Wednesday, 29 July 1931
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Brighton Corporation Bill [Lords].
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any progress has been made in regard to the settlement of the Ukrainian question; and, if not, whether he intends to put this matter on...
3. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can make a statement as to the present position in Spain; and whether there is still any form of censorship in operation?
4. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that martial law has been declared in the Peking and Tientsin area and that the Manchurian authorities are requisitioning...
5. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give the names of the British subjects who have died in captivity during the previous throe years while under the jurisdiction...
6. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can now give the House any further information concerning the safety of Mr. John Thorburn, who has been missing at Shanghai since 3rd...
7. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, for the benefit of British tourists in Russia, he can inform the House as to the official intimation which has just been made in the...
8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Soviet Government still require passengers from the East coming to Great Britain via the Trans-Siberian Railway to purchase the...
9. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has now received a reply from the Soviet Ambassador with reference to the telegram which he sent to the Soviet Government regarding...
11. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether an agreement has been reached with the Portuguese Government with regard to the discrimination which has been practised against...
57. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the difficulties recently experienced by British commercial houses doing business with Germany owing to the various financial...
58. (for Mr. SINKINSON) asked the President of the Board of Trade the amount of imported tin from foreign countries and from the Empire, respectively, for the years 1929 and 1930, respectively?
74. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether the White City section of the British Industries Pair will be brought into line this year with the Olympia section as regards...
13. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state whether the Government have considered the advisability of abandoning in its present form the Treaty of Locarno on its...
14. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government have considered, or are prepared to consider, joint action between this country, the United States of America, and...
15. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty which of His Majesty's ships have now installed sound-film cinematograph apparatus; and will he give particulars?
16. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether any of His Majesty's ships are at present fitted with separators for preventing the discharge overboard of oily water and oily Waste of all...
17. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, if, in view of the inadequacy of the messing, sleeping and general facilities for petty officers, seamen and stokers at Fort Blockhouse, Portsmouth, he...
18. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty when the new buildings at Holbrook which are being erected for the extension of the educational work heretofore carried on at the Royal Hospital School...
19. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware of the complaints that men about to be discharged on pension after 22 years' service are not sent to their own depots during the last...
20. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the reasons why the four engine-room artificers promoted to commissioned rank to date 1st July, 1931, were given the rank and title of mate (E) and not...
22. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the numbers of lieutenant-commanders and lieutenants (ex-mate) now undergoing the specialist courses for gunnery, torpedo, navigation, anti-submarine,...
25. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies the nature of the assistance applied for recently by the residents of the Seychelles Islands; whether the report of the commissioner who...
29. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the Uganda Government has decided to prohibit all films which are not suitable for exhibition of all classes of...
23. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies how many persons were sentenced to death in each of the Colonies, Protectorates, and Mandated Territories during each of the years 1924 to...
24. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that in Rodriguez the post of Director of Agriculture has been vacant for a considerable time; that the official at...
27. asked the Under-Secretary of Slate for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the inadequate hospital accommodation for Europeans, Asiatics, and Africans in Nairobi; and...
28. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can state whether the claim of Mr. C. M. Morrison, an ex-planter, of Tanganyika Territory, for a free pardon has been considered on...
32. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what further changes in personnel in the civil and judicial administration of Palestine it is proposed to make?
33. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the number of complaints that have been made to the Air Ministry during the previous two years for either low or dangerous flying in Great Britain...
Mr. ERNEST WINTERTON: 34. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether, in view of the annoyance and loss of sleep caused by the recent all-night air battle over London, he will take steps...
33. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air when it is expected that a regular air-mail service between this country and Australia will be in operation; and what is the present position?
36. asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the number of road accidents recently reported, he will take steps to secure that all slippery roads shall be treated with an effective...
37. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will take steps to secure the enlargement and improvement of the York-Scarborough road?
