Thursday, 20 November 1930
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the chair.
London and North Eastern Railway Order Confirmation Bill,
1. asked the Minister of Labour if she will state the estimated number of women who have been given direct employment by emergency schemes initiated by the present Government?
2. asked the Minister of Labour what progress has been made to provide new premises for the Jarrow and Hebburn Employment Exchange?
6. asked the Minister of Labour if her Department has made any estimates of the vacancies available in private service for domestic servants, and if she will give the number?
9. asked the Minister of Labour what is the liability in the present financial year of the Treasury for the payment of benefit under the transitional benefit arrangements, and what is the present...
10. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the grave state of unemployment and of the number of foreign waiters employed by the large hotels and restaurants in this country, she will...
12. asked the Minister of Labour whether the figures given by her Department of the weekly amount by which the outgoings of the Unemployment Fund exceed the revenue do, in fact, include proper...
17. asked the Minister of Labour if she will state the average length of time during which the 72,000 persons directly employed under schemes promoted by the Government will continue in such...
19. asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons included in the estimates of persons employed under schemes initiated by the present Government who are engaged on works of improvement and...
22. asked the Minister of Labour if she will, as an experiment, place such sums as would be involved, assuming the present payments of unemployment pay continue for six months, at the disposal of...
23. asked the Minister of Labour what steps are being taken in connection with transferred workers to ascertain that they continue to be employed as the result of their transference?
24. asked the Minister of Labour whether she is aware that managers of Employment Exchanges are in the habit of demanding birth certificates from insured persons; if she vii say who meets the...
25. asked the Minister of Labour whether she is aware of the inconvenience caused to dock labourers at the Liverpool docks having to report morning and afternoon each working day, when...
26. asked the Minister of Labour the number of per- sons registered as unemployed in. Scot land on 1st June, 1929, and at the latest available date?
31. asked the Minister of Labour whether she has any information as to the present extent of unemployment in the United States of America and as to the measures which are being taken there to...
46. asked the Prime Minister if he has any statement to make with reference to the proposed Royal Commission of Inquiry into Unemployment Insurance; and, if so, whether he can state the terms of...
13. asked the Minister of Labour whether she has any statement to make with regard to the progress of the negotiations pending between the railway companies of this country and the trade unions...
16. asked the Minister of Labour if she will cause inquiries to be made and issue a report on the movements and changes which may have taken place in the wages and conditions of the workpeople in...
18. asked the Minister of Labour what was the average over-all index figure of the general purchasing value level of money (retail prices) in the United Kingdom for the period covered by the...
33. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the wrongful arrest and imprisonment of Mr. William Henry Fisher, of Plaistow, London, E., and...
35. asked the Home Secretary the number of cases of lead poisoning notified, and the number of deaths which have occurred since the imposition of the new regulations dealing with the use of white...
37. asked the Home Secretary whether regulations have yet been drawn up with regard to the Poor Prisoners' Defence Act, 1930?
38. asked the Home Secretary whether he will consider the desirabiilty of making regulations for the better organisation of traffic upon special occasions which would lessen the dislocation and...
40. asked the Home Secretary how many persons of foreign nationality have been admitted into Great Britain since 1st January, 1930, for the purpose of taking up residence in this country; and...
Major OWEN: 43. asked the Home Secretary whether he is prepared to introduce legislation forbidding the manufacture, sale, and use of absinthe in this country?
44. asked the Home Secretary whether he will consider introducing legislation to provide that all persons passing to and fro between this country and the Irish Free State may be asked to declare...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he is now in a position to say whether it is his intention to set up a Parliamentary committee to make comprehensive inquiry into the whole question of the...
Sir F. HALL: 18. asked the Prime Minister whether he is now in a position to inform the House of the results of the inquiry which he promised should be instituted with respect to the arrangements...
49. asked the Prime Minister whether the undertaking given by the Government to the Imperial Conference to continue the existing imperial preferences for three years includes both the McKenna and...
53. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to a fight between five convicts and warders in a railway train near Romsey; whether it is usual for a party of convicts...
54. asked the President of the Board of Education whether, in view of the additional expenditure involved and of the representations made to him respecting the increased expenditure by local...
55. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he has any information as to the proportion of scholarships and exhibitions secured in open competition by children whose education began...
56. asked the President of the Board of Education how the estimated figure of £5 per head or thereabouts mentioned in the White Paper as likely to be incurred under the Education (School...
