Tuesday, 26 March 1929
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Private Bills (Standing Orders not previously inquired into complied with),
The following Notice of Motion stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Lieut.-Colonel Sir Vivian HENDERSON: Address for Return showing the number of Accidents resulting in death or personal...
1. asked the President of the Board of Trade the amount of wood-workers' tools that have been imported into Great Britain for the 12 months previous to the last convenient date; and whether he...
2. asked the President of the Board of Trade in view of the proposed reduction of examination centres for masters and mates in Scotland and the elimination of Leith from the number of existing...
3. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether an inquiry is to be held into the sinking of the Downs lights vessel which had temporarily taken the place of the "Gull" lights vessel and...
53. asked the Minister of Labour whether it is proposed to ratify the international convention of 1926 on seamen's articles of agreement; and, if not, will he state the reason?
4. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that during the past 15 years deaths due to coal gas poisoning have increased from 170 to 1,142; that...
6. asked the Secretary of State for War if there is a section of the technical research Department of the War Office specifically dealing with the question of elimination of noise in mechanised...
7. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, before coming to a decision to open part of the Firth of Clyde previously closed to trawling, the authorities heard the views of those...
8. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of applications for widows', children's, and orphans' pensions disallowed, since the commencement of the Act, in Scotland, giving the...
9. asked the Secretary for Mines the names of those coal-mining districts in which the demand is actually in excess of the supply; and whether these arrears are now being overtaken?
10. asked the Minister of Transport what municipalities have obtained powers to abolish or reduce their tramway systems, and which have extended them, during the last five years, giving the...
11. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the number of outrages committed upon women in non-corridor trains; and will he make representations to the railway...
12. asked the Minister of Transport, if he is aware that the Clackmannan County Council is the only local authority in Scotland which has specified foreign bitumen for its road requirements over...
13. asked the Minister of Transport whether he has now had an application for his consent to an electric power line from Penrith to Whitehaven via Braithwaite, Wythrop Valley, and Cockermouth;...
14. asked the Postmaster-General the number of detective and police staff employed by the Post Office?
15. asked the Postmaster-General the number of machines used for the obliteration of postage stamps that are used by the Post Office; and can he state the number which are made by Norwegian...
17. asked the Postmaster-General in how many, and what towns in Wales telephone kiosks of the standard pattern have been installed; what is the total number of kiosks; and what percentage of...
19. asked the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been drawn to the application of Mr. Rowlands, of Anstruther, Fife, for re-employment in the Post Office; whether he is aware that this...
20. asked the Postmaster-General for what reason the Post Office Regulations authorise the employment of telegraph messengers under 14 years of age, whether exempted from the obligation to attend...
16. asked the Postmaster-General what becomes of the deposit moneys paid by individuals and business firms for telephone service; what did these deposits amount to last year; and what is the...
22. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the case of Mrs. Mary Ann Saunders, and her son Oliver Tyssul Saunders, of Cwmdare, Aberdare, who...
25. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he has received representation from the Mountain Ash and District Chamber of Trade regarding the purchase by the Lord Mayor's committee...
27. asked the President of the Board of Education if he will state the estimated duration of the inquiry of the Government Committee on Education for Salesmanship; and whether an interim Report...
28. asked the President of the Board of Education if he is aware that certain municipal colleges, among others Portsmouth, have technical classes; that such classes are assisted by funds from the...
29. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many men have received notice of discharge in the works departments and other departments, Devonport Dockyard, in the last two weeks; whether any...
30. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he proposes before the dissolution to take any steps to confer the rights of British citizenship upon Palestinian citizens and upon...
24. asked the Home Secretary if he will state the nature of the work on which female staff are employed who have recently been recruited to his Department; on what basis are they remunerated; and...
34. asked the Minister of Health the number of the staff employed by the Ministry of Health on work resultant from the operation of the Widows', Orphans', and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act,...
The following Question stood upon the Paper in the name of Mr. HAYES: 46. To ask the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware of the feeling of the staff of the Inland Revenue...
Sir H. NEILD: 47. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will give an assurance that the appointment of new entrants to the Civil Service from the approaching open competitive...
