

Clause agreed to. 

Clause  No. 3  (Provisions relating to Commu-

tation). 

Amendment  proposed, in  p.  2, 1. 6,  after the 
word "  Parliament," to insert the words "  by way 
of  loan repayable in  the year nineteen  hundred 
and fifty."—(Sir  Donald Maclean.) 

Question, That those words be  there  inserted, 

put, and negatived. 

® 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in p.  2,  L 7, 
after  the word  "  them," to insert  the words " in 
the  first  place  so  that  having  regard  to  the 
provisions of  this  Act  the  representative  body 
may  receive  the  value  of  the  whole  of  the 
property  not  transferred  to  the  representative 
body by section eight  of  the Welsh Church Act 
beyond that due to the representative body under 
the scheme of  commutation, and in* the second." 
—(Lord  Robert  Cecil.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted : 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers for the j  Major  Wood, 

) 
{ Major  Ormsby Gore :  ) 
1 

31. 

Tellers for the ( Captain  Guest, 

Yeas, 

Noes, 

( Lord Edmund  Talbot:  J  l s y > 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  to 
leave out Is. 12 to 15 in order to insert  the words 
"  computed  in  accordance with  the  Tithe  Act, 
1918, after deducting two and a-half per cent, on 
account of the cost of  collection and the average 
amount  paid  during the  three years  preceding 
the date of  disestablishment on account of  rates 
and land tax."-»-(Mr.  Haydon  Jones.) 

Question, That  the words proposed  to  be left 
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to. 

Question put 
(pursuant to 
S.O. Closure 
of Debate.) 

And the Question  being put, That  the  Ques-
tion  be  now  put:—It  was  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative: 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

And  the Question being  accordingly put,  That 

Clause  No.  4  (Further  provisions  as  to  Welsh 

the  word  "  now "  stand  part  of  the  Question; 

ecclesiastical  property). 

VOL.   174. 

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11th—12th  August. 

1919. 

Tuesday,,  12th August  1919. 
Amendment proposed, in p. 3,1.  17, at the end, 

to insert the words— 

"  (3) If  so requested by the Welsh  representa-
tive body after the date of commutation the Welsh 
Commissioners  shall  sell  to  the  representative 
body any glebe or other land  (other than  burial 
grounds)  vested  in  the .Welsh  Commissionerjs, 
and  by  them  to  be  transferred  to  the  county 
councils  or  the  University  of  Wales  at  a  sum 
equal to thirteen times the amount of the annual 
income derived  therefrom  as  computed  for  the 
purpose of  the  Fourth  Schedule  to  the  Welsh 
Church  Act,  1914,  subject  to  the  tenancies, 
charges, and incumbrances subject to which such 

flebe or other land  is transferred  to  the  Welsh 

Commissioners,  but  freed  from  any  existing 
interest  therein, or any charge in respect of  any 
sum  of  money  borrowed  by  the  Welsh  Com-
missioners  under  section  thirty  of  the  Welsh 
Church Act,  1914: 

Provided  that  there  shall  not  be sold  under 
this subsection any land which before the date of 
commutation  any County Borough,  Borough  or 
Urban District  Council shall, with  the approval 
of  the  Ministry  of  Health,  determine  to  be 
required  for  the  purposes  of  any  housing  or 
rehousing  scheme  under  the  Housing  of  the 
Working  Classes  Acts,  1890  to  1909."—(Sir 
Owen  Philipps.) 

Question proposed, That those words be there 

inserted :—Amendment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p.  3,1.  26, 
at the end, to add  the words "  all burial grounds 
of  any  ecclesiastical  corporation  or  parish  in 
Wales and Monmouthshire : 

Provided  that  any  burial  grounds  so  trans-
ferred shall be vested in  the representative body 
subject  to  the provisions of  section twenty-four 
of  the Welsh  Church Act,  1914,  as amended by 
this  Act, and  shall  be  held  in  accordance with 
regulations  made  by  a  joint  committee  of  the 
representative body and of representatives of the 
various  religious  denominations  in  Wales  and 
Monmouthshire  and  approved  by the Secretary 
of  State."—(Mr.  Forestier- Walker.) 

Question proposed, That  those words be there 

added:—Amendment,  by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 
Clause  No.  5  agreed to. 
Clause No.  6 amended, and agreed to. 
Clauses No. 7 and No.  8 agreed to. 
A  Clause  (Saving  for  divided  parishes)— 
(Major Barnston)—brought up and read the first 
and second time, and added to the Bill. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 

Mr. Deputy  Speaker resumed the Chair;  and 
the Deputy  Chairman reported,  That  the  Com-
mittee had come to a Besolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  be  received  this 

day. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Public Works 

into  a  Committee  on  Public  Works  Loans fJ°*ns._ 
[Bemission  of  Debts.] 

[Bemission 
of  Debts.] 

(In  the Committee.) 

Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the 
remission of arrears of principal and interest due 
to  the  Public  Works  Loan  Commissioners  in 
respect  of  Eyemouth  Harbour  and  of  certain 
claims under the  Drainage (Ireland) Act,  1842, 
in pursuance of any  Act  of  the  present  Session, 
relating to Local Loans.—(Mr.  Baldwin.) 

Besolution to be reported. 

Mr. Deputy Speaker resumed the Chair;  and 
the Deputy  Chairman reported,  That  the  Com-
mittee had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  be  received  this 

day. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Superannna-

into  a  Committee  on  Superannuation  (Prison 
Officers) [Money]. 

Officers) 
[Money.] 

(In the Committee.) 

Resolved, That it is expedient  to make further 
provision, out of moneys provided by Parliament, 
for superannuation  and additional  allowances to 
officers employed in  prisons and criminal lunatic 
asylums.—(Mr.  Baldwin.) 

Resolution to be reported. 

Mr.  Deputv  Speaker resumed the  Chair;  and 
the Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That the  Com-
mittee had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  this 

day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 
Second Reading of the Local  Elections (Propor- Elections 
tional Representation)  Bill  [.Lords] ; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a second time 

this day. 

^^ 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Joint Stock 
Second  Beading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks Banks (Amal-
c^?)BilL 
(Amalgamation  Control) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Monday next. 

tepf^nZ*1 
BiU 

,  Mr. Deputy  Speaker resumed the Chair;  and 
the Deputy  Chairman reported, That  the  Com-
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee, be taken into consideration this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Private 
Second  Beading  of  the  Private  Legislation  ^P^ion 
Procedure (Ireland)  Bill; 
(Ireland)* 

Ordered, That the  Bill be read a second  time Bm-

upon M onday next. 

Profiteering 
[  Expenses. J 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

into a Committee on Profiteering  [Expenses.] 

(In  the Committee.) 

Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the 
payment,  out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by 
Parliament,  of  any  expenses  that  may  become 
payable  by the Board of  Trade in carrying  out 
the provisions of  any Act of  the  present Session 
to check profiteering.—(Sir Auckland Geddes.) 

Besolution  to be reported. 

The Order of  the day  being read,  for  taking Aliens 
into  consideration  the  Aliens  Bestriction  Bill, Bestriction 
as amended in the Standing  Committee; 

BiU-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Agriculture 
Second Beading of the Agriculture and Fisheries ^^FishenM 
(Councils, &c.)  Bill  ; 

Bin. 

• 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a second time 

upon Wednesday next. 

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299 

Overseas Trade  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
j^tosT06 
the  Overseas  Trade 
Abnormal 
Bisk.) Bill. 

Second  Reading  of 
(Insurance against  Abnormal  Risks)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read^  for  the  Supreme Court 

Second  Reading  of  the  Supreme  Court 
Judicature  (Ireland)  Bill; 

~ 

0{   of Judicature 
(Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

time upon Monday next. 

upon Monday next. 

Bats and Mice 
(Destruction) 
B i l l. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the Rates and Mice (Destruc-
tion)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second time 

upon Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for, taking Ferries 
into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Acquisition  by ^(5 uisi* ion 
County  Councils)  Bill  [Lords],  as  amended in councils/BUl 
the Standing  Committee; 

[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the  War  Emergency  Laws 

War 
Emergency 
(Continuance)  (Continuance)  Bill ; 
BiU- 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

Dogs 
Regulation 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the Dogs Regulation (Ireland) 
(No.  2)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read  a  second time 

'upon Monday next. 

Consolidated 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Fund (No. 2)  Committee  on  the  Consolidated  Fund  (No.  2) 
Bm- 

Bill  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Police Bill. 

*  The House  according  to  Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the  Lords to the Police Bill:  And the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the Bill  to 
the  Lords ;  and acquaint them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made by their 
Lordships. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,—Return  to  an  Order,  Public Works 

dated  the  11th  day  of  this  instantAugust,  for Loans BiU-
a  Return  relative  to  the  Public 
Bill. 

Works  Loans  No. 170. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Return  do  lie  upon 

the Table ;  and be printed. 

Resolved,  That this  House  do  now adjourn.-r- Adjournment. 

(Colonel  Sanders.) 

And  accordingly the Housej having continued 
to  sit  till  four  Minutes  before One  of  the 
clock  on  Tuesday  morning,  adjourned  till 
this day. 

Tuesday, 12th August 1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

MR.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report Provisional 

from one of the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private  Bills,  That  in the case of  the  following briers 
g 
Bill,  referred  on  the  First  Reading thereof,  no applicable.) 
Standing  Orders are applicable,  viz.:—• 

Bi*k 

Water  Provisional Order Bill. 

Public Works 
Loans Bill. 

The Public  Works  Loans  Bill  was,  according 

f 0  Order, read a second time. 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read  a second time 

to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  this  day.— 
(Colonel Sanders.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
t  Second  Reading  of  the  County  Court  Judges 

County Court 
nSgeS 
Pensions and 
Deputies) Bill.  Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a  second time 

(Retirement  Pensions and Deputies)  Bill; 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Constabulary 
and Police 
fIreland) Bill.  ®econ<^ Reading  of  the Constabulary  and Police 

(Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill be read  a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Solicitors 
Bill [Lordt.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second Reading of the  Solicitors  Bill  [Lords']  ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be  read  a second time 

this day. 

i 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Supply; 

The  House,  according to Order, proceeded to Clyde Valley 

take into  consideration  the  Clyde  Valley  Elec-  ®lectri^. 
trical Power Order  Confirmation  Bill. 

Confirmation 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  the third time BUI-

to-morrow. 

The  Clyde  Navigation  Order  Confirmation Clyde 
Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  s e c o nd   Navigation 
time,  and ordered to  be taken  into consideration confirmation 
to-morrow. 

BUI. 

Colonel  Amery  presented,  by  His  Majesty's colonial 
Command,—Copy  of  Colonial Report,  No.  998 Beports 
(Gold  Coast Report for  1917). 

(Annual.) 

Ordered, That  the said  Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant to Shops Act, 

the directions of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy I®12-
of  Order made  under  the  Shops  Act,  1912,  by 
the  Council of  the undermentioned Local Autho-
rity and  confirmed by the Secretary of State for 
the  Home  Department:— 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

Urban District of  Castleford. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of Ways  and Means; 

Resolved,  That 

this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

VOL.   174. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to Shops Act, 

the directions of  an Act  of Parliament, —Copies  I912-
of  Orders  made under  the  Shops Act,  1912, by 
Q  Q  2 

300 

12 th August. 

1919. 

the CouDcil of  the  undermentioned Local Autho-
rity,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary 
for 
Scotland:— 

The Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments  Sast Ham 
made  by this House to  the East  Ham  Corpora-^^P"™^11 
tion Bill  [Lords],  without any  Amendment. 

1  I  ^  M 

Burgh of Dundee (two). 

Ordered,  That the  said Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

British 
Cellulose 
Inquiry 
Committee,  of  Inquiry  on Cellulose. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Beport  iof  the  Committee 

Ordered,  That the said  Paper do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Army 
(Begimental 

Mr.  Secretary  Churchill  presented,  pursuant 
t o 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of Amended  Begulations  made under the 
Regimental Debts Act,  1893. 

Ordered,  That the  said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Message from 
the Lords. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  Drought from  the  Lords  by 
one of  their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

Government of  The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the Government 
of the  Soudan  Loan  Bill, without  any  Amend-
the Soudan 
ment. 
ment. 

Government 
War 
Obligations 
Bill. 

Tyne 
Improvement 
Bill. 

West Indian 
Court of 
Appeal  Bill. 

Acquisition of 
Land 
(Assessment of 
Compensation) 
Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Government 
War  Obligations  Bill, without  any  Amendment. 

The Lords have agreed to the  Tyne  Improve-

ment  Bill, without any  Amendment. 

The Lords  have  agreed  to  the  West  Indian 
Court of  Appeal Bill,  with  an  Amendment;  to 
which the Lords  desire  the concurrence  of  this 
House. 

The  Lords  have agreed to the Acquisition of 
Land  (Assessment  of  Compensation)  Bill, with 
Amendments;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence of this  House. 

Housing, 
Town 
Planning, fcc. 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 
Local 
Government 
Fro visional 
Order (No. 4) 
Bill. 

The  Lords have agreed to the  Housing,  Town 
Planning,  &c.  (Sootland)  Bill,  with  Amend-
ments ;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concur-
rence of this  House. 

The  Lords have agreed to the  Local  Govern-
ment  Provisional  Order  (No.  4)  Bill,  with 
Amendments;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence of  this House. 

Local 
The  Lords have agreed  to the  Local  Govern-
ProviS^aL4  m e n t  Provisional  Orders  (No.  7)  Bill,  with 
Orders(No. 7)  Amendments  ;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
Bill. 
Local 
Government 

The  Lords have  agreed to  the Local  Govern-
ment  (Ireland)  Provisional  Orders  Bill,  with 
Amendments;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the 
concurrence of this  House. 

concurrence  of  this  House. 

Provisional 
Orders Bill, 

Ministry of 
Ways and 
Communica-
tions Bill 
(changed to 
Ministry of 
Transport 
Bill.) 

Tramways 
Provisional 
Orders Bill 
[.Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Ministry  of 
Ways  and  Communications  Bill,  changed  to 
Ministry of  Transport  Bill,  with  Amendments  ; 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Tramways  Provi-
sional Orders Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amend-
ment. 

Birmingham 
SamwlfsBiU m a de  b7  t h i s  House  to  the  Birmingham  Cor-
[X»nJ.]7B  1  poration  Tramways  Bill  [Lords],  without  any 

The  Lords  have agreed  to  the Amendments 

Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the Amendments 
Blackpool 
K l i r Sj   made by this House  to  the  Blackpool  Improve-

ment Bill  [Lords],  without any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have agieed  to  the  Amendments 
made by this  House  to  the  Leeds  Corporation 
Bill  [Lords],  without any  Amendment. 

Leeds 
Corporation 
BiU  [Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  London  Electric 
Bailway  Bill  [Lords],  without any  Amendment. 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Shoreham-by-Sea 
Urban  District  Council  Bill  [Lords],  without 
any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed to  the  Amendments 
made by this  House  to the  Tynemouth  Corpora-
tion Bill  [Lords],  without any  Amendment. 

London 
Electric 
Bailway  Bill 
[Lords.] 
Shoreham-by-
Sea Urban 
District 
Council BiU 
[Lords.] 
Tynemouth 
Corporation 
BUl  [Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  West  Hartlepool 
Corporation  Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amend-
ment. 

West 
Hartlepool 
Corporation 
BUI  [Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments Middlesbrough 

made by  this House  to  the  Middlesbrough  C o r - ^ P ® "^ 
poration Bill  [Lords],  without  any  Amendment.  1 

r 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made by  the Acquisition of 

Lords  to the  Acquisition  of  Land  (Assessment Jf1"1 
of Compensation) Bill be taken into consideration co^n^tion) 
to-morrow;  and be printed. 

Bill. 

Bill  182. 

Ordered, That  the  Amendments  made  by  the Housing, 

Lords  to  the  Housing,  Town'  Planning,  &c. 
(Scotland)  Bill  be taken  into  consideration  to- (Scotliuid.)  ' 
morrow;  and be printed. 

Bill. 

Bill  181. 

Ordered,  That  the Amendments,  made,by  the Ministry of 
Lords to the Ministry of  Ways  and Communica- Ways and 
tions  Bill  (changed  to  Ministry  of  Transport  S ^ u f 0*" 
Bill)  be taken into consideration to-morrow;  and (changed to 
be printed. 
Ministry of 
Transport 
BiU.) 

Bill  184.; 

Ordered,  That the  Amendments  made  by the Local 

Lords  to  the  Local  Government  Provisional 
Order (No.  4)  Bill  be taken  into  consideration order 
to-morrow. 

(No. 4) BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the Amendments  made  by  the Local 

Lords  to  the  Local  Government  Provisional 
Orders (No.  7)  Bill be taken  into  consideration orders (No. 7) 
to-morrow. 

.BiU. 

.  Ordered,  That the Amendments made  by  the Local 
Lords  to  the  Local  Government (Ireland)  Pro-
visional  Orders  Bill  be  taken  into  considera- Provisional 
tion  to-morrow. 
Orders BiU. 

Mr.  T.  P.  O'Connor  reported  from  Standing standing 

Committee D  to  whom  the  Courts  (Emergency 
Powers) Bill  was referred ;  That  they had gone (Emergency 
through the Bill  and made  Amendments  there-  Powers) Bill, 
unto. 

D* 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do  lie  upon  the  No. 173. 

Table;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings  No.  173. 

of the Standing  Committee be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill 183. 

Standing  Committee, be taken into consideration 
to-morrow ;  and be printed. 

Sir  Watson  Rutherford  reported 

from Standing 

Standing  Committee  E  to  whom  the  British Committee E. 
Mercantile  Marine  Uniform  Bill  [Lords]  was Mercantile 
referred ;  That they  had gone through  the  Bill Marine 
and had directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment,  to the House. 

8111 

' 

10  GEO. Y. 

12 th August. 

aoi 

N o.   174. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

The Resolution was amended by adding, at the  ; 

Table  ;  and be printed. 

end thereof, the words,— 

No.  174. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings 

of  the Standing Committee be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill, not  amended  in  the 
Standing Committee, be taken into consideration 
to-morrow. 

Business of 
tbe House 
(Government 
Business.) 

Ordered,  That  Government  Business  be 
exempted  at  this  day's  Sitting  from  the  pro-
visions of  the  Standing  Order  (Sittings  of  the 
House).—(Mr. Bonar  Law.) 

Consolidated 
Fund (No. 2) 
Bill. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Consolidated  Fund 
(No.  2)  Bill. 

(In  the Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1 agreed to. 

"  Provided that  the  total sum  of  these pay-
ment*  shall  not  exceed  seventy-five  thousand 
pounds,"—(Mr.  Bonar  Lnw)-~and,  so  amended, 
was agreed to. 

Sir  Alfred  Mond  reported  from  the  Com-  Public Works 
mittee  on  Public  Works Loans  [Remission  of fRem^ssion of 
Debts],  a  Resolution;  which  was  read,  as Debts.]1 
followeth: 

That it is expedient to authorise the remission 
of  arrears of  principal  and  interest  due  to the 
Public  Works  Loan  Commissioners  in  respect 
of  Eyemouth  Harbour  and  of  certain  claims 
under  the  Drainage  (Ireland)  Act,  1842,  in 
pursuance  of  any  Act  of  the  present  Session 
relating to Local Loans. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 

Clauses No. 2 and No.  3 amended, and agreed 

was agreed to. 

to. 

Clause 4 agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 

Sir  Alfred  Mond  reported  from  the  Com- Superannua-
(Prison 

mittee  on  Superannuation  (Prison  O f f i c e r s)  
r Money]  a  Resolution ;  which  was  read,  as phoney ] 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee, be  now taken into consideration :— 
The House  accordingly  proceeded to  take  the 
Bill into consideration. 

Ordered, That the  Bill be  now read the third 
time :—The  Bill  was accordingly read  the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered, That the  Clerk do carry the  Bill  to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence (the Bill 
having been  endorsed  by  Mr. Speaker with the 
following Certificate  :— 

I  hereby  certify  that  this  Bill  is  a  Money 
Bill  within  the  meaning of  the Parliament 
Act,  1911. 

J A M ES   W.   L O W T H E B, 

Speaker).-

Mr. Speaker's 
Certificate. 

Profiteering 
[Expenses.] 

L,ord Edmund  Talbot reported from the Com-
mittee on Profiteering [Expenses] a Resolution; 
which was read, as followeth: 

That it is expedient to authorise the payment, 
out of  moneys  to  be provided by Parliament, of 
any  expenses  that  may  become  payable  by 
the Board of  Trade in carrying out the provisions 
of  any  Act  of  the  present  Session  to  check 
Profiteering. 

The  said  Resolution  being  read  a  second 

time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be made to 
the  Resolution, by  adding, at  the  end  thereof, 
the words— 

"  Provided that the  total  sum  of  these  pay-
ments shall  not exceed  fifty  thousand  pounds." 
—(Captain  Brown.) 

And the Question being put, That those words 

That  it  is  expedient  to  make  further  pro-
vision,  out  of  moneys  provided by Parliament, 
for  superannuation  and  additional  allowances 
to  officers  employed  in  prisons  and  criminal 
lunatic asylums." 

The  said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time, was agreed to. 

Ordered, That  a Bill  be brought  in upon the 
said  Resolution:  And  that  Mr.  Baldwin,  Mr. 
Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer,  Mr.  Secretary 
Shortt,  Mr.  Munro,  and  Mr.  Macpherson,  do 
prepare and bring it in. 

Mr.  Baldwin  accordingly  presented  a  Bill to Superannua-
^ g ^L 

amend  the Superannuation Acts in their  appli- 
cation  to  Officers  employed  in  Prisons  and  gjy  jgg 
Criminal Lunatic Asylums :  And the  same  was 
read  the  first  time  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second time to-morrow ;  and to be printed. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Solicitors Bill 

Second Reading of  the Solicitors Bill [Lords] ;  [Lvrdt.] 

Ordered, That  the  Bill be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the County Court 

Second  Reading  of  the  County  Court  Judges Judges 
(Retirement  Pensions and Deputies) Bill; 

iendonTand 

Ordered, That  the Bill be  read a second time DepuHw) Bill, 

upon Monday  next.  • 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Public Works 

into a  Committee  on  the  Public  Works  Loans Loans  BilL 
BilL 

(In the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to No. 4 agreed to. 
Schedule agreed to. 
Bill to be reported. 

be there added: 

The  House divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 

Yeas, 

Tellers for the ( Captain  Brown. 

i 
J 
Tellers for the ( Lord Edmund  Talbot,  i 
) 

( Captain  Guest: 

|  Mr,  Clough: 

Noes, 

107. 

Mr,  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Com-
mittee  had gone  through the Bill,  and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be now read the third 

66. 

time. 

The Bill was accordingly read  the third  time 

and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

V o l.   174. 

Q  Q  3 

3 02 

iWi—13th  August. 

Weish'Church  The  House, according to Order, proceeded to 
the  Welsh  Church 
c o n s i d e r a t i o n 
ttes^i™11' 
telte 
(Temporalities)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Com-
mittee. 

1  ' 

i n to  

And the House  having  continued  to  sit  till 
after  Twelve  of  the  clock  on  Wednesday 
morning : 

Wednesday, 13 th August  1919. 

An  Amendment  was proposed  to be made to 
the Bill,  in p.  2,  1.  12,  by leaving out from the 
word  "  rent-charge,"  to  the  end  of  the  sub-
section,  and  inserting  the  words "  computed in 
accordance with the  septennial average in force 
on  the first day  of  January  nineteen  hundred 
and  eighteen,  after  deducting  two  and  a-balf 
per  cent,  on  account  of  the  cost  of  collection 
and the average amount paid in rates during the 
three years preceding the  passing of  the Act on 
account of  rates  and  land tax,"—(Major  David 
Davies),—instead thereof. 

And  the  Question being put,  That the words 
proposed to be left out  stand part of  the Bill :— 
It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That the Bill be now read the third 
time :-—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered, That  the Clerk  do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Local 
Elections 
(Proportional 
Bepresenta-
tion) Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Local  Elections  (Pro-
portional Bepresentation) Bill [.Lords]  ; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Monday next. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of Ways  and Means; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itfeelf into the said Committee. 

Ferries 
(Acquisition 
by  County 
Councils) BiU 
[Lords.] 

The  Order of  the day being  read,  for taking 
into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Acquisition  by 
County Councils) Bill [Lords],  as amended in the 
Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration this day. 

National 
Assembly of 
the Church of 
England 
(Powers) BiU 
[Lords. ] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  National  Assembly  of 
the Church of England (Powers)  Bill [Lords]  ; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second time 

upon Thursday next. 

' 

West  Indian 
Court of 
Appeal  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendment  made  by the 
Lords to the West  Indian  Court of Appeal  Bill 
be  now taken  into  consideration. 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take 
the  said  Amendment  into  consideration;  and 
the same was twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk  do  carry the  Bill to 
the Lords;  and  acquaint them  that  this House 
hath agreed  to  the Amendment  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Check-
weighing  in 
Various 
Industries 
BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendment  made by the 
Lords  to  the  Checkweighing  in  Various  In-
dustries Bill be now taken into consideration. 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take 
the  said  Amendment  into  consideration  :  And 
the same was twice read, and agreed to. 

"  ' 

Ordered, That  the Clerk do carry the  Bill to 
the Lords ;  and  acquaint them, that this  House 
hath agreed  to  the  Amendment  made by  their 
Lordship. 

And  it  being after half-past Eleven  of  the Adjournment, 

clock,  upon  Tuesday  evening,  Mr. 
Speaker  adjourned  the  House,  without 
Question  put,  pursuant to  the Standing 
Order,  it  being*  then  nineteen  minutes 
after  Twelve  of  the  clock  on  Wed-
nesday morning, till this day. 

Wednesday, 13th August 1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

f"PHE  House proceeded to take into considera- Newcastle-

Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Corporation 

^^ 

(Kates)  Bui,  [Lords],  as amended  in  the  Com- (Bates) BUl 
mittee. 

[Lords.] 

Ordered, That  Standing  Orders  223 and 243 
be suspended, and that the  Bill be  now read  the 
third  time.—(The  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means.) 

The  Bill was accordingly read  the third  time 

and passed, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Clerk  do carry the  Bill  to 
the Lords ;  and acquaint  them  that  this House 
hath agreed  to  the same, with Amendments ;  to 
which this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 

The House, according  to Order, proceeded to Local 

take  into  consideration  the Amendments  made ^J®™^®®* 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Local  Government  Pro- order10 
visional  Order (No. 4)  Bill;  and  the same were (No. 4) BiU. 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk  do carry the  Bill  to 
the Lords ;  and  acquaint  them  that this House 
hath  agreed  to the Amendments  made  by their 
Lordships. 

The  House, according  to Order, proceeded to Local 

take  into  consideration  the Amendments  made pJJJJ^®4 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Local  Government  Pro- orders" 
visional Orders (No. 7) Bill;  and the same were (No. 7) BUl. 
twice read,  and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk  do  carry the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint them that  this  House 
hath agreed  to  the  Amendments made  by their 
Lordships. 

The House, according  to Order, proceeded to Local 

take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made 
by the Lords to the Local Government  (Ireland) Provisional 
Provisional  Orders  Bill;  and  the  same  were Orders Bill, 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk  do  carry the Bill to 
the Lords ;  and acquaint  them that  this  House 
hath  agreed to  the Amendments  made  by their 
Lordships. 

The  Clyde  Valley  Electrical  Power  Order Clyde VaUey 

Confirmation Bill  was, according  to Order, read 
the third time, and passed. 

Confirmation 

Ordered, That  the Clerk do carry the Bill to Bill, 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

10  GEO.  V. 

13th  August 

Clyde 
Navigation 
Order 
Confirmation 
BiU. 

The House,  according  to Order,  proceeded to 
take  into  consideration  the  Clyde  Navigation 
Ordei  Confirmation  Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read the third time 

to-morrow. 

Water 
Provisional 
Order Bill. 

The  Water  Provisional  Order  Bill  was, 
according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and 
c o m m i t t e d > 

Victoria 
Infirmary of 
Glasgow 
Act, 1888 
(Amendment) 
Order 
Confirmation 
BiU. 

Mr.  Munro  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a 
Provisional  Order under the Private Legislation 
Procedure  (Scotland) Act,  1899,  relating  to  the 
Victoria  Infirmary of  Glasgow:  And  the  same 
was ordered (under  Section 7 of  the  Act)  to  be 
taken into consideration to-morrow. 

Scottish 
Mr.  Munro  presented a Bill  to confirm a  Pro-
Widows' Fund  visional  Order  under  the  Private  Legislation 
Procedure (Scotland) Act,  1899, relating  to  the 
Assurance 
Scottish  Widows'  Fund  and  Life  Assurance 
Society's 
Order 
Society:  And  the  same  was  ordered  (under 
Confirmation  S e c ti on  7 0f  t h e  Act) to be taken into consideration 

to-morrow. 

Staffs 
Mr. Baldwin  presented, by His Majesty's Corn-
Employed in  mand,—Copy of  Statement showing the  Staffs of 
Government  Departments  on  1st  July  1919, 
5 Z1  
compiled from Returns furnished to the Treasury. 

Flax 
Purchases. 

Mr.  Baldwin  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Treasury  Minute  under the  Civil  Contingencies 
Fund  Act,  1919, dated  29th  July  1919, autho-
rising  the  advance  of  £500,000  to  the  Board 
of  Trade  to  provide  working capital  for  Flax 
Purchases conducted by the  Board. 

Ordered,  That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Board of 
Agriculture 
and Fisheries. 

Sir  Arthur  Griffith- Boscawen  presented,  by 
His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Third  In-
terim Report  to  the  Board of  Agriculture and 
Fisheries of  the Committee appointed to inquire 
into the Production and Distribution  of  Milk. 

Ordered, That the  said  Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

Army. 

Mr.  Secretary  Churchill  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy of Statement of the 
Cost of  Naval and Military Operations in Russia 
from the date of the Armistice to 31st July 1919. 
Ordered, That the  said Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Midwives 
(Scotland) 
Act, 1916. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  on  the 
work of the Central Midwives Board for Scotland 
for the year  1918-19. 

^ 

Ordered, That the  said Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  by  His 
Trade 
(Foreign 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Annual  State-
Britah 63 ^  m e nt   of   t he   T r a de   o£   t h e  United  Kingdom with 
Possessions.)  Foreign  Countries  and  British  Possessions  for 
1918, compared  with  the  four  preceding  years. 
Volume  I. 

Navigation 
Copy of Annual  Statement of  Navigation and 
and Shipping.  Shipping  of  the United  Kingdom  for  the year 
1917,  with  Comparative  Tables  for  the  years 
1913 to  1917. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

VOL.  174. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant  to Shops Act, 

the directions of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  1912-
of  Order  made  under  the  Shops  Act,  1912, 
by  the  Council  of  the  undermentioned  Local 
Authority,  and  confirmed, with  Amendment, by 
the  Home 
the  Secretary  of  State 
Department:— 

for 

Borough of Deal. 

Ordered, That the said  Paper do  lie upon  the 
' 

Table. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Police 

to  His  Majesty,  that  He  will  be  graciously 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid August 1914. 
before  this  House, a Return showing the age of 
all  Pensioners of  the various  Police  authorities 
in  England,  Scotland,  Wales,  and  Ireland 
under 50, from  50  to  55,  55 to 60,  60  to 65,  65 
to  70,  70  to  75  and  over,  and  the  rates  of 
pension.—(Colonel  Sir James Remnant.) 

to4th 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Coal Output 

a Return relating to  the weekly  output of  Coal 
from coal mines  in  Great  Britain, commencing 
with the week ended  the 31st day of  May  1919.  • 
—(Sir  Auckland  Geddes.) 

^ 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Coal Outpat 

a  Return relating to the output of  Coal  at  coal ^tattoo 
mines  in  the  United  Kingdom  during  periods 
of  four  weeks,  commencing  with  the  period 
ended  the  21st  day  of  June  1919, and  to  the 
number of  persons employed  at the end of  those 
periods  in  the various  districts.—(Sir  Auckland 
Geddes.) 

Ordered,Tla&t the Select Committee appointed Government 

to join with" a Committee of  the Lords to consider 
BiU 
the Government of  India  Bill  have  leave to sit o<Sunittee.) 
notwithstanding the adjournment of  the  House. 
—(Mr.  Secretary  Montagu.) 

Ordered, That for the remainder of its sittings 
Three be the quorum  of  the Select  Committee. 
—(Mr.  Secretary  Montagu.) 

The  Sex  Disqualification 

(Removal)  Bill Sex Dis-

l~Lords'] was read  the first time, and  ordered  to qualification 
-! 
' 
be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow;  and 
printed 

be £Removal) 

Bill [Lordt.] 
Bill  186. 

i  .. 

to 

Mr.  Speaker,  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought from  the Lords  by the l^>rds. 
one of their Clerks,  as followeth : 

The Lords have agreed to the Dundee Harbour Dundee 

and Tay Ferries Order Confirmation Bill, without Harbour and 
any Amendment. 

s 

Sdef61™' 
Confirmation 
BiU. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Animals Animals 
(Anaesthetics)  Bill,  with Amendments;  to  which O^sesthetics) 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

1 ' 

The  Lords  have agreed  to  the  Land  Settle- Land 

ment  (Facilities)  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to Settlement 
which the  Lords  desire  the concurrence of  this j^iT  ties^ 
House. 

<? 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments Huddersfield 

made by this House to the Huddersfield Corpora- ®orP°^tion 
tion Gas Bill  [Lords'],  without  any Amendment. ^Lordt.] 

The Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments Dover Gas 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Dover  Gas  Bill Bill [Zoni».] 
[Lords],  without any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have agreed  to  the  Amendments  Pembroke Gas 

made  by this  House to the  Pembroke  Gas  Bill B m  [Lords.] 
[Lords],  without any Amendment. 

Q  Q  4 

304 

13^7/  August 

1919. 

Ardro8»an 
The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
^SmaWra61  A ct   t o  confirm  a  Provisional  Order under the 
Bill [Lord*.]  Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act, 
1899, relating to  Ardrossan  Harbour;  to which 
the  Lords desire the concurrence of  this House. 

Another Amendment  proposed, in  p.  1,1.  11, 
after  the  word  "  article,"  to  insert  the  words 
"  or the rent of  any shop."—(Mr. Alfred  Short.) 
Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted: 

Fraserburgh 
Harbour -
(Bates) Order 
Confirmation 
BiU  [Lordt.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to confirm  a  Provisional  Order  under  the 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act, 
1899,  relating  to  Fraserburgh  Harbour;  to 
which the Lords  desire  the  concurrence of  this 
House. 

Peterhead 
Harbours 
Order 
Confirmation 
BUl  [Urds.] 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An 
Act  to  confirm a Provisional  Order  under  the 
Private  Legislation  Procedure (Scotland)  Act, 
1899, relating to Peterhead Harbours ;  to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

Animals 
(Anaesthetics)  L o r ds  
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made by the 
t h e  Animals  (Anesthetics)  Bill  be 
taken  into  consideration  to-morrow;  and  be 
printed. 

to  

Bill 188. 

Land 
(Fao^itfe8) 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by the 
L o r ds   t o  . t he   L a n <*  Settlement (Facilities)  Bill 
be taken  into  consideration  to-morrow;  and  be 

Bill  187.  printed. 

The  Ardrossan  Harbour  Order  Confirmation 

Ardrossan 
Confirmation61" Bil1  [Lorda\yn*  read the first time: And ordered, 
BiU [Lordt.]  under  Section  9  of  the  Private  Legislation 
Bill  191,  Procedure (Scotland)  Act,  1899, to  be  read  a 

second time to-morrow;  and to be printed. 

Fraserburgh 
Harbour 
(Kates) Order 
Confirmation 
BiU [Lords.] 

The  Frascrborough  Harbour  (Bates)  Order 
Confirmation  Bill  [Lords]  was  ordered,  under 
Section  7 of  the  Private  Legislation  Procedure 
(Scotland)  Act, 1899, to be taken into considera-
tion to-morrow. 

The  Peterhead Harbours  Order Confirmation 
Peterhead 
Harbours 
Bill  [£or&], was ^ordered, under Section 7 of the 
Confirmation  Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act, 
Bill [Lordt.]  1899,  to be taken into consideration, to-morrow. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee E. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee of Selection, That they had discharged the 
following  Member  from  Standing  Committee 
E  :-—Mr.  Leslie  Scott;  and  had  appointed  in 
substitution:  Mr.  Remer. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Business of 
Ordered,^, That  Government  Business  be 
(Government  exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions 
of the  Standing  Order  (Sittings  of  the  House). 
Business.) 
—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

Profiteering 
Bill. 

The House, according  to Order, resolved itself 

into a Committee on the Profiteering Bill. 

(In  the Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1 (Powers of  the  Board of  Trade 
to investigate complaints and take  proceedings). 
Amendment  proposed, in  p.  1,  1. 10,  to leave 
out the  words "  the  Board of  Trade shall  have 
power,"  in order to insert the words "  it shall be 
"  the  duty of  tribunals  established  under  this 
"  Act."—(Mr.  George  Thorne.) 

Question proposed, That the word "  the "  stand 
part  of  the  Clause:—Amendment,  by  leave, 
withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p.  1,1.  10, 
to  leave  out  the  words  "  Board of Trade," in 
order  to  insert  the  words  "  Ministry  of  Food." 
—(Mr.  Holmes.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  stand  part  of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers for the ( Mr.  Alfred  Short, 

Yeas, 

( Mr.  Griffiths: 

1 
) 

66. 

Tellers for the ( Lord Edmund  Talbot,  ) 
J 

|  Mr. Dudley  Ward-. 

Noes, 

198. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in p.  1,1.  13, 
after the word "  investigate,"  to  insert the word 
"publicly."—(Mr.  George  Thornet) 

Question  put,  That  the  wdrd  "  publicly"  be 

there inserted : 

The  Committee divided. 

I 

Tellers for the/Mr  George  Thorne,' 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Tyson  Wilson: 

Tellers for the (Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Noes, 

t Mr.  Dudley  Ward  : 

1 
J 

51. 

212. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in p.  1,  1, 13, 
after the word "  investigate,"  to insert the words 
"from  the source."—(Sir  Alfred  Yeo.) 

Question  proposed,  That those words be there 

inserted  —Amendment,  by leave, withdrawn. 

An  Amendment made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p.  1,1.  14, 
after  the  word  "appear,'  to  insert  the  words 
"  or be represented."—(Mr.  Kennedy  Jones.) 

Question, That those words be  there inserted, 

put, and negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p.  1,1.  16, 
at  the  end, to  insert the  words  "  on  any  such 
hearing they  may  by order 

(i)  declare  the  price  which  would  yield  a 

reasonable profit;  or 

(ii)  fix  maximum  wholesale and retail  prices ; 

and." 

—(Mr.  Trevelyan  Thomson.) 

Question proposed, That those words  be there 

inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  16, 
at  the  end, to  insert  the  words  "  on  any  such 
investigation  they  may, by order,  fix  maximum 
prices."—(Mr.  Trevelyan  Thomson.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted : 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers for the r Major Barnes, 

"l IQ O 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Trevelyan  Thomson-.) 

Tellers for the (Sir Francis  Lowe, 
\ Sir Henry  Cowan : 

Noes, 

95. 

Another  Amendment proposed,  in  p.  1.1.  16, 
after  the words last inserted, to insert the words 
"  in those  cases where  there  is  evidence of  the 
existence  of  speculation."—(Lieutenant-Colonel 
Walter  Guinness.) 

Question,  That those words  be there inserted, 

put,  and negatived. 

Another Amendment made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  17, 
to leave out paragraph (&).—(Lieutenant-Colonel 
Walter  Guinness.) 

Question,  That  the words  proposed to  be left 
out, to the word "  that" in p.  1,1.  17, stand part 
of  the Clause,  put, and agreed to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  17, 
after  the  word  "  complaints,"  to  insert  the  words 
"  on  oath."—(Sir  Alfred  Yeo.) 

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13th—\±th  August 

3 05 

Question,  That those words  be there inserted, 

put, and negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in p.  1,1.  17, 
to  leave  out  from  the word  "that,"  to  the  end 
of 1. 29, in order to  insert the words "  prices are 
being  charged  either  wholesale  or  retail whicb 
are, in  view of  all  the  circumstances, unreason-
able, and after hearing the parties and considering 
the  evidence  the  Board  may either  dismiss  the 
complaint or  reduce the  price  to one  yielding a 
fair and  reasonable profit, in which case, if  pay-
ment  has  already  been  made,  the  Board  may 
either order the seller to refund the difference to 
the buyer."—-(Mr.  Pennefather.) 

Question, That  the words  proposed  to be  left 
out,  to  the  word  "been,"  in  p.  1,  1.  18,  stand 
part of  the Clause, put, and agreed to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in p.  1,1.  18, 
after the word "  been," to insert the words "  since 
the  passing  of  this  Act."—-  (Mr.  Attorney 
General.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted : 

The  Committee  divided. 

« 

Tellers for the/Captain  Guest, 

1  17fi 
I Lord  Edmund  Talbot:  J 1' 0 , 

Yeas, 

Tellers for the I Mr.  Holmes, 

Noes, 

I Mr.  Lunn  : 

}  53. 

An  Amendment made to the  Bill. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  to 
leave  out Is.  1 to 10, inclusive, in order to  insert 
the words— 

(3)  If,  as a result of  any  investigation under-
taken  on  their  own  initiative  or  on  complaint 
made to them, it appears to the  Board of  Trade 
that  the  circumstances  so  require,  tbe  Board 
shall take proceedings against the seller before a 
court of  summary  jurisdiction,  and  if  in  such 
proceedings it is found that the price charged or 
demanded  about which the  complaint  was  made 
or  the  price  discovered  at  the  investigation  to 
have  been charged or  demanded was  such as to 
yield a profit which is, in view of  all the circum-
stances, unreasonable, the seller shall be liable on 
summary conviction to  a fine not  exceeding two 
hundred  pounds  or  to  imprisonment  for  a term 
not  exceeding  three  months  or  to  both  such 
imprisonment and fine.—(Mr. Attorney General.) 

Question, That the  words  proposed  to be  left 
out stand part of the Clause, |»ut, and negatived. 

Question  proposed, That those words be there 

inserted. 

Proposed  Amendment  amended,  in  1.  5,  by 
leaving out the word "  demanded "  and inserting 
the  word  "sought,"—(Mr.  Kennedy  Jones),— 
and  in  1.  6,  by  leaving  out  the  word 
"de-
manded"  and  inserting  the  word  "sought."— 
(Sir  Auckland  Geddes.) 

Another Amendment proposed to the proposed 
Amendment, in 1. 6, after the  word "  a,"  to insert 
the word "  rate of."—(Mr.  Inskip.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those words be there 

inserted in the proposed Amendment. 

Amendment  to  the  proposed Amendment,  by 

leave, withdrawn. 

Proposed  Amendment  further  amended  by 
adding  at  the end  thereof  the words "  Provided 
that a rate of  profit which  does  not  exceed  the 
fair  average rate earned  by persons in the same 
way  of  business  as  the  seller upon the  sale  of 
similar  articles  under  „pre-war  conditions  shall 

VOL.  174. 

not  be  deemed  unreasonable."—(Sir  Auckland 
Geddes.) 

Proposed words, as amended, there inserted. 
Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 2,1.  10, 
after  the  words  last  inserted  to  insert  the 
words— 

"  (iv)  in case  any complaint  shall  on  investi-
gation be  proved, to  the  satisfaction ot  the 
Board of  Trade, to be vexatious, the Board 
of  Trade  shall  have  power  to  award  the 
seller  such  compensation,  to  be  payable 
out  of  the  fund  or  rate  mentioned  in 
section  six  of  this  Act,  as  the  Board  of 
Trade  shall deem reasonable." 

—(Mr.  Marshall  Stevens.) 

Question proposed,  That those words be there 

inserted :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment made. 

Another  Amendment proposed,in p. 2,1.  13, to 
leave out the word "  fifty "  in order to insert the 
words "  two hundred."—(Mr.  Neil  Maclean.) 

Question,  That the word "  fifty,"  stand part of 

the  Clause,  put, and agreed to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p.  2,  1. 14, 
at the end, to insert the words  "  or to  both such 
imprisonment  and  fines."  —  (Sir  Auckland 
Geddes.) 

Question  proposed, That those  words be  there 

inserted: 

Thursday,  14 th August  1919. 

Question  put, and agreed to. 
Another Amendment made. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 2,  1. 16, 
after  the  first  word  "company,"  to  insert  the 
words  " or   trade  combination."  — (Lieutenant-
Commander  Kenworthy.) 

Question,  That those words be  there inserted, 

put, and negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1. 16, 
to  leave  out  the  words  "  every  director  and 
officer  of  the  company,"  in  order  to  insert  the 
words  "  the  chairman  and  managing  director.'* 
—(Lieutenant-Colonel  Walter  Guinness.) 

Question  put,  That  the  words  proposed to be 

left out stand part of  the  Clause : 

The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the  ( Lord Edmund  Talbot,  ) 
J 

( Captain  Guest: 

Yeas, 

Tellers for the ( 

yr 
iNoes, 

) 
Kennedy  Jones, 
1 Lieutenant  -  Colonel > 
) 
|  Walter  Guinness-. 

150. 

24. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 2,  1. 16, 
after  the second  word "  company,"  to insert the 
words "  or, in  the  case  of  a  trade  combination, 
every  member  of  the  combination." —  (Lieu-
tenant-Commander  Kenworthy.) 

Question  proposed, That those words be there 

inserted:—Amendment,  by leave, withdrawn. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  put,  That  the 
Chairman  do report Progress,  ana  ask  leave  to 
sit again.—(Lord  Robert  Cecil.) 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers for tbe/Lord  Robert  Cecil, 

Yeas, 

| Earl  Winter ton : 
Tellers for the ( Major  Barnston, 

Noes, 

t  Major  Wheler : 

}  25. 

}  141. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in p. 2,  1. 16, 
after  the second  word  "company,"  to insert the 
B  a 

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1919. 

words  "proved  to  have  been  cognisant  of  the 
price charged  or  sought  to be  charged."—(Mr. 
In,skip.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted : 

The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr.  Jnskip, 

Yeas, 

t Major Lloyd  Greame : 

\ 

43. 

Tellers for the I Captain  Guest, 

Noes, 

(Lord  Edmund  Talbot:  I 

S  1 2 5. 

Other Amendments made. 
Question  put,  That  the Clause,  as  amended, 

stand part of the  Bill: 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers for the ( Colonel Sanders, 

Yeas, 

( Mr.  Dudley  Ward 

[  150. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p.  2,1.  32, 
after the word "  Committee,"  to insert the words 
"  made in pursuance of section one, paragraph (b), 
of this  Act."—(Mr.  A W .) 

Question,  That those words be  there inserted, 

put, and negatived. 

Other Amendments made. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  3,  1. 3, 
after  the  word  "  purpose,"  to  insert the words 
"  such tribunals to include a majority of members 
trained  in  assessing  the  value  of  evidence."— 
(Mr.  Kennedy  Jones.) 
•  Question,  That  those words be  there inserted, 
put, and negatived. 

Another  Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 6, at 

the end, to add the words— 

Provided  also  that  such  regulations  shall 
provide for  the  representation of  women on  all 
local committees.—(Major  Lloyd-Greame.) 

Question proposed,  That  those words be there 

Tellers for the 
Noes, 

. 

Lieutenant  -  Comman-

der  Kenworthy, 
Mr.  Kennedy Jones 

nan--\ 

. 1  2' 

added. 

Clause  No.  2  (Power to establish  local  com-

mittees, &c.). 

Amendment  proposed, in  p.  2,  1. 29,  to  leave 
out  the  words  "establish  or." —  (Lieutenant-
Commander  Kenworthy.) 

Question, That the words "  establish or," stand 

part of  the Clause, put, and agreed to. 

An  Amendment made. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 2,1.  30, 
after  the  word  "  committees,"  to  insert  the 
words "  composed as to two-thirds of the member-
ship of the representatives of labour, co-operative 
societies and consumers."—(Mr.  Tyson Wilson.) 
Question  put, That  those  words  be  there in-

serted : 

oft 

) 
j 

The, Committee divided. 

Tellers for the ( Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 

Yeas, 

|  Mr.  Griffiths: 
Tellers for the f Lord Edmund  Talbot,  \  ,  „fi 

Noes,  •  (Captain  Guest: 

J 

Another Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 2,1.  30, 
after  the  word  "  Committees,"  to  insert  the 
words "  on which women shall be represented."— 
(Mr.  Raffan.) 

Question proposed, That those words be there 

inserted:—Amendment,  by leave, withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment proposed, in  p. 2,  1.  31, 
after  the  word  "  powers,"  to  insert  the  words 
"  save and except the power to take proceedings 
before  a  court  of  summary  jurisdiction."—(Sir 
Arthur  Shirley Benn.) 

Question,  That those words be there inserted, 

put, and negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 2,1.  32, 
after  the  word  "sales,"  to  insert  the  words 
"  except  the  powers  granted  to  the  Board  in 
section  one  sub-section  (5)."—(Mr.  Grattan 
Doyle.) 

Question proposed, That  those words be there 

inserted:—Amendment,  by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment made. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 2,1.  32, 
after the words last inserted  to  insert the words 
"  such  members  of  Committees  to  be  selected 
from a panel and to have in no case any personal 
trade interest, direct or indirect, with the article 
under  consideration,  nor  to  number  when  in 
session more than  five."—(Mr.  Kennedy Jones.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

Proposed words  amended  by  leaving  out the 
word "  representation," and  inserting  the  word 
"inclusion"—(Mr.  Alexander  Shaw)—and, as 
amended, there added. 

Another Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Clause  No.  3  (Power  to  authorise 

local 

authorities to trade). 

Amendment  proposed, in  p.  3,  1.  7,  to  leave 
out the words "  think fit," in  order  to insert the 
words "find it  necessary."—(Sir  Arthur  Shirley 
Benn.) 

Question,  That  the  words  "think  fit"  stand 

part of  the Clause, put, and agreed to. 

An  Amendment made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Clause  No.  4  (Information  to  be  treated as 

confidential). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 3,1.  14, 
after the word "  trader," to insert the words "  or 
manufacturer  or  trade  combination."—(Lieu-
tenant-Commander  Kenworthy.) 

Question,  That those words  be there inserted, 

put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Clause No.  5  (Consultation  with  Food  Con-

troller). 

An  Amendment made. 

Another Amendment  proposed, in  p.  3,  1. 22, 
to leave out the words "jointly  or,  in agreement 
with,"  in  order  to  insert  the  word  "  by."— 
(Lieutenant-Commander  Kenworthy.) 

Question, That  the words proposed  to be  left 
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Clause No.  6  (Expenses). 
Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 3,1.  23, to  leave 
out  from the  beginning, to  the  word "  any,"  in 
L 26.—(Mr.  George  Thorne.) 

Question put,  That the  words  proposed to be 

left out stand part of the Clause : 

The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thef Colonel Sanders, 

Yeas, 

[Mr.  Dudley  Ward-. 
Tellers  for the / Mr.  George  Thorne, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Neal: 

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., 
40* 

inserted:—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

An  Amendment  made. 

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Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3,1.29, to 

leave out subsection (2).—(Earl Winterton.) 

Question,  That the  words proposed  to be left 
out to the word "  and,"  in 1. 31, stand part of the 
Clause, put, and agreed to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 3,  1. 31, 
to  leave  out  the  words  "  and  loss  of  time."— 
(Lieutenant-Commander  Kenworthy.) 

Question,  That the words proposed  to  be left 
out stand part of  the Clause, put, and agreed to. 
Another Amendment proposed,  in  p. 3,  1. 34, 
to leave  out from  the  word  "  A c t"   to the word 
"  and "  in 1. 36.—(Mr.  Kennedy.) 

Question,  That the  words  proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to. 

Clause,  as amended, agreed to. 
Clause No. 7 (Short title and duration). 
Amendment  proposed  in p. 3,1. 40,  after the 
word  "  Act,"  to  insert  the  words  "  with  the 
exception  of  the  third  section."—(Mr.  George 
Thorne.) 

Question, That those  words be there inserted, 

put, and negatived. 
Clause agreed to. 
A  Clause (Power  of  Board of  Trade to order 
disposal of stocks,)—(Mr. Holmes),—brought up, 
and read the first time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  put,  That  the 

in  subsection  (1)  of  section  one  hundred  and 
twenty  of  the  Local  Government  Act,  1888, 
'  The Acts  and Bules relating to  Her  Majesty's 
Civil  Service'  shall  mean  the  Acts  and  Rules 
relating  to  His  Majesty's  Civil  Service  which 
were in operation  at  the  date  of  the  passing of 
the  Local  Government  Act,  1888"),  the  next 
Amendment, being  read  a  second  time : "  And 
it  appearing that  the Commons  were  willing to 
waive their privileges,"  was agreed to. 

[Special 
Entry.] 

Then the  subsequent  Lords' Amendments, as 
far as the Amendment in p.  15, L 17,  being read 
a second time, were agreed to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  15,1.  17, after 
("taken"),  insert  ("and  the  owners  of  any 
harbour,  dock,  or pier  undertaking"),  the  next 
Amendment, being read a second time: 

And  a Motion  being  made, and  the Question 
being put,  That  this  House  doth  disagree with 
the  Lords  in  the  said  Amendment. —  (Mr. 
Secretary  Shortt):  —It  passed in the Negative. 

"  And  it  appearing  that  the  object  of  the 
Amendment  was  to  make  provision  for Special 
cases  not  previously  contemplated  by  the 
Commons: "  —  The  Lords'  Amendment  was 
agreed to. 

[Special 
Entry.] 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments as 
far as the Amendment in p. 22, insert  Clause  B, 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 

The Lords' Amendment, in p.  22, after Clause 
19, insert Clause B (Rates advisory committee)— 

Bill  190. 

Ministry of 
Ways and 
Communica-
tions Bill 
(changed to 
Ministry of 
Transport 
Bill.) 

Clause be read a second time : 
The  Committee divided. 
Tellers for the ( Mr.  Holmes, 

Yeas," 

I Mr.  Griffiths: 

Tellers for the ( Captain  Guest, 

0? 

1 
) 
1134 

Noes, 

( Lord Edmund  Talbot:  I 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to  be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration  this 
day;  and be printed. 

The House, according  to Order, proceeded to 
take  into  consideration  the Amendments  made 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Ministry  of  Ways  and 
Communications  Bill  (changed  to  Ministry  of 
Transport Bill). 

The Lords' Amendments, as far as the Amend-
ment in p. 3,1. 36, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  3,1.  36, leave 
out(" one month's "), and insert ("three mouths"), 
the  next Amendment,  being  read a second time, 
was disagreed to. 

Then the subsequent Lords'  Amendments, as 
far  as the  Amendment  in  p.  4,  1.  3,  inclusive, 
being  read a second time, were agreed to. 

An Amendment  was  made to the Bill, in p. 4, 
1. 7 (in  lieu  of  the  Lords'  Amendment  in p. 3, 
1.  36,  disagreed  to),  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words—Provided  that such notice 
as aforesaid shall not, in the event  of  the matter 
being  referred  to  an  Advisory  Committee  as 
hereinafter  provided,  be  given  until  the 
Committee  has  reported."  —  (Mr.  Secretary 
Shortt.) 

Then the subsequent  Lords' Amendments,  as 
far as the  Amendment in p.  12, 1. 24, being read 
a second time, were agreed to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  12,  1.  24,  at 
end, insert ("   Provided further that the expression 

("   (1)  For  the  purpose  of  giving  advice 
and  assistance  to  the  Minister  with  respect  to 
and  for  safeguarding  any  interests  affected  by 
any directions as  to  rates,  fares, tolls, dues, and 
other  charges  or  special  services,  a  committee 
shall be appointed  consisting of  six persons, one 
being an  impartial  person  (who  shall  be chair-
man)  nominated  by  the  Railway  and  Canal 
Commission, two being representatives of trading 
interests nominated  by the chairman for the time 
being of the Associated  Chambers of  Commerce, 
one being a representative of agricultural interests 
nominated by  the  chairman  for  the  time being 
of  the  Central  Chamber  of  Agriculture,  ana 
two  being  representatives  of  labour  interests 
nominated bv  the chairman for the time being of 
the  Parliamentary  Committee  of  the  Trades 
Union  Congress  together  with,  if  deemed 
advisable,  one  additional  member  who  may  at 
the discretion of the Minister be nominated from 
time to time by him. 

(2)  Before directing any revision of any rates, 
fares,  tolls,  dues,  or  other  charges,  or  of  any 
special  services,  the  Minister  shall  refer  the 
matter  to  the  committee  for  their  advice,  and 
they  shall  report  thereon  to  him,  and where 
such revision is  for the purpose  of  an  increase 
in  the  net  revenue  of  any  undertakings  which 
the  Minister  determines  to  be  necessary,  the 
committee  shall  also  advise  as  to  the  best 
methods  of  obtaining  such  increase  from  the 
different classes of  traffic,  having  due regard to 
existing contracts and the fairness and adequacy 
of  the methods proposed to be adopted.  Before 
prescribing the  limits  of  rates,  tolls,  or charges 
in  connection  with  a  new  transport  service 
established  under  section  nine  of  this  Act, the 
Minister shall refer the matter to the Committee 
for their advice. 

(3)  The  committee  before  reporting  or 
advising on  any matters  referred to  them under 
this section, shall, unless in their discretion they 
consider it  unnecessary or  undesirable to do so, 
give  such  public  notice  as  they  think  best 
adapted  for  informing  persons  affected  of  the 

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date when and the place where they will inquire 
into  the  matter,  and  any  persons  affected may 
make  representations  to  the  committee,  and 
unless in their discretion the committee consider 
it unnecessary,  shall  be  heard  at  such inquiry, 
and if the committee in  their discretion think fit, 
the whole or any part of the proceedings at such 
inquiry may be open to the public : 

Provided that, for the purpose of this provision, 
the  council of any city, borough, burgh, county, 
or district shall be deemed to be persons affected 
in any case  where  such  council  or  any persons 
represented  by  them  may  be  affected  by  any 
such proposed revision as aforesaid. 

(4)  The  committee  shall hear such  witnesses 
and  call  for  such  documents  and  accounts  as 
they  think  fit,  and  shall  have  power  to  take 
evidence  on  oath,  and  for  that  purpose  any 
member of  the committee may administer oaths. 
(5)  There shall be paid out of moneys provided 
by Parliament to all  or  any  of  the  members of 
the committee such salaries or other remuneration 
as the Minister, with the consent of the Treasury, 
may determine. 

(6)  For  the  purposes  of  this  section, special 
services means the  services  mentioned in section 
five  of the section  of  the schedule  to the orders 
relating to railway rates and  charges, and in the 
corresponding  sections  of  the  schedules  to  the 
orders relating to  canal  tolls,  rates  and charges 
confirmed  by  various  Acts  passed  in  the  years 
eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-one  to  eighteen 
hundred and  ninety-four.") 
—the  next  Amendment,  being  read  a  second 
time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be made to 
the Lords'Amendment in 1.5,by leaving out from 
the word "  of,"  to the word "  together,"  in 1. 13, 
and inserting the words " five persons, one being 
a person of experience  in  the  law  (who shall be 
chairman),  nominated by  the  Lord  Chancellor, 
two  being  representatives  of  the  trading  and 
agricultural interests nominated by the Board of 
Trade,  one  being  a  representative  of  trans-
portation  interests  nominated  by  the  Minister, 
one  being  a  representative  of  labour  interests 
nominated  by  the  Minister  of  Labour,"—(Mr. 
Secretary  Shortt),—instead  thereof. 

And the Question  being  put,  That the words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the said 
Lords'  Amendment: 

The House divided. 
The Yeas to the  Bight; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the ( Lord Robert  Cecil, 

Yeas, 

Noes, 

1 
| Major Edward  Wood:  f 
) 
f 

( Captain Guest: 

1, 

.... 

Tellers for the ( Lord Edmund Talbot, 

So it passed in the  Negative. 
And the Question  being  put,  That  the words 
" five persons, one being a  person of  experience 
in the law  (who  shall  be  chairman),  nominated 
by  the  Lord  Chancellor,  two  being  represen-
tatives of  the  trading  and agricultural  interests 
nominated  by  the  Board  of  Trade,  one  being 
a  representative  of  transportation 
interests 
nominated  by  the  Minister,  one  being  a 
representative of  labour  interests  nominated by 
the Minister of Labour,"  be there inserted:—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And  the Lords' Amendment, so amended, was 

agreed to. 

The  Lords' Amendment, in p. 23,1.  15, at end, 
insert ("   in  respect of  any matter coming  to his 
knowledge  in  the  exercise  of  his  duties  under 
this  Act  which  it  would  be  contrary  to  the 
interests  of  any  private  individual  or  trader  to 
make public "), the next Amendment, being read 
a second time, was disagreed to. 

Then the subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  as 
far as the Amendment in  p. 25, insert Clause C, 
the next  Amendment,  being read a second  time, 
were  agreed to. 

The Lords Amendment, in p. 25, after Clause 
26, insert Clause  C  (Provision as to  Orders  and 
Orders in  Council  relating to the  acquisition  of 
land and the construction of works)— 

("  (1)  The Minister may make rules in relation 
to matters  preliminary to the  making  of  Orders 
and  Orders  in  Council  under  this  Act  which 
authorise  the  acquisition  of  land  or  easements, 
or the breaking up of roads and the construction 
of  works,  including  the  publication  of  notices 
and advertisements, and the deposit of plans and 
sections  and  books of  reference  to  those  plans, 
and  the  manner  in  which  and  the  time  within 
which  representations  or  objections  are  to  be 
made, and to the holding of  local inquiries. 

Any  rules so made shall be laid before Parlia-
ment  as  soon  as  they  are  made  and  shall have 
the same effect as if  enacted in this  Act:  Pro-
vided  that  if  an  Address  is  presented  to  His 
Majesty  by  either  House  of  Parliament  within 
twenty-one  days  on  which  that  House  has  sat 
next  after  any  such  rules  are  so  laid  praying 
that any such ride maybe annulled, His Majesty 
may  annul the  rule, and it shall  thenceforth  be 
void,  but  without  prejudice  to  the  validity  of 
anything done thereunder. 

(2)  The  rules  of  procedure  set  out  in  the  " 

Second  Schedule  to  this  Act  shall apply  to the 
making  of  any  Order  under  paragraph  (d)  of 
subsection (1) of section three of this Act  and of 
any draft of  an Order in Council to be submitted 
to Parliament under section nine of  this Act. 

(3)  The  Minister, on  publication  of  notice of 
a proposal to make an order under paragraph (d) 
of  subsection  (1)  of  section  three  of  this  Act 
shall,  except  as  hereinafter  provided,  send  to 
the  Chairman  of  Committees  of  the  House  of 
Lords and the Chairman of  Ways and Means in 
the  House  of  Commons  a  copy  of  the  draft 
Order, and if  within fourteen days of the receipt 
of  the  copy  if  Parliament  is  then  sitting  or 
within  one  month  thereof  if  Parliament  is  not 
then sitting, either such Chairman reports to the 
Minister that he is of opinion  that the  proposals 
of  the  draft  Order  are  of  such  a  character  or 
magnitude  that  they ought  to  be dealt with  by 
Private Bill and not by such Order as aforesaid 
the  Minister  shall  not  make  the  Order,  but  in 
that  case  notices  published  and  served,  and 
deposits  made  for  the  purpose  of  the  proposed 
order  shall, subject  to  Standing  Order,  be  held 
to have  been  published,  served  and made  for a 
Private  Bill applying for similar powers : 

Provided  that  this  subsection  shall  not  apply 
to any Order with respect to which the Minister 
certifies that the acquisition  of  the land  or  ease-
ments  authorised  to be acquired thereunder and 
the  works  authorised  to  be  constructed  there-
under  do  not  involve  an  estimated  expenditure 
exceeding  half  a  million  pounds,  nor  to  any 
Order of any class which may be exempted from 
the provisions  of  this  subsection  by  rules  made 
by the said chairmen.") 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  as 
far as the  Amendment  in p.  23,  L  15,  being  read 
a  second time,  were  agreed  to. 

the next Amendment, being read a  second time, 
was  amended, in  subsection  (3),  by  leaving out 
from the word "  ought,'' to the word "  provided," 

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and  inserting  the  words  "not  to  be  proceeded 
with  without  the  authority  of  Parliament,  the 
Minister shall not make the order unless or until 
the draft order  has been  approved by a  Resolu-
tion  passed  by  both  Houses  of  Parliament," 
instead  thereof, and, in  line  42, by  leaving  out 
the words "  half a," and inserting the word "  one," 
instead  thereof,—(Mr.  Secretary  Shortt),—and, 
so amended, was agreed to. 

Then the remaining Lords' Amendments, being 

read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That  a Committee  be  appointed  to 
draw  up  a  Reason  to  be  assigned to the  Lords 
for disagreeing  to  one  of  their  Amendments  to 
the Bill. 

And a Committee was nominated of Mr. Secre-
tary  Shortt,  Sir  Eric  Geddes,  Mr.  Acland, 
Mr.  Lunn, and Captain  FitzRoy. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Mr.  Secretary  Shortt). 

And  they are to withdraw  immediately. 

Solicitors' Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the Solicitors  Bill [Lords']  ; 
Ordered, That  the  Bill be read a  second time 

this day. 

Superannua-
tion (Prison 
Officers) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the  Superannuation  (Prison 
Officers) Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read  a second time 

this day. 

Agriculture 
and Fisheries 
KUUn°ilS' 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the Agriculture and Fisheries 
(Councils,  &c.)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read  a  second time 

upon Monday  next. 

Bats and Mice 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Destruction)  Second Reading of the Rats and Mice (Destruc-
Bm- 

tion) Bill  ; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second  time 

this day. 

The Order  of  the  day being  read, for taking 
Acquisition 
of Land 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
OomMnsation) L o r ds   t o  the Acquisition  of  Land  (Assessment 
Bill. 

of Compensation)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments  be taken 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply ; 

' 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself  into tbe said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee of  Ways  and Means; 

Means, 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The Ord6r of  the day being read,  for  taking Ferries 
into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Acquisition  by (Acquisition 
County Councils)  Bill [Lords],  AS amended in the CouncilsyBill 
Standing  Committee; 

[Lords.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be 

taken  into  con-

sideration this day. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt reported from the  Com- Ministry of 
mittee  appointed  to  draw  up  a  Reason  to  be T"""1?0]4 Bitt 
assigned  to  the  Lords  for  disagreeing to one of MiniXy of 
the Amendments made by their Lordships to the Ways and 
Ministry  of  Transport  Bill  (changed  from Oommunica-
Ministry  of  Ways  and  Communications  Bill); 4 ons  1 
That  they  had  drawn up a  Reason accordingly, 
which  they  had  directed  him  to  report  to  the 
House ;  and the same was read, as followeth: 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  the  Lords  in  p.  23,  1.  15,  for  the 
following  Reason:—Because  in  addition  to  the 
individual and trading interests concerned, which 
must be protected  from  breach  of  confidence, it 
would  be  impossible  and  without  precedent  in 
the administrative  machinery of  Government for 
Committees to be  making public their  advice to 
a  Minister, independently  of  that  Minister  him-
self.  It  would  vitiate  the  direct  responsibility 
of  the  Minister  to  Parliament,  would  place  in 
the  hands  of  Advisory  Committees  a  power of 
hampering and blocking  the  executive  action of 
the  Minister and of  the  Government, without in 
any way placing upon the  Advisory  Committees 
the  obligation  to  formulate  and  carry  through 
a  policy  of  their  own.  It  would  prevent  the 
free  use  by  the  Minister  of  the  expert  advice 
provided by those Committees, and would there-
by so restrict their utility as to defeat the object 
which prompted  their  creation.  It  would affect 
the impartiality  of  advice given to  the  Minister 
by members of  the committee who were officials 
of  or  otherwise  closely  connected  with  public 
authorities and companies. 

into consideration this day. 

The  said  Reason,  being  read  a  second  time, 

was agreed to. 

Housing, Town  The  Order of  the  day being  read, for taking 
into consideration  the Amendments made by the 
Lords  to  the  Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c. 
(Scotland)  Bill; 

(Scotland) 
/o^n.r, 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That a Message  be sent to the Lords 
to communicate  the  said  Reason  (with  the  Bill 
and Amendments):  And that the Clerk do carry 
the same. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Amendments  be  taken 

into  consideration  this  day. 

And  it  being after  half-past Eleven  of  the Adjournment, 

Courts 
(Emergency 
Powers) Bill. 

The Order  of  the  day being  read, for taking 
(Emergency 
into  consideration  the  Courts 
Powers)  Bill, as amended in the Standing  Com-
mittee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration. this  day. 

British 
Mercantile 
Marine 
Uniform 
Bill  [Lords.] 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read, for taking 
into consideration the  British Mercantile Marine 
Uniform  Bill  jLords],   not  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  this  day. 

VOL.   174. 

clock on Wednesday evening, Mr. Speaker 
adjourned  the  House  without  Question 
put, pursuant  to  the  Standing  Order,  at 
twenty-four  minutes  before  Eight of  the 
clock on Thursday morning, till this day. 

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1919. 

Thursday, 14th  August  1919. 

P E A T K E S. 

Londonderry 
Port and 
Harbour  Bill 
[Lordt.'] 

THE   House  proceeded  to  take into  considera-

tion the Londonderry  Port and  Harbour  Bill 

[.Lords], as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That  Standing  Orders  223  and 243 
be  suspended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read 
the  third  time.—(The  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means.) 

The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time 

and passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered, That  the Clerk  do carry the Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to the same, with  Amendments; to 
which this House doth desire  the  concurrence of 
their  Lordships. 

Clyde 
Navigation 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

. 

The  Clyde  Navigation  Order  Confirmation 
Bill, was according to Order, read the third time, 
and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Fraserburgh 
Harbour 
(Rates) Order 
Confirmation 
BiU  [Lord,,] 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded 
the  Fraserburgh 
(Bates)  Order  Confirmation  Bill 

into  consideration 

to  take 
Harbour 
[Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Peterhead 
Harbours 
Order 
Confirmation 
BiU  [Lord*.] 

The. House,  according  to  Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration  the  Peterhead Harbours 
Order Confirmation Bill  [Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

Scottish 
Widows' Fund 
and Life 
Assurance 
Society's 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

Victoria 
Infirmary of 
. Glasgow Act, 

The  House, according to Order, proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Scottish  Widows' 
Fund and Life  Assurance  Society's  Order Con-
firmation  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

The House,  according  to Order, proceeded  to 
take into consideration the Victoria  Infirmary of 
Glasgow  Act,  1888  (Amendment)  Order  Con-

1888 
amendment)  firmation  Bill. 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bil1- 

to-uiorrow. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill be read the third time 

Ardrossan 
The Ardrossan  Harbour  Order  Confirmation 
Harbour Order Bill  [ Lords]  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
Bmlxor^O  second time, and  ordered  to  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Persia (No. 1, 
1919.) 

Mr.  Cecil  Harmsworth  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command, —  Copy  of  Agreement 
between  His  Britannic  Majesty's  Government 
and the Persian Government.  Signed at Tehran, 
9th  August  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Coal Output 
(Monthly 
Statistics.) 

No. 175. 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,—Beturn  to 
an  Order,  dated  the  13th  day  of  this  instant 
August, for  a  Beturn  relative  to  Coal  Output 
(Monthly  Statistics). 

Coal Output 
(Weekly 
Statistics.) 

No.  176. 

Beturn to  an  Order,  dated  the  13th  of  this 
instant  August,  for  a  Beturn  relative  to  Coal 
Output (Weekly  Statistics). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Beturns  do lie upon the 

Table;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  presented,  by  His East India 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of Correspondence  ^ ^ r W e st 
regarding  the Medical  Arrangements and Com- campaign, 
forts  for  the  Troops  on  the  North-West 1919.) 
Frontier. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

Ordered, That  there be laid before this House, Private 

the  Private  Legislation  Procedure (Scotland) Act, 

a  Return  of  all  the  Draft  Provisional Orders 
under 
(Scotland)  Act,  1899,  which  in  the  Session 1899. 
of  1919  have  been  reported  on  by  Com-
missioners ;  together  with  the  names  of  the 
Commissioners ;  the first and also the last day of 
the sittings in each group ;  the number  of  days 
on  which each  body of  Commissioners  sat;  the 
number  of  days  on  which  each  Commissioner 
has  served;  the  number  of  days  occupied  by 
each  Draft  Provisional  Order  before  Com-
missioners ;  the  Draft  Provisional  Orders,  the 
Preambles of  which were  reported  to have been 

f roved ;  and  the  Draft  Provisional  Orders, the 

'reambles of  which were reported to  have been 

not proved. 

And also a Statement  showing  how all  Draft 
Provisional  Orders of  the Session  of 1919 have 
been  dealt with.— (Mr. Munro.') 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from the  Lords  by the  Lords-
one of  their Clerks, as followeth: 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to 
Bill, without any Amendment. 

the  Coal  Mines  Coal Mines 

Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to  the Greenock  Port  Greenock Port 

and Harbours Order  Confirmation  Bill, without 
any Amendment. 

&rbonra 

Confirmation 
Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Labourers Labourers 
(Ireland)  Bill,  with  an  Amendment;  to  which (Ireland) Bill, 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Agricultural Agricultural 

Land  Sales  (Bestriction  of  Notices  to  Quit) 
Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which  the  Lords Notices to 
desire the concurrence of this  House. 
Quit) Bill. 

of 

The  Lords have  agreed  to the  War  Pensions War Pensions 

(Administrative  Provisions)  Bill,  with  Amend-
ments ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence BUI. 
of this  House. 

The  Lords have agreed to the  Leicester  Cor- Leicester 
poration  Bill,  with Amendments  :  to  which  the Corporation 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Lords have agreed to the City  and South City and South 

London  Bailway  Bill,  with  Amendments ; to 
which  the 
Lord  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

Bailway Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments Forestry Bill 

made by this House to the Forestry Bill  [Lords], [Lord,.] 
with Amendments;  to  which  the Lords  desire 
the concurrence of this House. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill, intituled  An Glasgow 
Act  to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  under the o°^°ration 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act, confirmation 
1899,  relating  to  Glasgow  Corporation  ;  to Bill  [Lordt.] 
which the Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of this 
House. 

The Lords do  not  insist  upon  One  of  their Ministry of 

Amendments to  the  Ministry of  Transport Bill Transport 
with  which  this  House  hath  disagreed;  they  Bil1-
agree  with certain of  the  Amendments  made by 
this  House  to  certain  of  their  Amendments; 
they  disagree with another of  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  one  of  their  Amend-
ments  for  which  disagreement  they  assign  a 

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Reason;  and  they agree  with  another  Amend-
ment  made  by  this  House  to  one  of  their 
Amendments,  with  an  Amendment;  to  which 
they desire the concurrence  of  this House. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made to the  Bill,  in  p.  3,1.  1,  by inserting after 
the word "  articles," the  words "  nor  to  the  sale 
of any article for export from the  United  King-
dom."—(Mr.  Holmes.) 

Glasgow 
Corporation 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill [Lord*.] 
Bill  194. 

The  Glasgow Corporation Order Confirmation 
Bill  [Lords j,  was read the first time, and ordered 
(under Section 9 of the Private Legislation Pro-
cedure (Scotland) A.ct, 1899) to be read a second 
time  to-morrow  ; and to be printed. 

And  the  Question  being proposed, that those 
words  be there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was made  to  the 

Agricultural 
Ordered, That  the  Amendments  made  by the 
mn<tricti8  0{ Lords  to the  Agricultural  Land Sales  (Restric-
Noticesto°n °  tion  of  Notices  to  Quit)  Bill  be  taken  into 
Quit) Bill. 

consideration  to-morrow;  and  be  printed. 

Bill 192. 

Labourers 
Ordered,  That the  Amendment  made  by  the 
(Ireland) Bill.  Lords to the  Labourers (Ireland)  Bill  betaken 

Bill 193. 

COI18ideration  to-morrow ;  and be printed. 

Land 
Settlement 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Bill  189. 

Mr.  Munro, supported by the Lord  Advocate 
and Mr. Solicitor General for Scotland, presented 
a  Bill to make further provision  for the acquisi-
tion of  Land for the  purposes  of small holdings, 
reclamation, and  drainage,  and  other  purposes 
relating  to  Agriculture  in  Scotland  ;  to amend 
the  Small  Landholders  (Scotland)  Act,  1911, 
and the  enactments  relating to  allotments;  and 
otherwise to facilitate  Land  settlement in  Scot-
land:  And  the  same  was ordered  to  be  read a 
second time to-morrow ;  and to be printed. 

Business of 
the House 
Business/)611 

Ordered,  That  Government  Business  be 
exempted  at  this  day's  Sitting  from  the  provi-
sions  of  the  Standing  Order  (Sittings  of  the 
House).—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

Profiteering 
Bill. 

The  House, according to  Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration  the  Profiteering  Bill,  as 
amended in the Committee. 

A  Clause was  offered  to  be  added to  the Bill 
(Operations of Trusts,&c.)—(Mr.  Tyson-Wilson): 
And  the  said  Clause  was  brought  up  and read 
the first and second time and amended, in 1.1, by 
inserting, at the beginning,  the  words "  Without 
prejudice to the generalities of  powers under this 
A c t"   ;  in  1. 9,  by inserting, at  the end  thereof, 
the words "  and the  Board of Trade  shall for the 
purposes  of  this  section  utilise  the  powers  of 
investigation  and  of  appointing committees  con-
ferred  upon  them  by this  A c t ";   and,  in  1.  10, 
by leaving out from the beginning thereof  to the 
end  of  the  proposed  Clause. —  (Sir  Auckland 
Geddes.) 

And  the  proposed  Clause,  so  amended, was 

made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the  Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill, in p.  2,1.  30,  by leaving  out 
from  the first word  "  company,"  to  the  end of 
the  subsection,  and  inserting  the  words  "  the 
chairman and managing director of the company, 
unless  they  prove  that  the  offence  took  place 
without  their  knowledge  and  consent,  and  any 
director,  officer,  or  servant of  the  company, on 
whose  authority  it  is  proved  that  the  offence 
took  place, shall  be  guilty  of  the  like  offence," 
—(Mr.  Jameson),—instead  thereof: 

And  the Question  being proposed,  That the 
words  proposed  to  be left out stand  part of  the 
Bill:—The  said proposed Amendment was, with 
leave of  the House,  withdrawn. 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made to the Bill, in p. 3,1.  8, by inserting  at the 
end, thereof the words— 

"  The Board of Trade  may, when they think 
the  circumstances  of  the  case  so  require,  take 
proceedings  against  any  person  making  a 
frivolous  or  malicious  complaint  before  a court 
of  summary  jurisdiction,  and  if  in  such  pro-
ceedings  it  is  found  that  the  complaint  made 
was  frivolous  or  malicious  he shall  be  liable on 
summary conviction  to a fine not  exceeding two 
hundred pounds  or imprisonment  for a term not 
exceeding  six  months."  —• (Lieutenant-Com-
mander  Kenworthy.) 

And the Question being proposed, that those 
words  be  there inserted  in  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the > 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to the 

BilL 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T be   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do carry the Bill  to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

' i 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  p r o c e e d ed   Acquisition of 
to take into consideration the Amendments made 
t  . 
by the Lords to the Acquisition of Land (Assess- Compensation) 
ment of Compensation) Bill; 

Bill. 

The  Lords'  Amendments,  as  far  as  the 
Amendment  in  p.  5,  1.  2,  inclusive,  being  read 
a second time, were agreed to. 

A  consequential  Amendment  was  made  to 
the Bill, in p. 5,  1. 2,  by  inserting after the word 
"  shall,"  the words "  unless for special reasons he 
thinks  proper  not  to  do  so."—(Mr,  Attorney 
General.) 

Then the remaining Lords' Amendments, being 

read  a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk  do  carry the Bill to 
the Lords;  and  acquaint them  that  this  House 
hath agreed  to  the Amendments  made  by their 
Lordships,  and  hath  made  a  consequential 
Amendment  to  the  Bill;  to  which  this  House 
doth desire the concurrence of their Lordships. 

The House,  according to Order, proceeded  to Housing, Town 
take  into  consideration  the Amendments  made Planning, las. 
by the Lords to the Housing, Town Planning, &c. (Scotland) 
(Scotland)  Bill;  and  the same were  twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Superannua-
Second  Reading  of  the  Superannuation  (Prison  tion (Prison 
Officers)  B i l l;  

Officers) Bill. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to the 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Bill. 

VO L.   174. 

to-morrow. 

B  B  4 

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14th  August. 

1919. 

Solicitors' Bill 
[Lord*.] 

The  Solicitors'  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according 

to Order, read a second time. 

.  Resolved,  That  this  House  will  immediately 
resolve itself into the Committee  on  the  Bill.— 
(Mr. Attorney  General.) 

The  House  accordingly  resolved  itself  into 

the Committee. 

(In  the Committee.) 

Clauses No.  1 to No.  11 agreed to. 
Bill  to be reported. 

writing  by the party sought  to  be  charged  there-
with  subsequent  to  such  date, then such contract 
shall  be  deemed  excluded  from  the  operation  of 
tbis  A c t . " — ( M r.   Sugden.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  put  that  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had gone  through  the  Bill, and 
directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the  Bill be now read the  third 
time :—The  Bill was accordingly  read the  third 
time and passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the  Lords, and  acquaint  them, that  this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

British 
Mercantile 
Marine 
Uniform Bill 
[Lords.] 

The House, according to Order, proceeded  to 
take into  consideration  the  British  Mercantile 
Marine Uniform  Bill  [Lords],  not  amended  in 
the Standing  Committee. 

An  Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 2,1. 3, by leaving out subsection 
(2).—(Lieutenant-Commander  Kenworthy.) 

And the Question being put, That  the words 
proposed  to  be left out stand  part of  the  Bill: 
—It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the  Bill be now read  the third 
time :—The  Bill was accordingly read  the third 
time and passed, with an Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the Clerk do  carry the Bill to 
the Lords;  and acquaint  them  that  this House 
hath  agreed  to  the same, with an Amendment; 
to which this House doth desire the concurrence 
of  their Lordships. 

The  House,' according to Order, proceeded to 
take  into consideration  the Amendments  made 
by the Lords to the Land Settlement (Facilities) 
Bill;  and the same were twice read, and agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ;  and acquaint them  that  this  House 
hath agreed  to  the Amendments  made  by their 
Lordships. 

Land 
Settlement 
(Facilities) 
Bill. 

Bats and Mice 
(Destruction) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Beading of  the Bats and Mice (Destruc-
tion)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read  a  second time 

upon Monday next. 

Courts 
(Emergency 
Bowers) Bill. 

The House, according to Order, proceeded  to 
take  into consideration  the  Courts (Emergency 
Powers)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee. 

An  Amendment was proposed to  be  made to 
the  Bill, in  p. 2,1.  5,  by  inserting at  the  end 
thereof the words— 

"  For the  purpose of  this subsection where  a 
contract  has  been  entered  into  before the  first 
day of January, nineteen hundred and seventeen, 
and  there  have  been  deliveries  of  goods  and 
other  material  under  such  contract,  or  the 
contract  has  been  ratified or  acknowledged  in 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  da; 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means 

read, 

for  the  Ways and 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The House, according to Order, proceeded  to Animals 
take into consideration the Amendments made by (Anaesthetics) 
the Lords  to  the  Animals (Anaesthetics)  Bill; 
and the same were twice  read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the  Clerk  do  carry the  Bill to 
the Lords;  and acquaint them  that  this  House 
hath agi-eed to  the Amendments  made  by their 
Lordships. 

The  Order  of  the  day being read, for taking Ferries 
into consideration  the  Ferries  (Acquisition  by (Acquisition 
County  Councils)  Bill  [Lords],  as  amended  iu councils) Bill 
the  Standing  Committee ; 

[ lordi.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 
Second Beading of the Town Tenants  Bill; 

the  Town Tenants 

Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon Monday  the 27th day of  October next. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming corn 

the adjourned  Debate on the  Question  proposed Production 
upon  the 4th  day of  June last, That  the  Corn 
Production  Acts  (Bepeal)  Bill,  be  now read a 
second time. 

(Beped) 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till  Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the National 
Second  Beading  of  the  National  Assembly  of -^fs®5bly ?f  . 
the Church of England (Powers) Bill  [Lords]  ;  E^and 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second  time ipr0WT) BU1 

[Lordt.] 

upon Monday next. 

The  Sex  Disqualification  (Bemoval)  Bill Sex Disqualifi-

[ Lords], was, according to Order, read  a  second 
time. 

Binf'wit.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee of  the  whole  House  for  to-morrow. 
—(Mr.  Solicitor General.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Lords'  Beason  for  dis- Ministry of 
agreeing to one of the Amendments made by this Transport Bill. 
House to  the Amendments  made by the Lords, 
and  the Amendment  made  by the Lords to the 
Amendments made by this House to the Amend-
ments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the  Ministry  of 
Transport Bill, be now taken into consideration. 
—(Mr.  Secretary  Shortt.) 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take 

the said Beason into consideration; 

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14$  August 

The  Lords'  Reason  for  disagreeing  to  the 
Amendment made by this House to new Clause B, 
inserted  by the Lords, was  read,  as  followeth: 
—Because the  Lords consider that  it  is  of  the 
greatest importance that the Advisory Committee 
should be  independent and representative of  the 
trades which use the railways and of  labour, and 
that the  Railway and  Canal  Commission are  in 
the highest degree qualified to appoint an expert 
and impartial Chairman. 

that  he  is of  opinion  that  the proposals  of  the 
draft Order are of  such a character or magnitude 
that they ought to be dealt with  by Private Bill 
and not by such Order as aforesaid  the  Minister 
shall not make the Order, but in that case notices 
published and served  and  deposits made  for the 
purpose of  the  proposed Order  shall, subject  to 
Standing Order, be held  to have been published, 
served and made for a Private  Bill  applying for 
similar powers: 

And a Motion being  made, and  the  Question 
being put, That  this  House  doth  insist  on  the 
said Amendment: 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 

The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

Tellers for the ( Lord  Edmund.  Talbot,  ) 

Yeas, 

( Captain  Guest: 

M^forthej^XX'^ 

134. 

f 
j 

1 8. 

^oes, 

|  B e n n : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

) 

The Amendment made by this House on which 
this House hath  insisted was amended in 1. 7, by 
inserting, after  the  word  "  Trade,"  the  words 
"  after consultation with the interests concerned," 
and,  at  the  end  thereof,  by  adding  the  words 
"  after consultation with the interests concerned." 
;—(Mr.  Secretary  Shortt.) 

The Amendment  made  by the  Lords  to  the 
Amendments made by this House to the Amend-
ments made by the Lords after Clause 26, insert 
new Clause (Provision  as  to Orders and Orders 
in Council relating to the acquisition of land and 
the construction of works— 

("   (1)  The Minister may make rules in relation 
to matters preliminary to the  making of  Orders 
and  Orders  in  Council  under  this  Act  which 
authorise the acquisition of land or easements, or 
the breaking up of  roads and the construction of 
works, including  the  publication  of  notices and 
advertisements,  and  the  deposit  of  plans  and 
sections  and,  books of  reference  to  those  plans 
and the minner  in  which  and  the  time  within 
which  representations  or  objections  are  to  be 
made, and to the holding of  local inquiries. 

Any rules so made shall be laid before Parlia-
ment as 80on as they are made and shall have the 
same effect as if enacted in this A c t:   Provided 
that  if  an Address is presented  to His  Majesty 
by either House of Parliament within twenty-one 
days on which that House has sat next after any 
such rules are so laid praying that any such rule 
may  be  annulled,  His  Majesty  may  annul  the 
rule, and it shall thenceforth be void, but without 
prejudice  to  the  validity  of  anything  done 
thereunder. 

(2)  The  rules  of  procedure  set  out  in  the 
Second  Schedule to this  Act  shall  apply to  the 
making  of  any  Order  under  paragraph  (d)  of 
subsection (1)  of section three of  this Act and of 
any draft of an Order in Council to be submitted 
to Parliament under section nine of this Act. 

(3)  The  Minister, on  publication of  notice of 
a proposal to make an order under paragraph  (d) 
of  subsection  (1)  of  section  three  of  this  Act 
shall, except as hereinafter provided, send  to the 
Chairman of Committees of  the House of  Lords 
and  the  Chairman  of  Ways and  Means  in  the 
House of  Commons a  copy of  the  draft  Order, 
and if  within fourteen days of  the receipt of  the 
copy if  Parliament is  then  sitting or  withiu one 
month thereof  if  Parliament is not  then  sitting, 
either  such  Chairman  reports  to  the  Minister 

Provided that  this subsection shall  not  apply 
to any Order with respect  to which the Minister 
certifies  that  the  acquisition  of  the  land  or 
easements authorised  to  be acquired  thereunder 
and the works authorised to be constructed there* 
under do not  involve  an  estimated  expenditure 
exceeding  half  a  million  pounds,  nor  to  any 
Order of any class which may be exempted  from 
the provisions of  this  subsection  by rules  made 
by the said chairmen.") 
being read a second time was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Message he sent to the Lords 
to  acquaint  them  that  this  House  doth  insist 
upon its Amendment  to new Clause B, and hath 
made Amendments  thereto;  to which they desire 
the  concurrence  of  their  Lordships ;  and  hath 
agreed  to  the  remaining  Amendment  made  by 
their Lordships :  And  that  the Clerk  do  carry 
the said message. 

Ordered, That the Amendments  made  by the War  Pendom 

Lords  to  the  War  Pensions  (Administrative  (AdminUtra-
Provisions)  Bill be now taken into consideration, p^viiioni) 

The  House accordingly  proceeded  to take the Bill, 

said  Amendments  into  consideration;  and  the 
same were tAvice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That  the Clerk  do carry the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them that  this  House 
hath agreed  to the  Amendments  made  by their 
Lordships. 

Ordered, That  the Amendments  made  by the Forejtry Bill 

Lords to the Amendments  made by this  House [£<""<*»•] 
to the Forestry Bill  [Lords']  be now taken  into 
consideration. 

The  House accordingly proceeded  to take the 

said Amendments into consideration. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  to  tbe Amendment 
made  by  this  House, in  p.  I,  L  8,  leave  out 
"  plantation and," being read a second  time, was 
agreed to. 

The  Amendment  made  by  this  House  was 
amended, by  inserting, after  the  word  "  least," 
the  words  "shall  be."—(Sir  Arthur  Griffith-
Boscauen.) 

Then the remaining Lords' Amendment to the 
Amendments  made  by this House,  being read a 
second time, was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Clerk  do cany  the Bill  to 
tbe Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this House 
hath agreed  to the Amendments  made  by their 
Lordships  to  the  Amendments  made  by  this 
House and hath  made an Amendment  to one  of 
the Amendments made by this House ;  to which 
this House doth  desire the concurrence of  their 
Lordships. 

...<:.•' 

And  then  the House, having continued  to sit Adjournment, 

till  half-an-hour  after  Ten  of  the  clock, 
adjourned till to-morrow. 

VOL.   174. 

s  s 

15th August. 

fX't 

Friday,  loth  August 1919. 

P »  A YE   » s. 

Leicester 
Corporation 
BiU. 

( »i 

THE  House  pursuant  to  the  Order  of  the 

House of the 5th day of this instant August, 
proceeded to  take into consideration the Amend-
ments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the  Leicester 
Corporation Bill;  and the same were twice read, 

'  and agreed to. 

The Glasgow Corporation Order Confirmation Glasgow 
Bill  [ Lords]  was,  according  to  Order,  read, a Corporation 
second time, and  ordered to  be taken  into  Con- confirmation 
sideration Upon Monday next. 
BUl  [Lordt.] 

Mr. Bonar  Law  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Government 
Command,—Copy  of  Beport  of  Committee  to  ^ n i n e^ or 
examine the question of  Government Machinery  Trade and 
for dealing with Trade and Commerce. 
r  Commerce. 

Ordered, That the said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Ordered,,  That  the Clerk  do carry the Bill to 

. 
.. theLiords.;  and acquaint them  that  this House 
(i  hatiK agreed to  the Amendments  made  by their 
^ X o ^ s h i p s.   \ 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Besearch 
Command,—Copy  of  Beport  of  the Committee Department, 
of the  Privy Council for Scientific and Industrial 
Besearch for the year  1918-19. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie  upon the 

City and 
! : ;- T he   House,  pursuant  to  the  Order  of  the 
South London  House  of  the  5th  day  of  this  instant  August, 
1  '  proceeded to take into consideration the Amend-
ments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the  City  and 
'".South"  London  Bailway  Bill;  and  the  same 

' 

Were twice read, and agreed to. 

i  :  • I  • • • 
, 
Ordered,  That  the Clerk do  carry the Bill to 
,  the  Lords ;  and acquaint them that  this House 
hath agreed to  the Amendments  made  by their 

.Lordships. 

Ammanford 

The House proceeded  to  take  into considera-
tion the Ammanford Gas  Bill, as amended in the 

V:  >• .Committee. 

<V 

4  Ordered, That Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
• be suspended, and that the Bill  be  now read the 

Table. 
..•  i  i 

' 

" 

) 
Mr. Secretary Montagu presented, pursuant to East India 
the directions of an Act  of  Parliament,—Beturn  (Loans raised 
of  all  Loans  raised  in  India  under  the  pro-in *ndia0 
visions of any Act of Parliament, chargeable  on 
the Revenues  of  India, outstanding at  the com-
! 
mencement  of  the  half-year  ended  on  the 
31st  March  1919,  with  the  rates  of  interest 
and total amount payable thereon, and the date of 
the termination of  each Loan,  the debt incurred 
during the half-year, the moneys  raised  thereby 
during  the  half-year,  the  Loans  paid  off  or 
discharged during  the half-year, and  the Loans 
outstanding at the close of the half-year ;  stating, 
so  far  as  the public convenience  will  allow, the 
purpose or service  for  which  moneys have been 
raised during the half-year. 

third time.—(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

The Bill was  accordingly read  the third  time 

and passed.  > 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do 

carry the Bill  to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

, 

The  Fraserburgh  Harbour  (Bates)  Order 
Confirmation  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to 
Order, read the third time and passed. 

Ordered, That the Clerk  do  carry the Bill  to 
the Lords ;  and  acquaint them  that  this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. • 

rbour 

(Rate^f Order 
Confirmation , 
BiU [Lordt.] 

Peterhead 
Harbours 
Order 
Confirmation 
BiU [lordt.] 

3 
, The Peterhead Harbours  Order  Confirmation 
.. Bill. [Lords]  was, according  to Order, read  the 

third time and passed. 

Ordered, That  the Clerk do carry the Bill  to 
' ' the Lords;  and  acquaint  them that, this  House 
haith agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  by  His  Ministry of 
Majesty's Command,—Copy  of  Final Report  to ^ > n s t r n c" 
the  Ministry  of  Reconstruction  of  the  Adult 
Education  Committee. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Dr.  Addison  presented,  by  His^Majesty's Infectious 
™ 

Command,—Copy  of  Note  by the Chairman  of 
the Inter-Departmental Committee on Infections 
Diseases in connection with Demobilisation'(the Demobilisation 
Honourable  Waldorf Astor,  M.P.) to. the Minister Departmental 
of  Health  on  Prophylaxis  against  .Venereal Committee.) 
Disease. 

•  -'•.,  i  -  1:  •  /• 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie; upon  the 

Table.  ' 

• 

, 

: 

Scottish 
• -' The  Scottish .Widows' Fund and  Life Assure 
Widows' Fund  ance  Society's  Order  Confirmation  Bill  was, 
according  to  Order,  read  the  third  time  and 

Society's Order passed. 

, 

The House,  according to Order, proceeded  to Labourers 
take  into  consideration  the  Amendment  made (Ireland) Bill, 
by  the Lords  to  the  Labourers (Ireland)  Bill; 
and the same was twice read, and agreed to. 

Bm. 

!f  Ordered, That  the Clerk  do  carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

The Victoria Infirmary of  Glasgow Act,  1888 
Victoria 
Gl^wA 0!  ''(Amendment),  Order  Confirmation  Bill  was, 
188^°W  °'   'according  to  Order,  read  the  third  time  and 
(Amendment),  passed. 

.••••* •  ' 

Confirmation 
JW1L •  • 

Ordered, That the Clerk  do  carry  the Bill  to 

the Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

Ardrossan 
The House, according  to Order, proceeded  to 
Harbour Order take  into  consideration  the  Ardrossan  Harbour 
g f t S Ej   Order Confirmation Bill  [Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ordered, That  the Clerk do carry the Bill .to 
the LOrds;  and acquaint  them  that this "HouSe 
hath agreed  to  the Amendment  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

.rs 

^ 

1 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded Agricultural 
to take into consideration the Amendments made ^^rtaionof 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Agricultural  'Land/Sales Notices to 
(Bestriction of Notices to Quit) Bill. 
Quit) Bill. 

- 

The Lords' Amendments, as far as the Amend-
ment in p. 2,1.5,  being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

, 

. 

' 

The  Lords'  Amendment,  in  p.  2,  1. 5,  after 
ythe;  next 

( " t o " ),  
Amendment,  . being  read • a 'second , tyjie.i,  wsas 
disagreed to. 

insert  ("  Scotland : or 

> shv*  •i;Jni> 

..  • ^ 

,i  VI  ./:»;• 7 

. V. 

15$  August. 

m 

IWil  • 
• ItV. 

Ordered,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to 
;  .. • .draw up a Reason  to  be  assigned  to  the Lords 
for disagreeing  to  one of  their Amendments  to 

A  Message  was  delivered  by  Captain  Sir  Royal Assent. 

Thomas  Dacres  Butler,  Yeoman  Usher  of  the 
Black  Rod : 

i>:,-rt' 

. .the Bill. 

Mr.  Speaker, 

And  a  Committee  was  accordingly  nominated 
fiV!of   Sic Arthur  Griffith-Boscaioen,  Colonel  Greig, 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Arthur  Murray,  Major 
Courthope, and Mr.  Grundy. 

* ' 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen.) 

The  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  Of  His 
Majesty's Commission,  for  declaring  His 'Royal 
Assent,  to  several  Acts  agreed  upon  by  both 
Houses, desire the  immediate  attendance of  this 
Honourable  House  in  the  House  of  Peers,  to 
hear the Commission read. 

And  they  are  to  withdraw  immediately. 

Land 
Settlement 
(Scotland) 
Hill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading of  the  Land  Settlement  (Scot-
land)  Bill; 

And  a  Motion being  made, and  the Question 
being  proposed, That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second time; 

Message from 
the Lords. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from the  Lords  by 
one of their Clerks, as followeth : 

Consolidated 
Fond (No. 2) 
Bill. 
Newcastle-
upon-Tyne 
Corporation 
(Bates) Bill 
[Lords.] 
Londonderry 
Port and 
Harbour Bill 
[Lords.'] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Consolidated 

Fund (No.  2) Bill, without any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this; House to  the  Newcastle-upon-Tyne 
Corporation  (Rates)  Bill 
[Lords],  without  any 
Amendment. 
,  The Lords, have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by this House  to  the  Londonderry  Port 
and Harbour Bill  [Lords],  without  any Amend-
ment. 

The  Lords  agree  to  the  Amendment  made 
Ministry of 
Transport Bill,  by this House to  the Amendment  made by  this 
House to the  Amendment made by the Lords to 
the  Ministry  of  Transport  Bill  with  which  the 
Lords ihave disagreed,  but  propose Amendments 
to the said  Amendment. 

Ministry of 
Ordered, That  the Amendments  made by the 
Transport Bill. Lords  to  the Amendment  made  by  this House 
to the Amendment  made  by  the Lords  to  the 
„ .. 
Ministry  of  Transport  Bill  be  now taken  into 
consideration.—(Sir  Eric  Geddes.) 

'•[-• 

u 

The  House accordingly proceeded to take  the 
said  Amendments  into  consideration;  and  the 
same were twice read and agreed to. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do carry the Bill  to 
the  Lords ;  and acquaint  them that  this  House 
hath agreed  to  the Amendments  made by their 
Lordships. 

Agricultural 
Land Sales 

of 

Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen  reported  from 
the  Committee appointed  to  draw  up  a Reason 
jje  assigned  to the Lords  for  disagreeing  to 

Quit) • Bill.  .  one of the Amendments  made by their Lordships 

to  the Agricultural  Land  Sales (Restriction  of 
Notices to Quit)  Bill;  Tbat  they had drawn up 
a Reason accordingly,  which  they directed  him 
to report to  the House ;  and the  same was read, 
as followeth: 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made by  the Lords in p. 2,1.  5, for the following 
Reason :—Because the operation of the Bill now 
being limited to the case of yearly  tenancies, the 
exclusion  of  Scotland  from  its  operation  is  no 

, . longer necessary or desirable. 

The  said  Reason, being  read  a  second  time, 

Was agreed to. 

Ordered,  That  a  Message  be  sent  to  the 
Lords  to  communicate  the  said  Reason  (with 
the Bill  and Amendments) :  And that the Clerk 
do carry the same. 

f 

- 

Land 
Settlement 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Question being again  proposed,  That the 
£iand  Settlement  (Scotland)  Bill, be now read a 
second timej 
VOL.   174. 

Accordingly  Mr.  Speaker,  with  the  House, 
went  up  to  the  House  of  Peers:—And  having 
returned; 

Mr.  Speaker  reported,  That  the  House,  at 
the  desire  of  the  Lords  authorised  by  virtue 
of  His  Majesty's  Commission, had  been  at  the 
House of  Peers, where a  Commission  under  the 
Great  Seal  was  read,  giving,  declaring,  and 
notifying  the Royal  Assent to the several  Acts 
therein mentioned;  and  that the  Lords thereby 
authorised  had  declared  the  Royal  Assent,  to 
the said Acts,  as follow : 

1.  Consolidated Fund (No.  2) Act,  1919»  ^ 
2.  War  Loan Act,  1919. 

.  . 

, 

; 

3.  National  Health  Insurance Act,  1919. 
4.  Merchant  Shipping (Wireless  Telegraphy) 

Act,  1919. 

. 

5.  Expiring  Laws Continuance Act,  1919.'; 
6.  Retired  Officers (Civil  Employment)  Act, 

1919. 

7.  Restoration  of  Pre-War  Practices  Act, 

1919. 

8.  Education (Compliance  with  Conditions of 

Grants) Act,  1919. 

9.  Housing (Ireland)  Act,  1919. 
10.  Government  of  the  Soudan  Loan  Act, 

1919. 

11.  Government War  Obligations  Act,  1919. " 
12.  Police Act,  1919. 
13.  Ministry  of  Transport  Act,  1919. 
14.  West  Indian  Court of  Appeal Act,  1919. 
15.  Checkweighing in  Various  Industries  Act, 

1919. 

16.  Coal Mines Act,  1919. 
17.  Commons  Regulation 

(Coity  Wallia) 
Provisional  Order  Confirmation  Act, 
1919. 

18.  Pier  and  Harbour - Orders  Confirmation 

Act,  1919. 

19.  Electric  Lighting  Order  Confirmation 

Act,  1919. 

20.  City of London Police  Act,  1919. 
21.  Gas  and Water Orders  Act,  1919. 
22.  Local  Government  Board's  Provisional 

Orders Confirmation  (No.  1)  Act,  1919. 

23.  Local  Government  Board's  Provisional 

Orders  Confirmation (No.  2)  Act,  1919. 

24.  Local  Government  Board's  Provisional 

Orders Confirmation (No.  3)  Act,  1919. 

25.  Local  Government  Board's  Provisional 
Order Confirmation (No,  4)  Act,  1919.  " 

26.  Local  Government  Board's  Provisional 

Order Confirmation (No. 5)  Act,  1919, 

27.  Local  Government  Board's  Provisional^ 

Order Confirmation (No.  6) Act,  1919. 

28.  Local  .Government  Board's  Provisional 

Orders Confirmation (No.  7)  Act,  1919. 

29.  Local  Government  Board  (Ireland)  Pro-

visional  Orders  Confirmation  A c t,   1919k:.n 

S G2 

i 

.:• 
it 

15^  August. 

30 

Wells  Particular  Baptist  and  Congrega-
tional  Chapels  Charities  Scheme  Con-
firmation  Act,  1919. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message  from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by the Lords, 
one of their Clerks, as followeth: 

31 

National Trust  Charity  Scheme  Confirma-

tion Act,  1919. 

32.  Brooke Robinson Museum  Charity  Scheme 

Confirmation  Act,  1919. 

The Lords  have agreed to the Welsh  Church Welsh Church 

(Temporalities)  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to 
which the Lords  desire  the  concurrence of  this 
House. 

33.  Congregational  Chapels  Scheme Confirma-

A  Motion was  made, and  the  Question being Welsh Church 

tion Act,  1919. 

34.  Eatington  Wesleyan  Methodist  Chapel 
Property  Charity  Scheme  Confirmation 
Act,  1919. 

put, That the  Amendments  made by the Lords (Temporah-
to  the  Welsh  Church (Temporalities)  Bill,  be t i e° B , u-
now taken  into  consideration.—(Mr.  Secretary 
Shortt) : 

35.  Plumptre  Hospital  Charity  Scheme  Con-

The  House divided. 

firmation  Act,  1919. 

36.  Headcorn Baptist  Chapel  Charity Scheme 

Confirmation Act,  1919. 

37.  Tramways Orders Confirmation Act,  1919. 
38.  Dundee Harbour  and  Tay  Ferries  Order 

Confirmation  Act,  1919. 

39.  Greenock Port  and  Harbours Order  Con-

firmation  Act,  1919. 
40.  Newark  Gas  Act,  1919. 
41.  Stockton-on-Tees  Corporation  Act,  1919. 
42.  Stobksbridge Gas  Act,  1919. 
43.  Waterford  Harbour Act,  1919. 
44.  Nuneaton Corporation Act,  1919. 
45.  Poole  Corporation Act, 1919. 
46.  London  County  Council  (Money) 

Act, 

1919. 

47.  Manchester  Ship Canal Act,  1919. 
48.  Botherham  Corporation  Act,  1919. 
49.  Bournemouth Gas and Water  Act,  1919. 
50.  Sheffield Corporation  Act,  1919. 
51.  Birmingham  Corporation  Tramways  Act, 

1919. 

62.  Blackpool  Improvement Act,  1919. 
53.  East  Ham  Corporation Act,  1919. 
54.  Leeds  Corporation Act,  1919. 
55.  London Electric  Bailway Act, 1919. 
56.  Shoreham-by-Sea  Urban  District  Council 

Act,  1919. 

57.  Tynemouth  Corporation  Act,  1919. 
58.  West  Hartlepool  Corporation Act,  1919. 
59.  Middlesbrough  Corporation Act, 1919. 
60.  Workington  Corporation Act,  1919. 
61.  Tyne  Improvement Act,  1919. 
62.  Huddersfield Corporation  Gas Act, 1919. 
63.  Dover Gas Act,  1919. 
64.  Pembroke District Gas Act,  1919. 
65.  Bedwellty  Urban  District  Council  Act, 

1919. 

66.  Birmingham  Corporation Act,  1919. 
67.  Milford Docks Act,  1919. 
68.  Stretford Urban District Council Act, 1919. 
69.  Londonderry Port and Harbour Act, 1919. 
70.  Newcastle-upon-Tyne  Corporation (Bates) 

Act,  1919. 

71.  Clowes  Settled  Estate  Act,  1919. 
7.2,  Boland's Divorce Act,  1919. 

The Yeas to the  Bight; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Yeas, 

Tellers for thefLord  Edmund Talbot,  1 
J 
1 
j 

Tellers for the J Mr.  Hogge, 
(Major Hills: 

\Captain  Guest: 

Noes, 

55. 

34. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

The  House accordingly proceeded to take the 

said Amendments into consideration. 

The Lords' Amendment in the Title,  1. 4, after 
( " t h e ")   insert  ("constitution  and,")  the  first 
Amendment, being read a second time; 

And a Motion being  made,  and the  Question 
proposed,  That  this  House  doth  disagree with 
the  Lords  in  the  said  Amendment, —  (Mr. 
Secretary  Shortt,}^-and  a Debate arising there-
upon ; 

And  it  being  Five  of  the  clock, the Debate 

stood adjourned. 

Ordered, That  the  Debate  be  resumed upon 

Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Sex DisquaUfi-

Committee  on  the  Sex  Disqualification  (Re-9" i o n 
i\  T>'II  r t 
J  1  . 
moval) Bill  [Lords]  ; 

(Removal) Bill 
[Lords:] 

Resolved, That this  House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order of  the  day being  read, for  taking Ferries 
into  consideration  the  Ferries (Acquisition  by (Acquisition 
County  Councils)  Bill  [Lords'],  as  amended  in CouucUsyBill 
the Standing  Committee ; 

[Lords.] 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera-

tion upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Superannua-

Second Beading of the Superannuation  (Prison) J*?? 
Officers) Bill; 

Officers)Ball. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee <5f Supply; 

Resolved, That this House  will,  upon Monday 

next, resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee of  Ways  and Means; 

Means. 

Resolved, That  this House  will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Land 
Seitlement 
(Scotland) 
BUI. 

The  Question being again proposed,  That the 
Land  Settlement  (Scotland)  Bill be now read  a 
second time; 
• And the Question being put:—It  was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

The  Bill was accordingly  read  a second time, 

and committed to a Standing  Committee. 

The Order of the day  being  read,  for  taking Nurses 
into consideration  the Nurses  Begistration  Bill, Registration 
as amended in the Standing Committee ; 

Bill. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  taken  into further 
consideration  upon  Friday  the  24th  day  of 
October next. 

W  GE O.   Y. 

15th—l&th  August 

Welsh Church 
ZlfmiL 1'  

Ordered, That  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords to  the  Welsh  Church  (Temporalities)  Bill 
< 

Bill  195.  be  printed. 

Adjournment, 

Whereupon  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker adjourned 
the House, without Question put, pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being  then 
one  minute  after  Five  of  the  clock,  till 
Monday  next. 

Mr. Speaker's 
Absence. 

Prayers. 

Ardrossan 
Harbour 
Order 
Confirmation 
BiU [Lord*.] 

Glasgow-
Corporation 
Order 
Confirmation 
BiU [Lordt.] 

Monday,  18th August 1919. 

THE   House being met, the Clerk  at the Table 

informed  the  House  of  the  unavoidable 
absence  of Mr.  Speaker from this day's  Sitting : 
—Whereupon  Mr.  Whitley,  the  Chairman  of 
Ways  and Means,  proceeded  to the Table, and, 
after Prayers, took the Chair as Deputy Speaker, 
pursuant to the Standing  Order. 

The  Ardrossan  Harbour  Order  Confirmation 
Bill  [Lords]  was, according  to  Order, read the 
third time and passed. 

Ordered,  That the Clerk  do  carry the Bill  to 
the Lords;  and  acquaint  them that  this  House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

The House,  according  to  Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration  the Glasgow Corporation 
Order  Confirmation Bill 

[Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill.be  now read the third 
time:—The  Bill was  accordingly  read  the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do carry the Bill to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint them  that  this  House 
hath agreed to the same, without  Amendment. 

Water 
Provisional 
Order BiU. 

Ordered,  That in the  case of  the  Water  Pro-
visional  Order  Bill,  Standing  Orders  211  and 
236  be  suspended,  and  that  the  Committee  on 
Unopposed Bills  bave  leave to  proceed with the 
Bill forthwith.—(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

Ordered, That  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  do  issue 
Lancaster 
County 
his  Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to 
Division) Writ. make  out  a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a 
Member to serve  in  this  present  Parliament  for 
the County of Lancaster (Widnes Division) in the 
room  of  Colonel  William  Hall  Walker,  who 
since  his  Election  for  the  said  County  hath 
accepted the  Office of  Steward  or  Bailiff of  His 
Majesty's" Manor  of  Northstead, in  the  County 
of York.—(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

to  

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  do  issue 
York County 
(Pontrfract^  h is   W a r r a nt  
t h e  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to 
D i v i s i o n)   W r i t.  ma,ke  out  a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a 
Member  to serve  in this  present  Parliament for 
the  County  of  York,  West  Riding  (Pontefract 
Division),  in  the  room  of  the  Right  Honour-
able  Sir  Joseph  Compton-Rickett,  deceased.— 
(Captain  Guest.) 

War Cabinet.  Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy of Report of  the War Cabinet 
for the year  1918. 

Taxes  and 
Imposts. 

No.  177. 

Mr.  Baldwin  also  presented,—Return  to  an 
Order, dated the 7th day of  this instant  August, 
for Returns relative  to Taxes  and Imposts. 

Superannua-
tion  Act,  1884. 

Mr.  Baldwin  also presented,  pursuant,  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Treasury  Minute,  under  the  Superannuation 
Act,  1884,  dated  15th  August  1919,  declaring 

VOL.  174. 

that  Richard  James  Colyer,  First  Engineer, 
War  Department  Fleet,  War  Office,  was 
appointed  without  a  Civil  Service  Certificate 
through inadvertence  on the part of  the Head of 
his Department. 

Ordered,  That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table;  and that the said Return be printed. 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Intermediate 

Command,—Copy  of  the  Report  of  the  Inter-  g S S a ®. 
mediate  Education  Board  for  Ireland  for  the 
year  1918. 

Ordered, That  the said . Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  pursuant  to General 
the  directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— ^Sjithouse 
Copy  of  Account  of  the  General  Lighthouse 
Fund, showing the  Income  and  Expenditure for 
the year ending 31st  March  1918. 

Fund. 

No. 178. 

Copy  of  Thirty-sixth  General  Annual  Report Bankruptcy, 
by  the  Board  of  Trade  under  the  Bankruptcy  No. 179. 
Acts. 

Ordered,  That the said  Papers do lie upon the 

Table;  and be printed. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to University of 
the directions of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  SaintAndrews. 
of Annual  Statistical  Report  by the  University 
Court  of  the  University  of  Saint  Andrews  for 
1917-18. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Robert  Home  presented,  by His  Majesty's Ministry of 

Command,—Copy  of  Directory  of  Industrial Labour, 
and  other  Associations  connected  with  matters 
relating to Conditions of  Employment. 

Ordered,  That the said  Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  presented,  by  His East India 
Majesty's Command,—Copy of  Papers regarding (Afghanistan.) 
Hostilities with Afghanistan,  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Kellaway  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Central 

Command,—Copy  of  Memorandum  relating  to Control Board 
the Acquisition  and  Direct  Control  of  Licensed 
Premises and Statement of  Assets and Liabilities 
as at 31st  March 1919. 

Ordered,  That the said  Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Long  presented, pursuant to the directions Naval Savings 

of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Account  of Banks. 
Deposits in  Naval  Savings  Banks,  and  the  pay-  No. 180. 
ments. thereof  and  of  interest  thereon;  of  all 
investments  under  the  Naval  Savings  Banks 
Act,  1866,  and  the  application  of  the  interest 
or dividends accruing  in respect thereof;  and of 
the proceeds of any sale of any stocks, annuities, 
or securities, during the financial year  1917—18. 

Copy  of  Statement  of  the  estimated  Income Greenwich 
and  Expenditure  of  Greenwich  Hospital  and Hospital and 
Travers' Foundation for the year  1919-20. 

Foundation 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon  the  No. 181. 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Select  Committee on  High High Prices 

Prices  and  Profits  have  leave, to  sit  not with-a®d Profits 
standing the  adjournment of  the  House.—(Cap-
tain  Guest.) 

s  S  3 

lMi—\Mh  AugvM, 

19191 

Message from 
the Lords. 

Mr. Deputy Speaker acquainted the House t  -; 
a Message had been brought from the Lords  by 
one of their Clerks, as followeth: 

The Lords have  agreed  to the  Public  Works 

Loans Bill, without any Amendment. 

The Lords have  agreed to the  Courts (Emer-

gency Powers) Bill, without any Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed ...to, the  Clyde  Valley 
Electrical  Power  Order  Confirmation  Bill,  with-, 
out  any  Amendment. V 

The Lords have  agreed  to the Clyde  Naviga-
tion  Order  Confirmation  ; Bill,  without  , any 
Amendment. 

.'  •  ;. 

Public Works 
Loans Bill. 

Courts 
(Emergency 
Powers) Bill. 
Clyde Valley 
Electrical 
Power Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 
Clyde 
Navigation 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 
Scottish 

The Lords have agreed to the Scottish Widows' 
Fund and Life  Assurance  Society's  Order Con-

( 

Assurance  firmation  Bill,  without any Amendment. 
Society's Order 
Confirmation 
Bin. 
Victoria 
Infirmary of 
Glasgow Act, 
1888 
(Amendment), 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

The  Lords  have agreed to  the Victoria  Infir-
mary of Glasgow Act, 1888 (Amendment), Order 
Confirmation Bill,  without any Amendment.. 

Profiteering 
Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Profiteering 
Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which  the  Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

Forestry BiU. 
[Lords.'] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendment 
made by this House to the Forestry Bill  [Lords'], 
without any Amendment. 

British 
Mercantile 
Marine 
Uniform BiU 
[Lords.] 

Intestate 
Moveable 
Succession 
(Scotland) 
Bill [Lords.] 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendment 
made  by this  House,  to  the  British  Mercantile 
Marine  Uniform  Bill  [Lords],  without  any 
Amendment. 

The  Lords  have agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made by  this  House  to  the  Intestate  Moveable 
Succession  (Scotland)  Bill 
[Lords'],  without 
any Amendment. 

The  Lords have  agreed  to the  consequential 
Acquisition 
of Land 
(Assessment of Amendment made by this House to the Acquisi-
Compensation) tion of  Land (Assessment of Compensation) Bill, 
Bill. 
Agricultural 
The  Lords  do  not  insist  upon  their  Amend-
(Bestaictfonof  m e nt   to  t*'e Agricultural  Land Sales (Bestriction 
Notices to  of Notices  to  Quit)  Bill  to  which  this  House 
Quit) Bill. 

without any Amendment. 

hath  disagreed. 

Shops (Early 
Closing) BiU. 
BiU 196. 

Sir Kingsley  Wood presented a  Bill  to amend 
the  Shops  Act,  1912, and  to  make  further pro-
vision in relation to the hours of closing of Shops: 
And  the  same  was  ordered  to  be read a second 
time to-morrow;  and to be printed. 

Hours of 
Employment 
(No. 2) BUL 
Bill 197. 

Sir Robert Home,  supported by Mr.  Secretary 
Shortt, Mr.  Wardle, and Major  Baird,  presented 
a  Bill  to  regulate  the  number  of Hours  of 
Employment:  And  the  same  was  ordered  to 
be  read a second  time  to-morrow ;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Alexander  Shaw be  dis-  Land Values, 

charged  from  the  Select  Committee  on  Land 
: ;  j 
Values. 
Ordered,  That  Mr.  Wallace  be  added  to  the 

Committee."-—(Colonel  Gibbs.)'  >, 

.  ,7 

A  Motion was made,  and  the  Question  being  Adjournment 

proposed,  That  this  House  do  meet  to-morrow 
at  Twelve  of the  clock,  and,  at  its  rising,  do ^  umn'-) 
adjourn until Wednesday the 22nd dav of October 
next,  and that to-morrow  Mr.  Speaker,  as  soon . 
as  he  has  reported  the  Royal  Assent  to  Acts 
which have been agreed upon by both Houses, do 
adjourn  the  House  without  Question  put— 
(The  Prime  Minister):  And  a Debate  arising 

4 H o« se 

on; 

,••'•-  • «•  •;••• 

Mr.  Sonar  Law  rose in his place, and claimed 

to move, That the Question be now put: 

And the  Question  being  put,  That  the  Ques- Question put 
tion  be  now put:—It  was resolved  in  the Affir- g q* (Cnosure -
mative. 
;  And the Question  being accordingly  put; 

of  Debate.) 

Resolved, That this  House  do meet to-morrow 
at  Twelve  of the  clock,  and,  at  its  rising,  do 
adjourn until Wednesday the 2 2nd day of October 
next, and that to-morrow Mr. Speaker, as soon as  1 
he has reported the Royal Assent to Acts which 
have  been  agreed  upon  by  both  Houses,  do 
adjourn the House without Question put. 

•  ;  • 
' 

The  Order of the day being read, for resuming Welsh  Church 

the adjourned  Debate on the Question proposed  ^ W " , , . ,, 
upon the 15th day of this instant August  on con- 
sideration  of  the  Amendments  made  by: the •• 
Lords  to the  Welsh  Church  (Temporalities) ' 
Bill,  That  this  House  doth  disagree  with  the 
Lords in their Amendment in the Title, 1.4, after. 
("  the "), insert  ("   constitution and ")  : 

•5S) BlU< T 

A nd   the  Question  being  again  proposed  :— 
The  House  resumed  the  said  adjourned  Debate. 

And the Question being put:—It was resolved 

^ 

in the Affirmative. 

The  Lords'Amendment,  in  p.  3,  1.  35, after 
("   body"  ), insert  ("  a "),  the next Amendment, 
being read a second time : 

And  a Motion  being made,  and  the  Question ' 

being proposed,  That  this  House  doth  disagree 
with  the  Lords  in  the  said  Amendment—(Mr. 
Secretary  Shortt.) 

And  the  House  having  continued  to  sit  till 
after Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 

Tuesday,  19th August 1919 : 

And the Question being put:—It was resolved 

in the Affirmative. 

The Lords' Amendment,  in p. 3,1.  40, at  end, 
insert  ("and  {b)  or  burial  grounds"),  the  next 
Amendment,  being  read a  second time, was dis-
agreed to. 

-

Minimum 
Sir Robert  Home,  supported  by  Sir Auckland 
Bates of Wages Geddes  and  Mr.  Wardle,  presented  a Bill to 
Commission 
flnmrniafiiAn 
BUI. 

•  • 

•-» 

• 

, 

constitute  a  Commission  to inquire  into  and 
report on minimum time rates  of  Wages and for 
purposes  connected  therewith :  And  the  same 
was ordered to be read a second time to-morrow; 
and to be printed. 

B i ll   1 9 8. 

Business of 
the House 

Ordered,  That  Government  Business  be  ex-
empted at this  day's  Sitting from  the  provisions 
of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House).— 
(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords' Amendments  as 
far as  the  Amendment  in p. 5, insert  Clause  A, 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 

The Lords' Amendment, in  p.  5,  after Clause 
8, insert  Clause A (Repeal  of  subsection  (5) of 
section three of 4  and 5 Geo.  V.,  c. 91), the next 
Amendment, being read a second time; 

And  a Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being put, That this  House doth  agree with  the 
Lords  in  the  said  Amendment—(Lord  Hugh 
Cecil)-.—It  passed in the Negative. 

Then the remaining  Lords'  Amendments,  being 

read  a  second  time,  were  disagreed  to. 

10  & E O.   V. 
'  Ordered, That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to 
draw  up  Reasons  to  be  assigned  to  the  Lords 
for  disagreeing  to  certain  or  the  Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the Bill. 

1 8 $ — 1 9$  

AagtM. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the-^culture 
Second  Reading of the Agriculture  and  Fisheries  (conncils&cl) 
(Councils,  &c.)  B i l l;  

BilL 

' 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read  a  second time 

And  a  Committee  Was  nominated  of,  Mr. 
. ! v F i s h e r,   Mr.  Griffiths, Sir Edgar  Jones, Sir Evan 

this day. 

. 

Jones and Mr.  Secretary  Shortt. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Rats and Mice 

' 

Ordered,  That  Two  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Mr.  Secretary  Shortt.) 

And they are to withdraw immediately. 

Joint Stock 
Banks 
LH)ontroi)  (Amalgamation  Control) Bill; 
Blll> 

Tbe  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks 
! 
Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a second time 

this day. 

Private 
K ST  
(Ireland)  Bill,  cedure (Ireland)  Bill; 

'  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  the 
Second Reading  of. the Private Legislation  Pro-

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a second time 

this day. 

Aliens 
Restriction 

The  Order of  the day  being read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Aliens  Restriction  Bill, 
•as amended in the Standing Committee ; 
'  Ordered, That'the Bill be taken into considera-
tion this day. 

Second  Reading  of  the  Rats and  Mice  (Destruc-  (Detraction) 
t i o n)   B i l l;  

Bl11-

° 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a  second time 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Sex Dis-
Committee on the Sex  Disqualification (Removal) qualification 
SfiSl, 
Bill  [Lords]  ; 

^ 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself  into tbe said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Superannua-

Second Reading  of  the Superannuation (Prison 
Officers) Bill; 

F 

. 

Officers) em. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply 

Committee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said  Committee. 

Overseas Trade  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Overseas  Trade (Insur-
2 3 S-  
Abnormal 
ance against Abnormal Risks) Bill; 
Bisks) Bill. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second time 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Way sand 

Committee of Ways and Means ; 

Means. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself  into the said Committee. 

;  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
gecond  Reading  of  the  War  Emergency  Laws 

War 
Emergency 
(Continuance)  (Continuance)  B i l l; 
*Jl11, 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a  second  time 

this day. 

(Ireland)11 
(No. 2)  Bill, 

,  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dogs  Regulation  (Ire-
land) (No.  2)   Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second  time 

this day. 

Constabulary  «  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
and Police 
Second Reading of the Constabulary and Police 
(Ireland) Bill.  ( I r el a n d)   Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

this day. 

Supreme Court  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
of Judicature  Second Reading of the  Supreme Court of  Judi-
(Ireland)  Bill.  c a t u re  

( I r e l a n d)   B i l]   . 

- Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

* 

' 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  County  Court  Judges 

County Court 
Jjjdget,-  . 
Pen'sionTand  (Retirement  Pensions and Deputies)  Bill; 
Deputies) Bill.  Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a second time 

this day. 

Local 
Elections 

fj^rtfoT 
r 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of. the  Local  Elections  (Pro-
portional Representation) Rill  [Lords'] ; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a second time 

- 

this day. 

V o l.   1  h. 

Ordered, That  the  Amendments  made  by  the Profiteering 

Lords  to  the  Profiteering  Bill,  be  now  taken iJiU-
into consideration.—(Sir  Auckland  Geddes.) 

The  House accordingly  proceeded  to take the 
said  Amendments  into  consideration;  and  the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That  the Clerk do  carry the  Bill to 
the  Lords ;  and  acquaint  them, that  this House 
hath  agreed  to  the Amendments  made  by their 
Lordships. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt reported  from  the  Com-Welsh  Church 
mittee  appointed  to  draw  up  Reasons  to  be (T*™PO"T1.]: 
assigned to the  Lords  for  disagreeing  to certain 
of the Amendments  made  by their  Lordships  to 
the  Welsh  Church (Temporalities)  Bill. 

1 

That they had drawn up Reasons  accordingly, 
which  they  had  directed  him  to  report  to  the 
House ;  and the same were read as follows:— 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made by the Lords in p. 3,1.40, for the following 
Reason:—Because  it is inexpedient  to  introduce 
controversial  provisions  into  a  Bill  intended  to 
settle differences by agreement. 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  the  Lords  in  p. 3,1. 35, in p.  5,1.  18, 
and  in  p.  5  to  insert  a  new  schedule,  for  the 
following Reason :—Because they are consequen-
tial on the  Amendment  made  by the  Lords  in 
p. 3,1. 40, to which the Commons have disagreed. 
The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made, by the  Lords in p.  5  (to  insert  clause  A), 
for the  following  Reason :—Because  it  is  inex-
pedient  to  introduce  controversial  provisions 
into  a  Bill  intended  to  settle  differences  by 
agreement. 

8  s  4 

320 

ISth—19^  August. 

The  Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made by the Lords to the Title for the following 
Beason  :—Because  it  is  consequential  on  the 
Amendment made by  the Lords in p. 5 (to insert 
Clause A), to which the Commons have disagreed. 
The  said  Reasons  being  read  a  second  time 

were agreed to. 

Ordered,  That a Message be sent to the  Lords 
to communicate the  said  Beasons (with  the  BiU 
and Amendments):  And  that the Clerk do carry 
the same.—(Mr.  Secretary  Shortt.) 

Adjournment. 

Resolved,  That 
(Colonel  Sanders.) 

this 

House  do  adjourn.— 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  twenty  minutes  before 
One  of  the  clock  on  Tuesday  morning, 
adjourned  till  this  day. 

the  quarters  ended  30th  June  1918,  30th 
September  1918,  31st  December  1918,  and 
31st  March  1919. 

Mr.  Macpherson also presented,—Beturn to an Agricultural 

Order,  dated  the  29th  day of  May  last,  for  a £ j ^ n d) 
Beturn relative to Agricultural Prices (Ireland). 

goi, 

Mr,  Macpherson  also  presented,  pursuant  to Shops Act, 

the directions  of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  1912-
of  Order  made under  the  Shops Act,  1912,  by 
the  Council  of 
the  undermentioned  Local 
Authority,  and  confirmed  by  the  Lord  Lieu-
tenant of  Ireland:— 

Town of  Maryborough. 

Ordered,  That  the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table;  and that the said Beturn be printed. 

Mr.  Speaker informed the  House that he had Imprisonment 
received  the  following  letter  relating  to  theo£»Member., 
imprisonment  of  a Member  :— 

STANDING-  COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Mr.  Speaker  being  of  opinion  that  the 
Land Settlement (Scotland) Bill is a Bill relating 
exclusively  to  Scotland,  the  Bill  will  be  con-
sidered by  the Standing  Committee  on  Scottish 
Bills. 

Tuesday, 19th August 1919. 

The  House  met  at  Twelve  of  the  clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Merchant 
Shipping 
(Losses.) 

No. 199. 

Navy Losses. 
N o.   2 0 0. 

MB.   Long  presented,—Beturn  to  an  Order 

dated  the  lst  day  of  this  instant  August, 
for  a  Beturn  relative  to  Merchant  Shipping 
(Losses.) 

Beturn  to an Order  dated  the  lst  day of  this 
instant  August,  for  a  Beturn  relative  to  Navy 
Losses. 

Ordered,  That  the said Beturns do lie upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed, 

Public Works 
(Ireland.) 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Eighty-seventh  Annual 
Beport of  the  Commissioners  of  Public  Works 
In  Ireland,  with Appendices, for the year ending 
3lst  March  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Trade Boards 
Acts, 

Sir  Robert  Home  presented, pursuant to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Begulations,  dated  12th August  1919,  made  by 
the  Minister of  Labour under  Section  11  of the 
Trade  Boards  Act,  1909,  with  respect  to  the 
constitution  and proceedings of the Trade Board 
for the Tobacco  Trade  (Ireland). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Intermediate 
Education 
(Ireland.) 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Bevised  Bules  for  the 
application  of  the additional  sum  of  50,000/. 
granted  by Parliament for  Intermediate  Educa-
tion in Ireland. 

Evicted 
Tenants 

Copy  of  Beturn  giving Particulars of  cases in 
which  persons  have  been  reinstated  with  the 
laor""^Aot'  assistance  of  the  Estates Commissioners during 

General  Head-quarters,  Ireland, 
Parkgate,  Dublin, 

Sir, 

15th August  1919. 

I  have the honour to report that on the 14th 
day of  July,  1919, Mr.  Peter  Paul  Galligan, M.P. 
for West  Cavan,  was arrested  under a direction 
issued by the  General  Officer  Commanding-in-
Chiefj Ireland, and committed to Belfast  prison, 
there  to  await  his  trial  by  court-martial  for 
offences  under  the  Defence  of  the  Realm 
Regulations. 

Mr.  Galligan  has been tried by district court-
martial at  Belfast  and  sentenced  to one  year's 
imprisonment  with hard labour for the following 
offences under the above  Regulations:— 

(1)  Under Regulation 9 E for being concerned 
in movements  of  a military  nature  in con-
travention  of  the  Military  Exercises  and 
Drill (Ireland)  Order,  1916  ; 

(2)  Under Regulations 48  and 32, for inciting 
other  persons  to  endanger  the  safety  of  a 
sergeant and a constable of  the  Royal  Irish 
Constabulary. 

The sentence  has  been  duly  confirmed,  and 

the accused committed to prison. 

I  have the honour to be,  Sir, 
Your obedient servant, 

J.  BRINX>, 
Brigadier-General, 

for General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, 
Ireland. 

The  Right  Honourable  The  Speaker, 
House of  Commons, 

London,  S.W.  I, 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House,  That a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by ,h e Lords, 
one of their Clerks,  as followeth: 

The  Lords do  not  insist  upon  their  Amend-  Welsh Church 

ments to the Welsh Church (Temporalities)  Bill, 
to which this  House hath disagreed. 

1 

A  Message  was  delivered  by  Captain  Sir  Royal Assent, 

Thomas Dacres  Butler,  Yeoman  Usher  of  the 
Black  Bod: 

Mr.  Speaker, 

The  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
Majesty's  Commission, for  declaring  His  Boyal 
Assent  to  several  Acts  agreed  upon  by  both 
Houses, desire  the immediate  attendance of  this 
Honourable  House  in  the  House  of  Peers,  to 
hear the Commission read. 

. 

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19 th August.—22nd  October. 

321 

Accordingly  Mr.  Speaker,  with  the  House, 
went  up to  the  House of  Peers :—And having 
returned j 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of  the Lords  authorised by virtue of  His 
Majesty's  Commission,  had  been at the  House 
of  Peers, where  a Commission under  the Great 
Seal  was  read,  giving, declaring, and  notifying 
the  Royal Assent  to  the  several  Acts  therein 
mentioned;  and  that  the  Lords  thereby autho-
rised had  declared the Royal Assent  to the said 
Acts,  as follow : 

1.  Forestry  Act,  1919. 

2.  Acquisition  of  Land 

(Assessment  of 

Compensation)  Act,  1919. 

3.  Housing,  Town  Planning, &c. (Scotland), 

Act,  1919. 

4.  Animals (Anaesthetics) Act,  1919. 

5.  Land  Settlement (Facilities )Act,  1919. 

6.  War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) 

Act,  1919. 

7.  Agricultural  Land  Sales  (Restriction  of 

Notices to Quit)  Act,  1919. 
8.  Labourers (Ireland)  Act,  1919. 

9.  Intestate  Moveable  Succession (Scotland) 

Act,  1919. 

10.  Public  Works Loans Act,  1919. 

11.  Welsh Church (Temporalities) Act, 1919. 
12.  Profiteering Act,  1919. 

13.  British  Mercantile  Marine Uniform Act, 

1919. 

14.  Solicitors  Act,  1919. 

15.  Courts (Emergency  Powers) Act,  1919. 

16.  Ardrossan  Harbour  Order  Confirmation 

Act,  1919. 

17.  Fraserburgh  Harbour 

(Rates)  Order 

Confirmation Act,  1919. 

18.  Peterhead  Harbours Order  Confirmation 

Act,  1919. 

19.  Glasgow  Corporation  Order  Confirmation 

Act,  1919. 

20.  Clyde  Navigation  Order  Confirmation 

Act,  1919. 

21.  Clyde  "Valley  Electrical  Power  Order 

Confirmation  Act,  1919. 

22.  Scottish Widows'Fund and Life Assurance 
Society's  Order  Confirmation  Act, 
1919. 

23.  Victoria Infirmary of  Glasgow  Act,  1888 
(Amendment),  Order  Confirmation 
Act,  1919.' 

24.  Leicester Corporation Act,  1919. 

25.  City  and  South  London  Railway  Act, 

1919. 

Whereupon Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to the 
Resolution  of  the House of  the  18th day 
of  this  instant  August,  adjourned  the 
House  without  Question  put,  it  being 
then  seventeen  minutes  before  One  of 
the clock,  till  Wednesday  the  22nd day 
of  October next. 

Adjournment. 

Wednesday, 22nd  October  1919 

P R A T E R S. 

THE  following  Papers,  presented  by  His Parliamentary 

Majesty's  Command  during  the  Autumn F???18 

Adjournment, were delivered to the Librarian  o f ^ t ! ) " 1" 
the  House  of  Commons  during  the  Adjourn-
ment, pursuant to Standing Order No. 95:— 

Copy  of  Minutes  of  Proceedings  at  the Board of 
Twenty-sixth  Annual  Meeting  of  Represen- Agriculture 
tatives  of  Sea Fisheries  Authorities  under  the an  Fls 
Sea  Fisheries  Regulation  Act,  1888,  on Tues-
day,  lst July  1919. 

^ 

Copies  of  Colonial  Reports  Nos. 999  (Wei-Colonial 
haiwei,  Report  for  1918);  1,000  (Zanzibar, Reports! 
Report  for 1918) ;  1,001  (Hong-Kong,  ReporttAnnua) 
for  1918);  1,002 (Somaliland,  Report for  1917-
18);  1,003  (Cayman  Islands (Jamaica), Report 
for  1917-18). 

Copy of Report  of  the West  Indian  Shipping West Indies. 

Committee. 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Army  Agricultural Army. 

Committee. 

Copy  of  Agreement  between  the  United Treaty Series 
Kingdom  and  Belgium  respecting  British  War (No- 9| 1919) 
Graves in Belgian Territory.  Signed at Brussels, 
13th June 1919. 

Copy  of  Treaties,  &c.,  between  the  United Treaty Series 
Accessions, ( N o- 1 0' 1 9 1 9^ 

Kingdom  and  Foreign  States. 
Withdrawals,  &c,  (in  continuation  of  Treaty 
Series (No. 4,  1916). 

Copy  of  Conditions  under  which Trading  is Trading 

permissible since the raising of the Blockade. 

^tokade8) 

Beport on the Trade  of  South Africa for  the Trade of South 

year  1918,  by  Mr.  J.  L.  Wilson-Goode,  His  AMca-
Majesty's Trade Commissioner at Cape Town. 

Beport  on  the  Trade  of  Australia  for  the Trade of 
year  1918,  by  Mr.  S.  W.  B.  M'Gregor,  His Australia. 
Majesty's  Senior  Trade  Commissioner  in Aus-
tralia. 

Copy  of  Annual  Statement  of  the Trade  of Trade (Foreign 

the  United  Kingdom  with  Foreign  Countries 
and 
and British Possessions for 1918, compared with possessions.) 
the four preceding years.  Volume  II. 

Copy  of  Statement  showing  the  Staff  of Staffs 

Government  Departments  on  lst  August  1919, ££P[?nment 
compiled  from  Returns  furnished  to  the  Trea- Departments, 
sury. 

Copy of Proceedings  of  the Court of  Inquiry Oouit'of 
ordered  by the Air  Council  to  inquire into  the co^di.)Air 
matters raised by Miss Eileen O'Sullivan. 

Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  27th  August Board of 
1919, made  by  the Board  of  Education  under Bdocatton-
Section  44  of  the  Education  Act,  1918,  for 
Secondary  Schools in England, excluding  Wales 
and Monmouthshire. 

Copy of  Regulations,  dated  13th  September Board of 

1919,  made  by  the  Board  of  Education under 
Section 44  of  the Education  Act,  1918, for  the 
Training  of  Health  Visitors  (including  Regu-
lations of  Payment  of  Grant in respect of  such1 
Training),  entitled  the  Board  of  Education 
(Health  Visitors'Training)  Begulations,  1919. 

Copy  of  Draft Begulations,  dated  19th  Sep-Board of 
tember  1919, made  by the Board  of  Education Educaticn-
under  Section  44  of  the  Education Act,  1918, 
for the Training of  Midwives  (including  Begu-
lations  for  payment  of  Grant  in  respect  of 
such Training), entitled the Board of  Education 
(Midwives'Training)  Regulations,  1919. 

VOL.  174. 

T  x 

3 22 

22nd October. 

1919. 

Board of 
Education. 

Board of 
Education. 

Copy  of  Regulation,  dated  26th  September 
1919, made  by  the Board  of  Education,  tinder 
Section 44  of  the  Education Act,  1918, amend-
ing  the Regulations  for  the  Preliminary  Edu-
cation and Training of  Teachers in Wales. 

Copy of  Rule, dated  2nd October  1919, made 
by the Board of  Education, with the consent  of 
the  Treasury, under  Section  15  of  the  School 
Teachers (Superannuation)  Act,  1918, amending 
the  School  Teachers'  Superannuation  Rules, 
1919,  entitled  the School Teachers'  Superannu-
ation (Amending)  Rule,  1919. 

Department of 
Agriculture 
and Technical 
Instruction for 
Ireland. 
Dublin 
Metropolitan 
Police, 

Copy of  Report on  the Trade in Imports and 
Exports  at Irish  ports  for  the  year ended 31st 
December  1917. 

Copy  of  Statistical  Tables  of  the  Dublin 

Metropolitan Police for the year 1917. 

Irish Land 
Commission. 

Copy of  Return of  Advances  under the Irish 
Land Purchase Acts for  the months of  Septem-
ber, October, November, and December 1917. 

East India 
(Statistical 
Abstract.) 

Copy  of  Statistical  Abstract  relating  to 
British India from  1907-8  to  1916-17.  Fifty-
second Number. 

Enst India 
Copy of Recommendation  of the Government 
(Constitutional 0f  India  regarding  the  Demarcation  between 
Beforms.) 
Central and Provincial Revenues. 

Education 
(Scotland.) 

Copy of  Minute of the Committee  of Council 
on  Education  in  Scotland,  dated  18th  August 
1919,  with  reference  to  the  payment  from  the 
Education  (Scotland)  Fund  of  Maintenance 
Grants to Special Institutions. 

Births, Deaths, 
and Marriages 
(Scotland.) 

Copy  of  Sixty-third  Annual  Report  of  the 
Registrar-General  on  the  Births,  Deaths,  and 
Marriages in Scotland for 1917. 

Births,. Deaths, 
and Marriages 
(Scotland). 

Copy  of  Report  on  the  Mortality  from  In-
fluenza in  Scotland  during  the  Epidemic  of 
1918-19. 

Agriculture 
(Scotland.) 

Copy of  Agricultural  Statistics,  1917.  Vol. 
VI.  Part II.  Returns of Produce  of Crops in 
Scotland,  with  a  Summary  for  the  United 
Kingdom, 

Copy  of  Report  of  the Departmental  Com-
mittee  appointed  by the Ministry  of  Health  to 
inquire  into  the  Superannuation  of  Persons 
employed  by Local Authorities  in England and 
Wales. 

Superannua-
tion of Persons 
employed by 
Local 
Authorities in 
England and 
Wales 
(Departmental 
Committee.) 
Ministry of 
Health. 

Copy of  Memorandum addressed  to  the Min-
ister of  Health,  by  Sir  George Newman, K.C.B., 
M.D., D.C.L.,  F.B.C.P.,  Chief  Medical Officer  of 
the Ministry of  Health. 

Housing. 

Housing., 

Copy of  Housing  Schemes  submitted  to the 
Ministry  of  Health  by  Local  Authorities  and 
Public  Utility Societies. 

Copy  of  Housing  Schemes  submitted  to the 
Ministry  of  Health  by  Local  Authorities  and 
Public  Utility  Societies. 

Licensing of 
Partially-
disabled Men 
as Drivers of 
Public Motor 
Vehicles. 

Copy  of  Minutes  of  Evidence  taken  by  the 
Committee  appointed to review the Conclusions 
arrived  at  by  the Committee  on  the Licensing 
of  Partially-disabled  Men as Drivers of  Public 
Motor  Vehicles which reported in  1916. 

Metropolitan 
Police Medical 
Service 
(Departmental 
Committee.) 

Copy of  Report to the Secretary of  State  for 
the  Home  Department  of  the  Departmental 
Committee appointed to inquire into the Organi-
sation  of  the Medical Service provided  for  the 
Metropolitan Police. 

Agriculture 
(Royal 
Commission.) 

Copy of Minutes of Evidence taken before the 
Royal Commission on Agriculture,  with Appen-
dices relating thereto. 

Coal Industry 
Commission, 

Copy  of  Vol.  I.  Reports  and  Minutes  of  Evi-
dence  of'  the  first  stage  of  the  Coal  Industry 
Vol.  I I,   Reports  and 
Commission  Inquiry. 

Minutes of  Evidence of  the second stage of  the 
Inquiry,  together  with  one  volume  of  Appen-
dices. 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Commissioners  of Prisons 

Prisons  and  the  Directors of  Convict  Prisons, 
with Appendices, for the year ended 31st  March 
1919. 

and 

Copy  of  Report  to  His  Royal  Highness  the 
Prince of  Wales  by the  Executive Committee of 
the National Relief  Fund on the Administration 
of  the  Fund up to 30th June 1919. 

National 
Relief  Fund. 

Copy  of  Final  Report  of  the Commissioners 
appointed  by  the Special Commissions  (Darda-
nelles  and  Mesopotamia)  Act,  1916.  Part  II. 
Conduct of  Operations, &c., at  the  Dardanelles, 
with Appendix  of  Documents and Maps. 

Dardanelles 
(Special 
Commission.) 

Copy  of  Annual  Report  of  the  Chief  In-
spector  of  Factories  and  Workshops  for  the 
year 1918. 

Factories and 
Workshops. 

Copy  of  General  Report  of  the  Chief  In-
spector  of  Mines  and  Quarries  for 1918,  with 
Statistics.  Part  I.  Divisional  Statistics  and 
Reports, 

Mines and 
Quarries. 

Copy  of  Statistics  as  to  the  operation  and 
administration  of  the Laws relating to the Sale 
of  Intoxicating  Liquor  in  England  and  Wales 
for the year 1918. 

Licensing 
Statistics, 
1918. 

Ordered, That  the  said Papers  do  lie  on the 

Table. 

Mr.  Pratt  presented,  pursuant 

to  the Scottish Board 

directions of  several Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Regulations  made  by  the  Scottish  Board of *-Keguu' •""•J 
Health, dated  12th  September  1919,  entitled the 
National Health Insurance  (Judicial Functions) 
Regulations  (Scotland),  1919. 

Copy of  Draft  of  Order  in Council  proposed  Scottish Board 

to  be  made  by  the  Scottish  Board  of  H e a l th   of Health, 
under Subsection 4  of  Section 4  of the Scottish 
Board  of Health  Act,  1919,  to  transfer  to  the 
Scottish Board of  Health, as  at  1st  September 
1919,  all  funds,  bonds,  securities,  investments, 
&c.,  belonging to, vested  in, or  held in trust for 
the  Highlands  and  Islands  (Medical  Service) 
Board. 

Copy of  Draft of  Order  in Council proposed  Scottish Board 

to be  made  by  the  Scottish  Board  of  Healthof  Health, 
under Section 5 of  the Scottish Board of Health 
Act,  1919,  to  establish  Consultative  Councils 
in  connection  with  such  matters  as <  relate 
severally to— 

(1)  Medical and Allied  Services ; 
(2)  National  Health  Insurance  (Approved 

Societies'  Work); 

(3)  Local  Health  Administration  and 

General  Health  Questions; 

(4)  .Highlands and Islands. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Dr.  Addison presented,  pursuant  to the direc-
tions of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copv  of 
Regulations  made  by  the Irish Insurance Com-
missioners,  dated 29th  September  1919, entitled 
the National Health  Insurance (Insurance Com-
mittees) Amendment Regulations (Ireland), 1919. 
Copy of Provisional Regulations made by the 
Irish Insurance Commissioners, dated  3rd Octo-
ber  1919,  entitled  the  National  Health  In-
surance (Judicial Matters) Regulations (Ireland), 
1919. 

National 
Health 
Insurance 
Commission 
(Ireland) 
(Regulations.) 

National 
Health 
Insurance 
Commission 
(Ireland) 
(Regulations.) 

Copy of  Regulations, dated 13th August  1919, National 

made  by the  National  Health  Insurance Joint 
Committee,  entitled  the  National  Health  In- y0int 
surance 

(Arrears)  Amendment  Regulations,  Committee) 

(Begulations.) 

10   G E O.   Y. 

22nd October. 

3 23 

National 
Health 
Insnrance 
(Joint 
Committee) 
(Regulations.) 
Housing, 
Town 
Planning, tea. 
Act, 1919. 

War Charities 
(Scotland) 
Act, 1919. 

Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  21st  August 
1919, made  by  the  National  Health  Insurance 
Joint  Committee,  entitled  the  National  Health 
Insurance (Valuation)  Regulations,  1919. 

Copies  of  Regulations  made  by  the Minister 
of  Health  with  the  approval  of  the  Treasury 
under  Section  7  of  the  Housing,  Town  Plan-
ning,  &c.  Act,  1919,  entitled  the  Housing 
(Assisted  Scheme)  Regulations,  1919,  and  the 
County  Councils  (Assisted  Schemes  for  the 
Housing  of  Employees) Regulations,  1919,  and 
(under  Section  19of the Act) entitled the Public 
Utilities  Societies  (Financial  Assistance)  Regu-
lations,  1919, and the Housing Trusts (Financial 
Assistance) Regulations,  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon 

the Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to 
the directions of  several Acts  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Schemes  under  the  War  Charities 
(Scotland)  Act,  1919,  for  the  disposal  of  the 
unexpended balances of  the Funds of  the under-
mentioned  War  Charities  :— 

(1)  Black  Watch  Prisoners  of  War  Relief 

Fund,  Perth  ; 

(2)  5th,  7th,  and  8th  Scottish  Bifles 
Prisoners  of  War  Committee,  Glas-
gow. 

War Charities 
(Sootland) 
Act, 1919. 

Copy  of  Schemes  under  the  War  Charities 
(Scotland)  Act,  1919,  for  the  disposal  of  the 
unexpended  balances  of  the funds of  the under-
mentioned  War  Charities:— 

(1)  City of Dundee Prisoners of  War  Help 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Amery  presented,  pursuant Pensions 
to the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  (Governors of 
of  Beturn  of  Pensions  granted  to  Governors  of  ^o^a I^q 
Dominions, 
1918-19. 

financial  year 

&c.,  during 

&c.) Act, 1911. 

the 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir Auckland  Geddes  presented,  pursuant  to Companies 
the  directions  of  several Acts  of  Parliament,— (Winding-up.) 
Copy of  Twenty-eighth General  Annual  Report 
by the  Board  of  Trade,  under  Section  283  of 
the Companies  (Consolidation)  Act,  1908. 

1 8 2-

Copy  of  Order  and  Regulations,  dated  9th Profiteering 

September  1919, for the  establishment of  Local Aot>1919-
Committees  and  Appeal  Tribunals  under  the 
Profiteering Act,  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 
Table,  and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  Companies 
(Winding-up)  be  printed. 

General  Seely  presented,  pursuant  to  the Air Ministry, 

directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Rules  of  Procedure  as  to  Courts  of 
Inquiry  made  under  Section  70  of  the  Air' 
Force  Act,  as  amended  by  the Army  (Courts 
of  Inquiry)  Act,  1916,  and applied to the Royal 
Air  Force  by  the  Air  Force  (Application  of 
Enactments) (No.  2)  Order,  1918. 

Copy  of  an Order  amending  Article  497  of A" Ministry, 

the  Royal  Warrant  for  Pay  and  Regulations 
for the Allowances  of  the Boyal  Air Force. 

Committee; 

Copy  of  an  Order  prescribing  the  period Air Ministry, 

(2)  H.B.H.  Princess  Louise' Sailors'Best 

Hut,  Granton; 

(3)  Seaforth  Highlanders  Association  Pri-

during  which  Warrant  Officers,  Non-commis-
sioned Officers, and Men of  the Boyal Air Force 
shall be entitled to War  Gratuity. 

soners of  War  Care  Committee; 

Copy  of  Begulations  governing  the  immediate  Air Ministry. 

(4)  Morayshire  Prisoners  of  War  Com-

mittee. 

Temporary  Entry  of Officers into  the  Boyal  Air 
Force. 

Corn 
Production 
Act, 1917. 

Shops Act, 
1912. 

Copy  of  Begulations dated  13th August  1919, 
made  by the  Board of  Agriculture  for Scotland 
under  the  Corn  Production  Act,  1917,  with 
respect to the claims  for payment  under Part  I. 
of  that  Act  or any amendment thereof. 

Copies  of  Orders  made under the Shops Act, 
1912,  by  the  Councils  of  the  under-mentioned 
local authorities, and confirmed by the Secretary 
for  Scotland:— 

Burgh of  Falkirk  (with amendment) ; 

Burgh  of  Kirkintilloch; 
Burgh of  Greenock; 
Burgh of Wishaw. 

Motor Car 
Acts. 

Copy  of  Order by the  Secretary for Scotland, 
under  the  Motor  Car  Act,  1903,  dated  19th 
August  1919, inter  alia  partially rescinding  the 
Motor  Cars  Begulation  (County  of  Perth) 
(No.  1) Order,  1907. 

University of 
Glasgow. 

Copy  of  Annual  Statistical  Beport  by  the 
University  Court of the University  of  Glasgow 
for  1917-18. 

University of 
Copy of Beport  on  the  state of  the Finances 
SaintAndrews. of the  University of  Saint Andrews for  the year 

1917-18. 

University of 
Aberdeen. 

Copy  of  Annual  Beport  on  the  state  of  the 
Finances of the  University  of  Aberdeen for the 
year  1917-18. 

University of 
Aberdeen. 

Copy  of  Annual  Statistical  Beport  by  the 
Court  of  the  University  of  Aberdeen  for  the 
year  1917-18. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

VOL.  174. 

Copy  of  an  Order  to  provide  for  Bevised Air Ministry. 

Bates  of  Pay  and  Allowances  for  Warrant 
Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Airmen 
of  the Boyal Air  Force. 

Copy  of  an  Order  to  provide  Bevised  Bates  Air Ministry, 

of  Pay,  Allowances,  and  Pensions  for  Officers 
of  the  Boyal  Air  Force. 

-

Copy of  an Order fixing the date up to which Air Ministry, 

certain  Officers of  the Boyal  Air  Force may  be 
granted  Gratuity. 

Copy of  Warrant  applying  the  Begulations Air Ministry.' 

made under  the  Begimental  Debts  Act,  1893, 
to the Boyal  Air  Force. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Illingworth  presented,  pursuant  to  the Post office 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of (foreign and 
the Foreign  and  Colonial  Parcel Post  A m e n d - P a r c el 
ment (No.  92)  Warrant,  1919,  dated  6th  Sep-
tember  1919. 

Copy of  the Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post Post Office 

Amendment  (No.  93)  Warrant,  1919,  dated 
16th  September  1919. 

post.) 

Ordered, That  the said Papers do lie upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen  presented,  by Board of 

His  Majesty's  Command-Copy of Agricultural 
Statistics,  1918,  Vol.  LIII.,  Part  III.  Prices 
and  Supplies  of  Corn,  Live  Stock,  and  other 
. 
Agricultural Produce in England and Wales. 

T  T  2 

22nd October. 

1919. 

DeattUctive 
Insects and 
Pest Acts. 

Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscdwen  also  presented, 
pursuant to the directions  of  an Act  of  Parlia-
ment,—  Copy  of  Order  numbered  D.I.P.  521, 
dated  23rd  September  1919,  entitled  the 
American  Gooseberry  Mildew  Order of  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Staffs 
employed in 
Government 
Departments. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented, fby  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Statement  showing  the 
Staffs of  Government  Departments  on  1st Sep-
tember  1919,  compiled  from Returns  furnished 
to the Treasury. 

Staffs 
employed in 
Government 
Departments. 

Telegrams 
(Press 
Telegrams.) 

Superannua-
tion Act, 1884. 

Copy  of  Statement  showing  the  Stnffs  of 
Government  Departments  on  1st October  1919, 
compiled  from  Returns 
the 
Treasury. 

furnished 

to 

Mr.  Baldwin  also  presented, pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament, — 
Copy  of  the  Telegraph  (Press  Telegrams) 
Amendment  (No.  1)  Regulations,  1919,  dated 
30th August  1919. 

Copy  of  Treasury  Minute  under  the  Super-
annuation  Act,  1884,  dated  18th October  1919, 
declaring  that  Rosetta Eliza  Crouch (now  Tap-
lin),  Telegraphist,  General  Post  Office,  was 
appointed  without  a  Civil  Service  Certificate 
through  inadvertence  on  the  part of  the Head 
of her Department. 

Superanr.ua- 
Copy  of  Treasury  Minute,  under  the  Super-
tion Act,1884.  annuation  Act,  1884,  dated  28th  August  1919, 
declaring  that  James  Henry  Brown,  Tele-
graphist,  General  Post  Office,  was  appointed 
without  a  Civil  Service  Certificate,  through 
inadvertence  on  the part  of  the  Head  of  his 
Department. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon 

the  Table. 

