Thursday, 21 February 1929
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Great Western Railway Bill (by Order), London and North Eastern Railway Bill (by Order),
"to amend the provisions of the Clyde Navigation Acts, 1858 to 1919, relating to rates, dues, tolls, rents and charges; to confer further powers on the Trustees of the Clyde Navigation; and for...
1. asked the Minister of Pensions if he is aware of the dissatisfaction existing among disabled officers in the country owing to the recent reductions in their supplementary allowances; that in...
3. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that Mr. A. J. Robinson, lately of 25, Coleshill Street, Birmingham, who was before the War in business as a hairdresser, and whose business...
4. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that No. 24,662, Gunner T. Brophy, Royal Garrison Artillery, discharged 13th August, 1918, suffering from neurasthenia, has been in and out...
5. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the figures showing the cost per ton of coal raised: what this represents per £1 of wages paid in the mining industry...
10. asked the Home Secretary whether the Commissioner of Police has exercised the power vested in him under the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations, 1928, to exempt from lighting requirements...
14. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the absence of vestibule fronts to London County Council tramcars; and whether any objections have been advanced by the...
47. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to the resolution passed by the National Council of the Roads Improvement Association urging the need of a national...
49. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can give the cost of a reduction of 50 per cent, of the horse-power tax on motorcars over five years old?
11. asked the Home Secretary whether he is in a position to make a statement to the House with regard to the resignation of the Chief Constable, Criminal Investigation Department, New Scotland...
13. asked the Home Secretary whether any local authorities have made orders under Section 3 of the Shops (Hours of Closing) Act, 1928, substituting a later hour for the closing of tobacconists'...
16. asked the Home Secretary whether he has considered the case of a boy of 17 who has been sentenced to three year's penal servitude; and whether he will take steps to have the boy transferred...
18. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he has now decided to publish the Report of the Departmental Committee upon Mental Deficiency; and when it will be available?
28. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that certain optical establishments are advertising that they will supply a home test chart and order form, from...
41. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that Mrs. George Cromarty, of Sydney Cottage, Holy Island, Northumberland, on 20th October, 1928, suffering from typhoid fever, was ordered by...
59. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will request the Food Council to turn their attention, not only to the price, but to the comparative food value of various kinds of bread...
20. asked the President of the Board of Education whether his attention has been called to the shortage of school accommodation on the Long Thornton and Commonside estates, Mitcham; if he is...
25. asked the President of the Board of Education if he has received complaints concerning the perfunctory nature of the medical inspection at the Stephenson Memorial School, Willington Quay; and...
27. asked the President of the Board of Education how many of the 1,963 children who obtained free places in secondary schools during the year 1927–28 in the West Riding, Yorks, area were...
24. asked the President of the Board of Education the number of authorities that have set up Choice of Employment Committees?
66. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of houses built in Scotland with State assistance to the end of 1928 by local authorities, private enterprise, and public utility...
28. asked the Minister of Health the number of houses completed and the number authorised but not completed by local authorities and by private enterprise under the Housing Acts of 1923 and 1924,...
32. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that tenants on the estate at Ilford recently sold, with his consent, by the Corporation of London to Mr. C. H. Lord have, on re-sale of a portion...
37. asked the Minister of Health the number of persons who have obtained advances for house construction under Part III of the Housing Act, 1923?
30. asked the Minister of Health what was the average number of days of sick leave per head taken in each of the last three years by women clerical officers, writing assistants, and members of...
34. asked the Minister of Health whether it is with his sanction and approval that the following prohibitory conditions against conscientious objectors is laid down in the rules and conditions...
46. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how it is that the extra men employed in the Customs and Excise Department outside the London area are only paid from 3s. to 4s. a day with...
33. asked the Minister of Health the amount of money loaned to the West Ham Board of Guardians for 1921, together with the rate of interest charged; the amount of principal and interest paid by...
35. asked the Minister of Health whether his Department has issued instructions, written or oral, to any board of guardians that able-bodied men set to test work shall all be expected to fulfil...
Mr. MALONE: 38. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the exceptionally cold weather and the freezing of parts of the Thames and other rivers, any steps are being taken to protect the...
