Monday, 13 February 1933
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock.
The CLERK at the TABLE informed the House of the unavoidable absence of Mr. SPEAKER from this day's Sitting.
Bridlington Corporation Bill,
1. asked the Secretary of State for India if he will state what action he has taken or proposes to take on the Round Table Conference Report on Anglo-Indian Education; and when does he expect the...
2. asked the Secretary of State for India what was the total amount of India's gold reserves in each of the past 10 years; and what action the Government propose to take with a view to...
3. asked the Secretary of State for India what remissions of rent, revenue, and irrigation dues, respectively, have been made in the several provinces of British India during each of the past...
4 and 5. asked the Secretary of State for India (1) in what circumstances the General Officer Commander in Chief, Southern Command, India, recently issued an order prohibiting Sikhs in the Royal...
6. asked the Secretary of State for India if, in view of the result of the recent election held in Burma on the separation issue, he will state the policy of His Majesty's Government in regard to...
7. asked the Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to the decision of the Government of India to drop the Delhi conspiracy case, in which, the 14 prisoners were...
8. asked the Secretary of State for India whether it is proposed to restore, in the coming financial year, the cuts in salaries made in the civil, military, and railway all-India services,...
9. asked the Secretary of: State for India whether he has received any information as to the judgment of the High Court of Calcutta with reference to the right of the Governor-General to...
10. asked the Secretary of State for India whether there is in existence any trade or economic treaty between the Government of India and the Government of Tibet; and, if so, what are the terms...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. DONNER:
12. asked the Secretary of State for India what were the imports of foreign salt into India up to the 31st March, 1932, having regard to the provisions of the Salt (Additional Import Duty) Act,...
13. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he has considered the resolution passed at the All-India Medical Council, held at Lucknow, and sent to him, requesting the Government not to...
14. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he is in a position to inform the House of the names of members of the Indian Civil Service who are at present attached to the Indian States by...
16. asked the Secretary of State for India whether the Government of India have provided or have under consideration the question of providing a sinking fund in connection with the public debt of...
17. asked the Secretary of State for India the precise effect of sentences of transportation and rigorous imprisonment, respectively, imposed upon those found guilty in the Meerut conspiracy case?
18. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he has considered the terms of the resolutions passed at the Bidi Labour Conference held at Kamptee and sent to him, requesting the Government...
19. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the Italian Government forbids its nationals to sail in British ships where any Italian shipping line is available and that...
Mr. PRICE: 20. asked the Secretary of State for India whether the Government of India is prepared to consider the advisability of legislation to provide for the registration of trade marks in India?
Mr. PRICE: 21. asked the Secretary of State for India whether the Government of India will consider the advisability of introducing legislation to amend the law so as to secure power to detain...
22. asked the Secretary of State for India whether the Government of India will now be prepared to release Mr. Gandhi and other prominent members of the Congress party in order that they may get...
28. asked the Secretary of State for India what decision he has come to regarding the number of Indian States who must adhere to the proposed scheme of federation in order to make the scheme...
30. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he has considered the representations sent to him from the Berar All-Parties Committee with reference to the negotiations between H.E.H. the...
32. asked the Secretary of State for India whether the Government of India have considered the representations made to them for the recognition by them of the Indian Women's University at Poona;...
35. asked the Secretary of State for India what action is to be taken by the Government of India in response to the application made to them by the All-India Railwaymen's Union for the...
40. asked the Secretary of State for India how many prisoners in the gaol at Rajahamundry are on hunger strike, and for what period they have been on hunger strike?
42. asked the Secretary of State for India on what grounds the exhibition of a film entitled Gandhi sees the King, produced by the British Screen News Company, has been prohibited in any province...
43. asked the Secretary of State for India if he will give the House information as to the lathi charge made by the police on the prisoners in Cannanore Gaol on the 31st of December; whether any...
44. asked the Secretary of State for India what were the taxable capacities, and the expenditure per capita on education and sanitation, respectively, in the several provinces of British India...
47. asked the Secretary of State for India what was the nature of the representations received by the Government of India from bodies purporting to speak for the depressed classes before refusing...
48. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the Government of India have refused to accede to the request that the fine of Rs.80,000 levied on the Chittagong municipality...
49. asked the Secretary of State for India whether there is now any considerable boycott of the sale of British textile goods in India?
56. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the fact that the conspiracy for participation in which certain individuals have been lately sentenced at Meerut was...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether the forthcoming discussions at Washington will be confined to the question of debt payments?
46. asked the Prime Minister whether it is proposed to review the question of Ministerial salaries; and, if so, when?
51. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is in a position to make a statement with regard to the recent fighting at Shanhaikwan and the situation as it is at present?
52. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that more than a year has elapsed since negotiations were opened with the Brazilian authorities responsible for the...
57. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the number of visitors from America to this country in 1932, and what their average expenditure was per head; and whether, with a view to...
59. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the character of the naval war-film "Morenrot" now being exhibited throughout Germany, in which men...
60. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government have yet come to a decision as to whether they will accept the invitation of the Netherlands Government to a conference...
62. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department the progress made in arriving at means to overcome frozen remittances now proving such a handicap to our foreign trade?
93. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether there is any undertaking on the part of the Canadian Government that the Canadian. Tariff Board will be so constituted that it cannot...
64. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will state the amount of uncollected tithes in each of the last three years?
65. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has yet been able to trace the cause of the recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease; and what has been the expenditure incurred to date in...
66. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he can now state what have been the results of the discussions that took place during the past week with the representatives of bacon importing countries...
92. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs what subsidy is granted by the Irish Free State Government on cattle, sheep, and pigs exported to this country; and whether the duties...
73. asked the Postmaster-General what steps are being taken in rural areas to increase letter-postal facilities by placing post-boxes on motor-omnibuses which pass through outlying towns and...
75. asked the Postmaster-General what response has been made by the small investor to the institution of stamp savings books in connection with the Post Office Savings Bank?
76. asked the Post master-General whether he is now in a position to state what sum of money will be available to his Department for development work during the current year?
Mr. CAMPBELL: 77. asked the First Commissioner of Works if he has any thing further to report in regard to amending the inscription on the floor of Westminster Hall regarding the trial of Warren...
78. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he will issue instructions that the hardwood used in building contracts entered into by his Department shall be of Empire origin?
80. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the total population of Trinidad at the last census, according to sex and age; the total number of persons on the electoral roll according to...
81. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the nature of the instructions issued by the Department of Education in Kenya, with a view to the exercise of pressure in the matter of the...
85. asked the Minister of Labour if he has reached any decision with regard to the chairmanship of the new cotton industry conciliation committee; and, if so, whether he can make any statement on...
86. asked the Minister of Labour if the commissioners who are administering transitional payments in Durham will report to him on their work; whether such report will be laid upon the Table; and...
89. asked the Minister of Labour if he will state the latest information as to the number of unemployed persons in Germany and the United States of America, together with the corresponding...
90. asked the Minister of Labour if he will state on what grounds it is intended to give £15,000 instead of £10,000 to the National Council of Social Service; and can he give the names...
91. asked the Lord President of the Council whether, in view of the importance of civil and military aviation to the British Empire, and of his statement of 10th November last that the...
May I ask the Prime Minister how far he intends to go with business, if the Motion on the Paper for the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule is carried? May I also ask if the Prime Minister is...
Estimate presented,—of a further Sum required to be voted for the service of the year ending 31st March, 1933 [by Command]; Referred to the Committee of Supply, and to be printed.
As amended, considered.
The powers of the London County Council under the Thames River Steamboat Service Act, 1904, with respect to the provision of a service of passenger vessels on the River Thames shall be...
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The following Amendments stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. ANNESLEY SOMERVILLE:
Amendment made: In page 29, line 4, after the word "District," insert the word "Traction."—[Mr. Pybus.]
Amendments made: In page 29, line 14, after the word "District," insert the word "Traction."
I beg to move to leave out the Clause. In view of a new Clause which is to be inserted in the Bill Clause 19 is now not necessary.
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Amendment made: In page 43, line 13, leave out the word "section," and insert instead thereof the word "Act."—[Mr. Pybus.]
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I beg to move, in page 49, line 30, at the end, to insert the words: (c) the discharge of any liability imposed on or incurred by the board under section sixteen or section seventeen of this Act....
Amendments made: In page 55, line 34, leave out the word "part," and insert instead thereof the word "parts."
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Amendments made: In page 66, line 14, leave out the word "vehicle," and insert instead thereof the word "vehicles."
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Amendment made: In page 71, line 40, leave out the word "and."—[Mr. Pybus.]
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Amendment made: In page 77, line 10, leave out the word "a," and insert instead thereof the word "the."—[Mr. Pybus.]
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Amendments made: In page 92, line 28, after the second word "the," insert the word "three."
Amendments made: In page 96, line 2, after the word "or," insert the word "on."
Amendment made: In page 100, line 2, after the word "Limited," insert the words: and in the case of the Tramways (M.E.T.) Omnibus Company, Limited."—[Mr. Pybus.]
Amendment made: In page 103, line 19, after the word "agreement," insert the word "as."—[Mr. Pybus.]
Amendments made: In page 106, line 10, after the word "Stock)," insert the words "in this Section referred to as 'new assented stock.' "
Amendments made: In page 116, line 4, leave out the words "those holders," and insert instead thereof the words: such persons as may be certified by the company to be holders of existing...
Amendment made: In page 120, line 17, leave out the words "of Transport."— [Mr. Pybus.]
Amendment made: In page 120, line 24, after the word "in," insert the word "the."— [Mr. Pybus.]
Amendment made: In page 127, line 29, leave out the word "Company."—[Mr. Pybus.]
Amendment made: In page 128, line 12, leave out the word "Tramway," and insert instead thereof the word "Tramways."— [Mr. Pybus.]
Amendment made: In page 131, line 20, after the word "or," insert the words "due and."—[Mr. Pybus.]
Amendments made: In page 136, line 27, leave out the word "Omnibus," and insert instead thereof the word "Bus."
Amendment made: In page 144, line 22, col. 2, leave out "B," and insert instead thereof the words, "5 per cent., 'B'."—[Mr. Pybus.]
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Amendment made: In page 154, line 22, leave out the word "or," and insert instead thereof the word "and."—(Mr. Pybus.)
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Order for Second Reading read.
Resolution reported, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to provide for the reduction of the subsidies payable to local authorities in Scotland under Section two of the...
Resolved, That the Order made by the Secretary of State under the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, for extending Section one of that Act to the borough of Walthamstow, which was presented on the...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."— [Captain Margesson.]
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