Members of 
Parliament. 
No. 183. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,—Return  to 
an  Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated  the  13th 
day  of February  last,  for  a Return  relative  to 
Members of Parliament. 

Penal 
Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  also presented, pursuant 
(Conditioiml'8  to   t h e  directions  of  several  Acts of  Parliament, 
—Copy  of  Licence  granted  to  Henry  Camp, 
Licence.) 
under  the  Penal  Servitude  Acts,  to  which JS 
annexed a condition  other  than  those contained 
in  Schedule  A  of  the  Penal  Servitude  Act, 
1864. 

Penal 
(Conditional*8  u n d er  
Licence.) 

Copy  of  Licences  granted  to  two  Convicts 
t he   P e n a l  Servitude  A.cts,  discharging 
them from Liverpool Convict Prison on condition 
that they  enter a home. 

Shops Aot, 
1912. 

Copies of Orders  made  under the  Shops  Act, 
1912,  by  the  Councils  of  the  under-mentioned 
Local Authorities, and confirmedby the Secretary 
of  State for the  Home  Department:— 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc- Universities of 

tions of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Statutes made  by  the University  of  Cambridge Act, 1877 
under the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge (Cambridge.) 
Act,  1877,  on 26th May  1919, and sealed on the 
same  date, repealing  (1)  Sections  la  and  5a of 
Statute  A,  Chapter  II.,  and substituting  a new 
Section  (la)  therefor,  and  "(2)  Section  16  of 
Statute A,   Chapter II.,  and  substituting  a new 
Section  16 therefor. 

Copy of Statute made by the Governing Body 
of  All  Souls College,  Oxford, under the Univer-
sities  of  Oxford  and Cambridge  Act,  1877,  on 
9th  June  1919,  and  sealed  on  5th July  1919, 
altering  Statutes III.,  IV.,  and  V I I . - X I L,   and 
adding a new Statute  V I I. 

Universities of 
Oxford and 
Cambridge 
Act,  1877 
(Oxford.) 

Copy of  Order  in  Council  under  the Crown 
Office Act, 1877, dated 7th October 1919, making 
additions to the Schedule  to  the Order  of  30th 
August  1916. 

Crown Office 
Act,  1877. 

Copy of  Order in Council under the Merchant 
Shipping  Act,  1894,  dated  9th  October  1919, 
relating  to  the  Staff  of  the  Commissioners  of 
Irish  Lights. 

Merchant 
Shipping Act, 
1894. 

Copy  of  Order in Council under  the  Supreme Supreme 
Court of  Judicature  Act,  1875, dated  18th Au-  Mature 
gust  1919, entitled  the  Circuits  Order in Coun-Act, 18T5. 
cil,  1919. 

Copy  of  Order  in Council  under  the Explo- Revenue Act, 

sives  Act,  1875,  dated  9th  October  1919,  re- ^ 
lating  to  Licences 
Explosives. 

*°Tdeg 
for  the  Importation  of Act, 1875. 

Copy  of  Order in Council  under  the Foreign Foreign 
Jurisdiction  Act,  1890,  dated  9th  October  1919, ^ r t i s^ j on 
entitled  the  China  (Companies)  Amendment 
Order in Council,  1919. 

' 

Copies  of  four Orders  in Council  under  the NaTal and 
Naval  and  Marine  Pay  and  Pensions  Act, ^adnp| n^„ 
1865. 

Act, 1866. 

Ordered,  That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Churchill  presented,  by  His Army (Special 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Return for  the Pensions.) 
year ended 31st March 1919 of pensions specially 
granted under Articles  777  and 1201  of the Pay 
Warrant. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Eric  Geddes  presented,  pursuant  to  the Port of London 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of Authority. 
Tenth  Annual Report,  with  Accounts,  of  tbe 
Port of London  Authority,  for  the  year  ended 
31st  March  1919. 

0> 

Ordered,  That the said Paper do  lie  upon the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Borough  of  Torquay. 
Borough of Swansea. 
Borough  of Luton. 
Borough of  Hove  (two). 
County  of  Glamorgan  (urban  district  of 

Mountain  Ash). 

County  of  Glamorgan  (urban  district  of 

Barry). 

City  of  Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 
County  Borough  of  Derby  (two). 
County  Borough of Bury. 
Borough  of Gillingham. 
County  Borough of  Brighton. 

.  Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon 
the Table ;  and that the said Return be printed. 

Sir  Robert  Home  presented,  pursuant  to  the Conciliation 

directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— Act, 1896. 
Copy of  Twelfth Report  of  Proceedings  under  No. 185. 
the  Conciliation  Act,  1896,  and Report on Arbi-
tration under  the  Munitions of  War  Acts,  1915 
-1917,  together with particulars of (1)  Proceed-
ings under the  Wages  (Temporary  Regulation) 
Act,  1918, and (2)  Settlements arrived  at under 
the Coal  Mines (Minimum  Wage)  Act,  1912. 

Copy  of  Special Order made  by  the  Minister Trade Boards 

of Labour  under Section  1 of  the Trade Boards Acts. 
Act,  1918, with respect  to  the Flax  and  Hemp 
Trade. 

Ordered,  That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table;  and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  Con-
ciliation  Act,  1896, be printed. 

10  GEO.  V. 

22nd  October. 

tipper Med way  The following Paper pursuant to the directions 
Conservancy.  Qf  an 

Qf  Parliament was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of  the House :—Copy  of Statement 
of  Receipts and  Expenditure  of  the  Conserva-
tors of  the  Upper  Medway  for the year  ending 
31st  March  1919. 

Member of Parliament for the South Division of 
the  county of  Sligo,  was charged before Captain 
Frederick  FitzPatrick,  K.M.,  and Mr.  Ii.  W. 
Glass,  B.M.,  at  a  court  constituted  under  the 
Criminal  Law  and  Procedure  (Ireland)  Act, 
1887, at  Sligo  County  Petty  Sessions on yester-
day the  17th instant for:— 

Writ issued 
during the 
Adjournment. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  he 
had issued, during  the Adjournment, a  Warrant 
to the Clerk of  the  Crown  to  make  out  a new 
Writ  for the Election  of  a  Member  to serve in 
this  present  Parliament  for  the  Borough  of. 
Manchester 
the 
room  of  Robert  Bardon  Stoker,  Esquire, 
deceased. 

(Rusholme  Division), 

in 

Imprisonment 
of Members. 

Mr.  Speaker informed  the House  that he had 
received  the  following  letters  relating  to  the 
imprisonment of  Members  :— 

Sir, 

Headquarters, 

Southern  District,  Cork, 
15th September  1919. 

I  have the honour to report that, on the  12th 
day of  September  1919,  Mr. Ernest  Blyth,  M.P. 
for  North  Monaghan,  was  arrested  under  a 
direction issued by me, and committed to Mount-
joy  Prison,  Dublin,  there  to  await  his  trial by 
court-martial for an offence against  the Defence 
of the Bealm  Begulations. 

I  have the honour to be,  Sir, 

Your  obededient servant, 
W.   L.   WILLIAMS, 
Major-General, 

Competent Military Authority. 

The Bight  Honourable 

The  Speaker, 

House of Commons, 
London,  S.W.1. 

Sir, 

General  Headquarters,  Ireland, 

Parkgate, Dublin. 

9th October 1919. 

I  have the honour to report that Mr.  Patrick 
G'Keefe,  M.P. for North  Cork,  who was arrested 
on  12th  September  1919,  under  a  direction 
issued  by  the  General  Officer  Commanding 
Southern  District,  Ireland,  has  been  tried  by 
district  court-martial  in  Dublin,  and  sentenced 
to  imprisonment  without  hard  labour  for  one 
year and six  months  for  the  following  offences 
under the  Defence of the Bealm Begulations  :— 

(1)  Under Regulation  42,  for  making  state-
ments  calculated  to  cause  sedition  among 
the civilian population. 

(2)  Under  Regulation  27, for  making  state-
ments  likely  to  prejudice  the  discipline  of 
the Royal  Irish  Constabulary. 

The  sentence  has  been  duly  confirmed,  and 

(1)  That  on  the  28th  day  of  September 
1919,  at  Carrowhubbock  South  and  its 
vicinity, in  the  county of  Sligo, the  said 
Alexander  McCahe  with  divers  other 
persons to  the  number  of three  hundred 
and  more  did  unlawfully, riotously,  and 
routously  assemble  and  gather  together 
to the disturbance of the public peace. 

Mr.  McCahe  was also charged  for:— 

(2)  That on the 28th day of  September 1919, 
at Carrowhubbock South, in the county of 
Sligo, being a district in which an associa-
tion  known  bv  the  name  of  the  Dail 
Eiraenn  has  been  prohibited  under and 
by  virtue  of  the  Criminal  Law  and 
Procedure (Ireland)  Act,  1887,  the  said 
Alexander  McCabe  did unlawfully solicit 
contributions  for  the  purpose  of  the said 
association,  contrary to  the  Statute  and 
Orders thereunder in such case  made and 
provided. 

Mr.  McCabe  was  convicted  of  the  said  two 
offences  and was  ordered, in  case  No.  1,  to be 
imprisoned in His  Majesty's  prison  at  Sligo for 
the space of three  months  at.  hard labour ;  and 
he was further  ordered, at  the  expiration of  the 
said term of  imprisonment, to  enter  into  recog-
nisances  himself  in  the  sum  of  fifty  pounds, 
with  two  sureties  in  the  sum  of  twenty-five 
pounds, conditioned that he  be of good behaviour 
towards all  His  Majesty's  subjects  for  a period 
of twelve  months, and  in  default  of  so doing to 
be  imprisoned  for  a  further  period  of  three 
months. 

In  case No.  2,  Mr.  McCabe  was  ordered to be 
imprisoned  for  a  period  of  three  months  of 
hard  labour, but  the imprisonment  in  this  case 
was ordered to run concurrently with the sentence 
in  case  No.  1. 

I  have the honour  to be,  Sir, 
Your obedient servant, 

A.   BURKE, 
Clerk of Sligo  County 
Petty  Sessions. 

The Bight  Honourable 
J.  W.  Lowther,  P.O., 

Speaker of  the  House of Commons, 

House of  Commons, 

London. 

the accused committed to prison. 

The  Bight  Honourable  Arthur  Henderson, New Members 

I  have the honour to be, Sir, 

Your obedient servant, 

P.   SHAW, 
Lieutenant-General, 

Commanding-in-Chief, 
Ireland. 

To the Right Honourable 

The  Speaker, 

House of Commons, 
London,  S.W.1. 

Member for  the  County of  Lancaster  (Widnes sworn. 
Division),  was sworn. 

Walter  Forrest,  Esquire,  Member  for  the 
County  of  York,  West  Biding  (Pontefract 
Division), was sworn. 

Captain John Henry  Thorpe,  Member for  the 
Borough  of  Manchester  (Busholme  Division), 
was sworn. 

Sligo  County Petty 
Sessions Office, 

Courthouse,  Sligo, 

Sir, 

18th October  1919. 
I am directed by the Justices to report that Mr. 
Alexander  McCabe,  of Ballymote,  county  Sligo, 

Vol..  174. 

Ordered,  That  for 

the  remainder  of 

Session  at  every  Sitting  :— 

the  Business of 
the Honse. 

(1) Government Business do have precedence ; 
(1)  At  the  conclusion  of  Government  Busi-
ness, Mr.  Speaker shall  propose  the  Ques-
tion,  That this House do  now  adjourn, and, 

T  T  3 

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3 26 

22nd  October. 

if  that Question shall not  have been agreed 
to,  Mr.  Speaker  shall  adjourn  the  House, 
without Question  put,  not  later  than  one 
hour  after  the conclusion  of  Government 
Business,  if  that  Business  has  been  con-
cluded before 10.30 p.m.; but if that Business 
has  not  been  so concluded  not  later  than 
11.30 pm.,  provided  that,  if  notice  of  pro-
ceedings  made  in  pursuance  of  any  Act 
of  Parliament  requiring  any  Order,  rule, 
or  regulations to  be  laid before  the  House 
of  Commons  shall  stand  upon  the  Notice 
Paper at any sitting, such  proceedings  shall 
be  taken  immediately  after  Government 
Business, and Mr.  Speaker shall not adjourn 
the House until such proceedings shall have 
been concluded; 

(3)  Any  Private  Business  set  down  or  Mo-
tion for  Adjournment  standing  over under 
Standing  Order No.  10, for consideration at 
a quarter-past  Eight  of  the  clock  on  any 
day shall,  if  Government  Business  is  con-
cluded  before  that  time,  be  taken  at  tbe 
conclusion  of  Government  Business  and, 
for the purposes of  the preceding provisions 
of  this  Order,  shall  be  deemed  to  be 
Government Business.—(Mr.  Bonar Law.') 

Aliens 
Restriction 
BiU. 

The House, according  to  Order, proceeded to 
take  into  consideration  the Aliens  Restriction 
Bill, as amended in the Standing Committee. 

A  Clause was offered  to  be  added to the  Bill, 
(Employment  of  Aliens)—(Sir  Ernest  Wild)— 
and  the  said  Clause  was  brought up  and  read 
the first time. 

And a Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being put, That the said Clause be read a second 
time; 

The  House divided. 
The  Yeas to, the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the ( Sir  Ernest  Wild, 
( Mr.  Bottomley  : 

Yeas, 

Tellers for the ( Lord Edmund Talbot, 

Noes, 

I Captain  Guest: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

130. 

2 0 5. 

Another  Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill  (Fishing  Certificates)—(Lieutenant-Com-
mander  Kenworthy)—and the  said  Clause  was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion  being  made  and  the Question 
being proposed, That the said Clause  be  read a 
second time; 

The said  Motion  and  Clause were  severally, 

with leave of  the  House, withdrawn. 

Another  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added  to 
the  Bill  (Conditions)—(Mr.  Hopkins)—and 
the 
said  Clause  was  brought,  up  and  read  the  first 
time. 

And a Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being put, That the said Clause be read a second 
time; 

The  House  divided. 
The Yeas to the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the (Mr.  Hopkins, 
\Mr.  Sugden : 

Yeas, 

Tellers for the/Captain  Guest, 

\ 
(Lord  Edmund  Talbot:  J 

Noes, 

So  it  passed  in  tliejNegative. 

} 102. 

A  Motion was made,  and  the  Question being 
proposed, That further consideration of the  Bill, 
as  amended,  be  now  adjourned,—(Sir  John 
Butcher.) 

The said Motion, was, with leave of the House, 

withdrawn. 

Another Clause  (Additional  Powers of  Secre-
tary of  State)—(Sir  John  Butcher)—was  twice 
read ;  and made part of  the Bill. 

Another  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added  to 
the Bill  (Provisions  as  to  aliens  on  juries)— 
(Mr.  Bottomley)—and  the  said  Clause  was 
brought up,  and  read the first and second  time 
and amended,  in  1. 1, by leaving  out  the  words 
"  be entitled to."—(Sir  William Davison.) 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the  proposed  Clause,  in  1. 2, by  leaving  out 
from the first word "proceedings,"  to  the end of 
the proposed Clause.—(Sir John  Butcher.) 

And the Question  being  put, That  the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the proposed 
Clause :—It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And  the  proposed  Clause,  so  amended,  was 

made part of  the BilL 

Another  Clause  was  offered to  be added  to 
the Bill  (Provisions as to  marriage  with aliens) 
—(Mr.  Bottomley)—and  the  said  Clause  was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

And  a Motion  being  made, and the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  said  Clause  be  read  a 
second time :—It passed in the Negative. 

A n Amendment  was  proposed to  be made to 
the Bill, in p.  1,1.  12,  by leaving  out  the  words 
"  for a period  of  one  year  after  the  passing of 
this Act "—(Sir  Ernest  Wild.) 

And the Question  being  put,  That  the words 
proposed to be left out stand  part of the Bill  ;— 
It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the Bill, in p.  1,  1. 19, by inserting  at the end 
thereof the words— 
"Provided  that— 

(a)  Where  leave  to  land  in  this  Kingdom 
is withheld from an alien  by the immigra-
tion  officer,  such  alien  or  the  master, 
owner, or  agent  of  ship  on which  he has 
travelled to this Kingdom  may appeal  to 
the  immigration  board  of  the  port  (as 
constituted  under  section  two  of  the 
Aliens  Act,  1905,  and  the  regulations 
thereunder),  and  that  board,  if  they are 
satisfied that  leave  to  land should not  be 
withheld,  shall  give  leave  to  land,  and 
leave so given  shall  operate  as the  leave 
of the immigration officer; 

(b)  In exercising the  powers  given by  this 
Act  and  the  principal  Act  no  order  for 
the deportation  of  an  alien shall be made 
unless  a  certificate  recommending  the 
making of  such  order  has  been issued by 
a  court  of  summary  jurisdiction,  or  by 
court of  assize, or the  High  Court before 
which  the  alien  to  be  deported  has  had 
an  opportunity  of  stating  his  case." 
—(Mr.  Rothschild.) 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted  in  the  Bill:—It  passed in the 
Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p.  12,  1.  15,  by leaving  out from 
the word "  nationality,"  to  the  end  of 1. 19.— 
(Colonel  Wedgwood.) 

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22nd October. 

3 27 

And the Question being  put, That  the  words 
proposed to be left out  stand part of  the  Bill:— 
It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 2,1. 30, by leaving out from the 
word  "  allies,"  to  the  word  "  he,"  in  1.  31.— 
(Colonel  Wedgwood.) 

And the  Question  being put, That  the words 
proposed to be left out  stand  part of the  Bill:— 
It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in p.  2, 1. 35, by  leaving  out  sub-
section (2).—(Mr.  Tyson  Wilson.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That the 
words "  if  any alien "  stand part  of  the  Bill:— 
And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And, it  being Eleven  of  the clock, the Debate 

stood adjourned. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Superannua- 
Offi ^BUl  Second  Beading  of  the Superannuation  (Prison 

08 

1  '  Officers)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

County Court 
Judges 
Pennons and  (Betirement Pensions and Deputies) Bill;  , 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  County  Court  Judges 

Deputies) BilL  Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

to-morrow. 

Bats and Mice  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Destruction)  Second Beading of the Bats and Mice (Destruc-
BilL 

tion)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a  second time 

to-morrow. 

Constabulary 
and Police 
(Ireland) Bill.  ^ Ireland)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Beading  of the  Constabulary  and Police 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read a  second time 

to-morrow. 

Supreme Court  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
of Judicature  Second  Beading  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
(Ireland) BUl.  J u d i c a t u r e  ( I r el a u d)   Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Joint Stock 

Second  Reading  of 
(Amalgamation  Control)  Bill; 

the  Joint  Stock  B a n ks   B»nks 

t (, 0^ 5 o i) 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read  a second time BiU-

upon  Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Private 
Second  Beading  of  the  Private  Legislation  ^ ^ f ^ 0 1 1 
rrocednre 
(Ireland) Bill. 

Procedure (Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read a second time 

Upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Overseas 
e 

Second  Beading  of  the  Overseas  Trade  (In-^18^® 
surance against Abnormal  Risks)  Bill; 

a^tast , 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read a second time Bisks) BilL 

upon  Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the War 

Second  Reading of  the  War  Emergency  Laws  ® ^ g e n oy 
(Continuance) Bill ; 

(Continuance) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Bil1' 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  dav  being  read,  for  the Local Elections 

Second  Reading  of  the Local  Elections  (Pro-
portional Representation)  Bill [Lords'] ; 

tion)1wil 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Agriculture 

Second Beading of the Agriculture and Fisheries 
(Councils,  &c.) Bill; 

Fisheries 
^uucils,&c.) 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Sex 

Committee on the Sex Disqualification (Bemoval) DisquaUfica-
D-ii  r  t 
tlon(Removal) 
Biu \urdi.-] 
Bill  [Lords]  ; 

j 

Resolved, That  this House will, upon  Monday 

next, resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee of  Supply ; 

> 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee of  Ways and Means; 

e*ns" 

Dogs 
Begulation 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2) BUl. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Dogs  Begulation  (Ire-
land) (No.  2)  BiU; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

Hours of 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Employment  Second  Reading  of  the  Hours of  Employment 
(No. 2) BiU. 

(No.  2)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

Minimum 
Bates of 
Wages 
Commission 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Minimum  Bates  of 
Wages  Commission  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second'time 

upon  Monday  next. 

VOL.   174. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the Adjournment 

Order of  the  House  of  this  day,  proposed  the 
Question, That this  House do now adjourn. 

And the Question being put:—It  was resolved 

in the Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  two  minutes  after 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

IT  

4 

328 

23rd  October. 

1919. 
the  Council  of  the  undermentioned  Local  Author 
rity,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  of  State 
for  the  Home  Department:— 

Thursday,  23rd  October  1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Granton 
Harbour 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

Provisional  Order  under 

MR.   Munro  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a 

the  Private 
(Scotland)  Act,  1899, 
Legislation  Procedure 
relating  to  Granton  Harbour  :  And  the  same 
was  ordered  (under  Section  7  of  the  A c t)   to 
be  taken  into  consideration  to-morrow. 

Borough  of  Gateshead. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the  . 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Churchill  presented,  by  His Army-

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  a  Statement  as ®xP|e^iture' 
to  Army  Expenditure  for  1919-20. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Munro  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a 
Fraserburgh 
Harbow (New Provisional  Order  under  the  Private  Legislation 
Confirmation1  Procedure 
(Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating  to 
Fraserburgh  Harbour  :  And  the  same  was  read 
Bill. 
Bill  199.  the  first  time,  and  ordered  (under  Section  9  of 
the  A c t)   to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Friday 
the  31st  day  of  this-instant  October;  and  to  be 
printed. 

Mr.  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  presented, Future 
by  His Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  a  Memo- g^°ahne<|uer 
randum  by  Mr.  Chancellor  of  the Exchequer  on 
the  Future  Exchequer  Balance  Sheet. 

ance" 

Copy  of  a revised  Statement  of  Revenue  and Revised 
Expenditure  (1919-20),  by  Mr.  Chancellor  of Financial 
Statement, 
the  Exchequer. 
1919-20. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

East India 
(Loans raised 
in England.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,— 
Return  of  all  Loans  raised  in England under  the 
provisions  of  any Acts  of  Parliament,  chargeable 
on  the  Revenues of India, Outstanding at the com-
mencement  of  the  half-year  ended  on  the  30th 
September  1919,  with  the  rates  of  interest  and 
total  amount  payable  thereon,  and  the  date  of 
the  termination  of  each  Loan, the  debt  incurred 
during  the  half-year,  the  moneys  raised  thereby 
during  the  half-year,  the  Loans  paid  off  or 
discharged  during  the  half-year,  and  the  Loans 
outstanding  at  the  close  of  the  half-year  ; 
stating,  so  far  as  the  public  convenience  will 
allow,  the  purpose  or  service  for  which  moneys 
have  been  raised  during  the  half-year. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Shops Act, 
1912. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— Copies 
of  Orders  made  under  the  Shops  Act,  1912,  by 
the  undermentioned  Local 
the  Councils  of 
Authorities,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  for 
Scotland:— 

Burgh  of  Leith (two  Orders), (with  Amend-

Profiteering 
Act, 1919. 

Profiteering 
let,  1919. 

mentj. 

Burgh  of  Leith. 
Burgh  of  Aberdeen. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy 
of Order and Regulations,  dated  18th  September 
1919, for  the  establishment  of  the  Central  Com-
mittee  and  the  Standing  Committees,  namely, 
the  Investigation  of  Prices  Committee,  the 
Complaints  Committee,  and  the  Committee  on 
Trusts  under  the  Profiteering  Act,  1919. 

Copy  of  Order  and  Regulations,  dated  2nd 
October  1919,  as  to  constitution,  powers,  and 
procedure  of  such  Joint  Local  Committees  as 
may  be  established  by  Local  Authorities  with 
the  consent  of  the  Board  of  Trade  under  the 
Profiteering  Act,  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Shops Act, 
1913. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  an Order  mad© under  the  Shops  A c t,   1912,  by 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc- Public Records 
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon (Air Ministry.) 
the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  :—Copy  of 
First  Schedule  containing  a  list  and  particulars 
of  certain  classes  of  Documents  existing  or 
accruing  in  the  Air  Ministry  which  are  not  of 
sufficient  public  value  to  justify  their  preserva-
tion  in  the  Public  Record  Office. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-  Selection 
mittee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  added  to (Standing 
the  Standing  Committee  on  Scottish  Bills  the  ® c° ™ e e 8-) 
following  Ten  Members  (in respect  of  the  Land  standing 
Settlement  (Scotland) Bill) :—Colonel  Campion, Committee. 
Mr.  Forrest,  Major  Sir  Keith  Fraser,  Mr*  John 
Guest,  Mr.  Hirst^  Mr.  Talbot,  Major  Ward-
Jackson,  Major  Waring,  Mr.  Charles  White,  and 
Lieutenant  Commander  Young. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  John  William  Wilson  reported  from  the standing 
Chairmen's  Panel;  That  they  had  appointed Committees 
Mr.  William  Nicholson  to  act  as  Chairman  of  ^ r) m e ns 
the  Standing  Committee  on  Scottish  Bills  (in 
respect  of  the  Land  Settlement 
(Scotland) 
Bill). 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Order  of  the  day beihg read, for  resuming Aliens 
the  adjourned Debate  on  the Amendment  which, Restriction 
upon  the  22nd  day  of  this  instant  October,  was Bil1-
proposed  upon 
the  Aliens 
consideration  of 
Restriction  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing 
in  p.  2, 
Committee:  which  Amendment  was, 
1. 35,  to leave  out  subsection  ( 2 ): 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed:— 
That  the  words  "  If  any  alien "  stand part  of  the 
Bill:—The  House  resumed  the  said  adjourned 
Debate. 

And  the  Question  being  put  ; 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

Tellers  for  the  ( Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Yeas, 

( Captain  Quest  : 

Tellers  for  the  ( Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 

) 
( Captain  Albert  Smith : ) 

Noes, 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

166. 

50. 

10   GEO. 

V. 

23rd—21th  October. 

329 

( 
^231 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 2,  1. 35,  by inserting  after  the 
word "alien,"  the  words "  other  than a bon&  fide 
official  of  a  registered  trade  union."—(Lieu-
tenant-Commander  Kenworthy.) 

And the  Question  being put, That those words 

be there inserted in the  Bill; 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 

The  Noes  to  the  L e f t. 

T  llers for the ( IJ^ eutenant"Com-  

^ 

•v- 
Y e a s>  

•!  mander  Kenworthy,  v  44. 
(Mr.  Swan: 

Tellers for the [Captain  Guest, 

Noes, 

(Lord  Edmund  Talbot :  / 

So it passed in the  Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  L  40,  by  inserting  at  the 
end  thereof  the  words  "  except in  the  cases for 
which special  provision  is  made by the  Pilotage 
Act,  1913."— (Mr.  Secretary  Shortt.) 

And the  Question being  proposed, That those 
words  be there  inserted  in  the Bill:—The  pro-
posed Amendment  was amended  by  leaving  out 
from  the  first  word "the,"  to  the  end  of  the 
proposed  Amendment,  and  inserting  the  words 
"  case  of  France,  to  which  country  the  special 
provisions  of  the  Pilotage  Act,  1913,  shall 
apply,"  —(Sir  Frederick  Banbury),  —  instead 
thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put  that those  words, 

as  amended,  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  issue  his Durham 

Warrant  to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out 
a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a  Member  to street 
serve in this present  Parliament for {he  County Division) 
of  Durham  (Chester-le-Stveet  Division), in the (Writ> 
room  of  John  Wilkinson  Taylor,  Esquire, who 
since  his  election  for  the  said  County  hath 
accepted the  Office  of  Steward or Bailiff of  His 
Majesty's  Three  Chiltern  Hundreds  of  Stoke, 
Desborough  and  Burnham,  in  the  County  of 
Buckingham.—(Mr.  Tyson  Wilson.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Paper  relative  to  East  East India 

India  (Loans  raised  in  England),  which  was (l^118 
presented  upon  the  23rd  day  of  this  instant  " j f ^ j gg 
October, be printed. 

Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen  presented,  pur- Destructive 
suant  to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parlia- Insects and 
ment,—Copy of Order made under the Destructive  88 
Insects  and  Pests  Acts,  numbered  D.I.P.  522, 
dated  11th  October  1919,  entitled  the  Wart 
Disease of  Potatoes  Order of  1919. 

0  • 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir Eric  Geddes  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Ministry of 
Command,—Copy  of Beport  by the Ministry  of Transport. 
Transport of  the  Proceedings of  the  Board  of 
Trade  under  the  Tramways  Act,  1870, during 
the  Session  of  1919. 

Ordered, That  the said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

The Lord Advocate presented, pursuant to the Shops Act, 

directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of1912-
Order  made under  the  Shops  Act,  1912, by the 
Council of the undermentioned  Local  Authority, 
and confirmed  by the  Secretary  for Scotland  :— 
County of  Elgin  (village  of  Fochabers). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

The  House divided. 

The  Yeas to the  Right; 

The  Noes  to the  L e f t. 

Tellers  for  the/ Colonel  Stanley, 

Yeas, 

t Mr. Parker  : 
Tellers for the (Mr.  Wignall, 
1 Mr.  Inskip  : 

Noes, 

113. 

Table. 

185. 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative." 

Ordered,  That  further  consideration  of  the 
Bill,  as  amended,  be  now  adjourned.  —  ( M r. 
Bonar  Law.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing Committee, be  taken into further  con-
sideration upon Monday  next. 

Adjournment. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn  till 

Monday  next.—(Mr.  Bonar 

Law.) 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  a  quarter  of  an  hour 
after Seven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till 
Monday next,  pursuant to the Besolution 
of the  House of this day. 

Monday, 21th  October  1919. 

P R A V E R S. 

Gran ton 
r p HE   House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
Harbour Order  J_  take  into consideration  the  Granton  Harbour 
Confirmation  Order  Confirmation  Bill, 
join. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  pursuant  to  the Road 

directions of several Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy  Improvement 
of  Abstract  Account of  Beceipts  into and  Pay-  Fu°d" 
ments  out  of  the  Boad  Improvement  Fund for 
the year, ended 31st  March  1919 ;  together  with 
the  Beport  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor. 
General thereon. 

Account showing  the  Money  issued from the Pacific Cable 

Consolidated  Fund  under  the provisions  of  the Act' 1901-
Pacific  Cable  Act,  1901,  and  of  the  Moneys  No. 188. 
received, expended, and borrowed, and Securities 
created under the  said  Act,  to  the  31st  March 
1919, together  with a Copy of the  Beport of the 
Pacific Cable Board. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers do lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented, pursuant  to  the  direc- Treaty of 
tions of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Order Peace Act, 
in Council under the Treaty of  Peace Act,  1919,  1919, 
dated  18th August  1919,  entitled  the Treaty of 
Peace  Order,  1919. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  by  His Shipping 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Beport of  Pro- Casualties 
ceedings in camera of  the  Court  of  Inquiry  on  Sr^mnship6 
the  Loss  of  the  Steamship  "Lusitania,"  on " Lusitania".) 
Tuesday  15th and Friday  18th June  1915. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper do  lie  upon  the 

to-morrow. 

VOL.   174. 

Table! 

u  u 

3 30 

27th October. 

1919, 

Trade Boards 
Acts. 

Sir  Robert  Home  presented, pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Begulations,  dated 15th October  1919,  made by 
the  Minister of  Labour, under  Section  2 of  the 
Trade  Boards  Act,  1909,  with  respect  to  the 
Constitution and Proceedings of the Trade Board 
for  the  Boot  and  Shoe  Repairing  Trade 
(Ireland). 

Ordered,  That the  said Paper do  lie upon tbe 

Table. 

Loan  Societies.  The  following  Paper, pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon 
the Table  by the Clerk of the House  :—Abstract 
of  Accounts  of  Loan  Societies  in  England and 
Wales  for the year 1917, furnished to the Central 
Office for the Registry  of Friendly  Societies. 

Standing 
Committees 
(Chairmen's 
Panel.) 

Aliens 
Restriction 
Bill. 

Mr.  John  William  Wilson  reported  from  the 
Chairmen's  Panel;  That  they  had  appointed 
Sir  Watson Rutherford  to act as Chairman of the 
Standing Committee on Scottish Bills  (in respect 
of the Land  Settlement  (Scotland)  Bill)  in  the 
place of  Mr.  William Nicholson. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  House,  according  to Order, proceeded to 
take 
the  Aliens 
Restriction  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee. 

into  further  consideration 

Another  Amendment  was made to  the Bill. 

Ordered,  That  further  consideration  of  the 
Bill,  as  amended,  be  now  adjourned.—(Mr. 
Bonar Law.*) 

Ordered,  That  tbe  Bill,  as  amended  (in  the 
Standing  Committee),  be  taken  into  further 
consideration  upon Monday  next. 

Sex 
Disqualifica-

The  House,  according  to  Order,  resolred 
itself into a Committee on  the  Sex  Disqualifica-

Bffl fiWdT] 15   t i 0 D  C K e m o v a l)  B i l 1 

{Lords]. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1  (Removal  of disqualification on 

grounds of sex). 

An  Amendment  made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p.  ],  1. 6, 
after  the  word  "function,"  to  insert  the  words 
"including  that  of  sitting  and  voting  in  the 
House of Lords."—(Major  Lloyd  Graeme.) 

Question proposed,  That  those words  be there 

inserted: 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the ( Mr.  Spoor, 

Yeas, 

( Mr.  Tyson  Wilson 

Tellers for the j  Sir Frederick  Banbury, 

Noes, 

( Major  Wood'. 

1" 

84. 

Another Amendment made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  7, 
after the word  "  assuming,"  to  insert  the words 
"  or being  engaged  or  employed  in."—(Colonel 
Greig.) 

Question,  That  those words  be there inserted, 

put and negatived. 

Other Amendments made. 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, L 13, to 
leave out  paragraph  (a),  in  order  to insert the 
words— 

foreign country.  Provided  that  the  draft 
of any such Order  shall  be laid  before each 
House of  Parliament for not less than thirty 
days on which such House  is sitting,  and  if 
either House  before the expiration  of  such 
thirty  days  presents  an  address  to  His 
Majesty  against  the  draft  or  any  part 
thereof  no  further  action  shall  be  taken 
thereon without  prejudice to the  making of 
any new draft  Order.—(Lieutenant-Colonel 
Sir  Samuel  Hoare.) 

Question  put,  That the words  proposed  to be 
left  out,  to  the  word  "  prescribing,"  in  1.  15, 
stand part of the Clause : 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers for the (Lord  Edmund  Talbot,  Vjgg 
i Captain  Guest: 

I 
Tellers  for thejLieutenant-Colonel  Sirl 

Yeas, 

-vr 
J N o e s' 

<  Samuel Hoare, 
(Major  Hills: 

>  101. 
J 

Other Amendments  made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1, 1. 23, 

to leave out paragraph  (b.)—(Major  Hills.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be left  out  to  the  end  of  1. 28  stand  part of 
the Clause :—Amendment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,1.  1, 
to leave out  from  the  beginning  thereof  to  the 
word "  the "  in 1. 2.—(Sir  Ellis  Hume  Williams.) 
Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to be left out stand part of the Clause  :—Amend-
ment, by  leave,  withdrawn. 
Other Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Clause  No.  2 agreed to. 

A  Clause  (Provision  as  to  women  who  have 
qualified for degrees at universities not admitting 
women  to  degrees),—(Major  Hills),brought 
up,  and  read  the  first  and  second  time ;  and 
added to the  Bill. 

Another  Clause  (Incorporated  Societies),— 
(Sir  Martin  Conway),—brought up and read the 
first time. 

Motion  made, and Question,  That  the Clause 

be read the second time, put and negatived. 

Another  Clause  (Power  to  Universities  to 
admit  women 
to  membership,  &c.,—(Major 
Hills),—brought  up  and read first and  second 
time;  and added to the Bill. 

Schedule agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to  be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the Committee had gone through the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the" Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration  to-
morrow;  and be printed. 

Bill  2 0 0. 

Tbe  Superannuation  (Prison  Officers)  Bill Superannua-
offiCers)Bill 

was, according  to Order, read a second time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  to-morrow. 
— (Mr.  Baldwin.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Constabulary 
Second Reading  of  the  Constabulary and Police ?Iud,PoljfI1.11 
(Ireland)  Bill; 
(Ireland)  BU.. 

' 

(a)  Until  Parliament  otherwise  determine, 
special  provision  may be made by  Order in 
Council regulating the admission of  women 
to any  branch of the Civil  Service in any of 
His  Majesty's overseas possessions or in any 

And  a  Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second time; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by leaving  out  the  word  "now," 

10  GEO.  Y. 
and,  at  the  end  o£  the  Question,  adding  the 
r  words  "  upou  this  day three  months."—(Mr. 

21th—28th October. 

Mac  Veagh.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the 
word  "  now "  stand  part  of  the  Question  :—It 
was  resolved in the Affirmative. 

The Bill  was read a second time. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee of the  whole  House for to-morrow.— 
(Mr.  Macpherson.) 

Rats and Mice  The  Rats  and  Mice  (Destruction)  Bill  was, 
(Destruction)  a c c o r<j i ng   t o  Order, read a second time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the whole  House  for  to-morrow. 
—(Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen.) 

Hours of 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Employment  Second  Reading  of  the  Hours  of Employment, 
(No. 2)Bill. 

(No.  2)  Bill  ;  * 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

upon  Monday  next. 

( 

Minimum 
Rates of 
Wages 
Commission 
BilL 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the Minimum Rates of  Wages 
Commission Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Joint Stock 
Banks 
(Amalgama-
tion Control) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks 
(Amalgamation  Control)  Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Private 
Legislation 
Procedure 
a ~ B i . ..   Procedure  (Ireland)  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Private  Legislation 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon  Monday next. 

Overseas 
Trade 
(Insurance 
against 
Abnormal 
Bisks) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Overseas  Trade  (In-

Second  Reading  of 
surance  against  Abnormal  Risks)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
g e c o n (j   Reading  of  the  W ar   Emergency  Laws 

War 
Emergency 
(Continuance)  (Continuance)  B i l l; 
Hill 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

331 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Dogs 
Second  Beading  of  the  Dogs  Regulation  (Ire-  ®eg!lla*li?n 
land)  (No.  2) Bill; 

(%2)BiU. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee  of Supply ; 

Besolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee  of  Wuys  and  Means; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into the said  Committee. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House will, Constabulary 

to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to 
consider of  authorising further provision, out of [Money.] 
moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  for  the 
pay of  members of  the  Boyal Irish Constabulary 
and Dublin Metropolitan Police, and for pensions, 
allowances, and  gratuities  to  members  of  those 
forces, their widows  and  children,  in pursuance 
of  any Act  of the  present  Session to amend  the 
Law relating to  the  Royal  Irish  Constabulary 
and Dublin Metropolitan  Police.—(Sir  Auckland 
Geddes). 

Sir Auckland  Geddes, by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand, acquainted  the  House  that  His  Majesty, 
having  been  informed  of  the  subject-matter of 
this Motion,  recommends  it  to the consideration 
of  the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the Adjournment. 

Order  of  the  House  of  22nd  day  of  this 
instant  October,  proposed  the  Question,  That 
this  House  do now adjourn. 

And the Question being put:—It was resolved 

in the  Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit till  seventeen  minutes after 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

Tuesday, 28th  October  1919. 

to-morrow. 

P  B  A  Y  E  B  S. 

o 

Local 
Elections 
(Proportional 
Representa-
tion) BUI 
[Urds.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Local  Elections  (Pro-
portional  Representation)  Bill  [L o r d s]   ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Agriculture 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
T c i S r .)   Second Beading of  the Agriculture  and Fisheries 
Bill. 

(Councils,  & c .)   Bill; 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

County Court 
™ * * m 
Pensions and 
Deputies) Bill.  Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  County  Court  Judges 
(Betirement  Pensions  and  Deputies)  Bill  ; 

to-morrow. 

Supreme 
Court of 
Judicature 
(Ireland) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Supreme  Court  of 

Second  Beading  of 
Judicature  (Ireland)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

VOL.   174. 

ST A N D I NG   Order 4  was read, and amended, standing 

in 1.21, by leaving out the words "  and Sheriff  ^^ 

Clerks." 

Business.) 

Standing  Order  9  was  read,  and  amended, 

in 1. 4,  by leaving out the word "  Edinburgh." 

Standing  Order  14  was  read,  and  amended, 
at  the  end  thereof,  by  leaving  out  the words 
"and  Sheriff Clerks,  as the case may  be." 

Standing  Order  22  was  read,  and  amended, 
in  1.  11,  by  leaving  out  the words  "and  Scot-
land." 

Standing  Order  24  was read,  and  amended, 
in  1. 17, by  leaving  out  the words  " or   in  the 
office  of  the  Principal  Sheriff  Clerk  of  every 
County  in  Scotland  and  where  any  County  in 
Scotland  is  divided  into  districts  or  divisions, 
then  also  in  the  office of  the Principal  Sheriff 
Clerk,  in  or  for  each  district  or  division";  in 
1.  34,  by  leaving  out  the  words  "  or  Sheriff 
Clerks "  ;  and, in 1. 45,  by  leaving out the words 
"  or  Sheriff Clerk." 

Standing  Order  26b  was 

read,  and 
amended,  in  1.  10,  by  leaving  out  the  words 
vv  2 

332 

28th  October. 

1919. 

"  if  the  river  is in  Scotland, at the office of  the 
Secretary  for  Scotland." 

Standing  Order  27  was  read,  and  amended, 
in 1.  4,  by  leaving  out  the  words  "  or Sheriff 
Clerk." 

Standing  Order  29  was  read,  and  amended, 

in 1. 31,  by leaving  o  t  paragraphs (e) and (f). 

Standing  Order  33  was  read,  and  amended, 
in 1. 9, by leaving out the words "  Local  Govern-
ment  Board,"  and inserting the words "  Ministry 
of  Health "  instead thereof;  in 1. 11, by leaving 
out the words "  Scotland or,"  and by leaving out 
the  words  "  at  the Office  of  the  Secretary  for 
Scotland or ";   in 1.13, by  leaving out the words 
"  as the case may be ; "  and, in  1. 71, by  leaving 
out the words "  or  Scotland." 

Standing  Order 

and 
amended,  in  1.  8,  by  leaving  out  the  words 
"  Local  Government  Board,"  and  inserting  the 
words "  Ministry  of  Health "  instead  thereof. 

36a  was 

read, 

Standing  Order  38  was  read,  and  amended, 
in  1. 32, by  leaving out  paragraph  (3)  ;  and, in 
1.  53,  by  leaving  out  the  words  "  as  regards 
Scotland, the  Secretary  for Scotland." 

Standing  Order  57  was  read,  and  amended, 
in 1. 25,  by leaving  out  the words  "  or with the 
King's and Lord Treasurer's  Remembrancer  on 
behalf of  the  Court  of  Exchequer  in Scotland, 
if  the  work is intended to be done in  Scotland." 

Standing  Order 61  was  read,  and  amended, 
in  1. 12, by leaving  out  the words  "  and  in  the 
Office of  the  Sheriff  Clerk  of  Uvery  County  in 
Scotland"  ;  in  1.  15,  by  leaving  out  the  words 
"  and  where  any  County  in Scotland is divided 
into Districts  or Divisions  then also in the Office 
of  the Principal  Sheriff  Clerk  in  and  for  each 
District or Division  in which  such  alteration  is 
proposed to  be made "  ;  and, in 1. 30, by  leaving 
out the word "  Edinburgh." 

Standing  Order  62 was  read,  and  amended, 
in 1. 14, by  leaving out  the word "  Edinburgh." 
Standing  Order  64  was  read, and  amended, 

in 1. 34, by leaving out the word "  Edinburgh." 

Standing  Order  66  was  read,  and  amended, 

in 1. 43,  by leaving  out the  word "  Edinburgh." 

Standing  Order 

158  was  read,  and 
amended, in  para, (A),  1. 41,  by  leaving  out the 
words  "  the King's  Remembrancer of  the Court 
of  Exchequer  in Scotland ";   and,  in  1.  45,  by 
leaving out the word "  Scotland." 

Standing  Order 

158a  was  read,  and 
amended,  in  para, (B), 1. 26,  by leaving  out  the 
words  "  or  the  Court  of  Exchequer  in  Scot-
land";  and, in  para, (c),  1.  106, by  leaving  out 
the words "  or  Edinburgh." 

Standing  Order 

172  was  read,  and 
amended,  in  1.  7,  by  leaving  out  the  words 
"  Local  Government  Board,"  and  inserting  the 
words "  Ministry of Health "  instead thereof. 

Standing  Order 

184  was  read,  and 
amended,  in  1.  3,  by  leaving  out  the  words 
"  Scotland, or." 

Standing  Order  194b  was  read,  and 
amended,  in  1.  42,  by leaving  out  the  words 
"  Local  Government  Board,"  and  inserting  the 
words  "  Ministry  of  Health"  instead  thereof; 
and,  in  1. 52, by  leaving  out  the words "  Local 
Government  Board,"  and  inserting  the  words 
"  Ministry  of Health "  instead thereof. 

Standing  Order 

194d  was  read,  and 
amended,  in  1.  5,  by  leaving  out  the  words 
"  Local Government  Board,"  and  inserting  the 
words  "  Ministry  of  Health,"  instead thereof.— 
(The Chairman  of Ways  and  Means.) 

The  Granton  Harbour  Order  Confirmation Granton 
Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the  third  Q^ " 11 
time and passed. 

Confirmation 

Ordered., That  the Clerk  do carry  the  Bill to BiU-

the Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

A  Public  Petition  was  presented,  and  read;Public 

r 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions. 
Vide Second 
Beport. 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Amery  presented,  by His-Colonial 
Majesty's  Command,—Copies  of  Colonial  Re-Beports 
ports,  No.  1,004  (Malta,  Report  for  1918- CAnnuai.) 
19),  1,005  (Seychelles,  Report  for  1918),  and 
1,006  (Fiji,  Report for 1918). 

* 

Ordered,  That the  said Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to Sheriff Courts 

the directions of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  ^ . f ^ f fi 
of  Act  of  Sederunt,  under  the  Sheriff  Courts 
(Scotland)  Act,  1907,  amending  Consolidated 
Acts  of  Sederunt, Book  M,  Chapter  iii., anent 
Fees  in  Civil  Business  for  Sheriff  Officers  in 
Scotland. 

' 

Ordered,  That the said  Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  presented,  pursuant East India 
to  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— (Civil Service.) 
Copy  of  Provisional  Rule  relating  to  the  apr 
pointment  of  Candidates  to  the  Civil  Service 
of  India,  who  have  served  in  His  Majesty's 
Forces  during  the  War  (in  substitution  of 
Rule  5 of the Rules of  7th January  1919). 

Ordered,  That the said Paper do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  following  Papers, pursuant  to the direc-
tions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,  were  laid 
upon the Table  by  the Clerk of the House  :— 

Copy of  Additional  Rules, dated 27th October Clergy 

1919, under the Clergy  Discipline  Act,  1892. 

f ^ 0^® 

Reports  of  the  Chief  Registrar  of  Friendly Friendly 
Societies  for the year  1918.  Part  A.  GeneralSooieties'&c-
No.  189. 
Report. 

Ordered.  That  the Paper  relative to  Friendly 

Societies,  &c.,  be printed. 

The  following  Member  took  and  subscribed Member takes 

the Oath— 

' 

, 

the Oath. 

Right Honourable Arthur James Balfour,  for 

the  City  of London. 

The  House,  according to Order, resolved itself Constabulary 

into  a  Committee on  Constabulary  and  Police 
(Ireland)  [Money]. 

(Ireland) 
[Money.] 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise 
further provision, out  of  moneys to be provided 
by  Parliament,  for  the  pay of  members of  the 
Royal  Irish  Constabulary  and  Dublin  Metro-
politan  Police,  and for  pensions,  allowances, and 
gratuities  to  members  of  those  forces,  their 
widows,  and  children, in  pursuance  of  any  Act 
of  the  present  Session  to  amend  the  Law  re-
lating  to  the  Royal  Irish  Constabulary  and 
Dublin Metropolitan  Police.—(Mr.  Macpherson.). 

Resolution  to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

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28 th  October. 

333 

8np<erannua> 
tion (Prison -
Officers) BiU. 

The House,  according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Superannuation  (Prison 
Officers) Bill. 

* 

A  Motion  was  made, and  the  Question  being 
put, "  That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of  the whole House."—(Sir  Donald  Maclean.) 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 and  No.  2  agreed to. 

Bill to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee had  gone  through  the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend-
ment. 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Bight; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the j  Mr.  Hogge, 

Yeas, 

( Mr.  Tyson  Wilson : 

) 
) 

67. 

Noes, 

Tellers for the J  Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 1 
J 

I Mr.  Parker: 
So it passed in the  Negative. 
The  Bill was  committed to  a  Standing  Com-

224. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill be read the third time 

mittee. 

to-morrow. 

Bats and Mice 
(Destruction) 
Bill. 

The  House,  according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Bats and Mice  (Destruc-
tion) Bill. 

The  Order  of the  day  being  read,  for  the Agriculture 
Second Beading of the Agriculture and Fisheries and Fisheries 
(Councils,  &c.) 
(Councils,  &c.)  Bill; 
Bill. 

/TLNNN/IILO  IT A 

.  Q — . ..  

..  

_ 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second time 

(In the  Committee.) 

upon Thursday  next. 

Clause  No.  1 agreed to. 

Clause No.  2 amended, and agreed to. 
Clauses No.  3 to  No.  5 agreed to. 
Clause No.  6  (Interpretation.) 
Amendment proposed, in p. 3,1.37,  at the end, 
to  add  the  words "  The  expression  'mice'  does 
not include dormice,  wood mice, harvest  mice or 
shrew-mice."—(Commander  Young.) 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  added, 

put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 
Clauses  No.  7 to No.  9 agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be  reported. 

The  House, according  to  Order, proceeded  to Sex 

take into  consideration  the  Sex  Disqualification Disqualifica-
(Removal)  Bill  {Lords],  as amended  in  t h e ^ ^ X f 0 
Committee. 

And  Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill be  now  read  the third 
time :—The  Bill was accordingly  read  the  third 
time and passed, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do  carry the  Bill to 
the  Lords;  and acquaint  them, that  this  House 
hath agreed to  the  same, with  Amendments ; to 
which this  House doth desire the concurrence  of 
their Lordships. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair ;  and 

the  Chairman  of Ways  and  Means  reported, 
That the Committee  had gone through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
into  consideration to-

Committee,  be taken 
morrow. 

War 
Emergency "• 
Laws 
(Continuance) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
, Second  Beading of  the  War  Emergency  Laws 
(Continuance)  Bill; 

And  a Motion  being  made, and  the Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second time:  And  a Debate  arising thereupon; 

And  a Motion being  made, and  the.  Question 
being  put,  That the Debate be now adjourned.— 
(Sir Frederick  Banbury.) 

The House divided. 

.  The  Yeas  to the Bight ; 
The  Noes to the  Left. 
Tellers -for Ahe | Sir Frederick  Banbury,  ) ^^ 
( Major  Wood: 
Tellers for the j Lord Edmund  Talbot,  1  .iftf. 
j Mr.  Parker: 

Noes, 

Yeas, 

j 

j 

The  Order  of the  day  being  read,  for  the Constabulary 

Committee on the  Constabulary and Police  (Ire- and Police 
land) Bill; 

(Ireland) Bill. 

Resolved,  That this House will, upon Thursday 

next,  resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local Election 
Second Beading  of  the Local Elections  (Propor- (Proportional 
tional  Representation)  Bill  [Lords]; 

tEE^Sm*" 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read a  second  time [Lords.-] 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of the  day  being  read,  for  the county Court 

Second  Beading  of  the  County  Court  Judges Judges 
(Betirement  Pensions  and  Deputies) Bill; 

F^onTand 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read  a  second time Deputies) Bill, 

upon  Thursday  next. 

The  Order  of the  day  being  read,  for  the  Dogs 

Second  Beading  of  the  Doajs  Begulation  (Ire- .Regulation 
ffiJV 
V 
land) (No.  2)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

So it passed in the  Negative. 

And  the  Question being put, That the Bill  be 

now read a second time. 
The  House  divided. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

The Yeas to the  Bight; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the  ( Lord  Edmund  Talbot, ) 
j 
) 
j 

( Mr.  Parker: 
Tellers  for the ( Mr.  Hogge, 

1 Mr.  Tyson  Wilson : 

Noes, 

Yeas, 

The  Order  of the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee of  Ways  and Means ; 

Means-

233. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

63. 

A  Motion  being made, That  this House will, War 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
The Bill was accordingly  read a second time. 

VO L.   174. 

to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a Committee,  to 
consider of  making such provision as may become (Continuance) 
necessary by reason of the temporary continuance,  [Money.] 

u  u  3 

3 34 

2m—mh  October. 

Land 
Settlement 
(Scotland) 
[Money.] 

bv  any Act  of  the  present  Session, to  continue 
temporarily  certain  emergency  enactments  and 
regulations,  and to  make  provision  with  respect 
to the expiration  of  emergency  enactments  and 
instruments made thereunder,  of  the Injuries  in 
War  (Compensation) Act,  1914, and the Injuries 
in  War  (Compensation) Act,  1914 (Session 2).— 
(Mr.  Long.) 

Mr.  Long,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted  the  House  that  His  Majesty, having 
been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of  this 
Motion,  recommends it  to  the  consideration  of 
the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

A  Motion  being made, That  this House will, 
to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee,  to 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  of 
moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  of  any 
expenses that may  be incurred,  by  the Board of 
Agriculture  for  Scotland,  in  purouance  of  any 
Act  of  the present Session, to make further pro-
vision  for the acquisition of land for the purposes 
of small holdings, reclamation, and drainage, and 
other purposes relating to agriculture in Scotland, 
to amend the Small Landholders (Scotland)  Act, 
1911,  and the  enactments  relating  to allotments, 
and  otherwise  to  facilitate  land  settlement  in 
Scotland;  and  of  authorising  the  issue  to  the 
Public  Works  Loan  Commissioners  out  of  the 
Consolidated  Fund  of  sums  not  exceeding  two 
million seven  hundred and fifty thousand pounds 
for the purposes of such Act.—(Mr.  Long.) 

Mr.  L,ontj,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted the House, That His  Majesty, having 
been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of  this 
Motion,  recommends  it  to  the  consideration  of 
the  House. 

jResolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

Adjournment,  Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the 
Order  of  the  House  of  the  22nd  day  of  this 
instant  October,  proposed  the  Question,  That 
this House do now adjourn. 

And the  Question  being put:—It  was resolved 

in the  Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  fourteen  minutes  after 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

Wednesday, 29 th October  1919. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  also presented, pursuant Metropolitan 

to  the  directions of several Acts  of  Parliament, 5?lice 
—Copy  of Qraft of  Order  proposed  to  be made tfonof'staff.) 
by  the  Secretary  of  State  for the  Home Depart-
ment  in  pursuance  of  the  Metropolitan  Police 
Staff  (Superannuation)  Acts,  1875 and  1885, as 
amended  by  the  Police  Act,  1909,  respecting 
the  Superannuation  Allowances  of  certain 
Officers  of  the  Staff of  the  Metropolitan  Police 
and  Police  Courts. 

Copies  of  Orders made  under  the  Shops Act,  Shops Act, 

1912,  by  the  Council  of  the  undermentioned1912-
Local  Authority,  aud  confirmed  by  the  Secre-
tary  of  State for the Home  Department:— 

Borough of  Luton  (two) 

Ordered,  That  the said Papers do lie upon  the 

Table. 

General  Seely  presented,  by  His  Majesty Air Ministry. 

Command,—Copy of Report  to the Air  Ministry 
jof the American  Aviation  Mission. 

Ordered, That the said  Paper do lie  upon  the 

table. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com- Board of 
mand,—Copy of  Draft, dated 28th October 1919, Education, 
of  the  Technical  Schools,  &c.  (Amending), 
Regulations  (No.  2),  1919, proposed  to be made 
by  the  Board of  Education  under  Section 44  of 
the  Education  Act,  1918, amending  the  Regu-
lations for Technical  Schools,  &e.,  1918. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Robert  Home  presented,  pursuant  to  the Trade Boards-

directions of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Copies  of  Acts" 
Special Orders made by the  Minister of  Labour 
under  Section  1  of  the  Trade  Boards  Act, 
1918,  with  respect  to  the  Pin,  Hook  and Eye, 
Snap Fastener Trade, the Button-Making Trade, 
and  the  Perambulator  and  Invalid  Carriage 
Trade. 

Ordered,  That the  said Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  presented  by  His Bast India 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the (Calcutta 
Commission  appointed  by  the  Government  of commission 
India  to inquire into the condition  and prospects 1917-19.) 
of the University  of  Calcutta.  Vol.  I.  Part  I. 
Analysis  of  Present  Conditions,  Chapters i. to 
xiii.  Vol.  II.  Part  I.  Analysis  of  Present 
Conditions,  Chapters  xiv.  to  xx.  Vol.  III. 
Part  I.  Analysis  of  Present  Conditions, 
Chapters  xxi.  to  xxix.  Vol.  IV.  Part  II. 
Recommendation*  of  the Commission,  Chapters 
xxx.  to xxxix.  Vol.  V.  Part  II.  Recommen-
dations of the Commission,  Chapters xl.  to lii. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper  do  lie  upon the 

P  It  A  V K  R  8. 

Table. 

Croydon 
Borough 
(South 
Division) 
(Writ.) 

ORDERED,  That  Mr.  Speaker do issue  his 

Warrant to the Clerk  of the Crown, to make 
out  a  new Writ  for  the electing  of  a  Member 
to  serve  in  this  present  Parliament  for  the 
Borough  of  Croydon,  South  Division,  in  the 
room  of  Sir  Ian  Zachary  Malcolm,  K.C.M.G., 
who,  since  his  election  for  the  said  borough 
hath  accepted  the  Office  of  Steward  or Bailiff 
of  His  Majesty's  Manor  of  Northstead,  in  the 
county  of  York.—(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc- Church 

tions of  an Act  of  Parliament  was laid  upon the Temporalities 
Table  by  the Clerk  of  the  House :—Copy  of 1  ~ 
Accounts  of  the  Irish  Land  Commission  in  * 0> 
respect  of  Church  Temporalities  in  Ireland 
from  1st  April  1918,  and  from  26th  July  1869 
(the date of the Irish Church Act), to 31st March 
1919;  together  with the Report  of  the  Comp-
troller and Auditor  General thereon. 

, > 

Ordered,  That the said Paper be printed. 

Aliens 
Repatriation 
Committee. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Beport  of  the 
Committee  appointed to Consider applications for 
exemption  from  compulsory  Repatriation  sub-
mitted by*1 interned  Enemy Aliens. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and Means reported water 

from  the  Committee  on  the Water  Provisional 
Order Bill, That  they  had  considered  the  Order  " ^S O M* 
therein  contained.  That  the  said Order ought order 
to  be confirmed, and  that  they had directed him confirmed.] 

10  G E O.  V. 
to  report  the  Bill,  without  Amendment,  to the 
House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

29th—30th.  October. 

335 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the War 

Committee  on  War  Emergency  Laws  (Con-®^8ency 
tinuance)  [Money]. 

(Continuance) 

Table. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  the  third time 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

to-morrow. 

National 
Ordered,  That  Colonel  Sir Robert  Williams be 
Expenditure,  discharged  from  the  Select  Committee  on 

National  Expenditure. 

Ordered,  That  Lieutenant-  Colonel  Archer-
Shee  be  added  to  the  Committee.—(Colonel 
Gibbs.) 

0  Finance. 

A  Motion  was  made, and  the Question being 
proposed, That this House, realising the  serious 
effects upon the trade and  industry of  the nation 
of  the enormous financial burdens resulting from 
the  war,  promises  its  hearty  support  to  the 
Government in all reasonable proposals, however 
drastic, for the reduction of  expenditure and the 
diminution  of  debt—(Mr.  Chancellor  of  the 
Exchequer):—And a Debate arising thereupon; 

And a  Motion  being  made, and  the  Question 
being put,  That the  Debate  be now adjourned— 
(Mr.  Clynes)  %—It was  resolved  in  the  Affir-
mative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the r.and 
Committee  on  Land  Settlement  (Scotland)  ^Uand)' 
| Money.] 
[Money]. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the Adjournment. 

Order  of  the  House  of  the 22nd  day  of  this 
instant  October,  proposed  the  Question,  That 
this  House do now adjourn. 

And  notice being taken that Forty Members 
were  not  present, the House was  told by 
Mr.  Speaker  ;  and  Forty  Members  not 
being  present,  and  it  being  then  after 
Four  of 
the  clock,  the  House  was 
adjourned  by  Mr.  Speaker,  without  a 
Question  first  put,  at  one  minute  after 
Eleven of the clock, till to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to 
Standing  Order No.  47,  of  Bills committed  to 
a  Standing  Committee. 

Superannua-
tion (Prison 
Officers) Bill. 

Mr.  Speaker's 
Certificate 

The Superannuation  (Prison Officers) Bill was, 
according  to  Order,  read  the  third  time  and 

Name of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Ordered,  That the  Clerk  do  carry the  Bill  to 
the Lords, and desire  their concurrence (the Bill 
having  been  endorsed  by  Mr.  Speaker with  the 
following  Certificate:— 

I  hereby  certify  that  this  Bill  is  a  Money 
Bill  within  the meaning  of  the  Parliament 
Act,  1911. 

J A M ES   W.   L O W T H E R, 

War Emergency Laws (Continuance) 

Bill 

e. 

Speaker). 

Thursday, 30th  October  1919. 

Constabulary 
and Police 
•(Ireland) 
TMoney.] 

Colonel  Sanders reported from  the  Committee 
on Constabulary  and  Police  (Ireland)  [Money] 
a  Besolution;  whioh was read, as followeth; 

That  it is expedient to  authorise further pro-
vision, out  of  moneys to be provided  by Parlia-
ment,  for the pay  of  members of  the Boyal  Irish 
Constabulary  and  Dublin  Metropolitan  Police, 
and  for  pensions, allowances,  and  gratuities  to 
members  of  those  forces,  their  widows,  and 
children, in pursuance of any  Act  of  the present 
Session  to  amend  the law relating to the  Boyal 
Irish  Constabulary  and  Dublin  Metropolitan 
Police. 

The  said Besolution, being read a  second time, 

was agreed to. 

Bats and Mice  The  Order of  the  day  being  read, for  taking 
(Destruction)  into consideration the  Rats  and  Mice  (Destruc-
Bai* 

tion) Bill,  as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

P R A T E R S; 

THE   Water  Provisional  Order 

according  to  Order,  read  the 

and passed. 

Bill 
third 

wa8, Water 
time Provisional 
Order Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the Bill  to 

the Lords,  and desire  their concurrence. 

Mr.  Secretary  Churchill  presented,  by  His Army 

Majesty's  Command,—Estimate  showing  the Fqitimaft^tr 
further  Vote  on Account  which  is  required for on Amount)6 
the service of the Army  for the year  1919-20. 

jgj 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Estimate  Jj»e  referred 

to a Standing  Committee :  and be printed. 

Mr.  Pratt  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc- Scottish 
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament, —  Copy  of Bo»rd of 
Regulations,  made  by  the  Scottish  Board  of H e a l th 
Health,  dated  13th  October  1919,  entitled  the 
National  Health  Insurance  (Exempt  Persons) 
Amendment  Begulations  (Scotland),  1919. 

(Regulations.) 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper  do lie  upon the 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Table. 

Committee of  Supply ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into  the said Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Ways  and Means ; 

Dr.  Addison  presented,  pursuant to  the direc- National 

tions of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Pro- Health 
visional  Begulations  made  by  the  National }j™™nce 
Health  Insurance Joint  Committee, dated  22nd Committee). 
October  1919,  entitled  the  National  Health (Regulations.) 
Insurance  Joint  Committee Begulations,  1919. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Ordered,  That  the  Said Paper  do  lie upon  the 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

Table. 

VOL.   174. 

D 04 

336 

30th October. 

Naval and  , 
Marine Fay 
and Pensions 
Aet, 1865. 

Mr.  Balfour  presented, pursuant to  the direc-
tions of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Copies  of  two 
Orders in Council under  the  Naval and Marine 
Pay  and Pensions  Act,  1865. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

Constabulary 
and Police 
(Ireland) Bill. 

Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland presented, 
by  His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Esti-
mate  of  probable  Expenditure  under  the 
Constabulary  and Police  (Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the said  Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Land 
Settlement 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,  -—  Copy  of  Estimate  of 
probable  Expenditure  under  the  Land  Settle-
ment (Scotland)  Bill. 
< 

• 

1919. 
Resolved, That this House, realising the serious 
effects upon the trade and industry of  the nation 
of  the  enormous financial burdens  resulting 
from the war, promises its hearty  support to  thp 
Government  in  all  reasonable  proposals,  how-
ever drastic,  for  the  reduction  of  expenditure 
and the diminution of debt. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Agriculture 

Second Reading of the Agriculture  and Fisheries 
(Councils,  &c.)8Bill; 

Fkheries 
(Counc^fcc.) 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a second  time 

on Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Constabulary 
Committee  on  the  Constabulary  and  Police f°reifcd)eBiU 
(Ireland)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper do lie upon the 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Table. 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Finance. 

Closure 
claimed, but 
Mr. Speaker 
withholds his 
Assent. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the  adjourned Debate on  the Question proposed 
upon the 29th day of  this  instant October, That 
this House, realising the serious effects  upon the 
trade and industry of the nation of the enormous 
financial  burdens  resulting  from  the  war,  pro-
mises  its  hearty  support  to  the  Government 
in  all reasonable proposals, however  drastic,  for 
the reduction of expenditure and  the diminution 
of debt. 

And  the  Question  being  again  proposed: 
—The House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

An Amendment was  proposed  to  be  made to 
the Question,  in 1. 2,  by  leaving  out  from  the 
word  "  burdens,"  to  the  end  of  the Question, 
and  adding the words "  at present pressing upon 
the  Country,'  declares  that the present national 
expenditure on  war  services  is  unjustifiable,  in 
view  of  the  period which  has  elapsed  since the 
signing of the Armistice, and  is of  opinion  that 
steps  should  be  taken  at  once  to  effect  more 
drastic  economies ;  further, measures  should be 
adopted  to  meet  the  present financial burdens 
and assist in liquidating the National Debt, such 
measures  to  include  the  imposition  of  a  levy 
on  capital  and  the  reversion  to  the  State  of 
fortunes made as a  result  of  the national  emer-
gency,"—(Mr.  Clynes),—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of 
the Question:—And a Debate arising thereupon; 
Mr. Adamson  rose  in  his  place  and  claimed 
to  move,  That  the Question  be  now  put;  but 
Mr.  Speaker  withheld  his  assent, and  declined 
then  to  put  that Question:—Then  the  House 
resumed the Debate. 

Closure 
claimed, but 
Mr. Speaker 
withholds his 
Assent. 

Mr.  Adamson  rose  in  his  place  and  claimed 
to  move,  That  the  Question  be  now  put  ;  but 
Mr.  Speaker  withheld  his  assent,  and  declined 
then  to  put  that  Question :—Then  the  House 
resumed the Debate. 

And the Question  being  put, That the words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Question : 

The House divided. 
The  Yeas  to the Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the ( Lord Edmund  Talbot, I 
J 
) 
( Captain Albert  Smith  : ) 

Tellers for the j Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 

|  Captain  Guest: 

Noes, 

Yeas, 

405. 

50. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative, 
And the Main  Question  being  put; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the County 

Second Reading  of  the  County  Court Judges Court J«dgea 
(Retirement  Pensions and Deputies)  Bill; 
Pensions and 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  Deputies) Bill, 

to-morrow. 

The  Order of  the  day  being read, for taking Bats and Mice 

into consideration  the Rats  and Mice (Destruc- (Destruction) 
tion)  Bill, as Amended in the Committee ; 

1 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee of  Ways  and Means ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the War 

Committee  on  W ar   Emergency  Laws 
tinuance)  [Money]; 

(Con-

(oStinuance) 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow,  t M o n e^] 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  tbe Land 
Committee  on  Land  Settlement  (Scotland) Settlement 
[Money]; 

V 

. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the Adjournment. 

Order  of  the  House  of  the  22nd day  of  this 
instant  October, proposed  .the  Question,  That 
this House do now adjourn. 

And the Question being put;—It  was resolved 

in the Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit till seventeen  minutes  after 
Eleven of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

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31st October. 

337 
Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

Friday,  31s«  October  1919. 

the Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

P  E  A V E R S. 

rTIHE  Fraserburgh  Harbour  (New  Works) 
Fraserburgh 
Wo^Order  *  Order  Confirmation  Bill  was, according  to 
Confirmation  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and  ordered  to  be 
Bill. 

taken into consideration  upon Monday  next. 

Edinburgh 
Corporation 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

Mr.  Munro  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a 
Provisional  Order under the Private  Legislation 
Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  relating  to 
Edinburgh  Corporation  :  And  the  same  was 
ordered (under  Section  7 of  the Act) to  be taken 
into consideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Criminal Law  Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
and Procedure  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copies  of 
(Iretand) Act,  T e n  proc] amations  under the  Criminal  Law and 

Procedure (Ireland)  Act,  1887. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Housing. 

Ministry  of 
Health 
(Begulations.)' 

Dr.  Addison  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command, —  Copy  of  Schemes  on  Housing 
submitted  to  the  Ministry  of  Health  by  Local 
Authorities  and  Public  Utility  Societies  up  to 
27th  September  1919. 

Dr.  Addison  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Provisional Begulations  made by the  Minister of 
Health,  dated  29th  October  1919,  entitled  the 
National  Health  Insurance  (Medical  Benefit) 
Begulations,  1919. 

National 
Health 
Insurance 
(Joint 
Committee ) 
(Regulations.) 

Copy  of Provisional  Begulations made by  the 
National  Health  Insurance  Joint  Committee, 
dated 23rd  October  1919, entitled  the  National 
Health Insurance (Joint Committee) Begulations 
(No.  2),  1919. 

Army. 

Ordered,  That the said  Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Churchill  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Statement of the 
Cost of Naval and Military  Operations in Bussia 
from the date of the  Armistice to the 31st  Octo-
ber  1919. 

War 
Emergency 

Copy  of  Estimate  of  probable  Expenditure 
under the  War  Emergency  Laws (Continuance") 
"Rill 
(Continuance)  1 J 1 U-
BlU* 

Ordered,  That the  said Papers do lie upon the 

WS 

Table. 

Rats and Mice 
(Destruction") 
Bill. 

The  House,  according  to Order, proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Rats  and  Mice 
(Destruction)  Bill, as amended in the  Committee. 

A  Clause  (Service  of  notices),—(Sir  Arthur 
was  twice  read  ;  and  made 

Griffith-Boscawen), 
part  of  the  Bill. 

An  Amendment  was  proposed to  be  made to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  1,1.  5,  by  leaving  out  from  the 
word  "  may,"  to  the  word  "  for,"  in  1.  6,  and 
inserting the words "  be prescribed in a notice in 
writing duly  served on him  by  a local  authority 
having  power  to  enforce  this * Act,"—(Mr. 
Cautley,)—instead thereof. 

And the  Question  being  put, That  the  words 
proposed  to be  left out stand part of  the  Bill:— 
it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then  Amendments  were made to the Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

VOL.   174. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Constabulary 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Constabulary  andand Police 
Police  (Ireland)  Bill. 

(Ireland) 
Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1 to No.  3  agreed to. 

Clause  No.  4  amended, and agreed to. 
Clauses  No.  5  to No.  7 agreed to. 
Clause  No.  8 amended,  and agreed to. 
A  Clause  (Amendment  of  4  and  5  Geo.  5. 
c.  84, g. 1),—(Mr. Attorney  General for Ireland) 
—brought  up, and read the first and second time 
and added to the  Bill. 

Bill,  as amended, to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair ;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported, That  the  Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  now taken  into  consideration  :— 
The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  t,ake  the 
Bill  into  consideration. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Land 

Committee  on  Land  Settlement 
[Money]  ; 

(Scotland)  Settlement 

Besolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  House,  according  to Order, resolved  itself War 

into  a  Committee  on  War  Emergency  Laws 
(Continuance)  [Money]. 

(Continuance) 
[Money.] 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Motion  made, and  Question  proposed,  That 
it is  expedient  to  make  such  provision  as  may 
become  necessary  by  reason  of  the  temporary 
continuance, by  any Act  of  the present  Session 
to continue temporarily certain  emergency enact-
ments  and  regulations,  and  to  make  provision 
with  respect  to  the  expiration  of  emergency 
enactments and instruments made thereunder, of 
the  Injuries in  War  (Compensation) Act,  1914, 
and  the  Injuries  in War  (Compensation)  Act, 
1914 (Session  2).—(Mr.  Solicitor  General.) 

Question  amended,  in 1. 1, by  inserting, after 
the word "  provision," the words "  not exceeding 
two thousand pounds,"—(Mr. Aneurin  Williams,) 
—and,  as amended,  agreed to. 

Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  to  make  such 
provision, not exceeding  two thousand pounds, as 
may become necessary by reason of the temporary 
continuance,  by  any Act  of  the present Session, 
to continue temporarily certain emergency enact-
ments  and  regulations,  and  to  make  provision 
with  respect  to  the  expiration  of  emergency 
enactments and instruments made thereunder, of  t 
the  Injuries  in War  (Compensation)  Act,  1914, 
arid  the  Injuries  in  War  (Compensation)  Act, 
1914  (Session  2). 

Resolution  to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported, That the Committee 
had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  reeeived  upon 

Mondav nexti 

». 

x  x 

338 

31s£  October.—3rd  November. 

1919. 

County Court 
Judges 
(Retirement 
Pensions and 
Deputies) Bill. 

The  County  Court Judges  (Retirement  Pen-
sions and Deputies) Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee of the whole  House for Monday next. 
—(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this House will,  upon  Monday 

next, resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

Copy  of  Treasury  Minute, dated  29th  August Foreshores. 

1919,  directing  the  application  of  moneys  re-
ceived  by  the  Board  of  Trade,  in  the  year 
ended  3lst  March  1919, in  respect  of  the  rights 
and interests  of  the  Crown  in  the  Foreshores  of 
the  United  Kingdom. 

Copy  of  Treasury  Minute,  under  the  Civil Flax 

Contingencies  Fund  A c t,   1919,  dated  14th  ^tBritato. 
August  1919,  authorising 
of 
200,G0()Z.  to  the  Board  of  Agriculture  to  pro-
vide  working  capital  for  Flax  Production  (Seed, 
Fibre,  &c.)  in  Great  Britain. 

the  advance 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Ways  and Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this House  will, upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Adjournment. 

Whereupon  Mr. Deputy  Speaker  adjourned 
the  House,  without  Question  put,  pur-
suant  to  Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being 
then  thirteen  minutes  after  Two  of  the 
clock,  till  Monday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers do  lie  upon  the 
Table;  and  that  the  Papers  relative  to  the  Road 
Board  and  the  Irish  Universities  Act,  1908,  be 
printed. 

Sir  Eric  Geddes  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Railway 
Command,—Copy  of  Statement  showing  the Working, 
results  of  working  the  Railways  during  the 
periods  of  Government  control  of  the  Railways 
in  Great  Britain  (5th  August  1914  to  31st 
August  1919)  and  Ireland  (Ist  January  1917  to 
31st  August  1919). 

Ordered,  That the  said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Monday,  3rd November 1919. 

Table. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Edinburgh 
Corporation 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

THE   House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded 

to  take  into  consideration  the  Edinburgh 

Corporation  Order Confirmation Bill. 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be  read the third time 

to-morrow. 

The  House,  according  to Order, proceeded to 
Fraserburgh 
Harbour (New  take into consideration the Fraserburgh  Harbour 
S ^ t t a?  
BilL 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read the third  time 

(New  Works)  Order Confirmation Bill. 

to-morrow. 

Kent County 
(Isle of 
Thanet 
Division) 
Writ. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do 

issue  his 
Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown  to  make 
out  a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a  Member  to 
serve  in  this  present  Parliament  for  the  County 
of  Kent,  Isle  of  Thanet  Division,  in  the  room  of 
Lieutenant-Commander  Norman  Carlyle  Craig, 
K.c., deceased.—(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

Plymouth 
Borough 
(Sutton 
Division) 
Writ. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  issue  his 
Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown  to  make 
out  a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a  Member 
to  serve  in  this  present  Parliament 
for  the 
Borough  of  Plymouth,  Sutton  Division,  in  the 
room  of  Waldorf  Viscount  Astor,  who,  since 
his Election  for  the  said  Borough,  hath  accepted 
the  Office of  Steward  or Bailiff  of  His  Majesty's 
Three Chiltern  Hundreds  of  Stoke,  Desborough, 
and  Burnham,  in  the  County  of  Buckingham. 
—(Lord  Edmund Talbot.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  by  His War 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of Memorandum  on Emergency 
the War  Emergency  Laws  (Continuance)  Bill,  (c^tinuance) 

Copy  of  Fourth  Report  of  the  Royal  Com- Defence of the 
mission  appointed  to  consider  and  report  what Realm Losses 
compensation should be paid in respect of Losses o^mission 
incurred  through  the  exercise  by  the Crown  of 
its  rights  and  duties  in  the  Defence  of  the 
Realm. 

Bill. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  also  presented, pursuant Shops Act, 

to the directions of several  Acts of  Parliament,—  191a-
Copies  of  Orders  made  under  the  Shops  Act, 
1912,  by  the  Councils  of  the  under-mentioned 
Local  Authorities  and  confirmed  by  the  Secre-
tary of  State for the Home  Department:— 

Borough of  Wimbledon. 
Borough of  Chorley  (two). 

Ordered,,  That  the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His  Local Taxation 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Return  showing (Scotland) 
payments  into  and  out  of  the  Local  Taxation  A0001"^ 
(Scotland)  Account  for  the  financial  year  1918 
-19. 

The  Lord  Advocate  also  presented,  pursuant  War Charities 
to  the  directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—  (Scotland) Act, 
Copy  of  Scheme,  under  the  War  Charities  1919' 
(Scotland)  Act,  1919,  for  the  disposal  of  part 
of  the  unexpended  balance  of  the  Funds  of  the 
Glasgow  Corporation  Belgian  Refugees  Fund. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

County  Court* 
Judges 
(Retirement 
Pensions  arid 
Deputies)  Bill. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Memorandum  on  the  pro-
visions  of  the  County  Court  Judges 
(Retire-
inept  Pensions  and  Deputies)  Bill,  with  an 
Estimate  of  probable  Expenditure. 

Road Board. 
No.  192. 

Irish 
Universities 
Act, 1908. 

No. 193. 

Mr.  Baldwin  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Ninth  Annual  Report  of  the  Road  Board. 

Copy  of  Accounts  of  Receipts  and  Expendi-
ture  of  Universities  and  Colleges,  Ireland,  for 
the  year  ended  31st  March  1919 ;  together  with 
the  "Report  of 
the  Comptroller  and  Auditor 
General  thereon. 

Sir  Robert  Home  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Ministry of 

Command,—Copy  of  Minutes  of  Evidence  taken Labour, 
before  the  Committee  appointed  by  the Minister 
of  Labour  to  make  inquiries  and  report  with 
regard  to  the  Out-of-Work  Donation  Scheme. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  Upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Public 
Command,—Copy  of  Fifty-first  Report  of  the Records 
Deputv  Keeper  of  the  Public  Records  in  Ire-^Irel<md^ 
land  for  1918. 

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3rd  November. 

339 

Intermediate 
Education 
(Ireland.) 

Copy  of  Report  under  the  Intermediate 
Education  (Ireland) Act,  1914,  as  to  the  appli-
cation  of  the  Teachers'  Salaries  Grant  during 
the year ended 31st March  1919. 

Shops Act, 
1912. 

Mr.  Macpherson  also  presented,  pursuant  to 
the directions of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,  — 
Copies  of  Orders  made  under  the  Shops  Act, 
1912,  by  the  Council  of  the  under-mentioned 
Local  Authority,  and  confirmed  by  the  Lord 
Lieutenant of Ireland  :— 

County  Borough of  Belfast (two). 

Pharmacy 
Act (Ireland), 
1875. 

Copy of Regulation made under the Pharmacy 
Act  (Ireland),  1875,amending  Regulation  No. 1 
with  regard  to  the  Pharmaceutical  Licence 
Examination. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  George  Terrell, Member for Chippenham, Adjournment 

rose  in  his  place, and  asked  leave  to  move  the j ^ L f 0 U 8e 
Adjournment  of  the  House  for  the  purpose  of (j^g 
discussing  a  definite  matter  of  urgent  public (Importation.) 
importance,  viz.,  that  the  unrestricted  impor-
tation of  manufactured goods  of  Foreign origin 
is  a  grave  menace  to the  reconstruction  of  in-
dustry  and  seriously  threatens  to  aggravate 
unemployment  in  the coming winter, and there-
fore calls for the most urgent  and prompt action 
on  the part  of  the Government;  but  the  plea-
sure  of  the  House  not  having  been  signified, 
Mr.  Speaker called  on those Members who  sup-
ported  the Motion  to  rise  in  their  places, and, 
less than  40  Members  having  accordingly risen, 
the House proceeded to the Business of the day. 

Mr.  Speaker informed the House that  he  had imprisonment 

received  the  following  letter  relating  to  the,of a Member, 
imprisonment of  a Member :— 

Naval Prize 
Money. 

Mr.  Long presented, pursuant to the directions 
of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Account 
showing the Receipt  and Expenditure  of  Naval 
Prize, Bounty,  Salvage, and  other  Moneys  be-
tween lst April  1918  and 31st  March  1919. 

Ordered, That  the said  Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

East India 
(North-West 
Frontier 
Campaign, 
1919.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  further  Corre-
spondence  regarding the Medical Arrangements 
and Comforts for the  Troops in the  North-West 
Frontier of  India Campaign,  1919. 

East India 
(Indian Civil 
Service,) 

No. 194. 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  also  presented,  pur-
suant  to the directions  of  several  Acts  of  Par-
liament,—Copy  of  Provisional  Rules  for  the 
selection  of Indian  Candidates  in  India,  made 
under  the  Indian  Civil  Service  (Temporary 
Provisions) Act. 

East India 
(Legislative 
Councils.) 

Copy  of  Amendment  to  the  Rules  for  the 
Discussion  of  the Annual  Financial  Statement, 
United Provinces of Agra  and Oudh. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee C. 

Standing 
Committee C. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table;  and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  East 
India (Indian  Civil  Service) be printed. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from the  Com-
mittee of  Selection;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  C :—Mr.  Baldwin,  Sir  Arthur  Griffith-
Boscawen,  Captain  Edge,  Colonel  Sir  Hamar 
Greenwood,  Mr.  Cecil  Harmsworth,  Sir  Robert 
Home,  Mr.  Onions, and  Mr.  Wardle;  and  had 
appointed  in  substitution  (for the  consideration 
of  the  War  Emergency  Laws  (Continuance) 
Bill)  :  Mr.  Attorney  General, Mr.  Baird,  Mr. 
Forster,  Mr.  Thomas Griffiths,  Dr.  Macnamara, 
Mr. George  Roberts,  Mr.  Solicitor  General,  and 
Sir  1 homos  Whittakex. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further  reported  from  the 
Committee;  That  they had  added  to  Standing 
Committee  C  the  following  Fifteen  Members 
(in  respect  of  the War  Emergency  Laws (Con-
tinuance) Bill) :—-Sir Ryland  Adkins, Sir  Frede-
rick  Banbury,  Major  Barnett,  Major  Brassey, 
Major  Boyd-Carpenter,  Captain  Hacking,  Mr. 
Arthur  Henderson, Lieutenant-Commander  Ken-
worthy, Mr.  Matthews, Mr. Neil MLean,  Colonel 
Mildmay,  Captain  O'Grady,  Colonel  Wedgwood, 
Colonel  Penry  Williams,  and  Major  Edward 
Wood. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

VO L.   174. 

General Headquarters,  Ireland, 

Parkgate,  Dublin. 

Sir, 

1st November  1919. 
I  have the honour to report that Mr. Ernest 
Blythe,  M.P.  for  North  Monaghan,  who  was 
arrested  on  12th  September  1919,  under  a 
direction  issued  by  the  General  Officer  Com-
manding  Southern  District,  Ireland,  has  been 
tried  by  district  court-martial  in  Dublin,  and 
sentenced  to  imprisonment without  hard labour 
for  one  year, for  the  following  offence  against 
Regulation  27  of  the  Defence  of  the  Realm 
Regulations:— 

Having  in  his  possession,  without  lawful 
authority or excuse, a document containing state-
ments the publication  of  which would be  likely 
to  prejudice  the  discipline  of  the  Royal  Irish 
Constabulary. 

The  sentence  has  been  duly  confirmed,  and 

the accused committed to prison. 

I  have the honour to be,  Sir, 

Your obedient servant 

F.   S H A W, 

Lieutenant-General, 

Commanding-in-Chief, 

Ireland. 

To the Right  Honourable 
The  Speaker, 
House of Commons, 

London,  S.W.1. 

(5 

Sir Robert Home,  supported by  Mr. Attorney industrial 
General  and  Mr.  Wardle,  presented  a  Bill  to Courts Bill 
provide  for  the  establishment  of  an  Industrial  Bill 201 
Court and  courts of  inquiry in  connection  with 
trade  disputes,  and  to  continue  for  a  limited 
period  certain  of  the  provisions  of  the Wages 
^Temporary  Regulation)  Act,  1918 :  And  the 
same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon Thursday next;  and to be printed. 

The  House, according to Order, proceeded to Aliens 
take  into  further  consideration  the Aliens  Re- Restriction 
striction Bill,  as amended in  the Standing  Com- Bl11' 
mittee. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the Bill, in  p.  3,  1.  3,  by leaving  out 
from the  word  "  Kingdom,"  to  the  end  of  the 
Clause, and inserting  the words "  or  as  skipper 
of  a  fishing  boat  registered  in  the  United 
Kingdom,  exccpt in  the  case of  a  ship  or  boat 
employed  mainly  in  voyages  to  or  from  ports 
outside the  United  Kingdom : 

Provided that this  prohibition shall not apply 
to  any alien  who  has  acted  as  a  master,  chief 
officer, or chief  engineer of  a British ship, or  as 
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3rd  November• 

1919. 

skipper  of  a  British  fishing  boat  at  any  lime 
during the war and is certified  by the Admiralty 
to have performed  good  and  faithful  service  in 
that capacity. 

(2)  No  alien  shall be employed in  any capa-
city on  board  a  British  ship  registered  in  the 
United Kingdom at  a  rate of  pay less than  the 
standard rate of  pay for  the time  being current 
on British  ships for his rating. 

(3)  No alien  shall be  employed  in  any capa-
city  on  board  a British  ship  registered  in  the 
United Kingdom  unless  he has produced  to  the 
officer before whom  he  is  engaged  satisfactory 
proof of his nationality. 

(4)  Any  person  who  engages  an  alien  for 
employment  on a British  ship  in  contravention 
of  the provisions of  this section shall  be  guilty 
of  an  offence under  this  Act,"—(Sir  Auckland 
Geddes,)—instead thereof. 

And the  Question  being  put, That  the words 
proposed to  be  left  out  stand part of  the  Bill: 
—It  passed in the N egative. 

And  the Question being proposed,  That those 

words be there inserted in the  Bill: 

Tbe  proposed Amendment  was  amended,  in 
1. 1, by inserting, after  the word  "  skipper," the 
words  "  or  second  hand," —  (Lieutenant-Com-
mander Kenworthy)  ;  in 1. 2, by leaving  out  the 
word "  mainly,"  and  inserting  the word "  habit-
ually,"—(Sir  Herbert  Nield.,)—instead  thereof; 
and  by leaving out  the words "  to or from," and 
inserting  the  word  "  between,"—(Lieutenant-
Commander Kenworthy,)—instead thereof. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  said  proposed  Amendment,  as amended, 
in 1. 3, by leaving out the words "United  King-
dom," and inserting the words "  British Empire," 
— (Lieutenant-Commander  Kenworthy,)  — in-
stead thereof. 

And  the Question  being put, That  the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the said pro-
posed Amendment, as amended:—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  said  proposed  Amendment,  as amended, 
in 1. 8, by inserting  after  the  word  "  alien,"  the 
words "  when signing on in  a port  in the United 
Kingdom."—(Sir  Frederick  Banbury.) 

And  the Question being put, That those words 
be  there  inserted  in  the Said  proposed  Amend-
ment, as amended:—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the said proposed Amendment,  as amended, in 
1.9, by inserting after the  words "  United  King-
dom," the words "  to which subsection (1)  of this 
section applies."—(Mr.  Alexander Shaw.) 

And the Question  being put, That those words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  said  proposed Amend-
ment, as amended :—It, passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the said proposed Amendment,  as amended, in 
1. 10, by inserting  after  the word  "  rating," the 
words "Provided  that where the Board of  Trade 
are  satisfied  that  aliens of  any  particular  race 
(other than former enemy  aliens) are  habitually 
employed  afloat  in  any  capacity,  or  in  any 
climate,  for  which  they  are  specially  fitted, 
nothing  in  this  section shall prejudice the right 
of  aliens  of  such  race  to  be  employed  upon 
British  ships  at  rates  of  pay  which  are  not 
below those  lor the time being current generally 
for their services."—(Mr.  Alexander  Shaio.) 

And  the  Question  being proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  said,  proposed 
Amendment,  as  amended:—The  Amendment  to 

the said proposed Amendment,  as amended, was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to be made 
to the said proposed Amendment, as amended,  in 
I. 10, by inserting, after  the  word "  rating," the 
words, "  Provided that where the Board of Trade 
are  satisfied  that  aliens  of  any particular race 
(other than former enemy aliens) are habitually 
employed  afloat  in  any  capacity,  or  in  any 
climate,  for  which  they  are  specially fitted, 
nothing in this section  shall prejudice  the  right 
of  aliens of such race to be employed upon British 
ships at rates  of  pay which are  not below those 
for  the  time  being  fixed  as  standard  rates  for 
British  subjects  of  that  race."—(Sir Auckland 
Geddes.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  said  proposed 
Amendment,  as amended; 

The  House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes  to the Left. 
Tellers for the j  Captain  Guest, 

>  0„. 

Yeas, 

|  Lord  Edmund  Talbot:j 

Tellers for the |  Mr.  Thomas, 

Noes, 

( Mr.  Seddon: 

) 
) 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And  the Question being put,  That  the words 
"  or as skipper or  second hand  of  a fishing hoat 
registered in the United Kingdom,  except in the 
case of  a  ship  or  boat  employed  habitually  in 
voyages  between  ports  outside  the  United 
Kingdom : 

Provided that this prohibition  shall not  apply 
to  any  alien who  has  acted as  a  master, chief 
officer, or chicf  engineer of  a British ship,  or  as 
skipper  of  a  British fishing boat  at  any  time 
during the war, and is certified by the Admiralty 
to have  performed  good  and faithful  service in 
that capacity. 

(2)  No  alien  shall  be  employed  in  any 
capacity on  board  a British  ship  registered  in 
the United Kingdom  at  a  rate of  pay less than 
the  standard  rate  of  pay  for  the time  being 
current  on British  ships  lor  his  rating  :  Pro-
vided  that  where  the  Board  of  Trade  are 
satisfied  that aliens of any particular race (other 
than  former  enemy aliens  ) are  habitually  em-
ployed afloat in any capacity, or  in  any climate, 
for which  they  are  specially  fitted,  nothing  in 
this section shall prejudice the right of  aliens  of 
such race to  be  employed upon British ships  at 
rates of  pay which  are  not  below those for the 
time  being  fixed  as  standard  rates  for British 
subjects of  that race. 

(3)  No alien shall be employed in any capacity 
on board a British ship registered  in  the United 
Kingdom unless  he  has  produced  to the  officer 
before whom he is engaged satisfactory proof of 
his nationality. 

(4)  Any  person  who  engages  an  alien  for 
employment on  a British ship  in  contravention 
of the provisions of  this  section  shall  be guilty 
of  an offence under  this  Act." 
—be there inserted in the Bill :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Then  another  Amendment was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the Bill,  in p. 3, 1. 5,  by leaving out Clause 6. 
—(Mr.  Reid.) 

And  the Question  being put, That  the words 
proposed to  be  left  out, to  the first word "  in," 
in  1. 6,  stand part of  ihe  Bill:—It  was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

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3rd  November. 

Then  other  Amendments  were made  to  the 

Colonel  Sanders reported from the Committee War 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 3,  I.  14, by leaving out Clause 7. 
—(Colonel  Wedgwood.) 

And  the  Question  being put,  That  the words 
proposed to be left out, to  the word "  name," in 
1.  16,  stand  part  of  the Bill:—It  was  resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to the  Bill, in p. 3,  1.  17,  by inserting after the 
word "  he,"  the  words "  or  his wife."—(Colonel 
Wedgwood.) 

And  the Question being put, That those words 
be  there inserted  in  the  Bill:—It  passed in the 
Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 3,1.  30,  by  inserting  after  the 
words last inserted, the words "  and such special 
grounds  shall  be  put  in  writing  and  shall  be 
recorded  by  the  Secretary  of  State."—(Sir 
Herbert  Nield.) 

And  the Question being proposed,  That  those 
words  be there inserted in  the  Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 3, 1.32, by leaving out paragraph 
(a).—(Colonel  Wedgwood.) 

And  the Question being  put, That  the words 

proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill; 

The  House divided. 
The Yeas  to the  Bight; 

The  Noes to  the Left. 

Tellers for the/Lord  Edmund Talbot, 

Yeas, 

\ Captain  Guest: 

Tellers for the f Colonel Wedgwood, 

Noes, 

1 Mr.  Hartshorn : 

}  163. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in  p.  3,  1. 35,  by  leaving  out  para-
graph (b).—(Sir John Butcher.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words proposed to be left  out  stand  part of  the 
Bill:—The  said  proposed Amendment was, with 
leave of the House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill,  in p. 4,1.19,  by leaving out Clause 8. 
—(Colonel  Wedgwood.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words proposed to be left out, to the word "  one," 
in 1. 21, stand part  of the Bill:—And  a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

And it being  Eleven  of  the clock,  the  Debate 

stood adjourned; 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

on War Emergency Laws( Continuance) [Money]  Emergency 
a Resolution,  which  was read as followeth : 

(Continuance) 

That  it  is expedient to  make such provision, LMoney-] 

not  exceeding  two  thousand  pounds,  as  may 
become necessary  by  reason  of  the  temporary 
continuance, by any  Act  of  the  present Session, 
to continue temporarily certain emergency enact-
ments  and  regulations,  and  to  make  provision 
with  respect  to  the  expiration  of  emergency 
enactments and instruments made  thereunder, of 
the Injuries  in  War  (Compensation) Act,  1914, 
and  the  Injuries  in  War  (Compensation)  Act, 
1914 (Session  2). 

The said Besolution, being read a second time, 

was agreed to. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Agriculture 
Second Beading of the Agriculture and Fisheries "?d Fisheries 
(Councils,  &c.) Bill; 

° 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Hours of 
Second  Beading  of  the  Hours of  Employment  Employment 
(No.  2)  Bill;  * 

<No-2>BiU-

^  ' 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second time 

upon  Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Minimum 

Second  Beading  of  the  Minimum  Bates  of Sftes of 
Wages  Commission  Bill 

Wages 
Commission 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second  time Bil1, 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Joint Stock 

Second  Beading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks 
(Amalgamation  Control)  Bill; 

^on 
Ordered, That  the  Bill be read  a second time BilL 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Private 

Second  Beading  of 
Procedure (Irelaud)  Bill; 

the  Private  Legislation 

(Ireland^ 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read  a second  time  BilL 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Overseas 

Second Beading  of  the Overseas  Trade  (Insu- j?*ade 
ranee against Abnormal Bisks) Bill; 

against 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second  time 

n r 

, 

upon Monday next. 

Kisks) BUI. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supreme 

Second  Beading  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Judicature  (Ireland) Bill; 

(Irelaud) 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read a second  time BlU-

upon  Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  dav  being  read,  for  the Local 

Second  Beading  of  the  Local  Elections (Pro-
portional Bepresentation)  Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Representa-

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a second time  r ^ ^ ' j 1 

upon  Monday  next. 

Land 
settlement 
(Scotland) 
!_ Money.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  Land  Settlement  (Scotland) 
[Money]. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into the  said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on the County  Court  Judges  (Re-
tireinent Pensions and Deputies)  Bill; 

County Court 
Judges 
(Retirement 
Pensions and 
Deputies) Bill. 

i  The  Order  of  the  dav  being  read,  for  the  Dogs 
|  Second  Reading of  the Dogs  Regulation  (Ire-  g ^ ' J 0 11 
i land)  (No.  2) Bill; 

(N0.2) BiU. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second  time 

|  upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Resolred,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

VOL.  174. 

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3rd—4cth  November. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read  for  the 

Committee  of  W a ys   and  Means  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

County Court 
Judges 
(Retirement 
Pensions and 
Deputies) 
[Money.] 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will, 
to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to 
consider  of  making  further  provision  out  of  the 
Consolidated  Fund,  and  out  of  moneys  provided 
by  Parliament,  with  respect  to  the  Retirement 
and  Pensions  of  County  Court  Judges  arid  the 
employment  of  Deputy  Judges  under  any  Act 
of  the,present  Session  relating  thereto.—(Mr. 
Secretary  Montagu.  ) 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,  acquainted  the  House, 
that  His 
Majesty,  having  been  informed  of  the  subject-
matter  of  this  Motion,  recommends  it  to  the 
consideration  of  the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Adjournment. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the 
Order  of  the  House  of  the  22nd  day of  October 
last,  proposed  the  Question,  That  this  House  do 
now  adjourn. 

And  the  Question  being put: — It   was resolved 

in  the  Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit 
till  twenty-nine  minutes 
after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till 
to-morrow. 

Standing 
Orders. 
(Private 
Business.) 

Estimates of 
expense to be 
deposited at 
Ministry of 
Transport. 

Tuesday,  4th  November 1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

ST A N D I NG   Order  25a  was  read,  and 

amended,  in  1. 9,  by leaving  out the  words 
Board  of  Trade,"  and  inserting  the  words 

"  Ministry  of  Transport "—instead  thereof. 

Standing  Order  27  was read,  and amended, 
in 1.  2, by inserting after  the  word "  Bills,"  the 
words "and  Bills  relating  to waterways,  inland 
navigations,  roads,  bridges,  ferries,  harbours, 
docks,  and  piers";  and,  in  1.  11,  by  leaving 
out  the  words "  Board  of  Trade,"  and inserting 
the  words  "  Ministry  of  Transport " —  instead 
thereof. 

Standing  Order  33  was  read,  and  amended, 
in  1.  14,  by  leaving  out  the  words  "  railways, 
tramways,  trolley  vehicles,  canals  "  ;  and,  in 
1.  18,  by  inserting  after  the  words  "Board  of 
Trade,"  the words "  and of every Bill relating to 
railways, light railways, tramways, canals, water-
ways  inland  navigations,  roads,  bridges,  ferries, 
or  the  vehicles  and  traffic  thereon,  harbours, 
docks,  and piers at  the office of  the  Ministry of 
Transport." 

Ordered,  That,— 

36b.  On  or  before  the  31st  December  a 
printed  copy  of  the  estimate  of  expense  of  the 
works  proposed  to  be  sanctioned  by  any  Bill 
relating  to  railways,  light  railways,  tramways, 
canals,  waterways,  inland  navigations,  roads, 
bridges, ferries, or the vehicles and traffic there-
on, harbours, docks, and piers shall  be deposited 
at the office of the  Ministry  of  Transport. 

Ordered,  That  this Order  be a  Standing  Order 

of  this  House. 

Standing  Order  145a was  read,  and  amended, 
in  1.  8,  by  leaving  out  tbe  words "  Board of 
Trade,"  and  inserting  the words  "  Ministry  of 
Transport"—instead  thereof;  and,  in line  13, by 
leaving  out  the  words  "Board  of  Trade,"  and 
inserting  the  words  "  Ministry  of Transport  "— 
instead thereof. 

Standing  Order  154  was  read,  and  amended, 
in  1.  9,  by  leaving  out  the  words  "  Board  of 
Trade,"  and  inserting  the  words  "  Ministry  of 
Transport"—instead  thereof. 

Standing Order  155  was  read,  and  amended, 
in  1.  8,  by  leaving  out  the  words  "  Board  of 
Trade,"  and  inserting  the  words  "  Ministry  of' 
Transport"—instead  thereof. 

Standing  Order  158  was  read,  and  amended, 
in  1.  51,  by  leaving  out  the  words  "  Board  of 
Trade,"  and  inserting  the  words  "  Ministry  of 
Transport"—instead  thereof. 

Standing  Order  158a was  read, and  amended, 
in  1.  66,  by  leaving  out  the  words "  Board of 
Trade  "  and  inserting  the  words 
"  Ministry 
of  Transport"—instead  thereof;  in  1.  79,  by 
leaving  out  the words  "  Board  of  Trade," and 
inserting  the  words "  Ministry  of  Transport "—-
instead  thereof;  and  in  1.  81,  by  leaving  out 
the  word  "Board,"  and  inserting  the  word 
"  Ministry "—instead thereof. 

Standing  Order  158b was  read, and amended, 
in  1.  6,  by  leaving  out  the  words "  Board  of 
Trade "  and  inserting  the words  "  Ministry  of 
Transport"—instead  thereof;  and,  in  1.  11,  by 
leaving  out  the  words  "  Board  of  Trade,"  and 
inserting  the words  "  Ministry  of  Transport"— 
instead thereof. 

Standing  Order  163  was  read,  and  amended, 
in  1.  10,  by  leaving  out  the  words  "  Board  of 
Trade "  and  inserting  the  words  "  Ministry  of 
Transport"—instead  thereof;  and,  in  1.  19, by 
leaving  out  the  words  "  Board  of  Trade,"  and 
inserting the words "  Ministry  of  Transport  "— 
instead thereof. 

Standing  Order  166a  was  read, and amended, 
in  1.  38,  by  leaving  out  the words  "  Board  of 
Trade."  and  inserting  the  words  "  Ministry  of 
Transport "—instead  thereof;  and, in  1;  40,  by 
leaving  out  the  words  "  Board  of  Trade,"  and 
inserting  the  words  "  Ministry  of  Transport  " 
—instead thereof. 

Standing  Order  167  was  read,  and  amended, 
in  1.  24,  by  leaving  out  the  words  "  Board  of 
Trade,"  and  inserting  the  words  "  Ministry  of 
Transport "—instead  thereof. 

Standing  Order  171  was  read,  and  amended, 
in  1.  19,  by  leaving  out  the  words  "Board  of 
Trade,"  and  inserting  the  words  "  Ministry  of 
Transport"—instead  thereof  ;  and,  in 1. 36, by 
leaving  out  the  words  "  Board  of  Trade,"  and 
inserting  the words  "  Ministry  of  Transport  "— 
instead thereof. 

Standing  Order  172  was  read,  and  amended, 
in  1. 6. by  inserting  after  the  words  "  Board  of 
Trade,"  the  words  "  Ministry  of  Transport;" 
and,  in 1.  11,  by  leaving  out  the word  "respec-
tive,"  and by inserting after  the word "  Board," 
the words "  or Ministry." 

Standing  Order  194 was read, and repealed. 

Standing  Order  194a was  read, and  amended, 
in 1.3, by leaving  out the  words "  after the  then 
current financial period "  ;  in  1. 6,  by  inserting 
after  the  word  "  any,"  the  words  "  annual 
money,"  and,  by 
inserting  after  the  word 
"Bilf,"  the  words  " of   the  London  County 
Council "  ;  and, in 1. 8,  by  leaving out the words 
"  during a subsequent financial period." 

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343 

Standing  Order  194b  was read, and amended, 
by  leaving  out  from  the  beginning  of  the 
Standing  Order,  to  the  word  "shall,"  in  1.  7, 
and inserting  the  words  "  Every  annual  Money 
Bill  of  the London  County  Council promoted in 
accordance  with  the  London  County  Council 
(Finance  Consolidation)  Act,  1912,  or  any  Act 
amending  the  same,  shall  contain  only  powers 
or provisions  relating  to the  borrowing, lending, 
and expenditure  of  money, and "—instead there-
of  ;  in  1. 24,  by  leaving  out  the  erords "  and the 
Local  Government  Board "  ;  in 1. 42,  by leaving 
out the words "  and the  Ministry of Health "  ;  in 
1. 45, by leaving out the words " 12   of the Metro-
politan  Board  of Works  Loans Act,  1875,"  and 
inserting  the  words  "  6  of  the  London  County 
Council  (Finance  Consolidation)  Act,  1912"— 
instead thereof;  and, in 1. 52, by leaving out the 
words "  and the Ministry  of Health." 

Standing  Order  194d  was read, and amended, 
in  1. 5,  by leaving  out  the  words  "  Ministry  of 
Health or." 

Standing  Order  194e  was  read, and  repealed. 

—(The  Chairman  of  Ways  and Means.) 

Edinburgh 
Corporation 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

The Edinburgh  Corporation  Order  Confirma-
tion  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the 
third time and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk do  carry the  Bill to 

the  Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

Fraserburgh 
The  Fraserburgh  Harbour  (New  Works) 
Wwk°s)Orier  0 r d e r  Confirmation  Bill was,according to Order, 
Confirmation  read the third time and passed. 
BiU" 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk do carry  the Bill  to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Universities of 
Oxford and 
Cambridge 
Act, 1877 
(Oxford.) 

University of 
London Act, 
1898. 

Mr. Balfour  presented,  pursuant to  the direc-
tions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament:—Copy  of 
Statute  made  under the  Universities of  Oxford 
and  Cambridge  Act,  1877,  by  the  Governing 
Body  of  Wadham  College,  Oxford, on the  20th 
June  1919,  and  sealed  on  the  29th  July  1919, 
amending  Statute  VI.,  Clause  9,  of  the existing 
Statutes of the College. 

Copy  of  Statute  made  under  the  University 
of  London  Act,  1898,  by  the  Senate  of  the 
University of  London on the 22nd October  1919, 
amending  Statute  108 of the  University. 

Ordered,  That  the said  Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Board of 
Education. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand,—Copy  of  Report  to the Board of  Educa-
tion  of  the  Committee  appointed  to  prepare 
a  Draft  of  a  National  Scheme  of  Training  for 
the Sea  Service. 

of  Loyalty  and Congratulations  to  His  Majesty 
on the conclusion of  a Victorious  Peace. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Amery  presented,  by  His  Overseas 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  to  the  ^ ^^ 
President of  the Overseas  Settlement  Committee 
of  the  Delegates  appointed  to  inquire  as  to 
Openings in Canada for Women from the  United 
Kingdom. 

Copy  of  Accounts  of  the  Crown  Agents  for Crown Agents 

the  Colonies  Office Funds for  1918. 

cS5e«. 

Copies of Colonial Reports, Nos. 1,007 (Ceylon,  Colonial 

Report  for  1918),  and  1,008  (Nigeria,  Report 
for  1917). 

Ordered,  That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc- Irish Land 
tions of an Act  of  Parliament,  was laid upon the Commission 
Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House :—Copy  o f ( 
^ 
Account  of  the Irish  Land  Commission  for  the 
year  ended  31st  March  1919,  and  from  22nd 
August  1881 to 31st March  1919 ; together with 
the  Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor 
General thereon. 

Ordered,  That the said Paper  be printed. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com- Selection 
mittee  of  Selection ;  That  they  had discharged (Standing 
the following  Member from  Standing Committee  ^ ^ J ® 0 
C  :—Major  Edward  Wood;  and  had  appointed Committee C. 
in substitution :  Sir  Samuel  Scott. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from the Private 
Committee ;  That, in pursuance of  the provisions Legislation 
of the  Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland) 
Act,  1899, they had added  the following  Member Act. 1899. 
to the Parliamentary  Panel of  Members  of  this 
House  to  act  as  Commissioners  :  Colonel  Sir 
John  Hope. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The Order of  the day being read, for resuming Aliens 
the adjourned Debate on  the Amendment which, Bestriction 
upon  the  3rd  day  of  this  instant  November,Btu" 
was  proposed  to  be  made,  on  consideration  of 
the  Aliens  Restriction  Bill,  as amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  which  Amendment  was, 
in p. 4,  1. 19, to leave out  Clause  8. 

And 

the  Question  being  again  proposed, 
That  the words  proposed  to  be  left  out  to the 
word " o n e"   in 1.  21,  stand  part of  the  Bill:— 
The  House resumed the said  adjourned Debate. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper do lie  upon the 

And the Question  being  put; 

Table. 

Ministry of 
Health. 

No.  195. 

Dr.  Addison presented,  pursuant to the  direc-
tion  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Draft 
Order in Council, under  Section  3  (2)  (c) of the 
Ministry  ot Health  Act,  1919,  providing  for the 
Transfer  to  the  Minister  of  Health  of  certain 
Powers  and  Duties  in  England  and  Wales  of 
the  Secretary of  State under the Anatomy  Acts, 
1832  to  1871,  entitled  the  Ministry  of  Health 
(Anatomy  Acts,  Transfer  of  Powers)  Order, 
1919, 

The House divided. 

The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the Left. 
Tellers for the f Sir  Herbert  Nield, 

Yeas, 

I Mr.  Bottomley : 
Tellers for the  ( Major  O'Neill, 

}  226. 

. 

I 

Noes, 

|  Mr. Alexander  Shaw:  ) 

So it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That the said  Paper do  lie upon the 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to be made 

Table;  and be printed. 

to  the  Bill,  in  p.  4,  1. 27,  by leaving  out  sub-
section (2).—(Sir  Donald  Maclean.) 

Kast India 
(Indian 
Legislative 
Council.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's Command,—Copy of  Resolution in the 
Indian  Legislative  Council  regarding  Message 

And the Question being  being  put,  That the 
wqrds proposed to be  left  out  stand part of the 
Bill; 

YOU.  174. 

x  x  4 

Ath  November. 

1919. 
And the Question  being  put, That  the words 
proposed to be left out stand  part of the  Bill:— 
It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

344 

The  House divided. 
The  Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the  ( Captain Charles Craig, )  j  ^ 

Yeas, 

( Mr.  Denison-Pender :  ) 

Tellers for the f Mr. Alexander  Shaw,  1  ^^ 

Noes, 

* I Major  McKenzie  Wood :J 

So it passed in the N egative. 
Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the  Bill, in  p. 4,  1.  35,  by leaving  out  from 
the word "  fit,"  to the end of 1. 40, and  inserting 
the words,— 

" ( 4)   The  committee  may, unless  satisfied by 
reports  from  the  naval,  military,  air  force  or 
police authorities  that  there  is  good  reason to 
the  contrary,  recommend  the  exemption from 
deportation of  a former enemy  alien  on any one 
or  more  of  the  following  grounds,  namely,"— 
(Mr.  Secretary  Shortt,)—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand  part of the  Bill:— 
It passed in the Negative. 

And the Question  being  proposed, That those 

words be there inserted in the  Bill; 

The  proposed  Amendment  was  amended, in 
1. 2,  by inserting,  after  the  word  "  authorities," 
the words "or  otherwise."—(Sir  John Butcher.) 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the said proposed  Amendment,  as  amended, 
in  1. 3,  bv  leaving out  from  the  word  "  alien," 
to  the  end  of  the said proposed  Amendment.— 
(Lieutenant-Colonel  Walter  Guinness.) 

And the Question  being put,  That  the  w«irds 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part of  the  said 
proposed Amendment, as amended; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Bight; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the  ( Lord  Edmund  Talbot, ) 
f 

(Captain  Guest: 

Yeas, 

198. 

Tellers for the ( Major McKenzie  Wood,  | 

„„ 

Noes, 

I Mr.  Newhould: 

I 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the 

words— 

"  (4)  The  committee may,  unless  satisfied by 
reports  from  the  naval,  military,  air force,  or 
police authorities or otherwise, that there is good 
reason to the contrary, recommend the exemption 
from deportation of  a former enemy alien on any 
one or more of  the  following  grounds, namely," 
—be there inserted in the Bill:—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 5,1.  1, by leaving  out  the word 
"  seventy,"  and  inserting  the  word  "  sixty,"— 
(Lieutenant -  Commander  Kenworthy) — instead 
thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  the  word 
"  seventy "  stand  part  of  the  Bill:—It  was 
resolved in the Affirmative, 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the Bill, in p. 5, 1.  6, by leaving out  the words 
"  voluntarily  enlisted  aud i ,- i-(  Lieutenant-Com-
mander Kenworthy.) 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 5,1.  9, by leaving out the words 
"  lived for at least thirty-five years in this country 
and "—(Lieutenant-Commander  Kenworthy.) 

And  the  Question  being  put, That the words 
"  lived for at least"  stand part  of  the  Bill:—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 5,1.  20, by leaving out the words 
"grant  him  a  licence  under  this  section,"  and 
inserting  the words "  or to  his  wife  or children 
or injury  to  any  British interest, recommend his 
exemption as aforesaid"—(Mr. Secretary  Shortt), 
—instead thereof. 

And the  Question  being  put, That  the  words 
proposed to  be left out stand part of  the  Bill:— 
It passed in the  Negative. 

And the Question being proposed, That  those 

words be there inserted in the  Bill. 

The proposed words were amended, by inserting 
after the third word "  or "  the words "  owing to the 
special technical knowledge or  skill of the appli-
cant  would involve,"—(Sir  John Butcher)—and, 
so amended, were there inserted  in the Bill. 

Another  Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the  Bill, in  p.  5,  I.  23,  by  leaving  out  the 
words " under the age of eighteen."—(Lieutenant-
Commander  Kenworthy.) 

And  the Question  being  put,  That  the words, 

proposed to be left out  stand  part of the  Bill:— 
It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  further  consideration  of  the 
Bill,  as amended, be  now  adjourned.—(Colonel 
Sanders.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill, as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be  taken  into further con-
sideration to-morrow. 

A  Motion  was  made, and  the Question  being  Adjournment, 

proposed,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn.— 
(Colonel  Sanders.) 

And, it being Eleven of  the  clock, the Motion 
for  the  Adjournment  of  the  House  lapsed, 
without  Question put. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Agriculture 

Second Beading of the Agriculture  and Fisheries 
(Councils, &c.) Bill; 

Fisheries 
(Counc.la,&c.) 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a  second time 

to-morrow. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Land 

into  a  Committee  on  Land  Settlement  (Scot-
land)  [Money]. 

; 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
it is  expedient  to authorise the  payment, out of 
moneys  to be provided  by  Parliament,  of  such 
sums  as  may  be  necessary  to  make  good  losses 
incurred  in  respect  of  loans  by the  Board  of 
Agriculture  for  Scotland,  so  far as  such  losses 
relate  to  expenditure  under  any  Act  of  the 
present Session,  to make further provision for the 
acquisition  of  land  for  the  purposes  of  small 

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345 

holdings, reclamation,  and  drainage,  and  other 
purpos  e relating  to  Agriculture  in  Scotland, to 
amend  the  Small  Landholders  (Scotland)  Act, 
1911,  and the  enactments  relating  to allotments, 
and  otherwise  to  facilitate  land  settlement  in 
Scotland ;  and to authorise the issue to the Public 
Works  Loan  Commissioners  out  of  the  Con-
solidated  Fund  of  sums  not  exceeding  two 
million seven hundred and  fifty  thousand pounds 
for the purposes of  such Act.—(Mr.  Munro.) 

And  it  being  after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  and 
objection  being  taken  to  further  Proceeding,  the 
Chairman  left the Chair  to  make  his  Report  to 
the  House. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and 
the  Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Com-
mittee  had  made  Progress 
in  the  matter  to 
them  referred;  and  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to morrow, 

again resolve itself into the  said  Committee. 

Connty Court 
Judges 
(Retirement 
Pensions and 
Deputies) 
[Money.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  County  Court  Judges  (Retire-
ment  Pensions  and  Deputies)  [Money]  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

County Court 
Judges 
(Retirement 
Pensions and 
Deputies) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  County  Court  Judges 

Committee  on 
(Retirement  Pensions  and Deputies)  Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  W a ys   and  Means; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Adjournment.  Whereupon  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker, pursuant to 
the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  22nd  day  of 
October last,  proposed  the  Question,  That  this 
House do now adjourn. 

And  notice being taken that Forty Members 
were  not  present,  the  House was  told by 
Mr.  Deputy  Speaker;  and  Forty  Mem-
bers not  being  present, and it  being then 
alter  Four  of  the  clock, the  House  wa3 
adjourned  by  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker,  at 
six  minutes  after  Eleven  of  the  clock, 
without  a  Question  first  put,  till  to-
morrow. 

Wednesday,  5th November 1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

Member takes  n p HE  
the Oath. 

JL the  Oath  :— 

following  Member  took  and  subscribed 

Lieutenant-Colonel  John  Ward, 

Borough  of  Stoke-on  Trent 
Division). 

for  the 
(Stoke 

Voiis  174. 

Mr.  John  William.  Wilson  reported  from  the Standing 

Chairmen's  Panel;  That  they  had  appointed 
Sir  Archibald  Williamson  to  act  as  Chairman p»nei.) 
of  Standing  Committee  C  (in  respect of  the 
War Emergency  Laws  (Continuance)  Bill). 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-  Selection 
mittee  of  Selection;  That  they  had discharged (?tand.i.°8 
following  Member  from  Standing  Com-  standing 
the 
mittee  C  (added  in respect  of  the  War  Emer-  Committee C. 
gency  Laws 
Mildmay; 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Charles  M'Lean. 

(Continuance)  Bill):—Colonel 
and  had  appointed  in substitution : 

( 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  the  Army  Estimates,  1919-20  Business of 
House 

(Further Vote on Account), which were presented 
on the 30th day of  October last,  be considered in ^ upp 
Committee of  Supply.—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

The House,  according to Order, resolved itself  upply. 

into the  Committee of  Supply. 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Army  Estimates,  1919-20. 
(Further  Vote on Account.; 

Motion made,  and -Question  proposed, That a 
further  sum  not  exceeding  £118,000,000  be 
granted to His Majesty on Account for defraying 
the  Charges for Army  Services  which will come 
in course of payment during the year  ending on 
the 31st day  of March  1920 : 

Whereupon  Motion  made, and Question  put, 
Thatasum notexceeding£l03,000,000be granted 
for the said Service.—(Colonel  Wedgwood.) 

The  Committee  divided. 

Tellers  for the j  Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 

Yeas. 

( Mr.  Griffiths:. 

Tellers for the j  Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Noes. 

| Captain  Guest: 

52. 

251. 

Original  Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Bcsolution  to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman of  Ways and Means reported, That the 
Committee had come to a Besolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may have  leave  to 
sit again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Land 

Committee  on  Land  Settlement 
[Money]  ; 

(Scotland)  ^ y ™ 6^ 
iM^ne'y.] 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the County Court 

Committee  on  County  Court  Judges (Betire- f ^ 6 8 
ment Pensions and Deputies) [Money] ; 

Pensions antf 

t 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrpw,  P^j®*? 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for taking Aliens 
into  consideration  the  Aliens  Bestriction  Bill, Re»tricti<ta 
as amended in  the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  taken into further 

consideration  to-morrow. 

T  T 

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5th—6th  November. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Agriculture 
(taundK)  Second Reading of the Agriculture and Fisheries 
Bill. 

(Councils, &c.)  Bill; 

' 

Ordered, That the Bill be read  a  second time 

to-morrow. 

County Court 
Judges 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee on the County Court Judges (Retire-

K t T a nd   ™ nt   Pensions  and  Deputies)  Bill. 
Deputies) Bill.i  Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of Ways  and Means ; 

Navy and. 
Army 
Expenditure, 
1917-18. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 
resolve itself  into  a  Committee  to  consider the 
surpluses  and  deficits  upon  Navy  and  Army 
Grants  for  1917-18  and  the  application  of 
surpluses  to  meet  expenditure  not, provided for 
in  the  Grants  for  that  year.—(Lord  Edmund 
Talbot.) 

Ordered, That the Appropriation  Accounts for 
the  Navy  and  Army  Departments,  which  were 
presented  upon  the  26th  day  of  March  last 
and  the  3rd  day  of  March  last,  respectively,  be 
referred  to  the  Committee.—(Lord  Edmund 

'  Talbot.) 

Adjournment.  Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the 
Order of the House of  the  22nd day of  October 
last, proposed the Question, That this House do 
now adjourn. 

1  •  And notice being taken that Forty Members 
were not  present, the  House was told bv 
Mr.  Speaker;  and  Forty  Members not 
being  present,  and  it  being  then  after 
Four  of  the  clock, 
the  House  was 
adjourned  by  Mr.  Speaker, at  nineteen 
minutes  after  Eleven  of  the  clock, 
without  a  Question  first  put,  till  to-
morrow. 

Dr.  Addison  presented  a  Bill  to  provide  for Nurses 

the Registration of Nurses  :  And  the  same was 
ordered to  be  read  a second time upon Monday 
next j  and to be printed. 

202 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the industrial 
Second Reading of  the  Industrial  Courts Bill;  Courts BiU" 

And  a Motion  being made, and  the Question 
being proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second time ; 

An  Amendment was proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question, by leaving  out  the word  "  now," 
and, at the end of the Question, adding the words 
"  upon this day three months."—(Mr.  Remer.) 

And  the Question  being  put, That  the word 
"  now "  stand  part  of  the  Question :—It  was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

The Bill  was read a second time. 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee of the whole House for Monday next. 
—(Mr.  War die.) 

The  Order of  the  day  being read, for taking Aliens 
into consideration  the Aliens  Restriction  Bill,  as Restriction 
amended in the Standing  Committee; 

1 ' 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  taken into further 

consideration  upon  Monday next. 

Colonel  Gibbs reported from the Committee of Supply [6th 

Supply of  the 5th day of  this instant  November November] 
a Resolution,  which was read, as followeth : 

ep0 

Army  Estimates, 1919-20 
(Further Vote on Account).. 

Thatafurther sum not exceeding £118,000,000 
be  granted  to  His  Majesty  on Account  for  de-
fraying  the Charges  for  Army  Services- which 
will come in course of  payment  during  the year 
ending on the 31st day of  March  1920. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 

was agreed to. 

The House, according  to Order, resolved itself Land 

into  a  Committee  on  Land  Settlement  (Scot-
land)  [Money]. 

[Cney.] 

Thursday,  6th November 1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

Arbroathf 
Provisional Order under the Private Legis-
Harbour Order 
Confirmation  lati0n  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899, relating 
Bill. 
to  Arbroath  Harbour:  And  the  same  was 
ordered  (under  Section  7  of  the  Act)  to  be 
taken into consideration  to-morrow. 

Trade Boards 
Acts. 

Sir  Robert Home  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Special Order  made  by the Minister of  Labour 
under Section 1 of  the Trade  Boards Act,  1918, 
with rcspect  to  the Stamped  or  Pressed Metal-
, Wares Trade. 

Ordered,  That the  said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

* Shops Act, 
•IQiZl 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant  to 
the directions  of  an Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Order  made  under  the  Shops Act,  1912, by 
the  Council  of  the  undermentioned  Local 
Authority,  and confirmed  by  the  Secretary  of 
State for the  Home Department:— 

County of Surrey (urban districts of Merton 

and Morden). 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Question  again proposed,  That it is expedient 
to  authorise  the  payment, out  of  moneys to  be 
provided  by Parliament,  of  such sums  as  may 
be  necessary  to  make  good  losses  incurred  in 
respect of loans by the Board of Agriculture for 
Scotland, so far as  such  losses  relate  to  expen-
diture under any Act  of  the  present Session, to 
make  further  provision  for  the  acquisition  of 
land for  the purposes of small holdings, reclama-
tion, and  drainage, and  other  purposes  relating 
to  agriculture  in Scotland,  to  amend  the Small 
Landholders  (Scotland)  Act,  1911, and  the  en-
actments  relating  to  allotments,  and  otherwise 
to facilitate land  settlement in Scotland ;  and to 
authorise the  issue  to  the  Public Works  Loan 
Commissioners  out  of  the Consolidated Fund of 
sums not  exceeding  two  million seven  hundred 
and  fifty  thousand  pounds  for  the  purposes of 
such Act. 

Question put, and agreed to. 
Resolution  to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Committee 
had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Monday  next. 

Table. 

10  GEO. y. 

Qth  November. 

County Court 
Judges 
(Retirement 
Pensions and 
Deputies) 
[Money.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  County  Court  Judges  (Retire-
ment  Pensions and Deputies)  [Money]  ; 

Resolved, That  this House will, upon Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee-

•81 

3 47 

Schedule. 

Navy Services, 1917-18. 

Actual Receipts compared with 
Estimated Appropriations in Aid. 

Votes. 

Surpluses. 

Deficits. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Supply ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Agriculture 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
and Fisheries  Second Reading: of the Agriculture  and Fisheries 
(Co,mc,ls"fec-) (Councils, &c.) Bill ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

County Court 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Retirement  Committee on the County Court Judges  (Retire-
Pensions and  ment Pensions and Deputies)  Bill; 
Deputies) Bill.  Resoived>  That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Ways  and Means ; 

Resolved, That  this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Navy and 
Army 
Expenditure, 
1917-18. 

The House, according to  Order,  resolved itself 
into a Committee  on  Navy and  Army  Expendi-
ture,  1917-18. 

(In the Committee.) 

I.  Whereas  it  appears  by the  Navy  Appro-
priation  Account  for  the  year  ended  the  31st 
day of  March  1918, and the Statement appended 
thereto, as follows, viz.  :— 

(a)  That the aggregate  expenditure  on Navy 
Services  exceeded  the  aggregate  sums 
appropriated  for  those  Services  by a sum 
of £233,905,625  14*.  Id.; 

(b)  That  the  aggregate  receipts  in  aid  of 
Navy  Services  exceeded  the  aggregate 
sums appropriated  in aid of  those Services 
by a sum of £6,533,744  7s. 6d.; 

(c)  That  the  total  differences  between  the 
Exchequer Grants  for  Navy  Services  and 
the net expenditure are as follows,  viz.:— 
s.  d. 

Surpluses 
Deficits 

- 
- 

- 
- 

£ 
- 
Nil 
-227,371,881  7  1 

& 

s.  d. 

& 

s.  d. 
12,856,075  13  9 

Wages, &c. of  Officers, Seamen, 
and  Boys,  Coast  Guard, and 
Royal Marines. 

Royal  Naval Reserves 

7 
2 to 6 
and 
8 to 15 

j- Other Navy Votes - 

-

19,389,910  8  2 

Add Surplus  Appropriations 
in  Aid  not  appropriated 
by Parliament. 

90  6 11 

10  0  0 

19,389,910  8  2 

12,856,176  0  8 

£6,533,734  7  6 

II.  Whereas  it  appears by the Army  Appro-
priation  Account  for  the  year  ended  the  31st 
clay of March  1918, and the Statement appended 
thereto, as'follows, viz.  :— 

(a)  That the aggregate  expenditure  on Army 
Services  exceeded  the  aggregate  sums 
appropriated  for  those  Services  by a  sum 
of £690,976,452  3s.  4d.; 

(b)  That  the  aggregate  receipts  in  aid  of 
Army  Services  fell  short  of  the  aggregate 
sums appropriated  in aid of  those  Services 
by a sum of £34,841,417  16*.  Id.; 

(c)  That  the  total  differences  between  the 
Exchequer  Grants for  Army  Services  mid 
the net expenditure  are as follows, viz.::— 
s.  d. 

£ 

Surpluses  - 
- 
Deficits 

- 
- 

- 
-725,817,869  19  5 

Nil 

Deficit 

(charged  )  ~~ 

~~ 

against  the  Vote  [ £725,817,869  19 
-) 
of  Credit) 

- 

5 

And whereas, as shown in  the  Schedule here-
unto appended, the  Lords Commissioners of  His 
Majesty's Treasury have  temporarily  authorised 
the  application  of  the  excesses  of  the  sums 
realised on account of  Appropriations  in  Aid of 
Army Votes  2 and 4  to  14 over the sums which 
may  be  applied  under  the  Appropriation  Acts, 
1917 and 1918. as Appropriations in Aid of those 
Votes, amounting  in  all  to £32,061,647  5s.  0d., 
to make  good  part  of  the deficiency of  Appro-
priations in Aid of  Votes  1, 3, and  15: 

2.  Resolved, That the application of  such sums 

be sanctioned.—(Mr.  Baldwin.) 

Deficit 

(charged  j 

against  the  Vote  }• £227,371,881 
of  Credit) 

- 

1 

7  1 

Schedule. 

And whereas by a Vote of  Parliament during 
the present Session (House  of  Commons Paper, 
No.  124  of  1919)  a,  further  sum  of  £10  has 
been  granted  for  the  expenditure  of  the  year 
1917-18,  and  the  appropriation  of  additional 
receipts  in  aid  of  such  expenditure  has  been 
sanctioned to the amount of £6,533,734  7s. 6d. : 

And  whereas, as shown in the  Schedule  here-
unto appended, the Lords Commissioners of  His 
Majesty s Treasury have temporarily authorised 
the  application,  so  far  as  necessary,  of  the 
excesses  of  the  sums  realised  on  account  of 
Appropriations  in  Aid  of  Navy  Votes  2  to  6 
and 8 to 15 over the sums which  may be applied 
under  the  Appropriation  Acts,  1917  and  1918, 
as Appropriations in Aid of  those  Votes, towards 
making good the deficiency of £12,856,166 0s. 8d. 
in the sums realised on account of  Appropriations 
in Aid  of  Votes  1 and 7 : 

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Army Services, 1917-18. 

Actual  Receipts compared with 
Estimated Appropriations in Aid. 

Votes. 

Surpluses. 

Deficits. 

1  Pay, &c. of the Army 

& 

s. A. 

& •  • 
66,902|919  15  6 

d. 

3 

Special Reserve 

— 

15 
15 

2 and 
2 and 
4 to 14 
4 to 14 

Civil Superannuation, Compen-

sation, and Gratuities. 

Other Army Votes  - 

100  0  0 

45  5  7 

-

32,061,647  5  0 

32,061,647  5  0  66,903,065  ,1:  1 

£34,841,417  16  1 

Resolutions to be reported. 
Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy Chairman reported, That the Committee 
had come to several Resolutions. 

1.  Resolved,  That  the  application  of  such  sums 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

be  sanctioned.—(Mr.  Baldwin.) 

morrow. 

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348 

Gth—7 th November. 

1919. 

Industrial 
pExpenees1 

A  Motion being made,  That  this  House will, 
to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  of 
moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  of  any 
expenses  incurred  by  the  Minister  of  Labour 
in  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  any  Act  of 
the  present  Session  to  provide  for  the  estab-
lishment  of  an  Industrial  Court  and Courts,  of 
Inquiry  in connection with  Trade  Disputes,  and 
to  continue  for  a  limited  period  certain  of^ the 
provisions of the Wages (Temporary Regulation) 
Act,  1918,  including  the  expenses  of  the  In-
dustrial  Court  and  of  any  court  of  inquiry.— 
(Lord  Edmund  Talbot) 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,  acquainted  the  House  that  His 
Majesty, having been  informed  of  the  subject-
matter  of  this  Motion,  recommends  it  to  the 
consideration  of the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

Adjournment,  Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,,  pursuant  to  the 
Order  of  the  House of  the 22nd day of  October 
last, proposed  the Question,  That this  House do 
now adjourn. 

And the Question being put:—It  was resolved 

in the Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  twenty-eight  minutes 
after  Ten  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till 
to-morrow. 

Friday,  7th November 1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

Arbroath 
T ^ HE   House,  according to Order, proceeded to 
Harbour Order  JL  take into consideration  the  Arbroath  Har-
Confirmation  b o m.  0 r d e r  Confirmation  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be read  the third time 

upon Monday  next. 

PoMic 
Petitions. 
Vide Second 

Old Age 
Pensions. 

Old Age 
Pensions, 

A  Public  Petition  was presented,  and  read ; 

and ordered  to lie  upon the Table. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  Depart-
mental  Committee  on Old  Age  Pensions. 

Copy  of  Appendix  to  the  Report  of  the 
Departmental  Committee on Old  Age  Pensions, 
including  Minutes  of  Evidence. 

Ordered,  That  the said Papers do lie  upon the 

Ordered,  That the  Proceedings  in  Committee Business of 
on  Industrial  Courts  [Expenses'!  be  not  inter- the House 
rupted  this day  at Five  or half-past Five  of  the courts 
clock,  and  may  be  entered  upon  at  auy  hour [Expenses.]) 
although  opposed.—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the National 

Second  Reading  of  the  National  Assembly  of 
£fof 
the  Church  of England (Powers)  Bill  [Lords']  ;  England"5  ° 
1 

And  a Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second time; 

' 

°r 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
"  That,"  to the  end  of  the Question,  and adding 
the words "  while expressing the fullest sympathy 
with  the  aims  of  the  Anglican  Church  for  life 
and liberty  in securing the rights of self-govern-
ment and freedom from  State control, but believ-
ing  that  these  aims  can  best  be  realised  by 
removing  the  Anglican  Church  by  disestablish-
ment  and  disendowment  from  a  position  of 
privilege,  and  so  securing  equal  rights  for  all 
citizens  and  opportunity  for  true  religious 
development,  this  House  declines  to  giye  a 
Second  Reading  to  this  Bill,"—(Mr.  Broad,) 
—instead thereof. 

And the  Question  being  put,  That  the words 
proposed to be  left  out  stand  part of  the  Ques-
tion ; 

The  House divided. 

The  Yeas  to the Right  ; 

The  Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the  ( S ir  E^ w a r'j 

y 

e a S' 

i 
Beaucharnp, 
I Major  Birchall: 

Tellers for the j  Mr.  Broad, 

Noes, 

|  Major Barnes  : 

304. 

16. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
The Bill  was read a second time. 
A  Motion  was made, and  the  Question  being 
put,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a  Com-
mittee  of 
the  whole  House—(Sir  Ryland 
Adliins) ; 

The House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  Right; 
The  Noes to the Left. 

Yeas 
' 

Tellers for the j f l r 

} 
A* k i" s> 
S 
I  William  Howell 
J 
[  Davies: 
Tell ers for the ("Lord  Edmund  Talbot,  1 
J 

I Captain  Guest: 

Noes, 

38. 

250. 

So  it  passed  in the  Negative. 
The  Bill  was  committed to a  Standing  Com-

Table. 

mittee. 

Industrial 
Sir  Robert  Home  presented, by  His  Majesty's 
.Courts Bill.  Command,—Copy  of  Memorandum  as  to  Ex-
penses likely to  be incurred  under the provisions 
of the Industrial  Courts  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the said  Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Prisons 
(Scotland.*) 

The  Lord Advocate  presented, pursuant to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Rule  made  by  the  Secretary  for  Scotland 
appointing the new Prison at  Edinburgh  a legal 
place of  detention for all descriptions of criminal 
and civil  prisoners and  providing  that  all  Rules 
and  Orders  applicable  to  the  present  Prison  of 
Edinburgh  shall  be  applicable  to  the  said  new 
Prison. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  House,  according  to Order, resolved itself industrial 

into  a  Committee  on  Industrial  Courts  [Ex- Courts 
p e n s e s]  

[Expenses  ] 

. 

(In  the  Committee.) 
Resolved, That  it is expedient  to authorise the 
payment, out of moneys to be provided by Parlia-
ment, of  any  Expenses  incurred by  the  Minister 
of  Labour  in carrying  out the  provisions of any 
Act  of  the  present  Jsesgion  to  provide  for  the 
establishment of  an Industrial  Court and Courts 
of  Inquiry  in  connection  with  Trade  Disputes, 
and  to  continue  for  a limited  period  certain  of 
the provisions of the  Wages  (Temporary  Regu-
lation) Act,  1918,  including  the expenses of  the 
Industrial  Court  and of  any court of  inquiry.— 
(Sir  Robert  Home.) 

Resolution  to be reported. 

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Ith—ltith November. 

349 

Mr. Deputy  Speaker resumed the Chair ;  and 
the  Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the Com-
mittee had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

Adjournment. 

And  it  being  after  half-past  Five  of  the 
clock,  Mr. Deputy  Speaker adjourned the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being then 
twenty  minutes  before  Six of  the  clock, 
till Monday next. 

Monday,  IQth  November 1919. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant  to Shops Act, 

the directions of  an Act of  Parliament,—-Copies 1912-
of Orders made  under  the Shops  Act,  1912, by 
the Councils of the under-mentioned Local Authp-
rities, and  confirmed by the  Secretary  of  State 
for the Home  Department:— 
Borough of  Keighley; 
Borough of  Accrington. 

Ordered, That  the  said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Dr.  Addison  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Ministry of 

Command,—Copy  of  Fifth  Annual  Beport  ofHealth-
the Medical Research Committee,  1918-19. 

Copy  of  Forty-eighth  Annual Report of  the Ministry o 

Local Government  Board,  1918-19. 

Health. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Arbroath 
Harbour 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

THE  Arbroath  Harbour Order  Confirmation 

Bill was, according  to Order, read the third 

time and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Prisons 
(Scotland.) 

No. 197. 

Ordered, That  the Paper  relative  to  Prisons 
(Scotland), which was presented  on  the 7th day 
of this instant November,  be printed. 

Supreme 
Court of 
Judicature 
Act (Ireland), 
1877. 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions of  several Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Order  in  Council  under  the  Supreme Court 
of  Judicature  Act  (Ireland),  1877,  dated  20th 
September  1919,  giving  effect  to  Rules  of 
Court. 

Supreme 
Court of 
Judicature 
Aot (Ireland), 
1877. 

Copy of Order in Council  under the Supreme 
Court of  Judicature  Act  (Ireland),  1877, dated 
31st  October  1919, giving  effect  to Provisional 
Rules of  Court. 

Shops Act, 
1912. 

Copy  of  Order  made  under  the Shops  Act, 
1912,  by  the  Council  of  the  undermentioned 
Local  Authority,  and  confirmed  by  the  Lord 
Lieutenant of Ireland : — 

County  Borough  of  Limerick. 

Winter 
Assizes 
(Ireland.) 

Copies of  Three  Orders in Council under the 
Winter  Assizes  Act,  1876,  dated  31st  October 
1919, for holding Winter Assizes in Ireland, 

Intermediate 
Education 
(Ireland.) 

Copy  of  Rule  in  substitution  for  the  Rule 
made  by  the Intermediate Education  Board  for 
Ireland  on  20th  June  1919,  relating  to  the 
Distribution  of  the  School  Grant  for  the  year 
1918-19. 

Com 
Production 
Act, 1917. 

Copy  of  Regulations  made  under  the  Corn 
Production  Act,  1917,  and  entitled  Cereals 
(Ireland)  Declaration  Regulations,  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

National Debt.  Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,— Copy  of  Return  showing  (1)  the 
aggregate  Gross  Liabilities  of  the  State  as 
represented  by the Nominal Funded Debt,  esti-
mated Capital Liability in respect of Terminable 
Annuities,  Unfunded Debt, and other  Liabilities 
in  respect  of  Debt,  the  estimated  Assets,  and 
the  Exchequer  Balances,  at  the  close  of  each 
financial  year  from  1875-76  to  1918-19,  both 
inclusive ;  and (2)  the  Gross  and Net  Expendi-
ture charged annually during that period against 
the  Public Revenue  on account  of  the National 
Debt, and other payments connected with Capital 
Liabilities. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

VOL.  174. 

Table. 

The  following Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc- public 
tions of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon Becords 
the Table  by the  Clerk  of  the  House  Copy 
of  Schedule  containing  List  and  Particulars  of 
certain  classes  of  Documents existing or accru-
ing  in  the  Offices  of  the  Ministry of  Food  or 
of  the  Local  Food  Committees, which  are  not 
of sufficient public  value to  justify their  preser-
vation in the Public Record Office. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House Foreshores, 
a Copy  of  Statement  of  the  particulars  of  all (Sales, &c.) 
cases  in  which  the  rights  and  interests of  the 
Crown in the shores and bed of the sea and tidal 
rivers have been sold, leased, or  otherwise  dealt 
with  by  the Board of  Trade  under  the Crown 
Lands Act,  1866, from  the  lst  day of  January 
1912  to  the  31st  day  of  December  1916  (in 
continuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper,  No. 338, 
of  Session 1912.)—(Sir Auckland Geddes.) 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  reported  from  the  Com- Selection 

mittee of  Selection ;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com- standing 
mittee  C;—Mr.  William  Coote  and  Captain Committee C. 
Stanley  Wilson;  and  had appointed  in  substitu-
tion :  Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland  and 
Captain  Bowyer. 

^ 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Macpherson, 

supported  by  Mr.  Attorney  Irish Land 

General  for  Ireland  and  Mr.  Solicitor General 
for  Ireland,  presented  a Bill  to  facilitate  the soldiere) Bill, 
provision of  land  in  Ireland  for  men who  have  gill 203. 
served  in  the Naval,  Military, or Air Forces  of 
the Crown  in  the  present  war,  and  for  other 
purposes incidental thereto :  And  the  same  was 
ordered to be read a second time  upon  Wednes-
day next;  and to be printed. 

A  Motion  was  made, and  the Question being Business of 

put,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  Industrial  House 
Courts  Bill  be  exempted  at  this  day's  sitting courtfBUl) 
from  the  provisions  of  the  Standing  Order 
(Sittings of  the House).—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

The  House divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  B i g h t; 
The  Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the (Captain  Guest, 

Yeas, 

(Lord Edmund  Talbot: 

Tellers  for  thej Mr.  Griffiths, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Neil MLean  : 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

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10^  November. 

Industrial 
Courts 
[Expenses.] 

Mr.  War die reported  from  the Committee  on 
Industrial  Courts  [Expenses]  a  Resolution; 
which was read, as followeth : 

That it is expedient  to authorise the payment, 
out  of  moneys to  be  provided  by  Parliament, 
of  any  Expenses  incurred  by  the  Minister  of 
Labour  in  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  any 
Act  of  the  present  Session  to  provide  for  the 
establishment of  an Industrial Court and Courts 
of  Inquiry  in  connection  with  Trade  Disputes, 
and to continue  for  a  limited  period  certain of 
the provisions of  the  Wagesv (Temporary  Regu-
lation) Act,  1918,  including  the expenses of  the 
Industrial  Court and of any  Court of  Inquiry. 

The  said  Resolution  being  read  a  second 

time ; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made to 
the Resolution,  by adding  at the end thereof the 
words, "  but such payment  shall  not  exceed ten 
thousand pounds in any  one year."—(Sir  Frede-
rick  Banbury.) 

And the Question being put, That those words 

be there added :•—It passed in the  Negative. 
And  the said Resolution  was agreed to. 

Industrial 
Courts Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read  for  the 

Committee  on the Industrial  Courts  Bill; 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the Question being 
put,  That it  be an Instruction  to  the Committee 
on  the  Bill that  they have  power  to divide  the 
Bill  into  two Bills, one dealing  with  the estab-
lishment  of  an  Industrial  Court  and  courts  of 
inquiry in  connection  with  trade  disputes,  and 
the other to continue for a limited period certain 
of the provisions of  the Wages  (Temporary  Re-
gulation) Act,  1918.—(Mr.  Clynes.) 

The  House divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 
The Noes to the Left, 

Tellers for the] Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 

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46. 

Yeas, 

I Mr.  Griffiths: 
Tellers for the I Lord Edmund  Talbot,  \ 2„  . 
I Captain  Guest: 

Noes, 

J 

So it passed in the  Negative. 

Then  the  House 

resolved  itself  into  the 

Committee. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1  (Constitution  of  Industrial 

Court). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  8,  to  leave 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in p.  1,  1.  19, 
to leave out from  the  word  "  as "  to  the end  of 
the subsection, in  order to  insert the words  "  it 
may direct."—(Mr.  Godfrey  Locker-Lampson.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause:— 
Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Amendments  made. 

Clause, as amended,  agreed to. 

Clause  No.  2 

(Reference  of  disputes  to 

Industrial  Court  or to  Arbitration). 

Amendments made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p.  2,  1. 9, 
after the words last  inserted, to insert the words 
"  Where  in  the  opinion of  the  Minister a trade 
dispute relates solely  to agricultural employment 
or  unemployment  in  England  or  Wales  the 
Minister  shall refer  the  matter  to the Board  of 
Agriculture  and Fisheries,  who  may  thereupon 
exercise  in  relation  to  the  trade  dispute  the 
powers  of  the  Minister  under  the  preceding 
subsection of  this section."—(Captain  Coote.) 

Question proposed,  That  those words  be  there 

inserted :—Amendment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1.  9, 
after  the  words  last  inserted,  to  insert  the 
words:— 

" ( 3)   Where  a  trade  dispute  exists  or  is 
apprehended  in  any  industry  in  which  any 
Government department is directly  or , indirectly 
the employer,  the Minister shall refer the matter 
for  settlement  to  the  Industrial  Court."—(Mr. 
Hogge.) 

Question proposed, That  those  words be there 

inserted :—Amendment,  by  leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Clause  No.  3  (Procedure of  Industrial  Court 

and on arbitration). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 2,1.  16,  to  leave 
out from the second  word "  Court"  to  the word 
"  and," in line 23.—(Mr.  Arthur  Henderson.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the words  proposed 
to  be  left  out,  stand  part  of  the  Clause:— 
Amendment,  by leave, withdrawn. 

An  Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed,  in p.  2,  1. 26, 

to leave out subsection (2).—(Mr.  Clynes.) 

Question, That the words  proposed  to be  left 
out, to  the  word  "  and"  in 1. 29, stand  part of 
the Clause, put, and agreed to. 

out the words "  a standing."—(Mr.  Clynes.) 

Other Amendments made. 

Question,  That  the words  "  a standing" stand 

part of the Clause, put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1,1.  13, at 
the end, to insert the words  "  and  one  or  more 
shall be women."—(Mr. Alexander  Shaw.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted : 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers for the/Mr.  Alexander  Shaw, 

Yeas, 

(Major  Hills: 

Tellers for the I Captain  Guest, 

Noes, 

|  Colonel  Sanders: 

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Another Amendment proposed,  in  p. 1,  1. 14, 
to leave out from  the word  "  office "  to the  end 
of the  subsection  in  order  to  insert  the  words 
"during  His  Majesty's  pleasure."  —  (Major 
Hills.) 

Question  proposed, That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause  :— 
Amendment, by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Clause  No.  4  (Inquiry  into Trade  Disputes). 
Amendment proposed, in p. 3,1. 5, to leave out 
the  words  " or   is  apprehended."—(Mr.  Robert 
Young.) 

Question, That  the  words proposed to be left 
out stand part of  the Clause, put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment  proposed, in p. 3,1.  6, to 
leave out the  words "  whether or not the dispute 
is,"  in order to insert the words,  "  if  the dispute 
has not been."—(Mr.  Robeft  Young.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to be left out stand part of  the Clause  :—Amend-
ment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An  Amendment made. 

Another  Amendment proposed,  in  p. 3,  1. 14, 
to leave out from the  word "  shall,"  to  the  end 
of  tbe subsection,  in  order  to  insert  the  words 
"  be constituted in like manner  to  an Industrial 

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10   GEO.  V. 
Court under Part  I.  of this Act."—(Mr.  Arthur 
Henderson.") 

Question proposed, That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause:— 
Amendment,  by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment  proposed, in  p. 3,  1. 18, 

to leave out subsection  (3).—-(Mr.  Clynes.) 

Question  That  the  words proposed to  be  left 
out, stand  part  of  the Clause,  put,  and  agreed 
to. 

Another Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 3,1.  20, 
to  leave  out  subsection  (4).— (Sir  William 
Bull.) 

Question, That  the words proposed  to  be  left 
out, to  the  word  "  production,"  in  1.  22,  Rtand 
part of  the Clause, put, and agreed to. 

Other Amendments made. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 3,1.. 34, 

at the end, to insert the words,— 

"  Provided that no order or  requirement shall 
be  made  under  this  subsection with  regard  to 
confidential  documents  or  confidential  transac-
tions  of  a  trade  union  or  association  of  em-
ployers."—(Mr.  Hodge.) 

Question  proposed,  That those words be there 

inserted :—Amendment,  by leave, withdrawn. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Joint Stock 
Second  Reading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks j^aigama-
(Amalgamation  Control)  Bill; 

tion Control) 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a second  time Bl11, 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Private 

Second  Reading  of  the  Private  Legislation 
Procedure (Ireland)  Bill; 

(Ireland) BiU. 

Ordered, That the Bill be  read  a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Overseas 

Second Reading of  the  Overseas  Trade  (Insur-
anee against Abnormal Bisks)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a second time £kuormal 
Bisks) Bill. 

U l f l V f ll   K i ll 

_ 

3 

. 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supreme 
Second Reading of  the Supreme  Court of  Judi- Court of 
cature  (Ireland)  Bill; 

^  S t a g ® ]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 
Second  Beading  of  the  Local  Elections  (Pro- Elections 
portional Bepresentation)  Bill [Lords']  ; 

Eepresenta-

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  3,  to 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read  a second time 

leave out Is. 35 to 40.—(Mr.  Robert  Young.) 

upon  Monday  next. 

{Lords.] 

Question,  That the words  proposed  to  be left 
out, to  the first word  "  or,"  in  1. 37,  stand part 
of  the Clause, put, and negatived. 

Remaining words left out. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Clause No.  5 (Reports). 
Amendment proposed in p. 4,1.  6, to leave out 
the words "  whether  before  or  after,"  in  order 
to insert  the  words  "  after or  if  Parliament  is 
not in session before."—(Mr.  Robert  Young.) 

Question, That the words proposed to  be  left 
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to. 
Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  4,  to 
leave out Is. 11 to 19.—(Mr.  Arthur Henderson.) 
Question, That the words proposed  to  be  left 
out, to the word "  as,"  in 1. 14, stand part of  the 
Clause, put, and agreed to. 

Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Clause No. 6. 
Motion made,  and  Question,  That the Chair-
man  do report  Progress,  and  ask  leave  to  sit 
-put,  and 
again  —  (Mr.  Arthur  Henderson), 
agreed  to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported  that 
the  Committee  had  made Progress  in  the Bill, 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Hours of 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Employment  Second  Reading  of  the  Hours  of  Employ ment 
(No.2)Bill.  ^ (No.  2)  B i l l; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read  a second time 

upon Monday next. 

Minimum 
Bates of 
Wages 
Commission 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the Minimum Rates of Wages 
Commission  Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a  second time 

upon Monday next. 

"VOL.  174. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Dogs 

Second Beading  of  the  Dogs  Begulation  (Ire-
land) (No. 2)  Bill; 

(No. 2) BiU. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Nurses 
Second  Beading  of  the  Nurses  Registration Begistration 
(No. 2) BUl. 
(No.  2) Bill; 

S 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read  a second time 

to-morrow. 

The Order of  the day  being  read,  for  taking Aliens 
into consideration the Aliens Bestriction Bill  as junction 
amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be taken into  further 

consideration to-morrow. 

Mr.  Pratt  reported  from  the  Committee  on Land 

Land Settlement (Scotland)  [Money] a Besolu-
tion ;  which was read, as followeth s 

[Money.] 

That it is expedient to authorise the payment, 
out of moneys to  be  provided  by Parliament, of 
such  sums  as  may  be  necessary  to  make  good 
losses incurred in respect of  loans by the  Board 
of Agriculture for Scotland, so far as such losses 
relate  to  expenditure  under  any  Act  of  the 
present  Session,  to  make  further  provision  for 
the acquisition of land for the purposes of  small 
holdings,  reclamation,  and  drainage,  and other 
purposes  relating  to  agriculture  in  Scotland, 
to amend the Small  Landholders (Scotland) Act, 
1911, and the enactments  relating to allotments, 
and  otherwise  to  facilitate  land  settlement  in 
Scotland  ;  and  to  authorise  the  issue  to  the 
Public  Works  Loan  Commissioners  out  of  the 
Consolidated  Fund  of  sums  not  exceeding two 
million seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds 
for the purposes of such Act. 

The  said  Besolution,  being  read  a  second 

time, was agreed to. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the County Court 

Committee  on  County  Court  Judges  (Retire- Judges 
ment Pensions and Deputies) [Money] ; 

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10th—11 th  November. 

1919. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Ordered,  That,— 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

Agriculture 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
and Fisheries  Second Reading  of  the Agriculture  and  Fisheries 
(Councils,  &c.) ( C o u n ci i s>  &c.)  Bill; 

198a.  Every  Petition  for  leave  to  deposit  a Endorsement 
Petition  for  a  Private  Bill  and  every  Petition  ^^ysTnd1 
for a Private Bill  which  has not  been  deposited Mean* in case 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Standing  of certain 
Order  32  and  Standing  Order  194b,  and every Petitions. 
Petition for an additional Provision, shall require 
the  endorsement  of  the  Chairman  of  the  Com-
mittee of  Ways and Means  before it is deposited 
in the Committee Office. 

Ordered, That  this Order  be a Standing Order 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

of this  House. 

to-morrow. 

County Court 
Judges 
(Retirement 
Pensions and 
Deputies) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  County  Court  Judges  (Retire-
ment Pensions and Deputies)  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  beiug  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  W a ys   and  Means  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

Standing  Order  33  was  read,  and  amended, 
ill  1.  1,  by  leaving  out  "  18 th,"  and  inserting 
"  21st"  instead thereof. 

Standing  Order  34  was  re&d,  and  amended, 
in  1.  1,  by  leaving  out  "  18th,"  and  inserting 
" 2 1 s t"   instead thereof. 

Standing  Order  34a  was  read,  and  amended, 
in  1.  1,  by  leaving  out  "  18th,"  and  inserting 
"  21st "  instead  thereof. — (The  Chairman  of 
Ways  and  Means.) 

Navy and 
Army 
Expenditure, 
1917-18. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  on  Navy  and 
Army  Expenditure  1917-18  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

directions of several Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy -A-048-
of  Regulations,  dated  25th  October  1919, made 
by the  Minister of  Labour  under Section 2 of the 
Trade  Boards  Act,  15/09,  with  respect  to  the 
constitution and  proceedings of the Trade  Board 
for the Fur  Trade (Great  Britain). 

Sir  Robert  Home  presented,  pursuant  to  the Trade Boards 

Industrial 
Courts Bill. 
Bill  204. 

Adjournment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Industrial  Courts  Bill,  so 

Copies of  Special Orders made by the Minister Trade Boards 

far  as  amended,  be  printed. 

And  it  being after half-past  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  adjourned 
the  House  without  Question  put,  pur-
suant  to  the  Standing  Order,  it  being 
then  five  minutes  before  Twelve  of the 
clock,  till to-morrow. 

of  Labour  under Section  1 of  the"Trade  Boards Act8, 
Act,  1918, with respect to the Women's Clothing 
Trade and the  Hat,  Cap, and Millinery  Trade. 

Ordered, That the said  Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen  presented,  by  Agriculture 

His Majesty's Command,—Copy of Memorandum 
on the  Financial  Clauses of the Agriculture  and BiU?CC 
Fisheries (Councils,  &c.)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper  do lie  upon the 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

Table. 

Distribution  by Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

National  Assembly  of  the  Church  of 
England  (Powers)  Bill  [Lords]  -

E. 

Standing 
Orders 
(Private 
Business.) 

Tuesday, 11 th November 1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

ST A N D I NG   Order 4  was read, and  amended, 

in 1. 6,  by  leaving  out  the  words  parishes, 
townlands,  and  extra  parochial  places,"  and 
inserting the words  "  boroughs,  urban  and rural 
districts,  and  in  the  case  of  rural  districts  the 
parishes" instead thereof;  and, in  I. 24, byaddino 
at  the  end  thereof  the  words  "  The  provisions 
of  this  Order  relating  to  boroughs  shall  apply 
in the case of  London to  Metropolitan boroughs 
and the City  of  London." 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Meteorological 

Command,—Copy  of  Fourteenth  Report  of  the Committee. 
Meteorological  Committee  to  the  Lords  Com-
missioners  of  His  Majesty's  Treasury,  for  the 
year ending 31st  March  1919. 