38. asked the Minister of Transport whether he or the south-eastern area Traffic Commissioners will receive representations from independent ratepayers who are opposed to the proposed additional...
39 and 40. asked the Minister of Transport, (1) whether the new Hog's Back by-pass road will be constructed of all British materials; and of what the surface will consist; (2) whether he will...
42. asked the Minister of Transport if he has yet received a report upon the state of the road between Erith and Bexley Heath; and whether, in view of the rapid development of the area and...
43. asked the Minister of Transport the date upon which the Cray-ford Urban District Council, Kent, were notified of departmental sanction for moneys in aid of the proposed widening of Colyers...
44. asked the Minister of Transport the present development of the negotiations regarding the proposed Dartford tunnel; and whether engineering firms with former experience of tunnel work of this...
45. asked the Prime Minister when the report of the committee which is inquiring into the condition of the fishing industry may be expected?
46. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he intends to take any action in connection with the ventilation of the House before the winter session, in view of the representations that have...
48. asked the Postmaster-General if he can now say whether it is proposed to grant the telephone and postal facilities desired by the community of Coigach and Achiltibuie, Ross-shire?
49. asked the Minister of Health if he will take an early opportunity of amending the Widows', Orphans', and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act, 1929, so as to include those widows whose husbands...
51. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether the Government has come to any decision as to an inquiry into the conditions of the Masarwa tribe of Bechuanaland; what is the name...
52. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs what communications have recently passed between himself and the Government of New South Wales with regard to the constitutional position in...
53. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs how many persons have been assisted to migrate under the provisions of the Empire Settlement Act during the years 1929, 1930 and 1931?
54 asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) in view of the fact that Russian Oil Products, Limited, the Central Association of Flax Growers, Limited, Black Sea and Baltic General Insurance....
61. asked the President of the Board of Education on what grounds he has recently sanctioned, in the case of the Staffordshire education committee, the retention of the services of a schoolmaster...
62. asked the Secretary for Mines if ho can make a statement as to the results so far achieved under the operation of the Coal Mines Act, 1930?
63. asked the Secretary for Mines the average annual earnings of the mine workers in Great Britain in 1930?
66. asked the Secretary of State for India what reasons Mr. Shyam Sundar Lal Dar, the deputy commissioner at Rae-Bareli, in the United Provinces, has relinquished that employment?
67. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he can make a statement as to the results of the negotiations between the Viceroy and Mr. Nehru, who recenly advocated the establishment of a...
69. asked the Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the threat of bloodshed and incendiarism by the Association for Freedom's Battle to merchants in the Bagerhat...
70. asked the Lord Privy Seal for how many of the unemployed work has been provided by legislation passed by the Government since June, 1929; at what cost to the taxpayer; and under what Acts of...
82. asked the Minister of Labour if, in order to safeguard employés against disqualification from benefit in the event of a trade dispute, she will take steps to re-enact Section 4 (1) of...
85. (for Mr. TILLETT) asked the Minister of Labour if, as a result of the application by the Tees Conservancy Commission for a grant in aid of development work on the River Tees, a grant has been...
71. asked the Minister of Agriculture if the road proposed to be constructed across Maiden Green, Surrey, when part of that Metropolitan common is exchanged by Merton College, Oxford, for other...
72. asked the Minister of Agriculture if the application made to him by the urban district council of Esher and the Dittons, Surrey, to enclose 8,170 square feet of Ditton Common will, if...
77. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is intended to apply the recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Civil Service with regard to the bonus to Civil Service pensioners as...
47. (for Mr. SINKINSON) asked the First Commissioner of Works what is the number of Government offices in Edinburgh the owners and rental of the premises: and the owners and feu duties of the site?
78. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to the inferior quality of the various teas sold since the abolition of the tea duty, which were not imported nor on...
79. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he was consulted before the publication of the recent notice circulated in the Irish Free State demanding that the vouchers of Royal...
81. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will consider introducing legislation with a view to preventing Government pensioners with a pension of more than £3 a week...
83. asked the Minister of Labour whether the inquiry into the wages and hours at cinemas has now been completed; and, if so, what action she proposes to take?
Major WOOD: 59. (for Mr. SCOTT) asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, how many smallholdings have been established in Scotland to...
Major WOOD: 60. (for Mr. SCOTT) asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, what is the average rate at which land for afforestation...
64. asked the Secretary for Mines the output of tin from the tin mines of Great Britain for the years 1929 and 1930, respectively?
76. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Economy Report has yet been signed; and, if so, when it will be made public?
I desire to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as Leader of the House, what business he proposes to take to-night; and if he can tell us what the business will be on the reassembling of Parliament?
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for the equipment of oil carrying ships with separators for freeing from oil the liquid discharged therefrom and generally to make...
"to provide for the equipment of oil carrying ships with separators for freeing from oil the liquid discharged therefrom and generally to make provision against the pollution of the seas by oil,"...
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend Section five of the Shops Act, 1913, by fixing an earlier hour at which shops may be closed by a closing order. I am not sure...
"to amend section five of the Shops Act, 1912, by fixing an earlier hour at which shops may be closed by a closing order," presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be read a Second time...
That they have agreed to,—
[20TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
1. "That a sum, not exceeding £13,116,212, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
2. "That a sum, not exceeding £298,434, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
3. "That a sum, not exceeding £4,763,080 (including a Supplementary Sum of £290,000), be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in...
4. "That a sum, not exceeding £1,320,904, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
5. "That a sum, not exceeding £2,597,112, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
6. "That a sum, not exceeding £7,788,310, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
7. "That a sum, not exceeding £35,947,348, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
8. "That a sum, not exceeding £60,052,876, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
9. "That a sum, not exceeding £6,256,461, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
10. "That a sum, not exceeding £4,477,889, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
11. "That a sum, not exceeding £32,345,151, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
12. "That a sum, not exceeding £777, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day...
13. "That a sum, not exceeding £27,056,287, be granted to His' Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
14. "That a sum, not exceeding £37,277,500, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
15. "That a sum, not exceeding £32,229,300, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1932, for...
16. "That a sum, not exceeding £19,161,100, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1932, for...
17. "That a sum, not exceeding £4,261,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1932, for...
Question put, That this House cloth agree with the Committee in the out-standing Resolution reported in respect of Class I of the Civil Estimates.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions reported in respect of Class II of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House cloth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions reported in respect of Class III of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class IV of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class V of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions reported in respect of Class VI of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class VII of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class VIII of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class IX of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class X of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Re-solution reported in respect of the Navy Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of the Army Estimates (including Ordnance Factories Estimates),
Question, That this House doth agree with the
Question put, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions reported in respect of the Revenue Departments Estimates,
Resolution reported, That, towards making good the Supply granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1932, the sum of £291,366,800 be granted out of...
"to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the Thirty-first day of March, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-two, and to appropriate the Supplies granted...
Considered in Committee, and reported, without Amendment, read the Third time, and passed, with an Amendment.
Resolved, 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 British Gas Light Company, Limited,...
Resolved, That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners, under the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1882 to 1928, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport under the Electricity...
Ordered, That the Lords Amendments be considered forthwith."—[Dr. Addison.]
Lords Amendment: In page 7, line 38, after the word "product," insert,
Lords Amendment: In page 33, line 6, at the end, insert: by reason only of his being or having been a registered producer or a member of the board.
Ordered, That the Lords Amendments be considered forthwith."—[Miss Lawrence.]
Lords Amendment: In page 3, line 19, leave out "the preceding Sub-section" and insert "Sub-section (1) of this Section."
Ordered, That the Lords Amendment be considered forthwith."—[Miss Bondfield]
Lords Amendment: In page 2, line 27, leave out "nor widows."
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. T. Kennedy.]
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