Monday, 18 March 1929
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
South Suburban Gas Bill,
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what was the surplus on the commercial lines of the Indian State railways during the last two years for which he has the figures; and what...
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he can indicate the contributory causes of the increase in the loss of working time through industrial disputes last year in industries in...
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India the terms and conditions on which the Government of India propose to give a subsidy to companies promoted to develop civil aviation in India?
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India when he hopes to be in a position to announce the terms of reference and the full personnel of the Royal Commission to inquire into matters...
6. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India the figures showing the amount of coal imported into British-India last year and in 1913, respectively, the chief countries from which these...
7. 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 last...
8 asked (1) the Under-Secretary of State for India what steps, if any, have the India Office recommended to the Government in India in regard to giving consideration to the representation...
9. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can give any further information regarding the plague of locusts now visiting certain parts of Kenya Colony; and whether the steps...
10 and 11. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) whether, in view of the need of cheap potash for British agriculture and the necessity of this country to be free of the German potash...
12. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can give information as to the co-operative organisation among the natives of Moshi, Tanganyika; the number of cultivators in the...
14. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he will consider extending the functions of the Empire Marketing Board so as to enable it, in addition to its work of popularising...
15. asked the Secretary of State for Dominions Affairs if he can give an estimate of the saving in time and cost in the carriage of produce from the prairie provinces of Canada to the United...
18. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department what foreign Governments allocate sums from public funds for advertising home manufactures in other countries; upon what general lines is...
34. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he can state the production of gas mantles in this country during the last quarter of 1928 and, for comparison, the production during the last...
16. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether his attention has been called to the fact that by an award of the Wood Renton Commission, dated 9th November, 1925, the sum of...
17. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether there are any restrictions in any of the Dominions about the acceptance from this country of persons who are receiving unemployment...
21. asked the Minister of Agriculture the number of acres at present under cultivation in England on which cotton substitute is being grown?
22. asked the Minister of Agriculture the reason for the non-ratification of the International Convention of 1921 concerning the age of admission of children to employment in agriculture; and...
23. asked the Under-Secretary for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, if he has any information regarding the proposed sale of land adjoining Stonehenge; and...
24. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether further discussions have taken place on the question of the withdrawal of the Allied troops from the Rhineland; and whether he is able...
25. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what are the findings of the Committee of Experts which has been inquiring into the coal question; what procedure is to be adopted with...
Mr. COOKER: 26. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, now that the Nanking Government has been recognised by Great Britain, any steps are being taken to give effect to the...
27. asked the Postmaster-General whether he has any information to give respecting the results of the inquiries into recent mail-bag robberies?
Mr. BENN: 32. asked the Minister of Labour whether he can make any statement as to the Government's immediate policy in the matter of the Washington Eight-Hours Convention?
35. asked the President of the Board of Education what assistance is given to teachers leaving training colleges to obtain posts?
37. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that bodies have been interred in wrong graves at the Wandsworth Borough Council's...
38. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will be in a position to announce the conclusions reached by the commission of experts on German reparations; and whether the approval of...
39. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of persons who have been employed by the betting duty branch of the Treasury for the purpose of selling revenue tickets on the...
40 and 41. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1) the reason for the failure to set up the Communications Company as set forth in the Imperial Telegraphs Act, 1928; (2) whether, seeing...
Captain CROOKSHANK: 42. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to the recent prosecution at Marylebone of two motorists for leaving their cars at a parking place at...
28. asked the Minister of Health upon what grounds the occupiers of village workshops, such as blacksmiths, wheelwrights, carpenters and the like, in the county of Montgomery, are being refused...
29. asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons registered at the Stratford and Canning Town Employment Exchanges, and the number of persons who have been refused unemployment benefit...
Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Commander Eyres Monsell.]
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