Tuesday, 25 July 1933
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Provisional Order Bills [Lords] (No Standing Orders applicable).
Copy ordered, of Treasury List of Colonial Stocks and of Stocks of Territories to which the Colonial Stock Acts, 1877 to 1900, have been applied under the powers conferred by the Colonial...
2. asked the Secretary for Mines if he will make a further statement upon the proposals of the Government for implementing the recommendations regarding tin-mining contained in the Report of the...
3. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware that the Northumberland and Durham miners' permanent relief fund has been compelled to cease the payment of pensions to aged miners owing to...
4 and 5. asked the Secretary for Mines (1) whether he will consider taking a national survey of the registers kept at the collieries containing the particulars of times of descent and ascent for...
9. asked the Secretary for Mines whether the Coalowners' Association have yet submitted proposals for amending Part I of the Coal Mines Act, 1930; and, if so, will he state the Government...
13. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, if he is now in a position to make a statement with regard to the Canadian import duties on British bituminous coal?
26. asked the President of the Board of Trade how many new companies have been formed as selling agencies to distribute coal since the passing of the Coal Mines Act, 1930; and how many of the...
1. asked the Secretary for Mines, whether he will give an estimate of the coal to be utilised in the first five years following the introduction of the guaranteed preference for the production of...
10. asked the Secretary for Mines how many men were employed in the shale-mining and oil industry at the end of the War; how many are at present employed; and whether any estimate has been...
11. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he would be prepared to accept a. lump-sum payment in settlement of the financial dispute with the Irish Free State; and, if so, what...
14. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs who are to be the British representatives at the conference in connection with the grievances of the British settlers in the State of...
17. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he can state the reasons for the order of banishment from his territory served 'n 1931 on Chief Sebele II of the Bakwena nation; and...
19. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is now in a position to make any statement with regard to the possible convening of a conference between British and Japanese industrialists...
21. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the effect on the sale of British motor cars of the new Franco-Spanish trade agreement; and whether he can...
24. asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps have been taken by his Department to prevent the injury to the export cotton trade of Lancashire by the imposition of new duties by China?
Sir J. HAS LAM: 25. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give the House the weight and value of the imports of plumbago during 1932; what proportion came from Ceylon; what duty is...
30. asked the President of the Board of Trade how many cases have been brought to his notice, during the present year of applying to goods of foreign origin the title British; and what action has...
43. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that there has been a large increase in the import of Australian rabbits into England as a result of the Ottawa Agreements, while British...
15. (for Mr. JAMES DUNCAN) asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs if be will make a statement as to the future of the London Quarantine Station after the termination of the period...
Lieut.-Colonel SANDEMAN ALLEN: 20. asked the President of the Board of Trade how many foreign ship-owners have been summoned, during a period of 12 months to the nearest convenient date, for...
22. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he can state the number of ships flying the British flag which are not registered at ports in Great Britain?
23. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the prejudicial effect of the intervention of foreign vessels, particularly motor vessels, in the...
27. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the representatives of the Russian Soviet Government, with whom he is negotiating, have yet defined their attitude with regard to the claims...
28. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether in the trade agreement now under negotiation with the Government of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics he will retain for our Government...
33. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has considered the communication sent to him from the Midland and Scottish Air Ferries, Limited, with regard to the proposal for an air...
34. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that on 16th January, 1933, a sample of veal was extracted from a consignment at Leith Docks, ex steamship "Horsa," from...
35 and 36. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he is aware that, owing to the vacancies on the staff of the Register House, Edinburgh, serious arrears have accumulated in the...
37. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many 1930 Act houses have been completed in Johnstone and Kilsyth; how many are in course of construction; what are the rents charged for the...
38. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what price per acre was to have been paid to the owners for the plots in December, 1932, offered to unemployed miners in Galston, Ayrshire; whether...
39. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is in a position to state the result of his investigations as to the advisabiliy of taking steps, by regulations or otherwise, for...
40. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the sentences passed at Glasgow Central Police Court on 13th July on Thomas Hendry and six others, whether he has any information...
