Thursday, 19 December 1929
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Standing Orders (Private Business),—
1. asked the Minister of Labour the number of disputed claims to unemployment benefit which were referred to the umpire by the insurance officer or others for the four weeks ended to the last...
6. asked the Minister of Labour how the numbers of unemployed to-day compare with those when the Government took office?
16. asked the Minister of Labour whether she proposes to recommend to the different trade unions receiving requests from employers to provide labour that they should notify to the Employment...
18. asked the Minister of Labour if she is aware of the nature of the building used as the Employment Exchange at Belper, the whole of the staff having to work in one room and, in addition,...
2. asked the Minister of Labour whether she has any information regarding the extent to which the five-day working week is in operation in British industry; and, if so, whether she can state the...
7. asked the Minister of Labour when she will introduce a Bill for the regulation of hours in industry which will make it possible for His Majesty's Government to ratify the Washington Convention?
11. asked the Minister of Labour how many days have been lost owing to industrial disputes in the last six months as compared with the same period in 1928?
14. asked the Minister of Labour what steps the Government propose to take to bring about the more effective observance of decisions of Trade Boards respecting hours and wages?
15. asked the Minister of Labour if she is aware of the wages and conditions existing in certain factories in Wolverhampton where female labour is employed; that these workers are not organised;...
21. asked the Minister of Labour whether she will consider extending the provisions of the existing Trade Boards to the employment of persons engaged in selling ice cream from tradesmen's...
Sir NICHOLAS GRATTANDOYLE: 20. asked the Minister of Labour how many permits have been granted since 1st June, 1929, to nationals of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to undertake...
23. asked the Minister of Labour whether she can give the figures of the cost of flour and the cost of the 4 lb. loaf in Great Britain in November, 1929, together with comparable figures for France?
24. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what States, being members of the Commission Penitentionaire Internationale, have abolished flogging in prisons?
25. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the harmful effects of paint-spraying, both on the operators of machines for that purpose and also on others working in the vicinity of the...
27. asked the Home Secretary the number of prosecutions instituted under the Shop Hours Acts for non-compliance during the last 12 months to the latest available dates; and the number of convictions?
28. asked the Home Secretary the number of applications made at the Neath police court by parents for exemption from vaccination for their children during the last 12 months to the latest...
31. asked the Home Secretary whether any new appointment has been made to the Royal Commission on Licensing to fill the existing vacancy?
32. asked the Home Secretary whether he can now state the position with regard to those petitions of incorporation which have been before the Privy Council for some considerable time?
33. asked the Home Secretary how many non-county boroughs have their own police forces in England and Wales; and bow many such police forces have been amalgamated during the past five years with...
34. asked the Home Secretary in which sense he has exercised his authority in regard to the appointment of a chief constable for Nottingham?
36. asked the Home Secretary whether he will consider taking steps to make it compulsory for all hackney carriages and other vehicles plying for hire to be fitted with unsplinterable glass?
37. asked the Home Secretary whether he will take an early opportunity of introducing legislation to prohibit the practice of stag hunting?
39. asked the President of the Board of Education how many new nursery schools have been approved by the Board during the previous 12 months; and can he state what is the Board's present policy...
40. asked the President of the Board of Education what steps his Department has taken during the last three years to see that hot water for washing, especially in winter months, has been laid on...
41. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he can make a statement as to maintenance grants in connection with raising the school age?
42. asked the President of the Board of Education whether His Majesty's inspectors have been instructed to report in detail upon any defect in structure, lighting, heating, water supply, or...
43. asked the President of the Board of Education if he has had under consideration the making of a regulation requiring all new entrants to the teaching profession in secondary schools to have...
Duchess of ATHOLL: 52. asked the President of the Board of Education whether, under the Elementary Education Amending Regulations, No. 6, of 1929, he will recognise for the purposes of grant, at...
45. asked the Prime Minister what would be the reduction in British cruiser tonnage as compared with that now actually in commission if the proposals made on behalf of the British Government...
