Tuesday, 14 June 1932
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Private Bills [Lords] (Standing Orders not previously inquired into complied with).
3. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs if, in his
1. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs the number of unemployment camps in Australia; the names of districts where these camps are; the numbers of migrants in each camp; and whether...
4. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the Japanese are evading the import duty on goods going into Manchuria while British goods are charged the full import duty; and...
8. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he can now inform the House whether the difficulties whereby the French licensing system was operating invidiously against the importing of British...
10. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has any information indicating the increased cost to British shipping using the Suez Canal since this country abandoned the Gold Standard,...
12. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will consider giving the necessary notice for the denunciation of our existing commercial treaties with foreign countries so that we may not be...
30. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether, in view of the fact that Danish exports to the United Kingdom during the three years 1929 to 1931 totalled£146,992,439,...
31. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department if he will state the import duties per pound now charged upon tea entering the Irish Free State?
49. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the duty on works of art entering this country is levied on works executed by British artists with British materials; whether such works of art...
5. asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of factories in Great Britain at present producing grease-proof paper?
11. asked the President of the Board of Trade how many new industries have been started in the county of Durham since the inception of the tariff policy of the Government?
13. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the dumping of china tea sets and other china ware in this country at a price below the cost of production even in the foreign...
Mr. REMIER: 51. (for Mr. HAMMERS-LEY) asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what has been the result of his appeal to the joint stock banks to pass on to industry the benefit of cheap money?
7. asked the President of the Board of Trade with regard to the extra charge which is now being made for the foreshore of the different seaside resorts of the country, what charge has been made...
14. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether any firms carrying out armament contracts for the Government allow foreigners to visit the works for the purpose of instruction?
15. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office why Indian students at the British universities are debarred from joining the Officers Training Corps at their respective colleges; and whether...
16. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office the number of Army officers retired who are now employed under Government and are in receipt of pay plus pension; and what the annual cost to...
17. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of able-bodied persons assisted with rent grants up to 1st May, 1932, since the Glasgow Corporation took over public assistance duties;...
18. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he can give the average tender price of all types of houses approved by his Department in the first five months of this year, as against the...
19. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he can now state the result of the inquiry of the Inter-Departmental Committee on prices of building materials into the price of glazed fire-clay...
22. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that the number of Scottish agricultural workers has decreased during the period 1926 to 1931 by 13,629, or 10.8 per cent.; and...
23. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the limits and seasons within which seine-net fishing is at present permitted in the Firth of Forth under by-laws issued by the Fishery Board for...
25. asked the hon. And gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, what were the prices paid for ewes and lambs, eild ewes, ewe hoggs, and rams by the Forestry Commission...
26. asked the President of the Board of Education what would be the estimated amount of revenue obtainable by imposing a school fee of 10s. per annum on parents for each elementary scholar under...
28. asked the Postmaster-General whether the India Tyre and Rubber Company, Inchinnan, is on the list of contractors to his Department?
29. asked the Postmaster-General whether he will inquire into the use made by the Press of the right to send telegrams below the cost of the service with a view to considering whether this...
32. asked the hon. Member for Central Leeds, as representing the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, whether the Ecclesiastical Commissioners accept any responsibility for housing conditions where they...
Viscountess ASTOR: 40. asked the Minister of Health if he can state how many people live more than two in a room; how many more than three in a room; and how many in even more crowded conditions...
34. asked the Minister of Labour if he will state, to the nearest convenient date, the number of brewery and distillery workers wholly or partially unemployed in Perth and Perthshire,...
36. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that the giving out of the green card at Employment Exchanges is not properly understood by the unemployed who are refused it; and will he cause a...
35. asked the Minister of Labour if his attention has been drawn to a stoppage of work at three firms of nut and bolt makers at Atherton, Lancashire, where some 400 male and female workers are at...
37. asked the Minister of Transport if he will state which officials are responsible for examination of first-aid equipment when a public service vehicle is presented for licensing under the Road...
38. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will give a list of the countries which have declared a default in respect to the payment of their debts?
42. asked the Minister of Health if he will state what is the composition and cost of the Parliamentary Department of the Ministry of Health?
Mr. LINDSAY: 52. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he can now make any statement as to the extension of hours worked by Customs officials to conform with normal dock working...
43. asked the Minister of Health the number of contributors under the National Health Insurance Acts who refuse or omit to nominate or select a doctor from the panel, and approximately the total...
44. asked the Minister of Health what steps are taken by his Department to ensure that liquid eggs imported into this country are certified fit for human consumption before being sold for that...
46. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give a list of the countries which are no longer on the Gold Standard?
54. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will give particulars of the cases recently heard in Kenya in connection with the enforcement of compulsory military service?
27. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will state the circumstances under which sums of money have been granted to various county and borough councils for the purposes of technical education...
(by Private Notice) asked the Home Secretary with reference to the case of Frederick Hayter, aged 17, who was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for abduction at Salisbury Assizes on 28th May,...
May I ask the Lord President of the Council how far he proposes to go this evening?
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Chairmen's Panel; That they had appointed Sir William Jenkins to act as Chairman of Standing Committee A (in respect of the Patents and Designs Bill [Lords]).
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee A: Lieut.-Colonel Sir Mervyn Manningham-Buller; and had...
That they have agreed to,—
Considered in Committee [Progress, 13th June].
Motion made, and Question proposed [13th June], "That the Clause stand part of the, Bill."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Mr. Edward Williams.
I beg to move, in page 5, line 27, to leave out the word "may", and to insert instead thereof the word "shall". On this Amendment it might be for the convenience of the Committee if I argued the...
1.30 a.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill".
I beg to move, in page 8, line 1, to leave out the word "thereafter." The date "31st December" is mentioned, and if the word "thereafter" remained and was related to that date, there are certain...
I beg to move, in page 10, line 6, after the word "shall," to insert the words: save as otherwise expressly provided therein. This Amendment is necessary to give effect to the provisions of the...
(1) In section fifty-six of the principal Act (which relates to married women) for Sub-sections (1) to (3) there shall be substituted the following Sub-sections: — (1) Where a woman, being...
Any scheme made under Sub-section (1) of section seventy-five of the principal Act which is in operation at the date of the passing of this Act shall cease to have effect on the Sunday preceding...
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