Thursday, 28 February 1929
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Provisional Order Bills (No Standing Orders applicable).
1. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that many licensed houses are steadily deteriorating in regard to the provision of meals and refreshments other than...
2. asked the Home Secretary if, seeing that since the judgment delivered in the House of Lords on the Bevan v. Nixon's Navigation Company, Limited, a number of persons are being deprived of...
3. asked the Home Secretary whether, seeing that the heroin available for internal consumption in 1924 was 909 kilogrammes, that the manufacture and imports in the following year was 344...
4. asked the Home Secretary whether he has under review the constitution and procedure of the Metropolitan Police Disciplinary Board, especially with reference to the submission of evidence, the...
15. asked the Home Secretary whether any further discovery of bank notes and Treasury notes has been made in connection with the recent bribery charges made against ex-Sergeant Goddard; and can...
7. asked the Home Secretary whether any books or other publications have, been seized and confiscated by the officers of his Department during the months of January or February, 1929, and will he...
13. asked the Home Secretary whether in view of the increase in the electorate, he has taken steps to satisfy himself that returning officers are making adequate provision at polling booths for...
14. asked the Home Secretary how many alien deportation orders have been made since 1st January, 1929?
16. asked the Home Secretary how many cases of death from exposure or starvation have been reported by the police each month during the past year up to the latest available date?
17. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the medical evidence submitted at the inquest in Leeds on Mrs. Lily Hemsley, who, up to four years ago, was employed at the...
18. asked the Home Secretary whether there has been any increase in the number of factory inspectors during the last six months; and is there to be a further addition during this financial year?
49. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether there is available in the office of the collector of customs and excise at Chester an official who is able to deal with correspondence in...
19. asked the President of the Board of Education whether having regard to the objections which many parents have, for one reason and another, to sending their children to public elementary...
20. asked the President of the Board of Education whether his attention has been called to the closing of elementary schools at Dover in consequence of the inability to keep class-rooms up to the...
Mr. RICHARDSON: 21. asked the President of the Board of Education the number of full-time teachers in the ele- mentary schools on 31st March, 1928; how many were trained teachers; and how many...
Mrs. RUNCIMAN: 24. asked the President of the Board of Education if his attention has been called to the proposed closing of the local education authority secondary school at Warminster,...
65. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whither the scheme prepared by the education authority of West Lothian for the reorganisation of education in Linlithgow has been considered by him;...
22. asked the President of the Board of Education if his attention has been drawn to the regulations of the committee appointed in the West Riding of Yorkshire for administering relief from the...
26. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the fact that his Department has approved of the use of proper water-heating apparatus for bathrooms in the City of Bristol, he will recommend...
32. asked the Minister of Health how many day nurseries there are in England recognised by the Ministry of Health and not yet recognised; and has he made inquiries as to whether adequate funds...
33. asked the Minister of Health whether he will issue an Order or introduce legislation to amend Section 42 of the Public Health Act, 1875, to permit of scavenging and cleaning over limited...
34. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that, owing to the pollution of the River Darenth, the local authority has directed that a dairy farm in the vicinity of Shoreham is to discontinue...
38. asked the Minister of Health whether he will obtain the opinion given by Sir William Willcox upon the addition of silicate of soda to domestic water; and will he publish it?
27. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the danger to the health of the public and the inconvenience caused by frozen water and gas pipes during spells of cold weather, such as are...
36. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that in Durham Place, Middlesbrough, one water tap serves 85 people; that cases are reported of 24 people living in four rooms and eight...
28. asked the Minister of Health how the formula differentiates between two areas alike in all respects except that, whilst in one there are no unemployed persons receiving Poor Law relief, in...
29 and 30. asked the Minister of Health (1) whether workshops on the premises of bespoke tailors will be entitled to the 75 per cent. rate relief under the provisions of the Local Government...
31. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to an account of an inquest at the Court of the City Coroner, held on 18th February last, on a man found by a police...
40. asked the Minister of Health whether he has received any request from the Clutton Board of Guardians for permission to alter the dietary for casuals; what were the alterations suggested; and...
42. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total claim by Southern Irish loyalists in respect to damage and loss sustained by them arising out of civil or military disturbances in Ireland; how...
44. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider the advisability of issuing this year, and also in future, a memorandum explanatory of the Civil Estimates and Estimates for...
46. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of money collected for duty on silk and artificial silk for the year ending 31st December, 1928?
45. asked the Prime Minister if he is yet in a position to make a statement as to the nature of the inquiry into the Channel Tunnel project; and as to when this inquiry will commence?
48. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total membership of all trade unions in Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the latest date for which the figures are available, as...
50. asked the Minister of Agriculture what are the average rents per acre which are changed by county councils for their small holdings in Berkshire and West Sussex; and what is the number and...
51. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can give any particulars as to the number of farmers who have availed themselves of the facilities afforded for short-time credits under Part II...
52. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the fact that the Ministry, the co-operative interest, and the wholesale and retail federations all agreed to a grading scheme for...
53. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the fishermen's credit scheme, inaugurated before the War for Cornwall, is still in operation; what total sum in credit was provided; and how much of...
54. asked the Minister of Transport approximately at how many points in England and Wales Class A roads cross railways on the level; what sum has been allocated from the Road Fund towards the...
55. asked the Minister of Transport whether the Grosvenor Road, Westminster, opposite Lambeth Bridge, is to be widened during the re-building operations now in progress; and, if so, by how many feet?
57. asked the Postmaster-General whether, seeing that the Association of Executive Officers and other civil servants enjoys central recognition by his Department in respect of the seniority of...
58. asked the Postmaster-General whether, with regard to the loss of a mail bag which was discovered on the arrival of the 2.25 a.m. train from Manchester at Euston Station on the morning of 23rd...
59. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps he is proposing to take to ascertain the state of local opinion in East Africa in regard to the proposals put forward in the Hilton...
60. asked the hon. and gallant Member for Tonbridge, as representing the Charity Commissioners if he will state the funds which are vested in the hands of the Charity Commissioners for the...
61. asked the President of the Board of Trade how many military tanks have been exported, and to what countries, during 1925, 1926, 1927 and 1928?
63. asked the President of the Board of Trade if the necessary sickness and mortality statistics are available or in process of preparation for the use of the joint committee appointed by the...
64. asked the Secretary of State for Air what progress with the proposed air services to Karachi and the Cape of Good Hope, respectively, has been made; and when the first complete service will...
69. asked the Secretary of State for War whether there is any trace of rheumatism in the Army medical history of Mr. G. J. Ross, Louisa Street, Darlington, late trumpeter, Royal Artillery??
70. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the strike inquiry committee, set up to inquire into matters connected with the dispute leading to the prolonged mill strike in Bombay...
71. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India the total cost of the inquiry conducted by the Butler Committee into the questions concerning the relationship of the Indian Princes and the...
6. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that within the last few weeks fresh mock-auction establishments have been opened in the centre of London, notably in Fleet Street and the Strand;...
I rise to make a personal explanation, which will not take more than a few moments. The other day I found, to my surprise, that my name appeared on the back of a Bill called the Housing Act...
Mr. MacDONALD: May I ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what business it is proposed to take next week?
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to confirm the creation and issue of rupee shares, and to define the respective rights of the holders of sterling shares and rupee shares in the...
SIR L. WORTHINGTON-EVANS' STATEMENT.
I beg to move, to leave out form the word "That" to the end of the Question, and to add instead thereof the words: this House considers that national security, and therefore international peace,...
Resolved, That a number of Land Forces, not exceeding 150,000, all ranks, be maintained for the Service of the United Kingdom at home and abroad, excluding His Majesty's Indian possessions (other...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £8,730,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of the pay, etc., of His Majesty's Army at home and abroad, excluding His Majesty's Indian...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £2,848,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of works, buildings, and lands, including military and civilian...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £3,738,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of rewards, half-pay, retired pay, widows' pensions, and other non-effective charges for...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £4,294;000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, and Kilmainham Hospital; of...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £233,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of civil superannuation, compensation, and additional allowances,...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £115,000, be granted to His Majesty to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—;[Commander Eyres Monsell.)
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