Tuesday, 3 July 1934
The House met at a quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Private Bills [Lords] (Standing Orders not previously inquired into complied with),
1. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can now make any statement with regard to the proposals of the Government for the defence of the shipping industry against the competition...
4. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the fact that the value of apparel imported into this country from Germany for the first five months of 1934...
5. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the fact that the value of imported fabric gloves imported into this country during the first five months of...
12. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give the House any information as to the proportion of the goods imported into this country which are carried in British and in...
Sir GEORGE HAMILTON (for Mr. NALL-CAIN): 10. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that Holland is negotiating or has concluded a trade agreement with Germany for the...
27. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs if he is now in a position to make a statement with regard to the functions of the Canadian Tariff Board, as modified by the recent ruling of...
8 and 9. asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether he is aware of widespread discontent among cinematograph film exhibitors at the quality of certain British films provided under the...
6. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the liquidator is yet in a position to make an estimate of the position of the industrial and ordinary life policy holders who were members of...
14. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether herring are supplied regularly for food to the Army; and, if not, whether arrangements will be made for this to be done?
15. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his attention has been called to the heavy mortality among horses in Aberdeenshire from grass sickness; if he can give the number of horses...
19. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware of the position of smallholders in East Lothian as a result of the milk marketing scheme; that they have intimated to the...
16. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the names of the Court Commissioners for Scotland; where and how often they meet; and the number of meetings attended by each person for the years...
17. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether any police officers were suspended or dismissed for the alleged attack in the police cells at Cambuslang on Frank Hillhouse; and whether any...
18. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of hoistmen, court attendants and women cleaners, respectively, who are employed in the county buildings court houses at Ingrim Street,...
20. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if the actuarial valuation of the teachers' superannuation funds in terms of Section 7 of the Edinburgh (Scotland) (Superannuation) Act, 1925, is...
21. asked the Secretary for Mines the average number of shifts worked per person per week in the mines for 1914 and 1933, giving separate figures for Lancashire and Scotland?
23. asked the Secretary for Mines the reasons why the New Hucknall pit, Huthwaite, Notts, is to be closed at once, involving the dismissal of more than 1,000 men, in view of the fact that a high...
24. asked the Secretary for Mines what is the percentage both of fatal and non-fatal accidents at Bedwas Colliery, Monmouthshire; and how do these percentages compare with those for the South...
28. asked the Minister of Pensions whether his attention has been called to the case of Sidney W. Derry, an ex-service man in receipt of a disability pension, who, while undergoing treatment in...
29. asked the Minister of Agriculture if his attention has been drawn to the fact that over a period of years the amount of the annual crop in the main agricultural products has been consistently...
42. asked the Minister of Health whether he is in a position to state the amount, or the estimated amount, as the case may be, of relief obtained by the agricultural industry as a result of the...
30. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is yet in a position to make any statement on the Government's proposals to assist the livestock industry?
34. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can now give the House any information about the meeting of the subcommittee of the Lancashire Standing Joint Committee, on...
35. asked the Home Secretary if his attention has been called to the recent action at Newcastle Assizes, when judgment for £400 and costs was given to the widow of Police Constable Potts...
37. asked the Minister of Transport whether measures will be taken to prevent the sudden flooding of the Kingston by-pass road at certain points after rain to a depth of some 18 inches?
38. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that certain types of car are so constructed that the driver cannot see his left front mudguard; and whether he has evidence to show that...
36. asked the Attorney-General the names of the persons who constitute the panel of arbitrators under Section 1 of the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, and which of the...
39 and 40. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) whether he will arrange for the publication of the United States Government's proposal with regard to the private manufacture of...
41. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Chilean Government has yet made any proposals for ending its default upon its obligations to British holders of Chilean Government...
43. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will lay papers showing the populations of the various towns in Palestine which have been given self- government under the recent...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he is yet able to give any information regarding the British proposals for a permitted increase in the strength of the British naval forces in certain...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether he can now state which members of the Unemployment Assistance Board are to give full time to their task; and whether he is now in a position to state the...
47. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can state the approximate amount of loans borrowed from British investors by some of the States of America during the last century which were...
48. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware that lavatory seats of German manufacture have been specified to be used in the new Cunarder No. 534; and, as the completion of...
49. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he is in a position to state the amount of money collected by the British Museum towards the cost of the Bible manuscript (Codex Sinaiticus);...
50. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he will take steps to improve the condition of some of the plane trees at the sides of the road in the Mall between the Admiralty Arch and...
51. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether a decision has yet been arrived at about the structure of St. John's Lodge, Regent's Park; and whether he will consider exhibiting at St. John's...
26. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs what has been the nature of the difficulties encountered in the negotiations with the Government of the Irish Free State with regard to the...
31. asked the Home Secretary if he can now state the result of the police inquiry concerning the confession of Walter Prince to the murder of Charles Armstrong of Manchester; whether Prince is...
(by Private Notice) asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if he is in a position to make a statement concerning the tragedy which occurred at the Air Pageant at Hendon on Saturday last, and...
May I ask the Lord President of the Council to state the business which it is proposed to take on Friday?
Joseph Francis Stewart, esquire, for the Counties of Fermanagh and Tyrone.
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 Administration of Justice (Appeals) Bill...
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Members from Standing Committee D: Mr. Ban-field, Mr. Grimston, Mr. Lewis Jones, the...
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had nominated the following Two Members to serve on the Select Committee on the National Maritime Museum Bill: Captain...
Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
That they have agreed to,—
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Thursday, and to be printed. [Bill 164.]
[11th ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £13,639,924, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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