Mr.  Baldwin  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the Chelsea 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Account Hospital 
of  the  Receipts  and  Expenditure  of  the  Com- 
missioners  ot  Chelsea  Hospital  (for  Services Legacy 
other  than  those  voted  by  Parliament)  in  the Funds.) 
year  ended  31st  March  1919, with  the  Report  No.  198. 
of  the Comptroller  and Auditor General thereon. 

£"dze 

Ordered, That  the said Papers  do lie  upon the 
Table  ;  and that  the  Paper  relative  to  Chelsea 
Hospital  (Army  Prize  Money  and  Legacy 
Funds)  be printed. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Amery  presented,  by  His Colonial 
Majesty's Command,—Copy  of Colonial  Report, Sports 
No.  1,009 (Turks  and Caicos Islands,  Report for ( A n n n al   ) 
1918). 

Ordered,  That  the said  Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That  there be laid  before this  House indnstrial 
a  Copy  of  Amendments  proposed  to  be  moved Courts Bill, 
by the Government on consideration, as amended, 
of  the  Industrial  Courts  BilL—(Sir  Robert 
Home.) 

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11 th—12th  November. 

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Sir  Robert  Home  accordingly  presented  the 

The  Order of  the  day being  read,  for  receiving  Navy and 

said Paper. 

N o.   2 0 2. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Paper do lie  upon the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  on  Navy  and  Army 
Army  Expenditure  1917-18. 

Expenditure, 
1917-18. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

National 
Debt. 

Ordered,  That there be laid before this  House, 
a Return showing,  for  each financial year  com-
mencing the  lst  day of April from  1875  to  1919, 
inclusive  :— 

(1)  The  total  amount  of  dead-weight  Debt 
outstanding  on  the  lst  day  of  April;  the 
amounts which were made available in  each 
year to  1918-19,  inclusive,  for  reduction  of 
Debt,  distinguishing  the  sums  expressly 
provided  for  service  of  the  Debt,  the  old 
Sinking  Fund,  and  miscellaneous  receipts ; 
the  gross  amount  of  Debt  redeemed;  the 
amount of Debt created;  and the net increase 
or decrease of Debt  in the year; 

(2)  A  similar  Statement  in  respect  of  other 

capital  liabilities  ;  and 

(3)  A  similar  Statement  in  respect  of  the 

aggregate gross liabilities of  the  State. 

—(Mr.  Baldwin.) 

Selection 
Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
Com^ttees-)  m i t t ee   o f  Selection;  That  they  had  discharged 
Standing 
the  following  Member  from  Stauding  Com-
Committee C.  mittee  C :—Mr.  Pretyman. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

A  Motion  being made,  That  this  House  will, Agriculture 
to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to (OouncUs^Ire) 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  of  ^Expenses.] ' 
moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  of  the 
expenses of any  council, committee, or  sub-com-
mittee,  established,  or  of  any fishery meeting 
convened, under any Act  of  the  present  Session 
to  provide  for  the  constitution  of  councils  and 
committees  in  connection  with  agriculture  and 
fisheries,  and  to  amend  the  Board  of  Agricul-
ture  and  Fisheries  Acts,  1889  to  1909.—(Mr. 
Macpherson.) 

Mr.  Macpherson, by  His  Majesty's Command, 
acquainted  the  House  that  His Majesty, having 
been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of  this 
Motion,  recommends  it  to  the  consideration  of 
the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into  the said Committee. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the Adjournment. 

Order  of  the  House of  the 22nd  day of  October 
last,  proposed  the  Question,  That  this  House do 
now adjourn. 

Agriculture 
(Councils'ice ) 
Bill. 

' 

The Agriculture  and Fisheries  (Councils, &c.) 
w a s'   according to  Order, read a second time, 

And  the  Question  being put  : — It   was resolved 

in  the  Affirmative. 

'  and committed to a  Standing  Committee. 

Industrial 
Courts Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on the Industrial  Courts  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

Nurses 
Begistration 
(No. 2) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Nurses  Registration 
(No.  2)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That the  Bill  be read a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Aliens 
Bestriction 
BUl. 

The  Order  of  the day  being  read, for taking 
into  consideration  the  Aliens  Bestriction  Bill 
as amended in the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  further 

consideration to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  County  Court  Judges  (Betire-
ment  Pensions  and  Deputies)  [Money]. 

County Court 

(Betirement 
Pensions and 
Depnties) 
[Money.] 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  thirteen  minutes before 
Eight  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

Wednesday, 12th  November 1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

DR.  Addison  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm Ministry 

certain Provisional Orders of the Ministry of 
Health  relating to the district of  the  Rhymney  orders 
Valley  Sewerage  Board and to Warrington. 

(No. 1) Bill. 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Order  193a  be  sus-
pended, and that the  Bill  be  now  read  the first 
time.—(The  Chairman of  Ways  and Means.) 

The  Bill was accordingly  read the first time. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the  Bill 205. 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  Bills ;  and 
be printed. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

County Court 
Judges 
(Betirement 
Pensions and 
Deputies) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee on the County Court J udges (Betire-
ment Pensions and Deputies)  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said  Committee. 

Ways and 
MeanB. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of Ways  and Means; 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,—Return  to Foreshores, 
an  Order,  dated  the  10th  day  of  this  instant (Sales, &c) 
November, for  a Beturn  relative  to  Foreshores  No. 204. 
(Sales,  &c.) 

Ordered, That the said Beturn  do lie upon tho 

Table;  and be printed. 

Mr.  Secretary  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Air Ministry 

Majesty's Command,—Copy of  Synopsis of  Pro-
gress  of  Work  in  the  Department  of  Civil Aviation.) 
Aviation. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Ordered,  That the  said Paper do lie  upon the 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Table. 

VOL.   1 7 4. 

z  z 

lWi  November. 

Shop» Act, 
1 9 i a- 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copies 
of  Orders  made  under  the  Shops  A c t,   1912,  by 
the Councils of the undermentioned  Local  Autho-
rities,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  of  State 
for  the  Home  Department:— 

County  Borough  of  Brighton. 

Borough  of  Pembroke. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Savings Banks  Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
(Ireland.) 

a  Return containing  the following Tables :— 

(I.)  Table,  arranged  according  to  counties, 
showing  for  each  Post  Office  Savings 
Bank  in  Ireland  remaining  open  on  the 
31st  day  of  December  1918  (1)  the 
number  of  accounts  of  depositors  therein; 
and  (2)  the  total  amount,  inclusive  of 
interest,  standing  to  the  credit  of  those 
accounts  on  the  31st  day of  December  of 
the  years  1912  and  1918,  respectively, 
with  a  summary showing  the like particu-
lars  for  each county and for all Ireland. 

(II.)  Table,  arranged  according  to  counties, 
showing  for  each  Trustee  Savings  Bank 
in Ireland  remaining  open  on the 20th day 
of  November  1918  (1)  the  number  of 
accounts of  depositors  therein ;  and (2) the 
total  amount, inclusive of  interest,  standing 
to  the  credit  of  those  accounts  on  the 
20th  day  of  November  of  the  years 1912 
and  1918,  respectively,  with  a  summary 
showing the like particulars for each county 
and for all Ireland. 

(III.)  Table  for  each  county  and  for  all 
Ireland  showing  (I)  the  number of deposi-
tors'  accounts  and  the total  amounts  of 
deposits  in Post Office and Trustee Savings 
Bank  combined  on  the  dates  given  in 
Tables  I.  and  II.  in  the  years  1912  and 
1918,  respectively;  (2)  the  percentage by 
which  the  total  deposits  so  arrived at  for 
1918  exceeded* their  total  for  1912 ;  (3) 
the  percentage  by  which  the  total  rental 
dealt  with  under  the  Land  Law  (Ireland) 
Acts  in  the  period  from  the  22nd  day of 
August  1912  to  the  31st  day  of  March 
1918 has  been  reduced  for  a first statutory 
term. 

(IV.)  Table showing  the  total  amount of the 
deposits and  private  balances  (exclusive of 
Government deposits and  London  accounts) 
in  the  Joint  Stock  Banks  in  Ireland on 
the 30th day of  June in the  years 1912 and 
1918,  respectively,  and  the  percentage  by 
which  such  deposits  and  bal ances  on  the 
30th  day  of  June  1918  exceeded  their 
amount  on the 30th  day of  June  1912  (in 
continuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper, 
No. 272,  of  Session  1913). 

—(Mr.  Archdale.) 

Message from 
the Lords. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 

The Lords have agreed to the Granton  Harbour 
Order  Confirmation  Bill,  without  any  Amend-
ment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Fraserburgh Fraserburgh 

Harbour (New  Works) Order Confirmation Bill, 
without any Amendment. 

, 

ConfamattaT 
Bill. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill, intituled  An  Wick Harbour 

Act  to confirm a  Provisional  Order  under  the Ord®r 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland) Act, 
1899, relating  to  Wick  Harbour ;  to which  the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House. 

pj^Jj^j 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled An Scottish 

Act  to  confirm a  Provisional  Order  under  the Amicable Life 
Private  Legislation  Procedure (Scotland)  Act, ^"ertarl°e 
1899,  relating  to  the  Scottish  Amicable  Life order 
Assurance  Society ;  to  which  the  Lords  desire Confirmation 
BU1 lLord,-'\ 
the concurrence of this House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  certain  of  the Sex Dis-
Amendments  made  by  this  House  to  the  Sex  q u a l i f i c a t i on 
Disqualification (Removal) Bill  [J^ords],  without Biuf^-li.] 
any Amendment;  the  Lords  disagree  to one of 
the  Amendments made  by this House for which 
disagreement  they  assign  a  Reason ;  and  they 
agree with  one other Amendment  made  by this 
House, with Amendments ;  to which  the  Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House. 

The Wick  Harbour Order  Confirmation  Bill wick Harbour 

[.Lords], was  ordered  (under  Section  7  of  the Order 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  B U^Z^S 
1899) to be taken into consideration  to-morrow. 

The  Scottish  Amicable  Life  Assurance Scottish 

Society's  Order  Confirmation  Bill  [Lords],  was Amicable Life 
ordered (under  Section 7 of  the  Private  Legis-  g ^ j ^* 
lation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899)  to  be Order 
taken into consideration to-morrow. 

Confirmation 
BiU [Zordt.] 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself  industrial 
into a Committee on the Industrial  Courts Bill.  Courts  Bill. 

(In  the Committee.) 

Clause No.  6 (Continuance of  8 and 9 Geo. 5, 

c.  61.). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 4, 1.  24,  to leave 
out the words  "  which are  specified in the Sche-
dule to this Act."—(Mr.  Arthur  Henderson.) 

Question,  That the  words  proposed  to be left 
out stand part of the Clause,  put, and agreed to. 

An  Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Clause  No. 7 agreed to. 
Clause No. 8 (Definition of Trade Dispute). 
Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 4,  1. 35,  to  leave 
out  the  words  "or  difference.1'—(Mr.  Robert 
Young.) 

Question, That the words "  or difference " stand 

part of the clause, put, and agreed to. 

An Amendment made. 
Another Amendment,  proposed, in  p. 4,  1. 36, 
to  leave out  the words  "or  between  workmen 
and workmen."—(Mr.  Robert  Young.) 

Question,  That  the  words proposed  to be left 
out stand part of the Clause, put, and agreed to. 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 1, to 
leave out the words "  employment or non-employ-
ment, or the."—(Mr.  Robert Young.) 

Question, That the  words  proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause, put, and  agreed to. 

Another Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Clause  No.  9  (Rules  as  to  appearance  by 

counsel or solicitor). 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Edinburgh 
Corporation  Order  Confirmation  Bill,  without 
any  Amendment. 

Amendment  proposed, in  p. 5,1.  3,  to  leave  out 
from  the  beginning  to  the  word  "  N o ,"   in  1.  7 .— 
(Mr.  Arthur  Henderson.) 

Granton 
Harbour 
Order 
Confirmation 
BiU. 

Edinburgh 
Corporation 
Order 
Confirmation 
BUI. 

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355 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be 
left out to the first word "  before,"  in 1. 6, stand 
part of the Clause, put,  and agreed to. 

The  Bouse,  according to Order, resolved itself  Agriculture 
into a  Committee  on  Agriculture  and Fisheries  f ^ J S ? ™^ 
(Councils, 
-i 
•!  o  \  (-in 
//-. 
(Councils,  &c.)  I Expenses J. 
| Expenses.] 

Another Amendment  proposed, in p. 5,  1.6, to 
leave  out  from  the  word "  inquiry "  to  the end 
of the Clause.—(Colonel  Greig.) 

Question,  That the  words  proposed  to be left 
out stand part of  the Clause, put,  and agreed to. 
Another Amendment  proposed, in p. 5,1.  8, at 
the end,  to add the words "  save with the consent 
of  the  parties  to  the  dispute."—(Mr.  Robert 
Young.) 

Question, That  those  words  be  there added, 

put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Clause  No.  10 agreed  to. 

Clause  No  11 amended, and agreed to. 

Clause No. 12 agreed to. 

(In  the Committee.) 

Resolved, That  it is expedient to authorise the 
paymenr,  out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by 
Parliament, of the  expenses of any council, com-
mittee,  or  sub-committee  established,  or of  any 
fishery  meeting  convened,  under  any Act  of  the 
present  Session, to  provide  for  the  constitution 
of  councils  and  committees  in  connection  with 
agriculture  and  fisheries,  and  to  amend  the 
Board of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries  Acts,  1889 
to  1909.—(Sir  Arthur  Griffith- Rosea wen.) 

Besolution  to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman reported, That the  Committee 
had come to a Besolution. 

Clause  No.  13 amended, and agreed to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  be  received  to-

A  Clause  (Awards  of  Interim  Court  of 
Arbitration,)  —  (Mr.  Arthur  Henderson,)  — 
brought up and read the first time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
the  Clause  be read  a  second time :  -Motion and 
Clause, by leave,  withdrawn. 

e 

Another  Clause (Laying  of  Orders and Rules 
before Parliament)—(Mr.  Godfrey  Locker-Lamp-
son,)—brought up and read the first time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  put,  That  the 

Clause be read a second time. 
The  Committee divided. 

Tellers for t h e / M r; 

G" d f r e^ 

Yeas, 

1 _  Lompson, 
i 
Mr.  Rendall: 
Tellers for the \ Captain  Guest, 

Noes, 

1 
1 Lord Edmund  Talbot:  J 

234. 

Locker-] 

73. 

Another  Clause  (Provisions  as  to  Agri-
cultural Disputes,)—(Captain  Falcon,)—brought 
up and read the first time. 

Motion made, and Question  proposed,  That the 
Clause  be  read  a  second  time:—Motion  and 
Clause, by leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Clause  (Provision  in  case  of  Trade 
Disputes 
Industries),—(Sir 
Robert  Home),—-brought  up  and read  the  first 
and second  time, and added to the Bill. 

in  Agricultural 

Schedule  amended, and agreed to. 

Title amended. 

Bill,  as amended,  to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and 
made Amendments thereunto ;  and had  Amended 
the  Title  as  followeth:—A  Bill to  provide  for 
the  establishment  of  an  Industrial  Court  and 
Courts  of  Inquiry  in  connection  with  Trade 
Disputes,  and  to  make  other  provision  for  the 
settlement of such disputes and  to continue for a 
limited  period  certain  of  the  provisions  of  the 
Wages  (Temporary  Regulation)  Act,  1918. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  now  taken  into consideration : — 
The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
Bill into consideration. 

And  Amendments were made to the  Bill. 

[Title 
•mended.] 

morrow. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  resolved Connty Court 

itself  into a Committee on County Court. Judges (Refitment 
(Betirement  Pensions and Deputies)  [Money.]  Pensions and 

Deputies) 
[Money.] 

(In  the Committee.) 

Resolved, That it is expedient  to make further 
provision  out of  the Consolidated  Fund and out 
of  moneys provided  by  Parliament with respect 
to the Retirement and  Pensions of  County Court 
Judges and  the employment of  Deputy  Judges 
under any Act  of  the  present  Session  relating 
thereto.—(Mr.  Attorney  General.) 

Resolution to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Deputy Chairman  reported, That  the  Committee 
had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving Navy and 

the  Report  from  the  Committee  on  Navy and 
T. 
.r. 
A r my   Expenditure,  1 9 1 7 - 1 8;  

,V 

Expenditure, 
1917-18. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Irish Land 
Second  Reading  of  the  Irish  Land  (Provision  ^ [ j f 1^ 6* 
for  Sailors  and  Soldiers)  Bill; 
Soldiers) Bill. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Nurses 

Second  Beading  of  the  Nurses  Registration 
(No.  2)  Bill; 

2 ) 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read  a second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the day being  read, for taking Aliens 
into  consideration  the Aliens Bestriction  Bill, as Sanction 
amended in the  Standing  Committee ; 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  taken into  further 

consideration to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Bill  206. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third 

Resolved',  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

time  upon  Monday next;  and  be  printed. 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

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IT th—18th November. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
County Court 
retirement  Committee on the County Court Judges (Retire-
Pensions and  ment Pensions and Deputies)  Bill; 
Deputies) Bill. 

That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Setob,ed, 

„ 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Ways  and Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Land Values. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Beck  be  added  to  the 
Select  Committee  on  Land  Values.—(Colonel 
Gibbs.) 

Adjournment. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the 
Order of  the House of  the  22nd day of October 
last, proposed  the Question,  That this  House do 
now adjourn. 

And the Question being put:—It  was resolved 

in the Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued to sit till twenty-five minutes before 
Eight  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to 
Stauding  Order  No. 47,  of  Bills  committed 
to a Standing  Committee. 

Name of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Agriculture and Fisheries  (Councils, 

D. 

&c.) Bill. 

Thursday,  13th November 1919. 

P  R A Y  E K S. 

Scottish 
Amicable Life  X 
Society's6 
Order 
Billed*] 

fT^HE  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded 
to  take  into  consideration  the  Scottish 
Amicable  Life Assurance  Society's  Order  Con-

firmation  Bill  [Lords']. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read the third time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Wick Harbour  The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded 
Order 
to  take  into  consideration  the  Wick  Harbour 
Bmfi[rCdi°]  0 r d e r  Confirmation  Bill 

[Lords]. 

Ordered,  That the  Bill be read the third time 

upon Monday next. 

Housing, Town  Ordered,  That  the  Paper  relative 
to  the 
Pl^mpg, &c.  Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c.  Act,  1919, which 
Act, 1919, 
was  presented  upon  the  22nd  day  of  October 
last, be printed. 

No. 205, 

Government 
Chemist. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of Report, of the Government 
Chemist  upon  the  Work of  the  Government 
Laboratory for the year ended 31st March  1919, 
with Appendices. 

Supreme Court  Mr.  Baldwin  also  presented,  pursuant  to 
of Judicature,  the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,— 
No. 206.  Account  of  Receipts  and Expenditure  of  the 
Paymaster  General  on  behalf  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Judicature  in  respect  of  the funds of 

1919. 
suitors  of  the  Court  in  the  year  ended  28th 
February  1919,  and  Account  of  the  National 
Debt  Commissioners  for  the  same  period  in 
respect of  funds held  by them on  behalf  of  the 
Supreme  Court of  Judicature,  with  the  Report 
the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General 
of 
thereon. 

Ordered,  That the said  Papers  do lie upon the 
Table,  and  that  the Paper  relative  to Supreme 
Court  of Judicature,  be printed. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Amery  presented,  by  His Colonial 
Majesty'8  Command,—Copy  of Colonial  Report, Reports 
No.  1,010 (St.  Helena,  Report  for  1918). 

("nuaj.; 

Ordered, That the  said Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Speaker laid upon the  Table:— 

Manual of 
Procedure 

Manual of  Procedure  in  the Public  Business (Public -
of  the  House  of  Commons.  Fourth  Edition, Business.) 
1919. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  reported  from  Standing Standing 
Committee  B,  to whom  the  Electricity  Supply Committee B 
Bill  was referred;  That  they  had gone through suppl?Bn[) 
the Bill,  and made Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 207. 

Table;  and be printed. 

Ordered,  That the Minutes of  the Proceedings  No. 207. 

of the  Standing  Committee  be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill 207. 

Standing  Committee, be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next;  and  be printed. 

Mr.  MacVeagh,  Member  for  South  Down, Member 
described  a  statement  made  by  the  Chief ordered to 
w" 
Secretary  to  the  Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ireland ** 
in  answering  a  Supplementary  Question  as 
"impertinent." 

Mr.  Speaker  thereupon  called  upon  the 
honourable  Member  to withdraw  the expression, 
but  he declined  to  comply  with  that  direction, 
whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order  No.  20  relating  to  disorderly  conduct, 
ordered Mr. Mac  Veagh to  withdraw immediately 
from  the  House  during  the  remainder  of  this 
day's  Sitting;  and  the  honourable  Member 
withdrew accordingly. 

Mr.  John  William  If ilson  reported  from  the Standing 
Chairmen's  Panel;  That  they  had  appointed Oron^ttees 
Mr.  'Vnrton  to act as Chairman of Standing  Com- pan^™en 8 
mittee  E  (in  respect of  the  National  Assembly 
of  the  Church  of  England  (Powers)  Bill 
[Lords]);  and Mr.  Rendall  to  act as Chairman 
of Standing  Committee  D  (in  respect  of  the 
Agriculture  and Fisheries (Councils,  &c.)  Bill). 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com- Selection 
mittee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  added  to  ^ ^^ 
Standing  Committee  D  the  following  Fifteen standing  • 
Members  (in  respect  of  the  Agriculture  and Committee D. 
Fisheries  (Councils,  &c.)  Bill):  Mr.  Acland, 
Major  Barnston,  Major  Breese,  Mr.  Cape,  Mr. 
Cautley, Major  Courthope,  Captain Fitzroy,  Mr. 
Thomas  Griffiths,  Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen, 
Mr.  Irving,  Mr.  Lambert,  Mr.  Lane-Fox,  Major 
Nail,  Sir  Robert  Thomas,  and  Mr.  Charles 
White. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts further reported from the standing 
Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the Committee E. 
following Members from Standing Committee E: 
Major Hayward  and General  Sir  Ivor  Philipps. 

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357 

Standing 
Committee E. 

Standing 
Committee E. 

Sir Samuel Roberts further  reported  from  the 
Committee;  That  they  had  added  to  Standing 
Committee  E  the  following  Fifteen  Members 
(in  respect  of  the  National  Assembly  of  the 
Church of  Eugland  (Powers)  Bill 
[Lords]): 
Sir  Ryland  Adkius, Major Birchall, Lord  Hugh 
Cecil,  Mr.  Alfred  Davies,  Sir  William  Howell 
Davies,  Mr.  Grundy,  Mr.  Holmes,  General  Sir 
Archibald Hunter,  Mr.  Alfred  Law,  Sir  William 
Middlebrook,  Major  Nail,  Sir  Robert  Newman, 
Mr. Purchase,  Sir John Randies, and Mr.  Walsh. 
Sir  Samuel Roberts  further reported  from  the 
Committee ;  That  they had  added the following 
Members  to  Standing  Committee  E  (for  the 
consideration of  the National  Assembly  of  the 
Church  of  England (Powers)  Bill  [Lords]):  — 
JVIajor  Barnes,  Sir  Edward  Beauchamp,  Mr. 
Bell,  Mr.  Briant,  Mr.  Broad,  Mr.  Cairns, Major 
Entwistle,  Mr.  Joseph  Green,.  Mr.  Hailwood, 
Major  Lane-Fox,  Mr.  Lunn,  Mr.  Oman,  Mr. 
Albert  Parkinson,  Mr.  Preston,  Colonel  Raw, 
Mr.  Robert  Richardson, Sir  William  Seager, Mr. 
Seddon, Mr.  Solicitor  General,  and  Sir  Alfred 
Yeo. 

Ordered,  That  the  Reports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Adjournment 
of the House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House,  at  its  rising  this 
day,  do  adjourn  till  Monday next.—(Mr.  Bonar 
Law.) 

Aliens 
Bestriction 
BiB. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded 
to  take  into  further  consideration  the  Aliens 
Restriction Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p. 5,  1. 39,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  " f or   a  period  of  two  years  after  the 
passing  of  this  Act,"  and  inserting  the words 
"  until Parliament shall  otherwise determine,"— 
(Sir  Herbert  Neild),—instead thereof. 

And  the Question being put, That  the words 
proposed to be left out,  to  the  word  "  two,"  in 
1. 39, stand  part of  the  Bill:—It  was  resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 5, 1. 39, by leaving out the word 
"  two," and  inserting  the  word "  seven "—(Mr. 
Murchison),—instead  thereof. 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

"  two "  stand  part  of  the  B i l l; 

The  House  divided. 

The Yeas to the  Bight; 

The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers for the, Mr. Kiley, 

Yeas, 

1 Mr.  Spencer: 

Tellers for the J Colonel  Sanders, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Parker : 

So it passed in the  Negative. 

1 
} 

41. 

216. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
" s e v e n"   be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It 
passed  in  the  Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the  Bill,  in  p. 5,  1. 41,  by  leaving  out from 
the word "  air,"  to the word "  without,"  in  p. 6, 
1. 1.—(Mr.  Secretary  Shortt.) 

And the Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words proposed to be  left  out stand  part of  the 
Bill:—The  said proposed Amendment  was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

VOL.   174. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill,  in p. 6, 1.2, by leaving out the words 
"  to  be  granted  only  on  special  grounds."— 
(Lieutenant-Commander  Kenworthy.) 

And the Question  being put, That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left out stand part of  the  Bill: 
—It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 6,1.  2, by inserting,  at  the end 
thereof,  the  words  "which  shall  include  per-
mission to land for  genuine  business  purposes." 
—(Lieutenant-Commander  Kenworthy.) 

And  the Question  being proposed, That those 
words be  there inserted  in  the Bill;—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  6,  1.  3,  by  leaving  out  sub-
section  (2). —  (Lieutenant-Commander  Ken-
worthy.) 

And  the Question  being  put, That the words 
proposed  to  be  left  out, to the word "  shall," in 
1. 4, stand part of  the  Bill: — It  was resolved  in 
the Affirmative. 

Then  another Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the Bill,  in  p. 6,  1. 19, by  leaving  out  sub-
section  (3). —  (Lieutenant-Commander  Ken-
worthy.) 

And the Question  being  put, That  the  words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the  Bill:— 
It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill, in p.  6, I. 36,  by  inserting, at 
the  end  thereof  the  words  "  but  shall  not  be 
held  to  include  citizens  of  the  state of  Poland, 
Czecko-Slovakia,  Roumania, Jugo-Slavia,  Hun-
gary,  Palestine,  Latvia,  Lithuania,  Estonia, 
Greece, France, Italy,  Denmark, or Belgium, or 
persons  living  in  those  parts  of  the  ancient 
empire  of  Turkey  which  are  no  longer  under 
direct  Turkish  rule."—(Lieutenant-Commander 
Kenworthy.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those 
words be  there  inserted  in the  Bill:—It  passed 
in the Negative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee  and  on  Consideration,  be 
re-committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole 
House  in  respect  of  the  New  Clause  (Tem-
porary  restrictions  on  acquisition  by  former 
enemy aliens of certain  kinds of property) stand-
ing  on  the  Notice  Paper  in  the  name  of  Mr. 
Secretary  Shortt, and of  the New Clause (Prohi-
bition of  former enemy aliens  holding land, &c.) 
in the name of Sir John Butcher.—(Mr.  Secretary 
Shortt.) 

The  House,  immediately  resolved  itself  into 

the Committee. 

(In  the Committee.) 

A  Clause (Temporary  restrictions  on acquisi-
tion by former enemy  aliens of  certain  kinds  of 
property.)—(Mr. Secretary Shortt)—brought  up 
and read the first and second time. 

Amendment proposed to the proposed Clause, 
in 1.  1, to leave out the  words "  During a period 
of one year from the passing of this Act" in order 
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to insert the words "  Until  Parliament otherwise 
determines."—(Sir  John  Butcher.) 

13 th—11th  November. 

1919. 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to be left out stand part of  the proposed Clause : 
—Amendment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 

Amendments  made to the proposed  Clause. 
Another  Amendment  proposed  to  the  pro-
posed  Clause, in  1. 2,  after  the word "  acquire," 
to  insert  the  words  "  or  hold."—(Sir  John 
Butcher.) 

Question,  That  those  words  be there  inserted 

in the proposed Clause,  put,  and negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed  to  the  pro-
posed  Clause,  in 1.  8,  at  the  end  to  insert  the 
words "  except where necessary for the  re-estab-
Hshnient  of  trade  and  commerce  between  the 
United  Kingdom  and former enemy  territories." 
-—(Lieutenant-Commander  Kenworthy.) 

Question,  That those words be  there  inserted, 

in the proposed Clause, put, and negatived. 

Clause, as amended, added to the  Bill. 
Bill,  as amended, to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee had  added  a  New  Clause to the 
Bill  (Temporary  restrictions  on  acquisition  by 
former enemy aliens of certain kinds of property). 
,  Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  on  Re-
committal,  be  now  taken  into  consideration  :— 
The  House  accordingly proceeded  to  take  the 
Bill  into  consideration. 

Bill 208. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read the third time 

upon Monday next;  and be printed. 

Agriculture 
Colonel  Sanders reported  from the  Committee 
fCoimcUslfe* ) o n  Agriculture  and  Fisheries  (Councils,  &c.) 
[Expenses]  a  Resolution,  which  was  read  as 
[Expenses.j 
followeth : 

That it is expedient to authorise the  payment, 
out of  moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament, of 
the expenses  of  any council,  committee, or  sub-
committee  established,  or of  any fishery meeting 
convened,  under any Act  of the  present  Session, 
to  provide  for  the  constitution  of  councils  and 
Committees  in  connection  with  agriculture  and 
fisheries,  and to amend the Board  of Agriculture 
and Fisheries Acts,  1889  to  1909. 

County Court 
Judges 
(Retirement 
Pensions and 
Deputies) 
[Money.] 

The  said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time, was agreed to. 

Colonel  Sanders reported  from tbe  Committee 
on County  Court Judges  (Retirement,  Pensions 
and  Deputies)  [Money]  a  Resolution,  which 
was read as followeth : 

That it is expedient  to make further provision 
out of  the  Consolidated  Fund and out  of moneys 
provided by Parliament  with  respect to the  Re-
tirement and  Pensions of  County  Court Judges 
and  the  employment  of  Deputy  Judges  under 
any  Act  of the present Session relating thereto. 
The said Resolution, being read a second time, 

was agreed to. 

Navy and 
Army 
Expenditure, 
1917-18.  I 

The  Order of  the day being read, for receiving 
the  Report  from  the  Committee  on  Navy  and 
Army  Expenditure,  1917-18  ; 

Ordered, That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

Irish Land 
(Provision for 
Sailors and 
Soldiers) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of the Irish Land (Provision for 
Sailors and Soldiers)  Bill; 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Nurses 
Second  Reading  of  the  Nurses  Registration Registration 
(No. 2) BiU. 
(No.  2) Bill; 

* 

° 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee of  Supply  ; 

Resolved,  That this  House will, upon  Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

The  House, according to Order, resolved itself County Court 

into  a  Committee  on the  County  Court  Judges^* 88 
(Retirement  Pensions and Deputies)  Bill. 

Pensions and 
Deputies) Bil. 

(In  the Committee.) 

Clauses No,  1 to  No.  5  agreed to. 
Schedule agreed  to. 
Bill to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend-
ment. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be now read  the third 
time :—The  Bill  was  accordingly read the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the Clerk  do  carry the  Bill to 

the  Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and Means ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the Adjournment. 

Order of  the  House  of the  22nd day  of  October 
last, proposed  the Question,  That  this  House do 
now adjourn. 

And  the Question being put:—It  was resolved 

in the Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  fourteen  minutes  after 
Seven of the clock, adjourned  till  Monday 
next,  pursuant  to  the  Resolution  of  the 
House of  this day. 

Monday,  \7th November 1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Scottish 

Third  Reading  of  the  Scottish  Amicable Amicable Life 

Life  Assurance  Society's  Order  Confirmation  g ^ ^ 6 
Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Order 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read the third  time  B U^ ^ S !] 

to-morrow. 

The  Wick  Harbour  Order  Confirmation  Bill Wick Harbour 

\Lords]  was, according  to  Order, read  the third 2rd^r 
•  n 
j 
S 
time and passed. 

Confirmation 
m\  [Lords.] 

° 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the Bill  to 
the Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath agreed to the same, without  Amendment. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  .by  His  Majesty's  Civil Services 

Command,—Estimate of the further sum required (Supplemen-
to be  voted for  the  Civil  Services  for  the  year  i9i9^)Inate' 
ending  31st  March 1920. 

No   2 o g 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Estimate  be  referred 

to a Standing  Committee ;  and be printed. 

10  G E O.  V. 

General 
Prisons 
(Ireland) 
Act,  1877. 

Shops Act, 
1912. 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  several  Acts  of Parliament,—Copy 
of Order made under the General Prisons (Ireland) 
Act,  1877,  closing  the  Prison at  Castlebar. 

Copy  of  Order  made  under  the  Shops  Act, 
1912,  by  the  Council  of  the  undermentioned 
Local  Authority,  and  confirmed  by  the  Lord 
liieutenant of  Ireland:— 

Urban District of  Enniskillen. 

17 th  November. 

359 
and  had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No. 203. 

Table;  and be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in the  Bill 209. 

Joint  Committee,  be  re-committed  to  a  Com-
mittee  of  the  whole  House for  Monday  next  ; 
and be printed. 

Shops Act, 
1912. 

Ordered,  That  the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt,  presented,  pursuant  to 
the directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Order  made  under  the  Shops  Act,  1912, by 
the Council of the undermentioned  Local Autho-
rity,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  of  State 
for the  Home  Department:— 

City  of  Bristol. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

County Courts.  Mr.  Attorney  General  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the 
Lord Chancellor's Committee  on  County Courts. 

Ordered,  That the said  Paper  do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Scottish Board 
of  Health 
(Begulations.) 

Trade Boards 
Acts. 

Ministry of 
Health. 

No. 208. 

Mr.  Pratt  presented, pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of  Regula-
tions, dated  29th  October  1919,  made  by  the 
Scottish Board  of  Health  under  the  National 
Insurance Act,  1911,  and  the  Scottish Board of 
Health  Act,  1919,  entitled  the  National  Health 
Insurance  Medical  Benefit  Regulations  (Scot-
land),  1919. 

Ordered,  That the  said  Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Robert  Horne  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,-—Copy  of 
Special  Order  made  by  the  Minister of  Labour 
under Section  1 of  the  Trade Boards Act,  1918, 
with respect  to the Coffin  Furniture and  Cere-
ment-making  Trade. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper  do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Dr.  Addison  presented,  pursuant  to the direc-
tions of an Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Draft 
Order in Council, entitled the Ministry of Health 
(Lunacy  and  Mental  Deficiency,  Transfer  of 
Powers)  Order,  transferring to  the  Minister of 
Health certain powers and duties of the Secretary 
of  State under the enactments relating  to  lunacy 
and mental deficiency. 

Ordered,  That the  said Paper do lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and be printed. 

Public Becords  The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
(War Office.)  tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon 
the Table  by the  Clerk  of  the  House  :—Copy 
of  Schedule  containing  List  and  particulars  of 
certain classes of Documents, existing or accruing 
in  Units and  Formations of  the  British  Army 
which are not of sufficient public value  to justify 
their preservation  in the Public  Record Office. 

Government 
of  India  Bill 
(Joint 
Committee.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  reported 

from  the 
Select  Committee  appointed  to  join  with  a 
Committee of the House of Lords on the  Govern-
ment of  India Bill;  That  they had considered 
the  said  Bill  and had  taken  evidence  thereon 
which they  had agreed to  report  to the  House  ; 

VOL.   174 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-  Selection 
mittee of  Selection;  That  they  had  discharged  (Standing 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com- sending 
mittee  C :—Brigadier-General  Wigan. 

Committee  0. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts further  reported  from the standing 

Committee;  That 
following  Member to  Standing  Committee  D  :— 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Weigall. 

they  had  added 

the Committee D. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts  further reported  from the  Standing 
Committee ;  That  they had  added the following  Committee B. 
Member  to  Standing  Committee  E  (for  the 
consideration  of  the  National  Assembly  of  the 
Church  of  England  (Powers)  Bill  [Zorc/s])  : 
Mr.  Rae. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Industrial  Courts  Bill  was,  according  Industrial 
Courts BilL 

to  Order, read the  third time and passed. 

Ordered, That  the  Clerk  do carry  the  Bill  to 

the Lords,  and desire  their concurrence. 

A  Motion was  made, and  the  Question being Adjournment, 

proposed,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn.— 
(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

And,  it  being  Eleven of  the  clock,  the  Mo-
tion for the Adjournment  for the  House lapsed, 
without  Question put. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Hours of 
Second  Beading  of the  Hours  of  Employment  Employment 
(No.  2)  Bill; 
(No.2)Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Minimum 

Second Beading of  the Minimum  Bate of Wages  Bates of Wages 
Commission  Bill; 

Cunmissmn 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read  a  second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Joint stock 

Second  Reading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks 
(Amalgamation  Control) Bill; 

CoXo^Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Private 
Second  Reading  of  the  Private  Legislation^^,® 11 
Procedure  (Ireland)  Bill; 

( M a n d r i l l. 

Ordered,  That  the Bill  be  read a  second time 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Overseas Trade 

Second  Beading  of  the  Overseas  Trade  (In- (In?urance 
surance against  Abnormal  Bisks)  Bill; 
Abnomal 

Ordered,  That the  Bill be  read  a second time Risk8)  Bm-

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supreme Court 

Second  Beading  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Judicature  (Ireland)  Bill; 

(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

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360 

IT th—18th  November. 

1919. 

Local 
Elections 
(Proportional 
Representa-
tion) Bill 
[Lordt.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Elections  (Pro-
portional Representation) Bill  [Lords]  ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read  a  second  time 

upon Monday next. 

addition to and for the like purposes as the sums 
not  exceeding  one  hundred  and  eighty-five 
thousand pounds specified in  section five of  the 
Small Landholders  (Scotland) Act,  1911.—(Mr. 
Munro.) 

Dogs 
Regulation 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2)  Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Dogs  Regulation  (Ire-
land) (No.  2)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

Electricity 
(Supply) Bill. 

The  Order of  the  day being read, for taking 
into consideration  the Electricity  (Supply)  Bill, 
as amended in the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

Aliens 
Restriction 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Third  Reading of the Aliens Restriction  Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read the third time 

to-morrow. 

Navy and 
Army 
Expenditure, 
1917-18. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report  from  the Committee on  Navy  and 
Army  Expenditure,  1917-18 ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Irish Land 
(Provision for 
Sailors and 
Soldiers) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day being  raad,  for  the 
Second Reading of the Irish Land (Provision for 
Sailors and Soldiers)  Bill; 

Ordered, That  the  Bill be  read  a second time 

to-morrow. 

Nurses 
Registration 
(No. 2) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Nurses  Registration 
(No.  2)  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

Mr.  Munro,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted  the  House,  That  His  Majesty 
having  been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of 
this  Motion, recommends it  to  the consideration 
of  the House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the Adjournment, 

Order of the  House of  the  22nd day of October 
last, proposed  the Question,  That  this House do 
now adjourn. 

And the Question being put:—It  was resolved 

in the Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued to sit till three minutes after Eleven 
of the clock, adjourned  till to-morrow. 

Tuesday, 18th November  1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

THE  Scottish  Amicable  Life  Assurance Scottish 

Society's  Order  Confirmation  Bill  [Lords] 

was, according to Order, read the third time and Society's 
passed. 

°rd®r 
Confirmation 

Ordered, That  the Clerk  do carry the Bill  to BilJ  [Lordt.] 

the Lords;  and acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

to-morrow. 

Mr.  Attorney  General  presented,  by  His Public Trustee, 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Supply ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Ways and 
Means, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of Ways  and Means; 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Interim  Report 
of  the  Committtee  appointed  by  the  Lord 
Chancellor  to  inquire  into  the  Organisation  of 
the Office of the Public  Trustee. 

Copy  of  Final  Report  ot  the  Committee Public Trustee, 

appointed  by  the  Lord  Chancellor  to  inquire 
into the Organisation of  the Office of the Public 
Trustee. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Copy of  Report to tbe Lord  Chancellor of the Poor Persons' 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

National 
Expenditure. 

Ordered,  That  Sir  Godfrey  Collins  be  dis-
charged from the  Select Committee on National 
Expenditure. 

Ordered,  That Mr.  Sidney  Robinson  be added 

to the Committee.—(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

Committee  appointed  to  inquire  into  the  Poor Kules-
Persons' Rules. 

Copy of  Report  to  the  Lord  Chancellor  on Land Registry, 

the  Work  of  the  Land  Registry  for the years 
1914 to 1918. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

Land 
Settlement 
(Scotland) 
[Money] 
(No. 2). 

A  Motion  being  made, That  this House will, 
to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  of 
moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament, in pur-
suance of any Act of  the present Session, to make 
further provision  for the acquisition of  land for 
the purposes of  small holdings, reclamation, and 
drainage, and other purposes relating to agricul-
ture  in  Scotland,  to  amend  the  Smali  Land-
holders (Scotland) Act, 1911, and the enactments 
relating to allotments, and otherwise to facilitate 
land settlement in  Scotland, of  a further annual 
sum, during each  of  the  ten  years commencing 
on the first day of  April,  nineteen hundred and 
twenty,  not  exceeding fifteen thousand  pounds 
in any one year, to  be  placed  at the disposal of 
the  Board  of  Agriculture  for  Scotland,  in 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His Education 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Minute  of  the (Scotland.) 
Committee  of  Council  on  Education  in  Scot-
land, dated 6th  November  1919,  prescribing the 
method  of  calculating  the  amount  of  accrued 
grant payable  from  the  Education  (Scotland) 
Fund  under  Section 21  (2)  (a)  of the Education 
(Scotland)  Act,  1918,  in  respect  of  a  school 
transferred  in terms  of  Section  18  (2)  of that 
Act. 

The Lord Advocate also presented, pursuant to Private 
the directions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,— p^edure" 
Copy  of  Amending  General  Orders, dated 17th (Scotland) 
November 1919, for the regulation of proceedings Act, 1899. 
under  and in pursuance  of  the Private  Legisla-
tion Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899. 

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War Charities  Copy of  Scheme  under  the  War  Charities 
(Scotland) Act,  1919,  for  the  application  of the 
(Scotland) 
Act, 1919. 
Funds  or  Property  of  the  Wemyss  Parish 
Soldiers' Fund. 

Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Board of 
Education. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  the  Annual  Report  for 
1918 of the Chief  Medical  Officer  of  the Board 
of  Education. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Mersey Docks 
and Harbour 
Board, 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  was  laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House :—Accounts 
of  the  Mersey  Docks  and  Harbour  Board  for 
the year ending  lst July  1919. 

Fisheries  (Councils,  &c.)  Bill) :—Major  Nail; 
and  had  appointed  in  substitution :  Captain 
Douglas  Brown. 

Sir  Samuel Roberts further reported  from  the standing 
Committee ;  That they had added the following Committee D. 
Member  to  Standing  Committee  D:—Major 
Wheler. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the standing 
Committee;  That  they  had  added  the  following  Committee E. 
to  Standing  Committee  E  (for  the 
Member 
consideration  of  the  National  Assembly  of  the 
Church  of  England  (Powers)  Bill  [L o r d s ] ): 
—Mr.  Tootill. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the  standing 

they  had  discharged  the  Committee E. 

Committee;  That 
following  Members from  Standing  Committee E  : 
—Mr.  liupert  Gwynne  and  Mr.  Lane-Fox;  and 
had appointed  in  substitution :  Sir  Stuart Coats 
and Captain  Sir  Beville  Stanier. 

Imprisonment 
of Members. 

Mr.  Speaker informed the  House that  he had 
received  the  following  letter  relating  to  the 
imprisonment of  Members  :— 

Ordered,  That  the  Beports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Metropolitan  Police  Courts, 
Inn's  Quay, Dublin, 

Sir, 

13th November  1919. 
I  have the honour to inform you  that  John 
O'Mahony,  John  Hayes,  and  Frank  Lawless, 
Esquires,  Members of  Parliament,  having  been 
arrested  in  the  City  of  Dublin  on  the  11 th 
November  instant,  were  brought  before  me 
yesterday,  the  12th  instant,  charged  with  an 
offence  against  Section  7 of  the Criminal  Law 
and Procedure (Ireland)  Act,  1887, in that they 
did take part in the proceedings of an association, 
to  wit,  the  Dail  Eireann,  which  had  been 
declared by His  Excellency the Lord Lieutenant 
of  Ireland  to  be a dangerous association within 
the  meaning  of  the  said  Act,  and,  on  being 
convicted of such offence, were sentenced  by me 
to  be  imprisoned,  each  for  a  period  of  two 
calendar months without hard labour.  I further 
ordered each  of  the  Defendants to give bail  to 
be  of  the  peace  and  good  behaviour  for  12 
months, himself  in  £20  with one surety in £20, 
or,  in  default,  to  be  imprisoned  for  a  further 
period of one calendar month. 

In  pursuance of  such  sentences, each  of  the 
above-named  Defendants  was, on  the  aforesaid 
12th  instant,  committed  to  Mountjoy  Prison, 
Dublin. 

I  have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your  obedient servant, 

E R N E ST   G.   S W I F T E,   K . C ., 

Chief  Magistrate, 
Police District  of  Dublin  Metropolis. 

The  Right  Hon.  the  Speaker,  M.P., 
House  of  Commons. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Aliens 
Third Beading of the Aliens  Bestriction  Bill;  Restriction 

And a Motion being  made, and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill be now read the 
third time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question,  by leaving out from the word "  That  " 
to  the  end  of  the  Question,  and  adding  the 
words  "  this House, whilst willing to provide the 
executive  with  the  fullest  powers  necessary to 
deal  with  dangerous  and  undesirable  aliens, 
declines  to  give  a  Third  Beading  to  a  Bill 
which  by  its  own  provisions  and  the  reprisals 
they may excite checks the  growth of  our over-
seas  trade;  which  clogs  that  free  intercourse 
with  Foreign  nations  by which  in  art,  science, 
literature, and religion  this Country  has greatly 
gained ;  which  impairs  the  British  tradition  of 
right  of  asylum;  and  forms  an  obstacle  to 
international  goodwill  and  a  hindrance  to the 
work  of  the  League  of  Nations,"—(Captain 
Wedgwood Benn),—instead thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the 
words  proposed to be  left out  stand part of  the 
Question:—It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

The  Bill was read the third time and passed. 

Ordered,  That the Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill to 

the Lords and desire their concurrence. 

The  Irish  Land  (Provision  for  Sailors  and Irish Land 
Soldiers)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a ^ u ^ a n d^ 
second  time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing s0idiers) Bill. 
Committee. 

Standing 
Committee on 
Scottish Bills. 
Land 
Settlement 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

No. 210. 

No.  210. 

Bill 210. 

Sir  Watson  Rutherford  reported  from  the 
Standing  Committee on Scottish  Bills  to whom 
(Scotland)  Bill  was 
the  Land  Settlement 
referred ;  That they had gone through  the Bill 
and made Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table ;  and be printed. 

Ordered, That the  Minutes of  the Proceedings 

of  the Standing  Committee be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing Committee, be taken into consideration 
upon Thursday next;  and be printed. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee  D. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the Com-
mittee  of  Selection ;  That  they had discharged 
the following Member from Standing Committee 
D  (added  in  respect  of  the  Agriculture  and 

VOL.   174. 

The  Nurses  Begistration  (No.  2)  Bill  was, Nurses 

according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time,  and 
committed to a Standing  Committee. 

L  (No. 2) Bill. 

The Order of  the day being read, for receiving Navy and 

the  Beport  from  the  Committee  on  Navy £rmy 
and Army  Expenditure,  1917-18. 

Expenditure, 
1917-18. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order of  the  day  being  read, for taking Electricity 
into consideration  the  Electricity  (Supply)  Bill, (Supply) Bill, 
as amended in the  Standing Committee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

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18th—19th  November. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day 

being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into  the said  Committee. 

Ways anil 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Ways  and Means ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

Land 
Settlement 
(Scotland) 
[Money] 
(No. 2.) 

The  House, according to Order,  resolved itself 
into  a  Committee  on Land  Settlement  (Scot-
land)  [Money]  (No.  2). 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise 
the  payment,  out  of  moneys  to  be  provided 
by  Parliament  in pursuance  of  any  Act  of  the 
present  Session  to  make  further  provision  for 
the acquisition  of  land for the purposes of small 
holdings,  reclamation,  and  drainage,  and  other 
purposes relating to agriculture  in  Scotland, to 
amend  the  Small  Landholders  (Scotland)  Act, 
1911,  and  the enactments  relating to allotments, 
and  otherwise  to  facilitate  land  settlement  in 
Scotland, of  a  further annual  sum, during each 
of  the ten years commencing  on  the first day of 
April,  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty,  not  ex-
ceeding fifteen thousand pounds in any one year, 
to  be  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the Board  of 
Agriculture  for  Scotland  in  addition  to and for 
the like  purposes as the sums  not exceeding one 
hundred  and  eighty-five 
thousand  pounds 
specified in section five of the Small Landholders 
(Scotland)  Act, 1911.—(Mr.  Munro.) 

Resolution  to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and 
Commander  Eyres-Monsell  reported,  That  the 
Committee had come to a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Adjournment. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the 
Order of the  House of the 22nd day of  October 
last, proposed  the  Question, That this  House do 
now adjourn. 

And  the  Question  being  p u t : — It   was resolved 

in  the  Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  twenty-three  minutes 
after  Seven  of  the clock,  adjourned  till 
to-morrow. 

Shops Act 
1912. 

Wednesday, 19th November 1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

R.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant to 
M 
the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament, 
—Copy  of  Order  made under  the  Shops  Act, 
1912,  by  the  Council  of  the  under-mentioned 
Local Authority, and confirmed by the Secretary 
of  State for the Home  Department:— 

Borough of Chatham. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper do lie upon  the 

Table. 

Acquisition 
aud Valuation 
of Land 
Committee. 

Mr.  Attorney  General  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Fourth Report 
of  the Acquisition  and Valuation  of  Land  Com-
mittee on the Transfer of  Land  in England and 
Wales. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

1919. 
Majesty's Board of 
Education Education. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  by  His 
the  Higher 

Command,—Copy  of 
(Maintenance  Allowance  Grant)  Regulations, 
dated  18th  November  1919,  made  by  the Board 
of  Education  under Section 44 of the  Education 
Act,  1918, for  the  payment of  Grants to  Local 
in  respect  of  their 
Education  Authorities 
Approved  Expenditure  on  Maintenance  Allow-
ances to Pupils in  Secondary  Schools  and  other 
places of Higher  Education. 

Ordered,  That the  said Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Dr.  Addison  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Housing. 

Command,—Copy  of  Statement  as  to  New 
Methods of  Housing  Construction. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That there be laid before this House, Dollar 
a  Copy of  the  Report  of  the  American  Dollar Securities 
Securities  Committee.—(Mr.  Baldwin.) 

Committee. 

So much of the Order made upon the  31st day Supply, 

of  July  last,  as  refers Civil  Services  (Supple-
mentary  Estimates, 
1919-20)  Unclassified 
Services,  Miscellaneous  War  Services  (Foreign 
Office), to  the Committee of  Supply,  was  read 
and discharged, 

Ordered,  That  the Civil Services (Supplemen-
tary Estimates,  1919-20)  Unclassified  Services, 
Miscellaneous  War  Services  (Foreign  Office) 
be referred to a Standing  Committee. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  the Lords, 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  : 

The Lords have agreed to the Superannuation Superannua-
t i on   Officers) Bill,  without  any Amendment,  offices) Bill 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Constabulary  Constabulary 

and  Police  (Ireland)  Bill,  without  any  Amend-  and Police 
ment. 

(Ireland) Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Arbroath Arbroath 

Harbour  Order  Confirmation  Bill,  without  any Harbour Order 
Amendment. 

Confirmation 
Bill. 

Mr.  Rendall  reported  from  Standing  Com-
mittee D,  to whom the Agriculture  and Fisheries 
(Councils) &c. Bill was referred ;  That  they had 
gone  through  the  Bill  and  made  Amendments 
thereunto;  and  bad  amended  the  Title  as 
followeth :—A  Bill  to  provide  for  the  consti-
tution of  Councils  and Committees in connection 
with Agriculture,  and  to  amend  the  Board  of 
Agriculture  and Fisheries  Acts,  1899  to  1909. 

Standing 
Committee D. 
Agriculture 
and Fisheries 
(Councils) Jcc. 
Bill (changed 
to Agriculture 
(Councils, &c.) 
BUI.) 
[Title 
amended.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and be printed. 

No. 211. 

Ordered, That the Minutes  of  the  Proceedings 

No. 211. 

of the  Standing  Committee  be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration 
upon  Monday  next;  and  be  printed. 

Bill 212. 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes, supported by  Sir  Alfred  imports and 

u a  10n 

Mond,  Sir  Lamington  Worthington- Evans,  the ®xPorts. 
Lord Advocate,  Mr. Baldwin,  Sir Hamar  Green- 
wood,  and  Mr.  Bridgeman  presented  a  Bill  to 
constitute  a  Trade  Regulation  Committee,  to 
regulate  the  importation  of  goods with  a  view 
safeguarding  key 
to  preventing  dumping, 
industries  and  industries affected by  the  depre-
ciation of  a Foreign  currency, and  assisting  the 
revival  of  hop-growing,  to  regulate temporarily 
the exportation of certain goods, and to authorise 
the  granting  of  credits  and  undertaking  of 
insurances  for  the  purpose  of  re-establishing 

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Bill  211. 

Business of 
the House 
(Supply.) 

overseas  trade,  and 
for  other  purposes  inci-
dental to  the  objects  aforesaid :  And  the same 
was ordered to be read a second time to-morrow; 
and to be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Civil  Services  Supple-
mentary Estimate,  1919-20,  Ministry  of  Labour 
(Civil  Demobilisation  and Resettlement  Depart-
ment)  Vote  which  was presented  upon  the  17th 
day of  this  instant  November,  be considered  in 
Committee  of  Supply.—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

363 
to  facilitate  land  settlement  in  Scotland,  of  a 
further annual sum, during  each of  the ten years 
commencing  on  the  first  day  of April,  nineteen 
hundred  and  twenty,  not  exceeding  fifteen 
thousand  pounds  in  any  one year, to  be  placed 
at the disposal of  the  Board of  Agriculture  for 
Scotland  in addition to and  for the like purposes 
as  the  sums  not  exceeding  one  hundred  and . 
eighty-five  thousand  pounds  specified  in  sec-
tion  five  of  the  Small  Landholders  (Scotland) 
Act,  1911. 

Supply. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

The said  Resolution,  being read a second time, 

into the Committee  of  Supply. 

was agreed to. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Civil  Services Supplementary  Estimate, 
1919-20. 
Ministry  of  Labour  (Civil  Demobilisation and 
Resettlement  Department). 

Unclassified  Services. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
a  Supplementary  sum  not exceeding £1,500,000 
be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge 
which  will  come  in  course  of  payment  during 
the year ending  on  the 31st day of  March  1920 
. for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of  the  Depart-
ment  of  Civil  Demobilisation  and  Resettlement 
of  the  Ministry  of  Labour,  including  Out-of-
Work  Donation  and  the  Contribution  to  the 
Unemployment Insurance Fund, and Repayments 
to  Associations  pursuant  to  Sections  85  and 
106  of  the  National  Insurance  Act,  1911,  and 
the  National  Insurance  (Part  II.) 
(Munition 
Workers)  Act,  1916,  and  Grants  for  the 
training  of  Demobilised  Officers : 

Whereupon Motion  made,  and  Question  put, 
That  a  sum,  not  exceeding  £1,499,900,  be 
granted for  the said  Service.—(Mr.  Clynes.) 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers  for the] Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 
(Mr 
Tellers for the|  Sir  Owen  Philipps, 

"l 
Thomas  Griffiths  :  I 

Yeas, 

Noes, 

I Mr.  Marriott  : 

Original  Question  put, and agreed to 

Resolution  to be reported. 

}  217. 

The  Order of the day being read, for receiving Navy and 

the Report  from  the  Committee  on  Navy  and Army 
Army  Expenditure,  1917-18. 

f ^ f™ 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read 

Committee of Ways  and Means ; 

for  the  Ways and 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will,  Irish Land 
to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to gaUors'and^1* 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  of soldiers) 
moneys to be provided by  Parliament,  of  certain  [Expenses.] 
expenses incurred by  the Land  Commission, the 
Local  Government  Board  for  Ireland,  and  the 
Department  of  Agriculture  and  Technical  In-
struction  for  Ireland  under  any  Act  of  the 
present  Session,  to  facilitate  the  provision  of 
land in Ireland for  men who  have  served  in the 
Naval,  Military,  or Air  Forces  of  the  Crown  in 
the present war.—(Mr.  Macpherson.) 

Mr.  Macpherson,  by His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted  the House  that  His  Majesty,  having 
been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of  this 
Motion,  recommends  it  to  the  consideration  of 
the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said  Committee. 

Resolved, That the Draft  of  the  Ministry  of  Ministry of 

Health  (Anatomy  Acts,  Transfer  of  Powers)  Health-
Order,  1919,  which  was  presented  upon  the 4th 
day of  this  instant  November,  be  approved.— 
(Dr.  Addison.) 

A  Motion  was  made, and  the Question  being Housing, 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman of Ways and Means reported, That the 
Committee had come to a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Electricity 
(Supply) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for taking 
into  consideration  the  Electricity  (Supply)  Bill, 
as amended in the  Standing  Committee; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Land 
Settlement 
( S c o t l a n d) 
[ M o n e y] 
( N o.   2.) 

Colonel  Sanders reported from the  Committee 
on Land  Settlement (Scotland) [Money] (No.  2) 
a Resolution ;  which  was read, as followeth : 

That it is expedient  to authorise the payment, 
out of  moneys  to be provided  by  Parliament in 
pursuance  of  any Act  of  the present  Session  to 
make  further  provision  for  the  acquisition  of 
land for the  purposes of small holdings, reclama-
tion, and  drainage,  and  other  purposes  relating 
to agriculture  in  Scotland,  to  amend  the  Small 
Landholders  (Scotland)1  Act,  1911,  and  the 
enactments relating  to  allotments,  and otherwise 

VOL.  174. 

proposed,  That an humble Address  be presented 
to His  Majesty praying  that  Regulations  made 
by the  Minister of  Health,  with the approval  of 
the  Treasury  and  presented  to  this  House  on 
22nd  October 
last  under  Section  7  of  the 
Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c.  Act,  1919,  be 
annulled.—(Mr.  Rupert  Gwynne.) 

And  the  House  having  continued  to  sit  till 
after Twelve  of  the clock on Thursday  morning. 
Thursday,  20th  November 1919 : 
An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be made  to 
the Question in  1. 2,  by  inserting  after the word 
"  Regulations,"  the words "  Articles  2,  5, 6,  and 
Schedule  B."—(Mr.  Rupert  Gwynne.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those 
words  be there inserted :—It  was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

' 

And the  Main  Question,  so  amended,  being 

put; 

Resolved.  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
sented  to  His  Majesty,  praying  that  Regula-
tions Articles  2, 5.  6,  and Schedule  B,  made  by 
the  Minister  of  Health,  with  the  approval  of 
the  Treasury,  and  presented  to  this  House  on 
22nd  October  last  under  Section  7  of  the 
3  A  2 

19  th—20th  November. 

1919. 
condition  other  than  those  contained  in  Sche-
dule  A  of  the  Penal  Servitude  Act,  1864. 

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Adjournment. 

Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c.  Act,  1919,  be 
annulled. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Address  be  presented 
to  His  Majesty  by  such  Members  of  this  House 
as are  of  His  Majesty's  Most  Honourable  Privy 
Council  or  of  His  Majesty's  Household. 

And  it  being  after half-past  Eleven  of  the 
clock on Wednesday  evening, Mr.  Speaker 
adjourned  the  House  without  Question 
put,  pursuant  to  the  Standing  Order,  it 
being  then 
twenty-two  minutes  after 
Twelve of the clock  on Thursday  morning, 
till  this  day. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 
Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker, pursuant  to  Stand-
ing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Name of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Irish Land (Provision for Sailors and 

Soldiers) Bill. 

Nurses Registration  (No. 2) Bill 

B. 

B. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker,  purs 
of  20th  February,  of  Estimates 
Standing  Committee. 

uant  to  Order 
referred  to  a 

Title  of  Estimates. 

Civil  Services  (Supplementary  Es-
timates,  1919-20)  Unclassified 
Services,  Miscellaneous  War  Ser-
vices (Foreign Office). 

Standing 
Committee. 

C, 

Thursday,  20th November  1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Provisional 
Order  Bills 
( No   Standing 
Orders 
applicable.) 

MR.   Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Report 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 
Private  Bills, That  in  the  case  of  the  following 
Bill, referred  on  the  First  Reading  thereof,  no 
Standing  Orders  are applicable,  viz.  :— 

Ministry  of  Health  Provisional  Orders 

(No.  1)  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be  read  a second  time 

to-morrow. 

Irish  Land 
(Provision  for 
Sailors  and 
Soldiers)  Bill. 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Estimate  of  probable  E x-
penditure  under  the  Irish  Land  (Provision  for 
Sailors  and  Soldiers)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Dollar 
Securities 
Committee. 

No. 212. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,—Return  to  an  Order, 
dated  the  19th  day  of  this  instant  November, 
for  a Return  relative  to  the  Dollar  Securities 
Committee. 

Mr.  Baldwin  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
Government 
of  the  Soudan  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Loan  Act, 
Treasury  Minute  under  the  Government  of  the 
1919, 
Soudan  Loan  Act,  1919, dated  17th  November 
1919, guaranteeing .the payment  of  interest  on  a 
loan  raised  by  the  Government  of  the  Soudan. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  that  the  said  Return  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Secretary  Churchill  presented,  by  His  Army. 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the 
Committee  constituted  by  the  Army  Council  to 
inquire  into  the  Law  and  Rules  of  Procedure 
regulating  Military  Courts-martial. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paner  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That 
amended,  be  printed. 

the  Standing  Orders, 

as   Standing 
Orders. 

No. 213. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  the Lords, 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  folloTyeth: 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Industrial  industrial 

Courts  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

Courts  Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Water  Pro- Water 

visional  Order  Bill,  without  any  Amendment, 

orde^BiU1 

Sir  Eric  Geddes, supported  by  Mr.  Macpher-  Irish  Railways 
son,  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm certain  terms  in of Tfi™menri 
an  agreement  between  His  Majesty's'  Govern-  pji^ srcemen 
ment  and  the  Irish  railway  companies :  And  the  Bill 213. 
same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time, 
to-morrow;  and  to  be  printed. 

Lord  Edmund Talbot reported  from  the  Com-  Supply  [19th 

mittee  of  Supply  of  the  19th  day  of  this  instant  ^ ™ b e r] 
November,  a  Resolution,  which  was  read,  as 
followeth  : 

Civil  Services  Supplementary  Estimate, 
1919-20. 

Ministry  of  Labour  (Civil  Demobilisation  and  Ministry  of 

Resettlement  Department). 
TT 
, 
Unclassified  services. 

. „ 

r,  

. 

. 

Labour  (Civil 
Demobilisation 
and 

That  a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding  Department) 
£1,500,000  be  granted  to  His  Majesty, to  defray  (Supplemen-
the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of  pay-  tal7-) 
ment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of 
March 1920 for  the  Salaries  and Expenses  of  the 
Department  of  Civil  Demobilisation  and  R e-
settlement  of  the  Ministry  of  Labour,  including 
Out-of-Work  Donation  and  the  Contribution  to 
the Unemployment  Insurance  Fund,  and  Repay-
ments  to  Associations  pursuant  to  Sections  85 
and  106  of  the  National  Insurance  Act,  1911, 
and the  National  Insurance  (Part II.)  (Munition 
Workers)  Act,  1916, and Grants for  the  training 
of  Demobilised  Officers. 

The  said Resolution, being  read  a second  time, 

was  agreed  to. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Electricity 
take  into  consideration  the  Electricity  (Supply)  (Supp!y) Bill. 
Bill,  as amended  in the  Standing  Committee. 

A  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added  to  the  Bill 
(Transfer  of  Powers  of  Board  of  Trade  to 
Minister of Transport)—(Mr.  Secretary  Shortt) : 
And  the  said  Clause  was  brought  up  and  read 
the  first  time. 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  said  Clause  be  read  a 
second  time; 

A  Message  was  delivered  by  Captain  Sir  Royal  Assent. 

Thomas  Dacres  Butler,  Yeoman  Usher  of  the 
Black  R o d: 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant  to 
Penal 
Servitude  Acts the  directions  of  an A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Licence  granted  to  Charles  Carpenter,  under 
U°enceTal 
the  Penal  Servitude  Acts,  to  which  is  annexed  a 

Mr.  Speaker, 

The  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
Majesty's  Commission,  for  declaring  His  Royal 

10  GEO.  Y. 

20th  November. 

3 65 

Assent  to  several  Acts  agreed  upon  by  both 
Houses,  desire  the  immediate  attendance  of  this 
Honourable  House  in  the  House  of  Peers,  to 
hear  the  Commission  read. 

Accordingly  Mr.  Speaker,  with  the  House, 
went  up  to  the  House  of  Peers  :—And  having 
returned; 

"  (5)  A  person  shall  be  disqualified  for  being 
appointed  or,  being  a  commissioner,  if  he  has, 
directly  or  indirectly,  any  share  or  interest  in 
any  undertaking  for  the  supply  of  electricity, 
otherwise  than  as  a  ratepayer  in  the  case  of  an 
undertaking  of  a  local  authority."—(Mr.  Secre-
tary  Shortt.) 

Mr.  Speaker  reported,  That  the  House,  at  the 
desire  of  the  Lords  authorised  by  virtue  of  His 
.  Majesty's  Commission,  had  been  at  the  House 
of  Peers,  where  a Commission  under  the  Great 
Seal  was  read,  giving,  declaring,  and  notifying 
the  Royal  Assent  to  the  several  Acts  therein 
mentioned  ;  and  that  the  Lords  thereby  autho-
rised  had  declared  the  Royal  Assent  to  the 
said  Acts,  as follow  : 

1.  Superannuation 

(Prison  Officers)  Act, 

1919. 

2.  Constabulary  and  Police  (Ireland)  Act, 

1919. 

3.  Industrial  Courts  Act,  1919. 
4.  Granton Harbour  Order Confirmation  Act, 

1919. 

5.  Edinburgh  Corporation  Order  Confirma-

tion  Act,  1919. 
6.  Fraserburgh  Harbour 

(New  Works) 

; 

Order  Confirmation  Act,  1919. 

7.  Arbroath  Harbour  Order  Confirmation 

Act,  1919. 

' •  -  ' 

8.  Wick  Harbour  Order  Confirmation  Act, 

1919. 

;  9.  Water  Order  Confirmation  Act,  1919. 
10.  Scottish  Amicable  Life  Assurahpe  So-

ciety's  Order  Confirmation  Act,  1919. 

ill.  Ammanford  Gas  Act,  1919. 

Electricity 
The  Question  was  again  proposed,  That  the 
(Supply) Bill.  Clause be read  a second time :—And  the Question 

being  put:—It  was resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

The  said Clause was  accordingly read  a  second 

time. 

An  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  proposed  Clause,  in  1. 7,  by  inserting  at  the 
end  thereof  the  words,— 

"  Provided that no  such  Order  in  Council shall 
have effect unless it has been  laid  upon  the  Table 
of  both  Houses  of  Parliament  for  twenty-one 
days."—(Mr.  Sugden.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those 
the  proposed 

words  be 
Clause :—It  passed  in  the  Negative. 

inserted 

there 

in 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  proposed  Clause,  in  1. 9, by  leaving 
out  from  the  first  word  "  the"  to  the  word 
"  Board,"  in  1.  10. —  (Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir 
Frederick  Hall.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand part  of  the 
proposed  Clause:—The  said  proposed  Amend-
ment  was, with  leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

The  proposed  Clause  was  amended, in  1. 9,  by 
leaving  out  the  words  "  after  consultation,"  and 
by  inserting,  after  the  second  word  "  the,"  the 
words  "  concurrence  of  the,"—(Mr.  Secretary 
Shortt,)—and,  so  amended,  was  made  part  of 
the  Bill. 

Another  Clause was  offered to  be  added  to  the 
Bill  (Powers  of  Electricity  Commissioners  to 
suspend  or  annul  contracts,) —  (Mr.  Neat)  : 
And  the  said  Clause  was  brought  up,  and  read 
the  first  time. 

And  a Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  said Clause  be  read a second 
time:—It  passed  in the  Negative. 

An  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1. 21,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words,— 

V O L . 1 7 4. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 

words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  proposed  Amendment,  in  1. 3,  by  inserting, 
after  the  word  "  electricity,"  the  words  "  or 
electrical  plant."—(Mr.  Trevelyan  Thomson.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  proposed  Amend-
ment  :—The  Amendment  to  the  said  proposed 
Amendment  was, with  leave  of  the  House,  with-
drawn. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  pro-
posed  words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It 
was  resolved  in the  Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment was proposed to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2,  1. 5,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word  "  Trade,"  the  words  "  subject  to  the  con-
sent  of  the  Treasury."—(Mr.  Godfrey  Locker-
Lampson.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill  :—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then other Amendments  were  made to the BilL 
Another Amendment  was proposed  to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  4,  1, 15, by  inserting,  after  the 
word  "district,"  the  word  "with."—(Mr.  Mal-
lalieu.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
"  with "  be  there inserted  in  the Bill:—It  passed 
in  the  Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed  to  be made 
to  the  Bill, in  p.  4,  1. 17,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word 
'•' authorities,"  the  words  "  railway  com-
panies  using  or  proposing  to  use  electricity  for 
traction  purposes."—(Viscount  Elveden.) 

And  the Question  being put, That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—It  passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  4,  I. 38,  by  inserting,  after  the 
word  "  district,"  the  words  "  of  the  council  of 
every  county  situate  wholly  or  partly  within  the 
district."—(Mr.  Mallalieu.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  5,  1. 5, by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words  "  always  provided  that  the 
representatives  of  the  local  authorities  shall 
form  a majority  of  the  board."—(Mr.  Trevelyan 
Thomson.) 

And  the  Question  being put, That those  words 

be  there  inserted in  the  Bill: 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

Tellers for the | ^^evelyan 

Thorn-

Y e a s'  

( Mr.  Raffan  : 

Tellers  for  the/Lord  Edmund  Talbot,  \ 
f 

(Mr.  Parker  i 
So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

Noes, 

54. 

153. 

3  a  3 

20th  November. 

1919. 
1917-18,  and  the  appropriation  of  additional 
receipts  in  aid  of  such  expenditure  has  been 
sanctioned to the amount of £6,533,734  7s.  6d. i 

366 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the  Bill, in p. 5,1.  11,  by  inserting at the end 
thereof the words,— 

"  Provided  that  the  scale  of  any  such  pay-
ments  shall  have  received  the  approval  of  the 
Minister of  Transport."—(Mr.  Godfrey  Locker-
Lampson.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words be  there inserted  in  the Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House, withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to  the Bill,  in  p.  5,1.  24,  by  leaving  out  from 
the  word  "  order,"  to  the  end  of  Clause  5.— 
(Mr.  Marriott.) 

And the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed to be left out stand part of  the Bill  :— 
It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the  Bill, in p. 5,1.  27,  by  inserting  at  the end 
thereof  the  words  " if   so  desired  by  the  joint 
electricity  authority or  if  they  neglect  to carry 
out  their  obligations  satisfactorily."  —  (Lieu-
tenant-Colonel  Sir Frederick  Hall.) 

And  the  Question  being put, That those words 
be there inserted  in  the  Bill:—It  passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Another Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  6,  1.  21,  by  leaving  out the 
words "  railway  generating  stations,  dock  gene-
rating  stations, and."—(Mr.  Secretary  Shortt.) 

And  the  Question  being proposed,  That  the 
words proposed to be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Bill;  and a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And  a Motion  being  made, and the Question 
being  put, That  the  Debate  be  now  adjourned 
—(Mr.  Secretary  Shortt)  :—It  was  resolved  in 
the Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  upon 

Monday next. 

N a ry   and 
Army 
Expenditure. 
1917-18. 

Mr.  Baldwin  reported from the  Committee on 
Navy  and Army  Expenditure,  1917-18,  several 
Resolutions ;  which  were read, as follow : 

1.  Whereas  it  appears  by the  Navy  Appro-
priation  Account  for  the  year  ended  the  31st 
day of  March  1918,  and tbe Statement appended 
thereto, as follows, viz.  :— 

(a)  That  the  aggregate  expenditure  on Navy 
Services  exceeded  the  aggregate  sums 
appropriated  for  those  Services  by  a  sum 
of £233,905,625  14s.  Id.-, 

(b)  That  the  aggregate  receipts  in  aid  of 
Navy  Services  exceeded 
the  aggregate 
sums  appropriated  in aid  of  those  Services 
by a sum of £6,533,744  7s.  6rf. ; 

(c)  That  the  total  differences  between  the 
Exchequer  Grants  for  Navy  Services  and 
the net expenditure  are as follows, viz.: — 

Surpluses  - 
- 
Deficits 

- 
- 

£ 

s.  d. 

- 
-227,371,881  7  1 

Nil 

Deficit 

(chargedV  " 

against  the  Tote f  £227,371,881 
of Credit)  - 

-J 

7  1 

And whereas by  a Yote  of  Parliament  during 
the  present  Session  (House  of  Commons Paper, 
No.  124  of  1919)  a  further  sum  of  £10  has 
been  granted  for  the  expenditure  of  the  year 

And whereas, as  shown  in  the  Schedule here-
unto appended, the Lords  Commissioners  of  His 
Majesty's  Treasury  have  temporarily  authorised 
the application, so  far  as  necessary,  of  the  ex-
cesses  of  the  sums  realised  on  account  of 
Appropriations  in  Aid  of Navy  Votes 2 to  6 and 
8  to  15  over  the  sums  which  may  be  applied 
under the  Appropriation Acts,  1917  and  1918, as 
Appropriations  in  Aid  of  those Votes,  towards 
malting good the deficiency of £12,856,166 0s  8d. 
in the sums realised on account of Appropriations 
in  Aid  of Votes  1 and  7: 

1.  That  the  application  of  such  sums  be 

sanctioned. 

Schedule. 

Navy Services, 1917-18. 

Actual Receipts comp.*tred with 
Estimated Appropriations in Aid. 

Votes. 

Surpluses. 

Deficits. 

v  a> 
ri 

I* 

S5 

t.  d. 

£ 

12,856,075  13 

s.  d. 
» 

Wages, &c. of  Officers, Seamen, 
and  Boys,  Coast Guard,  and 
Eoyal Marines. 

Royal  Naval  Reserves 

2 to 6 
and 
8 to 15 

(  Other  Navy  Votes  - 

- 

-

19,389,910  8  2 

Add  Surplus  Appropriations 
in Aid not appropriated  by 
Parliament. 

90  6  11 

10  0  o 

19,389,910  8  2 

12,856,176: 

'ft 

£6,533,734  7  6 

II.  Whereas  it  appears by the Army  Appro-
priation  Account  for  the  year  ended  the  31st 
day of  March 1918, and the Statement appended 
hereto, as follows,  viz.:— 

(a)  That the aggregate  expenditure  on Army 
Services  exceeded 
the  aggregate  sums 
appropriated  for  those  Services  by  a  sum 
of  £690,976,452  3«.  4d.; 

(b)  That  the  aggregate  receipts  in  aid  of 
Army  Services  fell  short of  the  aggregate 
sums appropriated  in aid of  those  Services 
by  a sum of  £34,841,417  16s.  Id.; 

(c)  That  the  total  differences  between  the 
Exchequer  Grants for  Army  Services  and 
the net expenditure are as follows,  viz.  :— 
s.  d. 

£ 

Surpluses  - 
- 
Deficits 

- 
- 

- 
Nil 
-  725,817,869  19  5 

Deficit 

(charged) 

against  the  Vote [ £725,817,869  19  5 
of Credit) 

-  ) 

- 

And  whereas, as  shown  in the Schedule  here-
unto appended, the Lords  Commissioners  of  His 
Majesty's Treasury  have temporarily  authorised 
the application of the excesses of the sums realised 
on  account  of  Appropriations  in  Aid  of  Army 
• Votes 2  and 4  to  14  over  the  sums which  may 
be applied  under  the  Appropriation  Acts,  1917 
and  1918,  as  Appropriations  in  Aid  of  those 
Votes,  amounting  in  all  to  £32,061,647  5s.  0d. 
to make  good  part of  the  deficiency  of  Appro-
priations in Aid  of Votes  1, 3,  and  15. 

2.  That  the  application  of  such  sums  be 

sanctioned. 

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20^—21st—2±th   November. 

367 

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Army Services, 1917-18. 

Votes. 

Actual Receipts compared with 
Estimated Appropriations in Aid. 

Surpluses. 

Deficits. 

1  Pay, he. of the Army 

3 

Special Reserve 

15  Civil Superannuation, Compen-
sation, and Gratuities. 

£ 

— 

— 

d. 

& 

t.  d. 
66,902,919  15  6 

100  0  0 

46  5  7 

2 and 
4 to 14 

Other Army  Votes  -

32,061,647  6  0 

— 

32,061,647  5  0  66,903,065  1  1 

£34,841,417  16  1 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time,  were  agreed  to. 

Land 
^ t w nt  
Bill0  n 

The  Order  of the day being read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Land  Settlement  (Scot-
land)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com-
mittee ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

under Section  1 of  the Trade  Boards Act,  1918, 
with respect to the Tailoring  Trade ; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His Education 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Minute  of  the CScotiand.) 
Committee of  Council on Education in Scotland, 
dated  20th  November  1919,  altering  the  con-
stitution of  the Committees  for  the  Training of 
Teachers,  established  under the Minute of  30th 
January  1905,  and  abrogating  the  other  pro-
visions of that Minute. 

Copy of Minute of  the Committee of  Council Education 
on Education in  Scotland, dated 21st  November (Scotland.) 
1919,  amending  the  Regulations  for  the  Pre-
liminary  Education,  Training, and  Certification 
of  Teachers for various grades of  Schools, 1915. 

The Lord  Advocate  also  presented,  pursuant. Shops Act, 

to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy  1912-
of  Order  made  under  the Shops  Act,  1912,  by 
the  Council  of  the  undermentioned  Local 
Authority, and  confirmed, with  Amendment,  by 
the Secretary for Scotland :— 
Burgh of Dunfermline. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Imports and 
Exports 
Regulation 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Imports  and  Exports 
Regulation  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ordered, That the Proceedings on any Motion Business of 

for  the  Adjournment  of  the  House,  moved  on  House 
behalf  of  the  Government  at  this  day's sitting, ment.) 
be  not interrupted  at  Five or  half-past Five of 
the clock.—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being  Adjournment, 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  W a ys   and  Means  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Mon-
day  next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Irish Land 

vi  '  n for 

^lie  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
SailtorsTnd 0 1  Committee  on  Irish  Land  (Provision  for  Sailors 
Soldiers) 
[Expenses.] 

and  Soldiers)  [Expenses]; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Adjournment.  Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the 
Order of the House  of  the 22nd day of October 
last, proposed  the Question, That  this House do 
now adjourn. 

And the Question being put:—It was resolved 

in the Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  ten  minutes  after  Ten 
of the clock, adjourned till to-morrow. 

proposed,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn.— 
(Captain  Guest.) 

And notice being taken that Forty M embers 
were  not  present,  the  House  was  told 
by  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker;  and  Forty 
Members not being present, and  it  being 
then  after Four  of  the  clock, the House 
was  adjourned  by  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker, 
at twenty-five minutes before Eight of the 
clock,  without  a  Question  first  put,  till 
Monday next. 

Monday,  24th  November 1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

ORDERED,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  issue  his Hertford 

Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  to 

(St. 

make  out  a  new  Writ  for  the  electing  of  a Division) 
Member  to  serve  in  this  present  Parliament Writ, 
for the County of Hertford, St. Albans Division, 
in  the  room  of  Colonel  Sir  Edward  Hildred 
Carlile, Baronet, who  since  his  election  for  the 
said Count}' hath accepted the Office of Steward 
or Bailiff of His Majesty's  Manor of Northstead, 
in the County of York.—(Lord Edmund Talbot.) 

Friday,  21st  November  1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Ministry of 
Provisional 

r p HE   Ministry  of  Health  Provisional  Orders 
(No.  1)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read 

Orders (No. l)   a  second  time,  and  committed. 
Bill. 
Trade Boards 
Acts. 

Sir  Robert  Home  presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Special  Order  made  by  the  Minister  of  Labour, 

VOL.   174. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to Shops Act, 

the  directions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy 1912-
of  Order  made  under  the  Shops  Act,  1912,  by 
the  Council  of  the  undermentioned  Local 
Authority, and confirmed, with  Amendment,  by 
the Secretary for Scotland : — 

Burgh of Airdrie. 

Ordered, That  the said Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

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24th  November. 

East India 
Government 
of  India BiU. 

Mr.  Secretary  Montagu  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  the  Government 
of 
India  Act,  191.5,  showing  Amendments 
proposed  to  be  made  by  the  Government  of 
India  Bill,  as amended by the  Joint  Committee 
(Bill  209),  in  continuation  of  Command Paper 
No.  107. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Treaty Series,  Mr.  Cecil  Harmsworth  presented,  by  His 
(No. 11,1919.)  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Treaty  of  Peace 
between  the  Allied  and  Associated  Powers and 
Austria, together with the Protocol  and  Declara-
tions annexed thereto, signed  at  Saint-Germain-
en-Laye,  10th  September  1919  (with  Map). 

Ordered,  That the said Paper do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

Judicial 
Statistics 
(Ireland,) 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy of Judicial Statistics (Ireland), 
1918  (Part  I.  Criminal  Statistics ;  Part  II. Civil 
Statistics). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Production, 
Price 
Movements, 
and Currency 
Expansion. 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Statements as to 
Production,  Price  Movements,  and  Currency 
Expansion  in certain countries. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mental 
Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  by  His 
tun^enCy aDd  M aj e s f cy' s  Command,—Copy  of  Memorandum on 
(Amendment)  Expenditure  likely  to  be  incurred  under  the 
Mental  Deficiency  and  Lunacv  (Amendment) 
Bill. 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 

Ordered,  That the Lords' Beason for disagree-
Sex 
Disquaiiflca- 
ing  to  one  of  the  Amendments  made  by  this 
BUl rXorrfj™  House and the  Amendments made  by  the Lords 
the Amendments  made by this  House to 
to   o n e 
the Sex  Disqualification  (Bemoval)  Bill  [ Lords] 
be  taken  into  consideration  to-morrow;  and  be 
printed. 

Bill 215. 

Mental 
A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House will, 
Deficiency and to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to 
(Amendment)  consider of authorising  the  removal  of  the  limit 
imposed  by  Section  forty-seven  of  the  Mental 
[Money.] 
Deficiency Act,  1913, and by Section thirty-seven 
of  the  Mental Deficiency and Lunacy (Scotland) 
Act,  1913,  on  the  contributions  which  may  be 
made by  the  Treasury  under those  sections, and 
to extend the powers of district boards of control 
in  Scotland  to  borrow  money.—(Mr.  Secretary 
Shortt.) 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand,  acquainted the  House  that His  Majesty, 
having  been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of 
this  Motion, recommends  it  to  the  consideration 
of  the House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself into the said  Committee. 

Education 
Mr.  Macpherson,  supported  by  Mr.  Attorney 
(Ireland) Bill.  General  for  Ireland  and  Mr.  Solicitor General 
Bill 214.  for  Ireland,  presented  a  Bill  to  make  further 
provision with  respect to  Education  in  Ireland ; 
and  for  other  purposes  connected  therewith  : 
And  the  same  was ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time to-morrow ;  and to be printed. 

The Order of the day being read, for resuming  Electricity 
the adjourned Debate  on the Amendment  which, (Supply) BiU. 
upon the 20th day of  this instant November, was 
proposed  to be  made  upon consideration  of  the 
Electricity  (Supply)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee. 

Which  Amendment was, in p. 6,1.  21, to leave 
out the words "  railway generating  stations, dock 
generating  stations,  and  ". 

And  the  Question being  again proposed,  That 
the  words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part 
of  the  Bill:—The  House  resumed  the  said 
adjourned  Debate. 

And  the  Question  being  put  :—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the  Bill,  in  p.  6,  1.  27, by  leaving  out  the 
words  "  the  standard  price,"  and  inserting  the 
word  "  compensation,"  —  (Major  Barnes),  — 
instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  the words 

proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill : 

T he   House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  B i g h t; 

The  Noes  to the Left. 
Tellers for the j  Captain  Guest, 

Yeas, 

) 
I Lord Edmund  Talbot: J 

204. 

Tellers for the  ( Major  Barnes, 
I Mr.  Marriott'. 

Noes, 

) 
j 

44. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then  other Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to  be made 
to the Bill,  in  p. 7,  1. 33,  by inserting  at the end 
thereof  the words,— 

"  Provided  always,  that  in  computing  such 
annuity, or annuities,  no  account  shall  be taken 
of  any reserve fund belonging to the local autho-
rity."—(Mr.  William  Graham.) 

And  the Question being put, That those words 
be there  inserted in  the  Bill:—It  passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to be made 
to the  Bill, in  p.  8,  1.  13,  by  leaving  out  from 
the word "  be,"  to  the  word  "  to,"  in 1.  15, and 
inserting  the  words  "  determined  by  an  arbi-
trator  appointed  by  the Board of  Trade,—(Mr. 
Marriott),—  instead thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the words 
proposed to be left  out stand part of  the Bill:— 
It  was resolved  in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the  Bill,  in p.  8,1.  16, by  leaving out, from the 
word "  of,"  to the word "  and,"  in  1.  20.—(Mr. 
Marriott.) 

A nd  the Question  being  put,  That  the words 
proposed to be left out, to the word "  in,"  in 1.17, 
stand part of  the Bill  :—It  was resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

Then 

another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to the Bill,  in p. 8,1.  23, by leaving out the words 
"  less  depreciation,"  and  inserting  the  words 
"  with an  addition for appreciation  or  a  deduc-
tion for depreciation,"—(Mr.  George  Balfour),— 
instead thereof. 

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And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the 

words,— 

And the Question  being put, That  the words 
proposed  to be left out  stand part of  the  Bill:— 
It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then  other Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the  Bill, in p. 8,1.  29, by inserting at  the end 
thereof  the words,— 

"  Provided that, if  in any case it  is  proved  to 
the  satisfaction  of  the  Electricity  Commis-
sioners  that,  owing  to  exceptional  terms  of 
purchase  contained  in  the  special Act  or  order 
relating  to  a  company  the  standard  price,  as 
calculated as aforesaid, would work  an injustice, 
the Electricity  Commissioners shall,  on  the  ap-
plication of the company, refer the  matter to an 
arbitrator to be appointed  by the Board of Trade 
for  his  determination  whether  any  and,  if  so, 
what addition to the standard price, as calculated 
as  aforesaid, should  be  made."—(Mr.  Secretary 
Shortt.) 

And  the Question being proposed,  That those 
words be there inserted in the Bill:—An Amend-
ment was proposed to  be  made  to  the proposed 
Amendment  in  1.  2,  by  leaving  out  the  word 
"  exceptional,"  and  inserting  the  word  "  the," 
(Mr.  George  Balfour),—instead thereof." 

And the Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
"  exceptional "  stand  part of  the  said  proposed 
Amendment:—It  was resolved  in  the Affirma-
tive. 

And  the Question  being  put,  That  the  pro-
posed  words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill  :— 
It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in p. 8,  line 32,  by  inserting  after 
the word "  aforesaid," the words "  together with 
any compensation  lor damage  due  to  severance 
as aforesaid."—(Mr.  Royce.) 

And the Question being put, That those wn-ds 
be there inserted in  the Bill :—It  passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made to the  Bill,  in  p.  10,1.  9,  by  inserting  at 
the end thereof the words,— 

"  (8)  Where  the  generating  station  of  any 
company is vested  in  a district electricity board 
under this section and  the  company has created 
and issued mortgages, debentures,  or  debenture 
stock  (whether  irredeemable  or  not)  charged 
upon such generating station, it  shall  be  lawful 
for the company  to give notice to  the holders  of 
such mortgages, debentures,  or  debenture  stock 
to repay the same in  whole or in part  out of the 
proceeds  of  the  sale, notwithstanding  anything 
contained in the mortgage  or  the debentures  or 
debenture stock trust  deed,  but  in  the  case  of 
debentures and debenture  stock  at  the  rate  at 
which the debentures  or  debenture stock  could 
be paid off in the event of  the winding up of the 
company : 

Provided  that  the  cost  which  an  auditor 
appointed  by  the  Electricity  Commissioners 
certifies  to  have  been  necessarily  incurred  in 
obtaining the release  of  any mortgage  or  other 
charge shall  be  borne and  paid  by  the  district 
electricity board,"—(Mr.  Secretary  Shortt.) 

And  the Question being  proposed, That those 
words be there inserted  in  the Bill:—The  pro-
posed  Amendment  was  amended,  in  1.  4,  by 
inserting,  after the word  "  company," the words 
"  with the  consent of  the  holders  of  the  mort-
gages,  debentures,  or  debenture  stock."—(Sir 
Frederick  Banbury.) 

Vol..  174. 

" ( 8)   Where  the  generating  station  of  any 
company is vested  in  a district electricity board 
under this section and  the  company has  created 
and issued mortgages,  debentures,  or  debenture 
stock  (whether  irredeemable  or  not)  charged 
upon such generating station, it  shall  be  lawful 
for the company, with the consent of  the holders 
of the mortgages, debentures, or debenture stock, 
to give notice to the  holders of  such  mortgages, 
debentures,  or  debenture  stock  to  repay  the 
same in whole or in part  out  of  the proceeds  of 
the sale,  notwithstanding  anything  contained in 
the  mortgage  or  the  debentures  or  debenture 
stock  trust deed,  but  in  the  case of  debentures 
and  debenture stock  at  the  rate  at  which  the 
debentures  or  debenture stock could be paid off 
in the event of  the winding up of the company: 

Provided  that  the  cost  which  an  auditor 
the  Electricity  Commissioners 
appointed  by 
certifies to  have  been  necessarily 
incurred  in 
obtaining  the release  of  any mortgage  or  other 
charge shall  be  borne  and  paid  by  the district 
electricity  board,"  be there inserted in the  Bill: 
—It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then  other  Amendments were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 11, 1. 1, by leaving out from the 
word "  station,'  to the end of 1. 3,  and  inserting 
the words "  the consent of the Electricity  Com-
missioners  is  obtained  to the  type of  currency, 
frequency,  and  pressure  to  be  used,"—(Mr. 
Waddington),—instead thereof. 

And  the Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
words proposed to  be left  out  stand part of  the 
Bill :—The  said proposed  Amendment  was, with 
leave of the House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to  the Bill,  in  p.  11, line 18, by  inserting after 
the word "  light,"  the words  "  desire  to  supply 
electricity from or."—(Mr.  George  Balfour.) 

And  the Question  being proposed,  That those 
words be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—The said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House, withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the  Bill, in  p.  12,1.  13, by inserting after the 
word  "  railway,"  the  word  "  dock."— (Lieu-
tenant-Colonel  Sir Frederick  Hall.) 

And the Question  being  put, That  the  word 
"  dock "  be there inserted in the Bill:—It passed 
in the  Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill,  in  p.  13,1.  20,  by inserting  at  the 
end thereof the words,— 

"  (4)  Where  in  any  district  a  company  or 
person  being  authorised  distributors  has  no 
generating station of its own within such district 
and the generating  station  supplying  such com-
pany or person has  vested  in  the district  board 
the district electricity board shall, if  so required 
by such company or person, purchase  the under-
taking of  such company  or  person  within  such 
district upon the terms set forth in subsection (4) 
of  the section  of  this Act whereof  the marginal 
note is "Transfer of  undertakings to  boards."— 
(Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir Frederick  Hall.) 

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24th November. 

1919. 

And  the Question being  put, That those words 
be there inserted in the Bill:—It  passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment was  proposed  to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  14,1.  12,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  shall,"  the  words  "  as  regards  the  gene-
rating  station  and main transmission lines Of  such 
authorised  distributors."—(Mr.  Waddington.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  that  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill:—-It  passed in  the 
Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  14,1.40,  bv  leaving  out  sub-
section  (4).—(Mr.  Walter  Smith.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  to  the  end  of  p. 15,1.  1, 
stand  part  of  the  B i l l : — It   was  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

Another Amendment  was  proposed  to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  15,1.  1,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  board,"  the  words  " or   joint  electricity 
authority."—(Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir  Frederick 
Hall.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another Amendment  was  proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  15,1.  5,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  amount,"  the  words  "  which  has  been."— 
(Mr.  George  Balfour.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

BilL 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  15,  1.  8,  by  inserting 
after  the  words  last  inserted  the  words 
" l e ss 
depreciation  and."—(Mr.  Trevelyan Thomson.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That 

those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed 
in  the  Negative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was  proposed to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  15,1.  22,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  company,"  the  words  "  and 
in  which 
the  company  declines  to  give  a  supply."—(Mr. 
George  Balfour.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill  : — It   passed 
in the  Negative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  15,  1. 35,  by  leaving  out  the 
the  word, 
word 
"purchase,"  and  inserting 
thereof. 
"acquire,"—(Major  Barnes),—instead 

And  the  Question  being  put, That  the  word 
purchase  "  stand  part  of  the  B i l l : — It   was 

and  the  transfer  of  the  undertaking."—-(Mr. 
Secretary  Shortt.) 

inserted 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there 
the  B i l l : — An 
Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to  the 
proposed  Amendment  in  line  1,  by  leaving  out 
the  words  "  if  the  arbitrator  thinks 
fit."—(Mr. 
George  Balfour.) 

in 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  pro-
in  the 
posed  Amendment:—It  was  resolved 
Affirmative. 

,  And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  pro-
posed  words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It 
was  resolved  in  the Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  15,  1. 40,  by  inserting  after  the 
words  last  inserted,  the  words  "  and  in  arriving 
at  such  value,  neither  the  fact  of  the  passing  of 
this  Act,  nor  any  circumstances  arising  there-
from,  shall  be 
into  account."—(Mr. 
Marriott.) 

taken 

And  the Question  being put,  That  those  words 
be there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  16,  1. 4,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  undertaking  "  the  words  "  as  regards  the 
generating  station  and  main  transmission  lines." 
—(Mr.  Waddington.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  16,1.  18,  by  inserting  at  the 
"  In  the  event  of  a 
end  thereof  the  words  : 
generating  station  of  a  power  company  being 
vested  in  a  joint  electricity  authority,  the  pro-
visions  of  this  sub-section  shall  apply  as  if  such 
joint  electricity  authority  were  a  district  elec-
tricity  board."—(Mr.  Marriott.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
leave  of  the 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  16,  1.  18,  by  inserting,  at 
the  end  thereof,  the  words: 
"  A ll   costs  and 
expenses  properly  incurred'by  the  power  com-
pany  in  and  incidental  to  the  arbitration,  and  to 
the  transfer  of  their  undertaking  to  the  district 
electricity  board,  shall  be  paid  by  the  Board."— 
(Mr.  Marriott.) 

And the  Question  being put,  That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  16,  1.  34,  by leaving  out  para-
graph  ( b ) . — ( M r.   Marriott.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  B i l l :— 
It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Bill. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  15,  1.  40,  by  inserting  after 
"  1889,"  the  words  "  together  with,  if  the  arbi-
trator  thinks  fit,  such  sum  as  the  arbitrator 
determines  to  be  the  costs  properly  incurred  by 
the  company  in  or  as incidental to  the  arbitration 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to the  Bill,  in  p.  17,1.  34,  by  inserting,  at 
the  end thereof,  the  words  "  and 

(c)  No  order  shall  be  made  authorising 
the  abstraction  of  water  from  any  dock 
regulated  by  Act  of  Parliament,  or  from 
the  Manchester  Ship  Canal,  except  with 
the  owners  thereof,  and 
the  consent  of 

i 

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24th—25th November. 

subject  to  such 
may  be  agreed." 
Frederick  Hall.) 

terms  and  conditions  as 
-(Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Agriculture 
into consideration  the  Agriculture  (Councils,  &c.)  (Councils, *c.) 
(changed from, 
Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

And the Question being  proposed, That those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill *—And  a 
Debate arising thereupon ; 

A n d,   it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Debate 

stood  adjourned. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

Irish Land 
T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Provision for  Committee  on  Irish  L a nd   (Provision  for  Sailors 
Soldiers)11** 
[Expenses.] 

Resolved,  That  this-House  will,  to-morrow, 

and  Soldiers)  [ Expenses]  ; 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Government o£  The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(re-
India Bill. 

Committee  on  the  Government  of  India 
committed)  B i l l; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  c o n - ^ ^^ 

sideration to-morrow. 

(Councils, 4c.) 
Bill.) 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Land 
into  consideration  the  L a nd   Settlement  ( S c o t - ^ 1® ™ ®^ 
land)  Bill,  as  amended  by  the  Standing  C o m-   Bill, 
mittee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Imports and 
" 

Second  Reading  of  the  Imports  and  Exports ^JUM 
Regulation Bill; 

BilL 

1 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

,  ' 

Committee of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Honrs of 
T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Employment  Second \ Heading  of  the  Hours  of  Employment 
(No.2)Bill. 

( N o.   2)   B i l l; 

.  .  Ordered, That the Bill be read  a second time 

to-morrow. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and; 

Committee  of  W a ys   and  Means  ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Minimum 
Bates of Wages  Second  Reading  of 
Commission 
BilL 

Wages  Commission  Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Minimum  Rates  of 

Ordered, That the Bill be read  a  second time 

to-morrow, 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Irish Railways 

Second  Reading  of  the  Irish  Railways 
firmation  of  Agreement)  B i l l;  

( C o n-

B i i i r^ 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

Joint Stock 
Banks 
(Amalgama-
tion Control) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Joint  Stock  Banks 

Second  Reading  of 
(Amalgamation  Control)  B i l l; 

Ordered, That the  Rill be read a second  time 

upon Monday next. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant 

to  the Adjournment. 

Order  of  the  House  of  the  22nd  day  of  October 
last,  proposed  the  Question,  That  this  House  do 
now  adjourn. 

A nd   the  Question being  p u t : — It   was  resolved 

in  the  Affirmative. 

Private 
Legislation 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Private  Legislation 

(ireland^BilU  Procedure  (Ireland)  B i l l; 

A nd   accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  two  minutes  after  Eleven 
of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-morrow. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  tune 

upon  Monday  next. 

Overseas Trade  T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Insurance 
Second  Reading  of  the  Overseas  Trade  (Insu-
against 
rance  against  Abnormal  Risks)  B i l l; 
Abnormal 
Bisks) Bill. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Supreme 
Court of 
(Sela^d)Bill.  c a t u r e  (Ireland) Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of the Supreme Court of  Judi-

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a  second time 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Local Elections 
(Proportional  Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Elections  (Propor-
Represent*-
tion) BUI 
{Lards.) 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

tional  Representation)  Bill 

[Lords']; 

upon  Monday  next. 

Dogs 
Regulation 
(Ireland) 
(No* 2) BilL 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading  of  the  Dogs  Regulation  (Ire-
land) (No. 2)  Bill; 

,  Ordered, That the Bill be read  a  second time 
upon Monday next. 

VOL.  174. 

Tuesday, 25th  November 1919. 

P R A Y E R S.  

., : 

MR.   Balfour  presented,  pursuant  to  the  d i r eo   Universities 6f 

0f   2 x' 0S ? ni 
tions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy 
Statute  made  by  the  Governing  Body  of  Corpus 
j^t® 
Christi  College,  Oxford,  under  the  Universities  (Oxford.) 
of  Oxford  and  Cambridge  A c t,   1877,  on  30th 
November  1918,  and sealed  on  15th A u g u st   1919, 
amending  Statute  15  (a). 

Copy  of  Statute  made  by  the  Governing  B o dy   Universities of 

of  Corpus  Christi  College,  Oxford,  under  the 
Universities  of Oxford and Cambridge  A c t,   1877,  AC™1877 
on  24th  M ay   1919,  and  sealed  on  15th  A u g u st   (Oxford.) 
1919,  amending  Clauses  20   and  77  ( 3)   and  ( 4) 
of  the  College  Statutes. 

Copy  of  Statute  made  by  the  Governing  B o dy   Universities of 

of  Corpus  Christi  College,  Oxford,  under  the  g ^ ^ jf 
Universities  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge  A c t,   1877,  Act11877 
on  24th  M ay   1919,  and  sealed  on  15th  A u g u st   (Oxford.) 
1919,  amending  Clauses  39   (a),  42,  and  43   of the 
College  Statutes. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

3  B  2 

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25th November. 

1919. 

Board of 
Education. 

M r.   Fisher 

presented,  by  H is   Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Regulations,  dated  24th 
November  1919,  made  by  the  Board  of  Educa-
tion  under  Section  44   of  the  Education  A c t, 
1918,  for  the  Training  of  Midwives  (including 
Regulations  for  Payment  of  Grant  in  respect  of 
such  training),  entitled  the  Board  of  Education 
(Midwives'  Training)  Begulations,  1919. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Paper  do  lie'upon  the 

Table. 

Unemploy-
ment Benefit 
Bill. 

Sir Robert  Home  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Beport  by  the  Government 
A c t u a ry   on  the  Unemployment  Benefit  Bill. 

Unemploy-
ment Benefit 
Bill. 

Copy  of  Memorandum  on  the Financial  Clause 

of  the  Unemployment  Benefit  Bill. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Papers  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Trade of 
India. 

Standing 
Committees 
(Chairmen's 
Panel.) 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  on  the 
Conditions  and  Prospects  of  British  Trade 
in 
India  at  the  Close  of  the  W a r,   by  H is   Majesty's 
Senior  Trade  Commissioner  in  India  and  Ceylon 
( M r.   Thomas  M.   Ainscough,  O.B.E.) 

Ordered, That the said  Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Chair-
men's  P a n e l;   That  they  had  appointed  Mr. 
Mount 
to  act  as  Chairman  of  Standing  Com-
mittee B  (in respect  of  the  Irish  Land  (Provision 
P. 
for  Sailors  and  Soldiers)  B i l l );   M r.   T. 
to  act  as  Chairman  of  Standing  C o m-
O'Connor 
mittee  B  (in  respect 
of  the  Nurses  Registra-
tion  (No.  2)  Bill)  ;  and  Mr.  William  Nicholson 
to  act  as  Chairman  of  Standing  Committee  C 
(in  respect  of  the  Civil  Service  Supplementary 
Estimates, 
Services, 
1 9 1 9 - 2 0,   Unclassified 
Miscellaneous  W ar   Services  (Foreign  Office)). 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon 

the 

Table. 

Message from 
the Lords. 

M r.   Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  : 

Greenock 
Improvement 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill [Lordt.] 

T he   Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled,  An 
A ct   to  confirm  a  Provisional  Order  under  tlie 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  A c t, 
1899,  relating  to  Greenock  Improvement;  to 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

Shropshire, 
Worcester-

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled,  An 
A ct   to  empower  the  Shropshire,  Worcestershire, 
a n d  Staffordshire  Electric  Power  Company  to 
SUffordshire 
Electric Power raise  additional  capital,  and  for  other  purposes  ; 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
BiU [u>rdt.] 
this  House. 

T he   Greenock  Improvement  Order  Confirma-
Greenock 
IImprovement  tion  Bill  [Lords]  was  read  the  first  time,  and 
Confirmation  ordered  (under  Section  9  of  the  Private  Legisla-
tion  Procedure  (Scotland)  A c t,   1899)  to  be  read 
Bill {Lordt.] 
a  second  time  to-morrow  ;  and  to  be  printed. 
Bill  217. 

Shropshire, 
Worcester, 
shire, and 
Staffordshire  nrst  tune, 
Eleetric Power 

T he   Shrop.-hire,  Worcestej shire,  and  Stafford-
shire  E k c t r ic   Power  Bill  [L o r d s]   was  read  the 
, 

Bill  [Lordt.] 

£ > x a mj n e rg  Qf   Petitions  for  Private  Bills. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  referred  to  the 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees). 
Standing 
Committee B. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee,  B  : — M r.   Attorney  Genera],  M r.   Baird, 
Major  Barnes,  Mr.  Bridgeman,  Mr.  Donnelly, 

Major  Eiitwistle,  Sir  Eric  Geddes, Mr.  William 
Graham, Viscount  Elveden,  Sir Evan  Jones, Mr. 
Mac Veagh, Mr.  Manville,  Mr.  Marriott,  Colonel 
Pinkham, Mr.  Raffan,  Mr.  Seddon, Mr.  Alfred 
Short,  Mr.  Secretary  Shortt,  Mr.  Stevens,  Mr. 
John Taylor,  Mr.  Vickers, Mr.  Water son, Colonel 
Sir Rhys  Williams, and Sir Kingsley  Wood. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts 

further  reported  from  the  Standing 

( f or  

Committee  ;  That  they  had  added  the  following  Committee B. 
Members  to  Standing  Committee  B 
the 
consideration  of  the  Nurses  Begistration  ( N o.   2) 
Bill):—Dr.  Addison,  Captain  Barnett,  Sir 
Watson  Cheyne,  Captain  Elliot,  Colonel  Greig, 
Mr.  Grundy,  Mr.  Hayday,  Sir  Philip  Magnus, 
Sir  Philip  Pilditch,  Colonel  Raw,  Mr.  Robert 
Richardson, Mr.  Trevelyan  Thomson, Sir William 
Whitla,  and Colonel  Penry  Williams. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts 

further  reported  from  the  Standing 

Committee;  That  they  had  added  to  Standing  CommitteeB. 
Committee  B  the  following  Fifteen  Members 
(in  respect  of  the  Irish  Land  (Provision  for 
Sailors and Soldiers)  B i l l ) : — L i e u t e n a n t - C o l o n el 
Allen,  M r.   Attorney  General  for  Ireland,  M r. 
Finney,  Captain  Loseby,  Mr.  Lynn,  Mr.  Mac-
Veagh, Mr.  Macpherson, Mr.  Moles,  Lieutenant-
Colonel  Arthur  Murray,  Mr.  Newbould, Major 
O'Neill,  Mr.  Royce,  Mr.  Walter  Smith,  Mr. 
Sturrock,  and Lieutenant-Commander  Williams. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts 

further  reported 

from  standing 

the  Committee;  That  they  had  discharged  the  Committee C. 
following  Members  from  Standing  Committee 
C  at  the  conclusion  of  the  W ar   Emergency 
(Continuance)  Bill:—Mr.  Attorney 
Laws 
General,  Mr.  Attorney  General  for  Ireland, 
Major  Baird,  Mr. Forster,  Dr.  Macnamara,  Mr. 
George  Roberts,  and Mr.  Solicitor General. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts 

further  reported 

from  Standing 

the Committee  ;  T h at   they  had added to  Standing  Committee C. 
Committee  C  the  following  T en   Members  (in 
respect  of  the  Civil  Services 
(Supplementary 
Estimates  1 9 1 9 - 2 0)   Unclassified  Services,  Mis-
cellaneous  W ar   Services  (Foreign  Office))  :— 
Major  Beckett,  Mr.  Briant,  Captain  Coote, Sir 
Davison  Dalziel,  Major  David  Davies,  Sir  Park 
Goff,i Mr.  Thomas  Griffiths,  Mr.  Cecil  Harms-
worth,  Sir  Robert  Home,  and Mr.  Sitch. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Robert  Home,  supported  by  Mr.  Wardle, Onemploy-
presented  a  Bill  to  increase  the  rate  of  U n-   "J®4 Benefit 
employment  Benefit  payable  under  the  National 
Insurance  (Unemployment)  Acts,  1911  to  1918, 
and  to  make  certain  consequential  amendments 
in  those  Acts  :  A nd   the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second 
to-morrow;  and  to  be 
printed. 

1  '...  „ . fi 

time 

Bl 

Ordered,  T h at   leave  be  given  to  bring  in  a Blind 

for 

the 

technical  education,  (Education, 

Bill  to  provide 
employment,  and  maintenance  of  the  Blind,  and andPMATAFEN-
that  Mr.  Stephni  Walsh,  Mr.  Adamson,  Mr. ance.) 
Clynes,  M r.   Arthur  Henderson,  M r.  Frederick 
Robeits,  Mr.  Tyson  Wilson,  Mr.  Sugden,  Sir 
William  Seager,  and  Sir  Montague  Barlow  do 
prepare  and bring  it. 

M r.   Stephen  Walsh  accordingly  presented  a  Blind 

for 

Bill  to  provide 
the  technical  education,  (Education, 
employment,  and maintenance  of the Blind  :  A nd   andMa^ten-
the  same  was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  ance) Bill, 
to  be  read  a  second  time  upon  Tuesday  the  9th  Bill  218. 
day  of  December  n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will,  Unemplpy-

to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to 
consider  of  authorising  the  payment,  out  o f L 

Benefit 

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25th  November. 

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Electricity 
(Supply) Bill. 

moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  of  any 
additional  sums  which  may  become  payable 
under  Section  106  of  the  National  Insurance 
A c t,   1911, 
in  pursuance  of  any  A ct   of  the 
present  Session  to  increase  the  rate of  Unemploy-
ment  Benefit  payable  under  the  National  I n-
surance  (Unemployment)  Acts,  1911  to  1918, 
and  to  make  certain  consequential  Amendments 
in those Acts.—(Sir  Robert  Home.) 

Sir  Robert  Home,  by   H is   Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted  the  House,  That  H is   Majesty,  having 
this 
been  informed  of 
Motion,  recommends  it  to  tbe  consideration  of 
the  House. 

the  subject  matter  of 

Resolved,  T h at   this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

T he   Order  of  the day  being read, for  resuming 
the adjourned  Debate  on  the  Amendment  which, 
upon  the  24th  day  of  this  instant  November, 
was proposed  to  be  made on  consideration  of  the 
Electricity  ( S u p p l y)   Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  C o m m i t t e e; 

W h i ch   Amendment  was,  in  p.  1 7 , 1.   34,  at  the 

end,  to  insert  the  words  "  and 

( c)   no  order  shall  be  made  authorising  the 
abstraction of  water from any  dock  regulated 
by  A ct   of  Parliament  or  from  the  Man-
chester  Ship  Canal  except  with  the  consent 
of  the  owners  thereof  and  subject  to  such 
terms  and  conditions  as  may  be  agreed." 

A nd   the  Question  being  again  proposed,  T h at 
those  words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he 
House  resumed  the  said  adjourned  Debate. 

A ud   the  said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with 

leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  17,1.  34,  by  inserting,  at  the 
end  thereof,  the  words— 

on 

"  (d)  any  water  power,  arising  either 

public 

rivers, 

supplies 

from 
streams,  reservoirs,  or 
navigable 
other  water 
or 
private  property,  capable  of  generating 
electrical  or  other  power  and  not  used 
previously  to the  passing of  this  A ct   for  any 
such  purpose,  shall  be  available  without 
compensation  for  the  purposes  of  this  A c t, 
and  may  be  so  utilised  by  any  district 
electricity  board  acting  under  a  special 
order  of  the  Electricity  Commissioners.''—-
(Colonel  Wedgwood.) 

penalties  as  are  provided  for  in  the  order 
with  respect  to  such  river  or  stream  ; 

(e)  Before  making  any  order  the  Board  of 
Trade  shall  consider  any  representations 
made  to  them  by  the  county  council  or  by 
the  Fishery  Board  with  respect  to  any 
river  or  stream  referred  to  in  the  proposed 
order."—(Mr.  Mallalieu.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  18,1.  26, by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words  "  by  t h e m . " — ( S ir   William 
Pearce.) 

And  the  Question  being put,  That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  19,  1.  4,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  " a nd   within  five  years  from," and inserting 
the  words "  or  after,"—(Mr.  Trevelyan  Thom-
son),—instead 

thereof. 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  B i l l:   — 
It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  19,  1.  12,  by  leaving  out 
the  first  word  "  the,"  and  inserting  the  words 
"  an authorised,"—(Mr.  Trevelyan  Thomson),— 
instead  thereof. 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  the 
word  "  the  "  stand  part  of  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

A nother Amendment  was proposed,  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1 9 , 1.   15,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  thereof,"  the  words  "  or  in  anticipation 
Trevelyan 
of  the  passing  of  this  A c t . " — ( M r.  
Thomson.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

.  0 

A nd   the  Question  being put, That  those  words 

Bill. 

be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l: 

T he   House  divided. 

T he   Y e as   to  the  R i g h t; 

T he   Noes  to  the  L e f t. 

m  n 
Tellers  for  the  Lieutenant-Com- 

, •  ( Colonel  Wedgwood, 

r 

) 

47. 

i  eas, 

(  mander Kenworthy  :  ) 

Tellers for the  ( Lord  Edmund  Talbot,  )  ggg 
\ .Captain  Guest: 

Noes, 

j 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  17,  1.  34,  by  inserting,  at 
the  end  thereof,  the  words,— 

" ( d)   T he   order shall  provide  for the  inspection 
by  an  officer, duly  appointed  for the  purpose 
by   the  county  council,  of  any  apparatus  for 
abstracting  water  from  and  returning  water 
to  any  such  river  or  stream  in  the  area  of 
the  county council,  and  such  county  council 
to  recover  such 
are  hereby  empowered 

V O L.   174. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  19,1.  31,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  "  before  the  said  d a t e . " — ( M r.  
Trevelyan 
Thomson.) 

A nd   the  Question  £eing  proposed,  That  the 
words  "  before  the  said  "  stand  part  of  the  B i l l: 
— T he   said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with 
leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed,  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  19,  1.  40,  by  inserting  after 
the  word 
"  not,"  the  words  "  except  with  the 
consent  of  the  referee  or  board  of  referees."— 
(Mr.  Kiley.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

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25 th  November. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  20,  1.  9,  by  inserting at the  end 
thereof  the  words— 

"  Provided  also  that  this  section  shall  extend 
and  apply  for  the  protection of electric inspectors 
and  other  officers  and servants  employed  in  con-
nection  with  tramway  undertakings  affected 
under this  Act  in all respects as if such inspectors, 
officers,  or  servants  had  been  employed  in  con-
nection  with  an  electric  supply  undertaking." 
(Sir  Cyril  Cobb.) 

And  the  Question  being put,  That those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  20,  1.  9,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof,  the  words.— 

"  The word'  officer '  shall be  deemed to include 
'  director'  for  the  purposes  of  this  section."— 
(Captain  Bowyer.) 

And  the  Question  being put,  That  those  words 
in  the 

be  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed 
Negative. 

Another  Amendment Was  proposed to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  20,1.  17,  by  inserting  at  the 
beginning  thereof  the  words  " In   the  event  of  it 
appearing  to  the  Electricity  Commissioners  in 
manner  provided  by  the  section  of  this  Act,  the 
marginal  note of  which is ' Constitution^  district 
electricity  boards,'  that  no  satisfactory  scheme 
can  be  formulated  for  any  electricity  district 
constituting  a  district 
other  than 
electricity  board for  that  district."—(Mr.  George 
Balfour.) 

that  of 

And  the  Question  being;  put, That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  20,  1. 37,  by  inserting  at  the 
end  thereof  the  words— 
"  Provided  that— 

(i)  no  such  works  shall  be  established  by 
the  Ministry  until  an  estimate  of  the 
capital  expenditure  required  to  complete 
them has  been  approved by the Treasury  ; 

(ii)  if  such  estimate  as  in  the  preceding 
paragraph in connection with the establish-
ment  of  such  works  is  likely  to  involve  a 
total  capital  expenditure  exceeding  half 
a  million  pounds  the  Minister  shall  not 
exercise  his  powers  unless  authorised  to 
do  so  by Order in  Council a  draft whereo f 
has  been  approved  by  a  resolution  passed 
by  both  Houses  of  Parliament."—(Mr. 
Trevelyan  Thomson.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  20,1.  37,  by inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words— 

"Provided  that  no 

such  works  shall  be 
established  by  the  Ministry  until  an  estimate  of 
the  capital  expenditure  required  to  complete 
them  has  been  approved  by  the  Treasury."— 
(Mr.  Trevelyan  Thomson.) 

A nd   the  Question being  put,  That those  words 

be  there inserted in  the  B i l l; 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  B i g h t; 

The  Noes  to  the  L e f t. 

j- 

.i 

'r n 
Tellers  for  the 
I e a s'  

( Mr.  Trevelyan 
T h o m s f ll  
(  Mr.  Raffan 

: 

Tellers for the f Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Dudley  Ward: 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

J.  66. 

1 
J-182. 
j 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  22,1.  1, by  leaving  out  from  the 
beginning  thereof  to  the  word  "  with,"  in  1.  2 .— 
(Mr.  George  Balfour.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part of  the  B i l l :— 
It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative^ 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  24,  1.  1,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  that,"  the  words  "  in  the  exercise  of  the 
powers  of  this  section  the  board  or  undertakers 
shall  do  as  little  damage  as  may  be,  and  shall 
make  full  compensation  to all bodies and  persons 
interested  for  all  damage  sustained  by  them  by 
reason  or in  consequence  of  the  exercise  of  such 
powers,  and that."i—(Sir  Cyril  Cobb.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 

words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill. 

The  said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with 

leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  27,1.  12,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  provide,"  the  word  "  s e l l . " — ( M r.   Tre-
velyan  Thomson.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
" s e l l ,"   be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed 
in  the  Negative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to be made 
to  the  Bill, in  p.  27,1.29,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof the  words "  and shall  be such  that so far as 
reasonably  practicable  the  receipts  derived  by 
the  board  therefrom  will  be  sufficient  to  cover 
their  expenditure  on  income  account  (including 
interest and  sinking fund  charges)."—( Sir  Cyril 
Cobb.) 

'•" 

1 

And  the  Question  being  proposed, That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

' 

Another A mendment was proposed  to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  27,  1.  38,  by  leaving  out  the 
word  "  may,"  and  inserting  the  word  "  shall,"— 
(Mr.  Robert  Richardson),—instead thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
" m a y ,"   stand  part of  the  B i l l : — It   was  resolved 
in  the  Affirmative. 

Another Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  27,1.  34,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  that,"  the  words  "  a  fair  proportion  of." 
—(Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir Frederick  Mall.) 

A nd   the  Question  being put,  That  those Words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

r 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  27,  1. 36,  by  inserting  at  the 
end  thereof  the  words,— 

"  ( 3)   The  Electricity  Commissioners  shall 
have  power,  on  application  of  any  authorised 
undertaker, by  order  to  authorise  any  authorised 

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undertaker to  charge  for  the  supply of  electricity 
the  Electricity  C o m-
by   any  method  which 
missioners  may  consider  just,  notwithstanding 
anything  in  the  Electric  Lighting  A c ts   and  the 
Electric  Lighting  (Clauses)  A c t,   1899,  or  in  any 
agreement  with  any 
local  authority,  whether 
confirmed  by  Parliament  or  o t h e r w i s e . " — ( L i e u-
tenant-Colonel  Sir  Frederick  Hall.) 

A nd  

the  .  Question  being  proposed,  T h at 
those words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he 
said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of 
the  House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3 2 , 1.   41,  by  leaving  out  sub-
section  ( 2 ) . — ( M r.  

fVaddington.) 

:  A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word " f i v e ,"   in 
p.  33,  1.  10,  stand  part  of  the  B i l l : — It   was 
resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3 7 , 1.   29,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  " o r ,"   the  words  " a ny   subsidiary  company 
or."—(Mr.  George  Balfour.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

to-morrow. 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  Irish  L a nd   (Provision  for 
Sailors  and  Soldiers)  [Expenses.] 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Irish Land 
(Provision for 
Sailors and 
Soldiers) 
[ Expenses.] 

1 

Resolved,  T h at   for  carrying  out  the  provisions 
of   any  A ct   of  the  present  Session  to  facilitate 
the  provision  of  land  in  Ireland  for  men  who 
in  the  Naval,  Military,  and  A ir 
have,  served 
Forces  of  the  Crown  in  the  present  war,  it  is 
expedient 
the  payment,  out  of 
moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament,— 

to  authorise 

(a)  of  the  Expenses  of  the  L a nd   Commission 
in  managing,  letting,  and  improving  land, 
r  and  of  the  deficiencies  on  resales  of  land  by 

the  L a nd   Commission; 

(b)  of  the Expenses of the Local Government 
Board  for  Ireland  in  the  provision  of 
cottages,  plots,  and  gardens  for  ex-service 
men;  and 

( c)   of  the  Expenses  of  the  Department  of 
Agriculture  and  Technical  Instruction  for 
Ireland  for  the  purpose  of  promoting  co-
operation.  —  ( M r.   Attorney  General 
for 
Ireland.) 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of Ways  and Means  reported,  That 
the Committee had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

Sex 
The Order  of  the  day being  read, for  taking 
Disqualifica- 1 into  consideration  the  Lords'  Reason  for  dis-
Bill fiwzT?^ agreeing to the Amendment made by this House 
and the Amendments made  by the  Lords to the 

V O L . 1 7 4. 

Amendment  made  by  this  House  to  the  Sex 
Disqualification  (Removal)  Bill  [L o r d s .] 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Reason  and  Amend-

ments be taken into consideration to-morrow. 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself  Mental 
into  a  Committee  on  Mental  Deficiency  and  ^J 1^®" 07 
L u n a cy   ( A m e n d m e n t)   [ M o n e y .]  

Amendment) 
[Money.] 

(In the Committee.) 

Resolved,  That  it  is expedient  to  authorise  the 
removal  of  the  limit  imposed  by  section  forty-
seven  of  the  Mental  Deficiency  A c t,   1913,  and 
by  section  thirty-seven  of  the  Mental  Deficiency 
and  Lunacy  (Scotland)  A c t,   1913,  on  the  contri-
butions  which  may  be  made  by  the  Treasury 
under  those  sections,  and  to  extend  the  powers 
of  district  boards of  control  in  Scotland to  borrow 
money.—(Mr.  Baird.) 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and 

the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,,  T h at 
the  Committee  had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered, 

T h at   the  Report  be  received 

to-

morrow. 

T he   Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Education 

Second  Reading  of 
B i l l; 

the  Education 

( I r e l a n d)   (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Government 

Committee  on  the  Government  of  India  (re-
committed)  B i l l; 

Resolved,  T h at   this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Hours of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Hours  of  Employment  Employment 
(No. 2) BiU. 
( N o.   2)   Bill  ; 

.  • 

. F 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Minimum 

Second  Reading  of  the  Minimum  Rates  of  W a g es   5»tesof  Wages 
Commission  B i l l;  

Commission 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Agriculture 
into  consideration the Agriculture  (Councils,  &c.)  Ojjonncils, &c.) 
Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Committee  of  Supply; 

Resolved, 

T h at   this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  W a ys   and  Means  ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  T h at   this  House  will, 
resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

to-morrow, 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Irish Railways 
Second  Reading  of  the  Irish  Railways  ( C o n-   (Confirmation 
Agreement) 
finnation  of  Agreement)  B i l l;  

rf 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  tim$ 

to-morrow. 

3  B  4 

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25th—26th November. 

1919. 

Adjournment,  Whereupon  M r.   D e p u ty   Speaker,  pursuant 
to  the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  22nd  day 
of  October  last,  proposed  the  Question,  That  this 
House  do  now  adjourn. 

A nd   the  Question  being  p u t : — It   was  resolved 

in  the  Affirmative. 

licences  for  the 
the  issue  within  such  areas  of 
sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  and  also  the  common 
sale  or  supply  of  such  liquors  in  licensed  pre-
mises,  clubs,  or  elsewhere  within  such  areas  : 
A nd   the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  upon  Monday  n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

A nd   accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  twenty  minutes  before 
to-
the  clock,  adjourned 
Ten  of 
morrow. 

till 

M r.   Baldwin  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Me of Man 

L aw   with  respect  to  Customs  in  the  Isle  of  M a n: 
A nd   the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time  to-morrow  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Bill  223. 

Wednesday,  26tk November 1919. 

P  B A Y  E R S. 

r p HE   Greenock  Improvement  Order  Confir-
Greenock 
Improvement  J_  mation  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according  to 
®rd®r 
Order,  read  a  second  time;  and  ordered  to be 
Uonurmation 
Bill [Zordi.] 

taken  into  consideration  to-morrow. 

.. 

. 1 

. 

. 

, 

Air 
Navigation. 

3Vfr.  Secretary  Churchill  presented,  pursuant 
to  the  directions  of an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  an  Order  under  the  Air  Navigation  A c ts 
amending  the A ir   Navigation  Regulations,  1919. 

A  Motion  was  made, and the Question  being Peerage 
proposed, That  leave  be given to bring in a  Bill (Surrender.) 
to empower  His  Majesty to accept a surrender of 
any  Peerage-r-(Mr.  Thomas)  : 

A nd   the  Motion  being  opposed,  after  a  brief  Mr. Speaker 

explanatory  statement  from  the  Member  whoP u ts 

lestion 

i 

(pursuant to 
w h o  S.0. No. 11.) 

made  the  Motion  and 

from  a  Member 

opposed  it,  M r.   Speaker  put  the  Question,  pur-

suant  to  Standing  Order  N o.   1 1: 

T he   House  divided. 

T he   Y e as   to  the  R i g h t; 

The  N o es   to  the  L e f t. 

Tellers  for the  ( Mr.  Thomas, 
( Mr.  Griffiths: 

Yeas, 

5 6. 

169. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Tellers for the  ( Mr.  Edward  Wood, 

Table. 

Noes, 

| Major  Howard: 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

Development 
Commission. 

No.  214. 

M r.   Baldwin  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Ninth 
the  Development  Commissioners, 
Report  of 
being  for  the  year  1 9 1 8 - 1 9. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

T a b l e;   and  be  printed. 

Standing 
Committee E. 
National 
Assembly of 
the Church of 
England 
(Powers.) Bill 
[Xordt.] 

No.  215. 

M r.   Turton  reported  from  Standing  Committee 
E,   to whom  the  National  Assembly  of  the  Church 
of  England  (Powers)  Bill  [Lords]  was  referred  ; 
That  they  had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  made 
Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

No.  215. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Minutes  of  the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Bill220. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be taken  into  consideration 
to-morrow  ;  and  be  printed. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees.) 
Standing 
Committee E. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  discharged 
the  following  Member 
from  Standing  C o m-
mittee  E  : — M a j or   Entwistle. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Report  do 

lie  upon  the 

Table. 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to Sex 

take  into  consideration  the  Lords'  Reason  for  Disqoalifica-
disagreeing  to  an  Amendment  made  by  this ^ 
[ S ^™ 
House  and  the  Lords'  Amendments  to  one  other 
of  the  Amendments  made  by  this  House  to  the 
Sex  Disqualification  ( R e m o v a l)   Bill 

[Lords]. 

T he   Lords'  Beason 

for  disagreeing  to  the 
Amendment  made  by  this  House,  in  p.  1,  1.  6, 
was  read  as  f o l l o w e t h : — B e c a u se   they  do  not 
consider  that  this  alteration  in  the  Constitution  of 
the  House  of  Lords  should  be  made  at  this  time 
or  in  this  manner. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  doth  not  insist  upon 
its  Amendment  to  which  the  Lords  have  dis-
a g r e e d . — ( M r.   Solicitor  General.) 

Then  the  Lords'  Amendments  to  the  A m e n d-
ment  made  by  this  House,  in  p. 2 , 1.   8,  being  read 
a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  and  acquaint  them  that  this  H o u se 
doth  not  insist  upon  its  Amendment  to  which 
the  Lords  have  disagreed,  and  doth  agree  to  the 
Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the  A m e n d-
ment  made  by  this  House  to  the  Bill. 

\ 

T he   Electricity  ( S u p p l y)   Bill  was,  according  Electricity 

to  Order,  read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

(Supply) Bill. 

Message from 
the Lords. 

M r.   Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  : 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  County  Court 
Judges  (Retirement  Pensions and  Deputies)  Bill, 
without  any  Amendment. 

M r.   Attorney  General  for  Ireland  reported  Irish Land 

from  the  Committee  on  Irish  Land  (Provision 
for  Sailors  and  Soldiers)  [Expenses]  a  Besolu-  Soldiers) 
tion  ;  which  was  read,  as  followeth  : 

[Expenses.] 

M r.   Macpherson, 

supported  by  M r.   Attorney 
General  for  Ireland,  presented  a  Bill  to  provide 
for  the  Registration  of  Nurses  in  Ireland  :  A nd 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
to-morrow  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Liquor Traffic 
Local Veto 
(England and 
Wales) Bill. 
Bill  222. 

Mr.  Raffan,  supported  by  Mr.  Broad,  Mr. 
Galbrailh,  Mr. Hancock,  Mr. Kenyan,  Mr. Sidney 
Robinson,  and  Mr.  Treoelyan  Thomson,  pre-
sented  a  Bill  to  enable the  parliamentary  electors 
in  prescribed  areas  by  a  direbt  vote  to  prohibit 

That  for  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  any 
A ct   of  the  present  Session  to  facilitate  the  pro-
vision  of  land  in  Ireland  for  men  who  have 
served  in  the  Naval,  Military,  and  A ir   Forces 
of  the  Crown  in  the  present  war,  it  is  expedient 
to  authorise  the  payment,  out  of  moneys  to  be 
provided  by  Parliament,— 

( a)   of  the  Expenses  of  the  Land  Commission 
in  managing,  letting,  and  improving  land, 
and  of  the  deficiencies  on  resales  of  land  by 
the  L a nd   Commission; 

County Court 
Judges 
(Betirement 
Pensions and 
Deputies) Bill. 
Nurses 
Begistration 
(Ireland) Bill. 
Bill  221. 

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(b)  of  the Expenses of the Local  Government1 
Board  for  Ireland  in the  provision of  cott-
ages, plots, and gardens for ex-service men ; 
and 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Land 

into  consideration  the  Land  Settlement  (Scot- 
land)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  C o m-   i$ii° 
m i t t e e; 

.•-•; 
;> 
* 

(c)  of  the  Expenses  of  the  Department  of 
Agriculture  and  Technical  Instruction  for 
Ireland  for  the  purpose  of  promoting  co-
operation. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 

was agreed to. 

Mental 
Lord  Edmund  Talbot  reported  from  the  Corn-
Deficiency and mittee  on  Mental  Deficiency  and  Lunacy 
(Amendment)  (Amendment) 
[ M o n e y ],   a  Resolution  ;  which 
[Money.] 

was  read,  as  followeth  : 

T h at   it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the  removal 
of  the  limit  imposed  by  section  forty-seven  of 
the  Mental  Deficiency  A c t,   1913,  and  by 
section  thirty-seven  of  the  M e n t al   Deficiency 
and  L u n a cy   (Scotland)  A c t,   1913,  on  the  con-
tributions  which  may  be  made  by  the  Treasury 
under  those  sections,  and  to  extend  the  powers 
of  district  boards  of  control  in  Scotland  to 
borrow  money. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Imports and 

Second  Reading  of  the  Imports  and  Exports 
Regulation  Bill  ; 

Bill. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Unemploy-
Second  Reading  of  the  Unemplovment  Benefit  l?®?4 Benefit 
B i l l;  

.  B l l K 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Agriculture 
into consideration  the  Agriculture  (Councils,  &c.)  (C°»noUi. &c.) 
Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee.;  . ! 

•. • •' i. 

Ordered, 

T h at   the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

T he   said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second  time, 

sideration  to-morrow. 

.  ... 

was  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  T h at   a  Bill  be  brought  in  upon  the 
said  Resolution  :  A nd   that  M r.   Secretary  Shortt, 
Dr.  Addison,  Mr.  Munro,  and  Mr.  Baird  do 
prepare  and  bring  it  in. 

T he   Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee  of  S u p p l y; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

M r.   Baird 

accordingly  presented  a  Bill  to 
Mental 
Deficiency and r em o ve   the  limit  imposed  by  .section  forty-seven 
(Amendment)  of  the  Mental  Deficiency  A c t,   1913,  and  by 
section  thirty-seven  of  the  Mental  Deficiency 
Bill. 
Bill  219;  and  Lunacy  (Scotland)  A c t,   1913,  on  the  con-
tributions  which  may  be  made  by  the  Treasury 
under  those  sections,  and  to  extend  the  powers 
of  district  boards  of  control  in  Scotland  to  borrow 
money  :  A nd   the  same  was  read  the  first  time  ; 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  to-morrow, 
and  to  be  printed. 

Unemploy-
ment Benefit 
[Money.] 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  Unemployment  Benefit 
[ M o n e y ]. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  T h at 
it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the  payment,  out  of 
moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  of  any 
additional sums which  may  become  payable  under 
Section  106  of 
the  National  Insurance  A c t, 
1911,  in  pursuance  of  any . A ct   of  the  present 
Session  to  increase  the  rate  of  unemployment 
benefit  payaible  under  the  National  Insurance 
(Unemployment)  Acts,  1911  to  1918,  and  to 
make  certain  consequential  amendments  in  those 
Acts.—(Sir  Robert  Home.) 

«  Amendment  proposed,  at  the  end,  to  add  the 
words  "  but  in  no  case  shall  such  sums  exceed 
fifteen  thousand  pounds  in  any  one  y e a r . — ( S ir 
Frederick  Banbury.) 

Question,  T h at   those  words  be  there  added, 

put,  and  negatived. 

M a in   Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  ;  and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  W a ys   and  Means  ; 

Means. 

Resolved, 

That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Irish Railways 

Second Reading of  the  Irish  Railways  (Confir-  W J l ^ ^S 
ma tion of Agreement)  Bill; 

Bill. 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be  read a second time 

to-morrow. 

Ordered,  That  Lieutenant-Colonel  Weigall  be  National 
discharged from the  Select  Committee  on  National  Expenditure. 
Expenditure. 

Ordered,  That  Lieutenant-Colonel  Hilder  be 

added  to  the  Committee.—(Colonel  Gibbs.) 

Whereupon  M r.   Deputy  Speaker,  pursuant  to  Adjournment, 

the  Order  of  the  House  of  the  22nd  day  of 
October  last,  proposed  the  Question,  That  this 
House  do  now  adjourn. 

A nd   the Question  being  p u t : — It   was  resolved 

in  the  Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued to sit till twenty-five minutes after 
Five  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

Thursday,  27th November 1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Greenock 

into  consideration  the  Greenock  Improve-  Improvement 
Conffrmatidti 

meut  Order  Confirmation  Bill  [Lords] 

; 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be taken  into  considera-  B iU 

morrow. 

VOL.  174. 

tion  to-morrow. 

3  c 

3 78 

25th November. 

1919. 

Sugar Supply 
(Boyal 
Commission.) 

M r.   Baldwin  presented,  by  H is   Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Accounts  of 
the  Royal 
Commission  on  the  Sugar  Supply  for  the  period 
A u g u st   1914  to  31st  March  1918. 

A  Clause  (Substitution  of  Ministry  of  A g r i-
culture  and  Fisheries  for  Board  of  Agriculture 
and  Fisheries),—(Captain  FitzRoy),—was 
twice 
read;  and  made  part  of  the  Bill. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper  do lie upon the 

Then  an  Amendment  was  made  to  the  Bill. 

Profiteering 
Act, 1919: 

Profiteering 
Act, 1919. 

Shops Act, 
1913. 

Board of 
Education. 

Table. 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Order  and  Regulations,  dated  21st  November 
and  A p p e al 
1919, 
Tribunals  established  under 
the  Profiteering 
A c t,   1919,  in  Ireland. 

for  Local  Committees 

Copy  of  Order  and  Schedule  of  certain 
Amended  Regulations,  dated  24th  November 
1919,  under  the  Profiteering  A c t,   1919,  in 
respect  to  the  Constitution,  Powers,  and  P r o-
cedure  of   Local  Committees  established  by 
Local  Authorities  and  also  Joint  Local  C o m-
two  or  more  Local 
mittees 
Authorities  with  the  consent  of  the  Board  of 
Trade. 

established  by 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

M r.   Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Order  made  under  the  Shops  A c t,   1912,  by 
the  Council 
the  undermentioned  Local 
Authority,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  of 

of 

'  State  for  the  Home  D e p a r t m e n t :— 

Borough  of  Stockton-on-Tees. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

M r.  

fisher 

presented,  by  H is   Majesty's 
C o m m a n d , — C o py   of  Report  to  the  Board  of 
Education  of  the  Standing  Joint  Committee 
representative  of  the  County  Councils  Associa-
tion,  the  Municipal  Corporations  Association, 
the  Association  of  Education  Committees,  and 
the London  County  Council,  and  of  the  National 
Union  of  Teachers,  on  a  Provisional  Minimum 
Scale  of  Salaries  for Teachers  in  Public  Elemen-
tary  Schools. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

N  °21fi 

M r.   Illingworth 

Post Office 
presented,  pursuant  to  the 
Telegxaphsand directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Account 
showing the gross  amount  received  and  expended 
*  on  account  of  the  Telegraph  Service  during  the 
year  ended  31st  March  1919,  and  the  balance  of 
the  expenditure  over  the  receipts,  prepared  in 
pursuance  of  the Telegraph  ( M o n e y)   A c t,   1876  ; 
and a  Statement  additional  to the above  Account, 
and  Statements  of  Account 
in  respect  of  the 
Telegraph  and  Telephone  Services  for  the  year 
ended  31st  March  1 9 1 9;   together  with 
the 
Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

T a b l e;   and  be  printed. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees) 
Standing 
Committee B 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported 

from  the 
Committee  of  Selection;  That  they  had  dis-
charged  the  following  Members  from  Standing 
and 
Committee  B : — M r.   Carr  and  Major  Steel; 
had  appointed  in  substitution  :  Major 
Farquhar-
son and Sir  Kingsley  Wood. 

, 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Agriculture 

The  House, according  to Order,  proceeded  to 

*  16oiincil8, &c.)  take into consideration the Agriculture (Councils, 

&c.)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com-
mittee. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  6,  1.  18,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  " w o r k m e n ,"   the  words  " a nd   eight  e m-
ployers  of  whom  four  shall  be 
landowners."— 
(Mr.  Ernest  Gardner.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  T h at   those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment,  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  7 , 1.   5,   by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  members, 
the  words  "  to  be  nominated 
with  due  regard  to  their  geographical  distribu-
tion."—(Captain  Brown.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  T h at   those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T h e ' S a id 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

^ 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Acquisition  by 
County  Councils)  Bill  [Lords'], 
as  amended  in 
the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ferries-
(Acquisition by 
County 
Councils) Bill 
[ Lordt.] 

Mr. Speaker 
pnts Question 
pursuant to 
S.O. No. 40A. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
proposed,  T h at   the  Bill  be  re-committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  H o u s e . — ( M r.   Attorney 
General.) 

A n d,   the  Motion  being  opposed,  after  a  brief 
explanatory  statement  of  the  reasons  for  re-
committal 
from  the  Member  who  made  the 
Motion  and  from  a  Member  who  opposed  it,  Mr. 
Speaker  put  the  Question  thereon,  pursuant  to 
Standing  Order  N o.   4 0A. 

A nd   it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

T he   House  immediately  resolved  itself into  the 

Committee. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  N o.   1  disagreed  to. 

Clauses  Nos.  2  and  3  amended,  and  agreed  to. 

Clause  N o.   4  agreed  to. 

Clauses  N o s.   5  and  6  amended,  and  agreed  to. 

A  Clause 

(Power  of  Local  Authority 

to 
acquire, &c., existing ferries),—(Sir  Eric 
Geddes), 
—brought  up  and  read  the  first  and  second  time 
and  added  to  the  Bill. 

Title  amended. 

Bill,  as  amended,  to  be  reported. 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  ;  and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  tne  B i l l,   and 
had  made  Amendments 
.and  bad 
thereunto, 
followeth  : —A   Bill 
the  Title  as 
amended 
intituled,  An   A ct   to  enable  Local  Authorities 
to  acquire  existing  Ferries  by  Agreement. 

Ferries 
(Acquisition 
by County 
Councils) Bill 
yLordt] 
(changed to 
Ferries 
(Acquisition 
by Local 
Authorities) 
Bill  [ W i , l] 
[Titje 
amended.] 

10  GEO.  V. 

21th— 28th  November. 

379 

Bill  224. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee  and  on  re-committal,  be 
taken  into  consideration  upon  Monday  n e x t;   and 
be  printed. 

Irish Railways  The  Irish  Railways  (Confirmation of  Agree-
m e n t)  B i li  wa8> according to Order, read a second 
tfA^enS 
time. 
Bill.greem 

Ordered, 

T h at   the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  Monday 
next. —(Sir  Eric  Geddes.) 

Unemploy-
ment Benefit 
[Money.] 

Colonel  StanleyReported 

from  the  Committee 
on  Unemployment  Benefit  [ M o n e y ],   a  Resolu-
tion  ;  which  was  read,  as  followeth  : 

T h at   it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the  payment, 
out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  of 
any  additional  sums  which  may  become  payable 
under  Section  106  of  the  National  Insurance 
A c t,   1911,  in  pursuance  of  any A ct   of  the  present 
Session  to  increase  the  rate  of  unemployment 
benefit  payable  under  the  National  Insurance 
(Unemployment)  A c t s,   1911  to  1918,  and  to 
make  certain  consequential  amendments  in  those 
A c t s. 

T he   said  Resolution,  being  read a second  time, 

was  agreed  to. 

• 

Unemploy-
ment Benefit 
Bill. 

T he   Unemployment  Benefit  Bill  was,  accord-

ing  to  Order,  read  a  second  time. 

Ordered, 

That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
for  Monday 

Committee  of  the  whole  House 
next,—(Mr.  Wardle.) 

A nd   the  Question.being  p u t : — It   was  resolved 

in  the  Affirmative. 

And  accordingly  the  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit.  till  two  minutes  before 
Seven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

Friday,  28th November 1919. 

PR A T E R S. 

MR.   Speaker  laid  upon  the  T a b l e , — R e p o rt   Private Bills 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for 

Private  Bills,  That  in  the  case  of  the  following  orders not: 
Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords,  and  referred  on  previously 
the  First  Reading  thereof,  tbe  Standing  Orders 
not  previously  inquired  into, which are applicable  with!) 
thereto,  have  been  complied  with,  v i z . :— 

Shropshire,  Worcestershire,  and  Stafford-

shire  Electric  Power  Bill 

[Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time. 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Greenock  . 
take  into  consideration  the  Greenock  Improve-  Improvement 
Confirmation 
ment  Order  Confirmation  Bill,  [Lords]. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time  8 1 , 1  [ - ^ -l 

upon  Monday  next. 

D r.   Addison  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a  Ministry of 

Mental 
Lunaoy C y a nd   m e n t)  
(Amendment)  time. 

T he   Mental  Deficiency  and  Lunacy  ( A m e n d-
was,  according  to  Order, read a  second 

BiU- 

Ordered, 

That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  to-morrow. 
—(Mr.  Baird.) 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  National  Assembly  of  the 
as 
Church  of  England  (Powers)  Bill 

National 
Assembly ot 
Engknd 
(Powers) Bill  amended  in  tlie  Standing  Committee  ; 
\Loi-A,.] 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

[Lords], 

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Norses 
Registration 
(Ireland) Bill.  ( I r el a n d)   B i l l; 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Nurses  Registration 

Second  Reading  of  

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Isle of Man 
(Customs) 
BiU. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Isle  of  M an   (Customs) 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Supply. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply; 

,  Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 
resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Provisional  Order  of  the  Ministry  of  Health  health 

i  ±.- 

j. 

-m 

J 

relating  to  Blaydon. 

Provisional 
Order 

Ordered,  T h at   Standing  Order  193a  be  sus-  Rousing) 

pended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  first 
t i m e . — ( T he   Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means.) 

T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  first  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  referred  to  the  BiU  227. 

Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Private  B i l l s;   and 
be  printed. 

. . . . . . .. 

M r.   Cecil  Harmsworth 

presented,  by  His  Treaty Series 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Convention  for  ( N o* 1 2' 1 9 1 90 
the  Control  of  the  Trade  in  A r ms   and  A m m u-
nition,  and  Protocol,  signed  10th  September, 
1919. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Dr.  Addison  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-  Public Health 

tions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of  R e g u-
lations  made  by  the  Minister  of  Health  under  Act, 1907. 
the  Public Health  (Regulations  as to  Food)  A c t, 
1907  :— 

T he   Exeter  (Shell-Fish)  Regulations,  1 9 1 9; 

Regulations  as 

from 
to  shell-fish 
within  the  E x e t er   Port  Sanitary  District. 

taken 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

M r.   Long  presented,'by  Ilis  Majesty's  Com-Navy 
mand,—Revised  Estimates  for  the  N a v y,   for  the  ?Q8M.m^e*' 
year  1 9 1 9 - 2 0; 

Ways and 
Means. 

T he   Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Estimates  be  referred 

• 

Committee  of  W a ys   and  Means  ; 

to  a  Standing  Committee  ;  and  be  printed. 

Resolved, 

T h at   this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

M r.   Baldwin 

Adjournment.  Whereupon  M r.   Speaker,  pursuant 

to  the 
Order  of  the  House  of  the  22nd  day  of  October 
last,  proposed  the  Question,  That  this  House  do 
now  adjourn. 

Command,—Copy  of 
Treasury  Committee  on  Housing  Finance. 

presented,  by  H is   Majesty's  Housing 
t h e F i n a n c e-

Interim  Report  of 

M r.   Baldwin 

also  presented,—Return  to  an  Public 

Order  dated  the  29th  day  of  J u ly   last  for  a  K*p«ndiiure. 
No.  218. 
Return  relative  to  Public  Expenditure. 

V o l.   174. 

3 O  2 

mo 

28th  November—1st December. 

1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the  Adjournment. 

T a b l e;   and  that  the  said  Beturn  be  printed. 

War Charities 
(Scotland) 
Act, 1919. 

The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—  Copy 
of  Scheme  under  the  W ar   Charities  (Scotland) 
A c t,   1919,  for  the  application  of  the  Funds  or 
Property  of  the County  of  Moray  W ar   Workers' 
Association,  Elgin. 

House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
Standing  Order  N o.   3, 
it  being  then 
Five  of  the  clock,  till  Monday  next. 

Monday, 

December  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie upon  the 

Table. 

P R A Y E R S. 

New Member 
sworn. 

John James Lawson, Esquire,  Member  for the 
County  of  Durham  (Chester-le-Street  Division), 
was  sworn. 

Public 
Libraries 
Bill. 

Bill  225. 

Mr.  Herbert  Lewis,  supported  by  Mr.  Fisher 
and  D r.   Addison,  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the 
Public  Libraries  Acts,  1892  to  1901,  and  to 
repeal  so  much  of  the  Museums  and  Gymnasiums 
A c t,  
the  provision  of 
authorises 
museums  in  England  and  W a l e s:   A nd   the  same 
was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time  upon 
Monday  n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

1891,  as 

M r.   Secretary  Shortt,  supported  by  M r.   Baird, 
Workmen's 
the  Workmen's 
to  amend 
Compensation  p r e a e Dt ed   a  Bill 
Addition) 
Compensation  ( W ar   Addition)  A c t,   1 9 1 7:   A nd 
Amendment  .  the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
BlH- 

'upon  Monday  n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

Bill  226. 

Coal  Industry 
(Emergency) 
Bill. 

Bill  228. 

Sir Auckland  Geddes, supported by Sir Robert 
Home,  Mr.  Attorney  General, and  Mr.  Bridge-
man,  presented  a  Bill to make  temporary provision 
on  account  of  the  emergency  arising  from  the 
war  as  to  the  profits and  control  of, wages  in,  and 
advances  in  respect  of  colliery  undertakings,  and 
for  purposes connected  therewith  :  A nd   the  same 
was ordered  to  be read a second time upon  Monday 
n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

Coal Industry. 

(7, 

. 

, 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
put,  That,  in  the  opinion  of  this  House,  a  Select 
Committee  should  be  appointed  to  inquire  into 
the  administration  and  functions  of  the  Depart-
ment  of  the  Coal  Controller  and  the  position  of 
the  Coal  Industry  with  regard  to  selling  prices, 
profits, cost  of  production,  and  output  in  relation 
thereto.—(Mr.  Brace.) 

The  House  divided. 

T he   Y e as   to  the  R i g h t; 

T he   Noes  to  the  L e f t. 
Tellers for the  ( Mr.  Frederick  Hall, 

Yeas, 

1  Mr. John Parkinson  : 

59. 

Tellers  for  the  (  Captain  Guest, 

) 

9 
254. 
I Lord Edmund  Talbot:  j  " 

Noes, 

THE   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the Greenock 

Third  Beading  of  the  Greenock  Improve-  Q™|er°vementl 
Confirmation 

ment  Order  Confirmation  Bill  [Lords]; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time BiU 

upon Wednesday  next. 

Mr.  Macpherson 

presented,  pursuant 

to  the Corn 

directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Production 
Provisional  Begulations  made  under  the  Corn 
Production  A c t,   1917,  entitled  the'Agricultural 
W a g es   Board 
Ireland  (Constitution  and 
Proceedings)  Begulations,  1919. 

for 

c t' 

1 7, 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

T a b l e. * 

Mr  .Baldwin  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-  Bank of 
tions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Return  England, 
of  the  amount  of  Bank  of  England  Notes  issued 
more  than  forty  years,  and  outstanding  on  29th 
October  1919,  which  have  been  written  off. 

Ordered, That the  said Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

M r.   Long 

presented,  by  H is   Majesty's  Navy 

the  First 
Command,—Copy  of  Statement  of 
Lord  of  the  Admiralty  explanatory  of  the  N a vy  
Estimates  (Revised),  1 9 1 9 - 2 0. 

~ 

' 

Ordered, That the  said Paper do  lie upon the 

Table. 

D r.   Addison 

presented,  by  H is   Majesty's  Housing. 

Command,—Copy  of  Schemes  on  Housing  sub-
mitted 
to  the  Ministry  of  Health  by  Local 
Authorities  and  Public  Utility  Societies  up  to 
31st  October  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

_  Sir  Samuel  Roberts 
reported  from  the  C o m-   Selection 
mittee  of  Selection;  T h at   they  had  discharged  (Standing 
the  following  Member  from  Standing  Com- 
mittee  B  : — M r.   Alexander  Richardson 
appointed 
Sir  Alfred  Warren. 

in  substitution:  Lieutenant-Colonel 

Sf 

;  and  had  Committee B. 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for the 

Mental 
Deficiency and Committee on the Mental  Deficiency and Lunacy 
S S m e n t)   (Amendment)  BUl; 
Bill. 

, ,  Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

- 

-  Inext,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day 

being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Supply  ; 

Resolved, That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

T he   Order  of  the  day 

being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  W a ys   and  Means  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ordered, 

That  M r.   Speaker  do  issue  his York County, 

Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown,  t o m a ke  
out  a  new  W r it   for  the  electing  of  a  Member  Division) 
to  serve  in  this  present  Parliament  for 
(Spen  Valley 
County  of  Y o r k,   W e st   Biding 
Division),  in  the  room  of  the  B i g ht   Honourable 
Sir  Thomas  Palmer  Whittaker 
(deceased).— 
(Captain  Guest.) 

the  Writ. 

fitting 

Sir  Allan  Macgregor 

Smith,  K.B.E.,  Member  New Member* 

for  the  Borough  of  Croydon  (South  D i v i s i o n ) , , w o r n-
was  sworn. 

. . . . . . . •-   , 

The  Viscountess  Astor,  Member 

the 
Borough  of  Plymouth  (Sutton  Division),  was 
sworn. 

for 

o 

! 

10   m o.

v. 

\st  December. 

381 

Premium 
Bonds. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
put, T h a t,   in  the  opinion of  this  House,  the  time 
has  arrived  when  the  Government  should  make 
an  issue  of  Investment  and  Premium  Bonds,  tax 
free,  and  redeemable  at  a  fixed  period  with 
compound  interest,  a  certain  number  of  such 
bonds  being  drawn  at  intervals  and  paid  off  with 
a  premium  or  prize  attached,  the  details  of  each 
issue 
to  be  settled  by  the  T r e a s u r y . — ( M r. 
Bottomley.) 

T he   H o u se   divided. 

T he   Y e as   to  the  B i g h t; 

T he   Noes  to  the  L e f t. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Dogs 

Second  Reading  of  the  Dogs  Begulation  (Ire-  Begulatioii 
8 S 5V 
land)  ( N o.   2)  B i l l;  

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Education 
the  Education 

(Ireland).CW"d>  Bill 

Second  Beading  of 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

T he   Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Government of 

B o t t o m l e^  

) 

Tellers  for  the 
Yeas 
' 

I Sir  Clement  Kinloch- 
J 
I  Cooke ; 
,  Tellers for the f Sir  Frederick  Banbury,  1 
} 

(Mr.  George  Thorne: 

Noes, 

So   it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

Unemploy-
ment Benefit 
BilL 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  on  the  Unemployment  Benefit  B i l l; 

Resolved, 

That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Mental 
Deficiency 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
' Committee  on the  Mental  Deficiency  and  Lunacy 

>  84. 

Committee  on  the  Government  of  India  (  r e - I n d ia   Bil1, 
committed)  B i l l: 

Resolved, 

T h at   this  House  will,  upon  W e d-
nesday  next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  C o m-
mittee. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Honrs of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Hours  of  Employment  ?®pl9°,y5!®nt 
(No. 2) BUI. 
( N o.   2)   B i l l;  

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

(Amendment)  (Amendment)  B i l l; 

Bil1, 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Minimum 

Second  Beading  of 
W a g es   Commission  Bill  ; 

the  Minimum  Bates 

o f ^ ^ 8* 

Bill. 

Irish Railways 
T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
of Agreement)  Committee  on  the  Irish  Railways  (Confirmation 
Bill. 

of  Agreement)  B i l l; 

Resolved, 

That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Isle of Man 
T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Customs)BilL  Second  Reading  of  the  Isle  of  M an   (Customs) 

B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Joint Stock 
Banks (Amal-
gamation 
Control) Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks 
(Amalgamation  Control)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Private 
Legislation 
Procedure 
(Ireland) Bill, 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Private  Legislation 

Second  Beading  of 
Procedure  (Ireland)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Land 
into  consideration  the  Land  Settlement  (Scot-  P g ^ ^ d) 
land)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  C o m-   Bill, 
mittee; 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

T he   Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Imports and 

Second  Beading  of  the  Imports  and  Exports  Regulation 
Regulation  B i l l;  

Bill. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Acquisition  by 
as  amended  in 
Local  Authorities)  Bill  [Lords], 
the  Standing  Committee  and  on  re-committal; 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

sideration  to-morrow. 

upon  Monday  next. 

Overseas 
Trade 
(Insurance 
a?ainst 
Abnormal 
Bisks) Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Overseas  Trade  ( l u s u-

:  ranee  against  Abnormal  Bisks)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  National  A s s e m b ly   of  the 
Church  of  England  (Powers)  Bill  [Lords], 
as 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee  ; 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be 

taken 

into  con-

sideration  upon  Friday  next. 

Ferries 
(Acquisition by 
Local 
Authorities) 
Bill [Lordt] 
(changed from 
Ferries 
(Acquisition 
by County 
Councils) Bill 
[Lords].-) 
National 
Assembly of 
the Church of. 
England 
(Powers) Bill 
[Lords.] 

Supreme 
Court of 
Judicature 
( i r e KV   cature  (Ireland)  BUI: 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Judi-

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Nurses 

Second  Beading  of 
(Ireland)  B i l l;  

the'  Nurses  Registration 

^ re  

J  1 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Lockl 
Elections 
r*
^

rSrfil1 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Local  Elections  (Propor-
t'onal  Bepresentation)  Bill 

[Lords]; 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Public 

Second  Beading  of  the  Public  Libraries  B i l l;  

Libraries Bill, 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

V O L.   174. 

to-morrow. 

' 

3  0  3 

 
 
3 82 

1st—2nd  December. 

