Thursday, 24 September 1931
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
1. asked the Minister of Labour if he has now come to a decision to reduce the fees of two-and-a-half guineas plus travelling and subsistence allowance now paid to chairmen and deputy-chairmen of...
2. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that numbers of girls in the Birmingham district have been deprived of their unemployment benefit for a period of six weeks in consequence of...
4. asked the Minister of Labour when the report of the committee dealing with Regulations under the Unemployment Insurance (No. 3) Act will be available to Members?
5. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that at the Woolston, Southampton, Employment Exchange large numbers of men are compelled to queue up in wet weather without any shelter; and what...
6. asked the Minister of Labour how many unemployed persons are registered at South Shields, and how many of these have drawn 26 or more weeks' benefit during the present benefit year, giving the...
15. asked the Minister of Labour whether instructions have been issued to the Exchanges to discontinue unemployment benefit on the first payday after 1st October to those persons who have drawn...
21. asked the Minister of Labour if he will state the number of unemployed workers on the registers of the Employment Exchanges in Edinburgh and Leith, respectively, on the 15th May, 1931 and the...
7. asked the Minister of Labour whether the Government will consider allowing the amount to be saved
Mr. MACLEAN: 46. asked the Prime Minister the fall in the value of the pound since Thursday, 17th September; and whether, in view of the resulting increase in the cost of living in this country,...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether he will inquire from the lenders as to the possibility of a modification of the special conditions of borrowing which have necessitated cuts in unemployment...
56. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he proposes to take to effect a rise, with concomitant stabilisation, in the price of silver?
62. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can state the number of transactions in sterling by British nationals in the past three weeks; and whether he can state how many were...
59 asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether, in view of the fact that the sums placed to reserve by co-operative societies for the purpose of extending their businesses are not subject...
64. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will consider issuing cheap reprints of the May Economy Report and the Macmillan Report, with a view to their wider circulation?
66. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the extent to which 1929–47. War Loan is held by other than British subjects?
67. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total amount of national savings certificates owing to holders; how many of the old series have been exchanged for present certificates; and...
68. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what is the present figure of the National Debt; what is the amount of the external debt; and what do we owe to the United States of America?
70. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total amount paid in commutation of pensions to the descendants of deceased Army and Navy officers for the past 20 years; and what number of...
27. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the coroner's inquest, on 7th August, on Wilfred Armstrong Rhodes, at Asenby, in the North Riding...
28. 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...
29. asked the Home Secretary what action he proposes to take with regard to a letter addressed to him by Mr. Edward George, of 47, Brunswick Square, Hove?
30. asked the Home Secretary why permission is refused by the Governor of His Majesty's Prison at Parkhurst for a heart specialist to visit a prisoner, a previous patient, who is suffering from...
31. asked the Home Secretary if the Prison Commissioners intend to keep Portsmouth prison as a closed prison; and whether, in the event of the Commissioners deciding to dispose of it, the city...
34. asked the President of the Board of Education if the proposed reduction in the salaries of teachers will, apply also to the inspectors, administrative officers, and other staff employed by...
38. asked the President of the Board of Education in how many cases during the five years prior to the issue of Circular 1413 the Board have made representations to, or withheld grants from,...
39. asked the President of the Board of Education the number of local education authorities who have put into operation the feeding of necessitous school children; and the latest figures of the...
41. asked the President of the Board of Education whether teachers' pensions are to be based on the present rate of salaries before the 10 per cent. reduction or after it has taken place; and if...
42. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that part of the drainage system of Islington dates back to the year of the Indian Mutiny; that the sewer under Caledonian Road runs into a...
43. asked the Minister of Health the estimated annual relief to owners of agricultural land and others in the county of Northamptonshire by the de-rating of agricultural land and buildings under...
44. asked the Minister of Health if the operation of the Housing (Rural Workers) Act, 1931, is to be suspended or restricted as part of the Government's economy policy; and, if so, what steps...
51. asked the Minister of Health if local authorities are intended to read the penultimate paragraph of Minister of Health Circular 1222 in the light of the statements in paragraph 3 of Circular...
52. asked the Minister of Health how many approved societies have included in their schemes of additional benefit particular benefits in respect of special treatment for rheumatic diseases?
53. asked the Minister of Health if his attention has been called to the fact that the North Riding County Council has decided to spend £6,000 on the conversion of the old workhouse in...
54. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the fact that certain distributors are purchasing milk imported from the Continent in the form of ice blocks, he will state whether the source...
55. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can state the amounts paid annually in dividends in the tobacco industry of Great Britain for the years 1913 to 1930, respectively?
82. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether, in view of the depressed state of the textile industries, some general remission can be made of the charges for stands at the...
89. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Government proposes to set on foot any national organisation to popularise the need for buying British goods as against all foreign...
71. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will inquire into the circumstances attending the refusal of a blind person's pension to Mr. J. W. Smith, 42, Alnwick Road, E.16, by...
72. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he proposes to take any steps for the improvement of the banks of the River Don, in Yorkshire, with a view to avoiding a recurrence of the flooding...
73. asked the Minister of Agriculture what has now been decided with regard to continuing the grants to landlords in aid of schemes of field drainage and other works for agricultural purposes;...
76. asked the Minister of Agriculture what is his intention with regard to the balance of about £20,000 granted partly by the Government and partly collected from allotment holders for...
78. asked the Minister of Agriculture what measures are in contemplation to increase supplies of home-produced foodstuffs during the coming winter?
74. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is prepared to meet the Tithe Payers' Association with a view to discussing their problems and coming to an agreement on the subject?
79. asked the hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, whether there are any regulations or conditions attached to the grazing rights of the commoners in the...
84. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is continuing to utilise the services of the advisory committee on telephone publicity established by the late Government; whether this committee has...
80. asked the hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, the number and acreage of areas afforested during each of the last 10 years, and what under the economy...
85. asked the Secretary for Mines whether the inquiry into the Lehmann process of coal refining has been completed; and, if so, whether he can make a statement with regard to the conclusions...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Dr. PHILLIPS:
Mr. MACLEAN: 86. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is in a position to state what action he proposes to take to make illegal the operations of foreign trawlers in Scottish...
Mr. MACLEAN: 87. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has yet received the report of the committee set up to inquire into the working of the hire-purchase system in Scotland; if...
90. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if, on reconsideration, it has been decided to withdraw the proposal to reduce by 2s. the wages of the War Department industrial employés?
91. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can make a statement concerning the position in Manchuria?
Mr. FRANK OWEN: (by Private Notice) asked the Home Secretary if he has now made a decision to grant an inquiry into the circumstances in which Sergeant Price was required to resign from the...
I wish to make a very brief explanation to the House and an apology to the hon. Member for Plaistow (Mr. Thorne) and the House in connec- tion with one figure which I gave last night. In response...
Mr. ARTHUR HENDERSON: May I ask the Lord President of the Council what business will be taken next week, and can he say when the Government hope to bring to an end this part of the Session?
That they have agreed to—
Considered in Committee. [Progress, 22nd September.]
Amendment proposed [22nd September): In page 2, line 7, to leave out paragraph (b).—[11fiss Lawrence.]
I beg to move, in page 3, to leave out line 4. It will be apparent to the Committee at once that the effect of my Amendment, if it were carried, would be to exclude the subject of education and...
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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