Thursday, 2 May 1929
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Private Bill Petitions [Lords] (Standing Orders not complied with).
1. asked the Minister of Pensions the number of ex-service men who are still receiving hospital treatment for wounds or other disabilities arising out of War service, giving the separate figures...
2. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether there are any regulations in the Metropolitan Police Force from which police officers understand that they may give their evidence...
3. asked the Home Secretary the number of motorists who have been prosecuted for causing undue noise since 1st January; and how many of these were motor-cyclists?
4. asked the Home Secretary whether he will consider arrangements whereby prisoners whose crime involved pecuniary loss to anyone can be made to do work of a marketable character, from which the...
5. asked the Home Secretary how many prosecutions have taken place on account of whist drives, raffles, draws, sweepstakes, and the like during the last 12 months; and in how many cases have...
6. asked the Home Secretary what progress has been made with the provision of extra Borstal accommodation for juvenile offenders?
8. asked the Home Secretary if he has received intimation that certain share-pushers are endeavouring to avoid the penalties of the new Companies Act, which forbids house-to-house canvassing, by...
9. asked the Home Secretary the extra number of police detailed on duty at and around Victoria Station on Friday last on the arrival of the Simon Commission from India; is he aware that on that...
10. asked the President of the Board of Education whether, seeing that in the view of teachers all over the country, the speech of children is being corrupted by slang introduced in film...
Mr. L'ESTRANGE MALONE: 11. asked the President of the Board of Education how many pupils there are in the schools condemned by His Majesty's inspector as unfit for school use, that is, on...
12. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the representations made to him with regard to the irregularities that have occurred at the Sreatham Cemetery, he will state if it is now...
16. asked the Minister of Health if he can now state the vaccinal history of the fatal cases of small-pox in the s.s "Tuscania"; and, if not, will he make an official statement on the subject at...
13. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that a widow living in Scotland, and having her children educated in the Isle of Man, has been refused the widow's pension and whether this is...
14. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that, in spite of the request of the Cobham Parish Council, the Epsom Rural District Council has refused to build any more houses; and...
19. asked the Minister of Health what was the total number of houses, as for England and Wales, completed with State assistance from 1919 till 1st October, 1927; and the amount of State subsidy...
20. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that there is a serious shortage of houses to let in the Sunderland Rural District Council's area besides a large number that are unfit for...
21. asked the Minister of Health if his attention has been called to the rents charged for houses in the South Shields rural area; and whether, as the rents are beyond the ability of the...
22. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the approximate liability at the last convenient date of accrued interest of national savings certificates?
24. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any detailed information will in future be available as to the composition of the Government securities held against the note issue?
25. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the reduction in Ways and Means advances and the increase in Treasury Bills issued, as reported on 31st March, 1929, are due to the transfer of...
47. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the total expenditure from the Imperial Exchequer arising out of the occupation of Iraq by His Majesty's forces during the late war, and the...
27. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what arrangements have been made in regard to the use by Members of their railway vouchers after the Dissolution of Parliament?
28. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the resumption of the examination system of entry into the Civil Service for the executive grades and of the existing...
31. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether a national committee for Wales has been appointed in connection with the World's Poultry Congress to be held in London in 1930; and, if so, the names...
32. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has any evidence that plant diseases are brought into this country by imported bulbs; and what steps are taken to ensure that all imported bulbs...
39. asked the hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, whether he is aware that the Forestry Commission have taken over grazing and arable land at Inchnacroe,...
33. asked the Minister of Labour how many foreign orchestras and bands have been admitted into this country since 1st January, 1928, with the number of persons comprising them; and whether, in...
34. asked the Minister of Labour what principle is applied in deciding whether dock labourers coming under the terms of Lord Shaw's award are included in the unemployment returns; whether they...
35. asked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider adopting a more satisfactory method of calculating the weekly statistics of unemployment by basing the Return on the numbers unemployed...
37. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware of the protest made by the Liskeard Rural District Council meeting on the transfer of miners to that area, seeing that there are a number of local...
40. asked the hon. and gallant Member for Eye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, if he is aware of the low rates of wages paid to the forestry workers at Drumtochty; and if, in view of...
49. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that Ewan Maclennan and Neil Macdonald have again be re-arrested and sent to Inverness prison; and why the arrests were made, in...
