Monday, 6 May 1929
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Mount Vernon Hospital Bill [Lords],
The following Notice of Motion stood upon the Paper in the name of the CHAIRMAN OF WAYS AND MEANS:
Address for Return of Copy of Minute by the Secretary of State for India, stating the circumstances under which an officer belonging to his permanent establishment has been retained in the...
Return ordered, of Motions for Adjournment under Standing Order No. 10, showing the date of such Motion, the name of the Member proposing, the definite matter of urgent public importance, and the...
Return ordered, showing, with reference to Session 1928–29, (1) the total number of days on which the House sat; and (2) the days on which Business of Supply was considered (in continuation...
Return ordered, respecting application of Standing Order No. 26 (Closure of Debate) during Session 1928–29, (1) in the House and in Committee of the whole House, under the following heads:
Return ordered, of the number of Private Bills, Hybrid Bills, and Bills for confirming Provisional Orders introduced into the House of Commons and brought from the House of Lords, and of Acts...
Return ordered, of the number of Public Bills, distinguishing Government from other Bills, introduced into this House, or brought from the House of Lords, during Session 1928–29; showing...
Return ordered, of the number of Public Petitions presented and printed in Session 1928–29, with the total number of signatures in that Session (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No....
Return ordered, of the number of Select Committees appointed in Session 1928–29 and the Court of Referees; the subjects of inquiry; the names of the Members appointed to serve on each, and...
Return ordered, of the days on which the House sat in Session 1928–29, stating for each day the date of the month and day of the week, the hour of the meeting, and the hour of adjournment;...
Return ordered, for Session 1928–29 of (1) the total number and the names of all Members (including and distinguishing Chairmen) who have been appointed to serve on one or more of the five...
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he can give the date on which the commencement was made of the erection of the India House in London; whether any decision has been come to...
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what action has been taken on the representations recently received by the Government of India suggesting that the circulation of Mr. Ian Colvin's...
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India the grounds on which the Government of India proscribed the book called Bharat men Angrezi Rajya, written by Mr. Sunder Lal?
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if, in view of the fact that his Department has received a memorandum from the British Chamber of Shipping regarding the Indian Coastal Reservation...
8. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will inform the House concerning any action that has been taken so far to implement the recommendations of the Royal Commission...
9. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India when it is expected that the Government of India will be in a position to make an announcement concerning the personnel of the committee and the...
10. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether a detailed report has been received concerning the cause of the accident that occurred in April, at Syriam, in the boiler room of the...
11. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India how many aerodromes there are in India suitable for landing and taking off by aeroplanes of the type which recently made a non-stop flight from...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he will give the House the latest information in regard to the rioting in Bombay?
13. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the amounts which have been given each year by the Imperial Economic Committee for the Jamaica Producers' Association and their work in...
14. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps, if any, have been taken to link the British territories of Africa by means of a regular system of civil air service?
15. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Indians in Malaya are included under the Workmen's Compensation Act passed by the Federal Council on the 30th January last; and what is...
16. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs if he will state what grants have been made for the assistance of schemes in connection with the geophysical survey of metalliferous areas in...
17. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the quarantine station through which pedigree stock intended for export to the Dominions will pass immediately before shipment has now been completed...
18. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, the number of applications that have been granted by his Department for...
20. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has received the Report of the committee appointed to inquire into the application for a Safeguarding Duty for certain sections of the...
21. asked the Minister of Labour what would be the estimated annual cost of transferring the whole of the burden at present borne by the Unemployment Insurance Fund to the Exchequer; and what...
22. asked the Minister of Labour whether any instructions have been issued to the managers of Employment Exchanges to disallow unemployment benefit in the case of female workers in the textile...
25. asked the Minister of Health whether he has now decided to publish the adult section of the Mental Deficiency Report; and when it will be available?
26. asked the Secretary for Mines the average pit-head proceeds per ton of coal disposable commercially for each month from October, 1928, to the latest available date?
30. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that a towage of barges named "Portsmouth," "Tyne-mouth," "Grazemouth," and "Pacific," laden with motor spirit, were...
32. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is considering making Regulations for the security and welfare of the public in connection with motor-coaches and chars-a-banc and their protection...
33. asked the Minister of Transport whether he has received a request from the Paddington Borough Council that he should ask the Traffic Advisory Board to institute an inquiry in connection with...
34. asked the Minister of Transport the mileage of roads now under construction in Great Britain, the mileage constructed during the last year, and the mileage planned for construction during the...
35. asked the Prime Minister whether he can now announce the terms of reference to, and composition of, the Royal Commission on the Civil Service?
Mr. SPEAKER: I have two questions, of which private notice has been given, which, under the ordinary circumstances, I should not have allowed to be put on the ground of urgency, but as we still...
asked the Minister of Health what steps he proposes to take to induce local authorities to make fuller use of the Housing (Rural Workers) Act for the better housing of agricultural labourers?
I beg to move: That, for the purpose of concluding the Business of Supply for the present Session, Thirteen days shall be allotted under Standing Order No. 15 for the consideration of the annual...
[11TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed. That a sum, not exceeding £110,551, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Bowyer.]
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