Wednesday, 26 November 1930
The House met at a quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Dumfries Waterworks Order Confirmation Bill,
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government have any declaration to make with reference to the possible extension of the obligations of minority treaties to other...
11. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the condition of the inhabitants in Eastern Galicia has been, or is to be, considered by the Minorities Committee of the League of...
2. asked the the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what reports have recently been received from British Consuls in Portuguese West Africa with reference to the system of forced labour for...
3. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement on the present situation in China; and what is the present position of the negotiations in relation to...
14. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has yet received information from Shanghai that the claims of British creditors of China are being or will be considered in the...
4. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can state the present position of the negotiations with the Soviet delegates as to claims and counter claims; and whether he can...
5. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received a report of His Majesty's Ambassador in Moscow on the subject of forced labour in the Soviet Union?
8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has made any representations to the Soviet Government similar to those officially announced to have been made by the French...
13. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can now inform the House of the result of the representations made by His Majesty's Ambassador in Moscow to the Soviet Government,...
37. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department what was the cost price delivered at a Russian port of the sugar bought by Russia in Cuba and refined here and guaranteed under our export...
6. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the recent recognition by His Majesty's Government of Norwegian sovereignty over Jan Mayen Island, he will state whether...
9. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the fact that the disarmament of Germany, following the Versailles Treaty of Peace, was agreed to be a preliminary to...
15. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will direct His Majesty's Minister in Mexico to request the Mexican Government to state the probable date upon which that Government...
16. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it is customary for British representatives abroad to make formal or informal complaints to foreign Powers concerning the nature of...
18 asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) whether he will ask the British Ambassador to make inquiries concerning certain decrees of the Rumanian Government giving detailed...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the announcement by the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs that for the first time the British Labour party, through the...
72. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has anything to report to the House in connection with the most recent conference in Manchester between representatives of the Government...
74. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he will investigate the possibility of arranging for United Kingdom firms to purchase Southern Rhodesian chrome ore in return for...
80. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs what is the minimum sum which it is proposed to allocate annually to the support of the Empire Marketing Board in order to implement the...
21. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has yet received a report from His Majesty's Ambassador at Warsaw concerning the treatment of the Ukranian minority by the Polish...
22. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information concerning the deten- tion of Dr. William Dey, a British-Canadian subject, on 21st October, 1930, by the Polish...
Viscountess ASTOR: 25 and 26. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty (1) what increase in complement has been authorised for the depot record offices, or is the existing staff expected to cope...
67. asked the First Commissioner of Works if the figures given as to the rent of the British Embassy at Moscow include rates and taxes; and what sum is being spent on putting the building in order?
84. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many temporary women clerks under 18 years of age are employed in the various Government Departments?
28. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many battleships and battle-cruisers, respectively, are now in commission, reserve, and in reserve commission; and what will be the total saving...
30. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is aware that the scales of pension and contributions have not been revised for nearly 100 years; and if he will consider a revision of pensions...
32. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is aware that of the amount of Admiralty orders given to Vickers-Armstrongs little has actually been put in hand by the firm, and that unemployment...
33. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether the difficulty admitted in July last in getting men for the Royal Navy to serve as engine-room artificers has been overcome; and, if...
31. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he can state the comparable figures of foreign warship building carried out by Great Britain and Italy in 1924 and 1929, respectively?
36. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the statement in the Secretary of State's Memorandum on Native Policy in East Africa, that persons of every race,...
38. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps have been taken to secure the classification of prisoners and the establishment of separate reformative institutions for young...
49. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Government have received recommendations from the Governor of Nyasaland for the modification of the Crown Lands Bill, which has...
37. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any recent report has been received from the Governor of Ceylon on the question of Ceylonese parents selling their children for...
39. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps, if any, have been taken to abate the overcrowding of the prisons in Kenya referred to the report of 1928, and to provide...
43. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Samburu tribe in Kenya Colony is still occupying their lands; and for what purpose was the survey for farms recently carried...
42. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of contracts which have been let in respect of the approaches to the projected Lower Zambesi Bridge; the value of the contracts...
44. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the subjects of the chiefs against whom action may be taken by the Governor of Nigeria under the Appointment and Deposition of...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether, seeing the success attending the Irish lottery on behalf of the Dublin hospitals, he will give facilities for the passing of legislation to legislation in...
48. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government has decided to set a limit to the indebtedness of the Unemployment Insurance Fund?
85. asked the Minister of Labour how long the domestic training centres for middle-aged women at Burnley, and Sheffield have now been in operation; how many women have commenced and completed the...
86. asked the Minister of Labour whether any further meetings of the three-party conference on unemployment are to take place; if so, when; and, if not, whether the members of the conference have...
50. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if he will state the present position with regard to the establishment of an air mail from this country to the Far East; whether the Indian...
51. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether, with regard to next year's Schneider trophy race, he will remove the conditions attaching to the loan of the Super-marine S 6 and the...
52. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the number of corporations that have included in Bills promoted by them provisions relating to the acquisition of land for aerodromes; and whether...
54 and 55. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air (1) how many deaths have occurred in the Royal Air Force from flying accidents this year; and how many deaths occurred in flying machines not...
56. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether his attention has been drawn to the employment of labourers at the Thornaby-on-Tees aerodrome at the wages of 11¾d. per hour; whether...
58. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will introduce legislation to enforce complete amalgamation of the railway companies, with a view to economy of expenditure and the reduction of...
59. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the increased traffic congestion in Central London caused by long-distance chars-a-bancs; and if he proposes to set up,...
60. asked the Minister of Transport if he is yet in a position to state the names of the persons appointed by him under the terms of the Road Traffic Act to serve as traffic commissioners for the...
62. asked the Minister of Transport when it is the intention of the Ministry to reorganise and co-ordinate the various omnibus and coach services; and whether the road service licences will apply...
63. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that during the past few weeks there has been an unusual demand for and distribution of motor driving licences available during 1931 as a...
65. asked the Minister of Transport whether he has received a copy of a resolution recently forwarded to him by the borough council of Bishop's Castle on the subject of the Bishop's Castle...
66. asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the public inconvenience and loss caused by the frequent disturbance of road surfaces by public utility undertakings, effect can be given...
69. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether and, if so, when the Royal Botanic Society is to be made to vacate the Botanic Gardens in Regent's Park; whether the Commissioners of Crown Lands...
75. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether his attention has been called to the embargo on the importation into the Irish Free State of foreign oats and other produce; and...
78. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the register of smallholdings is revised from time to time, as provided in Section 33 of the Small Landholders (Scotland) Act, 1911; whether...
81. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs when it is proposed that Sir Herbert Stanley should take over from the Governor-General of South Africa the functions of High Commissioner...
82. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he proposes to take with regard to the resolution he has received from the quarter sessions of Breconshire, calling attention...
83. asked the Home Secretary whether it is still his intention to introduce legislation to amend the Children Act, 1908, incorporating the recommendations of the Departmental Committee on the...
The following Question stood. upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. F. RILEY
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make further and better provision with respect to means of escape from buildings in case of fire, and for purposes connected therewith....
"to make further and better provision with respect to means of escape from buildings in case of fire, and for purposes connected therewith," presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be...
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to relieve spiritualists and mediums from prosecution under the enactments relating to witchcraft and vagrancy whilst genuinely exercising...
"to relieve spiritualists and 'mediums from prosecution under the enactments relating to witchcraft and vagrancy whilst genuinely exercising their psychic powers whether in religious practice or...
East Africa,—That they propose that the Joint Committee appointed to consider the Reports on Closer Union in East Africa, etc., and to report thereon do meet in Committee Room A on...
I beg to move, That this House deplores the inaction of His Majesty's Government in taking no steps to safeguard British agricultural interests from the heavy losses which are being caused by the...
I beg to move, That, in the opinion of this House, it is essential to the well-being of the nation that the economic position of farmers other than occupiers of family or special farms, which is...
I beg to move, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty praying that the proposed Order-in-Council under Sub-section (1) of Section one of the Census Act, 1920, shall not be made. As I...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 and 1929, on the application of the District...
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