Wednesday, 28 March 1934
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
For the County of Hants, Basingstoke Division, in the room of Gerard Vernon Wallop, commonly called Viscount Lymington (Chiltern Hundreds).—[Captain Margesson.]
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is now able to state the present position and the action taken with reference to the banning in Germany of the British film "Catherine...
2. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that on 20th March Mr. A. W. Palmer, a British subject travelling in Germany on business, was detained by the police at...
3. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state the present position with regard to the convention relating to the international status of refugees; what countries have...
4. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will consider the advisability of bringing before the next meeting of the Council of the League of Nations the whole question of the...
5 asked the First Lord of the Admiralty (1) whether there is any precedent for the recent amendment of the King's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions directing that salutes shall be fired from...
8. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the inconvenience arising from the fact that all wireless messages sent from Kenya to England have now to be paid for on a...
12. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what was the composition of the committee (giving names) in Kenya Colony which considered the Bill to amend the law relating to native squatters;...
9. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what answers he has returned to resolutions or petitions from public bodies or societies in the West Indies on the subject of the recommendations...
10. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the date upon which trial by jury was suspended in Malta in cases within the Malta Official Secrets Ordinance, 1923; and how many persons have...
11. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can make any statement as to the possibility of modernising the defences of the East African territories by co-operation between land...
13. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the desirability of constructing an aerodrome in the vicinity of Tel-Aviv, in Palestine, for use in...
25. asked the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been drawn to the action of the Irish Free State Government in imposing a duty of 1s. per pair on foreign and United Kingdom...
26. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can make any statement regarding the reductions recently imposed in the quotas applicable to various classes of goods imported into the...
27. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that Unilever, Limited, import a great proportion of their raw materials from the British West African Colonies and enjoy protection...
28. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he can make a statement in regard to the reduction of import licences allocated to British goods entering Denmark?
31. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he can make a statement as to the offer received from the New Zealand Government to adopt a practically free tariff on British goods...
24. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he has considered the letter from the sea fishery committee of the Cornwall County Council calling his attention to the loss which will be...
14 and 15. asked the Minister of Transport (1) the amount allocated from the Road Fund for the purpose of reconditioning bridges in this country during the years 1932 and 1933; (2) the amount...
16. asked the Minister of Transport whether the pro forma contract mentioned in Section 6 of the London Passenger Transport Act, 1933, as being identified by the signature of the Treasury...
17. asked the Minister of Transport if he can make any statement upon the proposal to construct a by-pass road by Shere and Albury, in the county of Surrey?
18. asked the Minister of Transport if, in consideration of the employment involved, he will ascertain from the London Midland and Scottish Railway Company when they propose to complete the...
20. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that licensing authorities, when issuing excise licences for commercial goods motor vehicles used...
21. asked the First Commissioner of Works if there are any insuperable objections to removing the railings surrounding Hyde Park; and whether he will consider such removal to enable the public to...
22. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether in view of the complaints made of the removal of stones from the cairn on Cefn Bryn, Gower, he will ascertain the extent of the interference with...
30. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether in view of the statement on the finances of the city of Montreal published on 24th March by the Mayor of Montreal and the Prime...
33. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education if he can state the present financial position of the different church training colleges; and whether they have readjusted their...
35. asked the Secretary of State for India if he has any information concerning the recent production of cheap power spirit from the water hyacinth in India; and if the Government of India are...
36. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the Government have come to a decision with regard to the restrictions on the importation of Irish cattle?
37. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he is aware that soldiers were supplied as semi-skilled welders during a dispute between Messrs. Tickers-Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness,...
38. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that ministers of religion, retired schoolmasters, and other persons in receipt of salaries or pensions have been appointed...
39. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of bankruptcies of Scottish farmers during the year 1933?
40. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the acreage under raspberries for all Scotland, Perthshire, Angus, Fife, and Lanarkshire, respectively, for the year 1933?
41. asked the Secretary for Mines whether any prosecutions have taken place in any of the collieries in England, Scotland or Wales with respect to breaches of the law regarding overtime working...
Lieut.-Colonel TODD: 42. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions during the last six months have been instituted against sellers or distributors of Irish...
44. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the reason for the withdrawal as from 15th March, 1934, of the formula permitted during the past years for the manufacture of the preparation of...
45. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will prepare for submission to this House a return showing in tabular form the relative amount of taxation paid by cereal producers in each...
46. asked the Minister of Labour what powers he exercises over the staffing of junior instruction centres; and what, if any, ratio is required between instructors and pupils?
Major LLOYD GEORGE (by Private Notice): asked the Minister of Labour whether he will take steps to ensure that an unemployed worker without good prospect of early re-employment who proposes to...
23. asked the First Commissioner of Works when the agglomeration of old stone and cement will be replaced by a proper river wall in the Victoria Tower Gardens?
29. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs with regard to the draft proclamations on administration and on native tribunals, respectively, in Bechuanaland, whether and, if so, how the...
34. asked the Minister of Health if any reports are available as to suitable materials to be used in the proposed slum clearance schemes that will lessen the possible lodgment of vermin; and, if...
May I ask the Prime Minister what business it is proposed to take in the first week after the Recess?
Order for Second Reading read.
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
Question again proposed, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question."
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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