Wednesday, 20 March 1929
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Crowborough District Water Bill,
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can inform the House what will be the estimated cost of transmission of the British official wireless service which is prepared by...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Sir HERBERT NIELD: 42. "To ask the Financial Secretary to the Treasury why temporary female clerical staffs are being newly...
2. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in view of the importance of the minorities question, whether the British Government would support a proposal for the establishment of a...
8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs who will represent His Majesty's Government at the forthcoming meeting of the Disarmament Commission of the League of Nations?
3. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the lives or property of any British nationals have been lost or endangered during the recent civil disturbances in Mexico; and, if so,...
4. asked the Secretary of State, for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the case of Mr. Horace Frost, of Watton, Norfolk, who has been sentenced to a month's imprisonment by...
5. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many American tourists have applied for and obtained visas in this country during the last period of 12 months of which data can be given;...
6. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has any information as to whether any provision is contemplated by the Soviet Government for providing compensation for British nationals...
33. asked the President of the Board of Trade the production of leather and fabric gloves during the last quarter of 1928 and, for comparison, the corresponding figures for the last quarter of...
34. asked the President of the Board of Trade the total transhipments in bond of machine-made lace and hand-made lace, respectively, through this country in 1927; and how much of this was French...
9. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the Spanish Government is opposing the proposal to set up a casino at Tangier on the lines of the gambling...
10. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether any alteration has been made in the daily rate of subsistence allowance and travelling expenses in respect to the Royal Naval Ordnance inspectors...
12. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of ships in the Navy driven by coal power and the type of such ships?
13. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what vessel he proposes to use for his forthcoming visit to the Mediterranean Fleet?
14. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what are the rates paid to shipwrights and boilermakers at Gibraltar; and, in view of these two classes of labour in Home yards being paid...
17. asked the Minister of Labour if his attention has been called to the case of Edward Stevenson, of 18, Glover Street, St. Helens, who has re-received a notice from the local Employment...
18. asked the Minister of Labour if the Government has any new plans for reducing unemployment?
19. asked the Minister of Labour whether he has had any Report of the new Employment Exchange at Hull, particularly as regards accommodation and staffing; and if he is aware that complaints are...
20. asked the Secretary of State for Air what progress has been made by the Dominion Governments for the erection of standard mooring-masts for the use of Empire airships?
21. asked the Secretary of State for Air if he is considering the establishment of special Customs ports in view of the rapid development in passenger flying-boats; and at what ports does he...
22. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the excessive speed at which mechanically propelled vehicles are allowed to swing round from Bridge Street to the Victoria Embankment;...
Is the right hon. and gallant Gentleman aware that a few days ago a young woman was thrown over and killed on the Embankment, entirely owing to the rapid speed at which certain vehicles were...
24. asked the Minister of Transport what expenditure has been incurred by local licensing authorities in Great Britain in the collection of motor licence duties during each of the past three...
25. asked the Minister of Transport if he is in a position to give an approximate estimate as to the proportion of each £1,000,000 sterling spent on road construction which is paid in wages...
26. asked the Minister of Health whether hospital probationers are entitled to administer powerful drugs, such as digitalin and morphia, in the absence of a qualified medical practitioner; and...
27. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the fact that housing schemes for the erection of dwellings to accommodate working-class persons are being held up by...
29. asked the Minister of Agriculture the number and nature of the reclamation and drainage schemes started and completed since 1924, the sums granted by the Government towards such schemes, and...
30. asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that no public telephone facilities are provided on the new Middleton Park Estate, Leeds, where there are 1,400 houses, except at a hotel which is...
31. asked the Postmaster-General whether his Department has agreed to adopt any of the suggested additional facilities recently obtained from the telegraphic system of the United States and...
36. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that recently, adjacent to Renfield Street, Glasgow, a site was sold for £75,000 which formerly changed hands at £100 and...
Viscountess ASTOR: 37. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the case of Bertha Eliza Nobes, who was recently sentenced to three years'...
38. asked the Home Secretary whether he has received an application for a certificate of naturalisation from Mr. Thomas A. White, of Birmingham, a naturalised American citizen and formerly an...
Viscountess ASTOR: 39. asked the Home Secretary if he will, in the interests of public convenience, consider issuing a circular to all police courts recommending an arrangement whereby ordinary...
40. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the present value of the shares held by the Treasury in the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, together with the number of shares held in it the amount received...
44. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the reasons why Mr. Thomas A. White, of Birmingham, aged 72, and his wife, aged 71, have not been granted old age pensions?
45. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the action of the colonial secretary and chief of police at Gibraltar in confiscating all copies of the...
46. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs if he will give the names of the members serving on the Committee to investigate the claims of the Southern Irish loyalists; the number of...
35. asked the President of the Board of Education whether balances of the Lord Mayor's Fund have been allowed to accumulate for interest; and, if not, whether this will be done in future?
Henry Mond, esquire, for Borough of Liverpool (East Toxteth Division).
Report and Special Report in respect of the Government Annuities Bill [Lords] (pending in the Lords) brought up, and read;
Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Chairmen's Panel: That they had appointed Mr. Short to act as Chairman of Standing Committee A (in respect of the Fire Brigade Pensions Bill), and Mr....
That they have agreed to—
Lords Amendments to be considered upon Friday, and to be printed. [Bill 78.]
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Monday next, and to be printed. [Bill 81.]
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
Order for Second Reading read.
In the first place, I must apologise to the Under-Secretary of State for Scotland for having had to make a slight alteration in the proposed programme. It was intended that my hon. and gallant...
I should like to digress from the trend of the Debate to say a few words concerning the Empire as there are so few occasions on which a private Member can draw attention to this particular...
Considered in Committee, and reported, without Amendment; read the Third time, and passed.
Read a Second time.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Sir F. Thomson.]
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