Thursday, 26 July 1934
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Ordered, Copy of Treasury List of Colonial Stocks and of Stocks of Territories to which the Colonial Stock Acts, 1877 to 1900, have been applied under the powers conferred by the Colonial...
Cardiff Corporation Bill,
2. asked the Minister of Labour the number of cases referred to the umpire under the Unemployment Insurance Acts during the first six months of 1934; the number at present outstanding; and the...
1. asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons registered as unemployed at the latest available date at Barnsley, Wake- field and Hemsworth, and the corresponding figures for the same date...
3. asked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider the reopening of the Castleton Employment Exchange on Wednesdays and Saturdays, as the closing of the same is causing considerable...
4. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will furnish the House with a return of the total strength of the Liverpool city police force and with a return of the number of...
6. asked the Home Secretary for what period Lord Trenchard was appointed Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis; and whether any limit has been laid down?
5. asked the Home Secretary whether investigation has been made into the circumstances attending the death of Private Arthur Pass, of the Royal Army Medical Corps, at Bayswater; whether any...
9. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether any inspectors have vet been appointed to be responsible, as far as the Board of Education is concerned, for the inspection...
10. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he is aware that cases of injury from wood splinters to scholars at the London County Council elementary school, Barrow...
11. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether any progress has been made in the negotiations concerning the proposed technical college for Mexborough?
12. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education the number of classes in elementary schools in which the number of pupils exceeded 50 in 1932 and 1933, respectively?
16. asked the Minister of Health whether the Tickhill Urban District Council have submitted a scheme to deal with slum clearance in their area; and, if so, how far the scheme is consistent with...
17. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the failure of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1933, to provide sufficient houses to be let at reasonable rents for working people...
21. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that there is an increasing demand in many parts of England and Wales for small dwellings of a type suitable for occupation by aged persons;...
22. asked the Minister of Health whether any Exchequer grants are available under the Housing Act, 1530, for the provision of re-housing accommodation for persons of the working classes who are...
23. asked the Minister of Health how many resolutions have been submitted for his approval by the London County Council up to 30th June, 1934, in connection with the replanning of built areas in...
25. asked the Minister of Health whether he can state the number of houses which have been completed under the Housing Act, 1933, by arrangement with building societies and the number for which...
20. asked the Minister of Health whether he, has considered the communication from the clerk of the Tyldesley Urban District Council drawing his attention to two colliery refuse tips which are on...
24. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that in March, 1933, Mr. T. Burns, of 12, Mackenzie Street, Towngate, Leeds, applied for a pension, under the Old Age Pensions Acts,...
26. asked the Minister of Health the total sum of the applications made for the £1,000,000 grant for improving rural water supplies?
27. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the gentlemen's agreement given by the brewers to purchase as large a quantity of English barley as possible will operate again as regards the...
31. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been drawn to the sale of a farm in Kent where special attention is directed to the fact that the occupier has the right under the...
49. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that the grant to the potato virus research scheme at Corstorphine has been reduced, and that the effect of the reduction will be to...
28. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the understanding reached with the brewers and anounced in the Budget Speech of 1933, whereby the brewers undertook to improve the gravities of...
29. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has now come to any decision as to the removal of the national stud from the Irish Free State to this country?
30. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is in a position to make a statement as to the action to be taken on the report of the Crown Lands Advisory Committee on Carlton House Terrace and...
35. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that German purchases of British herring have now ceased owing to exchange restrictions; and, having regard to the disastrous...
41. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that Tan Kah Kee and Company, Limited, have gone into liquidation through selling rubber...
36. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that the travelling rates charged to season ticket holders by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company in the Liverpool district...
38. asked the Attorney-General whether he can give any estimate of the net cost, after allowing for Income Tax and fees paid by litigants, of providing three additional judges for the King's...
39. asked the Postmaster-General whether he will arrange with the London County 'Council that persons who apply through a post office for a driver's licence or a renewal thereof should also be...
40. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is reconsidering the scale of wages paid to lower grade postal workers; what possibilities exist for increasing the pay of postmen and when he expects...
Captain GUEST: 43. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he will obtain reports regarding the flying characteristics of the two aircraft "Scylla" and "Syrinx," particularly in...
44. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether it is proposed to increase the number of cadets at Cranwell; and, if so, by how many?
47 and 48. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air (1) whether any and, if so, how- many of the new squadrons of the Royal Air Force will be recruited on a territorial basis; (2) how many of...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider setting up a Government Department for the encouragement of the tourist traffic to Britain on the lines of those established in France and...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether, arising out of the report of the Select Committee on Procedure, he can state what action, if any, the Government propose to take?
7. asked the Home Secretary whether he has received a report from his Sheffield inspector in connection with the accident to two men who were buried in a trench while excavating near a canal at...
8. asked the Home Secretary whether an order has yet been made for the extradition of Jacob Factor from the United States of America and how much has been spent up to the present time upon the...
13. asked the Minister of Health the number of persons in receipt of public assistance at the last date for which figures are available; and also the number for the corresponding date in the year...
50. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether any, decision has yet been reached as to the future of the Educational Endowments Commission for Scotland?
51. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether arrangements for the publication of a Scottish police gazette and for its use by all Scottish police forces have now been completed?
52. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he can state the number of smallholders in the Island of Arran: and how many are feuars who have built their own steadings and,...
53. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that there are no meal mills operating in the island of Arran at the present time, thus causing considerable inconvenience to...
54. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he can now state the allocation of the grant of £137,500 for improving rural water supplies?
35. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is now in a position to make a statement regarding the report of the Committee on Sheep-Stock Valuations?
58. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office what proportion of the officers at present constituting the selection board for the promotion of majors of the Royal Artillery to the rank of...
60. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he will at the earliest opportunity institute an inquiry as to the alleged serious irregularities in the adminstration of justice in Calcutta...
61. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government have yet come to a decision as to whether they will support the draft articles on the manufacture of, and trade in,...
62. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it is intended that the negotiations in connec- tion with the Eastern Mutual Asistance Pact and the Disarmament Conference shall...
63. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the suspension for six months of the "Danziger Volksstimme," the organ of the social-democratic party...
64. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether be will state the position with regard to the practice of British troops in summer camp at Shanhaikwan proceeding outside the Great...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make any statement on the situation in Vienna?
May I ask the Lord President of the Council whether he can state the date of re-assembly after the Summer Recess, and announce the business of the House during the first week?
to extend by a further period of two years the period during which the powers of the Commissioners appointed under the Educational Endowments (Scotland) Act, 1923, as amended by the Educational...
" to continue certain expiring laws," presented by Mr. Duff Cooper; to be read a Second time upon Monday next, and to be printed. [Bill 187.]
That they have agreed to,
[20TH ALLOTTED DAY.
Resolutions reported,
1. "That a sum, not exceeding £458,136, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
2. "That a sum, not exceeding £4,313,185 (including a Supplementary sum of £206,250), be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in...
3. "That a sum, not exceeding £13,960,924 (including a Supplementary sum of £321,000), be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in...
5. "That a sum, not exceeding £1,309,821, he granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
6. "That a sum, not exceeding £5,033,526, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
7. "That a sum, not exceeding £8,638,605, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
8. "That a sum, not exceeding £29,404,860, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
9. "That a sum, not exceeding £39,598,819, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
10. "That a sum, not exceeding £9,125,812, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
11. "That a sum, not exceeding £3,394,424, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
12. "That a sum, not exceeding £28,646,855, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the_ year ending on the...
13. "That a sum, not exceeding £27,954,155, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
14. "That a sum, not exceeding £47,773,065, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
15. "That a sum, not exceeding £38,474,300, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1935, for...
16. "That a sum, not exceeding £17,689,100, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1935, for...
17. "That a sum, not exceeding £3,943,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come 0 course d payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1935, for...
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class I. of the Civil Estimates,
Question put, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class II. of the Civil Estimates.
Question put, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution
Question put, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions
Question put, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions
Question put, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class VII of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class VIII of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported. in respect of Class IX of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of the Navy Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of the Army Estimates (including Ordnance Factories Estimate),
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of the Air Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of the Revenue Departments Estimates,
Resolution reported, That, towards making good the Supply granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1935, the sum of £320,149,442 be granted out of...
"to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, and to appropriate the supplies granted...
Order for Consideration of Lords Amendments read.
Lords Amendment: In page 1, line 11, leave out from "hour" to the end of line 12.
Lords Amendment: In page 4, leave out lines 34 to 38 and insert: (2) In subsection (1) of section ton of the principal Act the words and if any person acts in contravention of this section he...
A. Two years shall be substituted for six months as the maximum term of imprisonment to which a person shall be liable on conviction on indictment for an offence under section eleven of the...
Lords Amendment: In page 5, line 16, after "shall," insert: unless for any special reason the court thinks fit to order otherwise.
Subsequent Lords Amendment in page 7, line 9, agreed to.
(1) An order varying the periods of time prescribed in section nineteen of the principal Act (which relates to the time for which drivers of certain vehicles may remain continuously on duty) may...
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section it shall not be lawful to sell, or to supply, or to offer to sell or supply, a motor vehicle or trailer for delivery in such a condition that the use...
Lords Amendment: In page 11, line 38, leave out "carried in the vehicle", and insert instead thereof "that the vehicle carries".
Lords Amendment: In page 16, line 5, leave out from the beginning to "either" in line 12, and insert: (4) Within such period after the commencement of this section as the Minister may by, order...
Lords Amendment: In page 18, line 32, leave out the Clause.
(1) For removing doubts it is hereby declared that the powers conferred on a local authority by subsections (2) and (3) of section ninety of the principal Act (which relate to the appointment of...
Section eight of the Metropolitan Public Carriage Act, 1869, as amended, extended, or applied by, or by any order made under, any subsequent enactment (including section fifty-one of the London...
Lords Amendment: In page 30, line 34, at the end, insert: (6) For section twenty-one the following section shall be substituted:(1) A county council shall have the like powers with regard to the...
Lords Amendment: In page 32, line 11, leave. out: all the wheels are fitted with pneumatic tyres and the vehicle.
Lords Amendments considered.
Lords Amendment: In page 4, line 19, leave out "average price," and insert "average of the prices."
Lords Amendment: In page 10, line 23, after "revoked," insert: before the beginning of April, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight.
Lords Amendments considered and agreed to. [One with a Special Entry.]
Read a Second time.
Resolved, That the Order made by the Secretary of State under the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, for extending section one of that Act to the urban district of Seaford, which was presented on...
Resolved, That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1882 to 1933, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport under the Electricity (Supply)...
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