Wednesday, 10 June 1931
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Kincardine-on-Forth Bridge Order Confirmation Bill,
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make any statement to the House as a result of his recent communications with Foreign Powers regarding the fixing of a regular...
2. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government have decided to support the proposed convention for the establishment of an international mortgage credit company?
8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state the number of British subjects employed at the present time in Russia in the capacity of technical experts and advisers or workmen?
Lieut.-Colonel Sir FREDERICK HALL: 8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any protest has been addressed to the Soviet Government with regard to the measures which have been...
9. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Prime Minister Molotov and Mr. Stalin are still members of the Executive Committee of the Third International?
4. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give the figure, according to the most recent returns, of the Chinese maritime customs, showing the amount of the importation of...
Mr. GODFREY LOCKER-LAMP-SON: 6. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can now supply for the use of Members copies of Mr. Justice Feetham's report on Shanghai?
5. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make a statement concerning his recent conversations with the German Chancellor and Foreign Minister?
7. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, at the recent meetings at Geneva, the matter of the naval building programmes of France and Italy was discussed; what further steps...
11. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will state the names of His Majesty's ships which have visited Riga during the past 10 years and the dates on which those visits were paid?
12. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the recent visit of His Majesty's Ship "Nelson" and other vessels to the West Indies and United States, he will consider the...
Commander SOUTH BY: 13. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in the case of His Majesty's gunboat which has recently been erected in China from material constructed in Great Britain and...
16. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether any timber imported from Soviet Russia is used by his Department?
16. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many obsolete vessels of the Royal Navy are in use as targets for practice firing; and whether it is intended to make greater use in the future of...
17. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether any payment was made in respect of the cost of giving refuge in British vessels to Portuguese revolutionaries; and if so, by whom?
18. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what is the state of construction of the cruisers and destroyers authorised by the 1930 naval building programme; how much money has been actually spent...
19. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is aware that His Majesty's Ship "Revenge," a Portsmouth ship, is to be sent to Devonport for refit after being away for two and a-third years, and...
20. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether men in Portsmouth dockyard, discharged on reduction after six years and 10 months' service, are eligible to count such time for the seven years'...
14. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if his attention has been called to the shortage in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve; what steps are being taken to obtain recruits; and, seeing that...
24. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the average quantity of sugar produced per acre of sugar-cane in Jamaica and in Mauritius?
27. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Jamaicans have been deported from Cuba to Jamaica on account of destitution; how many have still to be deported; and what measures...
29. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air what were the circumstances in which smoke bombs were dropped from an aeroplane on the farm of Mr. Walter Duggleby, near Driffield, in the East...
30. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if he has considered the position of the stokers at Halton and other Air Force camps who have been declared outside the purview of the Insurance...
32. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the damage to roads caused by last week's storm in Monmouthshire; and whether he will consider making a grant to repair...
33. asked the Minister of Transport whether the order recently issued, that the operators of public vehicles shall in future deal with lost property, applies to motor vehicles using the...
34. asked the Minister of Transport whether he has considered the representations from Oxford Street shop keepers and London taximeter-cab drivers or associations with reference to the re cent...
35. asked the Minister of Transport what steps are being taken to co-ordinate the varying conditions reached by various traffic com missioners in respect of the same motor coach services which...
Sir F. HALL: 42. asked the Minister of Transport if he will consider setting up a committee to inquire into the financial conditions under which railways and road transport systems operate,...
Sir N. G RATTAN-DOYLE: 43. asked the Minister of Transport whether any decision has yet been reached in regard to the committee on main-line railway electrification?
49. asked the Minister of Transport whether he can make any statement as to the Government's intentions in the matter of the use without charge of lorries for such purposes as workpeople's...
62. asked the Minister of Health what was the ratio of rates to taxes in the cost of the maintenance and construction of highways in England and Wales in the last financial year; and whether the...
31. asked the Minister of Transport if, in view of the recent level-crossing accident near Lewes, he will suggest to the railway companies that they should display at some distance from each...
44. asked the Minister of Transport whether he has yet received the report of the conference held last April between the Central Electricity Board and the Scarborough District Joint Town-planning...
Mr. PERKINS: 48. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that the village of Painswick, near Stroud, is not yet supplied with electricity from the West Gloucester Power Company; and...
