8 APRIL 1925
The Marquis of Salisbury made a statement in the House of Lords with regard to expenditure on aeroplane and aeroplane engine research, in answer to a question by the Duke of Sutherland bearing upon the Croydon aerodrome accident. The Circuit Courts and Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Bill was read a third time and passed.
The House of Commons agreed to a resolution moved by the Chancellor of the Exchequer suspending the operation of Sections 1, 2, and 5 of the German Reparation (Recovery) Act, 1921, in pursuance of the new Anglo-German Agreement, which changes the method of collecting reparations. A Socialist resolution advocating State ownership as a remedy for industrial and social difficulties was rejected by 281 to 124.
The Church of Scotland Bill was ordered to be reported to the House of Commons. Several new clauses were added to the Bill.
The Rent and Mortgage Interest Restriction Bill passed the Standing Committee of the House of Commons. The Socialists moved an amendment that the period should be at least five years, but the proposal in the Bill of two and a-half years was carried.
A cordial welcome was extended to the King and Queen on their visit to Syracuse.
Lord Balfour has been visiting Jewish settlements in Palestine, one of which is named Balfouria. He referred to the success of the Jews in agriculture, and hailed it as a happy augury for the success of the movement to establish a home for the Jews in Palestine.