Thursday, 25 April 1929
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
"to confirm a Provisional Order under the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act, 1892, relating to Kilmarnock Water," presented by Secretary Sir John Gilmour; read the First time; and referred to the...
1. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has received any representations asking him to consider amending the present legislation so as to give theatres and variety...
2. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been directed to the increase in knife and revolver affrays between gangs of aliens in Soho; that this menace is considered by residents to...
3. asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the illegality of lotteries, he proposes to take action in the matter of the Stock Exchange Derby sweepstake?
4. asked the Home Secretary whether he will state the dates of application to, and approval by, the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis in respect of the reference supplied by the...
35. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether pre-War retired police officers applying for an increase of pension under the Pensions (Increase) Acts, 1920 and 1924, are required every...
5. asked the Home Secretary whether he has given any general instructions regarding small whist drives of a social character organised amongst friends where small prizes are competed for; if he...
6. asked the Home Secretary the number of police officers who have appeared before the Scotland Yard disciplinary board since the recent appointment of the First Commissioner of Police up to and...
7. asked the Home Secretary if he is aware that Mr. H. Roper, of Bawtry, was recently summoned for non-attendance of his daughter at school; that he was fined 6s, and because he was unable to pay...
9. asked the President of the Board of Education whether his Department admits any special obligation to assist deaf and dumb children after they leave school to secure employment; if so, can he...
8. asked the Home Secretary if he is aware that many employers desirous of employing ex-service men suffering from war disability find difficulty in effecting insurance upon them to cover...
11. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that during the last few months 75 men, all under the age of 45, were selected for stone-breaking by the authorities of casual wards of the...
12. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that there are 16 young children maintained in the Market Bosworth Poor Law institution and that there is no proper accommodation for these...
13. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that certain rating authorities are making abortive the excusal of rates in cases of poverty by the passing of resolutions of compounding and so...
41. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the estimated amount of relief which will accrue to landowners in the county of West Lothian in the first year arising from de-rating?
14. asked the Minister of Health whether the British Empire Cancer Campaign was consulted before the Government decided its action with regard to the proposed radium appeal; and whether the...
15. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that, at the inquest proceedings recently on the death of a Shoreditch man named Daniel Fitter, the coroner who presided commented on the...
26. asked the Minister of Health if any cases of small-pox have been notified during the past week from passengers or crew on the steamships "Tuscania" and "Mashobra," or from contacts with such...
16. asked the Minister of Health whether he has received the observations of the Godstone Rural Dis- trict Council on the petition presented to him by 49 applicants for cottages in the area, and...
19. asked the Minister of Health if he can state what were the actuarial figures in 1925, when the Widows', Orphans', and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act was passed, as to the number of widows...
22. asked the Minister of Health the number of P-class clerks recommended by his Department for promotion to established clerical grade under Clause 5 of the Government memorandum of 12th...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether the subjects to be investigated by the proposed Royal Commission on the Civil Service will include the working of the machinery of Whitley councils in the...
48. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that cases have recently occurred in the Civil Service of the communication of confidential departmental information to ex-civil servants to be...
23. asked the Minister of Health what has been the extra charge on the Health Insurance Fund down to 31st March, 1929, due to the increased authorised cost of medical benefit under the Economy...
25. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the Ossett Urban District Council has recently deprived upwards of 50 families in the borough of water supplies for reasons of non-payment of...
27. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is intended to discontinue the Treasury deduction from the Road Fund income when payments from the Road Fund under Clause 80 of the Local...
28. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the list of schemes to be submitted by the railway companies, in consideration of the repeal of the railway passenger duty, have been placed...
29. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, having regard to the total remission of the duty on tea and the consequent cessation of charges for bond storage and transport thereto, he...
30. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what payment has been made by France and Italy since 1918 in respect of their debts to this country?
32. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what is the total sum provided in the Defence Estimates for 1929–30 for pay, pensions, and allowances as compared with the provision for...
34. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that Entertainments Duty was levied upon the charge of admission to an arts and crafts exhibition held in the Mechanics'...
36. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has yet decided on any action to place the Royal Veterinary College on a modern footing?
37. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he has any Return showing the loss to the dairy industry caused by the shrinkage in the demand for fresh cream consequent upon the operation of the order...
38. asked the Minister of Agriculture what proportion of the £30,000 which is to be set aside for the fishing industry will be available to the English as distinct from the Scottish section...
39. asked the Under-secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether any applications have been made to his Department for the purpose of...
44. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that Mr. W. F. Jones, of 22, Cotnes Avenue, Cwmbran, went out to Canada with the harvesters last year and was only employed for two weeks;...
49. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is now in a position to state on what grounds Mrs. Porteous, of 24, Rich Street, Poplar, was refused unemployment benefit by the West India Dock Road...
Can the Chancellor of the Exchequer state the programme of business for next week?
"to enable leaseholders in occupation of houses or premises whose original leases were granted for a term of not less than twenty-one years to acquire the freehold reversion of their lease or to...
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee A.
changed to
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee A.
Reported, without Amendment, from Standing Committee A.
Reported, with Amendments and Minutes of Evidence, from the Joint Committee on Railway (Air Transport) Bills.
Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Reported, without Amendment [Provisional Orders confirmed]; Report to lie upon the Table.
Reported, without Amendment [Provisional Order confirmed]; Report to lie upon the Table.
AIRE AND CALDER NAVIGATION BILL [Lords],
Reported, without Amendment; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee B.
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to empower the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the borough of Tunbridge Wells to erect a town hall and other buildings; to acquire lands for...
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had added the following Ten Members to Standing Committee A (in respect of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries...
Mr. William Nicholson further reported from the Committee: That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee B: Brigadier-General Brooke; and had appointed in substitution:...
Order for Second Reading read.
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners; The House went; and, having returned, Mr. SPEAKER reported the Royal Assent to 1. Army and Air Force (Annual) Act, 1929.2. Llanelly Corporation Act,...
Question again proposed, "That the Bill be now read a Second time."
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Read a Second time, and committed.
Postponed Proceedings resumed on Question, "That the Bill be now read a Second time."
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