Tuesday, 12 February 1929
The House met at a quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Private Bills (Standing Orders not previously inquired into not complied with).
2. asked the President of the Board of Trade the total sum that has been credited to Germany under the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles for dyeing and chemical interests held by her...
5. asked the President of the Board of Trade the quantity of steel bars capable of being rolled into sheets for the making of hollow-ware that was imported into this country in 1927 and 1928,...
3. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will arrange for copies of the evidence now being submitted by the applicants for safeguarding in the woollen industry to be available, on...
Mr. FOOT MITCHELL: 6. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any and, if so, what steps are being taken to secure publication of figures of stocks of foodstuffs in cold storage?
8. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can undertake that no action shall be taken with regard to the proposal to reduce the number of examination centres for Board of Trade...
9. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is now in a position to make any further statement on the arrangements to be made to prevent overloading of ships; whether he is now in...
10. asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that for the last nine years the Roads and Communications Department, Royal Engineers, Southern Command, has undertaken the making and...
11. asked the Secretary of State for War, whether he can give the figures showing the average number of British officers serving in India who were granted indulgence passages on troopships to and...
15. asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that soldiers serving in the Guards are employed at a London theatre: how many hours are they so employed for evening and matinee...
12. asked the Secretary of State for War whether any of the yeomanry armoured car companies are to be equipped with Carden-Lloyd armoured machine-gun carriers; and whether he is now in a position...
17. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what the yield of a penny rate will be in Caithness and Sutherland, respectively, and in each small burgh in those counties, after the Local...
18. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether any scheme for providing contributions to voluntary associations concerned with the welfare of the blind, such as is referred to in Clause 48...
35. asked the Minister of Transport whether, in presenting the Supplementary Estimate for railway freight rebates, it was the intention of the Government that the benefit of reduced freights on...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any decision has been reached with respect to the pending guardians elections, and, if so, will he furnish the...
Mr. GREENWOOD: (by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Health whether he proposes to take the necessary steps to secure the recommittal of Clause 49 of the Local Government Bill in order to...
19. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the figures to the last available date of the number of deaths from cancer of men, women and children respectively?
55. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the inconvenience that is still being caused to the surrounding villages by the continued emission of dust from the Melton cement works, East...
22. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware that in many places in South Wales unemployed miners are unable to obtain coal for their own domestic use; and will he take action to remedy this?
23. asked the Secretary for Mines whether his attention has been called to the continued complaints of shipowners and others, especially on the Humber, Tyne and Clyde, of the delay in obtaining...
24. asked the Secretary for Mines how many coal mines have been closed in Yorkshire since the 1st of January, 1926, and how many men were thrown out of work as a result of such pits being closed;...
Mr. BECKETT: 25. asked the Secretary of Mines how many miners in the Durham and Northumberland coalfields are receiving less wages than the minimum wage agreed upon by the minimum wage board of...
26. asked the Secretary for Mines whether any action has been taken on the recommendation of the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry, page 95, that, in order to promote the export trade in...
27. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he can give the present output of coal per week, giving comparable figures for the years 1927 and 1928?
28. asked the Minister of Transport whether he intends to take any steps, pending the passing of the Road Traffic Bill, so as to ensure that there shall be compulsory and periodic inspection of...
29. asked the Minister of Transport what were the equivalent figures for the London traffic area of accidents investigated by officers of his Department, or which came to the notice of the...
30 and 31. asked the Minister of Transport (1) whether his attention has recently been called to the growing intensity of the problem of the use of canal bridges in Birmingham and South...
32. asked the Minister of Transport the value of the imports of foreign tar imported for use in this country in the construction and maintenance of roads; if he is aware that the gas and...
33. asked the Minister of Transport whether, under the Road Transport Vehicles Lighting Act, 1927, motorists have been absolved from keepings lights on at any of the recognised parking places in...
34. asked the Minister of Transport whether he has received any complaints from passengers who have bought return tickets from omnibus companies and find, when the return ticket is presented,...
36. asked the Minister of Transport if his attention has been called to the death of Richard Claydon, resulting from a motor car collision with unlighted toll gates in Anson Road, Victoria Park,...
37. asked the Minister of Transport whether he can see his way to make substantial grants during the coming financial year towards the construction of the Western Avenue, seeing that this...
38. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the coroner's remarks at an inquest held at Enfield on Patrick Eaton Robinson and James Collins, who were killed by a...
39. asked the Postmaster-General what number and percentage of girls employed in telephone exchanges in London during the past year have been recorded as suffering from nervous complaints, slight...
