Monday, 14 September 1931
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
1. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he can make a further statement on the present situation in Burma?
3. asked the Secretary of State for India if he will give the date on which the Indian Military College Committee, set up on the recommendation of the defence sub-committee of the India Round...
4. asked the Secretary of State for India if he will inform the House what is the present position reached in the proceedings in the trial at Meerut of the 32 persons arrested over two years ago...
5. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he will state the charge on which Mr. M. N. Roy has been arrested in India and the place of the alleged offence; and if he will give information...
6. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any further action has been taken by His Majesty's Minister in China in connection with the disappearance of Mr. John Thorburn;...
7. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the present position of the extra-territoriality negotiations being carried on with the Chinese Government?
10. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the present position of the nego- tiations between the British and Soviet representatives on the committee and sub-committees on...
11. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the annual cost of taking down broadcast messages fromm Moscow; and whether it is proposed to continue this practice?
9. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what proportion of the cost of maintaining the League of Nations Council is borne by this country?
15 and 16. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) on how many occasions since 1924 the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has failed to attend the Assembly of the League...
13. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement as to the arrangements proposed by the Government for the forthcoming Disarmament Conference?
14. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether British ratification of the 1931 Narcotics Limitation Convention has yet been decided upon; and, if not, when is a decision...
17. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether, in view of the crisis, it is proposed to make any changes in the granting of export credits; what are the total export credits...
27. asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the sack capacity per hour of the flour mills now operating in the United Kingdom; and what was the similar figure in 1913 or some other...
Duchess of ATHOLL: 26. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the value of the wholly-manufactured and partly-manufactured imports and exports, respectively, for 1929, 1930,...
20. asked the Postmaster-General the number of air-mail letter boxes that have been erected to date in the London area?
21. asked the Postmaster-General the annual loss, for the most recent completed year, to the Post Office on the halfpenny letter post and the average loss per letter delivered stamped with a...
22. asked the Postmaster-General how many district post offices in. Northern Ireland have been reduced status this year; and what proportion these bear to the total number in. Northern Ireland?
23. asked the Postmaster-General whether the Government will consider making special arrangements for facilitating long- distance telephoning from the official residence of the First Lord of the...
25. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Government intend to proceed with the Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Bill during the present Session of Parliament?
28. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what modifications of the warship-building programme are intended in view of the present financial situation?
31. asked the Minister of Health whether his Department has yet presented their report to the Unemployment Grants Committee on the recent application of the Lincoln City Council for sanction in...
Mr. MACLEAN: 44. asked the Prime Minister whether the Royal Commission on Unemployment has yet presented its final report?
46. asked the Prime Minister whether he will take steps to ensure that no grants in aid of works will be made to local authorities unless they can prove conclusively that the work proposed is of...
32. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can now stale the results of his inquiry into the action of the police in dealing with the unemployed section of the crowd...
34. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that a Royal Commission appointed in 1877 recommended that the Stock Exchange should be brought under the control of a charter of incorporation;...
36. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer his estimates of the amount which will be payable by persons with annual incomes of £5,000, £10,000, £25,000, and £50,000,...
39. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the fact that the report of the May Committee on National Expenditure makes no mention of the witnesses who appeared before...
40. asked the Minister of Transport when he proposes to make regulations for the purpose of regulating the use of powerful headlights on motor vehicles; and will he give particulars?
41. asked the Minister of Transport whether the Departmental Committee on Traffic Direction and Warning Signs has now been appointed or, if not, when he intends to appoint it?
42. asked the Minister of Transport whether it is the intention of the Government to proceed with the London Passenger Transport Bill during the present Session of Parliament?
45. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the present condition of arable farming; and if the Government intends to make any contribution to save the situation?
47. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the fact that the executive committee of the National Union of Railwaymen has instructed six Members of Parliament, whose...
48. asked the Prime Minister if the Government are prepared to take action to compel the Bank of England and the discount bankers of London to make a, special contribution to the national...
19. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that the settlement of milk prices for the coming year between farmers and fie distributive organisations involves considerable...
29. asked the Minister of Health if he can state the policy of his Department with regard to the repayment of relief on loans granted by boards of guardians during the strike in 1926?
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he could give any further information with regard to the disastrous hurricane at Belize?
(by Private Notice) asked the Home Secretary whether he is in a position to make any statement with reference to the Sunday Performances (Regulation) Bill?
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Amendment to Question [11th September], "That the Bill be now read a Second time."
Whereupon Mr. SPEAKER, pursuant to the Order of the House of the 9th September, proposed the Question, "That this House do now adjourn."
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