Thursday, 23 February 1933
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
I have been asked by the Trustees of the British Museum to present a petition which they have to submit to this House annually explaining the financial position and praying for aid. The petition...
I beg to present a petition signed by 2,523 householders and electors in the burgh of Port Glasgow praying that the maximum rents allowed to be charged on controlled houses be reduced to the...
St. Helens Corporation Bill (by Order). Second Reading deferred till Tuesday next.
"to extend the boundaries of the city of Durham and Framwelgate; to make further and better provision for the improvement, health, local government, and finance of the city; and for other...
1. asked the Minister of Labour if he will state on what grounds the representative of His Majesty's Government at the recent preparatory technical conference of the International Labour...
4. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that the Insurance Unemployment Board, which controls the insurance industry special scheme for unemployment insurance, is charging insurance agents...
5. asked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed in Mexborough in January, 1932, and in January, 1933?
6. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that the Lancashire County Council has sent out instructions to the public assistance committees in the Leigh area that in determining transitional...
11. asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons unemployed in the mining industry in the years 1930, 1931 and 1932; the number to whom training was given; and the number successfully...
9. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that persons whose compensation is suspended under the Workmen's Compensation Act pending the decision of the medical referee are not allowed to...
12. asked the Minister of Labour upon what Vote and Sub-head the salaries of the Commissioners appointed to administer the means test in the county of Durham are borne?
Viscountess ASTOR: 16. asked the Minister of Labour what is the total number of juveniles between 14 and 18 years of age at present in employment; and what is the number out of work between 14...
19. asked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed in the Doncaster district on 1st February, 1932, and on 1st February, 1933?
20. asked the Minister of Labour if his attention has been drawn to the volunteer work scheme in Germany, whereby work has been provided for 200,000 youths on schemes of communal service; and if...
32. asked the Minister of Health if he has any information as to the number of cases in any convenient recent period in which unemployment benefit has been supplemented by grants by public...
13. asked the Minister of Labour what has been the total British expenditure in connection with the International Labour Office since its inception; and what has been the total amount received in...
Viscountess ASTOR: 22. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is the intention of the Government to bring before Parliament at an early date legislation authorising local...
23. asked the Home Secretary whether it is now the practice for the Director of Public Prosecutions to seek his approval before applying for process against individuals under the statute of...
24. asked the Home Secretary what action has been taken by Scotland Yard in response to the two applications from Avry Bey Delvina asking for information regarding the death of his sister Madame...
25. asked the Home Secretary by whom he was consulted as to the giving of his approval to the application for process by the Director of Public Prosecutions against Mr. Tom Mann and Mr. Emrhys...
26. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the existence of a Fun Fair Zoo in Coventry Street; and if he is satisfied that the accommodation provided for the animals...
27. asked the Home Secretary what provision, is made for the pension of the widow of a policeman in the event of the man dying two years after entering the force?
Captain MACDONALD: 28. asked the Home Secretary whether he can make a statement regarding the recent occurrences at Winchester and Parkhurst Prisons?
Viscountess ASTOR: 30. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education what is the total number of children who entered school at five years of age last year; and what proportion of...
Mr. PRICE: 31. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the public assistance committee of the West Riding County Council has decided that all disability pensions shall be taken into...
37. asked the Minister of Health what steps are take by his department to ensure that, in the administration of test work, care should be taken that other men are not thereby deprived of regular...
34. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the comments in the Report of the Milk Reorganisation Committee on the unfairness of the Food and Drugs Adulteration Act,...
36. asked the Minister of Health the result of the inquiry by the Central Valuation Committee as to the desirability of issuing a communication to local authorities regarding the assessment of...
Brigadier-General BROWN: 38. asked the Minister of Health whether, in order to avoid the unnecessary expense entailed by a revaluation every five years, he will consider amending the Rating and...
41. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the number of deaths from annual influenza epidemics, which in the first few weeks of this year amounted to over 10,000, and of the...
42. asked the Minister of Health whether his reply to the Ardsley (Yorks) Urban District Council, refusing to sanction the raising of a loan to build 50 houses for aged people until it is proved...
43. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the estimated expenditure for the current financial year in terms of the wholesale price level of 1920?
49. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the percentage increase or decrease in the taxation of tea in 1931–32 as compared with 1913–14?
52. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of gold purchased by this country in America since the payment of the last instalment of the American debt, and the purpose of such purchases?
54. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many standard barrels of beer were charged for duty in 1914, 1930, and 1932, respectively; and what was the duty levied upon beer in those three years?
44. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how soon he hopes to be in a position to inform the House as to whether any Minister or Ministers of the Crown will be going to Washington to discuss the...
45. asked the Prime Minister if he proposes to set up any machinery for the purpose of supervising the working of the Ottawa Agreements in the interests of British industry and commerce?
46. asked the Prime Minister whether he can indicate when the work of the Government will turn, as promised, from contraction to scientific expansion; and whether he will further indicate the...
48. asked the Prime Minister if his attention has been called to the interviews recently granted by the Minister of Agriculture and the Secretary of State for War to the Danish newspaper...
Mr. A. RAMSAY: 62. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs what proportion of Empire labour content is demanded by the respective signatories in respect of preferences given under the...
50. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the percentage increase or decrease in the consumption of tea in 1931–32 as compared with 1913–14?
51. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the present state of the negotiations between his Department and the directors of the Cunard Steamship Company in regard to the completion of...
55. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been called to the fact that the annual issue of vests and trousers to the messengers attached to the Land Registry in...
56. asked the Minister of Agriculture what progress is being made in connection with experiments in home-grown flax; and if he is in a position to give any information as to the (possibilities of...
Brigadier-General BROWN: 57. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that during the recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease round Reading travellers from various firms visited...
58. asked the Minister of Agriculture what was the average price of barley grown in England in 1929, 1930, 1931, and 1932, respectively?
59. asked the Minister of Agriculture the number of persons employed in hop growing in the years 1914, 1930, and 1932?
60. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs how the staff of the Protectorates in South Africa is recruited; and whether he will consider appointments from the Colonial Service?
61. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs if, in view of the serious decline in the amount of coal exported to the Irish Free State since the imposition by them of duties on British...
64. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of persons who have been recommended by the Glasgow Corporation health department to their housing department for a change of house, due...
65. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the conviction, under the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act, 1889, registered this week against a Glasgow magistrate; and whether...
56. asked the Secretary for Mines whether his attention has been called to the further restrictions proposed on British coal imported into Spain; and in view of the effect which these...
68. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware that, arising out of a stoppage at the Bedwas Colliery, Monmouthshire, in 1930 to 1931, an official of his Department negotiated a settlement...
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister what will be the business of the House for next week?
Reported, without Amendment, from Standing Committee A.
"to amend the Ballot Act, 1872, so as to enable any blind voter at a poll regulated by that Act to avail himself of the assistance of a friend; and for purposes connected with the matter...
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Chairmen's Panel; That they had appointed Sir Samuel Roberts to act as Chairman of Standing Committee A (in respect of the Visiting Forces (British...
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee A: Mr. Crossley; and had appointed in substitution:...
Mr. William Nicholson further reported from the Committee; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee B (added in respect of the Dog Racing (Local Option) Bill): Mr....
Mr. William Nicholson further reported from the Committee; That they had discharged the following Member from the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills (added in respect of the Housing (Financial...
Order for Second Reading read.
REPORT [20TH FEBRUARY].
1. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £6,500, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
2. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £660, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1933,...
3. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £7,500, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
4. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £1,950, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
5. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £4,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £97 1s. 5d., be granted to His Majesty, to make good an Excess on the Grant for the Privy Council Office for the year ended 31st...
Resolution reported: That, in respect of each year in the second fixed grant period— (a) the amounts to be included in the General Exchequer Contribution for England, under paragraph (c) of...
"to determine in respect of the years in the second fixed grant period such of the amounts to be included in the General Exchequer Contribution for England and the General Exchequer Contribution...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."— [Captain Margesson.]
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