Tuesday, 5 November 1929
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Committee to consider of authorising the payment, out of moneys provided by Parliament, of any additional expenses under the Teachers (Superannuation) Act, 1925, which may be occasioned by any...
1. asked the Lord Privy Seal whether the Government have now come to any conclusion with regard to the possibility of alternative work being carried on in the national workshops and yards?
2. asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he has any legislative proposals to make to enable the unemployed to work on the land; and whether he has given consideration to the scheme recently publicly...
Sir GEORGE HAMILTON: 5. asked the Lord Privy Seal whether proposals have been made to him that the underground railways of London should be granted the financial assistance of the Government in...
21. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will prepare and secure adequate finance for schemes to construct new passenger and mail ships and cargo and fishing vessels, to provide...
40. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade as representing the Forestry Commissioners, the wages paid to transferred miners on the Hamsterley Grove Estate, Durham; the terms upon...
3. asked the Lord Privy Seal when it (may be expected that the Report of the Commission instituted to report on the Channel Tunnel will be published?
Lieut.-Colonel Sir FREDERICK HALL: 4. asked the Lord Privy Seal what countries he found, as the result of his investigations of the conditions of Canadian trade, were the keenest competitors of...
6. asked the Lord Privy Seal whether, in his recent interview with representatives of the British motor car manufacturing industry, the question of existing import duties was discussed; and...
15. asked the President of the Board of Trade what percentage off the total trade of Great Britain is with countries outside the British Isles; and what portion of this is with Canada?
Mr. ALLEN: 22. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of his undertaking to deal with the question of the import into this country of sweated goods through international...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he can now lay Papers containing the correspondence between the Government and the Dominions upon the Government's proposals in relation to Imperial...
61. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total amount of any export credit and trade facility guarantees which have been given since the present Government came into office?
10. asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps his Department has taken to give effect to the recommendations of the advisory committee appointed under the Cinematograph Films Act to...
8. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has received any complaints respecting the discharge of oil within 50 miles of the coast of Great Britain; and, if so, what action he has...
14 and 7. asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) what action he proposes to take in view of the high cost of distribution of milk and of the disregard shown by the traders of the views...
18. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the amendments to the draft convention concerning the immunity of states in respect of maritime property have now been accepted by other...
20. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state what is the value of pastoral and agricultural produce imported into the United Kingdom from the Argentine Republic for the period...
31. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he can state, and, if not, whether he will ascertain, what bounties, if any, are given upon the exportation of butter from Australia to the...
72. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that the potato growers have suffered losses during this year; that, in spite of the fact that the home-grown supply is ample for home...
24. asked the President of the Board of Trade on the latest convenient date, the number of limited companies which have failed to make their annual return to the Registrar of Joint Stock...
25. asked the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been brought to the hardship which accrues to sailors by receiving, their pay on shore instead of on the ship; is he aware that...
26. asked the President of the Board of Trade how the sales of lace during the year ended 30th June, 1929, compared with the sales in the year ended 30th June, 1925?
27 and 28. asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) the output of fabric gloves and the number of people employed in the manufacture of fabric gloves during the quarters ended 30th June and...
29. asked the President of the Board of Trade how the output of enamelled hollowware for the first six months of 1929 compares with the output during the corresponding period of 1928?
30. asked the President of the Board of Trade how the output of buttons for the first six months of 1929 compares with the output during the corresponding period in 1928?
35. asked the President of the Board of Trade what action has been taken on the report of the investigation into the work of the Enemy Debts Department; and if such report is now available to...
49. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what grounds the Government have issued the recent Circular E of the 10th September, 1929, by which conscientious objectors in the Civil Service have...
59. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that within the last two years advertisements of Corporation and General Securities, Limited, have appeared on the official...
41. asked the Secretary of State for War what number of British troops have been evacuated from the Rhineland occupation area to date; and when the evacuation will be completed?
42. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he proposes to take any further steps to ensure that employment is offered to all time-expired men on leaving the Army; and, if so, what the...
43. asked the Secretary of State for War if it is his intention to close down the experimental stations for chemical warfare at Porton and Sutton Oak?
44. asked the Secretary of State for War what expenditure has been incurred through the transport and employment of troops in connection with the recent riots in Palestine?
63. asked the Secretary of State for War whether and to what extent inconvenience to the public caused by gun-firing from New-haven Fort can be further minimised in the future?
64. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, seeing that national mark schemes have been introduced for beef and flour, he is taking any steps towards helping such schemes by purchasing...
65. asked the Secretary of State for War if he can give the House any information of the reason why, at a dance at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich last February, one boy's arm was broken...
68. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware of the lack of opportunities of promotion in the Army Education Corps; and whether any reorganisation of the corps is contemplated so...
69. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider an alteration of the rules under which campaign pensions are granted, so as to include soldiers who, having been enlisted and...
70. asked the Secretary of State for War by how much the representation of the Army at the Cenotaph Service on Armistice Day is going to be cut down?
71. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office the number of boys employed on explosive work at Woolwich Arsenal?
46. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the contem- plated creation of china-clay works near the source of the river Dart on Dartmoor and the consequent danger to the natural features of...
48. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the British delegates to the organisation committee of the Bank for International Settlements were appointed by His Majesty's Treasury; and, if...
51. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is yet in a position to state the intentions of the Government regarding the remission or suspension, which was promised in the last Budget, of...
52. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total revenue received from the Safeguarding Duties, the McKenna Duties and the Silk Duties during the six months ended 30th September, 1929?
58. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider as to the insertion of a Clause in his forthcoming Budget to enable an individual taxpayer to take out an insurance policy in...
54. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if it is proposed to continue the issue of bookmakers' licences for the year commencing 1st November, 1929?
56. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if his attention has been called to the burden on the users and manufacturers of motor cars of the high taxation on horse-power both of commercial and...
Captain BALFOUR: 57. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if in view of the fact that naval and military war disablement pensions are exempt from taxation, he will consider extending this...
May I ask for your guidance, Mr. Speaker. There are 21 questions on the Order Paper dealing with Scottish affairs, and only one question has been asked. It was understood at the beginning of this...
"to amend the Empire Settlement Act, 1922, and for other purposes connected with settlement and migration within the Empire," presented by, Mr. Annesley Somerville; supported by Mr....
Mr. Frederick Hall reported from the Chairmen's Panel; That they had come to the following Resolutions, which they had directed him to report to the House: That any Member of the Chairmen's Panel...
I beg to move, "That this House doth now adjourn." I do this in order that I may have an opportunity of reporting to the House upon the visit I recently made to the United States and Canada. Any...
I beg to move, That this House is of the opinion that the resumption of full diplomatic relations between this country and Russia is desirable, and approves the procedure for the settlement of...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Kennedy.]
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