51. asked the Minister of Labour the number of insurance officers who are engaged on the work of deciding the claims made for unemployment insurance benefit; and whether all cases of disputed...
Mr. L'ESTRANGE MALONE: 31. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the agenda for the forthcoming meeting of the Preparatory Disarmament Commission has yet been issued; and...
Mr. MALONE: 32. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any date has yet been fixed for the first meeting of the committee of three set up by the recent Council meeting of the...
38. asked the Minister of Health the reasons why assistance this year has been refused in connection with the summer camp of the St. Edward's Orphanage, Liverpool, thus reversing the practice of...
39. asked the Minister of Health whether he will introduce immediate legislation to amend the law so as to ensure that every purchaser of milk shall be supplied with milk containing not less than...
41. asked the Minister of Health the reasons for delaying the publication of that section of the Report of the Mental Deficiency Committee dealing with adults, which was presented on 24th...
44. asked the Minister of Labour in what trades the distressed miners who have been transferred to Devonport and Plymouth are now engaged; and whether all of those who have been transferred have...
48. asked the Minister of Labour whether he can give a figure of unemployment in 1913 which can be compared with the volume of unemployment to-day?
52. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that Mr. John Allen Bentley, of 8, West View, Paddock, Huddersfield, was denied dependant's benefit for his wife on the grounds that she was...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether any decision has yet been reached in regard to the Channel Tunnel inquiry?
43. asked the Minister of Labour the latest returns of the state of trade in the boot and shoe industry and the unemployment figures for the trade as compared with a year ago?
23. asked the Home Secretary whether he can now make a statement with regard to the appointment of a chief constable for the county of Warwick?
asked the Prime Minister whether he can communicate to the House the views of the Government on the statement furnished by the Oil Companies with regard to the prices of certain petroleum products?
Mr. MacDONALD: May I ask the Prime Minister when he proposes that the House shall resume after Easter and what business he proposes to take?
Richard John Russell, Esquire, for County of Cheshire (Eddisbury Division).
"to provide for the allocation of part of the moneys standing to the credit of the Welfare Fund from time to time to a fund, and to provide for the payment of pensions thereout to aged miners on...
Corn Exchange Company Bill [Lords],
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to regulate the use of the Mount Vernon Hospital Estate and the application of certain of the funds and investments in the hands of the Mount...
Considered in Committee.
Schedules agreed to.
For the purpose of abolishing death as a penalty for cowardice the following amendments shall be made in the Army Act: (1) In section four, paragraph (7) shall be omitted:(2) In section five the...
In Section one hundred and thirty-eight of the Army Act (which relates to penal stoppages from the ordinary pay of soldiers), at the end of the proviso there shall be added— and (d) where a...
The following proviso shall be added at the end of Section 76 of the Army Act (which relates to the limit of original enlistment): Provided also that a boy is enlisted before attaining the age of...
Resolutions reported:
"1. 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 31st...
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Postponed Proceeding resumed on Question, "That the Bill be now read a Second time."
As amended (in the Standing Committee) considered.
Any regulations that may be prescribed for the carrying on of any savings bank established by a local authority under the powers of any Act passed or to be passed may apply to such bank with or...
(1) Section two of the Savings Bank Act, 1920, shall have effect as though for the words "two pounds fifteen shillings per centum per annum and not exceeding two pounds seventeen shillings and...
I beg to move, in page 6, to leave out from the word "banks," in line 30, to the word "and," in line 32. I would point out that I have subsequent Amendments on the Paper—in page 6, line 39,...
As amended (in the Standing Committee) considered.
I do not select the first Amendment standing in the name of the hon. Member for Hillsborough (Mr. A. V. Alexander), to leave out Clause 1, as it would have the effect of destroying the Bill.
I beg to move, in page 2, to leave out from the word "cream," in line 2, to the word "or" in line 5 and to insert instead thereof the words by any person solely for his domestic purposes. This...
Order for Second Reading read.
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 it is expedient that the Solicitors' Acts Consolidation Bill be Committed to the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills."—[Mr. Rye.]
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Commander Eyres Monsell.]
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