Thursday, 17 May 1928
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That in the case of the following Bill, referred on the First Reading thereof, no Standing Orders...
"to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Minister of Transport under the General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, relating to Gott Bay and Truro," presented by Colonel Ashley; read the First...
1. asked the Minister of Pensions if he can give any further details of the war disabilities of the 17,000 persons pensioned by his Department at the present time who are not adults?
2. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will give the number of registered clubs in England and Wales on the 1st January, 1928; how many new clubs have been granted...
3. asked the Home Secretary whether, seeing that the Departmental Committee expressed the view that it was impracticable to enforce the keeping and auditing of the accounts of charities, except...
4. asked the Home Secretary in how many cases (luring the present year he has caused objectionable books and novels on entering the country to be seized and destroyed; how many books and novels...
5. asked the Home Secretary the average number of police, uniformed or otherwise, daily on duty in Hyde Park during the months of March and April, 192B; the number of charges entered at Hyde Park...
7. asked the Home Secretary whether any police reports have been drawn up as to the effect of greyhound racing at Wembley upon gambling; whether the report has been submitted to him; and if he...
8. asked the Home Secretary when the Bulmer-Rayon Company, Stowmarket, was given permission to work the two-shift system; when was this factory last inspected; if his attention has been called to...
9. asked the Home Secretary the number of police at present engaged upon traffic duties within the Metropolitan police area as compared with 1920; and whether any proposals are under...
13. asked the Home Secretary whether he will issue instructions that the Lost Property Office in London shall remain open on Saturday afternoons, in view of the convenience which would thereby be...
15. asked the Home Secretary whether in view of the difficulties caused by divided control of the police in the detection of crime, and the great increase of fatal accidents to the public and...
asked the Home Secretary if he has received the Report of the Commission of Inquiry in connection with the dispute between the Chief Constable of St. Helens and the local Watch Committee, and...
10. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to a decision given by the High Court which makes whist drives for prizes illegal under the Betting Act of 1853; and, in view of...
16. asked the Home Secretary whether, having regard to the fact that some 250,000 shops are open in this country every Sunday and that about 2,000,000 people are involved, is it his intention to...
17. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that the preparation of the new register of electors involved by the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Bill will increase the...
18. asked the Home Secretary the reasons given by the Preston Doubling Company and the Belgarth Mills, Limited, for Orders under Section 2 of the Employment of Women, Young Persons, and Children...
21. asked the President of the Board of Education how many public elementary schools in England and Wales have no other sanitary accommodation than privy middens?
22. asked the President of the Board of Education on what grounds the Board have refused to approve a proposal of the Landon County Council to spend a sum not exceeding £500 annually in...
23. asked the President of the Board of Education how many of the 52 public elementary schools of the county of Hereford reported in 1925 as having no water supply at all are still without such a...
19. asked the President of the Board of Education whether the number of uncertificated head-teachers has increased to any considerable extent between 1920 and 1927; and, if so, whether this...
20. asked the President of the Board of Education if he is satisfied with the provision made in our education system for the teaching of foreign languages; and whether, in order to keep our...
26. asked the Minister of Health the number of houses local authorities have erected by direct labour during each of the last seven years?
27. asked the Minister of Health if he can make any statement as to the intentions of his Department to introduce legislation in favour of the grant of reasonable compensation to owners of...
32. asked the Minister of Health if he can make any statement on the intentions of the Government with regard to the renewal Dr extension of the Rent Restrictions Act?
28. asked the Minister of Health the prices of three standard qualities of house bricks on a given date in April, 1925, 1926, 1927, and 1928, respectively?
34. asked the Minister of Health how many houses were occupied in the parish of East Keal, Lincolnshire, in 1914; how many are occupied at the present time; and how many houses are condemned as...
29. asked the Minister of Health whether the Committee on the Poisons and Pharmacy Acts have concluded their deliberations; and, if so, will the findings of the Committee be available to Members...
30. asked the Minister of Health whether, seeing that two years have elapsed since the Royal Commission on Lunacy and Mental Disorders issued their Report and that the reforms therein suggested...
31. asked the Minister of Health whether the Voluntary Hospitals Commission is still in existence; who is the present chairman; and what were the total grants made to hospitals during 1927 and up...
33. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the period of waiting entailed in the cases of many applicants for the old age pension at 65 years of age; and whether it...
43. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that a portion of the Wye Valley below Symonds Vat, belonging to the Crown, has been leased to a company for the purpose of quarrying...
36. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the last payment was received by Great Britain on account of Bulgarian reparations; what was the amount thereof and what sum is due on the next...
37. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, as the result of the investigations of the Cabinet Committee appointed by him last year to inquire into the possible evasion of Supertax, and...
38. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors awarded a sum of £8,000 to Mr. Marten Hale for his inventions; that...
39. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of disabled ex-service men employed in Government Departments in London as office keepers, store keepers, and messengers who were over...
40. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the International Committee considering the matter of the Turkish Unified 4 per cent. Stock have come to a decision; and, if not, when a...
44. asked the Minister of Agriculture how many animals have entered the London Quarantine Station for export to Australia?
45. asked the Prime Minister if it is his intention to introduce any legislation for the reform of the House of Lords during the lifetime of the present Parliament?
47. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is contemplating a revision of the present method of issuing motor-driving licences; and, if so, whether he will consider the advisability of...
48. asked the Minister of Transport whether he has now received the report of his chief road engineer, who recently examined the existing state of affairs on the roads leading from the new...
49. asked the Minister of Transport whether he has a return showing the number of tramway undertakings in Great Britain which receive assistance from the rates?
50. asked the Secretary of State for Air what were the circumstances 'under which Lieutenant D. F. C. Scott, of the Essex Regiment, met his death whether officers of the Regular Army can be...
51. asked the President of the Board of Trade the amount of relief in rates it is expected will be given to the chain-making trade in Cradley and district in October, 1929, under the Budget proposals?
52. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of accidents having occurred on the River Thames owing to foreign vessels navigating the river without engaging the services of a...
54. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether there is any fishery patrol by Government ships among the islands of Scotland; and, if so, how many ships and how often the patrol completes...
55. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the question of transport between the islands and the mainland of Scotland being taken over by the Government has been considered by the...
59. asked the Secretary for Mines the date on which experiments first began in this country on the Bergius process and at how many places; and what amount of money the Government have spent on...
60. asked the Secretary for Mines the daily wage paid for day wage workers in the Ruhr coal mines in Germany, and the subsistence daily wage paid for day wage workers in the coal mines of Durham...
61. asked the Secretary for Mines whether, in the case of any new schemes for marketing of coal submitted to him recently, he has authorised the issue to coal consumers of inquiries as to the...
63. asked the Minister of Labour whether the Report of the Industrial Transference Board will be submited to Members of this House before the Whitsuntide Recess?
64. asked the Minister of Labour if he will consider the advisability of arranging for courts of referees, in connection with local employment committees, to function in the same districts as the...
Mr. L'ESTRANGE MALONE: 70. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he or his Department have had any conversations with Dr. Wang Chung-hui since his arrival in this country;...
72. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the principle on which a naval general mess is run; whether the general mess paymaster is provided with a fixed money allowance for use per day; and, if...
asked the Home Secretary how many persons are at present detained in prison convicted of offences committed during the general strike or during the miners' stoppage; the length of sentence each...
65. asked the Secretary of State for War how many temporary officers are still holding active appointments in the Army; and how many were holding similar positions in May, 1926?
66. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the report of the district Magistrate of Calcutta that on 28th March, during the occasion of disturbances...
67. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the Government of India has taken, or proposes to take, any steps to set up an independent tribunal to act as a board of arbitration and...
68. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the amount to be paid by the British Government to the League of Nations for the year 1929; and what were the corresponding amounts for the...
69. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the total amount expended by the league of Nations during the year 1927; and what are the estimated expenses for the year 1928?
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that on Tuesday, the 15th May, at about 1.50 p.m. two police officers called at the place of business of Miss Savidge, and without affording her any...
Mr. MacDONALD (by Private Notice): asked the Prime Minister whether the Food Council have experienced any difficulties in obtaining from food traders the information necessary for the Council's...
Owing to a recent decision of the Local Legislation Committee, it was deemed advisable that the Stoke-on-Trent Corporation should, if they wished to secure the passage of most of their Bill,...
Will the Prime Minister be good enough to tell us what business he proposes to take next week?
Resolution reported from the Select Committee: That, in the case of the Morecambe Corporation [Lords], Petition for Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with:—That the parties be...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
I beg to move, in page 2, line 40, to leave out the word "shall," and to insert instead thereof the word "may." This Amendment is intended to lead up to the next Amendment in my name—in...
I beg to move, "That this House do now adjourn." I should like at the outset to make it perfectly clear that we have raised this discussion to-night, not because we have the slightest concern...
Again considered in Committee.
I beg to move, in page 3, line 13, after the word "department," to insert the words "commercial bills, bills of exchange on foreign firms, or." The subject to which I want to draw the attention...
I beg to move, in line 20, to leave out Sub-section (3). The Committee will remember that the amount of securities at present held by the Government against the note issue is estimated to be in...
I beg to move, in page 4, line 39, at the end, to insert the words, "and a copy of every agreement so made shall be presented to Parliament." This Clause deals with the profits of the note issues...
I beg to move, in page 5, to leave out from the word "aforesaid" in line 23, to the end of line 24. We have now reached what is really the most important. Clause in the Bill and one on which...
Mr. SAMUEL: I beg to move, in page 5, line 43, at the end, to add the words, (2) A bank in Scotland or Northern Ireland may hold the coin and bank notes by reference to which the amount of the...
I beg to move, in page 6, line 4, to leave out the words, "with the concurrence of the Bank." I am moving this Amendment in order to extract some information from the Government, and I want to...
I beg to move, in page 6, line 12, after the word person, to insert the words "in I he United Kingdom." This is intended to make it clear beyond a shadow of doubt that this Clause is for the...
The Amendment—in page 6, line 36, at the end, to insert the words "but in no case shall the appointed day be earlier than three months after the holding of an international conference of...
Considered in Committee.
Mr. SAMUEL: I beg to move, in page 2, line 29, at the end, to insert the words: Provided that where by virtue of this sub-section a bank is required to reduce its fiduciary note issue the...
May I ask a question from you, Mr. Deputy-Speaker, before we proceed further?
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