Wednesday, 17 February 1932
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Kettering Gas Bill (by Order),
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has any statement to make with reference to the position in Egypt; and whether any negotiations are being carried on or are contemplated...
2. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will consider the advisability of proposing, if necessary, the calling of a special meeting of the Assembly of the League of Nations to...
3. asked the Secretary of State for Foregn Affairs if he will request His Majesty's Ambassador at Rio de Janeiro to ascertain the reasons why the documents representing the obligations of the...
5. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any Governments have acted on the invitation made by the League of Nations Council on 29th September to States, members of the League,...
6. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the petition from Ukrainian deputies in the Polish Sejm on the subject of the settlement of Polish colonists in Ukrainian and White...
8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state how many nations will be invited to the Lausanne Conference on Reparations; and whether the United States will be asked to...
9. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when he expects to be in a position to inform the House of the steps which the Government now propose to take in order to secure payment for...
10. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information as to a shooting of Jews at Soroca, on the Rumanian border; and, as the Jews in Rumania constitute a minority...
19. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs which of the South American States, other than Colombia and Argentina, are now fulfilling their obligations as to interest and sinking fund...
22. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will consider making provision in the next Naval Estimates to replace M 2 by two submarines of smaller displacement specially designed to...
23. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the weight of the seaplane structure fitted to the M.2 submarine; if any difficulty in trimming for diving in the open sea or trimming in dock was...
27. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty seeing that it has been decided to reduce the personnel of the Navy, if he will authorise ratings with definite offers of employment to be permitted to...
28. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the dates upon which the three cruisers of the 1930 naval construction programme were laid down; what is the present state of construction of these...
26. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can state the number of professional man-of-war men now employed in the United States of America coastguard and revenue service; and if such...
29. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he has been informed of any reciprocal proposals for preferences from the Colonies arising out of the new tariff proposals of His Majesty's...
71. asked the President of the Board of Trade if, in his reply to the foreign firms who apply to his Department for details of available sites for new factories, he will impress upon them the...
35. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if he is aware that State subsidy payments for 1930–31 to Imperial Airways, Limited, on account of the Cairo-Karachi route, amount to...
36. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air for what percentage of entitled married officers in the Royal Air Force stationed in the United Kingdom, exclusive of headquarters in the London...
38. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether special care has been taken, and instructions issued, so that the recent announcement that the flight through Africa of the Royal Air Force...
39. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air how many officers and men of the Royal Air Force lost their lives through accidents during the year 1931?
Mr. V. ADAMS: 41. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will take steps to facilitate the freeing of the Selby toll bridge in view of the hindrance to industrial development locally involved?
42. asked the Minister of Transport if his attention has been drawn to the systems of special licence or taxation per ton mile for long-distance heavy motor haulage adopted by Germany and America...
44. asked the Minister of Transport if he can arrange to take at an early date the appeal of Messrs. Sharp's omnibus service, which runs between the Hazel Grove district and Stockport and...
47. asked the Minister of Transport the means by which he proposes to ensure that the proposed class of 120-horse-power express lorries to carry goods from Penzance to London in 13 hours' running...
48. asked the Minister of Transport how many inspectors were appointed by his Department to examine omnibuses; whether they had an examination to pass; and, seeing that the main part to go wrong...
49. asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the fact that the railway companies benefit by the De-rating Act in return for passing on the benefit to specific classes of commercial...
53 asked the Minister of Transport (1) whether the building of the Forth road-bridge is being proceeded with; and, if so, what is the estimated cost; (2) whether work is being proceeded with on...
57. asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that, from a recent inquiry by the Yorkshire Voluntary Hospitals Committee relative to the number of third-party motor accidents treated in 36...
Mr. HUTCHISON: 61. asked the Minister of Transport if he can now state what action it is intended to take in respect of the recommendations of the Weir Committee on Railway Electrification?
64. asked the Minister of Transport what purpose is served by the hoods fixed above the coloured lights on the traffic-control standards in the West End of London; whether the present design is...
Mr. V. ADAMS: 66. asked the Minister of Transport if he will make a statement as to the Government's policy with regard to the rebuilding of Charing Cross bridge?
74. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will consider introducing legislation for the purpose of reducing the charges levied under the Road Traffic Act for the testing of petrol...
51. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will consider reducing the grants from the Road Fund to those local authorities who use foreign road-stone?
56. asked the Minister of Transport, with regard to the memorandum he has received, prepared by the four main line railway companies, in which his attention is called to the heavy losses...
58. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to an accident which happened on 5th February at Doddington, near March, Cambridgeshire, in which a woman was knocked...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the advisability of setting up a commission to inquire into the possibility of effecting reforms in legal procedure, with a view to reducing...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether it is the intention of the Government to abolish the recent reduction in the salaries of judges?
67. asked the First Commissioner of Works under what circumstances the room near the Members' cloak-room was allocated to Welsh Members; whether all Welsh Members, irrespective of party, are...
68. asked the First Commissioner of Works when the new ceiling lights in the Reading libraries A, B, and C are to be installed, in view of the difficulty Members find in reading when not seated...
Mr. HUTCHISON: 75. asked the Postmaster-General what is the present stock of available pedestal-type telephones; whether any further instruments of this pattern are still being manufactured or...
76. asked the Minister of Agriculture how many breeds of pigs there are in Great Britain; what advice is given by his officials as to which is the most suitable breed for producing pork or bacon;...
77 and 78. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs (1) seeing that certain questions affecting the government of Southern Rhodesia are reserved for the approval of the Crown, whether...
Major HARVEY: 80. asked the Home Secretary if the system of local discharge is still being practised at Princetown prison?
82. asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the large number of unsolved murder cases during the last two years, he intends to review the restrictions upon the method of the preliminary...
83. asked the Minister of Labour if he can give the number of persons disallowed benefit under the Anomalies Act; the number of cases submitted to the umpire; and in how many cases the decisions...
84. asked the Minister of Labour the number of disability pensioners who have been refused benefit under the means test; and the number whose benefit had been reduced?
33. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what was the total revenue of the Colony of Cyprus in each of the last five years; and what proportion of revenue was spent on the administrative...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for India, if he can state on whose authority a cable addressed to myself and handed in to the Post Office at Bombay on 7th January by Miss Slade...
"to amend the law of Scotland with regard to the purchase, and hire of articles, not exceeding twenty pounds in value by payment in instalments, and with regard to proceedings in the sheriff's...
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Members from Standing Committee B: Mr. Croom-Johnson and Mr. Luke Thompson; and had...
Estimates presented,—for the Navy for the year 1932 [by Command]; Referred to the Committee of Supply, and to be printed.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the Committee stage, Report stage, and Third Reading of the Import Duties Bill (including any Financial Resolution relating thereto) shall be proceeded...
Five allotted days shall be given to the Committee stage of the Bill and to the proceedings on any Instructions and the necessary stages of any Financial Resolution relating thereto, and the...
One allotted day shall be given to the Report stage and Third Reading of the Bill, and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously brought to a conclusion, be brought to a conclusion at 11...
Five allotted days shall be given to the Committee stage of the Bill and to the proceedings on any Instructions and the necessary stages of any Financial Resolution relating thereto, and the...
One allotted day shall be given to the Report stage and Third Reading of the Bill, and the proceedings thereon shall, if not previously brought to a conclusion, be brought to a conclusion at 11...
I beg to move, That this House, recognising the increasing gravity of unemployment and of the condition of the unemployed and their families, regrets the failure of the Government to initiate...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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