Tuesday, 31 July 1934
The House met at Eleven of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Lieut.-Colonel SANDEMAN ALLEN: 1. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he is aware that the rags issued to Lancashire Territorial Artillery Brigades as wipers for cleaning guns...
3. asked the Secretary for Mines when the departmental committee on precautions against overwinding is likely to issue its report?
5 and 6. asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether his attention has been called to the fact that, according to the figures given in the Board of Trade Journal, the quantity of...
(by Private Notice) asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give an assurance that in the negotiations with the Indian Government for a trade agreement the considered opinion of the...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir ARNOLD WILSON: 11. asked the Postmaster-General whether it is an invariable rule of his Department not to incur expense in order to afford postmen a weekly half-holiday;...
13. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in the case of those local education authorities who, in order to secure efficient staffing of junior instruction centres, find it necessary to make...
14. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the recent increase in the space allotted in newspapers to divorce proceedings, he will take steps to amend the law so...
18. asked the Home Secretary whether the police in cases of doubt or difficulty are in a position to take legal advice; if so, whether that of the town clerk, prosecuting solicitor, or the...
22. asked the Attorney-General whether he can state the number of petitions for divorce heard in 1932, 1933, and to the nearest available date in 1934; and the reason why one divorce court will...
23. asked the Attorney-General how many protests he has received from local authorities against the passing into law of the Incitement to Disaffection Bill; whether he has considered the protests...
24. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is in a position to make a statement with regard to the personnel of the Cattle Committee proposed to be set up under the Cattle Industry...
25. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can give any information to the House about the naval cordite factory explosion at Holton Heath, Dorset, when one man was killed and one...
26. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the minorities in the Memel territory continue to enjoy the rights of appeal to the League of Nations guaranteed to them by treaty rights?
28. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received any reply from the German or Polish Governments concerning the proposed Eastern pact of mutual assistance?
29. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the recent seizure of a consignment of bombs and other explosives exported from Germany for use by...
30. asked the Minister of Health whether he will have a full report made to him by local authorities for the information of Members as to the extension of their services during the first...
31. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has yet received a delegation from the Gold Coast and Ashanti protesting against the proposed Criminal Code Amendment Ordinance; and,...
32. asked the Prime Minister whether he can give the date or dates on which a three-party conference on disarmament in 1931 was held; on whose initiative was it called; who were present at its...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Turkish Government are prepared to pay any compensation in respect of the recent occurrence off the Turkish coast...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he can give the House any further information concerning the houses in the village of Cousland, Midlothian, which are the...
Resolved, That this House, at its rising this day, do adjourn till Tuesday, 30th October; provided that if it is represented to Mr. Speaker by His Majesty's Government that the public interest...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."— [Captain, Margesson.]
11.25 a.m.
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
Question again proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."
1.51 p.m.
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4.30 p.m.
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