Thursday, 14 December 1933
The House met at a quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
The Chairman of Ways and Means reported, That, in accordance with Standing Order 87, he had conferred with the Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords, for the purpose of determining in...
Read a Second time; and ordered to be considered to-morrow.
1. asked the Minister of Labour if he will give a comparative statement showing the increase or decrease of unemployment in Shoreditch during the last four years?
2. asked the Minister of Labour the number of people unemployed in the cotton industry on 31st October, 1931, and 31st October, 1933, men and women, respectively; and how many have been...
Mrs. SHAW: 4. asked the Minister of Labour what facilities will be given by the Ministry of Labour for the removal of those workers and their families who may be transferred from Messrs. Stewart...
9. asked the Minister of Labour if he can state the change in the number of insured coal miners at work since the Coal Mines Act, 1930, came into operation; and also the change in the number of...
Mr. YOUNG: 10. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that men employed temporarily by the Middlesbrough Corporation for grass-mowing in the corporation cemeteries have had to be...
Lieut.-Colonel SANDEMAN ALLEN: 19. asked the Minister of Labour whether he will circularise public assistance authorities with a view to securing that, when dealing with transitional payment...
15. asked the Minister of Labour if he will state the number of children in receipt of dependants' benefit from the Unemployment Insurance Fund for the years 1930, 1931, 1932 and 1933 to date?
18. asked the Minister of Labour whether he will give the name and rank of the person appointed to take charge of the physical training centre at Cardiff; and whether attendance at it will be...
6. asked the Minister of Labour if (he will state the average weekly wage in the cotton industry in 1920 and in 1932, respectively?
5. asked the Minister of Labour what arrangements are contemplated with a view to absorbing in employment under the proposed unemployment assistance board those persons now in the regular or...
Miss CAZALET: 62. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he can give an assurance that the large number of candidates declared successful at the recent open competition for the...
87. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if he will state the number of sites in Great Britain owned by the War Office but not actually used at the present time for any object...
21. asked the Minister of Labour what steps he has taken, or proposes to take, to give effect to the undertaking to consult with the organisations of employers and work- people engaged in the...
22. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigrants have entered Great Britain from Germany since the 1st January, 1933; and how many entered this country in the...
23. asked the Home Secretary in how many cases in connec- tion with the juvenile courts established under the Children's Act women justices have been placed on the panel; in how many cases no...
25. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the conviction at Bow Street, on 9th December, of a motor driver who pleaded guilty to being drunk and driving dangerously in...
83. asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that the issue of Circular 282A (Roads), of 1929, has failed to induce highway authorities to make extensive use of non-slipping road-surface...
26. asked the Home Secretary if he is in a position to say what colliery companies have submitted schemes to him respecting the insurance of workmen under the Workmen's Compensation Act; whether...
29. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the fact that paid canvassers are employed by the cinema trade and paid as much as £1 a day and a bonus dependent upon...
30. asked the Home Secretary if his attention has been drawn to the proposed presentation of a film entitled, Whither Germany; and, as this film is likely to prejudice our relations with a...
31. asked the Home Secretary the number of hours during which it is proposed to lock the prisoners in their cells during the period from mid-day on Saturday, 23rd December, to the morning of...
34. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education if he will have inquiries made into the case of the dismissal of four ex-service men, masters of the Haverfordwest Grammar School,...
33. (for Sir JOHN HASLAM) asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education if his Department are prepared to make a monetary grant to religious denominations who, on their part, are...
35. asked the Minister of Health whether he will take steps in his slum-clearance scheme to include power to inspect, and if necessary to condemn, worn-out dwelling-houses which have been...
37. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that at Ditchling, East Sussex, the water supply is completely cut off from 2 p.m. each day; whether, as difficulties will be increased by the...
38. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to a scheme in the Black Country under which the poorer residents of the middle-class who just escape coming under national...
39. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the report of the Milk Commission as to the condition of some of the smaller pasteurisation plants in the country; whether...
42. asked the Minister of Health how many cases have been brought to his notice during the present year in which death certificates issued by doctors have had subsequently to be withdrawn; and...
61. asked the Minister of Health whether, in the case of children in London County Council institutions who have no parents, immunisation against diphtheria is performed on the direction of the...
32. (for Mr. POTTER) asked the Home Secretary if a recent inquest on a woman who died after an operation for sterilisation has been brought to his attention; and if he will give instructions that...
48. (for Major MILNER) asked the Minister of Health whether, before approving the proposal of the urban district council of Sandown-Shanklin (Isle of Wight) to appoint a fully qualified...
36. asked the Minister of Health when the actual work in connection with slum clearance in Shore-ditch will be started; how many new homes will be supplied; and what rents will be charged?
44. asked the Minister of Health the number of houses now in course of construction compared with the number at the same time last year and in 1931?
49. asked the Minister of Health whether he can state the general result of the conferences between the local authorities and local builders to explain to them the facilities available under the...
