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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 classifica-tion 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 classifiea-tion 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.

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C A B I N E T 1.8(24)

CONCLUSIONS of a Meeting of the Cabinet held at 1 0 s Downing Street, on TUESDAY FEBRUARY I 2 t h , 1 9 2 1 , at 1 2 Noon.

P R E S E N T

The Right Hon 0 J* Ramsay MacPonalu, M.P, Prime Minister and Secretary of . State for Foreign Affairs. (in the Chair)

Eight Hon., flrd par-moor of Frieth, jCToCc jKoC, l&rd l-e si dent of the Councils. 1 Sight Horn. IB. Clynes , M0Po, lord Privy Seal, Fight Hon. ' A;, Henderson, Secretary m State for Home Affairs. I Right Hono Stephen Walsh, McP. m State for War,-

Secretary

ll^General The R i g h t Hon P lord Ithomson, 0 , B o E t . , E S , O c , Secretary of State for Air,

[e Right Hon, f Sidney Webb, President of the Board of Trade. i'lRight Hon.., Charles Trevelyan, M.P*, President of the Board of Education^ (Right Hono Ion Shaw, C o B c B r ,U.P., Minister of Labour. e'Right Hon.

I fern on Hartshorn, O.B.E.,MnP., Postmaster- General,

5&a Right Eon, Viscount Haldane, K o 2 o , 0 . M c , Lord Chancellor.?

The Right Hon, P.h i 1 ip 3:a. ow den. M, P , , . Chancellor' of the Exchequer..

The Right Hon, JcH- Thomas, M 0P- r Secretary of State for the Colonies.

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.

Ihe Right Hon, John Wheatley, McP,, Minister of Health.

She Right Hon. Noel Buxton, I.P., Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.

The Right Hon 3 William Adamson, M.P., Secretary for Scotland.

C1clp She Right H-n. Jo 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. Hankeyr Gf.G.B,........... . ,Secretary.

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(This Document is the Property of His Britannic Ma'jesTy ̂ Trove rnme ntTT"

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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 1. The Prime Minister informed his colleagues that it tllNESS.

was probable that the House of Commons would rise early the

Kwicus aference: piinet 10 24;, Con-lesion lo )

same day, and that the Debate on his statement was likely 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 Bsti-matess-

1. Class 7. Vote 1 Ministry of Health, 2. Unclassified Services.

V 0 b G 2 ***(************

3. Class 2. Vote 34 4. Class 7 Vote 2 .........

5. Class 1. Vote 3

Relief of Unemploy-ment.

Secretary for Scotland. Scottish Board of

Health. Royal Parks and Pleasure Gardens.

6. Revenue Departments. Vote 3 ...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;

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ijk^OVEPdMSWT 2. The attention of the Cabinet was drawn, as a matter ! 5HE limBr

iI-iAL. of urgency, to the following Private Notice Question to be ashed the same aftemoon:-

11 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 inter-national questions are by its constitution binding on the representatives of affiliated bodies".

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 pur-poses of prejudice, no member of a Govern-merrb 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

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(previous Reference: CaW.net 59 (23], Con-G fusion 1(g) o)

3 0 The attention of tha Cabinet was invite A s as a matter of urgency, to a question 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

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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 everything would be done to explore the possibilities of ORGANISATION.

im DOCK fDISPUTE.. w evious Reference: [cabinet 8 1(24), Con-falusion 4. )

a settlement. In this connection attention was drawn to the

previous JReference: loabinet 42 1(23), Gon-v following Private Notice Question to the Prime Minister:-jciusion 1.

"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-follow-ing effect:-"The answer to the first part of the Question-is 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 Home Secretary (in the Chair) , The Secretary of State for the Colonies, The Secretary of State for War, The Secretary of State for Air, The First Lord of the Admiralty, The 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 5. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, as Chairman SCIONS.

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), Con- The 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 7, The Minister of Health drew the HEALTH ISSOEMCTSa attention, of the Government to a question put (previous down to the Prime Minister on the following References Cabinet 11 day as to whether he proposed to advise the (24), Con-elusion 9). 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,,

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?XS MEETING 8. The Cabinet agreed -? CABINET.

To meet on the following day, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13th, at 9-3.0 p.m. In the Prime' ' inister5 s Room at the House of Commons.

2, Whitehall Gardens, S . W o l ,

February 12, 1924.