Tuesday, 24 July 1934
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Public Works Facilities Scheme (Pemcuik Water) Bill.
2. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether it is the intention of the Government to introduce legislation in regard to the salmon fisheries of Scotland during the lifetime of the...
3. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the present position in regard to water supplies in Scotland?
48. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that wine merchants in Perth complain of inadequate storage facilities for bonded liquor; and if he will inquire into the...
4. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that a certain town council in Scotland has refused to grant a certificate from their sanitary inspector as to the condition of a...
9. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether the commission now in Newfoundland have in any way recommended reorganisation of the financial or industrial concerns in the Dominion;...
5 asked the Secretary for Mines (1) what is the total export trade of coal from all the South Wales ports for the years 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1933, and the latest available figures for...
11 and 12. asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether he can furnish a statement showing the increase in volume and value of the exports of British goods to Denmark and the Argentine...
Major HERBERT: 16. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that, while 226 tons of typewriters were imported in the first six months of 1933,...
20. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that German importers are allowed to import and are provided with currency facilities to pay for unlimited quantities of...
22. asked the President of the Board of Trade the total amount of exports in coal and goods of all kinds from the United Kingdom to the Irish Free State during 1931, 1932, 1933 and the first six...
36. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he will cause inquiries to be made with a view to preventing quantities of Japanese goods being shipped via Manchukuo and Chinese ports in order...
37. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he will consider the possibility of instituting a through-ticket system for cotton piece-goods imported into Aden so that a quota can be given...
21. asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps, if any, he is taking or proposes to take to negotiate a trade agreement with the United States of America?
23. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office how many officers of the Army are in receipt of a double forage allowance; how many of these are actually in possession of two horses used for...
24. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office what was the number and value of remounts purchased for the Army in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and the Irish Free State, respectively,...
25. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether the confidential report on Major W. A. Adam, late 5th Royal Irish Lancers, was communicated to him in accordance with the King's...
29. asked the Minister of Labour whether it is proposed to issue any explanatory pamphlets concerning the changes which took place as from the 1st July in unemployment benefit for the information...
Mr. RITCHESON: 30. asked the Minister of Labour the present debt of the Unemployment Fund; and what amount, if any, stands to the credit of the fund?
31. asked the Minister of Labour whether he can give any information to the House relative to the 45 women ranging in age from 49 years to 15 years who were sent from the Cardiff Employment...
44. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the large number of workers who are unemployed in the road-stone industry; and what steps the Government are taking to improve the position?
55. asked the Minister of Health in what main occupations in England and Wales there has been an increase in the employment of women between 1921 and 1931; and in what occupations in England and...
32 and 33. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) the number of prosecutions of persons accused of creating disorder at meetings of the British Union of Fascists during the last...
39. asked the Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to a case in the Calcutta High Court, E. A. King v. the King Emperor, and to the allegation of counsel in that case...
41. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the number of "A" licensed pilots who have failed to retain their licences in the last three years, respectively?
47. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the classes of persons in the service of the Crown or local authorities the amount of whose pensions will be diminished through the fact that their...
50. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury which of the Government Departments are arranging at the present time for films to be made of their activities; and whether he can give any details?
53. asked the Minister of Health whether he can give any in- formation to the House in connection with the 100 people living in Lincolnshire villages who are suffering from an illness caused by...
56. asked the Minister of Health whether he will state the highest and lowest rates in rural areas for which a grant in respect of a water supply has been given, showing the amounts in both cases...
54. asked the Minister of Health when the slum clearance order for the West Gorton division of Manchester will be confirmed?
26. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the depression in the poultry industry, he will be prepared to make an order to ensure that all eggs imported in shell that have been...
28. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether any regulations have been issued to local educational authorities relating to technical education in elementary schools; if...
42. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that Mr. A. Mor, an employe in His Majesty's Dockyard at Gibraltar, was drowned in December, 1933, whilst engaged in discharging...
52. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that on page 46 of the progress report of the committee for the regulation of the trade in and the private and State...
58. asked the Minister of Health what arrangements have been made up to date to restore in part to doctors and chemists the losses suffered by them as a result of the economy measures in 1931?
May I ask the Lord President of the Council what Votes of Supply will be taken on Thursday next?
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to extend the facilities for shopping during the Christmas season, and for ether purposes connected therewith. The object of the Bill is to...
"to extend the facilities for shopping during the Christmas season, and for other purposes connected therewith," presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be read a Second time upon...
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 To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 180.]
Read the First time; and ordered (under Section 9 of the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899) to be read a Second time To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 181.]
The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Captain Crookshank): I beg to move, "That the Lords Amendments to Commons Amendments and Lords consequential Amendments to the Bill be...
Order for Third Reading read.
Considered in Committee.
Amendments made:
I beg to move, in page 3, line 17, after "Britain," to insert: and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed. This is a privilege Amendment, and I do not think it is necessary to delay the...
Amendments made: In page 3, line 42. leave out "so."
8.3 p.m.
Amendment made: In page 8, line 26, leave out "and," and insert "or licensed."—[Mr. Elliot.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
8.14 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
The expenses incurred for the purposes of this Act by the licensing authority or by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Fishery Board for Scotland or any other person acting under the...
Amendments made: in page 12, line 2, leave out "Descriptions," and insert "Names."
Resolutions reported,
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the Additional Import Duties (No. 20 Order, 1934, dated the fifth day of July, nineteen hundred and thirty-four, made by the Treasury under the Import...
Resolved, "That this House do now Adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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