43. asked the Minister of Health whether he can state how long the inquiry into the proposed re-arrangement of districts in Durham County is expected to last; what the cost of this inquiry is...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the desirability of devising some form of public recognition for those persons who present to the National Trust, for permanent preservation...
46. asked the Prime Minister when he will be able to give an opportunity for the discussion of the Motion on the Paper in the name of the hon. Member for Wood Green in regard to the future of the...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether a communication has yet been received from the International Labour Office recommending that the committee which the bureau of the world monetary and economic...
50. asked the Minister of Health whether he has called for a report in connection with the assault on a casual labourer by the labour master and his assistant at the Warren Road casual ward,...
56. asked the Minister of Health if he will consider the advisability of issuing a circular to public assistance committees suggesting that the question of making an extra allowance to children...
41. asked the Minister of Health the number of persons within the county borough of West Ham in receipt of public assistance for the periods ended September, 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1933, giving...
59. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has any information as to how many theatres, within a 20-miles radius of London, were in existence before the imposition of the Entertainments...
Lieut.-Colonel SANDEMAN ALLEN: 60. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether those areas whose poor rate has now increased to distressed-area level will be eligible for a share in the...
65. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can make any announcement with regard to the renewal of grants for land drainage in England; and, further, is he aware that grants are still being...
66. asked the Minister of Agriculture what proportion of the £37,440,000 subsidy and revenue abatement granted to the beet-sugar industry was received by producers of beet-sugar; and what...
67. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the expected surplus of liquid milk in the spring, he will take steps to make part of this surplus available for schools and welfare...
69. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the state of emergency now existing with regard to the inadequate prices for livestock in this country, he will make arrangements to call...
Brigadier-General BROWN: 68. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been drawn to the recommendations of the Milk Commission as regards accredited herds; whether he has...
70. asked the Minister of Agriculture the consumption of liquid milk per head of the population for the year 1931 or 1932 in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Canada, the United States of America,...
71. asked the Minister of Agriculture what was the value of the main staple foodstuffs consumed
64. (for Mr. LIDDALL) asked the Minister of Agriculture what was the estimated milk production of England and Wales in the months of July, 1932, August, 1932, July, 1933, and August, 1933,...
76. asked the President of the Board of Trade when he anticipates the completion of a trade agreement with Italy; and whether the question of coal supplies from Monmouthshire is receiving...
77. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he can now make any further statement with regard to the surtax imposed on British goods entering France?
79. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he proposes to seek further legislative powers to deal with the increasing number of cases of fraudulent bankruptcy by firms, mainly alien in...
82. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will instruct the governors of the various Crown Colonies and territories to make an analysis of the effects of Japanese competition...
88. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the forcing of Konversionskasse scrip upon British investors in respect of the defaulted obligations...
81. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies under what ordinance Transjordanians are allowed to enter Palestine without control; and what directions the High Commissioner has given as to...
17. (for Major MILNER) asked the Minister of Labour whether it is with his authority that the Employment Exchanges in the London area have been circularised to the effect that the dispute in...
27. asked the Home Secretary the approximate daily average of Metropolitan police officers in attendance at police courts as witnesses; and what percentage of the total cases at such courts...
28. (for Sir GIFFORD FOX) asked the Home Secretary whether an appeal has been lodged by officers Burt and Lloyd, who were recently dismissed from His Majesty's Prison, Oxford, following the...
57. (for Mr. LIDDALL) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total number of persons who derive their incomes, in whole or in part, from the National Exchequer; what number of these...
72. asked the Attorney-General whether, in view of the difficulties caused to Manchester jurors, who have to leave their businesses and their homes for lengthy periods owing to the congestion...
74. asked President of the Board of Trade if he has taken, or intends to take, any further steps to minimise the injury caused to fish and bird life and to the amenities of seaside resorts by the...
May I ask the Prime Minister the business for next week; and also to state how far it is proposed to go to-day in the event of the Motion for the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule being carried?
That they have agreed to—Public Works Facilities Scheme (Witney Urban District Council) Bill, with Amendments.
Lords Amendments to be considered To-morrow.
Considered in Committee.
5.18 a.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill".
Division No. 48.] AYES. [8.5 a.m. Adams, Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) Brown, Ernest (Leith) Edmondson, Major A. J. Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. Burgin, Dr. Edward Leslie Elmley, Viscount Allen,...
Division No. 49.] AYES. [8.14 a.m. Adams. Samuel Vyvyan T. (Leeds, W.) Cruddas, Lieut.-Colonel Bernard Hunter, Capt. M. J. (Brigg) Agnew, Lieut.-Com. P. G. Davies, Maj. Geo, F. (Somerset,...
Motion made, and Question put, "That this be the Preamble of the Bill."
Considered in Committee, under Standing Order No. 69.
Resolved, "That this House, at its rising this day, do adjourn until Monday next."—[Captain Margesson.]
Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 and 1929, on the application of the Coatbridge Gas Company, which was...
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