Wednesday, 2 April 1930
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Brighton and Hove Gas Bill,
"to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Minister of Health relating to the Fylde Water Board, and Oldham and Rochdale," presented by Mr. Greenwood; read the First time; and referred to the...
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information and can state the number of British subjects that are at present resident in Kabul, Afghanistan; has he had any...
3. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many British officials are now stationed in the occupied territory in Germany; what duties they are performing; and where they are working?
4. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will avail himself of an opportunity, prior to the issue in London of a Brazilian loan, to suggest to the Brazilian Government that...
5. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in his negotiations with the Egyptian delegates, the new situation arising from the signature by His Majesty's Government of the...
6. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received any representations from the Roman Catholic Church in regard to the question of religious liberty in Russia?
8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has yet urged upon the Soviet Ambassador the rights of British claimants upon the Soviet Government and pressed for a recognition...
Sir F. HALL: 61. asked the First Commissioner of Works what is the estimated cost of the work on the British Embassy at Moscow and to whom it has been entrusted; how much of the estimate...
7. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has now anything further to report as to the efforts of His Majesty's representative in Ecuador to defend the interests of British...
9. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the present position at Yuanchow, Kiangsi; whether he has official Confirmation that the Rev. and Mrs. R. W. Porteous, British...
10. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make a statement as to the present position of the negotiations concerning extra-territoriality in China; and what is now the...
12. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will state the reason why the question of the right of search and capture of private property at sea is not to be raised during the...
13. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the Co-operative Wholesale Society have tendered for the supply of jam to the Navy; and whether such tender has been accepted?
14. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will take steps to allow men serving in the Navy to absent themselves from compulsory religious services or to accept alternative duties if...
16. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether it is the intention of the Government to continue grants to naval units of cadet corps?
17. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether it is intended to hold a naval welfare conference in the coming months; and, if so, whether he will state the subjects which it is permitted to...
19. asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty whether any reports have been received recently as to the conditions of labour at Singapore; and what are the wage rates operating for general labour,...
15. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he can now state what steps are being taken to ensure that hired employés of long service in His Majesty's dockyards shall have pensions on...
20. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has received any recent reports of inter-tribal raiding on the Transjordan-Nejd frontier; and can he give particulars?
23. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any information to give to the House as to the introduction into the Ceylon legislature of the Bill referred to by the...
24. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any communications have been received from the Moslem community in Cyprus in relation to the memorial presented to the Government...
25. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies who are the members of the licensing board in Nassau; and the present number of licences for saloons and barges, respectively, in Bimini as...
27. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can now give any information as to the publication of the Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the recent outbreaks in Palestine...
28. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the increase in the letter postage rates from Palestine to Great Britain is still in force or not, and what are the present rates...
32. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can make any statement as to the present position in Jerusalem?
29. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what has been the nature of the replies to the communication from the Government announcing their policy in respect of the West Indian...
30. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has yet received any information from the Governor of the Gambia Colony as to the different treatment awarded by the Government...
31. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been drawn to the statement by the Governor of Kenya Colony to the Kikuyu chiefs, in which he strongly supported...
33 and 34. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs (1) whether, and, if so, in what manner, the Colony of Southern Rhodesia will be represented this year at the Colonial Office...
35. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs if it is intended to provide facilities for Members of Parliament to view some of the important films under the control of the Empire...
63. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he will publish a White Paper showing what his Department is doing, has done, or proposes to do to put into operation on its own...
37. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs who are the members of the Imperial Economic Committee; on how many occasions has the Committee met since March, 1929; what subjects...
38. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether there is any arrangement between the bands of the Royal Air Force and the Performing Right Society for permission to play copyright music...
39. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if any further attempts on the world speed record are to be made with the Super-marine S 6 or Gloster-Napier seaplanes; and, if not, for what...
43. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether his decision as to the loan of high-speed aircraft for the Schneider trophy applies to the machines already in existence and used on the...
40. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if he will consider the possibility of arranging for flying instruction to be given to civilians who are proposing to enter the Royal Air Force...
47. asked the Prime Minister if he will consider the desirability of introducing legislation to place the Scottish Department of the Office of Works under the control of the Secretary of State...
49. asked the Prime Minister if he will afford facilities for the Agricultural Wages (Regulation) Act (1924) Amendment Bill this Session?
53. asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware of the complaints as to the condition of those parts of the main roads in Devon and Cornwall which form part of the bridges over the railways;...
54. asked the Minister of Transport whether he has considered the advisability of encouraging loop lines in tramways in order that passengers may be embarked and disembarked near the pavement,...
57. asked the Minister of Transport how many miles of roads were classified Class I and Class II, respectively, for the first time in 1929, distinguishing between those roads which were...
66. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of persons killed on the highways of this country during 1929 by mechanically-propelled vehicles?
55. asked the Minister of Transport when he anticipates being able to announce his decision on the inquiry held last July into the Dorking Electricity Order?
56. asked the Minister of Transport how many public inquiries were held during 1929 by his Department into applications for Electricity Orders or for the extensions of Electricity Orders; and in...
51. asked the Minister of Transport when the committee which is examining the question of constructing a tidal barrage across the River Severn for the purpose of an electrical power scheme is...
58. asked the First Commissioner of Works if, in view of the fact that Government property is not covered by insurance, he will carefully consider the desirability of installing with sprinklers...
59. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he will arrange that the electric lamps in the House of Commons Committee rooms are changed more frequently; and whether he will take steps to...
60. asked the First Commissioner of Works if his attention has been called to the new electrical voting apparatus which is to be tried in the French Chamber of Deputies; and whether, in view of...
62. asked the Secretary of State for India if there is any bar to the admittance of members of the depressed classes into the Indian Civil Service and the other superior services; and, if not,...
64. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if his attention has been drawn to the resolution passed by the Perthshire Education Authority protesting against the raising of the school age at...
67. asked the Home Secretary whether he is now in a posi- tion to present an interim Report upon the investigations which have been carried out by the Scientific and Industrial Research Committee...
65. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government are willing to help British claimants to enforce their claims against Turkey under Articles 231, 232, 233, and Annex 1 (9) of the...
22. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will state the cause of the check which has occurred in the extension of rice cultivation in British Guiana during recent years?
26. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies the cost of administering the government of St. Kitts-Nevis, and Antigua; and how is it met?
May I ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how far he proposes to go to-night and whether it is his intention to ask the House to sit late?
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend Section Eleven of the Rating and Valuation Act, 1925. As amended by this Bill, Sub-section (1) of Section 11 of the Rating and...
"to amend section eleven of the Rating and Valuation Act, 1925," presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Monday next, and to be printed. [Bill 152.]
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to amend the Performing Animals (Regulation) Act, 1925." [Performing Animals (Regulation) Amendment Bill [Lords.]
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Friday. and to be printed. [Bill 153.]
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
Reported, with Amendments [Title amended], from the Local Legislation Committee (Section A); Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
As amended, further considered.
I beg to move, in page 8, line 35, to leave out paragraph (b). Paragraph (b) empowers the executive board to collect from the owners of coal mines in the district levies, imposed upon them at...
I beg to move, in page 9, line 33, after the word "not," to insert the words "unless the terms of the contract otherwise provide." There will be, I think, no opposition to this Amendment. It is...
I beg to move, in page 13, line 44, to leave out from the word "Parliament" to the end of the clause. This Amendment is really consequential on something which follows. It was suggested to us by...
I beg to move, in page 13, line 23, to leave out the word "thirty-three" and to insert instead thereof the word "thirty-two." I should like to pay a tribute to the President of the Board of...
I beg to move, in page 15, line 38, after the word "sell," to insert the words "or dispose of." This is an Amendment which was introduced in the Committee stage by the hon. Member for Leith (Mr....
I beg to move, in page 17, line 27; after the word "sum," to insert the words: certified by an accountant appointed by the Board of Trade to be. Although I understand that the Government are...
I beg to move, in page 18, line 13, at the end, to insert the words: Provided that no such scheme of amalgamation shall provide, without the consent of the owner of the undertaking, for the...
I beg to move, in page 21, line 18, to leave out from the word "apply" to the word "to" in line 19. In moving this Amendment, it is necessary to explain to the House how the matter stands. This...
Amendments made: In page 22, line 3, leave out "III," and insert instead thereof "IV."
I beg to move, in page 24, line 17, after the word "of," to insert the words "a substantial number of coal mines in." This is a drafting Amendment to bring the words of the Schedule into line...
Resolved, "That this House do 'now adjourn."—[Mr. T. Kennedy.]
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