Monday, 25 February 1929
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
London, Midland, and Scottish Railway Bill (by Order),
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he can make any further statement with regard to the situation in Bombay; whether the hospital returns of the injured are now available;...
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India how many full-time paid probation officers, and how many part-time paid probation officers, and how many voluntary probation officers have been...
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether any action will be taken on the Report of the Butler Committee before its publication?
6. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether any appointment has been made in accordance with the decision announced by the Viceroy that an officer of the Indian civil service would be...
7. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he is yet in a position to make a statement concern- ing the terms of reference and the full personnel of the Commission which, under the...
8. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what steps have been taken by the Government of India, in accordance with the resolution adopted by the Indian legislative assembly, asking for an...
9. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will inform the House as to the present situation in the strike at the Sewree depot of the Burma and Standard Oil Companies?
10. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what provision if any, is made by the Government of India for legal aid to Indian labourers employed by the planters in Malaya and Ceylon in cases...
11. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if the Government will set up a committee of inquiry for the purpose of inquiring into the alleged grievances of the subjects of the Native States...
13. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what precautionary measures, if any, are being taken for the preservation of law and order in India, in view of the new scheme for the...
14. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress has been made in eradicating hook-worm disease among the natives of East Africa; how many cases were successfully treated during...
15. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is considering the question of Palestine raising or guaranteeing a loan for the development of settlement in Palestine?
16. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in connection with the Haifa harbour works, any rules have been laid down fixing a minimum wage for skilled or for unskilled labour...
17. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware that in one Colony certain surgical appointments are reserved for holders of the fellowship of a particular Royal College of...
Mr. L'ESTRANGE MALONE: 19. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can yet indicate the attitude of His Majesty's Government towards the recommendations of the Donoughmore...
20. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what would be the cost to the taxpayers of this country of setting up a Consul-General in Bagdad and appointing a Consul in Basra; and whether he...
70. asked the Secretary of State for War what is the number of temporary ex-Service men who are leaving the Imperial War Graves Commission, France, on completion of the work in connection with...
21. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether any decision has yet been reached regarding the Imperial Conference this year; and, if not, when it will be considered?
23. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs what subsidy or other assistance is available to the migrant or his family from this country who desires to take up work other than...
24. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether, seeing that at the Imperial Conference of 1926 it was agreed that where one part of the British Empire entered into negotiations...
25. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs why interest is not to be paid on the amount of the compensation awarded to ex-British civil servants in Southern Ireland from the date of...
28. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he is aware that there is a concerted effort in the new Turkey, both by the Government and by the people, to develop air...
29. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he has received any Report from His Majesty's Trade Commissioner in Canada respecting the change in the percentage of the cost of...
56. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give the figures of imported ladies' shoes from France, Germany, Belgium, and Czechoslovakia for the years ending 1926, 1927, and 1928,...
30. asked the Minister of Agriculture why the National Mark Committee has had to withdraw permission to use the national mark for eggs from certain individuals or depots?
57. asked the President of the Board of Trade, if his attention has been drawn to the schemes for the reconstruction of the American cotton-spinning trade in Lancashire; and if he will state what...
59. asked the President of the Board of Trade how the production of British artificial silk yarn in 1928 compares with that in 1924?
35. asked the Minister of Agriculture how many agricultural labourers were unemployed on 1st February, 1929; and what steps, if any, have been taken to find employment for such men?
50. asked the Minister of Labour how many workmen have been transferred to work upon the land as agricultural labourers since the Transference Board has been in existence?
74. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total amount the Treasury has saved in its payments to the Unemployment Fund under the Economy Act, 1926 The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the...
38. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, how many men are employed by the Office of Works; how does this figure compare...
36. asked the Minister of Agriculture which counties have created any small holdings under the Smallholding and Allotments Act, 1926, with the figures for each county separately?
37. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has given further examination to the possibility of granting credits to the fishing industry either by some such scheme as that introduced for...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he is prepared to propose to Parliament the setting up of a Sessional Joint Committee to scrutinise all Statutory Rules and Orders issued by His Majesty's...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of experience of Standing Order No. 27a giving powers to the Chair to select new Clauses or Amendments in the House and in Committee of the Whole...
47 and 48. asked the Prime Minister (1), the names of the members of the Radium Sub-Committee of the Committee of Civil Research and the date of their appointment; (2) how many meetings have been...
54. asked the Minister of Health when the Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on the Poisons and Pharmacy Acts will be available, as its finding are essential to certain improvements in...
