Thursday, 14 March 1929
The Rouse met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock,Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Private Bills [Lords] (Standing Orders not previously inquired into complied with).
"to regulate the expenditure on capital account and lending of money by the London County Council during the financial period from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and...
2. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to numerous accidents which have occurred recently in London streets owing to collisions occurring...
6. asked the Home Secretary whether the recent conference on the question of forming a special corps of traffic police arrived at any decision; and whether he can now make a statement on the matter?
3. asked the Home Secretary if he is in a position to say how many uninsured employers have failed to meet the claims made upon them under the Workmen's Compensation Acts; how many injured...
7. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that a parcel of books addressed by the Maison de Livre Francais to Messrs. Birrell and Gannett, Ltd., booksellers, of No. 30, Gerrard Street, W.1,...
10. asked the Home Secretary the general orders of the Metropolitan police governing the issue of a reference or testimonial to a private person by a serving police officer?
11. asked the Home Secretary whether he can make a statement on the appointment of a chief constable for the County of Warwick?
13. asked the President of the Board of Education what is the total number of boys and girls of 14 years of age and upwards who left the elementary schools in each of the years 1921–28,...
18. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that His Majesty's Inspectors of Schools have reported that certain elementary schools in receipt of grant have no proper...
19. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that His Majesty's inspectors of schools have reported that sundry elementary schools in receipt of grant have no adequate...
Mr. JONES: 14. asked the President of the Board of Education if he will state the name and situation of each secondary school in Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Carmarthenshire, Cardiff, Swansea,...
17. asked the President of the Board of Education what steps education committees and head teachers have been encouraged to take in order to secure the number of apprentices needed by the Royal...
12. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the circumstances of the Hyde Park prosecution conducted by the Commissioner of Police against Edward Harry West at the...
15. asked the President of the Board of Education what proportion of the money up to the present expended upon miners' relief has been allocated to the South Wales coalfield; and whether, in view...
Mr. BECKETT: 16. asked the President of the Board of Education if he will ascertain what firm supplied the boots issued to the Durham miners now employed in Hyde Park; what was the number of...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he will cause calculations to be made as to the effect on the unemployment problem of the raising of the school-leaving age to 15 and the granting of adequate...
54. asked the Minister of Labour whether able-bodied persons in receipt of poor relief are now generally required to register for employment at the Employment Exchange; and the number so...
20. asked the Minister of Health whether he is now able to say whether he proposes to publish the report of the committee appointed to inquire into the London Lock Hospital?
33. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the fact that the Report of the Mental Deficiency Committee was presented as long ago as 24th January, that the President of the Board of...
Mrs. DALTON: 34. asked the Minister of Health which rural district councils in the hop-growing areas of Kent have adopted the Ministry of Health's by-laws relating to hop pickers in toto; which...
36. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that a Miss Parkes, of Coddington, Newark, who had been attended for a few days by a Dr. Harris, was on 13th August, 1928, certified by him on...
22. asked the Minister of Health the total number of applications for widows' pensions in Great Britain under the Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act, together with the number...
29. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to an inquest held at Liverpool, on Wednesday, 6th March, on William Ronald Williamson, a tannery labourer, who died from...
31. asked the Minister of Health how many of the slum-clearance schemes which have been approved since January 1925 have been completed; and how many tenants have been rehoused?
37. asked the Minister of Health the nature of the communications he has received from Torquay ratepayers with regard to the Daison housing scheme and the reply, if any, which he has made?
32. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the treatment of boys who are sent from industrial schools which are controlled by the board of control to County Leitrim...
38. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in cases where shopkeepers and trades have suffered losses as the result of street explosions or bursting water mains, and where liability...
39. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer in view of the ever-increasing disfigurement of the countryside by industry and transport and of the aesthetic and economic value of beauty spots,...
40. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the receipts to date this year from German reparations?
41. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the receipts from companies' capital duty to date this year and the corresponding figure for last year?
42. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, for the purpose of encouraging co-partnership in industry, he can arrange for dividends payable on shares held by workers under co-partnership...
51. asked the Financial Secretary of the Treasury, if he will give a list of shipping and mail subsidies paid by the Government during the last financial year?
46. asked the Prime Minister whether the inquiries that the Government are instituting into the increased price of petrol will include the increased price being demanded by retailers of paraffin?
48. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the chief items of cost upon which he based his estimate that the general strike and the coal lock-out of 1920 cost the Government £80,000,000?
52. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many persons over 70 years of age have been refused an old age pension because they have no definite place of residence; and whether...
55. asked the Postmaster-General if, in view of the considerable saving in labour at the post offices by the use of franking machines by large commercial houses, he is prepared to grant a rebate...
56. asked the Postmaster-General whether it is intended to establish telephonic communication between Great Britain and the Channel Islands?
57. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any countries, and, if so, which, place any obstacles in the way of the investment of British capital in public companies registered in that...
62. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether it is the intention of his Department to take part in the Canadian National Exhibition at Toronto?
59. asked the hon. and gallant Member for the Tonbridge Division, as representing the Charity Commissioners, on what grounds the Charity Commissioners allowed the Bath municipal trustees to...
61. asked the Secretary for Mines what is the number of pit-head bathing establishments in Scotland, England and Wales; how many of these establishments in each of these countries are provided by...
67. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India the total amount expended out of Indian revenues to date on the new capital scheme at New Delhi: whether any part of this scheme still remains...
70. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India the number of working days lost in British India each year during the last three years owing to industrial lock-outs and strikes?
71. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether any representations have been received, either directly or through the Government of India, with regard to the Indian High Courts Bill;...
72. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will inform the House of the composition of the Committee to be appointed by the Government of the presidency, in accordance with the...
73. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it has been decided that the next meeting of the Council of the League of Nations shall be held in Madrid; and, if so, why?
74. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the terms of reference to the Committee of the League of Nations of which he is a member to consider the improvement of the protection given...
1. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that Charles Ambrose Fairhead, late private, Labour Corps, No. 119,640, is in receipt of a pension of 8d. a day only, after having rendered...
24. asked the Minister of Health whether there are any regulations under the National Health Insurance system whereby an insurance company with an approved society branch has authority to deduct...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is now in a position to make any further statement about the proposed African air service?
Can the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury inform me what will be the business for next week; and can he, at the same time, make any statement about the Easter Recess?
Lords Amendment to be considered forthwith.—[Sir Vivian Henderson.]
Sir ARTHUR CHURCHMAN reported from the Committee on Group C of Private Bills; That the parties opposing the London, Midland, and Scottish Railway Bill and the Great Western Railway Bill had...
Sir JOHN GANZONI reported from the Committee on Group A of Private Bills; That, for the convenience of parties, the Committee had adjourned till Monday next, at a quarter to Twelve of the clock.
Marriages Provisional Orders Bill,
That they concur with the Commons in their Resolution communicated to them yesterday, "That it is expedient that the Southern Railway (Air Transport) Bill, the Great Western Railway (Air...
Order for Committee read.
"with a view to translating the expressed desire for permanent peace into effective action, this House urges upon His Majesty's Government to adopt a more determined and well-considered policy to...
Resolved, That 99,800 Officers, Seamen, Boys, and Royal Marines be employed for the Sea Service, together with 500 for the Royal Marine Police, borne on the books of His Majesty's Ships, at the...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £14,244,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of Wages, etc., of Officers and Men of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, and Civilians...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £1,907,700, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of Works, Buildings, and Repairs, at home and abroad, including the cost of Superintendence,...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £3,873,400, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of Victualling and Clothing for the Navy, including the cost of Victualling Establishments at...
Resolved, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £100, 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,...
Considered in Committee.
Read a Second time, and committed to a Standing Committee.
Read a Second time, and committed to a Standing Committee.
Read a Second time, and committed to a Standing Committee.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Commander Eyres Monsell.]
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