Thursday, 17 September 1931
The House met at a, Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
1. asked the Minister of Labour what the unemployment figures in the Gravesend Division of Kent were at the time the last Government assumed office, and what they were when the Government resigned?
2. asked the Minister of Labour whether, under the new proposals of the Government, any of the unemployed persons claiming transitional benefit and referred to public assistance committees for...
Major EVANS: 7. asked the Minister of Labour the number of ex-officers and nurses accepted for training under the Royal Warrant during 1928, 1929, and 1930?
3. asked the Minister of Labour if he will state the intention of the Government with reference to the Hours of Industrial Employment Bill?
40. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any provision will be made from public funds to meet the increase in administrative charges to local authorities consequent upon the new duty to...
Major EVANS: 8. asked the Minister of Labour the number of establishments under trade boards not inspected during 1930 and the amount of arrears paid to workpeople in consequence of offences...
10. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the London General Omnibus Company was informed that the number and route of the service should be clearly shown on the back as well...
13. asked the Home Secretary whether he will arrange for a system to be instituted whereby the circumstances of every fatal road accident in respect of which an inquest is held should be reported...
14. asked the Home Secretary what action has been taken by his Department with reference to the recommendation passed by the county chief constables in April last suggesting that the Home Office...
15. asked the Home Secretary what action has been taken on the application of the Surrey Standing Joint Committee for an increase in the police establishment for the Surrey constabulary area; and...
Major EVANS: 17. asked the Home Secretary what was the number of non-textile factories and workshops Acts under the particular Section of the Factory and Workshops Act at any convenient date...
18. asked the Home Secretary if he has now considered the statements supplied to him by Members of this House and by private individuals concerning the action of the police in dealing with the...
20. asked the President of the Board of Education if it is proposed to act on the suggestion of the Committee on National Expenditure, in paragraph 503 of their report, that all educational...
21. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he will state what instructions have been given by his Department with reference to the reduction by 13 per cent. of the salaries of...
22. asked the President of the Board of Education what is the total sum paid in salaries to teachers in this country not governed by the Burnham scale; and if it is intended that these salaries...
39. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that considerable sums of money are lying in British banks as unclaimed bank balances; and whether, in view of the present financial...
41. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amount of securities has been offered to the Government by the leading banks, insurance and investment houses, for use in defence of the pound...
42. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total amount of the overseas loans raised on the London money market during the present calendar year; and whether the Treasury was consulted...
43. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has taken or proposes to take any steps to prohibit the purchase of foreign currencies by British nationals except for bona fide trade or...
44. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether there is any money left in the Colonial Development Fund for potential employment?
47. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what action has been taken to give effect to the recommendations of the May Committee in regard to the increased revenue which might accrue to the...
48. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the risk of loss to the Treasury in connection with the repayment of the £80,000,000 credit, he has considered the effect of...
49. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is kept informed every day as to the amount of the £80,000,000 credit still standing to our credit?
50. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is proposed to introduce legislation to cut by 10 per cent. the royal annuities?
52. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the estimated cost to the State of the railway travel of all public servants, including Members of Parliament and officers in the fighting forces; and...
(by Private Notice) asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if any special steps have been taken to explain to the troops at Aldershot the reasons for the reduction in pay that they are...
(by Private Notice) asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he has any further statement to make as to the unrest in the Navy with regard to the reductions in pay?
28. asked the Minister of Health the average cost of maintaining a man and his wife and two children in an institution under the control of a Public Assistance Committee?
The following Questions stood upon the Order Paper:
29. asked the Minister of Health if his attention has been called to the estimated increase of local rates in the city of Manchester by the reduced rate of unemployment benefit to be paid to...
30. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the proposed reductions in the amount of unemployment benefit, he will advise local authorities to extend the provision now made by them for...
31. asked the Minister of Health whether Circular 1222, issued on the 11th September, 1931, urging local authorities to make further economies in their work, is to be taken by them as superseding...
33. asked the Minister of Health the total amount of the loans sanctioned to local authorities for the purposes of the Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts; the amount so sanctioned for the urban...
35. asked the Minister of Health if he proposes to bring in legislation extending the provisions of the National Health Insurance (Prolongation of Insurance) Act, 1930; and, if not, what other...
36. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that, owing to the recent floods, several hundred people have been rendered homeless at the Toll Bar, Bentley, near Doncaster; and, if so, can he...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government proposes to proceed with the Slaughter of Animals Bill?
46. asked the Prime Minister what is the attitude of His Majesty's Government to the proposal for the holding of an international conference of representatives of Governments on the gold...
51. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is able to make arrangements to permit of civil servants being able to spread over a longer period the increased Income Tax payments due under...
53. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can give an estimate of the amount of taxation which would be payable by co-operative societies if they were taxed on the same basis as private...
I gave notice to you earlier, Mr. Speaker, that I wished to raise a point of Order in connection with the right of Members of this House to move the Adjournment of the House. It will be within...
Captain HALL: I beg to ask leave to move the Adjournment of the House for the purpose of discussing a definite matter of urgent public importance, namely, The unrest in the Atlantic Fleet.
Mr. A. HENDERSON: May I ask the Prime Minister what will be the business for next week?
Estimate presented, of a further sum required to be voted for the service of the year ending 31st March, 1932 [by Command]; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Resolved, That this House will, Tomorrow, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of the Supply to be granted to His Majesty.—[Sir Bolton Byres Monsell.]
"to amend the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1924," presented by Commander Bellairs; supported by Brigadier-General Sir Henry Page Croft and Rear-Admiral Beamish; to be read a Second time...
REPORT [10TH SEPTEMBER].
8. "That— (a) as from the ninth day of November, nineteen hundred and thirty-one, entertainments duty shall be charged at the following rates:—Where the payment for admission,...
9. "That— (a) section six of the Finance Act, 1931, which determines the higher rates of Income Tax for 1930–31, shall have effect as if each of the amounts specified in the second...
10. "That— (a) the reliefs by way of deductions from tax for which provision is made by section forty of the Finance Act, 1927, and the reliefs in relation to life assurance 1052 and other...
11. "That it is expedient to make provision as to the Income Tax payable in connection with the conversion of United Kingdom Government Securities owned by persons carrying on any trade which...
I beg to move, "That this House do now adjourn." No one regrets more than I do the fact that I find myself in the position that I do to-night. It can be no satisfaction to any of us, certainly...
REPORT [10TH SEPTEMBER].
Resolution reported, That it is expedient to amend the Law relating to the National Debt as follows: (a) by making provision that in the event of the five per cent. War Loan, 1929 to 1947,...
Resolution reported, That it is expedient to provide that advances to the Road Fund made under Section thirty-six of the Finance Act, 1931, shall be made out of moneys provided by Parliament...
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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