Tuesday, 17 December 1929
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Astley Ainslie Institution Order Confirmation Bill.
Order for Second Reading read.
1. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the greatest number of destitute able-bodied unemployed in receipt of relief in any one week during 1929; and comparable figures for the same date in...
5. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that the reduced valuation caused by de-rating is preventing certain local authorities from embarking upon schemes of work for the...
6. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of unemployed being paid by the various parishes in Lanarkshire and the total sum paid in 1926, 1927, and 1928, respectively, and...
15. asked the Lord Privy Seal whether, in view of the numbers of unemployed at present in the borough of Southwark, he has any special schemes to relieve the unemployment during the coming winter...
20. asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he has received a copy of the resolution recently passed by the London County Council approving of works for relieving unemployment in London and at the same...
21. asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he has sanctioned any works in connection with a scheme of land colonisation in Great Britain?
Mr. WEST RUSSELL: 22. asked the Lord Privy Seal how many men have been employed in the area of the Tyneside local authorities on work schemes sanctioned and assisted financially by his Department...
28. asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he is now in a position to give the numbers of unemployed that have been engaged and taken on for work on the new schemes initiated by him during the past...
29. asked the Lord Privy Seal the reasons for the Government's delay in giving the essential financial guarantees to the constructive work and relief schemes of the Birmingham Corporation; and...
30. asked the Lord Privy Seal if he can make any further statement with regard to his effort to expand the motor industry?
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he proposes to invite representatives of the opposition parties to assist him in concerting measures to bring about a reduction in unemployment?
2. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his attention has been drawn to the decline week by week in the amount of the subscriptions to the voluntary fund in aid of the sufferers from...
9. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has instituted any inquiries as to the insurance of fishermen's nets and gear; and whether he can make any statement on the subject?
Major WOOD: 12. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether health and pensions insurance contributions are required from share fishermen in respect of a fishing which has resulted in a...
Major WOOD: 13. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has given consideration to the urgent need and to the pressing demand, prior to the recent disaster in East Anglia, for...
61. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury why no remissions of debts owed by the Scottish fishing harbours to the Public Works Loan Board have been made?
3. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that under the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1929, the 36 members of large burghs as members of the Lanark County Council will...
11. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is now in a position to announce the terms of the Government's land drainage scheme for the current year?
8. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he received information regarding the small-pox cases that occurred in Glasgow and other Scotch towns as the result of the outbreak on the...
14. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has received representations as to the situation created in Scotland owing to the difficulty of marketing potatoes at a reasonable figure;...
25 and 26. asked the Lord Privy; Seal (1) whether, in view of the national importance of the Channel Tunnel question and the need for providing as much work as possible during the winter months...
32. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, seeing that during recent months there has been a decline in the importation of unsawn mahogany logs and an increase in the importation from...
34. asked the President of the Board of Trade how many new factories of foreign origin have been erected in this country since the imposition of the motor tyre duty; and if he can give any...
35. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will give the figures of British exports and re-exported to Russia for the years 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927 and 1928?
36. asked the President of the Board of Trade if it is the intention of the Government to continue the Dyestuffs Act after the expiration of that Act?
38. asked the President of the Board of Trade to what extent our foreign trade has increased or decreased since the Government took office?
39. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in order to present profiteering, the Government is prepared to adopt the procedure of investigation and control recommended by the Royal...
42. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the decision of the United States of America's Treasury to levy an anti-bounty duty on manufactures of silk...
Dr. VERNON DAVIES: 48. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will extend the terms of reference of the Macmillan Committee on Finance and Industry to inquire and to accept evidence showing...
54. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether to help unemployment and relieve the uncertainty which is prejudicial to trade, he proposes in the financial statement he intends to make before...
33. asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of persons employed, directly or indirectly, as at 1st December, 1929, by the Clearing Office of Enemy Debts, and the approximate...
56. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether any conscientious objectors have been promoted, since the Treasury circular of 10th September last, over the heads of civil servants who...
57. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what extra staff has been appointed at the various ports and elsewhere since the introduction of Safeguarding and other protective duties for the...
37. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will give consideration to the inclusion of representatives of the producers of home-grown food upon the Consumers' Council now in process...
41. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state the reason why his Department has re fused to register for quota purposes under the Cinematograph Films Act, 1927, the film...
Mr. WEST RUSSELL: 43. asked the President of the Board of Trade the names of the British representatives at the recent International Conference regarding the alteration of orders to helmsmen;...
47. asked the Prime Minister if he has delegated to any member of the Government besides the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs permanent duties in connection with the League of Nations?
49. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of taxation per head of the population in England, Wales and Scotland for the years 1926, 1927 and 1928?
50. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can state what is the estimated saving in the Fighting Services during the next year?
51. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is in a position to state the amount of Death Duties derived in the years 1926, 1927 and 1928, respectively, from estates where the persons left to...
Captain BENNETT: 53. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amount of revenue would be produced by an excise duty on motor-cars manufactured in this country equivalent to the existing import...
52. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of years purchase adopted in the commutation of the perpetual pensions abolished in the course of the past 10 years?
55. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to the fact that at a meeting of 200 Members of this House it was decided to ask him to receive a deputation in...
58. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that a request was received from the committee of the Italian exhibition shortly to be held in the galleries of the Royal...
59. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is prepared to recommend to the House that Members who are forced to hire taximeter cabs to get home because they are detained by...
60. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he can now state the decision arrived at on the question of advertising the rights of lapsed policy holders under the Industrial...
Major OWEN: (by Private Notice) asked the Secretary for Mines whether he can give particulars as to the causes of the accident at Llanberis Quarry yesterday, which resulted in the death of three men?
I desire your guidance, Mr. Speaker. For several days I have attempted to put questions to the Minister of Labour on the subject of the dismissal of the tramwaymen in Hull, but I have been...
David Gilbert Logan, esquire, Borough of Liverpool (Scotland Division).
"to raise to fifteen years the age up to which parents are required to cause their children to receive efficient elementary instruction and to attend school; and to make provision for maintenance...
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on the Report: of Supply of the 16th December be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the...
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to ensure the proper financial control and management of sharing-out clubs. I do not think there is any need to stress the necessity for a...
"to ensure the proper financial control and management of sharing-out clubs," presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Friday, and to be printed. [Bill 101.]
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee B.
That they have agreed to—
Order for Second Reading read.
REPORT [16TH DECEMBER.]
1. "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 ending on the 31st day of March,...
Resolution reported, That, towards making good the Supply granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1930, the sum of£5,416,670 be granted to His...
"to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand, nine hundred and thirty," presented accordingly, and read the...
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