Thursday, 29 June 1933
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
London County Council (Money) Bill,
Mr. RUTHERFORD: 2. asked the Minister of Labour the greatest distance in any urban district in Middlesex between the town hall and the nearest Employment Exchange?
3. asked the Minister of Labour whether he has reviewed the correspondence between his Department and the public assistance committee for Wellington, Salop, with respect to men who have been...
4. asked the Minister of Labour the latest figures showing the number of unemployed persons registered in each Employment Exchange area in the county of London, and comparable figures for the...
5. asked the Minister of Labour the cost to his Department during the financial year ended March, 1933, of the reimbursement to public assistance authorities in respect of emoluments, office...
6. asked the Minister of Labour what has been the reduction in the figures of unemployed persons in the United States, Canada, and the Irish Free State, and all European countries from 1st...
8. asked the Minister of Labour if his attention has been called to such cases as that of a young man named T. G. R. Wood, Sunnybrow Colliery, County Durham, who, being in receipt of a quarterly...
7. asked the Minister of Labour the average amount of unemployment in the hosiery trade during the first four months in each of the years 1931, 1932, and 1933?
10. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of Russians convicted in the English police courts during the year 1933 who had been previously deported from other countries...
11. asked the Home Secretary the figures for members of all categories of the county constabulary and the Metropolitan Police, detailed for special duty for traffic and other purposes at the...
14. asked the Home Secretary how many cases of imprisonment for sleeping out there have been in the last 12 months and the length of the sentences inflicted?
Captain WATT: 15. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education the number of recognised evening institutes providing technical education in England and Wales for the years 1930,...
17. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education the extent to which the policy outlined in Circular 1,421, affecting the fees of secondary schools, has been carried into practice;...
18. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education with regard to the many representations he has received from local authorities in regard to the circulars affecting the staffing of...
19. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether his attention has been called to the measures that are being taken by the French and German Governments to provide anti-gas...
20. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education the number of pupils in state-aided schools who were afforded facilities or excused school attendance in order to visit the...
21. asked the Minister of Health the names of the towns which have returned, in reply to his official inquiry, the notification that they have no slums?
Mrs. WARD: 24. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that a disparity exists in many local government areas between the rents charged by the local authorities for houses recently...
25. asked the Minister of Health on what grounds he is withholding loan sanctions from local authorities who desire to provide working-class dwellings without State assistance?
27. asked the Minister of Health how many conferences of local builders and representatives of building societies and public utility societies have been convened or held by local authorities in...
Mr. PRICE: 26. asked the Minister of Health if he will furnish a return showing for the years ended 31st March, 1932, and 1933, separately, the houses completed by local authorities with State...
22. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that local arrange- ments for the use of an ambulance do not permit an ambulance to render aid, even in the case of a serious accident, in an...
28. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has had a detailed examination made of the 1931 and 1932 management costs of the Suez Canal Company; and, if not, will he request the three...
29. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is in a position to state to what extent Ger- man nationals have repurchased bonds of the Dawes and Young loans issued by Germany in London?
30. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the decision of the German authorities to default upon their liability to pay interest and sinking fund on the next due date in...
32. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of cases which have been submitted to the Import Duties Advisory Committee by the different trades concerned and on which no reports...
42. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether this country has become party to a tariff truce; and, if so, what is its duration?
34. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what was the amount of Land Tax collected for the last financial year, and what was the amount in arrears for the same period and at the present time?
35. asked the Minister of Agriculture, in view of the very low prices now existing in the egg and poultry industry, whether he has any scheme to ameliorate the position?
37. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been drawn to the. precarious position of the sheep-raising industry in the United Kingdom; and what steps he proposes to take to...
38. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will consider raising the charge for motor driving licences from 5s. to 7s., earmarking the extra 2s. for hospitals to reimburse them for the cost...
41. asked the Secretary for Mines how many public inquiries were held by his Department during 1930, 1931 and 1932 into the loss of life due to explosions; and how many prosecutions were...
Mrs. WARD (for Sir JOSEPH NALL): 40. asked the Secretary for Mines what steps he proposes to take in view of the present position of Part I of the Coal Mines Act; and whether he will consider the...
45. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office how many persons were affected by the reduction of special campaign pensions during 1932, and the estimated savings?
44. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if the review of the Territorial Army which was postponed on the 24th June will be held at a later date; and, if so, when?
46. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many meetings of the Advisory Committee of 21 of the League of Nations, in connection with Manchuria, and its sub-committees,...
51. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what proposals are under consideration at Geneva with regard to an adjournment of the Disarmament Conference; and whether the representative...
52. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will now print and present to the House the proposals originally put forward for a Four-Power Pact by Italy, Great Britain, and...
48. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if, in the recent conversations with the Austrian. Chancellor, the question of making or guaranteeing a new loan to Austria was discussed?
49. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement regarding his conversations with M. Litvinov?
12. asked the Home Secretary whether he will consider the desirability of setting up a board of film censors responsible to his office and acting quite independently of the film industry?
43. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that on the occasion of a funeral at Finchley cemetery, on Thursday, 22nd June, a number of large aeroplanes circled over the...
May I ask the Patronage Secretary whether he is aware that this Bill, which is being presented to-day by my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdare (Mr. G. Hall), is an agreed Bill as regards both...
Will the Patronage Secretary be good enough to say what will be the business for next week, and how far it is proposed to go to-night in the event of the Motion on the Paper being carried?
"to amend section sixteen of the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1919, and section twenty-one of the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1922,"presented by Mr. George Hall; supported by Mr. O'Connor, Sir Henry...
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Committee of Selection That they had discharged the following Members from Standing Committee C: Lieut.-Colonel Acland-Troyte, Mr. Banfield, Viscount...
Mr. William Nicholson further reported from the Committee; That they had added the following Ten Members to the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills (in respect of the Church of Scotland...
That they have agreed to,—
Read the First time, and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Chairmen's Panel; That they had appointed Sir Cyril Cobb to act as Chairman of Standing Committee C (in respect of the Sea-fishing Industry Bill); Mr. Cape...
Reported, with Amendments [Provisional Order confirmed]; Report to lie upon the Table.
Reported, with Amendments [Provisional Orders confirmed]; Report to lie upon the Table.
DEARNE DISTRICT TRACTION BILL [Lords.]
Reported, without Amendment; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. Bill to be read the Third time.
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.
[9TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £136,079, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
REPORT [28TH JUNE].
"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 ending on the 31st day of March, 1934,...
Read a Second time; and committed to a Standing Committee.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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