41. asked the Postmaster-General what definite arrangements have been made concerning licences for portable wireless sets, both as regards one licence only being necessary and the temporary...
42. asked the Postmaster-General the approximate number of new call-offices which will be established at railway stations and in villages in Devonshire under the new scheme for telephone development?
43. asked the Secretary of State for Air how many miles were flown by commercial aeroplanes in 1928 by the following countries: Germany, France, and Great Britain?
44. asked the Secretary of State for Air what consideration, if any, is at present being given to the establishment of a seaplane service between the Yorkshire coast and the Continent and also...
45. asked the Secretary of State for Air at what date, respectively, the two airships now nearing completion are expected to be ready for trial, and to what point each is to make its maiden voyage?
Lord ERSKINE (by Private Notice): asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is in a position to make any further statement as regards contributions by the various African Administrations...
46. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state, approximately, the number of the Jewish population of Palestine at the date of occupation, during the War, and the number of...
52. asked the President of the Board of Trade the quantity and value of herrings exported from the United Kingdom to Russia during the year ended 31st December, 1928?
55. asked the Secretary of State for War when it is proposed to withdraw the British troops from Shanghai; whether any threat to the International Settlement is expected; and, if so, from what...
May I ask the Prime Minister if he can now tell the House the business to be taken next week?
That they have agreed to— Marriages Provisional Orders Bill,Falkirk Burgh Order Confirmation Bill,London County Council (Money) Bill,Great Western Railway (Air Transport) Bill,London and...
GRIMSBY CORPORATION (DOCK, ETC.) BILL [Lords],
Reported, with Amendments; [Title amended]; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Reported, without Amendment [Provisional Order confirmed]; Report to lie upon the Table.
Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Reported, without Amendment; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. Bill to be read the Third time.
Reported, without Amendment; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Reported, with Amendments, from the Local Legislation Committee (Section A); Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Read the First time; to be read a Second time To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 116.]
Read the First time; to be read a Second time To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 115.]
Special Report brought up, and read.
[10th ALLOTTED DAY].
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £1,203,863, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
As amended, further considered.
Mr. DALTON: I beg to move, in page 11, line 21, after the word "auditors," to insert the words: (who shall have had no business or commercial relation with any of or all the parties to the...
I beg to move, in page 12, line 21, at the end, to insert the words (3) Any member of the Council or of any local authority holding any appointment as member of any board of directors pursuant to...
As amended, considered.
Considered in Committee.
I beg to move, in page 2, line 6, after the word "Goole," to insert the words: but not including the Murrain Lane drain outfall sluice. The property of the Aire and Calder Navigation will be...
I beg to move, in page 3, line 4, at the end, to insert the words: Provided that any expense which the Central Board may incur, by reason of the exercise by the Board of any powers conferred by...
CLAUSE 6.—(Provision for transfer to Central Board of powers and duties of navigation authorities.)
I beg to move, in page 6, line 27, after the word "Act," to insert the words "other than an award made under any Inclosure Act." We think that one of the first powers exercised by the Central...
CLAUSE 8.—(Scheme with respect to separate drainage boards and drainage districts in Doncaster district).
Mr. GUINNESS: I beg to move, in page 9, line 6, to leave out the words "and orders."
CLAUSE 11.—(Provisions with respect to the enforcement of mineowners' obligations and settlement of disputes.)
CLAUSE 13.—(Control of pumping under joint mines drainage schemes.)
CLAUSE 15.—(Rating of mines, railways and canals.)
CLAUSE 17.—(Recovery of drainage rates by Central Board.)
CLAUSE 19.—(Power of Central Board to enter and survey lands and inspect documents.)
CLAUSE 28.—(Power to exclude certain areas from Doncaster district.)
CLAUSE 31.—(Provisions for protection of certain railway, canal and other companies.)
FIRST SCHEDULE.—(Part I: Constitution of the Central Board. Part II: Tenure of office of members of the Central Board and Proceedings of the Board.)
Third Schedule (Provisions as to the compulsory acquisition of land by the Central Board) agreed to.
Not amended (in the Standing Committee), considered; to be read the Third time To-morrow.
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered; read the Third time, and passed, with Amendments.
Debates in the House of Commons are an opportunity for MPs from all parties to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.
And sometimes to shout at each other.
