Thursday, 15 June 1933
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.),
Mr. RUTHERFORD: 3. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the growth of the district, he will consider the provision of an Employment Exchange in Edmonton?
13 and 15. asked the Minister of Labour (1) if he will consider, as an experiment, sanctioning the employment of labour, subsidised by transi- tional payment or unemployment benefit, on some...
32. asked the Minister of Health, in view of the representations made to him on behalf of 50 county councils asking him to proceed with schemes to provide work at wages for the unemployed,...
1. (for Mr. PRICE) asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons who have been deprived of benefit or transitional payments since the end of July, 1931?
4. (for Mr. McGOVERN) asked the Minister of Labour the total number of unemployed persons in the building trade up-to-date and the total unemployment benefit being paid?
5. (for Mr. McGOVERN) asked the Minister of Labour the total number of persons who have been refused benefit under the Anomalies Act up-to-date and the total weekly amount thereby saved?
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Scotland his reasons for refusing to meet a deputation of unemployed men who had marched from Glasgow to Edinburgh to voice the claims of the...
8 asked the Minister of Labour (1) by how much the real value of average weekly wages has risen or fallen as at 1st June, 1933, by comparison with the real value for the year 1924, using columns...
14. asked the Minister of Labour who are the British delegates to the Seventeenth General Conference of the International Labour Organisation now meeting at Geneva; and whether it is intended...
16. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that Joseph Patrick Brown, Neath, died on 21st March, 1933, suffering from silicosis with marked anthracosis, and...
18. asked the Home Secretary how many associations of coal owners in England and Wales have been asked by his Department to draw up a scheme dealing with miners' compensation; how many have...
20. asked the Home Secretary if he will state the principle underlying the granting of permits to hold flag days within the Metropolitan area; and the total number issued for the year 1933?
21. asked the Home Secretary if he will consider taking steps to reduce the number of accidents at Grosvenor Gardens, S.W.1?
22. asked the Home Secretary on what principles his Department- acts as regards excluding aliens from this country if their purpose is to institute a. system of labour which, in the opinion of...
23. asked the Home Secretary whether the Government is now prepared to appoint a committee to consider the question of imprisonment for debt?
24. asked the Home Secretary the amount estimated to have been subscribed to the various Irish sweepstakes, and the amounts distributed in prizes, in Great Britain; and whether he proposes to...
25. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education if he has received any reports from His Majesty's inspectors indicating excessive staffing in secondary schools?
26. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education, what action is being taken to ease the situation for teachers who left training colleges in July last and who have not yet been...
28. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education if he can state, as on the latest convenient date, the number of children remaining in elementary schools after the term in which...
31. asked the Minister of Health whether he will con- sider the advisability of taking steps to provide an all-in insurance scheme which will include national health, unemployment, old age...
37. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has had an opportunity of considering the representations made to him by the London Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with other bodies, for...
40. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that the tenants on the Anlaby Common allotments, near Hull, are being dispossessed of their holdings after upwards of 37 years' tenancy; and...
41. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give an assurance that, in connection with pending trade negotiations with Japan, no engagement will be entered into limiting the power of...
43. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the value of goods imported from the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics under special licence to the latest convenient date?
44. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the difficulty experienced by firms desirous of importing United Kingdom footwear into Czechoslovakia in...
46 and 47. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state (1) the tonnage and value of all imports into South Wales ports during the years 1930, 1931, and 1932, and the countries of...
48. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any technical process different in principle from those employed in this country will be used at the Bata shoe and slipper works, Dagenham?
55. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is now in a position to make a statement regarding Portuguese flag discrimination?
36. (for Sir NICHOLAS GRATTAN-DOYLE) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to the difficulties caused to British merchant shipping and exporting industries...
38. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that inconvenience and loss have been suffered by Scottish farmers owing to the delay on the part of the Import Duties Advisory Committee...
50. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department if he will find out from the British Government's representative in Sweden what was the average wholesale price at which kraft paper was...
51. asked the Under- Secretary of State for Air the number of motor vehicles supplied to the Air Ministry during each of the last four years; whether the Air Ministry adopt the practice of other...
52. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office what proportion of pupils are admitted to the staff college as the result of a competitive examination and what proportion are nominated for...
54. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the British Government is in a position to act forthwith in connection with any international economic sanction under the Covenant of the...
56. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will instruct His Majesty's Minister in Rio de Janeiro to ascertain and report the cause for the continued delay in terminating the...
33. (for Mr. PRICE) asked the Minister of Health if he can make any statement on the position of slum clearance?
35. (for Mr. T. SMITH) asked the Minister of Health whether he can say what proportion of all houses and what proportion of urban working-class houses are decontrolled?
34. (for Mr. T. WILLIAMS) asked the Minister of Health whether any steps have been taken towards carrying out the provision of a proper scheme of sewage disposal for the village of Bugbrooke,...
53. (for Mr. MORGAN JONES) asked the Secretary of State for India whether he has yet received the report of the proceedings of the recent session of the Burma Legislative Council; whether he is...
May I ask the Lord President of the Council what the business will be for next week, and also for what purpose he proposes to move the Motion standing on the Paper in his name?
Lieut.-Colonel Sir Arnold Talbot Wilson, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., C.M.G., D.S.O., for the County of Hertford (Hitchin Division).
Reported, with Amendments [Title amended]; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Estimate presented—of a further sum required to be voted for the service of the year ending 31st March, 1934 [by Command]; Referred to the Committee of Supply, and to be printed.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee.
I beg to move, in page 4, line 1, after the word "Act," to insert the words: the following Sub-section shall be added after Sub-section (4): —(5) The Secretary for Scotland shall as soon as...
The following Amendment stood upon the Order Paper:
In Section thirteen of the principal Act the following words shall be added at the end of the Section: "The examinations shall be held in Scotland."—[Mr. Milne].
For Sub-section (1) of Section eight of the principal Act the following Sub-section shall be substituted: (I)If (a) there is opposition to the Order and the opposition has not been withdrawn;...
Order for Second Reading read.
As amended (in the Standing Committee,) considered.
The following Amendment stood upon the Order Paper:
I beg to move, in page 8, line 26, after the word "be," to insert the words: an authorised seller of poisons.
5.15 p.m.
5.23 p.m.
Order for Second Beading read.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Womersley.]
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