Tuesday, 24 December 1929
The House met at Eleven of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Ministry of Health Provisional Order Confirmation (Sheppey Water) Bill [Lords],
"to confirm a Provisional Older under the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act, 1923, relating to the River Coquet," presented by Mr. Noel Buxton; read the First time; and referred to the...
1. asked the Secretary of State for War whether any reduction in the garrisons of either Malta or Gibraltar is contemplated?
4. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is now in a position to state his proposals for assisting potato growers in Scotland?
6. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, having regard to the fact that 13 persons belonging to Vidlin, Shetland, who have enjoyed blind pensions for a number of years, have recently...
7. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware of the difficulty which fishermen now have in replacing worn-out drifters; and if he will state what proposals, if any, he has for...
The following Question stood on the Order Paper in the name of Sir FREDERICK THOMSON:
9. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that many young men and women residing with their parents have a parliamentary vote but do not possess the right to vote in local...
Lieut.-Colonel MOORE: 30. asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of emigrants from Scotland during the past six months, indicating the chief countries to which they have gone,...
12. asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he has now sanctioned any work for the relief of unemployment this winter in the borough of Southwark; and will he give particulars?
13. asked the Lord Privy Seal what is the sum total of Government expenditure that he has sanctioned by way of grants of all kinds to assist schemes to provide work for the unemployed since 3rd...
14. asked the Lord Privy Seal what steps he has taken to provide work for unemployed women, and with what result?
16. asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he has received an application for assistance from the Southern Heights Railway Company; if so, what is the amount of money or credit required; and how many...
Lieut.-Colonel MOORE: 63. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to the scheme under consideration by the port authority at Ardrossan for improvements to present...
66. asked the Minister of Labour whether the cases of those unemployed persons who have been disqualified from receipt of benefit as not genuinely seeking work will be at once reviewed if the...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour whether she is aware that a number of wool textile operatives, until recently employed by Messrs. G. Lund and Sons, worsted spinners of Bolton...
17. asked the President of the Board of Trade what has been the approximate total cost to date since it was set up, of running the Clearing House for Enemy Debts, and its various branches in...
18. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his experts consider that the use of loose wooden covers and tarpaulins as covers of hatchways in cargo vessels endanger the safety of the...
21. asked the President of the Board of Trade if the committee set up by his predecessor a year ago to advise the Board of Trade and the Ministry of Health on matters affecting the health of the...
26. asked the President of the Board of Trade what report has been made by the deputy chief inspector of lifeboats as to the use of the Schermulz pistol-rocket apparatus; whether further...
19. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he has received a communication from the Associations of British Chambers of Commerce protesting against the proposed tariff truce on the grounds...
20. asked the President of the Board of Trade in what imported articles it is usual to require a certificate that they are produced by workers earning trade union rates of wages?
25. asked the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been drawn to the conviction, under the Merchandise Marks Acts, 1926, with reference to woven wire at Tower Bridge Police Court...
29. asked the President of the Board of Trade the total value and 5 tonnage of potatoes imported into Great Britain in the period 1st January, 1929, to 1st July, 1929, and the value and tonnage...
31. asked the President of the Board of Trade the text of the de claration of Government policy which is to be made to the Argentine Government, especially in respect of any restriction of any...
43. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department how many guarantees under the export credit scheme have been given in the case of exports to Poland during this year; and the liability of...
23. asked the President of the Board of Trade what progress he has made in arranging for the establishment of a Consumers' Council; when he proposes to ask Parliament to confer special powers on...
24. asked the President of the Board of Trade the present price of English wheat per hundredweight paid to the producer and the present price of flour per hundredweight charged to the consumer in...
Sir G. DALBYMPLE-WHITE: 32. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, whether the Forestry Commission is prepared to obtain from the...
35. asked the Postmaster-General whether he has considered the adoption of distinctive air-post stamps for letters despatched by air mail from Great Britain; and whether any decision has been...
