Monday, 5 December 1927
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Renfrewshire County Council (Giffnock Railway Bridges) Order Confirmation Bill [Lords],
Considered in Committee.
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether, in view of the promise of the Government of India, any Indians have been appointed as members of the Railway Board; and, if not, why this...
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his Department has any information with reference to the illicit importation of cocaine into India; and can he give the particulars?
3 and 4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India (1), if he is aware that miners in the Ramganji coalfield are permitted to remain down the collieries for two or three days at a time;...
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is now in a position to state the decisions of the Government with regard to the findings of the Sandhurst Committee?
8. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he is in a position to state the amount of money which was paid out of the revenues of India during the last financial year for the purpose of...
9. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India the approximate number of adherents to the Indian branch of the Anglican Church in India, both European and Indian; and what percentage this bears...
10. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he is in a position to give the House any information regarding the recent arrangements between Hindus and Moslems on the subjects of...
11. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will approach the various Governments concerned for the purpose of arranging for the production locally in the British West...
12. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what are the communications as to wireless, cable, and mails of the Falkland Islands: whether any steps are being taken towards their...
13. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Governments of British Guiana, Trinidad and Barbados are taking any action on the proposals of the West Indian Civil Air...
15. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that an economic commission appointed by the Japanese Government has recently visited Kenya and Uganda, with the object...
25. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department the total number of articles on which a new Customs duty has been placed in the United Kingdom or an old duty increased since 1924?
26. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department the latest returns indicating both the extent and the recovery, if any, of the export trade in Lancashire textile goods to China?
39. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state in sterling the value of the total import of gold, bullion, and specie into this country since 1st January last to date; and the...
53. asked the Prime Minister whether the Empire Marketing Board has approved a grant to the Orkney Egg Trade Association for the furtherance of the association's scheme of marketing?
17. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the proposed directorate of Alluvial Diamonds (Gold Coast), Limited, and the presence on the board...
18. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies the sources of revenue available to the Georgetown Town Council to meet the commitments in connection with the city improvements schemes of...
19. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the negotiations between the British and Iraq Governments on the question of Iraq applying for membership of the League of Nations...
21. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will undertake not to give away the concession for the Dead Sea minerals without first informing the House of the conditions and...
23. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Feetham Commission was appointed to deal with local government in Kenya Colony; and whether the Terms of Reference to the...
24. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what arrangements are made to deal with the suppression of Communist agitation in British territories adjoining the Dutch East Indies;...
27. asked the Minister of Agriculture if his attention has been called to the results of the use of Yorkshire powders in warding off lamb disease; whether he is aware that for some years they...
Captain CROOKSHANK: 28. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been called to the railway charges falling on agricultural produce; and, if so, whether he is in a position to...
29. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will explain why he has refused his consent to the Lancashire County Council to purchase four farmhouses and buildings and 283 acres of land which they...
30. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will publish a statement giving the statutory requirements, so far as they are administered by his Department, governing the production and manufacture...
31. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that work in connection with the development of agricultural co-operation, formerly done by the Agricultural Organisation Society with...
46. asked the Prime Minister if he has received, the resolutions unanimously passed at a conference of agriculturists held at Lincoln on 10th and 24th October, 1927; and if he has any statement...
32. asked the Attorney-General whether he will issue, for the information of the House, a tabular statement, in continuation of that given by him on the 10th December, 1924, relating to the...
34. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to a resolution passed by the Federation of League of Nations Societies, at its plenary congress at...
35. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign
38. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of industrial employés in His Majesty's Dockyard, Portsmouth, who belong to trade unions and the number who do not belong to trade...
40. asked the Postmaster-General if proposals are now being considered by the Government for protecting the State-owned and privately- owned cables against wireless competition; and whether the...
41. asked the Postmaster-General the total cost to date of the Rugby Wireless Station; the annual expenditure, including depreciation and amortisation of capital; and the total revenue for the...
43. asked the President of the Board of Education the number of children who left school on attaining the age of 14 during the last educational school year?
44. asked the Secretary of State for War the number of troops at present stationed in or on their way to China?
45. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government has yet come to a decision with regard to the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Mines, and Department of Overseas Trade, respectively; and...
Major-General Sir NEWTON MOORE: 47. asked the Prime Minister whether any borings have been made to ascertain the total amount of phosphate rock available for shipment and the phosphate contents...
48. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that some 400 ex-British civil servants in Southern Ireland are still waiting to retire, under Article 10 of the agreement for a treaty between...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir FREDERICK HALL: 57. asked the Prime Minister how many ex-service men are now resident in the Irish Free State; and what steps are being taken by the Government to co-operate in...
49. asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the advisability of including in any Bill that provides for votes for women at 21 years of age Clauses ensuring that no person in receipt of...
51. asked the Prime Minister whether he now intends to introduce legislation next year for the alteration of the constitution of, or other reform of, the House of Lords?
52. asked the Prime Minister whether, in considering legislation to equalise the political position of men and women, he is considering the position, as hereditary legislators, of peeresses in...
54. asked the Prime Minister whether the Act for the indenturing of native juveniles in Southern Rhodesia has received His Majesty's formal assent; whether notification of this assent was made by...
56. asked the Prime Minister whether he will ascertain the nature of the activities which, in the opinion of the Southern Rhodesian Government, were likely to cause unrest among the native...
58. asked the Secretary of State for War if he will consider the possibility of any steps being taken to rectify the grievance of officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers stationed at...
60. asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that a large number of the electricity undertakers affected by the South-East England electricity scheme have represented to the Central...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the quantity of wheat offals manufactured in this
[2ND ALLOTTED DAY.]
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Section, the Minister may, with the consent of the Treasury, authorise the payment out of the unemployment fund of grants towards expenses incurred in...
Paragraph 1 of Part I. of the First Schedule to the Unemployment Insurance (No. 2) Act, 1924, as amended by Section Three of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1925, shall have effect as if the...
In Section five of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1923 (which defines a continuous period of unemployment), as amended in the Second Schedule to the Unemployment Insurance (No. 2) Act, 1924, for...
As from the commencement of this Act the weekly contributions enacted in the First Schedule to the Unemployment Insur- as payable by any employer in respect of any person employed by that...
Notwithstanding anything contained in any of the Unemployment Insurance Acts, no employer shall be required to make any contribution to the Unemployment Insurance Fund in respect of any person...
Where a person employed in any one of the excepted employments mentioned in paragraph (d) in Part II of the First Schedule to the principal Act ceases such employment and becomes an insured...
Any person already entitled to benefit Tinder the Unemployment Insurance Acts who takes up employment in agriculture for a period not exceeding three months shall still be entitled to receive...
Paragraph (1) in the First Schedule to the Unemployment Insurance Inclusion Order, 1925, dated the twenty-third day of December, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, made by the Minister under the...
Resolved, That this House concurs in the submission to His Majesty of the name of Mr. Hartshorn for appointment to the Indian Statutory Commission in place of Mr. Walsh, whose resignation on...
I beg to move, That a humble Address be presented to His Majesty praying that the draft Order in Council presented on the 8th day of November, 1927, made by the President of the Board of Trade,...
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