Wednesday, 6 February 1929
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Gas Light and Coke Company Bill (by Order),
2. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the misconception existing as a result of investigations made by the International Labour Bureau as to...
3. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the annual sums due from the Chinese authorities concerned as a contribution towards the expenses of main taining the...
6. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs with reference to the question of the freedom of the seas, has any approach been made to him by the American Government in connection with the...
8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether British concessionnaires are free to undertake railway construction in Manchuria under Chinese auspices; and whether the open door...
9. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the object of Lord Lloyd's six weeks' visit to the Sudan?
10. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the British Government received any representations from the Afghan Government prior to the temporary abdication of King Amanulla,...
11. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs which Government in Afghanistan is now in friendly touch with the British Government; and is there at present any official recognition or...
55. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India how long and in what capacity did Amir Habibulla, one of the claimants to the Afghan throne, serve in the British-Indian Army; and how long was he...
12. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the unemployment among the work people in the shale oil area of Scotland, he is prepared to use for naval purposes a larger quantity...
13. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether any decision has been reached regarding the management of bookstalls in his Majesty's dockyards and naval establishments?
14. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the placing abroad of the greater part of the order for the crushing machinery for the Singapore base, he will request the Government...
15. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the reason why an Admiralty launch was specially provided to enable Aircraftsman Shaw, otherwise Colonel Lawrence, to land on his return from India last...
16. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to the inability of a colliery company in North Nottinghamshire, near Doncaster, and of the Nine Mile Point colliery, in...
17. asked the Minister of Labour what arrangements are being made to prevent the men employed in the Royal Parks, on completion of the present temporary employment, being left stranded in London?
21. asked the Minister of Labour what is the present indebtedness of the Unemployment Fund to the Exchequer?
22. asked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider introducing legislation to alter the provision under which a person who reaches the age of 65, and is not qualified for the old age...
23. asked the Minister of Labour what proportion of the insured persons registered as belonging to the rubber industry are engaged in the manufacture of tyres?
24. asked the Minister of Labour for the latest available dates, the number of persons on the live register of the Employment Exchanges who were in receipt of benefit; and the number not in...
27. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that Herbert Ellis was refused benefit for six weeks at the Partick Exchange, Glasgow, on or about 15th December, 1928, for alleged not going to a...
The following question stood on the Order Paper in the name of Mr. HORE-BELISHA:
32. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in the new Employment Exchange premises shortly to be opened in Hull, there is inside accommodation for insured workers having business at the Exchange...
33. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that at the Hull Employment Exchanges unemployment benefit is only paid to dockers on Fridays, and that, in consequence, a man who has obtained...
34. asked the Minister of Labour what is the number of unemployed in Newcastle-on-Tyne; and what is the percentage of unemployment there among insured workers?
35. asked the Minister of Labour what conditions have to exist before an area can be regarded as having a permanent surplus of labour for purposes of the industrial transference scheme?
37. asked the Minister of Labour whether it is possible to give the figures of the number of unemployed persons on the live register for the borough of Bethnal Green at the latest available date;...
38. asked the Minister of Labour if, in view of the number of unemployed in the city of Birmingham and, particularly, in the Deritend Division, he will consider the advisability of cancelling the...
39. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that certain members of the workpeople's panel on the court of referees in Glasgow, and particularly women members, had never been invited to sit...
40. asked the Minister of Labour, if he is aware that persons who have unemployment claims throughout the country, and particularly in Glasgow, are asked to appear before an official called the...
25. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the fact that the fluctuation of the index number of the cost of living was not more than four points during 1928, he is now pre-pared to...
26. asked the Minister of Labour what action, if any, his Department has taken to effect a setlement of the dispute between the owners and the operatives in the manufactured iron trade in the...
36. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that P-class clerks employed in the claims and record office of his Department have recently been prevented from the continued performance of...
46. asked the Prime Minister if he will consider the advisability of changing the designation of the Ministry of Labour to the Ministry of Employment, the Minister of Labour to Minister of...
42. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether, in view of the successful experiments of the Question Mark in the United States of America in refuelling in the air, he will introduce it into...
Mr. MALONE: 43. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he has any statement to make concerning the progress of the preparations for the London-to-India civil air service?
44 asked the Secretary of State for Air (1) whether he is aware that a company called the National Flying Services, Limited, has been formed to establish aerodromes and flying schools and...
47. asked the Prime Minister if his attention has been drawn to the position of the dependants of the Rye lifeboatmen who lost their lives by the sinking of their boat when endeavouring to...
50. asked the Secretary of State for Air if it is customary for the Air Force to accept recruits for service under assumed names when it is known that such names are assumed?
51. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware of the difficulties under which growers of barley in this country are suffering owing to the large imports of foreign barley; and whether...
54. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will consider revising the present pay of Army officers in India; whether he is aware that a large percentage of officers, both in the...
Mr. WARD LAW-MILNE: May I ask the House to turn to another battlefield? May I ask the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has any information to give to the House regarding the riots...
56. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he can state for four weeks ending 11th August, 8th September, 6th October, 3rd November, 1st December, 29th December and 26th January...
59. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, seeing that the initial capital of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes consisted of the balance of the assets of the Navy and Army Canteens...
60. asked the Secretary of State for War what is the number of British troops now retained in the German occupied territory; and where they are located?
Dr. VERNON DAVIES: 61. asked the President of the. Board of Trade if it is proposed that the joint committee recently set up by the Minister of Health and himself shall inquire into the question...
66. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the algebraical equations which determine the mathematical curves which define the density factor in connection with the formula under the Local...
64. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware that steamers are now waiting their turns for bunker coal in the Tyne;. and whether, in view of the cost in- volved in these delays, steps...
65. asked the Secretary for Mines the names of collieries in the United Kingdom which have been re-opened during the past six months or which are pending re-opening, and approximately the numbers...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary for Mines if he can state fully the circumstances in which the Nine Mile Point Colliery in South Wales was closed?
I beg to ask leave to move the, Adjournment of the House—
Can the Prime Minister announce the business for Friday?
Colonel Gretton reported from the Committee of Selection; That the following Member, representing a Scottish constituency, is appointed to serve on the Standing Committee for the consideration of...
Considered in Committee. [Progress, 5th February..]
I beg to move, in page 9, line 31, to leave out the word "representing," and to insert instead thereof the words "elected for." I cannot hope to introduce into these proceedings the excitement...
I beg to move, In page 10, to leave out from the word "and," in line 24, to the end of the Subsection, and to insert instead thereof the words: thirty, upon which date one-third of the members so...
I beg to move, in page 11, line 10, at the end, to insert the words: and, after the passing of this Act, any burgh or the combination of any two or more burghs forming a united burgh and...
Amendments made:
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Commander Byres Monsell.]
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