Tuesday, 13 March 1934
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Provisional Order Bills (No Standing Orders applicable),
2. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the recent claim by the minister for posts and telegraphs in the parliament of the Irish Free State...
4. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he is aware that a postal referendum took place during last month in Southern Rhodesia in which the electors were asked whether they...
5. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he has considered the resolution which was adopted by the Chamber of Shipping at its annual meeting, on 1st March, urging that the Government,...
8. asked the President of the Board of Trade the percentage of total imports into each of the countries with which treaties have been signed which has been derived from the United Kingdom during...
7. asked the President of the Board of Trade what are the difficulties standing in the way of his Department coming to a decision in the matter of the reversal of the Merchandise Marks Act; and...
9. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he can now make any statement as to the negotiations between the textile interests of Japan and Great Britain?
10. asked the President of the Board of Trade if, in the negotiations with the French Government, he will give an undertaking that the recommendations of the Import Duties Advisory Committee as...
11. asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps have been taken in the direction of pressing the Turkish Government to cease discrimination against British exporters to Turkey; and will...
13. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in assessing the value of British exports to Denmark, it is the custom to include articles imported into this country and re-exported?
15. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the number of typewriters imported into this country in 1933 exceeded by 130 per cent. the import of these machines in 1932; if...
16. asked the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the imports of brooms and brushes in 1933 increased by 30 per cent. in quantity over those of 1932,...
17. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in the final report of the Census of Production, it is proposed to publish a table showing the average net output per person in factories of...
47. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that the imports of matches into this country from abroad during the year 1933 were substantially higher...
48. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what bonding facilities have been created in the London area outside the Port of London within the last two years; and in respect of what commodities...
18. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office for what reason horses have been imported from Southern Ireland for the use of the Army while instructions had been sent that no more British...
21. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland on what grounds the Scottish Milk Marketing Board have decided that the winter price of milk, 2s. a gallon retail, is to be charged to consumers...
25. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if it is the intention of the Government to continue the subsidy for housing beyond the present time limit, owing to the large number of houses which...
26. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if the officers of the Education Department who visited the Continent recently for the purpose of studying Continental educational methods have made...
27. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many separate advanced division schools have been established in Scotland and the number of other schools with advanced divisions; what is the...
28. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many appointments have been made during the last two years to the positions of inspectors or sub-inspectors of schools; what qualifications and...
29. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the percentage of the grants made for approved drainage schemes in the year 1934–35 is to be 33 per cent., or 25 per cent., of the...
30 and 31. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he is aware of the request for a road for vehicular traffic by the people of Leacklee, Kyles Stockinish, Cluer, Collam, Grosebay and...
24. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the numbers of the staffs employed in the administration of Scottish affairs in Departments for which he is responsible, and the numbers of such...
33. asked the Secretary for Mines if he is now in a position to say what progress has been made respecting the investigation he proposed to institute regarding overtime being worked; and what...
34. asked the Secretary for Mines how many mines have been closed down in Lancashire since 1927 and how many during 1933; and how many mine-workers there were in Lancashire in 1927 and how many...
35. asked the Secretary for Mines if his Department keep a record of abandoned mines where the accumulation of water in them is likely to be a danger to adjoining mines that are working; and, if...
38. asked the Secretary for Mines the present position with regard to the responsibility for miners' welfare provision at Wood End and the application of the Wednesfield Urban District Council...
37. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is prepared to set up a committee to inquire into the effect of stone dusting as a contributory cause of silicosis?
40. asked the Minister of Pensions the number of ex-service men who are receiving a special sanction award under the arrangements made for dealing with claims submitted outside the statutory...
43. asked the Minister of Agriculture the number of acres under sugar-beet in the county of Norfolk for the last three seasons, respectively?
44. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education the percentage of medically defective children in public elementary schools in England and Wales at the ages of 5, 10, 12, and 14...
Percentage of children in public elementary schools found on routine medical inspection to require treatment (excluding cases of unclean-liness or dental disease): Age Group. 1925. 1930. 1932....
49. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education what number of nursery schools there are in England and Wales; what are the ages of admission and the ages they leave; are the...
50. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether, in connection with the scheme for providing milk for school children, it is proposed to leave open the method of payment...
45. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give an estimate of the amount which will be paid to the municipal authorities to meet the extra payments entailed by the Unemployment Bill;...
51. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been drawn to the case of Mr. D. Clarke, of 11, Mount Street, Stockport, for many years employed as a groundsman at the Manchester High...
56. asked the Minister of Health what allowance public assistance committees make for dependent children of able-bodied persons claiming outdoor relief or transitional payments?
46. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give a list of those countries in which all contractual obligations to British creditors have been met punctually since 1st January,...
53. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that the advisory committee of the Assembly of the League of Nations is to meet on 14th May...
52. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements have been made up to date for the provision of remand homes under Section 77 of the Children and Young Persons Act?
54. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information as to the present situation in Austria?
55. asked the Minister of Health the total losses up to this year on account of rates of the county borough of Bradford arising from the derating provisions of the Local Government Act of 1929?
57. asked the Minister of Health if he will state generally the present position with regard to the proposed motor racing track on the South Downs?
60 and 61. asked the Minister of Health (1) whether, in order to allay the anxiety caused by the recent inquiries into the adequacy of the slum clearance schemes of Bootle, Croydon, Durham City,...
1. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether, in view of the fact that £12,000,000 of loans of the city of Montreal were issued in Great Britain, he will make inquiries of...
Sir N. STEWART SANDEMAN: 3. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs what percentage of immigrants entering Canada during the last three years were of British nationality?
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is now in a position to make any announcement as to a change in the minimum rate of interest on new advances from the Local Loans Fund?
May I ask the Lord President of the Council how far he proposes that the House shall go to-night in the event of the Motion being carried?
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had added the following Ten Members to Standing Committee A (in respect of the County Courts (Amendment) Bill [Lords]):...
Mr. William Nicholson further reported from the Committee; That they had added the following Ten Members to Standing Committee C (in respect of the Electricity (Supply) Bill): Commander Cochrane,...
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had added the following Member to the Panel appointed to serve on the Committee on Unopposed Bills under Standing Order...
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had nominated the following Three Members to serve on the Select Committee on the Post Office (Sites) Bill: Sir Henry...
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Chairmen's Panel; That they had appointed Sir Ian Macpherson to act as Chairman of Standing Committee C (in respect of the Electricity (Supply) Bill).
Order for Second Reading upon Friday read, and discharged.
As amended (in the Standing Committee) considered.
3.46 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 3, line 39, to leave out "aforesaid," and insert, "for which the fund may be applied." This is a drafting Amendment, in order to make clearer the purpose of the Clause.
Order for the Third Reading read.
Considered in Committee, and reported, without Amendment; read the Third time, and passed.
Order for Second Reading read.
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