Tuesday, 19 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 complied with),
1. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will cause an inquiry to be instituted into the prices of comparable safeguarded articles to-day and before they were safeguarded?
2. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state the amount of the duties now imposed by the Swiss Government upon handkerchiefs, household goods of linen, coarse and fine cotton...
6. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give the total exports to Russia from Britain, Germany, United States of America, and France, respectively, for the years 1927 and 1928?
7. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, having regard to the difficulty of interpreting, on a comparative basis, the statistics relating to the imports of sugar since refining in...
3. asked the President of the Board of Trade if it is his intention to appoint another clerk at the Grimsby mercantile marine office to re- place the clerk recently transferred to another...
5. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Report of the investigation into the Enemy Debts Department has been considered; and, if so, will the decision arrived at be communicated...
48. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he can see his way to authorise an increase in the scale of salaries of blinded soldiers engaged as telephonists in Government Departments?
52. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the hardship to the men and inconvenience to the staff resulting from the inadequacy of the present Employment Exchange buildings in...
4. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the wreck of the Grimsby trawler "King Edward VII" at Brims Ness on the night of 2nd February: and whether,...
8. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that a soldier having completed 12 years' Army service and discharged, on attaining the age of 65, is entitled to a special campaign...
10. asked the Secretary of State for War if he has yet obtained any information as to whether any application was made to the commanding officer of the Guards for their services in the production...
11. asked the Secretary of State for War if his Department has in its possession information as to the number and capacity of underground places in London which would be suitable as shelters from...
13. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has any statement to make about the results of his investigations into the recent depredations of trawlers in the North Coast of Scotland...
14. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether there has been any alteration in the Government's land drainage policy, which was announced in the Government's White Paper on Agricultural...
16. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of occupied houses in Broxburn which have been condemned as unfit for habitation; how many houses have been built by the county council in...
18. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is now in a position to state whether any steps can be taken to acquire surplus catches of fish at the Scottish fishing ports, which would...
15. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether premises used by agricultural blacksmiths, where the tenant is the sole workman, will come within the scope of the Rating and Valuation...
17. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what the yield of a penny rate will be in Orkney and Shetland, respectively, and in each small burgh in these counties after the Local Government...
19. asked the Secretary for Mines in what year the payment of reparation coal was first made by Germany; what is the total quantity of such reparation coal that has been delivered in each year...
20. asked the Secretary for Mines if he can state the figures for the output of smokeless fuel in England and Wales for any convenient recent week; and, in view of the importance of popularising...
21. asked the Minister of Transport how many toll gates and bridge tolls he proposes to abolish or reduce during 1929; and where they are situated?
22. asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the fact that the Circular issued by his Department in June, 1925, to local authorities on the subject of slippery road surfaces referred...
24. asked the Postmaster-General the number of letters carried by air mail for the 12 months ended to the last convenient date?
25. asked the Postmaster-General the total number of wireless licences at present in existence in Great Britain?
27. asked the Postmaster-General whether, in order to encourage the use of the telegraph service, he will consider remitting the charge for a local call, which is at present made in addition to...
28. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is able to give the House the estimated profit of the Post Office for the year 1928–29?
29. asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that the cash-on-delivery system is being used for sending unsolicited articles for which, payment is demanded from householders; and if he...
34. asked the Postmaster-General whether it is proposed to pull down and re-erect the post office buildings in Queen Victoria Street; what is the estimated cost involved; and whether inquiry has...
35. asked the Postmaster-General whether the Hull City police, the Doncaster Borough police, and the West Riding County constabulary have been invited to co-operate with the Post Office...
37. asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware of the fact that businesses situated in the North-East of Scotland are hampered by the lack of adequate and speedy postal communication with London...
38. asked the Postmaster-General whether the newly-appointed postmaster at Llanfairpwl1g-wyngillgogerchwyrndrobialllandysiliogogo-goch, Anglesey, is in receipt of a service pension; and whether...
39. asked the Postmaster-General whether consideration has been given to the absence of postal facilities on the council housing estate at Aldershot, in view of the necessity for the people...
41. asked the Postmaster-General what was the average number of days of sick leave per head taken during each year of the last three years by women clerical officers, writing assistants, and...
Captain CROOKSHANK: 30. asked the Postmaster-General if he is in a position to indicate what are the difficulties with the railway company which prevent the opening of a post office and/or the...
42. asked the Minister of Pensions if he is aware that there are men undergoing treatment at the Ministry of Pensions Hospital, Maghull, Liverpool, who are receiving only the flat-rate pension...
44. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the statement of the retiring High Commissioner in Iraq as to the difficulties of some conflicting interests in the dual...
45. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has considered, or will consider, granting such a rebate on the Beer Duty in the case only of beer brewed from home-grown barley and hops as, taken...
46. asked the Chancellor the Exchequer if, in view of the continued evasion of the Betting Duty and the revenue therefrom being less than was estimated, he will consider the advisability of...
47. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is and has been the practice with regard to consultations by the Governor of the Bank of England with himself or his Treasury officials when it is...
49. asked the Minister of Health the number of widows who received pensions under the Act of 1925 on the condition that they had children under 14 years of age; and the number of such widows who...
50. asked the Minister of Health the number of insured persons in receipt of poor relief at the latest date and for a year previously?
51. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the increasing sale of tinned imported sterilised cream which contains less than 25 per cent. of butter fat as against 50...
54. asked the Minister of Labour whether it is a settled practice that in connection with claims for unemployment benefit which are referred to a court of referees in Carmarthen the claimants...
George William Shield, esquire, for County of Northumberland (Wansbeck Division).
Estimate presented, for Civil and Revenue Departments for the year ending 31st March, 1930, with Memorandum [by Command]; Referred to the Committee of Supply, and to be printed.
Estimate presented, showing the several Services for which a Vote on Account is required for the year ending 31st March, 1930 [by Command]; Referred to the Committee of Supply, and to be printed.
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had added the following fifteen Members to Standing Committee A (in respect of the Reconstituted Cream Bill): Colonel...
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had nominated the following three Members to serve on the Select Committee on the Methodist Church Union Bills: Sir Henry...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £70,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Resolutions reported:
1. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £5,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
2. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £1,500, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
3. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £437, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1929,...
4. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £6,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
5. "That a sum, not exceeding £90,147 18s. 7d., be granted to His Majesty, to make good an Excess on the Grant for Old Age Pensions for the year ended 31st March, 1928.
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Second Reading deferred till Tuesday next, at half-past Seven of the clock.
Postponed Proceeding resumed on Question, "That the Bill be now read a Second time."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Wallace.]
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