Monday, 20 June 1932
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Oakham Gas and Electricity Bill,
3. asked the Secretary of State for India whether the Government of India is in possession of the views of the inspectors general of police in Indian regarding the position of the police forces...
5. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware of the feeling in Burma that, in view of the nature and extent of the omissions, the course proposed by the Government of revising...
2. asked the Secretary of State for India the latest information he has as to the situation in India?
4. asked the Secretary of State for India if he will give an indication as to when the Government hope to be in a position to make an announcement concerning, their provisional decisions in...
6. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has any information as to whether the Japanese Government is arranging that the proportionate amount of the Manchurian Customs required...
Mr. WEST RUSSELL: 7. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will inquire of the Brazilian Government the specific reasons for the continued delay in bringing to an agreed...
8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what action was taken by the Council of the League of Nations at their May session with regard to the petition lodged by Colonel Suszko...
10. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will ascertain from the Argentine Government its attitude towards the investment of British capital in the Anglo-Argentine tramways; and...
11. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any inquiries have been made from the parents of the late Miss Violet Sharpe, who live at Beenham, Berkshire, for evidence to 'help...
13. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can make any further statement on the present situation in Chile in relation to the British interests affected by recent changes in the...
15. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether his attention has been called to the difficulties which have arisen in the discussions between the representatives of Lancashire...
Captain WATT: 16. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department the number of countries that have imposed restrictions on the payment of external commercial debts?
18. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he is aware of the restrictions placed upon the importation into Denmark of the products of a certain cycle company; and whether...
19. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department if he can make any report of the result of the recent visit of the Scottish trade mission ship to Canada?
20. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department the total amount repaid on account of credits for exports to Russia from 1st August, 1929, to the 31st May, 1932, and the total amount...
22. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether there has been any improvement in the balance of trade with Russia during the last six months?
34. asked the President of the Board of Trade the amounts of imports into this country from foreign countries and from the British Empire, respectively, of feeding meat meal and 'bone meal for...
37. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he has considered the communication sent to him from the Mining Association asking the Government to use the Import Duties Act as a weapon with...
21. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department the total numbers of the staff employed at the Overseas Trade Department in the year 1931, and the total amount of their salaries?
40. asked the Minister of Health, for the year 1913 and the latest available year, respectively, the number of forms sent by his Ministry to local authorities for the purposes of returns, and,...
24. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is now able to state the Government's policy for dealing with pigs, meat, barley, and oats?
25. asked the Minister of Agriculture if his attention has been called to the continued importation of chickens from Russia which are being sold wholesale at 5d. a pound; if he is aware of the...
26. asked the Minister of Agriculture the present prices of wheat, barley, and oats paid to farmers in the United States of America and the prices paid to Canadian farmers for the same cereals?
27. asked the Minister of Agriculture what machinery is being used to ensure that the 10 per cent. duty on barley falls with greater severity on the brewing and malting quality than upon the...
28. asked the Minister of Agriculture the result of the inquiry by the Ministry of Agriculture as to the existence of musk rats in Surrey?
29. asked the Postmaster General whether he is aware that certain parcels containing liquid gold, posted in Germany, have taken from 15 to 18 days in reaching their destination in North...
30. asked the Postmaster-General whether he will consider allowing Members of Parliament the free use of the telephone for six minutes on each weekday when the House is sitting, so that they...
31. asked the Postmaster-General the amount of money stolen from telephone kiosks during the last six months; the number of boxes pillaged; and the number of convictions during this period or to...
36. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will consider taking steps to co-ordinate into one service the services administered by the Northern Lights Commissioners, the Irish Lights...
38. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that numbers of operatives in the Milnrow and Rochdale area who went to sign on at the Employment Exchange on Tuesday, 24th May, after the...
Captain CAZALET: 41. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when the report recently made by Lord Moyne will be published?
Captain CAZALET: 42. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can give the House any information as regards the recent Governors' Conference at Dar-es-Salaam; and what...
43. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs if he has any information as to the number of unoccupied farms in Canada arising from the continued depression?
44. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether the two men in the second battalion Scots Guards at Aldershot, who recently died of spotted fever, were originally diagnosed as...
45. asked the Prime Minister if he will initiate a national campaign to emphasise the injury caused to the State by unnecessary private economy by private individuals; and if he will take steps...
46. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that members of the A Division Metropolitan Police are expected to instruct on beat members of the special...
49. asked the Minister of Transport what statistics his Department keeps of the causes of road accidents?
50. asked the Minister of Transport details of the staff under the direction of the traffic commissioners for Scotland (Northern area)?
48. asked the Minister of Transport if he can make any statement on the negotiations with the London County Council about Waterloo Bridge?
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Transport whether he can make a statement on the accident to a train travelling from Crewe to Birmingham which took place on the London, Midland and...
32. asked the Attorney- General,, in view of the demand for cheaper law, the reason for the retention of the War-time impost of 33⅓ per cent. addition to solicitors' bills of costs?
33. asked the President of the Board of Trade under what powers an order was made on 19th December, 1927, to examine the affairs and trading accounts of the St. Mary's Shipping Company, Cardiff;...
39. (for Mr. PRICE) asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the number of foreign officers receiving training with the Royal Air Force and the estimated income from fees; and whether the...
Will the Lord President of the Council tell us the purpose for which the Motion suspending the Eleven o'clock Rule to-night is to be moved, and whether he intends to sit late on the Hire Purchase...
STANDING COMMITTEE C.
Second Report of the Select Committee, with Minutes of Evidence and Appendices, brought up and read.
[14TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £45,964, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £2.7.50,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
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As amended (in the Standing Committee) considered.
I beg to move, in page 2, line 24, to leave out from the word "owner" to the second word "the," in line 27. Before I speak upon this Amendment, I should like your guidance, Mr. Speaker, as to...
I beg to move, in page 3, line 23, to leave out the word "sum," and to insert instead thereof the word" amount."
I beg to move, in page 4, line 1,, after the word "person," to insert the words "as owner or tenant." The Amendment is to give effect to an undertaking given in the Scottish Standing Committee....
I beg to move, in page 4, line 15, to leave out from the words "moveables," to the end of the Sub-section. The Amendment means that the individual hirer would not be in any fear of being put into...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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