Wednesday, 15 November 1933
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Ministry of Health Provisional Order Confirmation (Wellington, Salop) Bill [Lords],
2. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the provisions of the Argentine railway pensions law so far as they concern the numerous British...
3. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has ascertained the reasons why Mr. Panter was asked to leave Germany; whether any compensation is to be paid; and if assurances...
10. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the decision reached by the Government and conveyed to the German Government as a result of the proposals made to him by Prince Bismarck on...
5. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the official declaration issued by M. Alberto J. Pani, president of the Mexican delegation to the Monetary and Economic Conference, on...
6. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what comment has been made on the Austrian Government's communication to His Majesty's Government regarding their proposed emergency...
12. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the general committee of 21, appointed to implement the action of the League of Nations Assembly on the Lytton Report, has made any...
15. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in connection with the recent grounding of submarines L 19 and L 26, any experienced submarine officer has ever been associated with those who...
17. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the dockyard workers in Malta who were suspended pending an appeal in the High Court have now been reinstated?
18. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether ratings who have served on foreign stations, and who have become entitled to the leave laid down in paragraph 3 of Article 650 of the King's...
20. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in drawing up plans for new construction in the next financial year, he will take into account the desirability of undertaking the maximum...
21. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether when opportunity arises for the abolition of the cuts in various civil and other services he will take care that the first to benefit from such...
22. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the recent acceptance by the Singapore Municipal Commission of a tender by a Japanese firm, against...
26. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what arrangements are being made for the representation of British interests at the conference to be held in the Dutch East Indies on 22nd...
36. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will represent to all Colonies the desirability of taking restrictive action against Japanese competition by dumping duties based on the...
72. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs if he is aware of the action of the Australian Government in refusing in many cases to allow the deduction of discounts from prices quoted to...
23. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will take steps to prevent a recurrence of Arab violence in Palestine; and whether he is satisfied that this violence is not inspired by...
24. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, as a result of the changes in the administraiton of Malta, he anticipates any trouble in carrying out his pledges to this House on the...
27. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether ho is aware that evidence has been produced before the sub-committee investigating in the north of Ceylon the question of child adoption...
31. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, before approving the ordinance recently submitted by the Kenya Legislative Council, he will secure for dental surgeons the same...
37. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if His Majesty's Government was consulted by the Government of Kenya before the conclusion in September last of the agreement between Kenya and...
39. asked the Under Secretary of State for Air whether it is proposed to make an attempt to regain the three records recently held by Great Britain?
40. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether it is the intention of the Air Ministry to replace the high-speed mail-carrier aircraft recently damaged; and whether other similar types of...
41. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the expenditure incurred to date on the construction of the new Dhibban air station for the Royal Air Force in Iraq; in what state at present are...
42. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if, in view of the need for a greater number of experimental types of service aircraft, he can say what steps are being taken to remedy the recent...
44. asked the Minister of Transport if it is his intention to introduce legislation to reimpose a speed limit on private motorists?
45. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will consider asking Parliament for powers to extend the provisions of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, so as to render it illegal to manufacture and...
46. asked the Minister of Transport whether information regarding motor accidents exists in his Department showing the ratio to the total in which owner-drivers have been involved, and/or are...
50. asked the Minister of Transport whether the Roads Department of the Ministry is in possession of particulars of the number and situation of all road bridges where the bridge authority have...
52. asked the Minister of Transport if he has any information as to whether our railways are considering any electrification either of suburban or main-line sections outside the area of the...
Lieut-Colonel SANDEMAN ALLEN: 55. asked the Minister of Transport if he will consider making regulations to lower all signposts from the existing height, designed to be read by the driver of a...
57. asked the Minister of Transport whether the attention of the London Passenger Transport Board has been drawn to the lack of accommodation in omnibuses during the morning peak hours for...
60. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that the owners of the ferry over the Severn, at Arlingham, Gloucestershire, have discontinued the cattle boat and, as a result, it is...
61. asked the Minister of Transport if he will state what communications have passed between his Department and the City Corporation relative to the widening of Princes Street during the...
62. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will take steps to see that a roundabout, similar to that at Lambeth Bridge, is constructed at the north end of the new Chelsea Bridge, instead of...
63. asked the Minister of Transport what toll-bridges and toll-roads in Great Britain have been freed during the present calendar year; whether the circular recently issued by him to highway...
73. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that, although repeated complaints have been made during the past two years that many taximeter-cab fare meters with...
76. asked the Home Secretary if he will take steps to regulate the transport of acids and dangerous chemicals and other materials by road?
43. asked the Minister of Transport if, in view of the continued toll of death and injury arising from motor vehicles passing stationary tramcars when passengers are boarding or alighting, he...
51. asked the Minister of Transport whether in view of the coming into operation of the grid next year, he proposes to introduce any legislation to deal with and to facilitate distribution, in...
Captain BALFOUR: 58 and 59. asked the Minister of Transport (1) if he is aware that the public lavatories on the jetties and quays of Ramsgate Harbour have been in a dirty and insanitary state...
64. asked the Postmaster-General if he will consider the revision of the parcel post scale of charges so as to subdivide the amount charged for parcels between two pounds and five pounds?
67. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, in view of the local representations made to him with regard to the unhealthy and inconvenient site chosen for the new housing scheme in...
68. asked the Minister of Agriculture the areas in which musk rat colonies are known to exist and the number of musk rats estimated to be at liberty throughout the country, together with the...
69. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is in a position to state the results of his negotiations with the producers of eggs and poultry?
71. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office the total quantity of oats bought by his Department from Empire sources?
74. asked the Home Secretary if he is now in a position to make a statement as regards the introduction of a Bill further limiting the hours of employment of young persons?
77. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government intend to introduce legislation enacting the 14 recommendations of the Report of the Committee on Industrial Insurance, Command...
13. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that it was in June, 1932, that the Reverend H. S. Ferguson was kidnapped by Chinese bandits near the Tibetan border; if...
78. asked the Minister of Labour the number of applications for transitional benefit under the means test that have been received in Birmingham in the three months ended 31st October; how many...
George William Rickards, esquire, for County of York, West Riding (Skipton Division).
That they have agreed to—
Lords Amendments to be considered To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 174.]
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Resolved, That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity Supply Acts, 1882 to 1933, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport under the Electricity (Supply)...
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