Monday, 16 December 1929
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Birmingham Corporation (General Powers) Bill [Lords],
"to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, relating to the Astley Ainslie Institution," presented by Mr. Adamson; and ordered (under Section 7...
1. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he has any figures and can state the amount expended during the previous 12 months by the Government of India on stores required for the India...
2. asked the Secretary of State for India if he will inform the House of the total expenditure made out of Indian revenues to met the cost of erecting New Delhi; how this expenditure compares...
3. asked the Secretary of State for India Whether it is the intention of the Government of India to appoint a temporary representative to act for the Indian representative in South Africa until...
4. asked the Secretary of State for India whether the Government of India has now received replies from all the local governments with regard to the proposal to separate the judicial from the...
6. asked the Secretary of State for India what facts justify the difference in pensions granted to British executive officers of the Indian Army Departments who retired between 1st April, 1919,...
7. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether all the arms producing Powers have now ratified the Arms Traffic Convention governing the private manufacture of arms which was passed...
10. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any members of the British delegation to the last Assembly of the League of Nations are now employed at the Foreign Office; and, if...
8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will request His Majesty's Minister in Mexico to inquire whether the president elect of Mexico has made a statement, and, if so, its...
Mr. ALLEN: 9. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has any information regarding the Spanish proposal to construct a tunnel between Tarifa and the territory of the Tangier...
11. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to an article in the "Pravda," the official organ of the government in Russia, on the British coal...
18. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, since the resumption of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Government, any members of the staff of Arcos have been granted...
22. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the newly re-established diplomatic relations with Russia, he is prepared to urge the rights of English claimants upon the...
23. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in view of the situation arising from the importation of Russian timber into this country, whether he will obtain from the French and German...
13. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state what is the present position in Manchuria; and whether the negotiations between the Chinese and Soviet Governments have yet...
12. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether there has been any increase in the staff of his Department since 1st July; and, if so, what is it?
Viscountess ASTOR: 61. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air why an advertisement was inserted in the daily Press on 12th July, 1929, for a junior translator (woman) for the Air Ministry;...
73. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of P-class ex-service clerks transferred on redundancy prior to 1st March, 1928, who were not allowed removal expenses on the scale...
74. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many conscientious objectors in the Civil Service will benefit by the recent concessions regarding pensions and increment made by the...
Viscountess ASTOR: 75. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total numbers of women who resigned from the Civil Service on marriage during the years 1926, 1927 and 1928, showing the...
14. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the present position in Nanking and Shanghai; what British warships and forces are now available for the protection of British nationals; and...
21. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has made representations to the Chinese Government with regard to the increase of piracy along the Chinese coast; and whether he is...
24. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has had any communication from the Egyptian Government with regard to the proposed draft treaty submitted by the British...
26. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will cause regulations to be so amended that subsistence allowances shall be payable to men from Crewe and district who are absent from home for...
28. asked the Minister of Pensions if he will instruct area officers to grant the right of re-appeal for a renewal of pension, under the procedure for the correction of errors, where the...
30. asked the Minister of Pensions whether instructions have yet been issued to local war pensions committees regarding the manner and the object of the investigations to be applied by such...
33. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department what arrangements were made to ensure that British productions should have adequate representation at the international exhibition at...
Captain MACDONALD: 34. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department in how many commercial treaties at present in force between Great Britain and foreign Powers there are clauses which...
Mr. ALLEN: 55. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is anticipated that the new Turkish tariff will adversely affect the importation of British goods into Turkey?
35. asked the Minister of Agriculture what are the proposals dealing with the site of the Geological Museum in Jermyn Street, Piccadilly, after the museum has been transferred to Exhibition Road;...
36. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he can now make any statement regarding the Report on the Royal Veterinary College?
37. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether it is the policy of the Government to undertake land drainage 'and reclamation; if so, to what extent has this policy been carried out since the...
38. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the Government intend to assist the passage of the Live Stock Clubs Bill?
40. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether it is still the policy of the Government that land should come under public control?
41. asked the Minister of Agriculture when the Government intends to introduce its agricultural proposals?
42. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will include barley within the scope of the proposed scheme for a grain imports board with monopoly powers of import, but will limit the...
44. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will examine the provisions for giving security to the producers of food contained in the American Farm Bill, with a view to rendering similar...