Workmen'* 
T he  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Compensation  Secoud  Reading  of  the  Workmen's  Compensa-
(Amaendmdentn) tion  ( W ar  Addition)  Amendment  Bill  s   
BiU- 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

applying  the 
Factory  and 
Diseases. 

provisions  of  Section  73  of  the 
Workshop  A c t,  1901,  to  certain 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

to-morrow. 

Table. 

Coal Industry 
(Emergency) 
Bill. 

T he  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Industry  ( E m e r-
gency)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Supply. 

T he  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

ResolvedThat 

this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ways and 
Means. 

T he  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  W a ys  and  Means  ; 

Resolved, 

That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Adjournment. 

Whereupon  M r.  Speaker,  pursuant 

to  the 
Order  of  the  House  of  the  22nd  day  of  October 
last,  proposed  the  Question,  That  this  House  do 
now  adjourn: 

A nd  notice being  taken  that  Forty  Members 
were  not  present,  the  House  was  told  by 
M r.  S p e a k e r;  and  Forty  Members  not 
being  present,  and  it  being  then  after 
Four  of  the  clock,  the  House  was  ad-
twenty 
journed  by  M r.  Speaker,  at 
clock, 
minutes  after  Eleven 
without  a  Question 
to-
morrow. 

of 
first  put, 

the 

till 

STANDING  COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by  M r.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  Order 
of  20th  February,  of  Estimates  referred  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Title  of  Estimates. 

T he  Lord  Advocate  presented, pursuant  to  the  Penal 

directions  of  an  A ct  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Servitude Acts 
Licence  to  be  at  large  granted  to  Catherine 
Cowie  Smart,  to  which  are  annexed  conditions 
other  than  those  contained  in  Schedule  A  of 
the  Penal  Servitude  A c t,  1864. 

Ordered,  That the said  Paper  do lie  upon  the 

Table. 

M r.  Secretary  Churchill  presented,  pursuant  Army 
to  the  directions  of  an  A ct  of  Parliament,—Copy  territorial 
of  Scheme  made  by  the  A r my  Council  for  the 
establishment  and  constitution  of  an  Association 
for  the county  of  Lancaster  under  the  Territorial 
and  Reserve  Forces  A c t,  1907. 

orce'-) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

M r.  T.  P.  O'Connor 

reported  from  Standing  Standing 

Committee  B,  to  whom  the  Nurses  Registration  ® ° ^i t t ee  B-
( N o.  2)  Bill  was  referred  ;  T h at  they  had  gone  Begfctration 
through  the  Bill,  and  made  Amendments  there-  (No. s) Bill, 
unto,  and  had  amended  the  Title  as followeth  :—  j ^ J ®^ 
A  Bill  to  provide  for  the  Registration  of  Nurses 
for  the  Sick. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

No.  219. 

Table;  and be printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes  of  the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered, 

That  the  Bill  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee  be  taken  into  consideration 
to-morrow;  and  be  printed. 

No.  219. 

BiU  229. 

T he  Chairman  of  W a ys  and  Means  reported  Ministry of 
. 

from  the  Committee  on  the  Ministry  of  Health  ®e*J.tl? 
Provisional  Orders  ( N o.  1)  Bill,  That  they  had  orf«?(No  l) 
considered  the  Orders  therein  contained;  that  Bill, 
the  said  Orders  ought  to  be  confirmed  ;  and 
that  they  had  directed  him  to  report  the  Bill,  confirmed.] 
without  Amendment,  to  the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  l ie  upon  the 

Table. 

N a vy  Estimates  (Revised),  1 9 1 9 - 2 0) 

Ordered,  T h at  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time  , 

to-morrow. 

Tuesday, 2nd December  1919. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts 

reported  from  the  C o m-  Selection 
mittee  of  Selection;  T h at  they  had  discharged  (Standing 
the  following  Member from  Standing  Committee 
B  (added  in  respect  of  the  Irish  Land  (Provision  Committee B. 
for  Sailors  and  Soldiers)  Bill)  :  Captain  Loseby. 

P R A T E R S. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Ciyll 
Aviation. 

MR.  Secretary  Churchill,  presented,  by  H is 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of 
the  Advisory  Committee  on  Civil  Aviation  on 
Imperial  A ir  Routes. 

Ordered,  T h at  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Marriages, 
Births, and 
Deaths 
(Ireland.) 

M r.  Macpherson 

presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Fifty-fifth  detailed  A n n u al 
Report  of  the  Registrar  Geheral  of  Marriages, 
Births,  and  Deaths  in  Ireland,  1918. 

Ordered,  T h at  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Table. 

M r.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House,  That  a  Menage from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  the Lords, 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as followeth  : 

T he  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled,  An  Comity 

A ct  to  amend  the  L aw  relating  to County  Courts 
and  to  made  further  provision  with  respect  to 
the  powers  of  those  Courts  ;  to  which  the  Lords 
desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

?al 

r 

T he  County  Courts  Bill  [L o r d s]  was  read  the  County 

first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Thursday  n e x t;  and  to  be  printed. 

?iU 

g j j j ' ^g 

story i 
hop 
Worksho 
Acts 
(Notification 
of Disease.) 

M r.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant  to 
tbe  directions  of  an  A ct  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Order  made  by  the  Secretary  of  State  for  the 
H o me  Department,  dated  28th  November  1919, 

Esmond  Cecil  Harmsworth,  Esquire,  commonly  New Member 

called the Honourable Esmond  CecilHarmsworth,'1"01'1-
Member  for  the  County  of  K e nt ( I s le of  Thanet 
Division),  was  sworn. 

10  GEO.  Y. 

2nd  December. 

3 83 

Baiinesa of 
the House 
(Land 
Settlement 
(Scotland) 
Bill.) 

Ordered,  That  the  Proceedings  on  the  L a nd 
Settlement  (Scotland)  Rill  be  exempted  at  this 
day's  Sitting  from  the  provisions of  the  Standing 
Order  (Sittings  of  the  H o u s e ) . — ( M r. 
Bonar 
Law.) 

Land 
Settlement 
(Scotland) 
BiU. 

T he  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Land  Settlement 
(Scotland)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing 
Committee. 

A  Clause  (Amendment  of  s.  17  of  A ct  of 
twice  read  and  made 

1 9 1 1 ) , — ( M r.  Munro),—was 
part  of  the  Bill. 

Another  Clause  ^Amendment  of  provisions  as 
to  bequest  and  assignment  of  h o l d i n g ) , — ( M r. 
Munro\—was 
twice  read  and  made  part  of  the 
Bill. 

' 

Another  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added  to 
the  Bill  (Amendment  of  s.  6  of  the  A ct  of  1886) 
—(Mr.  William  Graham)  :  And  the said  Clause 
was  brought  up,  and  read  the  first  time. 

A nd  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  said  Clause  be  read  a  second 
time  : — It  passed  in  the  Negative. 

Another  Clause  wa3  offered  to  be  added  to  the 

Bill  (Amendment  of  s.  26  ( 3)  ( a)  of  the  A ct  of 
1911),—(Major  M'Kenzie  Wood)-.  And  the 
said  Clause  was  brought  up,  and  read  the  first 
time. 

A nd  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  T h at  the  said  Clause  be  read  a  second 
t i m e: 

T he  House  divided. 

T he  Y e as  to  the  B i g h t; 

T he  Noes  to  the  L e f t. 
Tellers for the j  Major M'Kenzie  Wood, } 
( Mr.  William  Graham  : f 

Yeas, 

79. 

Tellers for the  ( Lord Edmund  Talbot,  1  „ 

Noes, 

(  Captain  Guest: 

j 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

Another  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added  to 
the  Bill  (Amendment  of  s.  26  ( 3)  ( c)  of  the 
Act  of  1911),—(Major  M'Kenzie  Wood)  -.  And 
the  said  Clause  was  brought  up,  and  read  the 
first  time. 

A nd  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  T h at  the  said  Clause  be  read 
a  second  time  : — T he  said  Motion  and  Clause 
were  severally,  with  leave  of  the  House,  with-
drawn. 

Another  Clause  was  offered to  be  added  to  the 
Bill  (Amendment  of  s.  26  ( 3)  ( f)  of  the  A ct  of 
1911)—(Major  M'Kenzie  Wood)  :  And  the said 
Clause  was  brought  up,  and  read  the  first  time. 

A nd  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  T h at  the  said  Clause  be  read  a 
second  t i m e : — T he  said  Motion  and  Clause  were 
severally,  with  leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added  to 
the  Bill  (Statutory  small  tenants  to  become  land-
holders)—(Major M'Kenzie  JVood)  :  And the said 
Clause  was  brought  up,  and  read  the  first  time. 

A nd  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  said  Clause  be  read 
a  second  time  : — T he  said  Motion  and  Clause 
were  severally,  with  leave  of  the  House,  with-
drawn. 

A n o t h er  Clause  was  offered to  be  added  to  the 
Bill  (Protection  against  damage  by  g a m e ) , - - ( M r. 
Adamson) 
:  A nd  the  said  Clause  was  brought  up, 
and  read  the  first  time. 

A nd  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being put,  That  the  said  Clause  be  read a  second 
time  : 

T he  H o u se  divided. 

T he  Y e as  to  the  R i g h t; 

T he  N o es  to  the  L e f t. 

Yeas, 

Tellers for the  ( Mr.  Griffiths, 

1 
) 
Tellers for the ( Lord  Edmund  Talbot,  ) 
j 

|  Mr.  Dudley  Ward'. 

( Mr.  Neil  MLean 

Noes, 

: 

74. 

232. 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

Another  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added  to 
for  allotments)—(Mr. 
A nd  the  said  Clause  was 

the  Bill  ( U se  of  land 
William 
brought  up,  and  read  the  first  time. 

Graham): 

A nd  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  the  said  Clause  be  read  a  second 
and  Clause  were 
t i m e : — T he  said  Motion 
severally,  with  leave  of  the  House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added  to 
(Amendment  of  s.  21  of  the  A ct  of 

the  Bill 
1911)—(Major  M'Kenzie  Wood):  And  the 
said  Clause  was  brought  up,  and  read  the  first 
*ime. 

A nd  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  T h at  the  said  Clause be  read  a  second 
time  : 

T he  H o u se  divided. 

T he  Y e as  to  the  B i g h t; 

T he  Noes  to  the  L e f t. 

Yeas, 

Tellers for the  ( Major M'Kenzie  Wood,  1 
•  f 
( Mr.  Hogge: 
Tellers for the ( Lord Edmund  Talbot,  1 
J 

1 Mr.  Dudley  Ward: 

Noes, 

56. 

olft 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

Another  Clause  was  offered  to  be  added to  the 
Bill 
(Erection  and  Maintenance  of  march 
fences)—(Mr.  Robert  M'Laren)  :  And  the said 
first 
Clause  was  brought  up,  and  read 
time. 

the 

A nd  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  T h at  the  said  Clause  be  read  a 
second  t i m e : — It  passed  in  the  Negative. 

Another  Clause  ( As  to  land  within  burgh  in 
Maclean)—was 

crofting  counties)—(Sir  Donald 
twice  read,  and  made  part  of  the  Bill. 

An  Amendment  was proposed  to be  made  to the 
Bill,  in  p.  1,1.  8,  by  leaving  out  the  word  "  t w o ," 
and  inserting  the  word  "  three,"—(Lieutenant-
Colonel  Sir  John  Hope),—instead 

thereof. 

A nd  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 
"  two "  stand  part  of  the  B i l l : — It  was  resolved 
in  the  Affirmative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2 , 1.  8,  by  inserting  at  the 
end,  thereof  the  words,— 

"  ( 4)  T he  Board  shall  further,  in  addition  to 
the  powers  conferred  on  them  by  the  said  A c t s, 
have  powers  to  create  small  farms  which  shall 
consist  of  land,  being  arable  or  pastoral  or  partly 
arable  and  partly  pastoral,  the  annual  rent  of 
which  shall  exceed  fifty  pounds  in  money  but 
shall  not  exceed  one  hundred  pounds  in  money." 
—(Major  William  Murray.) 

A nd  the Question  being  put,  T h at  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It  passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  2 , 1.  18,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words,— 

"  ( 2)  No  order  for  the  compulsory  acquisition 

of  land  to  be  made  under  the  provisions  of  this 

VO L.  174. 

3  C  4 

2nd  December. 

Act  shall  authorise  the  acquisition  of  any  land 
which  at  the  date  of  the  order  forms  part  of  any 
park,  or  of  any  home  farm  attached  to  and! 
usually  occupied  with  a  mansion  house  if  the. 
land  is  required  for  the  amenity  or  convenience 
of  the  mansion  house,  or  of  any  land  which  at 
that  date  forms  part  of  any  garden  or  pleasure 
ground,  or  which  is  woodland  not  wholly  sur-
rounded  by  or  adjacent  to  land  acquired  by  the 
Board  under  this  Act."—(Sir  George 

Younger.) 

A nd   the Question  being put,  That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3,1.  17,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words,— 

"(  

)  A.  tenant  of  a  holding  or  small  farm 
provided  by  the  Board  on  land  acquired  by  the 
Board  who  has  been  in  occupation  thereof  for  a 
period  of  not  less  than  six  years  shall,  on  notice 
of  his  desire  to  purchase  the  holding  or  small 
farm  being  given  to  the  Board  at  any  time 
before  the  tenant  has  received  notice  to  quit,  be 
entitled  to  require  the sale  to  him  of  the  holding 
or  small  farm  at  the  expiration  of  one  month 
from  the  date  of  the  notice  at  the  then  value  of 
the  holding  or  small  farm  exclusive  of  any 
increase of  the value  thereof  due  to any improve-
ment  executed  thereon  by  and  at  the  expense  of 
the  tenant,  and  thereupon  the  Board  shall  sell 
the  holding  or  small  farm  to  the  tenant  ac-
cordingly  unless  the  Board  obtains  the  consent 
of  the Secretary for Scotland  to the  requirements 
of  the  tenant  being  refused  by  the  Board. 

( 

The  value  of  the  holding  or  small  farm 
shall  in  default  of  agreement  be  determined  by 
an arbiter appointed by  the Reference  Committee 
for  Scotland."—(Major  William  Muiray.) 

. And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 

words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l; 

The  proposed  Amendment  was  amended,  in 
1.  1,  by  leaving  out  the  words  "  or  small farm  "  ; 
in  1.  3,  by  leaving  out  the  words  " or   small 
farm  ";   in  1.  5,  by  leaving  out  the  words  "  or 
small  farm  "  ;  in  1.  6,  by  leaving  out  the  words 
" or   small  f a r m ";   in  1.  9,  by  leaving  out  the 
words  "  or  small  f a r m ";   in  1.  12,  by  leaving  out 
the  words  " or   small  f a r m ";   and,  in  1.  13,  by 
leaving  out  from  the  word  "  by,"  to  the  end  of 
the  proposed  Amendment,  and  inserting  the 
words "  the  Land  Court,"  instead  thereof.—(Mr. 
Munro.) 

And  the  Question being put,  That the  words— 

"  (  )  A  tenant  of  a  holding  provided  by  the 
Board  on  land  acquired  by  tbe  Board  who  has 
been  in  occupation  thereof  for  a  period  of  not 
less  than  six  years  shall,  on  notice  of  his  desire 
to  purchase  the  holding  being  given  to  the 
Board  at  any  time before  the  tenant  has received 
notice  to  quit,  be  entitled  to  require  the  sale to 
him  of  the  holding  at  the  expiration  of  one 
month  from  the  date  of  the  notice  at  the  then 
value  of  the  holding  exclusive  of  any  increase  of 
the  value 
thereof  due  to  any  improvement 
executed  thereon  by  and  at  the  expense  of  the 
tenant,  and  thereupon  the  Board  shall  sell  the 
, holding 
to  the  tenant  accordingly  unless  the 
Board  obtains  the  consent  of  the  Secretary  for 
Scotland  to  the  requirements  of  the tenant  being 
refused  by  the  Board. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  5,  1.  4,  by  inserting,  at  the 
end  thereof  the  words— 

"  (c)  Where  the  Board  are  satisfied that  there 
is  not  available  on  the  land  on  which  the 
new  holdings  are  to  be  constituted  a  supply 
of  water  sufficient for  the holding,  they  may 
include  in  the  scheme  provision  for  taking 
and  conveying  from  or  through  any  part  of 
the  estate  whereof  such  land  forms  part 
such  supply  of  water  as  may  be  necessary 
for  the  new  holdings  and  is  not  required 
for  the  remainder of  the estate  ;  aDd for the 
purposes  of  this  section  any  land  from  or 
through  which such  supply of  water  is  to  be 
taken  or  conveyed  shall  be deemed  to  be 
comprised  in  the  scheme."—(Mr.  Munro.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 

words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l; 

An  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  proposed  Amendment,  in  1.  5,  by  inserting 
after  the  word 
the  words  "  or  may 
reasonably  be expected not to be."—(  Lieutenant-
Colonel  Sir  John  Hope.) 

"  not ,"  

words  be  there  inserted 
Amendment:—The  Amendment 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
in  the  said  proposed 
to  the  said 
leave  of  the 

Proposed  Amendment  was,  with 

louse,  withdrawn. 

And  the  proposed  words  were  there  inserted 

in  the  Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  6,  1.  16,  by  inserting  after 
the  word  "  estate,"  the  words— 

"  Provided  that,  in the  event  of  the  estate  (or 
part  thereof)  of  which  the  land  comprised  in 
any  order  made  under  this  section  forms  part 
being  sold  by  public  auction  within  five  years 
after the  d;>te  of  notification  of  the  order  to  the 
landlord,  the  Board  shall  pay  to  the  landlord 
such  compensation  (if  any)  for  damage  or  injury 
done  in  respect  of  any  depreciation  in the selling 
value  of such estate or part thereof  in consequence 
of,  and  directly  attributable  to,  the  constitution 
of  new  holdings  under  the  order  as  may  be 
agreed  on,  or  as  may  be  determined,  failing 
agreement,  by  the  Land  Court."—(Sir  George 
Younger.) 

And  the Question  being  put, That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill, in p.  6 , 1 . 1 8,   by  leaving  out  from  the 
word  "  o f ,"   to  the  end  of  1. 22,  and  inserting  the 
words  "  the  sporting  rights  over  such  land  or 
estate  in  so far  as  it  exceeds  the  estimated  value 
of  such  rights  if  the  land  or  estate  were  put  to 
the  full  possible  use  for  which  it  could  be  let  to 
agricultural  or  pastoral  tenants,"—(Mr.  Munro), 
—instead  thereof. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Bill  :— 
It  passed  in  the  Negative. 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 

words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill  ; 

An   Amendment was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  proposed  Amendment,  in  1. 2,  by  leaving  out 
from  the  word  "  estate,"  to  the  end  of  the  pro-
posed  Amendment."—(Dr.  Murray.) 

(  )  The  value  of  the  holding  shall  in  default 
of  agreement  be determined  by  the Land  C o u r t" 

be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill  : — It   was  resolved 
in  the  Affirmative. 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be left out, to the  second word "  the," 
in  1.  3,  stand  part  of  the  said  proposed  Amend-
ment  : — It   was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be made 
to  the  said  proposed  Amendment,  1.  3,  by 

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2nd  December. 

3 85 

leaving  out  from  the  word  "  to,"  to  the  end  of 
the  proposed  Amendment,  and 
the 
words  "  its  reasonable  use  as  an  agricultural  or 
pastoral subject,"—(Major  Sir Keith  Fraser),— 
instead  thereof. 

inserting 

And the  Question  being put,  That  the words 
proposed to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  said 
proposed  Amendment:—It  was  resolved  in  the 
Affirmative. 

And  the proposed words were there inserted in 

the BilL 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  6,1.  22,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words,— 

that 

"  Provided 

if  a  landlord  shall  have 
expended  money on the  erection  or  improvement 
of  a  lodge and outbuildings for sporting  purposes 
on  the  land  comprised  in  the  scheme,  or  any 
estate  of  which  such  land  forms  part,  or  on  a 
road  of  access,  or  a  water  supply  to  such  lodge 
or outbuildings, or  on  roads for sporting  purposes 
on  such  land  or estate,  the compensation  payable 
to  such  landlord  shall  include  compensation  for 
depreciation  (if any) in the letting value  attribut-
able  to such expenditure where  such depreciation 
arises  in  consequence  of  and  is  directly  attribut-
able  to  the  constitution  of  new  holdings  under 
the scheme."—(Mr.  William  Shaw.) 

Another  Amendment was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  12,1.  9,  by  inserting  after  the 
word "  persons," the words "  or the sons or fathers 
of such persons."—(Mr.  William  Graham.) 

A nd  

the  Question  being  proposed,  That 
those  words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he 
said  proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of 
the  House,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed 

to  be 
made  to  the  Bill,  in  p.  12,1.  10,  by  inserting  at 
the  end  thereof  the  words,— 

"  Provided  always that  in  cases where existing 
smallholders  are  displaced  in  order  to  provide 
accommodation  for  persons  who  have  served  in 
the  forces  of  the  Crown  in  the  present  or in  any 
previous  war  it  shalL  be  the  duty  of  the  Board 
to  provide  for  such  existing  smallholders,  as 
express  a wish  to that  effect, alternative  holdings 
as  far  as  possible  in  the  same  locality  and  of 
substantially  the  same  size  and  nature  as  the 
holdings  of  which  they  have  been  deprived."— 
(Mr.  William  Graham.) 

And  the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

BilL 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made 
to the  Bill,  in  p.  6,1.22,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words  "  or 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee  and  on  Consideration,  be 
re-committed  to  a  Committee of  the whole  House 
in  respect  of  a  new  Clause  (Further  money  to 
be  placed  at  disposal  of  Board.)—(Mr.  Munro.) 

The  House,  immediately  resolved  itself  into 

the  Committee. 

(iv)  any  allowance  on  account  of  the  tenure 
of  the new  holder  or  holders  under  this  A ct 
or  on account  of  loss or  limitation  of  control 
over  the  land  taken  for  a  new  holding  or 
holdings and over  the  new  holder  or  holders 
or on account of  the substitution  of a number 
of  new  holders  for a  single  tenant."—(Mr. 
Hogge.) 

(In,the  Committee."i 

A  Clause  (Further  money  to  be  placed  at 
disposal  of  Board),—(Mr.  Munro),—brought  up 
and  read  the  first  and  second  time,  and  added to 
the  BilL 

Bill,  as  amended,  to  be  reported. 

And  the Question  being .proposed, That those 
words  be there  inserted  in  the Bill:—The  said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House, withdrawn. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  added  a  new  Clause  to  the 
BilL 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

A nother Amendment  was proposed  to be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p  8 , 1.   26,  by  inserting  after  the 
word 
"  with  the  express 
consent  of  the  tenants  of  such  common  pasture." 
—(Major  Sir Keith  Fraser.) 

"  who,"  the  words 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  That  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — T he   said 
proposed  Amendment  was,  with  leave  of  the 
House,  withdrawn. 

Ordered,  That 

the  Bill,  as  amended  on 
re-committal,  be  now  taken  into  consideration  : 
— T he   House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
Bill  into  consideration. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  House,  according  to Order, resolved  itself Unemploy-

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Unemployment  Benefit  gajf 

*** 

Bill. 

Another Amendment  was proposed  to  be made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  8,1.  38,  by  inserting  at  the  end 
thereof  the  words  "  and  may,  with  the  approval 
of  the  Secretary  for  Scotland,  apply  the  said 
fund  in  the  acquisition,  for  such  sum  or  annual 
payment  as failing agreement  may be determined 
by  the  Land  Court,  of  land  for  the  purposes  of 
facilitating  the  constitution  of  new  landholders' 
holdings  and  the  enlargement  of  landholders' 
holdings."—(Lieutenant-Colonel SirJ^/ifi  Hope.) 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1  to  No.  4  agreed  to. 

Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman of W a ys   and  Means reported,  That  the 
Committee  had  gone 
through  the  Bill,  and 
directed  him to  report  the  same,  without  Amend-
ment. 

And  the  Question  being put,  That those words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
t i m e : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Then  another  Amendment  was  made  to  the 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

BUI. 

VOL.  174. 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

3  P 

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2nd—3rd December. 

1916. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee  on  the  Mental  Deficiency  and 

Mental 
andLunac 
(Amendment)  Lunacy  (Amendment)  Bill; 
BlU' 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Greenock 
Third  Reading  of  the  Greenock  Improvement  £ X ° v e m e nt 
Confirmation 
Order  Confirmation  Bill  [Lords] 

; 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time  B i U  i ^ ' -l 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

to-morrow. 

Workmen's 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Compensation  Second  Reading  of the  Workmen's  Compensa-

Addition) 
Amendment 
isiii. 

tion  ( W ar   Addition)  Amendment  B i l l; 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read a second  time 

. 
to-morrow. 

Public 
The Public Libraries  Bill  was,  according to 
Libraries Bill.  Order, read a  second  time;  and  committed to a 

Standing  Committee. 

Irish Bailways 

Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  "being  read,  for  the 
Committee on the Irish  Railways  (Confirmation 
of  Agreement)  Bill; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Isle of Man 
The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Man (Customs) Second  Reading  of  the  Isle  of  Man (Customs) 
BllK 

Bill  ; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read  a second time 

to-morrow. 

Ferries 
(Acquisition 
by Local 
Authorities) 
Bill  {Lords.) 

The  Order  of the  day being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Acquisition  by 
Local  Authorities) Bill  [Lords],  as  amended in 
the  Standing  Committee ;  and on re-committal; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration to-morrow. 

Nurses 
Registration 
(Ireland) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Nurses  Registration 
(Ireland) Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a  second time 

to-morrow. 

Supply. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee of  Supply; 

M r.   Pratt  presented,  pursuant to  the  directions  Scottish 

of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Regulations, 
dated  14th  November  1919,  made  by  the  Scottish  (Regulations.) 
Board  of  Health,  entitled  the  National  Health 
Insurance  (Medical  Benefit)  Regulations  ( S c o t-
land),  1919  ( N o.   2 ). 

Ordered, That the said Paper  do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

M r.   Secretary  Churchill 

Majesty's  Command,—Estimate  of 
sum 
required  for  the  year  ending  31 st  March  1920 
for  the  Effective  and  Non-effective  Services  of 
the  A r m y. 

^q 

1 

presented,  by  H is   Army 
the 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Estimate  be  referred 

to  a  Standing  Committee;  and  be  printed. 

T he   Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to  Shops Act, 

the  directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  1 9 1 2, 
of  Order  made under  the  Shops  A c t,   1912,  by  the 
Council  of  the  under-mentioned  Local  Authority, 
and  confirmed,  with  Amendment,  by  the  Secre-
tary  for  Scotland  5— 

Burgh  of  Hamilton. 

Ordered,  That the said  Paper  do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

D r.   Addison  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-  Ministry of 

tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Draft  H®*rlth' 
Order  in  Council,  under  Section  3  ( 3)   and ( 4)   of 
the  Ministry  of  Health  A c t,   1919,  providing  for 
the  transfer  from  the  Ministry  of  Health  to  the 
Board  of  Education  of  certain  Powers  and 
Duties  under  the  Public  Health• A c tj   1875,  the 
Public  Libraries  A c t,   1901,  and  the  Museums 
and  Gymnasiums,  A c t,   1891, entitled the  Ministry 
(Public  Libraries,  Museums,  and 
of  Health 
Gymnasiums,  Transfer  of  Powers)  Order,  1919. 

N o- 

2 2 1-

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

T a b l e;   and  be  printed. 

Ways and 
Means. 

Adjournment 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

M r.   Speaker  acquainted  the  House,  That  a  Message from 

Committee of  Ways  and Means; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

And' it being after half-past  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  Mr,  Speaker  adjourned  the  House 
without  Question  put,  pursuant  to  the 
Standing  Order,  it  being  then  sixteen 
minutes  before  Twelve  of  the clock, till 
to-morrow. 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the.  Lords  by  t l ie   L o r d a-
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  : 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Rats  and  Mice  Bats and Mice 

(Destruction)  Bill,  with  Amendments  ;  to  which  g j ^ u c t i o n) 
the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Swinton  and Swinton and 

Mexborough Gas Board Bill, with Amendments; 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of Bill, 
this House. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Amendments  made  by  the  Bats and Mice 

Lords  to  the  Rats  and  Mice  (Destruction)  Bill  (Destruction) 
be  taken  into  consideration  to-morrow  ;  and  b§ 
printed. 

Bill  231. 

Bill. 

Wednesday,  3rd December 1919. 

PR A Y E R S. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Gershom  Stewart  be  a Public 
member  of  the  Committee  of  Public  Account^.—  Accounts 
(Colonel  Gibbs.) 

Committee. 

Shropshire. 
Worcester-
shire, and 
Staffordshire 
Electric Power 
Bill  [Lord!.'] 
Ministry of 
Health 
Provisional 
Orders (No. 1) 
Bill. 

THE   Shropshire, Worcestershire,and Stafford-

shire Electric  Power  Bill [Lords],  was read 

a second time, and committed. 

The  Ministry  of  Health  Provisional  Orders 
(No.'1)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the 
third time and passed. 

Ordered^  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

T he   House,  according to  Order,  resolved  itself  Government of 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Government  of  I n d i a I n d i*  Bl11, 
(re-committed)  Bill. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Clause  N o.   1 
provincial  subjects). 

(Classification  of  central  and 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1.  3,  to  leave 
out  from  the  word  "  rules,"  to  the  end  of  1.  6, 

to   GEO.  V. 

'Srd  December, 

387 

in  order  to  insert  the  words  "  under  this  A c t ."   — 
(Colonel  Yate.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 

out  stand part  of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1.  21, 
to  leave  out  paragraph (d),  in  order  to  insert  the 
words  J— 

"  (d)  for  the  constitution  of  the  Governor's 
Executive  Council,  in  which  there  shall  be 
an  equal  number  of  official ministers  and  of 
• ministers  chosen  by  the  governor  from  the 
elected  members  of  the  provincial  legisla-
ture,  and for  the  allocation  of  revenues  and 
money  for the  purposes  of  administration." 

—(Colonel  Yate.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  stand  part  of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1.  26, 

at  the  end,  to  insert  the  words,— 

"  But  subject  to  rules  made  under  the  prin-
cipal  A ct   all  provincial  subjects  other  than  the 
subjects  of  law, justice,  and  police  (as  defined  in 
the  rules)  shall  be  transferred  to  the  adminis-
tration  of  the  governor  acting  with  the  minister 
in  charge  of  the subject.  Subjects  so transferred 
are  in 
this  A ct   referred  to  as  '  transferred 
subjects'."—(Mr.  Spoor.) 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be 

there 

inserted  : 

The  Committee  divided. 
Tellers for the ( Mr. Spoor, 

• 

Yeas, 

( Mr.  Tyson  Wilson : 

.. 

I 
) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  C l a u s e :— 
Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,1.  35> 
to  leave  out  paragraph  (iii).—(Colonel  Wedg-
wood. ) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  stand  part  of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Clause  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  2  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  3  (Revised  system  of  local  govern-

ment  in  certain  provinces). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  4,  1. 4,  after  the 
word  "  Provinces,"  to  insert  the  word  "  Burma." 
—(Mr.  Spoor.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  word 

" B u r m a" 
be  there  inserted  :—Amendment,  by  leave,  with-
drawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  4,  1.  4, 
after the  word  "  governed,"  to  insert  the  words 
"  for  a  period  of  six  years  after  the  passing  of 
this Act."—(Lieutenant-Commander  Kenworthy.) 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Another Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 4,1.  17,  to 
leave  out  the  words  "  after consultation  with  the 
Governor-General,"  in  order  to  insert  the  words 
"  by  the  Governor-General  with  the  approval 
of  His  Majesty  :  and  provided  also  that  the  said 
governors  must  have  been,  at  the  time  of  their 
appointments,  at  least  ten  years  in  the  service  of 
the  Crown in India."—(Sir  Henry  Craik.) 

Tellers for the j  Captain  Guest, 

) 
1  Lord  Edmund  Talbot: J 

Noes, 

9fin 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  stand  part  of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Clause  agreed  to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p,  2,  1.  26, 

at  the  end,  to  insert  the  words,— 

"  Provided  that  the  subjects  of  land  revenue 
and  irrigation  as  defined  in  the  rules  shall  be 
included  among  the  transferred  subjects  in  all 
provinces  mentioued  in  section three of  the  A c t ." 
—•(Lieutenant-Commander.  Kenworthy.) 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,1.  26, 

at  the  end,  to  insert the  words,— 

"  Provided  that  in  the  Presidency  of  Bombay 
all  subjects  other  than  law,  justice,  and  police 
as  defined  in the  rules,  shall  be  included  among 
the 
MacCullum 
Scott.) 

transferred  subjects."—(Mr. 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1.  26, 
at  the  end,  to  insert the  words,  "  Provided,  how-
ever,  that  matters  dealing  with  the  welfare  of 
labour  shall  be  a  reserved  subject  under  the 
control  of  the  governor  and  his  executive 
council."—(Mr.  Sugden.) 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,1.  26, 
at  the  end,  to  insert  the  words,—"Provided 
that  the education  of  Europeans  shall  be included 
among  the  reserved  subjects."—  (Major  Ent-
wislle.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words be  there 

inserted:—-Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1.  31, 
to  leave  out  paragraph  (ii).—(Colonel  Wedg-
wood.) 

VOL.  174. 

Clause  No.  4  (Appointment  of  ministers  and 

council  secretaries). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  4,1.  23,  to  leave 
out  the  word  "  a,"  in  order  to  insert  the  words 
"an  official."—(Colonel  Yate.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  word  "  a "  stand 
part  of  the  Clause:—'Amendment,  by  leave, 
withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  4,  I.  24, 
to  leave  out  from  the  word  "  province,"  to  th'e 
end  of  the  sub-section,  in  order  to  insert  the 
words 
" b ut   i f . he   be  domiciled  in  India  his 
salary  shall  bear  the  same  proportion  to  that  of 
Members  of  Council  domiciled  in  England  as 
does  that  of  a Member  of  the  Council  of  India 
domiciled  in  Great  Britain  to  that  of  a  Member 
domiciled  in  India."—( Mr.  Oman.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  stand  part  of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  4,  1.  S9, 
to  leave  out  the  word  "  non-official,"  in  order  to 
"elected."—(Lieutenant-Com-
insert  the  word 
mander  Kenworthy.) 

Question  proposed,  That 

" n o n-
official "stand  part  of  the  Clause  :—Amendment, 
by  leave,  withdrawn. 

the  word 

Clause  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  5  (Qualification  of  members  of 

local  elective  councils.) 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  5,  1. 8,  to  leave 

out  sub-section  (I),—(Colonel  Yate.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 

out  stand  part  of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to-

Clause  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  6  agreed  to. 

.  . 

3  D  2 

3 88 

3rd—Ath  December. 

1 9 1 9. 

Clause No. 7 (Composition of governor's legis-

lative councils). 

Amendment proposed,  in p. 6,  1. 17, to  leave 
out the words "  at least,"  in order  to  insert  the 
words "  not more than."—(Colonel  Yate.) 

Question,  That  the  words  "  at  least"  stand 

part of the Clause, put, and agreed to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p. 6,  1. 17, 
at  the end,  to  insert  the  words,  "of  whom  at 
least sixty  per cent, shall be elected by territorial 
electorates."'—(Colonel  Wedgwood.) 

Question,  T h at   those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in p. 7,1.  17, 
at the end, to  insert  the  words,  "  Such rules  to 
provide for the election by communal electorates 
of  members  belonging  to  important  sects  and 
communities,  such  as  Sikhs  in  the  Punjab, 
in  all  provinces,  Christians, 
Mohammedans 
wherever they shall  amount  to five per cent,  of 
the  total  population,  and  to  Non-Brahmins  in 
the Madras Presidency, Mahrattas in the Bombay 
Presidency, and Europeans  in Bengal,  and  also 
for  the  representation,  whether  by  communal 
election or nomination,  of  the  depressed classes 
of  Hindus in all provinces."—(Mr.  Oman.) 

Question,  That  those words  be there inserted, 

put, and negatived. 

Motion  made,  and Question, That the Chair-
man  do  report  Progress,  and  ask  leave  to  sit 
again,—(Mr.  Secretary  Montagu),— put,  and 
agreed to. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the Bill, 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Mental 
Deficiency 
and Lunacy 
(Amendment) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Committee on the Mental Deficiency and Lunacy 
(Amendment) Bill  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Workmen's 
Com]>en8ation  Second Beading of the Workmen's Compensation 
(WarAddition) (War  Addition) Amendment  Bill; 
Amendment  V 
BilL 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read a second  time 

' 

to-morrow. 

Triah Railways 
T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Confirmation  Committee  on the Irish  Railways (Confirmation 
of Agreement)  of   A g r e e me n t)   Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself  into the said Committee. 

Isle of Man 
(Customs) 
Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Beading  of  the  Isle  of  Man (Customs i 
Bill; 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Nurses 
Second  Beading  of  the  Nurses  Registration Registration 
(Ireland)  B i l l;   ° 

(Ireland) BilL 

* 

Ordered, That  the  Bill  be read a second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Supply. 

Committee of  Supply; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee  of  W a ys   and  M e a n s;  

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order of  the  day being  read, for  taking Nurses 
into  consideration  the  Nurses  Begistration Begistration 
(No.  2) Bill,  as  amended in  the Standing Com-  ( N o' 2 ) B l lK 
mittee; 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the Adjournment. 

Order of the House of  the 22nd  day of  October 
last, proposed the  Question,  That this House do 
now adjourn. 

And, notice being taken that Forty Members 
were not present, the  House was  told  by 
Mr.  Speaker;  and  Forty  Members  not 
being  present,  and  it  being  then  after 
Four  of  the  clock,  the  House  was 
adjourned by  Mr. Speaker at five minutes 
after eleven of the clock, without a Ques-
tion first put, till to-morrow. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by  M r.   Speaker,  pursuant 

to 
Standing  Order  No.  47,  of  Bills  committed  to 
a  Standing  Committee. 

Name  of  Bill. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Public  Libraries  Bill 

Thursday,  4th December 1919. 

P  R A T E R S. 

MB.  Speaker  laid  upon  the  Table,—Beport Provisional 

from  one  of  the  Examiners  of  Petitions  for  Order Bills 

Private  Bills, That  in  the case of  the following 
Jill, referred  on  the  First Beading thereof, the applicable 
Standing  Orders  which  are  applicable thereto, thereto 
have  been complied with, viz.:— 

^itl?) 

Ordered, That the  Bill  be read a second time 

Ministry  of  Health  Provisional  Order 

to-morrow. 

(Housing)  Bill. 

Perries 
(Acquisition 
by Local 
Authorities) 
Bill [ Lordx.] 

The  Order  of  the day being read, for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Acquisition  by 
Local  Authorities)  Bill  [Lords]  as  amended in 
the Standing Committee,  and on re-committal; 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con 

sideration  to-morrow. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be  read a second  time 

to-morrow.. 

Ordered, That  the  Amendments  made by  the Swiaton and 
Lords  to  the  Swinton  and  Mexborough  Gas Mexhorough 
Board  Bill  be  taken  into  consideration  upon 
Tuesday next. 

oa 

10  Geo.  V. 

ith December. 

m 

Qreenock 
Improvement 
Order 
Confirmation 
Bill  [Lords.] 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Third  Beading  of  the  Greenock  Improvement 
Order  Confirmation  Bill  [Zorrfs]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 
upon  Monday  next  at  a  quarter-of-an-hour  after 
Eight  of  the  clock. 

Glasgow 
Corporation 
Water Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

M r.   Munro  presented  a  Bill  to  confirm  a  Pro-
visional  Order  under  the  Private  Legislation 
Procedure  (Scotland)  A c t,   1.899,  relating  to 
Glasgow  Corporation  W a t e r:   A nd   the  same 
was  ordered  (under  Section  7  of  the  A c t)   to  be 
taken  into  consideration  to-morrow. 

Bromley 
Borough 
(Writ.) 

Import 
Restrictions. 

Ordered, 

issue  his 
T h at   M r.   Speaker  do 
Warrant  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Crown  to  make  out 
a  new  W r it   for  the  electing  of  a  Member  to 
serve  in  this present  Parliament  for  the  Borough 
of  Bromley  in  the  room  of  T he   B i g ht   Honour-
able  H e n ry   William  Forster  who,  since  his 
Election  for  the  said  Borough,  hath  accepted  the 
Office  of  Steward  or  Bailiff  of  His  Majesty's 
Three  Chiltern  Hundreds  of  Stoke,  Desborough, 
and  Burnham,  in  the  County  of  Buckingham.— 
(Lord Edmund  Talbot.) 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Memorandum  by 
the  Board  of  Trade  on  the  Articles  of  which 
the  Importation  into  the  United  Kingdom 
is 
prohibited  except  under  Licence. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

M r.   Acland 

reported  from  the  Committee  of Public 

Public  Accounts;  That  thev  had  made  further  Accounts 
Progress  in  the  matters  to'  them  referred,  and  SM   R e-
directed  him  to  make  a  Report  thereof  to  the 
H o u s e;  
the 
Evidence  taken  before  them,  and  Appendices. 

the  Minutes  of 

together  with 

Ordered, 

That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  No.  223. 

Tab}c  ;  and  be  printed. 

M r.   Devlin,  Member  for  the  Falls  Division,  Adjournment 
rose  in  his  place,  and  asked  leave  to  move  the  o£ the House. 
Adjournment  of  the  House  for  the  purpose  of  Rev^ndT.  J. 
discussing  a  definite  matter  of  urgent  public  O'Donnell. 
importance,  viz.,  the 
intolerable  outrage  on 
Captain  the  Reverend  T.   J.   O'Donnell,  a  gallant 
officer  of  the  Australian  Imperial  Forces,  which 
calls  for  the  immediate  reprobation  of  this  House 
and  for  the  instant  dismissal  of  all  officials  who 
were  responsible  for  this  indefensible  insult  to  a 
brave  officer  and  to  the  Australian  A r my   and 
people,  but 
the  pleasure  of  the  House  not 
having  been  signified,  M r.   Speaker  called  o n' 
those  Members  who  supported  the  Motion 
to 
rise  in  their  places,  and  not 
less  than  Forty 
members having  accordingly  risen  : — T he   Motion 
stood  over,  under  Standing  Order  N o.   10,  until 
a  quarter  of  an  hour  after  Eight  of  the  clock 
this  evening. 

M r.   Munro  presented  a  Bill  to  provide  for Nurses 

the  registration  in  Scotland  of  Nurses  for  the 
s i c k:   A nd   the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  Bill. 
a  second  time  upon  Monday  next,  and  to  be  Bill  232. 
printed. 

" 

M r.   Baldwin 

Civil Services 
presented,  by  H is   Majesty's 
Supplementary  Command,—Estimate  of the further sum  required 
Estimate, 
"  " " a 
to  be  voted  for  the  Civil  Services  of  the  year 
1919-20. 
ending  31st  March  1920. 

.No.  222 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Estimate  be  referred 

to  a  Standing  Committee;  and  be  printed. 

Bepreseutation  M r.   Baljour  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
0f   several  A c ts   of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
t; o ng 
of the People 
Act, 1918. 
Order  in  Council,  under  the  Representation  of 
the  People  A c t,   1918,  dated  25th  November 
1919,  amending 
the 
People  Order  (18th  December  1918). 

the  Representation  of 

Copyright 
Act, 1911. 

Extradition 
Act, 1870. 

Copy  of  Order  in  Council,  under  the  Copy-
right  A c t,   1911,  dated  25th  November  1919, 
giving  effect  to  the  ratification  by  Sweden  of 
the  revised  Berne  Copyright  Convention,  1908. 

Copy  of   Order  in  Council,  under  the  Extradi-
tion  A c t,   1870,  dated  25th  November  1919, 
relating  to  "  the  Extradition  Ordinance,  1 9 1 9 ," 
of  British  Honduras. 

Foreign 
Jurisdiction 
Act, 1890. 

C o py   of  Order  in  Council,  under  the  Foreign 
Jurisdiction  A c t,   1890,  dated  25th  November 
1919,  entitled 
the  Gambia  Coinage  Order, 
1919. 

Naval and 
Marine Pay 
and Pensions 
Act, 1865. 

Copy  of  Order  in  Council,  under  the  Naval 
and  Marine  P ay   and  Pensions  A c t,   1865,  dated 
25th  November  1919,  relating  to  certain  pro-

?osa!s  as  to  the  remuneration  of  Petty  Officers, 

fon-Commissioned  Officers,  and  Men  of 

the 

Royal  N a vy   and  Marines. 

and Housing 

to  m a k e p t w ^ v M l. 
„ „ „' 

presented  a  Bill 

supported  by  M r.   Munro 

Dr.  Addison, 
M r.   Macpherson, 
further  provision  for  the  better  housing  of  the 
people,  to  authorise  the  acquisition  of  land  for 
the  development  of  garden  cities  or  for  the 
purposes  of  town-planning  schemes,  and  to  make 
further  provision  with  respect  to  the  borrowing 
powers  of  public  authorities  and  bodies, and  with 
respect  to  the  securities  issued  by  t h e m:   A nd 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
upon  Monday  n e x t;   and  to  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the Proceedings  on  the  Govern-  Business of 

ment  of  India  (re-committed)  Bill  be  exempted 
at  this  day's  Sitting  from  the  provisions  of  the  ^  india™BUI. 
Standing  Order  (Sittings  of  the  H o u s e ) . — ( L o rd 
Edmund Talbot.) 

H o u se 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  resolved itself  Government of 

into  a  Committee  on  the  Government  of  India  India Bill, 
(re-committed)  Bill. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  7 
legislative  council). 

(Composition  of  governor's 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  7,  1.  17, 

after  the  word  " t h e r e t o ,"   to  insert  the  words,— 

"  Provided  that  in  framing  rules 

this 
purpose  no  discrimination  of  sex  shall  be  made." 
—(Major  Hills.) 

for 

Merchant 
Shipping Act, 
1894. 

Bishoprics 
A t,   1878, and 
Bishoprics of 
Bradford and 
Coventry Act, 
1918. 

Copy  of  Order  in  Council,  under  the  Merchant 
Shipping  A c t,   1894,  dated  25th  November 
1919,  confirming,  approving,  and  declaring  H is 
Majesty's  Assent  to  the  Navigation  Bili,  1919, 
of  the  Commonwealth  of  Australia. 

Copy  of  Order in Council, under  the  Bishoprics 
A c t,   1878,  and  the  Bishoprics  of  Bradford  and 
Coventry  A c t,   1918,  dated  25th  November  1919, 
founding  the  Bishopric  of  Bradford, 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

VOL.  174 

Question  put,  That  those  words  be 

there 

inserted: 

T he   Committee  divided. 

Tellers  for  the [ M a j or   Hills, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Spoor. 

Tellers for the) Lord Edmund  Talbot, 

Noes, 

t  Captain  Guest: 

67. 

202. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  7, 

1.  19, 

after  the  word  "  council."  to  insert  the  words,-
"  provided that non-residence  in  any  constituency 
3  D  3 

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shall  not  disqualify 
Wedgwood). 

4th  December. 

1919. 

for  election."—(Colonel 

Question,  That  the  word  "  forty "  stand  part 

of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

Clause  agreed  to. 

put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  7,  1.  27, 

at  the  end,  to  insert  the  words,— 

"  Provided  further,  that  the  rules  under  this 
section  shall  be  so  framed  as  to  provide  that 
every  ex-sepoy,  ex-officer, and  non-commissioned 
officer  shall  be  entitled  to  be  a  Voter."—(Mr 
Spoor.) 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Clause  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  8  agreed  to. 

Clauses  No.  20  to  No.  23  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  24  (Business  and  proceedings 

in 

Indian  legislature). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  19,1.  17, to  leave 
out  the  words  "Sub-sections  (1)  and  (3),"  in 
(1), 
order  to  insert  the  words,  "  Sub-section 
paragraph  (a)  of  sub-section  (2),  and  sub-sec-
tion  (3)."—(Colonel  Wedgwood.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  stand  part  of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Clause  agreed  to. 

'  Clause  No.  9  (Presidents  of  local  legislative 

Clause  No.  25  (Indian  budget). 

councils). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  8,  1.  15,  to  leave 
out  the  words,  "  There  shall  be  a  president  of." 
-—(Mr.  Spoor.) 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 21,1.  14,  to  leave 

out  sub-section  (5).—(Colonel  Yate.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  stand  part  of  the  Clause,  put, and  agreed  to. 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  stand  part  of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Clause  agreed  to. 

j  Clause  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  10  (Powers  of  local  legislatures). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  9,  1.  34,  after  the 
word  "  regulating,'  to insert  the words  "  relating 
to  currency  or  coinage,  or  o f . " — ( M r.   Stewart.) 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Clause  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  11  (Business  and  procedure  in 

Governor's  legislative  council). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  10,1.  20,  to  leave 
out  the  words  ''  Sub-sections  (1)  and  (3)  o f . "— 
(Colonel  Wedgwood.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  stand  part  of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Another Amendment  proposed,  in p.  11,1.  29, 
to  leave  out  from  the word  "  Bill  "  to  the  end  of 
the  sub-section,  in  order  to insert  the  words  "  or 
any  amendment  to  a  Bill  is  passed  by  the  legis-
lative  council, the  Governor  may  certify  that  the 
Bill  or  any  clause  of  it,  or  the  Amendment 
directly  affects the  safety  or  tranquillity  of  his 
province,  or  any part of  it  or of  another  province 
and  thereupon  the  Bill,  clause,  or  amendment 
shall  be  deemed  not  to  have  been  passed."— 
(Colonel  Wedgwood.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  stand  part  of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Clause  agreed  to. 

Clauses  No.  12  to  No.  16  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  17  (Indian  legislature). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  15,  1.  37,  to  leave 
the 

the  words  "  two  chambers,  namely, 

out 
Council  of  State  and."—(Colonel  Wedgwood.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  stand  part  of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Clause  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  18  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  19  (Legislative  Assembly). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  16,  1.14,  after  the 
word  "  or,"  to  insert  the  word  "  directly."— 
(Colonel  Wedgwood.) 

Question,  That  the  word  "  directly,"  be  there 

inserted,  put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  16,1.  17, 
to  leave  out  the  word  "  forty,"  in order to  insert 
the  word  "  twenty."—(Mr.  Oman.) 

And, 

it  being  a  quarter  past  Eight  of 
the  clock,  and  leave  having  been  given  to 
move  the  Adjournment  of 
the  House,  under 
Standing  Order  No.  10,  further  Proceeding  was 
postponed,  without  Question  put. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being Adjournment 

proposed,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn.—  5?dej. 
(Mr.  Devlin.) 

O r i S.  1Q< 

And,  it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Motion  ^verend^J, 

for  the  Adjournment  of 
without  Question  put. 

the  House  lapsed, O'Donnell.) 

The  House  again  resolved 

itself 

into  the  Government of 

Committee  on  the  Government  of  India  ( r e - I n d ia   BiI1-
committed)  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  26  (Provision  for  case  of  failure  to 

pass  legislation). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  21,  1. 36,  to  leave 
out  the  words "safety,  tranquillity,  or  interests," 
in  order  to  insert  the  words,  "  maintenance  of 
discipline  of  any  part  of  His  Majesty's  naval, 
military,  or  air  forces,  or  for  the  safety  or  tran-
quillity."—(Mr.  MacCuUum  Scott.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  stand  part  of  the Clause, put,  and  agreed  to. 

Clause  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  27  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  28  (Composition  of  Governor-

General's  executive  council). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  23,  1.  12,  at  the 
end,  to  insert  the  words,  " B ut   of  the  total 
number  of  such  members,  at  least  half  shall 
be  Indians  chosen  from  among  the  elected  mem- 
bers  of  the 
legislative  assembly."—-(Colonel 
Wedgwood.) 

. 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Clause  agreed  to. 

Clauses  No.  29  and  No.  30  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  31  (Council  of  India). 

,  ^ 

-

••,..••;.:•: 

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3 91 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  24,  1.  19,  at  the 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  Mental 

end  to  insert  the  words,— 

*  ( 2)   T he   provisions  of  sub-section  ( 2)   shall 
have  effect  as  though  '  His  Majesty  in  Council' 
were  substituted  for  '  the  Secretary  of  State.'  "— 
(Colonel  Yate.) 

Question  T h at   those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Clause  N o.   32  agreed  to. 

Clause  N o.   33  (Control  of  Secretary  of  State). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  26,  1.  1,  after  the 
word  "  b e ,"   to  insert  the  words  "  submitted  to  a 
Standing  Joint  Committee  of  both  Houses  of 
Parliament 
to  consider  Indian  affairs,  and,  if 
approved  by  the  majority  of  such  Committee, 
shall  then  be."—(Colonel  Wedgwood.) 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Clauses  N o.   34  and  No.  35  agreed  to. 

Clause  N o.   36  ( T he   civil  services  in  India). 

Friday,  5th  December 1919 : 

Amendment  proposed  in  p.  27,  1.  10,  after  the 
word 
"  when  a 
period  of  two  years  has  elapsed  from  the  com-
mencement  of this  A c t . " — ( M r.   Oman.) 

"  m a y ,"   to  insert  the  words 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

itself  into  a  Committee  on  the  Mental  Deficiency 
and  Lunacy  (Amendment)  Bill. 

(Amendment') 
Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  N o.   1  to  No.  4  agreed  to. 

Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr. Deputy; Speaker resumed the Chair;  and 
the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported, 
That the  Committee  had gone through  the  Bill, 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the  Bill be read the third time 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Workmen's 
Second  Reading  of  the  Workmen's  Compensa-  J ^ P f d d M 0^ 
tion  ( W ar   Addition)  Amendment  Bill  ; 

Amendment 
Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read a second  time 

this day. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Irish Railways 

Committee  on  the  Irish  Railways  (Confirmation 
of  Agreement)  B i l l;  

Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  isle of Man 

Second  Reading  of  the  Isle  of  M an   (Customs)  (Customs) 
B i l l; 

B l l L 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  27,1.  24, 

this  day. 

at  the  end  to  insert  the  words,— 

"  Provided  that  every  person  appointed  after 
the  commencement  of  this  A ct   by  the  Secretary 
of  State  in  Council  to  the  Civil  Service  of  the 
Crown  in  India  shall  only  retain  those  rights  or 
receive  compensation  in  respect  of  them,  subject 
to  the  unrestricted  right  of  the  Government  of 
India  to  amend  this  A ct   respecting  the  Govern-
ment  of  India,  or  to  change  the  rules  and  regu-
lations  made  under  this  or  any  subsequent  A c t, 
without  involving  the  Crown  in  any  liability  for 
compensation  to  such  persons."—(Colonel  Wedg-
wood.) 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Ferries 
into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Acquisition  by  (Acquisition 
as  amended  in  Ant^rfties) 
Local  Authorities)  Bill  [Lords'], 
Bill [Lords]. 
the  Standing  Committee  and  on  re-committal; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  this  day. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Nurses 

Second  Reading  of  the  Nurses  Registration  Registration 
(Ireland)  B i l l;  

(Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

this  day. 

put,  and  negatived. 

Clause  agreed  to. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supply. 

Clauses  N o.   37  to  N o.   40   agreed  to. 

Committee  of  Supply  ; 

Clause  N o.   41  (Statutory  Commission). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2 9 , 1.   11,  to  leave 
out  the  words  "  at  the  expiration  o f ,"   in  order  to 
insert  the  word  "  w i t h i n . " — ( M r.   Spoor.) 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  stand  part  of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Clause  agreed  to. 

Clauses  No.  42   to  N o.   47  agreed  to. 

Schedule  agreed  to. 

Preamble  agreed  to. 

,  Bill  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and 
the Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and 
directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without  A m e n d-
ment. 

Resolved,  T h at   this  House  will, 
resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

this  day, 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  W a ys   and  M e a n s;  

Means. 

Resolved, 

That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Nurses 

into  consideration 
( N o.   2)  Bill,  as  amended 
C o m m i t t e e; 

the  Nurses  Registration  Registration 

in  the  S t a n d i n g ( Na   2)   B l lu 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  this  day. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  County Courts 
the  County  Courts  B i l l B m  [Lord*.], 

Second  Reading  of 
[Lord*]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  the  third  time 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

V O L.   174. 

this  day. 

3  D  4 

3 92 

4:th—5th  December. 

1919. 

Bats and Mice 
(Destruction) 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
; n t o  consideration  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Rats  and  Mice  (Destruction)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Amendments  be  taken 

into  consideration  this  day. 

M r.   Secretary  Shortt 

presented  a  Bill  to  County and 

amend  section  four  of  the  County  and  Borough  p " ^ 8^ 
Police  Act,  1859  :  A nd   the  same  was  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time  upon  Monday  n e x t;   and 
to  be  printed. 

g yj   234. 

Adjournment. 

A nd   it  being  after  half-past  Eleven  of  the 
clock  on  Thursday  evening,  M r.   Deputy 
Speaker  adjourned  the  House  without 
Question  put,  pursuant  to  .the  Standing 
Order,  it  being  then  two  minutes  before 
One  of  the  clock  on  Friday  morning,  till 
this  day. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S. 

Distribution  by  M r.   Speaker,  pursuant  to  Order 
of  20.th  February,  of  Estimates  referred  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Title  of  Estimates. 

Standing 
Committee. 

A r my   Estimates,  1919-20 

-

C. 

Friday,  5th December  1919. 

PR A Y E R S. 

Glasgow 
Corporation 
Water Order 
Confirmation 
Bill. 

Ministry of 
Health 
Provisional 
Order 
(Honsing) 
Bill. 

National 
Health 
insurance 
Commission 
(Ireland) 
(Regulations.) 

Shops Act, 
1912. 

THE   House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded 

to  take  into  consideration  the  Glasgow  Cor-

poration  Water  Order  Confirmation  Bill. 

Ordered, That  the Bill  be read  the third  time 

upon Monday next. 

T he   Ministry  of  Health  Provisional  Order 
( H o u s i n g)   Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  a 
second  time  ;  and  committed. 

D r.   Addison  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Regula-
tions,  dated  4th  December  1919,  made  by  the 
Irish 
the 
National  Health  Insurance  (Judicial  Matters) 
Regulations  (Ireland),  1919. 

Insurance  Commissioners,  entitled 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

M r.   Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Order  made,  under  the  Shops  A c t,   1912,  by 
the  Council  of  the  undermentioned  Local  Autho-
rity,  and  confirmed  by  the  Secretary  of  State  for 
the  H o me   D e p a r t m e n t :— 

Urban  District  of  Aberdare. 

T he   Government  of  India  Bill  was,  according  Government of 

to  Order,  read  the  third  time  and  passed. 

I n d ia   B l U-

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

T he   House  according  to  Order  proceeded  to  National 

take  into  consideration  the  National  Assembly 
of  the  Church  of  England (Powers)  Bill [Lords], 
as  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee. 

Amendments  were  made  to  the  Bill. 

England 
(Powers) Bill 

' 1 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  3 , 1.   24,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  A c t ,"   the  words  "  so  far  as  any  such  A ct 
relates  to  the  procedure  or  government  of  the 
Church  of  England."—(Sir  William  Ryland 
Adkins.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in p.  3 , 1.   28,  by  inserting,  at  the  end 
thereof,  the  words— 

" P r o v i d ed   also  that  no  existing  right  of  any 
person,  who  is  not  a  member  of  the  Church  of 
England,  or  who  is  a  member  of  some  religious 
body  other  than  the  Church  of  England,  shall 
be  prejudicially  affected  by  any  such  measure." 
—(Sir  William Ryland  Adkins.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That  those  words 

be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l; 

T he   House  divided. 

T he   Y e as   to  the  B i g h t; 

T he   Noes  to  the  L e f t. 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for  the J S i£  W i l l i am  RV l a nd   A d'\ 

s  kins, 
I Mr. France  : 
Tellers for thefSir Edward  Beauchamp,\ 
J 

\ Viscount  Wolmer: 

Noes, 

27. 

... 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  A m e n d m e n t s;   to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence 
of  their  Lordships. 

The  Mental  Deficiency  and  Lunacy  ( A m e n d-   Mental 
ment)  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the  Deficiency 
third  time  and  passed. 

( A m e n d S) 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  BiU-

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Table. 

Intermediate 
Education 
(Ireland.) 

M r.   Macpherson 

presented,  pursuant  to  the 
directions  of  several  A c ts   of  Parliament,—Copy 
0f   T i me   Table  of  Examinations  for  Intermediate 
Education  in  Ireland  for  1920. 

Penal 
Copy  of  a  Licence  under  the  Penal  Servitude 
S e r v i t u de   A c ts   A c ts   granted  to  James  Lynchehaun,  to  which 
(Conditional  are annexed  conditions  other  than  those  contained 
; n  Schedule  A  of  the  Penal  Servitude  A c t,   1864. 
Licence.) 

T he   Workmen's  Compensation  ( W ar   Addition)  Workmen's 

Amendment  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read 
a  second  time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Amendment 
Committee. 

Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Irishllailways 
Committee  on  the  Irish  Railways  (Confirmation  (Confirmation 
of Agreement) 
of  Agreement)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Resolved,  T h at   this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

T a b l e. 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

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5th—8th December. 

393 

Isle of  Man 
(Customs) 
BiU. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Isle  of  Man  (Customs) 
Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Monday,  8th December  1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Ferries 
(Acquisition 
by Local 
Authorities) 
Bill [Lordt.J 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Ferries  (Acquisition 
by  Local  Authorities)  Bill  [L o r d s],   as  amended 
in  the  Standing  Committee,  and  on  recommittal. 

A nd   Amendments  were  made  to  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  Mouse 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  A m e n d m e n t s;   to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence 
of  their  Lordships. 

Nnrses 
Registration 
(Ireland) Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Nurses  Registration 

Second  Reading  of 
(Ireland)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Supply. 

T he   Order  of  the  day 

being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  S u p p l y; 

Resolved,  T h at   this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee.  • 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  W a ys   and  Means  ; 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Nurses 
Registration 
(No. 2) Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration 
the  Nurses  Registration 
( N o.   2)   Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com 
mittee; 

Ordered, 

That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

County Courts 
Bill  [Lordt.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  County  Courts  Bill 
[ Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Rats and Mice 
(Destruction) 
Hil1, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking 
into  consideration  the  Amendments  made  by 
the  Lords  to  the  Rats  and  Mice  (Destruction) 
Bill  ; 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Amendments  be  taken 

into  consideration  upon  Monday  next. 

Adjournment. 

Whereupon  M r.   Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House,  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  N o.   3,  it  being  then 
one  minute  after  Five  of  the  clock,  till 
Monday  next. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES. 

Distribution  by  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  Order 
of  20th  February,  of  Estimates  referred  to  a 
Standing  Committee. 

Title  of  Estimates. 

Standing 
Committee. 

Civil  Services  (Supplementary  Esti-

C. 

mate,  1919-20). 

VO L.   174. 

ORDERED,  That the British and Continental British and 

Bank  Bill  \ Lords]  be read a second  time Continental 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

The  Glasgow  Corporation  W a t er   Order  Con-  Glasgow 
firmation  Bill  was,  according  to  Order,  read  the  Corporation 
^ater Order 
third  time  and  passed. 
Confirmation 

r 

Ordered,  That the Clerk do  carry the  Bill  to BiU-

the Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

M r.   Baldwin 

presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Civil Services 

Command,—Estimate  of  the  further  Sum  re-  (Supple-
quired  to  be  voted  for  the  Civil  Services  for  the  Estimate, 
1919-20.) 
service  of  the  year  ending  31st  March  1920. 

No.  224. 

Copy 

of  Treasury  Minute,  dated 

27th  Public 

November  1919,  relative  to  so  much  of  the 
Second  Report  of  the  Committee  of  Public 
Accounts,  1919,  as  deals  with  services  other 
than  the  A r my   and  N a v y. 

Ordered,  That  the said  Paper  do lie upon the 
Table, and that  the said  Estimate be referred to 
a  Standing  Committee ;  and be printed. 

° m mi  

ee" 

Sir  Auckland 

Geddes 

presented,  by  H is   Meat Supplies 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the (Inter-
Interdeparfmental  Committee  appointed  by  the committe".^1 
Board of  Trade to consider the means of  securing 
sufficient meat supplies for the United  Kingdom. 

Copy  of  Final  Report  by  Section  I I.   of  the  Ministry of 
Advisory  Council  of  the  Ministry  of  Reconstruc-  ^ ° ^ u c t i on 
tion  on  Anti-Dumping  Legislation. 

Council); 
Ordered,  That  the said Papers do lie  upon the 8ection  IL 

Table. 

M r ..   Cecil  Harmsworth 

presented,  by  His  Treaty Series 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Ratification  by  ( N o- 1 3> 1 9 1 9-) 
Sweden  of  the  International  Copyright  C o n-
vention,  signed  at  Berlin,  13th  November  1908, 
and  Additional  Protocol,  signed  at  Berne,  20th 
March  1914. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

D r.   Addison 

presented,  by  H is   Majesty's  Housing 

Command,  —  Copy  of  Estimate  of  probable  kotew)BUL 
Expenditure  and  Statement  relative  to  Con-
ditions  governing  Grants  to  Private  Builders 
under  the  Housing  (Additional  Powers)  Bill. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

T he   L o rd   Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to  University of 

the  directions  of  an A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of  G l a s g o w-
Abstract  of  Accounts  of 
the  University  ot 
Glasgow  for theyear  ended  30th  September  1918. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 
o 

this  Persons in 

That 

Ordered, 

laid  before 

in  receipt  of  Poor  L aw   Relief 

there  be 
House,  a  Copy  of  Statement  of  the  number  of 
Persons 
England  and  W a l es   on  or  about  the  1st  day  of  (England 
January  1919  (in  continuation  of  Parliamentary 
Paper,  No.  4 3 3,   of  Session  1 9 1 4 - 1 6 ),   with  some 
particulars  of  the  numbers  in  receipt  of  such 
relief  at  various  dates  during  the  W a r . — ( D r. 
Addison.) 

in  Kelief 

W a l e s  ) 

3  E 

3 94 

Sth  December. 

1 9 1 9. 

Housing 
(Additional 
Powers) 
[Expenses.] 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  H o u se   will, 
to-morrow,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to 
consider  of  authorising 
the  payment,  out  of 
moneys 
to  be  provided  by  Parliament,  of 
Expenses  incurred  under  any  A ct   of  the  present 
Session,  to  make  further  provision  for  the  better 
housing  of  the people,  to authorise the  acquisition 
of  land  for  the  development  of  garden  cities  or 
for  the  purposes  of  town  planning  schemes,  and 
to  make  further  provision  with  respect  to  the 
borrowing  powers  of  public  authorities  and  bodies 
and with  respect  to  the  securities  issued  by  them. 
—(Mr.  Baldwin.) 

M r.   Bonar  Law,  by  H is   Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted  the  House  that  His  Majesty,  having 
been 
the  subject-matter  of  this 
Motion,  recommends  it  to  the  consideration  of 
the  House. 

informed  of 

Resolved, 

That  this  House  will, 

to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Standing 
Committees 
(Chairmen's 
Panel.) 
Standing 
Committee A. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the  Chair-
men's  P a n e l;   That  they  had  appointed  M r. 
to  act"  as  Chairman  of  Standing 
Macmaster 
Committee  A  (in  respect  of  the  Public  Libraries 
Bill). 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  do 

lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Selection 
(Standing 
Committees). 
Standing 
Committee A. 

Standing 
Committee A. 

Standing 
Committee B. 

Standing 
Committee B. 

Standing 
Committee  B. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  reported  from  the Com-
mittee  of  Selection,  That  they  had  discharged 
the 
following  Members  from  Standing  Com-
mittee  A  :—Major  David  Davies,  Mr.  Grattan 
Doyle,  Brigadier-General  Hickman,  and  Colonel 
Penry  Williams; 
and  had  added  the  following 
Members  (for  the  consideration  of  the  Public 
Libraries  Bill)  :  Mr.  Campbell and Mr.  Royce. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts 

further  reported  from  the 
Committee  ;  That  they  had  added  to  Standing 
Committee  A  the  following  Thirteen  Members 
(in  respect  of  the  Public  Libraries  Bill) 
: — M r. 
Bird,  Mr.  James  Brown,  Mr.  Rei  Carter,  Sir 
Martin  Conway,  Mr.  Alfred  Davies,  Mr.  Hogge, 
Sir  Evan  Jones,  Mr.  Herbert  Lewis,  Mr. John 
Murray,  Mr.  John  Parkinson,  Colonel  Sir 
Alexander  Sprot,  Mr.  Thomas-Stanford,  and 
Lieutenant-Commander  Young. 

they  had  discharged 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts  further  reported  from  the 
Committee  ;  That 
the 
following  Members  from  Standing  Committee  B 
(added  in  respect  of  the  Nurses  Begistratiou 
(No.  2)  Bill) :—Dr.  Addison,  Major  Barnett, 
Sir  Watson  Cheyne,  Captain  Elliot,  Colonel 
Greig,  Mr.  Grundy,  Mr.  Hayday,  Sir  Philip 
Magnus,  Sir Philip  Pi/ditch, Lieutenant-Colonel 
Raw,  Mr.  Robert  Richardson,  Mr.  Trevelyan 
Thomson,  Sir  William.  Whitla,  and  Colonel 
Penry  Williams. 

Sir  Samuel  Roberts 

they  had  discharged 

further  reported  from  the 
Committee;  That 
the 
following  Members  from  Standing  Committee  B  : 
—Major  Farqvharson  and Sir  Kingsley  Wood ; 
and  had  appointed 
in  substitution  :  M r.   Carr 
and Major  Steel. 

S ir   Sam?tel  Roberts 

f u r t h er   r e p o r t ed   from 
t h ey   had  discharged 

the 
Committee;  T h at  
the 
following  Member  from  Standing  Committee  B  : 
—  M r.   Haslam 
;  and  had  added  the  following 
Member  (in  respect of  the  Irish  L a nd   (Provision 
Edward 
for  Sailors  and  Soldiers)  Bill)  :  M r.  
Kelly. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Beports  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Message from 
the Lords, 

.  M r.   Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  ; 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Pensions  Funds  Pensions 

(Cardiff)  Provisional  Order  Bill,  without  any 
Amendment. 

Provisional 
Order Bill. 

T he   Union  of  Benefices  Bill 

[ .L o r d s]   was  Union of 

read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read 
second  time  to-morrow  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

_  Benefices BiU 
a  [Lord,. 1 

Bill  235.. 

Ordered,  That  the  Proceedings  on  Govern-Business of 
Bouse 

ment  Business  be  exempted  at  this  day's  Sitting 
from  the  provisions  of 
(Sittings  of  the  H o u s e ) . — ( M r.   Bonar 

the  Standing  Order  Business!)611 
Law.) 

. 

T he   Order  made  upon  the  5th  dav  of  this Workmen's 
instant  December,  T h at   the  Workmen's  Com-  Compensation 
pensation  ( W ar   Addition)  Amendment  Bill  be  Addition) 
committed  to  a  Standing  Committee  was  read, Amendment 
and  discharged. 

B i l 1 , 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  this  d a y .— 
(Mr.  Secretary  Shortt.) 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Housing 
(Additional  ^ SBSI 

Second  Beading  of  the  Housing 
Powers)  B i l l; 

A nd   a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time  ; 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
"  ' t h a t"   to  the  end  of  the  Question,  and  adding 
the  words 
to  proceed 
"  this  House  declines 
with  a  Bill  embodying  and  continuing  a  policy 
of  using  public  necessity  as  the  opportunity  f or 
subsidising  private  interests,  which  permits  the 
relaxation  in  favour  of 
landowners  and  specu-
lative  builders  of  regulations  enforced  on  local 
authorities,  which  lowers  the  standard  of  housing, 
and  delays  the  operation  of  the  Housing,  T o wn 
Planning,  &c.  A c t,   1 9 1 9 " , — ( M r.  
Trevelyan 
Thomson),—instead 

thereof. 

A nd   the  Question  being  proposed,  T h at   the 
words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the 
Question  : 

A nd   it  being  a  quarter  of  an  hour  after  E i g ht 
of  the  clock,  and  there  being  Private  Business 
set  down  by  direction  of  the  Chairman  of  W a ys 
and  Means  under  Standing  Order  N o.   8,  further 
Proceeding  was  postponed  without  Question 
put. 

T he   Greenock  Improvement  Order  Confirma-  Greenock  \ 
tion  Bill  [ .L o r d s]   was,  according  to  Order,  read  Improvement 
Confirmation 
the  third  time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to  B i U  [Lords.] 

the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment.. 

T he   postponed  Proceeding  on  the  Amendment  Housing 
proposed  on  consideration  of  the  Question,  That  (Additional 
the  Housing  (Additional  Powers)  Bill  be  now  P o w e r e)   B , lu 
read  a  second  time,  was  resumed. 

' •'. 

A nd   the  Question  being  again  proposed,  That 
the  words  proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of 
Question. 
A nd  

the  Question  being  put  : — It   was 

resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

T he   Bill  was  read  a  second  time. 

Ordered, 

T h at   the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  Wednesday 
next.—(Dr.  Addison.) 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  jsurses 

take  into  consideration  the  Nurses  Begistration  Registration 
( N o.   2)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  Con!-  ( N o-  2)  
mittee, 

m 

1 

10  GEO.  Y. 

8th—9th December. 

3 95 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put  and  agreed  to. 

Clause,  as  amended,  agreed  to. 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence, 

Clauses  N o.   23  to  N o.   25  agreed  to. 

Irish Railways 

of Agreement) 
Bill. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Irish  Railways  (Confir-
mation  ox  Agreement)  Bui. 

J  v 

. 

Clauses  N o.   26  and  No.  27  amended,  and 

agreed  to. 

Schedule  agreed  to. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Bill,  as  amended,  to  be  reported. 

Clause  N o.   1.  (Confirmation  of  the  terms  of 

agreement). 

Question:  proposed,  That  the  Clause  stand 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill. 

part  of  the  Bill. 

Tuesday,  9th  December  1919. 

Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  2  agreed  to. 

Schedule  agreed  to. 

Preamble  agreed  to. 

Bill  to  be  reported. 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and 
directed  him  to  report the  same, without  A m e n d-
ment. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  now  taken  into  consideration  :— 
The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
Bill  into  consideration. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

T he   House, according to Order, proceeded to take  Bats and Mice 
into  consideration  the  Amendments  made  by  the  (Destruction) 
Lords  to  the  Rats  and  Mice  (Destruction)  B i l l;  BlU< 
and  the  same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Nurses 
Begistraticn 
(Ireland) Bill. 

T he   Nurses  Registration  (Ireland)  Bill  was, 

according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  this  day. 
— ( M r.   Attorney  General  for  Ireland.) 

Isle of Man 
(Customs) Bill, to  Order,  read  a second  time. 

T he   Isle  of  Man  (Customs)  Bill  was,  according 

Ordered, 

That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  this  d a y .— 
(Mr.  Baldwin.) 

County Courts 
Bill [Lordt.]  

T he   County  Courts  Bill  [Lords]  was,  according 

to  Order,  read  a  second  time. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will 

immediately 
resolve  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  B i l l .— 
( M r.   Attorney  General.) 

T he   House  accordingly  resolved  itself 

into 

the  Committee. 

T he   Order  of 

the  day  being  read,  for  the  Workmen's 
the  Workmen's  Compensation  Compensation 

Committee  on 
( W ar   Addition)  Amendment  B i l l;  

'  (War 

Addition) 

Resolved,  T h at  

this  House  will,  this 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

j o t r  Amendment 
uay, 1  BilL 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Joint stock 

Second  Reading  of 
(Amalgamation  Control)  B i l l;  

the  Joint  Stock  B a n k s B a n k s  (Amal-
E o O B i l l. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Private 

Second  Reading  of 
Procedure  (Ireland)  B i l l;  

the  Private  Legislation  j ^ ^ ^ g 0 

( M a n d r i l l. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  . 

upon  Monday  next. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Overseas 

Clauses  No.  1  to  N o.   21  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  22  (Juries). 

Second  Reading  of  the  Overseas  Trade  ( I n-   •*jrade 
surance  against  Abnormal  Risks)  B i l l;  

against 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  RI ^ 'B UI 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  10,  1.  14,  at  the 

upon  Monday  next. 

end  to  insert  the  words— 

5 

"  ( 3)   T he   list  of  persons  qualified and  liable  to 

serve  as jurors  in  a  court  shall  not  be  delivered 
by  the  sheriff  or  high  bailiff  to  the  registrar  of 
the  court  unless  ana  until  a  demand  is  made  by 
the  registrar  in  that  b e h a l f . " — ( M r.   Attorney 
General.) 

Question  proposed,  T h at   those  words  be  there 

inserted. 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question,  That 
the  Chairman  do  report  Progress  and  ask  leave 
to  sit  again,—(Captain  Wedgwood  Benn),—put 
and  negatived. 

VO L.   174. 

! 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supreme Court 

Second  Reading  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Judi- 
cature  (Ireland)  B i l l;  

Judicature 
(Ireland) BUI. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Local 
Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Elections  ( P r o-   Elections 
portional  Representation)  Bill  [Lords] 

; 

^rp°rp^n.al 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  "?>) Bill 
\JjOrat.i 

*r 

-i 

upon  Monday  next. 

3  E  2 

396 

25th—26th N o v e m b e r. 

1919. 

Dogs 
Regulation 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2)  Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  D o gs   (Regulation)  (Ire-
land)  ( N o.   2)   B i U; 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Education 
(Ireland) Bill.  Second  Reading  of 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Ireland) 

the  Education 

B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Hours of 
the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Employment  Second  Reading  of  the  Hours  of  Employment 
(No. 2) Bill. 

The  Order  of 

2 ) B i l l. 

( No  

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

Minimum 
Bates of Wages  Second  Reading  of 
Commission 

X V a g eg   C o m mi s si o n  Bill  ; 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Minimum  Rates  of 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Tuesday, 9 th  December 1919. 

PR A T E R S. 

THE   House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Swinton and 

take  into  consideration  the  Amendments 
made  by  the  Lords  to  the  Swinton  and  M e x-   jij]]. 
borough  Gas  Board  B i l l;   and  the  same  were 
twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Sir Laming  Worthing ton-Evans  presented,  by Ministry of 

H is   Majesty's  C o m m a n d , — C o py   of  Boyal P e n B i o n B-
Warrant  of  6th  December  1919  for  the  Pensions 
of  Soldiers  disabled,  and  of  the  Families  and 
Dependants  of  Soldiers  deceased, in  consequence 
of  the  Great  W a r. 

upon  Monday  next. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Imports and' 
Exports 
Regulation 
Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Imports  and  Exports 
Regulation  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  sccond  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Coal Indus)ry 
(Emergency)  Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Industry  (Enier-
Bill, 
1 1"  

gency)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Nurses 
Registration 
(Scotland) 
Bill 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Nurses  Registration 
(Scotland)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

County and 
Borough 
Police Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  County  and  Borough 

Second  Reading  of 
Police  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

Supply. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  S u p p l y; 

Resolved,  T h at  

this  H o u se   will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

M r.   Baldwin  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-  Savings Banks 

tions  of  an  A  ct  of  Parliament,—Accounts  for  g ^ i e^ n d ly 
1918,  showing  the  interest  accrued  in  respect  of 
g'gg 
the  securities  standing  in  the  names  of  the  C o m-
for  the  Seduction  of  the  National 
missioners 
the  Post  Office  Savings 
Debt  to  the  credit  of 
Banks  Fund,  and  of  the  Fund  for  the  Banks 
for  Savings  for  the  year  ended  20th  November 
1918,  and  the  Fund  for  Friendly  Societies  for 
the  year  ended  20th  November  1918. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

T a b l e;   and  be  printed. 

M r.   Secretary  Churchill 

presented,  by  H is   Army (Pay, 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  List  of  E x c e p-   p ° ° " ® ^ c t i ve 
tions  to  the  A r my   Regulations  as  to  P a y,   N o n-   Allowances.) 
effective  Pav,  and  Allowances  sanctioned  during 
the  year  1 9 i 8 - 1 9. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

M r.   Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a  Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  bv  t he   L o r d s' 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth: 

T he   Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An   Municipal 

A ct   to  remove  the  disqualification  of  Clerks  in 
H o ly   Orders  and  other  ministers  of  religion  as  0f  clergymen) 
municipal  councillors;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  Bill  [Lordt.] 
the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

Ways and 
Means. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Committee  of  W a ys   and  Means  ; 

Resolved, 

That 

this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the Proceedings  on  Government  Business of 

Business  be  exempted  at  this  day's  Sitting  from  tbft House 
the  provisions of  the  Standing  Order  (Sittings  of  b apneas/) 
the House).—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

Adjournment. 

A nd   it  being  after  half-past  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  on  Monday  evening,  Mr.  Speaker 
adjourned  the  House  without  Question 

Eut,  pursuant  to  the  Standing  Order,  it 

eing  then  three  minutes  before  One  of 
the  clock  on  Tuesday  morning,  till  this 
day. 

Ordered,  That 
mentary  Estimate, 
1 9 1 9 - 2 0,   Miscellaneous t he   H o u se 
W ar   Services  (Foreign  Office)  V o te   which  was  ®- S n p p l y) 

the  Civil  Services  Supple-  Business of 

: presented  on  the  17th  day  of  J u ly  

last  ;  the 
N a vy   (Bevised)  Estimates,  1 9 1 9 - 2 0,   which  were 
presented  on  the  28th  day  of  November  last,  the 
A r my   Estimates,  1 9 1 9 - 2 0,   which  were  presented 
on the 3rd day  of  this instant  D e c e m b e r;   the  Civil 
Services  Supplementary  Estimates  which  were 
presented  on  the  4th  and  8th  days  of  this  iustant 
D e c e m b e r;   and  any  Estimates  that  may  be  pre-
sented  during  the  present  Session  be  considered 
in  Committee  of  S u p p l y . — ( M r.   B°nar 

Law.) 

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T he   House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Civil  Services Supplementary  Estimates, 
1 9 1 9 - 2 0. 

Unclassified  Services. 

1.  £ 3 2 , 0 4 4 , 0 00   (Supplementary)  for  the  Sala-
ries  and  Expenses  of  the  Ministry  of  Pensions, 
and  for  sundry  Contributions  in  respect  of  the 
Administration  of  the  Ministry  of  Pensions  A c t, 
1916. 

2.  £ 4 , 4 8 8 , 5 00   (Supplementary)  for  the  cost  of 

certain  Miscellaneous  W ar   Services. 

Class  I. 

3.  £ 1 0 , 0 00   ( Supplementary)  for  Expenditure 
in  respect  of  Ministry  of  Labour,  Employment 
Insurance  Buildings,  Great 
Exchange 
Britain. 

and 

4.  £ 5 , 0 00   for  Expenditure 

in  respect  of  the 
erection  of  a  permanent  replica  of  the  Cenotaph 
in  Whitehall. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
a  Supplementary  sum,  not  exceeding  £ 1 9 5 , 5 0 0, 
be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which  will  come  in  course  of  payment  during  the 
year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for 
the  Expenses  of  maintaining  certain  Harbours 
under  the  Ministry  of  Transport  and  -for  grants 
for  H a r b o u r s: 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  pro-
posed,  That  a  sum,  not  exceeding  £ 1 9 5 , 4 0 0,   be 
granted  for  the  said  Service.  —  (Major  Karl 
Winterton 

by  leave,  withdrawn. 

:)—Motion, 

Original  Question  again  proposed  :—Motion, 

by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Class  I I. 

5.  £ 1 , 1 6 1 , 1 25   (Supplementary)  for  the  Sala-
ries  and  Expenses  of.  the  Board  of  Agriculture 
and  Fisheries,  of  the  Agricultural  W a g es   Board, 
of  the  R o y al   Botanic  Gardens,  K e w,   and  of  the 
Food  Production  Department,  including  certain 
Grants  in  A id   and  Special  Expenditure  in  con-
nection  with  the  Purchase  of  Pickled  Herrings. 

6.  £ 2 0 0 , 0 00  

(Supplementary)  for  H is   M a-

jesty's  Foreign  and  other  Secret  Services. 

Class  I I I. 

7.  £ 1 0 3 , 0 00   (Supplementary)  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  Commissioner  of  Police,  the 
Police  Courts,  and  the  Metropolitan  Polige 
Establishment  of  Dublin. 

8.  £ 8 4 9 , 3 29  

(Supplementary) 

for  the  E x-

penses  of  the  R o y al   Irish  Constabulary. 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question,  That 
the  Chairman  do  report  Progress  and  ask  leave 
to sit again,—(Lord  Edmund  'lalbot),—put,  and 
agreed to. 

V s 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  ;  and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported.  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  several  Resolutions. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

T he   Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to 
sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

again resolve itself into the said Committee. 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself Housing 

into  a  Committee  or.  Housing 
Powers)  [Expenses]. 

(Additional 

[ E ^ s e s .] 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Resolved,  That,  for  the  purposes  of  any  A ct   of 
the  present  Session  to  make  further  provision 
for  the  better  housing  of  the  people,  to  authorise 
the  acquisition  of  land  for  the  development  of 
garden  cities  or for  the  purpose  of  town-planning 
schemes,  and  to  make  further  provision  with 
respect  to  the  borrowing  powers  of  public  autho-
rities  and  bodies  and  with  respect to the  securities 
issued  by  them,  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the 
payment,  out  of  moneys  to  be  provided  by  P a r-
liament, of expenses  incurred  by  any  Government 
department— 

(a)  in  making  grants,  not  exceeding  in  the 
aggregate  fifteen  million  pounds,  to  persons 
constructing  houses 
in  accordance  with 
approved  schemes  ; 

( b)   when  exercising  the  powers  of  a  local 
authority  in  connection  with  the  conversion 
of  buildings  into  separate  tenements  ;  and 

(c)  in  contributing,  by  way  of  increase  during 
the  period  ending  the  thirty-first,  day  of 
March,  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty-seven, 
from  thirty  per  cent,  to  fifty  per  <ient.  of 
the  grants  towards  annual  loan  charges,  to 
costs  incurred  by  public  utility  societies, 
housing  trusts,  and  county  councils.—(Dr. 
Addison.) 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  T h at 
the  Committee  had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered, 

That  the  Report  be  received  to-

Class  I Y. 

morrow. 

9.  £ 1 , 5 0 0 , 0 00   (Supplementary)  for  the  Sala-
ries  and  Expenses  of  the  Board  of  Education, 
and  of 
the  various  Establishments  connected 
therewith,  including  sundry  Grants  in  A i d. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself Workmen's 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Workmen's  Compensa-  Compensation 
Amendment 
tion  ( W ar   Addition)  Amendment  Bill. 
Bill. 

Class  V I I. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

10.  £ 5 0 6 , 0 00   (Supplementary)  for  the  Salaries 
and  Expenses  of  the  National  Health  Insurance 
Joint  Committee  (including  sundry  Grants  in 
A i d ). 

Unclassified  Services. 

£ 10   (Supplementary)  for  the  Cost  of  Building 
Materials  and  of  the  purchase  and  adaptation 
of  Houses  for  the  Housing  of  the  W o r k i ng 
Classes  in  England  and  Wales. 

Clause  N o.   1  (Increase  of  additional  weekly 

sum  payable  under  7  &  8  Geo.  5,  c.  4 2 ). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  5,  to  leave  out 
the  words  "  the  commencement  of  this  A ct   "  in 
order  to  insert  the  words  "  first  day  of  J u ly   one 
thousand  nine  hundred  and  n i n e t e e n . " — ( M r. 
Adamson.) 

Question,  That  tbe  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  stand  part  of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

VOL.  

174. 

3  e  3 

3 98 

9 th  December. 

1919. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  8,  to 
leave  out  from  the  word  " s h a l l"   to  the  word 
"  instead,"  in  1.  1 0 . — ( M r.  

Adamson.) 

T he   D o gs   Regulation  (Ireland)  ( N o.   2)   BiU  Dogs 

was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time. 

firfiind)0 

Ordered, 

That  the  BiU  be  committed  to  a  (No. 2) BilL 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 

to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause. 

Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  to-morrow.— 
( M r.   Attorney  General  for  Ireland.) 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question,  That 
the  Chairman  do  report  Progress  and  ask  leave 
and  agreed  to. 
to  sit  a g a i n , — ( M r.   Baird),—put, 

M r.   Speaker  resumed 

the  C h a i r;   and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  made  Progress  in  the  B i l l; 
and  that  he  was  directed  to  move,  That 
the 
Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

The  Nurses  Begistration  (Scotland)  Bill was,  Nurses 

according  to Order, read a second time. 

^tland)n 

Resolved,  T h at   this  House  will  immediately  Bill, 

resolve  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  B i l l .— 
(Mr.  Munro.) 

The  House  accordingly  resolved  itself  into 

the Committee. 

Resolved,  That  this  H o u se   will,  to-morrow, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1  to  No.  10  agreed  to. 

Union of 
Benefices 
Bill [Zerds.] 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Union  of  Benefices  Bill 
[.Lords] | 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

Nurses 
Begistration 
(Ireland) Bill. 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Nurses  Begistration 
(Ireland)  BUl. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Schedule  agreed  to. 

Bill to be reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Bill  ; 
the  Committee  had  gone  through 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

Ordered,  That the  BiU be now read  the  third 
time : —The  Bill was accordingly  read  the third 
time and passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

Clauses  No.  1  to  N o.   9  agreed  to. 

the  Lords;  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Schedule  agreed  to. 

BiU  to  be  reported. 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  T h at 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  B i l l; 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without 
Amendment. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Isle of Man 
(Customs) 
BilL 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Isle  of  Man  (Customs) 
Bill. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1  to  No.  6  agreed  to. 

Schedules  agreed  to. 

Bill  to  be  reported. 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  ;  and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and 
directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without  A m e n d-
' ment.. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence  (the  Bill 
having  been  endorsed  by  M r.   Speaker  with  the 
following  Certificate  :— 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the County and 

Second  Beading  of  the  County  and  Borough 
Police  Bill; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

The  Order  of  the  dav  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  Ways  and  Means ; 

Means. 

Resolved, 

T h at   this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will,  Anglo-Persian 

into  a  Committee  to 

to-morrow,  resolve  itself 
consider  of  authorising  the  issue  out  of  the  Con-  Acquisition.] 
solidated  Fund  of  such  further  sums,  not  exceed-
ing  in  the  whole  two  million  and  fifty  thousand 
pounds,  as  are  required  for  the  acquisition  of 
share  or  loan  capital  of  the  Anglo-Persian  Oil 
Company,  and  of  authorising  the  Treasury  to 
borrow  money  by  the  creation  of  securities  for 
the  issue  of  such  sums  or  the repayment  thereof; 
the  principal  of  and  interest  on  any  such  securi-
ties  to  be  charged  on  the  Consolidated  Fund  ; 
and  of  authorising  the  payment  into  the  E x-
chequer  and  the  application  of  dividends  or 
interest  on  the  capital  acquired  under  any  A ct 
of  the  present  Session  to  amend  the  A n g l o-
Persian  Oil  Company  (Acquisition  of  Capital) 
Act,  1914.—(Mr.  Baldwin.) 

Mr.  Munro,  by  His  Majesty's  Command, 
acquainted the House, That His  Majesty, having 
been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of  this 
Motion,  recommends  it  to  the  consideration  of 
the  House. 

Resolved, 

That  this  House  will,  to-morrow* 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

A nd   it  being  half  an  hour  after  Eleven  of  Adjournment, 

Mr. Speaker's 
Certificate. 

I  hereby  certify  that  this  Bill  is  a  Money 
Bill  within  the  meaning  of  the  Parliament 
A c t,   1911. 

the  clock,  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  adjourned 
the  House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  the  Standing  Order,  till  to-morrow. 

J A M KS   W.   L O W T H E R, 

Speaker). 

10  GEO.  V. 

10 th  December. 

3 99 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do lie upon  the  Ministry of 

Table. 

Food-

Wednesday,  10th  December 1919. 

P  K A r E B  S. 

British and 
Continental 
Bank Bill 
[Zonfr.] 

THE  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 

Second  Reading  of  the  British  and  Con-

tinental Bank  Bill [Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Wednesday  next. 

Air Estimates  Mr.  Secretary  Churchill  presented,  by  His 
the  sum 
Majesty's  Command,—Estimate  of 
(1919-20.) 
required  for  the  year  1919-20  for  the  Effective 
ana  Non-Effective  Services  of  the  Air  Force. 

No.  226. 

Air Estimates 
(1919-20.) 

Copy  of  Memorandum  by  the  Secretary  of 

State  for  A ir   on  the  Air  Estimates  ( 1 9 1 9 - 2 0 ). 

Board of 
Education. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 
Table,  and  that  the  said  Estimate  be  referred 
to  the Committee  of  Supply  ;  and be  printed. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Com-
mand,—Copy  of  Provisional  Regulations,  dated 
9th  December  1919,  made  by  the  Board  of 
Education  under  Section  44  of  the  Education 
A ct   1918,  providing  for  Scholarships,  Exhibi-
tions,  &c.,  in  Science  for  the  year  1920. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Dublin 
Hospitals. 

Mr.  Macpherson  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Sixty-first  Annual  Report 
of  the  Board  of  Superintendence  of  Dublin 
Hospitals  for  the  year  1918-19. 

Ordered, That the said  Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Superannua- 
Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tion Act, 1884.  tions  of  several  Acts  of  Parliament,—Copy  of 
Treasury  Minute  under  the  Superannuation 
-Act  1884, dated  24th  November,  1919,  declaring 
that  James  Horrex,  Boy  Sorter,  General  Post 
Office,  was  appointed  without  a  Civil  Service 
Certificate  through  inadvertence  on  the  part  of 
the  Head  of  his  Department. 

Crown's Nomi-  Abstract  Account  of  Receipts  and  Payments 
nee Account,  of the Treasury  Solicitor,  in  the year  1918, in  the 
administration  of  Estates  on behalf of the Crown  ; 
No.  227. 
and  alphabetical  List  of  Intestates'  Estates  in 
respect  of  which  Letters  of  Administration  were 
granted  to  the  Treasury  Solicitor  as  Crown's 
Nominee  in  the  year  1918,  and  of  other  cases 
(partial  intestacies,  &c.)  in  which  accounts  were 
opened  in  the  books  of  the  Treasury  Solicitor  in 
the  same  year  in  respect  of  moneys  received  by 
him  as  Crown's  Nominee. 

Education 
(Scotland.) 

Education 
(Scotland.) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
Table;  and  that  the  Paper  relative  to  Crown's 
Nominee  Account  be  printed. 

;  The  Lord  Advocate  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Minute  of  the 
Committee  of  Council  on  Education  in  Scotland, 
dated  9th  December  1919,  amending  Minutes 
dated  10th  and  11th  April  1919. 

Copy  of  Minute  of  the  Committee  of  Council 
on  Education  in  Scotland,  dated  10th  December 
1919,  providing  for  grants  in  aid  of  Educational 
Expenditure  approved by  the Department  under 
Section  16  ( 1)   ( f)   of  the  Education  (Scotland) 
A c t,   1908. 

" 

* 

v 

Fruits 

Mr.  George  Roberts  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's Command,—Copies  of  Order amending 
the  Jam  (Prices)  (No.  2)  Order,  1918;  Meat 
(Dealers'  Restriction)  Order,  1918  (General 
Licence); 
Intoxicating  Liquor  (Output  and 
Delivery)  Order  (No.  2),  1 9 1 9;   Live  Stock 
(Sales)  Order,  1918  Notice;  Pickled  Herrings 
Order,  1918,  and  Fish  (Prices)  (No.  3)  Order, 
1918  (General  Licence)  s  Imported  Bacon,  Ham, 
and  Lard  (Requisition)  Order,  1919  ;  Bacon 
(Prohibition  of  Export)  Order,  1918  (Notice  of 
Revocation  of  General  Licence);  Milk  (Sum-
mer  Prices)  Amendment  Order  (No.  2),  1919  ; 
(Returns)  Order,  1 9 1 9; 
Imported  Cheese 
(Importers'  Price)  Order, 
Imported  Cheese 
1919;  Dried 
(Restriction)  Order, 
1 9 1 9;   Milk  (Registration  of  Dealers)  Order, 
1919  (Directions  relating  to  Returns)  ;  British 
Cheese  Order,  1917 
(Notice);  Canned  Fish 
(Retail  Prices  and  Distribution)  Order,  1918 
(General  Licence)  ;  Order amending the  Poultry 
and  Game 
(Prices)  Order,  1 9 1 8;   Cereals 
(Restriction)  Order,  1 9 1 9;   Desiccated  Cocoanut 
(Maximum  Prices)  Order,  1919 
(Notice  of 
Revocation);  Older  amending  Edible  Offals 
(Maximum  Prices)  Order,  1 9 1 8;   Meat  (Maxi-
mum  Prices)  Order,  1917  (Notice);  Cream 
Order,  1918  (Revocation  of  General  Licence); 
the  Registration  of  Dealers  (New  Certificates) 
Order,  1 9 1 9;   Cattle  Cakes  and  Meals  (Licen- 
sing)  Order,  1 9 1 9;   Dried  Fruits  (Restriction) 
Order,  1919  (General  Licence);  Live  Stock 
(Sales)  Order,  1918  (General  Licence);  Mis-
description  of  Maximum  Prices  Order,  1 9 1 9; 
Road  Transport  Order,  1919;  Malt  (Restric-
tion)  Order,  1918 (Notice of Revocation)  ;  Stone 
Fruit  (Jam  Manufacturers'  Prices)  Order,  1919 
(Notice  of  Revocation);  Imported  Bacon,  Ham 
and  Lard 
(Requisition)  Amendment  Order, 
1919;  Caerphilly  Cheese  (Retail  Prices)  Order, 
1919 
(General  Licence);  Flour  and  Bread 
(Prices)  Order, 1917  (General Licence)  ;  Swedes 
(Prices)  Order,  1917  (Notice  of  Revocation); 
Food  Control  Committees  and  Joint  Food 
Control  Committees  Amendment  Order,  1919  ; 
Rationing  Order,  1918  (General  Licence);  Jam 
( R e-
(Prices)  Order,  1919;  Imported  Butter 
striction)  Order,  1919  ;  Milk  (Winter  Prices) 
Order,  1919  ;  Herring  Fishery 
(Licensing  of 
Curers)  Order,  1 9 1 9;   xMeat (Maximum  Prices) 
Order,  1917  (Notice);  Seeds,  Oils  and  Fats 
Order,  1919  ( N o t i c e );   Canned  Condensed  Milk 
(Retail  Prices)  Order,  1919;  Dried  Fruits 
(Wholesale  Prices)  Order,  1919  ;  Imported  Meat 
(Labelling)  Order,  1 9 1 9;   Rationing  Order, 

1918  (Notice  of  Revocation  of  Directions); 
Rationing  Order,  1918  (Directions  relating  to 
Sugar  and  Butter);  Rationing  Order,  1918 
(Directions  relating  to  Butchers'  Meat)  ;  Sugar 
(Restriction  of  Delivery;  Order,  1919  ;  Potatoes 
Syrup, 
(Export  from  Ireland)  Order,  1 9 1 9;  
Liquid  Glucose  and  Molasses  Order, 
1918 
(Notice  of  Revocation) ;  British  Cheese  Order, 
1917  (General  Licence)  ;  Milk  (Use  of  Churns) 
Order,  1919;  Meat  (Maximum  Prices)  Order, 
1917  (Directions);  Milk  (Winter  Prices)  Order 
1919  (Revocation  of  General  Licence);  Order 
amending  the  Edible  Offals  (Maximum  Prices) 
Order,  1918  ; Canned  Meats (Requisition)  Order, 
1918,  and  Canned  Meats  (Distribution)  Order, 
1918  (Notice  of  Revocation). 

Ordered, That the said  Paper do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Dr.  Addison  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Ministry of 

Command,  Copy  of  Forty-eighth Annual  Report Health. 

Vol,.  174. 

3  E  4 

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10 th—11 th  December. 

1919. 

of  the  Local  Government  Board,  1 9 1 8 - 1 9,   and 
the 
Supplement  containing 
Medical  Department. 

the  Report 

of 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Supreme 
T he   following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
Coart (Bales.)  tions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon 
the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  : — C o py   of 
Provisional  Rule  of  the  Supreme  Court,  dated 
29th  November  1919,  as  to  the  closing  of  the 
Office  of  the  Supreme  Court  on  Saturday,  27th 
December  1919. 

Message from 
the Lords. 

Cannock 

M r.   Speaker  acquainted/the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  : 
T he   Lords  have  agreed  to 

the  Cannock 

C ^ c i i ^ m 0'   Urban  District  Council  Bill,  with  A m e n d m e n t s; 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of 
this  House. 

Walsall 
Corporation 
B i l 1' 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Walsall  Cor-
poration  Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

Allotments 
(Use of 
Uncultivated 
Land) BiU. 
Bill  236. 

M r.   Leonard  Lyle  presented  a  Bill  to  facilitate 
the  requisition  of  uncultivated  L a nd   for  A l l o t-
ments  :  A nd   the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  upon  Tuesday  n e x t;   and  to  be 
printed. 

Business of 
the House 
B ^ ™ 0'

Ordered, 

That  the  Proceedings  on  Govern-
ment  Business  be  exempted  at  this  day's  Sitting 
the  Standing  Order 
from  the  provisions  of 
(Sittings  of  the  H o u s e ) . — ( M r.   Bonar 

Law.) 

Supply. 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

N a vy   Estimates,  1 9 1 9 - 2 0. 

1.  Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  That 
a  sum,  not  exceeding  £ 8 , 0 7 7 , 8 0 0,   be  granted  to 
H is   Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expenses  of  Wages, 
&c.,  to  Officers,  Seamen,  and Boys,  Coast  Guard, 
B o y al   Marines,  Women's  Boyal  Naval  Service, 
and  Mercantile  Officers  and  Men,  which  will 
come  in  course  of  payment  during,  the  year 
in 
ending  on 
addition  to  a  sum  of  £ 2 5 , 8 1 6 , 0 00   to  be  allocated 
for  this  purpose  from  the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00 
voted  on  account  of N a vy   Services  generally  : 

the  31st  day  of  March  1920, 

Whereupon  Motion  made, 

and  Question 
proposed,  That  a  sum,  not  exceeding  £ 8 , 0 7 7 , 7 0 0, 
be  granted  for  the  said  Service,—(Rear-Admiral 
Adair),—Motion, 

by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Original  Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 

2.  £ 2 , 3 8 5 , 0 0 0,   for  Victualling  and  Clothing 
for  the  N a v y,   including  the  cost  of  Victualling 
Establishments  at  Home  and  Abroad,  in  addition 
to  a  sum  of  £ 7 , 6 2 3 , 0 00   to  be  allocated  for  this 
purpose  from  the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted  on 
account  of  Navy  Services  generally. 

3.  £ 1 5 0 , 2 00   for  Medical  Services,  including 
the  cost  of  Medical  Establishments  at  H o me   and 
Abroad,  in  addition  to  a  sum  of  £ 4 7 9 , 0 00   to  be 
from  the  sum  of 
allocated  for 
£l   2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted on  account  of  N a vy   Services 
generally. 

this  purpose 

4.  £ 1 1 8 , 0 00   for  Civilians  employed  on  Fleet 
Services,  in  addition  to  a  sum  of  £ 3 7 8 , 0 00   to  be 
allocated 
from  the  sum  of 
£  120,000,000  voted  on  account  of  N a vy   Services 
generally. 

this  purpose 

for 

5.  £ 9 9 , 5 00  

in 
for  Educational 
addition  to  a  sum  of  £ 3 1 8 , 0 00   to  be  allocated  for 
this  purpose  from  th§  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted 
on  account  of  N a vy   Services  generally. 

Services, 

6.  £ 1 1 0 , 0 00   for  Scientific  Services,  in  addition 
to  a  sum  of  £ 3 5 3 , 0 00   to  be  allocated  for  this 
purpose  from  the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted  on 
account  of  N a vy   Services  generally. 

7.  £ 1 0 9 , 0 00   for  the  B o y al   Naval  Reserve, 
the  Royal  Fleet  Reserve,  and  the  Royal  Naval 
Volunteers,  &c., 
to  a  sum  of 
£ 3 5 0 , 0 00   to  be  allocated  for  this  purpose  from 
the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted  on  account  of 
N a vy   Services  generally. 

in  addition 

8.  Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  T h at 
a  sum  not  exceeding  £ 2 , 8 6 2 , 0 00   be  granted  to 
His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense  of  the 
Personnel 
for  Shipbuilding,  Repairs,  Main-
tenance,  &c.,  at  Dockyards  and  Naval  Yards  at 
Home  and  Abroad,  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day 
of  March  1920, 
to  the  sum  of 
in  addition 
£ 9 , 1 4 6 , 0 00   to  be  allocated  for  this  purpose  from 
the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted  on  account  of 
N a vy   Services  generally  : 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  put, 
T h at   a  sum  not  exceeding  £ 2 , 8 6 1 , 9 00   be 
granted  for the  said  Service.—-(Lieutenant-Com-
mander  Kenworthy.) 

T he   Committee  divided. 

Yeas, 

Tellers  for  the j  Lieutenant-Commander) 
V 23. 
i 
1 
f 

)  Kenworthy, 
1. Mr.  Swan: 

Tellers  f or   the J Captain  Quest, 

(Lord  Edmund  Talbot 

Noes, 

173. 

Original  Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 

for 

the  Materiel 

9.  £ 2 , 5 4 6 , 7 00  

for  Ship-
building,  Repairs,  Maintenance,  &c.,  at  Dock-
yards  and  Naval  Yards  at  H o me   and  Abroad,  in 
addition  to the  sum  of  £ 8 , 1 3 9 , 0 00   to  be  allocated 
for  this  purpose  from  the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00 
voted  on  account  of  N a vy   Services  generally. 

10.  £ 9 , 9 7 5 , 4 00  

for  the  Contract  W o rk   for 
Shipbuilding,  Repairs,  &c.,  in  addition  to  a  sum 
of  £ 3 1 , 8 8 0 , 0 00   to  be  allocated  for  this  purpose 
from  the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted  on  account 
of  N a vy   Services  generally. 

11.  £ 3 , 7 6 3 , 1 00   for  Naval  Armaments  and 
Aviation,  in  addition  to  a  sum  of  £ 1 2 , 0 2 7 , 0 00   to 
be  allocated  for  this  purpose  from  the  sum  of 
£ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted  on  account of  N a vy   Services 
generally. 

12.  Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed, 
£ 1 , 3 3 6 , 7 00   be 
That  a  sum  not  exceeding 
granted  to  H is   Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
of  Works,  Buildings,  and  Repairs,  at  Home  and 
Abroad,  including  the  cost  of  Superintendence, 
Purchase  of  Sites,  Grants  in  Aid,  and  other 
Charges  connected  therewith,  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  3 l st   day  of  March  1920,  in  addition  to  a 
sum  of  £ 4 , 3 3 1 , 0 00   to  be  allocated 
for  this 
purpose  from  the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted  on 
account  of  N a vy   Services  generally. 

Thursday,  1 \th December  1919 : 

Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 

for  various  Miscellaneous 
13.  £ 1 , 4 5 5 , 0 00  
to  a  sum  of 
in  addition 
Effective  Services, 
£ 4 , 6 5 1 , 0 00   to  be  allocated  for  this  purpose  from 
the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted  on  account  of 
Navy  Services  generally. 

14.  £ 4 5 3 , 0 00   for  the  Admiralty  Office,  in 
addition  to  a  sum  of  £ 1 , 4 4 7 , 0 00   to  be  allocated 
for  tliis  purpose  from  the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00 
voted  on  account  of  N a vy   Services  generally. 

15.  £ 3 0 8 , 6 00   for  H a lf   Pay  and  Retired  P a y, 
in  addition  to  a  sum  of  £ 9 8 8 , 0 00   to  be  allocated 
for  this  purpose  from  the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00 
voted  on  account  of  N a vy   Services  generally. 

 
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16.  £ 3 , 6 0 7 , 0 00   f or   Naval  and  Marine  Pen-
sions,  Gratuities,  and Compassionate  Allowances, 
to  be 
in  addition  to  a  sum  of  £ 1 1 , 5 2 7 , 0 00  
allocated 
the  sum  of 
£ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted  on  account of  N a vy   Services 
generally. 

for  this  purpose  from 

17.  £ 1 7 1 , 8 00   for  Civil  Superannuation,  Com-
pensation  Allowances,  and  Gratuities,  in  addition 
to  a  sum  of  £ 5 4 7 , 0 00   to  be  allocated  for  this 
purpose  from  the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted  on 
account  of  N a vy   Services  generally  : 

Whereupon  Motion  made  and  question,  That 
the  Chairman  do  report  Progress  and  ask  leave 
to sit again,—(Lord Edmund  Talbot),—put, and 
agreed  to, 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  several  Resolutions. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  this 

day. 

T he   Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  also 
acquainted  the  House  that  he  was  directed  to 
move,  That  the  Committee  may  have  leave  to  sit 
again. 

Resolved, 

That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

(lousing 
(Additional 
Powers) 
[Expenses.] 

Lord  Edmund  Talbot  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  on  Housing  (Additional  Powers) 
[ E x-
penses]  a  Resolution;  which  was  read  as 
followeth  : 

"  T h at   for  the  purposes  of  any  A ct   of 

the 
present  Session  to  make  further  provision  for 
the  better  housing  of  the  people,  to  authorise 
the  acquisition  of  land  for  the  development  of 
garden  cities  or  for  the  purpose of  town-planning 
schemes,  and  to  make  further  provision  with 
respect 
to  the  borrowing  powers  of  public 
authorities  and  bodies  and  with  respect  to  the 
securities  issued  by  them,  it  is  expedient  to 
authorise  the  payment,  out  of  moneys  to  be 
provided  by   Parliament,  of  expenses  incurred 
by  any  Government  department— 

( a)   in  making  grants,  not  exceeding  in  the 
aggregate  fifteen  million  pounds,  to  persons 
constructing  houses 
in  accordance  with 
approved  schemes; 

(b)  when  exercising  the  powers  of  a 

local 
authority  in  connection  with  the  conversion 
of  buildings  into  separate  tenements;  and 

(c)  in  contributing,  by  way  of  increase  during 
the  period  ending  the  thirty-first  day  of 
March,  nineteen  hundred  and  twenty-seven, 
from  thirty  per  cent,  to  fifty  per  cent,  of 
the  grant  towards  annual  loan  charges,  to 
costs  incurred  by   public  utility  societies, 
housing  trusts,  and  county  councils." 

T he   said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time,  was  agreed  to. 

Housing 
(Additional 
Powers) 
BilL 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Housing  (Additional 
Powers)  Bill. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Clause  N o.   1  (Provision 

for  payment  of 

money  to  persons  constructing  houses). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1.  9,  to  leave 
out  from  the  word  "  a n y ,"   to  the  word  "  con-
"  local 
structing,"  in  order  to  insert  the  words 
authority  or  public  utility  society."  — 
( M r. 
Charles  Edwards.) 

Question  put,  T h at   the  words  proposed  to  be 

left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause  ; 

The  Committee divided. 
Tellers for the (Lord  Edmund  Talbot,  \ 
| 

(Captain  Guest: 

Yeas, 

Tellers for the (Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 

Noes, 

\Mr.  Davison  : 

20. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1 , 1.   9, 
to  leave  out  the  words  " f or   the  working  classes  " 
—(Mr.  Eorden.) 

Question  put,  That  the  words  "  for  the  work-

ing  classes  "  stand  part  of  the  Clause  : 

T he   Committee  divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr.  Davison, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Tyson  Wilson: 

„. 

l 
/ 

Tellers  for  the f Captain  Guest, 

1  11 q 
(Lord  Edmund  Talbot:  J 1"' 

Noes, 

Another  Amendment  proposed  in  p.  1,  1.  12, 

at  the  end  to  insert  the  words,— 

"  ( a)   in respect  of  which  application  has  been 
made  to  the  Minister  before  their  construc-
tion  is  begun  and  the  Minister  has  agreed 
that  grants  under  this  section  shall be  made 
in  respect  thereof 
if  the  other  provisions 
of  this  sub-section  are  complied  w i t h . "— 
(Mr.  Godfrey  Locher-Lampsoa.) 

Question  proposed,  T h at   those  words  be  there 

inserted  : — A m e n d m e n t,   by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  I,  1.  12, 

at  the  end,  to  insert  the  words,— 

"  (a)  which  when  erected  are  not  withheld 
from  occupation  until  they  are  sold."— 
(Mr.  Davison.) 

Question,  T h at   those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  12, 

at  the  end,  to  insert  the  words,— 

"  ( a)   the  letting  of  which  is placed  in the  hands 
of  the  local  authority  of  the  area  in  which 
Charles 
the  houses  are  s i t u a t e . " — ( M r.  
Edwards.) 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1.  12, 

at  the  end,  to  insert  the  words,— 

"  (a)  in  respect  of  which  an  undertaking  is 
given  that  the  rental,  exclusive  of  rates  and 
taxes,  ordinarily  borne  by  the  tenant,  shall 
not  exceed  £ 33   per  annum  for  a  period 
of  twenty  years  after  completion."  — ( M r. 
Frederick  Roberts.) 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1 , 1.   12, 

at  the  end,  to  insert  the  words,— 

"  ( a)   which  are  built  in  areas  where  the  local 
authority  has  not,  at  the  date  of  the  passing 
of  this  A c t,   submitted  a  scheme  for  the 
Housing  of  the  W o r k i ng   Classes  in  accord-
ance  with  the  Housing  Acts,  1890  to  1919, 
or,  where  such a  scheme  has  been  submitted 
the  construction  of  which  is  certified  by  the 
local  authority  of  the  area  as  not. likely  to 
interfere  with  the  rapid  completion  of  the 
scheme  s u b m i t t e d . " — ( M r.   Davison.) 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived, 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  1.  13, 
to  leave  out  from  the  word  "  which,"  to  the  end 
of  line  14,  in  order  to  insert  the  words,  "  are  in 
general  accordance  with  the  conditions  as  to  the 
average  number  of  houses  per  acre  and  the 
standards  of  construction  prescribed  by  the 

VO L.   174. 

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10$—11$  December, 

1919, 

Minister  for  the  guidance  of  local  authorities 
carrying  schemes  into  effect  under  section  one 
of  the  Housing,  Town  Planning, &c.  Act,  1919." 
—-(Captain  Ormsby-Gore.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out,  to  the  word  "  conditions"  in 
line  13,  stand  part  of  the  Clause  :—Amendment, 
by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Amendments  made. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  after 
the  words  last  inserted,  to  insert  the words "  and 
which in urban areas  contain a bath  room."—(Mr. 
Trevelyan Thomson.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted  :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,  L  19, 
to  leave  out  the  word  "  twelve,"  in  order  to 
insert  the  word  " s i x . " — ( M r.   Trevelyan  Thorn-
son.) 

Question,  That  the word  "  twelve "  stand  part 

of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1,1.  20, 
after the  word  "  A c t ,"   to  insert  the  words,  "  or 
within  six  months  after  the  passing  of  the 
Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c.  A c t,   1919."— 
(Mr.  Betterton.) 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1.  2, 
to  leave  out  the  words,  "  not  exceeding  three 
months."—(Mr.  Godfrey  Locker-Lampson.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left out stand part of  the Clause  :—Amend-
ment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Other  Amendments  made. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1.  6, 
insert  the 

inserted,  to 

after  the  words  last 
words,— 

"  And  provided  that  no  grant  shall  be  made 
in  respect  of  any  house  which  shall  be  erected 
on  a  site  acquired  after  the  passing  of  this  Act, 
if,  in the  opinion  of  the  Minister,  the  considera-
tion  paid  for  the  site  was  in  excess  of  the  value 
that  could  have been  realised  in  the open  market 
by  a  willing  seller  on  the  date  of  the  passing  of 
this  Act."—(Major  Barnes.) 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1.  6, 
insert  the 

after  the  words  last  inserted,  to 
words,— 

"  And  provided  that  no  grant  shall  be  made 
in  respect  of  any  house  where  the  wages  paid 
and  conditions  of  employment  do  not  comply 
with  the  provisions  of  the  fair  wages  clauses  in 
Government contracts."—(Mr.  Trevelyan  Thom-
son.) 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  2,  1.  9, 
after  the  second  word  "  Minister,"  to  insert  the 
words,  "  after hearing  and  considering  any state-
ment  submitted  by  the  local  authority.  —(Mr. 
Charles Edwards.) 

Question,  That  those  words  be  there  inserted, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Other  Amendments  made. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p. 2,1.  21, 
at  the  end,  to  insert  the  words  "  which  in  the 
case of  the county  of London  shall  be the  London 
County  Council."—(Sir  Henry  Harris.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted  :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Question  put,  That  the  Clause,  as  amended, 

stand  part  of  the  Bill. 

The  Committee  divided: 
Tellers for the (Lord Edmund  Talbot,  1  ^^ 
\ Captain  Guest: 

Yeas, 

Tellers for the f Mr.  Tyson Wilson, 

Noes, 

(Mr.  Lunn: 

Clause  No,  2  agreed  to. 

J 
j 
j 

Clause  No.  3  (Provision  as  to  expenses  under 

s.  16  of  9  and  10  Geo.  5,  c.  35). 

Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  3,  1.  14,  at  the 

end,  to  add  the  words,— 

"  Provided  that  a  local  authority  shall  not  be 
compelled  to  take over  as  part  of  their  Housing 
Scheme  any  buildings  which  the  Ministry  shall 
have  acquired  under  the  provisions  of  the  said 
section  sixteen,  after  being 
informed  by  the 
local  authority  that  in their  opinion  the  property 
in  question  was  unsuitable  for  the  purpose."— 
(Sir  William  Davison.) 

Question, That  those  words  be  there  added, 

put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 
Clause  N o.  4  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  5  (Prohibition  of  building  opera-
tions  which  interfere  with  provision  of  dwellitag-
houses). 

Amendment  proposed, in  p.  3,  1. 29,  after  the 
word  "  area,"  to  insert  the  words,  "  or the  repair 
of  any  dwelling-houses  therein  which  are  not  in 
all  respects reasonably  fit  for  human  habitation." 
—(Mr.  Godfrey  Locker-Lampson.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted  :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  3,1.  32, 
after  the  word  "  buildings,"  to  insert  the words 
"or  dwelling-houses."—(Mr.  Tyson  Wilson.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted  :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  3,  1.34, 
to  leave  out  the  words  " of   less  public  import-
ance,"  in  order  to insert  the words  "  less  urgent." 
—(Mr. Jnskip.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out,  stand  part  of  the  Clause  :— 
Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Amendment  made. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  3,  1.  41, 
after  the  word "  shall,"  to insert the words  "  refer 
all  such  cases  to  a  standing  tribunal  of  appeal, 
to  be  appointed  by  the  Minister."  — 
( M r. 
Lorden.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted:—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Other  Amendments  made. 

Another  Amendment  proposed, in  p.  4,  1.  15, 

to  leave  out  sub-section  ( 4 ) , — ( M r.  

Inskip.) 

Question  proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to  be  left  out,  to  the  word  " b y ,"  
in  line  18, 
stand  part  of  the  Clause  : —  Amendment,  by 
leave, .withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  4,1,  18, 
after  the  word  "  impossible,"  to  insert  the  words 
"  or that the contractwas fundamentally  altered." 
— (Mr.  Harold Smith.) 

Question  proposed,  That  those  words  be  there 

inserted  :—Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  4,  1.  17, 
to  leave  out  from  the  word  "  that  "  to  the  word 
"  an,"  in 1.  18,  in  order  to  insert  the  words  "  the 
non-fulfilment  of  the  contract  was  due  t o . "— 
(Dr.  Addison.) 

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10 th—11 th  December. 

4 03 

Question proposed,  That  the  words  proposed 
to be left out stand part of the Clause:—Amend-
ment,  by leave, withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  4,  1.  22, 

at  the*end,  to  add  the  words,  — 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  9 , 1 . 9,   at 
the  end  to  insert  the  words  "  Interest  on  bonds 
of  denominations  not  exceeding  one  hundred 
pounds  to  be  paid  without  deduction  of  Income 
Tax  at the source."—(Mr.  Trevelyan Thomson.) 

"  Provided  that  this  section  shall  not  apply  to 
buildings,  alterations,  and  addition  to  buildings 
or  premises  used  for  commercial  and  industrial 
purposes,  nor  to  dwelling-houses  not  exceeding 
two  hundred  pounds  per  annum  rateable  value." 
—(Mr.  Lorden.) 

Question  proposed,  that  those  words  be  there 

added  : —Amendment,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Clause  N o.   6  (Prohibition  on  demolition  of 

dwelling-houses). 

Amendment  proposed, in  p. 4,  1. 26,  after  the 
word "  or,"  to  insert  the  words  "  closes  or."— 
(Mr.  Godfrey  Locker-Lampson.) 

Question proposed,  That those words be  there 

inserted:—Amendment,  by leave,  withdrawn. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  4,  1.  27, 
after  the  second  word  "  house,"  to  insert  the 
words " or   building."—(Mr.  Harold  Smitk.) 

Question  proposed,  T h at   those  words  be  there 

inserted  : — A m e n d m e n t,   by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Amendments  made, 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  4,  1.  3 3, 
at  the  end,  to  add  the  words,  "  and  if  the  offence 
of  using  is  a  continuing  offence,  to  a  fine  not 
exceeding  fifty  pounds for each  day during  which 
the offence continues."—(Mr.  Harold  Smith.) 

Question  proposed,  T h at   those  words  be  there 

added  : — A m e n d m e n t,   by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Question  proposed,  T h at   those  words  be  there 

inserted  : — A m e n d m e n t,   by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Other  Amendments  made. 

Schedule,  as  amended,  agreed  to. 

Bill,  as  amended,  to  be  reported 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  ;  and 

the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Bill  237. 

Committee,  be  taken 
day;  and  be  printed. 

into  consideration  this 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Dogs 

Committee  on  the  D o gs   Regulation  (Ireland)  Regulation 
{ S S 2 . i l. 
( N o.   2)   B i l l;  

Resolved, 

That  this  H o u se   will,  this  day, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Education 
the  Education 

(Ireland)  (Ireland) Bill. 

Second  Reading  of 
B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Coal Industry 
Second  Reading  of  the  Coal  Industry  ( E m e r-   (Emergency) 
gency)  B i l l; 

BiU" 

Clause,  as  amended,  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Clauses  No.  7  and  N o.   8  agreed  to. 

this  day. 

Clause  N o.   9  amended,  and  agreed  to. 

Clauses  N o.   10  to  N o.   12  agreed  to. 

A  Clause  (Increment  d u t y ) , — ( M r.   Hopkins), 

—brought  up,  and  read  the  first  time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  that  the  Clause 

be  read  a  second  time,  put,  and  negatived. 

A  Clause  (Power  of  trustees  to 

in 
certain  securities  issued  by  local  authorities),— 
( D r.   Addison),—brought 
up  and  read  the  first 
and  second  time,  and  added  to  the  Bill. 

invest 

A  Clause 

to  be  laid  before 
Parliament)—(Mr.  Godfrey  Locker-Lampson),— 
brought  up  and  read  the  first  time. 

(Regulations 

Motion  made,  and  Question  put,  That  the 

Clause be read a second time : 

Colonel  Sanders  reported  from  the  Committee  Supply 
of  Supply  of  the  9th  day  of  this  instant  Decern-  ££ h e m t i e r] 
ber  se veral  Resolutions;  which  were  read,  as Report, 
follow  : 

Civil  Services  Supplementary  Estimates, 
1 9 1 9 - 2 0. 

(Unclassified  Services.) 

J.  That  a  supplementary  sum  not  exceeding  Ministry of 

to  H is   Majesty,  to  Pensions, 

£ 3 2 , 0 4 4 , 0 00   be  granted 
defray  the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st 
the  Salaries  and 
day  of  March 
Expenses  of  the  Ministry  of  Pensions,  and  for 
sundry  Contributions  in  respect  of  the  Adminis-
tration  of  the  Ministry  of  Pensions  A c t,   1916. 

1920 

for 

T he   Committee  divided. 

Tellers  for  t h e / M r;  G o d f r e^  L o c k e r-  

Yeas 
' 

I  Lampson, 
[Mr.  Trevelyan Thomson  :J 
Tellers for the (Lord  Edmund  Talbot,  \ 
J 

\Captain  Guest: 

Noes, 

7 2. 

1 
>  31. 

A  Clause  (Application  of  Improvement  of 
Sir 
up,  and  read  the  first 

Lands  A c t,   1864),—(Lieutenant-Colonel 
John  Hope),—brought 
time. 

Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed,  T h at 
the  Clause  be  read  a  second  time  : — M o t i on 
and  Clause,  by  leave,  withdrawn. 

Schedule. 

Amendment  proposed  in  p. 9,  1.  6,  to  leave  out 

(Mr.  Trevelyan  Thomson.) 

Question  proposed,  T h at   "  5% "  stand  part  of 
leave,  with-

the  Schedule  : — A m e n d m e n t,   by 
drawn. 

Amendments  made. 

V O L . 1 7 4. 

2.   That  a  supplementary  sum  not  exceeding  Miscellaneous 
£ 4 , 4 8 8 , 5 0 0,   be  granted  to  H is   Majesty,  to  defray  War  Services, 
the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of  payment 
during, the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March 
1920  for  the  cost  of  certain  Miscellaneous  W ar 
Services. 

Class  I. 

3.  That  a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding  Ministry of 

£ 1 0 , 0 00   be  granted  to  H is   Majesty,  to  defray  labour, 
the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of payment  g ^ ' a n ^ a nd 
during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of insurance 
March 
in  .respect  of  Buildings, 
Ministry  of  Labour,  Employment  Exchange  and  G r e at   B r i t a in 
Insurance  Buildings,  Great  Britain. 

for  Expenditure 

1920 

4.   That  a  sum  not  exceeding 

£ 5 , 0 00   be  Whitehall 
granted  to  H is   Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge  CenotaR h-
which  will  come in  course  of  payment  during  the 
year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920  for 
in  respect  of  the  erection  of  a 
Expenditure 
permanent replica  of  the  Cenotaph  in  Whitehall. 

3  F  2 

4 04 

10$—11$  December. 

1919. 

Board of 
Agriculture 
and Fisheries. 

Secret 
Services. 

Dublin 
Metropolitan 
Police. 

Royal  Irish 
Constabulary. 

Board of 
Education. 

Class  I I. 

5.  That  a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding 
£ 1 , 1 6 1 , 1 25   be  granted  to  H is   Majesty,  to  defray 
the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of  pay-
ment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of 
March  1920  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of 
the  Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries,  of  the 
Agricultural  W a g es   Board,  and  of  the  Royal 
Botanic  Gardens,  K e w,   and  of  the  Food  Pro-
duction  Department,  including  certain  Grants  in 
A id   and  Special  Expenditure  in  connection  with 
the  Purchase  of  Pickled  Herrings. 

6.  That  a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding 
£ 2 0 0 , 0 00   be  granted  to  H is   Majesty,  to  defray 
the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of  payment 
during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st day  of  March 
1920  for  H is   Majesty's  Foreign  and  other  Secret 
Services. 

Class  I I I. 

7.  That  a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding 
£ 1 0 3 , 0 00   be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray 
the  charge  which will  come  in  course  of  payment 
during  the  year  ending  on the  3 l st   day  of  March 
1920 
for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of  the 
Commissioner  of  Police,  the  Police  Courts, 
and  the  Metropolitan  Police  Establishment  of 
Dublin. 

8.  That  a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding 
£ 8 4 9 , 3 29   be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray 
the  charge  which  will  come  in  course  of  payment 
during  the  year  ending on  the  3 l st   day  of  March 
1920  for  the  Expenses  of  the  Royal  Irish  Con-
stabulary. 

Class  IV. 

9.  T h at   a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding 
£ 1 , 5 0 0 , 0 00   be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray 
the  charge  which will  come  in  course  of  payment 
during  the  year ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March 
1920  for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of  the  Board 
of  Education,  and  of  the  various  Establishments 
connected  therewith,  including  sundry  Grants  in 
A i d. 

Class  V I I. 

National 
Health 
Insurance 
(Joint 
Committee.) 

10.  That  a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding 
£ 5 0 6 , 0 00   be  granted  to  H is   Majesty,  to  defray 
the  charge  which  will  come  in course  of  payment 
during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March 
1 9 20   for  the  Salaries  and  Expenses  of 
the 
National  Health  Insurance  Joint  Committee 
(including  sundry  Grants  in  A i d ). 

The  County  and  Borough  Police  Bill  was, County and 

according to Order, read a second time. 

PoUcefllill 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee of  the whole  House  for this  day.— 
(Mr.  Baird.) 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Ways and 

Committee of  Ways  and Means; 

Means. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself  into the said Committee. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  resolved Anglo-Persian 

itself  into  a  Committee  on  Anglo-Persian  Oil 
Company [Capital  Acquisition.] 

[Capital 
" 
Acquisition.] 

(In  the Committee.) 
Resolved, That it is expedient  to authorise the 
issue  out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  such 
further  sums, not  exceeding  in  the  whole two 
million and fifty thousand pounds, as are required 
for the acquisition of share or loan capital of the 
Anglo-Persian  Oil  Company;  to  authorise  the 
Treasury  to  borrow  money by the  creation  of 
securities for the issue of such sums or the repay-
ment thereof, the principal of and interest on any 
such securities to be charged on the Consolidated 
Fund ;  and  to  authorise  the  payment  into  the 
Exchequer  and  the  application  of  dividends 
or  interest  on  the  capital  acquired.—(Mr. 
Baldwin.) 

Besolution  to be reported. 

M r.   Deputy  Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and 
M r.   Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  C o m-
mittee  had  come  to  a  Besolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  this 

day. 

Resolved,  T h at   the  D r a ft   of  the  Ministry  of  Ministry of 

Health  ( L u n a cy   and  Mental  Deficiency,Transfer  Health, 
of  Powers)  Order  which  was  presented  upon  the 
17th  day  of  November  last  be  approved.—(Lord 
Edmund  Talbot.) 

And  it being  after half-past  Eleven of  the Adjournment, 

clock on Wednesday evening, Mr.  Deputy 
Speaker  adjourned  the  House,  without 
Question  put, pursuant  to  the  Standing 
Order, it being then twenty-seven minutes 
after  Six  of  the  clock  on  Thursday 
morning, till this day. 

Unclassified  Services. 

Thursday, 11 th December 1919. 

Unclassified 
Services. 
Purchase of 
Housing 
Materials 
(England and 
Wales.) 

11.  T h at   a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding 
£ 10   be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the 
charge  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment 
during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of 
March  1920  for  the  cost  of  Building  Materials 
and  of  the  purchase  and  adaptation  of  Houses 
for  the  housing  of  the working  classes in  England 
and  Wales. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time,  were agreed to. 

Workmen's 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(VS^rAddition) Committee  on  the  Workmen's  Compensation 
Amendment 
(War  Addition)  Amendment  Bill; 
Bill. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  this  day, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Dnion of 
Benefices 
Bill  [Lordt.] 

The  Order  of  the  day,  being  read,  for  the 
Second Reading of  the Union  of  Benefices Bill 
[Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

this  day. 

P R A Y E R S. 

If   HE   House,  pursuant  to  the  Order  of  the  Cannock 
1.   House  of  the  5th  day  of  A u g u st   last,  pro-  co^ci^Biu'0' 
ceeded  to  take  into  consideration  the  A m e n d-
ments  made  by  the  Lords  to the  Cannock  Urban 
District  Council  B i l l;   and  the  same  were  twice 
read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

T he   House,  pursuant  to  the  Order  of  the  Walsall 
House  of  the  5th  day  of  A u g u st   last,  proceeded  Corporation 
to  take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Walsall  Corporation  B i l l; 
and  the  same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

10  GEO.  V. 

11$  December. 

4 06 

A  Public  Petition  was  presented,  and  read  ; 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being  Business o£ 

and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

put,  T h at   the  Proceedings  on  Government  Busi-  (Q0®°nment 

Public 
I'etitions. 
Vide Second 
Keport. 

Currency and 
Foreign 
Exch inges. 

Customs and 
Excise. 

Inland 
Revenue. 

Royal Air 
Force. 

Ministry of 
Pensions. 

M r.   Baldwin 

presented,  by   H is   Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Final  Report  of  the  Com-
mittee  on  Currency  and  Foreign  Exchanges 
after  the  W a r. 

Copy  of  Tenth  Report  of  the  Commissioners 
of  H is   Majesty's  Customs  and  Excise  for  the 
year  ending  31st  March  1919,  being  the  S i x t y-
third  Report  relating  to  the  Customs  and  the 
Sixty-second  Report  relating  to  the  Excise. 

Copy  of  Sixty-second  Report  of  the  Commis-
sioners  of  H is   Majesty's  Inland  Revenue  for  the 
year  ended  31st  March  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

M r.   Secretary  Churchill  presented,  by  H is 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Memorandum 
by  the  Secretary  of  State  for  A ir   on  Outline 
Proposals  submitted  by  the  Chief  of  the  A ir 
Staff  for  the  formation  of  the  R o y al   A ir   Force 
on  a  Peace  Basis. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir Laming  Worthington-Evans  presented,  by 
His  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Comparative 
Tables  showing  the  W e e k ly   Rates  of  W ar   P e n-
sions  and  Allowances  granted  by  the  principal 
Allied  and  Associated  Powers  and  Dominion 
Governments,  and  by  Germany,  to  men  disabled 
and  to  the  dependants  of  men  deceased  in  con-
sequence  of  the  Great  W a r. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Colonial 
Reports 
(Annual.) 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Amery  presented,  by  H is 
Majesty's Command,—Copies of Colonial  Reports, 
(Northern  Territories  of  the  G o ld 
Nos.  1,011 
Coast,  Beport 
for  1 9 1 8)   and  1,012  (Ashanti, 
Beport  for  1918). 

West African 
Currency 
Board. 

Copy  of  Beport  of  the  W e st   African  Currency 

Board  for the  year  ended  30th  June  1919. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

M r.   Fisher 

presented,  by  H is   Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Beport  of  the  Committee 
appointed  by  the  President  of  the  Board  of 
Education  to  advise  the  Board  as  to  the  B u l es 
which 
to 
Licences  to  children  to  take  part  in  Entertain-
ments  under 
to 
Children  A c t,   1904,  as  amended  by  Section  13 
( 2)   of  the  Education  A c t,   1918. 

they  should  make  with  reference 

the  Prevention  of  Cruelty 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon 

the  Table. 

ness  be  exempted  at  this  day's  Sitting  from  the  Bnsinesi.) 

provisions  of  the  Standing  Order  (Sittings  of 
the House).—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

T he   House  divided. 

T he   Y e as   to  the  Right  ; 

T he   Noes  to  the  L e f t. 
Tellers for the/ Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Yeas, 

1 Mr.  Parker: 

Tellers for the (Sir  Frederick  Banbury, 

Noes, 

I Mr.  Alexander  Shaw : 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

J  225. 

75. 

T he   Order  made  upon  the  2nd  day  of  this  Public 

instant  December,  That  the  Public  Libraries  Wbroles BiU. 
Bill  be  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee  was 
read,  and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  t o ,a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  this  d a y .— 
(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Coal Industry 
Second  Beading  of  the  Coal  Industry  ( E m e r-   ^Emergency) 
gency)  B i l l; 

A nd   a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  proposed,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  t i m e; 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Question,  by  leaving  out  the  word  "  n o w ," 
and,  at  the  end  of  the  Question,  adding  the 
"  upon  this  day  three  m o n t h s . " — ( M r. 
words 
Leslie  Scott.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That  the  word 

"  now  "  stand  part  of  the  Question  : 

A nd   a Debate  arising  thereupon,  and  a  Motion 
being  made,  and  the  Question  being  put,  T h at 
the  Debate  be  now  adjourned—(Sir 
Edward 
Carson)-.—It  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be  resumed  to-

morrow. 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself  Workmen's 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Workmen's  Compen-  ^ ^ d d i t l o n) 
sation  ( W ar   Addition)  Amendment  Bill. 

Amendment 
Bill. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Clause  N o.   1  (Increase  of  additional  weekly 

sum  payable  under  7  &  8  Geo.  5,  c.  4 2 .) 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1 , 1.   8,   to 
leave  out  from  the  word  "  shall,"  to  the  word 
"  instead,"  in  1.  1 0 . — ( M r.  

Adamson.) 

Question  again  proposed,  T h at  

the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  Clause. 

Question  put,  ar.d  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1 , 1.   12, 
to  leave  out  the  words  "  three-quarters  o f ,"   in 
" t w i c e ."   — ( M r. 
the  word 
order 
Adamson.) 

insert 

to 

reported 

M r.   Mount 

from  Standing  Com-
mittee  B,   to  whom  the  Irish  Land  (Provision  for 
Sailors  and  Soldiers)  Bill  was  referred  ;  That 
they  had  gone 
through  the  Bill,  and  made 
Amendments  thereunto. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Minutes  of  the  Proceedings 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be  taken  into  consideration 
to-morrow  ;  and  be  printed. 

Question,  That  the  words  proposed  to  be  left 
out  stand  part  of  the  Clause,  put,  and  agreed  to. 

Another  Amendment  proposed  in  p.  1,  1.  12, 
at  the  end,  to  add  the  words,  "  and  such  sum 
shall  also  be  payable  to  any  person  or  persons 
who  are  entitled  to  compensation  in  respect  of 
the  death  of  a  person  upon  whom  he  or  they 
were  dependent  whether  or  not  such  compen-
sation  has  been  or  is  paid  in  a  lump  s u m . "— 
(Mr.  Adamson.) 

Question,  T h at   those  words  be  there  added, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Another  Amendment  proposed,  in  p.  1 , 1.   12, 

at  the  end,  to  add  the  words  "  and  such  sum 

VO L.   174. 

3  F  3 

Board of 
Education. 

Standing 
Committee B. 
Irish Land 
(Provision for 
Sailors and 
Soldiers) Bill. 

No.  228. 

N o.   228. 

Bill  238. 

4 06 

25th  N o v e m b e r. 

1919. 

shall  also  he  payable  to  any  workman  who  is  at 
any  time  (luring  the  period  for  which  the  W ar 
Addition  A ct   continues  in  force  entitled  during 
partial  incapacity  to  a  weekly  payment  by   way 
of compensation."—(Mr.  Adamson.) 

Question,  T h at   those  words  be  there  added, 

put,  and  negatived. 

Clause,  as amended,  agreed to. 

Clauses  N o.   2  and  N o.   3  agreed  to. 

Bill,  as  amended,  to  be  reported. 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered',  T h at   the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 

Committee,  be  now  taken  into  consideration. 

e 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 

Bill  into  consideration. 

4  An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  5,  by  leaving  out  the  words 
"  commencement  of  tbis  A c t ,"   and  inserting  the 
words  "  first  day  of  September,  nineteen  hun-
Adamson,)—instead 
dred  and  n i n e t e e n , " — ( M r.  
thereof. 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  T h at   the  words 

proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  B i l l: 

T be   House  divided. 

T he   Y e as   to  the  R i g h t; 

T he   Noes  to  the  L e f t. 
Tellers for the ( Lord Edmund  Talbot,  I 
( 

(Mr.  Parker: 

Yeas, 

Tellers for the ( Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 

Noes, 

t Mr.  Griffiths : 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

^ 
' 

52. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Supply. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  f or   the 

Committee  of  S u p p l y; 

Resolved, 

T h at   this  House  will,  to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Supply 
[10th 
December] 
Beport. 

Lord  Edmund  Talbot  reported  from  the  Com-
mittee  of  Supply  of  the  10th  day  of  this  instant 
December  several  Resolutions;  which  were  read, 
as  follow  : 

Sea and 
Coastguard 
Services. 

N a vy   Estimates,  1 9 1 9 - 2 0. 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £ 8 , 0 7 7 , 8 00   be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
of  W a g e s,   &c.  to  Officers,  Seamen,  and  Boys, 
Coast  Guard,  Royal  Marines,  W o m e n 's   Royal 
Naval  Service,  and Mercantile  Officers  and  M e n, 
which  will  come  in  course  of  payment  during 
the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920, 
in  addition  to  a  sum  of  £ 2 5 , 8 1 6 , 0 00   to  be 
allocated  for  this  purpose 
from  the  sum  of 
£ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted  on  account  of  N a vy   Services 
generally. 

Victualling 
2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £ 2 , 3 8 5 , 0 00   be 
and Clothing  granted  to  His 1  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
the  N a v y, 
lor the Navy.  o f  Victualling  and  Clothing  for 
including  the  cost  of  Victualling  Establishments 
at  H o me   and  Abroad,  which  will  come  in  course 
of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st 
day  of  March  1920,  in  addition  to  a  sum  of 
£ 7 , 6 2 3 , 0 00   to  be  allocated  for  this  purpose  from 
the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted  on  account  of 
N a vy   Services  generally. 

3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £ 1 5 0 , 2 00   be  Medical 

i 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense  Establishments 
of  Medical  Services, including  the cost of  M e d i c a l 8 ,1  
Establishments  at  H o me   and  Abroad,  which 
will  come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920,  in 
addition  to  a  sum  of  £ 4 7 9 , 0 00   to  be  allocated 
for  this  purpose  from  the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00 
voted  on  account  of  N a vy   Services  generally. 

e ^ n c e ,, 

> 

4.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £ 1 1 8 . 0 00   be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
of  Civilians  employed  on  Fleet  Services,  which 
will  come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920, 
in 
addition  to  a  sum  of  £ 3 7 8 , 0 00   to  be  allocated 
for  this  purpose  from  the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00 
voted  on  account  of  N a vy   Services  generally. 

Civilians 
employed on 
Fleet Services. 

5.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £ 9 9 , 5 00   be 
granted  to  H is   Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
of  Educational  Services,  which  will  come  in 
course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the  31st  day  of  March  1920,  in  addition  to  a 
sum  of  £ 3 1 8 , 0 00   to  be  allocated  for  this  purpose 
from  the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted  on  account 
of  N a vy   Services  generally. 

6.  T h at   a  sum  not  exceeding  £ 1 1 0 , 0 00   be 
granted  to  H is   Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
of  Scientific  Services,  which  will  come  in  course 
of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st 
day  of  March  1920,  in  addition  to  a  sum  of 
£ 3 5 3 , 0 00   to  be  allocated  for  this  purpose  from 
the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted  on  account  of 
N a vy   Services  generally. 

Educational 
Services. 

Scientific 
Services. 

Royal  Naval 
Reserve. 

7.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £ 1 0 9 , 0 00   be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
of  the  Royal  Naval  Reserve,  the  Royal  Fleet 
Reserve,  and  the  Royal  Naval  Volunteers,  &c., 
which  will  come  in  course  of  payment  during  the 
year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920,  in 
addition  to  a  sum  of  £ 3 5 0 , 0 00   to  be  allocated 
for  this  purpose  from  the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00 
voted  on  account  of  N a vy   Services  generally. 

the  Personnel 

8.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £2,862,000 

be 
granted  to  H is   Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
of 
for  Shipbuilding,  Repairs, 
Maintenance,  &c.,  at  Dockyards  and  Naval 
Yards  at  H o me   and  Abroad,  which  will  come  in 
course of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the 
31st  day  of  March  1920,  in  addition  to  the  sum 
of  £ 9 , 1 4 6 , 0 00   to  be  allocated  for  this  purpose 
from  the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted  on  account 
of  N a vy   Services  generally. 

Shipbuilding 
Repairs, 
Maintenance, 
See. 
(.Personnel.) 

the  Materiel 

9.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £ 2 , 5 4 6 , 7 00   be 
granted  to  H is   Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
of 
for  Shipbuilding,  Repairs, 
Maintenance,  &c.,  at  Dockyards  and  Naval 
Yards  at  H o me   and  Abroad,  which  will  come  in 
course  of  payment  during  the year  ending  on  the 
31st  day  of  March  1920,  in  addition  to  the  sum 
of  £ 8 , 1 3 9 , 0 00   to  be  allocated  for  this  purpose 
from  the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted  on  account 
of  N a vy   Services  generally. 

Shipbuilding, 
Repairs, 
Maintenance, 
4c. 
(Materiel.) 

10.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £ 9 , 9 7 5 , 4 00   be  Shipbuilding, 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense  (XJomtrae?0' 
of  the  Contract  work  for  Shipbuilding,  Repairs,  Work.) 
&c.,  which  will  come in course of  payment  during 
the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March 
1920,  in  addition  to  a  sum  of  £ 3 1 , 8 8 0 , 0 00   to  be 
allocated  for 
from  the  sum  of 
£ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted  on  account  of  Navy  Services 
generally. 

this  purpose 

11.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £ 3 , 7 6 3 , 1 00   be  Naval 

granted  to  H is   Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense  a™Aviation 
of  Naval  Armaments  and'  Aviation,  which  will 
come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  end-
ing  on  the  31st day  of  March  1920,  in  addition  to 
a  sum  of  £ 1 2 , 0 2 7 , 0 00   to  be  allocated  for  this 

10  GEO.  V. 

11^  December. 

4 07 

purpose 
on  account  of  N a vy   Services  generally. 

from  the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 . 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted 

T he  

said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time,  was  agreed  to. 

Works, 

12.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £ 1 , 3 3 6 , 7 00   be 

Home and 
Abroad. 

Miscellaneous 
Effective 
Services. 

Admiralty 
Office. 

Half  Pay 
and Retired 
Pay. 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
of  W o r k s,   Buildings,  and  Repairs  at  Home  and 
Abroad,  including  the  cost  of  Superintendence, 
Purchase  of  Sites,  Grants  in  A i d,   and  other 
Charges  connected  therewith,  which  will  come  in 
course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the 
31st  day  of  March  1920,  in  addition  to  a  sum  of 
£ 4 , 3 3 1 , 0 00   to  be  allocated  for  this  purpose  from 
the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted  on  account  of 
N a vy   Services  generally. 

13.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £ 1 , 4 5 5 , 0 00   be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
of  various Miscellaneous  Effective Services,  which 
will  come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on the  31st  day  of  March  1920,  in  addition 
to  a  sum  of  £ 4 , 6 5 1 , 0 00   to  be  allocated  for  this 
purpose  from  the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted  on 
account  of  N a vy   Services  generally. 

14.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £ 4 5 3 , 0 00   be 
granted  to  H is   Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
of  the  Admiralty  Office,  which  will  come 
in 
course  of  payment  during  the year  ending  on  the 
31st  day  of  March  1920,  in  addition  to  a  sum  of 
£ 1 , 4 4 7 , 0 00  
for  this  purpose 
from  the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted  on  account 
of  N a vy   Services  generally. 

to  be  allocated 

15.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £ 3 0 8 , 6 00   be 
granted  to  H is   Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
of  Half  P ay   and  Retired  Pay,  which  will  come 
in  course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending 
on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920,  in  addition  to  a 
sum  of  £ 9 8 8 , 0 40   to  be  allocated  for  this  purpose 
from  the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted  on  account 
of  N a vy   Services  generally. 

g r a n t e (l 

16.  T h at   a  sum  not  exceeding  £ 3 , 6 0 7 , 0 00   be 
Naval 
t 0  H * 3  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
Pensio'"116 
Gratuities, and 
Naval  and  Marine  Pensions,  Gratuities,  and 
Compassionate  Compassionate  Allowances,  which  will  come  in 
course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the 
Allowances, 
31st  day  of  March  1920,  in  addition  to  a  sum  of 
£ 1 1 , 5 2 7 , 0 00   to  be  allocated for  this  purpose  from 
the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted  on  account  of 
Navy  Services  generally. 

Civil 
17.  T h at   a  sum  not  exceeding  £ 1 7 1 , 8 00   be 
Superannua-  granted  to  H is   Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
Compensation 
Civil  Superannuation,  Compensation  A l l o w-
ances  and  Gratuities,  which  will  come  in  course 
Allowances, 
and Gratuities, of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st 
day  of  March  1920,  in  addition  to  a  sum  of 
£ 5 4 7 , 0 00   to  be  allocated  for  this  purpose  from 
the  sum  of  £ 1 2 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00   voted  on  account  of 
N a vy   Services  generally. 

Ordered,  That  a  Bill  be  brought  in  upon  the  Anglo-Persian 
said  Resolution:  A nd   that  M r.   Chancellor  of  the  f ^ ^ j X o n of 
Exchequer,  and  M r.   Baldwin  do  prepare  and  Capital.] 
bring  it  in. 

M r.   Baldwin 

accordingly  presented  a  Bill  to 
amend  the  Anglo-Persian  Oil  Company  ( A c q u i-
sition  of  Capital)  A c t,   1914  :  A nd   the  same  was 
read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time  to-morrow  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Anglo-Persian 
Oil Company 
(Acquisition 
of Capital) 
Amendment 
BUl. 

Bill  239. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself  County and 

into  a  Committee  on  the  County  and  Borough  ®°,r.oug'?.„ 
P o' , c e B l U-
Police  Bill. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1  and  N o.   2  agreed"  to. 

Bill  to  be  reported. 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  Sir 
reported, That  the  Committee 
Frederick  Banbury 
had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and  directed  him 
to  report  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Ordered.  T h at   the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Union ot 
Second  Reading  of  the  Union  of  Benefices  Bill  Benefice Bill 
[Lords]  ; 

L 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

to-morrow. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  Housing 

into  consideration 
Powers)  Bill,  aS  amended  in  the  Committee; 

the  Housing: 

(Additional 

°wers)  i  . 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken  into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself  Dogs 

into  a  Committee  on  the  D o gs   Regulation  (Ire-  Regulation 
(No. 2)Bill. 
land)  ( N o.   2)   Bill. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Clause  N o.   1  amended,  and  agreed  to. 

Clauses  No.  2  to  No.  4  agreed  to. 

A  Clause  (Salaries  of  Petty  Sessions  Clerks, 
& c . ) — ( M r.   Attorney  General  for 
Ireland)— 
brought  up,  and  read  the  first  and  second  time, 
and  added  to  the  Bill. 

T he   said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

Bill,  as  amended,  to  be  reported. 

time,  were  agreed  to. 

Lord  Edmund  Talbot  reported  from  the  C o m-
Anglo-Persian 
f>CaCitaIPany  m i t t ee   o n  Anglo-Persian  Oil  Company  [Capital 
Acquisition.]  Acquisition]  a  Resolution,  which  was  read  as 

followeth: 

That  it  is  expedient  to  authorise  the  issue  out 
of  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  such  further  sums, 
not  exceeding  in  the  whole  two  million  and  fifty 
thousand  pounds,  as  are  required  for  the  acqui-
sition  of  share  or  loan  capital  of  the  Anglo-
Persian  Oil  Company  ;  to  authorise  the  Treasury 
to  borrow  money  by  the  creation  of  securities 
f or   the  issue  of  such  sums  or  the  repayment 
thereof,  the  principal  of  and  interest  on  any 
such  securities  to  be  charged  on  the  Consolidated 
Fund  ;  and  to  authorise  the  payment  into  the 
Exchequer  and  the  application  of  dividends  or 
interest  on  the  capital  acquired. 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  Sir 
Frederick  Banbury  reported,  That  the  Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  now  taken  into  consideration:— 
T he   House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
Bill  into  consideration. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Ways and 

Committee  of  W a ys   and  M e a n s;  

Means. 

Resolved, 

That  this  House  will, 

to-morrow, 

resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

VOL.  174 

3r 

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11th—12 th  December. 

1919. 

Public 
Libraries 
Bill. 

The House,  according  to Order, resolved itself 

into a Committee on the Public  Libraries  Bill. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Copy  of  Agreement  between  the  A l l i ed   and  Treaty Series 
Associated  Powers  with  regard  to  the  Italian  ( N o- 1 5> 1 9 1 9 >) 
Reparation  Payments. 

Ordered, That  the said Papers do lie  upon the 

Clauses  N o.   1  to  No.  4  agreed  to. 

Table. 

Clause  N o.   5  amended,  and  agreed  to. 

Clauses  N o.   6  to  No.  11  agreed  to. 

Schedule  agreed  to. 

M r.   Baldwin  presented,—Return  to an  Order,  National Debt, 

dated  the  11th  day  of  November  last,  for  a  No.  229. 
Return  relative  to  the  National  D e b t. 

Ordered,  That the said Return do lie upon the 

Bill,  as  amended,  to  be  reported 

Table ;  and be printed. 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  ;  and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee,  be  now  taken  into  consideration  :— 
T he   House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the 
Bill  into  consideration. 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  3 , 1.   3,  by  leaving  out  the  words 
"  cease  to  have  effect,"  and  inserting  the  words 
"  have  effect  as if  two  pence  instead  of  one penny 
were  there  inserted,"—(Sir  Frederick 
Banbury,) 
—instead  thereof. 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  T h at   the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out  stand  part  of  the  B i l l :— 
It   was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Adjournment. 

A nd   it  being  after  half-past  Eleven  of  the 
clock,  M r.   Speaker  adjourned  the  House 
without  Question  put,  pursuant  to  the 
Standing  Order, it  being  then  five  minutes 
before Twelve  of  the clock,  till  to-morrow. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Amery  presented,  by  H is   Malay States. 

for 
Majesty's  Command,—Copies  of  Reports 
1918  on  the  Unfederated  Malay  States  under 
British  Protection. 

Copy  of  Report  for  1918  on  the  Federated  Malay States. 

Malay  States. 

Copy  of  Report  for  1918  on  the  State  of   Malay States. 

Brunei. 

Ordered,  That the said Papers  do lie upon the 

Table. 

M r.   Speaker  acquainted  the  H o u se   that  a  Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  t he   L o r d s-
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Unemploy- Unemploy-
ment  Benefit  Bill, with Amendments;  to which j®™4 Benefit 
the Lords desire the concurrence  of  this House.  1  ' 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Manchester  Manchester 
Corporation  Bill,  with  A m e n d m e n t s;   to  which  Corporation 
the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

'  Bill. 

Ordered,  That the  Amendments  made  by  the Unemploy-

Lords  to  the  Unemployment  Benefit  Bill  be 
upon  Monday  n e x t; 
taken  into  consideration 
and  be  printed. 

Benefit 

Bill  240. 

Ordered,  That  Government  Business  be  not  Business of the 

interrupted  this  day  at  F i ve   or  half-past  Five  of  H ° Me 
the  clock,  and  may  be  entered  upon  at  any  hour 
although opposed.—(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

Friday,  12th  December 1919. 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to Housing 
take  into  consideration  the  Housing  (Additional  ^ ^ ^ j j ju 
Powers)  Bill,  as amended in the  Committee. 

* 

P R A Y E R S. 

Royal Air 
Force. 

MB..  Secretary  Churchill  presented,  by  H is 

Majesty's  C o m m a n d , — C o py   of  Note  by 
the  Secretary  of  State  for  A ir   on  a  Scheme  out-
lined  by  the  Chief  of  the  A ir   Staff  for  the 
permanent  organisation  of  the  R o y al   A ir   Force. 

A  Clause (Meaning  of  Local  A u t h o r i t y ) , — ( D r. 
twice  read  ;  and  made  part  of 

Addison),—was 
the  Bill. 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Bill,  in  p.  1 , 1.   9,  by  inserting  after  the  word 
"  constructing,"  the  words 
"  or  e n l a r g i n g . "— 
(Lieutenant-Colonel  Sir  John  Hope.) 

Air Ministry. 

C o py   of  Synopsis  of  Progress  of  A ir   Aviation 

A nd   the Question  being  put,  T h at   those  words 

in  Foreign  Countries  up  to  31st  October  1919. 

be  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l: 

Ordered,  That the said Papers  do lie upon the 

The  House  divided. 

Table. 

The  Y e as   to  the  R i g h t; 

T he   Noes  to  the  Left. 

Universities of 
Oxford and 
Cambridge 
Act, 1877 
(Cambridge.) 

Mr.  Balfour  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Statute 
made  under the  Universities of  Oxford  and  Cam-
bridge,  A c t,   1877,  by   the  University  of  C a m-
bridge,  on  4th  September  1919  altering  Statute 
A .,   Chapter  2,  Sections  18  and  19  of  the 
Statutes  of  the  University. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Treaty Series  Mr.  Cecil  Harms u ortk  presented,  by  His 
(No. 14,1919.)  Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Agreement 
between  the  Allied and  Associated  Powers with 
regard  to  the  Cost of  Liberation  of  the  Terri-
tories of the former Austro-Hungarian  Monarchy. 