42. asked the Minister of Health how many boards of guardians in the distressed mining areas have sent him resolutions or appeals to the effect that, in view of the unprecedented distress in...
44. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider favourably increasing the preference on Empire-grown sugar by 1s. per cwt., which, whilst not being prejudicial to the consumer at...
61. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the heavy stocks of enamelled hollowware sent into Great Britain before the imposition of the duty on 13th June last have now been...
62. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that a Belgian bleached cotton sheet of low quality now being imported into this country has 54 per cent. of starch, china clay,...
Sir NICHOLAS GRATTANDOYLE: 70. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether it is the intention of the Empire Marketing Board to depart from their policy of using only their own...
45. asked the Prime Minister if he will consider laying down rules whereby an ex-Minister of the Crown shall be prohibited for a period of years from becoming a director of a company which enjoys...
50. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the cost of a rebate of 1d. a pint on all-British home-brewed ale?
52. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number and value of war savings certificates issued as at 31st December, 1924, and 31st December, 1928, respectively, and the total number of...
53. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether it is proposed to present any further Supplementary Estimates: and, if so, for what services?
51. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, as a promise was made by the Treasury to the Central Valuation Committee that the rateable position of Post Office overhead and...
68. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that, in Section 66 of the Hardman-Lever Report of 1927, the committee unanimously advised that the possibility of the complete fusion of the...
70. asked the Postmaster-General whether weights and scales in post offices are subjected to tests by officials of his Department; and, if so, at what intervals?
54. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether advertisers are canvassed direct by officials of the Stationery Office for advertisements in Parliamentary and official publications or...
56. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the repeated outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease and the loss thereby caused to agricultural interests and to the national Exchequer, he...
57. asked the Minister of Agriculture the number of small holdings and cottage holdings, respectively, constructed and in course of construction under the Small Holdings Act, 1926; and the number...
58. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether, having regard to the importance of Colombo as the capital of a colony of industrial importance, the question of linking up the colony with the...
60. asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps are taken by his Department to ensure that only the best workmanship and material are used in the lifeboats supplied to merchant naval...
63. asked the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been called to the case of the sailing vessel "Gunga Hosseini" which was sunk on or about 16th June last year by the steamship...
64. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he can give any figures as to the number of tuberculous ex-service men, apart from those on the registers of the Ministry of Pensions, in Scotland...
71. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that there is an Employment Exchange box at each principal dock at Hull for the men to sign at, but that on Friday afternoons all the staff are...
74. asked the Minister of Labour if his attention has been called to the decision of the umpire in connection with the case of the young girl residing in Wales who was instructed to accept a...
75. asked the Minister of Labour whether he will inform the House on what information or evidence the authorities at the Hackney Employment Exchange in October last informed Mr. Plant, of 517,...
77. asked the Minister of Labour the number of appeals brought before courts of referees last October and the number in which benefit was recommended; and the corresponding figures for January of...
76. asked the Minister of Labour how many aliens have been admitted during the past four years in order to take up employment in banks?
78. asked the Minister of Transport whether in view of the information contained in the eighth annual Report of the Electricity Commissioners recently issued, any steps can be taken to speed up...
80. asked the Secretary of State for War whether the fuel and light allowances to officers and men in the Army have received consideration, has any revision taken place; and, if so, will he give...
Will the Prime Minister be good enough to tell us what business will be taken next week?
That they have agreed to,—
So much of the Lords Message as relates to Consolidation Bills considered.
Resolutions reported from the Select Committee: 1. "That, in the case of the Winchester Water and Gas Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with: —That the parties be permitted to...
Considered in Committee. [Progress 20th February.]
I beg to move, in page 32, to leave out from the word "heritages," in line 39, to the word "shall," in line 41. The Clause, as amended, would read: Every occupier of agricultural lands and...
Amendment made:
I beg to move, in page 35, line 11, to leave out from the beginning, to the word "in," in line 12, and to insert instead thereof the words: Such grants as are payable out of the Consolidated Fund...
Amendments made:
Amendments made:
Resolved, "That this House do now adjonrn."—[Commander Eyres Monsen.]
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