Dr. VERNON DAVIES: 55. asked the Minister of Health if he can state what steps he is taking to deal with cases of early rickets in the distressed mining areas of South Wales and Monmouthshire;...
51. asked the Postmaster-General what use is being made of the cash-on-delivery system; and whether he has received any representations respecting the extension or alteration of the Regulations?
52. asked the Minister of Health whether in all areas the valuation lists which are to come into force on 1st April have been deposited by the local authorities?
Dr. DAVIES: 58. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that during the years 1917 and 1918 certain amenities with regard to the hygiene of crews' spaces were enforced in...
60. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the following ships, namely, s.s. "Theophile Gautier," s.s. "Asia," and s.s. "Stella D'Italia," engaged by the Hellenic Travellers' Club for...
61. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if insured persons in Scotland have a choice of dentist when receiving dental benefit; and, if so, under which clause or regulation?
62. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is prepared to grant, under similar conditions, to established flying clubs, as for example the Lancashire Aero Club, the same Government...
63. asked the Secretary for Mines whether, in view of the proportion of coal that enters into the making of steel, any steps on a large scale are being taken to substitute British-made steel pit...
64 asked the Minister of Pensions (1) what is the number of occasions since 1920 upon which writing assistants employed by his Department upon the examination of life certificates have appeared...
67. asked the President of the Board of Education what is the total amount subscribed to the Lord Mayor's Fund, the amount paid by the Treasury, and the total amount disbursed from the fund for...
68. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that there are many daughters of miners and other unemployed persons willing to enter domestic service, but owing to lack of...
71. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that in Leeds and other provincial centres constables on point duty during the recent...
73. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the continual economic disturbance caused by fluctuating rates of credit, he will take early steps to reopen international discussion...
Estimate presented, for the Navy for the year 1929 [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 Member to Standing Committee A (in respect of the Reconstituted Cream Bill): Mr. Guinness.
Considered in Committee. [Progress 22nd February.]
(1) The provisions set out in the Third Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the audit of the accounts of every county council and of every town council, and the provisions of...
(1) For the purposes of the provisions of this Act relating to district councils, the reconstituted county council of every county shall, on or before the first of day of February, nineteen...
(1) Every district council shall be incorporated under the name of the district council of the district and any deed or other document shall he deemed to have been duly executed by the district...
A county clerk may appoint one or more persons approved by the county council to act as his depute or deputes, and all things required or authorised by law to be done by or to the county clerk...
The relief to occupiers of agricultural lands and heritages effected by this Act or by the Agricultural Rates Act, 1923, as amended by the Act of 1926, shall not be taken into account by the Land...
(1) It shall be competent for the county council of a county or the town council of a large burgh to submit for the approval of the Department of Health a scheme for the re-organisation of the...
(1) It shall be lawful for the county council of every county and the town council of every large burgh to recover from any person who has been maintained by them in any institution, other than...
(1) It shall not be lawful for a county council or for the town council of a burgh being a county of a city to discontinue the provision of instruction in religion in terms of the provision of...
The Department of Health shall, before the expiration of the scond fixed grant period, in consultation with such associations of local authorities as appear to them to be concerned and with any...
It is hereby declared that it is the intention of this Act that in the event of substantial additional expenditure being imposed on any class of local authorities by reason of the institution of...
Upon application being made to the Department of Health the council of any county or large burgh requesting that the contributions of the council towards the expenses of any voluntary association...
Notwithstanding anything in the provisions of this Act the contribution towards expenditure for the administration of the police apportioned and allocated to any burgh which is supplied with...
Sub-section (6) of section seven of the House Letting and Rating (Scotland) Act, 1911 (which relates to deduction to cover cost of collection to be allowed to owners from occupiers' assessments...
Amendments made:
Amendments made:
Question put, "That this Schedule be the Third Schedule to the Bill."
I beg to move, in page 59, line 12, at the end, to insert the words: except that expenditure on any function for the purpose of which a large burgh is included within a county, shall so far as...
Amendments made:
Amendments made:
1. The Secretary of State shall from time to time and for such period as he may determine appoint one or more fit persons (hereinafter referred to as "the auditor") to audit the accounts of each...
The following Notice of Motion stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. RYE: That it be an instruction to the Committee on the Bill to leave out Part VIII and Clause 11 of Part II, and...
Resolved, That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1882 to 1926, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport under the Electricity (Supply)...
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