'r  11 
r 
L ellers  tor  the  J 
1 
I Major Murray  : 

(Lieutenant-Colonel 
r  i 

Yeas 
' 

a 
Hope, 

a-  
. 

| 

21. 

Tellers for the j  Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Noes, 

( Mr.  Dudley  Ward : 

9 0. 

So  it  passed  in  the  Negative. 

Another  Amendment  was  proposed  to be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  1,  1.  14,  by  inserting  after 
the  word 
"  acre,"  the  words  "  minimum  floor 
area."—(Mr.  Trevelyan  Thomsm.) 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  T h at   those  words 
be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill  : — It   passed  in  t he 
Negative. 

Then  Amendments  were  made  to  the  Bill. 

10   G - E Oo   V„ 

11 th-—15th  December. 

409 

Another Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  6,1.  17,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  land," the words  "  not  being  land  forming 
part  of  any  common."—(Sir  Henry  Cowan.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That those  words 
he  there  inserted  in  the  B i l l : — It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

Then  other  Amendments  were  made  to  the 

Bill. 

Another  Amendment  was proposed to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  9,  1. 21,  by  leaving  out  para-
graph  (4).—(Lieutenant-Colonel  Walter  Guin-
ness.) 

• 

A nd   the  Question  being  put,  That  the  words 
proposed  to  be  left  out,  to  the  word 
in 
i.  22,  stand  part  of  the  B i l l : — It   was  resolved  in 
the  Affirmative. 

'in, 

Another  Amendment  was proposed  to  be  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  9,  1.  22,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  value,"  the  words  "  whenever  such  bonds 
shall  not  have  fallen  below  ninety  per  cent,  of 
their  nominal  value."—(Sir  Maurice 

Dockrell.) 

And  the  Question  being  put,  That,  those 
words  be  there  inserted  in  the  Bill  : — It   passed 
in  the  Negative. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  :—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
rime  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Civil  Services  Supplementary 
Estimates,  1919-20. 

Class  I. 

1.  £195,500  (Supplementary)  for  maintaining 
certain  Harbours  under  the  Ministry  of  Trans-
port  and  for  grants  for  Harbours. 

Unclassified  Services. 

2.  £1,110,200  to  meet  Expenditure  in  respect 
of  refunds of  excess cost of  conveyance  by  Coast-
wise  Transport  over  transport  by  Bail  and  of 
Dock  Congestion  Relief. 

3.  £294,500  (Supplementary)  for  Compensa-
tion  to  Canal  Companies  and  Canal  Carriers  in 
the  United  Kingdom  arising  out  of  Government 
Control  and  for  Advances  to  Crinan  and  Cale-
donian  Canals. 

4.  £ 10   (Supplementary)  to  meet  Expenditure 
arising  from  the  Government  Control  of  Rail-
ways  in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland  under  the 
Regulation  of  the  Forces  Act,  1871. 

Resolutions  to  be  reported. 

The  Anglo-Persian  Oil  Company  (Acquisition  Anglo-Persian 
of  Capital) Bill was, according  to  Order, read a  0 i l  Company 
f 
second  time. 

(Acquisition  of 
Capital) 

, •  ' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a Amendment 

Bill. 

Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  Monday 
next.—(Lord  Edmund  Talbot.) 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Irish Land 

take  into  consideration  the  Irish  Land  (Provi-
sion  for  Sailors  and  Soldiers)  Bill,  as  amended  goldiers) Bill, 
in  the  Standing  Committee. 

And  Amendments  were  made  to  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time:—The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Union of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Union  of  Benefices  Bill  Benefices Bill 
[Lords]  ; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day being  read,  for resuming  Coal industry 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Amendment  which,  (Emergency) 
upon  the  11th  day  of  this  instant  December,  was  1  ' 
proposed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Coal  Industry  (Emergency)  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time. 

Ordered,  That  the Debate  be further  adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the  Ways  and 

Committee  of  W a ys   and  Means  ; 

Means. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 

next,  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned  the  Adjournment. 

House  without  Question  put,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No.  3,  it  being  then 
one  minute  after  Six  of  the  clock,  till 
Monday  next. 

Monday,  15th  December  1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE   House,  pursuant  to  the  Order  of  the Manchester 

House  of  the  5th  day  of  August  last,  pro-  Corporation 

ceeded  to  take  into  consideration  the  Amend-
ments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the  Manchester 
and  the  same  were  twice 
Corporation  Bill; 
read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  ;  and  Mr. 
Rawlinson  reported,  That  the  Committee  had 
come  to  several  Resolutions. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  upon 

Monday  next. 

Mr.  Rawlinson  also  acquainted the  House  that 
he  was  directed  to  move,  That  the  Committee 
may  have  leave  to  sit  again. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will,  upon  Monday 
next,  again  resolve  itself  into  the  said  Com-
mittee. 

Vol..  174. 

The  Order  made  upon  the  11th  day  of  this Royal Air 

instant  December,  That  the  Paper  relative  to F o r c e-
Royal  Air  Force  do  lie  upon  the  Table  was  read 
and  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  be  withdrawn, 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  by  His  Majesty's staffs 

Command,—Copy  of  Statement  showing  the  employed  n 
StafTs of  Government Departments  on IstNovem-  Departments, 
ber  1919,  compiled  from  Returns  furnished  to 
the  Treasury. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

3  a 

4 10 

15th  December. 

1919. 

Penal 
Servitude 
Act 
(Conditional 
Licence.) 

Board pf 
Education. 

Mr.  Secretary  Shortt  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Licence  under  the  Penal  Servitude  Acts, 
granted  to  a  Convict  discharging  her  from 
Liverpool  Convict  Prison  on  condition  that  she 
enter  a  home. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Mr.  Fisher  presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Draft  Order  No.  7  made 
by  the  Board  of  Education  amending  Final 
Order  No.  635,  made  under  Section  11  (8)  of 
the  Education  Act,  1902. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Dr.  Addison  presented,—Return  to  an  Order 
Persons in 
dated the  8th  day  of  this  instant  December  for a 
Poor'Belief 
(England and  Return  relative  to  Persons  in  Receipt  of  Poor 
Wales.) 

Relief  (England  and  Wales). 

No.  230. 

Ordered,  That  the said  Return do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Clergy 
Discipline 
Act,  1892.. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
tions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon 
the  Table  by the  Clerk  of  the  House  :—Copy  of 
Additional  Rules,  dated  9th  December  1919, 
under  the  Clergy  Discipline  Act,  1892. 

Message froir, 
the  Lords. 

Isle of  Man 
(Customs) 
Bill. 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  : 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Isle  of  Man 

(Customs)  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

Ferries 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
11>Sf 8 i t i 0 n b y  made  by  this  House  to  the  Ferries  (Acquisition 
Authorities)  by  Local  Authorities)  Bill  [Lords'],  without  any 
Bill  [Lords.']  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Minutes  of  Proceedings  of 
Supply 
Committee C1  l a n d i ng   Committee  C  in  respect  of  Civil 
Services  and  Bevenue  Departments  Estimates 
, 
, 
be  printed. 

No.  231. 

.  . 

r 

Adjournment 
of  the  House. 
Arrests  in 
Ireland. 

Mi.  T.P.  O'Connor,  Member  for  the  Scotland 
Division  of  Liverpool,  rose  in  his  place,  and 
asked  leave  to  move  the  Adjournment  of  the 
House  for  the  purpose  of  discussing  a  definite 
matter  of  urgent  public  importance,  viz.,  "  the 
wholesale  arrests  in  Ireland  and  the  deportation 
of  prisoners,  including  Members  of  this  House, 
without  trial,  and  the  increased  public  disorder 
the.se  arrests  are  creating  in  Ireland,"  but  the 
pleasure  of  the  House  not  having  been  signified, 
Mr.  Speaker  called  on  those  Members  who  sup-
ported  the  Motion  to  rise  in  their  places,  and, 
less  than  40  Members  having  accordingly  risen, 
the  House  proceeded  to  the  Business  of  the  day. 

Business of  the 
House 
(Government 
Business.) 

A  Motion  was  made,  and»the  Question  being 
put,  That  the  Proceedings  on  Government 
Business  be  exempted  at  this  day's  Sitting  from 
the  provisions  of  the  Standing  Order  (Sittings 
of  the House).—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  B i g h t; 

The  House,  according  to Order, resolved itself  Supply, 

into  the  Committee  of  Supply. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Air  Estimates,  1919-20. 

1.  Motion  made,  and  Question  proposed, 
That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £3,518,000   be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
of  the  Pay,  &c.,  of  His  Majesty's  Air  Force, 
which  will  come  in  course  of  payment  during 
the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920, 
in  addition  to  the  sum  of  £ 1 7 , 5 3 3 , 0 00   to  be 
allocated  for  this  purpose  from  the  sum  of 
£45,000,000  voted  ou  Account  of  Air  Services 
generally: 

Whereupon  Motion  made,  and  Question  put, 
That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £3,517,900  be 
granted  for  the  said  Service.—(Major-General 
Seely.) 

The  Committee  divided. 

Tellers for the  [ Mr.  Mosley, 
I Dr.  Murray 

Yeas, 

: 

) 
j 

39. 

Tellers for the  ( Lord Edmund  Talbot,  ) 
j 

i  Captain  Guest: 

Noes, 

180. 

Original  Question  put,  and  agreed  to. 

2.  £1,020,000  for  Quartering,  Stores  (except 
Technical),  Supplies,  Animals,  and  Transport 
of  the  A ir   Force,  in  addition  to  a  sum  of 
£5,083,000  to  be  allocated  for  this  purpose  from 
the sum  of  £45,000,000  voted  on  account  of  Air 
Services  generally. 

3.  £3,229,850 

for  Technical  and  Warlike 
Stores,  in  addition  to  a  sum  of  £16,093,000  to 
be  allocated 
from  sum  of 
for  this  purpose 
£45,000,000  voted  on  account  of  A ir   Services 
generally. 

4.  £1,070,000  for  Works,  Buildings,  Repairs, 
and  Lands  of  the  A ir   Force,  including  Civilian 
Staff  and  other  charges  connected  therewith, 
in  addition  to  a  sum  of  £5,332,000  to  be  allo-
the  sum  of 
cated 
£45,000,000  voted  on  account  of  A ir   Services 
generally. 

this  purpose 

from 

for 

5.  £116,000  for  the  A ir   Ministry,  in  addition 
to  be  allocated  for  this , 
to  a  sum  of  £576,000 
purpose  from  the  sum  of  £45,000,000  voted  on 
account  of  Air  Services  generally. 

6.  £ 3 4 , 0 00  

for  the  Miscellaneous  Effective 
Services  of  the  Air  Force,  in  addition  to  a  sum 
of  £169,000  to  be  allocated  for  this  purpose 
from  the  sum  of  £45,000,000  voted  on  account 
of  Air  Services  generally. 

7.  £43,000  for  Rewards,  Half-Pay,  Retired 
Pay,  Widows,  Pensions, and other Non-Effective 
Services  of  the  Air  Force,  in  addition  to  a  sum 
of  £214,000,  to  be  allocated  for  this  purpose 
from  the  sum  of  £45,000,000  voted  on  account 
of  A ir   Services  generally. 

A rmy  Estimates  and  Supplementary 
Estimate,  1919-20. 

8.  That  an  additional  number  of  Land  Forces 
not  exceeding  100,000  all  ranks,  be  maintained 
for  the Service  of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great 
Britain  and  Ireland  at  Home  and  Abroad, 
excluding  His  Majesty's  Indian  Possessions,  for 
the year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920. 

The  Noes to  the  Left. 
m  „ 
T e l , e™ 

~ 
f or   t h e  Commander  Eyres-

(Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

l e a s,  

| 

Monsell: 

Tellers  for  the/Mr.  Devlin, 
\Mr.  Davison 

.  Noes, 

: 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

9.  £5,000,000  to  complete  the  sum  necessary 
to  defray  the  charges  for  Army  Services  in 
respect  of  an  estimated  net 
total  cost  of 
£424,733,000,  and  of  liabilities  outstanding  on 
the  first  day  of  the  year. 

193. 

31. 

Resolutions  to  be  reported. 

15th  December. 

411 

Unclassified  Services. 

to-morrow. 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  several  Resolutions. 
Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow 

Supply 
[12th 
December] 
Report. 

Gibbs, reported  from  the  Committee 
of  Supply  of  the  12th  day  of  this  instant 
December  several Resolutions;  which were read, 
as  f o l l o w: 

Harbours 
under  the 
Ministry  of 
Transport. 

Coastwise 
Transport 
subsidy. 

Canals 
Compensation 
(Supplemen-
tary.)] 

Railway 
Agreements 
(Supplemen-
tary.) 

Civil  Services  Supplementary  Estimates, 
1919-20. 

Class  T. 

1.  That  a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding 
£ 1 9 5, 5 00   be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray 
the  charge which will come  in  course  of  payment 
during the year  ending  on  the  31st  day of  March 
1920  for  the  Expenses  of  maintaining  certain 
Harbours  under  the  Ministry  of  Transport  and 
for  grants  for  Harbours. 

2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,110,200  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  charge 
which  will  come  in  course  of  payment  during 
the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920 
to  meet  Expenditure  in  respect  of  refunds  of 
excess  cost  of  conveyance  by  Coastwise  Trans-
transport  by  Rail  and  of  Dock 
port  over 
Congestion  Relief. 

3.  That  a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding 
£294,500  be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray 
the charge which  will come  in  course of  payment 
during  the  year  ending  on  the  3lst  day  of 
March  1920  for  Compensation  to  Canal  Com-
panies and Canal Carriers in the United  Kingdom 
arising  out  of  Government  Control  and 
for 
Advances  to  Crinan  and  Caledonian  Canals. 

4.  That  a  Supplementary  sum  not  exceeding 
£ 10   be  granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the 
charge  which  will  come  in  course  of  payment 
during  the  year  ending  on  the  3lst  day  of 
March  1920  to  meet  Expenditure  arising  from 
the  Government  Control  of  Railways  in  Great 
Britain  and  Ireland  under  the  Regulation  of  the 
Forces  A c t,   1871. 

The  said  Resolutions,  being  read  a  second 

time, were agreed to. 

Ways  and 
Means. 

The House, according  to Order, resolved itself 

into the  Committee  of Ways  and Means. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Resolved,  That,  towards  making  good  the 
Supply  granted  to  His  Majesty  for  the  service 
of  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March 
1920,  the  sum  of  £213,526,824  be  granted  out 
of  the  Consolidated  Fund  of  the  United  King-
dom.—(Mr.  Baldioin.) 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  be  received  to-

morrow. 

The  House,  according  to  Order, resolved itself 
into  a  Committee  on the Anglo-Persian  Oil  Com-
pany  (Acquisition  of  Capital)  Amendment  Bill. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1  to  No.  4  agreed  to. 

Bill  to  be  reported. 

VOL.  174. 

Anglo-Persian 
Oil  Company 
(Acquisition 
of  Capital) 
Amendment 
Bill. 

Mr.  Speaker  resumed  the  Chair;  and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and 
directed  him  to report  the same,  without  Amend-
ment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be read the  third time 

to-morrow. 

The  House, according to  Order,  proceeded to  Unemploy-
take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made m.fiI>t  Benefit 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Unemployment  BenefitBli1' 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Union  of 

Second Reading  of  the  Union of  Benefices Bill 
[Lords']  ; 

-

B m 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Joint stock 

Second  Reading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks  ? f n k! 
(Amalgamation  Control)  B i l l;  

tion Control"} 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  BlU" 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the Private 
Second  Reading  of  the  Private  Legislation  Legislation 
( cK i a" 
Procedure  (Ireland)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Overseas 

Second  Reading  of  the  Overseas  Trade  (In-  T r a de 
surance  against  Abnormal  Risks)  B i l l;  

Against"06 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time  R ^ i ' m il 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Supreme 
of 

Second  Reading  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
- 
Judicature  (Ireland)  Bill  ; 

* 

- 

Judicature 
(Ireland)  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Local 

Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Elections  (Pro- fprfonionai 
portional  Representation)  Bill [Lords] 

Representa-

; 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be read a  second time [L"^'] 1 

upon Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Hours of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Hours  of  Emplovment  Employment 
(No.  2)  B i l l;  
(No. 2) BiU. 

' 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Minimum 
Second Reading of the Minimum Rates  of Wages  Rates of Wages 

«  a 
C o m m i s s i on   B i l l; 

" 

Commission 
path miccion 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That the Bill be read  a  second  time 

upon Monday next. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  imports 
Second  Reading  of  the  Imports  and  Exports Exports 
Regulation Bill ; 

Regulation 
""" 
Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  read a  second  time 

upon  Monday  next. 

3  o  2 

412 

15/A—lftfh   December. 

1919. 

Education 
(Ireland) Bill.  8 c e o n d  Beading  jof 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  'the 
(Ireland) 

the  Education 

B i l l; 

Signed  at  Saint  Germain-en-Laye,  LOth  Sep-
tember  1919. 

Ordered, That  the said Papers do lie  upon the 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  read  a  second  time 

Table. 

to-morrow. 

Coal  Industry 
(Emergency) 
Bill, 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Amendment  which, 
upon  the  11th  day  of  this  instant  December,  was 
proposed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That  the 
Goal  Industry  (Emergency)  Bill  be  now  read  a 
second  time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Debate  be further  adjourned 

till  to-morrow. 

Greenwich 
Hospital  and 
Travers' 
Foundation. 

Resolved,  That  the  Statement  of  the  estimated 
Income  and  Expenditure  of  Greenwich  Hospital 
and  of  Travers'  Foundation  for  the  year  1919—20 
be  approved.—(Colonel 

Sanders.) 

Adjournment. 

And it  being  after  half-past Eleven  of  the 
clock,  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned the House 
without  Question  put,  pursuant  to  the 
Standing Order, it being then twenty-two 
minutes before  Twelve  of  the clock,  till 
to-morrow. 

Tuesday, 16th December  1919. 

M r.   Baldwin 

presented,  bv  H is   M a j e s t y 's   Currency 

Command,—  Copy  of  Treasury  Minute,  dated  N o t e s-
15th  December  1919,  directing  that  the  actual 
maximum 
circulation  of  Currency 
Notes  in  any  year  shall  be  the  fixed  maximum 
for  the  following  year. 

fiduciary 

Mr.  Baldwin  also  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Clergy (West 

directions  of an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Return  of  I n dies.) 
the  A m o u nt   payable  on  5th  January  1919  out 
for  Ecclesiastical 
the  Consolidated  Fund 
of 
Purposes  in  the  W e st   Indies. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Amery  presented,  by  His  Colonial 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Colonial Report,  Reports 
No.  1,013  (East Africa  Protectorate,  Report  for (AnnuaK) 
1 9 1 7 - 1 8 ). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir Eric  Geddes  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Light 

Command,—Copy  of  Order,  under  the  Light Railways Acts 
Railways  Acts,  1896  and  1912,  entitled  the 1896 and 1912* 
Liverpool  and  Prescott  L i g ht   Railway  ( A m e n d-
ment)  Order,  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

P  B A  Y  E  BS. 

Table. 

Merchant 
Shipping  Acts 
1894 to  1914. 

Treaty  of 
Peace  Act, 
1919. 

Shops  Act, 
1912, 

B.   Balfour 

presented,  pursuant  to 

the 
directions  of  several  A c ts   of  Parliament,— 
Copy  of  Order  in  Council  under  the  Merchant 
Shipping  A c t,   1894,  and  the  Merchant  Shipping 
(Convention)  A c t,   1914,  dated  9th  December 
1919.,  further  postponing  the  coming  into  opera-
tion  of  the  Merchant  Shipping 
(Convention) 
A c t,   1914. 

C o py   of  Order  in  Council  under  the  Treaty 
of  Peace  A c t,   1919,  dated  9th  December  1919, 
entitled  the  China  (Treaty  of  Peace)  Order  in 
Council,  1919. 

Ordered, That  the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 

T he   Lord  Advocate  presented,  pursuant  to 
the  directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy 
of  Order  made  under  the  Shops  A c t,   1912,  by 
the  Council  of  the  undermentioned  Local  Autho-
rity,  and  confirmed,  with  Amendment,  by  the 
Secretary  for  Scotland  :— 

Burgh  of  Greenock. 

Ordered,  That,  the  said Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

M r.   Cecil  Harmsworth 

Treaty  Series 
presented,  by  H is 
(No. 16,1919).  Majesty's  Command,— Copy  of  Treaty  between 
the  United  Kingdom  and  Spain,  respecting 
Extradition  between  certain  British  Protected 
tl.e  Malay  Peninsula  and  Spain. 
States 
Signed  at  Madrid,  20th  June  1919.  Ratifica-
tions  exchanged  at  Madrid,  22nd  November 

in 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by the  Lords, 
one of their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

The  Lords  have agreed  to  the  Trade  Marks  Trade  Marks 

Bill,  with  Amendments;  to  which  the  Lords  Bill, 
desire the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Patents  and  Patents and 
Designs  Bill,  with  A m e n d m e n t s;   to  which  the  De81Bn»  Bl11-
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  National  Assembly 
[Lords], 
of  the  Church  of England  (Powers)  Bill 
without  any  Amendment. 

National 
Assembly  of 
the  Church 
of  England 
(Powers)  Bill 
[Zorrfs,] 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Trade  Marks  Bill  be  taken  into 
Consideration  to-morrow;  and  be  printed. 

Trade  Marks 
BiU. 

Bill  242. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Amendments  made  by  the  Patents and 
Lords  to  the  Patents  and  Designs  Bill  be  taken  Designs Bill, 
Bill  243. 
into  consideration  to-morrow  ;  and  be  printed. 

Sir  William  Bull  reported  from 

the  Select  Public 

Committee  on  Public  Petitions;  That  they  had  Petitions, 
examined  the  Petitions  presented  upon  the  3rd 
and  27th  days  of  June  last,  the  24th  day  of 
July  last,  the  5th  day  of  August  last,  the  28th 
day  of  October  last,  the  4th  and  7th  days  of 
November  last,  and  the  11th  day  of  this  instant 
December,  and  had  directed  him  to  make  a 
Report  thereof  to  the  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table  ;  and be printed. 

Treaty Series 
Copy  of  Treaty  between  the  Principal  A l l i ed 
(No.  17,1919.)  arid  Associated  Powers  and  the  Serb-Croat-
Slovene  State.  Signed  at  Saint  Germain-en-
L a y e,   10th  September  1919. 

Treaty  Series 
Copy  of  Convention  revising  the  General  Act 
(No.  18,1919.)  of  Berlin,  26 th  February  1885,  and  the  General 
A ct   and  Declaration  of  Brussels,  2nd  July  1890. 

T he   Chairman  of  W a ys   and  M e a ns   reported  Shropshire, 
the  Shropshire,  Worcestershire,  and  Stafford-  Worcestershire, 
shire  Electric  Power  Bill  [Lords],  with  A m e n d-   Staffordshire 
ments. 

Electric  Power 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the  BlU ^-Lmds'li 

Table ;  and be printed. 

.10  GEO.  V. 

1 Gth  December. 

4 13 

Dormant Bank  Lord  Hvgh  Cecil 
reported  from  the  Select 
Cndaimed*1'1  Committee  on  the  Dormant  Bank  Balances  and 
Securities Bill.  Unclaimed  Securities  Bill  ;  That  they  had  con-
sidered 
taken  evidence 
thereon,  which  they  had  agreed  to  report  to 
the  House  ;  and  had  gone  through  the  Bill, 
and  directed  him  to  report  the  same  without 
Amendment. 

the  said  Bill,  and 

(Special 
Beport.) 
e 

Lord  Huqh  Cecil  further  reported  from  the 
Select  Committee;  That  they  had  agreed  to 
a  Special  Beport,  which  they  had  directed  him 
to  make  to  the  House. 

No.  233. 

Ordered,  That  the  Beport  and  Special  Beport 

do  lie  upon  the  Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Adjournment 
Mr.  T.  P.  O'Connor,  Member for  the  Scotland 
Freeman's86  division  of  Liverpool,  rose  in  his  place  and 
Journal 
asked  leave  to  move  the  Adjournment  of  the 
newspaper.  House,  for  the  purpose  of  discussing  a  definite 
matter  of  urgent  public  importance,  viz.,  " t he 
seizure  and  suppression  by  the  military  autho-
rities  of  the  Freeman's  Journal  newspaper  in 
Dublin,  as  a  dangerous  invasion  of  the  liberty  of 
writing  and  speech  in  Ireland,"  but  the pleasure 
of  the  House  not  having  been  signified,  Mr. 
Speaker  called  on  those  Members  who  supported 
the  M otion  to  rise  in  their  places,  and  not  less 
than  40  Members  having  accordingly  risen  : 

The  Motioh  stood  over, under  Standing  Order 
No.  10,  until  a  quarter  of  an  hour  after  Eight 
of  the  clock  this  evening. 

Sir  Auckland 

Profiteering 
(Continuance)  Bridgeman,  presented  a  Bill  to  extend 

supported  by  Mr. 
the 
duration  of  the  Profiteering  Act,  1919  :  And 
the  same  was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time 
to-morrow  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Geddes, 

B i ll  

2 4 1. 

put, 

Business of 
the House 
that 
Business/)61"  Business  be  exempted  at 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
the  Proceedings  on  Government 
this  day's  Sitting 
the  Standing  Order 

from  the  provisions  of 
(Sittings  of  the  House).—(Mr.  Bonar  Law.) 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  B i g h t; 

The  Noes  to  the  Left, 

for  this  purpose  from  the  sum  of  £45,000,000 
voted  on  account  of  A ir   Services  generally. 

3.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £3,229,850  be  Technical 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense  y°Qr(JarUk® 
of  Technical  and  Warlike  Stores  which  will 
come  in  course  of  payment  during  the  year 
ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920,  in  addi-
tion  to  a  sum  of  £16,093,000  to  be  allocated  for 
this  purpose  from  the  sum  of  £45,000,000  voted 
on  account  of  Air  Services  generally. 

4.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £ l , 0 7 0 , 0 00   he Works, 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to defray  the  Expense  ^Land's 
of  Works,  Buildings,  Repairs,  and  Lands  of 
the  Air Force,  including  Civilian  Staff  and  other 
charges  connected  therewith,  which  will  come  in 
course  of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on 
the. 31st  day  of  March  1920,  in  addition  to  a  sum 
of  £5,332,000  to  be  allocated  for  this  purpose 
from  the  sum  of  £45,000,000  voted  on  account 
of  Air  Services  generally. 

5.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £116,000  be  Air Ministry, 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
of  the  Air  Ministry  which  will  come  in  course 
of  payment  during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st 
day  of  March  1920,  in  addition  to  a  sum  of 
£576,000  to  be  allocated  for  this  purpose  from 
the  sum  of  £45,000,000  voted  on  account of  A ir 
Services  generally. 

6.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £34,000  be  Miscellaneous 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense  g®®^, 31 
of  the  Miscellaneous  Effective  Services  of  the 
Air Force  which  will  come  in  course of  payment 
during  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March 
1920,  in  addition  to  a  sum  of  £169,000  to  be 
from  the  sum  of 
allocated  for  this  purpose 
£45,000,000  voted  on  account  of  A ir   Services 
generally. 

r. 

7.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £43,000  be Half-Pay. 

granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
of  Rewards,  Half-Pay,  Betired  Pay,  Widows'  Xn-Effectire-
Pensions,  and  other  JSToii-Effecti ve  Services  of Services, 
the  Air  Force  which  will  come  in  course  of 
payment  during  the  yepr  ending  on  the  31st  day 
of  March  1920,  in  a edition  to  a  sum  of  £214,000 
to  be  allocated  for  th'.e  purpose  from  the  sum  of 
£45,000,000  voted  rn  account  of  Air  Services 
generally. 

Tellers  for  the  ( Captain  Guest, 

|  , 

Yeas, 

|  Lord  Edmund  Talbot: 

j 

Army  Estimatesyand  Supplementary 
Estimate,  1919-20. 

Tellers for the ( M r" 

MacVea9h> 

Noes 
' 

)  Lieutenant-Com- 
(  mander  Kenworthy: 

J-  48. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Supply  f 15th 
Lord  Edmund  Talbot  reported from the Corn-
December]  mittee of Supply  of  the  15th day  of  this instant 
Beport. 
December,  several  Besolutions;  which  were 
read as follow : 

Pay, &c. 

Air  Estimates,  1919-20. 

1.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £3,518,000  be 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  expense 
of  the  Pay,  &o.,  of  His  Majesty's  Air  Force, 
which  will  come  in  course  of  payment  during  the 
year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920, 
in  addition  to  the  sum  of  £17,533,000  to  be 
allocated  for  this  purpose 
the  sum  of 
£45,000,000  voted  on  account  of  Air  Services 
generally. 

from 

Quartering  2 
2.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £1,020,000  be 
and Transport. g r a nt ed   to  His  Majesty,  to  defray  the  Expense 
of  Quartering,  Stores  (except  Technical),  Sup-
plies,  Animals,  and Transport  of  the  A ir   Force, 
which  will  come  in  course  of  payment  during 
the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920, 
in  addition  to  a  sum  of £5,083,000  to be  allocated 

Vol..  174. 

8.  That  an  additional  number  of  Land  Forces  Land Forces, 

not  exceeding  100,000  all  ranks,  be  maintained 
for  the  Service  of the  United  Kingdom  of  Great 
Britain  and  Ireland  at  Home  and  Abroad,  ex-
cluding  Hi   Majesty's  Indian  Possessions,  for 
the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1920. 

9.  That  a  sum  not  exceeding  £5,000,000  be Charges  for 
granted  to  His  Majesty,  to  complete  the  sum Arm-V  Services, 
necessary  to  defray  the charges for  Army  Ser-
vices  which  will  come  in  course  of  payment 
during  the"year  ending  on  the 3lst day  of  March 
1920  in  respect  of  an  estimated  net  total  cost  of 
£424,733,000,  and  of  liabilities  outstanding  on 
the  first  day  of  the  year. 

The  First  Besolution  being  read  a  second 

time  ; 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  this  House  doth  agree  with  the 
Committee  in  the  said  Resolution  : 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 
The  Noes  to  the  Left. 
Tellers  for  thej Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Yeas, 

^Captain  Guest  : 

Tellers  for  the j  Mr.  Devlin, 

Noes, 

(Captain /Redmond: 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

3  G  3 

188. 

] 
j 

45.. 

4 14 

IQth  December. 

1919. 

The  Second Resolution  being  read  a  second 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Education 

time : 

And  a  Motion being  made, and  tbe  Question 
being put, That  this  House doth  agree with  the 
Committee in the said Resolution : 

The  House  divided. 
The  Yeas  to the Right  ; 
The  Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the j  Captain  Guest, 

Yeas, 

( Lord  Edmund  Talbot: 

Tellers  for the ( Mr.  Devlin, 

Noes, 

{ Captain  Redmond : 

So it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Is 203. 

45. 

The  Third  Resolution  being  read  a  second 

time : 

. 

. 

And  a Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  this  House doth  agree with  the 
Committee  in the said Resolution : 

The  House divided. 
The  Yeas  to the  Right; 
The  Noes  to the Left. 

Tellers for the/Lord  Edmund  Talbot,  1 
/ 

1 Captain  Guest: 

Yeas, 

, 

230. 

Tellers for thej Mr.  Devlin, 

Noes, 

(Captain  Redmond: 

1 
J 

42. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

The  Fourth  Resolution  being  read  a  second 

time: 

And  a Motion  being made,  and  the Question 
being put,  That this  House  doth  agree  with the 
Committee  in the said Resolution  : 

The  House divided. 
The  Yeas to the  Right; 

The  Noes to the  Left. 

Tellers for the  1  Lord  Edmund  Talbot, 

Yeas, 

( Captain  Guest: 
Tellers for the ( Mr.  Mac  Veagh, 

Noes, 

( Mr. Edward  Kelly  : 

224. 

40. 

So it  was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then  the  remaining  Resolutions,  being  read 

Second  Reading  of 
Bill; 

the  Education  (Ireland)  O e l a n d)   Bill. 

Ordered,  That the Bill  be  read a second time 

to-morrow. 

The  Anglo-Persian  Oil  Company  (Acqui-  Anglo-Persian 
sition of Capital)  Amendment  Bill,  was, accord-  ^ S o n 7 
ing to  Order, read  the third time and passed. 

0f <^Sai) 

Ordered, That the Clerk  do  carry the  Bill  to |™ndment 

the  Lords,  and desire their concurrence. 

The  Union  of  Benefices  Bill  [Lords']  was,  Union  of 

according to Order,  read a second time. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee of the whole House for to-morrow.— 
(Mr.  Baird.) 

Benefices  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order of the day being read, for resuming  Coal  industry 
the adjourned  Debate on the Amendment which, emergency) 
upon  the  11th day of this instant December,  was 

?roposed  to  be made  to the  Question, That  the 

!oal Industry (Emergency)  Bill  be  now  read a 

second time. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till to-morrow. 

Adjournment 
under 
Standing 
Order  No. 10. 
(Freeman's 
journal 
newspaper.) 

Question  put 
(pursuant  to 
S.O.  Closure 
of  Debate.) 

A  Motion  was made, and the  Question  being 
proposed,  That  this  House  do now  adjourn,— 
(Mr.  '/'. P.  O'Connor)  :—And  a  Debate  arising 
thereupon : 

Mr.  T,  P.  O'Connor  rose  in  his  place,  and 
claimed  to move, That  the Question  be now put: 
And the Question being put, That the Question 
be now put:—It  was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And the  Question being  accordingly put, That 

this  House  do now adjourn  : 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas to the  Right; 

The  Noes  to the  Left. 
Tellers  for the (Mr.  T.  P.  O'Connor, 

Yeas, 

(Mr.  Adamson : 
Tellers  for the ("Captain  Guest, 

Noes, 

(Lord  Edmund  Talbot 

5 2. 

161. 

a  second  time,  were agreed  to. 

So it passed  in the  Negative. 

Ways  and 
Means  [15th 
December] 
Report. 

M r.   Baldwin 

reported  from  the  Committee 
of  W a ys   and  Means  of  the  15th  day  of  this 
;  which  was 
instant  December,  a  Resolution 
read,  as  followeth  : 

Mr.  Speaker  acquainted  the  House,  That  a  Message  from 

Message had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by the  Lords-
one of  their  Clerks,  as followeth : 

"  That  towards  making  good  the  Supply 
granted  to  H is   Majesty  for  the  Service  of  the 
year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  March  1S20,  the 
sum  of  £ 2 1 3 , 5 2 6 , 8 24   be  granted  out  of  the  Con-
solidated  Fund  of  the  United  Kingdom." 

T he   said  Resolution,  being  read  a  second 

time,  was  agreed  to. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Aliens  Re-Aliens 
striction Bill,  with Amendments  ;  to  which the  Restriction 
Lords desire the concurrence  of this  House. 

Bill. 

The  Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled  An  Military 
Act  to  make  amendments  with  respect  to  the K.ni8hts of 
constitution  and  endowments  of  the  foundation '  m  sor  1,1 
[ Lords. ] 
of  the  Military  Knights  of  Windsor,  to  which 
the Lords  desire  the concurrence of  this  House. 

Consolidated 
Fund  (Appro-
priation). 

Ordered,  That  a  Bill  be  brought  in  upon  the 
said  Resolution  :  And  that  the  Chairman  of 
W a ys   and  Means,  Mr.  Chancellor  of 
the 
iVIr.  Baldwin  do  prepare  and 
Exchequer,  and 
bring  it  in. 

Consolidated 
"Fund  (Appro-
priation)  Bill. 

Bill  244. 

Mr.  Baldwin  accordingly  presented  a  Bill  to 
apply  a  sum  out  of  the  Consolidated  Fund  to 
the  service  of  the  year  ending  on  the  thirty-first 
day  of  March,  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and 
twenty,  and  to  appropriate  the  Supplies  granted 
in  this  Session  of  Parliament:  A nd   the  same 
was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time  to-morrow  ;  and  to  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Aliens 
Lords  to  the  Aliens  Restriction Bill,  be  taken  Restriction 
into consideration  to-morrow ;  and be printed. 

•''.., 
Hill  24.5. 

The  Military  Knights  of  Windsor  Bill  Military 

[Lords],  was  read  the  first  time,  a nd  
tp  be  read  a second  time  to-morrow ;  and to be [x«,is.]  ' 
printed. 
Bill  2 4 6. 

o r d e r ed   K ^ ts   of  ^ 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the  Adjournment. 

Order of  the  House of the  22nd day  of  October 
last,  proposed  the Question,  That  this House do 
now adjourn. 

10   GEO.  Y. 

16th—17th December. 

4 15 

And the Question being put 

- It   was resolved 

in the Affirmative. 

Protocol,  signed  at  Saint  Germain-en-Laye, 
10th  September,  1919. 

And  accordingly  tbe  House,  having  con-
tinued  to  sit  till  eight  minutes  after 
Eleven  of  the  clock,  adjourned  till  to-
morrow. 

Wednesday,  11th December  1919. 

P R A T E R S. 

Saint Just 
(Falmouth) 

r p HE   House  proceeded  to  take  into  considera-
t; o n  the  St.  Just (Falmouth)  Ocean  Wharves 

iTRaUwayr  and  Railways  Bill  [Lords'],  as  amended  in  the 
Bill  [Lords.]  Committee. 

And  Amendments  were  made  to  the  Bill. 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
be  suspended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read 
the  third time.—(The  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means.) 

The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time 

and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

British  and 
Continental 
Bank  Bill 
[Lords.] 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  British  and  Continental 
Bank Bill  [Lords] ; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Order  be  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

Ministry 
of Health 
Provisional 

Ordered,  That  any  further  proceedings  on  the 
Ministry  of  Health  Provisional  Order  (Housing) 
Bm  

in   o r d e r  that  the  same  Bill 

be   8 U g p e n d ed  

(Housing) Bill, may  be  proceeded  with  in  the  next  Session  of 

Parliament. 

Ordered,  That,  with  regard  to  the  said  Bill, 
the  Order of  Presentation  in  the  present  Session 
shall  be  read,  and  thereupon  the  Bill  shall  be 
read  the  first  time  and  a  second  time  pro  forma 
and  committed. 

Ordered,  That  no  Petitioners  shall  be  heard 
before  the  Committee  on  the  said  Bill,  unless 
their  Petition  shall  have  been  presented  within 
the  time  limited  in  the  present  Session. 

Ordered,  That  this  Order  be a  Standing  Order 
of  the  House.—(The  Chairman  of  W a ys   and 
Means.) 

Ordered,  That  a  message  be sent  to  the  Lords 
to  acquaint  them  therewith,  and  desire  their 
concurrence  ;  and  that  the  Clerk  do  carry  the 
said  Message. 

Board  of 
Agriculture 
and  Fisheries. 

Sir Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen  presented, by  His 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Final  Report  to 
the  Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries of  the 
Committee  on  the  Production  and  Distribution 
of  Milk. 

of  Report  of  the  Departmental  Corn-
Agricultural  Machinery  arid  Imple-

Copy 

Agriculturai 
Machinery and  mittee  on 
Implements 
{Departmental  m e n t s. 
Committee.) 

Ordered,  That  the said Papers do lie upon  the 

Table. 

Treaty Series 
( K a 1 9' 1 9 1 9 0  Majesty's  Command,-Copy 

]Mr.  Cecil  Harmsworth  presented,  by  His 
of  Convention 
relating  to  the' Liquor  Traffic  in  Africa  and 

Copy  of  Treaty  between  the  Principal  Allied  Treaty Series 
20>  1919°) 

and  Associated  Powers  and  Czecho-Slovakia, 
signed  at  Saint  Germain-en-Laye,  10th  Sept-
ember  1919. 

Ordered,  That the said Papers do lie  upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Eric  Geddes  presented,  by  His  Majesty's Light 

Command,—Copy  of  Order  under  the  Light  Railways Acts, 
Railways  Acts,  1896  and  1912,  entitled  the  1 8 96   a nd   1 9 1 3/ 
Ashover  Light  Railway  Order,  1919. 

Ordered, That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon 

the Table. 

Mr.  Baldwin  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-  Arklow 
tions  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Report  Harbour, 
of 
Abstract  of  Accounts  for  1918. 

the  Arklow  Harbour  Commissioners  and 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

The  following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-  Solicitors 
tions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,  was  laid  upon  ^®™°gg![atl0n 
the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  :—Copy 
of  General  Order  made  under  the  Solicitors 
Remuneration  Act,  1881. 

0' 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before this  House  Adjournment 

a  Return  of  Motions  for  Adjournment  under  Motion!< 
Standing  Order No.  10, showing the  date of  such  standing 
Motion,  the  name  of 
the  definite  matter, of  urgent  public  importance, 
and  the  result  of  any  Division  taken  thereon 
during  Session  1919  (in  continuation  of  Parlia-
mentary  Paper,  No.  133  of  Session  1918).— 
(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

the  Member  proposing,  Order No. xo. 

Ordered,  That  there be  laid  before  this  House  Closure of 

a  Return  respecting  application  of  Standing  Debate 
Order  No. 26 (Closure  of  Debate)  during  Session  £dTr N«f 26.) 
1919  (1)  in  the  House  and  in  Committee  of the 
whole  House,  under  the  following  heads  :— 

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Business  of 
the  House. 

Private Bills 
^.Private 

Public Bills. 

416 

17 th  December. 

1919. 

(in 
of 
continuation 
No.  135  of  Session 
Chairman.) 

Parliamentary  Paper, 
1918).  — ( T he   Deputy 

in  either  House  of  Parliament  (in  continuation 
of  Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  0.002  of  Session 
1918).—(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
a  Return  showing,  with  reference  to  Session 
1919,  ( 1)   the  total  number  of  days  on  which 
the  House  sat;  and  ( 2)   the  clays  on  which 
Business  of  Supply  was  considered 
(in  con-
tinuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  134  of 
Session  1918).—(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House  Public 
a  Return  of  the  number  of  Public  Petitions  Petitions, 
presented  and  printed  in  Session  1919,  with 
the  total  number  of  signatures  in that  Session  (in 
continuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper,  No.  0.003 
cf  Session  1918).—(The  Deputy  Chairman.) 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
a  Return  of  the  number  of  Private  Bills,  Hybrid 
Bills,  and Bills for confirming  Provisional  Orders 
introduced  into  the  House  of  Commons  and 
brought  from  the  House  of  Lords,  and  of  Acts 
in  Session  1919,  classed  according 
passed, 
to  the  following  Subjects 
Railways  ;  Tram-
ways  ;  Tramroads;  Subways;  Canals  and 
Navigations;  Uoads  and  Bridges;  W a t e r; 
Waterworks  ;  Gas  ;  Gas  and  Water  ;  Lighting 
and  Improvement;  Local  Legislation;  Corpora-
tions,  &c.  (not  relating  to  Local  Legislation  or 
to  Lighting  and  Improvement  Schemes);  Ports, 
Piers,  Harbours,and  D o c k s;   Churches,  Chapels, 
and Burying Grounds;  Markets and Fairs;  Gaols 
and  other  County  Buildings; 
Inclosure  and 
Drainage;  Estate;  Patent;  Divorce  ;  and 
Miscellaneous  ; 
Of  all  the  Private  Bills, 
for  confirming  Pro-
Hybrid  Bills,  and  Bills 
visional  Orders  which,  in  Session  1919,  have 
been  reported  on  by  Committees  on  opposed 
Private  Bills, or  by  Committees nominated  partly 
by  the  House  and  partly  by  the  Committee;  of 
Selection, together with  the names of  the  selected 
Members  who  served  on  each  Committee  ;  the 
first  and  also  the  last  day  of  the  Sitting  of  each 
Committee;  the  number  of  days  on  which  each 
Committee  s a t;   the  number  of  days  on  which 
each  selected  Member  has served ;  the number of 
days  occupied  by  each  Bill  in  Committee  ;  the 
Bills  the  Preambles  of  which  were  reported  to 
have  been  proved;  the  BiUs  the  Preambles  of 
which  were  reported  to  have  been  not  proved  : 
and,  in  the  case  of  Bills  for  confirming  Pro-
visional  Orders,  whether  the  Provisional  Orders 

ought  or  ought  not  to  be  confirmed  : 
Of   all 
Private  Bills  and  Bills for confirming  Provisional 
Orders  which,  in  Session  1919,  have  been  re-
ferred  by  the  Committee  of  Selection,  or  by  the 
General  Committee  on Railway  and  Canal  Bills, 
to  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  W a ys 
and  M e a n s;   together  with  the  names  of  the 
Members  who  served  on  each  Committee,  the 
number  of  days  on  which  each  Committee  sat, 
and  the  number  of  days  on  which  each  Member 
attended  : — A nd  
of  the  number  of  Private 
Bills,  Hybrid  Bills,  and  Bills  for  confirming 
Provisional  Orders  withdrawn  or  not  proceeded 
with  by  the  parties,  those  Bills  being  specified 
which  have  been  referred  to  Committees  and 
dropped  during 
the  Com-
mittee  (in  continuation  of  Parliamentary  Paper, 
No.  0.001  of  Session  1 9 1 8 ) . — ( T he   Deputy 
Chairman.) 

the  Sittings  of 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House 
a  Return  of 
the  number  of  Public  Bills, 
distinguishing  Government  from  other  Bills, 
introduced  into  this  House  or  brought  from  the 
House  of  Lords  during  Session  1919,  showing 
the  number  which  received  the  Royal  Assent; 
the  number  which  were  passed  by  this  House 
but  not  by  the  House  of  Lords;  the  number 
passed  by  the  House  of  Lords  but  not  by 
this  House  ;  and  distinguishing  the  stages  at 
which  such  Bills  as  did  not  receive  the  Boyal 
Assent  were  dropped  or  postponed  and  rejected 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House  Select 

a  Return  of  the  number  of  Select  Committees  Committees, 
appointed  in  Session  1919  and  the  Court  of 
Referees;  the  Subjects  of  inquiry  ;  the  names 
of  the  Members  appointed  to  serve  on  each, 
and  of  the  Chairman  of  each;  the  number  of 
days  each  Committee  met,  and  the  number  of 
days  each  Member  attended;  the  total  expense 
of  the  attendance  of  Witnesses  at  each  Select 
Committee,  and  the  name  of  the  Member  who 
moved  for  such  Select  Committee;  also  the 
total  number  of  Members  who  served  on  Select 
Committees  (in  continuation  of  Parliamentary 
Paper,  No.  0.004  of  Session 
1 9 1 8 ) . — ( T he 
Deputy  Chairman.) 

Ordered,  That  there  be laid  before  this  House  Sittings of the 

a  Return  of  the  days  on  which  the  House  sat  H o u s e-
the 
in  Session  1919,  stating  for  each  day 
date  of  the  month  and  day  of  the  week,  the 
hour  of  the  meeting  and  the  hour  of  adjourn-
ment  ;  and  the  total  number  of  hours  occupied 
in  the  Sittings  of  the  House,  and  the  average 
time  ;  and  showing  the  number  of  hours  on 
which  the  House  sat  each  day,  and  the  number 
of  hours  after  Eleven  p . m .;   and  the  number  of 
entries  in  each  day's  Votes  and  Proceedings.— 
( T he   Deputy  Chairman.) 

Ordered,  That  there  be  laid  before  this  House  Standing 
a  Return,  for  the  Session  of  1919,  of  ( 1)   the  Committees, 
total  number  and  the  names  of  all  Members 
(including  and  distinguishing  Chairmen)  who 
have  been  appointed  to  serve  on  one  or  more  of 
the  Six  Standing  Committees  appointed  under 
Standing  Order  No.  47,  showing,  with  regard  to 
each  of  such  Members,  the  number  of  Sittings  at 
which  he  was  present  ;  (2)  the  number  of  Bills 
considered  by  all  and  by  each  of  the  Standing 
Committees, 
the  number  of  days  on  which 
each  Committee  sat,  and  the  names  of  all  Bills 
considered  by  a  Standing  Committee,  distin-
guishing  where  a  Bill  was  a  Government  Bill  or 
was  brought  from  the  House  of  Lords,  and 
showing,  in  the  case  of  each  Bill,  the  particular 
Standing  Committee  by which it  was  considered, 
the  number  of  days  on  which  it  was  considered 
by  the  Committee,  and  the  number  of  Members 
present  on  each  of  those  days;  and  (3)  in  the 
case of  Standing  Committees  by  which  Estimates 
were  considered,  the  names  of  Votes  proposed 
and  agreed  to  and  the  names  of  Votes  proposed 
and  not  agreed  to  in  respect  of  each  day  on 
which  the  Committee  sat  for  the  consideration 
of  Estimates  (in  continuation  of  Parliamentary 
Paper,  No.  0.005  of  Session  1918).  —  (The 
Deputy  Chairman.) 

° 

Mr.  Mount  reported  from  Standing  Committee  standing 
C  to  whom  the  War  Emergency  Laws  (Con-  Committee C. 
tinuance)  Bill  was  referred;  That 
gone  through  the  Bill,  and  made  Amendments  Laws 
thereunto. 

they  had  Emergency 

(Continuance) 
Bill. 

Ordered, 

That  the  Beport  do  lie  upon  the  No.  232. 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  the Minutes  of  the  Proceedings  No.  232. 

of  the  Standing  Committee  be  printed. 

10  GEO.  Y. 

VWi—l&th December. 

Bill  247. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee,  be taken  into  consideration 
to-morrow  ;  and be  printed. 

Message  from 
the  Lords. 

Mr;  Speaker  acquainted  the  House,  That  a 
Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  : 

Irish  Railways 
(Confirmation 
of  Agreement) 
Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Irish  Railways? 
(Confirmation  of  Agreement)  Bill,  without  any; 
Amendment. 

0 w 

The  Lords  have  agreed 

the  Glasgow 
Corporation 
Water Order  Corporation  Water  Order  Confirmation  Bill, 
Confirmation  without  any  Amendment. 
Bill. 

to 

High  Prices 
and Profits. 
No.  234. 

Colonel  Jackson  reported  from  the  Select 
Committee  on  High  Prices  and  Profits,  That 
they had considered the matters to them referred, 
and  directed  him  to  make  a  Report  thereof  to 
the  House,  together  with  the  Minutes  of  the 
Evidence taken  before them. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

Table;  and be printed. 

Business  of 
the  House 
(Government 
Business.) 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
the  Proceedings  on  Govei'nment 
put,  That 
Business  be  exempted  at  this  day's  Sitting  from 
the  provisions  of  the  Standing  Order  (Sittings 
of  the  House).—(Mr.  Bonar 

Law.) 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t;  

The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

Tellers for the  ( Captain  Guest, 

Yeas, 

(Colonel  Sanders: 

Tellers for the  j Mr.  Tyson  Wilson, 
j Mr.  Neil M'Lean  : 

Noes, 

So  it  was  resolved "in the  Affirmative. 

i 

( 
j 

) 
j 

227. 

44. 

The  Consolidated  Fund  (Appropriation)  Bill 
Consolidated 
pn'ation^Bin"  wa8>  according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time, 
and  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole 
House  for  to-morrow. 

Aliens 
Bestriction 
Bill. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made 
by the  Lords  to  the  Aliens  Bestriction  Bill. 

The  Lords' Amendments  a9 far  as  the  Amend-
ment  in  p.  5,1.  11,  being  read  a  second  time, 
were  agreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  5,  1.  11,  leave 
the  e«d  of  sub-
out  from  ( " K i n g d o m ")   to 
to  whom  this 
section  (1),  and  insert  ( " a nd  
section  applies  shall  be  deported 
forthwith 
unless the Secretary  of  State  on the  recommendar 
tion  of  the advisory  committee,  to  be [Constituted 
under  this  section,  shall  grant  him  a  licence  to 
remain"),  the  next  Amendment,  being  read  a 
second  lime  : 

A nd   a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  this  House  doth  disagree  with 
in  the  said  Amendment."—(Mr. 
the  Lords 
Secretary  Shortt.) 

The  House  proceeded  to  a  Division. 

And  the  House  having  continued  to  sit  till 
after Twelve  of  the clock,  on Thursday  morning  . 

And  the  words  so  restored  to  the  Bill  were 
amended,  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof  the 
words  "  or  to  the  wife  or  to  the  children  under 
eighteen  years  of  age  of  any  such  alien."—(Mr. 
Secretary  Shortt.) 
: 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  ^s 
far  as  the  Amendment  in p.  5,  L 26,  being  read  a 
second time,  were  disagreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  5,  1.  26,  leave 
out  from  the  beginning  of  subsection  (3)  to  the 
end  of  subsection  (9),  in  p.  6,  1.  36,  and  insert— 

( " ( 3)   This  section  shall  apply  to  any  former 
enemy  alien  now  in  the  United  Kingdom  (not 
being  a  former  enemy  alien  exempted  from 
internment  or repatriation  on the  recommendation 
of  any  advisory  committee  appointed  after  the 
first  day  of  January  nineteen  hundred  and 
eighteen  and  before  the  passing  of  this  A c t)   as 
to  whom  there  shall  be delivered to  the  Secretary 
of  State,  within  two  months  after  the  passing  of 
this  Act,  a  statement  in  writing  signed  by  any 
credible  person  to  the  effect  that  the  continued 
residence  in  the  United  Kingdom  of  that  alien 
is  for  reasons  relating  to the  alien, undesirable  in 
the  public  interest,  and  giving  particulars  of 
the  allegations  upon  which  such  reasons  are 
based. 

(4)  The  Secretary  of  State  shall  refer  all  such 
statements  to  the  advisory  committee  to  be  con-
stituted  under  this  section j and  the  committee 
shall  thereupon  require  each  alien  affected  to 
make  to  the  committee  within  one  month,  in  a 
form  prescribed  by  the  committee,  an  applica-
tion  to  be  allowed  to  remain  in  the  United 
Kingdom,  stating  the  general  grounds  on  which 
the  application  is  based,  and  the  answer  of. the 
alien  to  the  allegations  made  in  relation  to  him, 
and  the  committee  shall  examine 
into  such 
allegations  and  in  the  result  may— 

(a)  recommend  that  the  alien  be  immediately 

deported;  or 

(b)  if  satisfied that  the  allegations  are ground-
the  alien 
less  or  insufficient,  and  that 
affected  holds  an  exemption  recommended 
by  any  advisory  committee  appointed  in  the 
year  nineteen  hundred  and  fifteen,  recom-
mend  that  such  exemption  be  not  dis-
turbed  ;  or 

(o)  in  any  case  in  which  it  seems  to  them 
right  and  proper  so  to  do,  recommend  that 
the  alien  be  granted  a  licence  to  remain 
subject  to  such  terms  and  conditions  (if 
any)  as  may  appear  to  them  to  be  fitting 
in  the  circumstances. 

(5)  In  granting  a  licence  under  this  section, 
the  Secretary  of  State  may  include 
in  the 
licence  the  wife  of  the  applicant  and  any  child 
or  children  of  his,  and  such  inclusion  shall,  not-
withstanding  anything  in  this  section,  have  the 
same  effect  as  the  grant  of  a  licence. 

(6)  A  list  of  the  persons  to  whom  such  licence 
is  granted  shall,  as  soon  as  may  be  after  the 
granting  of  the  licence,  be  published  in  the 
Gazette. 

• 

( 7)   Any  licence  so  granted  may  be  at  any 

Thursday,  \$th December,  1919 : 

time  revoked  by  the  Secretary  of  State. 

The  Yeas to the  Bight; 

The  Noes  to  the  Left. 

Tellers  for  the j Sir  Ernest  Wild, 

Yeas, 

1 Colonel  Burn 

: 

Tellers  for  the/  Major  O'Neill, 

Noes, 

[Mr.  Acland: 

j  128. 

V  66. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

VOL.  174. 

(8)  If  such  licence  is  not  granted,  or  if, 
having  been  granted,  it  is revoked,  the  Secretary 
of  State  shall  make  an order  (in this Act  referred 
to  as  a  deportation  order)  requiring  the  alien  to 
leave  the  United  Kingdom  and  thereafter  to 
remain  out  of  the  United  Kingdom  so  long  as 
the  order  remains  in  force.  The  Secretary  of 
State  may  by  a  deportation  ordier  require  the 

3H  

'  ' 

418 

17 tli—Wth  December. 

1919. 

alien  to  return  to  the  country  of  which  he  is  a 
subject  or  citizen. 

( 9)   The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be  in 
addition  to  and  not  in  derogation  of  any  other 
provisions  of  the  principal  A ct   or  this  A ct   or 
&nv  Order  in  Council  made  thereunder"),  the 
next  Amendment,  being  read  a  second  time,  was 
disagreed  to. 

And  the  words  so  restored  to  the  Bill  were 
amended,  in  p.  5,  1.  31,  by  leaving  out  from  the 
beginning  thereof  to  the  end  of  p.  6,  1.  16,  and 
inserting  the  words,— 

"  (a)  Old  age; 

(b)  Permanent  illness  or  infirmity  ; 

(c)  Service  during  the  present  war  (-whether 
by  the  applicant  or  by  any  son  of  the  appli-
cant)  in  His  Majesty's  forces  or  the  forces 
of  any  allied  or  associated  Power ; 

<••• 

(d)  Residence  in  His  Majesty's  Dominions 
for  a  long 

from  early  youth  or 

either 
period ; 

(e)  Valuable  personal  service  to  this  Country 
or  any  part  of  the  British  Dominions  or  to 
any  allied  or  associated  Power  during  the 
recent  war; 

( f)   The  possession  of  valuable  technical  or 

industrial  skill; 

(g)  Proved  sympathy  with  the  cause  of  the 

Allies; 

i 

(h)  The  fact  that  deportation  would  involve 
either  (1)  serious  hardship  to  the  applicant 
or  his  wi'e,  children,  or  dependants,  or  (2) 
injury  to  any  British interest  ; 

(i)  The  fact  that  the  mother  of  the  applicant 

is  a  natural-born  British  subject;" 

instead  thereof;  in p. 6,1.19,by inserting  after the 
word  "  eighteen,"  the  words  " a nd   such  inclusion 
shall,  notwithstanding  anything  in  this  section, 
have  the  same  effect  as  the  grant  of  a  licence  ;" 
in  p.  6,1.  26,  by  leaving  out  the  words  "  shall 
he,"  and inserting  the word  "  is,"  instead thereof; 
.  and  in  p.  6,  1. 29,  by  leaving  out  the  words  "  for 
a  period  of  seven  years  after  the  passing  of  this 
A c t ,"   and  inserting  the  words  "  so  long  as  the 
order  remains  in  force,"  instead  thereof.—(Mr. 
Secretary  Shortt.) 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  as 
fair as  the  Amendment  in  p.  7,  1.  13,  inclusive, 
being  read  a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

An   Amendment  was  proposed  to  be  made  to 
the  Bill,  by  inserting  at  the  end  of  the  Lords' 
Amendment  last  agreed  to,  the  words,— 

' 

"Provided  that  the  provisions  of  this  sub-
section  shall  not  apply  to  any  former  enemy 
:  aliens  against  whom  an  order  for  deportation  or 
John 

repatriation  has  been  made."  —  (Sir 
Butcher.) 

A nd   the  Question being  put,  That  those  words 
be  there  inserted  in the  B i l l It   passed  in  the 
Negative. 

The  Lords'  Amendments  as far  as  the  Amend-
ment  in  p.  11,  1.  29,  being  read  a  second  time, 
were  agreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  11,1.  29,  leave 
Clause  A,   the  next 
a  second  time,  was 

,  and  insert 
being  read 

out  Clause  i 
Amendment, 
divided. 

So  much  of  the  Lords'Amendment  as  relates 

to  leaving  out  Clause  8  was  agreed  to. 

So  much  of  the  Lords'  Amendment  as  relates 
to  inserting  Clause  A  was  amended, by  inserting 
at  the  end  of  subsection  ( 2)   the  words,—-

"  The  court,  referee,  or  arbitrator,  further  in 
settling  the  terms  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  entitled 
to  take  into  consideration  any  benefit  or  com-
pensation  which  the patentee, or any  other  person 
interested  in  the  patent,  may  have  received 
directly  or  indirectly  from  the  Crown  or  from 
any  Government  department  in  respect  of  such 
p a t e n t ";   and  in  subsection  (3),  by  inserting 
after  the  word  "  section,"  the  words  '5 or  any 
provisions  for  which  this  section  is  substituted," 
— ( M r.   Solicitor  General),— and,  so  amended, 
was  agreed  to. 

Then the remaining  Lords' Amendments,  being 

read  a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships  with  Amendments  to  one  of  them;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to Trade Marks 

take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made  Bil1, 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Trade  Marks  Bill;  and 
the  same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  Profiteering 

(Continuance)  Bill  was, Profiteering 

according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time. 

^Continuance) 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  this  day.— ' 
(Colonel  Saitdeis.) 

The  Military  Knights  of Windsor  Bill  [Lords]  Military 

was,  according  to  Order,  read  a  second  time. 

' 
Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a [Lords.] 

_ 

_ 

° 

Knights of 
Windsor  Bill 

Committee  of  the  whole  House  for  this  day,-— 
(Mr.  Secretary  Churchill.) 

The  Hbuse,  according  to  Order,  resolved  Union of 
itself into a  Committee on  the  Union  of  Benefices p,e,?erfi£®s, 
Bi 11  [Lords]. 

Bill [Lordt.] 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1  and  No.  2  amended,  and 

agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  3  agreed  to. 

, 

. Then  the remaining  Lords'Amendments,  being 

Clause  No.  4  amended,  and  agreed  to. 

read  a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  several  of  the  Amendments  made 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Bill  and  hath  disagreed  to 
<  several other Amendments  and hath made further 
Amendments  to  the  Bill;  to  which  this  House 
<  ^doth  desire  the  concurrence  of  their  Lordships. 

Patents and  v 
Pesigns Bill, 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the .Amendments  made 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Patents  and  Designs  Rill. 

Clauses  No.  5  to  No.  8  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  9  disagreed  to. 

Clauses  No.  10  to  No.  12  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  13  amended,  and  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  14  agreed  to. 

Clause  No.  15 amended,  and  agreed to. 

Clauses  No.  16  to  No.  20  agreed  to. 

Clause No.  21  amended,  and  agreed  to. 

Schedule  agreed to. 

Bill,  as  amended, to  be  reported. 

10  GEO.  V. 

11th —18th December. 

4 19 

Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  resumed  the Chair  ;  and 
the  Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Com-
mittee  had  gone  through  the  Bill. 

Advisory  Committee  for Aeronautics  foi  „ue year 
1 9 1 8 - 1 9. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Ordered, That  the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the 
Committee, be taken into consideration  this  day. 

Table. 

Education 
(Ireland) Bill.  g e c o n d  Reading  of 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Ireland) 

the  Education 

B i l l; 

M r.  

Secretary  Shortt 

presented,  by  H is   Royal 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Fifteenth Beport  Patriotic Fund 
of  the  Royal  Patriotic  Fund  Corporation  for the  G o r p o r a t l o n-
year  1918. 

Ordered, That the Bill  be read  a  second time 

Copy  of  General  Beport  of  H is   Majesty's  Mines and 

upon Monday next. 

Coal  Industry 
(Emergency) 
Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  resuming 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Amendment  which 
upon  the  11th  day  of  this  instant  December, 
was  proposed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That 
the  Coal  Industry  (Emergency)  Bill  be now  read 
a  second  time; 

Ordered,  That the  Debate  be further  adjourned 

till  Monday  next. 

Adjournment. 

And 

it  being  after  half-past  Eleven  of 
the  clock  on  Wednesday  evening,  M r. 
Deputy  Speaker  adjourned  the  House 
without  .Question  put,  pursuant  to  the 
Standing  Order,  it  being  then  nineteen 
minutes  before  T wo   of  the  clock  on 
Thursday  morning,  till  this  day. 

Thursday,  \&th  December  1919. 

PR A Y E R S. 

shire,  Worcestershire, 

f~\RDEREI), 
" 

That,  in  the  case  of  the  Shrop-
Shropshire, 
and  Staffordshire 
Worcester- 
Staflonlshire  Electric  Power  Bill  [l,ords],  Standing  Orders  84, 
Electric  Power  214,  215  and  239  be  suspended,  and  that  the  Bill 
Bill  [Lords.]   foe  now taken into consideration  provided  amended 
prints  shall  have  been  previously  deposited.— 
( T he   Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means.) 

^ 

The  House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take 
into 

the  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Committee, 
consideration. 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
be  suspended,  and  that  the  Bill  be  now  read  the 
third 
of  W a ys   and 
Means.) 

t i m e . — ( T he   Chairman 

T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third  time 

and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

A  Public  Petition  was  presented,  and  read  ; 

and  ordered  to  lie  upon  the  Table. 

Public 
Petitions. 
Vide 
Supplement 
to the Second 
Beport. 

Department 
of Agriculture 
and Technical 
Instruction  tor 
Ireland. 

M r.   Macpherson 

presented,  by  H is   Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Beport  by  the  Department 
of  Agriculture  and  Technical  Instruction  for 
Ireland  on  the  Trade  in  Imports  and  Exports  at 
Irish  Ports  during  the year  ended  3 lst  December, 
1918. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Aeronautics. 

M r.   Secretary  Churchill  presented,  by  H is 
Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Beport  of  the 

Chief  Inspector  of  Mines,  with  Statistics,  for  the  Quarries, 
Labour. 
year  1918.  Part  I I.  

Copy  of  Interim  Report  of  the  Boyal  C o m-   Agriculture 

mission  on  Agriculture,  together  with  a Minority 
Interim  Beport  and  a  Memorandum  of  Dissent, 
by  Mr.  H.  S.  Cautley,  K.C., M.p. 

% 

° m m i s sl 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upou  the 

Table. 

Sir  Auckland 

Geddes 

presented,  by  His  Ministry of ,  ; 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Beport  upon  the  National 
Physical  Examination  of  Men  of  Military  A ge  S e r v i c e-
bv  National  Service  Medical  Boards  from  1st 
November  1917  to  31st  October  1918. 

Copy  of  Statistical  Abstract  for  the  United  Statistical 

Kingdom  in  each  of  the  last  fifteen  years  from Abstract 
1903  to  1917.  Sixty-fifth  number. 

K t o m .) 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

M r.   Baldwin 

presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Old Age 

Command,—Copy  of  Estimate  of  probable  E x-   Pensions Bill, 
penditure  to  be  incurred  under  the  Old  A ge 
Pensions  Bill. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Eric  Geddes  presented,  by  His  Majesty's  National 
Command,—Copy  of  Statement  made  by  the Transport. 
Minister  of  Transport  at  the  Conference  with 
Members  of  Parliament  on  National  Transport. 

' 

j 

Copy  of  Report  of  the  Departmental  Commit-  Goods Traffle 

tee  appointed  to  investigate  M r.   A.   W.   Gattie's  Eefo™ 
proposals  for  improving  the  method  of  handling  committee.) 
Goods  and  Traffic,  and  to  consider  the  practica-
bility  of  the  introduction  of  any  of  the  suggested 
improvements  into the  existing  Transport  system. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Papers  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

T he   following  Papers  were  laid  upon  the 

Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  :  — 

R e t u rn  

to   an  Order,  d a t ed   t he   17 th   d ay   of  Adjournment 

t h is   i n s t a nt   December,  f or   a  Return  r e l a t i ve  
A d j o u r n m e nt   Motions 
No.  10. 

u n d er   Standing  Order  standing 

to 

Order No. 10.) 
N o.   235. 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  17th  day  of  Business of 

this  instant  December,  for  a  Return  relative  to  t he   H o u s e> 
Business  of  the  House. 

No.  236. 

Beturn  to  an  Order,  dated  the  17th  day  of  Closure of 

this  instant  December,  for  a  Beturn  relative  to 
Closure  of  Debate  (Standing  Order  No.  26). 

Order No. 26.) 
No.  237., 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  17th  day  of  Private Bills* 

this  instant  December,  for  Beturns 
Private  Bills  and  Private  Business. 

relative  to a n d Private 

Business. 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  17 th  day  of  Public  Hills, 

this  instant  December,  for  a  Return  relative  to 
Public  Bills. 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  17th  day  of  Public 
this  instant  December,  for  a  Beturn  relative  to  P e t l t i o" s 
Public  Petitions. 

' 

V o l ..   174. 

3  II  2 

Select 
Committees, 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  17th  day  of 
this  instant  December,  for  a  Return  relative  to 
Select  Committees. 

Sittings of the 
House. 
I: 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  17th  day  of 
this  instant  December,  for  a  Return  relative  to 
Sittings  of  the  House. 

Standing 
Committees. 

Return  to  an  Order,  dated  the  17th  day  of 
this  instant  December,  for  a  Return  relative  to 
Standing  Committees. 

J  Business  of 

Ordered,  T h at   the Returns  relative to  Adjourn-
ment  Motions  under  Standing  Order  No.  10, 
the  House,  Closure  of  Debate 
(Standing  Order  No.  2 6 ),   Private  Bills  and 
.Private  Business,  Public  Bills,  Public  Petitions, 
Select  Committees,  and  Standing  Committees 
be  printed. 

National 

Sir Frederick  Banbury  reported  from  tbe  Select 

FourthdRepok  C o m m it t ee   on  National'Expenditure  ;  That  they 
had made  further  Progress  in the matters to  them 
referred,  and  directed  him  to  make  a  Report 
thereof  to  the  House. 

No   238 
' 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Report  do 

lie  upon  the 

i 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

Message  from 
the  Lords. 

M r.   Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a 
Message  had  been brought  from  the  Lords  by  one 
of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  : 

T he   Lords have  agreed to  the  D o gs   Regulation 
(Ireland)  ( N o.   2)  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Irish  L a nd 
(Provision  for  Sailors  and  Soldiers)  Bill,  without 
any  Amendment. 

Dogs 
Regulation 
(Ireland) 
. 
(No. 2) Bill. 
Irish Land 
(Provision for 
Sailors and 
Soldiers) Bill. 
Workmen's 
The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Workmen's 
(WarAdcUtion) Compensation  ( W ar   Addition)  Amendment  Bill, 
Amendment  without  any  Amendment. 
Bill. 
County and 
Borough Police Borough  Police  Bill,  without  any  Amendment, 

T he   Lords,  have  agreed  to  the  County  and 

' 

» 

j  ' 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Mental  Defi-
ci en cy   and  Lunacy  ( A m e n d m e n t)   Bill,  without 

Mental 
Deficiency 
and Lunacy 
* 
(Amendment)  any  Amendment. 
Bill. 
Anglo-Persian  f  T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Anglo-Persian 
Oil Company  Q;|   Company  (Acquisition  of  Capital)  A m e n d-
of Capital0)"  meat  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 
Amendment 
Bill. 
Ministry' 
of Health 
Provisional 
Orders 
(So,  1) Bill. 
Land 
Settlement 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

T he   Lords have  agreed  to the  Land  Settlement 
(Scotland)  Bill,  with  Amendments  ;  to  which 
this 
the  Lords  desire 
House. 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Ministry  of 
Health  Provisional  Orders  ( N o.   1)  Bill,  without 
any  Amendment. 

the  concurrence  of 

Government of 
India Bill. 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Government  of 
India  Bill,  with  A m e n d m e n t s;   to  which  the 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

Public 
Libraries Bill. 

The  Lords have  agreed  to tbe  Public  Libraries 
to  which  the  Lords 

Bill,  with  A m e n d m e n t s;  
desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

Nurses •*  -
Registration 
(No- 2) Bill. 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Nurses  Regis-
tration  ( N o.   2)   Bill,  with  Amendments  ;  to  which 
the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

Nurses 
Registration 
(Ii eland) Bill. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Nurses  Regis-
tration  (Ireland)  Bill,  with  Amendments; 
to 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

423 

^bid-December. 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments  Patents and 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Amendment  made  D e s i£ M  Bil1-
by  the  Lords  to  the  Patents  and  Designs  Bill, 
without  any  Amendment. 

T he   Lords  disagree  with  the  Amendments  Aliens 
proposed  by  this  House  to  the  Aliens  Restriction  Restriction 
Bill,  in  lieu  of  certain  of  the  Amendments  made 
by  the  Lords,  and  insist  upon  the  said  Amend-
ments,  for  which  disagreement 
they  assign 
Reasons. 

1  ' 

> 

T he   Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled,  An   Begimental 

to  make  provision  with  regard  to  W i l ls 

A ct  
deposited  under  section  twenty-one  of  the  Regi-  °gcotiand) 
mental  Debts  A c t,   1893,  with  the  commissary  Bill  [Lords.] 
clerk  of  the  county  of  Edinburgh,  and  required 
for  the  purpose  of  confirmation  as  executor  or  of 
completing  a title  to  heritable  estate  in  Scotland; 
to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence of  this 
House. 

T he   Lords  have  passed  a  Bill,  intituled,  An   increase of 

A ct   to amend  the  Increase  of  R e nt   and  Mortgage  ^ e n t> & 0-
Interest  ( W ar   Restrictions)  A c t,   1915,  and  the  Bin  [ w i "] 
enactments  amending  that  A c t,   in  relation  to 
orders  for  possession  and  ejectment;  to  which 
the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Land 

. 

Lords  to  the  Land  Settlement  (Scotland)  Bill,  Settlement 
,  (Scotland) 
(KF/TFLONRL» 
. 
be  taken  into  consideration 
be  printed. 

to-morrow 

and  sal. 

Bill  250. 

. 

,.

' 

.

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Government of 

Lords  to the  Government  of  India  Bill,  be  taken  I n d ia   Bil>-
into  consideration  to-morrow  ;  and  be  printed. 

Bill  253. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Public 

Lords  to  the  Public  Libraries  Bill,  be  taken  into  Libraries Bill, 
consideration  to-morrow  ;  and  be  printed. 

Bill  257. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Nurses 
Lords  to  the  Nurses  Registration  ( N o.   2)   Bill,  f^o'l^Bm 
be  taken  into  consideration  to-morrow;  and  be 
i 
, 
p r i n t e d. 

Bill  254. 

. 

Ordered,  That,  the  A  mendments  made  by  the Nurses 
Lords  to  the  Nurses  Registration  (Ireland)  Bill,  Registration 
be  taken  into  consideration  t o m o r r o w;   and  be 
printed. 

1!V?  rL.1  ' 
B l" 

2 o 6' 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Nurses 

Lords  to  the  Nurses  Registration  (Scotland)  Bill, 
be  taken  into  consideration  to  morrow;  and 
printed. 

(Scotland) 

i 
b e  Bill. 

Bill  255. 

Ordered,  That  the  Lords'  Reasons  for]  dis-  Aliens 
agreeing  to  the  Amendments  proposed  by  this  Restriction 
House 
d i s aj 
morrow 

in  lieu  of  certain  Lords'  Amendments  B , ii; 

reed  to  be  taken 

consideration 

and  be  printed. 

into 

to-

Bill  248. 

T he   Increase  of  Rent,  &c.  (Amendment),  Bill  Increase of. 
[ Lords]  was  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  t o  (Amendment) 
be  read  a  second  time  t o - m o r r o w;   and  to  be  Bill  [Lords.] 
Bill  25L 
printed. 

T he   Regimental  Debts  (Deposit  of  W i l l s)   Regimental 
(Scotland)  Bill  [Lords],  was  read  the  first  time,  D / ^ ^ P 0^. 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second time to-morrow  ;  (Scotland) 
and  to  be  printed. 

Bill [Lords.] 
Bill  252. 

Nurses 
Registration 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

The  Loi'ds  have  agreed  to 

the  Nurses  Regis-
tration  (Scotland)  Bill,  with  A m e n d m e n t s;   to 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

Ordered,That 

the  Proceedings  on Government  Business of 

Business  be  exempted  at  this  day's  Sitting  f r o m ^ e H o u se 
the  provisions  of  the  Standing  Orjier;(Sittings 
of  the  H o u s e ) . — ( M r .B o n ar   Law.) 

 
lSth~~19th  December. 

.421 
•  A  Motion  being made,  That  the  Bill  be now 
read the third time; 

to  GEO.  Y. 

Consolidated 
S i ^ u f fl  
priation)  mil. 

The  House,  according  to Order,  resolved  itself 
a  Committee  on  the  Consolidated  Fund 

' 1 1 10 
. 
.  . 
(Appropriation)  Bui. 

. 

(In  the  Committee.) 

Clauses  N o.   1  to  No.  7  agreed  to. 

< 

Schedules  agreed  to. 

Bill  to  be  reported. 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and 
directed  him to  report  the  same,  without  A m e n d-
ment. 
j 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read/lhe  third 

,  time  and  passed. 

Mr. Speaker's 
Certificate. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence  (the  Bill 
having  been  endorsed  by  M r.   Speaker  with  the 
! 
following  Certificate:— 

M r.   Secretary  Churchill,  by  H is   Majesty's 
Command,  acquainted 
the  House,  That  H is 
Majesty,  having  been  informed  of  the  purport  of 
the  Bill,  gives  H is   consent,  as far as  His  Majesty's 
interest  is  concerned,  that  the  House  may  do 
therein  as  they  shall  think  fit. 

Then  the  Bill  was  read  the  third  time  and 

passed. 

. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  B i ll   to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  War 

into  consideration  the  W ar   Emergency  Laws  ® ^ g e n cy 
(Continuance)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  Standing  (Continuance) 
Committee; 

Bill. 

Ordered, 

That 
sideration  upon  Monday  next. 

the  Bill  be  taken  into,  con-

I  hereby  certify  that  this  Bill,  is  a  Money 
Bill  within  the  meaning  of  the  Parliament  A c t, 
1911. 

J A M ES   W.   L O W T H E R, 

T he   House  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Union of 

take  into  consideration  the  Union  of  Benefices 
Bill  [L o r d s],   as  amended  in  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee  ; 

1 

r 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself 
Profiteering 
(Continuance)  into  a  Committee  on  the  Profiteering  (Continu-
B , U 

ance)  Bill. 

Speaker). 

,.  ( In   the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1  and  No.  2  agreed  to. 

Bill  to  be  reported. 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  the 
Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means  reported,  T h at 
the  Committee  had  gone  through  the  Bill,  and 
directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without  Amend-
ment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

Military 
Knights ol 
Windsor Bill 
[ Lords.] 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  the  Military  Knights  of 
Windsor  Bill  [L o r d s ]. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Clause  No.  1  (Application  of  endowments  of 
the  Private  or  Lower  Foundation  for  the  pur-
poses  of  the  Boyal  or  Upper  Foundation.) 

Question  proposed,  "  That  the  Clause  stand 

part  of  the  B i l l ." 

Friday,  19th December,  1919 : 

Motion  made,  and  Question,  That  the  Chair-
man  do  report  Progress;  and  ask  leave  to  sit 
again,—(Captain  Reginald 
and 
negatived. 

Terrell,)—put, 

Clause  agreed  to. 

Clauses  No.  2  and  No.  3  agreed  to. 

Preamble  agreed  to. 

Bill  to  be  reported. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
t i m e : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  with  Amendments. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Clerk  do  carry  the  B i ll   to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  with  Amendments  ;  to 
which  this  House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their  Lordships. 

f 

A  Motion  being  made,  That  this  House  will,  Old Age 
to  P e n s i o n s-

this  day,  resolve  itself 
consider  of  making  further  provision  out  of 
moneys  provided  by  Parliament  for  O ld   A ge 
Pensions.—(Mr. 

into  a  Committee 

Baldwin.) 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes,  by  H is   Majesty's  C o m-
mand,  acquainted  the  House,  that  H is   Majesty, 
having  been  informed  of  the  subject-matter  of 
this  Motion,  recommends  it  to  the  consideration 
of  the  House. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will, this day,  resolve 

itself  into  the  said  Committee. 

A nd   it  being  after  half-past  Eleven  of  the  Adjournment, 

clock  on  Thursday  evening,  M r.   Deputy-
Speaker  adjourned  the  House  without 
Question  put,  pursuant  to  the  Standing 
Order,  it being  then  twenty-seven  minutes 
before  One  of  the  clock  on  Friday  morn-
ing,  till  this  day. 

Friday,  19th  December 1919. 

P R A Y E R S. 

THE   Lord  Advocate  presented,— Beturn  to Private 

an  Order,  dated  the  14th  day  ot  A u g u st   last,  Legislation 

for  a  Beturn  relative  to  the  Private  Legislation 
Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899. 

Act, 1899. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Beturn  do lie  upon  the 

^39. 

Table  ;  and  be  printed. 

M r.   Deputy-Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  ;  and 
the  Chairman  of  W a ys   and  Means reported,  That 
the  Committee  had  gone"  through  the  Bill,  and 
"directed  him  to  report  the  same,  without  A m e n d-
ment. 

VOL.  174. 

D r.   Addison  presented,  pursuant  to  the  direc-Ministry of 

tions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of  R e g u-   Health 
lations  made  by  the  Minister  of  Health,  dated  ( R a t i o n s .) 
18th  December  1919,  entitled  the  National 

3  H  3 

4 22 

i§th  December. 

1919. 

Health 
Regulations,  1919  ( N o.   2). 

Insurance  Committees 

(Amendment) 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Nitrogen 
Products 
Committee. 

M r.   Kellaway 

presented,  by  His  Majesty's 
C o m m a n d ,—   Copy  of  Final  Report  of 
the 
Nitrogen  Products  Committee  to  the  Minister 
of  Munitions. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second 
t i m e : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  a  second 
time. 

Resolved,  T h at   this  House  will  immediately 
resolve  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  B i l l .— 
(Sir Laming  Worthington-Evans.) 

The  House,  accordingly,  resolved  itself  into 

the  Committee. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Table. 

Industrial 
Conference 
Report. 

Parliamentary 
and Local 
Government 
Electors 
(United 
Kingdom.) 

Sir  Robert  Home  presented,  by  H is   Majesty's 
Command,—Copy  of  Report  of  the  Provisional 
Joint  Committee  presented  to  the  Meeting  of 
the  Industrial  Conference  at  the  Central  H a l l, 
Westminster,  on  4th  A p r il   1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Resolved,  That  an  humble  Address  be  pre-
sented  to His  Majesty,  that  He   will  be  graciously 
pleased  to  give  directions  that  there  be  laid 
before  this  House  a  Return  showing  the  numbers 
of Parliamentary  and Local  Government  Electors 
on  the  Register  of  Electors  for  the  United 
Kingdom  which  came  into  force  on  the  15th  day 
of  October  1919  (in continuation  of  Parliamentary 
Paper,  N o.   138,  of  Session  1 9 1 8 ) . — ( M r.   Baird.) 

Business of 
the House. 
(Government 
Business.) 

Ordered,  That  Government  Business  be  not 
interrupted  this  day  at  F i ve   or  half-past  F i ve   of 
the  clock,  and  may  be  entered  upon  at  any  hour 
although  opposed.—  ( M r.   Bonar 

Law.) 

Business of 
the House 
(Old Age 
Pensions.) 

Ordered,  T h at   the Resolution  of the  Committee 
on  Old  A ge   Pensions  may  be  considered  this  day 
as  soon  as  it  is  reported  from  the  Committee, 
and  that  the  several  stages  of  any  Bill  ordered 
to  be  brought  in  upon  such  Resolution  may  be 
proceeded  with  this  day  notwithstanding 
the 
practice  of  the  House  relating  to  the  interval 
between  the  Report  and  Consideration  of  such 
a  Resolution  and  between  the  various  stages  of 
a  Bill  relating  to  F i n a n c e . — ( M r.   Bonar 

Law.) 

Old Age 
Pensions 
[Money.] 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  resolved  itself 
into  a  Committee  on  Old  A ge   Pensions  [ M o n e y .] 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  to  make  such 
provision  out  of  moneys  provided  by  Parliament 
as  is  required  for  raising  the  maximum  rate  of 
old  age  pensions  to  ten  shillings  per  week  and 
for enabling  old  age  pensions  to be paid  to  persons 
whose  yearly  means  do  not  exceed  forty-nine 
pounds  seventeen  shillings  and  six  pence  and  as 
is  required  in  connection  with  other  amendments 
of  the  Old  A ge   Pensions  Acts,  and  to  amend 
the  Debtors  A c t,   1869,  in  relation  to  Old  A ge 
Pensions.— ( M r.   Baldwin.) 

Clauses  N o.   1  to  N o.   10  agreed  to. 

Schedules  agreed  to. 

Bill  to  be  reported. 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  Chair  ;  and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill  and  directed  him  to 
report  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
t i m e : - — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 

the  Lords,  and  desire  their  concurrence. 

T he   Lords'  Eeasons  for  disagreeing  to  the  Aliens 
Amendments  proposed  by  this  House  in  lieu  of  ^taction 
certain  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the 
Aliens  Restriction  Bill  to  which  this  House  hath 
disagreed  were  read  as  follow  : 

T he   Lords  disagree  to  the  Amendment  pro-
posed  by  the  Commons  in  lieu  of  the  A m e n d-
ment  made  by  the  L o r ds   in  p.  5 , 1.   11,  for  the 
following  R e a s o n : — B e c a u se   they  consider  that 
aliens  in  the  cases  to  which  the  provision  refers 
should  not  be  subject  to  deportation  unless  some 
complaint  is  made  against  them. 

The  Lords  disagree  to  the  Amendment  pro-
posed  by  the  Commons  in  lieu  of  the  A m e n d-
ment  made  by  the  Lords  in  p.  5,  1.  26,  for  the 
following  Reason  :—Because 
it  is  inconsistent 
with  Amendments  already  made  by  their  Lord-
ships. 

A nd   a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  this  House  doth  not  insist  on 
its  disagreement  with  the  Lords'  Amendments  in 
p.  5,  Is.  11  and  26,  on  which  their  Lordships 
have  insisted.—(Mr.  Attorney  General.) 
.  . 

o 

, 

The  House divided. 

T he   Yeas  to  the  Right.; 

T he   Noes  to  the  Left. 

Tellers  for  the  j  Lord  Edmund 

Talbot, 

Yeas, 

(  Captain 

Quest: 

Tellers  for  the  (  Sir  William 

Davison, 
( Sir  Richard  Cooper: 

N oes, 

|  124. 

I 

,u 

Resolution  to  be  reported. 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Committee 
had  come  to  a  Resolution. 

Then  the  House  proceeded  to  take  into  con-
sideration  the  said  Resolution;  and  the  same, 
being  read  a  second  time,  was  agreed  to. 

Old Age 
Pensions. 

Ordered, 

That  a  Bill  be  brought  in  upon  the 
said  Resolution  :  A nd   that  M r.   Chancellor  of 
the Exchequer,  Sir Laming  Worthing  ton-Evans, 
and  M r.   Baldwin,  do  prepare  and  bring  it  in. 

Old Age 
Pensions Bill. 
Bill  249. 

Sir  Laming  Worthington-Evans 

accordingly 
presented  a  Bill  to  amend  the  Old  A ge   Pensions 
A c t s,   1908  and  1911,  and  the  Debtors  A c t, 
1869  :  A nd   the  same  was  read  the  first  time,  and 
ordered  to  be  printed. 

Ordered,  That  a  Message  be sent to  the  Lords  : 
That  this  House  doth  not  insist  on  their  dis-
agreement  with  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords  on  which  their  Lordships  have  insisted. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Land 

take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made  Settlement 
by  the  Lords  to  the  L a nd   Settlement  (Scotland) 
Bill. 

n 

T he   Lords' Amendments,  as far  as  the  A m e n d-
ment  in  p.  3 , 1.   34,  inclusive,  being  read  a  second 
time,  were  agreed  to. 

T h en   a  consequential  Amendment  was  made 
to  the  Bill  in  p.  3,  1.  35,  by  inserting  after  the 
word  "  shall  "  the  words  "  in  the  first  instance." 
—(Mr.  Munro.) 

10  GEO.  V. 

19th December. 

4 23 

The  Lords'  Amendment,  in  p.  4,1.  39,  at  end, 
insert  ("   Provided that in considering  the  relative 
suitability  of  land  the  Board  shall  have  regard 
to  the  probable  effect  of  a  scheme  upon  the 
burden  of  rates  in  the  locality  concerned " ),   the 
next  Amendment,  being  read  a  second  time,  was 
disagreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment,  in  p.  5,  1.  23,  leave 
out  ( " is   not  required  for " ),   and  insert  ("   which 
can  be  taken  without  detriment  to  the  require-
ments  o f " ),   the  next  Amendment,  being  read  a 
second  time,  was  agreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment,  in  p.  6,  leave  out  Is. 
36  to  41,  inclusive,  the  next  Amendment,  being 
read  a  second  time,  was  disagreed  to. 

The Lords'  Amendment, in  p.  7,1.  5,  leave  out 
("   possible  " ),   and  insert  ("   reasonable  " ),   the 
next  Amendment,  being read a  second time;  And 
it  appearing  that  the  object  of  the  Amendment 
was to  carry  out  the  intentions  of  the  Commons  : 

And  a  Motion  being  made,  and  the  Question 
being  put,  That  this  House  doth  agree  with  the 
Lords  in  the  said  Amendment.—(Mr.  Munro.) 

The  House  divided. 

The  Yeas  to  the  R i g h t; 

The  Noes  to  the  L e f t. 

Tellers  for  thej Captain  Guest, 

Yeas, 

(Lord  Edmund  Talbot: 

^  ^Q 
J 

Tellers  for  thej Mr.  Hogge, 

"1 
| Major  M'Kenzie  Wood  :  J 

14. 

Noes, 

So  it  was  resolved  in  the  Affirmative. 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  as 
far  as  the  second  Amendment,  in  p.  7,1.  6, being 
read  a  second  time  ;  And  it  appearing  that  the 
object  of  the  Amendments  was  to  carry  out  the 
intentions  of  the  Commons,  were  agreed  to. 

The  Lords  Amendment,  in  p.  7,1.  6,  at  end, 

insert,— 

("   (iii)  A ny   compensation  for  injury  done  to 
or  depreciation  in  the  selling  value  of  the 
remainder  of  the  estate  of  which  the  land 
comprised  in  the  scheme  forms  part,  except 
in  so far  as the  same  arises  from  injury  done 
to  or  depreciation  in  the  letting  value  of 
such  remainder  " ),   the  next  Amendment, 
being  read  a  second  time,  was  disagreed  to. 

Then  a  consequential  Amendment  was  made 
to  the  Bill,  in  p.  8,  1.  9,  by  inserting,  at  the  end 
thereof,  the  words,— 

"  ( g)   Where  any  landlord  interested  repre-
sents  to  the  Secretary  for  Scotland  that  a 
prepared  scheme  ought  not  to  be confirmed, 
the  Secretary may, before  giving his  consent 
to  the  scheme,  refer  the  same  to  the  Land 
Court for inquiry and report."—(Mr.  Munro.) 

The Lords  Amendment, in  p. 8, after  Clause  9, 

insert  Clause  A 

:— 

( " W h e re   the  Board  make  any  order  for  the 
constitution  of  new  holdings  they  shall,  if  so 
requested  by  the  landlord,  be  bound to  erect  and 
maintain,  or  cause  to  be  erected  and  maintained, 
such  march fence'or  fences  as  may  be  necessary 
to  prevent  the  stock  of  the  landholder  straying 
beyond  the  limits  of  the  land  comprised  in  the 
scheme,  any  dispute  as  to  the  necessity for or  the 
adequacy  of  such fence  or  fences  to  be  settled, 
failing  agreement,  by  the  Land Court,")  the  next 
Amendment,  being  read  a  second  time  ;  And  it 
appearing  that the  object of  the  Amendment  was 
to  carry  out  the  intentions  of  the  Commons,  was 
agreed  to. 

Then the remaining  Lords'  Amendment,  being 

read  a  second  time,  was  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to 
draw  up  Reasons  to  be  assigned  to  the  Lords  for 
disagreeing  to  certain  of  their  Amendments  to 
the  Bill. 

And  a  Committee  was  nominated  o f , — M r. 
Munro,  Major  M'Kenzie  Wood,  Mr.  William 
Graham,  Major  William  Murray,  and  Captain 
Elliot. 

Ordered,  That  Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Mr.  Munro.) 

And  they  are  to  withdraw  immediately. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to Government 
take  into  consideration the  Amendments made by  of  I n d ia   Bilt« 
the  Lords  to  the  Government  of  India  B i l l; 

The  Lords'  Amendments,  as far  as  the  Amend-
ment  in  p.  2 6 ,1.   21,  being  read  a  second  time, 
were  agreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment,  in  p.  26,1.  21,  leave 
out  ( " h is   p a y " ),   and  insert  ( " t he   pay,  pen-
sion  " ),   the  next  Amendment,  being  read  a 
second  time  ;  And  it  appearing  that  the  object rSpecial 
of  the  Amendment  was  to  further  the  intention  Entry.] 
of  this  House,  was  agreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment,  in  p.  26,  1.  22,  after 
("   employment"), 
insert  ("   of  the  High  Com-
missioner  and  of  his  assistants  " ),   the  next 
Amendment,  being  read  a  second  time  ;  And  it  [Special, 
appearing  that  the  object of  the  Amendment  was Entry.] 
to  further  the  intention  of  this  House,  was 
agreed  to. 

Then 

the  remaining  Lords'  Amendments, 

being  read  a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  thip  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to Public 

take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made  Libraries Bill, 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Public  Libraries  Bill. 

The  Lords'  Amendment  in  p.  1,  I.  18,  at  end 

insert— 

("   (3)  Where  the  Public, Libraries  Acts  have 
been  adopted  by  the  council  of  a  county  the 
council  may  borrow  for  tne  purposes  of  those 
Acts  as  for  the  purposes  of  the  Local  Govern-
ment  A c t,   1888  : 

• 

Provided  that  money  borrowed  for  the  pur- 
poses  of  those  Acts  shall  not  be  reckoned  as 
part  of  the  total  debt  of  the  county  for  the 
purposes  of  subsection  ( 2)   of  section  sixty-nine 
of  the  Local  Government  Act,  1888,  and  that 
sixty  years  shall  be  substituted  for  thirty  years 
in  subsection  (5)  of  the  said  section  sixty-nine 
as  the  maximum  period  within  which  money 
borrowed  for  the  purposes  of  those  Acts  is  to  be 
repaid"),  the  first  Amendment,  being  read  a 
second  time;  And  it  appearing  that  the  object  [Special 
of  the  Amendment  was  to  supply  an  omission 
to  the  Bill,  was  agreed  to. 

n 

Then 

the-remaining  Lords'  Amendments, 

being  read  a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to Nurses 
take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made j^jf  g^Bm" 
by  the Lords to  the  Nurses Registration  (No.  2 ) 1 

VOL.  174. 

3  H  4 

[Special 
Entry. | 

[Special 
Entry.] 

[Special 
Entry.] 

4 24 

19 th  December. 

1 9 1 9: 

B i l l;   and  the  same  were  twice  read,  and  agreed 
to. 

Ordered,  T h at   the Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

The  House  accordingly  resolved  itself  into 

the  Committee. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Clauses  No.  1  and  N o.   2  agreed  to. 

Bill  to  be  reported. 

Nurses 
Begistration 
(Ireland) 
Bill. 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made 
by   the  Lords  to  the  Nurses  Registration 
(Ire-
land)  Bill. 

T he   Lords'  Amendments,  as  far  as  the  A m e n d-
ment  in  p.  7,1.  6,  being  read  a  second  time,  were 
agreed  to. 

Then  an  Amendment  was  made  to  the  Bill, 
in  p. 7 , 1.   3,  by  leaving  out  the  word  " t e n ,"   and 
inserting  the  word  "  fifteen  " , — ( M r.   Attorney 
General  for  Ireland,)—instead  thereof. 

T he   Lords'  Amendment,  in  p.  7,  1.  6,  leave 
out  ("   f o u r " ),   and  insert  ("   six  " ),   the  next 
Amendment,  being  read  a  second 
time,  was 
agreed  to. 

Then 

the  remaining  Lords'  Amendments, 

being  read  a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships,  and  hath  made  an  Amendment  to  the 
B i l l;   to  which  this  H o u se   doth  desire  the  con-
currence  of  their  Lordships. 

Nurses 
r&f'ti™d?a 
Bill?  a n 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to 
t a' i e  * n t 0  consideration  the  Amendments  made 
by  the  Lords  to  the  Nurses  Registration  (Scot-
land)  B i l l;   and  the  same  were  twice  read,  and 
agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s;   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Increase of 
Rent,  &c. 
(Amendment)  k 
Bill  [Lords.] 

time  ; 

The  Increase  of  B ent,  &c.  ( A m e n d m e n t)   Bill 
to   Order,  read  a  second 

\Lords]  w a s,   according 
e 

J 

> 

. 

' 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will  immediately 
resolve  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  B i l l .— 
( M r.   Attorney  General.) 

T he   House  accordingly  resolved  itself  into  the 

Committee. 

( In   the  Committee.) 

Clauses  N o.   1  and  No.  2  agreed  to. 

Schedule  agreed  to. 

Bill  to  be  reported. 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Committee 
had  gone  through  the  B i l l;   and  directed  him 
to  report  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time  : — T he   Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

(Deposit  of  W i l l s) 
Begimental 
Debts (Deposit  (Scotland)  Bill  [Lords],  was, according  to  Order, 

T he   Begimental  Debts 

(Scotland) 
Bill  [lord,.] 

r e ad   a  8 e c o n d  time  J 

Resolved,  That  this  House  will  immediately 
resolve  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill. 
— ( M r.   Munro.) 

M r.   Speaker  resumed  the  C h a i r;   and  the 
Deputy  Chairman  reported,  That  the  Committee 
had  gone  through  the  Bill  ;  and  directed  him  to 
report  the  same,  without  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  now  read  the  third 
time:—-The  Bill  was  accordingly  read  the  third 
time  and  passed. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  same,  without  Amendment,  s 

M r.   Speaker  acquainted  the  House,  That  a  Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  t he   L o r d s-
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  : 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Electricity  Electricity 
(Supply)  Bill,  with  Amendments  ;  to  which  the  (Supply)  Bill. 
Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this  House. 

T he   Lords  have  agreed 

to 

the  Housing  Housing 

(Additional  Powers)  Bill,  with  Amendments  ; to   ^trs)°Bfll. 
which  the  Lords  desire  the  concurrence  of  this 
House. 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Gosport  and  Gosport and 

Alverstoke  Urban  District  Council  Bill,  with 
..

•«  • 

.

.
to  which  the 

i 

_ 
.Lords  desire  the  Council Bill. 

• i  Urban District 

.  . 

A m e n d m e n t s;  
concurrence  of  this  House. 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Agriculture 
(Councils,  &c.)  Bill  (changed  to  "  Ministry  of 
Agriculture  and  Fisheries  Bill  " ),   with  A m e n d-
ments  ;  to  which  the  Lords  desire  the  concur-
rence  of  this  House. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  St.  Just  (Falmouth) 
Ocean  Wharves  and  Railways  Bill 
[Lords], 
without  any  Amendment. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the 
Lords  to  the  Electricity  (Supply)  Bill  be  taken 
into  consideration  upon  Monday  n e x t;   and  be 
printed. 

Agriculture 
(Councils, &c.) 
Bill 
(changed to 
Ministry of 
Agriculture 
and Fisheries 
Bill.) 

Saint Just 
(Falmouth) 
Ocean 
Wharves and 
Railways Bill 
[Lords.] 
Electricity 
(Supply) Bill. 
Bill  258. 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Housing 
Lords  to  the  Housing  (Additional  Powers)  Bill  ^ddmonal^ 
' 
be  taken  into  consideration  upon  Monday  n e x t; 
0 
Dili  6oy. 

. 

.  . 

.  i 
and  be  printed. 

to 

Ordered,  That  the  Amendments  made  by  the  Ministry of 
the  Ministrv  of  Agriculture  and Agriculture 

Lords 
Fisheries  Bill 
from 
(Councils,  & c .)   B i l l ")   be  now  taken  into  con -  (changed from 
s i d e r a t i o n . — ( S ir   Arthur  Griffith-Roseawen.) 

"  Agriculture 

(changed 

F u h e n e s 

, 

i 

Agriculture 
(Councils, tea.) 

v 

T he   House  accordingly  proceeded  to  take  the  Bill.) 

said  Amendments  into  consideration. 
T he   Lords'  Amendments,  as 

the 
Amendment  in  p.  2,  1. 32,  being  read  a  second 
time,  were  agreed  to. 

far  as 

T he   Lords'  Amendment,  in  p.  2,  1.  32,  after 
("   committee  " ),   insert  ("   when  requested  " ),   the 
next  Amendment,  being  read  a  second  time, 
was  disagreed  to. 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  as 
far  as  the  Amendment  in  p.  5 , 1,   5,  being  read 
a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment,  in  p.  5 , 1.   5,  at  end 

insert  as  a  new  subsection— 

( " 5.   A ny   scheme  under 

this  section  may 
provide  for  the  .payment  as  part  of  the  expenses 
of  the  agricultural  committee  of  travelling  ex-
penses  and  subsistence  allowance  of  members  of 

 
19 th-—22nd  December. 

4 25 

10  GEO.  y. 
the  committee,  or of  any  sub-committee  of  the 
committee "),  the  next Amendment,  being  read 
a second  time ;  And  it  appearing  that the effect 
thereof  was to  make  the  provisions  of  the  Bill 
uniform and consistent,  was agreed to. 

[Special 
Bntry,] 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  as 
far  as  the  Amendment  in  p.  7 , 1.   15,  being  read 
a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

The  Lords'  Amendment,  in  p.  7,  1.  15,  leave 
out  from  ( " B o a r d " ),   to  the  end  of  1.  16,  and 
insert  ("   Provided  that  not  more  than  three  of 
the  members  shall  be  representatives  of  work-
m e n " ),   the  next  Amendment,  being  read  a 
second  time,  was  amended,  in  1.  1,  by 
leaving 
out  from  the  word  "  t h a t"   to  the  end  thereof, 
and  inserting  the  words  "  the  representatives  of 
in  n u m b e r"   —  (Sir 
workmen  shall  be  three 
A rthur  Griffith-Boscawen)—instead 
thereof,  and, 
so  amended,  was  agreed  to. 

Then the remaining Lords'Amendments, being 

read a second time,  were agreed to. 

Ordered,That 

a  Committee  be  appointed  to 
draw  up  a  Reason  to  be  assigned  to  the  Lords 
for  disagreeing  to  one  of  their  Amendments  to 
the  Bill. 

And  a  Committee  was  nominated  of  Sir 
Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen,  Mr.  Butler Lloyd,  Mr. 
Hurd,  and  Dr.  Murray. 

Ordered,  T h at   Three  be  the  quorum  of  the 

Committee.—(Sir  Arthur 

Griffith-Boscawen.') 

And  they are to withdraw  immediately. 

Adjournment. 

Resolved,  That  this  H ouse,  at  its  rising  this 
till  Monday  next.  —  (Lord 

day,  do  adjourn 
Edmund  Talbot.) 

Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker  adjourned 

the 
House  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
it  being  then 
Standing  Order  No.  3, 
twenty-four  minutes  after  Six  of 
the 
clock,  till  Monday  next,  pursuant  to  the 
Resolution  of  the  House  of  this  day. 

Monday,  22nd  December 1919. 

P  R A  YS   K 8. 

* T HE   House,  pursuant  to  the  Order  of 
the 
Gosport and 
Alverstoke 
X  House  of  the  5th  day  of  August  last,  pro-
CouncilBmiCt  c e ed ed   to take into consideration  the  Amendments 
made  by  the Lords  to the  Gosport  and  Alverstoke 
Urban  District  Council  B i l l;   and  the  same  were 
twice  read,  and  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
Lordships. 

Ministry of 
Pensions. 

, 

Sir  Laming  Worthington-Evans 

presented, 
by  H is   Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Royal 
Warrant  for  the  Retired  Pay  of  Officers  disabled, 
and  for  the  Pensions  and  Allowances  of  the 
Families  of  Officers  deceased,  aud 
the 
Pensions  of  Nurses  disabled,  in  consequence  of 
former  W a r s. 

for 

Ordered, 
the  Table. 

That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon 

Housing, Town  M r.   Pratt  presented,  pursuant  to  the  directions 
Planning, &c.  0f   an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of  the  Local 
Authorities  (Assisted  Housing  Schemes)  Regula-
(Scotland) 
Act, 1919. 
tions  (Scotland),  1919,  dated  19th  December 
No.  240. 

VO L.   174. 

1919,  made  by  the  Scottish  Board  of  Health  with 
the  approval  of  the  Treasury  under  Section  5  ( 1) 
of  the  Housing,  T o wn   Planning,  &c.  (Scotland) 
A c t,   1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

T a b l e;   and  be  printed. 

M r.   Baldwin 

presented,  by  H is   Majesty's  National 

Command,—Copy  of  the  Report  of  the  Director  j j ^ J J' 
. 
of  the  National  Gallery,  Ireland,  for  1919. 

ea 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen 

presented,  by  H is   Board of 

Majesty's  Command,—Copv  of  Report  by  the  Agriculture 
Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries  of  P r o - a nd   F i s h e r i e s-
ceedings  under  the  Salmon  and  Freshwater 
Fisheries  Acts,  &c.,  for  the  years  1915,  1916, 
1917,  and  1918. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Amery  presented,  by  His  Nigeria. 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Report  by  Sir 
F.   D.   Lugard  on  the  Amalgamation  of  Northern 
and  Southern  Nigeria,  and  Administration, 
1 9 1 2 - 1 9.  

. 

Copies  of  Colonial  Reports,  Nos.  1,014  (British  Colonial 
Guiana,  Report  for  1 9 1 8 );   1,015  (Bechuanaland  Reports 
Protectorate,  Report  for  1918-19);  and  1,016 
(Basutoland,  Report for  1918-19). 

(Annual.) 

Ordered,  That the said Papers  do lie upon the 

Table. 

M r.   Secretary  Shortt 

to 
an  Address  to  His  Majesty,  dated  the  13th  day 
of  August 
last,  for  a  Return  relative  to  Police 
Pensioners  prior  to  4th  A u g u st   1914. 

presented,—Return 

Return  to  an  Address  to  H is   Majesty,  dated 
for  a 
to  Parliamentary  and  Local 

the  19th  day  of  this  instant  December, 
Return  Relative 
Government  Electors  (United  Kingdom). 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Returns  do  lie  upon 

the  Table ;  and be printed. 

Police 
Pensioners 
prior to 4th 
August, 1914. 
No.  241.  " 
Parliamentary 
and Local 
Government 
Electors 
(United 
Kingdom.) 

No.  242. 

D r.   Addison 

presented,  by  His  Majesty's  Venereal 

Command,—Copy  of  Statements  made  by  the  D i s e a s e-
Ministry  of  Health,  with  the  concurrence  of  the 
W ar   Office,  relative  to  the  incidence  of  Venereal 
Disease  amongst  soldiers  in 
the  Portsmouth 
Military  A r ea   and  in  the  rest  of  the  Country. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Auckland 

Geddes 

presented,  by  His  Profiteering 

Majesty's  Command,—Copy  of  Findings  by  the  A c t> 1 9 l a-
Board  of  Trade  on  consideration  of  a  Report  by 
a  Committee  appointed,  under  the  Profiteering 
A c t,   1919,  to  investigate  the  position  of  prices 
and  supply  of  Quinine  Sulphate. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Paper  do  lie  upon  the 

Table. 

Sir  Eric  Geddes  presented,  pursuant  to  the  Railway 
directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parliament,—Copy  of  Servants 
Report  of  Proceedings  under 
the  Railway  Labour.) 
Regulation  A c t,   1893,  relative  to  the  Hours  of 
Labour  of  Railway  Servants,  during  the  year 
ended  27th  July  1918. 

Copy  of  Report  of  proceedings  under  the  Railway 
Railway  Regulation  A c t,   1893,  relative  to  the  ( j ^ f of 
Hours  of  Labour  of  Railway  Servants,  during  Labour.) 
the  year  ended  27th  July  1919. 
«  Ordered,  That  the  said Papers  do  lie  upon  the 
Table. 

3  i 

426 

^bid-December. 

Supreme Court 
Funds Rules. 

T he   following  Paper,  pursuant  to  the  direc-
t i o T lg   of   a n  A ct   of  p a rl i a i n en t,   was  laid  upon  the 
Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the  House  : — C o py   of 
Provisional  Rules  of  the  Supreme  Court,  dated 
20th  December 
the  Supreme 
Court  Funds  Rules,  1919. 

1919,  entitled 

Land Values. 
No.  243. 

M r.   Beck  reported  from  the  Select  Committee 
on  L a nd   Values,  That,  owing 
to  difficulties 
arising  from  different interpretations  of  the  order 
of reference  and divergent  views as to  the  scope  of 
their  enquiry,  they  had  been  unable  to  consider 
the  matters  to  them  referred. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

T a b l e;   and  be  printed. 

Publications 
and Debates 
Reports. 

No.  244. 

National 
Expenditure. 
(Fifth 
Beport.) 

from 

M r.   Bowerman 

the  Select 
reported 
Committee  on  Publications  and Debates  Reports  ; 
That  they  had  considered  the  matters  to  them 
referred,  and  directed  him  to  make  a  Report 
thereof  to  the  House,  together  with  the  Minutes 
of 
and 
an  Appendix. 

the  Evidence 

taken  before 

them, 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

T a b l e;   and  be  printed. 

Colonel  Gretton 

from  the  Select 
reported 
Committee  on  National  Expenditure;  That  they 
had  made further  Progress in  the  matters  to  them 
referred,  and  directed  him  to  make  a  Report 
thereof  to  the  House,  together  with  the  Minutes 
of  the  Evidence  taken  before  them. 

N o.   245. 

Ordered, 

That  the  Report  do  lie  upon  the 

T a b l e;   and  be  printed. 

Ministry of 
Agriculture 
and Fisheries 
Bill. 

Land 
Settlement 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen 

reported  from 
the  Committee  appointed  to  draw  up  a  Reason 
to  be  assigned  to  the  Lords  for  disagreeing  to 
one  of  the  Amendments  made  by  their  Lord-
ships to the  Ministry  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries 
B i l l;   That 
they  had  drawn  up  a  Reason 
accordingly,  which  they  directed  him  to  report  to 
read,  as 
the  H o u s e;  
followeth: 

same  was 

and 

the 

T he   Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  the  Lords  in  p.  2,1.  32,  for  the  following 
B e a s o n : — B e c a u se   the  Committee  should  be  at 
liberty  to  make  recommendations  to  the  Board 
without  any  such  request. 

The  said  Reason,  being  read  a  second  time, 

was  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  a  Message  be  sent  to  the  Lords 
to  communicate  the  said  Reason  (with  the  Bill 
and  Amendment)  ;  and  that  the  Clerk  do  carry 
the  same. 

reported 

M r.   Munro 

from  the  Committee 
appointed  to  draw  up  a  Reason  to  be  assigned  to 
the  Lords  for  disagreeing  to  one  of  the  A m e n d-
ments  made  by  their  Lordships  to  the  L a nd 
Settlement  (Scotland)  Bill;  That  they  had  drawn 
up  a Reason  accordingly,  which  they  directed  him 
to  report  to  the  House  ;  and  the  same  was  read 
as  followeth  : 

T he   Commons  disagree  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  the  Lords  in p.  4 , 1.   39, for  the  following 
Reason  :—Because  the  Board  might  be  hampered 
in  iheir  selection  of  suitable  land. 

T he   said  Reason,  being  read  a  second  time, 

wa3  agreed  to. 

Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Bosramen 

presented  a  Bill  Seeds and 

to  amend  the  L aw   with  respect  to  the  sale  and 
use  of  Seeds  for  sowing  and  of  seed  potatoes  and  B l 11   2 6 0> 
to  provide  for the testing  of  Seeds  and  to  prevent 
the  spread  of  injurious  W e e d s:   A nd   the  same 
was  ordered  to  be  read  a  second time  to-tnorrow  ; 
and  to  be  printed. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  do  meet  to-morrow,  Sittings of 
the House. 

at  Twelve  of  the  c l o c k . — ( M r.   Bonar  Law.) 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Electricity 
take  into  consideration  the  A  mendments  made  (^PPW  B l U-
by  the  Lords  to  the  Electricity  ( S u p p l y)   Bill. 

T he   Lords'  Amendments,  as far as the  A m e n d-
ment  in  p.  14,  1.  29,  inclusive,  being  read  a 
second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

A  consequential  Amendment  was  made  to  the 
Bill,  in  p.  14,  1.  30,  by  leaving  out  the  word 
"  vest,"  and  inserting  the  word  "  v e s t e d , " —(   Mr. 
Secretary  Shortt,)—instead 

thereof. 

T he   Lords'  Amendment,  in  p.  14,  1.  31,  leave 
out  ( " b o a r d " ),   and  insert  ( " j o i nt   electricity 
authority  subject  to  the  order  providing  for 
adequate  representation  on  the  joint  electricity 
authority  of  the  local  authority  from  whom  the 
right  is  transferred"),  the  next  Amendment, 
being  read  a  second  time,  was  agreed  to. 

Consequential  Amendments  were  made  to  the 
Bill,  in  p.  14,  1.  31,  by  leaving  out  the  words 
"  any  Order  or  A ct   conferring  any  such,"  and 
inserting  the  words  "  on  any  such  right  being  so 
transferred,  the  Order  or  A ct   conferring  the  "— 
instead  thereof  ;  and,  in  1. 32,  by  inserting,  after 
the  word  " a c c o r d i n g l y ,"   the  words 
"  and  any 
question  as  to  the  adequacy  of  such  representa-
tion  shall  be  determined  by  the  Electricity 
Commissioners.''—(Mr.  Secretary  Shortt.) 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  as 
far  as  the  Amendment  in  p.  15,  1.  2,  inclusive, 
being  read  a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

Consequential  Amendments  were  made  to  the 
Bill,  in  p.  15,  1. 4,  by  leaving  out  from  the  word 
" s i t u a t e ,"   to  the  end  of  1.  8,  and  in  p.  1 5 , 1.   10, 
by  leaving  out  the  words  "  transfer  of  the  right 
to "  and  inserting  ihe  words  "  constitution  o f" 
instead  thereof.— ( M r.   Secretary  Shortt.) 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments,  as 
far  as  the  Amendment  in  p.  36,  1.  27,  inclusive, 
being  read  a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

A  consequential  Amendment  was  made  to  the 
Bill,  in  p.  36,  1.  29,  by  leaving  out  the  words 
"  or,  as  the  case  may  be,  to  act  on  behalf  of  the 
B o a r d . " — ( M r.   Neal.) 

Then  the remaining  Lords'  Amendments,  being 

read  a  second  time  were  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  Lords  ;  and  acquaint  them  that  this  H o u se 
hath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
this 
Lordships,  with  A m e n d m e n t s;   to  which 
House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of 
their 
Lordships. 

T he   House,  according  to  Order,  proceeded  to  Housing 
take  into  consideration  the  Amendments  made  ^ ^J^BM 
by 
the  Housing 
Powers)  Bill. 

(Additional 

the  Lords 

to 

T he   Lords'  Amendments  as  far as  the  A m e n d-
ment  in  p.  4 , 1.   1,  inclusive,  being  read  a  second 
time,  were  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  a  Message  be  sent  to  the  Lords 
to  communicate  the  said  Reason  (with  the  Bill 
and  A m e n d m e n t );   and  that  the  Clerk  do  carry 
the  same. 

A  consequential  Amendment  was  made  to  the 
Bill,  in  p.  3,  1.  39,  by  leaving  out  the  word 
" f o r , " — ( D r. 
" w i t h i n ,"   and  inserting  the  word 
Addison),—instead 

thereof. 

10  GEO.  Y. 

22nd December. 

427 

Then  the  subsequent  Lords'  Amendments  as 
far  as  the  Amendment  in  p.  5,1.  17,  being  read 
a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

T he   Lords'  Amendment,  in  p.  5 , 1.   17,  at  end, 

insert— 

( " ( 2)   A ny   person  to  whom  permission  to 
demolish  a  house  has  been  refused  by  a  local 
authority  under  this  section,  may  appeal  to  the 
Minister  on  the  ground  that  the  house  is  not 
capable  without  reconstruction  of  being  rendered 
fit for human  habitation,  and any  such' appeal  shall 
be  dealt  with  in  the  same  manner  as  an  appeal 
under  subsection  ( 2)   of  the  preceding  section  of 
this  A c t. 

(3)  Notwithstanding  anything  in  this  section 
the  permission  of  the  local  authority  shall  not  be 
required  in  the  case  of  any  house  the  demolition 
of  which  is required  or  authorised  by,  under,  or 
in  pursuance  of  any  A ct   of  Parliament,  or  which 
is  used  otherwise  than  as  a  dwelling-house  for 
any  statutory  purposes  " ) , — t he   next  Amendment, 
being  read  a  second  time,  was  amended,  by 
adding,  at  the  end  thereof,  the  words  "  or  which 
was  occupied  and  used  otherwise  than  as  a 
dwelling-house  before the  third  day of  December, 
nineteen  hundred  and n i n e t e e n , " — ( D r.   Addison), 
— a n d,   so  amended,  was, agreed  to. 

T h en  

the  remaining  Lords'  Amendments, 

being  read  a  second  time,  were  agreed  to. 

Ordered,  That  the  Clerk  , do  carry  the  Bill  to 
the  L o r d s:   and  acquaint  them  that  this  House 
bath  agreed  to  the  Amendments  made  by  their 
to  .which  this 
Lordships,  with  Amendments; 
House  doth  desire  the  concurrence  of  their 
Lordships. 

, 

Adjournment. 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being 
proposed,  That  this  House  do  now  adjourn.— 
(Lord  Edmund 

Talbot.') 

A n d,   it  being  Eleven  of  the  clock,  the  Motion 
lapsed, 

the  Adjournment  of 

the  House 

for 
without  Question  put. 

Joint Stock 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for 

the 

Bmation ma1'  S e c o n ( 1  Reading  of  the  Joint  Stock  Banks 

ContooIyBill. 

(Amalgamation  Control)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Order  be  discharged. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  Bill  be  withdrawn,  c 

Private 
Legislation 
Procedure 
(Ireland) Bill. 

The  Order  of  the  day 
the 
Second  Reading  of 
Procedure  (Ireland)  Bill  ; 

being  read,  for  the 
Private  Legislation 

w 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Order  be  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

Overseas 
Trade 
(Insurance 
against 
Abnormal 
Bisks) Bill. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
Second  Reading  of  the  Overseas  Trade  ( I n-
surance  against  Abnormal  Risks)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Order  be  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

Supreme Court  T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
the  Supreme  Court  of 
of Judicature  Second  Reading  of 
( I r e l a n d)   B]11>  Judicature  (Ireland)  B i l l; 

Ordered,  T h at   the  said  Order  be  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

Local Elections  T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the 
(Proportional  Second  Reading  of  the  Local  Elections  (Pro-
Bepresenta' 
tion) BiU 
[Lords.] 

portional  Representation)  Bill  [L o r d s]   ; 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Order  be  discharged. 

Ordered,  T h at   the  B i ll   be  withdrawn. 

VOL.  174. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Hours of 
Second  Reading  of  the  Houra  of  Employment  ^ P ' T o - ? ?' 
( N o.   2)   B i l l;  

° 

' 

i 

Ordered,  Thai  the  said  Order  be  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Minimum 

v: 

Second  Reading  of  the  Minimum  Rates  of ®ates°f 
T.y 
Wages  Commission  Bui; 

Commission 
ni[j. 

„ . ..  

.  ^ 

„ 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Order  be  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  the  Imports and  A 

Second  Reading  of  the  Imports  and  Exports  ^Sul^tion 
Regulation  B i l l ;' 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Order  be  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  tbe  Education 

Second  Reading  of  the  Education 
Bill; 

(Ireland)  (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Order  be  discharged. 

c 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

The  Order  of  the  day  being  read, for  resuming  Coal Industry 
the  adjourned  Debate  on  the  Amendment  which,  (Emergency) 
upon  the  11th  day  of  this  instant  D e c e m b e r , B i l 1' 
was  proposed  to  be  made  to  the  Question,  That 
the  Coal  Industry  (Emergency)  Bill  be  now 
read  a  second  time. 

W h i ch   Amendment  was,  to 

leave  out  the 
word  "  now  "  and  at  the  end  of  the  Question  to 
add  the  words  "  upon  this  day  three  months." 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Order  be  discharged. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  withdrawn. 

i 

T he   Order  of  the  day  being  read,  for  taking  war 

into  consideration  the  W ar   Emergency  Laws  Emergency 
(Continuance)  Bill,  as  amended  in  the  StandingContinuance) 
Committee; 

Bill. 

Ordered,  That  the  Bill  be  taken 

into  con-

sideration  to-morrow. 

M r.   Speaker  acquainted  the  House  that  a  Message from 

Message  had  been  brought  from  the  Lords  by  t h e  Lords, 
one  of  their  Clerks,  as  followeth  : 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Consolidated  consolidated 
Fund  (Appropriation)  Bill,  without  any  A m e n d-   Fund (Appro-
priation)  Bill. 
' *' 
merit. 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Profiteering 

(Continuance)  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Old  A ge   Pen-

sions  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Union  of  Benefices 
Bill  \_I^ords~\,  without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  have  agreed  to  the  Amendments 
made by  this  House  to the  Shropshire,  Worcester-
shire,  and  Staffordshire  Electric  Power  Bill 
[  Lords],  without  any  Amendment. 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  consequential 
Amendment  made  by  this  House  to  the  Nurses 
Registration  (Ireland)  Bill,  without  any  A m e n d-
ment. 

Profiteering 
(Continuance) 
Bill, 
Old Age 
Pensions Bill. 

Union of 
Benefices 
Bill  [Lords.] 

Shropshire, 
Worcestershire 
and 
Staffordshire 
Electric Power 
Bill  [Lords.] 
Nurses 
Registration 
(Ireland) Bill. 

T he   Lords  have  agreed  to  the  consequential  Electricity 
Amendments  made  by  this  House  to  the  Elec-  (Supply) Bill, 
tricity  (Supply)  Bill,  without  any  Amendment. 

The  Lords  do  not  insist  upon  their  A m e n d-   Land 

ments  to  the  L a nd   Settlement  (Scotland)  Bill  to  Settlement 
which  this  House  hath  disagreed, and  they  agree  (S° o t l a n d) 
to  the  Amendments  made  by  this  House  in  lieu 
the  Lords  Amendments, 
of  certain  other  of 
without  any  Amendment. 

3  i  2 

4 28 

22nd—23rd  December. 

Ministry  of 
Agriculture 
arid-Fisheries 
Bill; 

Housing 
(Additional 
Powers) Bill. 

to 

T he   Lords  do  not  insist  upon  their  A m e n d-
ments 
the  Ministry  of  Agriculture  and 
Fisheries Bill  to  which  this  House  hath  disagreed, 
and  they  agree  to  the  Amendment  to  the  Bill 
made  by   this  House  in 
them, 
without  any  Amendment. 

lieu  of  one  of 

T he   Lords  agree  with  the  Amendment  made 
by  this  House  to  one  of  their Amendments  to the 
Housing  (Additional  Powers)  Bill,  and  they 
agree  with  the  consequential  Amendment  made 
to  the  Bill  by  this  House,  without  any  A m e n d-
ment. 

Adjournment.  Whereupon  Mr.  Speaker,  pursuant  to  the 
Order of  the  House of  the 22nd day of  October 
last,  proposed the  Question, That  this  House do 
now  adjourn. 

A nd   notice  being  taken  that Forty  Members 
were  not  present,  the  House  was  told 
by  M r.   Speaker;  and  Forty  Members 
not  being  present,  and  it  being 
then 
after  Four  of  the  clock,  the  House  was 
adjourned  by  M r.   Speaker,  at  ten  minutes 
after  Eleven  of  the  clock,  without  a 
Question  first  put,  till  to-morrow. 

Tuesday, 23rd December 1919. 

The  House met at Twelve of the  Clock. 

P R A Y E R S. 

Unemploy-
ment 
Insurance Bill. 

SIR  Robert  Home  presented, by  His Majesty's 

Command, —  Copy  of  Report  by  the 
Government Actuary on the Financial Provisions 
of the Unemployment  Insurance  Bill. 

Census of 
Production 
Act, 1917. 

Destructive 
Insects and 
Pest s Acts. 

Parliamentary 
Papers. 

N o.   246. 

Ordered,  That  the said Paper  do  lie upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Auckland  Geddes  presented,  by  His 
Majesty's  Command,— Copy  of  Order  by  the 
Board  of  Trade under the  Census  of  Production 
Act,  1917, dated 22nd December 1919, determin-
ing that a Census of  Production shall be taken in 
1921. 

Ordered,  That  the said  Paper do  lie  upon the 

Table. 

Sir  Arthur  Griffith-Boscawen 

presented,  pur-
suant  to  the  directions  of  an  A ct   of  Parlia-
ment,—Copy  of  Order  under  the  Destructive 
Insects  and  Pests  A c t s,   numbered  D . I.   P.  5 2 3, 
dated  24th  November  1919,  entitled  the  Silver 
Leaf  Order  of  1919. 

Ordered,  That  the  said  Paper  do lie upon the 

Table. 

M r.   Speaker 

laid  upon  the  T a b l e , — L i st   of 
the  Bills,  Reports,  Estimates,  and  Accounts  and 
Papers  printed  by  Order  of  the  House,  and  of 
Papers  presented  by  Command,  Session  1919, 
thereto. 
with  a  General  Alphabetical 
Thirty-first  Parliament,  First  Session, 
9th 
George  V .,   4th  February  1919  to  23rd  Decem-
ber  1919. 

Index 

• 

Ordered,  That the said Paper be printed. 

Pensions. 

[Second 
Special 
Report.] 

Sir Montague  Barlow  reported from the  Select 
Committee  on  Pensions;  That  they  had  made 
further Progress in the matters to them referred, 
and directed  him  to  make  a  Report  thereof  to 
the  House,  together  with  the  Minutes  of  Evi-
dence  taken  before  them,  and  an  Appendix, 

with  a  recommendation  that  a  Committee  on  the 
same  subject  be  appointed  in  the  next  Session 
of  Parliament. 

Ordered,  That  the  Report  do 

lie  upon  the 

No.  247. 

T a b l e;   and  be  printed. 

Sir  Robert  Home  presented  a  Bill  to  amend  Unemploy-
the  L aw   in  respect  of  insurance  against  U n e m-   ^®"tranoe_ 
ployment:  A nd   the  same  was  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second 
to  be 
printed. 

to-morrow;  and 

time 

g jy   261 

A  Motion  was  made,  and  the  Question  being  War 

proposed,  T h at   further  proceedings  on  the  W ar   ®^ e a r g e n cy 
Emergency  Laws  (Continuance)  Bill  be  sus-  (Continuance) 
pended  till  the  next  Session  of  Parliament; 

Bill. 

That  on  any  day in  that  Session  a  Motion  may 
be  made,  after  notice  by  a  Minister  of  the 
Crown,  to  be  decided  without  Amendment  or 
Debate,  that  proceedings  on  that  Bill  may  be 
resumed; 

If  that  Motion  is  decided 

in  the  Affirmative, 
Mr.  Speaker  shall  proceed  to  call  upon  the 
Minister  in  charge  to  present  the  Bill  in  the 
form  in  which  it  stood  when  the  proceedings 
thereon  were  suspended,  and  the  Bill  shall  be 
ordered  to  be  printed  and  shall  be  deemed  to 
have  been  read  a  second  time  and  to  have  been 
considered  in  a  Standing  Committee  and  shall 
be ordered  for  Consideration,  as  amended.—(Mr. 
Bonar Z,aw.) 

The  said  Motion  was,  with  leave  of  the  House, 

withdrawn. 

A  Message  was  delivered  by  Sir  Thomas  Royal Assent. 

Dacres  Butler,  Yeoman  Usher  of  theBlack  B od   : 

M r.   Speaker, 

T he   Lords  authorised  by  virtue  o f,   H is  
Majesty's  Commission,  for  declaring  H is   B o y al 
Assent  to  several  A c ts   agreed  upon  by  both 
Houses,  and  for  proroguing  the  present  Parlia-
ment,  desire  the  immediate  attendance  of  this 
Honourable  House  in  the  House  of  Peers,  to 
hear  the  Commission  read. 

. 

Accordingly  M r.   Speaker,  with  the  H o u s e, 
went  up  to  the  House  of  Peers,  where  a  C o m-
mission  under  the  Great  Seal  was  read,  giving, 
declaring,  and  notifying  the  Royal  Assent  to 
the  several  A c ts   therein  mentioned;  and  the 
L o r d s'   thereby  authorised  declared  the  R o y al 
Assent  to  the  said  Acts,  as  follow  : 

1.  Appropriation  Act,  1919. 

2.  County  Court  Judges  (Retirement  Pen-

sions  and  Deputies)  A c t,   1919. 

3.  Sex  Disqualification  (Removal)  A c t,   1919. 

4.  Rats  and  Mice  (Destruction)  A c t,   1919. 

5.  County  Courts  Act,  1919. 

6.  Ferries  (Acquisition  by  Local  Authorities) 

A c t,   1919. 

-

7.  Isle  of  M an   (Customs)  A c t,   1919. 

8.  Church  of  England  Assembly  (Powers) 

A c t,   1919. 

9.  National  Insurance  (Unemployment)  A c t, 

1919. 

10.  Irish  Railways  (Confirmation  of  A g r e e-

ment)  A c t,   1919. 

'

'

.

.

.. 

11.  Trade  Marks  Act,  1919. 

. 

12.  Patents  and  Designs  A c t,   1919. 

13.  Dogs  Regulation  (Ireland)  A c t,   1919. 

14.  Irish  L a nd   (Provision 

for  Sailors  and 

Soldiers)  A c t,   1919. 

;  15.  Workmen's  Compensation ( W ar   Addition) 
j 

Amendment  Act,  1,919. 

10  GEO.  Y. 

23rd December. 

4 29 

16.  County  and  Borough  Police  A c t,   1919. 

17.  Mental  Deficiency  and  Lunacy 

( A m e n d-

ment)  A c t,   1919. 

18.  Anglo-Persian  Oil  Company  (Acquisition 

of  Capital)  Amendment  A c t,   1919. 

19.  Profiteering  (Continuance)  A c t,   1919. 

20.  Union  of  Benefices  A c t,   1919. 

21.  Regimental  Debts 

(Deposit  of  W i l l s) 

(Scotland)  A c t,   1919. 

22.  Increase  of  Rent  &c.  (Amendment)  A c t, 

1919. 

23.  Ministry  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries 

A c t,   1919. 

24.  Government  of  India  A c t,   1919. 

25.  Public  Libraries  A c t,   1919. 

26.  Nurses  Registration  Act,  1919. 

27.  Nurses  Registration  (Scotland)  A c t,   1919. 

28.  Nurses  Registration  (Ireland)  A c t,   1919. 

29.  Electricity  (Supply)  A c t,   1919. 

30.  Housing  (Additional  Powers)  A c t,   1919. 

31.  Aliens  Restriction 

( A m e n d m e n t)   A c t, 

1919. 

32.  Old  A ge   Pensions  A c t,   1 9 1 9. 

33.  Land  Settlement  (Scotland)  A c t,   1919. 

34.  Military  Knights  of  Windsor  A c t,   1919. 
35.  Provisional  Order  ( C i ty   of  Cardiff  Police 
and  Fire  Brigade  Pension  Funds)  C o n-
firmation  Act,  1919. 

36.  Greenock  Improvement  Order  Confirm-

ation  A c t,   1919. 

37.  Glasgow  W a t er   Order  Confirmation  A c t, 

1919. 

38.  Ministry  of  Health  Provisional  Orders 

Confirmation  ( N o.   1)  A c t,   1919. 

39.  Swinton  and  Mexborough  G as   Board  A c t, 

1919. 

40.  Cannock  Urban  District  Council  A c t, 

. 

1919. 

41.  W a l s a ll   Corporation  A c t,   1919. 

42.  Manchester  Corporation  A c t,   1919. 

43.  St.  Just  (Falmouth)  Ocean  Wharves  and 

Railways  A c t,   1919. 

44.  Shropshire, Worcestershire,  and  Stafford-

shire  Electric  Power  A c t,   1919. 

45.  Gosport  and  Alverstoke  Urban  District 

Council  A c t,   1919. 

King's Speech. 

afterwards  His  Majesty's  Most  Gracious 
Speech  was  delivered  to  both  Houses  of  Parlia-
ment  by  the  Lord  H i gh   Chancellor,  in  pursuance 
of  His  Majesty's  Commands,  as  followeth  : 

My   Lords,  and  Members  of  the  House  of 

Commons, 

A f t er   many  months  of  arduous  deliberation  in 
Paris,  the  efforts  of  the  Plenipotentiaries  of  the 
Allied  and  Associated  Powers  have  been  crowned 
with  success,  and  Treaties  of  Peace  with 
Germany,  Austria,  and  Bulgaria  have  been  con-
cluded. 
In   the  negotiations  the  Prime  Ministers 
of  all  My   Dominions  and  Representatives  of 
India  took  an  influential  part. 
I  have  signified 
My   approval  of 
the  Treaty  of  Peace  with 
Germany  and  have  ratified  it.  Peace  still  re-
mains  to  be  concluded with  the  Ottoman  Empire 
and  the  Republic  of  Hungary,  and  I  earnestly 
trust  that  the  necessary  negotiations 
for  this 
purpose  will  shortly  be  brought  to  a  satisfactory 
conclusion. 

I  regret  that  there  is  no improvement in the 
unhappy  conditions  prevailing  in  Russia,  and 

VOL. 174. 

there 

that 
is  no  immediate  prospect  in  that 
country  of  the  establishment  of  Constitutional 
Government,  which  alone  can  conduce  to 
its 
permanent  prosperity. 

My   relations  with  My   Allies  and  Associates 
in  the  Great  W ar   remain  of  the  most  friendly 
character,  and  I  have  every  expectation  that  the 
close  and  intimate  co-operation  which 
led  to 
victory  will  be  long  continued  to  the  benefit  of 
all. 

In  A u g u st   last My   Government  concluded  with 
the  Persian  Government  an  Agreement  tending 
to  cement  the  ties of  friendship  between  the  two 
countries,  which  have  so  many 
in 
common,  and to  promote the  welfare and  progress 
I  have  since  had  the  pleasure  of 
of  Persia. 
entertaining 
first  visit  to 
Europe. 

the  Shah  on  his 

interests 

T he   signal  success  which  has  attended  the 
the  Prince  of  W a l es   to  Canada  and 
visit  of 
Newfoundland  has  filled  My   heart  with  feelings 
of  pride  and  satisfaction. 
T he   overwhelming 
enthusiasm  with  which  My   son  was  everywhere 
welcomed  affords  a fresh  proof  of  the  affectionate 
loyalty  which  animates  all  My   Peoples,  and  I 
rejoice  that  his  visit  has  strengthened  the  ties 
of  comradeship  which  unite  the  varies  countries 
of  the  Empire.  He   subsequently  visited  the 
United  States  of  America,  where  he  was  greeted 
with  a  warmth  and  kindliness  which  will,  I  am 
confident,  have  the  happiest  effect  on  the  rela-
tions  between 
the  British  Empire  and  that 
great  Republic. 

The whole Empire mourns the death of General 
Botha,  one  of  the  greatest  and  wisest  of  its 
Statesmen.  The  sagacity  and  far-sightedness 
which made him the trusted leader of the people 
of  the  Dominion  of  South  Africa,  and  which 
contributed so much to the success of  the Allies, 
won universal recognition at the recent delibera-
tions in Paris. 

A  measure which marks the  first  stage in the 
development of responsible Government in India 
has become law, and I  rely  on  all  My  subjects 
to work together for  its  success.  In  a  Procla-
mation which  I  am  addressing  to  My  Viceroy 
and to the Princes  and  People  of India,  I  am 
expressing  My  hope  that  harmonious  political 
life will  be steadily  built up  on  the  foundation 
thus laid, and I  am announcing  My  intention  of 
sending My  Son, the Prince  of  Wales, to India 
to inaugurate the new Constitution. 

Members  of  the  House  of  Commons, 

I  thank  you  for  the  provision  that  you  have 
made  for  the  service  of  a  year  in  which  public 
expenditure  has  necessarily  continued  on  an  ab-
normal scale largely exceeding  both the  permanent 
and  temporary  revenue. 
I  trust  that  next  year, 
with  the  return  to  more  normal  conditions,  you 
will  be  able  to  take  the  first  steps  in  the  reduc-
tion  of  the  National  Debt.  The  condition  of 
our  finances  and  the  state  of  our  credit  continue 
to  occupy  the  serious  attention  of  My   Ministers. 
Only  by  strict economy  in  both  public  and  private 
expenditure  and  by  sustained  increase  of  pro-
duction  can  the  Country  maintain  its  historic 
position  in  commerce  and  finance. 

My  Lords, and  Members  of  the  House  of 

Commons, 

I  cannot  view  without  concern  the  grave 
economic  position  of  a  large  part  of  Kurope. 
restarting 
T he   task  of  restoring  credit  and 
industry  in  the  countries  whose  economic 
life 
has  been  destroyed  by  five  years  of  war  is  one 
of  the  first  conditions  of  a  return  to  settled 
peace,  but  it  is  too  large  a  task  for  any  nation 
3  i  3 

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23rd December. 

1 9 1 9. 

to  undertake  unaided.  I  was enabled  by  the 
liberality of Parliament to  place a  large  sum at 
the disposal of  the  Supreme  Economic  Council 
for the relief  of  immediate  necessities, but  that 
sum is now nearly exhausted.  Further measures 
of relief  and  reconstruction  can  only be  under-
taken as the result of  joint  action by all nations 
interested  in  the  restoration  of  international 
commerce.  My  Government  would  gladly  co-
operate with the Governments of  other countries 
to this end if a suitable plan can be devised. 

Great progress has been made  during the past 
year  in  the  gigantic  task  of  demobilising  My 
Navy, Army,  and Air  Force, impeded  as  it  has 
been  by  the  uncertainties  of  the  situation  in 
large parts of  Europe and Asia. 

The lot of  the  men  who  have  served  in  My 
Forces during the War,  and  especially  of those 
who are disabled, has been the subject of anxious 
consideration.  It is a source  of  great  satisfac-
tion to Me  that it has been  possible  to  increase 
the scales of pensions paid  to war  veterans  and 
to the dependants of those who  gave  their  lives 
in  the war.  I  am glad to know that  very  large 
numbers of men have been re-absorbed in peace-
ful industries, but  it  is  important  that  employ-
ment should be within the reach of all who are able 
to take  advantage  of  it.  To  this  end  I  have 
made an appeal to the employers of the Country 
which has received a  large response.  But more 
remains to be done, and  I  am  hopeful  that  the 
measures which have been  and  are  being  taken 
for giving them  training  in  skilled  occupations 
and for placing  them  in  employment  will  have 
the ready support of  all My  People. 

Measures have also  been  passed  to  facilitate 
the  settlement  on  the  land  of  ex-service  men 
who have fought in the  War,  and  for  providing 
them with the necessary assistance  in  establish-
ing themselves in agriculture. 

The continued high cost of living, with  all its 
evil consequences,  has  caused  distress  through -
out the world, though it is lower  in  the  British 
Isles  than elsewhere.  The  problem  of reducing 
it has received your  constant  consideration, and 
measures have been taken which it is hoped may 
prevent the charging  of unreasonable  prices for 
necessary articles. 

In  the  sphere  of  domestic  legislation  the 
Session has been  marked by the  passage  of  an 
unprecedented  number  of  Bills  dealing  with 
reconstruction in all its aspects. 

Important measures have been passed affecting 
the  conditions  of  labour.  There  is  no  doubt 
that  public  opinion  throughout  the  world  is 
deeply interested in  the  manner in which Great 
Britain is dealing with  its labour  and industrial 
problem,  and  I  am  confident  that  though  the 
difficult times are not yet past  our  course is  set 
fair towards a renewal of  national  strength  and 
prosperity.  I  am glad to  think  that  there  has 
been  a  steady  improvement  in  industrial  con-
ditions.  Unemployment,  which  in  the  earlier 
part  of  the  year  was  unexampled  in  extent, 
Btands to-day at a figure which compares favour-
able with the  years  prior  to  the  War.  This is 
all the more remarkable considering the immense 
numbers of men and women discharged from the 
services and from munition works at home.  The 
Acts for restoring privileges  surrendered during 
the  War  and  for  stabilising  the  conditions  of 
employment have  done  much  to  avoid  friction 
in the industrial life of  the Country.  The estab-
lishment of  an Industrial  Court has provided the 
machinery for securing  the  peaceful  settlement 
of disputes and promoting harmony among those 

engaged in industry.  These measures form part of 
a programme which it has not been found possible 
to complete in  the  present  Session.  Proposals 
have  been  formulated  for  fixing  a  maximum 
number of  hours  of  employment, for  instituting 
a minimum wage, and for making  increased pro-
vision  against  unemployment. 
I  trust  that  at 
an  early  date  they  may  receive  the  assent  of 
Parliament. 

I  have given My  assent to an Act constituting 
a  Ministry of  Agriculture,. Agricultural Councils 
for  England and  Wales, an Advisory  Committee 
to  assist  the  Minister,  and  providing  for  the 
decentralisation of  Agricultural  Administration 
to Committees of the County  Councils. 

I  have also assented to  Bills for the establish-
ment of  the Ministry  of Health in  England, and 
a Board of  Health in Scotland, and a Council of 
Health in Ireland.  I  anticipate that  when they 
are in full  working order they  will prove invalu-
able in co-ordinating  and  improving  the service 
of the health of the people. 

The  Housing and Town Planning Acts which 
were passed  in  July,  and  the  Housing  (Addi-
tional Powers)  Act, to  which I  have  just  given 
assent, mark a new departure in housing legisla-
tion;  and  it  is  My  sincere  hope  that  these 
measures  will  facilitate  the  solution  of  the 
housing  problem  in  the  United  Kingdom  by 
providing  increased  aud  better  accommodation 
and  leading  to  the  progressive  elimination  of 
insanitary dwellings. 

I  view with satisfaction the passing of the Act 
to  establish  a  Ministry  of  Transport.  The 
creation of an effective  system  of  transport will 
greatly contribute to agricultural  and  industrial 
development,  to  the  solution  to  the  housing 
problem, and to the  reparation  of  the  immense 
losses inflicted on the Country by  the War. 

Upon these measures the  future  prosperity of 

the Country  very largely depends. 

The pressure on  the  time  of  Parliament  has 
made it  impossible  to  enact  in  its  entirety the 
Electricity  (Supply)  Bill  as  passed  by  the 
House  of  Commons.  Provision  has,  however, 
been made which enables the necessary  Commis-
sioners  to  be  established  and  the  preliminary 
steps  to  be  taken  in  the reorganisation  of  this 
vital industry.  A  portion of  this  Bill was  tem-
porarily  postponed  with  the  object  of  giving 
adequate time to Parliament  to  deliberate  fully 
upon its  terms.  It  is  greatly  hoped,  however, 
that  upon  the  re-assembly  of  Parliament  con-
sideration  of  the  remaining  portion  will  be 
resumed. 

In  addition to  these  Bills  a  number  of other 
Acts,  relating  to  the  Acquisition  of  Land, 
Patents  and  Designs,  Trade  Marks,  Wireless 
Telegraphy,  and  other  matters  of  importance 
in  the  practical  work  of  reconstruction,  have 
received My  assent. 

Then a Commission for proroguing the Parlia-

ment was read. 

After which the Lord Chancellor said: 

My  Lords, and Members, 

By  virtue  of  His  Majesty's  Commission 
under  the  Great  Seal,  to  us  and  other  Lords 
directed, and now  read, we do, in  His Majesty's 
Name and  in obedience to  His  Commands, pro-
rogue  this Parliament  to Tuesdav  tbe tenth day 
of  February  one  thousand  nine  hundred  and 
twenty,  to  be  then  here  holden;  and  this 
Parliament  is accordingly prorogued  to Tuesday 
the  tenth  day  of  February  one  thousand  nine 
hundred and twenty. 

I  N  D  E  X 

TO  THE 

ONE  HUNDRED  AND  SEVENTY-FOURTH 
VOLUME. 

Session  1919. 

9  $  10  Geo. V.  Pari,  31.  Sess. 1.  1919. 

ABERDEEN   AND  KINCARDINE   COUNTY  

(CENTRAL 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

DIVISION)   WR IT   ;  v.  ELECTIONS. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND  

P A P E R S: 

N O T E . —( A d d .)   Address  to  the  Crown. 

(  Ord.)  Order  for  a  Return. 

[pres.)  presented. 

(Com.) 

by  the  K i n g 's   Command. 

(Act) 

pursuant  to  A c t. 

(p.)  Order  for  printing. 

ACQUISITION   AND  VALUATION   OF  LAND   COMMITTEE   : 
Fourth  Report  on  Transfer  of  L a nd   in  England  and 
Wales  (Com.),  362. 

ACQUISITION   OF  LA ND   (Assessment  of  Compensation) 
BI LL   :  Memorandum  on  Expenditure  under  the  Bill 
(Ord.  136, pres.  137), p.  137  (No.  92). 

ADJOURNMENT   MOTIONS  UNDER  STANDING   ORDER 
4 1 5, 

N o.   1 0:   Return  relative  thereto  for  1919  (Ord. 
pres.  419),  p. 420  (No.  235). 

AERONAUTICS   :  Report of  Advisory  Committee  for  1 9 1 8 - 19 

(Com.),  419. 

AGRICULTURAL  MACHINERY   AMD IMPLEMENTS  (Depart-
mental  Committee):  Report  of  the  Committee  (Com.), 
415. 

AGRICULTURAL   PRICES  (Ireland):  Return  relative  thereto 

(Ord.)  166, pres.  320),  p. 320 (No.  201). 

AGRICULTURE—continued. 

Scotland: 

Agricultural  Statistics,  1916,  V o l.   V .,   P a rt  

I I. 
(Com.), 
182  ;  Part  I I I.   205.  1917,  V o l.   V I .,   Part  I .,   1 2 9; 
Part  I I .,   322.  Seventh  Report  of  the  Board,  for  1918, 
202. 

AGRICULTURE   AND  FISHERIES   (Councils,  $c.)  BI LL   : 
the  Bill 

Memorandum  on  the  Financial  Clauses  of 
(Com.),  352. 

AIR   BOARD  AND  AIR   MINISTRY   (Appropriation  Account)  : 
Appropriation  A  ccount  of  the  sums  granted  by   Parlia-
ment  to defray the expenses of  the  A ir   Board  for  1 9 1 7 - 18 
(Act),  72,  p.  72  (No.  49). 

AIR   EST:MATES   ( 1 9 1 9 - 2 0)   : 

Estimates  for  1 9 1 9 - 20   V o te   A 

{Com.), 

60,  p.  60 

( N o.   40).  Beferred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  60. 

Estimate  of  sum  required  for  year  ending  31st  March 
1920  (Com.),  399,  p.  399,  (No.  226).  Beferred  to  the 
Committee  of  Supply,  399.  Memorandum  thereon  by 
the  Secretary  of  State  for  A i r,   399. 

(  Vote on Account)  : 

V o te   on  Account  for  the  year  1 9 1 9 - 20   (C o m . ),   60, 
p.  60   ( N o.   4 1 ).   Beferred  to  a  Standing  Committee,  60. 
To   be  considered  in  Committee  of  Supply,  64. 

AIR   FORCE  (Constitution)  ACT,   1917  :  Orders  in  Council 
118,  164,  169.  Orders  under  the 

under  the  A ct   (Act), 
A c t,   182,  217. 

AGRICULTURAL  STATISTICS  (Ireland):  Detailed  Report 
105.  Abstracts  showing  Acreage 

for  1916 
under  Crops  on  l st   June  1916,  1917  and  1918,  105. 

(Com.), 

AIR   FORCES  (Regulations):  Begulations  made  by  A ir 
the 

Council  respecting  the  billeting  of  Officers  of 
W o m e n 's   B o y al   A ir   Force  (Act), 

125. 

AGRICULTURAL   WAGES   BOARD   :  Report  of the  Committee 
to  inquire  into  the  financial  results  of  occupation  of 
agricultural  land,  &c.  (Com.), 

6 9. 

AGRICULTURE. 

Royal  Commission  : 

Minutes  of  Evidence  taken  before  the  Commission 
Interim  Report,  419. 

(  Com.),  322. 

AIR   MI N I S T R Y:   Synopsis  of  British A ir   Effort  during  the 
W ar   (Com.), 
111.  Correspondence  relative  to  termina-
tion  of  Appointment  of  the  Honourable  V i o l et   Douglas-
Pennant,  164.  Further  correspondence  relative  thereto, 
(Act), 
219.  Rules  of  Procedure  as  to  Courts  of  Inquiry 
323.  Order  amending  Article 4 97   of  the  Royal  Warrant, 
323.  Order  relative to  W ar   Gratuity,  323.  Regulations 
governing  immediate  Temporary  Entry  of  Officers  into 

VO L.   174 

Sese.  1919. 

3  I  4 

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[1919. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

Royal  Air  Force,  323.  Order  providing  for  Revised 
Rates  of  Pay,  &c. for  other  ranks, 323.  Ditto  ditto  for 
Officers,  323.  Order  fixing  date  up  to  which  certain 
Officers may be  granted  Gratuity, 323.  Warrant  apply-
ing  Regulations  under  Regimental  Debts  Act,  1893,  to 
Royal  Air  Force,  323.  Report  of  American  Aviation 
Mission  (Com.),  334.  Synopsis  of  Progress  of  Aviation 
in  Foreign  Countries  to  31st  October  1919,-  408. 

Department  of  Cioil  Aviation : 

Synopsis  of  Progress  of  Work  in  the  Department 

(Com.),  353. 

ARMY—continued. 

Military  Savings  Banks  : 

Statement  of  amount  due  by  the  public  to  Depositors 
on  3lst  March  1917,  and  of  Receipts,  Interest,  and 
Disbursements  during  the  year  ended  31st  March  1918 
(Act),  86,  p. 86  (No.  60). 

Pay,  Non-effective  Pay,  and Allowances  : 

List  of  Exceptions  sanctioned  during  the  year  1917-

18  (Com.),  17. 

Ditto 

ditto  during  the  year  1918-19,  396. 

A IR   N A V I G A T I ON   :  Orders  under  the  Air  Navigation 

Regimental  Debts: 

Acts  (Act),  122,  376. 

A L I E NS   : 

Immigration  and  Supervision : 

Draft  Order  in  Council  relative  thereto  (Com.),  156. 

Naturalisation: 

Return  relative  thereto  (Add.  89,  pres.  105), p.  105 

(No.  74). 

A L I E NS  

IN  G O V E R N M E NT   O F F I C E S:   Report  of  Com-

mittee  thereon  (Com.),  181. 

Amended  Regulations  under  the  Regimental  Debts 

Act,  1893  (Act),  300. 

Special  Pensions : 

Return  thereof  for  1918-19  (Com.),  324. 

Supplementary Estimate  (1918-19): 

Further  amount  required  for  the  year  ending  31st 
March  1919  (Com.),  45,  p.  45  (No.  28).  Referred  to  a 
Standing  Committtee,  45.  To  be  considered  in  Com-
mittee  of  Supply,  50. 

Territorial  Force: 

A L I E NS   R E P A T R I A T I ON   C O M M I T T EE  ;  Report 

thereof 

Scheme  for  Association  for  County  (Act),  382. 

(Com.),  334. 

A L K A L I,   SIC.  W O R KS   R E G U L A T I ON   A C T,   1 9 0 6:   Fifty-
fifth  Annual  Report  of  the  Inspector  under  the  Act, 

__ for  1918  (Act),  187. 

A N T I - D U M P I NG  

in 
Canada,  Australia,  South  Africa  and  United  States  of 
America  ( Com.),  228. 

L E G I S L A T I ON  :  Summary 

thereof 

A R K L OW   H A R B O U R:   Report  of  the  Harbour  Commis-

sioners, with  Accounts,  for  1918.(Act),  415. 

A R MY   :  Reports  on  Economic  Conditions  in  Germany, 
(Com.),  93, 109,189.  Terms  of  Armistice  between  Allied 
Governments  and  Governments  of  Germany,  Austria-
Hungary  and  Turkey,  96.  Amendments  to  Rules  of 
(Act),  177.  Report  on  National 
Procedure,  1907 
(Com.), 
Scheme  of  Co-ordination  of  Voluntary  Effort 
189.  Report  of  Work  of  Camps  Library, 189.  State-
ment  of  Cost  of  Operations  in  Russia  from  date  of 
Armistice 
to  31st  July,  1919,  303.  Ditto,  ditto  to 
31st  October  1919,  337.  Report  of  Army  Agricultural 
Committee,  321.  Report  of  Committee  on  Law  and 
Rules 
regulating  Military  Courts 
Martial,  364. 

of  Procedure 

Appropriation  Account'. 

Appropriation  Account  of  the  sums  granted  by  Par-
.  liament  for  Army  Services  for  1917-18  (Act),  50,  p.  50 
(No.  32).  Referred  to a  Committee of the  whole  House, 
346. 

Clothing Factory  : 

Annual  Accounts  of  Army  Clothing  Factory 

for 

1917-18  (Act),  50, p.  50  (No.  33). 

Estimates  (1919-20): 

Estimate  of  the  number  of  Men  oh  the  Establishment 
of  the  Army  at  Home  and  Abroad  exclusive  of  those 
serving  in  India,  for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1920 
(Com.),  46,  p.  46  (No.  30).  Referred  to  the  Committee 
of  Supply,  46. 

Estimate  of  Effective  and  Non-effective  Services  for 
the  year  ending  3lst  March  1920  (Com.),  386,  p.  386 
(No.  220).  Referred to a Standing Committee,  386.  To 
be  considered  in  Committee  of  Supply,  396. 

Vote on  Account: 

Vote  on  Account  for  the  year  ending 31st  March  1920 
(Com.),  46,  p.  46  (No.  31).  Referred  to  a  Standing 
Committee,  46.  To  be  considered  in  Committee  of 
Further  Vote  on  Account  for  the  year 
Supply,  50. 
ending  31st  of  March  1920,  151,  p.  151 
(No.  99). 
Referred  to  a  Standing  Committee,  151.  To  be  con-
sidered  in Committee  of  Supply,  167. 

Ditto  ditto  for  the  year  ending 31st March  1920, 253, 
p.  253  (No.  146).  Referred  to  a  Standing  Committee, 
253.  To  be  considered  in  Committee  of  Supply,  262. 

Ditto  ditto  for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1920, 

335,  p.  335  (No.  191).  Referred  to  a  Standing  Com-
mittee,  335.  To  be  considered  in  Committee  of  Supply, 
345. 

A R MY  

E X P E N D I T U R E,   1919-20:  Statement 

thereon 

(Com.),  328. 

ARMY,  1918-19  (Vote   10,  Works  and  Buildings:  State-
ment  of  proposed  Expenditure  for  1918-19  (Com.,)  72, 
p.  72  (No.  51). 

A R U N D EL   P O RT  :  Annual  Report  and  General  Account 
of  the  Commissioners  for  the  year  ended  25th  March 
191.8 (Act),  136. 

A S S U R A N CE   C O M P A N I ES  ;  Statements  deposited  with  the 
Board  of  Trade  during  1918,  First,  Second,  and  Third 
Schedules  (Act),  66,  p.  «6  (No.  46),  Fourth  and  Fifth 
Schedules,  66. 

A U G M E N T A T I ON   OF  B E N E F I C ES   A C T,   1863  :  Return  of 
Proceedings  under  the  Act  from  1st  November  1863  to 
9t.h May  1919  (Act),  138. 

B A NK   OF  ENGLAND  :  Return of  the amount  of  Notes issued 
more  than  forty  years  which  have  hot  been  presented 
for  payment,  written  off on  31st  October  1918  (Act),  18; 
Ditto  ditto  on  29th  October  1919, 380.  Accounts  of 
Exchequer  Bills,  &c.,  and of  sums  issued for  payment  of 
Dividends,  &c.,  for  the  year  ending  5th  January  1919 
(Act),  42,  p. 42  (No.  26).  Applications  to  the  Governor 
and  Deputy  Governor  of  the  Bank  of  England  f or 
Advances  to Government  authorised  by  Parliament, from 
6th  January  1918  to  5th  January  1919  (Act),  43,  p.  43 
(No.  27). 

