Tuesday, 22 November 1927
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
"to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, relating to Perth County Buildings," presented by Secretary Sir JOHN GILMOUR; and ordered (under...
2. asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of applications for safeguarding that he has received, the number rejected, the number referred to committees, and the results of their...
4. asked the President of the Board of Trade how the volume of production in the lace industry now compares with the period before the imposition of the safeguarding duty on lace?
3. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has re- ceived representations from the Birmingham Law Society and other law societies urging the passing of the Companies Bill during the...
5. asked the President of the Board of. Trade whether he has received any representations from the motor industry in regard to the classification of imports and exports of motors (complete) and...
6. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that all the British steamship lines engaged in the East African trade have agreed to the proposals...
8. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, seeing that he has suggested to local authorities that they should not take proceedings under the Sale of Food (Weights and Measures) Act,...
7. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give a return of trade between China, excepting Hong Kong, and each of the following countries, Great Britain, the United States of...
Mr. ROBINSON: 9. asked the President of the Board of Trade if having regard to the present position of the textile indutry, he will set up a Commission to in-quire as to the causes of the present...
10. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any mishaps have occurred lately to steamships directly traceable to the use of continental steel?
49. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give particulars of the duties levied by the Irish Free State on articles manufactured in Great Britain and Northern Ireland which are...
12. asked the Secretary of State for War whether progress has been or is being consistently made towards silencing the movements of the mechanised force; and to what extent the problem is...
14. asked the Secretary of State for War whether the mechanisation of the 43 Territorial artillery brigades during the last annual training proved satisfactory; what is the ap- proximate...
The following Question stood on the Order Paper in the name of Mr. LAWSON:
16. asked the Secretary of State for War whether any changes have recently been made or are about to be made in the issue of full-dress uniform or walking-out dress to units in the British Army?
17. asked the Secretary of State for War whether consideration has been given to the question whether the needs of the Signal Services of His Majesty's Forces will be prejudiced in any way by a...
18. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that apprehension exists in the Territorial Army at the possibility of further reductions being made in the Territorial Army Vote in...
Mr. ROBINSON: 19. asked the Secretary of State for War if he will have inquiries made into the case of Mr. W. Fisher, pensioned as a warrant officer and subsequently enlisted as a trooper acting...
20. asked the Secretary of State for War what steps, if any, he has taken to apply the Order-in-Council of 25th July last to officers and soldiers of His Majesty's Army respecting their future...
13. asked the Secretary of State for War whether at future Cenotaph services on Armistice Day the Rise Soldiers Rise reveille can be used in the place of the one used at present; whether the last...
Commander WILLIAMS: 22. asked the Secretary of State for War what was the cost of the French, Italian, and British Armies in all forms of salaries and pensions in 1913 and what they are to-day?
26. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many authorities have exercised their powers under Section 2 of The Blind Persons Act, 1920; and, if any, the names of such authorities?
27. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has received a request from the National Farmers' Union of Scotland to meet members of their Game and Heather Burning Committee to hear reasons...
28. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will ask for a Report from the sanitary inspector of the Gorebridge district of Midlothian as to the sanitary conditions associated with the...
29. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is now in a position to make a statement regarding improvements in the Western Isles steamboat services; and when he expects such...
30. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of persons convicted of betting offences during the past year in the City of Glasgow, and the number in 1926 and in 1920?
31. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that illegal trawling has been taking place within the last two weeks in Gott Bay, in Tiree, and that two boats were caught on a...
32. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his attention has been called to the continued usefulness of the Glasgow Veterinary College by the high standard of individual successes in...
33. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if in the arrangement reached between the Glasgow Education Authority and his Department for the building of new schools, it is intended to build a...
34. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has consulted his medical advisers as to the scale of 29s. allowed for father, mother, and three children by the parish councils in Scotland,...
35. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the total amount of State subsidy under the different housing schemes, respectively, which has been spent in Edinburgh since 1918?
37. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the total amount expended on housing schemes by local authorities in Scotland since 1919 to the latest available date this year, and, in particular,...
38. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of steel houses that have been erected in Scotland?
39. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is giving special consideration to areas where unemployment has unduly increased the rates; and does he intend to ask the Government for...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 59. asked the Minister of Transport the number of persons employed on road schemes assisted by the Ministry for the relief of unemployment in October of last year and at the...
40. asked the Secretary for Mines, in view of the increase of fatal and non-fatal accidents in the mines, if he proposes to revise the legislation that has produced this result or introduce new...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the surplus labour in mining areas, the Government will carefully consider the possibility of raising the school age in those areas, of providing...
Viscount SANDON—: 47. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will grant an increased allotment to the Historical Manuscripts Commission to enable them to make more adequate...
50. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, with regard to the proposed abolition of the Ministry of Transport and the Department of Mines and the termination of the separate existence of the...
51. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to the increase in the staffs of the Revenue Departments, amounting to 3,326, and in the Ministry of Health,...
56. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, seeing that the established complement for Customs and Excise departmental clerks has not yet been filled, he will say when it is...
53. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware of the need and demand of the agricultural industry for an import duty on barley; and whether he will consider the question of...
54. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he proposes to introduce legislation to stop the raising in this country of loans for foreign countries and capital for foreign business enterprises?
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 52. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer
58. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to the many accidents that have occurred during the last 12 months owing to the ineffective sign-posts that are placed on...
60. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that the completion of so many of the principal roads in the arterial road programme is throwing an increasing number of workpeople out of...
Mr. ERSKINE: 61. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the continuance of motor accidents in Chester Square and Belgrave Square, and what steps does he propose taking to minimise...
Mr. ERSKINE: 62. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to the growing congestion of traffic at the approach to Victoria Station; and if the advisory committee has...
64. asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware of the inconvenience caused in rural areas in cases where money is sent by telegram, owing to the Regulation that the addressee must himself...
65. asked the Postmaster-General the number of telephone calls that have been passed either between this country and the Dominion of Canada or vice versa since the inception of the service, and...
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether the Motion standing in the name of the Leader of the Opposition, "Government and the Coal Industry," can be taken on Thursday with a...
Dr. LITTLE: I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide that certain communications be- tween medical practitioners and their patients shall be privileged from disclosure in...
"to provide that certain communications between medical practitioners and their patients shall be privileged from disclosure in evidence, "presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be...
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee—[Progress, 21st November, 1927.]
The following Amendments stood on the Order Paper in the names of Mr. HAYDAY and other hon. Members:In page 1, line 13, to leave out from the word 'to,' to the word 'employed,' in line 14.In line...
Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under Section 10 of the Gas Regulation Act, 1920, on the application of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and...
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