Tuesday, 5 March 1929
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
For Borough of Bath, in the room of Captain Charles Talbot Foxcroft, deceased.—[Sir George Hennessy.]
The following Notice of Motion stood upon the Paper in the name of the Minister of Transport (Colonel ASHLEY):— That it be an Instruction to all Committees to which Bills containing...
4 and 5. asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) what is the total increase in the staff of the Patent Office to date since the 31st of December last; whether any additional staff will be...
50. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of writing assistants to be appointed to Departments in Edinburgh from the examination held in October last; the names of the...
11. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that in small bankruptcy cases of £150 and less nearly the whole of the estate is swallowed up in fees payable to the Board of...
14. asked the President of the Board of Trade what associations of producers or manufacturers, apart from agriculture, receive grants for research work; and whether any grant is made for research...
64. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can state the value of British, German and United States of America exports to Iraq in the years 1926, 1927 and 1928?
7 and 8. asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) why, in the monthly accounts relating to trade and navigation, no information is given as to the countries to which arms, ammunition and...
12. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is prepared to investigate the methods employed in this country by American manufacturers of talking picture apparatus; and whether, if he...
15. asked the Secretary of State for War what is the amount of retired pay or pension payable to the various grades of officers from colonels upwards; giving the average amount paid per person in...
17. asked the Secretary of State for War the number of civilian employés engaged by the War Department at Gibraltar and Malta in December, 1928?
16. asked the Secretary of State for War whether the War Office has information to the effect that bombs or shells carrying disease or plague germs were used by the German forces on the Western...
18. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of factors in Glasgow who collect rates with rent, the amount of rates collected by them on which 2½ per cent. is payable by the...
25. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that some doubt is felt by assessors in Scotland as to how small productive industries such as blacksmiths' shops, in which none...
19. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the amount spent by the Roxburghshire education authority under their bursary scheme in the last financial year; what sum of the amount so...
20. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many education authorities make full provision for the supply of books, stationery, etc., free, to the pupils attending schools under their...
24. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what officer in the new Department of Agriculture is responsible for the fixing of first fair rents?
26. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, in view of the state of employment in the shale area of West Lothian and the distress arising therefrom, he can arrange to provide suitable...
27. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that the town council of Burntisland some time ago acquired three unoccupied cottages situated near the burgh reservoir, which have...
48. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury under what Regulation or statute the Public Works Loan Board, in making loans to local authorities, is limited as to the amount of such loans to...
49. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury why the Treasury has refused to make a contribution in lieu of local rates to the corporation of Glasgow and other local authorities in respect...
61. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has received a copy of a resolution, unanimously adopted by the Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society, drawing attention to the losses suffered by...
22. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has received from the Clyde Joint Committee of Trade Unions a request that that area should be included as a distressed district for relief; if...
74. asked the Minister of Labour whether any miners have been transferred to Devonport and Plymouth under the transference scheme; and, if so, the number of those placed in work in Devonport and...
Mr. W. M. ADAMSON: 72. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the organisation of a volunteer legion at Walsall to supply unemployed workers for relief and public work without...
75. asked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed on the Island of Harris in October and November, 1927 and 1928, respectively?
30. asked the Secretary for Mines how many amalgamations have now been made in the coal-mining industry; and how many pits are affected?
33. asked the Secretary for Mines whether an arrangement can be made for an extension of the activities of the fuel research station with a view to the production of oil from coal on a commercial...
34. asked the Secretary for Mines how many pits have been closed in the district of Armadale and Blaskridge, in West Lothian, during 1927 and 1928; and whether there is any prospect of any...
35. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is taking any steps to afford any protection to miners when colliery companies refuse to pay the recognised minimum wage?
36. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will reconsider the decision of the divisional road engineer, Edinburgh, in refusing payment of an additional sum of £304 to the Morayshire...
37. asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the damage now being done to house property by heavy transport, he will consider legislation to limit the size and weight of vehicles using...
42. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to a specification issued by the Clackmannan county council inviting tenders for road binding materials; whether he is...
44. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that motor-omnibuses often stop suddenly without giving any intimation of their intention, thereby causing danger to following vehicles;...
51. asked the Minister of Transport whether he has any information as to the tests applied in other countries to persons desiring to be possessed of licences to drive motor vehicles; and, if so,...
41. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that many electricity distributing companies which enjoy monopoly powers in addition to paying reasonable dividends distribute large...
45. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will have circulated a White Paper giving the names of Irish Loyalist claimants and the amount claimed by each claimant as compensation before the...
46. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that in arriving at assessable profits for Income Tax it has been the custom to allow as an expense the cost of renewing leases, the...
47. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware of the advance in the price of petrol owing to price-fixing agreements between the oil combines; and whether he will take the...
52. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that in some provincial districts the letter-box provided by the postal authorities is so small that during week-ends the box becomes so full...
53. asked the Postmaster-General whether the Metropolitan police authorities were immediately informed on the discovery of the robbery of mail bags which took place on arrival from Manchester at...
54. asked the Postmaster-General the total loss on the telegraphs, on the basis of the commercial accounts, since they were nationalised; and which was the latest year in which a profit was earned?
56. asked the Postmaster-General the net profit or loss on the telephones, on the basis of the commercial accounts, since the service was taken over from the National Telephone Company; and the...
57. asked the Postmaster-General if he can give figures showing to what extent the cash-on-delivery system is being used for agricultural produce?
58. asked the Postmaster-General why his invitation to witness a demonstration of the Baird television system in the near future is limited to a certain number of hon. Members only; if he will...
59. asked the Postmaster-General what precautions are taken to preserve the security of mail bags in transit by rail?
62. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether in view of the recommendation of the East Africa Commission that a suitable proportion of the loan money should be spent for development...
63. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that at a Government sale of farms at Tanganyika in October, 1928, it was announced that 20s. would be given as compensation...
67. asked the Secretary of State for Air what was the original amount of the contract given, without competition, in January, 1926, for the construction of the airship R.101; how much of this sum...
68. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the number of Admiralty employés who are engaged in dockyards abroad having gone out from this country under agreement with the Admiralty?
69. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in view of the invitation given by the United States of America Government to submit further proposals on outstanding naval difficulties, as...
70. asked the Minister of Health whether he has received any complaints of large amounts of cocaine that have been used in any of the Poor Law institutions in England and Wales; whether he will...
71. asked the Minister of Health whether he has received representations from the Lambeth board of guardians in regard to the sending to the hospital of surplus casuals from the casual ward; and...
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to render British migrants entitled to unemployment insurance benefits. Of late I have been employing the ample leisure between Divisions in...
"to render British migrants entitled to unemployment insurance benefits," presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Monday next, and to be printed. [Bill 67.]
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1914. This Bill seeks to remedy a great injustice to those who are in the Civil Service of this...
Order for Second Reading upon Tuesday next read, and discharged; Bill withdrawn.
Ordered, That the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills do examine the Doncaster Area Drainage Bill with respect to compliance with the Standing Orders relative to Private Bills.
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Chairmen's Panel: That they had appointed Mr. Ellis Davies to act as Chairman of Standing Committee B (in respect of the Savings Banks Bill).
Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
As amended, considered.
(1) The provisions of the Town Councils (Scotland) Act, 1900, with regard to the alteration of the number of magistrates and councillors in burghs and to the number of councillors in each ward,...
Where any Order made under this Act determining or altering the boundaries of electoral divisions in a county or of wards in a burgh, or dividing a burgh into wards or where a scheme providing...
In the event of the town council of any burgh, either before the passing of this Act or within twelve months from the passing of this Act, making application for a Provisional Order to extend the...
The Secretary of State may by Order raise to the status of a large burgh any burgh which during the summer months of every year has habitually a population in excess of the population which...
(1) A district council shall be established for every large burgh and every county of a city.
The rents of all agricultural lands and heritages payable at the time of the passing of the Act shall be deemed to be the standard rents of these subjects, and upon the passing of the Act these...
I beg to move, in page 3, to leave out from the word "functions," in line 8, to the word "as," in line 9. Owing to the way in which the Guillotine has worked during the discussion of the Bill the...
The Amendment on the Paper in the name of the hon. and gallant Member for Montrose (Sir R. Hutchison)—in page 5, line 6, at the end to insert the words: Provided also that no person who at...
I beg to move, in page 8, line 29, to leave out the word "Board," and to insert instead thereof the words "Department of Health." This is a purely drafting Amendment.
I beg to move, in page 11, line 1, to leave out paragraph (f). This paragraph was put in originally to meet certain representations from local authorities, but since it was inserted we have...
The following Amendments stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. WESTWOOD: In page 12, line 31, to leave out the word 'representing,' and to insert instead thereof the words 'elected...
I beg to move, in page 14, line 3, at the end, to insert the words: Provided that any reference in any Act to a triennial election of county councillors shall be deemed not to include a reference...
Resolution reported,
"That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £380,000, 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, 1929,...
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [19th February]: That the Bill be now read a Second time.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Sir G. Hennessy.]
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