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A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

B A N K R U P T CY   :  Thirty-sixth  Annual  Report  by  the  Board 

«.f  Trade  (Act),  317,  p. 317  (No.  179). 

B A N K R U P T CY   A C T,   1914  (Proceedings):  Accounts  of 
Receipts  and  Expenditure  in  Bankruptcy  proceedings 
under  the  Act  during  the  year  ended  31st  March  1919 
(Act),  106. 

B A N K R U P T CY   C O U R TS  (Ireland):  Returns  of  the  Official 

Assignees  for  1918  (Act),  50. 

B A R B A D OS  :  Rules  made  by  Governor  (Act),  134. 

B E L F A ST   P R I S ON  

( Treatment  of  Prisoners)  (Special  Com-
(Com.),  72. 
mission) :  Report  of  the  Commissioner 
Minutes  of  Evidence  and  Appendices  of  the  Pro-
ceedings  of  the  Inquiry,  86. 

B I R T H S,   D E A T H S,   AND  M A R R I A G ES  :  Eightieth  Annual 

Report for  England  and  Wales,  1917  (Corn.),  17. 

V.  M A R R I A G E S,   B I R T HS   AND  D E A T H S. 

Scotland: 

Sixty-third  Annual  Report,  1917  (Com.),  322. 
Report  on  Mortality  from Influenza  during  Epidemic 

of  1918-19,  322. 

BISHOPRICS  A C T,   1 8 7 8,   AND  B I S H O P R I CS   OF  B R A D F O RD 
A ND   C O V E N T RY   A C T,   1 9 1 8:   Order  in  Council  under 
the  Acts  (Ac*),  389. 

B O A RD   OF  A G R I C U L T U RE   AND  F I S H E R I E S:   Report 
on Wages and Conditions of  Employment  in  Agriculture, 
Vols  I.  and  II.  General  Report  (Com.),  20.  Annual 
Report  of  Proceedings  under  the  Diseases  of  Animals 
Acts,  &c., 91..  Annual  Keportfor  1915,  i!>16,1917  and 
1918  of  Proceedings  under  the  Tithe,  Copyhold  and 
othei; Acts,  180.  First  Annual  Report  of  Flax  Pro-
duction  Branch 
Annual  Report 
for  1918,  182. 
under  the  Small  Holdings  Colonies  Act,  1916,  for 
1918  (Act\,  182, p.  18-2  (No.  115).  Third 
Interim 
Report  of  Committee  on  Production  and Distribution  of 
(Com.),  303.  Final  Report,  415.  Minutes  of 
Milk 
Proceedings  at  Twenty-sixth  Annual  Meeting of Repre-
sentatives  of  Sea Fisheries  Authorities,  321.  Report  of 
Proceedings  under  the  Salmon  and  Freshwater  Fisheries 
Acts  for  1915, 1916,  1917  and  1918,  425. 

A gricaltural  Statistics : 

Agricultural  Statistics  for  1918,  Vol.  L I I I .,   Part  I., 
Acreage  and  Live  Stock  (Com.),  20.  Part  II..  Produce 
of  Crops,  292.  Part  III.,  Prices  and  Supplies  of  Corn, 
&c.,  323. 

Food Production  Department: 

< 

Elementary  Schools  in  England,  93.  Provisional  Regu-
lations  for  Public  Elementary  Schools  in  Wales,  93. 
School  Teachers'  Superannuation  Rules,  1919,  95. 
Draft  Regulation  amending;  Regulations  for  Technical 
Schools,  99.  Draft  Regulation  amending  Regulations 
for  Training  of  Teachers,  109.  Grant  Regulations, 
No.  5A,  amending  Grant  Regulations  No.  5,  for  pay-
ment of  Interim Grants for higher education  of  ex-service 
Officers and Men at  Universities,  &c.,  109.  Reports on 
Science  Museum  and  Geological  Survey,  129.  Grant 
Regulation,  No.  4,  for  determining  the  amount  of  any 
Deficiency  Grant,  138.  Report  of  the  Board 
for 
1917-18,  149.  Draft  Regulations  amending  Regula-
tions for Preliminary  Education and Training  of Teachers 
in  Wales,  151.  Draft Regulations for Secondary  Schools 
in  England,  159.  List  of  Fee-Charging  Secondary 
Schools  receiving  Higher  Grant  in  which  ordinary 
requirement  of  free  places  has  been  reduced  by  the 
Board,  207.  Draft  of  Education  Act,  1918,  Grant 
Regulations,  No.  12,  219.  Provisional  Regulations  for 
Public  Elementary  Schools  in  England,  231.  Regula-
tion amending Regulations for  Training of  Teachers, 234. 
Technical  Schools, &c.(Amending) Regulation,  1919, 239. 
Draft  of  School  Teachers'  Superannuation  (Amending) 
Rule,  1919,  275.  Report  for  1916  on  Victoria  and 
Albert  M useum and  Bethnal  Green  Museum, 281.  Pro-
visional  Regulations  for  Public  Elementary  Schools in 
Wales,  288.  Draft  Regulations  for  Grants  to  Local 
Education  Authorities  in respect  of  Maintenance  Allow-
296.  Regu-
ances  to  Pupils  in  Secondary  Schools, 
(Health 
lations  for  Secondary  Schools in  England,  321. 
Visitors'  Training)  Regulations,  1919,  321. 
(Midwives 
Training)  Regulations, 1919,321.  Regulations amending 
Regulations  for  Preliminary  Education  and  Training  of 
Teachers in  Wale.-, 322.  School Teachers'  Superannua-
tion  (Amending)  Rule,  1919, 322.  Draft  of  Technical 
Schools,  &c. (Amending),  Regulations  (No.  2),  1919,334. 
Report  of  Committee  appointed  to  prepare  Draft  of 
National  Scheme  of  Training 
for  Sea  Service,  343. 
Annual  Report  of  Chief  Medical  Officer  for  1918,  361. 
(Maintenance  Allowance  Grant) 
Higher  Education 
Regulations,  362. 
(Midwives'  Training)  Regulations, 
1919, 372.  Report  of  Standing  Joint  Committee  repre-
sentative  of  County  Councils  Association,  &c.,  on  Pro-
visional  Minimum  Scale  of  Salaries  for  Teachers  in 
Public  Elementary  Schools,  378.  Regulations 
for 
Scholarships, &c., in  Science  for  1920,399.  Report  of 
Committee  on  Licences  to  Children  to  take  part  in 
Entertainments,  405.  Draft  Order,  No.  7,  amending 
Final  Order  No.  635  under  Section  11  (8)  of  Education 
Act,  1902,  4 1 0. 

Statement  of  Financial  Results  of  Principal  Trading 

Schemes  of  the Department  ( Com.), 296. 

Welsh Intermediate Education Act,  1889  : 
Report  under  the  Act  for  1918  (Com.),  182. 

B O A RD   OF  EDUCATION  :  Statement  as  to  Salaries  of 
Teachers  in  Public  Elementary  Schools  (Com.),  45. 
Provisional  Regulations  for  payment  of  Interim  Grants 
for  higher  education  of  ex-service  Officers  and  Men  at 
Universities,  &c.,  57.  Report  of  the  Board  on  the 
Crossley and Porter Orphan Home and School, Halifax, 63. 
Education  Grants (Winding-up)  Regulations, 63.  Draft 
of  Grant  Regulations,  No.  3, for  Grant for  Elementary 
Education  to  Public  Elementary  Schools not  maintained 
by the Local Education Authority, 67.  Draft Regulations 
as to  payment  of  Grants  for  Elementary  Education  to 
Managers  of  Public  Elementary  Schools  not  maintained 
by  the  Local  Authority,  67.  Grant  Regulations (No.  6) 
for Nursery Schools, 1919, 76.  Grant Regulations (No 7) 
for  Special  Schools  and  Evening  Play  Centres,  88. 
Addition  to  Regulations  for  payment  of  Special  Grants 
in  aid  of  certain  Local  Education  Authorities,  91. 
Education  Grants,  "  Special  Services"  Winding-up 
Regulations,  93.  Provisional  Regulations  for  Public 

B O A RD   OF  T R A DE   (Coal  Mines  Department):  Statement 
showing  basis of  increase in  cost  of  coal  (Corn.),  219. 

B O M B AY   M I N T :.   Treasury  Minute  relative  thereto  (Act), 

18. 

B R I T I SH   AND  F O R E I GN   L E G AL   P R O C E D U RE  :  Beport  of 
the Lord  Chancellor's  Committee  thereon  (Com.),  209. 

B R I T I SH   C E L L U L O SE  
thereof  ( Com.), 300. 

INQUIRY  C O M M I T T EE  :  Report 

B R I T I SH   M I S S I ON   TO  S O U TH   A M E R I CA   :  (Miscellaneous, 
No.  2,  1919):  Correspondence  relative  thereto  (Com..), 
1 5 9. 

BRtTiSH  M U S E UM   :  R e t u rn   relative  thereto  (O r d.   9 1,   pres 

1 8 3 ),  p.  183  ( N o.   1 2 0 ). 

BUSINESS  OF  T HE   H O U SE  :  Retui-n  relative  thereto  for 
Session  1919 (Ord.  416, pres.  419),  p. 420  (No.  236). 

V O L.   174. 

Sess.  1919. 3 L 

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[1919. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

C A L E D O N I AN   C A N AL   :  One  Hundred  and  Fourteenth 
225,  p.  225 

(Act), 

Report  of  the  Commissioners 
(No.  136). 

C A PE   OF  G O OD   H O PE   O B S E R V A T O RY  :  Report  of  the 
Astronomer  thereon  for  1917  (Com.),  19.  For  1918,179. 

C A P I T AL   I S S U E S:  Regulation  relative  thereto  (Cow?.),  9 1. 
Treasury  Instructions  to  the  Committee  thereon,  93. 

CENSUS  OF  P R O D U C T I ON   A C T,   1917  :  Order  under  the 

Act  (Act),  428. 

C E N T R AL   C O N T R OL   B O A RD  

(Liquor  Traffic):  Report 
relative  to  Carlisle  and  District  Direct  Control  Area  for 
1918  ( Com.), 140.  Memorandum  relative  to  Acquisition 
and  Direct  Control of  Licensed  Premises  and  Statement 
of  Assets  and  Liabilities  on  31st  March  1919,  317. 

C E Y L ON   W AR   C O N T R I B U T I O N:   Treasury  Minute relative 

thereto  (Com.),  127. 

C H A R I TY   COMMISSION  (England  and  Wales)  :  Sixty-

sixth  Report  of  the  Commissioners  (Com.),  75. 

C H E L S EA   H O S P I T AL 

(Army  Prize  Money  and  Legacy 
Funds)  :  Receipts  and  Expenditure  to  31st  March  1919 
(Act),  352,  p.  352  (No.  198). 

C H U R CH   E S T A T ES   COMMISSION  :  Sixty-eighth  Report 
the  year  preceding 

for 

the  Commissioners, 
from 
1st  March  1919  (Com.),  72. 

C H U R CH   T E M P O R A L I T I ES  (Ireland):  Report of the  Comp-
troller  and  Auditor  General  upon  the  Account  of  trie 
Irish  Land  Commission  in  respect  of  Church  Tempo-
ralities  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1919  (Ac£),  334, 
p.  334  (No.  190). 

C I V IL   A V I A T I ON   :  Report  of  Advisory  Committee  on 

Civil  Aviation  on  Imperial  Air  Routes  (Com.),  382. 

C I V IL   L I ST   PENSIONS  :  List  of  all  Pensions  granted 
during the year ending  31st March  1919 and charged  upon 
the  Civil  List  (Act),  183,  p.  183  (No.  122). 

C I V IL   S E R V I CE  :  Report on application  of  Whitley  Report 

to  Administrative  Departments,  99. 

C I V IL   S E R V I C E S—  continued. 

Civil  Services (Supplementary  Estimate,  1918-19)  : 
Estimate  of  the  further  sum  required  for  the  service 
of  the  year  ending  31st  March  1919  (Com.),  17,  p.  19 
(No.  4).  Referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  28. 
Referred  to  a  Standing  Committee,  42.  To   be  con-
sidered  in  Committee  of  Supply,  46. 

Ditto  ditto 

for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1919 
(Com.),  42,  p.  42  (No.  23).  Referred  to  a  Standing 
Committee,  42.  To  be  considered  in  Committee  of 
Supply,  46. 

Ditto  ditto 

for  the  year  ending  3lst  March  1919 
(Com.),  51,  p.  51  (No.  35).  Referred  to  a  Standing 
Committee,  51. 

Civil  Services  (Supplementary  Estimate, 1919-20)  : 

Estimate  of  the further  sum  required  for  the  service 
of  the  year  ending  31st  March  1920  (Com.),  91,  p.  91 
(No.  63).  Referred  to  a  Standing  Committee,  91.  To 
be  considered  in  Committee  of  Supply,  267. 

Ditto  ditto 

for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1920 
(Com.),  173,  p.  173  (No.  112).  Referred  to  a  Standing 
Committee,  173.  To  be  considered  in  Committee  of 
Supply,  267. 

Ditto  ditto 

for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1920 
(Com.),  234,  p.  234  (No.  140).  Referred  to  a  Standing 
Committee,  '234.  To  be  considered  in  Committee  of 
Supply,  267. 

Ditto  ditto 

for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1920 
(Com.),  358,  p. 358  (No.  208).  Referred  to  a  Standing 
Committee,  358.  To  be  considered  in  Committee  of 
Supply,  363. 

Ditto  ditto 

for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1920 
(Com.),  389,  p.  389  (No.  222).  Referred  to  a  Standing 
Committee,  389.  To  be  considered  in  Committee  of 
Supply,  396. 

Ditto  ditto 

for  the  year  ending  3lst  March  1920 
(Com.),  393,  p.  393  (No.  224).  Referred  to  a  Standing 
Committee,  393.  To  be  considered  in  Committee  of 
Supply,  396. 

C L E R GY   D I S C I P L I NE   A C T,   18.92 :  Additional  Rules  under 

Recruitment  after  War : 

the  Act  (Act),  332,  410. 

Interim  Report  of  Committee  appointed  to  consider 
and  make  recommendations  relative  thereto  :  Second 
Interim  Report:  Third  Interim  Report  (Com.),  18. 
Final  Report,  149. 

C I V IL   S E R V I CE   COMMISSION  :  Sixty-third  Report  of 

the Commissioners  (Com.),  181. 

C I V IL   S E R V I C E S: 

Civil  Services  and Revenue  Departments 

(Appropria-

tion Accounts)  : 

Appropriation  Accounts,  Classes  I.  to  V I I .,   and  the 
Revenue  Departments,  for  the  year  ended  31st  March 
1918  (Act),  18, p.  19  (No.  7).  • 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments  ( Estimates, 

1919-20): 

Estimates  for  Civil  Services and Revenue  Departments 
for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1920  (Com.),  25,  p.  25 
(No.  14).  Referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  28. 
Referred  to  a  Standing  Committee,  42. 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments,  1919-20 

(  Vote on Account)  % 

C L E R GY  (West   Indies)  :  Return  of  amount  payable  on 
5th  January  1919  for  ecclesiastical  purposes  in  the 
West  Indies  (Act),  412. 

CLOSURE  OF  D E B A TE   (Standing  Order  No.  26)  :  Return 
relative  thereto  for  Session  1919  (Ord.  415,  pres.  419), 
p.  420  (No.  237). 

C O AL   I N D U S T RY   COMMISSION  :  Interim  Report 

(Com.) 
73.  Reports  (Second  Stage),  181.  Vol.  I.,  Reports 
and  Minutes  of  Evidence  (First  Stage). 
Vol.  II., 
Reports  and  Minutes  of  Evidence  (Second  Stage),  322. 

C O AL   O U T P UT   : 

Monthly  Statistics. 

Return  relative  thereto  (Ord.  303,  pres.  310),  p.  175 

(No.  J75). 

Weekly  Statistics. 

-  Return  relative  thereto  (Ord.  303,  pres.  310),  p.  310 
(No.  176). 

C O L O N I AL   P R O B A T ES   A C T,   1892  :  Order  in  Council 

under  the  Act  (Act),  164. 

COLONIAL  R E P O R T S : —A n n u al   Series : 

Vote  on  Account 

lor  the  year  ending  31st  March 
.  1920  (Com.),  25,  p.  25  (No.  15).  Referred  to  the 
Committee  of  Supply,  28.  Referred  to  a  Standing 
Committee,  42.  To  be  considered  in  Committee  of 
Supply,  46. 

Reports,  Nos.  977  (Saint  Vincent),  978  (Bahamas), 
979  (Gambia), 980  (Jamaica), 981  (Gibraltar), 982  (Ber-
muda),  983  (Swaziland),  984  (Trinidad  and  Tobago) 
(Com.),,  16,  985  (Mauritius),  33,  986  (Cyprus),  51,  987 
(Beekuanaland  Protectorate),  55,  988 
(East  Africa 

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A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E R S—  continued. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E R S - M I F C V M E R F. 

(Straits  Settlements'),  992 

(Barbados),  73,  990  CSierra 
Protectorate),  72,  989 
Leone),  991 
(Leeward 
Islands),  134,  993  (Uganda),  137,  994  (British  Hon-
duras),  148,  995  '(Gilbert  and  Ellice  Islands),  155, 
996  (Nyassaland),  181,  997 
(Basutoland),  189,  998 
(Gold  Coast), 299,999   (Wei-hai-wei),  1,000  (Zanzibar), 
1,001  (Hong  Kong),  1,002  (Somaliland),  1,003  (Cay-
(Jamaica),  321,  1,004  (Malta),  1,005 
man  Islands 
(Seychelles),  1,006  (Fiji),  332,  1,007  (Ceylon),  1,008 
(Nigeria),  343,  1,009  (Turks  and  Caicos  Islands),  352, 
1,010 
((Northern  Terri-
tories  of  the  Gold  Coast),  1,012  (Ashanti),  405,  1013 
(East  Africa  Protectorate),  412,1,014   (British  Guiana), 
1,015  (Bechnanaland  Protectorate),  1,016  (Basutoland),. 
425. 

(Saint  Helena),  356,  1,011 

C O L O N I AL   STOCK  A C T,   1 9 00  :  Treasury  List  of  Colonial 
Stocks  in respect: of  which  the  provisions  of  the  Act  are 
for  the  time  being  complied  with  (Ord.  292, pres.  296), 
p.  2 96  (No.  1 7 1 ). 

C O M M E R C I AL   P A P E RS   :  Nos.  1 and  2,  1919,  Suez  Canal. 

C O U RT   OF  P R O B A TE   D I V I S I ON   (Hiqh  Court  of  Justice) 

(Ireland)-.  Annual  Accounts  for  1918  (Act),  86. 

C O U RT   OF  SESSION 

(Scotland),  A C T,   1868  :  Acts  of 

Sederunt  under  the  Act,  ( A ct\  17,  231. 

C R I M I N AL   AND J U D I C I AL   S T A T I S T I CS  (Ireland)  -.  Statistics 
for  1917.  Part  I.  Criminal.  Part  II.  Civil (Com.),  17. 

C R I M I N AL   L AW   AND  P R O C E D U RE  (Ireland)  A C T,   1887  : 

Proclamations  under  the  Act  (Act),  337. 

C R O WN   A G E N TS   FOR  THE  COLONIES  :  Accounts  of 
Crown  Agents'  Office  Funds  for  1918  (Com.),  343.  ,  .. 

C R O WN   O F F I CE   A C T,   1877  :  Order  in  Council  under  the 

Act  (Act),  324. 

CROWN'S  NOMINEE  ACCOUNT  :  Abstract  Account  of 
Receipts  and  Payments  for  1918,  (Act),  399,  p.  399 
( No.  227). 

C U R R E N CY   AND  F O R E I GN   E X C H A N G E S:   Final  Report 

of  Committee  thereon  (Com.),  405. 

C U R R E N CY   N O T ES  :  Treasury  Minute  relative  thereto 

COMMITTALS  (Ireland)  :  Returns of  the  number  of  persons 

(Com.),  412. 

committed  for  trial  in  Ireland,  1918  (Act),  32. 

COMMONS  A C T,   1876  (Coity   Wallia  Commons,  Glamorgan). 
fieport  on  application  for  Provisional  Ordt-r  for  regula-
tion  of  Coity  Wallia  Commons 
(No.  89). 

125,  p.  127; 

(Act), 

COMPANIES 

(Consolidation)  A C T,   1908:  Accounts  of 
Beceipts  and  Expenditure  in  proceedings  under  the  Act" 
during  the  year  ending  31st  March  1919 (Act),  106. 

COMPANIES 

(Winding-up)-. 

Annual 
Report  by  the  Board  of  Trade  (Act),  323,  p.  323 
(No.  182). 

Twenty-eighth 

C O N C I L I A T I ON   A C T,  
ceedings  under 
(No.  1 8 5 ). 

1 8 96  :  Twelfth  Report  of  Pro-
(Act),  324,  p.  324 

the  Act,  &c. 

C O N S O L I D A T ED   F U ND   :  Abstract  Account  of  Issues  made 

in  the year  1917-18  (Act),  42,  p. 42  (No.  24). 

C O N S T A B U L A RY   A ND   P O L I CE   (Ireland)  B I L L:   Estimate 

of  probable  expenditure  under  the  Bill  ( Com.),  336. 

C O N V I C T I O NS   F OR   DRUNKENNESS  : Return relative there-

to  for  1915-18  (Add.  76, pres.  84),  p.  84  (No.  57). 

C O P Y R I G HT   A C T,   1911;  Order  in  Council  under  the  Act 

(Act),  389. 

C O RN   P R O D U C T I ON   A C T S,   1917:  Regulations  under  the 
Act  (Com.),  17,  (Act),  17,  p.  17, (No.  2),  159, 234,  275, 
296, 323, 349,  380. 

C O U N TY   C O U RT  

Pensions  and 
Deputies)  B I LL   :  Memorandum  on the  Bill  and  Estimate 
of  probable  expenditure  under  the  Bill  (Com.),  338. 

(Retirement 

J U D G ES 

C O U N TY   C O U RT   R U L ES   :  Rules,  dated  February  1 9 19 

(Act),  25. 

C O U N TY   C O U R TS  :  Report of  Lord  Chancellor's  Committee 

thereon  (Com.),  359. 

C O U N TY   C O U R TS   A C T,   1888  :  Orders  under  the  Act 

(Act),  21,  93,  127. 

C O U N TY   O F F I C E RS   AND  C O U R TS  (Ireland)  A C T,   1 8 77   : 
Rules  under  the  Act  (Act),  183.  Account  of  Receipts 
and  Payments  under  the  Act  for  1 9 1 7 - 1 8,   2 9 2. 

CUSTOMS  AND  E X C I SE  :  Tenth  Report  of  the  Commis-

sioners,  for  the  year  1918-19  (Com.),  405. 

D A R D A N E L L ES  (Special  Commission)  :  Final  Report  of  the 
Commissioners.  Part  II.  Conduct  of  operations,  &c. 
(Com.),  322. 

D E A T HS   FROM  S T A R V A T I O N,   OR  A C C E L E R A T ED   BY 
P R I V A T I ON   (England  and  Wales)  :  Return  relative 
thereto  for  1918'(0rrf.  43, pres.  189), p.  189  (No.  126). 

D E F E N CE   OF  THE  R E A LM   LOSSES  (Roual  Commission): 

Fourth  Report  of  the  Commissioners  (Com.),  338. 

D E M O B I L I S A T I ON   AND  R E S E T T L E M E NT  :  Regulations 
made  by  the  Military  Service  (Civil  Liabilities)  Com-
mittee  (Com.),  76. 

D E N T I ST   A C T,   1878 (Departmental  Committee):  Report of 
Committee  on  evils  of  dental  practice  by  persons  not 
qualified  under  the  Act  (Com.),  32. 

D E P A R T M E NT   OF  A G R I C U L T U RE   A ND   T E C H N I C AL  

I N-
I R E L A ND  :  Eighteenth  Report  of  the 
STRUCTION  FOR 
Department,  1917-18  (Com.),   100.  Orders  by  the 
Department (Act),  194.  Report  on  Trade  at  Irish  Ports 
during  1917  (Com.),  322.  During  1918,  419. 

D E P A R T M E N T AL   C O M M I T T E ES  :  Agricultural  machinery 
and  implements.  Dentists  Act,  1878.  Goods  Traffic 
Reform.  Metropolitan  Police  Medical  Service.  Old 
Age  Pensions.  Road  Locomotives  and  Heavy  Motor 
Car=.  Sulphuric  Acid  and  Fertiliser  Trades.  Super-
annuation  of  Persons  employed  by  Local  Authorities  in 
England  and  Wales.  Wild  Birds  Protection.  Work-
men's  Compensation  (Disabled  Soldiers  and  Sailors). 

D E S T R U C T I VE   INSECTS  AND  P E S TS   ACTS  :  Orders  under 

the  Acts  (Act),  17,  66,  182, 324,  329,  428. 

D E V E L O P M E NT   COMMISSION  :  Ninth  Report  of  the  pro-

ceedings  (Act),  376,  p.  376  (No.  214). 

DEVELOPMENT  F U N D:   Abstract  Account  thereof  to  31st 

March  1918  (Act),  42,  p. 42  (No.  25). 

D I S A B L ED   M EN   (Facilities for  Employment)  B I L L:   Memo-
randum  on  Expenditure  under  the  Bill  (Com.),  138. 

C O U RT   OF  I N Q U I RY  (Air  Council) :  Proceedings  of  Court 
of  Inquiry  on  matters raised  by  Miss  Eileen  O'Sullivan 
(Com.),  321. 

D I S E A S ES   OF  A N I M A LS   A C TS   :  Orders  under  the  Acts 
(Act),  25,  43,  149  :  Report  of  Proceedings  in  Ireland 
under  the  Acts  for  1917  (Com.),  81. 

VOL.  174. 

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A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

D O GS   R E G U L A T I ON  

(Ireland)   A C T,   1 8 6 5:   Account  of 
Receipts  and  Expenditure  under  the  A ct   for  1918 
(Act),  193. 

EAST  INDIA—continued. 

Imperial  Legislative  Council: 

D O L L AR   S E C U R I T I ES   C O M M I T T EE  :  Report  of  American 
Dollar  Securities  Committee  (Ord.   362,  pres.  364), 
p.  364  (No.  212). 

D U B L IN   H O S P I T A LS  :  Sixtieth  Report  of  the  Board  of 
Superintendence, 1917-18 (Com.),  17;  Sixty-first Report, 
1918-19.  399. 

D U B L IN   M E T R O P O L I T AN   P O L I CE   :  Statistical  Tables 

thereof  for  1916  (Com.),  17.  For  1917,  322. 

Amendment  to  Regulation  X.   and  of  the  Regulations 
for  the  nomination  and  election  of  additional  members 
(Com.),  20. 

Income and  Expenditure: 

Return  relative  thereto  (Add.  160,  pres.  169),  p.  169 

(No.  111). 

India  Office (Retirement  at  Sixty-five)  : 
Return  relative  thereto  (Add.  106, pres.  II1). 

Indian  Legislative  Council; 

D U C HY   OP  C O R N W A LL   :  Account  of  Receipts  and  Dis-

Resolution  regarding  Message  of  Loyalty;  &c., to  His 

bursements  for  1918  (Act),  72,  p.  72  (No.  50j. 

Majesty  on  conclusion  of  Peace  (Com.),  343. 

D U C HY   OF  L A N C A S T ER   :  Account  of  Receipts  and  Dis-

bursements  for  1918  (Act),  63, p.  63  (No.  44). 

Industrial  Commission; 
for  1916-1918 

Report 

(Com.),  32.  Minutes  of 

E A ST   I N D IA   : 

Accounts  and Estimates,  1918-19  : 

Explanatory  Memorandum on Accounts  and  Estimates, 

1918-19  (Com.),  32. 

Afghanistan : 

Papers  relative  to  Hostilities  with  Afghanistan,  1919 

(Com.),  317. 

Calcutta  University  Commission, 1917-19: 

Report  thereof,  Vols.  I.  to  V.  (Com.),  334. 

Civil  Service: 

Provisional  Rules  for  appointment  to  the  Indian  Civil 
Service  ( Com.),  20,  332.  Provisional  Rules for selection 
(Act),  339,  p.  339 
of 
(No.  194), 

Indian  Candidates 

in  India 

Constitutional Reforms  : 

Report  relative  thereto  (Com.),  127.  Letter  from 
Government  o£  India  relative  to  Report,  148.  Views  of 
Government  of  India  on  Report  of  Lord  Southborough's 
Committees,  157.  Views  of  Government  of  India  on 
Grand  Committees,  205.  Correspondence  relative  to 
Constitutional  Changes  in  Assam  and  Backward  Tracts  ; 
Champaran  and  Kaira  Cases,  239.  Recommendation  of 
Government  of  India  regarding  Demarcation  between 
Central  and  Provincial  Revenues,  322, 

Education  : 

Report  on  Progress  thereof,  1912-17  (Com.),  219. 

Finance  and  Revenue  Accounts : 

Finance  and  Revenue  Accounts  of  the  Government  of 

India  for  1917-18  (Act),  140. 

Financial  Statement and  Budget: 

For  1919-20  (Act),  164, p.  164  (No.  104). 

Government of India  Bill: 

Memorandum  relative  thereto  (Com.),  166.  Amend-
ments  proposed  by  the  Bill  in  Government  of  India  Act, 
1.915,  169.  Memorandum  on  Expenditure  likely  to  be 
incurred  under  the  Bill,  187.  Government  of  India 
Act,  1915,  showing  Amendments  proposed  by  the  Bill 
as amended  by  the  Joint  Committee,  368. 

Home  Accounts: 

Annual  Home  Accounts  of  the  Government  of  India 

(Act),  140, p.  140  (No.  93). 

Home Administration-. 

Report  of  Committee  thereon  ( Com.). 213. 

Evidence,  Vols.  I.  to  V.,  202. 

Legislative  Councils : 

Amendments  to  Regulations,  &c.,  for  nomination 
thereto  (Act),  55.  Amendments  to  Regulations  for 
terms  of  Office  of  Members,  118.  Amendments  in 
Rules  for  discussion  of  Annual  Financial  Statement  in 
certain  Provincial  Legislative  Councils,  125.  Amend-
ments of  Rules  for  asking Questions  in Central  Provinces 
Legislative  Council,  143.  Amendments  to  Rules  for 
discussion  of  Annual  Financial  Statement,  United 
Provinces  of  Agra  and  Oudh,  339. 

Loans  raised in  England: 

Return  of  all  Loans  raised  in  England,  chargeable  on 
the  Revenues  of  India,  outstanding  at  the  commence-
ment  of  the  half-year  ending 31st  March  1919  (Act),  102, 
30th  September  1919,  .328,  p.  329 
p.  102  (No.  70). 
(No.  186). 

Loans  raised in  India  : 

Return  of  all  Loans  raised  in  India,  chargeable  on  the 
Revenues  of  India,  outstanding  at  the  commencement 
of  the  half-year  ending  30th  September  1918  (Act),  54, 
[Order  for  printing  discharged,  57.] 
p.  54  (No.  38). 

Ditto  ditto,  31st  March  1919,  314. 

North-West  Frontier  Campaign,  1919 : 

Correspondence  relative  to  Medical Arrangements,  &c. 

(Com.),  310.  Further  Correspondence,  339. 

Progress  and  Condition: 

Statement  exhibiting  the  Moral  and  Material  Progress 
and  Condition  of  India  during  1917-18  (Act),  239, p.  239 
(No.  143). 

Revenue  Accounts: 

[Accounts  and  Papers  relating  to  the  Revenues  of 
India  referred  to  the  consideration  of  a  Committee  of 
the  whole  House,  147.] 

Sanitary Measures : 

Report  thereon  for  1916-17  (Com.),  20. 

Statistical  Abstract: 

Abstract 

from  1907-8 

to  1916-17,  Fifty-second 

Number  (Com.),  322. 

Trade : 

Review  thereof  for  1917-18  (Com.),  205.  Tables 

relative  thereto,  1912-13  to  1916-17,  25. 

E C C L E S I A S T I C AL   C O M M I S S I O N:  Seventy-first  Report  from 

the  Commissioners,  with  Appendix  (Com.),  63.  , 

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A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E R S - c c m ^ W. 

E D U C A T I O N: 

Ireland  : 

F A C T O R I ES   AND  W O R K S H O PS   :  Annual  Report  of  the 

Chief  Inspector  for  1918  ( Com.),  322. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Commissioners,  1918  (Com.), 

F A C T O RY   AND  W O R K S H OP   (Regulations for  Manipulation 

147. 

Scotland: 

Minute  providing  for  payment  of  grants  from  the 
Education  (Scotland)  Fund" (Act),  17,  p.  17  (No.  1). 
Orders  fixing  appointed  days  under  Section  33  (2)  of 
(Scotland)  A ct   1918  (Com.),  42,  73. 
the  Education 
Minute amending  Regulations  for Preliminary  Education 
of  Teachers,  80.  Minute  providing  for  Grants  in  Aid  of 
Salaries  of  Teachers,  86.  Statement  relative  to  Edu-
cation  (Scotland)  Fund  for  1918-19,  100.  Minute 
sanctioning  payment 
for  certain  Expenditure,  102. 
Minute  dealing  with  certain  Minutes  issued  under  Edu-
cation  (Scotland)  Act,  1908,  108.  Minute  providing  for 
payment  of  Grants  from  the  Education  (Scotland)  Fund 
under  Education  (Scotland)  Act,  1918,  108.  Minute 
providing  for  payment  of  grants  for  Staffing  of  Small 
Schools,  136.  Superannuation  Scheme  for  Teachers 
under  Education  (Scotland)  Superannuation  Act,  1919, 
181.  Forty-sixth  Report  by  Accountant  for  Scotland, 
182. 

Report  of  Committee  of  Council  for  1918-19,  228. 
Minute  sanctioning  payment  of  Expenditure  incurred  for 
certain  purposes,  260.  Minute  relative  to  pavment 
from  Education  (Scotland)  Fund  of  Maintenance  Grants 
to  Special  Institutions, 322.  Minute prescribing  method 
of  calculating  amount  of  accrued  grant  payable  from 
Education  (Scotland)  Fund  under  Section  21  (2)  (a)  of 
Education  (Scotland)  Act,  1918,  in  respect  of  school 
transferred  in  terms  of  Section  1 8 ( 2)   of  that  Act,  360. 
Minute  altering  constitution  of  Committees  for  Training 
of  Teachers, &c., 367.  Minute  amending Regulations  for 
Preliminary  Education,  Training  and  Certification  of 
Teachers  for  various  grades  of  Schools,  1915,  367. 
Minute  amending  Minutes  of  10th  and  l l th   April  1919, 
399.  Minute  providing  for  grants  in  aid  of  Educational 
Expenditure,  399. 

E D U C A T I ON   A C T,   1918 (Grant  Regulations)  :  No. 1  (Com.), 
115 ;  No.  2,  115;  No.  3,  182;  No.  5b,  182.  Education 
Grants  (Winding  up)  Regulations,  182. 

E G Y P T I AN   G U A R A N T E ED   L O AN   OF  1885:  Account  to 

31st  March  1 9 1 9( A c t ),   105. 

E L E C T R IC   L I G H T I NG   A C T S,   1 8 82   TO  1 9 09  (Proceedings)  : 
Report  by  the  Board  of  Trade  of  their  proceedings 
under  the  Acts  during  the  past  year  (Act),  193. 

E L E C T R I C I TY   (Supply)  B I LL   :  Memorandum on expenditure 

likely  to  be  incurred  under  the  Bill  (Com.),  173. 

E M I G R A T I ON   S T A T I S T I CS  (Ireland)  :  Emigration  Statistics 

of  Ireland  for  1918  (Com.),  69. 

E M P I RE   F L A X - G R O W I NG   C O M M I T T EE   :  Interim  Report 
thereof  on  General  Situation,  &c.,  in  April  1919  (Com.), 
260. 

E V I C T ED   T E N A N TS  

(Ireland)  A C T,   1907  :  Return  of 
persons reinstated during  quarters  ended  30th June  1918, 
30th  September  1918,  31st  December  1918,  and  31st 
March  1919  (Com.),  320. 

E X P E R I M E N TS   ON  L I V I NG   A N I M A LS   :  Return  relative 

thereto  (Add.  266, pres.  284),  p.  285  (No.  159). 

E X P L O S I V E S:   Forty-third  Report  of  the  Inspectors,  1918 

(Com  ),  253. 

E X P L O S I V ES   A C T,   1 8 75  :  Order  in  Council  under  the  A ct 

(Act),  198. 

of  Refractory  Materials)  (Com.),  116. 

F A C T O RY   AND  W O R K S H OP   A C TS   ( Notification of  Disease): 

Order  under  the  Acts  (Act),  382. 

F EE   F U ND  (House  of  Lords)  :  Accounts  from  1st  April 

1918  to  31st  March  1919  (Com.),  296. 

F E R T I L I S E RS   AND  F E E D I NG   S T U F FS   A C T,   1 9 06   :  Regu-

lations  (Ireland)  under  the A ct   (Act),  69. 

F I N A N CE   A C C O U N TS   :  Accounts  for  1 9 1 8 - 19   (Act), 

1 8 3, 

p.  1 83  (No.  1 2 1 ). 

F I N A N CE   A C T,   1 9 1 6,   A ND   I M M A T U RE   S P I R I TS   (Restric-
tion)  ACT,  1915  :  Order  in  Council  under  the  Acts 
(Act),  226. 

F I N A N CE   A C T,   1 9 19   (Imperial  Preference);  Regulations 
under the  Act  (Act),  228,  p. 288  (No. 164).  Order under 
the  Act, ( Act),  2 8 8,   p.  2 88   (No.  1 6 5 ). 

F I N A N C I AL   S T A T E M E N T,   1 9 1 9 - 20   :  Statement of  Revenue 
and  Expenditure  as 
laid  before  the  House  by  the 
Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  when  opening  the  Budget 
(Ord.  118, pres.  118), p.  118  (No.  88). 

F I N E S,   &C.  (Ireland):  Abstract  of  Accounts  of  all  Fines 
for  in  1918  (Act), 

and  other  penal  sums  accounted 
._../_ 
1 9 3.  

F I S H E R I ES   (Ireland)-.  Report  on Sea  and  Inland  Fisheries 

for  1917  (Com.),  17. 

F I S H E RY   B O A RD  

(Scotland): 

Thirty-seventh  Annual 

Report  thereof  ( Com.),  242. 

F L AX   P R O D U C T I ON  

IN   G R E AT   B R I T A IN   :  Treasury 

Minute  relative  thereto  (Act),  338, 

F L AX   P U R C H A S ES  ;  Treasury  Minute  relative  thereto 

(Art),  303. 

F O R E I GN   J U R I S D I C T I ON   A C T,   1 8 9 0:   Orders  in  Council 

under  the  Act 

164, 324,  389. 

F O R E I GN   MISSIONS  ;  Notification  relative  to  Missions  at 

Belgrade  and  Santiago  ( Com.), 125. 

F O R E I GN   T R A DE   A ND   C O M M E R CE  :  Return  relative 

thereto,  for  1919  (Ord.  24, pres.  25),  p.  25  (No.  17). 

F O R E S H O R ES  :  Treasury  Minute  relative  thereto 

(Act), 

3 3 8. 

Sales, 6fc. 

Return  relative  thereto  (Ord.  349, pres.  353),  p.  353 

(No.  2 0 4 ). 

F O R E S T RY   B I LL   [Lords]  ;  Memorandum  on  Expenditure 

under  the  Bill  ( Com.),  282. 

F R A N CE   AND  A L G E R IA  

(Increase  of  Customs  Duties)  ; 
Translation of French Presidential  Decree relative thereto 
( Com.),  242. 

F R I E N D LY   S O C I E T I ES  :  Reports  of  the  Chief  Registrar 
for  1918.  Part  A,   General  Report  (Act),  332,  p.  332 
(No.  1 8 9 ). 

F U T U RE   E X C H E Q U ER   B A L A N CE   :  Memorandum  thereon 

(Com.),  328. 

G AS   S T A N D A R DS  ;  Report  thereon  by  the  Fuel  Research 

Board  (Com.),  99. 

E X T R A D I T I ON   A C T,   1 8 7 0:   Order  in  Council  under  the 

G E N E R AL   L I G H T H O U SE   F U ND   ;  Accounts  for  the  year 

Act  (Act),  389. 

VOL.  174. 

Sess.  1919. 

1917-18  (Act),  317,  p.  317  (No.  178). 

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A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

G E N E R AL   PRISONS  (Ireland)   A C T,   1 8 77  ;  Order  under 

H O U S I NG   A C T,  

the  Act  (Act),  359. 

G O LD   P R O D U C T I ON 

(British  Empire):  Report  of  the 

Committee  thereon  (Com.),  31. 

G O O DS   T R A F F IC   R E F O RM  

(Departmental  Committee): 

Report  of  the  Committee  (Com.),  419. 

' 

G O V E R N M E NT   C H E M I ST  :  Report  on  the  work  of  the 

Government  Laboratory  for  1918-19  (Com.),  356. 

G O V E R N M E NT   C O N T R A C T O RS  (Ineligible)  :  List  of  Firms 
placed  on  the  Black  List  during  the  War  by  Admiralty, 
War  Office  and  Ministry  of  Munitions,  for  offences 
where  conviction  has taken  place  ( Com.),  100. 

G O V E R N M E NT   INSURANCES  AND  A N N U I T I ES   :  Account 
of  all  Moneys  received,  and  of  the  disposal  thereof,  &c., 
in  the  year  1918  (Act),  102, p.  102  (No.  71). 

G O V E R N M E NT   M A C H I N E RY   FOR  D E A L I NG   W I TH   T R A DE 
AND  C O M M E R CE  :  Report  of  Committee  thereon  (Com.), 
314. 

G O V E R N M E NT   OF  I N D IA   A C T,   1 9 15  ;  Order  in  Council 

under  the  Act  (Act),  100. 

GOVERNMENT  OF  T HE  

SOUDAN  L O AN   A C T,  

1 9 1 9: 

Treasury  Minute  under  the  Act  (Act),  364. 

G O V E R N M E NT   OF  THE  SOUDAN  L O AN   B I LL   ;  Estimate 
of  probable  Expenditure  under  the  Bill  (Com.),  237.  . 

G O V E R N M E NT   W AR   INSURANCE  SCHEMES  :  Preliminary 

Statement relative  thereto  (Corn.), 89. 

Expenditure  incurred  under  the  Act  for  1 9 1 7 - 18  
1 8,  p.  19 (No.  8 ). 

1 9 1 4:   Account  of  Money  issued  and 
(Act), 

HOUSING  (Additional  Powers)  B I L L:   Estimate  of  probable 
Expenditure  and  Statement 
to  Conditions 
governing  Grants  to  Private  Builders  under  the  Bill 
( Com.), 393. 

relative 

H O U S I NG   F I N A N C E:   Interim  Report  of  Treasury  Com-

mittee  thereon  (Com.),  379. 

H O U S I NG   OF  T HE   W O R K I NG   CLASSES  (Ireland)  B I L L: 
Estimate  of  probable  Expenditure  under  the  Bill  (Com.), 
164.  Circular  explaining  Financial  Assistance  to  Local 
Authorities,  164.  Draft  Regulations,  &c.,  relative  to 
Financial  Assistance  to  Public  Utility  Societies  and 
Housing  Trusts,  186.  Ditto,  ditto  to  Local  Authorities, 
186. 

. 

: 

H O U S I N G,   T O WN   P L A N N I N G,   &C.  A C T,   1 9 1 9:   Regula-

tions under  the  Act  (Act),  323, p.  356  (No.  205). 

|  H O U S I N G,   T O WN   P L A N N I N G,   &C.  B I L L:   Statements 
relative  thereto  (Com.),  115.  Statutory  Enactments  to 
be  repealed,  &c.,  by  the  Bill,  118.  Estimate  of  probable 
expenditure  under  the  Bill,  118. 

Financial  Assistance  to Local  Authorities  : 

; 

Draft  Regulations  and  Circular  issued  by  the  Local 

Government  Board  (Com.),  118. 

Financial  Assistance  to  Public  Utility  Societies  and 

Housing  Trusts  : 

G R E EK   L O AN   :  Account  up  to  31st  December  1918 

Draft  Regulations  and  Model  Rules  (Com.),  118. 

(Act),  31. 

G R E EK   L O AN   OF  1898  :  Account  up to  31st March  1919 

(Act),  105. 

G R E E N W I CH   H O S P I T AL   A C T,   1 8 6 5:   Order  in  Council 

under  the  Act  (Act),  19. 

G R E E N W I CH   H O S P I T AL   A C T S,   1 8 65   A ND   1 8 72  :  Orders  in 

Council  under  the  Acts  (Act),  198. 

G R E E N W I CH   H O S P I T AL   AND  T R A V E R S'   F O U N D A T I ON   : 
(Act), 
Income 

Accounts  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1918 
99,  p.  99  (No.  66).  Statement  of  estimated 
and  Expenditure  for  1919-20,  317,  p.  217  (No.  181). 

H A M P T ON   C O U RT   G A R D E NS  :  Report  of  Committee 

relative  thereto  (Com.),  198. 

H A R W I CH   H A R B O UR   :  Accounts  of  the  Conservancy 

Board  to  31st.  March  1919  (Act),  219. 

H E A L TH   A U T H O R I T I E S:   Return  relative  thereto  (Add. 

29). 

[Order  for  Address  discharged,  252.] 

H I GH   C O U RT   OF  J U S T I CE   AND  C O U RT   OF  A P P E A L,   & c .: 
Account,  showing  Receipts  and  Expenditure  during 
the  year  ended  31st  March  1919 
(Act),  156,  p.  156 
(No.  108). 

H I G H L A N DS   A ND  

(Medical  Service)  G R A NT 
ACT,  1913 :  Report  under the Act  for  1918  ( Com.),  153. 

ISLANDS 

H O U S I N G,   T O WN  

( S C O T L A N D)   A C T, 
1919  :  Regulations  under  the  A ct   (Act),  425,  p.  425 
(No.  240). 

P L A N N I N G,   & C.  

H O U S I N G,   T O WN   P L A N N I N G,   & C.  

( S C O T L A N D)   B I LL   : 
Estimate  of  probable  expenditure  under  the  Bill  (Corn.), 
136. 

Financial  Assistance  to Local  Authorities  : 

Draft  Regulations  and  Circular  issued  by  the  Local 
Government  Board  for  Scotland  (Com.),  169-  Regula-
tions  as  to  Financial  Assistance 
to  Public  Utility 
Societies  and  Housing  Trusts,  205. 

I M P E R I AL   O T T O M AN   G U A R A N T E ED   L O AN   OF 

1 8 5 5: 

Account  for  the  year  1918  (Act),  18. 

I M P E R I AL   R E V E N UE   (Collection  and Expenditure) 

(Great 
Britain  and  Ireland)  :  Return  relative  thereto  (Ord. 
261, pres.  288),  p.  288  (No.  162). 

I M P E R I AL   W AR   M U S E U M:   Report  thereon  for  1 9 1 8 - 19 

(Com.),  124. 

IMPORT 

R E S T R I C T I O NS  ;  Memorandum  by  Board  of 

Trade  relative  thereto  (Com.),  389. 

INCOME  T AX   :  Treasury  Warrant  appointing  a  Special 

Commissioner  of  Income  Tax  (Act),  18. 

H I S T O R I C AL   M A N U S C R I P TS  (Royal  Commission):  Report 

of  the  Commission  ;  Volume  8  (Com.),  138. 

Royal  Commission  : 

H O U S I NG :  Memorandum  on  Housing  and  Financial  Assist-
ance  to  Public  Utility  Societies  (Com.),  79.  Schemes 
submitted  to  the  Local  Government  Board  by  Local 
Authorities,  105,  146. 
Schemes  submitted  to  the  Local 
Government  Board  by  Local  Authorities  and  Public 
Utility  Societies,  182,  380.  Schemes  submitted  to  the 
Ministry  of  Health  by  Local  Authorities  and  Public 
Utility  Societies,  266,  322,  337.  Statements  as  to  New 
Methods  of  Housing  Construction,  362. 

Evidence  taken  before  the  Commission  (Com.),  147. 

INCOME  T AX   A ND   S U P E R T AX   :  Estimate  relative  thereto 

(Com.),  183. 

INDUSTRIAL   C O N F E R E N C E:   Report  of  Provisional  Joint 

Committee  (Com.),  125  ;  withdrawn,  153. 

Report  of  Provisional  Joint  Committee: 

Report  to  Industrial  Conference  ( Com.),  153. 

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A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E R S ^ —c o n t i n u e d. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

I N D U S T R I AL   C O N F E R E N CE   R E P O RT   :  Report  of  Pro-
visional  Joint  Committee  to  Industrial  Conference 
(Com.),  422. 

I N D U S T R I AL   C O U R TS   B I L L:   Memorandum as to  Expenses 
under  the  Bill  ( Com.),  348.  Amendments  proposed  to 
the  Bill  by  the  Government  (Ord.  352. pres.  353), p.  353 
(No.  202). 

I N E B R I A T ES   A C T S,   1 8 79  to  1 9 0 0:   Report  of  the  Inspector 

for  1918  (Act),  136. 

INFECTIOUS  DISEASES 

IN  CONNECTION  W I TH   D E M O-
B I L I S A T I ON  (Inter-Departmental  Committee):  Note  by 
the  Chairman  of  the  Committee  relative  to  Prophylaxis 
against  Venereal  Disease  (Com.),  314. 

I N L A ND   R E V E N UE  :  Sixty-second  Report  of  the  Commis-

sioners, for  1918-19  (Com.),  405. 

I N T E R M E D I A TE   E D U C A T I ON  (Ireland): 

Report  as  to 
Teachers'  Salaries  Grant  (Com.),  17.  Examiners'Rules. 
Time  Table  of  Examinations,  1919.  Rule  prescribing 
Alternative  Work  (Act),  17.  Report of  Viceregal  Com-
mittee  as to  conditions  of  Service  and  Remuneration  of 
Teachers  (Com.),  60.  Rules  and  Schedule  containing 
the  Programme  of  Examinations  for  1920  (Act),  72, 
p.  216  (No.  132).  Additional  Regulations  for  Register 
of  Intermediate  School  Teachers  (Com.),  105.  Rule 
appoiuting  Places  of  Examination,  116.  Rule  deter-
mining  number  of  Superintendents,  169.  Accounts  of 
the  Board  for  1918  (Act),  181,  p.  181  (No.  114).  Rule 
relating to distribution  of  School  Grant  for  1918-19,  205. 
Report  of  the  Board  for  1918  (Com.),  317.  Revised 
Rules  for  application  of  additional  50,000/.  grants  by 
Parliament,  320.  Report  as to  application  of  Teachers' 
Salaries  Grant  during  1918-19,  339.  Rule  (in  substitu-
tion  for  Rule  of  20th  June  1919)  relating  to  distribution 
of  School  Grant for 1918-19,  (Act),  349.  Time  Table  of 
Examinations  for  1920,  392. 

I N T E R N A T I O N AL   A IR   N A V I G A T I ON   :  Convention  relating 

thereto  (Com.),  234. 

I R E L A ND   D E V E L O P M E NT   G R A NT   A C T,   1903:  Report  of 
proceedings  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1919  (Com.), 
187. 

I R I SH   L A ND   A C T S,   1 9 0 3 -9   :  Report  of  Estates  Com-

missioners for  1 9 1 7 - 18   (Com.),  1 6. 

I R I SH   L A ND   COMMISSION  :  Report  for  the  year  ended 
31st  March  1918  (Com.i,  17.  Return of  Advances made 
under  the  Irish  Land  Purchase  Acts  during  January, 
February,  and  March  1917,  17.  April,  May,  June,  and 
July  1917,  49.  September,  October.  November,  and 
December  1917,  322. 
Index  to  Estates  comprised  in 
Returns  for  1916,  17. 

0 

Account: 

Report  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General  upon 
the  Account  of  the  Irish  Land  Commission  for  the  year 
ended  31st March  1919,  with  Accounts  (Act),  343,  p." 343 
(No.  196). 

I R I SH   L A ND   (Provision  for  Sailors  and  Soldiers)  B I LL   : 
Estimate  of  probable Expenditure under  the  Bill  (Com.), 
364. 

anil  X I I I.   of  the  National  University  of  Ireland,  69. 
Statute  X I I.  
of  University  College,  Cork,  125. 
Statute  X I V.   of  the  National  University  of  Ireland, 
180. 

ISLE  OF  M AN   :  Account  of  Revenue  and  Expenditure  for 
(Act),  219,  p.  219 

year  ended  31st  March  1919 
(No.  134). 

J U D I C I AL   S T A T I S T I C S: 

England  and  Wales: 

Part  I.  for  1917  Criminal  (Com.),  182.  Part  II.  for 

1917  Civil,  284. 

Ireland: 

For  1918.  Part  I.  Criminal,  Part  II.  Civil  (Com.), 

368. 

L A ND   L AW  

(Ireland) 

A C T,   1887  (Eviction  Notices): 
Return  of  Eviction  Notices  filed  during  the  year  1918 
(Com.),  49. 

L A ND   R E G I S T RY   :  Account  showing  Receipts  and  Pay-
ments for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1919  (Act),  156, 
p.  156 (No.  101).  Report  on  Work  thereof  for  the years 
1914  to  1918  (Com.),  360. 

L A ND  

SETTLEMENT  F A C I L I T I ES   B I LL   :  Estimate  of 

probable  Expenditure  under  the  Bill  (Com.),  116. 

L A ND   S E T T L E M E NT   (Scotland)  B I LL   :  Estimate  of  pro-

bable  Expenditure  under the  Bill  (Corn.),  336. 

L E A G UE   OF  N A T I O NS   : 

(Miscellaneous  No.  1,  1919): 
Draft  Agreement  relative  thereto  (Com.),  79. 
(Miscel-
laneous  No.  3,  1919):  Covenant  of  the  League  of 
Nations,  182. 

L E E DS   C O R P O R A T I ON  

B I L L:   Report 

by  Attorney 

General  thereon  {^Standing  Order  175a),  99. „ 

L I G H T H O U S E S,   &c.  (Local  Inspections)  :  Reports  to  the 
Board  of  Trade  of  Inspections  of  Local  Lighthouses, 
&c.,  1918  (Act),  59. 

L I C E N S I NG   OF  P A R T I A L L Y - D I S A B L ED   M EN   AS  D R I V E RS 
OF  P U B L IC   M O T OR   V E H I C L ES   :  Report  of  Committee 
appointed  to  review  Conclusions  of  Committee  thereon 
in  1916  (Com.),  284.  Minutes  of  Evidence,  322. 

L I C E N S I NG  

S T A T I S T I C S,  1918  :  Statistics  as  to  the 
operation  and  administration  of  the  Laws  relating  to 
the  sale  of  Intoxicating  Liquors  for  1918  (Com.),  322. 

L I G HT   R A I L W A YS   A C T S,   1896  A ND  1912:  Report  of 
proceedings  of  the  Board  of  Trade  under  the  Acts,  and 
of  the  Light  Railway  Commissioners,  to  31st  December 
1918  (Act),  96,  p.  96  (No.  65).  Orders  made  in  pur-
suance  of  the  Act  authorising  the  construction  of  certain 
Light  Railways  :  Edge  Hill  Light  Railway  Order,  1919 
(Com.),  29.  Hooton  Light  Railway  Order,  1919,  84. 
De  Trafford  Light  Railway  Order,  1919,  213.  Lostock 
Light  Railways  Order,  1919,  213.  Liverpool  and 
Prescott  Light  Railway  (Amendment)  Order,  1919,  412. 
Ashover  Light  Railway  Order,  1919,  415. 

L O AN   SOCIETIES  :  Abstract  of  Accounts  for  1917 

(Act), 

330. 

L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT   B O A RD   : 

I R I SH   L A ND   P U R C H A SE   F U ND   :  Accounts  for  the  year 

ended  31st  March  1918  (Act),  21,  p.  21  (No.  13). 

Ireland  : 

I R I SH   U N I V E R S I T I ES   A C T,   1908  :•  Accounts  of  Receipts 
for 
and  Expenditure  of  Universities  and  Colleges 
1918-19  (Act),  338,  p.  338  (No.  193).  Statute  VI.  of 
University  College,  Dublin,  17.  Statute  X I.   of  the 
Statutes  X I I. 
National  University  of 

Ireland,  27. 

Annual  Report  for 1917-18  (Com.),  27.  Orders  under 
Poor  Relief  (Ireland)  Acts  (Act),  28.  Heavy  Motor 
Car  (Ireland)  (Amendment)  Order,  1919,  187. 

Scotland : 

Twenty-fourth  Annual  Report,  for  1918  (Com.),  234. 

VOL.  174. 

Sess.  1919. 

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A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

L O C AL   L O A NS   F U ND   :  Accounts  of  Receipts  and  Pay-
ments  in  respect  of  the  Local  Loans  Fund  for  the  year 

,  ended  31st  March  1918  (Act),  21,  p.  21  (No.  12). 

L O C AL   T A X A T I ON  

(Ireland)  A C C O U NT  :  Account  of 
Receipts  and  Payments  for the  year  ending  31st  March 
1917  (Act),  105, p.  105  (No.  75). 

M E R C A N T I LE   M A R I NE  

(Examinations  for  Certificates  of 

Cumpetency) :  Report  thereon  (Com.),   247. 

M E R C H A NT   S E A M E N 'S   F U N D:   Account  of  Receipts  and 
Expenditure  under  the  Seamen's  Fund  Winding-up  Act 
for  1918  (Act),  197. 

M E R C H A NT   S H I P P I NG   A C T,   1894:  Orders  in  Council 

Ditto  ditto 

for  the  year  ending  31st  March  1918, 

under  the  Act  (Act),  100,  324,  389. 

105, p.  105  (No.  76). 

M E R C H A NT   S H I P P I NG   A C T S,   1894  TO  1914:  Orders  in 

L O C AL   T A X A T I ON   (Ireland)  R E T U R NS   :  Returns  thereof 

Council  under  the  Acts  (Act),  198, 281,  412. 

for  1917-18  (Com.),  116. 

L O C AL   T A X A T I ON   R E T U R NS  

(England  and  Wales): 
Summary  of  Returns  for  1914-15  (Act),  79,  p.  79 
(No.  54). 

L O C AL  

T A X A T I ON  
1916-17  (Act),  17. 

(Scotland):   Returns  thereof 

for 

L O C AL   T A X A T I ON   (Scotland)  A C C O U N T:   Return  showing 

Provisions  and  Payments  for  1918-19  (Com.),  338. 

L O N D ON   G E N E R AL  

L I M I T ED 
(Fares  and  Working  Expenses)-.  Report  thereupon 
(Com.),  182. 

O M N I B US   C O M P A N Y,  

LUNACY:  Return  of  the  number  of  Visits  made,  and  the 
number  of  Patients  seen,  by  the  Commissioners 
in 
Lunacy  during  the  sis  months  ending  31st  December 
1918  (Act),  21.  Ending  30th  June  1919,  247.  Report 
by  the  Visitors  of  Lunatics  of  the  number  of  Visits 
made,  the  number  of  Patients  seen,  and  the  number 
of  Miles  travelled  by  the  said  Visitors,  between  1st 
April  1918  and  30th  September  1918  (Act),  21.  Ditto 
ditto,  1st  October  1918  and  31st  March  1919,  143. 
Return  of  all sums received  by  the  Visitors  of  Lunatics 
for  Travelling  Expenses,  &c.  from  1st  January  to  31st 
December  1918,  73. 

Ireland: 

Sixty-seventh  Report of  Inspectors for 1917 (Com.),  17. 

L U N A CY   AND  M E N T AL   D E F I C I E N C Y:   Fifth  Annual 
Report of  the  Board, Part I. (Act),  282, p.  282  (No.  156). 

M A L AY   S T A T ES  :  Reports  on  Unfederated  Malay  States 
for  1917  (Com.),  31.  For  1918, 408.  Report  on  State 
of-  Brunei  for  1917,  31.  For  1918,  408.  Report  on 
Federated  Malay  States  for  1917,  31.  For  1918,  408. 

M A N C H E S T ER   C O R P O R A T I ON   B I LL   :  Report by  Attorney-

General  thereon  (Standing  Order  175a),  125. 

M A N U AL   OF  P R O C E D U RE 

(Public  Business): 

Fourth 

Edition,  1919  (laid  upon table by  Mr.  Speaker),  356, 

M A R R I A G E S,   B I R T H S,   A ND   D E A T HS  

fifth  detailed  A n n u al   Report,  1 9 18   (Com.), 

(Ireland) 
3 8 2. 

Fifty-

M E AT   S U P P L I ES  (Interdepartmental  Committee)-.  Report 

thereof  (Com.),  393. 

M E D I C AL   COUNCIL  :  Accounts  thereof  for  1 9 18 

(Act), 

9 1. 

M E D W AY   CONSERVANCY  :  Statements  of  Receipts  and 
Expenditure  of  the  Conservancy  Board  for  1918-19 
(Act),  153. 

M E M B E RS   OF  P A R L I A M E NT   :  Return  relative  thereto 

(Add.  25,  pres. 324),  p.  324  (No.  183). 

M E N T AL   D E F I C I E N CY   A ND   L U N A CY  (Amendment)  B I L L: 
incurred 

likely  to  be 

Memorandum  on  Expenditure 
under  the  Bill  (Com.),  368. 

M E N T AL   D E F I C I E N CY   AND  L U N A CY  

(S c o t l a n dV   A C T, 
1913 :  Fifth  Annual  Report  of  the  General  Board  of 
Control  under  the  A ct   (Com.),  182. 

M E R C H A NT   S H I P P I NG  (Convention)  A C T,   1914  :  Order  in 

Council  under  the  Act  (Act),  19. 

M E R C H A NT   S H I P P I NG  (Losses)  :  Return  relative  thereto 

(Ord.  272, pres.  320),  p. 320  (No.  199). 

M E R C H A NT   S H I P P I NG   (Mercantile  Marine  Fund)  A C T, 
(Act), 

1898:  Draft  Order  in  Council  under  the  Act 
116. 

M E R S EY   D O C KS   AND  H A R B O UR   B O A RD   :  Accqunts  for 
the  year  ending  1st  July  1918  (Act),  21.  For  the  year 
ending  1st July  1919,  361. 

M E T E O R O L O G I C AL   C O M M I T T EE  :  Fourteenth  Report  of 
the  Committee  to  the  Treasury,  for  the  year  ending 31st 
March  1919  (Com.),  352. 

M E T R O P O L I T AN  

C A T T LE   M A R K ET   :  Accounts 

1917-18,  and  an  Account  of  Works  executed 
143. 

for 
(Act\ 

M E T R O P O L I T AN   P O L I CE   :  Accounts  of  the  Metropolitan 
Police  and  Police  Pension  Funds  for  the  year  1918-19 
(Act),  116, p.  116 (No.  86). 

Medical  Service  (Departmental  Committee). 

Report  of  Committee  on  Organisation  of  Medical 

Service  (Com.),  322. 

Superannuation of  Staff. 

Draft  Order  respecting  Superannuation  Allowances  of 

certain  Officers  (Act),  334. 

M E T R O P O L I T AN   W A T ER   B O A RD   :  Sixteenth  Annual 

Report  of  the  Board  (Act),  263. 

M I D W I V ES   A C T,   1 9 02   :  Report  on  the  work  of the  Central 

Midwives  Board  for  1 9 1 7 - 18   (Com.),  19. 

M I D W I V ES   A C T,   1918 :  Representations  by  the  Central 
Midwives  Board  with  regard  to  Constitution  of  the 
Board  (Act),  282,  p.  282  (No.  157). 

M I D W I V ES  

(Scotland)  A C T,   1 9 1 5:   Report  on  work  of 
(Com.), 

Central  Midwives  Board  for  Scotland,  1918-19 
303. 

M I L I T A RY   S E R V I CE  

(, Civil Liabilities)  G R A N TS  ;  Interim 
Report  of  the  Advisory  Committee  for  period  ending 
25th  May  1918  (Com.),  17. 

M I L I T IA   A C T,   1882 

(Deputy  Lieutenants) 

(Ireland)  : 

Descriptions  of  Qualifications  lodged  in  1918  (Act),  51. 

M I N ES   AND  Q U A R R I ES   :  Annual  Report and  Statistics  for 
1917  ;  Part II. (Labour), Part  I I I.   (Output)  (Com.),  20. 
For  1918, Part  I.  (Divisional  Statistics),  322.  Part  II. 
(Labour),  419. 

Accident  at  Stanrigg  and  Arbuckle  Colliery,  Lanark-

shire : 

Report  relative  thereto  (Com.),  127. 

M I N I S T RY   OF  F O OD   :  Orders  made  by  the  Food  Con-
troller  (Com.),  19,  25,  83,  102,  260,  399.  Financial 
Report  with  Appropriation  Account,  Trading  Account 
and  Balance  Sheet for  1917-18,  179.  Ditto  with  Pro-
Interim 
visional  Trading  Account-for  1918-19,  266. 

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A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

Report  of  Travelling  Commission of  Inquiry  into  Cost  of 
Production  of  Milk,  Ac.,  182.  Report  on  Food  Condi-
tions, &c.,  in  Germany,  256. 

M I N I S T RY   OP  H E A L TH   :  Memorandum  on  the  Ministry 
of  Health  Bill  (Com.), 41.  Memorandum  on  the  pro-
visions  of  the  Ministry  of  Health  Bill  as to the  Work  of 
the  Medical  Research  Committee, 63.  Memorandum  by 
Chief  Medical  Officer,  322.  Fifth  Annual  Report  of 
Medical  Research  Committee,  1918-19,  349.  Forty-
eighth  Annual  Report  of  the  Local  Government  Board, 
1918-19,349.  Ditto  ditto  with  Supplement containing 
Report  of  Medical  Department,  399.  Draft  Orders  in 
Council  under  the  Ministry  of  Health  Act,  1919  (  Act), 
182, p.  182 (No.  117), 343, p.  343  (No.  195), 359, p.  359 
(Consultative  Coun-
(No.  208),  386,  p.  386  (No.  221). 
cils)  Order,  1919,  182,  p.  182  (No.  116). 
(Welsh 
Consultative  Council)  Order,  1919,  182,  p.  182 
(No.  118). 

Regulations: 

National  Health  Insurance (Medical  Benefit)  Regula-
tions,  1919  (Act),  337.  National  Health  Insurance 
Committees  (Amendment)  Regulations,  1919  (No.  2), 
421. 

M I N I S T RY   OF  L A B O UR   ;  Report  of  Committee  on  Out-
of-Work  Donation  Scheme  (Com.),  180.  Final  Report, 
296.  Minutes  of  Evidence,  338.  Report  of  National 
Provisional  Joint  Committee  on  application  of  Whitley 
Report to  Administrative  Departments of  the  State, 182. 
Report  of  Committee  on  Night  Work  in  Bread  Baking 
and  Flour  Confectionery  Trade,  213.  Directory  of 
Industrial and other  Associations dealing with  Conditions 
of  Employment,  317. 

M I N I S T RY   OF  M U N I T I O NS   : 

Appropriation  Account : 

Appropriation  Account of  the  sums granted  by  Parlia-
(Act), 

ment  for  the  Ministry  of  Munitions  for  1917-18 
111, p.  112 (No.  79).' 

Ordnance Factories : 

Annual  Accounts  of  the  Ordnance Factories for  1917-

18 (Act),  112, p.  112 (No.  80). 

Ordnance Factories  (Appropriation  Account)  : 

Appropriation  Account  of  the sums granted  by  Parlia-
ment for the  Ordnance  Factories for  1917-18  (Act),  112, 
p.  112 (No.  81). 

M I N I S T RY   OF  N A T I O N AL   S E R V I CE   :  Report  on  Physical 
Examination of  Men of  Military  Age  from 1st November 
1917  to  31st  October  1918  (Com.),  419. 

M I N I S T RY   OF  PENSIONS  ;  First  Annual  Report  for  1917 
-18  (Com.),  19.  Orders  in  Council  and  Regulations  for 
Pensions  of  British  Seamen,  &c. (Act),  19.  Local  and 
Joint  Committees  (Submission  of  Estimates,  1918-19) 
Regulations,  46.  Appropriation  Account  for  1917-18 
46,  p.  46  (No.  29).  War  Pensions  (Proceedings  of 
Committees)  Regulations,  1919,  100,  229.  Local  and 
Joint  Committees  (Administrative  Expenses)  Regula-
tions,  1919,  100, 229.  Royal  Warrant  of  6th  December 
1919  (Com.), 396.  Tables  showing  Rates of  War  Pen-
sions,  &c.,  in  various  Countries, 405.  Royal  Warrant 
for  Retired Pay  of  Officers disabled, &Q., in former  Wars, 
425. 

M I N I S T RY   OF  R E C O N S T R U C T I ON  :  Reports  of 

the 
Domestic  Service  Sub-Committees  of  the  Women's 
Advisory  Committee  (Com.), 63.  Report  of  Advisory 
Council on Electric  Power  Supply, 84.  Report on Local 

Reconstruction  Organisations,  122.  Third  Report  of 
Acquisition  and  Valuation  of  Land  Committee,  140. 
Report  of  Sub-Committee  of  Women's  Advisory  Com-
mittee  appointed  to  consider the  position  after  the  war of 
Women  holding temporary Appointments in  Government 
Departments,  183.  Final  Report  of  Adult  Education 
Committee,  314. 

Advisory  Council, Section  II.: 

Final  Report  on  Anti-Dumping  Legislation  (Com.), 

393, 

M I N I S T RY   OF  S H I P P I NG  (Appropriation  Account,  1917-
18):  Appropriation  Account  of  the  sum  granted  by 
Parliament  for  the  Ministry  of  Shipping  for  1917-18 
(Act),  63, p. 63  (No.  42). 

M I N I S T RY   OF  T R A N S P O RT  :  Report  of  Proceedings  of 
Board  of  Trade  under  Tramways  Act,  1870,  during 
Session  of  1919  (Com.),  329. 

M I N I S T RY   OF  W A YS   AND  C O M M U N I C A T I O NS  ;  Return 
relative  thereto  (Ord.  88,  pres.  89),  p.  89  (No.  58). 
Return  of  Powers and  Duties  to  be transferred  thereto 
(Com.),  182. 

M I S C E L L A N E O US   P A P E RS  :  No. 

1 9 1 9,  League  of 
Nations.  No. 2,1919, British  Mission to  South  America. 
No.  3,  1919,  League  of  Nations.  No.  4,  1919,  Peace 
Conditions.  No.  5,  1919,  Soudan  Guaranteed  Loan. 
No.  6,  1919,  Turkish  Prisons.  No.  7,  1919,  Peace 
Proposals  of  the  Pope. 

I,  

M O T OR   C AR   A C TS   :  Order  under  the  Motor  Car  Act, 

1903  (Scotland)  ( Act),  323. 

M U N I T I O NS  :  Tribunal  (Appeals)  Amendment  Rules,  Ire-
land,  1918  (Act),  17.  Tribunals  (Wages  Regulations) 
Rules,  1918  ;  Tribunals (Wages  Regulations)  (Scotland) 
Rules,  1918;  Tribunals  (Appeal)  Amendment  Rules, 
1918 ;  Tribunals  (Wages)  Regulation  (Ireland)  Rules, 
1918,  19. 

N A T I O N AL   A S S E M B LY   OF  T HE   C H U R CH   OF  E N G L A ND   : 
Address  relative  thereto  by  the  Convocation  of  Canter-
bury and  York  (Add.  145, pres.  159), p.  159  (No.  102.) 

N A T I O N AL   D E BT   :  Return  relative  thereto  (Ord.   353, 
pres.  408), p.  408  (No.  229).  Return  showing,  at  the 
close  of  each  financial  year  from  1875-6  to  1918—19, 
the  aggregate  gross  Liabilities  of  the  State,  as  repre-
sented  by  the  nominal  Funded  Debt, <fec.  ( Com.), 349. 

N A T I O N AL   D E BT   A N N U I T I ES   :  Account  of  the  gross 
amount  of  all  Bank  Annuities,  and  sums of  money  paid 
to  the  Commissioners for the  Reduction  of  the  National 
Debt,  &c..  within  the  year  ending  5th  January  1919 
(Act),  69,'p.  69  (No.  48). 

N A T I O N AL   D E BT   (Military  Savings Banks)  :  Account  of 
all  Moneys  received  and  paid by  the  Commissioners  for 
the  Reduction  of  the  National  Debt,  &c.,  from  19th 
September  1845  to  5th  January  1919  (Act),  63,  p. 63 
(No.  43). 

N A T I O N AL   D E BT   (Savings  Banks  and Friendly  Societies) : 
Account  of  all  sums  received  and  paid  on  account  of 
Banks  for  Savings  and  Friendly  Societies,  in  Great 
Britain  and  Ireland,  from  6th  August  1817  to  20th 
November  1918, &c. (Act),  69, p.  69  (No.  47). 

N A T I O N AL   E D U C A T I ON  (Ireland):  Eighty-fourth  Report 

of the  Commissioners,  1917-18  (Com.),  292. 

N A T I O N AL   G A L L E R I ES   OF  SCOTLAND  A C T,  

1 9 0 6: 
Order  under  the  Act  (Act),  145.  Twelfth  Report  by 
the Board  of  Trustees,  for  1918-19,  228. 

VOL.  174. 

Sess.  1919. 

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A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

N A T I O N AL   G A L L E RY   A ND   N A T I O N AL   G A L L E RY   OP 
8 4, 

B R I T I SH   A RT   :  Return  relative  thereto 
ipret,  86),  p. 86  (No.  59). 

(Ord. 

N A T I O N AL   G A L L E RY   I R E L A ND   :  R e p o rt   of  Director  f or 

1919  (Com.), 425. 

N A T I O N AL   H E A L TH  

INSURANCE  B I LL   :  Memorandum 
on  Expenditure  under  Clause  1 (1)  of  the  Bill  (Com.), 
216. 

N A T I O N AL   H E A L TH   INSURANCE  COMMISSION (England): 
Reports  of  Inquiries  and  Appeals  under  the  National 
Health  Insurance  (Medical  Benefit)  Begulations  (Eng-
land)  1913.  Vol.  II.,  (Com.),  17  ;  Reports  of Decisions 
on  Appeals,  116.  Memorandum  on  the  Dogs  Protection 
Bill,  150.  Memorandum  on  Special  Measures  relative 
to  the  supply  of  Drugs, &c. during  the  War,  164. 

N A T I O N AL   H E A L TH  

(Regulations): 

land) 
(Behaviour  during  Sickness)  Begulations  1919 
116, 
Regulations,  1919,  234. 

(Eng-
Insurance 
(Act), 
(Insurance  Committees)  Amendment 

I N S U R A N CE   COMMISSION 
National  Health 

213. 

N A T I O N AL   H E A L TH   INSURANCE  COMMISSION 

(Ireland) 
(Regulations)  ;  National  Health  Insurance  (Appeal  from 
Insurance  Committee  Audit)  Regulations 
(Ireland), 
1918  (Act),  19, 
(Insurance  Committees)  Amendment 
Regulations 
(Judicial 
Matters)  Regulations (Ireland),  1919, 322,  392. 

(Ireland),  1919,  183,  322. 

N A T I O N AL   H E A L TH   INSURANCE  COMMISSION  (Scotland) 
(Behaviour during Sickness)  Regulations 

(Regulations): 
(Scotland),  1919 (Act),  147. 

Insurance  Committees)  Amendment  Regulations  (Ire-
land)  1919,  213. 
(Panel  Committee) Regulations,  1919, 
(Benefits  of  Invalided  Seamen  and  Soldiers) 
225. 
Amendment Regulations ( Scotland), 1919,247.  (Arrears) 
Amendment  Regulations,  1919,  322. 
(Valuation  Regu-
lations,  1919, 323.  (Joint  Committee) Regulations, 1919, 
(Joint Committee)  Regulations  (No.  2),  1919, 337. 
335. 

N A T I O N AL  

INSURANCE  A C T S,   1911  to  1916  (Part 

II., 

Unemployment lnsurance)(  Unemployment Fund Account)  : 
Account  under  Section  92  (1)  of  the Act,  1911,  to  14th 
July  1917  (Act),  37, p.  37  (No.  21). 

N A T I O N AL  

I N S U R A N CE   A C T S,   1911  to  1918:  Fifth 
Report  on  the  work  of  the  National  Insurance  Audit 
Department (Com.), 55.  Accounts of Approved  Societies 
and  Insurance  Committees  from  15th  July  1912  to  11th 
January  1914, and  12th January  1914  to  31st  December 
1914,  181.  Beturn  as to  Administration  of  Sanatorium 
Benefit  for  1917  and  1918,  195. 

N A T I O N AL  

I N S U R A N CE  (Unemployment)  A C T S,   1911  to 

1918 :  Begulations  under  the  Acts  (Act),  25. 

N A T I O N AL   P O R T R A IT   G A L L E RY   :  Sixty-second  Annual 

Report  of  the  Trustees  (Com.),  209. 

N A T I O N AL   R E L I EF   F U ND   :  Report  by  the  Executive 
Committee  of  the  Fund  to  30th  September  1918  (Com.). 
20.  Report  to  30th  Juue  1919,  322. 

N A T I O N AL  

SCHOOL 

P E N S I ON 
F U ND   :  Accounts  of  Receipts  and  Payments  for  1918 
(Com.),  205. 

T E A C H E R S'  

(Ireland) 

N A T I O N AL   H E A L TH  

I N S U R A N CE   F U ND   ACCOUNTS  : 

Accounts  for  the  year  1916 (Act),  50, p. 50.  (No.  34). 

N A T I O N AL   TRANSPORT  :  Statement  thereon  by  Minister 

of  Transport  (Cow.),  419. 

N A T I O N AL   H E A L TH   I N S U R A N CE   FUNDS  :  Account  under 
Section  54  of  the  National  Insurance  Act,  1911,  and 
under  Section  4  of  the  National  Health  Insurance  Act, 
1918,  at  31st  December  1918  (Act),  190,  p.  190,  (No. 
128). 

N A T I O N AL   H E A L TH  

(Joint  Committee): 
INSURANCE 
National  Health  Insurance (Normal  Rate  of  Remuner-
ation  (Ireland)  Order  1918;  National  Health  Insurance 
Act,  1918  (Date  of  Commencement)  Order,  1918  (Act), 
18.  Normal  Rate  of  Remuneration)  Order,  1919,  183. 
National  Health  Insurance  Act,  1918  (Date  of  Com-
mencement)  Amendment  Order,  1919,  195. 

1918; 

(Wales) 

(Ireland)  1918  ; 
(Ireland)  1918  ; 

N A T I O N AL   H E A L TH   INSURANCE  (Joint  Committee)  (Regu-
lations)  :  National  Health  Insurance  ( Exempt  Persons) 
(Deposit 
Consolidated  Regulations 
Contributors)  Regulations 
(Medical 
Benefit) Regulations  (Scotland)  1918  (No.  2 );   (Medical 
(Unclaimed 
Benefit)  Begulations 
Proceeds  of  Stamp  Sales)  Begulations  (Ireland)  1918; 
(Collection  of  Contributions)  Consolidated  Begulations 
(Ireland)  1918;  (Women's  Equalisation  Fund)  Begula-
tions  1918  (Act),  18. 
(Medical  Benefit)  Begulations 
(Beserve  and  Transfer  Values)  Amendment 
1918; 
Begulations  1918 ;  (Irish  Migratory  Labourers'  Benefits) 
Begulations  1918  ;  (Accounts  of  Insurance  Committees) 
Regulations  (Ireland)  1918,  19.  Reserve  and  Transfer 
Values  (Amendment)  Regulations  1919, 75. 
(Benefits 
of  Invalided  Seamen and  Soldiers)  Amendment  Regula-
tions,  1919,  79. 
(Benefits  of  Invalided  Seamen  and 
Soldiers)  Amendment  Begulations  (Wales),  1919,  102. 
(Payments  to  Insurance Committees)  Amendment  Regu-
lations  (Ireland),  1919,  136. 
(Payment  to  Insurance 
(Pay-
Committees) Amendment Regulations,  1919,150. 
ment  to  Insurance Committees)  Amendment  Regulations 
(Insurance  Committees)  Amend-
(Scotland),  1919, 155. 
(Payments  to 
ment  Regulations  (Ireland),  1919,  183. 

N A T I O N AL   W AR   SAVINGS  C O M M I T T EE  :  Third  Annual 

Report  ( C O M . ),  181. 

N A V AL   AND  M A R I NE   P AY   AND  P E N S I O NS   A C T,   1 8 65   : 
Orders in  Council  under  the  Act  (Act),  19,  50,  100,  164, 
197, 226,  324, 336,  389. 

N A V AL  

P R I ZE   M O N EY   :  Accounts  of  Naval  Prize 

Money,  &c. for  1918-19  (Act),  339. 

N A V AL   SAVINGS  B A N KS  :  Account  of  Deposits,  &c.  in 
Naval  Savings  Banks  in  1917-18  (Act),  317,  p.  317 
(No.  180). 

N A V I G A T I ON   AND  S H I P P I NG   : Annual  Statement  for  1917 

(Com.),  303. 

N A VY   : 

Appropriation  Account  : 

Appropriation  Account  of  the  sums granted by  Parlia-
ment  for  Navy  Services  for  1917-18,  with  the  Beport 
of  the  Comptroller  and Auditor  General  (Act),  84,  p.  84 
(No.  56).  Beferred  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole 
House, 346.  Appendix  to  Appropriation  Accounts  for 
1914—15,  1915-16  and  1916-1917  (Com.),  102. 

Estimates,  1919-20  : 

Navy  Estimates  for the  year  1919-1920  including  a 
Vote  on  Account  (Com.),  55,  p.  55  (No.  37).  Vote  A 
referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  55.  Vote  on 
Account  and  remaining  Votes  referred  to  a  Standing 
Committee,  55.  Vote  on  Account  to  be  considered  in 
Committee  of  Supply,  64. 

Revised  Estimates  for  the year  1919-20  (Com.),  379, 
p. 379  (No.  217).  Referred  to  a  Standing  Committee, 
379.  To  be  considered  in  Committee  of  Supply,  396. 
Statement  of  First  Lord  of  the  Admiralty  relative 
thereto,  380. 

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A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

NATY—continued. 

Exceptions  to  King's  Regulations : 

List  of  Exceptions 

sanctioned  during 

1917-18 

( Com.),  51. 

Excesses,  1917-18. 

Statement  of  sum required  to  make  good  Excesses  of 
for  year  ended  31st  March  1918 
Navy  Expenditure 
(Com.),  183,  p.  183  (No.  124).  Referred  to  a  Standing 
Committee,  183.  To  be  considered  in  Committee  of 
Supply,  267. 

Losses: 

Return  relative  thereto  (Ord.   272  pres.  320),  p.  320 

(No.  200). 

Pay  Allowances and  Pensions : 

Recommendations  of  Committee  thereon,  &c.  (Com.), 

136,234. 

Supplementary  Estimate,  1918-19  : 

Estimate  of  further  sum  required  for  year  ending 
31st  March  1919  (Com.),  31,  p.  31  (No.  19).  Referred 
to  the Committee of  Supply, 31.  Referred  to  a  Standing 
Committee,  44.  To  be  considered  in  Committee  of 
Supply  46. 

Supplementary  Vote on  Account; 

Estimate  showing  further  Vote  on  Account  required 
for  1919-20  (Com.),  231,  p.  231  (No.  139).  Referred 
to  a  Standing  Committee,  231.  To  be  considered  in 
Committee  of  Supply,  252. 

N I G E R IA   :  Report relative  thereto  (Cow?.),  425. 

N I T R O G EN   P R O D U C TS   C O M M I T T E E:   Final  Report  of  the 

Committee  (Com.),  422. 

OCCUPATION  OF  T HE   R H I NE   P R O V I N C E S:   Declaration 
of  Governments  of  United  States  of  America,  Great 
Britain  and  France  relative  thereto  (Com.),  205. 

O LD   A GE   PENSIONS  :  Beport of  Departmental  Committee 
thereon (Com.),  348.  Appendix  to  Report,  with  Minutes 
of  Evidence,  348. 

P A T E N TS   AND  D E S I G NS   A C T,   1907:  Register  of  Patent 

Agents'  Rules,  1919  (Act),  51. 

P A T E N T S,   D E S I G N S,   A ND   T R A DE   M A R KS   :  Thirty-sixth 
Report  of  the  Comptroller  General  of  Patents,  Designs, 
and  Trade  Marks, lor  1918  (Act),  296,  p.  296  (No.  172). 

P E A CE   C O N D I T I O NS  (Miscellaneous,  So.  4,   1 9 1 9 ):   Reply 
of  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  to  Observations  of 
German  Delegation  thereon  ( Com.), 228.  ' 

P E A CE   PROPOSALS  OF  T HE   P O PE   (Miscellaneous,  No.  7, 
1919):  Peace  Proposals  made  by  the  Pope  to  the 
Belligerent  Powers  on  lst  August,  1917  (Com.),  296. 

P E N AL   S E R V I T U DE   A C TS   (Conditional Licence):  Licences 
granted  under  the  A c ts   to  Convicts,  with  Conditions 
(Act),  21,  105,  112,  145,  149,  173,  182,  260,  284,  324, 
364,  382,  392,  410. 

PENSIONS 

(Governors  of  Dominions,  Sfc.)  A C T,   1911: 

Beturn  of  Pensions  granted  during  1918-19  (Act),  323. 

P E R M A N E NT   C H A R G ES   C O M M U T A T I O N:   Return  relative 
thereto  from  30th  November  1915  to  30th  September 
1918  (Act),  285,  p.  285  (No.  160). 

P E R S IA   (No.  1,  1919):  Agreement  with  Persia 

(Com.), 

310. 

PERSONS  IN  R E C E I PT   OF  P O OR   R E L I EF   (England  and 
Wales):  Statement relative  thereto (Ord.  393, pres.  410), 
p.  410  (No.  230). 

P E T R O L E UM   E X E C U T I V E:   Report of  Inter-Departmental 
Committee  on  Production  and  Utilisation  of  Alcohol  for 
Power  and  Traction  Purposes  (Com.),  187.  Report  of 
Inter-Departmental  Committee  on  Employment  of  Gas 
in  substitution  for  Petrol,  &c.,  226. 

P E T R O L E UM   P R O D U C T I ON 

(IJcences): 

Licence  under 

Petroleum  (Production)  Act,  1918  (Com.),  153. 

P H A R M A CY   A CT   (Ireland),  1875:  Regulations  under  the 

Act  (Act),  29,  81,  339. 

O LD   A GE   PENSIONS  B I LL   :  Estimate  of  probable  E x-

penditure  under the  Bill  (Com.),  419. 

P I E RS   AND  H A R B O U RS  (Provisional  Orders):  Report  of 

proceedings  by  the  Board  of  Trade  (Act),  37. 

O R D N A N CE   S U R V EY   :  Beport  relative  thereto  to  31st 

March  1919  (Com.),  213. 

O R G A N I S A T I ON   OF  G O V E R N M E NT   O F F I C ES   :  Fourth 
Interim  Beport  and  Final  Beport  of  Committee  thereon 
( Com.),  50. 

OVERSEAS  S E T T L E M E NT   C O M M I T T E E:   Beport  to  Com-
mittee  of  Delegates  appointed  to  inquire  as  to  Openings 
in  Canada 
from  the  United  Kingdom 
(Corn.),  343. 

for  Women 

P A C I F IC   C A B LE   A C T,   1901  :  Accounts  under  the  A ct   to 

31st  March  1919  (Act),  329,  p.  329  (No.  188). 

P O L I CE 

Counties and  Boroughs  (England  and  Wales)  : 

Reports  of  the  Inspectors  of  Constabulary  for  the 
60,  p.  60 

year  ending  29th  September  1918  (Act), 
(No.  38). 

Scotland: 

Sixty-first  Annual  Report  of 

the 

Inspector 

of 

Constabulary  for  Scotland,  for  1918  (Com.),  105. 

P O L I CE   A C T,   1890:  Correspondence  relative  to the refusal 
of  the  Certificate  of  the  Secretary  of  State  under  the 
A ct   to  the  River  Tyne  Police  Force  for the  year  ended 
29th  September  1918  (Act),  166. 

P A R L I A M E N T A RY   A ND   L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT   E L E C T O RS 
(United  Kingdom) :  (Add.  422,  pres.  425),  p.  425  (No. 
242). 

Exchequer  Contribution to Police  Funds : 

Regulations  relative  thereto  (Act),  281. 

P A R L I A M E N T A RY  

P A P E RS   :  List 

of  Bills,  Reports, 
Estimates,  and  Accounts  and  Papers  printed  by  Order 
of  the  House,  and  of  Papers  presented  by  Command, 
Index 
Session  1919,  with  a  General  Alphabetical 
thereto  ;  31st  Parliament,  First  Session,  9th  George  V., 
4th  February  1919  to  23rd  December  1919  (laid  upon 
Table by  Mr.  Speaker,  428),  p.  428  (No.  246). 

P O L I CE   PENSIONERS  PRIOR  TO  4 TH   A U G U ST  

1 9 1 4: 
Return  relative  thereto  (Add  303,  pres.  425),  p.  425 
(No.  2 4 1 ). 

P O L I CE   S E R V I CE  (Committee).  Report  of  Committee  as 
to  changes  in method  of  recruiting  for  the  Service,  &c. 
(Com.),  226. 

VOL.  174. 

Sess.  1919. 

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P O OR   PERSONS'  R U L E S:   Report  of  Committee  thereon 

(Com.),  360. 

P R O D U C T I ON  :  Memorandum  on  proceedings  of  Committee 

thereon,  May-November  1918  (Com.),  63. 

P O RT   OF  LONDON  A U T H O R I TY   :  Tenth  Annual  Report, 

for  1918-19  (Act),  324, p.  324  (No.  184). 

P O ST   O F F I CE   : 

Foreign and  Colonial Parcel  Post: 

Foreign  and  Colonial  Parcel  Post  Amendment 
(No.  87 and  No.  88) 
(No.  89)  Warrant,  1919,  228. 
(No.  91)  Warrant,  1919, 
(No.  93)  Warrant, 

(No.  86)  Warrant,  1918  (Act),  20. 
Warrants,  1919,  109. 
(No.  90)  Warrant,  1919, 256. 
275. 
1919, 323. 

(No.  92)  Warrant,  1919, 323. 

Inland  Post: 

Inland  Post  Amendment  (No.  18)  Warrant,  1918 

(Act),  20. 

(No.  19)  Warrant,  1919,  275. 

London Railway  Act,  1913 : 

P R O D U C T I ON   OF  M I LK   :  Report of  Travelling  Commission 

relative  thereto  (Com.),  198. 

P R O D U C T I O N,  

C U R R E N CY 
P R I CE   M O V E M E N TS   AND 
E X P A N S I ON   :  Statements  relative  thereto  in  certain 
countries  (Com.),  368. 

P R O F I T E E R I NG   A C T,   1919:  Orders  and Regulations under 
the  Act  (Act),  323, 328,  378.  Findings  by  the  Board  of 
Trade  on  position  of  prices  and  supply  of  Quinine 
Sulphate  ( Com.),  425. 

P R O F I T E E R I NG   B I LL   :  M emorandum  on  Expenditure 

under  the  Bill  (Com.),  288. 

P U B L IC   A C C O U N TS   C O M M I T T EE  :  Treasury  Minutes  on 

Report  thereof  (Com.),  18, 393. 

P U B L IC   B I L LS   :  Return  relative  thereto 

for  Session 

1919 (Ord.  416, pres.  419),  p. 420. 

Account  under  the  Act  for  1917-18  (Act),  20, p.  20 

P U B L IC   E X P E N D I T U RE   :  Return  relative  thereto 

(Ord. 

(No.  10). 

261, pres.  379),  p. 380  (No.  218). 

P O ST   O F F I CE   S A V I N GS   B A N KS   :  Accounts  of  all  Deposits 
(Act),  189,  p.  189 

received  and  paid,  &c.  in  1918 
(No.  127). 

P O ST  

O F F I CE  

T E L E G R A P HS  

T E L E P H O N ES   : 
Accounts  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1918,  with 
additional  Statement  (Act),  20, p.  20  (No.  11).  For  the 
year  ended  31st  March  1919, 378, p.  378  (No.  216). 

A ND  

P R E V E N T I ON   OF  A N T H R AX   B I LL  

(Proposed  Expen-

diture)  :  Memorandum  thereon  (Com.),  134,  147. 

P R I M A RY   E D U C A T I ON 

regal  Committee  of  Inquiry.  Vol.  I.  Report 
51.  Vol.  II.,  Report,  147. 

(Ireland)  :  Report  of  the  Vice-
(Com.), 

P R I S O NS   : 

England  and  Wales: 

Draft  Rule  relating  to  Ipswich  Prison  (Act),  147. 
for  1918-19 

Report  of  Commissioners  of  Prisons 
(Com.),  322. 

Ireland: 

Fortieth  Report  of  the  Board  (Com.),  17. 

Scotland: 

P U B L IC   H E A L TH   (Regulations  as  to  Food)  A C T,   1 9 07   : 

Regulations  under the  Act  (Act),  379. 

P U B L IC  

INCOME  A ND   E X P E N D I T U R E:   Account  of  the 
gross  Public  Income  and  Expenditure  in  the  year  ended 
31st  March  1919, with  the  Balances  in  the  Exchequer, 
&c. (Act),  116, p.  116 (No.  84). 

P U B L IC   O F F I C ES   S I TE   (Dublin)  A C T,   1903  :  Accounts 
of  Money  issued,  expended,  and  borrowed  under  the 
Act  for  the  period  ended  31st  March  1918  (Act),  18, 
p.  19  (No.  6). 

P U B L IC   O F F I C E S,   S I T E S,   AND  P U B L IC  

B U I L D I N GS 
EXPENSES  A C C O U N T S,  1917-18  :  Accounts  of  Money 
issued, expended,  and  borrowed  under  the  Acts  for  the 
period  ended  31st  March  1918 (Act),  18, p.  19  (No.  5). 

P U B L IC   P E T I T I O N S:   Return  relative  thereto  for  Session 

1919 (Ord.  416, pres. 419),  p.  420. 

P U B L IC   R E C O R DS  :  Eightieth  Annual  Report  of  the 

Deputy  Keeper  (Com.),  266. 

Ireland: 

Fifty-first  Annual  Report  of  the  Deputy  Keeper 

(Com.),  338. 

Royal  Commission  ; 

Rule  appointing  new  Prison  at  Edinburgh  a  legal 

place  of  detention,  &c.  (Act),  348, p. 349  (No.  197). 

Third  Report  of  the  Royal  Commission  with  Minutes 

of  Evidence  and  Appendices  (Com.),  93. 

P R I S ON   O F F I C E R S'   S U P E R A N N U A T I ON  

C O M M I T T E E: 

Report  thereof  ( Com.), 285. 

P R I S O NS 

(Scotland)  A C T,  
Commissioners,  1918  (Com.),  174. 

1877  :  Annual  Report  of 

P R I V A TE   B I L LS   AND  P R I V A TE   BUSINESS  :  Return  rela-
tive  thereto  for  Session  1919  (Ord.  416,  pres.  419), 
p. 420. 

Schedules of  Documents  not  considered  of  sufficient 

public value to justify  their preservation : 

Department  of  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General 
(Act),  21.  Road  Board, 29.  Ministry  of  Munitions,  41. 
Privy  Council  Office,  77.  Ministry  of  Reconstruction, 
97.  War  Refugees'  Department  of  the  Local  Govern-
ment  Board,  202.  Ministry  of  Food,  209.  Ministry  of 
National  Service,  214.  Board  of  Trade,  217.  Board 
of  Trade,  Emergency  Departments,  1914-19,  217. 
the  Judges,  237.  Air  Ministry,  328. 
Circuits  of 
Ministry  of  Food,  349.  War  Office, 359. 

P R I V A TE   L E G I S L A T I ON   P R O C E D U RE 

(Scotland)  A C T, 
1899  :  Reports  by  the  Chairman  of  Committees  of  the 
House  of  Lords  and  the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means 
in the  House  of  Commons  under the Act  (Act),  49,  214. 
Return  relative  thereto  (Ord.   310,  pres.  421),  p.  421 
(No.  239).  Amending  General  Orders  under  the  A ct 
(Act),  360. 

P U B L IC   T R U S T E E:   Eleventh  General Report  (Com.),  231. 
Interim  Report  of  Committee  on  Organisation  of  Office 
of  Public  Trustee,  360.  Final  Report  of  Committee, 
360. 

P U B L IC   W O R KS   (Exclusive of  Housing)  :  Memorandum  of 

the  Local  Government  Board  thereon  (Com.),  125. 

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A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E R S - c o n f c W. 

/ 

P U B L IC   W O R KS   (Ireland) :  Eighty-seventh  Annual  Re-
port  of  the  Commissioners,  with  Appendices,  for  the 
year  1918-19  (Com.),  320. 

P U B L IC   W O R KS   L O AN   B I LL   :  Statement  of  particulars 
of  Loans  of  which  the balances  outstanding  are  proposed 
to  be  remitted  or written  off  from  assets  of  Local  Loans 
Fund  (Ord.  296, pres.  299),  p.  299  (No.  170). 

P U B L IC   W O R KS   L O AN   B O A RD   :  Forty-fourth  Annual 
(Act), 

Report  of  the  Board,  1918-19,  with  Appendices 
183,  p.  183  (No.  123). 

Q U E EN   A N N E 'S   B O U N TY  :  Annual  Report  and  Accounts 

of  the  Governors  for  1918  (Com.),   97. 

R A I L W AY   A C C I D E N T S:   Report  on  Accidents  in  1918 

(Com.),151. 

R O AD   IMPROVEMENT  F U ND   :  Abstract  Accounts  thereof 

for  1918-19  (Act),  329, p.  329  (No.  187). 

R O AD   L O C O M O T I V ES   AND  H E A VY   M O T OR   C A RS  

(De-
partmental  Committee)  :  Report  of  Committee on  the  Law 
and  Regulations  relating  to the  construction  and  use  of 
Road  Locomotives  and  Heavy  Motor  Cars  in  Great 
Britain,  Part  I.,  Report  (Com.),  17.  Part  II.,  Minutes 
of  Evidence  and Appendices  and  Index  to  Evidence,  17. 

R O Y AL   A IR   F O R CE   :  Memorandum  by  Secretary of  State 
for  Air  on  proposals  for  formation  of  the  Force  on  a 
Peace  Basis  (Com.),  405;  withdrawn,  409.  Note  by 
Secretary  of  State  for  Air  on  Scheme  for  permanent 
Organisation  of  the  Force,  408. 

R O Y AL  

COMMISSIONS  :  Agriculture.  Defence  of 

Realm  Losses.  Historical  Manuscripts. 
Public  Records.  Sugar  Supply. 

the 
Income  Tax. 

R A I L W AY   A ND   C A N AL   T R A F F IC   A C T S,   1 8 54   TO  1 8 94   : 
Thirtieth  Annual  Report  of  the  Railway  and  Canal 
Commission,  with  Appendix  (Com.),  156. 

R A I L W AY   S E R V A N TS  (Hours  of  Labour)  :  Report  of  pro-
ceedings  relative  thereto, for  the  year  ending  27th  July 
1918  (Act),  425. 

Ditto 

ditto  for the year  ending 27th  July  1919, 

425. 

R A I L W AY   W O R K I NG   :  Statement  showing  results  of 
working  Railways during  periods  of  Government  control 
in  Great  Britain  and  Ireland  (Com.),  338. 

R O Y AL  

O B S E R V A T O RY 

(Edinburgh): 

Twenty-ninth 

Annual  Report  ( Com.),  136. 

R O Y AL   P A T R I O T IC   F U ND   C O R P O R A T I ON  :  Fourteenth 
Report  for  the  year  1917  (Com.),  20.  Fifteenth  Report, 
for the  year  1918  ( Com.), 419. 

R O Y AL   P A R KS   :  Report  on  cultivation  of  certain  areas 

therein  (Com.),  105. 

R U R AL   T R A N S P O RT 

(Scotland):  Report  of  Committee 

thereon  (Com.),  234. 

R U S S IA  (No.  1,  1919):  Reports  oil  Bolshevism  (Com.),  93. 

R A I L W AY   W O R K I NG   DURING  T HE   W AR   :  Statement 

showing  the  cost  thereof  (Com.),  137. 

S A I NT   G E O R G E 'S   C H U R C H,   O X F O RD   B I LL   :  Report 
by  Attorney  General  thereon  (Standing  Order  175a),  75. 

R A M S G A TE   H A R B O UR   :  Receipts  and  Payments 

for 

1917-18  (Act),  29. 

R E F O R M A T O RY   AND 

INDUSTRIAL  SCHOOLS 

(Ireland): 

Fifty-sixth  Report, for  1917  (Com.),  17. 

R E G I S T R A T I ON   "OF  B I R T H S,   D E A T HS   A ND   M A R R I A G ES 
(Scotland)  ACT,  1854:  Regulations  under  the  Act 
(Act),  17. 

R E P R E S E N T A T I ON   OF  T HE   P E O P LE   A C T,   1 9 1 8:   Orders 
in  Council  under  the  Act  (Act),  19,  164,  197,  389. 
County  Court  (Ireland)  rules  under  the  Act,  180. 

R E S E A R CH   D E P A R T M E NT   :  Report  of  Committee  for 
(Com.), 

Scientific  and  Industrial  Research,  1918-19 
314. 

R E V E N UE   A C T,   1 9 0 9,   AND  E X P L O S I V ES   A C T,  

Order in  Council  nnder  the  Explosives  Act,  1875 
324. 

1 8 7 5: 
(Act), 

R E V E N UE   \ND  E X P E N D I T U RE   (England,  Scotland,  and 
Ireland)  :  Return  relative  thereto  (Ord.  261,  pres.  288), 
p.  288  (No.  163). 

R E V E N UE  

D E P A R T M E N TS  

(Supplementary  Estimate, 
1919-20)  :  Estimate  of  the  further  sum  required  for  the 
service  of  the  year  ending  31st  March  1920 
(Com.), 
225  p.  225  (No.  135).  Referred  to  a  Standing  Com-
mittee,  225.  To  be  considered  in  Committee  of  Supply, 
267. 

R E V I S ED   F I N A N C I AL   S T A T E M E N T,   1 9 1 9 - 2 0:   Revised 
Statement  of  Revenue  and  Expenditure  by  the  Chan-
cellor  of  the  Exchequer  (Com.),  328. 

SAVINGS  B A N KS   A ND   F R I E N D LY   S O C I E T I E S:   Account 
showing  Interest  accrued, &c.  in  1918  (Act),  396,  p.  396 
(No.  225). 

S A V I N GS   B A N KS  (Ireland)  :  Return  relative  thereto  (Ord. 

354). 

S C O T T I SH   B O A RD   OF  H E A L TH   :  Draft  Orders  in  Council 
under  the  Scottish  Board  of  Health  Act,  1919  (Act),  182, 
p.  189  (No.  125),  322. 

Regulations: 

j 

National  Health  Insurance  (Judicial  Functions)  Regu-
lations, (Scotland),  1919  (Act),  322. 
(Exempt  Persons) 
Amendment Regulations (Scotland),  1919, 335. 
(Medical 
Benefit)  Regulations  (Scotland)  1919, 359.  Ditto  ditto 
(No.  2),  386. 

S C O T T I SH   N A T I O N AL   W AR   M E M O R I AL   C O M M I T T EE   : 
Report of  Committee as to utilisation of Edinburgh  Castle 
for  Scottish  National  War  Memorial  (Com.),  296. 

SEAMEN'S  SAVINGS  B A N KS   (Money  Orders  and  Trans-

mission  of  Wages :  Account  of  Deposits,  with  Statement 
of  Receipts  and  Payments  during  year  ended  20th 
November  1917  ;  Statement  of  number  and  amount  of 
Seamen's  Money  Orders  issued  and  paid from  1855  to 
3lst  March,  1918  ;  Statement  of  Receipts  and  Payments 
in connection  with  transmission  of  Seamen's  Wages  from 
1878  to  31st  March,  1918  (Act),  179. 

S E L E CT   C O M M I T T E ES  :  Return relative  thereto  for  Session 

1919  ( Ord. 416, pres.  420),  p.  420. 

S H E R I FF   C O U R TS  (Scotland)  A C T,   1907:  Act  of  Sederunt 

R I C H M O ND   B R I D GE   :  Accounts  of  the  Commissioners  for 

under the  Act  (Act),  332. 

1918  (Act),  79. 

R O AD   B O A RD   : Ninth  Annual  Report  thereof  (Act),  338, 

p.  338  (No.  192). 

S H I P P I NG   C A S U A L T I ES   (LOSS  of the Steamship  "Lusitania"). 
Report  of  Proceedings  of  Court  of  Inquiry  on  the loss  of 
the  Steamship "  Lusitania "  (Com.),   329. 

VOL.  174. 

Sess.  1919. 

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[1919. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E R S—   continued. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

SHOPS  A C T,   1912:  Orders  made  by  Local  Authorities, 
under  the  Act  (Act),  17  (Ireland),  17  (Scotland,  with 
amendment),  20,  27  (Ireland),  57,  60  (Ireland),  84,  89, 
96,  97, 116, 116  (Scotland, with  and without  amendment), 
122  (Scotland,  with  amendment),,  169  (Scotland,  with 
and  without  amendment),  182,  234,  242  (Scotland),  256 
266 (Scotland), 275 (Scotland, with amendment), 284,299, 
299  (Scotland),  303,  (with  amendment),  320  (Ireland), 
323  (Scotland,  with  and  without  amendment),  324,  328 
(Scotland,  with  and  without  amendment)  328,  329 
Scotland),  334,  338,  339  (Ireland),  346,  349  (Ireland), 
349,  354,  359,  (Ireland),  359,  362,  367  (Scotland,  (with 
amendment),  378, 386  (Scotland,  with  amendment),  392, 
412  (Scotland,  with  amendment). 

S I N K I NG   F U N DS   :  Account  showing  amount  received 
from  the  Exchequer  in  respect  of  Old  and  New  Sinking 
Funds in  the  year  ended  31st  March  1919  (Act),  122. 

S I T T I N GS   OP  T HE   H O U SE  :  Beturn  relative  thereto  for 

Session  1919  (Ord.  416,pres.   420). 

S M A LL   L A N D H O L D E RS  (Scotland)  A C TS   :  Seventh  Beport 

by  Scottish  Land  Court  (Com.),  164. 

SOANE'S  M U S E UM  :  Statement  of  Funds  on  5th  January, 

1919  (Act),  195. 

S O L I C I T O RS   R E M U N E R A T I ON   A C T,   1881  :  General  Order 

under  the  A ct   (Act),  415. 

SOUDAN  G U A R A N T E ED  

L O AN  

(Miscellaneous,  No.  5, 

1919):  Note  thereon  (Com.),  256. 

S T A F FS   E M P L O Y ED   IN  G O V E R N M E NT   D E P A R T M E N TS   : 
Statements  relative  thereto  (Com.),  242,  303,  321,  324, 
409. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E ES  :  Return  relative  thereto  for 

Session  1919  (Ord.  416, pres.  420),  p.  420. 

Shoucair,  Consulate,  Beirut.  214.  Richard  James 
Colver,  War  Department  Fleet,  War  Office,  317. 
Rosetta  Eliza  Crouch  (now  Taplin),  Post  Office, 324. 
James  Henry  Brown,  Post  Office, 324.  James  Horrex, 
Post  Office,  399. 

Superannuation Act,  1887  : 

Treasury  Minutes  granting  Retired  Allowances 

under the Act  to—-

Mr.  A.   J.  K.  Parkinson,  Architectural  Assistant 
Second  Class,  Office  of  Works  (Jet), 
18.  Mr.  B.  S. 
Boulter,  Higher  Division  Clerk,  War  Office,  164.  Mr. 
William  Henry  Doonan,  Postmaster,  Tam worth  Post 
Office,  183. 

Treasury  Warrant  under  the  Act  amending  Warrant 
of  16th  September,  1887,  so  far  as  relates  to  Civil 
Servants  injured  while  employed  in  aircraft  for  experi-
mental  purposes  and  to  their  dependants  (Act),  285. 

Superannuation  Acts,  1859  and 1876 : 

Treasury  Minute  declaring  the  following  to  be  un-
healthy places for the  purposes of  the  Acts, Dairen  (Act), 
18.  German  East  Africa,  183. 

S U P E R A N N U A T I ON   OF  P E R S O NS   E M P L O Y ED   BY  L O C AL 
(Depart-

A U T H O R I T I ES  
mental  Committee):  Report  of  Committee  ( Com.),  322. 

IN  E N G L A ND   A ND   W A L ES  

S U P E R A N N U A T I ON  (Prison  Officers)  B I LL   :  Memorandum 
on  the  Bill  with  Estimate  of  probable  Expenditure 
(Com.),  296. 

SUPREME  C O U RT   F U N DS   R U L ES   :  Bules,  1919 

(Act), 

426. 

S U P R E ME   C O U RT   OF  J U D I C A T U RE   :  Accounts  for  the 
(Act),  356,  p.  356 

year  ended  28th  February  1919 
(No.  206). 

S T A T ES   OF  G U E R N S EY   " W AR   C O N T R I B U T I ON  :  Treasury 

Minute  relative  thereto  (Com.),  18. 

S U P R E ME   C O U RT   OF  J U D I C A T U RE   A C T,   1875 :  Order  in 

Council  under  the  A ct   (Act),  324. 

S T A T ES   OF  J E R S EY   W AR   C O N T R I B U T I ON  :  Treasury 

Minute  relative  thereto  (Com.),  145. 

S T A T I S T I C AL   A B S T R A C TS  (United  Kingdom):  Statistical 
Abstract  from 1903 to 1917.  Sixty-fifth Number ( Com.), 
419. 

S T R E ET   A C C I D E N TS   CAUSED  BY  V E H I C L ES  :  Return 
relative  thereto  (Add.  89, pres.  100),  p.  100  (No.  68). 

S U EZ   C A N AL  

Shipping  and  Tonnage,  1915,  1916  and  1917 
287.  Ditto  for  1918,  207. 

(Commercial,  No.  1,  1919)  :  Returns  of 
(Com.), 

S U P R E ME   C O U RT   OF  J U D I C A T U RE   A CT   (Ireland),  1877: 
Orders  in Council  under  the Act  giving  effect to Rules  of 
Court  (Act),  29,  239,  349. 

S U P R E ME   C O U RT   OF  J U D I C A T U RE 

(Ireland)-.  Beturn 
relative  thereto  for  the  year  ended  30th  September  1918 
(Ord.  59, pres.  60),  p.  60  (No.  39). 

S U P R E ME   C O U RT   (Prize,  &c.  Deposit  Account,  1917-18): 
(Ord.  29,  pres.  31),  p.  31, 

Beturn  relative  thereto 
(No.  20.) 

S U P R E ME   C O U RT   (Rules):  Bules  (March)  1919  (/4c<),91. 

S U G AR   P U R C H A S E S:   Treasury  Minutes  thereon 

(Com.), 

Bule  as  to  closing  on  27th  December  1919,  400. 

18, 43,  166. 

T A X ES   AND 

I M P O S T S:  Return  relative  thereto 

(Ord. 

SUGAR  S U P P LY  

(Royal  Commission) :  Accounts 

from 

288, pres.  317),  p.  317  (No.  177). 

August  1914  to  31st  March  1918  (Com.),  378. 

S U L P H U R IC   A C ID   AND  F E R T I L I S ER   T R A D ES  

(Depart-
mental Committee) :  Report of  Committee  thereon  (Com.), 
25. 

S U P E R A N N U A T I O NS   : 

Superannuation Act,  1884: 

Treasury  Minutes  declaring 

that  the  following 
Persons  in the undermentioned Departments  were 
appointed  to  the  Offices  set  against  their  names 
without the grant  of  a  Civil  Service  Certificate, 
through inadvertence on the part  of  the  heads  of 
their  Departments,  viz.:— 

T E L E G R A MS 

(Press  Telegrams) :  Amendment 

(No.  1) 

Regulations,  1919  (Act),  324. 

T E M P O R A RY   L A WS   :  Register  of  Temporary  Laws  for  the 
First  Session  of the Thirty-first  Parliament  of  the  United 
Kingdom (pres.  112,pursuant  tolieport  of  Select Committee 
on  Expiring  Laws,  1866), p.  112  (No.  82). 

T H A M ES   C O N S E R V A N CY  :  Report  of  proceedings  by  the 

Conservators  for  1918  (Act),  108, p.  108  (No.  77). 

T I T L ES   D E P R I V A T I ON   A C T,   1917:  Report  of  the  Com-

mittee  of  the  Privy  Council  (Act),  19. 

Walter  George  Thomson,  Post  Office  (Act), 

116. 
Frank  Edward  Crossland,  Post  Office,  127.  Esper 

T R A DE   AND  N A V I G A T I ON  :  Accounts  relative  thereto  for 

1919  (Ord.  28, pres.  29)  p.  29  (No.  18.) 

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P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

T R A DE   B O A R DS   ACTS  :  Regulations  under  the  Acts 
{Act),  138,  140, 231,  263.  320, 330, 352.  Special  orders 
under  the  Acts  (Act),  23,  72,  93,  116,  118,  128,  145, 
213,  229, 324, 334, 346, 352,  359,  367. 

T R A DE   (Foreign Countries and British  Possessions):  Annual 
Statement for  1918,  Vol.  I.  (Com.),  303.  Vol.  II.,  321. 

T R I N I D AD   :  Rules  relative  to  prisons  (Act),  16,  72. 

the  proceedings  of 

T R U S T EE   SAVINGS  B A N K S:  Twenty-seventh  Annual  Report 
of 
Inspection  Committee 
the 
of  Trustee  Savings  Banks,  for  the  year  ended  20th 
November  1918  (Act),  116, p.  116  (No.  85). 

T U B E R C U L O S IS  (Sanatoria  for  Soldiers) 

(Inter-Depart-

T R A DE   OF  A U S T R A L I A:   Beport  for  1 9 18  (Com.),   3 2 1. 

mental  Committee) :  Report  thereof  ( Com.),  285. 

T R A DE   OF  C A N A DA   A ND   N E W F O U N D L A ND   :  Report  for 

T U R K I SH   PRISONS  (Miscellaneous,  No.  6,  1919):  Reports 

1918  (Com.),  149. 

on  Conditions  therein  (Com.),  260. 

T R A DE   OF  THE  F I JI   ISLANDS  ;  Report  thereon  (Com.), 

181. 

T R A DE   OF  INDIA  :  Report  on  British  Trade  in  India  at 

the close  of  the  War  ( Com.), 372. 

T R A DE   OF  S O U TH   A F R I C A:   Report  for  1918 

(Com.), 

321. 

T R A DE   OF  W E S T E RN   S A M OA   A ND   THE  TONGAN 

I S-

LANDS  :  Reports  thereon  (Com.),  182. 

T R A D I NG   C O N D I T I O NS  (Blockade):  Statements  of  Trading 
Conditions  since  raising  of  Blockade  (Com.), 242,  321. 

T R A D I NG   W I TH   T HE   E N E MT   (Amendment)  A C TS   :  Sup-

plementary  List  of  Orders  (Act),  51,  169. 

T R A D I NG   W I TH   T HE   E N E MY   (Rules):  Rules  under  the 
Trading  with  the  Enemy  (Amendment)  Act,  1918  (Act), 
21. 

T R E A S U RY   C H E ST  :  Account  for  1917-18  (Act),  18,  p.  19 

(No.  9). 

T R E A TY   OF  P E A CE   A C T,  1919 :  Orders  in  Council  under 

the  Act  (Act),  329,  412. 

T R E A TY   S E R I ES   : 

No. 1,1919, Agreement with France  respecting  British 
War  Graves  in  France  (Com.),  77.  No.  2,  1919,  Re-
newal  of  Arbitration  Agreements with France,  Italy and 
Spain,  and  Arbitration  Convention  with  United  States, 
102.  No.  3,  1919,  Arbitration  Treaty  with  Uruguay, 
173.  No.  4,  1919,  Treaty  of  Peace  between  Allied and 
Associated  Powers  and  Germany,  195.  No.  5,  1919, 
Protocol  supplementary  to Treaty  of  Peace, 202.  No.  6, 
1919,  Treaty  respecting  Assistance to France in the event 
of  Unprovoked  Aggression  by  Germany,  202.  No.  7, 
1919,  Agreement  between  the  United States of  America, 
Belgium,  British  Empire  and  France  and  Germany 
respecting  military  occupation  of  Territories  of  Rhine, 
213.  No.  8,  1919,  Treaty  of  Peace  between  United 
States  of  America,  British  Empire,  France,  Italy  and 
Japan  and  Poland,  225.  No.  9,  1919,  Agreement  with 
Belgium  respecting  British  War  Graves  in  Belgian 
Territory,  321.  No.  10,  1919,  Treaties,  &c.  with  Foreign 
States,  Questions, Withdrawals,  &t\, 321.  No.  11,1919, 
Treaty  of  Peace  between  Allied  and Associated  Powers 
and  Austria,  368.  No.  12, 1919, Convention  for  Control 
of  Trade  in  Arms  and  Ammunition,  379.  No.  13,  1919, 
Ratification  by  Sweden  of  International  Copyright 
Convention,  393.  No.  14,  1919,  Agreement  between 
Allied and  Associated  Powers  relative to  Cost of  Libera-
tion  of  Territories  of  former  Austro-Hungarian  Empire, 
408.  No.  15,  1919,  Ditto 
relative  to  Italian 
Reparation  Payments, 408.  No.  16,  1919,  Treaty  with 
Spain  respecting  Extradition,  412.  No.  17,1919,  Treaty 
between  Principal  Allied  and  Associated  Powers  and 
the  Serb-Croat-Slovene  State,  412.  No.  18,  1919, 
Convention  revising  General  Act  of  Berlin  and  General 
Act  and  Declaration  of  Brussels,  412.  No.  19,  1919, 
Convention  relating  to  Liquor  Traffic  in  Africa,  415. 
No.  20,  1919,  Treaty  between  Principal  Allied  and 
Associated  Powers  and  Czecho-Slovakia,  415. 

ditto 

U L T I M US   H^ERES  (Scotland)  (Account  aud List  of  Estates): 
Return  relative  thereto  for  1917  (Ord.160,  pres.  164), 
p.  164  (No.  105).  For  1918  (Ord.  160,  pres.  164), 
p.  164  (No.  106). 

U N D ER   S H E R I F FS   AND  B A I L I F FS   (Inland):  Report  of 

Committee  of Inquiry  thereon  (Com.),  151. 

U M E M P L O Y M E NT   B E N E F IT   B I LL  :  Report  by  Govern-
ment  Actuary  on  the  Bill  (Com.),  372.  Memorandum 
on  Financial  Clauses  of  the  Bill,  372. 

U N E M P L O Y M E NT   INSURANCE  B I LL   :  Report  by  Govern-
ment  Actuary  on  the  Financial  Provisions  of  the  Bill 
(Com.),  428. 

U N I ON   OF  BENEFICES  A C TS   :  Scheme  under  the  Acts 
(Saiot  Michael  and  All  Angels,  Paddington,  and  A ll 
Saints, Paddington)  (Act),  72. 

U N I V E R S I T I ES   OF  O X F O RD   AND  C A M B R I D GE   A C T, 

1877 : 

Cambridge: 
Trinity  College 

(Act),  19.  Pembroke  College,  19. 
University  of  Cambridge,  19,  324,  408.  Downing 
College,  142. 

Oxford: 

Lincoln  College  (Act),  19,  225.  Exeter  College,  177. 
St.  John's  College,  177. 
Jesus  College,  182.  All 
Souls  College,  324.  Wadham  College,  343.  Corpus 
Christi  College,  371. 

U N I V E R S I T I ES  

(Scotland) 

A C T,   1889 

(Ordinance)  : 
University  Court  Ordinance, No.  71  (Edinburgh  No, 28) 
(Institution  of  a  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy 
(Ph.D.)  and  relative  Begulations) (No.  72). 
(Glasgow 
No.  19).  (Provision  for  Payments  in respect of  Pensions 
on  Allowances  for  Lecturers,  Assistants  &c.).  No.  73 
(Glasgow  No.  20). 
(Foundation  of  Chair  of  Mercantile 
Law) (Act),  17, p. 17 (No. 3).  No. 74 (Glasgow  No.  21). 
(Begulations  for  the  Degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy). 
No.  75  (Glasgow  No.  22). 
(Foundation  of  the  Gardiner 
Chair of  Bacteriology).  No. 76 (Glasgow No. 23)  (Foun-
dation  of  the  Gardiner  Chair  of  Organic  Chemistry). 
No.  77  (Glasgow  No.  24)  (Foundation  of  the  Gardiner 
Chair  of  Physiological  Chemistry)  63, p.  63  (No  45). 
No. 78 (Saint Andrew's, No.  15) (Regulationsfor  Degrees 
in  Pure  Science)  81,  p.  81  (No.  55).  No.  79  (Saint 
Andrew's  No.  16) (Institution  of  a  Degree  of  Doctor  of 
Philosophy  (Ph.D.)  and  relative  Regulations).  No.  80 
(SaintAndrew's  No. 18)(Regulations for Degrees in  Arts, 
Philosophy  and  Letters  89,  p.  89  (No.  62).  No.  81 
(Aberdeen  No.  9)  (Institutionof  a Degree  in  Commerce 
and relative  Regulations).  No.  82  (Saint  Andrew's  No. 
17)  (Institution  of  a  Degree  in  Commerce  and  relative 
Regulations)  116, p.  116  (No.  87).  No.  83  (Edinburgh 
No.  29)  (Foundation  of  Chair  in  Psychiatry).  No. 84 
(Edinburgh  No.  30)  (Foundation  of  Chair  of  Forestry). 
No.  85  (Edinburgh  No.  31)  (Foundation  of  Chair  of 
Zoology).  No.  86  (Edinburgh  No.  32)  (Foundation  of 
Chair of  Accounting  and  Business  Method)  182, p.  183 
(No.  119).  No.  87  (Edinburgh  No.  33)  (Regulations  as 
to  Offices of  Reader and  Senior  Lecturer  &c.), 282 p. 282 
(No.  155). 

VOL.  174. 

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[1919. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS—continued. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   PAPERS-confiwaed. 

U N I V E R S I TY   OF  A B E R D E EN   :  Annual  Statistical  Report 
of  the  University  for  1917-18  (Act),  323.  Report  on 
the  state of  the  Finances  of  the  University  for  the  year 
1917-18,  323. 

U N I V E R S I TY   OF  E D I N B U R GH  :  Annual  Statistical  Report 
of  the  University  for  the  year  ended  30th  September 
1917  (Act),  99.  Report  on the  state of  the  Finances  of 
the  University  for the  year  1917-18,  116. 

U N I V E R S I TY   OF  G L A S G OW  :  Annual  Statistical  Report  of 
the  University  for  1917-18  (Act),  323.  Abstract  of 
Accounts  for  the  year  1917-18,  393. 

U N I V E R S I TY   OF  L O N D ON   A C T.   1898 :  Statutes under  the 

Act  (Act),  19,  343. 

U N I V E R S I TY   OF  S A I NT   A N D R E WS   :  Abstract  Accounts 
of  the  University  for  the  year  1 9 1 6 - 17  
8 4. 
Annual  Statistical Report of  the  University  for  1 9 1 7 - 1 8, 
317.  Report  on  the  State  of  the  Finances  of  the 
University  for  the year  1 9 1 7 - 1 8,   3 2 3. 

(Act), 

U P P ER   M E D W AY   C O N S E R V A N CY  :  Accounts  for  1 9 1 8 - 19 

(Act),  325. 

V E N E R E AL   D I S E A SE  :  Statements  relative  thereto 

in 

Portsmouth  Military  Area,  &c.  (Gom.),  425. 

V O TE   OF  C R E D IT  

1 9 1 7 - 1 8: 
Account  for  year  ended  31st  March  1918  (Act),  150, 
p.  150  (No.  97). 

(Appropriation  Account), 

W A G ES   AND  E F F E C TS   OF  D E C E A S ED   S E A M EN  :  Account 
thereof  for  the  year  ended  31st  March  1918  (Com.),  45. 

W A G ES  

(Temporary  Regulation)  A CT   1918  :  A ct   of 

Sederunt  under the  Act  (Act),  37. 

W A N D S W O R TH  

P R I S ON   : 

(Allegations  against  Acting-

Governor) :  Report  relative  thereto  ( Com.),  116. 

W AR   C A B I N ET   :  Report  for  1 9 18  (Com.),  3 1 7. 

W AR   C H A R I T I ES   (Scotland)  A C T,   1 9 19  :  Schemes  under 

the  Act  (Act),  194,  247,  323, 338,  361,  380. 

W AR   EMERGENCY  L A WS   (Continuance)  B I LL   :  Estimate 
of  probable  Expenditure  under  the  Bill  (Com.),  337. 
Memorandum  on  the  Bill,  338. 

W AR   L O AN   ( War  Saving  Certificates)  :  Regulations  rela-

tive  thereto  (Act),  18. 

W AR  

S A V I NG   C E R T I F I C A T E S,   &C.  :  Draft  Treasury 

Warrant relative  thereto  (Act),  88. 

W I LD   B I R DS   P R O T E C T I ON 

Evidence  taken  before  the  Committee 
Report  of  the  Committee,  284. 

(Departmental  Committee): 
(Com.),  173. 

W I N T ER   ASSI7.ES  (Ireland)  :  Orders  in  Council under the 

Winter  Assizes  Act,  1876  (Act),  349. 

W O M EN   IN  I N D U S T RY  (War  Cabinet Committee) :  Report 
on  relation  between  Wages  of  Women  and  Men 
(Com.), 
127.  Appendices to  Report and Summaries of  Evidence, 
151. 

W O O D S,   F O R E S T S,   AND  L A ND   R E V E N U ES  :  Abstract 
Accounts  of  the  Commissioners  tor  the  year  ending 
3lst  March  1918  (Act),  25,  p.  25  (No.  10).  Ninety-
seventh  Report  of  the  Commissioners,  1919  (Com),  194. 

W O O L W I CH   R O Y AL   O R D N A N CE   F A C T O R I ES   :  Reports  of 

Committee  thereon  (Com.),  193. 

W O R K M E N 'S   C O M P E N S A T I ON 

(Disabled  Soldiers  and 
Sailors) (Departmental  Committee) :  Report of  Committee 
thereon  (Com.),  32. 

W O R K M E N 'S   COMPENSATION  (Silicosis)  S C H E ME 

(Refrac-
tories Industries),:  Scheme  under  the  Workmen's  Com-
pensation  (Silicosis)  Act,  1918  (Act),  21. 

A C C O U N TS   A ND   P A P E R S: 

Ordered,  24,  &c. 

Addressed  for,  25, &c. 

Ordered, and presented accordingly, 118, &c. 
Presented  by  Command,  16,  &c. 

By  Command,  during  Recess,  deli-
vered  to  Librarian  of  the  House  of  Commons,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order  No.  95,  115, &c. 

By  Address, 84, &c. 

By  Order, 25,  &e. 

By  Act,  17,  &c. 
Pursuant  to  Standing  Order  175a, 

Laid  upon  the  Table  by  Mr.  Speaker,  356 

99, &c. 

and  428. 

; 

Laid  upon  the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the 
House,  by  Act,  21,  &c.  Pursuant  to  Report  of  Select 
Committee  on  Expiring  Laws  (1866),  112. 

To  be printed,  17,  &c. 

Laid  upon  the  Table  by  the  Clerk  of  the 

House  ;  to  be printed,  21,  &c. 

Referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  28, 

W A T ER   P O W ER   RESOURCES  C O M M I T T EE  :  Interim  Re-

&c. 

port  ( Com.),  75. 

Order  referring  to  Committee  of  Supply 

W E I G H TS   AND  M E A S U R ES   A C T,   1 8 78  :  Orders  in  Council 

discharged,  42. 

under  the  Act  (Act),  226. 

W E L SH   C H U R CH   A C T,   1 9 14  :  Fourth  Report  of  the 
Commissioners  (Com.),  20.  Account  of  Receipts  and 
Expenditure  for 1918  (Act),  77, p.  77  (No.  52). 

W E L SH   C H U R CH  (Temporalities)  B I L L:   Memorandum 

thereon  (Com ),  281. 

W E ST   A F R I C AN   C U R R E N CY   B O A RD   :  Report  of  the 

Board  for  1917-18  (Com.),  25.  For  1918-19,  405. 

W E ST   H I G H L A ND   R A I L W AY   (Extension  from  Banavie  to 
Mallaig)  :  Seventh  Annual  Report  thereon,  with  A c-
counts,  1917-18  (Act),  29. 

W E ST   I N D I ES  :  Report  of  West  Indian  Shipping  Com-

mittee  (Com.),  321. 

Referred  to  a Committee  of  the whole  House, 

147  and  346. 

Order  for  Address  for  Return  discharged, 

252. 

—.  

Order for  printing  discharged,  57. 
Order  for  Paper  to  lie  upon  the  Table 

discharged,  153, &c. 

Referred  to  a  Standing  Committee, 42,  &c. 
Referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply  then 
referred  to  a  Standing  Committee  then  Ordered  to  be 
considered  in  Committee  of  Supply,  28, 42  and  46. 

Referred  to  a Standirig  Committee  and  then 
Ordered  to  be  considered  in  Committee  of  Supply,  45, 
&c. 

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A C Q U I S I T I ON   OF  L A ND   (Assessment  of  Compensation)  ; 
Bill  presented,  and ordered  to be read  a second  time, 84. 
Motion  for  Second  Reading,  Amendment  proposed,  to 
leave out from "  T h a t"   and add other words and not made. 
Bill  read  a  second  time  and  committed  to  a  Standing 
Committee,  106,  D.  108.  Reported  with  Amendments, 
160.  Consideration, as amended, deferred,  165.  Bill, as 
amended, considered; further consideration adjourned, 187. 
Bill, as amended, further considered, 191.  Third  Reading 
deferred,  197.  Motion  for  Third  Reading,  Amendment 
proposed  to  leave  out  from  "  That "  and  add  other  words 
and  not made ;  Bill  read  the third  time  and  passed,  225. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  300.  Day 
appointed 
for  considering  them,  300.  Consideration 
deferred, 309.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to;  a  conse-
quential  Amendment  made  to  the  Bill,  311.  To  which 
(Cited  <is  Acquisition  of  Land 
the  Lords  agree,  318. 
(Assessment  of  Compensation) Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 
321. 

A C Q U I S I T I ON   OF  L A ND  

(Assessment  of  Compensation) 

[Money'].  Vide  C O M M I T T E ES   I. 

A D D R E S S E S: 

OF   T H A N K S :— 

K I N G 'S   S P E E CH   ;  Motion  for  Address  of  Thanks  to 
His  Majesty  for  his  Most  Gracious  Speech  (at  the 
opening  of  Parliament)  ;  Debate  adjourned, 22.  Debate 
resumed, Amendment proposed  (Peace Conference  (British 
Policy)  )  and  withdrawn ;  another  Amendment  proposed 
(Air  Service)  and  withdrawn  ;  Debate  on  Main  Question 
adjourned,  24.  Resumed,  another  Amendment  proposed 
(Industrial  Unrest),  and negatived  ;  another  Amendment 
proposed  (Stimulation  of  Production)  and  withdrawn; 
Debate  on  Main  Question  adjourned,  25.  Resumed, 
another  Amendment proposed (Pensions), and  withdrawn; 
another  Amendment  proposed  (Agricultural  Industry), 
and  withdrawn;  Main  Question  agreed  t o;   Resolved 
that an  Humble  Address  be  presented  to  His  Majesty, 
&c.,  28.  To  be presented  by Privy  Councillors  or  Mem-
bers  of  His  Majesty's  Household,  28.  His  Majesty's 
answer,  36. 

R E L A T I VE   TO  S P E C I AL   M A T T E RS   : — 

Housing :— 

Praying 

that  Regulations  Articles  2,  5,  6,  and 
Schedule  B,  made  by  the  Minister  of  Health,  with  the 
approval  of  the  Treasury,  and  presented  to  this  House 
on  the 22nd  October  last  under Section  7 of  the  Housing, 
Town  Planning,  &c.  Act,  1919,  be  annulled;  to  be 
presented  by  Privy  Councillors-  or  Members  of  His 
Majesty's  Household,  364. 

A D J O U R N M E NT  

of 

the  H O U S E,   Motions 

for.  Vide 

H O U S E. 

A D V E R T I S E M E N TS   R E G U L A T I ON   ;  Bill  presented,  and 

ordered  to  be read  a second  time, 297. 

A D V O C A T ES   and  L AW   A G E N TS   (Qualification of  Women) 

B I LL   [Lords]  ;  brought  from the  Lords,  9 2. 

A E R I AL   N A V I G A T I ON   ;  Bill  presented,  and  .ordered  to 
be  read a second  time, 25.  Second  Reading  deferred, 28. 
Bill  read  a  second  time;  House  immediately  resolves 
itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill;  Bill  considered  in 
Committee, and reported, 29.  Consideration, as amended, 
deferred, 31.  Bill as amended,  considered;  Amendments 
proposed  and  withdrawn;  Amendments  made;  Title 
amended;  (changed  to  Air  Navigation  Bill)  41.  Vide 
infra. 

A G R I C U L T U R AL   I N D U S T R Y.  Vide  A D D R E S S E S.  

(King's 

Speech.) 

VOL.  174. 

Sess.  1919. 3 L 

A G R I C U L T U R AL   R E C O N S T R U C T I O N.  Vide  R E S O L U T I O N S. 

A G R I C U L T U R AL   L A ND   S A L ES   (Restriction  of  Notices  to 
Quit);  Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  184.  Second  Reading  deferred,  201.  Bill  read  a 
second  time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee, 
208.  E.  213.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  266.  A.s 
amended, considered  ;  read the third time and passed, 273. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  310.  Day 
appointed  for  consideration,  311.  Lords'  Amendments 
considered;  several  agreed  to  and  one  disagreed  t o; 
Committee  appointed  to  draw  up Reason  for  disagreeing 
to  one  of  the  Lords'  Amendments,  314.  Report  that 
they had drawn up a Reason;  Reason  agreed  to;  message 
to  the  Lords,  315.  Lords  do  not  insist  upon  their 
Amendment  disagreed  to  by  the  Commons,  318. 
(Cited 
as Agricultural  Lund  Sales (Restriction  of  Notices to Quit) 
Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent  321. 

A G R I C U L T U RE   A ND   F I S H E R I ES   (Councils,  Sfc.);  Bill  pre-
sented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  236. 
Second  Reading  deferred, 241.  352.  Bill  read  a second 
time, and  committed  to  a Standing  Committee,  353.  D. 
356.  Reported,  (Title  Amended)  (Agriculture  Councils, 
Sfc., Bill),  362.  Consideration  deferred,  371,  375,  377. 
Bill  as  amended,  considered  ;  Amendments  made ;  read 
the  third  time  and passed, 378.  Agreed  to  by the Lords, 
with  Amendments  ;  (changed to Ministry  of  Agriculture 
and  Fisheries  Bill);  Lords  Amendments  considered, 
several  agreed  to,  one  disagreed  to,  one  amended  and 
agreed  to ;  Committee  appointed  to  draw  up  a Reason  to 
be  assigned  to  the  Lords,  424-425.  Report  that  they 
had  drawn  up  a Reason  ;  Reason  agreed  to;  message  to 
the  Lords, 426.  Lords  do  not  insist  upon  their  Amend-
ments  disagreed  to  by  the  Commons,  and  agree  to  the 
Amendment  to  the  Bill  made  by  the  Commons  in  lieu 
of  one  of  them, 428. 
(Cited  as  Ministry  of  Agriculture 
and Fisheries  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  429. 

A G R I C U L T U RE   A ND   F I S H E R I ES   (Councils,  fyc.)  [Expenses]. 

Vide  C O M M I T T E ES   I. 

A IR   N A V I G A T I ON   B I LL   (changed  from Aerial  Navigation 
BiU).  Vide  supra.  Bill  read  the  third  time  and passed, 
with  an  amended  Title,  41.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
( Cited as Air  Navigation  Act, 
without  Amendment,  47. 
1919)  Royal  Assent,  48. 

A IR  

S E R V I C E.   Vide  A D D R E S S E S. 

(King's  Speech.) 

S U P P L Y. 

A L I E NS   (Restriction);  Bill presented, and ordered to be read 
a second time, 89.  Second Reading  deferred, 92.  Motion 
for Second  Reading;  Amendment proposed "six  months  " 
and  withdrawn  ;  Bill  read  a  second  time  and  committed 
to  a Standing  Committee,  113.  B.  115.  Transferred to 
A.   147.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  235.  Consider-
ation  deferred,  28o,  298,  319.  Bill  as  amended,  consi-
dered ;  new Clauses  proposed and negatived;  two Clauses 
added;  Amendments  proposed 
to  the  Bill  but  not 
made;  Debate  on  Amendment  adjourned,  326.  Re-
sumed  ;  Amendment  negatived,  other  Amendments 
made;  further consideration  adjourned,328.  Bill  further 
considered  ;  another  Amendment  made, and further  con-
sideration  adjourned,  330.  Bill further considered,  other 
Amendments  made,  and  Debate  on  Amendment  ad-
journed,  339-341.  Resumed;  Amendment  negatived; 
other  Amendments  made,  and  further  consideration  ad-
journed, 343.  Consideration  deferred, 345, 346,  351, 353, 
355.  Bill  further  considered,  Amendments  made;  Bill 
recommitted  to  Committee  of  the whole  House  in  respect 
of  two  new  Clauses  ;  Bill  considered  in  Committee,  one 
new  Clause  amended  and  added,  357.  Bill  reported, 
and as  amended  on  recommittal  considered,  358.  Third 
Reading  deferred,  360.  Motion  for  Third  Reading; 
Amendment  proposed  to  leave  out  words  and  add  others, 

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A L I E NS   (Restriction)—continued. 

and not made;  Bill  read  the  third time,  and  passed,  361. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments;  day 
appointed for considering them, 414.  Lords' Amendments 
considered;  several  agreed  to  and several  disagreed  to, 
417.  Words  restored  to  the  Bill  amended;  an  Amend-
ment proposed  to  the  Bill  by  inserting  words  at  the  end 
of  one  of  the  Lords'  Amendments  and  not  made,  418. 
Lords  disagree  with  the  Amendments  proposed  by  the 
Commons  and  insist upon  certain  of  their  Amendments, 
assigning  Reasons  ;  day  appointed  for consideration, 420. 
Lords'  Reasons  read:  Motion  made  and  Question,  That 
this  House  doth  not  insist  on  its  disagreement  with  the 
(Cited  as  Aliens 
Lords'  Amendments,  agreed  to,  422. 
Restriction  (Amendment) Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  429. 

A L L O T M E N TS   (Use  of  Uncultivated Land)  ;  Bill  presented, 

and  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time,  400. 

A M E N D M E N T S: 

—  M A DE   :—Motions:—By  leaving  out  words 

and inserting  others,  24. 

• 

Amendment  amended  by 
words  as amended inserted,  29. 

Bills :—in  Committee  ;  to 

insert  words  ; 
inserting  words;  proposed 

on  Report,  41. 

on  Motion  for Third  Reading,  194. 

to  a  Lords'  Amendment  insisted  on  after 

disagreement  by  this  House,  90. 

Standing Orders  :—by leaving  out words  and 

inserting  other words,  33. 

— 

N OT   M A DE   :—Motions  :—To  add  words  to 
the  address, 26.  To  Question, That  Mr. Speaker  do  now 
leave  the  Chair  for  Committee  on  East  India  Revenue 
Accounts,  154. 

Bills:—on  Motion  for  Second  Reading;  to 

leave  out  words  and  add others, 42, 58. 

— 

in  Committee;  to 

leave  out  words  and 
insert  others, 31.  To  insert  words,  44.  To  leave  out 
words, 44. 

on  Report;  to  insert  words,  70.  To  leave 
out  words  and  insert  others,  70.  To  leave  out  words, 
70.  Amendment  ruled  out  of  order  by  Mr.  Speaker, 
after discussion,  157. 

on  Motion  for  Third  Reading,  361. 

Amendment  and  withdrawn  ;  other  Amendments  nega-
tived;  Amendment  to  the  Standing  Order  made,  33. 
Amendment  proposed  to  a  clause  to  leave  out  words  and 
insert others ;  Words  left  out;  Question  That  words  be 
inserted  ;  Amendment  proposed  to  proposed  Amendment 
by  leaving  out  a word  and  inserting  others ;  Amendment 
to  proposed  Amendment  withdrawn;  Amendment  with-
drawn, 64. 

A M M A N F O RD   G AS   ;  Report  from  the  Select  Committee 
on  Standing  Orders  on  Petition  for  leave  to  deposit 
Petition  for  Bill,  Standing  Orders ought  to  be  dispensed 
with,  165.  Bill  presented,  read  the  first  time,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  177.  Proceedings  in 
relation  to  presentation,  First  Reading,  and  Order  for 
Second  Reading  ordered  to  be  null  and  void,  180. 
Examiners  report  on Petition  for  Bill,  Standing  Orders 
not  complied  with  ;  referred  to  the Select  Committee  on 
Standing  Orders,  186.  Report,  Standing  Orders  ought 
to  be  dispensed  with, 202.  Bill presented,  read  the first 
time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  207.  Report 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into  not  com-
plied with ;  referred to the Select Committee on  Standing 
Orders,  219.  Report,  Standing  Orders  onght  to  be 
dispensed  with,  229.  Bill  read  a second  time,  and  com-
mitted,  239.  Beported,  with  Amendments,  267.  As 
amended,  considered;  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
suspended;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  314. 
(Cited  as  Ammanford  Gas  Act,  1919),  Royal  Assent, 
365. 

A N G L O - F R E N CH   T R E A TY  

(Defence  of  France)  ;  Bill 
ordered, presented, read the  first  time, and  ordered  to be 
read  a second  time, 206.  Second Beading  deferred,  212. 
Motion  for  Second  Beading.  Amendment  proposed,  to 
leave  out  from  " T h a t"   and  add  words;  and  not  made.. 
Bill  read  a  second  time.  House  immediately  resolves 
itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill.  Bill  considered 
in  Committee,  and  reported  without  Amendment;  read 
the  third  time  and  passed, 240.  Agreed  to  by the  Lords, 
without  Amendment,  252.  (Cited  as Anglo-French  Treaty 
(Defence  of  France)  Act,  1919)  Boyal  Assent,  268. 

A N G L O - P E R S I AN   O IL   C O M P A NY   (Acquisition  of  Capital) 
A M E N D M E NT   B I LL   ;  Ordered  upon  Besolution  reported 
from  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House ;  presented,  read 
the first time,  and ordered  to  be  read  a second  time, 407. 
Bead  a  second  time;  committed  to  a  Committee  of 
the  whole  House,  409.  Considered  in  Committee  and 
reported  without  Amendment,  411.  Read  the  third  time 
and  passed,  414.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords  without 
Amendment,  420. 
(Cited  as  Anglo-Persian  Oil  Com-
pany  (Acquisition  of  Capital)  Amendment  Act,  1919) 
Royal  Assent,  429. 

. 

Resolutions  :—to  leave  out  words,  132.  To 

leave  out  a  sum and  insert  another  sum,  139. 

A N G L O - P E R S I AN   O IL   C O M P A NY  

(Capital  Acquisition). 

Vide  C O M M I T T E ES   I. 

W I T H D R A WN   :—-Motions:—to  add words to 

the  Address,  24,  26. 

L 

Bills :—in  Committee  ;  to  insert  words,  29. 
To  leave  out  a Subsection,  31.  To  leave  out  words  and 
insert  others,  64. 

. 

—  on  Report;  to  insert  words,  41.  To  leave 
out  words  41.  To  leave  out  words  and  insert  others, 
162. 

A N I M A LS   (Anaesthetics);  Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a second  time,  89.  Bead  a  second  time,  and  com-
mitted  to  a Standing  Committee, 124.  E.  126.  Beported, 
with  Amendments,  152.  As  amended, considered ;  read 
the  third'time  and passed,  168,  Agreed  to  by  the Lords, 
with  Amendments,  303.  Day  appointed  for  considera-
(Cited 
tion,  304.  Lords'Amendments  agreed  to, 312. 
as Animals (Anesthetics)  Act,  1919)  Boyal  Assent,  321. 

Resolutions  ; —to  add  words  (in  Committee 

A N T H R AX   P R E V E N T I ON   A C T.   Vide  P R E V E N T I ON   OF 

of  the  whole  House),  92. 

A N T H R A X. 

_ __  

TO  A M E N D M E N TS   ;  Amendments  proposed 
to  a  Standing  Order  to  leave  out  words  and  insert 
to  proposed 
other  words. 

Amendments  proposed 

A N T R IM   C O U N TY  

(East  Antrim)  W R I T.   Vide  E L E C-

TIONS. 

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A R B R O A TH   H A R B O UR   O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I ON   ;  Bill 
presented,  under  the  Private  Legislation  Procedure 
(Scotland)  Act,  1899, and  ordered  under  Section 7 of  the 
Act  to  be  considered,  346.  Considered,  348.  Read  the 
third  time,  and  passed,  349.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
without  Amendment,  362. 
(Cited  as  Arbroath  Harbour 
Order  Confirmation Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  365. 

A R D R O S S AN   H A R B O UR   O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I ON   [Lords']; 
Bill  brought  from  the  Lords,  read  the  first  time  and 
ordered  under  Section  9 of  the  Private  Legislation  Pro-
cedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899, to  be  read  a  second  time, 
304.  Read  a second*  time,  and  ordered  to  be  considered, 
310.  Considered,  314.  Read  the  third  time and  passed, 
( Cited  as Ardrossan  Harbour 
without  Amendment, 317. 
Order  Confirmation Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  321. 

A R MY   (Annual);   Bill  ordered;  after  Resolutions  of  Com-
mittee  of  Supply  agreed  to  and  Resolution  of  previous 
day  read;  presented  accordingly,  and  read  the  first 
time,  71.  Second  Reading  deferred,  13.  Bill  read  a 
second  time;  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole 
House,  90.  Considered  in  Committee,  and  reported  ; 
as  amended,  considered  ;  read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
94.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  109. 
( Cited as Army  (Annual)  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  115. 

A R MY   E S T I M A T E S.   Vide  S U P P L Y. 

A R R E S TS  

IN 
A D J O U R N M E NT   O F. 

I R E L A N D.   Vide  H O U S E,   M O T I O NS   F OR 

B A L L O T,  

VIDE  B I L L S,   P U B L I C. 

B A N K E R S'   G U A R A N T EE  

T R U ST   T R A N S F ER  

[Lords]  ; 
Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reports,.  That  the  Bill 
should  originate  in  the  Lords,  23.  Examiners'  report, 
Standing  Orders  certified,  complied  with,  23.  Bill 
brought  from  the  Lords;  read  the 
first  time,  and 
referred  to  the  Examiners,  102.  Report,  Standing 
Orders  not  previously  inquired  into,  complied  with,  111. 
Bill  read  a second  time,  and  committed,  115.  Reported, 
without  Amendment,  154.  Read  the  third  time  and 
(Cited,  as  Bankers' 
passed,  without  Amendment,  156. 
to  Alliance  Assurance  Act, 
Guarantee  Trust  (Transfer 
1919)  Royal  Assent,  167. 

B A R R I S T E RS   A ND   S O L I C I T O RS  (Qualification  of  Women 

[Lords]  ;  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords,  81. 

B E C C L ES   W A T E R W O R KS  

[Lords]  ;  Report  on  Petition 
for  Bill  originating  in  the  Lords  ;  Standing  Orders  not 
complied  with  ;  referred  to  Select  Committee  on  Stand-
ing  Orders,  43.  Report,  Standing  Orders  ought  to 
be  dispensed  with,  66.  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords; 
read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  109. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into, 
complied  with,  118.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  com-
mitted,  125.  Reported,  without  Amendment,  202. 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  without  Amendment, 
209. 
(Cited'as  Beccles  Waterworks  Act,  1919)  Royal 
Assent,  224. 

B E D W E L L TY   U R B AN   D I S T R I CT   C O U N C IL  ;  Report  from 
the  Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders  on  Petition 
for  leave  to  deposit  Petition  for  Bill,  Standing  Orders, 
ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  93.  Examiners'  Report,  on 
Petition  for  Bill,  Standing  Orders  not  complied  with ; 
referred, to  the  Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders, 
118.  Beport,  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed 
with,  143.  Bill  presented  and  read  the  first  time,  146. 
Read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  155.  Reported, 
with  Amendments,  206.  As   amended,  considered,  226. 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,.  234.  Agreed  to  by 
the  L o r d s,   with Amendments,  292.  Lords'  Amendments 
(Cited  as  Bedwellty  Urban  District 
agreed 
Council Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  316. 

to,  295. 

B E L F A ST   H A R B O UR   ;  Bill  presented,  and  read  the  first 
time,  26.  Day  appointed 
for  Second  Reading,  40. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  41.  Motion,  for  Second 
Reading;  Amendment  proposed,  "  six  months,"  and 
not  made  ;  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  52. 
Committed  to  the  Joint  Committee  on  Docks  and 
Harbour  Bills,  54.  Reported,  with  an  Amendment,  112. 
As   amended,  considered,  124.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  ] 33.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amend-
(Cited  as  Belfast  Harbour  Act,  1919)  Royal 
ment,  166. 
Assent,  167. 

B I L L S: 

P R I V A T E :— 

last  of-Bills  to  originate  in  the  House  of  Lords, 

23. 

— 

Certificate  of  Examiners  in  respect  of  certain 
Lords'  Bills  as  to  compliance  with  Standing  Orders, 
23.  As  to  non-compliance,  23. 

Report 

from  Select  Committee  on  Standing 
Orders  in  case  of  a Petition  for  Bill,  Standing  Orders 
not  complied  with,  165. 

Read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 

second  time, 26,  &c.  Read  a second  time,  32,  &c. 

Brought  from  the  Lords  ;  read  the  first  time, 

and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  109,  &c. 

Report  on  Petition  for  Bill  originating  in.  the 

Lords,  Standing  Orders  not  complied  with,  118. 

from  Select  Committee  on  Standing 
— Report 
Orders;  That 
in  the  case  of  a  Bill,  Petition  for 
dispensing  with  Standing  Order  128,  the  Standing 
Order  ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  45. 

— 

Standing Order  of  19th  November  1918  relating 
to  Private  Bills  suspended  in  last  Session,  read;  Bills 
read  the  first  and  sccond  time,  and,  having  been  reported 
and  considered  in  the  last  Session  of  Parliament,  ordered 
to  be  read  the  third  time, 28. 

Read  a second  time  and  committed,  40,  &c. 

Read  a  second  time  and  referred 

to  the 

Examiners,  32,  &c. 

Reported  with  an  amended  Title,  108.  Vide 

T I T L ES   OF  B I L LS   A M E N D E D. 

Reported  with  Amendments;  Petition 

for 

additional  provision  inserted,  251. 

Reported  from  a Joint  Committee  [Parties  do 

not  proceed],  129. 

As  amended,  considered  ;  an  Amendment  made, 

189. 

As   amended,  considered  ;  Standing  Orders  223 
and  243  suspended.  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
228. 

Bill  read  the  third time  and  passed,  after  King's 

Consent  signified,  142,  237. 

R E P O R TS   FROM  C O M M I T T E ES   ON  G R O U PS  

:— 

—  (Group  A );   Adjournment, 84,  96,103,  134.145, 
151,  156,  169,  190,  205.  Member  absent,  145,  156,  214. 
Member  unable  to  attend  on  account  of  illness,  149. 
Special  Report  on  Manchester  Corporation  Bill,  221. 

(Group  B );   Adjournment,  151,  170. 

(Group  C)   ;  Adjournment.  214,  235,  251. 

VOL.  174. 

Sess.  1919. 

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[1919. 

BILLS—continued. 

PRIVATE—continued. 

O R D E RS   D I S C H A R G ED   : 

——  

For  referring  Bills  to  Examiners,  43. 

: 

For  referring  Bill  to  a Joint  Committee,  42. 

For  Second  Reading;  Bill  withdrawn,  253. 

P R O C E E D I N GS  

first 
reading,  and  order  for  second  reading,  ordered  to  be 
null and  void,  180. 

to  presentation, 

in  relation 

Ordered,  That  Standing  Orders  220  and  246  be 

suspended  for the  remainder  of  the  Session. 

Ordered, That,  as regards  Bills  returned  by  the  House 
(if 

of  Lords  with  Amendments,  such  Amendments 
unopposed)  shall  be  considered  forthwith. 

Ordered,  That,  as  regards  Bills  returned,  or  to  be 
returned,  by  the  House  of  Lords  with  Amendments, 
such  Amendments  (if  opposed)  shall  be  considered  at 
such  time  as  the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  may 
determine. 

Ordered,  That,  when  it  is  intended  to  propose  any 
Amendments  thereto,  a  copy  of  such  Amendments  shall 
be  deposited  in  the  Committee  and  Private  Bill  Office, 
and  notice  given,  281. 

P U B L I C :— 

Motion  for  leave  to  bring  in  a  Bill,  and  Mr. 
Speaker  or  Mr.  Deputy  Speaker  put  the  Question, 
pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  11,  45.  Question 
negatived,  376. 

Ballot  for  Bills  and  Motions;  Motion,  That, 
until the  House  otherwise  determines,  and  so far  as  the 
House  does  not  otherwise  determine,  no  Public  Bills 
other  than  Government  Bills  be  introduced,  and  no 
Ballot  be  taken  for  determining  the  precedence  of  such 
Bills ;  Question  amended  by  leaving  out  "  House  other-
wise  determines,"  and  inserting  "  31st  day  of  March 
1919";  Ordered,  That,  until  the  31st  day  of  March 
1919, and  so  far  as the  House does  not  otherwise  deter-
mine,  no  Public  Bills  other  than  Government  Bills  be 
introduced  and  no Ballot  be  taken  for  determining  the 
precedence  of  such  Bills,  24. 

Ordered,  That  so  much  of  the  Order  of  the 
House  of  the  12th  February  as  gives  precedence  to 
Government  Business  shall  not  apply  to  the  Sittings 
of  the  House  on  Fridays  the  21st  and  28th  March  or 
at 8.15  p.m. on  Tuesday the  25th March  and  Wednesday 
the  26th  March ;  that  all  Members  who  desire  to  ballot, 
whether  for  Bills,  or  for  Motions  for  Tuesday,  25th 
March,  and  Wednesday,  26th  March, do  hand  in  their 
names  at the  Table  during  the  Sitting  of  the  House  on 
Thursday,  13 th March,  or  Friday,  14th  March,  and  that 
a  copy  of  the  Notice  of  such  Bill  or  Motion  be  handed 
in, -at  the  latest,  during  the  Sitting  of  the  House  on 
Monday; 17th  March;  that the  Ballot  for  the precedence 
of  the  said  Bills  and  Motions  be  taken  on  Monday,  17th 
March,  at  a  convenient  time  and  place  to  be  appointed 
by  Mr.  Speaker;  and  that  the  presentation  of  Bills 
on  Tuesday,  18th  March,  be  taken  immediately  after 
Questions,  68. 

Presented  and  supported  by  Members, 24,  &c. 

—— 

Ordered  and  presented  accordingly,  31. 

Ordered  to  be  brought 

in  upon  Resolutions 
reported  from  Committee  of  Ways  and  Mea,ns, 72,  &c. 
Upon  Resolutions  reported  from  other  Committees,  31, 
43,150,  225,  250,301,422. 

