Monday, 19 June 1933
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
2. asked the Secretary of State for India whether the Government of India have under consideration, with regard to the Japanese menace to Indian coastal shipping, the carrying into effect of the...
3. asked the Secretary of State for India whether any decision has been reached with regard to the future administration of Aden; and what action the Government of India propose to take with a...
4. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he has now considered fully the statement by the Government of Bengal and the Government of India regarding the accusations brought against the...
5. (for Mr. JOHN) asked the Secretary of State for India whether the Government of India have been made aware of the boycott of Indian traders in the southern district of Ceylon; and, if so, what...
5. (for Mr. JOHN) asked the Secretary of State for India what action it is proposed to take with regard to the representations received by His Majesty's Government from judicial service...
7. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can make a statement regarding the release of the British officers of the steamer "Nanchang?"
11. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will state the average price of fat lambs at the present time and at this time last year?
13. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is yet in a position to make an announcement regarding the Government's Measures to assist growers of oats and barley?
14. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that the weight of beef and mutton imported in May, 1933, was 10 per cent. greater than in May, 1932, and...
15. asked the Minister of Agriculture the present position as the result of his conversations with representatives of the Dominions regarding the importation of dairy produce into the United Kingdom?
Brigadier-General BROWN: 12. (for Major CARVER) asked the Minister of Agriculture to what extent his Department concerns itself with the maintenance and development of the British light-horse...
16. asked the Postmaster-General whether, with a view to promoting trade between this country and India, he will negotiate with the Government of India regarding the possibility of making a...
17. asked the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been called to the frequency of interference with wireless broadcast reception owing to electric tramway and trolley omnibus services;...
23. asked the Minister of Health what progress is being made in the better housing campaign in rural areas, especially as regards the fuller use of the reconditioning Act of 1926 and the Slum...
24. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he can make a statement with regard to the dispute in the herring-fishing industry; and whether he has considered the advisability of his...
27. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in drawing up any legislation in connection with the report of the Royal Commission on Lotteries and Betting, he will take into...
29. asked the Home Secretary if he is now in a position to make a statement with regard to the Committee on Imprisonment for Debt?
31. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Treasury embargo against the purchase in London of foreign-owned securities extends only to certain classes of such securities and only to...
32. asked the Minister of Transport what progress has been made in the Guildford and Godalming by-pass on the London and Portsmouth road, which was commenced in 1929; how much of the new road...
33. asked the Minister of Transport what is the cause of the delay in the completion of Western Avenue; how much of the avenue has been completed and how much remains to be carried out; whether...
19. (for Mr. THORNE) asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he will reconsider the decision to stop the privilege of funeral leave granted to the industrial staff of his Department, in...
10. (for Mr. COCKS) asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make any statement respecting the position in Austria and the relations between the Governments of Austria and...
22. (for Mr. THORNE) asked the hon. Member for Central Leeds, as representing the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, the income drawn by the Commissioners from lands in Paddington for each of the last...
28. (for Mr. THORNE) asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that the delay in issuing the necessary regulations for the administration of the Metropolitan Police (Staff Superannuation and...
30. (for Sir PERCY HARRIS) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the condition appearing in the prospectus of the German External Loan of 1924, issued by the Bank of England,...
As amended, considered.
(1) If, on an application made in the prescribed manner by the owner of a vessel specified in the application, not being a pleasure yacht, it is shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioners...
Income from a pension granted to a widow for the loss of her husband as a result of war service shall be exempt from Income Tax (including Super-tax) and shall not be reckoned in computing income...
If any person who is assessable to Income Tax proves to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue that he has a relative living with him who has been denied, wholly or in part,...
Section thirty of the Finance Act, 1922 (which relates to residuary legacies to charitable institutions) shall have effect subject to the following amendments: — (a) For the words "the...
(1) The provisions of this section shall have effect in relation to sur-tax due from any person (in this section referred to as the "beneficiary") to whom, or for whose benefit any income or any...
(1) So much of the amount assessed in each of the five years ending on the twenty-fifth day of March, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, in any land tax parish on account of the unredeemed quota...
Rule 8 of No. V, in Schedule A, as amended by section twenty-five (Amendments of Rule 8 of No. V in Schedule A) of the Finance Act, 1924, shall have effect as if at the end of paragraph (2)...
Rule 4 in No. VII. in Schedule A to the Income Tax Act, 1918, shall have effect as if the words "or any land" were added after "house," in line 3, and the words "or the land" were added after...
Where an estate in respect of which Estate Duty is payable on the death of a person dying after the commencement of this Act comprises or consists of agricultural property there shall be deducted...
(1) Notwithstanding anything in section ninety-five of the Spirits Act, 1880 British liqueurs and perfumed spirits may be ware housed in accordance with that section for home consumption, and...
Where, on a claim for relief under section thirty-three of the Income Tax Act, 1918, made by a company, society, or bank for any year of assessment after the year 1932–33 in respect of the...
No customs duties shall be charged on the importation of articles which are shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioners to have been awarded abroad to any person for distinction in art,...
As from the first day of January, nineteen hundred and thirty-four, the Second Schedule to the Finance Act, 1920, shall be amended by the substitution in paragraph 6 thereof of the words—...
Section twenty-two of the Finance Act, 1921, which provides for the issue of licences for mechanically-propelled vehicles for periods less than a year shall have effect in its application to a...
Notwithstanding anything in the First Schedule to the Finance (1909–10) Act, 1910, with respect to the minimum quantity of spirits which may in England be sold by a person holding the...
I am aware that great interest is taken in the question of the taxation of hydrocarbon oils and, therefore, it may be convenient to allow a general discussion on the Amendment standing in the...
10.44 p.m.
Considered in Committee, and reported, without Amendment; read the Third time, and passed, without Amendment.
Resolution reported: That, for the purpose of any Act of the present Session (hereinafter referred to as the said Act') to continue in force for a further period the Unemployment Insur- ance Act,...
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 Mitcham, which was presented on...
Resolved, That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1882 to 1928, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport under the Electricity (Supply)...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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