Wednesday, 13 June 1934
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
London Passenger Transport Board Bill,
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will give a complete list of the British representatives on the various committees or sub-committees of the Disarmament Conference at the...
2. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will consider the advisability of proposing to the Council of the League of Nations that a general agreement should be entered into by...
3. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information as to the duties, in addition to navigating the vessels out to Colombia, to be performed during their two years'...
5. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he has received any official information regarding the new regulations governing the admission of foreign war ships to Italian ports in time of...
6. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of cadets who, during the last three years, have been compelled to withdraw from Dartmouth Naval College on account of defective vision?
8. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what is the cost per ton of the ships due for completion in 1933 and 1934 and the cost per ton of pre-War ships, respectively; and if there are any...
7. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether his attention has been called to the decision of the Italian Government to lay down immediately two 35,000 ton capital ships; and whether, in view...
9. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of mui-tsai registered in the Straits Settlements on the last convenient date; whether the number during the last 20 years has...
Lieut.-Colonel SANDEMAN ALLEN: 10. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make representations in the proper quarter to obtain the erection of an automatic machine outside the...
11. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will state the general character of the Bill proposed for the registration of trade unions in Ceylon; and whether organisations of...
14. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air what representations had been received by the Air Ministry as to danger to aircraft from the height and position of the radio beacon at Croydon...
Captain BALFOUR: 15. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if he is now in a position to make a statement regarding steps to be taken to reduce danger to aircraft from overhead electric...
16. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he will consider inaugurating night-flying postal services in order that our inter-imperial communications may be speeded up?
17. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if his attention has been drawn to the large number of Britishers travelling to and from the East by the K. L. M. line instead of by Imperial...
18. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air, in view of the present practicability of attacking aeroplanes being met by clouds of poison gas, what steps he is taking to provide anti-gas...
Mr. JOHN RUTHERFORD: 19 and 20. asked the Minister of Transport (1) the total number of hump-backed bridges there are on main roads in this country; before how many there are warning signs; and...
21. asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware of the unnecessary duplication of motor-omnibus services which exists on the Aberdeen-Deeside and Aberdeen-Donside routes; and whether, in view...
22. asked the Minister of Transport what progress has been made during the past year with the testing of road surfaces in order to ascer- tain the best type for the prevention of skidding; and by...
23. asked the Minister of Transport the cost to the Ministry of Transport and to the railway companies, respectively, of compiling the statistics relating to railway traffics which usually appear...
39. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps his Department is taking to bring to the notice of taximeter cab users the desirability of taking taximeter cabs off the ranks...
24. asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware of the dissatisfaction among electricity consumers in the Clyde area at the higher charges of the Clyde Valley Electrical Power Company in...
26. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if his attention has been directed to a deliverance approved by the Church of Scotland in General Assembly calling upon His Majesty's Government to...
27 and 36. asked (1) the Secretary of State for Scotland what contract was signed by the Glasgow milk retailers who have been refused supplies by the Milk Board because they sold standard milk to...
25. asked the Minister of Transport whether he has received a report from his inspectors relative to the inconvenience caused to the hospitals in the Blackheath area when the electric light...
28. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the proposed revision of boundaries within the county of Norfolk, if put into effect, will result in the extinction of the rural district...
29. asked the Minister of Health the number of local authorities in England and Wales who have adopted the provisions of the Superannuation Act, 1922, in respect of both trading and non-trading...
30. asked the Secretary of State for India if he will cause inquiry to be made into the circumstances under which the steam launch "Manoung," on the ferry service between the Risalpur River and...
31. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he can give any information on the outbreak of malaria in Bechuanaland; whether he is aware that at Ghanzi there have been 250 deaths...
32. asked the Postmaster-General what was the number of postal robberies during 1933 and the first five months of 1934, respectively; how many of these were carried out during the transit of mail...
34. asked the Attorney-General whether his attention has been called to a book entitled "Holy Deadlock" wherein His Majesty's judges and courts, and the legal code which they administer in...
35. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is yet in a position to state the terms of reference and the composition of the proposed Royal Commission on tithes; whether the special...
37. asked the Minister of Pensions if he is aware that margarine is issued normally to all patients in the Ministry of Pensions hospitals; and if, having regard to the surplus milk in the...
38. asked the Home Secretary if he can supply a list of licensing districts which have granted extensions to 10.30 p.m., showing those granted for the whole year and those granted for a lesser...
40. asked the Home Secretary the number of men and women injured at meetings organised by the Fascists or at disturbances arising there-from in 1932, 1933, and to the nearest convenient date in 1934?
4. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what reply has been received from the Norwegian Government to the representations made by His Majesty's Government regarding the molestation of...
12. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can give any information as to the setting up in Kenya Colony of a standing finance committee; what powers will be given to this...
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[The Prime...
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Chairmen's Panel; That they had appointed him to act as Chairman of Standing Committee C (in respect of the Mines (Working Facilities) Bill [Lords]).
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to amend the Architects (Registration) Act, 1931." [Architects (Registration) Bill [Lords.]
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
3.33 p.m.
Considered in Committee:
The DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN: I have received a manuscript Amendment from the hon. Member for Caerphilly (Mr. Morgan Jones), but I am not quite certain of its relevance. Perhaps the hon. Member will be...
Amendment made: In page 2, line 29, leave out "such month as is mentioned in the foregoing section," and insert: of the twenty-four consecutive months falling between the end of March, nineteen...
Amendment made: In page 3, line 19, leave out from "any," to "been," in line 20, and insert: of the twenty-four consecutive months falling between the end of March, nineteen hundred and...
11.25 p.m.
Amendments made. In page 5, line 15, leave out "month," and insert "of the twenty-four consecutive months."
Amendment made: In page 7, line 9, leave out the second "in," and insert "of."—[Mr. Elliot.]
Amendments made: In page 8, line 13, leave out "month," and insert "of the twenty-four consecutive month."
Amendment made: In page 10, line 23, after the second "be," insert "a,"—[Mr. Elliot.]
11.38 p.m.
11.58 p.m.
Read the Third time, and passed.
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