51. asked the Minister of Transport if he will expedite the preparation of a scheme for demonstration purposes for the electrification of the Vale of Towey; and what towns and villages it is...
52. asked the Minister of Transport the revenue per unit of electricity sold for lighting and domestic purposes by the Notting Hill Company, the South London Company, the South Metropolitan...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider calling a conference of the Powers interested in international settlements with a view to the mutual cancellation of obligations on the...
53. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he will consider washing down the stonework of all new Government buildings at regular intervals to prevent their disfigurement by soot and smoke?
54. asked the First Com missioner of Works whether his attention has been drawn to the dangerous way in which motor lorry drivers drive their lorries under the arches from Palace Yard; and if he...
55. asked the First Commissioner of Works if it is still the practice of his Department only to place orders for goods with firms which are enrolled on the King's Roll?
56. asked the President of the Board of Trade what the attitude was of His Majesty's Government to the suggestion of M. Litvinov at the session of the Commission of Inquiry for European Union on...
Sir F. HALL: 57. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will consider introducing legislation to require that all goods imported into this country shall be accompanied by a statement of...
59. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he has recently received any communication from the Irish Free State in relation to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; and...
60. asked the Minister of Health the number of insured women under the National Health Insurance Act who are entitled to additional benefit, No. 9 (dental benefit), under the valuation schemes of...
61. asked the Minister of Health if at is proposed to issue any report or paper showing how the transference of Poor Law administration from the boards of guardians to the county councils and...
63. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that persons doing test work under the public assistance committees of the London County Council are employed on the destruction and...
65. asked the Secretary of State for War what arrangements were made for representatives of the newspapers to witness the ceremony of the trooping of the Colour on 6th June last?
66. asked the Secretary of State for India whether, with a view to allaying the fears of the minority communities in India, he will make a statement that no settlement of the India problem will...
67. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he will publish the complete evidence of the inquiry into the Cawnpore riots; and at what date it will be in the hands of Members?
68. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of recent representations made to him on behalf of the jute industry in Dundee, he will in future stipulate that in all cases where...
69. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he can state the number of districts in which allotments have been offered unsuccessfully to un employed men; and whether his Department has any...
72. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he proposes to take any action on the report of the Birmingham cinema inquiry which he has received?
73. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has considered the communication sent to him by the grand council of the National Citizen's Union, supported by the administrative committee...
74. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been called to the fact that customs officials recently seized the old green flag of the 2nd battalion Con-naught...
Sir N. G RATTAN-DOYLE (for Sir PHILIP RICHARDSON): 26. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the growing menace from locusts in the East...
22. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies the acreage allotted to each of the separate tribes embraced within the total area of the Native reservations in Kenya Colony; the...
23. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state she number of holdings of alienated land in Kenya Colony of less than 500 acres; and the number of holdings of between 500...
58. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is prepared to abolish the missive system in operation at steel houses at Sandyhills, Shettleston, and also the 20s. deposit by tenants for the...
64. asked the Minister of Health what progress has been made with the committee dealing with the questions arising out of the Rent Restrictions Act; and when their report may be expected?
70. asked the Postmaster-General if he can state the approximate profit, as it will appear in the commercial accounts, of the postal services for the year ended 31st March, 1931?
71. asked the Postmaster- General the total amount paid out annually by the agency of the Post Office in War pensions, old age pensions, and widows' pensions, etc., and in repayment of savings...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is in a position to make a statement to the House upon the disaster in Eastern waters involving the sinking of a British submarine with regrettable...
Reported, without Amendment [Provisional Order confirmed]; report to lie upon the Table.
Reported, with amendments; report to lie upon the table, and to be printed.
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Members from Standing Committee B: Mr. Hall-Caine, Major Church, Sir William Davison, Major...
That they have agreed to,—
Second Report of the Select Committee brought up, and read; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
[3RD ALLOTTED DAY.]
Amendment proposed [9th June]: In page 5, line 3, at the end, to add the words: Provided that the tax shall not be charged in respect of any agricultural land constituting or comprised in a land...
The first three Amendments I select, to be taken together, are the first three on page 1810—In page 5, line 15, to leave out the word "or"; after the word "works," to insert the words "or...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. T. Kennedy.]
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