Monday, 11 November 1929
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
1. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he has received any information, and can give the House particulars, of any British cinematograph films that have been banned in India during the...
2. asked the Secretary of State for India how many of the accused in the Lahore conspiracy case have been hunger-striking; how many are still hunger-striking; and how many have died?
3. asked the Secretary of State for India if he can make any statement as to the Sind floods; the area affected; and if it is proposed to give financial aid to rehabilitate the area?
4. asked the Secretary of State for India if he has any evidence that the propaganda proved in the late Meerut trial to have taken place has ceased since the negotiations with the Soviet Republic...
5. asked the Secretary of State for India whether negotiations are being carried on for the extension of the Indian air-mail route to Calcutta and Rangoon concurrently with negotiations for the...
6. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he is able to state why the pensions of Departmental officers of the Indian Army Departments were assessed in 1920 at £90 a year below the...
7. asked the Secretary of State for India the nature of the charge which has recently been preferred against Mr. Subhas C. Bose, of Calcutta?
8. asked the Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to the Circular issued by the Punjab authorities containing directions for the shadowing of prominent members of the...
9. asked the Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the number of prosecutions which are taking place in India under the Indian Penal Code, Clause 124a; and whether...
10. asked the Secretary of State for India whether, in view of the desirability of extending the attitude of goodwill following the recent declaration of the Viceroy, he will con- sult with the...
13. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government has had under consideration or assented to any proposal that Great Britain shall participate in a scheme for financial...
14. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any further in formation with regard to the French claim to the Dead Sea concessions; and whether the question is to be...
15. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what increases, if any, there have been in the staffs of the British Embassies in Brazil and the Argentine during the last two years?
61. asked the First Commissioner of Works how many persons, men and women, are directly employed by his Department in the work of maintenance, lighting, heating, and cleaning the various offices...
89. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of clerical officers in the Department of His Majesty's Customs and Excise now serving in each of the following groups, and the number...
16. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has yet heard from Mr. Dovgalevski with regard to the attitude of the Rusian Government towards his statement that His Majesty's...
17. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in the event of diplomatic privileges being extended to members of a Russian trade mission or other similar body in the proposed...
18. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Soviet Government has agreed to the request of the Dominion Governments that the guarantees against propaganda should be made...
27. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it is the intention of the Government, on the re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Russia, to press for a settlement of the...
28. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Soviet Government accept the view of the British Government that the Communist International is an organ of the former Government?
Captain MACDONALD: 29. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether on the resumption of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Government, diplomatic immunity will be extended to the...
Captain MACDONALD: 30. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is in a position to make a statement respecting the appointment of the person to be British Ambassador at Moscow?
20. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what rights His Majesty's Government retain in the event of the Government of Egypt failing, in any particular case, to ensure the fulfilment...
21. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when he will make a statement defining what he understands to be included under the reservation to the Optional Clause of matters exclusively...
25. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will take steps to see if reciprocal arrangements can be made with the American Government for substantial reductions in the visa...
31. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government have made any representations to the German Government on the subject of the export to this country of bounty-fed...
44. asked the Minister of Agriculture the number of cases of foot-and-mouth disease that have been con firmed by his Department during the previous three months; and can he give particulars?
50. asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he pro poses to take in view of the boycott of meat bearing the national mark by the retail trade; and whether he proposes to submit legislative...
52. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the Government contemplates making the staining of imported red clover seed compulsory?
55. asked the Minister of Agriculture to what extent loans under the Agricultural Credits Act, 1928, have been taken up; and whether he proposes to amend the conditions governing these loans?
57. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will give the figures of the number of animals slaughtered under the Tuberculosis Order, 1925, in the Counties of Northumberland, Durham, Cumberland,...
58. asked the Minister of Agriculture how many acres of land of any description is owned by his Department; how much is arable and how much pastoral; what number of acres is at present let to...
59. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he has any official in formation to the effect that Poland is about to give a bounty for the export of wheat, barley, and oats; and, if so, what action he...
32. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can now state whether the Portuguese Government have replied to the representations made by His Majesty's Ambassador at Lisbon as long...
33. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received a reply to his inquiry of His Majesty's Ambassador at Rome in regard to the nature of the suspicion entertained by the...
34. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has yet received any report of the legal proceedings against the person accused of the killing of Thomas Hunt, of South Shields, in...
38. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make any further statement concerning the Sino-Russian dispute over the Eastern Chinese Rail way; if he is aware that the...
39. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is now in a position to make a statement with reference to the Government's attitude with regard to the abolition of the seven years' limit with...
Sir F. HALL: 42. asked the Minister of Pensions how many disabled men in receipt of pensions require to use mechanically-propelled chairs to get about; what is the original cost of such chairs;...
43. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department in how many international exhibitions his Department has been asked to participate within the past five years; in how many the Department...
46. asked the Prime Minister if legislation is contemplated for the total abolition of leasehold law in the United Kingdom, giving permanency to people owning their own houses or business premises?
47. asked the Prime Minister how many committees of inquiry have been set up by the present Government; how many members are there in all on these committees; and how many of these are members of...
51. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can give the House any statistics or information as to the extent of unemployment in rural areas?
72. asked the Lord Privy Seal how many women it is estimated will find employment under the schemes he has recently announced?
Mr. ALLEN: 80. asked the Minister of Labour the annual cost of the adminis- tration of unemployment insurance; the number of individuals employed; the average number of hours worked; and the...
81. asked the Minister of Labour whether any representations have been made to the Department as to a shortage of juvenile labour; and if it is intended to employ adult labour to make up for any...
73. asked the Lord Privy Seal when it is proposed to introduce legislation for the purpose of instituting new methods for the acquisition of land by local authorities and also dealing with the...
82. asked the Minister of Labour the number of men and women whose unemplowment insurance benefit was terminated by decision of the courts of referees at the Rochdale Exchange during 1928 and in...
54. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will advise the Towy Fishery Board to grant to men who are recognised as earning their living by fishing the right to open the River Towy for net...
60. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will consider the advisability of laying down as a general principle that no permanent enclosure of common land will be sanctioned by his Department...
Dr. MORGAN: 63. asked the Attorney-General whether it is the intention of the Lord Chancellor to increase the number of Justices of the Peace in London; whether he is aware that in many cases...
65. asked the Attorney-General whether any definite date has yet been decided upon for the introduction of the Trade Disputes Bill?
Dr. MORGAN: 67. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Royal Assent has yet been given to the St. Lucia Scholarship Sus- pension Ordinance; if not, whether the assent...
68. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he has received any communication from any of the Dominions in relation to the right of appeal to the Judicial Committee of the...
70. asked the Post master-General whether the Post Office is installing one-piece ear-and-mouth telephone instruments to replace the pre sent two-piece instruments; and whether it is possible for...
71. asked the Post master-General whether he intends taking any steps to prevent the entry into this country of philatelic journals from abroad containing illustrated advertisements of postage...
74. asked the Minister of Health when the Annual Report for 1928, issued in accordance with the Canal Boats Acts, 1877 and 1884, Section 4, will be circulated?
76. asked the Minister of Health if he has received complaints of noxious and vegetable-destroying fumes from cement works on the banks of the River Thames; and, if so, what action is contemplated?
77. asked the Secretary for Mines the amount of mining royalties paid in Great Britain and South Wales for the year ending 1928, and the number of persons receiving incomes from royalties and...
83. asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of migrants from Great Britain to Australia during the five months from 1st June; and what was the number during the corresponding period...
78. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty when he will be in a position to announce the Government's policy for providing alternative employment for those workers displaced by the anticipated...
(by Private Notice) asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he can give any information with regard to the circumstances in which two Royal Air Force aeroplanes collided at Wallington...
"to make better provision for the improvement of unhealthy areas; to pro vide adequate compensation for business disturbance; and to make certain consequential amendments to the Housing Act,...
Considered in Committee.
I beg to move, in page 1, line 6, at the beginning, to insert the words: Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraphs (c) and (d) of Section eighteen of the Widows', Orphans' and Old Age...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. T. Kennedy.]
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