Monday, 4 February 1929
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Bill read a Second time, and committed.
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether it is proposed to reintroduce into the Assembly the Communist Deportation Bill which was thrown out last year; and, if so, why?
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the Government of India are making any representations to the Colonial Office respecting the Hilton Young Report; and, in particular,...
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has any information as to the present whereabouts of Mr. O. Raymond, of Chingford, Essex, an Englishman engaged in walking round the...
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what sections of the railways in India origin- ally built as metre-gauge have been converted to broad-gauge; whether the Government of India has...
8. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he is in a position to state the attitude of the Government of India in regard to the question of raising the legal age of marriage in India?
9. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he has now received the Report with regard to the bombing accident near Peshawar; if he will state why live bombs were used instead of dummies...
10. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the explanation for the increase in the imports of spirits into the Gold Coast from 179,597 gallons in 1920 to 1,312,258 gallons in 1927,...
11. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies for what reason British Honduras is not being represented at the British West Indian Conference in Barbados?
12. asked the Secretary of State for the Colones concerning the so-called Northcote boundary of the Native reserve in the South Nyeri district of Kenya, whether he is aware that this Northcote...
15. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies on what date Mr. Novomeysky made his first application and presented his first scheme on the Dead Sea and to what official body?
16. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can now make a further statement as to the alleged infringements of ancient religious rights and customs at the Wailing Wall in...
Mr. L'ESTRANGE MALONE: 17. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that a petition has been presented to the Governor of Hong Kong by British and Chinese subjects,...
24. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether his attention has been called to the statement made by Mr. W. J. Black, director of colonisation and agriculture for the Canadian...
27. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he has received any complaints as to the dumping of German wheat in this country at a price with which home growers are unable to compete; and whether he...
30. asked the Minister of Agriculture the milk equivalent of the cheese, butter, dried milk, and condensed milk imported during 1928; and how this compares with the total British production of milk?
29. asked the Minister of Agriculture the average sugar content of the sugar-beet crop in 1928 and, for comparison, in 1926 and 1927, respectively?
31. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will confer with the President of the Board of Education with a view to the continuance and extension of demonstrations in schools of the advantages of...
33. asked the Minister of Agriculture if, as a means of measuring the extent of defective drainage as affecting agricultural production, he will request farmers, when filling in their schedule of...
Sir GEORGE HAMILTON: 28. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that the estates agents acting for the Commissioners of Crown Lands advertised on 26th September last a plot of land...
35. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, why foreign-made wire netting is being used in covering the roofs of the...
Mr. MALONE: 36. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, how many miles distant His Majesty's Legation in Afghanistan is from...
54. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has seen the reports that Sir Francis Humphrys and his staff are to be withdrawn from Kabul; and whether, in view of the importance...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Air whether any news has been received regarding the missing aeroplane on the Afghan frontier?
37. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works the value of the old post office premises at Carlisle and the rent paid for these...
40. asked the Postmaster-General what amount of loss or gain would accrue to the Post Office revenue if a uniform rate of one penny was charged on all letters, whether closed or open, up to two...
41. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that an energetic canvass is being made by the Stationery Office for advertisements for the Board of Trade Journal; and whether...
43. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to the vacancies existing at the Gatewen Colliery, Wrexham, for 200 fillers and 100 boys; what reply has been given by the...
44. asked the Minister of Labour how many men trained in the training centres established by his Department have found employment, the occupations in which they are engaged, the number in each...
48. asked the Prime Minister if, in view of the large number of unemployed for whom no work is in sight, the Government will consider a comprehensive scheme or schemes of national importance,...
51. asked the Minister of Labour how many unskilled labourers were registered as unemployed at Metro politan Employment Exchanges on 12th January; how many men transferred from distressed areas...
53. asked the Minister of Labour the number of committees operating in connection with Employment Exchanges for the purpose of placing juveniles in employment; and will Reports be presented at an...
45. asked the Prime Minister, in view of the growing number of cases of poverty and distress in Durham and Northumberland, as revealed during the last few days, what steps he proposes to take to...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether, in considering the question of the transfer of labour from distressed areas where high rates prevent the setting up of new industries and tend to destroy...
66. asked the President of the Board of Education the total amount paid from the Lord Mayor's Fund for industrial transference, training and maintenance; or any other purpose apart from the...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government has had any recent official communication with the United States on the question of the cruiser programme; and whether there is any immediate...
49. asked the Prime Minister if he is yet in a position to state the form which the inquiry into the Channel Tunnel project will take and when the inquiry will begin?
55. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the changes announced by the Chinese authorities at Hankow in the administration of the ex-Russian and...
56. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that a large section of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway is immobilised owing to the action of the Japanese authorities in...
59. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can give any information as to the employment of money in connection with the China Indemnity Fund since the passing of the China...
57. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information as to the treaty concluded between the Soviet Government and the Yemen; whether the British Government has any...
58. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has any official information as to the conclusion of an arbitration treaty between the Governments of Germany and Russia?
61. asked the Secretary for Mines whether any efforts are being made by the Government to get restarted any of the idle coal mines in the county of Durham?
62. asked the Secretary for Mines whether his attention has been called to the accidents involving loss of life and serious injury which have recently occurred at the New Lount Colliery of the...
Mr. WARLTLAW-MILNE: 63. asked the Minister of Health the number of houses completed, and the average price for parlour and non-parlour types under the 1923 and 1924 Acts, respectively, up to 31st...
64. asked the Minister of Health if he can state to the nearest available date the total amount paid by the employers, workpeople, and State, respectively, under the Widows', Orphans', and Old...
68. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that the education authority of Wolverhampton has recently initiated a prosecution against Ernest Henry Gwinnett for cruelty...
69. asked the President of the Board of Education whether it is with the approval of the Board that a class room in a council school in Dorset- shire is being used during school hours for...
70. asked the President of the Board of Education what progress has been made in the organisation of the nursery schools during the last 12 months; and if any new ones have been started during...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that at the New Gallery Cinema, Regent Street, yesterday, the Film Society presented a film entitled...
I desire to ask you, Mr. Speaker, whether an alteration might not be made in the custom laid down in the Manual of Procedure by which on hon. Member raising a point of Order after a division has...
Considered in Committee.
The first Amendment on the Paper standing in the name of the hon. Member for West Fife (Mr. W. Adamson)— In page 1, line 9, at the beginning, insert the words:On the appointed day, which...
I beg to move, in page 2, line 21, to leave out paragraph (b) It will be agreed that the changes in local government in Scotland which this Bill proposes are very much greater than those made by...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Commander Eyres Monsell.]
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