Monday, 25 March 1929
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Asiatic Steam Navigation Company Bill [Lords],
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India approximately the present number of lepers in India; how many treatment centres are now open; to what extent those centres are State supported as...
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has any further information as to the arrests of trade union officials in India who are alleged to have engaged in illegal and seditious...
6. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India the number of women who were employed in the coalmining industry in British India in each of the last four years; and what proportion of these...
9. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the Government of India is placing any obstacles in the way of the Maharani, the wife of the ex-Maharaja of Nabha, and her children joining...
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will give information concerning the scheme put forward last year by the Army headquarters in India for securing by a system of...
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if any arrests were made in connection with the raid by the police on the 22nd February on the offices of the Burman Publishing Company and the...
Viscountess ASTOR: 10. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, if his advisory committee on social hygiene, which has recently been examining the new enactments in the Federated Malay...
11. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that keen interest is felt in the island of Jamaica regarding broadcasting; whether he has yet considered the application...
Mr. L'ESTRANGE MALONE: 12. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can yet state the policy of His Majesty's Government towards the recommendations of the Donoughmore...
13. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can give the House any information regarding Sir Samuel Wilson's mission to Kenya, as to the instructions given to him, and the date...
14. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has yet had any Report from Palestine as to the examination of Lieutenant Jabotinsky's baggage, showing who was responsible and why it...
15. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has received the Report from Gibraltar as to the action of the Colonial Secretary and Chief of Police confiscating the newspaper...
16. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he can state the net balances outward of assisted British migrants from the United Kingdom to British North America, Australia and...
17. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs what reply has been made to the representations received from the Government of the Irish Free State as to the constitution and composition...
18. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he will consider the advisability of extending the functions of the Empire Marketing Board to developing inter-imperial trade by...
62. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider the question of setting up a committee to consider the desirability of extending the present list of trustee investments, in...
60. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider the desirability of a provision in his forthcoming Budget whereby it may be possible for an individual taxpayer to take out an...
19. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department if he can state the quantity of Welsh anthracite exported to Canada during the past 12 months to any convenient date; and can he say how...
20. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department if his Department are prepared to organise a series of exhibitions in the leading cities in the Dominions and Colonies of similar goods as...
21. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he has received any representations from the Ouse Drainage Board regarding the carrying out of the works proposed by the Ouse Drainage Bill, 1927; and, if...
22. asked the Minister of Agriculture the acreage in Norfolk which, first, is urgently in need of drainage and, secondly, which is capable of improvement by drainage?
23. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he can state the amount of bounty-assisted German wheat imported into England in January and February last, respectively?
24. asked the Minister of Agriculture in view of the fact that the countries that export meat, are in the southern hemisphere, where it is to their advantage to fatten cattle while British...
54. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, seeing that he issued recently a statutory notice to the proprietors of Melbost farm, Stornoway, of his intention to proceed with a...
25. asked the Minister of Health whether he can give details of any Government plans for the clearing of slums in the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark?
64. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he has seen the Report of the inspector appointed to inquire into the affairs of the New Era Housing Society, Limited; and whether it is...
26. asked the Minister of Health whether he has received the Report of the Sub-Committee of the Committee of Civil Research on Radium and Radium Supplies; and whether it is proposed to publish it...
30. asked the Minister of Health what is the number of persons above 65 years of age who are in receipt of old age pensions; and what is the total cost per annum of these pensions?
31. asked the Postmaster-General what is the daily average use of the telephone by existing subscribers?
33. asked the Postmaster-General if he is now in a position to state the conclusions reached by his Department as a result of the recent demonstration of the Baird television apparatus?
35. asked the Postmaster-General whether any further progress has been made with the question of granting equal pay for equal work in the postal service?
Mr. MALONE: 34. asked the Postmaster-General the state of the negotiations between His Majesty's Government and the interests concerned in the formation of the proposed Communications Company;...
Mr. MALONE: 36. asked the Post-master-General whether he has considered the terms of the Pacific Cable Board Bill; whether his Department was consulted before the Bill was drafted; and whether he...
37. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is aware that in three of the destroyers serving on the China station the medical officers have been obliged to see their patients and keep their...
38. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the Board has yet decided on any alterations to the King's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions with a view to defining more clearly the...
39. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the protracted delay in the negotiations between the capitulary Powers and the Egyptian Government for the transfer of...
40. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he proposes to release any portion of the Boxer indemnity funds, now in the hands of His Majesty's Government, without prescribing...
41. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can now make a statement with regard to the case of Mr. A J. Brewer; and whether a reply has yet been received from the Portuguese...
42. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make as yet any statement as to the conclusions of His Majesty's Ministers as to the question of the freedom of the seas; and...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Colonel WEDGWOOD:
44. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether the difficulties in respect of ports of call in Greece for the projected air mail to India have been overcome; and, if not, whether the...
45. asked the Prime Minister if he can now make a statement as to the nature of the inquiry into the Channel Tunnel project and when the inquiry will commence?
46. asked the Prime Minister what answer he has sent to the resolution received from the Corporation of Hull with reference to the diversion of the proceeds of the taxation of road transport and...
Captain CROOKSHANK: 65. asked the Minister of Transport what steps, if any, he has taken to inform the general public of the Regulation that cars may not be left with doors locked at official...
73. asked the Minister of Transport the average grant per mile of road in the year 1927–28, in respect of unclassified roads in rural areas?
47. asked the Minister of Labour when the staff and furniture is to be removed from the present Exchange in Springburn in preparation for rebuilding; and when rebuilding begins?
48. asked the Minister of Labour how many permits have been issued during the past four years for aliens to take up employment in the renovation of clothes and provision of a valeting service?
Lieut.-Colonel LAMBERT WARD: 49. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any decision has now been arrived at with regard to the arrangements for the examinations for certificates of...
52. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state the average number of workpeople employed per week in the gas-mantle industry during the last quarter of 1924 and the last...
53. asked the Minister of Pensions the number of ex-service men employed in the Ministry on 1st January, 1928; the number employed on 1st January, 1929; and the number of other employés at...
The following question stood upon the. Order Paper in the name of Mr. MONTAGUE:
56. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that the International Convention on prohibition of nightwork in bakeries is still awaiting ratification; and what...
57. asked the Home Secretary if he is aware that a deputation to the Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan police on 16th March from the Hampstead branch of the Women's Freedom League asked for...
58. asked the Home Secretary whether he will hold an inquiry into the circumstances attending the resignation of ex-Constable Hutchins from the M Division of the Metropolitan Police Force, in...
59. asked the Home Secretary if he will consider the advisability of taking the necessary steps to place the Metropolitan County Courts in the same status as the provincial county courts in...
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings of the Committee of Supply be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[The...
That they have agreed to—
Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Order for Committee read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Postponed Proceeding resumed on Amendment to Question, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair."
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £181,000, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £184,690, be granted to His Majesty to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £360,950, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £63,800, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
Resolution of the House [15th March] relative to the Doncaster Area Drainage Bill, which was ordered to be communicated to the Lords, and the Message from the Lords [21st March] signifying their...
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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