40. asked the Postmaster-General if he will state the districts in the country which do not have a delivery of letters at least once every weekday?
42. asked the Postmaster-General whether, in connection with the success obtained by New Zealand in establishing a penny post to the rest of the Empire and the promising start made by Canada in...
49. asked the Postmaster-General the value of the seven registered parcels that were stolen from the sorting office at Mount Pleasant on the morning of 31st January; whether the whole of these...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. NUTTALL:
45. asked the Prime Minister whether any scheme will be issued to local authorities and others concerned for the protection of town populations from chemical gases in future warfare; providing...
46. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, prior to the raising of the Bank rate on Thursday last, any representation was made to the Treasury by the Bank in accordance with Section 8 of...
47. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what portion of the £26,500,000 of share capital and reserves of the three telegraph companies embraced by the proposed Communications...
48. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what was the total amount received from the tax on petrol up to 31st December last; and what is the amount estimated to be received up to the end...
50. asked the Minister of Agriculture if his attention has been called to the large amount of land which might be reclaimed from the river Humber, in the East Riding of Yorkshire; whether he has...
Commander WILLIAMS: 51. asked the Minister of Agriculture the number of men and boys engaged in the fishing industry in England and Wales and Scotland in the years 1913, 1920, and 1928?
52. asked the President of the Board of Education if he will urge upon committees, national and local, administering the Lord Mayor's fund the necessity of helping unemployed miners to obtain...
53 and 54. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs (1) whether he can inform the House as to whether Messrs. Wigg and Cochrane, and other ex-British civil servants in the Irish Free...
56. asked the Minister of Health whether in view of the fact that many house agents refuse to place on their books the names of couples who have young children and who are seeking apartments, on...
57. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that some boards of guardians are asking traders who are supplying goods in exchange for relief tickets to allow subsequently to the guardians...
58. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the weekly pension of Mrs. Emma Jane Smallwood, widow, residing at 42, Eldon Street North, Barnsley, Yorkshire, is assessed and paid 8s. per...
59. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether he has been approached by the High Commissioner for Canada with regard to...
The following question stood upon the order Paper in the name of Mr. MACQUISTEN:
Mr. MacDONALD: Will the Prime Minister say what business it is proposed to take on Friday?
Florence Ruth Dalton, for County of Durham (Bishop Auckland Division).
"to amend the law with respect to the exportation of horses," presented by Mr. Ammon; supported by Colonel Applin, Mr. Compton, Mr. Broad, Mr. Viant and Mr. Parkinson; to be read a Second time...
As amended, considered.
(1) Where any rates in respect of an industrial hereditament occupied by a tenant are, whether by agreement or otherwise, payable by the landlord, then, so long as under any contract made before...
Save in so far as may he necessary to give effect to any alteration or definition of boundaries made thereunder nothing in this Part of this Act shall prejudicially alter or affect the powers,...
(1) It shall be the duty of every Boor Law authority, and of their officers, to furnish any information in their power which may be required by the council of any county or county borough for the...
(1) Section twenty-three of the Public Health Act, 1925, shall extend and be in force throughout England and Wales (exclusive of the administrative county of London) as though it had been adopted...
It shall be a condition of every contract for the occupation of an agricultural hereditament made on or after the commencement of this Act that the relief granted by this Act to occupiers of...
I beg to move, in page 1, line 11, to leave out the words "and except as otherwise expressly provided by this Act." We are now dealing with the Clause which transfers the functions of Poor Law...
Lieut.-Colonel ACLAND TROYTE: I beg to move, in page 3, line 36, after the first word "county," to insert the words in consultation with representatives of district councils or combinations of...
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN: I beg to move, in page 4, line 5, to leave out the words "An administrative," and to insert instead thereof the words: A council in preparing an administrative scheme shall have...
I beg to move, in page 6, line 5, to leave out the words "unless the Minister for some special reason otherwise directs." Clause 7 deals with the appointment of guardians committees and...
I beg to move, in page 9, line 30, at the end, to insert the words or been maintained in any place as a pauper lunatic. This Amendment is designed to give effect to the undertaking that my right...
I beg to move, in page 10, line 22, to leave out the second word "the," and to insert instead thereof the word "a."
I beg to move, to leave out the Clause. I move this Amendment, because I regard this Clause as the most dangerous and the most inimical to public health of any Clause in the Bill. I will first...
Amendment made:
Amendment made:
Amendment made:
Order for Second Reading read.
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