Monday, 11 March 1929
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Torquay Extramural Cemetery Company Bill,
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India why a book called "Shiva or the Future of India," by Mr. R. J. Minney, formerly joint editor of the "Englishman," of Calcutta, has been debarred...
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he can
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the views of the Government of India on the Report of the Hilton Young Commission have been received; and can he say whether any decision...
6. asked the Under-secretary of State for India whether it is the intention of the Government of India to forbid public demonstrations at which it is proposed to burn foreign cloth?
8. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will obtain from the High Commissioner a report on the affair at Hederah, where the Bedouins have seized land bought by the Jews 30...
9. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will institute an inquiry into the disabilities of women in Palestine, with a view to finding out how far the Moslem prejudices against...
10. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what scale of royalties the company developing the Mosul oilfields pays to the Government of Iraq; and whether any portion of these royalties...
12. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has yet taken any decisions in regard to the conditions which prevail in the West African Colonial Service; and, if so, can he tell...
13. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the importance to the administrative and commercial interests of the Empire of an adequate knowledge of the principal...
14. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can state in which of the Colonies or Protectorates are survey parties of the Royal Engineers at present employed for topographical...
15. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs what was the total acreage of Irish land provided by Great Britain for Irish sailors and soldiers who fought in the great war under the Irish...
16. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs if the compensation to which the Privy Council has decided that Messrs. Wigg and Cochrane are entitled under Article X of the Anglo-Irish...
17 and 18. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs (1) whether he will cause to be placed in the Library of this House any recent reports and statements showing the results of the...
19. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he will, for the information of Members, obtain and place in the Library the Report of the Committee which advised the Australian...
27. asked the Minister of Labour the number of claims for unemployment insurance benefit made during 1928; the number of claims referred to the insurance officer; the number of claims referred to...
21. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been called to the scheme of work proposed by the Felstead beet-sugar factory under which Irish immigrant labour is to be employed;...
22. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he can give an estimate of the weight and value of pig meat of all kinds produced during the year before the embargo on pork from the Continent, and the...
23. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether any grain elevators for the storage of home-grown grain are in existence in Great Britain; and if the erection of any is contemplated?
24. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will inquire from His Britannic Majesty's Minister in Bukarest whether, when the new Rumanian Government raised the state of siege in...
Mr. FOOT MITCHELL: 25. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the salary of the British officer lent to the Shanghai volunteer corps is paid by the Shanghai municipality or by...
29. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that assistant officers in charge of Record Offices responsible for the disciplinary supervision and control of the civilian staff are...
26. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty why shipwrights at Malta are paid at the rate of 30s. per week whilst boiler-makers are paid a higher rate, when in the home dockyards both...
31. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the existing law regarding literary censorship in relation to the sale of books and publications, he will consider the...
32. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that the new voters' lists have not yet been posted in the churches and post offices of the Enfield Parliamentary Division of Middlesex; and...
33. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether any grant from the public funds is made towards the cost of maintaining the lifeboat service by the National Lifeboat Institution?
34. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what revenue is derived from advertisements in the London Telephone Directory; and whether such advertisements are obtained by canvassers in the...
28. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he will take steps to establish St. George's Day as a general school holiday, in view of the fact that Scotland, Ireland and Wales each...
37. asked the Prime Minister whether his communication to the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation on 8th February last represents a final decision of the Government on the request to institute an...
39. asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the desirability of arranging for the publication of a memorandum showing over a period of years the cost of the armed forces of the...
40. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the policy of the Government regarding the special situation which arises when a single undertaking or an associated group of undertakings...
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Friday, and to be printed. [Bill 71.]
Order for Third Reading read.
Order for Third Reading read.
REPORT [8TH MARCH].
"That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £31,000, 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,...
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)...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Commander Eyres Monsell.]
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