60. asked the President of the Board of Education in how many elementary day schools special commercial training over a period of more than one year is given; and whether he will consider making...
63. asked the President of the Board of Education how many secondary schools which are both rate-and grant-aided have equipment enabling them to give mechanical and practical courses at least the...
Duchess of ATHOLL: 64. asked the President of the Board of Education the name of any county in which children are obliged to attend school beyond the age of 14 where maintenance allowances are...
Duchess of ATHOLL: 66. asked the President of the Board of Education what Foreign States or provinces of the Dominions have raised the school-leaving age above 14 years; and which of these states...
67. asked the Minister of Health whether he proposes to appoint an advisory committee, consisting of experts in town-planning, representatives of the local authorities, and civil servants, to...
69. asked the Minister of Health the number of applications received by the Carmarthenshire County Council for grants under the Housing (Rural Workers) Act, 1926; the number of successful...
88. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that a London company of property owners are purchasing property in the village of Paston, Norfolk, and forcing cottage holders, under the threat...
68. asked the Minister of Health if he has yet received a report from his representative who recently investigated the prevalence of tuberculosis in the county borough of South Shields; if so,...
73. asked the Minister of Health whether he will consider the desirability of amending the Medical Act of 1886 with a view to controlling advertisements of drugs in medical papers?
79. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to a statement made by Dr. F. J. Waldo, the Southwark coroner, at recent inquest, to the effect that there are thousands of...
82. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that the public assistance committees of several counties have decided that in future bodies of friendless...
70. asked the Minister of Health if he will take the necessary steps to ascertain the cost involved if the Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act, 1929, were amended to provide...
74. asked the Minister of Health whether, in the coming Census Return for Wales, he will make adequate provision, in addition to the present information, for indicating whether the usual language...
78. asked the Minister of Health the conditions under which stone-breaking is carried on in the casual wards at Frome, Somerset and Leighton Buzzard?
86. asked the Minister of Health whether it is intended to issue a report as a result of the Parliamentary Secretary's recent visits and investigations in certain Poor Law areas?
80. asked the Minister of Health whether he proposes this Session to introduce the legislation dealing with private street works foreshadowed on page 125 of his 11th Annual Report?
Major OWEN: 81. asked the Minister of Health whether he will arrange for a representative of the Welsh Board of Health to be present at all deliberations of the Minister regarding national health...
83. asked the Minister of Health on what date it was decided to set up an actuarial investigation into the Asylum Officers' Superannuation Act of 1909; at what date this investigation actually...
Sir F. HALL: 85. asked the Minister of Health what were the circumstances under which. he gave permission for the erection of an oil storage depot and refinery on Canvey Island in connection with...
89 and 90. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he can give the comparative taxation burdens borne by a family of husband, wife, and. two children in England, France, Germany, Sweden, and...
91. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider the reduction of the Stamp Duty upon cheques drawn for small sums?
92. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what measures he is taking to secure international agreement for the amendment of the bank statutes of gold standard countries with a view to reducing...
93. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what will be the direct financial burden on the Exchequer as a result of the new arrangements for the conduct of opera at Covent Garden?
May I ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what will be the Business for next week?
"to amend the Law with respect to games and competitions at fairs and other places," presented by Mr. Groves; supported by Sir Walter de Frece, Mr. Hore-Belisha, Mr. Tillett, Mr. Clarke, Mr....
Mr. Frederick Hall reported from the Chairmen's Panel; That they had agreed to the following Resolutions, which they had directed him to report to the House: 1. That any Member of the Chairmen's...
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to prevent the constitution of new local education authorities by reason only of the creation of new boroughs or other urban districts, or the...
Mr. Frederick Hall reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Members from Standing Committee A: Mr. Chater, Sir Assheton Pownall, and Mr. Charles Williams;...
Mr. Frederick Hall further reported from the Committee; That they had discharged the following Members from Standing Committee B: Captain Sir William Brass, Mr. Cadogan, Earl of Dalkeith, Captain...
Mr. Frederick Hall further reported from the Committee; That they had added the following Ten Members to the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills (in respect of the Small Landholders and...
Considered in Committee.
I beg to move, in page 1, line 6, at the beginning, to insert the words: It shall be the duty of every local education authority to make a by-law under the Education Act, 1921 (hereinafter...
"Resolution reported, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to promote the better utilisation of agricultural land in Great Britain and the settlement of unemployed persons...
Order for Second Reading read.
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