Tuesday, 6 March 1934
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Private Bills (Standing Orders not previously inquired into complied with),
2. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he can give any details of the Government scheme for subsidising tramp shipping?
3. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Trading Agreements hitherto concluded, and conditionally imposing an increased purchase percentage of British goods, have been in every...
4. asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the conclusion arrived at with regard to the reversal of the operation of the Merchandise Marks Act as a result of the further consideration...
5 and 6. asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) what, if any, are the regulations governing the use of British ports by foreign tugs operating in the neighbourhood of our coasts; (2) what,...
7. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can make any further statement with regard to the expressed intention of the French Government to impose a further cut on the British coal...
9. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that under the new Australia-New Zealand Trade Agreement goods from New Zealand entering Australia are exempt from the payment of...
38. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that excise licences are granted to auctioneers without any inquiry; and whether he will consider establishing...
Captain CAZALET: 44. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he will consider the appointment of a Commercial Attache to the Embassy at Bagdad in view of the increasing...
50 and 51. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether there would be any administrative difficulty if a rebate of tax were allowed in respect of the petrol used by the dyeing and cleaning...
56. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will provide a return giving a complete list of all industries and/or processes separately receiving financial aids or subsidies, either...
11. asked the President of the Board of Trade the total number of new factories set up in Great Britain during 1933; what extensions have been made to existing factories; what has been the total...
1. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is now in a position to make any statement as to the proposals of His Majesty's Government to increase the use of Indian raw cotton in the...
12. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office what is regarded as the normal life of a tank in the Army, and how many tanks eight years old and over still form part of the tank units of the...
13. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office what is the approximate number of remounts at present maintained by the British Army; and what proportion of these were bred elsewhere than in...
15. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his attention has been called to the objection in Scotland to schemes prepared by the Educational Endowments Commission, in view of the...
16. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress has been made regarding the scheme for an air-ambulance service for the conveyance of patients in need of urgent treatment from the...
17. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what action has been taken by the Stirlingshire County Council and the Department of Health to provide better housing accommodation for the...
18. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the dissatisfaction in the country with the opposition of the Marr Trustees to the scheme of the Education Endowment Commissioners...
24. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he can give any information with regard to the plasterers' strike, and the effect which it is likely to have upon the provision of houses and the...
20. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the number of convictions for breach of the law committed along the East Coast of Scotland, respectively, for illegal trawling and...
21. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the petitions and correspondence that have been put before the Department of Agriculture for years by the inhabitants of Strond and...
22. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the dangerous and badly lighted condition of the pier at Lochmaddy and of the fatal accident that occurred at the pier; and what he...
28. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will state the cost per ton of the miners' welfare levy, mining royalties, wayleaves, local rates, taxes, and workmen's compensation, respectively,...
29. asked the Secretary for Mines the number of mines in which pit-head baths have been provided; the number without pit-head baths; and the estimated cost of providing suitable pit-head bath...
30. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will state the figures showing the number of mines which have been closed as a result of liquidation since 1920, with the number in which arrears of...
31. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware of the increasing and unnecessary overtime worked by a number of miners at the River Level Colliery, Aberdare; and, in view of the large...
25. asked the Secretary for Mines whether his attention has been drawn to the danger arising from the accumulation of water resulting from the abandonment of collieries in South Wales; and what...
26. asked the Secretary for Mines the number of stone dust samples taken by his inspectors at the coal mines of this country during the years 1932 and 1933, and give the number containing matter...
32. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs if he is aware that the wholesale and retail prices of butter in Australia are 99s. 4d. per cwt., and 1s. 4d. per 1b., respectively, while...
40. asked the Minister of Agriculture the amount of milk products, other than butter and cheese, imported from foreign countries in 1933; and how many gallons of milk this amount represents?
41. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the Government will further restrict the imports of fat cattle from the Irish Free State after 31st March?
43. asked the Minister of Labour whether he will give the retail prices of bacon to the public at the present time, and comparable prices in the years 1929, 1930, and 1931?
58. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will state what is the percentage of seizures by His Majesty's Customs at the various ports of landing of fat cattle shipped as stores from...
33. asked the Postmaster-General if he will take immediate steps to instal, for the use of the public using the Glasgow Central Post Office, a date indicator or calendar?
34. asked the Postmaster-General if, in view of the evidence submitted to him and the petition signed by 124 householders in Gateside, Fife, he will now agree to making special inquiries into the...
35. asked the Attorney-General the number of magistrates removed from the bench during each of the last three years and the reasons therefor, whether age, at their own request, or for other causes?
36. asked the Home Secretary if he can state the estimated cost for police protection and control in respect of the unemployed marchers?
45. asked the Prime Minister if he will consider the immediate appointment of a commission to inquire into the effects of unemployment on the industrial population of the country, with particular...
37. asked the Home Secretary whether he intends to give effect to the recommendations of the Home Office Committee in 1919 for the adoption, for official and other purposes, of the 24-hours'...
39. asked the Minister of Agriculture, having regard to the draft scheme for the marketing of sugar, whether he will state what is the present composition of the general committee of the sugar...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the apprehension in Bermuda, the Solomon Islands and the West Indies, he will give an assurance that, under no circumstances whatever, will His...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether the Imperial Defence Committee has considered the vulnerability of the naval bases of Chatham, Sheerness and Portsmouth to aerial attack; and what have been...
48. asked the Prime Minister the composition and terms of reference of the Royal Commission to be set up to inquire into the affairs of Durham University and its constituent colleges?
49. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that molasses is being imported into this country for the purpose of distilling alcohol from it, and whether Excise Duty is charged...
53. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is the intention of His Majesty's Government to take early action to give effect to the declaration of the Empire delegates to the World...
59. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he can arrange for future issues of the Registrar-General's statistical review to be presented to Parliament as a Command Paper?
61. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the ceremonies at Tokio in connection with the elevation of Pu-Yi to the imperial throne of Manchuria, any special...
63. asked the Minister of Health whether the advisory committee in connection with the operation of the Town and Country Planning Act will be enabled by its terms of reference to give...
64. asked the Minister of Health what percentage of all deaths from tuberculosis are caused by the bovine type of bacillus; how many children die annually from this cause; how many fresh cases of...
May I ask the Prime Minister how far he intends to go this
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £1,501,100, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £1,085, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10, be granted to His Majesty to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on...
Resolutions reported;
1. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £700, 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,...
4. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10, 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,...
5. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £20,000, 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,...
6. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £272,000, 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,...
8. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10, 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,...
9. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10, 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,...
11. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £28,000, 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,...
12. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £450,000, 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,...
13. "That a sum, not exceeding £7,366 15s. 7d., be granted to His Majesty, to make good Excesses on certain Grants for Civil Departments for the year ended 31st day of March 1933:
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Commander Southby.]
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