Wednesday, 14 June 1933
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what further steps have been taken or are being taken to give effect to the recommendations contained in the Lytton Report; and whether the...
3. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will give the number of commanders, lieutenant-commanders, and lieutenants (ex-mate), and sub-lieutenants (ex-lower deck) now serving on the...
Captain GUEST: 4. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has now received from the Governor of Kenya Colony the alternative proposals to the imposition of an Income Tax designed...
5. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can state the date when the Labour party offices in Malta were raided; the nature of the documents confiscated; and whether the secretary...
7. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will now give further information about the case of Mr. Victor Eluaka, who was flogged publicly at the market of Buruku, in the Plateau...
8. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what action he has decided to take on Sir Samuel Wilson's report on his visit to Malaya?
9. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what changes, if any, have taken place in the educational system in Cyprus during the last 12 months?
13. asked the First Commissioner of Works if instructions are now being given by his Department that all materials used on and for the building work which comes directly or indirectly under their...
11. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state the increase or decrease in staff in the last two years in the following branches of the Colonial Service, administrative,...
14. asked the First Commissioner of Works, with regard to the proposal to raise the parapet of the Terrace of the Palace of Westminster by a foot, whether he will assure the House that the...
15. asked the Postmaster-General by what method it is proposed to allocate to advertising British air mail services the surplus which resulted from air mail operations during 1932?
16. asked the President of the Board of Trade with which foreign countries negotiations are now being carried on with a view to new trade agreements?
17. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether in view of the taxation of fuel oil, it is proposed to introduce legislation to enable the gas industry to supply gas at special rates to...
18. asked the President of the Board of Trade the value and volume of world trade in the years 1929, 1930, 1931 and 1932, and the estimated percentage of these figures shown by the trade of the...
20. asked the Minister of Health if he will state, as on the latest convenient date, the number of cases in which unemployment benefit has been supplemented by grants from public assistance...
Mr. PRICE: 34. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in considering an application for transitional payment, a public assistance committee is acting in conformity with the regulations in ignoring...
35. asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons who have been deprived of unemployment benefit by decisions of the court of referees from 31st May, 1931, to the same date in 1933,...
37. asked the Minister of Labour if any estimate has been made of the numbers of juveniles, within the age limits 14 to 18, who will be unemployed in 1936 and 1937?
23. asked the Secretary for Mines what has been the average price of heavy hydrocarbon fuel-oil in Great Britain during each quarter of the past three years?
24. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he can now state what steps he is taking to ensure that the distressed British migrants who went to Australia under a scheme for...
31. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the Government's intentions with regard to the payment of the next instalment of our war debt to the United States of America?
27. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can state how many visits of inspection were made by the police and the inspectors under the Performing Animals (Regulation)...
30. asked the Home Secretary if he is aware that a machine gun in good condition was handed in at a Newcastle police station on 29th May; and whether he will consider what steps can be taken to...
Mr. PRICE: 32. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of individuals owing sums of more than £10,000 in respect of Income Tax; the largest amount owing by one individual; and the...
6. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what action it is proposed to take in the matter of the representations received by his Excellency the Governor of Uganda from the Central Council...
21 and 22. asked the Secretary of State for India (1) whether his attention has been drawn to the case of the second officer of the steamer "Ellora," whose certificate was wrongly suspended for a...
25. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the total number of persons who have made applications to Glasgow Corporation for municipal houses who are not yet placed; and the sizes of each type...
(by Private Notice) asked the Lord President of the Council whether, in view of the importance of the statement which was made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the World Economic Conference...
(by Private Notice) asked the Lord President of the Council whether, in view of the fact that it has been arranged that the Chancellor of the Exchequer shall make a statement this evening, and in...
"to provide that the production of goods in the United Kingdom by aliens shall be controlled by licence; and for purposes connected therewith, presented by Mr. Mitcheson; supported by Mr....
That they have agreed to,—
Read the First time, and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
Order for Second Reading read.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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 Urban District of Uxbridge, which was presented on...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
Debates in the House of Commons are an opportunity for MPs from all parties to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.
And sometimes to shout at each other.