41 and 42. asked the Minister of Pensions (1) how many applications he received for pensions from ex-service men during the financial years ended 1931, 1932. and 1933; how many of the applicants...
44. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education how many school places are to be provided in the proposed new elementary school at Stainforth; and how many children are at present...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown was obtained before the cuts in the Judges' salaries were made?
47. asked the Prime Minister on what occasions since the present Government took office civil servants have been left in charge of Government Departments during the absence of a Minister for any...
50. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can make any statement as to the tieing of sterling to the franc and the attitude towards this stabilisation of the Dominion Governments and...
Duchess of ATHOLL: 51. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware that the price of the unrevised proofs of minutes of evidence taken before the Joint Select Committee on Indian...
57. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Argentine national and provincial Governments have yet discharged the overdue debts owing to the railways operated in Argentina...
54. asked the Minister of Labour how the number of insured persons now in employment compares with the number 10 years ago?
58. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that Iraq has broken her treaty obligations of training and equipping her army on British lines by placing her orders for...
59. asked the Minister of Health whether he will state the number of able-bodied persons between the ages of 58 and 63 who are in receipt of public assistance?
60. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stockton-on-Tees that the average death-rate of a population transferred...
61. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that Liverpool needs at once 10,000 to 15,000 houses at an inclusive rental of 10s. to 12s. per week and 2,000 additional per year; whether he has...
62. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has now received a report from the Governor of Gambia regarding the deportation of Jimmay Girkan, who claims to be a British subject
63. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can make any statement as to the rescission of the Malta constitution?
31. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he will give the rates of retired pay of captains, majors, and lieutenant-colonels of the Royal Malta Artillery at the present time and...
45. (for Mr. MALLALIEU) asked the Prime Minister whether it is the intention of the Government to propose the setting up of a committee in each House of Parliament to scrutinise every Bill...
48 and 49. (for Mr. HEALY) asked the Caancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he can indicate how much of their indebtedness the farmers of Northern Ireland have discharged under the Land Acts by the...
56. (for Mr. THORNE) asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that a lorry driver of Chatham, Kent, was recently fined £1 at Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, for obstruction with his...
Third Report from the Select Committee brought up, And rea,d; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
That they have agreed to
Lords Amendment to be considered To-morrow.
Lords Amendments to be considered To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 161].
[20TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
1. "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 during the year ending on the 31st...
3. "That a sum, not exceeding £28,449, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
4. "That a sum, not exceeding £37,939,000 be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
5. "That a sum, not exceeding £1,266,854, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
6. "That a sum, not exceeding £3,605,981, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
7. "That a sum, not exceeding £8,235,748, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
8. "That a sum, not exceeding£31,910,432, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
9. "That a sum, not exceeding £73,761,628, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
10. "That a sum, not exceeding £6,367,758, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
11. "That a sum, not exceeding £4,916,405, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
12. "That a sum, not exceeding £30,267,418, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
13. "That a sum, not exceeding £27,811,253, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
14. "That a sum, not exceeding £8,218,885, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will conic in course of payment during the year ending on...
15. "That a sum, not exceeding E35,692,900, 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, for...
16 "That a sum, not exceeding £16,891,100, he 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, for...
17. "That a sum, not exceeding £4,013,000, 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, for...
Order for Third Reading read.
Postponed Proceeding resumed on Consideration of Resolutions.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class I of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class II of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions reported in respect of Class III of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class IV of the Civil Estimates,
Question put, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class V of the Civil Estimates.
Question put, That this House doth agree Ns ith the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions reported in respect of the Revenue Departments Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class VIII of the Civil Estimates.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class IX of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of the Navy Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of the Navy Estimates, put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution
Question put, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of the Air Estimates.
Question, That this 'House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions reported in respect of the Revenue Departments Estimates,
Resolution reported, That, towards making good the Supply granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1934, the sum of £314,911,994 be granted out of...
"to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, and to appropriate the supplies granted...
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 Dorking, which was presented on...
Motion made, and Question, "That the Lords Amendment be considered forthwith," put, and agreed to.—[Mr. C. Hall.]
Considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment; read the Third time, and passed.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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