S E C O ND   R E A D I NG  

: 

Motion  for  Second  Reading;  Amendment  pro-
posed, "six  months,"  and  not  made j.Bill  read  a second 
time ;  Bill committed  to a Committee of the whole House, 
29. 

:—  Motion  for  Second  Reading;  proceedings  inter-
rupted  by  message  to  attend  the  Lords  Commissioners  ; 
Question  again  proposed  and  agreed  to  ;  Bill  read  a 
second  time, and  committed  to  a Standing  Committee, 46. 

—• Motion  for  Second  Reading  ;  Amendment  pro-
posed,  " s ix   months,"  and  made  ;  Second  Reading  put 
off for  six  months,  147. 

Bill  read  a  second  time  after  Amendment  pro-
posed,  to  leave  out  words  and  add  others, and not  made ; 
Bill  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee  after  motion 
to  commit  Bill  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House 
negatived,  58. 

Bill  read  a  second  time  under  new  Standing 

Order,  42. 

Motion 

for  Second  Reading,  and  Question 

negatived,  78.  Agreed  to  on division,  287. 

Order  for  Second  Reading  discharged  ;  Bill 

withdrawn,  89,  99,  171,  257. 

—  Order  for  taking  Second  Reading  of  a  Bill 
(counted  out  on  previous  day)  after  Committee  on 
another  Bill,  93. 

Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  committed  to  a 

Select  Committee.  126. 

C O M M I T T EE  

: 

Order  for  committal  to  a  Standing  Committee 
discharged;  Bill  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the 
whole  House,  143. 

Bill  reported  from  a Standing  Committee,  with-

out  Amendment,  51. 

Bill  reported  from  a  Standing  Committee,  with 

Amendments  and an amended  Title,  86,  362. 

R E C O M M I T T AL   : 

on  consideration,  in  respect  of  certain  Amend-

ments,  103. 

After  consideration  in  respect  of  a  Clause,  161. 

After  consideration  in  respect  of  a nfew Clause, 

385.  Two  new  Clauses,  357. 

After  consideration  ia respect  of  a Clause  and  an 

Amendment,  245. 

Motion  to  recommit  a  Bill  to  a  Committee  of 
the  whole  House;  Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order  No.  40A  and negatived,  198,  378. 

R E P O R T: 

As  amended,  considered;  Amendments  made  ; 

Title  amended, 41,  156. 

= 

As  amended, considered  ;  Further  consideration 

adjourned,  187. 

As  amended  in  the  Standing  Committee,  and  on 

consideration  to  be  printed,  190. 

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BILLS—continued. 

P UB  L IC  —continued. 

REPORT—continued. 

Motion  to  carry  over  until  the  nextj  Session 
further  proceedings  on  War  Emergency  Laws  (Con-
tinuance)  Bill,  withdrawn,  428. 

T H I RD   R E A D I N GS   : 

— 

Bill  read the third  time and passed, with amended 

Title, 41,  378. 

Lords' Amendments considered.  Several  agreed 
to,  one with  Special  Entry.  Several  disagreed  to.  One 
amended  and  agreed  to,  and  King's  Consent  signified 
thereto.  Committee  appointed  to  draw  up Reasons,  &c., 
245.  The  Lords  do  not  insist  upon  their  Amendments 
to  which  the  Commons  have  disagreed,  but  propose 
further  Amendments  in lieu  of  one of  them ;  they  agree 
to  the  new  Clauses  inserted  in  the  Bill  by  this  House, 
and  propose  certain  Amendments  to  one  of  them  ;  and 
they  propose  a  further  Amendment  to  one  of  their 
Amendments  as amended  by  this  House,  253. 

Lords  Amendments  disagreed  to,  418.  Divided, 

Motion  for  Third  Reading;  Amendment  pro-
posed  "  this  House  declines  to  proceed,  &c.,"  and  made, 
194.  Not  made,  361. 

418. 

• 

Amendment  proposed,  "  three  months,"  and  not 

made,  208. 

King's  and  Prince  of  Wales's  Consent  signified, 

245. 

King's  Consent  signified,  254. 

and  Vide  T I T L ES   OP  B I L LS   A M E N D E D. 

B I L LS  passed with  unusual  E X P E D I T I ON  

:— 

Ordered,  presented,  First  and  Second  Readings, 

42. 

H Y B R ID   B I L LS   :— 

Examiners  to  examine  Bill  with  respect  to  com-

pliance  with  Standing  Orders,  100. 

Examiners' Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable 

thereto  complied  with,  111. 

Read  a  second  time, and  committed  to  a  Select 
Committee  of  Five  Members,  Three  to  be  nominated  by 
House  and  Two  by  Committee  of  Selection, &c.,  126. 

P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D ER   B I L L S .— 

Second  Reading  and  Committee  Stage,  29. 

Presented;  read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to 

• 

Second  Reading,  Committee  Stage  and  Third 

Reading,  60, 223, 239,  240,  257. 

Second  Reading,  Committee  Stage,  Report  and 

Third  Reading,  223,  273,  274,  395. 

Second Reading, Committee Stage, Progress, 223. 

Committee  Stage,  Report  and  Third  Reading, 

35,44,  94,  225. 

Committee  Stage  and  Third  Reading,  104,  121, 

223, 224,  312, 398,  424. 

the  Examiners,  140. 

Presented;  Standing  Order  193a  suspended; 
Bill  read  the  first  time  and  referred  to  the  Examiners, 
284. 

Examiners'  Report,  no  Standing  Orders  applic-

able,  140. 

• Examiners'  Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable 

complied  with,  197. 

Reported,  without  Amendment;  Provisional 

Consideration  and  Third  Reading,  238,  245. 

Orders  confirmed,  220. 

Bill  proceeded  with  under  Standing  Order  No. 

Reported,  with  Amendments; 

Provisional 

71  B  ;  Consolidated  Fund  (No.  1)  Bill,  177. 

Orders  confirmed,  174. 

__ 

Bill  ordered;  First  and  Second  Reading,  42. 

Bill  ordered  upon  Resolution  reported  from  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House;  First  and  Second 
Reading,  Committee  Stage  and  Third  Reading,  422. 

L O R D S'   A M E N D M E N TS   TO   B I L LS   :— 

P U B L IC   :— 

Considered  ;  several  agreed  to  ;  an  Amendment 
amended  and  agreed  to;  several  disagreed  to  ;  Com-
mittee  appointed  to  draw  up  Reasons  for  disagreeing 
thereto,  81.  The  Lords  do  not  agree  to  the  Amend-
ment  to  their  Amendment,  do  not  insist  on  certain  of 
their Amendments  disagreed  to, and insist on  others,  87. 
This  House  doth  not  insist  on  its  disagreement,  but 
makes a further Amendment  to one  of  the Lords'  Amend-
ments,  90.  Amendment  agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  92. 

— 

Lords'  Amendments  considered,  and  disagreed 
to.  Committee  appointed  to draw  up  Reasons,  &c,  110. 

—  Lords'Amendments  considered,  and  agreed  to, 

100. 

.. 

... 
Lords'  Reasons  for  insisting  on  certain  of  their 
Amendments  disagreed  to  by  this  House  considered. 
This  House  doth  not  insist on its  disagreement,  172. 

Standing  Order 211  suspended,  and  leave  given 
to  the  Committee  on  a  Bill  to  proceed  with  the  Bill 
upon  a day  named,  242. 

B I L LS   U N D ER   T HE   P R I V A TE   L E G I S L A T I ON 

P R O C E D U RE   ( S C O T L A N D)   A C T,   1899 

Report  of  names  of  Fifteen  Members  to  form 
the  Parliamentary  Panel  of  Members  to  act  as  Com-
missioners  under  the  Act,  47. 

Report  of  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  and 
the  Chairman  of  Committees  of  the  House  of  Lords 
that they  are  of  opinion  that  certain  Provisional  Orders 
should  be  allowed  to  proceed,  49. 

Presented,  and  ordered  (under  Section  7 of  the 

Act)  to  be  considered,  180,  &c. 

Bill  brought  from  the  Lords,  and ordered  (under 

Section  7 of  the  Act)  to be  considered,  96, &c. 

Presented,  and  ordered  (under  Section  9 of  the 

A c t)   to  be  read a second  time, 23, 260,  275,  &c. 

Read  a  second  time,  and  ordered  to  be  con-

sidered, 37,  &c. 

—  Considered, 40,  &c. 

• Read  the  third  time and passed, 42, &c. 

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[1919. 

BILLS—continued. 

L I ST   of  B I L LS  endorsed  with  Mr.  Speaker's  or  Mr. 
Deputy  Speaker's  Certificate  as  Money  Bills  under 
t he   P A R L I A M E NT   A C T,   1 9 11  

:— 

Bepresentation of  the People (Returning  Officers' 
Expenses)  Bill.  Civil  Contingencies  Fund  Bill.  Con-
solidated  Fund (No.  1)  Bill.  Disabled  Men  (Facilities 
for  Employment)  Bill.  Finance  Bill.  Retired  Officers 
(Civil  Employment)  Bill.  War  Loau  Bill.  Government 
War  Obligations Bill.  Government  of  the Soudan  Loan 
Bill.  Consolidated  Fund  (No. 2)  Bill.  Superannuation 
(Prison  Officers)  Bill. 
Isle  of  Man  (Customs)  Bill. 
Consolidated Fund  (Appropriation)  Bill. 

Boyal  Assent  to Bills  (Public, Provisional  Order 
and Private),  46, 48,  88,  94,  115,  167,  175, 244,  315,  321, 
365,  428. 

B I R M I N G H AM   CORPORATION  ;  Bill  presented,  and read the 
first  time,  26.  Bead  a  second  time  and  committed,  32. 
Beported  from  the  Local  Legislation  Committee  with 
Amendments,  202.  As  amended,  considered, 209.  Day 
appointed  for  Third  Beading,  219.  Bill  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  226.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with 
Amendments, 289.  Day appointed for consideration, 291. 
( Cited us  liirming-
Lords  Amendments  agreed  to,  296. 
ham Corporation Act,  1919)  Boyal  Assent,  316. 

B I R M I N G H AM  

C O R P O R A T I ON  

T R A M W A YS  

[Lords]; 
Examiners'  Beport  on  Petition 
for  B i l l;   Standing 
Orders  not  complied  with;  referred  to  the  Select 
Committee  on  Standing  Orders,  127.  Beport  Standing 
Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  151.  Bill  brought 
from  the  Lords;  read  the  first  time,  and  referred 
to  the  Examiners,  232.  Report,  Standing  Orders  not 
previously  inquired  into  complied  with,  242.  Bill  read 
a  second  time, and  committed, 255.  Standing  Order  211 
suspended  and  leave  given  to  Committee  on  unopposed 
Bills  to  proceed,  260.  Bill  reported,  with  Amend-
ments,  267.  As  amended,  considered,  281.  Read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  291. 
To 
(Cited  as  Birmingham 
which  the  Lords  agree,  300. 
Corporation  Tramways  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  316. 

Beading  deferred,  107.  Bill  read  oa  second 
time; 
House  immediately  resolves  itself  into  the  Committee  on 
the  Bill;  Bill  considered  in  Committee,  and  reported 
without  Amendment;  read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
121.  Agreed  to by  the Lords,  without  Amendment,  174. 
(Cited  as  Board  of  Education  Scheme  (Crossley  and 
Porter  Orphan  House  and  Schools)  Confirmation  Act, 
1919)  Royal  Assent,  175. 

B O L A N D 'S   D I V O R CE   B I LL  

[Lords']  ;  Brought,  from  the 
Lords  ;  read  the  first  time  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a second  time, 252.  Read  a second  time  and  committed, 
259.  Message  to  Lords  requesting  the  communication 
of  Minutes  of  Evidence,  Proceedings  and  Documents, 
"263.  Minutes  of  Proceedings  and  Evidence  com-
municated  by  the  Lords,  282.  Bill  reported  without 
Amendment,  284.  Minutes  of  Evidence  to  be  returned 
to  the  Lords,  284.  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
(Cited  as  Boland's  Divorce 
without  Amendment,  267. 
Act,  1919)  Boyal  Assent,  316. 

B O L S H E V I ST   O V E R T U R E S. 
FOR  A D J O U R N M E NT   O F. 

Vide  H O U S E,   MOTIONS 

B O U R N E M O U TH   G AS   AND  W A T ER   ;  Bill  presented,  and 
read  the  first  time,  26.  Read  a  second  time,  and 
referred  to Examiners, 32.  Examiners' Report  Standing 
Orders  not  previously  inquired  into,  complied  with; 
Bill  committed,  73.  Beported,  with  Amendments,  103. 
As  amended,  considered,  111.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  115.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amend-
(Cited 
ments,  285.  Lords' Amendments  agreed  to,  288. 
as  Bournemouth  Gas  and  Water  Act,  1919)  Royal 
Assent,  316. 

B R E N T F O RD   G AS  

(suspended);  Standing  Order  of  last 
Session  read  ;  Bill  read  the  first  and  second  time,  and 
having  been  reported  in  the  Session  of  1918,  ordered  to 
be  read  the  third  time,  28.  Bead  the  third  time  and 
passed,  M6.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amend-
(Cited 
ments,  93.  Lords  Amendments  agreed  to,  105 
as Brentford  Gas  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  115. 

B L A C K P O OL   I M P R O V E M E NT  [Lords]  ;  Chairman  of  Ways 
and  Means  reports  that  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the 
Lords,  23.  Examiners  report  Standing  Orders  certified 
complied  with,  23.  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords,  174. 
Read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  175. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into, 
complied  with,  219.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and 
committed, 228.  Reported, with Amendments,  267.  As 
amended,  considered,  281.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  with  Amendments,  291.  To   which  the  Lords 
(Cited as Blackpool  Improvement Act,  1919) 
agree, 300. 
Royal  Assent,  316. 

B L I N D.  

( Education,  Employment  and  Maintenance)  ;  Bill 
ordered, presented  accordingly,  read  the  first  time  and 
ordered to  be  read  a second  time,  372. 

B L Y TH   H A R B O UR   ;  Bill  presented,  and  read  the  first 
time,  26.  Day  appointed  for  second  reading,  32.  Bead 
a  second  time  and  committed,  36.  Committed  to  the 
Joint  Committee  on  Dock  and  Harbour  Bills,  36. 
Beported,  with  Amendments,  112.  As  amended  con-
sidered,  124.  Bead  the  third  time  and  passed,  133. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  166. 
( Cited as  Blyth  Harbour  Act,  1919)  Boyal  Assent,  167. 

B O A RD   OP  A G R I C U L T U R E.   Vide  M O T I O NS  

I. 

B O A RD   OF  E D U C A T I ON   SCHEME  (Crossley  and  Porter 
Orphan  Home  and School)  Confirmation ;  Bill presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  103.  Second 

B R I D GE   OF  A L L AN   W A T ER   O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I ON   ; 
Bill  presented  under  the  Private  Legislation  Procedure 
(Scotland)  Act,  1899, and ordered  under  Section  7  of  the 
A ct   to  be  considered,  180.  Considered,  181.  Read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  186.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
(Cited  as  Bridge  of  Allan 
without  Amendment,  217. 
Water  Order  Confirmation Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  244. 

B R I S T OL   C O R P O R A T I ON  ;  Bill  presented,  and  read  the 
first  time,  26.  Day  appointed  for  second  reading,  32. 
Read  a  second  time  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  36. 
Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  that  the  Bill  be  com-
mitted  to  the  Joint  Committee  on  Dock  and  Harbour 
Bills,  36.  Order  referring  Bill  to Examiners discharged  ; 
Bill  committed,  43.  Bill  reported  from  the Joint  Com-
mittee with Amendments  and  an amended  Title, 112.  As 
amended,  considered,  124.  Read  the  third  time  and 
parsed,  133.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amend-
(Cited  as  Bristol  Corporation  Act,  1919) 
ment,  166. 
Royal  Assent,  167. 

B R I T I SH   AND  C O N T I N E N T AL   B A NK   [Lords];  Examiners' 
Report  on  Petition  for  Bill,  originating  in  the  Lords, 
Standing  Orders  not  complied  with,  referred  to  the 
Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders,  140.  Beport 
Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  165.  Bill 
brought  from  the  Lords ;  read  the  first  time  and  re-
ferred  to  the  Examiners,  262.  Beport,  Standing  Orders 
complied  with,  281.  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading, 
393.  Second  Reading  deferred,  399.  Order  for  Second 
Reading  discharged  ;  Bill  withdrawn,  415. 

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B R I T I SH   M E R C A N T I LE   M A R I NE   U N I F O RM   B I LL   [Lords]  ; 
Brought  from  the  Lords,  198.  Read  the  first  time  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  215.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  219.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  committed 
to  a  Standing  Committee,  223.  E.  228.  Reported 
without  Amendment,  300.  Consideration  deferred,  309. 
Bill  considered, an  Amendment  made,  Bill  read  the third 
time  and  passed,  with  an  Amendment,  312.  To  which 
(Cited  as  British  Mercantile 
the  Lords  agree,  318. 
Marine  Uniform  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  321. 

B R I T I SH   M U S E U M.  Vide  P E T I T I O N S. 
B R I T ON   F E R RY   B R I D GE  

[Lords]  ;  Chairman  of  Ways 
and  Means  reports  that  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the 
Lords,  23.  Report  Standing  Orders  certified  complied 
with,  23. 

B R O O KE   ROBINSON  M U S E UM   C H A R I T Y;   Bill  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  236.  Second 
Reading  deferred,  241.  Bill read  a second  time ;  House 
immediately  resolves  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the 
Bill  ;  Bill  considered 
in  Committee,  and  reported 
without  Amendment;  read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
258.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment, 
(Cited  as Brooke  Robinson Museum  Charity Scheme 
297. 
Confirmation Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  316. 

BUSINESS  OF  T HE   H O U S E.  Vide  H O U S E. 

( J A N N O CK   U R B AN   D I S T R I CT   C O U N C I L;   Report  from 
the Select  Committee on  Standing  Orders on Petition  for 
leave  to  deposit  Petition  for  Bill,  Standing  Orders  ought 
to  be  dispensed  with,  130.  Examiners'  Report  on 
Petition  for  Bill,  Standing  Orders  not  complied  with, 
referred  to  the  Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders, 
149.  Report,  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed 
with,  165.  Bill  presented,  and  read  the  first  time,  169. 
Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  177.  Bill  read  a 
second  time,  and  committed,  179.  Reported  from  the 
Local  Legislation  Committee,  with  Amendments,  261. 
As  amended,  considered  ;  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
suspended  ;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  274. 
Agreed  to  by the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  400.  Lords 
( Cited as  Cannock  Urban 
Amendments  agreed  to,  404. 
District  Council Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  429. 

CARSON,  S IR   E D W A R D,   Speeches  of.  Vide  H O U S E, 

M O T I O NS   FOR  A D J O U R N M E NT   O F. 

C A V E N D I SH   C L A R K E 'S   D I V O R CE   B I LL   [Lords] 

;  Brought 
from  the  Lords,  77.  Read  the  first  time  and  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time,  77.  Read  a second  time  and 
committed,  88.  Message  to  the  Lords  requesting  copies 
of  Minutes  of  Evidence,  85c.,  91.  Message  from  Lords 
communicating  Minutes  of  Evidence,  96.  Bill  reported 
without  Amendment,  102.  Minutes  of  Evidence  to  be 
returned  to  the  Lords,  103.  Bill  read  the  third  time 
(Cited  as 
and  passed,  without  Amendment,  108. 
Cavendish  Clarke's  Divorce  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 
115. 

C H A I R M AN   OF  W A YS   A ID   M E A NS 

OR  D E P U TY   C H A I R M A N: 

• 
Mr.  Whitley  appointed  Chairman,  16. 
•—  —  Sir  Edwin  Cornwall  appointed  Deputy  Chair-

man,  16. 

—  Members  appointed  by  Mr.  Speaker  to  act  as 
Temporary  Chairmen  of  Committees  when  requested  by 
the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means,  49. 

— 

Reports  list  of  Bills  (Private)  to  originate  in 

the  House  of  Lords,  23. 

i—  

Takes  the  Chair  as  Deputy  Speaker  on  the 
House  being  informed  of  Mr.  Speaker's  unavoidable 
absence,  108,  111,  114,  115,  118,  122,  124,  317. 

— 

Puts  Question  forthwith  necessary  to  dispose  of 
Vote  on  Account  at Eleven  o'clock, pursuant  to  Standing 
Order  No.  15,  56. 

Puts  Question  forthwith  necessary  to  dispose  of 
Vote  under  consideration  at  Ten  o'clock,  pursuant  to 
Standing  Order  No.  15,  268. 

—  Puts  Questions  forthwith  on  outstanding  Votes, 

pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  15,  268. 

C H A I R M E N 'S   P A N EL   : 

— 

Report 

from  the  Committee  of  Selection  of 

Twelve  Mdmbers  to  serve  on  the  Chairmen's  Panel,  43. 

Appointment  of  Members  under  the  Parliament 

Act,  1911,  44,  64. 

Reports  from  the Chairmen's  Panel  of  the  names 
of  Members  to  act  as  Chairmen of  Standing  Committees, 
46,  50,  60,  63,  77,  81,  84 ,  96,  106,  113,  122,  140,  145, 
153,190, 214, 217, 247,  282,  328,  330, 345,  356,  372,  394. 

Report  of  Resolution,  That  any  Member  of 
the  Chairmen's  Panel  be  empowered  to  ask  any  other 
Member  of  the  Chairmen's  Panel  to  take  his  place  as 
Chairman,  47. 

That  in  the  absence  of  the  Chairman  of  the 
Chairmen's  Panel  the  Panel  may  be  convened  at  the 
request  of  any  two  Members  of  the  Panel, 47. 

Member  discharged  and  another  appointed,  57. 

Vide  also  C O M M I T T E ES  V.   (Selection). 

C H E AP   T R A I N S;   Bill  presented  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 

second  time,  138. 

; 

C H E C K W E I G H I NG  

IN  V A R I O US   INDUSTRIES  ;  Bill  pre-
sented  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  74.  Read 
a  second  time  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee, 
124.  E.  126.  Reported,  without  Amendmefft^  164. 
Not  amended,  considered.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  193.  Agreed  to  by  Lords,  with an  Amendment, 
282.  Lords'  Amendment  agreed  to,  302. 
(Cited  as 
Checkweighing  in  Various  Industries  Act,  1919)  Royal 
Assent,  315. 

into 

C H E P S T OW   W A T E R;   Bill  presented,  and  read  the  first 
time,  26.  Read  a  second  time,  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners, 32.  Report,  Standing  Orders  not  previously 
inquired 
complied  with;  Bill  committed,  63. 
Reported,  with  Amendments,  96.  As  amended,  con-
sidered,  i08.  King's  consent  signified;  Bill  read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  142.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
with  Amendments,  217.  Lords  Amendments  agreed 
to,  234. 
(Cited  as  Chepstow  Water  Act,  1919)  Royal 
Assent,  244. 

C I P P E N H A M,   G O V E R N M E NT   W O R KS   AT.  Vide  C O M-

MITTEES  I I. 

C I TY   AND  S O U TH   L O N D ON   R A I L W AY   ;  Report,  from  the 
Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders  011  Petition  for 
leave  to  deposit  Petition  for  Bill:  Standing  Orders 
ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  84.  Examiners'  Report  in 
the  case  of  Petition  for  Bill,  Standing  Orders  not  com-
plied  with,  referred  to  the  Select  Committee on  Standing 
Orders,  111.  Report,  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be 
dispensed  with,  129.  Bill  presented,  and  read  the  first 
time,  136.  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  142. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  145.  Bill  read  a  second  time, 
and referred  to  the  Examiners,  169.  Report,  Standing 
Orders  not  previously  inquired  into  complied  with  ;  Bill 
committed,  186.  Reported, with  Amendments, 235.  As 
amended,  considered;  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
suspended;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  242. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, with  Amendments,  310.  Lords 
Amendments  agreed  to,  314. 
(Cited  as  City  and South 
London Railway  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  321. 

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C I TY   OF  L O N D ON   P O L I CE   ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time,  99.  Examiners  to  examine 
with  respect  to  compliance  with  the  Standing  Orders, 
100.  Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable  thereto  com-
plied  with,  111.  Bill  read  a  second  time;  committed 
to  a  Select  Committee,  (Vide  Committees  IV.),'  126; 
Bill  reported,  with  an  Amendment;  recommitted  to  a 
the  whole  House,  198.  Committee 
Committee  of 
deferred,  204.  Bill 
in  Committee  and 
considered 
reported  ;  as amended  in  Committee  and  on  recommittal 
considered  ;  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  207. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  289. 
( Cited as  City  of  London Police Act,  1919),  Royal  Assent, 
315 

C I V IL   C O N T I N G E N C I ES   F U ND   ;  Bill  ordered  upon Resolu-
tion  reported  from  Committee  of  the  whole  House  ; 
presented  accordingly  and  read  the 
first  time,  43. 
Second  Reading  deferred, 44.  Motion for  Second  Read-
ing ;  Amendment  proposed  "  six  months " and  not made  ; 
Bill  read  a  second  time ;  committed  to  a  Committee 
of  the  whole  House,  52.  Committee  deferred,  57.  Bill 
considered  in  Committee  and reported,  70.  As  amended, 
considered,  73.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed  (en-
dorsed  with  Mr.  Speaker's  Certificate),  74.  Agreed  to 
(Cited  as  Civil 
by  the  Lords  without  Amendment,  87. 
Contingencies Fund Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  88. 

C I V IL   CONTINGENCIES  F U ND  

[Advances].   Vide  C O M-

M I T T E ES  

I. 

C L A U S E S: 

—-  Agreed  to,  30. 

As  amended,  agreed  to,  30. 

r-  

As  amended,  disagreed  to,  65. 

— 

New  Clauses  brought  up  in  Committee,  and 
read  the  first  and  second  time,  and  added  to  a Bill,  70, 
355. 

New  Clauses  brought  up  in  Committee  and 
read  the  first  time;  Motion,  That  the  Clause  be  read  a 
second  time ;  Motion  and  Clause  withdrawn,  70,  355. 

New  Clauses  brought  up  in  Committee  and 
read  the  first  time ;  Second  Reading  negatived,  70,  295. 

N ew Clauses brought  up on  Report;  read the 
first time  ;  Second  Reading  negatived,  81, 293,326,  365, 
383. 

New  Clauses  added  on  Report,  200,  273,  326 ; 

Amended  and  added,  200,  311,  326,  365. 

New  Clauses  brought  up  on  Report  and  read 
the  first time  ;  Motion  for  Second  Reading  ;  Motion and 
Clause  withdrawn,  200,  326,  383. 

— 

New  Clause,  amended  and  added  on  recom-

mittal  of  Bill,  357,  385. 

C L E RK   OF  T HE   C R O W N: 
— 

Delivers to the 
Clerk  of  the  House  a  book  containing  a  list  of  the 
names  of  the  Members  returned  to  serve  in  this  Parlia-
ment.  3. 

. 

—  — 

new  Writs,  16,  27,  46. 

:—  

To  make  out 

C L E RK   OF  T HE   CROWN  IN  I R E-

L A ND   : 

.——— 

new  Writs,  27. 

— 

To  make  out 
• 

C L E RK   OF  T HE   H O U S E: 

— 
House  at  the  opening  of  the  Session,  3. 

Attends 

in 

the 

containing 
list  of  Members  returned  to  serve  in  this  Parliament 
delivered  to  him,  3. 

Book 

and other  Clerks  attend,  according  to  their  duty,  3. 

Clerks  Assistant 

; 

: 

Member addresses 

himself to  him  on  Election  of  the  Speaker,  5. 

Stands up,  points 
to  a  Member,  and  then  sits down,  on  the  occasion  of  the 
Election  of the  Speaker,  5. 

printing  of  the  Journal,  16. 

——  

To  direct 

the 

the  Table,  21, &c. 

Lays  Papers  upon 

To  carry  Bills  to 
the  Lords,  and  acquaint  them  that  this  House  hath 
agreed  to the  same, with an  Amendment or  Amendments, 
36 ;  without  Amendment,  108. 

sages  to the  Lords  (Joint  Committees),  68. 

To  carry  Mes-

Informs the House 
of  the  unavoidable  absence  of  Mr.  Speaker,  108,  111, 
114,115,118,  122,124,317. 

CLOSURE  OF  D E B A TE   : 

A G R E ED   TO 

:— 

Amendment  to  Second  Reading  (Naval,  Military,  and 

Air  Force  Service  Bill),  89. 

Second  Reading  (Women's  Emancipation  Bill),  97. 

Amendment  on  Report  (Dogs'  Protection  Bill),  156. 

Amendment  to  Second  Reading  (Profiteering  Bill), 

297. 

Adjournment of  the  House (Autumn),  Motion  for, 318. 

Adjournment of  the  House  (Freeman's  Journal  News-

paper),  Motion  for,  414. 

A S S E NT   W I T H H E LD  

:— 

Motion  (Pensions  for  Mothers),  101. 
Motion  (Railway  Fares),  132  (twice). 
Motion  (Ireland),  144  (twice). 
Motion  (Finance),  336  (twice). 

N E G A T I V ED  

:— 

Motion  (Railway  Fares),  132. 

C L O W ES   S E T T L ED   E S T A T ES   B I LL  

[Lords]  ;  Brought 
from  the  Lords,  229.  Bead  the  first  time,  and  referred 
to  the  Examiners,  229.  Report,  no  Standing  Orders 
applicable,  242.  Bill  read  a second  time and  committed, 
255.  Standing  Order  211  suspended  and  leave  given  to 
Committee  on  Unopposed  Bills  to  proceed,  259.  Bill 
reported,  without  Amendment,  267.  Read'  the  third 
(Cited  as 
time  and  passed,  without  Amendment,  281. 
Clowes Settled  Estate  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent),  316. 

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sented  under 
the  Private  Legislation  Procedure 
(Scotland)  Act,  1899, and  ordered  under  Section  9  of 
the  A ct   to  be  read  a  second  time, 275.  Read  a  second 
time  and  ordered  to  be  considered,  299.  Considered, 
303.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed, 310.  Agreed  to 
(Cited as  Clyde 
by  the Lords, without  Amendment, 318. 
Navigation  Order  Confirmation Act,  1919),  321. 

C L Y DE   V A L L EY   E L E C T R I C AL   P O W ER   O R D ER   C O N-
F I R M A T I O N;   Bill presented under the Private  Legislation 
Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  and  ordered  under  sec-
tion  7 of  the A ct   to  be considered, 296.  Considered, 299. 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  302.  Agreed  to  by  the 
(Cited  as  Clyde  Valley 
Lords, without  Amendment, 318. 
Electrical  Power  Order  Confirmation  Art,  1919)  Royal 
Assent,  321. 

C O AL   I N D U S T R Y.  Vide  C O M M I T T E ES  

I I I. 

. 

C O AL   INDUSTRY  COMMISSION  ;.  Bill  ordered  ;  presented 
accordingly  :  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be 
printed;  Motion,  that  the  Bill  be  now  read  a  second. 
time ;  Amendment  proposed  to  leave  out  words,  and  add 
others  and  not  made;  Bill  read  a  second  time;  com-
mitted  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  42.  Con-
sidered  in  Committee  and  reported;  as  amended,  con-
sidered;  read  the  third  time  and  passed, 44.  Agreed  to 
by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  47. 
(Cited  as  Coal 
Industry  Commission  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  46. 

C O AL   I N D U S T RY  (Emergency)  ;  Bill  presented,  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time,  380.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
382,  403.  Motion  for  Second  Reading  ;  Amendment 
proposed,  "  three  months,"  and  Debate  adjourned,  405. 
Further  adjourned,  409,  412,  414»  419.  Order  for  re-
sumption  discharged  and  Bill  withdrawn,  427. 

C O AL   M I N E S;   Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
Second  Reading  deferred,  212. 
second  time,  206. 
Motion  for  Second  Reading  ;  Amendment  proposed,  to 
leave  out  words  and  add others,  and  not  made;  Bill 
read  a  second  time  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Com-
mittee,  236.  A.   239.  Reported,  without  Amendment, 
282.  Consideration  deferred,  287.  Not  amended,  con-
sidered,  an Amendment  made  ;  Bill  read  the  third  time 
and  passed,  289.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without 
(Cited  as  Coal  Mines  Act,  1919) 
Amendment,  310. 
Royal  Assent,  315. 

COMMITTEES: 

. 

I.  C O M M I T T E ES   OF  T HE   W H O LE   H O U S E:  — 

Acquisition  of  Land  ( Assessment  of  Compen-
sation) [Salaries];  Committee to consider;  King's  Recom-
mendation  signified,  107.  Considered  in  Committee  ; 
Resolution  to  be  reported,  110.  Resolution  reported  ; 
Motion,  That  this  House  doth  agree  with  the  Com-
mittee 
the  Resolution;  Debate  adjourned,  113. 
Further  adjourned,  117.  Debate  resumed  and  further 
adjourned,  138.  Resumed  ;  Resolution  agreed  to,  141. 

in 

Agriculture  and  Fisheries 

(Councils,  &c.) 
[Expenses]  Committee  to  consider;  King's  Recommen-
dation  signified,  353. 
in  Committee; 
Resolution  to  be  reported,  355.  Resolution  reported, 
and  agreed  to,  358. 

Considered 

Anglo-Persian  Oil  Company  [Capital  Acqui-
sition] ;  Committee  to  consider;  King's  Recommendation 
signified, 398.  Considered  in  Committee;  Resolution  to 
be  reported,  404.  Resolution  reported,  and  agreed  to  ; 
Bill  ordered, 407.  Vide  B I L L. 

Civil  Contingencies  Fund  [Advances]  ;  Com-
mittee  to consider;  King's  Recommendation signified, 30. 
Committee  deferred,  40.  Considered  in  Committee; 
Resolution  to  be  reported, 41.  Resolution  reported,  and 
agreed  to ;  Bill  ordered,  4 3.  Vide  B I L L. 

Constabulary  and  Police  (Ireland)  [Money]  ; 
Committee  to consider;  King's  Recommendation  signified, 
331.  Considered  in  Committee;  Resolution 
to  be 
reported,  332.  Resolution  reported,  and agreed  to,  335. 

County  Court  Judges  (Retirement  Pensions 
and  Deputies)  [Money];  Committee  to  consider;  King's 
Recommendation  signified,  342.  Committee  deferred, 
345,  351,  353.  Considered  in  Committee ;  Resolution 
to  be  reported,  355.  Resolution  reported,  and  agreed  to, 
358. 

Disabled  Men  (Facilities  for  Employment) 
[Money]  ;  Committee  to  consider  ;  King's  Recommen-
dation  signified,  135.  Committee  deferred,  137.  Con-
sidered  in  Committee;  Resolution  to  be  reported,  142. 
Resolution  reported,  and  agreed  to,  144. 

East  India  Revenue  Accounts  ;  Accounts  and 
Papers  relating  to  the  Revenues  of  India;  referred  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House,  147.  Motion,  That  Mr. 
Speaker  do now  leave the  Chair  ;  Amendment  proposed 
(Criminal  Law  Amendment  Bills)  and  not  made; 
Motion  agreed  to;  Accounts,  &c.  considered  in  Com-
mittee  ;  Resolution  to  be  reported,  154. 

(Scotland) 

—  Education 

(Superannuation) 
[Payments];  Committee to consider;  King's  Recommen-
dation signified, 95.  Committee deferred, 97.  Considered 
in Committee;  Resolution to  be reported, 98.  Resolution 
reported  and  agreed  to,  99. 

Electricity  Supply  [Money]  ;  Committee  to 
consider;  King's  Recommendation  signified,  144.  Com-
mittee  deferred,  148,  172.  Considered  in  Committee; 
Amendment  proposed;  Progress,  177.  Considered 
in 
Committee;  Amendment  negatived;  Another  Amend-
ment  proposed  and  not made;  Resolution  to  be  reported, 
191.  Resolution  reported ami agreed  to, 201. 

Forestry  [Expenses];  Committee  to  consider; 
King's  Recommendation  signified,  284.  Considered  in 
Committee  ;  Resolution  to  be  reported, 290.  Resolution 
reported,  and  agreed  to,  293. 

Government of  India [Salaries and  Expenses] ; 
Committee  to  consider;  King's  Recommendation  signi-
fied,  180. 
Committee  deferred,  193.  Considered  in 
Committee;  Resolution  to  be  reported,  222.  Resolution 
reported,  and  agreed  to,  225. 

Government of  the Soudan  [Loan  Guarantee] ; 
Committee to consider;  King's Recommendation signified, 
213.  Committee  deferred,  216.  Considered  in  Com-
mittee ;  Resolution 
Report 
deferred,  241.  Resolution  reported  and  agreed  to  ;  Bill 
ordered,  250.  Vide  B I L L. 

reported,  238. 

to  be 

Government  War  Obligations;  Committee  to 
consider;  King's  Recommendation  signified,  136.  Com-
mittee  deferred,  137. 
in  Committee; 
Resolution  to  be  reported,  142.  Resolution  reported; 
Motion,  That  this  House  doth  agree  with  the  Committee 
in  the  Resolution;  Debate  adjourned,  144.  Further 
adjourned,  146,  148.  Resumed;  Resolution  agreed  to; 
Bill  ordered,  150.  Vide  B I L L. 

Considered 

Housing (Additional Powers) [Expenses];  Com-
mittee  to  consider;  King's  Recommendation  signified, 
394. 
Considered  in  Committee;  Resolution  to  be 
reported,  397.  Resolution  reported  and  agreed  to,  401. 

V O L.   174. 

Sess.  1919. 

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COMMITTEES  OF  T HE   W H O LE   H O U S E-

continued. 

Housing  of  the  Working  Classes  (Ireland) 
[Expenses];  Committee  to  consider;  King's  Recom-
mendation  signified,  142.  Considered  in  Committee  ; 
Amendment  proposed;  Progress,  192.  Committee  de-
ferred, 172,197.  Considered in Committee;  Amendment 
negatived;  Resolution  to  be  reported,  206.  Report 
deferred,  212.  Resolution  reported  and agreed  to,  215. 

: 

Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c.  [Expenses]; 
Committee  to  consider  ;  King's  Recommendation  signi-
fied,  101.  Committee  deferred,  104.  Considered  in 
Committee ;  Resolution  to  be  reported,  110.  Report 
deferred,  113.  Resolution  reported,  and agreed  to,  123. 

Housing,  Town  Planning, &c. (Scotland)  [Ex-
penses] ;  Committee  to  consider;  King's  Recommen-
dation  signified,  127.  Committee  deferred,  138.  Con-
sidered  in  Committee;  Amendment  proposed  and  not 
made;  Resolution  to  be  reported,  141.  Resolution  re-
ported,  and agreed  to,  143. 

Industrial  Courts  [Expenses] ;  Committee  to 
consider ;  King's  Recommendation  signified, 348.  Con-
sidered  in  Committee ;  Resolution  to  he  reported,  348. 
Resolution  reported;  Amendment  proposed  but  not 
made ;  Resolution  agreed  to,  350. 

Irish Land (Provision  for Sailors and Soldiers) 
[Expenses];  Committee  to  consider;  King's  Recom-
mendation  signified, 363.  Committee  deferred, 367, 371. 
Considered  in  Committee;  Resolution  to  be  reported, 
375.  Resolution  reported,  and  agreed  to,  376. 

Land  Settlement (Facilities) [Money]  ;  Com-
mittee  to  consider;  King's  Recommendation  signified, 
110.  Considered  in  Committee  ;  Resolution  to  be  re-
ported,  114.  Report  deferred,  117.  Resolution  reported, 
and  agreed  to,  135. 

Land  Settlement  (Scotland)  [Money]  ;  Com-
mittee  to  consider;  King's  Recommendation  signified, 
334.  Committee  deferred,  335,  336,  337,  341.  Con-
sidered  in  Committee,  Progress,  344.  Committee  de-
ferred,  345.  Considered  in  Committee;  Resolution  to 
be  reported,  346.  Resolution  reported,  and  agreed  to, 
351. 

Land Settlement (Scotland)  [Money]  (No.  2 ); 
Committee  to  consider;  King's  Recommendation  signi-
fied,  380.  Considered  in Committee ;  Resolution  to  be 
reported,  362.  Resolution  reported,  and  agreed  to,  363. 

Mental  Deficiency  and  Lunacy  (Amendment) 
[Money];  Committee  to  consider;  King's  Recommen-
dation  signified, 368.  Considered  hi  Committee  ;  Reso-
lution  to  be  reported,  375.  Resolution  reported,  and 
agreed  to,  377.  Bill  ordered,  377,.  Vide  B I L L. 

Ministry  of  Health  [Salaries  and  Expenses]; 
Committee  to  consider;  King's  Recommendation  signi-
fied, 47.  Committee  deferred, 5t).  Considered  in  Com-
mittee ;  Progress, 50.  Considered  in Committee ;  Reso-
lution  to  be  reported,  57.  Resolution  reported,  and 
agreed  to,  after Amendment  proposed  and  withdrawn, 
59. 

-—  

Ministry 

of  Ways  and  Communications 
[Money];  Committee  to  consider;  King's  Recommen-
dation  signified,  75.  Committee  deferred,  76.  Con-
sidered 
in  Committee;  Amendment  proposed  and 
withdrawn;  Progress,  78.  Committee  deferred,  78. 
Considered  in  Committee  ;  Progress,  80,  85,  88.  Con-

sidered  in  Committee  ;  Amendment  proposed  and  with-
drawn;  Resolution  to  be  reported,  92.  Resolution 
reported,  and agreed  to,  95. 

National  Health  Insurance  [Money] ;  Com-
mittee  to  consider  ;  King's  Recommendation  signified, 
208.  Committee  deferred,  212.  Considered  in  Com-
mittee;  Resolution  to  be  reported,  222.  Resolution 
reported,  and  agreed  to,  225. 

Navy and Army  Expenditure,  1917-18 ;  Com-
mittee  to  consider;  Appropriation  Accounts  referred, 
346.  Considered  in  Committee;  Resolutions  to  be  re-
ported,  347.  Report  deferred,  352, 353,  355, 358,  360, 
361,  363.  Resolutions  reported,  and  agreed  to,  367. 

Old  Age  Pensions  [Money];  Committee  to 
consider;  King's  Recommendation  signified, 421.  Order, 
that the  Resolution  of  the  Committee  may  be  considered 
as  soon  as  reported,  and  the  several  stages  of  the  Bill 
ordered  to be  brought  in  thereupon,  notwithstanding  the 
practice  of  the  House, 422.  Considered  in  Committee  ; 
Resolution  reported,  and  agreed  to ;  Bill  ordered,  422. 
Vide  B I L L. 

Prevention  of  Anthrax  [Expenses]  ;  Com-
mittee  to  consider;  King's  Recommendation  signified, 
125.  Considered  in  Committee  ;  Amendment  proposed, 
and  withdrawn  ;  another  Amendment  proposed ;  Pro-
gress,  138.  Considered  in  Committee;  Progress,  141. 
Committee  deferred,  144.  Considered  in  Committee; 
Amendment  negatived  ;  Resolution  to  be  reported,  152. 
Resolution  reported,  and agreed  to,  163. 

Profiteering  [Expenses]  ;  Committee  to  con-
sider;  King's Recommendation  signified, 295.  Considered 
in  Committee;  Resolution  to  be  reported,  298.  Reso-
lution  reported;  Amendment  proposed,  but  not  made; 
an  Amendment  made;  Resolution,  as  amended,  agreed 
to,  301. 

—  Public  Health,  (Medical  Treatment  of  Chil-
dren)  (Ireland)  [Expenses];  Committee  to  consider  ; 
King's  Recommendation  signified,  80.  Considered  in 
Committee  ;  Resolution  to  be reported,  85.  Resolution 
reported,  and  agreed  to,  88. 

Public  Works  Loans  [Remission  of  Debts]'; 
C o m m i t t ee   to consider;  King's  Recommendation signified, 
295.  Considered 
to  be 
reported,  298.  Resolution  reported,  and  agreed  to, 
301. 

in  Committee;  Resolution 

—  Representation  of  the  People 

[Returning 
Officers'  Expenses]  ;  Committee  to  consider;  King's 
Recommendation  signified, 2S.  Considered  in Committee; 
Resolution  to be  reported,  30.  Resolution  reported, and 
agreed t o;   Bill  ordered, 31.  Vide  B I L L. 

Retired Officers (Civil Employment)  [Money]; 
Committee  to  consider  ;  King's  Recommendation  signi-
fied,  208.  Committee  deferred,  212.  Considered  in 
Committee ;  Resolution  to  be  reported,  222.  Resolution 
reported,  and  agreed  to;  Bill  ordered, 225.  Vide  B I L L. 

Scottish  Board  of  Health  [Salaries  and  Ex-
penses] ;  Committee  to  consider;  King's  Recommen-
dation  signified,  95.  Committee  deferred, 97.  Considered 
in  Committee ;  Resolution  to be reported, 98.  Resolution 
reported,  and  agreed  to,  99. 

Superannuation  (Prison  Officers)  [Money}"; 
Committee  to  consider;  King's  Recommendation  signi-
fied,  291.  Committee  deferred,  295.  Considered  in 
Committee;  Resolution  to  be  reported,  298.  Resolution 
reported,  and  agreed to;  Bill  ordered,  301.  Vide  B I L L. 

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C O M M I T T E ES   OF  T HE   W H O LE   H O U S E— 

continued. 

Treaty  of  Peace  [Expenses]  ;  Committee  to 
consider ;  King's  Recommendation  signified, 232.  Con-
sidered  in  Committee;  Resolution  to  be  reported,  237. 
Resolution  reported,  and  agreed  to,  238. 

Unemployment  Benefit  [Money]  ;  Committee 
to  consider;  King's  Recommendation  signified,  372. 
,  Considered  in  Committee  ;  Resolution  to  be  reported, 

376.  Resolution  reported,  and  agreed  to,  379. 

• 

War  Emergency  Laws  Continuance  [Money]: 
Committee  to  consider;  King's  Recommendation  signi-
fied,  333.  Committee  deferred,  335,  33H.  Considered 
in  Committee ;  Question  amended  and  agreed  to ;  Reso-
lution  to  be  reported,  337.  Resolution  reported,  and 
agreed  to,  341. • 

< 

—-   War  Pensions 

(Administrative  Provisions) 
[Remuneration  of  Expenses];  Committee  to  consider; 
King's  Recommendation  signified,  287.  Considered  in 
Committee  ;  Resolution  to  be  reported,  239.  Resolution 
reported,  and agreed  to,  292. 

—  Welsh  Church 

[Money]; 
Committee  to  consider  ;  King's  Recommendation  signi-
fied,  287.  Considered  in  Committee  ;  Resolution  to  be 
reported,  290.  Resolution  reported,  and  agreed  to,  292. 

(Temporalities) 

II.  J O I NT   C O M M I T T E E S :-

O R I G I N A T I NG   in  t he   COMMONS  :— 

Dock  and  Harbour  Bills  :  Resolution,  That 
the  following  Bills  be  committed  to  a Joint  Committee 
of  Lords  and  Commons  :—Blyth  Harbour  Bill,  Bristol 
Corporation  Bill,  Dublin  Port  and  Docks  Bill,  Man-
chester  Ship  Canal  Bill,  Mersey  Docks  and  Harbour 
Bill.  Newport  Harbour  Commissioners  Bill,  Swansea 
Harbour  Bill,  Tees  Conservancy  Bill,  Tyne  Improve-
ment Bill, Waterford Harbour  Bill, and Wear  Navigation 
and  Sunderland  Dock  Bill,  36. 

Message  to  the  Lords  to  communicate  this 
Resolution,  36.  So  much  of  the  Resolution  as refers  to 
Waterford  Harbou'r  Bill,  discharged,  42.  Message  from 
the  Lords  agreeing  to  the  Resolution  of  the  Commons 
for  referring  the  Bills  to  a Joint  Committee, 47.  Reso-
lution  communicated  to  the  Lords, and  the  Message  from 
the  Lords  signifying  their  concurrence  therein  read  ; 
Bills  committed  to  a  Select  Committee of  Four  Members 
nominated  by  Committee  of  Selection  to  be  joined  by  a 
Committee  of  Four  Lords;  Message  to  the  Lords;  A ll 
Petitions  in favour  or  against  to  be  referred  to  the  Com-
mittee ;  Petitioners  and  Counsel  to  be heard,  54. 

—  Belfast  Harbour  Bill,  Cork  Harbour  Bill,  and 
Dover Harbour  Bills  committed  to  the  Joint  Committee  ; 
Message  to the  Lords,  54.  Four Members  nominated  by 
the  Committee  of  Selection,  63.  Lords  appoint  Four 
of  their  Members  to join  with  the  Commons  Committee, 
68.  Ordered  that  the  Commons  Committee  do  meet  the 
Lords  Committee  as desired  ;  Message  to  Lords,  68. 

Tees  Conservency  Bill  with  Amendments  and 

an  amended  Title,  112. 

Tyne  Improvement  Bill  with  Amendments, 

112. 

112. 

112. 

112. 

Belfast  Harbour  Bill  with  an  Amendment, 

Dublin  Port  and  Docks Bill with  Amendments, 

Dover  Harbour  Bill  with  Amendments,  112. 

Swansea  Harbour  Bill  with  Amendments, 

Bristol  Corporation  Bill  with  Amendments  and 

an  amended  Title,  112. 

Blyth  Harbour  Bill  with  Amendments,  112. 

Wear  Navigation  and  Sunderland  Docks  Bill, 

with Amendments,  112. 

Manchester  Ship  Canal Bill with  Amendments, 

112. 

129. 

Cork  Harbour  Bill  [parties  do  not  proceed], 

Special  Report,  129. 

in  the  Resolution,  195. 

• Government  of  India  Bill:  Resolution,  That 
it  is  expedient  that  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a  Joint 
Committee  ;  Message  to  the  Lords,  179.  Message  from 
the  Lords  concurring 
Bill 
committed  to  the  Joint  Committee  ;  Select  Committee 
of  Seven  Members  appointed;  Message  to  the  Lords; 
Committee  nominated  ;  Power  to  send 
for  persons, 
papers  and  records ;  Four  Quorum,  206.  Message  from 
the  Lords, That  they  have  appointed  a  Select  Committee 
of  Seven  Lords, and  proposing  time and place  of  meeting, 
209.  Ordered  that  the  Committee  of  this  House  do 
meet,  &c.,  as  proposed.  Message  to  the  Lords,  209. 
A  Member  discharged,  another  added,  after  a  brief 
explanatory  statement  from  a  Member  opposing  the 
motion  and  another  supporting  it  (Question  put  pur-
suant  to  Standing  Order  No.  11),  283.  Leave  to  sit 
notwithstanding  the  adjournment  of  the  House,  and that 
for  the remainder  of  its  sittings  Three  be  the  Quorum, 
303.,  Bill  reported, 3^59. 

— Government  Works  at  Cippenham:  Resolu-
tion, that  it  is expedient  that  a Select Committee  of  Five 
Members  of  this  House  be  appointed  to  join  with  a 
Committee  of  the Lords  to inquire  into  certain  conditions 
relating  thereto.  Message  to  the  Lords,  91.  Message 
from the Lords concurring  in  the  Resolution,  101.  Lords 
Message  considered;  Select  Committee of  Five  Members 
appointed  to  join  with  a  Committee  of  the  Lords; 
Message  to  the  Lords;  Select  Committee  nominated; 
Power  to  send  for  persons,  papers,  and  records  ;  Three 
Quorum,  107.  Message  from  Lords  that  they  have 
appointed  a  Committee  of  Five  Lords,  and  proposing 
place  and  time  of  meeting,  109.  Lords  Message  consi-
dered ;  Committee  to  meet  as  desired  ;  Message  to the 
Lords,  109.  Member  discharged  and  another added, 123. 
Report,  205. 

III.  S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T E E S :-

B I L LS   reported  from  the  J O I NT   C O M M I T T E E: 

Newport  Harbour  Commissioners  Bill  with 

Amendments  and an amended  Title,  108. 

•——  Mersey  Docks  and  Harbour  Board  Bill  with 

Amendments,  112. 

Vide  also  BUSINESS  of  the  H O U SE  (.Procedure) 

a nd   C H A I R M E N 'S   P A N E L. 

Beport  of names of  Members  nominated  by  the 
Committee  of  Selection  to  serve  on  Standing  Committee 
A,   43,  B,  45,  C,  47,  D,  51,  E,  57,  Scottish  Standing 
Committee,  58, &c.,  &c. 

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COMMITTEES—continued. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEES—continued. 

Report  from  the  Committee  of  Selection  of 
Twelve  Members  to serve  on  the  Chairmen's Panel, and 
to  serve  as  Chairmen  of  the  Six  Standing  Committees 
under  Standing  Order  No.  47, 43. 

Leave  to  Standing  Committees  to  print  or 
circulate  with  the  votes  their  Minutes  of  Proceedings 
and  amended  Clauses of  Bills,  63. 

: 

As  Chairmen  of  Standing  Committees 

in 
In  respect of  Estimates, 

respect  of  certain  Bills,  50, &c. 
50,  &c. 

E  nominated  as  the  Committee  on  which 

Government  Bills  shall  not  have precedence,  58. 

Report  from Committee of  Selection, That  they 

had  added  Members  to  Standing  Committees,  64,  &c. 

— 
respect  of certain  Bills,  140. 

Members  added  to  the  Committee,  77. 

In 

Members  transferred  to  A  in  respect  of  a 

Bill,  151. 

E S T I M A T ES   distributed  to the  C O M M I T T EE   :-— 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 

(Estimates  1919-20),  49;  transferred  to C,  76. 

B I L LS   distributed  to  the  C O M M I T T EE  

:— 

Ministry  of  Ways  and  Communications  Bill, 

76.  Reported,  164. 

Aliens  Restriction  Bill,  115.  Transferred 

to  A.,  147. 

Disabled  men  (Facilities  for  Employment) 

Bill,  137.  Order  discharged,  143. 

Electricity  Supply  Bill,  147.  Reported,  356. 
(No.  2)  Bill,  364. 
Nurses  Registration 

Report from Committee of  Selection, That they 

Reported,  382. 

had  discharged  Members and added  others, 64, &c. 

Irish  Land (Provision  for Sailors and Soldiers) 

Bill, 364.  Reported,  405. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T EE   A. 

Members  nominated  by  the  Committee  of 

Selection  to  serve  on  the  Committee,  43. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T EE   C. 

Members  nominated  by  the  Committee  of 

Member  appointed  to  act  as Chairman, 46, 50, 

Selection  to  serve  on  the  Committee. 47,  51. 

106,  190, 214,  247,  394. 

Members  discharged,  47,  51,  &c.;  and  others 

.  appointed,  58,  64,  &c. 

Members  added, 45, 47,  &c. 

Members  added in  respect  of  certain  Bills,  47, 

106, 261,  275,  &c. 

Members  transferred  from  B  in  respect  of  a 

Bill,  151. 

E S T I M A T ES   distributed  to  the  C O M M I T T EE  

:— 

Member  appointed  to  act  as  Chairman,  60, 

81,  122,  190, 282, 345,  372. 

Members  discharged  from the  Committee,  51, 

73, &c.;  and  others  appointed  58,  91,  &c. 

Members  added,  58,  86, &c. 

E S T I M A T ES  distributed  to the  Committee  :— 

—.Navy  Estimates  1919-20,  other  than  Vote  A, 

59. 
— 
Civil  Services 
1918-19);  transferred  from  A,   59. 

(Supplementary  Estimate, 

Civil  Services 
1918-19),  57.  Transferred  to  C,  59. 

(Supplementary  Estimate, 

Civil  Services  and  Revenue  Departments 

(Estimates  1919-20) ;  transferred  from B,  76. 

B I L LS   distributed  to  the  C O M M I T T EE  

:— 

the  People 
Officers Expenses)  Bill,  45.  Reported,  51. 

Representation  of 

(Returning 

Civil  Services 

(Supplementary  Estimates 

1919-20),  97. 

Civil  Services 

(Supplementary  Estimates 

1919-20),  179. 

—  Ministry  of  Health  Bill,  49.  Reported,  86. 

Housing,  Town  Planning,  &c.  Bill,  105. 

155,  259. 

Reported,  145. 

Army  Estimates  1919-20  (Vote  on  Account), 

Navy  (Excesses,  1917-18),  194. 

Aliens  Restriction  Bill;  transferred  from  B, 

147.  Reported,  235. 

Government  War  Obligations  Bill,  177. 

Reported,  262. 

Restoration  of  Pre-War  Practices  (No.  3), 

Bill;  transferred  from E.,  213.  Reported,  247. 

Revenue 

Departments 

(Supplementary 

Estimates  1919-20),  228. 

Navy  Estimates  1919-20 

(Supplementary 

Vote  on Account),  237. 

Civil  Services 

(Supplementary  Estimates 

1919-20),  238. 

Goal  Mines  Bill,  239.  Reported,  282. 
Ministries  and  Secretaries  Bill,  287 

(not 

proceeded  with). 

—  Public  Libraries  Bill,  388.  Order  for  com-
mittal  to  Standing  Committee  discharged,  and  Bill 
committed  to  Committee  of  the whole  House,  405. 

Navy  Estimates (Revised),  1919-20,  382. 

Civil  Services 

(Supplementary  Estimate), 

1919-20,  393. 

—  Civil  Services 

— 
(Supplementary  Estimate), 
1919-20;  unclassified  Services,  Miscellaneous  War 
Services  (Foreign  Office), 364. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T EE   B. 

Armv  Estimates  1919-20,  392. 

Members  nominated  by  the  Committee  of 

Selection  to  serve  on  the  Committee,  45. 

Member  appointed  to  act  as  Chairman  50, 

Estimates agreed to and reported to the  House, 
63,  122,  125;  138,  141,  145,  160,  170,  198, 217,  220,  248, 
265. 

122.  Bills,  77,  140,  153,  372. 

Member  discharged, 77,  145, &c.;  and another 

appointed,  51,  171, && 

Minutes  of  Proceedings  of  the  Standing 
Committee  in  respect  of  Civil  Services  and  Revenue 
Departments  Estimates to  be  printed,, 410. 

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S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T EE   C.—continued. 

B I L LS   distributed  to  the  C O M M I T T EE  

;— 

—  Patents  and  Designs  Bill  ;  transferred  from 

D,  272.  Reported,  285 

Trade  Marks  Bill;  transferred  from  D,  272. 

Beported,  289. 

War  Emergency  Laws  (Continuance)  Bill, 

3 3 5.   B e p o r t e d , - 4 1 6. 

S T A N D I NG   C O M M I T T EE   D. 

143. 

— 

Members  nominated  by  the  Committee  of 

Selection  to  serve  on  the  Committee,  51. 

Member  appointed  to  act  as  Chairman,  81, 

96,122,140,190,247,356. 

Members  added  to 

the  Committee,  134, 

190,  &c. 

Leave  to make  a  Special  Report,  231,  263. 

B I L LS   distributed  to  the  C O M M I T T EE  

:— 

-—   Dogs  Protection  Bill,  80.  Beported,  96. 

Nurses  Registration  Bill,  91.  Beported,  109. 

Women's  Emancipation  Bill,  100.  Reported, 

Statement  of  Rates  Bill,  108.  Reported,  129. 

Member  appointed  to  act  as  Chairman,  63, 

84,  113,  145,  217,  247,  356. 

— 
Reported,  164. 

Checkweighing  in  various  Industries  Bill,  126. 

Members  discharged,  122,  190,  &c.  Others 

appointed,  58,  64, &c. 

152. 

-  Animals  (Anesthetics)  Bill,  126.  Reported, 

Members  added  in  respect  of  certain  Bills,  64, 

86, &c. 

Members  added,  86,  91, 261,  &c. 

B I L LS   distributed  to  the  C O M M I T T EE  

:— 

Naval,  Military  and  Air  Force  Bill,  60. 

Beported,  77. 

Public  Health  (Medical  Treatment  of  Chil-

dren)  Bill, 82.  Reported,  103. 

-  Local  Government 

(Ireland)  Bill,  82. 

Beported,  143. 

'  _ 

Compensation 

for  Subsidence  Bill,  173. 

Special  Beport  of  the  Committee,  263. 

Restoration  of  Pre-War  Practices 

Bill,  177.  Transferred  to A,   213 

(No.  3) 

Trade  Disputes  (No.  2)  Bill,  l£0.  Special 

Report,  231. 

Ferries  (Acquisition  by  County  Councils)  Bill 

[Lords],  180.  Reported,  292. 

Agricultural Land Sales (Restriction of Notices 

to  Quit)  Bill, 213.  Reported,  266. 

Acquisition  of  Land  (Assessment  of  Com-

British  Mercantile  Marine  Uniform  Bill 

pensation)  Bill,  108.  Beported,  160. 

[Lords],  228.  Reported,  300. 

Land  Settlement 

(Facilities)  Bill,  114. 

— 

National  Assembly  of  the  Church  of  England. 

Beported,  167. 

(Powers)  Bill  [Lords],  352.  Beported,  376. 

Housing  of  the  Working  Classes  (Ireland) 

Bill,  144.  Beported,  217. 

National  Health 

Insurance  Bill, 

208. 

Reported,  223. 

Merchant  Shipping 

(Wireless  Telegraphy) 

Bill,  [Lords],  208.  Reported,  253. 

Courts 

(Emergency  Powers)  Bill,  208. 

Reported,  300. 

Police  Bill,  246.  Reported,  263. 

SCOTTISH  S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEE. 

Members  appointed  by  the  Committee  of 

Selection,  58. 

Member  appointed  to  act  as  Chairman,  84, 96, 

122,  140,  328,330. 

Members  added  in respect  of  certain  Bills,  86, 

96, 328,  &c. 

-Members  discharged,  and  others  appointed  in 

——   Patents  and  Designs  Bill,  263.  Transferred 

substitution,  152. 

to  C,  272. 

272. 

Trade  Marks  Bill,  263.  Transferred  to  C, 

B I L LS   to  be  considered  by  the  C O M M I T T EE   :— 

—  War  Charities (Scotland)  Bill.  83.  Beported, 

Agriculture and Fisheries  (Councils,  &c.)  Bill, 

9 9. 

356.  Reported,  362. 

S T A N D I NG   COMMITTEE  E. :— 

Members  nominated  by  the  Committee  of 

Selection  to  serve  on the  Committee,  57. 

Nominated as the Committee on which  Govern-

ment  Bills  shall not  have  precedence,  58. 

Members  added  in  respect  of  certain  Bills,  86, 

92, &c. 

— 
95.  Beported,  101. 

Education  (Scotland)  (Superannuation)  Bill, 

-  Scottish  Board  of  Health  Bill,  95.  Beported, 

102. 

Small  Landholders  (Scotland)  Act  (Amend-

ment) Bill,  108  (not  proceeded  with). 

Housing,  Town  Planning, &c.  (Scotland)  Bill, 

128.  Reported,  205. 

Land  Settlement  (Scotland")  Bill,  320.  Re-

Members  discharged,  145,  154, 275, &c.,  and 

ported,  361. 

others  appointed,  91,  97,  &c. 

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C O M M I T T E E S — C O T I T M W E R F. 

IV.  SELECT  C O M M I T T E ES   ON  B I L L S :— 

City  of  London  Police  Bill;  Committed  to  a 
Select  Committee  of  Five  Members;  Three  to  be 
nominated  by  the  House,  and  Two  by  the  Committee  of 
Selection  ;  Petitions  referred  ;  Power  to  send  for 
persons, papers, and records;  Three quorum, 126.  Three 
Members  nominated  by  the  House,  148.  Bill  reported. 
198. 

Dormant  Bank  Balances  and  Unclaimed 
Securities  Bill;  Committed  to  a  Select  Committee,  156. 
Committee  nominated;  Power  to  send  for  persons, 
papers,  and  records;  Five  quorum,  224.  Bill  reported, 
413.  Special  Report,  413. 

V.  SELECT  C O M M I T T E ES   ON  V A R I O US 

M A T T E R S :— 

Committed  to  consist  of  Seventeen  Members, 

28. 

t 
;  —  That  Five  be  the  quorum,  37.  Three; 

Four,  30. 

Committee  to  be  nominated  partly  by  the 

House,  and  partly  by  the  Committee  of  Selection,  137. 

——— 

Committee  have  power  to  send  for  persons, 

papers, and records,  37,  &c. 

Committee  have  power  to  sit  as  two  Com-

mittees,  31. 

— Special  Reports  from  Select  Committees,  256, 

289,  413,428. 

—  Committees  appointed  to  draw  up  Reasons  for 
disagreeing  to  Lords  Amendments;  nominated  ;  Three 
quorum  81,  &c. 

COMMONS  ;  appointed;  Instruction to the Com-
mittee ;  Committee to consist of  Twelve  Members, Seven 
to be nominated  by  the  House, Five  by  the  Committee 
of  Selection;»Seven  Members  nominated;  Power 
to 
send for  persons, papers, and  records ;  Five  quorum, 137. 
Member  discharged,  another  added,  157.  Report  on 
Provisional  Order  (Coity  Wallia  Commons), 164. 

, 

, 

. 

D I V O R CE   B I L LS   ;  Select  Committee  nomi-
nated,  76.  Messages  to  the Lords  requesting  Copies  of 
Evidence,  &c.  91, 234.  Messages from  Lords  communi-
cating  Evidence,  96.  Evidence  to  be  returned  to  the 
Lords,  103. 

Bills  reported  ;  Cavendish  Clarke's  Divorce 
Bill  [Lords],  102.  Pallins'  Divorce  Bill  [Lords],  247. 
Stoney's  Divorce  Bill  [Lords],  248.  Boland's  Divorce 
Bill  [Lards],'285. 

And  vide  MESSAGES. 

H I GH   P R I C ES   AND  P R O F I TS   ;  appointed; 
nominated;  Power  to  send  for  persons,  papers,  and 
records;  Five  quorum,  251.  Member  discharged, 
another  added, 267.  Special  Report,  289.  Leave  to  sit 
notwithstanding  the  adjournment  of  the  House,  317. 
Report,  417. 

H O U SE   OF  COMMONS 

( K I T C H EN   A ND   R E-
FRESHMENT  R O O M S );  appointed  and  nominated;  power 
to  send for persons, papers, and records ;  Three  quorum, 
28.  Another  Member  nominated,  30.  Member  dis-
charged,  another  added,  143. 

L A ND   V A L U ES   ; appointed  ; nominated; Power 
to  send for  persons, papers, and  records ;  Five  quorum, 
255.  Member discharged, another added, 318.  Another 
member  added, 356.  Report, 426. 

L O C AL   L E G I S L A T I ON   C O M M I T T EE   ;  Order, 
That the Committee of  Selection do nominate a Committee 
not  exceeding  Fifteen  Members,  to  be  called  the  Local 
Legislation  Committee,  to  whom  shall  be  committed  all 
Private  Bills  promoted  Hy  municipal  and  other  local 
authorities  by  which  it  is  proposed  to  create  powers 
relating  to  police,  sanitary,  or  other  local  government 
regulations  in  conflict with, deviation  from, or  excess  of 
the  provisions  of  the  general  Law,  &c.  ;  power  to send 
for  persons,  papers,  and  records;  Four  quorum,  30. 
Power  to  sit  as two Committees  ;  Four  to  be  the  quorum 
of  each of  the two  Committees,  30.  Special  Report from 
the  Committee,  261. 

Bills  reported;  Reigate  Corporation  Bill: 
Stretford  Urban  District  Council  Bill;  Sheffield 
Corporation  Bill;  Birmingham  Corporation  Bill;  Nun-
eaton  Corporation  Bill  [Lords]  ;  Poole  Corporation  Bill 
[Lords]  ;  Walsall  Corporation  Bill  ;  Cannock  Urban 
District  Council  Bill. 

N A T I O N AL   E X P E N D I T U R E;   appointed; 

to 
consist  of  Twenty-six  Members;  nominated;  Power  to 
send  for  persons,  papers,  and  records  ;  leave  to  report 
from  time  to  time;  Five  quorum,  98.  Member  dis-
charged, another added, 134.  First  Report, 179.  Second 
Report,  238.  Third  Report,  289.  Member  discharged, 
another  added,  335,  377.  Fourth  Report,  420.  Fifth 
Report,  426. 

• 
PENSIONS  ;  appointed ;  nominated ;  Power  tq 
send  for  persons, papers,  and  records;  Three  quorum, 
98.  Member  discharged,  another  added,  115,  123. 
Leave  to  sit, notwithstanding  any  adjournment  of  the 
House,  177.  Special  Report,  256.  Second  Special 
Report,  428. 

, 

P R I V I L E G ES  ;  appointed,  16.  To  consist  of 
Seven  Members ;  nominated  ;  power  to  send for  persons, 
papers,  and  records ;  Five  quorum,  76. 

P U B L IC   A C C O U N TS  ;  Committee  to  consist  of 
——  
Fifteen  Members;  nominated;  power  to  send  for  per-
sons,  papers,  and  records;  Five  quorum,  37.  First 
Report,  113.  Second,  251.  Member  added  to  the 
Committee,  386.  Third  Report,  389. 

—  P U B L I C A T I O NS   AND  D E B A T ES   R E P O R TS  

; 
appointed  and  nominated;  power  to  send  for  persons, 
papers,  and records ;  Three  quorum,  60.  Report,  426. 

P C B L IC   P E T I T I O NS  ;  appointed  ;  nominated  ; 
— 
Three  quorum,  75.  First  Report,  160.  Second  Report, 
412. 

— 

S T A N D I NG   O R D E RS  ; nominated,  3 7. 

Member  discharged,  another  added, 83. 

So  much  of  Standing  Order  91,  as  fixes  Five 
as tbe  quorum  of  the  Select  Committee,  read  and  sus-
pended  for  the  remainder  of  the  Session, Three  to  be  the 
quorum,  128. 

Resolutions  reported 

from  the  Committee  : 
That  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  45, 
66, 75, 84,  93,  103,  129,  165.  Ought not to be  dispensed 
with,  54,  165. 

— : 
That  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed 
with,  provided  that  certain  parts  be  struck  out  of  the 
Bill,  229. 

That  the  Standing  Orders ought  not to  be  dis-
pensed  with  in  the  case  of  a  Petition  for  Bill  referred 
back  to  the  Committee,  with  power  to  inquire  if  the 
Standing  Orders  could  be  dispensed  with  in  respect  to 
Part  V.  of  the Bill,  219. 

—  That  Standing  Order  128  ought  to  be  dis-

pensed  with,  229. 

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€0   MM   I T TE   E S —c o n t i n u e d. 

C O N S T A B U L A RY  and  P O L I CE  

(Ireland) 

[Money]. 

Vide 

S E L E CT  

C O M M I T T E ES  

ON  

V A R I O US 

C O M M I T T E ES   I. 

M A T T E R S —c o n t i n u e d. 

— 

S E L E C T I O N;   Select Committee  nominated,  30. 
Nominates  a  Committee  not  exceeding  Fifteen  Members 
&c.,  to  be  called  the  Local  Legislation  Committee,  30. 
Twelve  Members  to  act  as  Commissioners  under  the 
Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  47, 
343.  Twelve  Members  to  be  the  Chairmen's  Panel,  43. 
Member  discharged  and  another  appointed,  57,  343. 
Eight  Members  to  be  the  Panel  to  serve  on  unopposed 
Bill  Committees,  45.  Chairmen's  Panel;  appointment 
of  Members  under  the  Parliament  Act  with  whom  Mr. 
Speaker  shall  consult, 44.  Nominates  Members  to  serve 
on  Standing  Committees,  43,  45,  51.  On  Joint  Com-
mittees,  63.  Report  Names  of  Members  added 
to 
Standing  Committees  in  respect  of  certain  Bills,  47. 
Report  names of  Members  added to  Standing  Committees, 
45,  275.  Nominates  Members 
to  serve  on  Scottish 
Standing  Committee,  58.  Members  discharged  from 
Standing Committees;  others appointed,  51,  &c. 

Resolution  ;  That,  after  a Bill  has  been  under 
consideration  in  Standing  Committee,  no  application 
for  changes  in  the  composition  of  that  Committee  in 
respect  of  that  Bill shall be entertained, by the  Committee 
of  Selection,  45. 

— 

—-   Special  Report  relating  to  the  attendance  of 
Ministers  on  Standing  Committees  to  which  Estimates 
may  be  referred,  171. 

T R A N S P O RT  

( M E T R O P O L I T AN   A R E A)   ;  a p-
pointed ;  nominated ;  Power  to  send  for  persons, papers, 
and  records;  Five  quorum,  168.  Member  discharged, 
another  added,  181.  Message 
the  Lords  re-
questing  leave  to  a  Peer  to  attend  to  be  examined  as 
a  Witness,  235.  Message  from  Lords  giving  leave,  239. 
Report,  253. 

to 

COMMONS.  Vide  C O M M I T T E ES  V. 

C O M M O NS   R E G U L A T I ON 

(Coity  Wallia)  P R O V I S I O N AL 
O R D ER   ;  Bill  presented;  read  the first time,  and  referred 
to  the  Examiners,  173.  Report;  No  Standing  Orders 
applicable,  197.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  com-
mitted,  201.  Reported,  without  Amendment  :  Pro-
visional  Order  confirmed,  221.  Bill  read  the  third  time 
and  passed,  224.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without 
( Cited  as  Commons Regulation  ( Coity 
Amendment,  282. 
Wallia)  Provisional  Order  Confirmation  Act, 
1919) 
Royal  Assent,  315. 

COMPENSATION  FOR  SUBSIDENCE  ;  Bill  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  76.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  169. 
E,  173.  Special  Report  from  the  Committee,  263. 

C O N G R E G A T I O N AL   C H A P EL   C H A R I T I ES   ;  Bill  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  236.  Second 
Reading  deferred, 241.  Bill  read  a second  time;  House 
immediately  resolves  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the 
Bill;  Bill  considered  in  Committee,  and  reported,  with-
out  Amendment;  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  258. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  297. 
(Cited  as  Congregational  Chapels  Scheme  Confirmation 
Act,  1919)  Boyal  Assent,  316. 

C O N S O L I D A T ED   F U ND   B I L L S.  Vide  W A YS   and  M E A N S. 

C O N S T A B U L A RY  and P O L I CE   (Ireland) ; Bill  presented, and 
ordered  to  be  read  a second time, 289.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  293,  327.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  after 
Amendment, 
" three  months"  negatived;  committed 
to  a Committee  of  the  whole  House,  331.  Committee 
deferred,  333,  336.  Bill  considered  in  Committee  and 
reported;  as  amended,  considered  ;  read  the  third  time 
and  passed,  337.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without 
(Cited  as  Constabulary  and  Police 
Amendment,  362. 
(Ireland)  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  365. 

CONSTITUTION 

of 

S T A N D I NG  

C O M M I T T E E S. 

Vide 

H O U S E,   BUSINESS  of   ( P R O C E D U R E ). 

C O RK   H A R B O UR   ;  Bill  presented,  and  read  chefi  rst  time, 
for  Second  Reading,  40.  Bill 
26.  Day  appointed 
read  a second  time,  and  committed,  43.  Committed  to 
the  Joint  Committee  on  Dock  and  Harbour  Bills,  54. 
Beported  [Parties  do  not  proceed],  129. 

C O RN   P R O D U C T I ON   A C TS   (Repeal)  ;  Bill presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a second  time,  152.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  163.  Motion  for  Second  Reading  ;  Debate 
adjourned,  178.  Further  adjourned,  180.  Resumed; 
House  counted  out,  194.  Day  appointed  for  resuming 
adjourned  Debate,  198,  266.  Debate  further  adjourned, 
312. 

C O U N S EL  ;  Petitioner  praying  by  Counsel  to  be  heard  in 
favour  or  against  Bills,  and  Counsel  heard  in  support 
ot  the  Bills,  54. 

C O U N TY   A ND   B O R O U GH   P O L I CE   ;  Bill  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  392.  Second  Beading 
deferred,  396,  398.  Bead  a  second  time;  committed 
to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  404.  Considered 
in  Committee,  and  reported,  without  Amendment;  read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  407.  Agreed  to  by  the 
(Cited  as  County and 
Lords,  without  Amendment,  420. 
Borough  Police  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  429. 

C O U N TY   C O U R TS   B I LL  

[Lords]; 

brought 

from  the 
Lords  ;  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  382.  Second  Beading  deferred,  391,  393. 
Bill  read  a  second  time;  House  immediately  resolves 
itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  B i l l;   Bill  considered 
in  Committee  and  reported,  as  amended,  considered; 
read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  395. 
( Cited as County  Courts Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  428. 

C O U N TY   C O U RT  

J U D G ES 

(Retirement,  Pensions  and 
Deputies)-,  Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  289.  Second  Reading  deferred,  293,  336. 
Bill  read  a  second  time;,  committed  to  a  Committee  of 
the  whole  House,  338.  Committee  deferred,  341,  345, 
346,  347,  352,  353,  356.  Bill  considered  in  Committee, 
and  reported  without  Amendment;  read  the  third  time 
and  passed,  358.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without 
Amendment,  376. 
(Cited  as  County  Court  Judges 
(Retirement,  Pensions  and  Deputies)  Act,  1919)  Royal 
Assent,  428. 

C O U R TS  (Emergency Powers)  ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered 
to be  read  a second time, 187.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
192.  Bill  read  a  second  time  and  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee,  207,  D.  208.  Reported  with 
Amendments,  300.  Consideration  deferred,  309.  Bill, 
as  amended,  considered;  read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
312.  Agreed  to by the  Lords, without  Amendment,  318. 
(Cited  as  Courts  (Emergency  Powers)  Act,  1919)  Royal 
Assent,  321. 

C R I M I N AL   INJURIES (Ireland);  Bill presented, and ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time,  101.  Read  a  second  time, 
House  immediately  resolves  itself  into  the  Committee 
on  the  Bill;  Bill  considered  in  Committee,  and  reported, 
without  Amendment;  read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
104.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments, 
113.  Lords  Amendments  agreed  to,  114. 
(Cited  as 
Criminal  Injuries  (Ireland)  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 
115. 

C R O Y D ON   B O R O U GH   W R I T.   Vide  E L E C T I O N S. 

D E B A T E S: 

Debate arising,  Debate  adjourned,  22,  &c. 
Debate  on  an  Amendment  proposed  on 

Consideration  of  a Bill  as amended  adjourned,  98, 

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D E B A TE   S—continued.  

' 

Debate  on  a  Main  Question  adjourned, 

1 4 9. 

time  and passed,  with  Amendments,  296.  To  which  the 
(Cited  as  Dover  Gas  Act,  1919) 
Lords  agree,  303. 
Royal  Assent,  316. 

Question  negatived,  107. 

Motion  for  Adjournment  of  Debate  and 

: 

1 1 7. 

Adjourned  Debate 

further  adjourned, 

D I S A B L ED   M EN  

(Facilities  for  Employment);  Bill  pre-
sented,  and  ordered  to  be read a second time,  126.  Read 
a  second  time  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee, 
135.  B  137.  Order  for  Committal  discharged;  Bill 
committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  143. 
Committee  deferred,  148.  Bill  considered  in  Committee 
and  reported,  without  Amendment;  read  the  third  time 
and  passed  (endorsed  with  Mr.  Speaker's  Certificate), 
172.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment, 
(Cited as Disabled  Men,  Facilities  for  Employment 
209. 
Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  244. 

D I S A B L ED   M EN  

(Facilities  for  Employment) 

[Money]. 

Vide  COMMITTEES 

I. 

D I V I S I O NS   : 
— 

—  No  Member  willing  to  act  as Teller  for  the 

Noes,  98. 

— 

—  No  Member  willing  to  act  as  Second  Teller 

for  the  Noes,  143. 

D I V O R CE   B I L L S.   Vide  C O M M I T T E ES  V. 

D O CK   AND  H A R B O UR   B I L L S.   Vide  C O M M I T T E ES   I I. 

D o os   P R O T E C T I ON   ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  75.  Read  a  second  time  and  com-
mitted  to  a  Standing  Committee,  78, E  80,  Reported, 
with Amendments, 96.  As amended, considered;  Amend-
ment  proposed;  Debate  adjourned,  98.  Resumed; 
Amendment  made  ;  Title  amended,  156.  Motion  for 
Third Reading  ;  Amendment  proposed  and made  ;  Reso-
lution,  That  this  House  declines  to  proceed  further 
with  a  measure  which  would  impose  an  unnecessary  and 
vexatious  obstacle  to  medical  research,  194. 

D O GS   R E G U L A T I ON  (Ireland) ;  Bill  presented, and ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time,  238.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  241.  Order  for  Second  Reading  discharged  ; 
Bill  withdrawn,  257. 

(No.  2), Bill  presented, and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  263.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  272,  396.  Bill  read  a  second  time;  com-
mitted  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  398. 
Committee  deferred, 403.  Bill considered  in  Committee, 
and  reported  ;  as  amended, considered;  read  the  third 
time  and  passed, 407.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without 
(Cited  as  Dogs  Regulation  (Ireland) 
Amendment,  420. 
Act,  1919),  428. 

D O R M A NT   B A NK   B A L A N C ES   AND  U N C L A I M ED   S E C U R I-
TIES  :  Bill,  presented  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  99.  Second  Reading  deferred,  137..  Bill  read  a 
second time ;  committed to a Select Committee,  156  (vide 
Committees  IV.).  Reported,  without  Amendment; 
Special  Report,  413. 

D O V ER   G AS  [Lords]  ;  Examiners  Report  on  Petition  for 
Bill, Standing Orders  not  complied  with ;  referred  to the' 
Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders,  118.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  ought, to  be  dispensed  with,  151.  Bill 
brought  from the  Lords ;  read  the  first time  and  referred 
to  the  Examiners,  217.  Report,  Standing  Orders  not 
previously  inquired  into  complied  with,  228.  Bill  read 
a  second  time,  and  committed,  239.  Reported,  with 
Amendments,  282.  As  amended,  considered;  Standing 
Orders  223  and  243  suspended;  Bill  read  the  third 

D O V ER   H A R B O UR   ;  Bill  presented,  and read the  first time, 
26.  Read  a  second  time  and  committed,  40.  Com-
mitted to the Joint  Committee on Dock and Harbour  Bills, 
54.  Reported, with Amendments, 112.  As amended, con-
• sidered,  124.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  133. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  166. 
(Cited  as  Dover  Harbour  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  167. 

D U B L IN   P O RT   A ND   D O C KS   ;  Bill  presented,  and  read  the 
first  time,  26.  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  32. 
Read  a second  time,  and  committed,  36.  Committed  to 
to  tbe  Joint  Committee  on  Dock  ana  Harbour  Bills,  36. 
Reported,  with  Amendments,  112.  As  amended  con-
sidered,  124.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  133. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  166. 
(Cited  as  Dublin  Port  and  Docks  Act,  1919)  Royal 
Assent,  167. 

D U B L IN   U N I V E R S I TY   W R I T.   Vide  ELECTIONS. 

D U N D EE   H A R B O UR   A ND   T AY   F E R R I ES   ®ORDER  C O N-
F I R M A T I ON  ;  Bill  presented,  under the  Private  Legisla-
tion  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899, and  ordered  under 
Section  7  of  the  Act  to be  taken  into  consideration,  281. 
Considered, 284.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed, 288." 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without.  Amendment,  303. 
( Cited as Dundee  Harbour  and  Tay  Ferries  Order  Con-
firmation  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  316. 

D U R H AM   C O U N TY 

(Chester-le-Street)  D I V I S I ON   W R I T. 

Vide  E L E C T I O N S. 

E A ST   H AM   C O R P O R A T I ON  [Lords];  Examiners'  Re-
port  on  Petition  for  Bill;  Standing  Orders,  not  com-
plied with ;  referred  to  the  Select Committee on  Standing 
Orders,  118.  Report,  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be 
dispensed  with,  151.  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords; 
read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  217. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into 
complied  with,  228.  Bili  read  a  second  time,  and  com-
mitted,  239.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  267.  As 
amended,  considered,  281.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  with  Amendments,  291.  To  which  the  Lords 
(Cited  as  East  Ham  Corporation Act,  1919) 
agree,  300. 
Royal  Assent,  316. 

E A ST  

I N D IA   R E V E N UE   ACCOUNTS. 

Vide 

C O M-

M I T T E ES  

I. 

E A T I N G T ON   W E S L E Y AN   M E T H O D I ST   C H A P EL  

P R O-
P E RT y;  Bill  presented;  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  236.  Second  Reading  deferred,  241.  Bill 
read  a  second  time;  House  immediately  resolves  itself 
into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill;  Bill  considered  in 
Committee  and  reported,  without  Amendment;  read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  258.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
( Cited as Eatington  Wesleyan 
without  Amendment,  297. 
Methodist  Chapel  Property  Charity  Scheme Confirmation 
Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  316. 

ECONOMIC  P O L I C Y.   Vide  H O U S E,   M O T I O NS   FOR  A D-

JOURNMENT  UNDER  STANDING  O R D ER   N O.   10. 

E D I N B U R GH   A ND   L E I TH   - C O R P O R A T I O NS   G AS   O R D ER 
C O N F I R M A T I ON  ;  Bill presented under the  Private  Legis-
lation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  and  ordered, 
under  Section  7  of  the  Act,  to  be  considered,  156.  Con-
sidered,  159.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  164. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  229. 
(Cited  as  Edinburgh  and Leith  Corporations  Gas  Order 
Confirmation Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  244. 

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; 
Bill  presented, under  the  Private  Legislation  Procedure 
(Scotland)  Act,  1899,  and  ordered  under  Section  7  of 
the  Act  to be  considered,  337.  Considered,  338.  Read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  343.  Agreed  to  by  the 
(Cited  as Edinburgh 
Lords,  without  Amendment,  354. 
Corporation  Order  Confirmation  Act,  1919)  Royal 
Assent,  365. 

E D U C A T I ON   (Compliance  with  Conditions  of  Grants);  Bill 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  253. 
Read  a second  time  ;  House  immediately  resolves  itself 
into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill;  Bill  considered  in 
Committee,  and  reported,  without  Amendment;  read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  257.  Agreed  to  by  the 
( Cited  as  Education 
Lords,  without  Amendment,  292. 
(Compliance  with  Conditions  of  Grants)  Act,  1919) 
Royal  Assent,  315. 

E D U C A T I ON   (Ireland)  ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  368.  Second  Beading  deferred, 
375, 419.  Order  for  Second  Reading  discharged  ;  Bill 
withdrawn, 427. 

E D U C A T I ON   (Scotland)  (Superannuation);  Bill  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be read  a second time, 78.  Bead  a second 
time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  92. 
Standing Committee  on  Scottish Bills, 95.  Bill  reported, 
with  an  Amendment,  101.  Consideration  deferred, 
104.  Bill,  as  amended,  considered  ;  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  107.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without 
Amendment,  134, 
(Cited  us  Education  (Scotland) 
Superannuation  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  167. 

E D U C A T I ON 

(Scotland) 
Vide  C O M M I T T E ES  I. 

ELECTIONS  : 

(Superannuation) 

[Payments]. 

Sessional  Orders,  16. 

W R I TS  

I S S U E D,   D U R I NG  

T HE   R E C E S S. 

FOR  WHAT  PLAGE. 

IN  THE  ROOM  OF 

ON  WHAT  ACCOUNT. 

<a 

Borough  of  Manchester 

(Rusholme 

Robert  Bardon  Stoker,  Esq. 

-

Deceased,  325. 

Division). 

W R I TS  

I S S U ED   D U R I NG   T HE   SESSION. 

FOR  WHAT  PLACE. 

IN  THE  ROOM  OF 

ON  WHAT  ACCOUNT. 

Liverpool 

Borough 

(West  Derby 

Division). 

The  Right  Honourable  Sir  Frederic 
Edwin  Smith,  Baronet,  now  Baron 
Birkenhead. 

Lord  Chancellor  of  Great  Britain,  16. 

Leyton  Borough  (West  Division) 

Lieutenant  Colonel  Harry  Wright-

Deceased,  27. 

Londonderry  County  (North  Derry) 

Hugh  Alfred  Anderson,  Esquire 

Manor  of  Northstead,  27. 

son. 

Oxford  University 

-

Kingston  upon  Hull  (Central  Division)  -

Right,  Honourable  Rowland  Edmund 

Prothero, M.v.o. 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Sir  Mark  Sykes, 

Baron  Ernie  of  Chelsea,  called  up  to 

the  House  of  Peers,  46. 

Deceased,  67. 

Aberdeen  and  Kincardine  County  (Cen-

Lieutenant  Colonel  Alexander  Theo-

Deceased,  86. 

tral  Division). 

dore  Gordon. 

Antrim  County  (East  Antrim) 

Lieutenant  Colonel  Robert  Chaine 

Chiltern  Hundreds,  127. 

Swansea  Borough  (East  Division) 

Thomas  Jeremiah  Williams,  Esquire 

Deceased,  186. 

Alexander  McCalmont,  D.S.O. 

Baronet. 

Lanark  County  (Bothwell  Division) 

David Henderson Macdonald,  Esquire 

Deceased,  194. 

Dublin  University 

- 

- 

- 

Lancaster  County  (Widnes  Division) 

-

-

Right  Honourable  Arthur  Warren 

Judge  of  the  High  Court  of  Justice 

Samuels, K.O. 

(Ireland),  239. 

Colonel  William  Hall  Walker  -

Manor  of  Northstead, 39. 

York  County  West  Riding  (Pontefract 

Sir Joseph  Compton-Rickett 

-

Deceased,  317. 

Division). 

Durham  County 

(Chester - le -  Street 

John  Wilkinson  Taylor,  Esquire 

Chiltern  Hundreds,  329. 

Division). 

Croydon  Borough  (South  Division) 

Sir  Ian  Zachary  Malcolm 

Manor  of  Northstead,  334, 

Kent  County  (Isle  of  Thanet  Division)  -

Lieutenant  Commander Norman  Car-

Deceased,  338. 

Plymouth  Borough  (Sutton  Division) 

-

lyle  Craig. 
Viscount  Astor 

-

Chiltern  Hundreds,  338. 

Hertford  County  (St.  Albans  Division) 

Sir  Edward  Hildred  Carlile 

-

Manor  of  Northstead,  367. 

York  County, West Riding (Spen  Valley 

Right  Honourable 

Sir 

Thomas 

Deceased,  380. 

Division). 

Bromley  Borough 

-

Palmer  Whittaker. 

Right  Honourable  Henry  William 

Chiltern  Hundreds,  389. 

Forster. 

VOL.  174. 

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[1919. 

E L E C T R I C I TY   (Supply):  Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a second  time,  134.  Second  Reading  deferred,  139. 
Motion  for  Second  Reading;  Amendment  proposed  to 
leave  out  words  and  add  others  and  not  made  ;  Bill 
read  a  second  time  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Com-
mittee,  143.  B,  147.  Bill  reported,  with  Amendments, 
356.  Consideration  deferred,  360,  361,  363.  As 
amended, 
considered;  Clause  amended  and  added; 
another  Clause  negatived  ;  Amendments  made  to  the 
Bill;  another  Amendment  proposed ;  Debate  adjourned, 
365.  Debate  resumed  ;  Amendment  withdrawn;  other 
Amendments  made;  another  Amendment  proposed; 
Debate  adjourned,  368.  Resumed  ,•  Amendment  with-
drawn ;  other  Amendments  made,  373. 
Bill  read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  376.  Agreed  to  by  the 
Lords,  with,  Amendments;  day  appointed 
for  con-
sidering  them,  424.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to, 
and  consequential  Amendments  made  to  the  Bill,  426. 
(Cited  as  Electricity 
To  which  the  Lords  agree,  427. 
(Supply)  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  429. 

E L E C T R I C I TY   (Supply)  [Money],  Vide  C O M M I T T E ES  I. 

E L E C T R IC  

L I G H T I NG  

P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D ER   ;  Bill 
presented;  read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners,  136.  Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable 
thereto  complied  with,  149.  Bill  read  a second  tipae  and 
committed,  150.  Reported,  without  Amendment;  Pro-
visional  Order  confirmed, 220.  Bill  read  the  third  time 
and  passed,  224.  Agreed  to  by  Lords,  without  Amend-
ment,  282,  ( Cited as  Electric  Lighting  Order  Confirma-
tion Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  315. 

E S T I M A T ES  ;  Presented  during  present  Session  to  be 
referred  to Committee of Supply  28.  Orders for  referring 
Estimates  to  Committee  of  Supply  discharged,  44. 
Referred  to  Standing  Committee,  49,  57,  59,  97,  155, 
179,  194,  228,  237,  238,  259,  364,  382,  392,  and  vide 
S U P P L Y,   STANDING  COMMITTEES,  a nd   A C C O U N TS 
AND  P A P E R S. 

E V A N S,   D.   H .,   AND  C O M P A NY  [Lords] ;  Chairman of  Ways 
and  Means  reports,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in 
the  Lords,  23.  Examiners  Report,  Standing  Orders 
certified  complied  with,  23.  Bill  brought  from  the 
Lords;  read  the first time, and referred  to the  Kxaminers, 
106.  Report,  Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired 
into  complied  with,  111.  Bill  read  a  second  time  and 
committed,  115.  Reported,  without  Amendment,  134. 
Read  the third time and passed, without  Amendment,  137. 
(Cited  as  D.  H.  Evans  and  Company,  Limited,  Act, 
1919)  Royal  Assent,  167. 

E X A M I N E R S: 

Bills  (Private)  referred  to  them,  32.  Order 

for  referring  Bill  discharged.  43. 

Provisional  Order  Bills  referred  to  them,  111. 

•— 

Petitions  for  additional  provision  referred  to 

them,  111. 

COMMONS'  B I L LS  :—Reports. 

C O M P L I A N CE   W I TH   S T A N D I NG   O R D E RS  

:— 

Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into 
complied  with,  43,  &c. 
Standing  Orders  applicable 
thereto  complied  with  in  the  case  of  Provisional  Order 
Bills,  388.  No  Standing  Orders  applicable,  140,  364. 
(Money) 
In  the  case  of  the  London  County,  Council 
Bill,  140. 
In  the  case  of  a  Hybrid  Bill,  Standing 
Orders  applicable  thereto  complied  with,  111. 

NON-COMPLIANCE 

:— 

In 

the 

case  of  Petition 

for  Additional 
Provision,  Standing  Orders  not  complied  with,  118. 
In  the  case  of  Petitions  for  Bills,  Standing  Orders  not 
complied  with,  23,  111. 

L O R D S'   B I L LS   .—Reports,  That  they  had 
certified  that  the  Standing  Orders,  have  been  complied 
with  in  respect  of  the  Bills  originating  in  the  House  of 
Lords,  23.  Have  not  been  complied  with, 23.  Standing 
Orders  not  complied  with  in  the  case  of  Petitions  for 
Bills,  43. 
for  additional 
the  case  of  Petition 
provision,  in  Bills  pending  in the  Lords,  80.  Standing 
Orders  not  previously  inquired  into  complied  with,  379. 

In 

To  examine  Bills  (Hybrid)  with  respect  to 

compliance  with  Standing  Orders,  100. 

E X P I R I NG   L A WS   CONTINUANCE  ;  Bill  presented,  and 
ordered  to be  read  a second  time,  248.  Second  Reading 
.deferred,  252.  Bill  read  a  second  time;  committed 
to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  255.  Considered 
in  Committee  and  reported,  without  Amendment;  read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  256.  Agreed  to by  the  Lords, 
(Cited  as  Expiring  Laws 
without  Ameudment,  289. 
Continuance Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 315. 

FA L M O U TH   D O C KS  [Lords'] ;  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means  Reports,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the 
Lords, 23.  Examiners  Report, Standing Orders certified, 
complied  with,  23.  Bill  brought 
from  the  Lords  ; 
read  the  first  time  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  154. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable  thereto  complied 
with,  173.  Bill  read  a  second  time  and  committed,  181. 
Reported,  with  Amendments,  221.  As  amended  con-
sidered,  247.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with 
Amendments,  255.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  266. 
( Cited as Falmouth Docks  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  268. 

F E D E R AL   D E V O L U T I O N.  Vide  R E S O L U T I O N S. 

F E R R I ES  

(Acquisition  by  County  Councils  [Lords]  ;  Bill 
brought  from  the  Lords,  73.  Read  the  first  time,  and 
ordered to be read a second  time,  154.  Order  for  Second 
future  day  discharged;  another  day 
Reading  upon 
appointed,  166.  Bill  read  a second  time,  and  committed 
to  a  Standing  Committee,  178.  E, 180.  Reported,  with 
Amendments,  292.  Consideration  deferred,  299,  302, 
309,  312,  316-  Order  for  consideration  read,  Motion, 
That  the  Bill  be  re-committed,  and  being  opposed, 
Mr.  Speaker  puts 
the  question  thereon  pursuant  to 
Standing  Order  No.  40a.  Bill  considered  in  Com-
mittee,  a  Clause  added,  Title  amended,  Bill  reported 
(changed  to  Ferries  (Acquisition  by  Local  Authorities) 
Bill  [Lords])  with  Amendments,  378.  Consideration 
deferred,  381,  386,  388,  391.  Bill  considered,  Amend-
ments  made;  Bill  read  the  third  lime  and  passed,  with 
Amendments,  393.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  410. 
(Cited  as Ferries  (Acquisition  by  Local  Authorities)  Act, 
1919)  Royal  Assent,  428. 

F I N A N C E.   Vide  RESOLUTIONS. 

F I N A N CE   B I L L.   Vide  W A YS   and  M E A N S. 

F O C H,   F I E LD   M A R S H AL  ;  Thanks  of  the  House  accorded 

to.  Vide  H O U S E.  

R E S O L U T I O N S. 

F O R E I G N,   D I P L O M A T I C,  

a nd   CONSULAR 

S E R V I C E S. 

Vide  MOTIONS!  I. 

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F O R E I GN   G O O DS  (Importation).  Vide  H O U S E,   M O T I O NS 

F OR   A D J O U R N M E NT   OF. 

(Cited  as  Glasgow  and  South  Western  Railway 
(Ayr 
Harbour  Transfer),  Order  Confirmation Act.,\%\%) Koyal 
Assent,  88. 

F O R E S T RY   B I LL   [Lords] 

committed 

;  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords, 
262.  Read  the  first time, and ordered  to  be read  a second 
time, 262.  Second  Reading  deferred, 264,274.  Bill  read 
a  second  time,  after  an  Amendment  "  three  months  "' 
proposed  bnt  not  made; 
to  Committee 
of  the  whole  House,  283.  Committee  deferred,  287, 
291.  Bill  considered  in  Committee  and  reported;  as 
amended,  considered;  an  Amendment  made  ;  Bill  read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  294.  To 
which  the  Lords  agree,  with  Amendments,  310.  One 
Lords'  Amendment  agreed  to,  one  disagreed  to.  An 
A.mendment  made  to  one  of  the  Commons'  Amendments, 
313.  Agreed to  by the Lords, without  Amendment,  318. 
( Cited as Forestry  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  321. 

F O R E S T RY   [Expenses].  Vide  C O M M I T T E ES  

I. 

F R A S E R B U R GH   H A R B O UR  

(N ew   Works) 

O R D ER   C O N-
F I R M A T I ON  ;  Bill  presented,  under  the  Private  Legisla-
tion  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  and  ordered  under 
Section  9  of  the  Act  to  be  read  a  seuond  time,  328. 
Read  a second  time,  and  ordered  to  be  considered,  337. 
Considered,  338.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  343. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  354. 
(Cited  as  Fraserburgh  Harbour  (New  Works)  Order 
Confirmation Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  365. 

F R A S E R B U R GH   H A R B O UR  

(Rates')  O R D ER  

[Lords];  Bill  brought 

C O N F I R M A-
TION 
from  the  Lords,  and 
the  Private  Legislation 
ordered  under  Section  7  of 
Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  to  be  considered,  304. 
Considered,  310.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
without  Amendment,  314. 
(Cited  as  Fraserburgh 
Harbour  (Rates)  Order  Confirmation  Act,, 1919)  Royal 
Assent,  321. 

F R E E M A N 'S  

J O U R N AL  

N E W S P A P E R. 

Vide  H O U S E, 

M O T I O NS   f or   A D J O U R N M E NT   OF. 

F Y L DE   W A T ER   B O A RD   ;  Bill  presented,  and  read  the  first 
time,  26.  Read  a  second  time  and  committed,  32. 
Reported,  with  Amendments,  125.  As  amended,  con-
sidered,  140.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  147. 
Agreed  to by  the Lords,  with. Amendment;',  239.  Lords 
Amendments  agreed  to,  251. 
(Cited  as  Fylde  Water 
Board  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  268. 

G " AS   A ND   W A T ER   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E RS  ;  Bill  presented, 
read  the  first  time  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  128. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable  thereto  complied 
with,  149.  Bill  read  a  second  time  and  committed,  150. 
Reported,  with  Amendments  ;  Provisional  Orders  con-
firmed,  220.  Bill,  as  amended,  considered,  225.  Read 
the third time and  passed,  226.  Agreed  to  by the  Lords, 
with  Amendments,  282.  Day  appointed  for  consider-
ation,  282.  Lords  Amendments  agreed  to,  284. 
(Cited 
as  Gas  and  Water  Orders  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  315. 

i 

G L A S G OW   A ND   S O U TH   W E S T E RN   R A I L W AY   (Ayr 

Har-
bour  Transfer)  O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I ON  ;  Bill  presented, 
under  the  Private  Legislation  Procedure 
(Scotland) 
Act,  1899,  and  ordered  under  Section  9  of  the  Act  to 
be  read  a  second  time,  23.  Read  a  second  time  and 
ordered  to  be  considered,  37.  Considered,  40.  Read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  42.  Agreed  to  by  the 
Lords,  with  an  Amendment,  58.  Day  appointed 
for 
its consideration.  58.  Lords  Amendment  agreed  to,  59. 

G L A S G OW   C O R P O R A T I ON   O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I O N ^ ^ *]   ; 
Bill  brought  from  the  Lords,  310.  Read  the  first 
time, and ordered  under  Section  9 of  the  Private  Legisla-
tion  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  to  be read  a  second 
time,  311.  Read  a  second  time  and  ordered  to  be  con-
sidered,  314.  Considered  ;  read  the  third  time  and 
(Cited  as  Glasgow 
passed,  without  Amendment,  317. 
Corporation  Order  Confirmation  Act,  1919)  Royal 
Assent,  321. 

G L A S G OW   CORPORATION  W A T ER   O R D ER   C O N F I R M A-
TION  :  Bill  presented,  under  the  Private  Legislation 
Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  and  ordered  under 
Section  7  of  the  Act  to  be  considered,  389.  Considered, 
392.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  393.  Agreed  to 
by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  417. 
( Cited  as 
Glasgow  Water  Order  Confirmation  Act,  1919)  Royal 
Assent,  429. 

G O S P O RT   AND  A L V E R S T O KE   U R B AN   D I S T R I CT   C O U N C IL   ; 
Bill  presented,  and read the first time, 26.  Read  a  second 
time  and  committed,  32.  Report 
from  the  Select 
Committee  on  Standing  Orders,  That  in  the  case  of 
a  Petition  for  dispensing  with  Standing  Order  128,  the 
Standing  Order  ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  45.  Bill 
reported,  with  Amendments,  221.  As   amended,  con-
sidered;  Standing  Orders  223  and  243  suspended; 
King's  consent  signified;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  237.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amend-
ments,  424.  Lords'Amendment's  agreed  to, 425. 
(Cited 
as  Gosport  and  Alverstoke  Urban  District  Council  Act, 
1919)  Royal  Assent,  429. 

G O V E R N M E NT   OF  I N D IA  ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second 
time,  167.  Read  a  second  time; 
Resolution,  That  it  is  expedient  that  the  Bill  be  com-
mitted  to  a  Joint  Committee,  179.  Bill  committed  to  a 
(Vide   Committees II.)  Reported, 
Joint  Committee,  206. 
with  Amendments,  and,  as  amended, re-committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House  and  to  be  printed,  359. 
Committee  deferred, 371,  375,  381.  Bill  considered  in 
Committee;  Progress,  386.  Bill  considered  in  Com-
mittee  and  reported,  without  Amendment,  389.  Read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  392.  Agreed  to  by  the 
Lords,  with  Amendments;  day  appointed 
for  con-
Lords  Amendments  agreed  to, 
sidering  them,  420. 
two  with  Special  Entries,  423. 
(Cited  as  Government of 
India Act,  1919.)  Royal  Assent,  429. 

G O V E R N M E NT   OF  I N D IA   [Salaries  and  Expenses].  Vide 

C O M M I T T E ES   I. 

G O V E R N M E NT   OF  S C O T L A ND  ;  Bill presented, and  ordered 
to  be read  a  second  time,  77.  Order  for  second  reading, 
read.  House  counted  out,  147. 

G O V E R N M E NT   OF  T HE   S O U D AN   L O AN   ;  Bill ordered  upon 
Resolution reported from  Committee of  the whole  House  ; 
presented  accordingly;  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time,  250.  Second  Reading  de-
ferred,  255.  Bill  read  a  second  time  ;  committed  to 
a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  256.  Considered  in 
Committee  and  reported,  without  Amendment,  264. 
Bead  the  third  time  and  passed  (endorsed  with  Mr. 
Speaker' s  Certificate),  273.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
(Cited   as  Government  of  the 
without  Amendment,  300. 
Soudan Loan  Act,  1919.)  Boyal  Assent,  315. 

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468 

G O V E R N M E NT   OF  T HE   S O U D AN  [Loan  Guarantee'].  Vide 

C O M M I T T E ES   I. 

G O V E R N M E NT   W AR   O B L I G A T I O N S;   Bill  ordered  upon 
Resolution reported from Committee  of the whole  House; 
presented  accordingly,  rend  the  first  time  and ordered  to 
be  read  a second  time,  150.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
158.  Bill read a second time, and committed to a Standing 
Committee, 172, A.  177.  Reported, without Amendment, 
262.  Considered,  264.  Read  the  third  time and passed 
(endorsed with  Mr.  Speaker's  Certificate),  272.  Agreed 
(Cited  as 
to  by  the  Lords, without  Amendment,  300. 
Government  War  Obligations Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 
315. 

G O V E R N M E NT  
I. 
M I T T E ES  

W AR  

O B L I G A T I O N S. 

Vide 

C O M-

G O V E R N M E NT  

W O R KS  

AT  

C I P P E N H A M.  

Vide 

C O M M I T T E ES   I I. 

G R A NT   OF  A D M I N I S T R A T I ON 

(Bonds^  B I LL  

[Lords]; 
Brought  from  the  Lords,  93.  Read  the  first  time  and 
ordered  to  be read  a second  time, 214.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  219.  Bill  read  a  second  time ;  House  im-
mediately  resolves itself  into the Committee on the  Bill  ; 
Bill  considered 
in  Committee  and  reported,  without 
Amendment  ;  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  without 
(Cited  as  Grant  of Administration 
Amendment,  223. 
(Bonds)  .Act,  1919) Royal  Assent, 244. 

G R A N T ON   H A R B O UR   O R D ER  

C O N F I R M A T I O N;   Bill 
presented  under  the  Private  Legislation  Procedure 
(Scotland)  Act,  1899,  and  ordered,  under  Section  7 
of  the  Act,  to  be  considered,  328.  Considered,  329. 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  332,  Agreed 
to 
(Cited as Granton 
by  Lords,  without  Amendment,  354. 
Harbour  Confirmation  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  365. 

G R A N TS   TO  O F F I C E RS   OF  N A V A L,   M I L I T A RY   A ND   A IR 

F O R C E S.  Vide  K I NG   A ND   S U P P L Y. 

second  time  and committed,  125.  Reported, with Amend-
ments,  174.  As  amended,  considered,  189.  Read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  194.  To 
which the  Lords  agree,  242. 
(Cited  as  Hartlepool  Cor-
poration  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  244. 

H A R T L E P O OL   G AS   AND  W A T ER   [Lords];  Chairman  of 
Ways  and  Means reports,  That the  Bill  should  originate 
in the  Lords,  23.  Examiners'  Report,  Standing  Orders 
certified  complied  with,  23.  Bill  brought  from  the 
Lords  ;  read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners,  134.  Report,  Standing  Orders  not  pre-
viously  inquired  into  complied  with,  140.  Bill  read  a 
second  time, and committed,  147.  Reported, with Amend-
ments,  187.  As  amended,  considered,  197.  Read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  207.  To 
( Cited as  Hartlepool  Gas 
which  the  Lords  agree,  242. 
and Water Act,  1919) Royal  Assent, 244. 

H E A D C O RN   B A P T I ST   C H A P EL   C H A R I TY   ;  Bill  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  236.  Second 
Reading  deferred,  241.  Read  a  second  time;  House 
immediately  resolves  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the 
Bill;  Bill considered in  Committee, and reported, without 
Amendment;  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  258. 
Agreed  to  bv  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  297. 
( Cited as  Headcorn Baptist  Chapel Charity  Scheme  Con-
firmation  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 316. 

H E R T F O RD   C O U N TY   (St.  Albans Division)  W R I T.   Vide 

E L E C T I O N S. 

H I GH   P R I C ES   AND  P R O F I T S.  Vide  C O M M I T T E ES  V. 

H O U RS   OF  E M P L O Y M E NT   ; Bill  presented, and ordered  to 

be read  a second  time,  138. 

H O U RS   OF  E M P L O Y M E NT  (No.  2).;  Bill  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  318.  Second 
Reading  deferred, 327, 411.  Order for  Second  Reading 
discharged ;  Bill  withdrawn, 427. 

G R E E N O CK   I M P R O V E M E NT   O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I ON   B I LL 
[Lords];  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords;  read  the  first 
time and ordered  under  Seotion  9  of  the  Private  Legis-
lation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  to  be  read  a 
second  time, 372.  Read  a- second  time,  and  ordered  to 
be  considered,  376.  Consideration  deferred, 377.  Con-
sidered,  379.  Third  Reading  deferred,  380,  386,  38M. 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  without  Amendment, 
394.  ( Cited as Greenock Improvement  Order  Confirmation 
Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 429. 

H O U S E: 

G R E E N O CK   P O RT   AND  H A R B O U RS   O R D ER   C O N F I R M A-
TION  ;  Bill  presented,  under  the  Private  Legislation 
Procedure 
(Scotland)  Act,  1899,  and  ordered  under 
Section  9  of  the  Act  to  be  read  a  second  time,  260. 
Read  a  second  time, and  ordered  to  be  considered,  284. 
Considered, 288.  Read  the  third  time and  passed, 292 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  310. 
(Cited  as  Greenock  Port  and Harbours  Order Confirma-
tion Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 316. 

— 

Attends  His  Majesty  in  the  House  of  Peers 

at  the  opening  of  the  Session,  15. 

Attends  the  Lords  Commissioners 
in  the 
House  of  Peers  at  the opening  of  a new  Parliament,  3. 
At  other  times, 46, &c.  At  the close  of  the Session,. 428. 

Directed  to  choose  a Speaker, 5. 

—  To  present Mr.  Speaker-elect,  5. 

His  Majesty's  approbation  of  Mr.  Speaker-

elect, 5. 

A D J O U R NS  

:— 

G R E E N W I CH   H O S P I T AL   A ND   T R A V E RS   F O U N D A T I O N. 

Recess),  329, 358. 

Pursuant  to  Resolution,  14, 321  (for  Autumn 

Vide  R E S O L U T I O N S. 

H A R T L E P O OL   C O R P O R A T I ON 

[Lords];  Chairman 
of  Ways and  Means reports,  That  the Bill  should  origin-
ate  in  the  Lords,  23.  Examiners'  Report,  Standing 
Orders  certified  complied  with,  23.  Bill  brought  from 
the  Lords;  read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners,  109.  Report,  Standing  Orders  not  pre-
viously  inquired  into  complied  with,  118.  Bill  read  a 

Adjourned  by  Mr.  Speaker one  hour after the 

conclusion  of  Government  Business, 49. 

Adjourned  at or after half-past  Eleven without 

Question  put,  108, 364, 398,  408. 

Adjourned  without  Question  put,  pursuant  to 

Standing  Order  No. 3, 72. 

Counted  out,  Forty  Members  not  being 
present:  92,  115,  147,  153,  169,  173,  181,  194,  207, 
231, 263, 335, 345, 346, 367, 382, 388, 428. 

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HOUSE—continued. 

T H A N KS   OF  T HE   H O U SE  

: 

ADJOURNMENTS 

to  D A YS   other  than  those  A P-

POINTED  by   S T A N D I NG   O R D ER  

:— 

—  Thursday  to  the  following  Monday,  14,  49, 

329,  358. 

Resolved  that  this  House  do  now  adjourn  till 

to-morrow,  tit Twelve  of  the  clock,  15. 

Resolved,  That  this  House,  at  its  rising  this 
day,  do  adjourn  until  Tuesday  the  28th  of  this  instant 
April  (Easter),  115. 

Resolved,  That  t'hi3  House,  at  its  rising  this 
day,  do  adjourn  until  Tuesday  the  24th  day  of  June 
(Whitsuntide),  181. 

Resolve/I,  That  this  House  do  meet  to-morrow 

,at  Twelve  of  the  clock,  and,  at  its  rising,  do  adjourn 
until  Wednesday  the  22nd  day  of  October  next,  and 
that  to-morrow  Mr.  Speaker,  as soon  as  he  has  reported 
the  Royal  Assent  to  Acts  which  have  been  agree!  upon 
by  both  Houses,  do  adjourn  the  House  without  Question 
put  (Autumn),  318. 

A D J O U R N M E NT   MOVED  BY   THE  G O V E R N-
MENT  (i)  before  the  Orders  of  the  day;  Motion  with-
drawn,  87.  House  counted  out,  115,367. 
(ii)  Between 
the  Orders  of  the  day,  149.  House  counted  out,  153, 
172.  Proceedings  postponed  under Standing  Order  No. 4, 
and not  resumed,  165. 
It  being  Eleven  of  the  clock  the 
Motion  lapsed,  without  Question  put,  344, 359,  427. 

A D J O U R N M E NT 

of 

the  H O U SE   :  M O V ED   under 

S T A N D I NG   O R D ER   N o.   1 0 :— 

—  Bolshevist  Overtures  (Mr.  Clement  Edwards); 
Pleasure  of  the  House  signified,  103.  Motion  with-
drawn,  104. 

Economic  Policy  (Mr.  George  Terrell)-,  Plea-
lapses  at 

sure  of  the  House  signified,  183.  Motion 
Eleven  o'clock,  185. 

Freeman's  Journal  Newspaper  (Mr.  T.  P. 
O'Connor);  Pleasure  of  the  House  signified,  413. 
Negatived,  414. 

O'Donnell,  Captain  the  Rev.  T.  J. 

(Mr. 
Devlin)-,  Pleasure  of  the  House  signified,  389.  Motion 
lapses at  Eleven  o'clock,  390. 

Peace  Conference  (Colonel  Claude Lowther)  ; 
Pleasure  of  the  House  signified,  93.  Motion  lapses  at 
Eleven  o'clock,  95. 

Speeches  of  Sir  Edward  Carson  (Mr.  Clynes); 

Pleasure  of  the  House  signified,  232.  Negatived,  233. 

L E A VE   ASKED  F OR   BUT  R E F U S ED  

:— 

—  Arrests  in  Ireland  (Mr.  T.  P.  O'Connor), 

410. 

• 

Foreign  Goods 

Importation 

(Mr.  George 

Terrell),  339. 

War  Indemnity  (Mr.  Bottomley),  154. 

SITTINGS  of   t he   H O U SE   :— 

—  House  meets  at time  other  than that  appointed 

by  Standing  Order;  Twelve  o'clock,  15,  114,  320,  428. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  do meet  to-morrow 

at Twelve  of  the  clock,  113,  426. 

House  sits 

late;  Until  24  minutes  before 
Eight  of  the  clock  A.M.  (13th  August), 309.  Until  27 
minutes after Six  of  the clock  A.M. (10th  December),  404. 

of 

War  Services 

Imperial  Forces; 
Resolved,  nemine contradicente,  That  the  thanks  of  this 
House  be  accorded  to  the  officers, warrant  officers,  petty 
officers, and  men  of  the  Navy  and  of  the  Royal  Marines 
for  their  sleepless watch over the seas and for the  courage, 
resource,  and  devotion  with  which,  during  four  years  of 
constant  peril,  they  have  maintained  the  blockade  of  the 
enemy's  coast,  convoyed  armies  drawn  from  the  most 
distant  lands,  and  defended  the  commerce of  the  civilised 
world  against  the  craft and  subtlety  of  a lawless  foe. 

* That  the  thanks  of  this  House  be  accorded  to  the 
officers, warrant  officers,  non-commissioned  officers, and 
men  of  the  Armies  in  the  field  for  the  matchless  valour 
and  endurance  with  which,  amid  circumstances  of  unex-
ampled  hardship, they have  sustained  the  shock of  war  in 
many climes, for the  good humour, clemency, and patience 
of  their  bearing,  and  for  the  undaunted  spirit  which  has 
carried  them  through  four  years  of  strenuous  toil  to  a 
complete  and  splendid  victory. 

That  the  thanks  of  this  House  be  accorded  to  the 
officers,  non-commissioned  officers,  and  men  of  the  Air 
Force  for  their  brilliant  daring  and  conspicuous  services 
over  sea  and  land. 

That  the  thanks  of  this  House  be  accorded  to  the 
gallant  troops  from  the  Dominions  Overseas, from  India, 
and  from  the  Colonies  and  Protectorates,  for  the  promp-
titude  with  which  they  responded  to  the  call  of  justice 
and  freedom, and  for  the noble  part that they have  played 
in  conjunction  with  their  comrades  of  the  British  Isles  in 
securing  the  triumph  of  right  over  wrong. 

That  the  thanks  of  this  House  be  accorded  to  those 
subjects of  His  Majesty  who, inspired  by  the  greatness  of 
the  issue, voyaged  from  Foreign  lands  to  offer their  lives 
in  the  service  of  their  Country. 

That  the  thanks  of  this  House  be  accorded  to  the 
members  of  the  Royal  Army  Medical  Corps  and  of  the 
Indian  Medical  Service  for  the  skilful  discharge  of  their 
humane  office, and  for  the  unprecedented  success  which 
attended their unremitting labours  to preserve  the  Armed 
Forces  of  the  Crown  from the  ravages  of  disease. 

That  the  thanks  of  this  House  be  accorded  to  the 
women  of  the  medical  and  other  auxiliary  services  for 
their  devotion  in  tending  the  sick  and  wounded  as  for 
other  duties  faithfully  and  bravely  discharged. 

That  the  thanks  of  this  House  be  accorded  to  the 
officers  and  men  of  the  Mercantile  Marine  for  the  fine 
and  fearless  seamanship  by  which  our  people  have  been 
preserved  from  want  and our  cause from  disaster. 

That  this House doth acknowledge with deep submission 
and  reverence  the  heroism  of  those  who  have  fallen  in 
the  service  of  their  Country,  and  tenders  its  sympathy  to 
their  relatives  in  the  hour  of  their  sorrow  and  their 
pride.—(The  Prime  Minister.) 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  signify  the  said 
Resolution to  the  Commissioners  for  executing the Office 
of  Lord  Hi«h  Admiral,  and  to the  Army  Council,  and  to 
the  Air  Ministry,  and  to  His  Majesty's  Secretaries  of 
State  for  India  and  for  the  Colonial  Department,  and  to 
the  President  of  the  Board  of  Trade  to  communicate  the 
same  to  the  officers and  men  referred  to  therein.—(The 
Prime  Minister.)  285. 

Marshall  Foch;  Resolved,  nemine contradicente, 
That  this House  accords  its profound sense  of  admiration 
and  gratitude  for  the  supreme  services  rendered  to  the 
British  nation  by  Field-Marshal  Foch,  Marshal  of 
France,  as  Generalissimo  of  the Allied  Armies, in which 
great  position  he displayed  a military  genius  worthy  of 
the  foremost captains in history.—(The  Prime  Minister.) 
286. 

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Sess.  1919. 

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[1919. 

HOUSE—continued. 

T H A N KS   of  t he   H O U S E —c o n t i n u e d. 

Ordered,  That  Mr.  Speaker  do  signify  the  said 
Resolution to Field-Marshal  Foch,  Marshal of  France.— 
(The  Prime  Minister.)  286. 

III.   E X E M P T I NG   BUSINESS  from 

I N T E R R U P T I ON 
under  STANDING  O R D ER   NO.  3, with power  to 
enter  upon  the  same  at  any  hour,  though 
opposed  :— 

Government  Business,  69,  238, 254,  292,  348, 

408,  422. 

H O U SE   I N F O R M ED   O£  V A R I O US   M A T T E RS   : 

I V.   O T H ER   ORDERS  :— 

By  Mr.  Speaker,  as  to  the  Imprisonment  of 
Members,  16,  59,  61,  116,  170,  183, 209, 320, 325,  339, 
361. 

• 

By  Mr.  Speaker, as to  a  Letter  conveying  Ihe 
greetings  of  the Polish  Diet  to  the  British  Parliament, 
99. 

- ——  

By  Mr.  Speaker,  of  Communications  from  the 
Spanish and Argentine  Chambers of  Deputies  relating  to 
the  signing  of  the  Treaty  of  Peace,  209.  Luxemburg 
Chamber  of  Deputies,  220. 

O R D E RS   B E L A T I VE   to  PROCEEDINGS  having  P R E-

CEDENCE  : 

Ballot  for  Bills,  &c.  Vide  B I L L S,   P U B L I C. 

— 

That  on  this day,  notwithstanding  anything  in 
Standing  Order  No.  15, Business  other than  the  Business 
of  Supply, may  be  considered before  Eleven  of  the  clock, 
227,  236. 

— 

That  the  Third  Reading  of  the  Finance  Bill 
may  be taken  immediately  after the  consideration  of  the 
Bill,  as  amended, notwithstanding  the  practice  of  the 
House  as to the  interval  between  the  various  stages  of 
a  Bill  relating  to  Finance,  248. 

Order,  That,  until  the  31st  day  of  March 

— — r r ——   Other Government Business, of  the Business  of 

—  1919,  and  so  far  as  the House  does not  otherwise  deter-

Supply,  37. 

Proceedings  in Committee of  Ways  and Means 
to  have  precedence  of  Notices  of  Motions  and  to  be 
exempted  from  the  Provisions  of  the  Standing  Order 
(Sittings  of the  House),  119. 

O R D E RS  of  the  House  relating to  P U B L IC   B U S I N E S S :— 

I.   E X E M P T I NG   BUSINESS  from  the  P R O V I S I O NS  of 
the  S T A N D I NG   O R D ER   (Sittings  of  the  House):— 

—  Anglo-French  Treaty  (Defence  of  France) 

Bill,  Proceedings  on, 239. 

Civil  Contingencies  Fund  Bill,  Proceedings 

on, 72,  74, 

—:  

Coal  Mines  Bill,  Proceedings  on,  227, 236. 

—  Government  Business, 103,  106,  110,  113,  171, 
179,  206, 209, 222, 232,  256,  283, 289,297,  301, 304,311, 
318,  349,  383,  389,  394,  396,  400,  405,  410,  413,  417, 
420. 

—  Housing, Town Planning, &c. Bill,  Proceedings 

on,  157,  160. 

•— 

Land  Settlement (Facilities)  Bill,  Proceedings 

on,  243. 

Alinistry  of  Health  Bill,  Consideration  of 

Lords  Amendments,  157. 

- 

Ministry  of  Ways  and  Communications  Bill, 

Proceedings  on,  202. 

Treaty  of  Peace  Bill,  Proceedings  on,  239. 

— 

Ways  and  Means  Committee,  119,  123. 

I I.   E X E M P T I NG   BUSINESS 

from 

I N T E R R U P T I ON 

under  S T A N D I NG   O R D ER   NO.  3 :— 

Adjournment  of 

the  House 

(Whitsuntide; 

Motion,  181. 

Adjournment;  Proceedings  on  any Motion  for 
the  Adjournment  of  the  House,  moved  on  behalf of  the 
Government  at this day's  sitting, not  to be  interrupted at 
Five  or half-past  Five  of  the clock,  367. 

mine, on  every  day  on which  the  House  sits— 

(1)  Government  Business  do  have  precedence  ; 

(2)  At  the  conclusion  of Government  Business,  and  of 
proceedings  made  in  pursuance  of  any  Act  of 
Parliament  requiring  any  Order,  rule  or  regu-
lation  to be  laid  before the  House  of  Commons, 
which shall  be  taken immediately after  Govern-
ment  Business,  Mr.  Speaker  shall  propose  the 
Question,  That,  this  House,  do  now  adjourn 
and,  if  that  Question  shall  not  have  been 
agreed  to,  Mr. Speaker  shall  adjourn the  House 
without  Question  put  not  later  than one  hour 
after the  conclusion  of  Government  Business or 
such  other  proceedings  if  that  Business  has 
been  concluded  before  10.30  p.m.,  but, if  that 
Business  has  not  been  so concluded  not  later 
than  11.30 p  m.; 

(3)  Any  Private  Business  set  down,  or  Motion  for 
Adjournment  standing  over  under  Standing 
Order  No.  10,  for  consideration  at  a  quarter-
pasc Eight  o'clock  on  any  day shall, if  Govern-
ment  Business  is  concluded  before  that time, 
be  taken  at  the  conclusion  of  Government 
Business, and, for  the purposes of the  preceding 
provisions  of  this  Order, shall  be  deemed  to  be 
Government  Business; 

(4) Whenever tho House adjourns from Thursday to the 
following  Monday  or  Tuesday,  Members  desir-
ing  to give  Notice of Questions  for  Oral Answer 
on a Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday  may  send 
Notices  of  such  Questions to  the  Clerks  at the 
Table, and  any Notices of  Questions so  received 
by  them  before  Five  of  the  clock  on a  Friday 
or  Monday  shall  be  accepted  as  Notices  of 
Questions  for  Oral  Answer  on  the  following 
Monday  and  Tuesday,  or  Wednesday,  res-
pectively,  and  be  printed  and  circulated  with 
the  Votes; 

v 

(5)  Whenever  the  House  adjourns from  Thursday  to 
the  following  Monday  or  Tuesday,  Members, 
desiring  to  give  notice  of  new  Clauses  and 
Amendments  to  Bills  or  of  Amendments  to 
Motions  may  send  such  Notices  to  the  Clerks 
at the  Table, and  any  such  Notices  received  by 
them  before  Five  of  the  clock  on  a  Friday  or 
Monday  shall  be  printed  and  circulated, with 
the  Votes,  24. 

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HOUSE—continued. 

BUSINESS  OP  THE  HOUSE—continued. 

• 

Supply.  Vide  S U P P L Y. 

Order,  That,  for  the  remainder  of  the  Session 

at  every  Sitting  :— 

Standing  Order  No.  46,  read;  Two  Amend-

ments  proposed  thereto  and  withdrawn,  35. 

— 

New  Standing  Order  (Re-committal  of  Bill), 

made,  35. 

New  Standing  Order  (Adjournment  of  the 

House,  Standing  Committees);  amended  and  made,  37. 

(1)  Government  Business  do  have  precedence  ; 

—  New  Standing  Order 

(Second  and  Third 

(2)  At  the  conclusion  of  Government  Business,  Mr. 
Speaker  shall  propose  the  Question,  That  this 
House  do  now  adjourn, and, if  that  Question 
shall  not  have  been  agreed  to,  Mr.  Speaker 
shall  adjourn  the  House  without  Question  put, 
not  later  than  one  hour  after  the  conclusion  of 
Government  Business,  if  that  Business has  been 
concluded  before  10.30  p.m. ;  but 
that 
Business  has  not  been  so  concluded  not  later 
than  11.30  p.m.,  provided  that,  if  notice  of 
proceedings  made  in  pursuance  of  any A ct   of 
Parliament  requiring  any  Order,  rule,  or 
regulations  to  be  laid  before  the  House  of 
Commons  shall  stand  upon  the  Notice  Paper 
at  any  sitting,  such  proceedings  shall  be  taken 
immediately 
after  Government  Business, 
and  Mr.  Speaker,  shall  not  adjourn  the  House 
until 
shall  have  been 
concluded. 

proceedings 

such 

if 

(3)  Any  Private  Business  set  down  for  Motion  for 
Adjournment  standing  over,  under  Standing 
Order  No.  10,  for  consideration  at  a  quarter-
past  Eight  of  the  clock  on  any  day  shall,  if 
Government  Business  is  concluded  before  that 
time, be  taken  at  the  conclusion  of  Government 
Business  and, for  the  purposes  of  the  preceding 
provisions  of  this  Ordeiy  shall  be  deemed  to 
be  Government  Business,  325. 

(Old  Age  Pensions);  Order,  That 

the 
Resolution  of  the  Committee  on  Old  A ge   Pensions  may 
be  considered  this  day  as soon as it is reported  from  the 
Committee,  and  that  the  several  stages  of  any  Bill 
ordered  to  be  brought  in  upon  such  Resolution  may  be 
proceeded  with  this  day  notwithstanding  the  practice  of 
the  House  relating  to  the  interval  between  the  Report 
and  Consideration  of  such  a Resolution  and  between  the 
various  stages  of  a  Bill  relating  to  Finance,  422. 

P R O C E D U R E. 

. 

Resolution, That, the proposals  of  the  Govern-

ment  relative  thereto  be  now  considered,  31. 

Standing  Order  No.  1 (Sittings of  the  House); 

Readings), made,  38. 

— 

New  Standing  Order 

(Money  Committees 

[Reports]),  made,  40. 

—  New  Standing  Order 

(Consolidated  Fund 

Issues),  made,  40. 

New  Standing  Order  (Money  Committees), 

made,  4< . 

—  New  Standing  Order  carrying  over  of  a  Pro-

visional  Order  Bill  to  subsequent  Session  made,  415. 

New  Standing  Order  (Selection  of  Amend-
ments)  proposed  ;  Amendment  proposed  to  Question 
therefor  and  negatived;  Debate  on  main  Question 
adjourned,  35.  Resumed  ;  other  Amendments  proposed 
and  negatived  or  withdrawn  ;  Amendments  made ;  Main 
Question, as amended, agreed to,  Standing Order made, 37. 

——  

And  Vide  S T A N D I NG   O R D E R S. 

SESSIONAL  O R D E RS   :— 

• 

—  Relative  to  the  Business  of  Supply,  39,  and 

vide  S U P P L Y. 

P R O C E E D I N GS  

:— 

Suspended  :— 

(a)  Under  Standing  Order  No.  4  (6)  for  Notices 
of  Motion  and  Bills  other  than  Government 
Bills,  132,  165. 

(b)  Under  Standing  Order  No.  8  (3)  for  Private 
Business  set down  by the  Chairman  of  Ways 
and  Means,  394. 

(c)  Under  Standing  Order  No.  10.  Leave  having 
been  given  to  move  the  adjournment  of  the 
House,  104,  185,  233,  390. 

and  Vide  P R O C E E D I N GS  of the  H O U S E. 

H O U SE   of   COMMONS  A ND   M U N I C I P AL   C O R P O R A T I O NS 
of  Clergymen)  ;  Bill  presented,  and 

(Qualification 
ordered  to  be  read  a second  time,  152. 

H O U SE   OF  COMMONS  (Kitchen  and  Refreshment  Rooms). 

Vide  C O M M I T T E ES  V. 

Read  and  amended  ;  38. 

HOUSING.  Vide  ADDRESSES. 

—  Standing  Order  No.  26  (Closure  of  Debate)  ; 

Read  and  amended,  38. 

— 

Standing Order No. 2?  (Majority  for  Closure); 

Read  and  amended,  38. 

Standing  Order  No.  30  (Division  frivolously 

claimed)  ;  Read  and  amended,  35. 

—, 

Standing  Order No.  47 (Constitution  of  Stand-
ing  Committees),  read  and  amended  ;  Amendments  pro-
posed  thereto  and  withdrawn  or  negatived,  33. 

Standing  Order  No.  48 

(Nomination  of 
Standing  Committees),  read  and amended  ;  An  Amend-
ment  proposed  thereto  and  withdrawn,  34. 

—  Standing  Order  No.  49  (Chairmen  of  Stand-
ing  Committees),  read  and  amended;  an  Amendment 
proposed  thereto  and  withdrawn,  34. 

H O U S I NG  (Additional Powers)  ;  Bill presented, and  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time,  389.  Order  for  Second 
Beading  read  ;  Amendment  proposed  to  leave  out  words 
and  add  others  but  not  made ;  Bill  read  a second  time; 
committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  394. 
in  Committee  and  reported,  401.  Con-
Considered 
sideration  deferred,  407.  Bill,  as  amended,  considered, 
Amendments  made;  Bill  read  the  third time  and  passed, 
408.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments ;  day 
appointed  for  considering  them,  424.  Lords'  Amend-
ments  agreed  to  ;  one  amended  and  agreed  t o;   con-
sequential  Amendment  made  to  the  Bill,  426.  Lords 
agree  to  the  Amendment  made  to  one  of  their  Amend-
ments,  and  to  the  consequential  Amendment  made  to  the 
(Cited  as  Housing  (Additional  Powers)  Act 
Bill,  428. 
1919)  Boyal  Assent,  429. 

HOUSING  (Additional  Powers) 

[Expenses].  Vide  C O M-

MITTEES  I. 

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H O U S I NG   OF  THE  W O R K I NG   CLASSES  (Ireland);   Bill 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  93. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  105.  Bill  read  a second  time 
and  committed  to  a Standing  Committee,  141.  D.  144. 
Reported,  with  Amendments,  217.  As  amended,  con-
sidered;  read  the third  time  and  passed,  233.  Agreed 
to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments;  day  appointed  for 
considering  them,  285.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to, 
290. 
(Cited  as  Housing  (Ireland)  Act,  1919)  Royai 
Assent,  315. 

HOUSING 

OF 

T HE   W O R K I NG  

C L A S S ES 

(Ireland) 

[Expenses],  Vide  C O M M I T T E ES  I. 

H O U S I N G,   T O WN   PLANNING,  &C.  ;  Bill  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  74.  Motion  for 
Second  Reading  and  Debate  adjourned,  99.  Resumed, 
Question  agreed  t o;   Bill  read  a  second  time  and 
committed 
to  a  Standing  Committee,  101.  A.   105. 
Reported,  with  Amendments,  145.  As  amended,  con-
sidered;  Further  consideration  adjoiirned,  157.  Bill,  as 
amended, further  considered;  read  the  third  time  and 
passed, 1 '32.  Agreed  to by the Lords, with  Amendments, 
235.  Day  appointed  for  considering  them,  235.  Lords 
amendments  considered  ;  Several  agreed  to,  one  with 
Special Entry  ;  Several  disagreed to ;  One  amended  and 
agreed  to  and  King's  Consent  signified  thereto;  An 
Amendment  made  to  the  Bill;  Committee  appointed  to 
draw  up  Reasons,  245.  Reasons  reported;  Message  to 
the  Lords,  247  ;  Message  from  the  Lords  that  they  do 
not insist on their  Amendments  to which  this  House  hath 
disagreed,  but propose  an Amendment  to  one  of  them; 
they  agree  to  new  Clauses  inserted  by  this  House,  but 
propose  Amendments  to  one  of  them ;  they  propose  a 
further  Amendment  to  one  of  their  Amendments  as 
amended  by  this  House,  253.  Day  appointed  for  con-
sidering  Lords'  Amendments, 253.  Lords'  Amendments 
considered;  one  disagreed  to  ;  remaining  Amendments 
agreed  t o;   Amendment  made  to  the  Bill  in  lieu  of 
one  of  the  Lords'  Amendments  disagreed  to;  Com-
mittee  appointed  to  draw  up  a  Reason,  257.  Reason 
reported  ;  Message  to  Lords,  259.  Lords  do  not  insist 
on  their  Amendment,  and  agree  to Amendment  proposed 
by  this  House  in  lieu  thereof,  266. 
(Cited  as  Housing, 
Town Planning,  &c. Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  268. 

H O U S I N G,   T O WN   P L A N N I N G,   & C. 

[Expenses].  Vide 

C O M M I T T E ES   1. 

HOUSING, 

T O WN  

(Scotland)  ;  Bill 
P L A N N I N G,   &C. 
presented  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  106. 
Read  a second  time  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Com-
mittee, 126.  Standing  Committee  on  Scottish  Bills, 128. 
Reported  with  Amendments,  205.  Consideration,  as 
amended,  deferred,  223.  Bill,  as  amended,  considered  ; 
read  the  third  time  and  passed,  254.  Agreed  to  by  the 
Lords,  with  Amendments,  300.  Day  appointed 
for 
them,  300.  Consideration  deferred,  309. 
considering 
(Cited  as  Housing, 
Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to, 311. 
Town Planning, &>c.  (Scotland)  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 
321. 

.  I M P E R I AL   P R E F E R E N C E.   Vide  MOTIONS  I. 

I M P O R TS   A ND   E X P O R TS   R E G U L A T I ON   ;  Bill  presented,, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  362.  Second 
Reading  deferred,  367,  411.  Order  for  Second  Reading-
discharged  ;  Bill  withdrawn,  427. 

INCREASE  OF  R E NT   A ND   M O R T G A GE  

I N T E R E ST  

(Re-
strictions)  ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  55.  Second  Reading  deferred,  59.  Bill 
read  a  second  time;  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the 
whole  House,  60.  Committee  deferred,  62.  Bill  con-
sidered  in  Committee;  Progress,  64.  Bill,  so  far  as 
amended, to  be  printed,  66.  Again  considered  in  Com-
mittee,  and  reported;  as  amended,  considered,  read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  69.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
with  Amendments,  79.  Day  appointed  for  considering 
them,  79.  Lords'  Amendments  considered;  several 
agreed  to ;  One  amended  and  agreed  t o;   several  dis-
agreed  to  ;  Committee  appointed  to  draw  up  Reasons,, 
81.  Reasons  reported;  Message  to  the  Lords,  82. 
Lords  do  not  agree  to  Commons'  Amendment,  and 
assign  a  Reason;  they  do  not  insist  on  certain  of  their 
Amendments  disagreed  to,  but  insist  on  other  Amend-
ments, and  assign  Reasons,  87.  Day  appointed  for  con-
sidering  Lords'  Reasons,  87.  Lords'  Reasons,  &c., 
considered;  Commons  do  not 
insist  upon  their  dis-
agreement  to  certain  of  the  Lords'  Amendments,  and 
make  an Amendment  to .one  of  the  Lords'  Amendments, 
(Cited  as Increase  of 
90.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  92. 
Rent  and  Mortgage  Interest  (Restrictions)  Act,  1919) 
Royal  Assent,  94. 

INCREASE  OF  R E N T,   &C.  (Amendment)  [Lords]  ;  Bill 
brought  from the  Lords  ;  read the  first  time, and  ordered 
to  be  read  a second  time,  420.  Read  a  second  time  ; 
.  House  immediately  resolves  itself  into  the  Committee 
on  the  Bill;  Bill  reported,  without  Amendment;  read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  without  Amendment.  424. 
(Cited  as Increase  of  Rent,  Sfc.  (Amendment)  Act,  1919) 
Royal  Assent,  42y. 

I N D U S T R I AL   C O U R TS  ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a  second  time,  339.  Read  a  second  time,  after 
Amendment,  "  three  months,"  proposed,  but  not  made  ; 
committed 
to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House," 
346. 
Instruction  to  divide  the  Bill  negatived  ;  Bill 
considered  in  Committee;  Amendments  made ;  Pro-
gress, 350.  Committee  deferred,  353.  Bill  considered 
in  Committee  and reported  ;  [Title  amended] ;  Bill,  as 
amended,  considered  ;  to  be  printed,  354.  Read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  359.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
without  Amendment,  364. 
(Cited  as  Industrial  Courts 
Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  365. 

I N D U S T R I AL   C O U R TS  [Expenses'1.  Vide  COMMITTEES  I. 

I N D U S T R I AL   U N R E S T. 

Vide  A D D R E S S ES  

( K I N G 'S 

S P E E C H ). 

INSTRUCTIONS  : 

HOUSING,  T O WN   P L A N N I N G,   &C.  (Scotland) 

[Expenses], 

Vide  C O M M I T T E E S,  I. 

[Lords]  ;  Report 
H U D D E R S F I E LD   C O R P O R A T I ON   G AS  
that  the  Bill  should  originate 
the  Lords,  23. 
in 
Examiners'  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified  complied 
read  the 
with,  23.  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords; 
first  time  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  154.  Report 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  required  into  complied 
with,  197.  Bill  read  a second  time  and  committed,  209. 
Reported,  with  Amendments,  235.  As  amended  con-
sidered ;  an  Amendment  made,  266.  Read  the  third 
time  and passed, with Amendments,  274.  To  which  the 
"Lords  agree,  303. 
(Cited  as  Huddersfield  Corporation 
Act,  1919) Royal  Assent,  316. 

chester  Corporation  Bill),  67. 

To  Committees  on  Private  Bills  (Man-

To  Committees  on  Public  Bills;  That 
they  have  power  to  extend  the  Bill  to  Ireland  (Ministry 
of  Health  Bill),  46. 

That  they  have  power  to  make  provision 
therein  pursuant  to  the  said  Resolution  (Consolidated 
Fund  (No.  2)  Bill). 

— : 

To  the  Gentlemen  appointed  to  bring  in 
a  Bill  upon  the  Resolutions  reported  from the Committee 
of  Ways  and  Means  on  the  7th  day  of  this  instant  May, 
and  then  agreed  to  by  the  House,  that  they  do  make 
provision  therein  pursuant  to 
the  said  Resolution 
(Finance  Bill),  135. 

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I N T E R R U P T I ON  of  PROCEEDINGS.  Vide  P R O C E E D I N GS 

OP  THE  H O U S E. 

I N T E S T A TE   HUSBAND'S  E S T A TE  (Scotland)  [Lords];  Bill 
brought  from  the  Lords,  75.  Read  the  first  time,  78. 
Read  a second  time;  House  immediately  resolves  itself 
into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill;  Bill  considered  in 
Committee;  Progress, 79.  Bill  considered in Committee, 
and  reported, without  Amendment;  read  the  third  time 
(Cited  as Intestate 
Husband's Estate  (Scotland)  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 
115. 

-  and passed, without  Amendment,  92. 

I N T E S T A TE   M O V E A B LE   SUCCESSION  (Scotland)  [.Lords] ; 
Bill  brought  from  the  Lords,  248.  Read  the  first time, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  263.  Second 
Reading  deferred,  271.  Bill  read  a second  time ;  House 
immediately  resolves  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the 
Bill;  Bill  considered  in  Committee  and  reported;  as 
amended,  considered;  read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
with  Amendments,  274.  To  which  the  Lords  agree, 
318. 
(Cited  as  Intestate Moveable  Succession  (Scotland) 
Act,  1919) Royal  Assent,  321. 

I R E L A N D.   Vide  M O T I O N S,   I. 

I R I SH   L A ND   (Provision  for  Sailors  and  Soldiers);  Bill 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time, 349. 
Second  Reading  deferred, 355, 360.  Bill  rend  a second 
time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  361. 
B,  364.  Reported,  405.  As  amended,  considered; 
Amendments  made ;  Bill  read  the third  time and passed, 
409.  Agreed  to  by the Lords, without  Amendment,  420. 
(Cited  as Irish Land (Provision for  Sailors  and Soldiers) 
Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 428. 

I R I SH   L A ND  

(Provision  for  Sailors  and  Soldiers)  [Ex-

penseW].  Vide  COMMITTEES,  I. 

I R I SH   R A I L W A YS   (Confirmation of  Agreement);  Bill  pre-
sented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  364. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  371,  377.  Bill  read  a 
second  time ;  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole 
House,  379.  Committee  deferred,  381, 392.  Bill  con-
sidered in Committee, and reported, without  Amendment; 
read  the  third  time  and  passed,  395. .  Agreed  to  by 
the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  417. 
(Cited  as  Irish 
Railways (Confirmation of  Agreement) Act,  1919)  Royal 
Assent,  428. 

I S LE  of  M AN  (Customs)  ;  Bill  presented, and  ordered  to 
be read  a second  time, 376.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
379,  393.  Bill  read  a  second  time ;  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House,  395.  Considered  in 
Committee,  and reported, without Amendment;  read the 
third  time  and  passed;  (endorsed  with  Mr.  Speaker's 
Certificate),  398.  Agreed  to  hy  the  Lords,  without 
(Cited,  as  Isle  of  Man  (Customs) 
Amendment,  410. 
Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 428. 

JoiNT  STOCK  B A N KS  

( A M A L G A M A T I ON   C O N T R O L)   ; 
Bill presented, and ordered  to be read a second  time, 109. 
Second  Beading  deferred,  126,  411.  Order  for  Second 
Reading  discharged  ;  Bill  withdrawn, 427. 

JOURNAL  I 

: 

Sessional  order for printing,  16. 

J U S T I C ES   OP  T HE   P E A CE  

(Qualification  of  Women) 

[Lords]  ;  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords,  190. 

KINC3  : 

His  Proclamations  for  dissolving  Parliament, 
and  declaring  the  calling  of  another,  2.  Proroguing 
Parliament before its meeting, 2. 

His  Message  commanding  the  attendance  of 

the  House  in the  House  of  Peers,  15. 

His  Message  intimating  his  desire  to  confer 
some  signal  mark  of  favour  upon  officers of  the  Naval, 
Military and Air  Forces, announced  to the  House  by the 
Prime  Minister  at the  Bar,  282. 

r—  His  Speech  at  the  opening  of  the  Session, 
reported  and read  by  Mr.  Speaker,  21.  At  the  close  of 
the  Session, 429. 

His  Speech  (Motion  for  an  Address).  Vide 

A D D R E S S E S. 

— 

—  His  Answer  to  Addresses,  36. 

His  Recommendation  to  Motions  for  Money 
Committees,  28,  36, 75,  80, 95,  101,  107,  110,  125,  127, 
135,  136,  142,  144,  180,  208,  213,  232,  284,  287,  291, 
295, 331, 333,  334,  342,  348,  353,  360,  363,  372,  398, 
421. 

His Consent to Private Bills on Third  Reading, 

1 4 2 , 2 3 7,   2 8 4 , 2 9 2. 

His Consent to Public Bills  on Third  Reading, 

245,254,421. 

• 

His  Consent  to a Lords'  Amendment,  246. 

K I N G S T O N - U P O N - H U LL 

(Central  Division)  B O R O U GH 

W R I T.   Vide  ELECTIONS. 

L A B O U R E R S(   Ireland);  Bill  presented,  and  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time ;  Second  Reading  deferred, 
264.  Bill  read  a  second  time ;  House  immediately  re-
itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill;  Bill 
solves 
considered  in  Committee  and  reported;  as  amended, 
considered  ;  read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  273. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  an  Amendment,  310. 
Day appointed  for its consideration, 311.  Lords  Amend-
(Cited as Labourers (Ireland)  Act, 
ment  agreed  to, 314. 
1919)  Royal  Assent,  321. 

L A N A RK   C O U N TY  (Bothwell Division).  Vide  ELECTIONS. 

L A N C A S H I RE   AND  Y O R K S H I RE   A ND   L O N D ON   AND  N O R TH 
W E S T E RN   R A I L W AY   C O M P A N I ES  ;  Bill  presented, and 
read  the  first  time,  26.  Day  appointed  for  Second 
Reading, 32.  Second  Reading  deferred, 54.  Bill read a 
second  time  and  referred  to  the  Examiuers,  177.  Order 
referring  Bill  to  Examiners  discharged ;  Bill  withdrawn, 
288. 

L A N C A S T ER   C O U N TY  (fVidnes  Division)  W R I T.  

Vide 

E L E C T I O N S. 

L A ND   S E T T L E M E NT 

(Facilities);  Bill  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be read  a second  time,  88.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  91.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  committed 
to  a  Standing  Committee,  110,  D.  114.  Reported, 
with  Amendments,  167.  Consideration  deferred,  172, 
241.  Bill,  as  amended,  considered;  recommitted  in 
respect  of  a  new  Clause,  and  a  Government  Amend-
ment ;  House  immediately  resolves  itself  into  the  Com-
mittee ;  Bill  considered  in  Committee  and  reported;  as 
amended on  re-committal, considered;  King's and Prince 
of  Wales's  (as  Duke of  Cornwall) Consent  signified  ;  Bill 
read  the  third time  and  passed, 243.  Agreed  to  by  the 
Lords,  with A mendments,  303.  Day  appointed  for  con-
sidering  them, 304.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to, 312. 
(Cited as  Land  Settlement  (Facilities)  Act,  1919)  Boyal 
Assent,  321. 

J K L E NT   C O U N TY  (Isle  of  Thanet  Division)  W R I T.   Vide 

L A ND   S E T T L E M E NT  (Facilities)  [Money]. 

Vide  C O M-

E L E C T I O N S. 

M I T T E E S,   I. 

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L A ND   S E T T L E M E NT 

(Scotland);   Bill  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  311.  Read  a  second 
time  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  316. 
Standing  Committee  on  Scottish  Bills,  320.  Bill  re-
ported, with  Amendments, 361.  Consideration  deferred, 
367,  381.  Bill,  as  amended,  considered;  clauses  added 
and  others negatived or  withdrawn  ;  Amendments made ; 
Bill  recommitted  to  a  committee  of  the  whole  House 
in  respect  of  a  new  clause;  considered  in  Committee 
and  reported  ;  as  amended  on  re-committal, considered  ; 
read  the  third  time  and  passed,  383.  Agreed  to  by  the 
Lords, with  Amendments ;  day  appointed  for  considera-
tion,  420. 
Lords'  Amendments  considered;  several 
agreed  to  ;  several  disagreed  to ;  consequential  Amend-
ments  made  to  the  Bill;  Committee  appointed  to  draw 
up  a  Reason, 422.  Reason  reported  and  agreed  to,  426. 
Lords  do  not  insist  upon their Amendments  and  agree  to 
Amendments  made  by  the  Commons  in  lieu  of  certain 
(Cited  as  Land  Settle-
other  Lords'  Amendments,  427. 
ment (Scotland)  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  429. 

L A ND   S E T T L E M E NT 

(Scotland)  [Money]. 

Vide  C O M-

M I T T E E S,   I. 

L E I C E S T ER   C O R P O R A T I ON  ;  Report 

from  the  Select 
Committee  on  Standing  Orders  on  Petition  for  leave  to 
deposit  Petition  for  Bill,  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be 
dispensed  with, 103.  Examiners'  Report on  Petition  for 
Bill,  Standing  Orders  not  complied  with,  referred  to  the 
Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders,  118.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  129.  Bill 
presented  and  read  the  tirst  time,  136.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed, 142.  Reported,  with Amendments, 
221.  As  amended,  considered,  Standing  Orders  223  and 
243  suspended ;  Bill  read  the  third  time and  passed, 237. 
Agreed  to  by  the Lords, with Amendments, 310.  Lords' 
Amendments  agreed  to,  314. 
(Cited  as  Leicester  Cor-
poration  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  321. 

L E I TH   H A R B O UR   a nd   D O C KS   O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I O N; 
Bill  presented  under  the  Private  Legislation  Procedure 
(Scotland),  Act,  1899,  and  ordered  under  Section  7  of 
the  Act  to  be  considered,  76.  Considered,  78.  Read 
the  third  time  and passed,  79.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
( Cited as  Leith  Harbour  and 
without  Amendment,  96. 
Docks  Order  Confirmation Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  115. 

L E Y T ON  

B O R O U GH 

(West   Division)  W R I T.  

Vide 

L A ND   V A L U E S.   Vide  C O M M I T T E E S,   V. 

E L E C T I O N S. 

L A ND   V A L U ES   ASSESSMENT  AND  R A T I NG   ;  Bill  pre-
sented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  109. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  122.  Order 
for  Second 
Reading  discharged;  Bill  withdrawn,  171. 

L AW   AGENTS  A P P R E N T I C E S H IP  (War  Service)  (Scotland) 
[.Lords]  ;  Bill  brought 
from  the  Lords,  174.  Read 
the  first  time  and  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time,  215. 
Second  Reading  deferred, 218.  Bill  read a second  time  ; 
House  immediately  resolves  itself  into  the  Committee 
on  the  Bill;  Bill  considered  in  Committee, and  reported, 
without  Amendment;  read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
without  Amendment,  223. 
(Cited  as  Law  Agents 
Apprenticeship  (War  Services)  (Scotland)  Act,  1919) 
Royal  Assent,  244.! 

L E E DS   C O R P O R A T I ON  [Lords]   ;  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means  -reports,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the 
Lords,  23.  Examiners Report,  Standing  Orders certified 
not  complied  with,  23.  Report  on  Petition  for  Bill, 
Standing  Orders  not  complied  with ;  Report  referred  to 
Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders,  23.  Report, 
Standing  Orders ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  75.  Bill 
brought  from  the  Lords,  235.  Read  the  first  time  and 
referred  to  the  Examiners,  v235.  Report,  Standing 
Orders  not  previously  inquired  into  complied  with,  242. 
Bill  read  a second  time,  and  committed,  255.  Standing 
Order  211  suspended,  and  leave  given  to  Committee  on 
Unopposed  Bills  to  proceed,  260.  Bill  reported,  with 
Amendments,  267.  As   amended,  considered,  281.  Read 
the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  291. 
To'which  the  Lords  agree,  300. 
(Cited  as  Leeds  Cor-
poration  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  316. 

L I Q U OR   T R A F F IC   L O C AL   V E TO   (England  and  Wales); 
Bill  presented, and  ordered  to be read  a second  time, 376. 

L I V E R P O OL   BOROUGH 
Vide  E L E C T I O N S.   ' 

(West   Derby  Division)  W R I T. 

L L A N E L LY   C O R P O R A T I ON  ;  Report  on  Petition  for  Bill; 
Standing  Orders  not  complied  with,  referred  to  Select 
Committee  on  Standing  Orders,  23.  Report,  That  the 
Standing  Orders  ought  not  to  be  dispensed  with,  55. 

L L A N E L LY   R U R AL   D I S T R I CT   C O U N C IL  ;  Report  from 
the  Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders  in  the  case  of 
Petition  for  leave  to  deposit  Petition  for  Bill,  Standing 
Orders ought to  be dispensed with, 75.  Vide  L L A N E L LY 
R U R AL   D I S T R I CT   W A T E R. 

L L A N E L LY   R U R AL   D I S T R I CT   W A T ER   ;  Report  on  Peti-
tion  for  leave  to  deposit  Petition  for  Bill  (vide  Llanelly 
Rural  District  Council) ;  Examiners'  Report  on  Petition 
for  Bill,  Standing  Orders  not  complied  with,  referred  to 
the  Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders,  80.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  93.  Bill 
presented, read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time, 97.  Read a second  time, and committed,  108. 
Reported,  with  Amendments,  170.  As   amended,  con-
sidered,  181.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  193. 
Agreed  to by  the  Lords,  with Amendments, 242.  Lords' 
(Cited  as  Llanelly  Rural 
Amendments  agreed  to,  253. 
District  Water  Act,  1919)  Royal  A.s»ent,  268. 

L O C AL   A U T H O R I T I ES  

(Enabling);  Bill  presented,  and 
ordered  to be read  a second  time, 76.  Motion  for  Second 
Reading;  Amendment  proposed, 
''  six  months,"  and 
made  ;  Second  Reading  put  off for  six  months,  147. 

L E G AL  

a nd   G E N E R AL  

L I FE   A S S U R A N CE  

S O C I E TY 
[Lords']  ;  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reports,  That 
the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  Lords,  23.  Examiners' 
Report,  Standing  Orders  certified,  complied  with,  23. 
Bill  brought  from  the  Lords,  106.  Read  the  first  time, 
and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  106.  Report,  Standing 
Orders  not  previously  inquired  into,  complied  with,  111. 
Bill  read  a second  time  and  committed,  124.  Reported, 
with  Amendments,  174.  As  amended,  considered,  181. 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  193. 
To  which  the  Lords  agree,  242. 
(Cited  as  Legal  and 
General Life  Assurance  Society's Act, 1919) Royal  Assent, 
244. 

L O C AL  

ELECTIONS 

(Expenses)   ;  Bill  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be read  a second  time,  29.  Read  a  second 
time;  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House, 
31.  Considered  in Committee, and reported;  as amended, 
considered;  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  35.  Agreed 
to  by  the  Lords,  with  an  Amendment,  109.  Lords' 
Amendment  agreed  to,  110. 
(Cited  as  Local  Elections 
(Expenses)  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  115. 

