Wednesday, 28 June 1933
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Middlesbrouģh Corporation Bill [Lords](by Order.
I beg leave to present a Petition to the House from Mr. Astley Bell, Mr. William Birtwistle, Mr. Herbert Johnson Mothersill and 3,620 other members of the Manchester Royal Exchange. The...
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the Government would be prepared to remove the embargo on Russian imports concurrently with the release of the two British prisoners in Russia?
3. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the present position in Northern China; what the terms of the recent armistice were; whether they have been carried out; and whether the League...
4. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been called to the decision of the German Government to order two armed police aeroplanes contrary to the provisions of...
5. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many of the officers now borne on the emergency list of the Royal Navy have received any form of naval training since the date of their last...
6. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of officers and ratings employed in the Admiralty yacht "Enchantress"; the last occasion on which this vessel went to sea; and the annual cost...
7. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what is the additional expenditure of tons of fuel and rounds of ammunition for the home and Mediterranean fleets to be incurred in the present financial...
8. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the reasons for the delay that appears not infrequently to occur in the actual laying down of ships ordered under the programmes of new construction?
9. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the Vice-Admiral commanding the Reserve Fleet is to tour the British Isles in his cruiser flagship for his annual inspection this year; and if so,...
10. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what is the estimated expense in the present financial year of running His Majesty's Ship "Centurion" as a fleet target ship with the attendant destroyer...
11. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the grave position of the cocoa industry in the West Indies, he intends to consider any scheme for co-operating with other...
20. asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of new factories established in this country with or without foreign assistance, and employing 25 or more people, for each of the last six...
12. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are taken by his Department to ensure that officials serving overseas whose passages are paid by the State travel solely by British ships?
13. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the total cost of the Royal Air Force displays at Hendon for the years 1929, 1930, 1931 and 1932, respectively; and whether he will consider the...
16. asked the Minister of Transport whether he has reached a decision concerning the scheme submitted to him by the Carmarthenshire County Council for a high-level bridge over the River Towy at...
27. asked the Postmaster-General, whether his attention has been drawn to the fatal accident which occurred at Penyclip, Penmaenmawr, Carnarvonshire, on the 19th instant, due to the deceased...
14. asked the Minister of Transport in view of the increasing number of coloured-light traffic signals, what steps he is taking to protect the walking public from the dangers of filtering traffic?
18. asked the Minister of Health if he is now in a position to state the total expenditure on all forms of Poor Law relief for the year ended 31st March, 1933?
19. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what report he has received as to the demonstration carried out at Sorn, Ayrshire, on 24th May regarding the efficacy of certain draining machines,...
23. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if he will consider the advisability of restoring the cuts in the special campaign pensions, in view of the prevailing feeling of...
Captain WATT: 24. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if it is proposed to hold a review for the London divisions of the Territorial Army in place of the review that was cancelled on...
25. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he will consider the advisability of proposing to the Irish Free State the submission of the question in dispute about the payment of...
26. asked the hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, how many acres have already been planted under the Forestry Commission scheme in the county of...
29. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amount of Surtax collected in 1931 from the 12,000 persons who in 1932 dropped below the level at which liability to Surtax would fall upon them?
30. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the present nominal loss per cent. made by the Issue Department of the Bank of England on gold purchased for the Exchange Equalisation Account;...
31. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any communication has passed since 22nd June between His Majesty's Government and the German Government or the Bank of International Settlements...
32. asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons thrown out of employment as the result of the closing down of the 355 factories during last year?
33. asked the Minister of Labour if Employment Exchanges are able to secure cash direct from the post offices for the purpose of paying unemployment benefit?
34. asked the Minister of Labour the number of women who have been refused benefit by tribunals administering the Anomalies Act and the number of such women who have been refused benefit who...
2. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the attention of His Majesty's Government has been drawn to the protest lodged with the League of Nations by the Hungarian National...
May I ask the Patronage Secretary how far the Government propose to go to-night?
3.30 p.m.
"to make provision for the ascertainment and publication of the minimum cost of living, the notification of and keeping of lists of particulars of wages below the minimum cost of living and of...
That they have agreed to,—
Lords Amendments to be considered To-morrow.
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and to be printed. [Bill 131.]
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and to be printed. [Bill 132.]
Read the First time, and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
Second Report from the Select Committee, with Minutes of Evidence and Appendices, brought up, and read;
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £540,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
Again considered in Committee.
6.30 p.m.
Read a Second time, and committed.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee.
11.5 p.m.
Amendment made: In page 3, line 3, leave out the word "October," and insert instead thereof the word"September."—[Sir H. Jackson.]
Amendment made: In page 4, line 40, leave out the word "rights," and insert instead thereof the words "superannuation fund, and superannuation scheme."—[Sir H. Jackson.]
Bill reported; as amended, to be considered upon Monday next, and to be printed. [Bill 134.]
Resolution reported, That, for the purpose of any Act of the present Session to provide for regulating the catching, landing, and sale of sea-fish, for the constitution of a Sea-fish Commission,...
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