47. asked the Prime Minister, in view of the growing national importance of the work of the Forestry Commission, whether he will consider the appointment of a Minister directly responsible for...
49. asked the Prime Minister whether it remains the policy of the Government to pursue a policy of freer trade between all nations in the world?
53. asked the Minister of Health if it is the policy of the Government drastically to deal with the slum problem; what new schemes, if any, have been initiated by the Government since it took...
60. asked the Minister of Health if he will consider lending money, at a low rate of interest, to local authorities who are anxious to build houses; and if there is any intention to increase...
62. asked the Minister of Health whether he has received from local authorities in different parts of the country copies of resolutions adopted by them drawing his attention to the difficulties...
64. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the bad condition of council houses at Swilly, Devonport, and the danger to public health involved; and what action his...
66. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the development of certain properties in the West End such as the sites of Grosvenor House and Devonshire House,...
70. asked the Minister of Health if he can give the average price per acre of land purchased by local authorities for housing schemes since 1919, and the annual rateable value of the same land...
55. asked the Minister of Health whether he intends to introduce any proposals to Parliament with regard to the communications he has received from certain corporations or other bodies with...
56. asked the Minister of Health whether he has any new proposals for assisting the necessitous areas this winter; and, with regard to the deputation recently received by him from the National...
58. asked the Minister of Health what action he is taking to provide suitable accommodation and care for the many cases of mentally deficient children who have been recommended for institutional...
61. asked the Minister of Health whether he will furnish a list of advisory or other committees which have been set up by the Ministry of Health in connection with the administration of National...
67. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the menace to the health of the rapidly growing communities on the Thames-side areas in Essex, he will take steps to prevent the further...
68. asked the Minister of Health whether in view of the fact that, under the Local Government Act, 1929, grants to voluntary associations for the blind will as from 1st April next be paid by the...
63. asked the Minister of Health if he has received a Report on the inquiries held by his Department into the applications for loans by the Surrey County Council for the drainage of the valleys...
69. asked the Minister of Health whether he has any information as to the steps being taken to afford relief and assistance to the inhabitants of those districts recently subjected to flooding in...
71. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will undertake, before giving effect to any decision to remove part or all of the present Sugar Duty, to make some arrangement which will...
72. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, having regard to the present price and quality of British beer, whether he will consider a reduction in the Excise duty upon all beer brewed from...
73. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has received protests from the Joint Industrial Councils or a combined protest from employers and trade union leaders in the lace and cutlery...
74. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what are the present scales of wages of the compositors employed by His Majesty's Stationery Office; and what were the scales for doing the same...
75. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that certain insurance companies and societies are serving notices of forfeiture or lapse on their policyholders, and in...
(by Private Notice) asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he can give the House any information with reference to the accident to the long-distance-flight machine and the death of...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware that an explosion of firedamp took place on Monday morning of this week at Bank pit, New Cum-flock, by which two men lost...
Mr. BALDWIN: May I ask the Prime Minister if there is any alteration in the business that we understand is arranged up to the moment of Adjournment; and, perhaps, the right hon. Gentleman will...
That they have agreed to—
Reported, without Amendment [Provisional Order confirmed]; Report to lie upon the Table.
Reported, with Amendments [Provisional Order confirmed]; Report to lie upon the Table.
"to amend the Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act, 1921," presented by Colonel Clifton Brown; supported by Sir G. Dalrymple-White, Viscountess Astor, Mr. Kingsley Griffith, Mr. H. Gosling,...
Estimate presented, of a further sum required to be voted for the service of the year ending 31st March 1930 [by Command]; Referred to the Committee of Supply, and to be printed.
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Amendment to Question [17th December], "That the Bill be now read a Second time."
Considered in Committee; reported without Amendment; read the Third time, and passed.
Ordered, That the Lords Message (5th December) communicating the Resolution 'that it is desirable that a Standing Joint Committee on Indian Affairs of both Houses of Parliament be appointed to...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. T. Kennedy.]
I gave notice to the Minister concerned that on the Consoli- dated Fund Bill I intended to raise several points in connection with the National Radium Trust, but there was so much noise that I...
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