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C A B I M B T
12(24).
Meeting to be held at 1G Downing Street, S.W.I.
on Tuesday. February 12th, 1924 at 12 Moon.
A G 1 I D A.
112 Noon.
1,
PROPOSED PARLIAMENTARY BILLS,
H.A.C 1st Conclusions (24)
2.
WAR CHARGES VALIDITY BILL.
Memorandum by the Minister of Agriculture,
C P . 99 (24)
Memorandum by the President of the Board of Trade,
C P . 100 (24)
Memorandum by the President of the Board of Trade,
C P . 77 (24)
3.
WASHINGTON HOURS CONVENTION.
Memorandum by the Minister of Labour,
C P . 96 (24)
4.
JUVENILE UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE.
Composition of,
5.
LABOUR AND SOCIALIST INTERNATIONAL /PRIVATE NOTICE
(Signed)
Whitehall Gardens/ S.W.I.
February, 1924.
S E C R E T .
C A B I N E T
12(24)
The Prime Minister has instructed me to notify
Ministers that among the questions he will raise at
tomorrow?s meeting of the Cabinet is the classification of Bills submitted by the Home Affairs Committee.
(Paper No. H.A.C. 1st Conclusions (24) - already
circulated).
(Signed)
M. P. A. HANKEY.
.
Secretary, Cabinet.
S E C R E T .
C A B I N E T
12(24).
The Prime Minister has instructed me to notify
Ministers that among the questions he will raise at
tomorrow?s meeting of the Cabinet is the classifieation of Bills submitted by the Home Affairs Committee.
(Paper No. H.A.C. 1st Conclusions (24) - already
circulated).
(Signed)
M. P. A. HANKEY.
Secretary, Cabinet.
BHIS PQQnMl^.^I.g-.^l-.?.lQ?SR.^.pi'. HIS Bin TAN NIG MAJESTY S GOVERNMENT)
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COPY HO.
C A B I N E T
1.8(24)
CONCLUSIONS of a Meeting of the Cabinet
held at 1 0 Downing Street, on TUESDAY
FEBRUARY I 2 t h , 1 9 2 1 , at 1 2 Noon.
s
PRESENT
The Right H o n J* Ramsay MacPonalu, M.P,
Prime Minister and Secretary of
. State for Foreign Affairs.
(in the Chair)
0
Eight Hon.,
flrd par-moor of Frieth,
jCToCc jKoC,
l&rd
l-e si dent of the Councils.
1
Sight Horn.
IB. Clynes , M Po,
lord Privy Seal,
5&a Right Eon,
Viscount Haldane, K o 2 o , 0 . M c ,
Lord Chancellor.?
Fight Hon. '
A;, Henderson, Secretary
m State for Home Affairs.
The Right Hon,
JcH- Thomas, M P Secretary
of State for the Colonies.
The Right Hon,
P.h i 1 ip 3:a. ow den. M, P , , .
Chancellor' of the Exchequer..
0
I Right Hono
Stephen Walsh, McP.
m State for War,-
0
Secretary
ll^General The
r
The Right Hon.
Lord Olivier,. K . 0 .M. G o , C . B . ,
Ssorstary of State for India.
fhe Right Hon.
Viscount Chelmsford, G.C.M.G..,
G o C o S o I e jGoCoIoEj , 0 r. B a E c ,
First Lord of the Admiralty.
R i g h t Hon
lord Ithomson, 0 , B o E . , E S , O c ,
Secretary of State for Air,
P
t
[e Right Hon,
f Sidney Webb,
President
of the Board of Trade.
Ihe Right Hon,
John Wheatley, McP,,
Minister of Health.
i'lRight Hon..,
Charles Trevelyan, M.P*,
President of the Board of
Education^
She Right Hon.
Noel Buxton, I.P., Minister
of Agriculture and Fisheries.
The Right Hon
William Adamson, M.P.,
Secretary for Scotland.
(Right Hono
Ion Shaw, C o B c B r ,U.P.,
Minister of Labour.
3
e'Right Hon.
I fern on Hartshorn, O.B.E.,MnP.,
Postmaster- General,
C1clp She Right H-n.
J o Co Y/edgwood, P. S. 0 . ,M.P. ,
Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster,,
She Right Hon, F.W., Jowett, M.P.,
First Commissioner of Works.
mt.-Col, Sir M.P.A. Hankey
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Gf.G.B,........... .
,Secretary.
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S E C R E T -
CABINET 12 (24)
CONCLUSIONS of a Meeting of the Cabinet,
held at 10, Downing Street, SoW. 1, on
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1924, at 12 Noon.
PEJIAMENTAPVY
tllNESS.
1. The Prime Minister informed his colleagues that it
was probable that the House of Commons would rise early the
same day, and that the Debate on his statement was likely
Kwicus
aference:
piinet 10
24;, Con-
lesion lo )
to continue throughout Wednesday and Thursday, February 13th
and 14th.
After consideration of a Note submitted to the Prime
Minister by the Chief Whip, the Cabinet agreed
—
To approve the following order in which the
Chief whip put clown the "Supplementary Bstimatess1. Class 7. Vote 1
2. Unclassified Services.
V 0 b G 2 ***(************
Ministry of Health,
3. Class 2.
Secretary for Scotland.
4.
