Monday, 30 July 1934
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
1. asked the Secretary of State for India whether in the scheme for the compulsory retirement of officers of the Indian Army now being formulated, there will be any discrimination between...
3. asked the Secretary of State for India what is now the acreage under cultivation of the opium poppy in India; what were the amount and value of the opium dealt with by the Government of India...
5. asked the Secretary of State for India whether in any part of India any persons are now being detained for a period as long as 10 years or more without trial and without a charge being preferred?
6. asked the Secretary of State for India whether the life of the provincial legislatures in India has been prolonged in exercise of the powers vested in the governors; and in how many provinces...
7. asked the Secretary of State for India whether the Governments of the Indian Provinces have in any recent instances offered to use the machinery of arbitration provided for in the Indian...
Duchess of ATHOLL: 16. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the population of the civil and military station of Bangalore includes some 108,000 Indian subjects of...
19. asked the Secretary of State for India the reasons which have led to the notification in the Gazette of India declaring the Communist party of India an unlawful association as from 27th July;...
17. asked the Secretary of State for India whether it is contemplated to hold in India any celebrations of the Royal Jubilee next year?
20. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has given further considera- tion to the case of Mr. C. H. Bucknall, a British subject now residing in South Kensington, whose...
21. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will inform the House as to the result of the further representations which have been made by the British Government to the Soviet...
22. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the fact that persons who suffer injury as the result of careless driving by members of diplomatic missions in this...
101. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police-controlled pedestrian crossings there are in the Metropolitan area; whether the same officer ever has to control two or...
108. asked the Minister of Transport whether any steps have recently been taken to ascertain what harmful effects are being suffered in crowded thoroughfares as a result of the exhaust fumes of...
23. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if His Majesty's Government will issue a White Paper setting out, in chronological order, the record of the Disarmament Conference in relation...
25. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the report of the technical agent of the League of Nations on his mission to China has yet been considered by any of the League...
30. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is able to state whether a special meeting of the Council of the League of Nations is to be called to consider the situation in Austria?
26. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what response has been made to the invitation of the High Commissioner for Refugees who, acting on the instructions of his governing body, has...
27. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware of the formation of a directorate in Memel representative of only four members of the Landtag, out of a, total of 29; and...
28. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can now make any statement as to the position of British subjects in Turkey following the recent prohibition introduced in that...
29. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will take into consideration the advisability of re-appointing a vice-consul in the port of Mobile, the only seaport in the State...
37. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will state the country of origin of eggs supplied to patients in the Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton?
Mr. LAW: 40. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that large quantities of fish caught in waters east of the meridian of the North Cape are being imported into this country from...
42. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is in a position to make a statement with regard to the personnel of the proposed Royal Commission on Tithe Rentcharge?
39. asked the Minister of Agriculture on what date the Wilfrid Greene Committee of Inquiry into the beet-sugar industry commenced its sittings; whether it has yet received evidence from the...
41. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is in a position to make any statement with regard to the limitation of oversea beef supplies?
43. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is now in a position to give the House any further information regarding the constitution of the proposed association for the provision of...
85. asked the Minister of Labour if, in view of the delay which must result before Part II. of the Unemployment Act, 1934, can be brought into operation, he will consider the desirability of...
87. asked the Minister of Labour whether he can now give any information to the House relative to the 45 women ranging in age from 49 years to 5 years who were sent from the Cardiff Employment...
Sir NAIRNE STEWART SANDEMAN: 44. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether it is decided to bring in regulations to curtail the whaling season this year?
Captain SHAW: 48. asked the Prime Minister whether in view of the general restoration of cuts, the salary of the Secretary of State for Scotland can be put on the level of other Secretaryships of...
45. asked the Prime Minister who will be the acting head of the Government during the absence abroad of the Prime Minister and the Lord President of the Council?
49. asked the Postmaster-General whether, seeing that newspapers by air-mail must be paid for at letter-rate, which, in consequence of their weight, makes their transport prohibitive in price, he...
50. asked the Postmaster-General whether he proposes to revert to the former practice of issuing an annual report on the work of his Department?
51. asked the Postmaster-General when it is proposed to convert the Paddington Telephone Exchange to automatic working?
55. asked the Postmaster-General whether he will arrange a second postal delivery on a Saturday in those places where letters posted on Friday night in London do not reach their destination until...
59. asked the Postmaster-General how far the process of modernising the post offices and making them attractive to the public has been extended to Lancashire; and whether he can state the...
asked the Postmaster-General whether he has yet come to any decision with regard to the setting up of a commission to consider the working and future of the British Broadcasting Corporation...
62. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he has requested Bedford College, Regent's Park, to surrender to him its occupation of a suitable portion of the unbuilt-upon Crown land lying...
Mr. JOHN RUTHERFORD: 63. asked the Attorney-General whether he is aware of the imminent compulsory retirement of His Honour Judge Crawford from the Edmonton County Court, owing to the age limit...
64. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, seeing that the Ceylonese Ministers have refused to introduce legislation to impose a quota on textile imports, he will state what...
66. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will supply figures showing what quantities or proportion of Empire dairy products imported into this country during 1933 were imported in...
68. asked the President of the Board of Trade what progress is being made with the negotiations for a trade agreement between the United Kingdom and India?
69. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by the Hollins Mill Company, Limited, Manchester, in their sales of selvyt cloth...
71. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has considered the petition from firms representing not less than 75 per cent. of the cotton and artificial silk dyers and finishers...
72. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is in a position to state how many new industries have come to Lancashire since 1931, and how many people are employed in them; and what...
74. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether, after the various conditions of safety, reliability, comfort, etc., have been satisfied, he will see that any new machines for civil use...
75. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if, in view of the slow progress made in the silencing of aircraft from propeller and engine, and other noises, coupled with the great importance of...
80. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air what steps he proposes to take to free British civil aviation from the domination of the International Commission for Air Navigation?
81. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he will take steps to assist in the establishment of a branch from the England-Australia air-line to Hong Kong to Shanghai?
76. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air what steps his Department, take to prevent the erection of overhead electricity cables within one mile of any military aerodrome in this country;...
77. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air how many of the military aerodromes in this country obtain their electricity supplies from the mains or from an independent generating unit,...
Lieut.-Colonel SANDEMAN ALLEN: 78. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air for how many nights service aeroplanes are to practice over London?
82. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that the public pier at Broadford is to be closed on the 31st instant owing to its dangerous condition; what action, if any, he...
Sir M. MACDONALD: 83. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps, if any, can be taken to correct the great anomalies which occur in the rentals of the same class of house belonging to...
84. asked the Secretary for Mines how many additional miners would be employed to keep up the present output if the hours of work were reduced from 7½ to 7 hours per day?
88. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to the industrial trouble at the Cowley works of Pressed Steel, Limited; and whether he has yet offered the services of his...
89. asked the Minister of Health whether he has considered the representations from the Standing Joint Committee of the Metropolitan Borough Councils in reference to the proposal of the London...
90. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to a serious outbreak of diphtheria at the Chipping Campden Grammar School and that the outbreak was stated to have been...
91. asked the Minister of Health what control is exercised by his Department over private swimming pools for which a charge for admission is made; if regular inspections are made by qualified...
93. asked the Minister of Health the number of houses built under the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act. 1933, at the latest convenient date?
94. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the importance of securing reliable information as to the extent to which the need for low-rented houses is being met, he will make...
95. asked the Minister of Health the figures for Lancashire of the number of persons in work, gainfully occupied, in 1921 to 1930, and the latest figures at the present time; and will he give the...
Mr. VYVYAN ADAMS: 96. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether notice is given to specified schools before a visit of inspectors from the Board of Education; and, if...
97. asked the Home Secretary whether he has yet consulted with the leaders of Opposition parties as to measures for securing order at public meetings; and whether the Government have arrived at...
99. asked the Home Secretary whether it is the intention of His Majesty's Government to ratify the convention concerning the protection of workers loading and unloading ships which was adopted by...
104. asked the Home Secretary whether he will give the date from which the Metropolitan Police canteens were removed from the direct control of a representative committee of the Metropolitan...
106. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware of cases of hardship where men are compulsorily retired at 65, whose only income then is the old age pension and, their wives not...
107. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the fact that the alternative to any fine, however large, for smuggling, is merely six months' imprisonment, he will...
(by Private Notice) asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that on Friday, the 27th instant, two men named Slater and Oram were convicted and fined by the Magistrates at West Ham for...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Transport whether he can give any information to the House in connection with the electricity breakdown in 13 counties on Sunday; and if he can give any...
(by Private Notice) asked the Lord President of the Council whether he is now in a position to make any statement in regard to the arrangements for the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary...
That they have agreed to,—
"to extend the facilities for shopping during the Christmas season, to make provision with regard to Christmas holidays in public elementary schools, to amend the Friendly Societies Act, 1896,...
Ralph Assheton, esquire, for the County of Nottingham (Rushcliffe Division).
Resolved, That this House do meet To-morrow, at Eleven of the Clock; that no Questions shall be taken after Twelve of the Clock; and that at Five of the Clock Mr. Speaker shall adjourn the House...
Resolved, That the Proceedings on the County Courts Bill [Lords] be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."— [Mr. Baldwin.]
Considered in Committee, and reported, without Amendment; read the Third time, and passed.
I beg to move, That, while reaffirming its adherence to the system of collective security under the League of Nations and accepting its obligations thereunder, this House regrets that, despite...
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [27th July] "That the Bill be now read the Third time."
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1882 to 1933, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."— [Captain Margesson.]
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