48. asked the Minister of Agriculture if his attention has been called to the fact that an emergency committee has been appointed to deal with the crisis that has arisen in the potato industry;...
49. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he can give any estimate of the increase in monetary return to egg producers from the working of the national mark scheme?
50. asked the Minister of Agriculture if his attention has been called to the large importation of foreign turkeys, many of which are described and sold as Norfolk turkeys; and whether he will,...
51. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will take steps to prohibit the importation of potatoes from countries in which potato disease exists?
53. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will circularise county councils with regard to the desirability of their exercising their statutory powers for acquiring land for letting to...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider setting up a committee for the purpose of advising the Government as to the removal from the Statute Book of those laws which, being...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether Britain has any commitments either to the League of Nations or to the British Empire that prevent the House of Commons coming to any conclusion it desires...
Dr. VERNON DAVIES: 47. asked the Prime Minister if he has received a communication from the president of the Federation of British Industries requesting that sufficient time may be given to...
54. asked the First Commissioner of Works what steps are being taken to protect pictures and drawings in the Tate Gallery in order to prevent a repetition of the damage done by the floods in the...
56. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can state, in respect of the last financial year for Cyprus, what sums have been spent in administration; what in the upkeep of State...
59. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the compensation that is to he paid to the families of the Christians, Jews and Mohammedans that lost their lives in the recent...
60. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether, in view of the fact that the film "Ireland's Rough-hewn Destiny" referred exclusively to the Irish Free State and not to...
62. asked the Postmaster-General what is the percentage of post offices and railway stations in Great Britain, excluding Northern Ireland, and in Northern Ireland, respectively, that are without...
63. asked the Postmaster-General whether he has received any protests against overhead telegraph and telephone poles; and whether he proposes to deal with the cause of those protests?
66. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he can make any statements as to his proposals for providing maintenance allowance when the proposal to raise the school age comes into...
69. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps are now being taken, or are about to be taken, in the Metropolitan police area to introduce automatic traffic signals; when...
76. asked the Minister of Transport whether he proposes to inquire into the causes of the accident which occurred in Southbury Road, Enfield, on 11th December?
Viscountess ASTOR: 70. asked the Home Secretary the countries of origin of the several alien murderers executed in England and Wales during the last 20 years?
71. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to have the law amended in regard to the application, by either husband or wife, who require separate assessments to Income Tax and...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been called to the seizure by the Polish authorities of certain works at Radom, near Warsaw, in which a...
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on the Unemployment Insurance (No. 2) Bill, and in Committee of Supply and Committee of Ways
That they have agreed to,—
As amended, further considered.
Sub-section (4) of Section five of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1927 (which amends the first statutory condition in relation to persons incapacitated for work by reason of some specific...
With a view to securing that all vacant situations shall so far as possible be notified under Sub-section (1) of Section four of this Act to claimants for benefit and facilitating the giving of...
Every employed person who has attained the age of fifteen but who has not attained the age of sixteen, and every employed person who has attained the age of sixteen but who has not attained the...
I beg to move to leave out the Clause. This is one of the most important Clauses in the whole Bill. It was very fully debated in Committee, but there are one or two salient points which must be...
I beg to move, in page 2, line 15, to leave out the word "a," and to insert instead thereof the words: at a rate of remuneration not less than nine shillings per week, some. The House will...
The next Amendment which I call is that standing in the name of the hon. Member for Lewisham (Sir A. Pownall)—in page 4, line 5, to leave out the word "may" and to insert instead thereof...
Amendment made:
I beg to move, in page 7, line 24, after the word "subject," to insert the words: to the consent of the insured person and. This Clause gives the Minister power to make regulations for the...
I beg to move, in page 11, line 13, to leave out the words "section four," and to insert instead thereof the words "sections four, five, and six." This is a purely drafting Amendment.
I beg to move, in page 11, line 28, to insert the words: 'Employment Exchange' has the same meaning as the expression 'Labour Exchange' in the Labour Exchanges Act, 1909, and includes branch...
I beg to move, in page 16, line 19, column 3, at the end, to insert the words: and Sub-section (5) of Section thirty-five. This is a very small Amendment. Subsection (5) of Section 35 of the Act...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £3,500,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed: That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10,650, be granted to His Majesty to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the Order made by the Secretary of State, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1929, entitled the Local Government (County Districts, Valuation of...
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