Class 7
Vote 34
Vote 2 .........
5. Class 1. Vote 3
6. Revenue Departments.
Vote 3
Relief of Unemployment.
Scottish Board of
Health.
Royal Parks and
Pleasure Gardens.
...Post Office.
The above order to hold for the first day
of the Supplementary Estimates if the
Debate on the Prime Minister's statement
continued on Thursday, February 14th;
i
i
ijk^OVEPdMSWT
! 5HE limBr
iI-iAL.
2. The attention of the Cabinet was drawn, as a matter
of urgency, to the following Private Notice Question to be
ashed the same aftemoon:Sir William H. Davis on: To ask the Prime
Minister whether he can assure the House
that neither he nor any member of the
Government are any longer in any way
connected with the Labour and Socialist
International, commonly known as the
Sozialistische-Arbeiter Internationale,
the decisions of which on all international questions are by its constitution
binding on the representatives of affiliated
bodies".
11
The Cabinet agreed
—
That the Prime Minister should give the
following answer: " In accordance with the constitution of
the International, which is not commonly
known, however, as the Sozialistische
Arbeiter Internationale except for purposes of prejudice, no member of a Governmerrb can serve as a member of its Committees,
The Labour Party is affiliated to this
body and will carry out its obligations
as stated in the programmes of the Party
issued to the electors at -,he time of
elections- The obligations of a Society
affiliated to the International are similar
to those undertaken by States on becoming
members of the League of Nations. The
affiliation is purely voluntary and can be
terminated at any time should necessity
arise *
11
*
3
The attention of tha Cabinet was
0
invite A as a matter of urgency, to a question
s
(previous
Reference:
CaW.net 59
(23], ConG fusion
1(g) o)
to be asked in Parliament on thf following day
aa to whether the Government proposed to
introduce legislation amending the Representation
of the People .&ct to secure that Members shall
not be elected on a minority vots
e
She Cabinet agreed That the reply should "be
non-o ommi t ta 1
0
.-3-
ilS
im DOCK
fDISPUTE..
w evious
Reference:
[cabinet 8
1(24), Confalusion 4. )
4. The Minister of Labour informed the Cabinet that,
following the breakdown of direct negotiations between
the parties concerned in the dock dispute, he had invited
a joint meeting of employers and employed to take place
at the ministry of Labour at 2-30 the same day.
He pro-
posed to open the meeting with a few words, after which
JTHE SUPPLY
IAND TRANSPORT
ORGANISATION.
previous
JReference:
loabinet 42
1(23), Gon-v
jciusion 1.
everything would be done to explore the possibilities of
a settlement.
In this connection attention was drawn to the
following Private Notice Question to the Prime Minister:"Mr Eeiuer:- To ask the Prime Minister
whether his attention has been called
to the imminence of the Dock Strike due
to start on the 16th February; whether
he is aware that negotiations In this
matter are being seriously prejudiced
by the answer given by the Minister of
Health to the deputation from the
Poplar Board of Guardians; and whether
he will give an assurance that promises
of full maintenance to people engaged in
industrial disputes will not be sanctioned."
The Cabinet agreed
—
(a) That the Prime Minister should reply to
the Private Notice Question to the-following effect:"The answer to the first part of the Questionis in the affirmative and to the second part
in the negative. With regard to the last
part, the Government will "act in accordance
with the law as laid down by Statute and
by the findings of the Courts."
(b) That a Committee, composed as follows:The
The
The
The
The
The
Home Secretary (in the Chair) ,
Secretary of State for the Colonies,
Secretary of State for War,
Secretary of State for Air,
First Lord of the Admiralty,
Minister of Transport,
should meet at the Nome Office the same
evening at 6 p.m. for the purpose of
enquiring into the emergency organisation
in the event of a strike.
1 1 0
(S-VVAB
SCIONS.
5. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, as Chairman
of the Cormitteo on Pre-War Pensions, informed the Cabinet
that his Committee was about to report in favour of the
"gvious
gference:
Pre-War Pensions Bill of the previous Government,
abinet 9
24), ConThe Cabinet agreed —
lusion 17.)
That the question should be discussed
at their next Meeting.
rnr,7 CARRIAGE
bF GOODS BY
:SBA.
Previous
; Reference:
fiabinet 29
1(23), Con-
liluslon 8. )
6.
The Cabinet agreed
—
That the President of the Board of Trade
should be authorised to reply to a
Question in Parliament-in regard to the
Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, to the
effect^"that the Bill would be introduced
either in the House of Commons or in
another place.
E&TIOHAL
HEALTH
ISSOEMCTS
7,
a
(previous
References
Cabinet 11
(24), Conelusion 9 ) .
The Minister of Health drew the
attention, of the Government to a question put
down to the Prime Minister on the following
day as to whether he proposed to advise the
setting up of a Royal Commission to invest!gat
the Medical Uervioe Under the Hatioral Health
Insurance Act and kiii&red matters.,
The prime Minister said that if the
question was put he would ask for it to he
postponed for a week,,
i9
JL
?XS MEETING
? CABINET.
8. The Cabinet agreed
-
To meet on the following day, WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY 13th, at 9-3.0 p.m. In the Prime'
' inister s Room at the House of Commons.
5
2, Whitehall Gardens,
S.Wol,
February 12, 1924.
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