L O C AL   E L E C T I O NS  (Proportional  Representation)  [Lords]  ; 
Bill  brought  from  the  Lords,  275.  Read  the  first  time, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  285.  Second 
Reading  deferred,  290,411.  Order  for  Second  Reading 
discharged  ;  Bill  withdrawn,  427. 

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L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT 

(Ireland)  ;  Bill  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a second  time,  64.  Second  Beading 
deferred,  67.  Motion  for  Second  Reading ?  Amendment 
proposed  to  leave  oat  words  and  add  others,  and  not 
made;  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee, 79.  D, 82.  Reported, with Amend-
ments, 143.  Consideration deferred, 148.  Bill as amended, 
considered;  recommitted  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole 
House  in  respect  of  a clause;  considered  in  Committee 
and  reported  ;  as  amended  on  recommittal,  considered  ; 
read  the  third  time  and  passed,  161.  Agreed  to  by 
the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  174. 
(Cited  a.t  Local 
Government  (Ireland)  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  17/5. 

L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT  (Ireland)  P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E R S; 
Bill  presented  ;  read  the  first  time  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners,  173.  Report,  no  Standing  Orders applicable, 
186.  Second  Reading  deferred,  189.  Bill  read  a  second 
time, and committed, 239.  Standing Order 211 suspended, 
and leave given to the Committee  to  proceed  with the  Bill 
on  a day.named,  242.  Bill  reported, with  Amendments ; 
Provisional  Orders  confirmed,  251.  Bill,  as  amended, 
considered,  253.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  255. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  300.  Day 
appointed  for  considering  them,  300.  Lords'  Amend-
( Cited as Local  Government Board 
ments agreed  to, 302. 
(Ireland)  Provisional  Orders  Confirmation  Act,  1919) 
Royal  Assent,  315. 

L O C AL   GOVERNMENT  P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E RS   (NO.  1 ); 
Bill  presented  ;  read  .the  first  time  and referred  to  the 
Examiners, 140.  Report,  no  Standing  Orders applicable, 
153.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  155. 
Reported,  with  Amendments;  Provisional  Orders  con-
firmed,  174.  Bill,  as  amended,. considered,  177.  Read 
the third  time and  passed,  179.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
without  Amendment,  2!,'6. 
(Cited  as  Local  Government 
Board's  Provisional  Orders  Confirmation (No.  1)  Act, 
1919)  Royal  Assent,  315. 

L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E RS   (No. 

2 ); 
Bill  presented;  read  the  first  time,  and referred  to  the 
Examiners,  169.  Report, no Standing Orders applicable, 
197.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  committed,  201. 
Reported,  without  Amendment  ;  Provisional  Orders 
confirmed, 220.  Bill  read  the  third  time and  passed, 224. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  296. 
(Cited  as Local  Government  Board's  Provisional  Orders 
Confirmation  (No.  2)  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  315. 

(No. 

L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E RS  

3 ); 
Bill  presented;  read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners,  169.  Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable 
thereto,  complied  with,  197.  Bill  read  a  second  time, 
and  committed,  201.  Reported,  without  Amendment; 
Provisional  Orders  confirmed,  220.  Bill  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  224.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without 
(Cited  as  Local  Government Board's 
Amendment,  296. 
Provisional  Orders  Confirmation  (No.  3)  Act,  1919) 
Royal  Assent,  315. 

(No. 

L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D ER  

4 ); 
Bill  presented,  read  the  first  time  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners,  173.  Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable 
thereto  complied  with,  197.  Bill  read  a second  time  and 
committed,  201.  Report  from  the  Select  Committee  on 
Standing  Orders on  Petition  for dispensing  with Standing 
Order  128,  Standing  Order  ought  to  be  dispensed  with, 
229.  Bill  reported,  without  Amendment  ;  Provisional 
Order  confirmed,  235.  Bill  read  the  third  time  and 
passed, 237.  Agreed to  by the  Lords, with  Amendments, 
300.  Day appointed for  considering  them,  300.  Lords' 
Amendments  agreed  to,  302. 
(Cited  as  Local  Govern-
ment  Board's  Provisional  Order  Confirmation  (No.  4) 
Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  315. 

(NO. 

L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT   PROVISIONAL  O R D ER  

5 ); 
Bill  presented,  read  the  first  time  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners,  173.  Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable 
thereto  complied  with,  197.  Bill  read  a second time and 
committed,  201.  Reported,  without  Amendment  ;  Pro-
visional  Order  confirmed,  220.  Bill  read  the  third  time 
and  passed,  224.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without 
Amendment,  297. 
(Cited  as  Local  Government Board's 
Provisional  Order  Confirmation  (No.  5)  Act, 1919)  Royal 
Assent,  315. 

(NO. 

L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D ER  

6 ); 
Bill  presented,  read  the  first  time  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners, 173.  Report, no Standing  Orders  applicable, 
197.  Bill  read  a  second  time  and  committed,  201. 
Reported,  with  Amendments;  Provisional  Order  con-
firmed,  235.  Bill,  as amended,  considered,  237.  Read 
the third time  and  passed, 239.  Agreed  to  by the  Lords, 
(Cited  as  Local  Government 
without  Amendment,  297. 
Board's  Provisional  Order  Confirmation  (No.  6)  Act, 
1919)  Royal  Assent,  315. 

(NO. 

L O C AL   G O V E R N M E NT   PROVISIONAL  O R D E RS  

7 ); 
Bill  presented,  read  the  first  time  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners, 173.  Report, no Standing  Orders  applicable, 
197.  Bill  read  a  second  time  and  committed,  201. 
Reported,  without  Amendment;  Provisional  Orders 
confirmed,  220.  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
224.  Agreed  to  by  the Lords,  with  Amendments,  300. 
Da^  appointed  for  considering  them,  300.  Lords' 
Amendments  agreed  to,  302. 
(Cited  as  Local  Govern-
ment Board's  Provisional  Order  Confirmation  Act,  1919) 
Royal  Assent,  315. 

L O C AL   L E G I S L A T I ON   C O M M I T T EE  ;  Bills  reported  from. 

Yide  C O M M I T T E E S,  Y. 

L O N D ON   C O U N TY  

COUNCIL 

(General  Powers)-,  Bill 
presented,  and  read  the  first  time,  26.  Read  a  second 
time  and  committed,  32.  Reported,  with  Amendments, 
174.  As  amended,  considered, 181.  Read  the third time 
and passed,  193.  Agreed  to  by  Lords,  without  Amend-
( Cited as1 London  County  Council  ( General 
ment, 262. 
Powers)  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  268. 

LONDON  C O U N TY   C O U N C IL 

(Money)-,  Bill  presented, 
read  the  first  time  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  122. 
Report  Standing  Orders  applicable  thereto  complied 
with,  140.  Bill  read  a second  time  and  committed,  147. 
Reported,  with  Amendments,  202.  As  amended,  con-
sidered,  213.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  224. 
Agreed  to  by  Lords,  with  Amendments,  282.  Lords' 
(Cited  as  London  County 
Amendments  agreed  to,  284. 
Council  (Money)  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  316. 

L O N D ON   C O U N TY   C O U N C IL 

(Tramways  and  Improve-
ments)-, Report  from  the  Select  Committee  on  Standing 
Orders  on  Petition  for  leave  to  deposit  Petition  for  Bill, 
Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  103. 
Examiners'  Report  on  Petition  for  Bill,  Standing  Orders 
not  complied  with, referred  to  the  Select  Committee  on 
Standing  Orders,  149.  Report,  Standing  Orders  ought 
not  to  be  dispensed  with,  165.  Resolution  referred  back 
to  the  Select  Committee  with  power  to  inquire  as  to 
dispensing  with  the  Standing  Orders 
in  respect  of 
Part  V.  of  the  Bill,  219.  Report,  Standing  Orders 
ought  to  be  dispensed  with, provided  that  certain  parts 
of  the  Bill  be  struck  out,  229.  Bill  presented  ;  read  the 
first  time  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  234. 
Day  appointed  for  Second  Beading,  251.  Order  for 
Second  Reading  discharged;  Bill  withdrawn,  253. 

VOL.  174.——Sess.   1919. 

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[1919. 

L O N D O N D E R RY   C O U N TY   ( North  Derry  Division).  W R I T. 

Vide  E L E C T I O N S.  

J 

L O N D O N D E R RY   P O ET   and  H A R B O UR  

[Lords]  ;  Report 
that  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  Lords,  23.  Ex-
aminers  Report  Standing  Orders  certified  complied  with, 
23.  Examiners'  Report  on  Petition 
for  Additional 
provision,  Standing  Orders  not  complied  with,  referred 
to  the  Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders,  140. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  ought to  be dispensed  with, 165. 
Bill  brought  from  the  Lords,  232.  Read  the  first time 
and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  232.  Report,  Standing 
Orders  not  previously  inquired  into  complied  with,  242. 
Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  259.  Bill  read  a 
second  time  and  committed,  263.  Additional  provision 
inserted  in  the  Bill,  pursuant to  Resolution  of  the  House, 
and  Bill  reported, with  Amendments, 288.  As  amended, 
considered;  Standing  Orders  223  and  243  suspended; 
Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amend-
(Cited 
ments,  310.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  315. 
as  Londonderry  Port  and  Harbour  Act,  1919)  Royal 
Assent,  316. 

LONDON 

E L E C T R IC  

R A I L W AY  

[L o r d s];   Examiners 
Report  on Petition  for  Bill,  Standing Orders not complied 
with,  referred  to  the  Select  Committee  on  Standing 
Orders,  118.  Report,  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be 
dispensed  with,  151.  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords,  217. 
Read  the  first time  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  217. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into 
complied  with,  228.  Bill  read  a  second  time  and  com-
mitted,  239.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  267.  As 
amended,  considered,  281.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  with  Amendments,  291.  To  which  the  Lords 
(Cited  as  London  Electric  Railway  Act, 
agree.  300. 
1919)  Royal  Assent,  316. 

L O R D S: 

"MESSAGES  I^O  :— V i de   C O M M I T T E E S,   I I. 

requesting  Minutes  of  Evidence,  Stc., in  the 

case  of  Divorce  Bills,  91,  234,  263. 

—  requesting  leave  to  a  Peer  to  attend  to  be 

examined  as a  Witness  before  a  Select  Committee,  235. 

communicating  Reason  for  disagreeing  to  an 

Amendment  made  by  the  Lords  to  a  Bill,  426,  &c. 

• 

—  acquainting  the  Lords  that  the  Commons 

have  suspended  a  Bill  until  the  next  Session  of  Par-
liament,  415. 

MESSAGES  F R O M : — V i de   C O M M I T T E E S,  

I t .,  

a nd 

HOUSE  P R O C E E D I N G S. 

communicating  Minutes  of  Evidence,  &c.,  in 

the  case  of  Divorce  Bills,  96,  239,  282. 

giving 

leave  to  a  Peer  to  attend  to  be 

examined  as a Witness  before  a  Select  Committee,  239. 

IN  I N T E R R U P T I ON   OF  PROCEEDINGS  B Y,   &C.  Vide 

P R O C E E D I N GS   OF  T HE   H O U S E. 

M A N C H E S T ER   B O R O U GH  (Rusholme  Division)  W R I T. 

Vide  E L E C T I O N S. 

M A N C H E S T ER   C O R P O R A T I ON  ;  Bill  presented  and  read 
the first time, 27.  Day appointed  for Second  Reading, 32. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  41.  Bill  read  a  second  time 
and  committed;  Instruction  ordered,  67.  Petition  for 
Additional Provision referred to Examiners, 111.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  not  complied  with,  referred  to  the 
Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders,  111.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  129.  Bill 

reported,  with  Amendments;  Petition  for  Additional 
Provision 
inserted  ;  Special  Report,  221.  Bill,  as 
amended,  considered  ;  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
suspended  ;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  228. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, with  Amendments, 408.  Lords' 
(Cited  as  Manchester  Cor-
Amendments  agreed  to, 409. 
poration  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  429. 

M A N C H E S T ER   S H IP   C A N AL   ;  Bill  presented,  and  read 
the first time, 27.  Day  appointed for  Second Reading,  32. 
Bill  read  a second  time  and  referred  to  the  Examiners, 
36.  Resolved,  That 
it  is  expedient  that  the  Bill 
be  committed  to  the  Joint  Committee  on  Dock  and 
Harbour  Bills,  36.  Examiners'  Report  Standing  Orders 
not  previously  inquired  into,  complied  with;  Bill  com-
mitted,  73.  Reported  from  the  Joint  Committee,  with 
Amendments,  112.  As  amended, considered,  124.  Read 
the third  time and  passed,  133.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
(Cited  as  Manchester  Ship 
without  Amendment,  292. 
Canal Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  316. 

M A N S F I E LD   R A I L W AY   [Lords]  ;  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means  reports,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the 
Lords,  23.  Examiners  report  Standing  Orders  complied 
with,  23.  Bill  brought  from the  Lords,  113.  Read  the 
first  time  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  113.  Report 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into,  complied 
with,  118.  Bill  read  a  second  time  and  committed, 
125.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  174.  As  amended, 
considered,  189.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with 
Amendments,  194.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  242. 
(Cited  as  Mansfield  Railway  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 
244. 

M A T R I M O N I AL   CAUSES  (Dominions  Troops)  [Lords]:  Bill 
brought  from  the  Lords,  122.  Read  the  first  time  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a second  time,  202.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  212.  Bill  read  a  second  time :  House  imme-
diately  resolves  itself  into  the  Committee on the Bill;  Bill 
considered  in  Committee  and  reported, without  Amend-
ment;  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  without  Amend-
(Cited  as  Matrimonial  Causes  (Dominions 
ment,  223. 
Troops)  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  244. 

M E D W AY   C O N S E R V A N CY  [Lords]  ;  Chairman  of  Ways 
and  Means  reports,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the 
Lords,  23.  Examiners'  report  Standing  Orders  certified 
complied  with,  23.  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords,  154. 
Read  the  first  time  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  154. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into, 
complied  with,  159.  Bill  read  a  second  time  and  com-
mitted,  169.  Reported,  with  an  Amendment,  235.  As 
amended,  considered,  253.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  with  an  Amendment,  259.  To  which  the  Lords 
(Cited  as  Medway  Conservancy  Act,  1919) 
agree,  266. 
Royal  Assent,  268. 

M E M B E R S: 

—  repair  to  their  seats  at  the  opening  of 

Parliament,  3. 

address  themselves  to  the  Clerk,  5. 

— propose  a  Member  for  Speaker  ;  second 

the  Motion,  5. 

— 

—  take  Member  called  to  the  Chair  out  of 

his  place  and  conduct him  to  the  Chair,  5. 

congratulate  Mr.  Speaker-elect,  5. 

take  and  subscribe  the  Oath,  or  make  and 
subscribe the  Affirmation, 5,  6,  7,  8,  9,10,  11,  12,  13,  14, 
15,  23,  25,  33,  42,  43, 45,  50,  51,  55,  61,  66,  72,  87,  96, 
113,  117,124,167,215,332,345. 

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M E MB   ERS—continued. 

their  election  (Sessional  Order),  16. 

returned  for  two  or  more  places,  to  make 

George  Boyle  Hanna,  Esquire,  for  Antrim  County 

(East Antrim),  288. 

The  Right  Honourable  Arthur  Henderson,  for  the 

County  of  Lancaster  (Widnes  Division),  325. 

touching  their  Return  or  Election  is  in  Debate,  16. 

West  Riding  (Pontefract  Division),  325. 

to  withdraw  during  the  time  any  matter 

Walter  Forrest,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of  York, 

draw  till  their  Returns  are  determined,  16 

returned  upon  double  Returns,  to  with-

Committees  by  Mr.  Speaker,  49. 

nominated  as 

temporary  Chairmen  of 

nominated  Members  of  Select  Committees, 
115,  &c.  Of  Commission  under  the  Private  Legislation 
Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  47. 

Fifteen  Members  nominated,  to  be  called 

the  Local  Legislation  Committee,  30. 

Members  added  to  a  Standing  Committee, 

47,  &c.  To  a  Select  Committee,  386,  &c. 

— 
mittee,  45, 47,  &c. 

nominated  to  serve  on  Standing  Com-

discharged  from  Standing  Committee,  145, 

&c. 

discharged  from  a  Select  Committee  and 

another  added,  267. 

Captain  John  Henry  Thorpe,  for  the  BorOugh  of 

Manchester  (Rusholme  Division),  325. 

John  James  Lawson,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of 

Durham  (Chester  le  Street  Division),  380. 

Sir  Allan  Macgregor  Smith,  K.B.E., for  the  Borough 

of  Croydon  (South  Division),  380. 

The  Viscountess  Astor,  for  the  Borough  of  Plymouth 

(Sutton  Division),  380. 

Esmond  Cecil  Harmsworth,  Esquire,  for  the  County 

of  Kent  (Isle  of  Tha.net  Division),  382. 

M E N T AL   D E F I C I E N CY   AND  L U N A CY   (Amendment);  Bill 
ordered  upon  Resolution  reported  from  a  Committee  of 
the  whole  House,  presented  ;  read  the  first  time  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a second  time,  377.  Read  a  second 
time  ;  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House, 
379.  Committee  deferred,  380,  388.  Bili  considered 
in  Committee,  and 
reported,  without  Amendment, 
391.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  392.  Agreed  to 
by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  420. 
(Cited  as 
Mental  Deficiency  and  Lunacy  (Amendment)  Act,  1919) 
Royal  Assent,  429. 

nominated  Member  of  a Select  Committee, 

M E N T AL   D E F I C I E N CY  

A ND  

L U N A CY  

(Amendment) 

30. 

mittees,  81,  &c. 

appointed  as  Chairmen  of  Standing  Com-

Twelve  Members  to  be  the  Chairmen's 

Panel,  43. 

appointed under  the  Parliament  Act,  1911, 
with  whom  Mr-  Speaker  shall  consult  with  regard  to  a 
Money  Bill,  64. 

Five  Members  appointed  to  join  with  the 

Lords  on  a  Joint  Committee  and  nominated,  107. 

appointed  by  Mr.  Speaker  to  execute  the 
Speaker's  powers  as regards  the  issue  of  Writs  for  the 
Election  of  Members,  22. 

Imprisonment  of,  16, 59,  61,  115,  170,  183, 

209,  320,  325,  339,  361. 

directed 

to  discontinue  Speech 

(Irrele-

vance),  240. 

duct),  356. 

ordered  to  Withdraw 

(Disorderly  Con-

N EW   M E M B E RS   SWORN.  BITE-ELECTIONS 

:— 

Rear-Admiral Sir William Reginald Hall, for Liverpool 

(West  Derby  Division),  66. 

Alfred  Ernest  Newbould,  Esquire,  for  the  Borough  of 

Leyton  (West  Division),  72. 

Hugh  Thorn  Barrie,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of  Lon-

donderry  (North  Derry  Division),  77. 

Charles  William  Chadvvick  Oman,  Esquire,  for  the 

University  of  Oxford,  87. 

Lieutenant-Commander Joseph  Montague  Kenworthy, 
for  the  Borough  of  Kingston-upon-Hull  (Central 
Division),  109. 

Major  Murdoch  McKenzie  Wood,  for  Aberdeen  and 

Kincardine  Counties  (Central  Division),  127. 

David  Matthews,  Esquire, for the Borough  of  Swansea 

(East  Division),  256. 

William  Morgan  Jellett,  Esquire,  for  the  University 

of  Dublin,  267. 

John  Robertson,  Esquire,  for  the  County  of  Lanark 

(Bothwell  Division),  282. 

[Money].  Vide  C O M M I T T E E S,   I. 

M E R C H A NT   S H I P P I NG   (Wireless  Telegraphy) 

[Lords]  J 
Bill  brought  from the  Lords,  174.  Read  the  first  time, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  183.  Second 
Reading  deferred,  188.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and 
committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  207.  D.   208. 
Reported,  with  Amendments,  253.  Consideration  de-
ferred,  257.  As  amended,  considered  ;  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  264.  Agreed 
to  by  the  Lords, without  Amendment,  282. 
(Cited  as 
Merchant  Shipping  (Wireless  Telegraphy)  Act,  1919) 
Royal  Assent,  315. 

M E R S EY   D O C KS   A ND   H A R B O UR   B O A RD   ;  Bill  presented, 
and  read  the  first  time,  27.  Day  appointed  for  second 
Reading, 32.  Bill  read a second time,  and  committed, 36. 
Committed  to  the  Joint  Committee  on  Docks  and 
Harbour  Bills,  36.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  112. 
As  amended,  considered,  124.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  133.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amend-
ment,  166. 
(Cited  as  Mersey  Docks  and Harbour  Board 
Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  167. 

M E S S A G E S: 

from  the  Lords  Commissioners,  by  the 
— 
Yeoman  Usher,  signifying  His  Majesty's  approbation 
of  Mr.  Speaker-elect,  5. 

from  the  Lords  Commissioners,  by  the 
Gentleman  Usher, at  the opening  of  a new Parliament,  3. 

Gentleman  Usher,  Royal  Assent  to  Bills,  88, 

from  the  Lords  Commissioners,  by  the 

: 

167,  175,  244,  315,  320,  364.  At   the  close  of 
Session,  428. 

by  the  Yeoman  Usher,  46,  48,  94,  115, 
the 

FROM,  a nd   C O M M I T T E E S,   I I. 

Vide  K I N G,   L O R D S'   M E S S A G E S,   TO  A ND 

M E T R O P O L I T AN   P O L I CE   ;  Sessional  Order,  16. 

VOL. 174. 

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[1919. 

M I D D L E S B R O U GH   C O R P O R A T I ON  [Lords];  Chairman  of 
Ways  and  Means reports,  That  the  Bill  should  originate 
in  the  Lords,  23.  Examiners'  Report  Standing  Orders 
certified  complied  with,  23.  Examiners'  Report  on 
Petition  for  additional  Provision  ;  Standing  Orders  not 
complied  with;  referred  to  the  Select  Committee  on 
Standing  Orders,  80,  Report  Standing  Orders  ought  to 
be  dispensed  with,  151.  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords  ; 
read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners, 
190.  Report  Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired 
into  complied  with,  197.  Bill  read  a  second  time, and 
committed, 209.  Reported, with Amendments ;  Petition 
for  additional  Provision  inserted,  251.  As  amended, 
considered;  Amendments  made,  272.  King's  Consent 
signified;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with 
Amendments,  284.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  300. 
(Cited  as  Middlesbrough  Corporation  Act,  1919)  Royal 
Assent,  316. 

M I L F O RD   D O C K S;   Bill  presented,  and  read  the  first 
time,  27.  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  32.  Bill 
read  a  second  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  36. 
Report  Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into 
complied  with;  Bill  committed,  63.  Reported,  with 
Amendments,  134. 
As  amended,  considered,  146. 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  149.  Agreed  to  by 
the  Lords, with  Amendments, 292.  Lords'  Amendments 
(Cited  as  Milford  Docks  Act,  1919) 
agreed  to,  295. 
Royal  Assent,  316. 

M I L I T A RY   K N I G H TS   OF  W I N D S OR   [Lords]  ;  Bill  brought 
from  the  Lords;  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time,  414.  Read  a  second  time  ; 
committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  418. 
Considered  in  Committee,  and  reported  without  Amend-
ment ;  King's  Consent  signified;  Bill  read  the  third 
(Cited  as 
time  and  passed,  without  Amendment, 421. 
Military  Knights  of  Windsor Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 
429. 

M I N I M UM   R A T ES   OF  W A G ES   COMMISSION  ;  Bill  pre-
sented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  318. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  327,411.  Order  for  Second 
Reading  discharged;  Bill  withdrawn,  427. 

M I N I S T R I ES   AND  S E C R E T A R I ES  ;  Bill  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read a second  time, 273.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  281.  Motion  for  Second  Reading,  Amendment 
proposed  to  leave  out  words  and  add  others,  and  not 
made  ;  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee,  283.  A,   287  (not  proceeded  with). 

considered 

M I N I S T RY   OF  H E A L TH   ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to 
be  read a second  time, 29.  Second  Reading  deferred, 31. 
Bill  read  a  second  time, and  committed  to  a  Standing 
Committee  ;  Instruction  to  the  Committee,  46.  A,   49. 
Bill  reported,  with  Amendments  and  an amended  Title, 
86.  Order  for  consideration,  as  amended,  read;  Bill 
recommitted 
to  Clause 
in  respect  of  Amendments 
10  ; 
in  Committee,  and  ' reported  ;  as 
amended  in  the  Standing  Committee,  and  on  recom-
mittal  considered;  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  103. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  155.  Day 
appointed  for  considering  them,  155.  Lords'  Amend-
ments  considered  ;  several  agreed  to, several  disagreed 
t o;   Committee  appointed  to  draw  up  Reasons,  158. 
Reasons  reported,  and  agreed  to,  159.  Lords  insist on 
their  Amendments,  and  assign  Reasons,  167. 
Day 
appointed  for  considering  them,  Lords'  Reasons  con-
sidered  ;  This  House  doth  not insist  on  its  disagreement 
(Cited  as  Ministry 
to  the  Lords'  Amendments,  172. 
of  Health Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  175. 

M I N I S T RY   OF  H E A L T H.   Vide  R E S O L U T I O N S. 

M I N I S T RY   OF  H E A L TH   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D ER   (Housing); 
Bill  presented;  Standing  Order  193A  suspended  and 
Bill  read  the  first  time, and  referred  to  the  Examiners, 
379.  Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable  thereto  com-
plied  with,  388.  Read  a  second  time,  and  committed, 
392. 

Ordered, That  any  further  proceedings  on  the  Bill  be 
suspended  in  order  that  the  same  Bill  may  be  proceeded 
with  in  the  next  Session. 

Ordered,  That,  with  regard  to  the  said  Bill,  the  Order 
of  Presentation  in  the present  Session  shall  be  read, and 
thereupon  the  Bill  shall  be  read  the  first  time  and  a 
second  time  pro  forma  and  committed. 

Ordered,  That  no  Petitioners  shall  be  heard  before 
the  Committee  on  the  said  Bill,  unless  their  Petition 
shall  have  been  presented  within  the  time  limited  in  the 
present  Session. 

Ordered, That  this  Order  be  a  Standing  Order  of  the 

House. 

, 

Ordered,  That  a  message  be  sent  to  the  Lords  to 

acquaint  them  therewith,  415. 

M I N I S T RY   OF  H E A L TH   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E RS   (No.  1)   ; 
Bill  presented;  Standing  Order  1 93A  suspended  ;  Bill 
read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners, 
353.  Report  from  Examiners,  no  Standing  Orders 
applicable,  364.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  commit-
ted,  367.  Reported,  without  Amendment;  Provisional 
Orders  confirmed,  382.  Bill  read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  386.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, without  Amend-
( Cited  as  Ministry  of  Health  Provisional 
ment,  420. 
<  Orders  Confirmation (No.  1)  Act,  1919),  Royal  Assent, 
429. 

M I N I S T RY   OF  H E A L TH   (Salaries  and  Expenses).  Vide 

C O M M I T T E E S,   I. 

M I N I S T RY   OF  T R A N S P O R T.  Vide  M I N I S T RY   OF  W A YS 

AND  COMMUNICATIONS. 

M I N I S T RY   OF  W A YS   AND  COMMUNICATIONS  ;  Motion 
for  leave  to  bring  in  a  Bill;  Question  put  pursuant  to 
Standing  Older  No.  11  and agreed  to;  Bill  ordered,  45. 
Presented  accordingly  and  read  the  first  time,  46. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  49.  Motion,  That  the  Bill 
be  now  read  a  second  time;  Amendment  proposed 
" S ix   months";  Debate  adjourned,  72.  Resumed; 
Amendment  not made;  Bill read  a second  time ;  Motion, 
That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a Committee  of  the  whole 
House,  negatived;  Bill  committed  to  Standing  Com-
mittee,  74,  B,  76.  Bill,  so  far  as  amended  in  the 
Standing  Committee, to  be  printed,  134.  Reported  with 
Amendments,  164.  Consideration  as  amended  deferred, 
168.  Order for consideration, as amended, read ;  Motion, 
That  the  Bill  be  re-committed  to  a  Committee  of  the 
whole  House  ;  Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order  No.  40A, and  negatived;  Bill,  as  amended,  con-
As  amended, 
sidered.  Consideration  adjourned,  198. 
further considered ;  further consideration  adjourned, 202, 
209.  As  amended,  further  considered,  215.  Motion 
for  Third  Reading  ;  Amendment  proposed, 
"three 
months,"  and  not  made ;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and 
(Changed  to  Ministry  of  Transport  Bill); 
passed,  222. 
Bill  agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  300. 
Day  appointed 
them,  300.  Lords' 
Amendments  considered,  several  agreed  to,  two  with 
special  entry,  and  others  disagreed  t o;   an  Amendment 
made  to  the  Bill  in  lieu  of.a  Lords'  Amendment  dis-
agreed  t o;  
two  Lords'  Amendments  amended  and 
agreed  t o;   Committee  appointed  to  draw  up  Reason 
for  disagreeing  to  one  of  the  Lords'  Amendments, 

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307.  Beason  reported;  to  be  communicated  to  the 
Lords,  309.  Lords  do  not  insist  upon  an  Amendment 
to  which  the  Commons  disagree,  agree  with  certain 
Amendments  made  by  the  Commons  to  certain  of  their 
Amendments,  disagree  with  another  of  the  Amendments 
made  by  the  Commons  to  one  of  their  Amendments, 
for  which  they  assign  a  Beason,  and  agree  with  another 
Amendment  made  by  the  Commons  to  one  of  their 
Amendments  with  an  Amendment  thereto,  310.  Lords' 
Reason  and  Amendment  made  by  the  Lords  to  the 
Amendments  made  by  the  Commons  to  the  Amendments 
made by  the Lords to  the Bill, considered  ;  Lords'  Reason 
for disagreeing to the  Amendment  made  by  the  Commons 
to new Clause B, inserted  by the Lords  ;  read;  Commons 
insist  on  the  said  Amendment:  the  said  Amendment 
amended;  Amendment  made  by  the  Lords  to  Commons 
Amendments  to  Lords'Amendments  by  the  insertion  of 
of  a new  Clause,  agreed  to ;  message  to the  Lords,  312. 
Lords  agree  to  the  Amendment  made  by  the  Commons 
to  the  Amendment  made  by  the  Commons  to  the  Lords' 
Amendment  to  which  the  Lords  disagreed  but  propose 
Amendments  thereunto;  the  said  Amendments  agreed 
to,  315. 
(Cited  us  Ministry  of  Transport  Act,  1919) 
Royal  Assent,  315. 

M I N I S T RY   OF  W A YS   AND  C O M M U N I C A T I O NS 

[Money]. 

Vide  C O M M I T T E E S,   I. 

M O N E Y L E N D E RS   A C TS  

( 1 9 00   A ND   1 9 1 1)   A M E N D M E N T; 
Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time, 
1 0 9. 

M O T I O NS   : 

I.   A D J O U R N ED   and  not proceeded  with  :— 

Board  of  Agriculture  ;  That,  in  view  of 
the present  serious  position,  it  is desirable  that  a  Royal 
Commission  be  forthwith  appointed  to  inquire  into  the 
economic  position  of  the  agricultural  industry,  and  to 
ascertain  what  measures  are  necessary  to  encourage 
agriculture  and  to  enable  it  permanently  to  pay a  reason-
able  wage  to  the  people  employed,  and  that  in  the 
constitution  of  such  commission  representation  be  given 
to  all  interests  concerned,  122. 

Foreign,  Diplomatic,  and  Consular  Ser-
vices ;  That,  in  view  of  the  time  that  has  elapsed  and 
the  changes  that  have  taken-place  since  the  Report  of 
the Royal  Commission on the Civil  Service with  reference 
to  the  Foreign,  Diplomatic,  and  Consular  Services,  a 
Committee  should  at  once  be  set  up  for  carrying  into 
effect  such  of  their  recommendations  as are  still  practic-
able,  and for  introducing  a single  graded  Foreign  Service 
recruited  by  open  competition  in  the  examinations  of  the 
Civil  Service  Commission,  supervised  for  the  purpose  of 
promotion  by  representative  Boards,  and  paid  at  such 
rates  as  to  disqualify  no  candidate  on  the  ground  of 
inadequate  financial  means,  153. 

Imperial  Preference;  That, in the opinion 
of  this  House,  the  delay  on  the  part  of  the  Government 
to  declare its  policy  for  the  protection  of  key  industries, 
for  the  prevention  of  dumping,  and  for  imperial  prefer-
ence,  is  prejudicial  to  the  reconstruction  of  trade  and 
industry,  to  the  production  of  revenue,  and  to  the 
employment  of  labour,  82. 

— 

—:  

Ireland  ;  That  this  House  views  with 
regret  and  concern  the  present  conditions  prevailing  in 
Ireland, which  tend  further  to  alienate  the people  of  that 
country  from  the  people of  Great  Britain,  and  subject  to 
international  suspicion  our  earnest efforts to  promote  and 
safeguard  the freedom  of  other  small  nations,  144. 

Pensions 

for  Mothers;  That, 

in  the 
opinion  of  this  House,  pensions  adequate  for  a  healthy 
and useful life  should  he paid  to all  widows with  children 
or  mothers  whose  family  breadwinner  has  become  incapa-
citated,  such  pensions  to  be  provided  by  the  State  and 
administered  by  a  committee  of  the  municipal  or  county 
council  wholly  unconnected  with  the  Poor  Law,  101. 

Railway  Fares;  That,  in  the  opinion  of 
this House,  present conditions  no longer justify  the  reten-
tion of  the  increase of  fifty  per  cent,  in passenger  railway 
fares  imposed  during  the  war,  and  these  fares  ought  to 
be  restored  to  the  pre-war  rate  without  delay  ;  further, 
that,  in  order  to meet  the needs of the  general  public, the 
present  inadequate  train  services should  be  increased  and 
provision  made  for the  running  of  cheap  trains  on  a  scale 
at  least  equal  to  the  pre-war  standard,  132. 

I I.   W I T H D R A W N. 

Pensions, &c.;  That,  in  the opinion of  this 
House,  the  pensions  and  gratuities  now  awarded  to  men 
who  have  served  in  His  Majesty's  forces, or  their  depen-
dants,  and  the  allowances  granted  to  the  wives  and 
dependants  of  men  serving  in  the  forces  are  inadequate 
in  view  of  the  services  rendered  by  these  men  and  the 
present  cost  of  living,  and ought  to  be  increased  ;  and 
the  present  regulations  governing  the  payment  of  Pen-
sions,  gratuities,  and  allowances  ought  to  be  amended, 
114. 

7  War  Emergency  Laws 

(Continuance) 
Bill;  That  further  proceedings  on  the  War  Emergency 
Laws  (Continuance)  Bill  be  suspended  till  the  next 
Session  of  Parliament; 

That  on  any  day  in  that  Session  a  Motion  may  be 
made,  after  notice  by  a  Minister  of  the  Crown, to  be 
decided  without  Amendment or  Debate, that  proceedings 
on  that  Bill  may  be  resumed; 

If  that  Motion  is  decided  in  the  Affirmative,  Mr. 
Speaker  shall  proceed to call  upon the  Minister  in charge 
to  present  the  Bill  in  the  form  in  which  it  stood  when 
the  proceedings  thereon  were  suspended,  and  the  Bill 
shall  be  ordered  to  be  printed  and  shall  be  deemed  to 
have  been  read  a  second  time  and  to  have  been  con-
sidered  in a  Standing Committee  and  shall  be ordered  for 
Consideration,  as amended,  428. 

I I I . — N E G A T I V E D. 

Coal  Industry;  That,  in  the  opinion  of 
this  House,  a  Select  Committee  should  be  appointed  to 
inquire  into  the  administration  and  functions  of  the 
Department  of  the  Coal  Controller  and  the  position  of 
the  Coal  Industry  with  regard  to  selling  prices,  profits, 
cost  of  production,  and  output  in  relation  thereto,  380. 

Premium  Bonds ;  That,  in  the  opinion  of 
this  House,  the  time  has arrived  when  the  Government 
should  make  an issue of  Investment  and  Premium  Bonds, 
tax  free, and  redeemable  at  a  fixed  period with  compound 
interest,  a certain  number  of  such  bonds  being  drawn  at 
intervals  and  paid  off  with  a premium  or  prize  attached, 
the  details of  each  issue  to  be  settled  by  the  Treasury, 
381. 

Secret  Party  Funds ;  That  this  House  is 
of  opinion  that  the  system  of  secrecy  in  connection  with 
the  sources  of  funds  for  party  purposes  has debased  our 
political  system  and  is  inimical  to the  best interests of  the 
Country,  and  calls  upon  the  Government  to  introduce  a 
Bill  to  make  the  publication  of  the  particulars  of  such 
funds compulsory;  and further  is of  opinion  that  recom-
mendations  for  the  bestowal  of  honours  in  recognition  of 
'  subscriptions  to  such funds  should  be  discontinued,  165. 

M U N I C I P AL   C O R P O R A T I O NS  (Qualification of  Clergymen) 

[Lords']  ;  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords,  396. 

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N A T I O N AL   A S S E M B LY  of  the  C H U R CH   of  E N G L A ND 
(Powers) 
;  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords,  242. 
Read  the  first  time,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  247.  Second  Reading  deferred,  263,  312.  Order 
for  Second  Reading  read,  Amendment  proposed  to  leave 
out  words  and  add  others,  negatived;  Bill  read  a  second 
time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  after 
Motion  to  commit  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House, 
negatived, 348.  E.  352.  Bill  reported,  376.  Considera-
tion  deferred,  379,  381.  Bill,  as  amended,  considered; 
Amendments  made  ;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
with  Amendments, 392.  To  which  the  Lords agree, 412-
(Cited  as  Church  of  England,  Assembly  (Powers)  Act, 
1919) Royal  Assent,  428! 

N A T I O N AL   E X P E N D I T U R E.   Vide  COMMITTEES,  V. 

N A T I O N AL   H E A L TH  

INSURANCE  ;  Bill  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a second  time, 191.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  204.  Motion  for  Second  Reading;  Amend-
ment  proposed  to  leave  out  words, and  add  others,  with-
drawn ;  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee,  206.  D.  208.  Reported,  without 
Amendment,  232.  Not  amended,  considered  ;  read  the 
Agreed  to  by  Lords, 
third  time  and  passed,  245. 
(Cited  as  National  Health 
without  Amendment,  282. 
Insurance  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  315. 

N A T I O N AL   H E A L TH   INSURANCE  [Money.]  Vide  C O M-

MITTEES,  I. 

N A T I O N AL   T R U ST   C H A R I T Y;   Bill  presented, and  ordered 
to be read  a second time, 236.  Second Reading  deferred, 
241.  Bill  read  a  second  time;  House 
immediately 
resolves  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill;  Bill 
considered  in  Committee  and  reported,  without  Amend-
ment ;  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  258.  Agreed  to 
by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  297. 
(Cited  as 
National  Trust  Charity  Scheme  Confirmation  Act,  1919) 
Royal  Assent,  316. 

N A V A L,   M I L I T A RY   and  A IR   F O R CE   S E R V I CE   ;  Bill 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  47. 
Second  Reading  deferred, 50.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be 
now  read  a  second  time ;  Amendment  proposed  to  leave 
out  words,  and  add  others,  and  not  made  ;  Bill  read  a 
second  time;  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House,  negatived  ;  Bill  com-
mitted  to  a  Standing  Committee, 58.  D. 60.  Reported, 
with  an  Amendment,  77.  As  amended,  considered; 
further  consideration  adjourned,  81.  Bill,  as  amended, 
further  considered,  84.  Motion,  That  the  Bill  be  now 
read  the  third  time  ;  Amendment  proposed  to  leave  out 
words  and  add  others  and  not  made;  Bill  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  89.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with 
Amendments,  109.  Lords'  Amendments  disagreed  t o; 
Committee  appointed  to  draw  up  Reasons,  &c.,  110. 
Reasons  reported,  111.  Lords  do  not  insist  on  their 
(Cited  as  Naval,  Military,  and  Air 
Amendments,  115. 
Force  Service  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  115. 

N A V A L,   M I L I T A RY   and A IR   F O R C ES  (Grants  to  Officers)  ; 
Message  from  His  Majesty  delivered  by  the  Prime 
Minister  at  the  Bar,  and  referred  to  the  Committee  of 
Supply,  282. 

N A VY   AND  A R MY   E X P E N D I T U R E,   1 9 1 7 - 1 8.  

Vide  C O M-

M I T T E E S,   I. 

N E M I NE   C O N T R A D I C E N TE   ;  Resolutions  so  agreed  to, 

2 8 5,   2 8 6. 

- N E W A RK   G AS  

[ I W A]   ;  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means 
reports,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  Lords,  23. 
Examiners  Report,  Standing  Orders  certified  complied 
with,  23.  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords,  166.  Read  the 
first time, and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  167.  Report 
Standing  Orders  applicable  thereto  complied  with,  173. 
Bill  read  a second  time, and  committed,  181.  Reported, 
with  Amendments,  235.  As  amended,  considered,  253. 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  an  Amendment, 
(Cited  as  Newark 
263.  To  which  the  Lords  agree, 282. 
Gas  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  316. 

N E W C A S T L E - U P O N - T Y NE   C O R P O R A T I ON  (Rates) 

[I^ords]; 
Examiners  Report  on  Petition  for  Bili,  Standing  Orders 
not  complied  with,  referred  to  the  Select  Committee  on 
Standing  Orders,  118.  Report,  Standing  Orders  ought 
to  be  dispensed  with, 157.  Bill  brought  from the  Lords, 
242.  Read  the first time, and referred  to the Examiners, 
243.  Report.  Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired 
into  complied  with,  255.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and 
committed,  Standing  Order  211  suspended,  and  leave 
given  to  Committee  on  unopposed  Bills,  to  consider  the 
Bill  on  day  named,  275.  Bill  reported,  with  Amend-
ments,  288.  As  amended,  considered,  Standing  Orders 
223  and  243  suspended;  Bill  read  the  third , time  and 
passed  with  Amendments,  302.  To  which  the  Lords 
agree,  315. 
(Cited  as Newcastle-upon-Tyne  Corporation 
(Rates)  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  316. 

N E W P O RT   H A R B O UR   COMMISSIONERS  ;  Bill  presented, 
and  read  the  first  time,  27.  Day  appointed  for  Second 
Reading, 32.  Bill  read  a  sec ond time, and committed,  36. 
Committed  to the  Joint  Committee on Dock  and Harbour 
Bills, 36.  Reported, with Amendments, and an Amended 
Title,  108.  As  amended,  considered,  125.  Read  th? 
third  time  and  passed,  133.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
without  Amendment,  166. 
(Cited  as  Newport  Harhour 
Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  167. 

into 

N O R T H A M P T ON   G A S;   Bill  presented,  and  read  the  first 
time,  27.  Read  a  second  time,  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners, 32.  Report,  Standing  Orders  not  previously 
inquirqjl 
committed,  43. 
complied  with,  Bill 
Reported,  with  Amendments,  102.  As  amended,  con-
sidered,  114.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  118. 
Agreed  to  by the  Lords, with  Amendments,  174.  Lords 
Amendments  agreed  to,  180. 
(Cited  as  Northampton 
Gas  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  244. 

N O R TH  

- B R I T I SH   R A I L W AY   O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I ON 
[I,ords]  ;  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords  and  ordered, 
under  Section  7  of  the  Private  Legislation  Procedure 
(Scotland)  Act,  1899, to  be  considered,  96.  Considered, 
97.  Read  the  third  time  ana  passed,  without  Amend-
(Cited  as  North  British  Railway  Order 
ment,  98, 
Confirmation Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  115. 

N U N E A T ON   C O R P O R A T I ON  [Lords]  ;  Chairman  of  Ways 
and  Means  reports,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the 
Lords,  23.  Examiners  Report, Standing Orders certified 
complied  with,  23.  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords,  174. 
Read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  175. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into 
complied  with,  186.  Bill  read  a second  time,  and  com-
mitted,  194.  Reported  from the  Local  Legislation  Com-
mittee, with  Amendments, 232.  As amended,  considered, 
255.  Read  the third  time and passed, with  Amendments, 
266.  To  which the Lords  agree, 285.  ( Cited as Nuneaton 
Corporation Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  316. 

N U R S ES   R E G I S T R A T I ON  ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time,  74.  Read  a  second  time,  and 
committed  to  a  Slanding  Committee,  88.  E.  91.  Bill 
reported,  with  Amendments,  109.  Consideration,  as 
amended,  deferred,  137.  Bill,  as  amended,  considered ; 
further  consideration  adjourned,  194.  As  amended, 
further considered;  further  consideration  adjourned, 208. 
Further  adjourned,  316. 

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( N O.  2 ;;   Bill  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read a second  time, 346.  Second  Reading 
deferred, 351, 360.  Bill  read  a  second  time, and  com-
mitted  to  a  Standing  Committee,  361.  B.  364.  Re-
ported,  with  Amendments 
(Title  amended),  382. 
Consideration  deferred,  388,  393.  Bill,  as  amended, 
considered;  read  the 
time  and  passed,  394. 
third 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments ;  day  ap-
pointed  for considering  them, 420.  Lords'  Amendments 
(Cited as Nurses  Registration  Art,  1919) 
agreed to, 423. 
Royal  Assent, 429. 

N U R S ES   R E G I S T R A T I ON  (Ireland)  ;  Bill  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be read  a second time, 376.  Second  Reading 
deferred, 379, 393.  Bill  read  a second  lime ;  committed 
to  a  Committee of  the whole  House,  395.  Considered in 
Committee,  and reported  without  Amendment;  read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  398.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
with  Amendments;  day  appointed  for  considering  them, 
420.  Lords' Amendments  agreed to, and an  Amendment 
made  to  the Bill, 424.  To  which the  Lords  agree, 427. 
(Cited  as  Nurses Registration  (Ireland)  Act, 1919)  Boyal 
Assent,  429. 

N U R S ES   R E G I S T R A T I ON  (Scotland) ;  Bill  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be read a second  time, 389.  Second  Reading 
deferred, 396.  Bill read a second time, House immediately 
resolves  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill,  Bill 
considered  in  Committee,  and  reported,  without  Amend-
ment;  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  398.  Agreed 
to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments;  day  appointed  for 
considering'  them, 420.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to, 
424.  ( Cited as Nurses Registration  (Scotland)  Act, 1919) 
Royal  Assent,  429. 

O A T H.   Vide  M E M B E R S.  

S P E A K E R. 

O V E R S E AS   T R A DE   (Insurance  against  Abnormal  Risks)"", 
Bill presented, and ordered to  be read a second  time,  187. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  192,  411.  Order  for  Second 
Reading  discharged  ;  Bill  withdrawn, 427. 

O U T L A W R I ES   ;  Bill  read the first time,  16. 

O X F O RD   U N I V E R S I TY   W R I T.   Vide  E L E C T I O N S. 

P A L L I N 'S   D I V O R CE   [Lords];  Bill  brought  from  the 
Lords,  222.  Read  the first time  and ordered  to be read 
a  second  time, 222.  Read a secoud time  and committed, 
228.  Message  to  Lords  requesting  copies  of  Minutes  of 
Evidence, &c., 234.  Message front  Lords communicating 
the same, 239.  Bill  reported  from the  Select  Committee 
on  Divorce  Bills, without Amendment,  247.  Minutes  of 
Evidence,  &c,  to  be  returned  to  the  Lords,  248.  Bill 
read the third time and passed, without Amendment,  255. 
(Cited  as  Pallin's  Divorce  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 
268. 

, 

P A R L I A M E N T: 

liament, and declaring  the calling  of  another, 2.  ' 

Proclamation  for  dissolving  Par-

j-  for  proroguing  Parliament  before 

its meeting,  2. 

— 

sion, 3. 

Meets,  3.  Opened  by  Commis-

missioners  for opening and holding  Parliament,  3. 

Letters  Patent  appointing  Com-

Session  opened  by  the  King  in 

person, 5. 

Commission,  430. 

Prorogued  at  end  of  Session  by 

O ' D O N N E L L,   Captain  the  Rev.  T.   J.   Vide  H O U SE   ; 

MOTIONS  FOR  A D J O U R N M E NT   o f. 

P A R L I A M E NT   A C T,   1911  ;  Bills  endorsed  by Mr.  Speaker 
as  Money  Bills  within  the  meaning  of  the  Act,  Vide 
S P E A K ER   a nd   B I L L S,   P U B L I C, 

O F F I C I AL  

S O L I C I T OR 

Bill  brought 

[Lords]; 
from 
the Lords,  166.  Read  the  first  time  and  ordered  to be 
read  a second  time,  202.  Second  Reading  deferred, 212. 
Bill  read  a  second  time ;  House  immediately  resolves 
itself  into the  Committee  on the  Bill;  Bill  considered  in 
Committee  and reported  ;  as  amended, considered ;  read 
the third  time  and  passed, with  Amendments, 222.  To 
which  the  Lords  agree,  232. 
(Cited  as  Official  Solicitor 
Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 244. 

O LD   A GE   P E N S I O N S;  Bill  ordered  upon  Resolution,  re-
ported  from a Committee of  the  whole  House,  presented, 
read  the  first  and  second  time;  House  immediately 
resolves  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill;  Bill 
considered  in  Committee,  and  reported  without  Amend-
ment  ;  read  the  third  time and  passed, 422.  Agreed  to 
( Cited as  Old 
by  the  Lords, without A mendment, 427. 
Age  Pensions Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 429. 

O LD   A GE   P E N S I O NS  [Money].  Vide  C O M M I T T E E S,  I. 

O R D E R S: 

Vide  H O U S E,   BUSINESS  OF. 

O R D E RS   D I S C H A R G E D. 

For  referring  Bill to  Examiners,  43. 

So  much  of  a  Besolution  referring  Bills  to 

a Joint  Committee, as refers to  a certain  Bill, 42. 

P A R L I A M E N T A RY   E L E C T I O NS  (Soldiers);  Bill  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  84.  Order  for 
Second  Reading  read ;  House  counted  out,  92.  Second 
Reading  ordered  after  Committee  on  another  Bill,  93. 
Bill  read  a  second  time;  House  immediately  resolves 
itself  into  the  Committee  on  the Bill  ;  Bill  considered  in 
Committee  and reported, without Amendment;  read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  94.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
(Cited  as  Parliamentary 
without  Amendment,  109. 
Elections (Soldiers)  Act,  1919;  Royal  Assent,  115. 

P A R L I A M E N T A RY   P A N E L;   Members  selected  to  act  as 
Commissioners  under the  Private  Legislation  Procedure 
(Scotland)  Act,  1899, 47.  Vide  also  C O M M I T T E E S,  V. 

P A T E N TS   A ND   DESIGNS  ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time, 229.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
234.  Motion  for  Second  Reading;  Amendment  pro-
posed,  "  Three  Months,"  and  not  made;  Bill  read  a 
second  time and committed  to a Standing Committee, 256. 
D,  263.  Transferred 
to  C,  272.  Reported,  with 
Amendments,  285.  Consideration  deferred,  290.  Bill, 
as  amended,  considered,  Amendments  made;  King's 
Consent  signified ;  Bill  read  the third  time  and passed, 
293.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments, and 
day  appointed  for  their  consideration,  412.  Lords' 
Amendments  considered, several  agreed  to ;  one  divided, 
amended  and agreed to,  418.  The  Lords  agree  to  the 
Amendments  to  their  Amendment,  420. 
(Cited  as 
Patents  and Designs Act,  1919) Boyal  Assent, 428. 

VOL.  174. 

Sess.  1919. 

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P E A CE   C O N F E R E N C E.  Vide  H O U S E;   M O T I O NS   FOR 

A D J O U R N M E NT   OF. 

P E A CE   C O N F E R E N CE  (British  Policy).  Vide  A D D R E S S ES 

(King's  Speech). 

P E E R A GE   (Surrender);  Motion  for  leave  to  bring  in  a 
Bill,  and  the  Motion  being  opposed,  Mr.  Speaker  puts 
Question  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  11,  and 
Question  negatived,  376. 

P E M B R O KE   G AS   [Lords]  ;  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means 
reports,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in the  Lords,  23. 
Examiners  Keport,  Standing  Orders  certified  complied 
with,  23.  Examiners  Report  on  Petition  for  Additional 
Provision,  Standing  Orders  not  complied  with,  referred 
to  the  Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders,  186. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with, 
202~.  Bill  brought  from the  Lords,  232.  Read  the first 
time  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  232.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into,  complied 
with,  242.  Bill read  a  second  time  and  committed,  255. 
Standing  Order  211  suspended,  and  Committee  on  Un-
opposed  Bills  given  leave  to proceed, 259.  Bill  reported, 
with  Amendments,  additional  provision  inserted,  267. 
As  amended, considered,  284.  Read the  third  time  and 
passed,  with  Amendments,  296.  To  which  the  Lords 
agree,  303. 
(Cited  as  Pembroke District  Gas  Act,  1919) 
Royal  Assent,  316. 

P E N S I O N S,   V .,   C O M M I T T E E S,   V .,   a nd   M O T I O N S,  

I I. 

P E N S I O N S,  &C.  Vide  A D D R E S S ES  

( K I N G 'S   S P E E C H ). 

PENSIONS  FOR  M O T H E R S.   Vide  M O T I O N S,   I. 

P E N S I O NS   F U N DS  (Cardiff)   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D ER   ;  Bill 
presented, read  the  first  time  and  referred  to  the  Exa-
miners,  111.  Report,  no  Standing  Orders  applicable, 
140.  Bill  read  a  second  time  and  committed,  142. 
Reported,  without  Amendment;  Provisional  Order  con-
firmed,  174.  Bill  read the  third  time  and  passed,  177. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  394. 
(Cited  as  Provisional  Order ( City  of  Cardiff)  Police  and 
Fire  Brigade  Pension  Funds)  Confirmation  Act,  1919) 
Royal  Assent,  429. 

P E T E R H E AD   H A R B O UR   O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I ON 

[Lords]; 
Bill  brought  from  the  Lords,  and  ordered  under  Sec-
tion  7 of  the  Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland) 
Act,  1899,  to  be  considered,  304.  Considered,  310. 
Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  vvithout  Amendment, 
314. 
(Cited  as  Peterhead  Harbour  Order Confirmation 
Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  321. 

P E T I T I O N S: 

— 

Public;  presented,  27,  &c. 

• 

for  Aid  (British  Museum);  King's 
Recommendation  signified;  referred to the Committee  of 
Supply,  30. 

• 

— 

—— 

for  leave  for  the  proper  Officer  to 

attend  the  High  Court  of  Justice,  79. 

for additional  provision, referred  to  the 

Examiners,  111. 

—: 

for  or against  a Private  Bill referred  to 

a  Joint  Committee,  referred  to the  Committee,  54. 

——  Petitioners  to be  heard,  &c.,  54.  And 

Vide  COMMITTEES,  V. 

P I ER   and  H A R B O UR   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D E R S;   Bill  pre-
sented,  and  read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners,  159.  Report,  No  Standing  Orders  appli-
cable,  173.  Bill  read a second  time, and committed,  177. 
Reported,  without  Amendment;  Provisional  Orders 
confirmed, 220.  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
225.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment, 
(Cited   as  Pier  and  Harbour  Orders  Confirmation 
282. 
Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  315. 

P L U M P T RE   H O S P I T AL   C H A R I T Y;   Bill  presented,  and 
ordered  to be  read  a second  time,  236.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  241.  Read  a  second 
time;  House  imme-
diately  resolves  into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill;  Bill 
considered  in  Committee,  and reported,  without  Amend-
ment  ;  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  258.  Agreed 
(Cited  as 
to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  279. 
Plumptre  Hospital  Charity  Scheme  Confirmation  Act, 
1919)  Royal  Assent,  316. 

P L Y M O U TH   B O R O U GH 

(Sutton  Division)  W R I T.   Vide 

E L E C T I O N S. 

P O L I CE   ;  Bill  presented, and  ordered  to  be  read a  second 
time,  215.  Second  Reading  deferred,  218.  Motion  for 
Second Reading  ;  Amendment  proposed," three months," 
and  not  made ;  Bill  read  a second  time, and  committed 
to  a  Standing  Committee, 238.  D. 246.  Reported,  with 
Amendments,  263.  As  amended,  considered;  a  clause 
added ;  Amendments  made ;  others  withdrawn  or  nega-
tived  ;  Bill  read  the  third time and  passed, 273.  Agreed 
to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments;  day appointed  for 
considering  them. 292.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to, 
299. 

( Cited as  Police Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  315. 

P O L I SH   R E P U B L I C.  Vide  S P E A K ER   and  H O U S E. 

P O O LE   C O R P O R A T I ON  [Lords]  ;  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means  reports,  That  the  Bili  should  originate  in  the 
Lords, 23.  Examiners' Report,  Standing Orders certified 
complied  with, 23.  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords,  167. 
Read  the first time, and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  167. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable  thereto  complied 
with,  173.  Bill  read  a  second  time  and  committed,  181. 
Reported, with Amendments,  from  the  Local  Legislation 
Committee,  247.  As  amended, considered, 259.  King's 
Consent  signified;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
with  Amendments,  272.  To  which  the  Lords agree, 285. 
(Cited  us  Poole  Corporation  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 
316. 

P R E M I UM   BONDS.  Vide  M O T I O N S,  I I I. 

P R E V E N T I ON   OF  A N T H R A X;   Bill  presented, and  ordered 
to  be°read a second  time, 109.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
124.  Bill  read  a  second  time ;  committed  to  a  Com-
mittee  of  the  whole  House,  124.  Committee  deferred, 
132.  Bill  considered  in  Committee,  and reported,  with-
out  Amendment;  read  the  third  time and  passed,  163. 
Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment, 209.  (Cited 
as  Anthrax  Prevention  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  244. 

P R E V E N T I ON   OF  A N T H R AX  

[Expenses]. 

Vide  C O M-

M I T T E E S,   I. 

P R E V E N T I ON   OF  U N E M P L O Y M E NT  ;  Bill  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  74.  Motion  for 
Second  Reading  negatived,  78. 

! 

P R I M A RY   E D U C A T I ON 

(Belfast)  -,  Bill  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  74.  Motion  for 

•  Second  Reading,  Debate  adjourned,  137. 

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P R I ME   M I N I S T ER   ;  at the  Bar,  presents  a  Message  from 
His  Majesty  relative  to  Grants  of  Public  Money  to 
Officers of  the  Naval,  Military,  and  Air  Forces,  282. 

P R I N CE   OF  W A L ES   ;  His  Consent,  as Duke  of  Cornwall, 

to  a  Public  Bill,  245. 

P R I V A TE   L E G I S L A T I ON  

(Ireland);   Bill 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  157, 
Second  Reading  deferred,  172,411.  Order  for  Second 
Beading  discharged  ;  Bill  withdrawn,  427. 

P R O C E D U RE 

P R O F I T E E R I NG   (Continuance);  Bill  presented, and  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time,  413.  Read  a  second  time; 
committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  418. 
Considered  in  Committee,  and  reported,  without  Amend-
ment ;  read  the third  time  and  passed  421.  Agreed  to 
by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  427. 
(Cited  as 
Profiteering  (Continuance') Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 429. 

P R O F I T E E R I NG   E X P E N S E S.   Vide  C O M M I T T E E S,   I. 

P U B L IC   A C C O U N T S.  Vide  C O M M I T T E E S,  V. 

P U B L I C A T I O NS  and  D E B A T ES   R E P O R T S.  Vide  C O M M I T-

P R I V A TE   L E G I S L A T I ON   P R O C E D U RE 

(Scotland)  A C T, 

TEES,  V. 

1 8 9 9: 

Report  by  the  Chairman  of  Committees 
[Lords]  ;  and  the  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means 
(Commons)  under  the  Act,  that  certain  Provisional 
Orders,  be allowed  to  proceed,  49. 

Parliamentary  Panel  selected,  47. 
Bills  to  confirm  Provisional  Orders  under 
the Act.;  presented  and  ordered,  under  Section  7,  to  be 
considered,  281,  &c. 

Ditto, brought  from  the  Lords,  and  ordered, 

under  Section  7,  to  be  considered,  304,  8zc. 

—  Bills  to  confirm  Provisional  Orders  under 
the  A c t;   presented,  read  the  first  time,  and  ordered, 
under  Section  9,  to be  read a second  time,  260  &c. 

Ditto,  brought  from  the  Lords  ;  read  the first 
time,  and  ordered,  under  Section  9, to  be  read  a second 
time,  304,  &c. 

P R I V I L E G E S.   Vide  C O M M I T T E E S,  V. 

PROCEEDINGS  OF  T HE   H O U S E: 

P O S T P O N ED   at   a  Q U A R T ER   P A ST   E I G H T. 

pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  4, 

132,  165. 

394. 

pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  8, 

Leave  having  been  given  to  move  the  A D J O U R N-
MENT  of  the  H O U SE  under  S T A N D I NG   O R D E R,   NO.  10, 
104,  185,  233. 

I N T E R R U P T ED   by  M E S S A GE  to  attend  the  L O R DS 

COMMISSIONERS. 

P U B L IC   D E F E N D ER   ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a second  time, 101.  Second  Reading  deferred,  156. 
Motion 
for  Second  Reading,  Debate  adjourned,  208. 
Further  adjourned,  226. 

P U B L IC   E X P E N D I T U R E.   Vide  R E S O L U T I O N S. 

P U B L IC   H E A L TH  

(Medical  Treatment of  Children)  (Ire-
land) ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  55.  Second  Reading  deferred,  58.  Bill  read  a 
second  time  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  79. 
D.  82.  Reported, with  Amendments,  103.  As  amended, 
considered j  read the third time and passed, 107.  Agreed 
to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  130. 
(Cited  as 
Public  Health  (Medical  Treatment of  Children)  (Ireland) 
Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 167. 

P U B L IC   H E A L TH   (Medical  Treatment  of  Children)  (Ire-

land)  [Expenses]. 

Vide  C O M M I T T E E S,  I. 

P U B L I C - H O U SE  

IMPROVEMENT  ;  Bill  presented,  and 

ordered  to  be read  a second  time,  141. 

P U B L I C - H O U SE  

I M P R O V E M E NT 

[Lords]; 

Bill  brought 

from  the  Lords,  87. 

P U B L IC   L I B R A R I E S;   Bill presented, and ordered to be read 
a  second time, 380.  Second  Beading  deferred, 381.  Bill 
read  a  second  time, and committed  to  a  Standing  Com-
mittee.  386.  A,   388.  Order  for committal to a Standing 
Committee discharged, and Bill committed to a Committee 
of  the  whole  House, 405.  . Considered  in  Committee and 
reported;  as  amended,  considered  ;  read  the  third  time 
and  passed, 408.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amend-
ments ;  day  appointed  for  consideration,  420.  Lords' 
Amendments  agreed  to,  one  with  a  special  entry,  423. 
( Cited  as  Public  Libraries  Act,  1919)  Boyal  Assent, 
429. 

on  the  Second  Reading  of  a Bill,  46. 
in  a  Money  Committee,  88. 
in Committee  on  a Bill, 94. 
in Committee of  Supply, 48,  167, 268. 
(Federal  Devolution), 
on  Motion 

— 

— 

175. 

—  on  Motion 
moved  by  the  Government,  115. 

for 

the  Adjournment 

on  Beport  of  a Bill,  244,  364. 

I N T E R R U P T ED   by   L O R DS   M E S S A G E,   3 1 5. 

: 

:—  Lords  Message  considered  between 

the  Orders  of  the  Day,  316. 

P R O F I T E E R I NG   ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
Second  Beading  deferred,  293. 
second  time,  289. 
for  Second  Beading;  Amendment  proposed" 
Motion 
"  Three months," and not made ;  Bill read a second time  ; 
committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  297. 
Considered 
in  Committee,  and  reported,  304.  As 
amended,  considered;  Clause  added  ;  Amendments 
made;  Bill read  the  third  time and passed, 311.  Agreed 
to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  318. 
Lords' 
Amendments  agreed  to,  319. 
(Cited  as Profiteering  Act, 
1919)  Royal  Assent,  321. 

P U B L IC   N O T A R I ES 

(Articled  Clerks) 

[LordsJ  ;  Bill 
brought  from  the  Lords,  93.  Bead  the  first  time,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a second  time, 202.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  212.  Bill  read  a second  time ;  House  imme-
diately  resolves  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill; 
Bill  considered  in  Committee ;  Progress, 223.  Bill  con-
sidered  in  Committee  and  reported,  with  an  Amend-
ment ;  as amended,  considered  ;  read  the  third  time  and 
passed, with an Amendment,  225.  .  To  which  the  Lords 
agree, 232. 
(Cited  as Public  Notaries  (Articled  Clerks) 
Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  244. 

P U B L IC   W O R KS   L O A NS ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time,  292.  Read  a  second  time; 
committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  299. 
Considered  in  Committee  and  reported, without  Amend-
ment;  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  301.  Agreed 
t o by   the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  318. 
(Cited  as 
Public  Works Loans  Act,  1919)  Hoyal  Assent,  321. 

P U B L IC   W O R KS   LOANS 

[Remission  of  Debts]. 

Vide 

C O M M I T T E E S,   1. 

R A I L W AY   A ND   C A N AL   T R A F F I C;   Bill  presented,  and 

ordered  to  be read  a second  time,  75. 

R A I L W AY   F A K E S.   Vide  M O T I O N S,  I. 

VOL.  174. 

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R A TS   and  M I CE   (  Destruction);  Bill presented, and  ordered 
to  be read  a second time, 285.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
299,  327.  Bill  read  a  second  time  ;  committed  to  a 
Committee  of  the  whole  House,  331.  Considered  in 
Committee  and  reported,  333.  Consideration  deferred, 
335,336.  Bill  as  amended,  considered;  Amendments 
made;  Bill  read  the  third  time and passed,  337.  Agreed 
to  by  the  Lords,  witli  Amendments;  day  appointed 
for  their  consideration,  386.  Consideration  of  Lords' 
Amendments  deferred,  392,  393.  Lords'  Amendments 
(Cited  as  Rats  and.  Mice  (Destruction) 
agreed  to.  395. 
Act,  1919) Royal  Assent,  428. 

R E - E L E C T I ON   OP  M I N I S T E RS ;  Bill presented, and ordered 
to be  read  a second  time,  24.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
26.  Motion  for  Second  Reading  ;  Amendment proposed, 
"  Six  months,"  and  not  made;  Bill  read  a  second  time ; 
committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  29. 
Considered  in  Committee  and  reported,  31.  Considera-
tion deferred, 36.  Bill,as amended, considered ;  Amend-
ments  made;  Title  amended;  Bill  read  the  third  time 
and passed, 41.  Agreed to  by the Lords, without  Amend-
ment, 47. 
(Cited  as  Re-election  of  Ministers Act,  1919) 
Royal  Assent,  48. 

R E G I M E N T AL   D E B TS (Deposit  of  Wills)  [Scotland'] [Lords]-, 
Bill  brought 
from  the  Lords,  read  the  first  time 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  420.  Read  a 
second  time;  House  immediately  resolves  itself  into  the 
Committee  on the  Bill;  Bill  considered  in  Committee 
and reported,  without  Amendment;  read  the  third  time 
(Cited  as  Regi-
and  passed, without  Amendment,  424. 
mental Debts  (Deposit  of  Wills  (Scotland)  Act,  1919) 
Royal  Assent,  429. 

R E I G A TE   C O R P O R A T I O N;   Bill presented, and read the  first 
time, 27.  Day appointed for Second Reading, 40.  Second 
Reading  deferred,  42. 
Bill  read  a  second  time  and 
committed,  89.  Reported  from  the  Local  Legislation 
Committee,  with  Amendments  and  an  Amended  Title, 
127.  As  amended, considered, 137.  Kead  the third  time 
and  passed,  145.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without 
(Cited  as  Reigate  Corporation  Act, 
Amendment,  209, 
1919)  Royal  Assent,  244. 

R E P R E S E N T A T I ON  of  the  P E O P LE   [Returning  Officers' 

Expenses],  Vide  C O M M I T T E E S,  I. 

R E P R E S E N T A T I ON  of  the  P E O P LE   (Returning  Officers' 
Expenses);  Bill  ordered,  upon  Resolution  reported  from 
• Committee  of  the  whole  House;  presented  accordingly, 
and read the first time, 31.  Second Reading deferred. 36. 
Bill  read  a  second  time, and  committed  to  a  Standing 
Committee,  41.  A,   45.  Reported,  without  Amendment, 
51.  Consideration  deferred,  57.  Bill  not  amended, 
considered,  60.  Third  Reading  deferred,  63.  Bill  read 
.  the  third  time  and  passed  (endorsed  with  Mr.  Speaker's 
certificate), 70.  Agreed to  by the Lords, without Amend-
the  People 
(Cited  as  Representation  of 
ment,  96. 
( Returning  Officers' Expenses)  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 
l i o. 

RESOLUTIONS: 

Vide  also  A D D R E S S E S. 

Sessional  Resolutions, .16. 

— 

Agricultural  Reconstruction,  85. 

Business  of  the  House  (Procedure),  31. 

Dock  and  Harbour  Bills.  Vide  COM-

MITTEES, 

I I. 

Dogs  Protection  Bill  ;  Amendment 

to 
Motion  for  Third  Reading;  Resolution,  That  this  House 
declines  to  proceed  further  with  a  measure  which  would 
impose an unnecessary  and  vexatious  obstacle  to  medical 
research,  194. 

Federal  Devolution,  177. 

Finance;  after  Amendment  proposed,  but 

not  made,  336. 

Greenwich  Hospital  and  Travers'  Founda-

tion,  412. 

Ministry  of  Health  ;  That  the  Draft  of  the 
Ministry  of  Health (Anatomy  Acts,  Transfer of  Powers) 
Order,  1919,  which  was  presented  upon  the  4th  day  of 
this  instant  November,  be  approved,  363. 

— 

Ministry  of  Health;  That  the  Draft  of 
the  Ministry  of  Health  (Consultative  Councils)  Order, 
1919,  which  was  presented  upon  the  24th  day  of  June 
last,  be  approved,  228.  That  the  Draft  of  the  Ministry 
of  Health  (Welsh  Consultative  Council)  Order,  1919, 
which  was presented  upon  the  24th  day  of  June  last,  be 
approved,  228. 

Ministry  of  Health ;  That  the  Draft of  the 
Ministry  of  Health  (Lunacy  and  Mental  Deficiency, 
Transfer of  Powers) Order which was  presented  upon  the 
17th day  of  November  last  be  approved,  404. 

— 

Public  Expenditure,  178. 

R E S T O R A T I ON  of  P R E - W AR   P R A C T I C ES  ;  Bill  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  74.  Order  for 
Second  Reading  discharged ;  Bill  withdrawn,  89. 

R E S T O R A T I ON  of  P R E - W AR   P R A C T I C ES   (No.  2 );   Bill 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time,  113. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  126.  Order 
for  Second 
Reading  discharged  ;  Bill  withdrawn,  155. 

(NO. 

RESTORATION  of  P R E - W AR   P R A C T I C ES  

3 );   Bill 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time,  157. 
Second  Reading  deferred, 163.  Bill  read  a second  time, 
and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  171.  E.  177. 
Transferred to A,213.  Reported, with Amendments, 247. 
As  amended,  considered  ;  King's  Consent signified;  Bill 
read  the  third  time and  passed,  254.  Agreed  to  by  the 
(Cited  as  Restoration 
Lords,  without  Amendment,  292. 
of  Pre-War  Practices  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  315. 

R E T I R ED   O F F I C E RS  (Civil  Employment);  Bill  ordered, 
upon  Resolution  reported  from  Committee  of  the  whole 
House  ;  presented  accordingly,  read  the  first  time,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a second  time,  225.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  228.  Bill  read  a  second  time;  committed  to 
a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  238.  Committee 
in  Committee,  and 
deferred,  240,  Bill  considered 
'  reported,  without  Amendment,  254.  Read  the  third 
time  and  passed  (endorsed  with  Mr.  Speaker's  certi-
ficate),  257.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amend-
ment,  289. 
(Citedas  Retired  Officers (Civil Employment) 
Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  315. 

• 

— 

285,  286. 

Address  of  Thanks  (King's  Speech),  28. 

— Thanks  of  the  House,  nemine  contradicente, 

R E T I R ED   O F F I C E RS  (Civil  Employment.)  [Money].  Vide 
' 

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R O T H E R H AM   C O R P O R A T I ON  ;  Report  from  Select  Com-
mittee  on  Standing-  Orders  on  Petition  for  leave  to 
deposit  Petition  for  Bill;  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be 
dispensed  with,  84.  Examiners'  Report  on  Petition  for 
Bill;  Standing  Orders  not  complied  with,  referred  to 
the  Select  Committee on  Standing  Orders,  118.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  129.  Bill 
presented,  and  read  the  first  time,  136.  Read  a  second 
time,  and  committed,  142.  Reported,  with  Amendments, 
221.  As  amended,  considered;  Standing  Orders  223 
and  243 suspended  ;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
231.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with an  Amendment,  282. 
( Cited us  Rotherham 
Lords  Amendment  agreed  to,  288. 
Corporation Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  316. 

R O Y AL   A S S E NT  to  B I L LS   (Public,  Private,  and  Pro-

visional  Order  Bills').  Vide  B I L L S,   P U B L I C. 

R U I S L I P - N O R T H W O OD   T O WN   P L A N N I NG   S C H E M E,   1 9 1 4; 
Petition  for  leave  for  the  Proper  Officer  to  attend  the 
High  Court  of- Justice  to  give  Evidence,  &c.,  79. 

S A I NT   G E O R G E 'S   C H U R C H,   O X F O RD   ;  Bill  presented, 
and  read  the  first  time,  27.  Read  a  second  time  and 
committed,  32.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  96.  As 
amended,  considered,  108.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  111.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amend-
(Cited  as  Saint  George's  Church,  Oxford, 
ment,  155. 
Act,  1919.)  Royal  Assent,  167. 

S A I NT   J U ST  

(F a l m o u t h)   O C E AN   W H A R V ES   AND  R A I L-
AVAYS  [Lords]  :  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reports, 
That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  Lords,  22.  Exa-
miners  report  Standing  Orders  certified  complied  with, 
23.  Bill  brought from  the  Lords  ;  read  the first time and 
referred 
to  the  Examiners,  174.  Report,  Standing 
Orders  not  previously  inquired  into  complied  with,  186. 
Bill  read  a  second  time  and  committed,  194.  Reported 
with  Amendments,  235. 
As  amended,  considered  ; 
Amendments  made;  Standing  Orders  223  and  243 
suspended;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with 
Amendments,  415.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  424. 
(Cited  as  Saint  Just  (Falmouth)  Ocean  Wharves  and 
Railways  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  429. 

S C O T T I SH   A M I C A B LE  

L I FE   ASSURANCE 

S O C I E T Y 'S 
[LordsJ;   Bill  brought  from 
O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I ON 
the  Lords,  and  ordered,  under  Section  7  of  the  Private 
Legislation  Procedure 
(Scotland)  Act,  1899,  to  be 
considered,  354.  Considered,  356.  Third  Reading 
deferred,  358.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  without 
(Cited  as  Scottish  Amicable  Life 
Amendment,  360. 
Assurance  Society's  Order  Confirmation  Act, 
1919) 
Royal  Assent,  365. 

SCOTTISH  B O A RD  of  H E A L TH   ;  Bill  presented, and  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time,  87.  Read  a  second  time  and 
committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  92. 
Standing 
Committee  on  Scottish  Bills,  95.  Reported,  with 
Amendments,  102.  As  amended,  considered;  read the 
third  time  and  passed,  107.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
with  an Amendment,  164.  Day  appointed  for  consider-
(Cited 
ation,  165.  Lords'  Amendment  agreed  to,  172. 
as  Scottish  Board  of  Health  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 
175. 

S C O T T I SH   B O A RD   OF  H E A L TH  

[Salaries  and  Expenses]. 

Vide  COMMITTEES,  I. 

SCOTTISH  W I D O WS  

A S S U R A N CE 
F U ND   AND 
S O C I E T Y 'S   O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I ON  ;  Bill  presented 
under  the  Private  Legislation  Procedure 
(Scotland) 
Act,  1899, and  ordered  under  Section  7  of  the  A ct   to 
be  considered,  303.  Considered,  310.  Read  the  third 

L I FE  

time  and passed,  314.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without 
( Cited  as  Scottish  Widows Fund  and 
Amendment,  318. 
Life  Assurance  Society's  Order  Confirmation Act,  1919), 
Royal  Assent,  321. 

S E C R ET   P A R TY   F U N D S.  Vide  MOTIONS,.  I I I. 

SEEDS  and  W E E DS   ;  Bill presented,  and ordered to be  read 

a  second  time,  426. 

S E L E C T I O N.  Vide  C O M M I T T E E S,  V. 

S EX   D I S Q U A L I F I C A T I ON  (Removal)  [Lords]  ;  Bill brought 
from  the  Lords,  285.  Read  the  first  time  and  ordered 
to  he  read  a  second  time,  303.  Read  a  second  time; 
committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  312. 
Committee  deferred,  316,  327.  Bill  considered  in  Com-
mittee  ;  Amendments  made,  Clauses  added,  a  Clause 
negatived;  Bill reported,  330.  As   amended, considered  ; 
Amendments  made  ;  Bill  read the  third  time  and  passed, 
with  Amendments,  333.  Lords  agree  to  certain  of  the 
Commons  Amendments,  disagree  to  one  of  them,  and 
agree 
to  one  other  with  Amendments,  354.  Day 
appointed  for  consideration, 368.  Consideration  deferred, 
375.  Considered  ;  House  does  not  insist  on  its  Amend-
ment  to  which  the  Lords  have  disagreed,  and  agrees  to 
the  Amendments  made  by  the  Lords  to  the  Amendment 
made  by  this  House  to  the  Bill,  376. 
(Cited  as  Sex 
Disqualification  (Removal)  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 428. 

S H E F F I E LD   C O R P O R A T I ON  ;  Bill  presented, and  read  the 
first time,  27.  Read  a  second  time  and  committed,  32. 
Reported,  with  Amendments,  from  the  Local  Legislation 
Committee,  166.  As  amended,  considered,  179.  Read 
the  third  time  and passed,  181.  Agreed  to by  the  Lords, 
with  Amendments,  285.  Lords  Amendments  agreed  to, 
(Cited  as  Sheffield  Corporation  Act,  1919)  Royal 
288. 
Assent,  316. 

S H E R I N G H AM   G AS   and  W A T ER  

[Lord*]  ;  Chairman  of 
Ways  and  Means  reports,  That  the  Billshould  originate 
in  the  Lords,  23.  Examiners  Report,  Standing  Orders 
certified complied with,  23.  Bill brought from the Lords  ; 
read  the  first  time  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  164. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  applicable  thereto  complied 
with,  173.  Bill  read  a second  time  and  committed,  181. 
Reported,  with  Amendments,  235.  As   amended,  con-
sidered,  242.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with 
Amendments,  253.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  262. 
(Cited  as  Sheringham  Gas  and  Water  Act,  1919)  Royal 

„  Assent,  268. 

SHOPS  (Early   Closing)  ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to  be 

read  a  second  time,  318. 

S H O R E H A M - B Y - S EA   URBAN  D I S T R I CT   C O U N C IL  [Lords]  ; 
Examiners' Report  on  Petition  for  Bill;  Standing  Orders 
not  complied  with;  referred  to  the  Select  Committee  on 
Standing  Orders,  118.  Report,  Standing  Orders  ought 
to  be  dispensed  with,  151.  Bill brought  from the Lords ; 
read  the  first  time  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,"215. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into 
complied  with,  228.  Bill  read  a  second  time  and  com-
mitted,  239.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  267.  As 
amended,  considered,  281.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  with  Amendments,  291.  To  which  the  Lords 
agree,  300. 
(Cited  as  Shoreham-by-Sea  Urban  District 
Council Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  316. 

S H R O P S H I R E,   W O R C E S T E R S H I R E,   AND  S T A F F O R D S H I RE 
E L E C T R IC   P O W ER  
[Lords];  Examiners'  Report  on 
Petition  for  Bill;  Standing  Orders  not  complied  with; 
referred  to  the  Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders, 
186.  Report,  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed 
with,  217.  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords;  read  the  first 
i  time  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  372.  Examiners 

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S H R O P S H I R E,   W O R C E S T E R S H I R E,   AND  S T A F F O R D S H I RE 

E L E C T R IC   P O W ER  

[Lords]—continued. 

Report,  Standing  Orders  complied  with,  379.  Bill  read 
a  second  time  and  committed,  386.  Reported,  with 
Standing  Orders  84,  214,  215, 
Amendments,  412. 
and  239  suspended;  Bill  considered;  Standing  Orders 
223  and  243  suspended  ;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  with  Amendments,  419.  To  which  the  Lords 
(Cited  as  Shropshire,  Worcestershire  and 
agree,  427. 
Staffordshire  Electric  Power  Act,  1918)  Royal  Assent, 
4 2 9. 

S I T T I N GS   OF  T HE   H O U S E.  Vide  H O U SE  (Sittings  of). 

S M A LL   L A N D H O L D E RS  

( S C O T L A N D)   A CT  

( A M E N D-
MENT) ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time,  74.  Read  a  second  time  and  committed  to  a 
Standing  Committee,  108. 
Standing  Committee  on 
Scottish  Bills,  108. 

(Not  proceeded  with.) 

SOLICITORS  ( A R T I C L ED   C L E R K S)  [Lords];  Bill  brought  ! 
from  the  Lords,  93.  Read  the first time  aud  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time,  202.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
212.  Bill  read  a  second  time;  House  immediately 
resolves  itself  into  the  Committee  on  the  Bill;  Rill  con-
sidered  in  Committee  and  reported;  As  amended,  con-
sidered  ;  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  an 
Amendment,  223.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  232. 
(Cited  as  Solicitors  (Articled  Clerks)  Act,  1919)  Royal 
Assent,  244. 

SOLICITORS  [Lords]  ;  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords,  141. 
Read  the first time and  ordered  to  be  read  a second  time, 
285.  Second  Reading  deferred,  290,  309.  Bill  read  a 
second  time ;  House  immediately  resolves  itself  into  the 
Committee  on  the  Bill;  Bill  considered  in  Committee 
and  reported,  without  A mendment;  read  the  third  time 
(Cited  as  Soli-
and  passed,  without  Amendment,  312. 
citors Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  321. 

S O U TH   S H I E L DS   G AS   (Suspended) ;  Standing  Order  of 
last  Session  read;  Bill  read  the  first  and  second  time, 
and having  been  reported  in  Session  -1918,  ordered  to 
be  read  the  third  time,  28.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  36.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments, 
(Cited  as 
122.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to,  128. 
South  Shields Gas  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent?,  167. 

repeats  his  sincere  acknowledgments  and 
thanks  to  the  House  for  the  honour  they  had  done 
him,  5. 

puts the  House  in  mind  that  the  first  thing 
to  be  done  is  to  take  and  subscribe  the  Oath  required 
by  Law,  5.  Thereupon,  first,  alone,  standing  on  the 
upper  step  of  the  Chair,  takes  and  subscribes  the 
Oath,  5. 

reports  His Majesty's  Speech  at  the  opening 
of  the  Session,  21.  Reads  His  Majesty's  Speech  to  the 
House,  21. 

j 

goes  up  to  the  House  of  Peers  to  attend 
His  Majesty  : — At   the  opening  of  the  Session,  15.  On 
other  occasions:—to  attend  the  Lords  Commissioners, 
46,  &c.  At   the  end  of the  Session,  428. 

(Deputy  Speaker),  317. 

to  issue  Warrants  for  new  Writs,  16,  &c. 

to  peruse  the  Votes  and license  the  printing 

thereof,  16. 

to  license  the  printing  of  the  Journal,  16. 

his appointment  of  certain  Members  to  issue 
Warrants  for  new  Writs  in  the  cases  specified  in  Act  24 
Geo.  3,  c.  26,  22. 

— 

his  nomination  of temporary  Chairmen,  49. 

—  lays  upon  the  Table  Parliamentary  Papers, 
List  of  Bills, Reports,  Estimates,  Accounts  and  Papers, 
428. 

Reports  from  Examiners,  43,  &c. 

—  puts  the  Question,  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order (Closure  of  Debate), 89,  &c.  Withholds  his assent 
to  Closure,  101,  &c.  And  Vide  C L O S U RE   OF  D E B A T E. 

puts  the  Question,  pursuant  to  Standing 
Order  No.  11, on  Motion  for  leave  to  bring  in  a  Bill, 
45.  And  Question  negatived,  376.  On  Question,  That 
a  Member  be  discharged  from  a  Select  or  Joint  Com-
mittee, and  another  added,  253. 

pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  40  A  (Re-

committal  of  Bill),  198,  &c.  Vide  B I L L S,   P U B L I C. 

Distributes  Bills  and  Estimates  to Standing 

Committees,  49,  &c. 

S P E A K E R,   MR.,  OR  MR.  D E P U TY 

reports Royal Assent  to  Bills.  Vide  B I L L S. 

S P E A K E R: 

Adjourns  the House  one  hour  after  the  con-

—  The  Right  Honourable  James  William 

clusion  of  Government  Business,  49. 

Lowther  unanimously  chosen  Speaker,  5. 

— 

Mr.  Speaker-elect  stands  up  in  his  place,  5. 

Submits  himself  to  the  House,  5. 

• 

: 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 
. 

taken  out  of his place,  5. 

conducted  to the  Chair,  5. 
expresses  his  most  sincere  thanks  to  the 

House,  6. 

—  sits down  in  the  Chair,  5. 

congratulated  by  Members,  5. 

puts  the Question  for adjournment, 5. 

goes  away  without the  Mace  before him,  5. 

takes the  Chair,  5. 

goes  up to  the  House  of  Peers,  5. 
Mr.  Speaker  reports,  That  the  House  had 
been  in  the  House  of  Peers,  5.  That  His  Majesty  had 
approved  the  choice  the  House  had  made  of  him  to  be 
their  Speaker,  5.  That  he had made  the  usual  claim  of 
Privileges,  5. 

Rules  an  Amendment  out  of  Order,  after 
discussion  thereof,  on consideration  of  a  Bill  as  amended, 
157. 

Directs  Member  to  discontinue  Speech 

(Irrelevance),  240. 

Orders  Member  to  Withdraw 

from  the 

House  (Disorderly  Conduct),  356. 

His  endorsement  of  Bills  as  Money  Bills 
(under  the  Parliament  Act  1911),  70,  74,  77,  172,  250, 
257, 264, 272,  273,  301,  335, 398,  421. 

— 
lutions  of  Thanks,  &c.,  286. 

To  signify  to  the  proper  Authorities  Reso-

His  unavoidable  absence,  108,  &c.  Vide 

C L E RK   OF  T HE   H O U S E. 

INFORMS  the  H O U SE   of  V A R I O US   M A T T E R S.   Vide 

H O U S E. 

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S P E C I AL   R E P O R TS  

from  C O M M I T T E E S.  Vide  C O M-

M I T T E E S,   I I .,   I I I .,   I V.   a nd   V. 

S P E E C H ES   of  S IR   E D W A RD   C A R S O N.  

V i de   H O U S E, 

A D J O U R N M E N TS   UNDER   S T A N D I NG   O R D ER   N O.   10. 

S T A N D A RD   L I FE   A S S U R A N CE   C O M P A NY   O R D ER   C O N-
F I R M A T I ON  [Lords]  ;  Bill  brought  from the  Lords,  and 
ordered,  under  Section  7  of  the  Private  Legislation 
Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899,  to  be  considered,  96. 
Considered, 97.  Read the third  time and  passed, without 
(Cited  as  Standard  Life  Assurance 
Amendment,  98. 
Company  Order  Confirmation Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 
115. 

S T A N D I NG   O R D E R S: 

printed, 41,  364. 

Vide  C O M M I T T E E S,  V. 

P U B L IC   BUSINESS  : 

: 

As  amended, 

to  be 

Select 

Committee. 

— 

Standing  Orders  read 
and  amended.  Vide  B U S I N E SS   OF  T HE   H O U SE   ( P R O-
C E D U R E ). 

. 

New  Standing  Orders 
made.  Vide  BUSINESS  OF  T HE   HOUSE  ( P R O C E D U R E ). 

. 

, 

P R I V A TE   BUSINESS  : 

Standing  Orders  223 

and  243  suspended;  Bill  read  the  third  time, 228,  &c. 

Standing  Order  211 
suspended,  and  leave  to  the  Committee  on  a  Provisional 
Order  Bill  to  proceed  with  the  Bill  upon  a  day  named, 
242,  &c. 

—  New  Standing  Order 
made;  carrying  over  of  a  Provisional  Order  Bill  to 
subsequent  Session,  415. 

Standing 

Order 

amended,  331,  342,  352. 

New  Standing  Order 
made ;  (Estimates of Expense to  be deposited  at  Ministry 
of  Transport),  342. 

— 

New  Standing  Order 
made ;  (Endorsement  by  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means 
in  case  of  certain  Petitions),  352. 

pealed  (194),  342  ;  (149E),  343. 

Standing  Order 

re-

S T A T E M E NT   OF  B A T ES   ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to 
be  read  a  second  time,  74.  Read  a  second  time  and 
committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  108.  E.  108. 
Reported,  with  Amendments,  129.  Consideration  de-
ferred,  137.  Bill,  as  amended,  considered;  read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  140.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
with  Amendments,  215.  Day  appointed  for  considering 
them,  215. 
Consideration  of  Lords'  Amendments, 
deferred,  219.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to,  224. 
(Cited  as  Statement  of  Rates  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 
224. 

S T I M U L A T I ON   OF 
(King's  Speech). 

P R O D U C T I O N. 

Vide 

A D D R E S S ES 

S T O C K S B R I D GE   G AS   ;  Bill  presented,  and  read  the  first 
time,  27.  Bead  a  second  time  and  committed,  32. 
Beported,  with  Amendments,  134.  As  amended,  con-
sidered,  147.  Bead  the  third  time  and  passed,  153. 
Agreed  to  by  Lords,  with  Amendments,  263.  Lords 
Amendments agreed to, 274. 
(Cited  as  Stocksbridge  Gas 
Act,  1919)  Boyal  Assent,  316. 

S T O C K T O N - O N - T E ES   C O R P O R A T I ON  [Lords];  Chairman 
of  Ways and Means reports, That the Bill should  originate 
in the  Lords,  23.  Examiners'  Beport,  Standing  Order* 
certified,  complied  with,  23.  Bill  brought  from  the 
Lords  ;  read  the  first  time  and  referred  to  the  Exa-
miners,  190.  Report,  Standing  Orders  not  previously 
inquired  into  complied  with,  197.  Bill  read  a  second 
time  and committed,  209.  Reported,  with  Amendments, 
251.  As  amended,  considered,  266.  King's  Consent 
signified;  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with 
Amendments,  274.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  285. 
(Cited  as  Stockton-on-Tees  Corporation Act,  1919)  Royal 
Assent,  316. 

S T O N E Y 'S   D I V O R CE  

[lords']; 

Bill  brought  from  the 
Lords,  217.  Read  the first time  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time,  217.  Bead  a second  time  and  committed, 
226.  Message  to  Lords  requesting  Copies of  Minutes  of 
Evidence, &c., 234.  Message  from  Lords communicating 
the  same, 239.  Bill  reported  from the  Select  Committee 
on  Divorce  Bills,  without  Amendment,  248.  Minutes  of 
Evidence,  &c.,  to  be  returned  to  the  Lords,  248.  Bill 
read  the  third  time and  passed, without  Amendment, 255. 
(Cited  as  Stoney's Divorce  Act,  1919)  Boyal  Assent,  268. 

S T O U R P O RT   G AS   [Lords'];  Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means 
reports,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the  Lords,  23. 
Examiners'  Beport,  Standing  Orders  certified  complied 
with,  23.  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords;  read  the 
first time  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  115.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into,  complied 
with,  126.  Bill  read  a second  time  and  committed,  137. 
Beported,  with  Amendments,  174.  Day  appointed  for 
consideration,  194.  Bill  as  amended,  considered,  209. 
Bead  the  third  time  and passed,  with  Amendments,  219. 
(Cited  as  Stourport 
To'  which  the  Lords  agree,  229. 
Gas  Act,  1919)  Boyal  Assent,  244. 

S T R E T F O RD   U R B AN   D I S T R I CT   C O U N C IL  ;  Bill  presented, 
and  read  the  first  time,  27.  Read  a  second  time  and 
committed,  32.  Reported  from  the  Local  Legislation 
Committee,  with  Amendments,  153.  As  amended,  con-
sidered,  169.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  173. 
Agreed  to  by the  Lords, with Amendments, 292.  Lords' 
( Cited as  Stretford  Urban 
Amendments  agreed  to,  295. 
District  Council Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  316. 

SUMMONS  AND  P R O C E SS   S E R V E R S'   F E ES   (Ireland);   Bill 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  55. 
Second  Beading  deferred,  58.  Bill  read  a  second  time  ; 
House  immediately  resolves  itself  into  the  Committee  on 
the  Bill;  Bill  considered  in  Committee,  and  reported, 
without  Amendment;  read the  third time  and passed, 60. 
Agreed  to by the  Lords, without Amendment, 81. 
(Cited 
as  Summons and  Process  Servers'  Fees  (Ireland)  Act, 
1919) Royal  Assent,  88. 

S U N D E R L A ND   G AS  

[Lords] 

;  Chairman  of  Ways  and 
Means  reports,  That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the 
Lords,  23.  Examiners  Report,  Standing  Orders  certi-
fied  complied  with,  23.  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords  ; 
read  the  first  time,  and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  113. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into 
complied  with,  159.  Bill  read  a second  time,  and  com-
mitted,  169.  Reported,  with  Amendments,  202.  As 
amended,  considered,  224.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  with  Amendments,  228.  To  which  the  Lords 
agree,  235. 
(Cited  as  Sunderland  Gas  Act,  1919) 
Royal  Assent,  244. 

S U P E R A N N U A T I ON  (Prison  Officers);  Bill  ordered  upon 
Besolution  reported  from  a  Committee  of  the  whole 
House  ;  presented  accordingly,  and  read  the  first  time, 
301.  Second  Reading  deferred,  309,  327.  Bill  read  a 
" second  time;  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole 

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House,  330.  Considered  in  Committee,  and  reported, 
without  Amendment,  333.  Read  the  third  time  and 
passed  (endorsed  with  Mr.  Speaker's  Certificate),  335. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords  without  Amendment,  362. 
(Cited  as  Superannuation  Prison  Officers  Act,  1919) 
Royal  Assent,  365. 

S U P E R A N N U A T I ON 
C O M M I T T E E S,   I. 

(Prison  Officers) 

[Money]. 

Yide 

S U P P L Y: 

Resolution,  That  this  House  will,  upon 
Monday  next, resolve  itself  into  a Committee  to  consider 
of  the  Supply  to  be  granted  to  His  Majesty  ;  Estimates 
referred,  28. 

Estimates  considered  by  a  Standing  Com-

mittee.  Yide  C O M M I T T E E S,  I I I. 

Resolutions  reported  from  a  Standing  Com-
mittee,  63,  122,  125,  138,  141,  145,  160,  170,  198,  217, 
220, 248,  265. 

- 

Order  for  referring  certain  Estimates  to 
Committee  of  Supply  discharged,  and  Estimates  referred 
to  a  Standing  Committee,  42,  44,  362. 

— 

Day  appointed 

for  receiving  Report  of 

Supply  from  a  Standing  Committee,  67,  &c. 

mittee  deferred, 124, &c. 

Reception  of  report  from  a  Standing  Com-

from  His  Majesty  (Grants 
Officers)  referred  to the  Committee  of  Supply,  282. 

—  Message 

to 

Order  giving  precedence  to  other  Govern-

ment  business  on  Thursdays,  37. 

Petition  for  Aid  (British  Museum)  referred 

to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  30. 

Considered  in  Committee,  47,  48,  50,  52, 
55,  67,  68,  87,  96,  128,  146,  148,  167,  184,  227,  236, 
252,  262,  264,  268,  269,  271,  286.  345,  364,397,  400, 
409,  410. 

Proceeding  in  Committee  interrupted  by  a 
message to attend the Lords Commissioners,  48,167,  268. 

Motion  for  a  sum  proposed  in  Committee 

Considered  in  Committee,  and  Committee 

and  withdrawn,  48. 

report  Progress,  146,  &c. 

Committee  deferred,  30,  &c. 

—  Report  deferred,  259,  &c. 

— 

Chairman  puts 

forthwith  the  Question 
necessary  to  dispose  of  the  Vote  under  consideration, 
pursuant to  Standing  Order  No.  15, 56,  268. 

Chairman  puts  the  Question  on  outstanding 

Votes,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  15,  268. 

Mr.  Speaker  puts  forthwith  the  Question 
necessary  to  dispose  of  the  Report  of  the  Resolution 
under  consideration,  pursuant  to  Standing  Order  No.  15, 
279. 

Mr.  Speaker  puts  the  Question  on  out-
to  Standing  Order 

standing  Resolutions,  pursuant 
No.  15,  279. 

Allotted  Days;  First 

(3rd  March),  50. 
Second  (5th  March),  55.  Third  (10th  March),  61. 
Fourth  (12th  March),  67.  Fifth  (13th  March),  68. 
Sixth  (27th  March),  87. 
(3rd  April)  96. 
Eighth  (29th  April),  117.  Ninth  (6th  May),  128. 
Tenth  (15th  May),  146.  Eleventh  (19th  May),  148. 
Twelfth  (29th  May),  167.  Thirteenth  (24th June), 184. 
Fourteenth (30th June), 195.  Fifteenth (14th July), 227, 
Sixteenth  (17th  July),  236.  Seventeenth  (24th  July). 
252. 
Nineteenth 
(31st  July),  268.  Twentieth  (4th  August),  275. 

(29th  July),  262. 

Eighteenth 

Seventh 

Order 

for 

the  present  Session  made 

(Business  of  Supply),  39. 

Outstanding  Votes  with  certain  exceptions 

to  be  considered  in  Committee  of  Supply,  267. 

Navy  Excess  Yote  and  Supplementary 
Estimates  for  New  Services  to  be  considered  on  an 
allotted  day,  267. 

Motion  for a reduced  sum;  withdrawn,  227, 

262  ;  negatived,  87. 

Motion  for  reduction  of  an item  in  Vote  on 

Account;  negatived,  56  ;  withdrawn,  56. 

Motion  for  reduction  in  number  of  Air 

Force  negatived,  68. 

Motion  for reduction  of  Yote  on  Account 

( A r m y );   negatived,  167. 

Question  put  from  the  Chair  (pursuant  to 

Standing  Order  No.  15),  to  dispose  of  :— 

(a)  Vote  under  consideration,  268,  279. 

(b)  Outstanding  Votes,  268,  279. 

(c)  Votes  on  Account,  55,  167. 

Resolutions  to be  reported, 49,  &c. 

Resolutions  reported  and  agreed  to,  52,  &c. 

Reports  deferred, 50,  &c. 
Resolution  reported  from  a  Standing  Com-
mittee  reduced  by  100,000/.  and, as  amended,  agreed  to, 
196. 

Resolution 

t o; 
Resolution  (Army  Estimates)  agreed  to  on  an  earlier 
day,  read;  Army  (Annual)  Bill  ordered,  71. 

(Navy  Estimates)  agreed 

Motion  for  a  sum proposed  in  Committee  ; 

Progress,  95,  195.  After  reduction  proposed,  117. 

Resolution  reported  ;  Amendment  proposed 
to  leave out  a sum and insert another  sum, and not  made ; 
Resolution  agreed  to,  139. 

—  Business  other  than  Supply  to  be  taken 

Resolutions  reported  from  a  Standing  Com-

before  11  p.m. on an  allotted  day, 227,  236. 

mittee  agreed  to,  139, &c. 

Estimates  presented  during  the  present 

Session  referred  to  the  Committee  of  Supply,  28. 

: 

Estimates,  referred  to  a  Standing  Com-
mittee,  ordered 
in  Committee  of 
Supply, 46,  50,  64, 87,  96,  117,  128,  145,  148,  167,  184, 
195,  236, 252, 262, 267, 345, 363,  396. 

to  be  considered 

9 &  HI GEO. v.]  I N D EX   to the O NE  H U N D R ED  and  SEVENTY-FOURTH VOLUME.  4 89 

Subject. 

A R M Y. 

3  March : 

:  A R MY  E S T I M A T E S. 

Agreed  to 
in 
Committee 
of  Supply. 

Sumgranted. 

Resolutions Beported, 
and Agreed to. 

Page. 

£ 

s.  d. 

Page. 

50 

50 

52 

125,000,000 

10 

- 

-

167 

£50,000,000 

- 

262 

107,000,000 

- 

-

-

118,000,000  - 

-

5,000,000 

54 
54 

71 

212 

264 

346 

413 
413 

Number  of  Land  Forces,  2,500,000  all ranks 
Vote  on Account 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 
-

-

Army  Supplementary  Estimates,  1918-19 

4  March'. 

29 May  : 

Further  Vote  on  Account  (Question  put,  pursuant  to  Standing 
-
- 

Order  No.  15) 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Further  Vote  on Account -

29  July: 

5  November  : 

Further  Vote  on Account 

-

15 December 

Land  Forces,  100,000 all ranks  (Supplementary) 
Charges for  Army  Services 

N A V Y. 

N A VY  E S T I M A T E S. 

4  March  : 

Navy  Supplementary  Estimate,  1918-19  • 

12 March % 

280,000  Officers, Seamen, and Boys  -

Vote  on  Account 

- 

-

345 

4 10 

4 10 

52 

67 

6f 

10 

- 

-

71 

60,000,000 

-

71 
First  Resolution  agreed 
to ;  Resolution  of  the 
Land 
3rd  March, 
Forces,  read; 
Bill 
ordered,  Vide  ARMY 
(ANNUAL) 
BILL 
Besolution 
Second 

Supplementary  Vote  on  Account 

252 

60,000,000 

24 July : 

•31  July s 

, 

Navy  Estimates  Excess,  1917-18.  Question  put,  pursuant  to 
- 

Standing  Order  No.  15 - 

- 

- 

- 

-

10  December: 

-

- 

Sea and  Coastguard  Services 
Victualling  and  Clothing  for the  Navy 
Medical  Establishments  and  Services 
-
Civilians  employed  on  Fleet  Services 
-
- 
- 
Educational  Services 
-
... - 
- 
Scientific  Services 
Royal  Naval  Reserve 
-
- 
- 
Shipbuilding,  Repairs,  Maintenance, &g.  (Personnel) 

- 
- 
-  ' 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

.  -

VOL.174. 

Sess.  1919. 

271 

10 

400 
400 
400 
400 
400 
400 
400 
400 

8,077,800 
2,385,000 
150,200 

118,000 
9S,500 
110,000 
109,000 
2,862,000 

to. 

2 54 

2 78 

406 
406 
406 
406 
406 
406 
406 
406 

4 90  

I N D EX   to  the  O NE   H U N D R ED   AND  SEVENTY-FOURTH  VOLUME. 

[1919. 

Subject. 

Agreed to 
in 
Committee 
of  Supply. 

Sum granted. 

Resolutions Reported, 
and Agreed to. 

SUPPLY—continued. 

N A VY   E S T I M A T E S —c o n t i n u e d. 

Page. 

s.  d. 

Page. 

10  December—continued. 

Shipbuilding,  Repairs,  Maintenance,  &c.  (Materiel)  - 
- 
Shipbuilding,  Repairs,  &c.  (Contract  Work) 
Naval  Armaments  and  Aviation 
- 
Works,  Buildings, and Repairs  at Home  and  Abroad 
Miscellaneous  Effective  Services 
- 
Admiralty  Office 
- 
- 
Half  Pay  and Retired  Pay 
Naval  and  Marine  Pensions,  Gratuities,  and  Compassionate 

-
_ 
- 

- 
- 
- 

_ 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

-
-
-

-
-

- 

- 

- 

Allowances  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-  •  -

Civil  Superannuation  Compensation  Allowances  and  Gratuities  -

A IR   S E R V I C E. 

A IR   E S T I M A T E S. 

13 March  : 

.400 
400 
400 
400 
400 

4 00 

400 

401 
401 

2,546,700 
9,975,400 
3,763,100 
1,336,700 
1,455,000 
453,000 
308,600 

3,607,000 
171,800 

Number  of  A ir   Force,  150,000  all  ranks 

- 

Vote  on  Account 

- 

--

--

- 

--

- 

- 

-

--

68 
68 

45,000,000 

- 

-

15 December : 

- 

- 

Pay,  &c.  - 
-
Quartering  and  Transport 
- 
Technical  and  Warlike  Stores  - 
Works,  Buildings,  and Lands 

-
- 

- 

-

-

-

- 

-

- 
--

Air  Ministry 
-
- 
Miscellaneous  Effective  Services 
Half  Pay,  Pensions,  and other  Non-effective  Services 

- 

- 

- 

-

-

410 
410 
410 
410 
410 
410 
410 

3,518,000 
1,020,000 
3,229,850 
1,070,000 

116,000 
34,000 
43,000 

- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

-
-
-
-

-
-
-

C I V IL   S E R V I C E S. 

27  February: 

C I V IL   S E R V I C ES   S U P P L E M E N T A RY   E S T I M A T E S,   1 9 1 8 - 1 9. 

C L A SS  

I. 

Diplomatic  and  Consular  Buildings  (Supplementary) 
Public  Buildings,  Great  Britain  (Supplementary) 
- 
Surveys  of  the  United  Kingdom  (Supplementary) 
Rates  on  Government  Property  (Supplementary) 

- 

. 

C L A SS  

I I. 

Board of  Agriculture  and Fisheries  (Supplementary) 
Secret  Services  (Supplementary) 
Chief  Secretary  for  Ireland  (Supplementary) 

- 
-

- 

- 

- 

-

C L A SS  

I I I. 

Prisons, England  and the  Colonies  (Supplementary)  -
Reformatory  and  Industrial  Schools  (Great  Britain)  (Supple-
- 

mentary) 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

County  Courts  Officers, &c. (Ireland)  (Supplementary) 
Dublin  Metropolitan  Police  (Supplementary) 
Royal  Irish  Constabulary  (Supplementary) 
_ 
Dundrum  Criminal  Lunatic  Asylum  (Supplementary) 

-
- 

_ 

_ 
-

47 
47 
47 
47 

48 
48 
48 

48 

48 
48 
48 
48 
48 

19,770 
19,300 
5,300 
81,500 

5 
150,000 
1,000 

- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

-
-
-
-

-
-
- 

16,000 

-

57,955 
9,644 
9,500 
134,105 
1,500 
' 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

-
- 
-
-
-

. 

j. 

J 

406 
406 

4 06 

4 07 
407 
407 
407 

4 07 

4 07 

71 

71 

413 
413 
413 
413 
413 
413 
413 

52 

53 

 
 
 
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Subject. 

Agreed  to 
in 
Committee 
of  Supply. 

.  Sum granted. 

Resolutions  Reported, 
and Agreed  to. 

S U PP   L Y —c o n t i n u e d. 

• 

C I V IL  

S E R V I C E S —c o n t i n u e d. 

27  February—continued. 

Page. 

£ 

s.  d. 

Page. 

C I V IL   S E R V I C ES   S U P P L E M E N T A RY   E S T I M A T E S,   1 9 1 8 - 1 9— 
continued. 

C L A SS  

I V. 

Board  of  Education  (Supplementary) 
Serbian  Relief  Fund 
Public  Education  in  Scotland  (Supplementary) 

j- 
--

--

- 

Treasury  Chests  Abroad  -

-

-

--

C L A SS   V. 

- 

- 

- 
--
-

- 

-

jt 

C L A SS   V I. 

Miscellaneous  Expenses  (Supplementary)  - 
Government  Hospitality  (Supplementary) 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

C L A SS   V I I. 

-
-

-
-

Ministry  of  Labour  (196,456Z.  (supplementary)  proposed  and 
- 

withdrawn)  - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

Treatment  of  Tuberculosis  (Special  Grants)  (Supplementary) 
Ministry  of  Munitions  (Supplementary) 
Ministry  of  Munitions  (Ordnance  Factories)  (Supplementary) 
Ministry  of  Shipping  (Supplementary) 
Ministry  of  Reconstruction 

- 

- 

- 

-

-

-

-

48 
48 
48 

48 

48 
48 

48 
48 
48 
48 
48 
48 

\ 

225,000 
12,500 
27,875 

- 
- 
- 

-
-
-

51,022 

- 

-

10 
60,000 

- 
- 

-
-

, 

53 

25,000 
100 
100 
.•  '  100 
9,000 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

/ 

-
-
-
-
-

-

-

71 

4  March  : 

C L A SS   V I I. 

Ministry  of  Labour  (Supplementary) 

52 

196,456 

- 

C L A SS  

I I. 

52 

1,090 

- 

C I V IL   S E R V I C ES   A ND   R E V E N UE   D E P A R T M E N TS 
E S T I M A T E S. 

Vote  on  Account 

- 

- 

-

5  March: 

6  May; 

210,310,000 

- 

-

61 

55 
(Question put, 
pursuant to 
Standing 
Order No. IS). 

Ministry  of  Food 

- 

» 

_ 

, 

_ 

. 

_ 

128 

1,451,700 

- 

Ministry  of  Shipping 

19  May. 

24  June: 

1 48 

597,203 

- 

-

-

139 

1 85 

Ministry  of  Munitions 

- 

- 

- 

- 

_ 

, 

_ 

. 

1 84 

900 

- 

-

1 95 

VOL.  174. 

Sess.  1919. 

3  R  2 

 
 
 
 
4 92  

I O T ) E X £O   the  O NE   HUNDRED  and  SEVENTY-FOURTH  VOLUME. 

[1919. 

Subject. 

Agreed  to 
in 
Committee 
of  Supply. 

Sum  granted. 

Resolutions  Reported 
and  Agreed  to. 

S U P P L Y —c o n t i n u e d. 

C I V IL   S E R V I C E S —c o n t i n u e d. 

Page. 

£ 

s.  d. 

Page. 

C I V IL   S E R V I C ES   A ND   R E V E N UE   D E P A R T M E N TS 
ESTIMATES—continued. 

14  July: 

Board  of  Trade 

; 

' 

CLASS  I I. 

i 

17  July: 

R E V E N UE   D E P A R T M E N T S. 

Post  Office 

Colonial  Office 

30  July. 

CLASS  I I. 

227 

2,113,254 

-

264 

236 

25,273,922 

-

265 

264 

57,525 

-

C I V IL   S E R V I CE   AND  R E V E N UE   D E P A R T M E N TS   E S T I M A T ES 
AND  S U P P L E M E N T A RY   E S T I M A T E S. 

j 

31  July: 

C L A SS   I I.  

Board  of  Agriculture  (Scotland) 

- 

| 

j 

t 

C L A SS  

I V. 

- 

- 

,  - 

~ 

268 

245,711 

-

Public  Education  (Scotland) 

268 

2,927,220 

-

Fishery  Board  (Scotland) 

268 

21,177 

-

CLASS 

I I .° 

Fishery  Board  (Supplementary) 
Secretary  for  Scotland 

268 
268 

1,131,000 
23,010 

-
-

U N C L A S S I F I ED   S E R V I C E S. 

4,448,500Z.  for  Miscellaneous  War  Services  (Supplementary) 
- 

Motion  withdrawn 

- 

-

Ministry  of  Pensions 

-

CLASSES  OF  E S T I M A T E S. 

Class  I. 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

Class II.  -

Class I I I.  

- 

- 

- 

_  -  _ 

_ 

Class  I V.  

-

-

-

-

--

Class V. 

--  

Class  VI. 

- 

- 

- 

-j 

Class  V I I.  v  j  ~ 

- 

- 

. 

- "  V -•  

- 

- 

-

J 

268 

268 

45,855,000 

-

268 
Question put, 
pursuant to 
Standing 
Order No. 15. 
269 

269 

269 

269 

269 

1,349,660 

-

3,796,403 

7,850,379 

19,854,570 

696,246 

10,327,838 

-

-

-

-

-

-

v-;; 

- 

-1 

270 

25,987,265 

278 

2 78 

279 
Question  put,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order 
No.  15. 

279 
279 

279 

279 

,279 

279 

279 

279 

279 

279 

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Subject. 

SUPPLY—continued. 

C I V IL  SERVICES—continued. 

31  July  : 

; 

Ministry  of  Munitions  (Ordnance  Factories) 

UNCLASSIFIED  SERVICES. 

• 

Ministry  of  National  Service 

Ministry  of  Reconstruction 

- 

- 

- 

- 

i- 

j- 

- 

- 

^ 

\ 

! 

I 

! 

-j 

-

-

Ministry  of  Labour  (Civil  Demobilisation  and  Re-settlement 
_ ! . - _ ;_ 
- 
i 

Department) 

j- 
j 

- 

- 

- 

- 

National  War  Savings  Committee 

. 

! 

. 

War  Trade  Department 

- 

- 

- 

-

i 
!

j- 

Restriction  of  Enemy  Supplies  Department 

Commission  Internationale  de  Ravitaillement 

Central  Control  Board  (Liquor  Traffic) 

j 

Imperial  War  Graves  Commission 

- 

j- 

-

-

j 
-

;

--

-!  ' 

-

-j 

-i  „  - 

-

-! 

..  -

Military  Service  (Civil  Liabilities)  Department 

| 

: 

Royal  Patriotic  Fund 
- 
Loans  to  Dominions  and  Allies - 

- 

• 

i 

Canal  Compensation  i 

Bread  Subsidy 

* 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Treasury  Securities  Deposit  Scheme 

•! 
I 
4 

i 

j 

-j 

-j 

r 

. 

- 

- 

Property  Losses,  Ireland,  Compensation  -j 

Miscellaneous  War  Services  (Foreign  Office) 

-

Purchase  of  Housing  Materials  (England  ajnd  Wales) 

Purchase  of  Housing iMaterials  (Scotland) | 
-( 
Coal  Mines  Deficiency  ••--- 
i 
-j 

Revenue  Departments  Estimates 

.  - 

_ 

' 

6  August: 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 
- 

- j 

- j 
j 

i 
! 
-j 
-  i 

! 

j 

-

-

-

•  - 

"

j" 

- 

- 

-  i 

-  I 

Agreed  to 
in 
Committee 
of  Supply. 

Page. 
Question put, 
pursuant to 
Standing 
Order No. 15. 

Sum granted. 

Resolutions  Reported, 
and Agreed to. 

s.  d. 

Page. 

Question  put,  pursuant 
to  Standing  Order 
No.  15. 

270 

270 

270 

270 

270 

270 

270 

270 

270 

270 

270 

270 

270 

271 

271 

271 

271 

271 

271 

271 

271 

90 

47,588 
" 7 

33,878 

- 

- 

-

-

- 
- 

21,373,593 
-
-
21,373,593 
(Including a Supple-
(Including a Supple-
mentary sum of 
mentary sum of 
£9,600,000.) 
£9,600,000.) 

65,540 

1,000 

19,164 

45,016 

116,350 

937,347 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 
- 

-
4,092,103 
4,092,103 
-
(Including a Supple-
(Including a Supple-
mentary sum of 
mentary sum of 
£2,400,000.) 
£2,400,000.) 

156,135 

- 

-

- 

110,000,000 

-
(Including a Supple-
mentary sum of 
£60,000,000.) 

600,000 

30,000,000 

925,407 

160,000 

5,500,000 

1,500,000 

26,400,000 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

4,887,044 
-
-
4,887,044 
(Including a Supple-
(Including a Supple-
mentary sum of 
mentary sum of 

- 
- 

'  .  £170,000.) 
'  .  £170,000.) 

.•*"•"• 
.•*"•"• 

271  • 

1,835,000 

279 

279 

279 

279 

279 

279 

279 

279 

279 

279 

280 

2 80 

280 

2 80 

2 80 

280 

2 80 

280 

2 80 

2 80 

2 80 

280 

Grants  to  Officers  for  Services  in  the  War 

286 

585,000 

-

290 

CIVIL  SERVICES  (SUPPLEMENTARY  ESTIMATES). 

19  November : 

! 

I 
j 

'< 

| 

ii 

UNCLASSIFIED  SERVICES. 

! 

S 

Ministry  of  Labour  i(Civil  Demobilisation  and  Re-settlement 
- 

Department) 

-  j 

~ 

-j 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

363 

1,500,000 

J  v-

; 

3 64 

| 

9  December  : 

i 

I 

UNCLASSIFIED  SERVICES. 

Ministry  of  Pensions  j 

-

Miscellaneous  War  Services- 

-v 

397-

397 

32,044,000 

-

., 

403 

4,448,500  ^ 

-

: r ' C - x 4 0 3 A. 

VOL  174. 

Sess.  1919. 

3  R  3 

4 94  

I N D E Xto   the  O NE   H U N D R ED   and  SEVENT Y-FOUETH  VOLUME. 

[1919. 

Subject. 

Agreed to 
in 
Committee 
of  Supply. 

Sum granted. 

Resolutions Reported, 
and Agreed to 

SUPPLY—continued. 

C I V IL   SERVICES—continued. 

9  December—continued. 

C L A SS   I. 

Page. 

£ 

8.  d. 

Page. 

Ministry  of  Labour,  Employment  Exchange,  and  Insurance 

Buildings,  Great  Britain  (Supplementary) 

-

Cenotaph in  Whitehall 

- 

- 

- 

- 

•- 

- 

-

195,500/.  for Harbours under the  Ministry of  Transport  (Supple-

mentary),  Motion  withdrawn 

- 

-

397 
397 
6 
6 
397 
397 

397 

10,000 

- 

-

5,000 

-  ~ 

— 

C L A SS  

I I. 

Board  of  Agriculture  and  Fisheries  (Supplementary) 

Foreign  and  other  Secret  Services  (Supplementary)  - 

-

-

397 

397 

1,161,125 

200,000 

- 

- 

C L A SS  

I I I. 

Dublin  Metropolitan  Police  (Supplementary) 

- 

Royal  Irish  Constabulary  (Supplementary) 

- 

-

- 

- 

-

397 

397 

403,000 

849,329 

- 

- 

-

-

-

-

403 

403 

— 

404 

404 

404 

404 

Board  of  Education  (Supplementary) 

-

397 

1,500,000 

- 

-

404 

C L A SS  

I V. 

C L A SS   V I I. 

National  Health  Insurance  (Supplementary) 

-

397 

506,000 

- 

-

404 

U N C L A S S I F I ED   S E R V I C E S. 

Purchase  of  Housing  Materials  (England  and  Wales)  (Supple-
. 

mentary) 

- 

- 

- 

397 

10 

- 

-

404 

12  December  : 

C L A SS   I. 

Harbours  under  the  Ministry  of  Transport  (Supplementary) 

409 

195,500 

- 

-

411 

U N C L A S S I F I ED   S E R V I C E S. 

Coastwise  Transport  Subsidy 

- 

- 

Canals Compensation  (Supplementary) 

Railway  Agreements  (Supplementary) 

* 

- 

-

-

- 

- 

- 

J 

- 

- 

-

409 

409 

4 09 

1,110,200 

294,500 

- 

- 

10  

- 

-

-

-

411 

4 11 

4 11 

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Subject. 

Reported 
from 
Standing 
Comm itteeC, 

Sum  granted. 

Resolutions  Reported, 
and  Agreed  to. 

S U P P L Y —c o n t i n u e d. 

C I V IL   S E R V I C E S,   & c. 

Page. 

£ 

s.  d. 

Page. 

C I V IL   S E R V I C E S,   S U P P L E M E N T A RY   E S T I M A T E S,   1 9 1 8 - 1 9. 

CLASS  V I. 

Ireland  Development  Grant 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

63 

2 0 , 0 00  

- 

-

71 

C I V IL   S E R V I C ES   E S T I M A T E S, 

CLASS 

I. 

Royal  Palaces  - 

Osborne 

- 

- 

: - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Royal  Parks  and  Pleasure  Gardens 

Surveys  of  the  United  Kingdom 

- 

-

-

Harbours,  under  the  Board  of  Trade  -

Peterhead  Harbour  - 

- 

- 

Bates  on  Government  Property 

Houses  of  Parliament  Buildings 

Miscellaneous  Legal  Buildings  - 

- 

-

-

-  . 

-

Art  and  Science  Buildings,  Great  Britain  -

Diplomatic  and  Consular  Buildings 

-

-

Bevenue  Buildings 
Public  Buildings,  Great  Britain 
Public  Buildings,  Ireland 
-
Ministry  of  Labour,  &c., Buildings 

-

-

-

--

-

-

Railways,  Ireland 

-

-

-

-

--

CLASS 

I I. 

House  of  Lords  Offices 
-
House  of  Commons  Offices 
War  Cabinet 
- 
Treasury  and  Subordinate  Departments 
Privy  Council  Office 

-
-

- 

- 

Interim  Forestry  Authority 
Charity  Commission 
Government  Chemist 
-
Civil  Service  Commission - 

-

-

-

-

--

-

Conciliation  and  Arbitration  Board 

- 

- 

i 

-

Exchequer  and Audit  Department 
Friendly  Societies  Registry 
Department  of  Overseas  Trade 
Woods,  Forests,  and  Law  Revenues,  Office  of 
Works  and  Public  Buildings,  Office  of 
- 
- 
Mercantile  Marine  Fund  - 
Bankruptcy  Department,  Board  of  Trade  -

- 

-

-

-

-

122 

1 22 

1 25 

1 38 

1 38 

1 38 

1 38 

1 41 

1 41 

141 

141 

1 45 

1 60 

1 60 

1 60 

1 60 

1 70 

1 70 

1 70 

1 70 

1 70 

1 70 

1 70 

1 70 

1 70 

1 70 

1 70 

1 70 

1 98 

1 98 

1 98 

2 17 

2 17 

5 5 , 4 00  

1 1 , 1 00  

1 1 7 , 9 00  

1 4 5 , 8 36  

3 , 2 26  

2 2 , 0 00  

5 6 3 , 9 50  

5 4 , 6 00  

3 9 , 0 00  

7 5 , 4 00  

6 9 , 9 00  

5 9 0 , 9 00  

1 , 4 3 0 , 7 00  

1 7 6 , 7 00  

43  (J,700 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

8 2 , 3 40  

- 

2 8 , 6 32  

2 3 1 , 7 74  

1 9 , 8 45  

1 0 7 , 5 19  

1 0 , 7 77  

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(Including  £3,000 
Supplementary.) 

5 5 , 0 00  

1 9 , 6 19  

20,<825 

2 9 , 0 59  

1 , 2 82  

6 3 , 0 30  

1 9 , 0 74  

1 9 0 , 0 00  

1 5 , 2 13  

1 7 0 , 8 90  

1 1 2 , 7 51  

6 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1 39 

1 39 

1 39 

1 96 

1 85 
on 

Debate 

agreeing 
with First  Resolution 
adjourned,  185.  Re-
sumed ;  Resolution 
agreed  to,  195.  Re-
maining  Resolutions 
agreed to, 195. 

1 96 

1 96 

Reduced to £336,700 

1 96 

1 84 

2 65 

2 65 

2 65 

2 65 

2 65 

U N C L A S S I F I ED   S E R V I C E S. 

Government  Control  of  Railways 

-

2 20 

3 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 00  

- 

-

2 65 

VOL.  174. 

Sess.  1919. 

3  R  4 

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[1919. 

• 

Subject. 

Reported 
from 
Standing 
CommitteeC. 

Sum granted. 

Resolutions  Reported, 
and Agreed  to. 

SVPPhT-^continited. 

. 

;i 

C I V IL   S E R V I C E S,   &c.i—continued. 

CLASS 

I I I. 

Police  (England  and  Wales) 
Prisons,  England  and  the  Colonies 
Reformatory  and  Industrial  Schools,  Great  Britain 
Criminal  Lunatic  Asylums  (England) 

j-  
J -

- 
- 

.'.,-

- 

- 

; - 
i 

- 

-

t 
L 
! 

; 

_  '  CLASS  V. 

Page. 

JB 

s. 

a. 

rage. 

220 
220 
220 
220 

1,183,337 
473,000 
285,332 
46,875 

- 
- 

-
-
-  ' 

265 
265 
265 
265 

Diplomatic  and  Consular  Services 

- 

-  •  R 

-

248 

1,164,797 

- 

-

265 

CLASS  1 1. 

Charitable  Donations  and  Bequests  (Ireland) 
Public  Works  (Ireland) 

- 

- 

- 

- 

•!• , 
- 

- 
- 

-
-

248 
248 

1,312..-.-. 

-

34,757  . - 

... 

266 
266 

S U P R E ME   C O U RT   OF"  J U D I C A T U RE  (Ireland) 

Bill;  pre-
sented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  275. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  284,  411.  Order  for  Second 
Reading  discharged  ;  Bill  withdrawn,  427. 

' 

S W A N S EA   B O R O U GH 

(East   Division)  W R I T.  

Vide 

E L E C T I O N S. 

SWANSEA  H A R B O UR   ;  Bill  presented,  and  read  the  first 
time, 27.  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  32.  Bill 
read  a  second  time  and  committed,  36,  Committed  to 
the  Joint  Committee  on  Dock  and  Harbour  Bills,  36. 
Reported,  with  Amendments,  112.  As  amended,  -con-
sidered,  125.  Day  appointed  for  Third  Reading,  ,133. 
Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  136.  Agreed  to  by 
the  Lords, with  Amendments,  166.  Lords'  Amendments 
(Cited  as  Swansea Harbour  Act,  1919) 
agreed  to,  169. 
Royal  Assent,  175. 

S W I N T ON   AND  M E X B O R O U GH   G AS   B O A R D:   Report 
from  the  Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders  on 
Petition  for  leave  to.deposit  Petition  for  Bill,  Stand-
ing  Orders ought to  be  dispensed  with,  103.  Examiners' 
Report  on" Petition  for  Bill  ;  Standing  Orders  not  com-
plied  with; 
referred  to  the  Select  Committee  on 
Standing  Orders,  118.  Report,  Standing  Orders  ought 
to  be  dispensed  with,  143.  Bill  presented,  and read  the 
first time,  146,  Read  a second  time, and  committed,  155. 
Reported,  with  Amendments,  214.  As  amended,  con-
sidered  ;  Standing  Orders 223 and  243  suspended  ; |  Bill 
read  the  third  time  and  passed,  242.  Agreed  to  by  the 
Lords,  with  Amendments,  386.  Day  appointed  for 
consideration,  388.  Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to,  396. 
(Cited  as  Swinlon and Mexborough  Gas  Board  Act,  1919) 
Royal  Assent,  429. 

T E ES   CONSERVANCY  ;  Bill  presented,  and  read  the  first 
time,  27.  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading, 32  Bill 
read  a second  time,  and  committed,  36.  Committed  to 
the  Joint  Committee  on  Dock  and  Harbour  Bills,  36. 
Reported,  with  Amendments and an Amended Title,  112. 
As  amended,  considered,  125.  Read  the  third  time: and 
passed,  133.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amend-
ment,  217. 
(Cited  as  Tees  Conservancy  Act,  1919) 
Royal  Assent,  244. 

T H A M ES   O C E AN   W H A RF  

AND  R A I L W AY  

[Lords] 

Chairman  of  Ways  and  Means  reports,  That  the  Bill 
should  originate  in  the  Lords,  23.  Examiners'  Report, 
Standing  Orders  certified  complied  with,  23. 

T H A N KS   of  the  H O U S E.  Vide  H O U S E. 

T I T L ES   OF  B I L LS   A M E N D ED   ; 

Private,  108,  &c.  : 

By  a Joint  Committee,  108,  &c. 
By  a Local  Legislation  Committee,  127. 

By  a Private  Bill  Committee,  112. 

Public,  86,  &c.  : 

By  a  Standing  Committee,  86,  362,  382. 
On  recommittal  (before  Report),  378. 
On  Report,  156. 

By  agreement  with a  Lords'Amendment,  424. 

T O WN   T E N A N TS  ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time,  195.  Second  Reading  deferred,  263, 
312. 

.. 

T R A DE   M A R KS  ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a 
second  time,  229.  Second  Reading  deferred,  234.  Bill 
read  a  second  time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Com-
mittee, 256.  D, 263.  Transferred to C, 272.  Reported, 
289.  As  amended,  considered;  read  the third  time  and 
passed,  293.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amend-
ments,  412.  Day  appointed  for  considering  them,  412. 
Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to,  418 
(Cited  as  Trade 
Marks  Act,  1§19) Royal  Assent,  428. 

T R A D ES   D I S P U T ES  ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to  be 
read  a second  time,  74.  Order  for  Sepond  Reading  dis-
charged ;  Bill  withdrawn,  99. 

T R A D ES   D I S P U T ES   (NO.  2)  ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered 
to be read  a second  time, 99.  Order for  Second  Reading 
read;  House  counted  out,  169.  Day  appointed  for 
Second  Reading,  170.  Bill  read  a  second  time,  and 
committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  178.  E.  180. 
Special  Report  from  the  Committee,  232. 

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T R A M W A YS  

O R D E RS 

P R O V I S I O N AL  

[Lords']  ;  Bill 
brought  from  the  Lords,  232.  Read  the first time, and 
referred 
to  the  Examiners,  232.  Report,  Standing 
Orders applicable  thereto complied  with,  255.  Bill  read 
a  second  time  and  committed;  Standing  Order  211 
.suspended, and  leave  given  to  Committee  on  Unopposed 
Bills to  proceed,  260.  Bill  reported, with  Amendments  ; 
Provisional  Orders  confirmed,  266.  As  amended,  con-
sidered,  272.  Read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with 
Amendments,  275.  To  which  the  Lords  agree,  300. 
(Cited  as  Tramways  Orders  Confirmation  Act,  1919) 
Royal  Assent,  316. 

T R A N S P O RT  (Metropolitan  Area).  Vide  C O M M I T T E E S,   V, 

T R E A TY   of  P E A C E;   Bill  ordered,  presented,  read  the 
first  time  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  206. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  212.  Motion 
for  Second 
Reading;  Amendment  proposed  to  leave  out  words 
and add  others, and not made  ;  Bill  read  a  second  time  ; 
House  immediately  resolves  itself  into  the  Committee 
on the  Bill;  Bill  considered  in  Committee,  and  reported, 
for  Third  Reading; 
without  Amendment;  Motion 
Amendment  proposed,  "  three  months,"  and  not  made ; 
Bill  read  the third  time  and  passed,  239.  Agreed  to  by 
the  Lords,  with  an  Amendment,  252.  Day  appointed, 
for  consideration,  252.  Lords'  Amendment  agreed  to, 
(Cited as  Treaty of  Peace Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 
254. 
268. 

' 

T R E A TY   of  P E A C E.  Vide  H O U S E. 

T R E A TY   of  P E A CE   [Expenses.]  Vide  C O M M I T T E E S,  I. 

T Y NE   I M P R O V E M E NT  ;  Bill  presented,  and  read  the first 
time, 27.  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  32.  Bill 
read a second time, and committed,  36.  Bill committed to 
the  Joint  Committee  on  Dock  and  Harbour  Bills,  36. 
Reported, with  Amendments,  112.  As  amended,  con-
sidered,  125.  B.ead  the  third  time  and  passed,  133. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  300. 
(Cited  as  Tyne  Improvement Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 
316. 

T Y N E M O U TH   C O R P O R A T I ON  [I^>rds];  Chairman  of  Ways 
and  Means  reports, That  the  Bill  should  originate  in  the 
Lords,23.  Examiners' Report  Standing Orders certified, 
complied  with,  23.  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords; 
read the  first  time, and  referred  to  the  Examiners,  198. 
Report,  Standing  Orders  not  previously  inquired  into 
complied  with,  207.  Bill  read  a second  time, and com-
mitted,  216.  Beported,  with  Amendments,  262.  As 
Read  the  third  time  and 
amended,  considered,  281. 
passed,  with  Amendments,  292.  To  which  the  Lords 
(Citedas  Tynemouth Corporation  Act,  1919) 
agree, 300. 
Royal  Assent,  316. 

U N E M P L O Y M E NT  

B E N E F I T;   Bill  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a second  time,  372.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  377.  Bill  read  a  second  time;  committed  to a 
Committee of the whole House, 379.  Committee deferred, 
.381.  Bill considered  in  Committee,  and  reported,  with-
out Amendment;  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  385. 
Agreed  to by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  408.  Day 
appointed  for  considering  them, 408.  Lords'  Amend-
ments  agreed  to,  411. 
(Cited  as  National  Insurance 
(Unemployment) Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  428. 

U N E M P L O Y M E NT  

B E N E F IT  

[Money]. 

Vide 

C O M-

M I T T E E S,  

I. 

U N E M P L O Y M E NT  

INSURANCE  ;  Bill  presented, 

and 

ordered  to  be  read  a second  time, 428. 

U N I ON  of  BENEFICES  [Lords]',  Bill  brought  from  the 
Lords,  67.  Read  the  first  time, aud  ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time,  394.  Second  Reading  deferred, 398,  411. 
Bill  read  a  second  time ;  committed  to  a Committee  of 
the  whole  House,  414.  Considered  in  Committee  and 
reported, 418.  As  amended,  considered ;  read the  third 
time  and  passed,  with  Amendments,  421.  To  which 
(Cited  as  Union  of  Benefices 
the  Lords  agree,  427. 
Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  429. 

V L C E - C H A M B E R L A IN  

of  the  H O U S E H O L D.  Vide 

A D D R E S S E S. 

V I C T O R IA  

of  

A CT  

GLASGOW 

I N F I R M A RY  

( 1 8 8 8) 
A M E N D M E NT   O R D ER   C O N F I R M A T I O N;  Bill  presented, 
under  the  Private  Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland) 
Act, 1899, and ordered,  under  Section 7  of  the  Act,  to  be 
considered, 303.  Considered,  310.  Read the  third time 
and  passed,  314.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without 
Amendment,  318. 
(Cited  as  Victoria  Infirmary  of 
Glasgow  Act  (1888),  Amendment,  Order  Confirmation 
^ , ' 1 9 1 9)   Royal  Assent,  3 2 1. 

V I V I S E C T I ON  of  A N I M A LS   ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered 
to  be  read  a second  time. 87.  Second  Reading  deferred, 
91. 

V O T ES   and  P R O C E E D I N GS  ;  Sessional  Order,  16. 

w  A G ES  

(Temporary  Regulation)  E X T E N S I O N;   Bill 
presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  119. 
Second  Reading  deferred, 124.  Bill read  a second time ; 
committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  126. 
Considered  in  Committee  and  reported,  without  Amend-
ment;  read the  third  time  and  passed,  135.  Agreed  to 
by the Lords, without  Amendment,  154.  ( Cited as Wages 
(Temporary  Regulation)  Extension  Act,  1919)  Royal 
Assent,  167. 

W A L S A LL  

C O R P O R A T I ON  ;  Report 

from  the  Select 
Committee  on  Standing  Orders  on  Petition,  for  leave  to 
deposit  Petition  for  Bill,  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be 
dispensed  with,  93.  Examiners'  Report  on  Petition  for 
Bill,  Standing  Orders  not  complied  with ;  referred  to  the 
Select  Committee  on  Standing  Orders,  118.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  ought  to be  dispensed  with,  129.  Bill 
presented, and  read  the  first  time,  136.  Day  appointed 
for  Second  Reading,  142.  Bill  read  a  second  time  and 
committed,  145.  Reported  trom  the  Local  Legislation 
Committee (with  an amended  Title),  261.  As  amended, 
considered  ;  Standing  Orders  223  and  243  suspended  ; 
Bill  read  the third  time and  passed,  274.  Agreed  to  by 
the Lords,  with Amendments, 400.  Lords' Amendments 
agreed  to,  404. 
(Cited  as  Walsall  Corporation  Act, 
1919)  Royal  Assent,  429. 

W AR   C H A R I T I ES  (Scotland)  [Lords]  ;  Bill  brought  from 
the  Lords,  75.  Read  the first time, 78.  Read  a  second 
time  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  79. 
Standing Committee  on Scottish Bills, 83.  Bill reported, 
with  Amendments,  99.  As  amended,  considered,  101. 
Bead  the  third  time  and  passed, with  Amendments,  104. 
To  which the Lords agree,  109. 
(Cited  as  War Charities 
(Scotland)  Act,  1919)  Boyal  Assent,  115. 

V O L.   174. 

-Sess.  1919. 

3  S 

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I N D EX   to  the  O NE   HUNDRED;  and  SEVENTY-FOURTH  VOLUME. 

[1919. 

W AR   E M E R G E N CY   L A WS   (Continuance);   Bill  presented, 
and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  272.  Second 
Blading  deferred,  281,  331.  Bill  read  a  second  time  ; 
Motion  to  refer  the  Bill  to  Committee  of  the  whole 
House  negatived  ;  Bill  committed  to  a  Standing  Com-
mittee, 333  C, 335.  Beported, with Amendments,  416. 
Consideration  deferred,  421,  427.  Motion  to  suspend 
further  proceedings  on  the  Bill  till the  next  Session  of 
Parliament  withdrawn,  428.  Vide  M O T I O N S,  I I. 

Instruction  to  Committee  on  the  Consolidated 
Fund  (No.  2)  Bill  ihat  they  have  power  to  make  pro-
vision  therein  pursuant  to  Besolution  reported  from 
Committee  of  Ways  and  Means,  290. 

— 

Beports  deferred,  124,  274. 

••  Resolutions  reported  ;  Amendments  proposed  to 

several  of  them,  and  not  made;  Resolutions  agreed  to, 
130. 

W AR   E M E R G E N CY   L A WS   (Continuance)  [Money]. 

Vide 

C O M M I T T E E S,   I. 

W AR  

I N D E M N I T Y.  Vide  H O U SE   ;  M O T I O NS   FOR  A D-

JOURNMENT  OF,  UNDER  S T A N D I NG   O R D ER   NO.  10. 

W AR   L O AN   B I L L.   Vide  W A YS   and  M E A N S. 

W AR   PENSIONS 

(.Administrative  Provisions);  Bill  pre-
sented,  and  ordered  to be  read  a second time, 283.  Bead 
a  second  time ;  committed  to  a  Committee  of 
the 
whole  House,  287.  Considered  in  Committee,  Progress, 
291.  Bill  considered  in  Committee  and  reported;  as 
amended,  considered  ;  read  the  third  time  and  passed, 
293.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  Amendments,  310. 
Lords'  Amendments  agreed  to,  313. 
( Cited  as  War 
Pensions  (Administrative  Provisions)  Act,  1919)  Boyal 
Assent,  321. 

W AR   P E N S I O NS 

(Administrative  Provisions) 
ation and  Expenses].  Vide  COMMITTEES,  I. 

[Remuner-

W AR   S E R V I C ES  of 

I M P E R I AL   F O R C ES   ;  Thanks  of  the 

House.  Vide  H O U S E,   R E S O L U T I O N S. 

W A T E R F O RD   H A R B O UR   ;  Bill  presented,  and  read  the 
first time,  27.  Day  appointed  for  Second  Reading,  32. 
Bill  read  a second  time  and  committed,  36.  Committed 
to  the  Joint  Committee  on  Dock  and  Harbour  Bills,  36. 
Committal  of  Bill  to  the  Joint  Committee  discharged, 
42.  Bill  reported with Amendments, 151.  As  amended, 
considered,  159.  Read  the  third  time  and passed,  169. 
Agreed to  by  the  Lords, with  Amendments,  263.  Lords' 
( Cited as  Waterford  Har-
Amendments  agreed  to,  274. 
bour Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  316. 

W A T ER   P R O V I S I O N AL   O R D ER   ;  Bill  presented  ;  Standing 
Orders  193A  suspended  ;  Bill  read  the  first  time  and 
referred  to  Examiners,  284.  Examiners  Report,  no 
Standing  Orders  applicable, 299.  Bill read  a second  time 
and committed,  303.  Standing  Orders  211  and  236  sus-
pended,  and  leave  given  to  Committee  on  Unopposed 
Bills  to  proceed  with  the  Bill  forthwith,  317.  Bill 
reported,  without  Amendment;  Provisional  Order  con-
firmed,  334.  Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  335. 
Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  364. 
(Cited  as  Water  Order  Confirmation Act,  1919)  Royal 
Assent,  365. 

W A YS   AND  MEANS  F OE   RAISING 

T HE   S U P P L Y: 

Appointment  of  Chairman of  Ways  and  Means, 

and  Deputy  Chairman,  16. 

: 

Resolution,  That  this  House  will, upon  Monday 
next,  resolve  itself  into  a  Committee  to  consider  of  the 
Ways  and  Means  for raising  the  Supply  to  be granted to 
His  Majesty,  28., 

——  

Committee  deferred,  30, &c. 

> 

— 

Considered  in  Committee;  Resolutions  to  be 

reported, 68,  119,  123,  171,  271,  286,  411. 

—  —-   Resolutions  reported  and  agreed  to,  and  Bills 

ordered  thereupon,  72,  135,  176,  280, 414. 

— 

—  Consolidated  Fund  (No.  1) ;  Bill  ordc-red  upon 
from  Committee  of  Ways  and 
Resolutions,  reported 
Means;  presented  accordingly,  and read the first time,  72. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  73.  Bill  read  a  second  time 
and  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  76. 
Considered  in  Committee  and  reported,  without  Amend-
ment;  read  the  third  time  and  passed  (endorsed  with 
Mr.  Speaker's  certificate), 77.*  Agreed  to  by the  Lords, 
(Cited  as  Consolidated  Fund 
without  Amendment,  87. 
/ N o.   1)  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  88. 

—:  ——  Consolidated  Fund  (No.  2 ) ;.   Bill  ordered  upon 
Resolutions,  reported  from  Committee  of  Ways  and 
Means  ;  presented  accordingly  and  read  the  first  time, 
280.  Second  Reading  deferred  284,  287.  Bill  read  a 
.  second  time  and  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole 
House,  289.  Instruction  to Committee,  290.  Committee 
deferred, 299.  Bill considered in Committee and reported, 
as  amended,  considered  ;  read  the  third  time  and  passed 
(endorsed  with  Mr.  Speaker's  certificate),  301.  Agreed 
(Cited  as 
to  by  the  Lords,  without  Amendment,  315. 
Consolidated  Fund  (No.  2)  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 
315. 

—Consolidated  Fund  (Appropriation)  ; Bill ordered 
upon  Resolution,  reported  from  Committee  of  Ways  and 
Means,  presented  accordingly,  and  read  the  first  time, 
to  a 
414.  Read  a  second 
Committee  of  the  whole  House,  417.  Considered  in 
Committee,  and  reported, without  Amendment;  read  the 
third  time,  and  passed  (endorsed  with  Mr.  Speaker's 
certificate),  421.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without 
(Cited  as  Appropriation  Act,  1919) 
Amendment,  427. 
Royal  Assent,  428. 

time,  and 

committed 

; 

——  Finance;  Bill  ordered  upon  Resolutions,  reported 
from  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means,  132. 
Instruction 
to  the  gentlemen  appointed  to  bring  in  the  Bill  to  make 
provision  therein  pursuant to another  Resolution  reported 
from Committee of  Ways and  Means, 135.  Bill presented, 
and read the first time, 135.  Motion for Second Reading  ; 
Amendment  proposed,  to leave  out  words  and  add  others, 
and  not  made.  Debate  on  Main  Question  adjourned, 
149.  Resumed,  Question  agreed  to  ;  Bill  read  a  second 
time  and  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House, 
152.  Committee  deferred,  172  Considered  in  Com-
mittee;  Progress,  215,  218,229.  Considered  in  Com-
mittee  and reported, 232.  As  amended, considered;  read 
the  third  time  and passed  (endorsed  with  Mr.  Speaker's 
certificate),  249.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without 
Amendment,  266. 
(Cited  as  Finance  Act,  1919)  Boyal 
Assent,  269. 

War  Loan;  Bill  ordered  upon  Resolutions, 
reported from Committee  of  Ways and Means ;  presented 
accordingly  ;  read  the  first  time  and ordered  to  be  read 
a  second  time,  176.  Second  Reading  deferred,  180. 
committed  to  a  Committee  of 
Bill  read  a second  time  ; 
the  whole  House,  250.  Considered  in  Committee,  and 
reported,  without  Amendment, 256.  Read the  third  time 
i  and  passed  (endorsed  with  Mr.  Speaker's  certificate), 
264.  Agreed to  by  the  Lords, without  Amendment,  285. 
(Cited  as  War  Loan Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  315. 

i  *  .Standing  Order  made  20th  February  (vide  page  10)  allows  certain 
| stages of  Consolidated  Fund  Bills to  be taken  on the same day. 

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WAYS  A ND   M E A NS   F OR   R A I S I NG   T HE  

S U P P L Y - C M F M W E R F. 

Subject. 

Agreed  to 
in  Committee. 

Resolutions  Reported,  and 
Agreed  to. 

Page. 

Page. 

W A YS   A ND   M E A N S,   1 9 1 9. 

13 March  : 

Towards  making  good  the  Supply  for  year  ended  31st March  1919, 

the  sum  of  £1,133,852  be granted 

- 

- 

- 

-

Towards  making good  the  Supply for  year  ending  31st  March  1920, 

the  sum  of  £440,310,000  be  granted  - 

- 

- 

- 

-

30  April: 

1.  Tea  (Customs) 
2.  Continuation  of  Duties  (Customs)  - 
- 
3.  Continuation  of Duties  (Excise) 
_ 
- 
4.  Spirits  (Customs)  - 
- 
- 
- 
5.  Spirits  (Excise) 
_ 
- 
- 
6.  Beer  (Customs) 
7.  Beer  (Excise) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8.  Private  Brewers  Licences 
-
9.  Reduction  of  certain  Drawbacks  and  Allowances 

- 
- 
•• 
-

- 
- 
- 
- 
-
-

- 

-

-

-

-
-
- 

-

-

- 

--
-

10.  Excess  Profits  Duty 
11.  Death  Duties  (Increase  of  Rate  of  Interest  on  Duty  out-

standing) 

- 

-

12.  Estate  Duty  (Alteration  of  Scale)  - 
- 
13.  Amendment  of  Law 

- 

- 

-
-

Ipcome  Tax 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

1  May. 

2  June : 

War  Loan  --

-

War  Savings  Certificates  Extension 

- 

- 

-

31  July : 

Towards  making good  the  Supply  for year  ended  31st  March  1918, 

£ 10  

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

Towards making  good  the  Supplv for year  ending  31st  March 1920, 
"  - 

£613,315,596 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

-

6  August: 

Towards  making good  the  Supply for year ending 31st  March  1920, 
-
- 

£585,000 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

; 

15 December : 

Towards  making  good  the  Supply  for  year  ending  31st  March 

1920, the sum of  £213,526,824 

68 

68 

119 
119 
119 
119 
119 
120 
1 20 
120 
120 
120 

120 
120 

121 

123 

171 

171 

271 

271 

286 

411 

7 1 

I 
i Bill ordered upon tbe said Resolutions. 
[  Vide  CONSOLIDATED  FUND 
I 

(No. 1) BILL. 

130 
Bill  ordered  upon  the  said  Resolu-
tions.  Vide FINANCE  BILL, 

134 
Instruction  to  the  Gentlemen  ap-
pointed  to  bring  in  the  Finance 
Bill  to  make  provision  therein 
pursuant to the said Resolution. 

175 
Bill  ordered  upon  the  said  Resolu-
tions.  Vide WAR LOAN BILL. 

280 
Bill  ordered  upon  the  said  Resolu-
tions.  Vide  CONSOLIDATED 
FUND (No. 2) BILL. 

290 
Instruction  to  the Committee  on the 
Consolidated  Fund  (No.  2)  Bill, 
that  they  have  power  to  make 
provision  therein  pursuant  to  the 
said Besolution. 

414 
Bill  ordered  upon  the  said  Resolu-
tion. 
Vide  CONSOLIDATED 
FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL, 

 
5 00  

I N D EX   to  the  O NE   HUNDRED;  and  SEVENTY-FOURTH  VOLUME. 

[1919. 

W E AR   N A V I G A T I ON   AND  S U N D E R L A ND   D O CK   ;  Bill 
presented,  and read  the  first  time,  27.  Day  appointed 
for Second Reading, 32.  Bill read a second time and  com-
mitted, 36.  Committed  to  the Joint  Committee  on  Dock 
and  Harbour  Bills,  36.  Reported,  with  Amendments, 
112.  As  amended,  considered,  125.  Read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  134.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without 
(Cited  as  Wear  Navigation  and 
Amendment,  235. 
Sunderland Dock  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  244. 

W E I G H TS   A ND   M E A S U R ES 

(Leather  Measurement) 
[.Lords];  Bill  brought  from  the  Lords,  174.  Read  the 
first  time, and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  183. 
Second  Reading  deferred,  188.  Bill  read  a  second 
time ;  House  immediately  resolves  itself  into  the  Com-
mittee  on  the  B i l l;   Bill  , considered  in  Committee  ; 
Progress,  207.  Bill  considered 
in  Committee  and 
reported,  without  Amendment;  read  the  third  time  and 
passed,  without  Amendment, 224.  ( Cited as  Weights and 
Measures (Leather  Measurement) Act,  1919) Royal  Assent, 
244. 

W E L LS   P A R T I C U L AR   B A P T I ST   A ND   C O N G R E G A T I O N AL 
C H A P E LS   C H A R I T I ES  ;  Bill presented,:and  ordered  to  be 
read  a second  time,  235.  Second  Reading  deferred, 241. 
Bill  read  a  second  time  :  House  immediately  resolves 
into  the  Committee  on  the  B i l l;   Bill  considered  in  Com-
,,  mittee  and  reported, without Amendment;  read  the third 
time  and  passed,  258.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without 
(Cited  as  Wells  Particular  Baptist 
Amendment,  297. 
and  Congregational Chapel  Charities Scheme  Confirmation 
Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  316. 

W E L SH   C H U R CH 

(Temporalities)]  Bill  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a second  time, 275.  Second  Reading 
deferred,  283.  Bill  read  a  second  time;  committed  to 
a  Committee  of  the  whole  House,  287.  Committee 
deferred,  291,  294.  Bill  considered  in  Committee  and 
reported,  297.  As  amended, considered  ;  read  the  third 
time  and  passed,  302.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with 
Amendments;  Lords'  Amendments  considered;  Motion 
to  disagree  with  the  first  Lords'  Amendment;  and 
Debate  adjourned,  316. 
Lords'  Amendments  to  be 
printed,  317.  Debate resumed ;  first  Lords'  Amendment 
disagreed to;  subsequent Lords' Amendments  considered, 
several  agreed  to,  and  several  disagreed  to.  Committee 
appointed  to  draw  up  Reasons,  318.  Reasons  reported 
( Cited as 
and agreed  to,  319.  Lords  do not  insist,  320. 
Welsh  Church  (Temporalities)  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 
321. 

W E L SH   C H U R CH  
M I T T E E S,   I. 

( Temporalities)  [Money.] 

Yide  C O M-

W E ST  

[Lords]; 

H A R T L E P O OL  

C O R P O R A T I ON 

E x-
aminers'  Report  on  Petition  for  Bill;  Standing  Orders 
not  complied  with;  referred  to  the  Select  Committee  on 
Standing  Orders,  118.  Report,  Standing  Orders  ought 
to  be  dispensed  with,  151.  Bill  brought 
from  the 
Lords,  229.  Read  the  first  time  and  referred  to  the 
Examiners, 229.  Report,  Standing Orders not  previously 
inquired  into  complied  with,  244.  Bill  read  a  second 
time and committed, 255.  Standing Order 211 suspended, 
and leave  given  to  Committee  on  Unopposed  Bills  to 
proceed,  259.  Bill  reported,  with  Amendments,  267. 
As  amended,  considered,  281.  King's Consent  signified ; 
Bill  read  the  third  time  and  passed,  with  Amendments, 
(Cited  as 
292. 
West  Hartlepool  Corporation  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent, 
316. 

To   which  the  Lords  agree,  300. 

WEST-  I N D I AN   C O U RT   OF  A P P E AL   ;  Bill  presented,  and 
ordered  to  be  read  a  second  time,  252.  Second  Reading 
'  deferred,  255.  Bill  read  a  second  time  and  committed 
to  a  Standing  Committee,  263.  Order  for  committal  to 
a  Standing  Committee  discharged,  and  Bill  committed 
to  a  Committee  of  the  whole  House, 267.  Considered  in 
Committee  and  reported,  without  Amendment;  read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  272.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords, 
with  an  Amendment,  300.  Lords'  Amendment  agreed 
to,  302. 
(Cited  as  West  Indian  Court  of  Appeal  Cor-
poration  Act,  1919)  Royal  Assent,  315. 

W E ST   SOMERSET  M I N E R AL   R A I L W AY   [Lords]  ;  Chair-
man  of  Ways  and  Means  reports  the  Bill  should 
originate  in  the  Lords,  23.  Examiners' Report  Standing 
Orders  certified  complied  with,  23. 

W I CK   H A R B O UR   O R D ER   C ON  FIRMATION  [Lords]  ;  Bill 
brought  from  the  Lords  and  ordered  under  Section  7  of 
the  Private Legislation  Procedure  (Scotland)  Act,  1899, 
to  be  considered,  354.  Considered,  356.  Read  the third 
(Cited  as 
time  and  passed,  without  Amendment,  358. 
Wick  Harbour  Order  Confirmation  Act,  1919)  Royal 
Assent,  365. 

W I T N E S S E S,   SESSIONAL  O R D E R,   16. 

W O M E N 'S   E M A N C I P A T I ON  ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered 
to  be  read  a  second  time,  78.  Read  a second  time  and 
committed  to  a  Standing  Committee,  97.  E.  100. 
Reported,  without  Amendment,  143.  Not  amended,  con-
sidered :  Motion  for  Third  Reading,  Amendment  pro-
posed,  "  Three  months,"  and  not  made;  Bill  read  the 
third  time  and  passed,  208. 

W O R K I N G T ON   C O R P O R A T I O N;   Report  from  the  Select 
Committee  on  Standing  Orders  on  Petition  for  leave  t o ; 
deposit  Petition  for  Bill;  Standing  Orders  ought  to  be 
dispensed  with,  103.  Examiners'  Report on  Petition  for 
Bill  ;  Standing  Orders  not  complied  with,  referred  to 
the  Select  Committee on  Standing  Orders,  118.  Report, 
Standing  Orders  ought  to  be  dispensed  with,  143.  Bill 
presented,  and reud  the  first  time,  146.  Read  a  second 
time  and  committed,  155.  Reported, with  Amendments, 
205.  As  amended,  considered,  226.  Read  the  third 
time  and passed,  234.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  with  an 
Amendment,  289.  Lords'  Amendment  agreed  to,  291. 
(Cited  as  Workington  Corporation  Act,  1919)  Royal 
Assent,  316. 

W O R K M E N 'S   COMPENSATION 

(War 

Addition!) 

A M E N D-
MENT  ;  Bill  presented,  and  ordered  to  be  read  a  second 
time, 380.  Second Reading  deferred, 382, 391.  Bill  read 
a  second  time,  and  committed  to  a  Standing  Committee, 
392.  Order  for  committal  to  a  Standing  Committee 
discharged,  and  Bill  committed  to  a  Committee  of  the 
whole  House,  394.  Committee  deferred,  395.  Con-
sidered 
Committee 
deferred,  404.  Bill  considered 
in  Committee  and 
reported  ;  as  amended,  considered;  read  the  third  time 
and  passed,  405.  Agreed  to  by  the  Lords,  without 
Amendment,  420. 
(Cited  as  Workmen's Compensation 
(  War Addition) Amendment Act,  1919) Royal Assent,  428. 

in  Committee,  Progress,  397. 

W R I T S.   Vide  ELECTIONS. 

Y O RK   C O U N T Y,   W E ST   R I D I NG   (Pontefract  Division)  ; 

W R I T.   Vide  E L E C T I O N S. 

Y O RK   C O U N T Y,   W E ST   R I D I NG   (Spen  Valley  Division); 

W R I T.   Vide  ELECTIONS. 

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