Wednesday, 11 July 1934
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Torquay Corporation Bill [Lords]
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is able to make a statement with regard to the permanent closing by the Japanese of the swing span of the Yalu River railway bridge,...
2. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can now make any statement as to the nature and results of the conversations between himself and the French Foreign Minister in London?
3. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many consulates in China are closed at the present time; how long they have been closed in each case; and when his Department anticipates...
5. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to a lecture recently delivered by Professor Harold Laski, of the University of London, to the Communist...
6. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the partial restoration in title cut made in salaries is to be applied to Government employés in Malta Dockyard or, if not, on what grounds...
7. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies which of the British Colonies or mandated territories have introduced the use of special air mail stamps or boxes; and whether there have been any...
13. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether any more light aeroplane clubs have been approved for subsidy since the last Air Estimates Debate?
14. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the number of A and B licences granted since the beginning of this year, and the number granted in the corresponding period of last year?
17. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if he will state the reasons why the railway journey from Paris to Brindisi is still a link in our Empire air services?
24. asked the Minister of Health if he has yet considered the civil engineer's report on the drainage and problematical flooding of the site of the Brighton, Hove and Worthing municipal airport...
8. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the opposition of the Penang and Singapore Chambers of Commerce to the system of quotas upon imports into...
9. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether in all British overseas territories steps are taken to prohibit entirely Japanese imports when it is discovered that such imports are...
25. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the duty on British motor cycles imported into India is 7½ per cent. higher than the duty on British motor cars; and...
26. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the freights on merchandise from the United Kingdom to Calcutta, Bombay and Madras are being raised from 2s. 6d. to 5s. per...
Captain ARCH I BALD RAMSAY: 27. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that the imports of goods from Russia, so far as they appear to be...
10. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Colonial Regulation 59, relating to the receipt of gifts by Colonial Governors and other Colonial officers, is being strictly enforced?
11. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps have been taken, in accordance with the recommendations of the Joint Select Committee on East Africa, to bring the administration in...
12. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what modifications have been made in the Native Authority Ordinance, as published in the Gambia Government Gazette on 28th February, 1933, and in...
18. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that an aircraft, previously the property of the Royal Air Force and with squadron markings, has recently been exhibited in a...
32. asked the Prime Minister whether he can now make a statement with regard to the expansion of the Royal Air Force or, failing this, if he can state whether the Government will be able to make...
19. asked the Minister of Transport the number of persons killed in road accidents during the period 1st January to 30th June, 1934, in Lancashire; and also the number of people injured in road...
20. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to the provision of the order governing the speed limit in the City of Oxford whereby no corroboration is necessary of...
21. asked the Minister of Transport whether he has received a report in connection with a trailer which broke away from a tractor in Corney Road, Chiswick, and seriously injured a young man;...
22. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the inconvenience caused to passengers arriving at Waterloo Station, who desire to proceed to the West Central districts, by the closure...
28. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will consider the desirability of taking action, similar to that being generally adopted in other countries, for giving...
29. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the net expenditure on the Defence Services, excluding all pensions, during the financial year ended 31st March, 1934, and, for comparison, the...
31. asked the Minister of Labour whether he can state the reasons for the increased unemployment in the coal trade during the last months?
4. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, as in 1921, the Powers attending the Naval Conference will, in connection with the consideration of armaments, be invited to try to...
23. asked the Minister of Health whether he will make a statement on the water shortage in England?
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is in a position to make a statement on the livestock situation?
May I ask the Lord President of the Council for what purpose the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule is being moved to-day; and can he give an assurance that the Debate on the amendment of the...
Estimate presented,—of a further Sum required to be voted for the service of the year ending 31st March, 1935 [by Command]; Referred to the Committee of Supply, and to be printed.
That they have agreed to,—
So much of the Lords Message as relates to Consolidation Bills, considered.
Order for Second Reading read.
As amended (in the Standing Committee) considered.
(1) If the Secretary of State is satisfied that it is necessary to make provision for preventing the hours of employment of young persons from being so divided into spells as to deprive them of...
Until the twenty-seventh day of December, nineteen hundred and thirty-six, the provisions of this Act mentioned in the first column of the Schedule (Temporary Modification of Reference to Working...
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Captain CROOKSHANK: I beg to move, in page 4, line 27, to leave out Sub-section (2).
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9.46 p.m.
9.57 p.m.
Amendment made: In page 12, line 22, leave out "(as extended by section four of this Act)."—[Captain Crookshank.]
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Read a Second time.
Read a Second time.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69.
Order for Second Reading read.
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