36. asked the Postmaster-General whether, in view of the cost of postage on paper used by blind persons for writing in Braille and of the poor circumstances of the majority of blind persons, he...
39. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is continuing the policy announced in the last Budget of increasing telephone facilities in rural areas; and how many new public call-offices have been...
40. asked the Postmaster-General whether he has received a petition from a number of in- dustrial establishments in West Drayton and Yiewsley asking that names of telephone subscribers in that...
44. asked the hon. Member for Gorton, as Chairman of the Kitchen Committee, if all the eggs used in the kitchens of the House of Commons are national-mark eggs?
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he proposes to ask this. House to appoint a Select Committee to review the Standing Orders relating to Private Business; and, if so, when will such Committee...
47. asked the-Prime Minister whether it is his intention to give facilities for the further-stages of the Export of Horses Bill?
49. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the lowest denominations in which Treasury Bills are offered for sale?
51. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of revenue derived from the Petrol Duty
52. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether Soviet Russian trading organisations in this country will be subject to the ordinary processes of taxation and inspection of books for the...
50. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can give a statement of the additional commitments entered into by His Majesty's Government since 1st June up to 31st December, 1929; and the...
Dr. DAVIES: 53. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury upon how many occasions the trustees of the British Museum have put into operation their power to lend possessions of the British...
54. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will take whatever steps may be necessary to prevent the loss of pension to any ex-service pensioner who may have been convicted and...
59. asked the Ministry of Transport whether he has made representations to secure a connection between the new Charing Cross station and Waterloo Station sufficient to ensure through running from...
60. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will secure a re-examination of the proposal to construct a deep-level tube railway for fast traffic between Hammersmith or Earl's Court and the...
61. asked the Minister of Transport if he is yet in a position to answer the application of the county boroughs of South Shields and Tyne-mouth for the appointment of an engineer to report on the...
62. asked the Minister of Transport whether any further steps have been taken with regard to the suggested Leeds-Goole Canal in order to provide more employment?
64. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether any war-time designed aircraft of the De Haviland 9a, and Bristol Fighter types are still in use in service squadrons and instructional...
69. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why Francis Lorang, against whom a warrant has been granted, has not been brought to trial?
70. asked the Home Secretary whether he will request the Royal Commission on Licensing to present an interim report on licensed houses in the London area with a view to early parliamentary action...
71. asked the Home Secretary if he will state the capital expenditure incurred, together with the approximate annual profits derived from the following State controlled properties: Apple Tree,...
72. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the official statement issued to the Press on 17th December by his Department represents the full programme of His Majesty's Government in relation...
75. asked the Attorney-General the number of magistrates appointed in the boroughs and counties, respectively, in the year 1928, and what proportion of these were women?
76. asked the President of the Board of Education when he proposes to develop facilities for free secondary education?
77. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that local authorities cannot complete their building programme by 1932; and whether he will extend the time limit for the 50...
78. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what is the number of naval units now in Chinese waters; and how does this figure compare with those in February, 1927, 1928, and 1929, respectively?
80. asked the Secretary of State for India whether mechanisation is being adopted by the Indian Army; and, if so, to what extent?
Mr. PALMER: (by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if his attention has been directed to the native riots in Nigeria, whether he can state the cause of the trouble,...
Resolved, That this House, at its rising this day, do adjourn until Tuesday, 21st January."— [The Prime Minister.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Kennedy.]
In raising the question of the Singapore Base to-day I do not intend to discuss it from the purely naval point of view, as hon. Members will be speaking in this Debate who are more qualified to...
An arrangement has been made that this discussion of a naval matter should now come to an end and that for a brief interval another topic, finance, should take its place upon the stage. Let me...
I am sorry to distract the attention of the House from the battle of financial giants, but I deem it to be my duty to raise a matter of a somewhat different kind; I refer to the Douglas Pennant...
4.0 p.m.
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