Monday, 5 November 1934
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
The Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (Sir Victor Warrender) reported His Majesty's Answer to the Address, as followeth:
Duchess of ATHOLL: 1. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the Government of India have, over a long period of years, sold land in the civil station of Bangalore to...
4. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he is satisfied that the regulations for guarding explosives in India are sufficiently stringent?
6. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware of the discontent prevailing in India on account of the fact that no Indian has yet been admitted to the Cypher Bureau of the...
7. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that Mr. Sarat Chandra Bose, who has been imprisoned without trial since April, 1933, has forwarded representations to the Government...
8. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that indignation has been aroused in India at the news that Imperial Chemicals, Limited, are negotiating with the government of India...
9. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received any protest from the Chinese government with regard to the despatch of the British industrial mission to Manchuria; and...
10. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the hardship suffered by British investors in the various Argentine railways owing to local...
11. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in the view of His Majesty's Government, the Treaty of Locarno is binding upon this country, in view of the fact that Germany has...
12. asked, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any final arrangements have been settled as to the manner in which the plebiscite will be taken in the Saar territory?
13. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it is intended to raise the British. Legation in Peking to the status of an embassy; and whether there is any understanding on this...
16. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Japanese Garrison Commander at Tientsin recently requested the British and other...
20. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that each of the two railways between Nanking and Shanghai and Nanking and Tientsin, respectively, at the present time...
21. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the contract for the construction of the Chinese railway from Yushang to Pingsiang has been given to a German firm,...
14. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the amount of the salary and allowances paid to the Financial Adviser to His Majesty's Embassy in Paris; what duties he will carry...
17. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the recent commercial agreement between the Japanese and Estonian Governments granting...
Captain ELL ISTON: 63. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has information regarding the proposed increased duties on cotton piece-goods for the Philippine markets; and whether...
Miss WARD: 64 asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether he can make any statement relative to the trade agreements with Iceland, Norway and Sweden, the first year of which expired on...
67. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has any statement to make as to the reasons which led the Government not to give effect to the recommendations of the Import Duties...
Marquess of CLYDESDALE: 68 and 69. asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether, in view of the considerable adverse balance of trade with the Argentine Republic, he will consider...
70. asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the total value of the exports and re-exports, respectively, to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the first nine months of 1934;...
18 and 19. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) whether he is aware that the British High Commissioner in Cairo recently recommended to the native Government the dismissal of two...
Mr. ALB ERY: 23. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the consent of the Foreign Office is obtained before broadcasting facilities in this country are placed at the disposal...
24. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any official steps are being taken by either of the Powers concerned to the end that the former Treaty alliance between Japan and this...
25. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will request His Majesty's Minister in Buenos Ayres to ascertain the date upon which His Excellency General Justo will give his verdict...
26. asked the Minister of Agriculture the number of cases that have been investigated by inspectors under the Agricultural Wages (Regulation) Act, 1924, during the present year, the number of...
27. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in order to exterminate the warble-fly pest in cattle, he will take steps to encourage stock owners to dress their cattle with the derris-root...
28. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is satisfied with the progress which has been made during the past three months in reducing the imports of meat into this country, both from...
29. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will consider the recommendation of the Milk Reorganisation Committee that a guaranteed premium for milk produced by accredited producers should...
33. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether in any of the recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, the cause or source of infection has been ascertained; and whether any of the cattle first...
35. asked the Minister of Agriculture the total number of prosecutions for infringements of the Butter Marking Order made under the Merchandise Marks Act, 1926, since its inception; and if not,...
36. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will impose countervailing duties on imported agricultural products sold in this country at a lower price than in the country of origin?
37. asked the Postmaster-General whether the opening of the Mersey Tunnel has facilitated Post Office business; and, if so, in what way?
38. asked the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been called to the fact that there is sometimes unreasonable obstruction in the streets by postal vans; and what action the Post Office...
39. asked the Postmaster-General whether he will consider providing a telephone exchange for Path of Condie, Perthshire, as this district is so remote from existing exchanges that the rentals...
42. asked the Postmaster-General whether, bearing in mind the great success which the recent cheaper rate for telephone messages has achieved, he will reconsider the advisability of returning to...
43. asked the Post master-General whether a postmaster is only empowered to alter a postal address with the consent of the ratepayers; how many postal addresses have been altered in the last two...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he will approach the Dominions with the object of appointing an Imperial Committee to examine and report on the future economic planning of the Empire?
46. asked the Lord President of the Council whether he will take steps to restore to Wales the title of Dominion which was used in official documents up to the year 1800?
51. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether his Department is negotiating for an interest in the premises near Bush House, Aldwych, London; and, if so, for what purpose?
60. asked the Minister of Health whether the age of entry for accountancy appointments at the Ministry can be extended so that qualified members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants can...
52. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he is aware that the northern and western portions of the Botanical Gardens, Regent's Park, continue to present a dilapidated appearance; and...
53. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether in view of the coming jubilee, he will consider the advisability of having the chief monuments, statues, etc., in London cleaned so as to enhance...
54. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he can state for what reason- the House of Commons is only open to the public on Saturdays and certain public holidays during such time as...
55. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether the Chancellor's Mace, stated to have been borne before King Charles I as he passed to execution, and saved by Mr. Butts during the burning of...
56. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he is aware of the unsatisfactory quality of the carpets on the floor of the House; and whether he will state the price paid for these carpets...
58. asked the Attorney-General whether his attention has been drawn to a recent case in which a man, guilty of a fraud on the customs of about £22, thereby became liable to a fine of...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir ARNOLD WILSON: 59. asked the Minister of Health whether and, if so, when, he proposes to introduce legislation to give effect to the recommendations of the departmental...
61 and 62. asked the Minister of Health (1) whether his attention has been called to the interim report of the cleansing sub-committee of the Metropolitan Boroughs Standing Joint Committee on...
72. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that the corporation of Dundee has under consideration a reconstruction scheme to cost £200,000; that the scheme involves...
Marquess of CLYDESDALE: 73. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will adjust the provisions under the Milk Marketing Board as applied to Scotland in order to give more considerate...
74. asked the Minister of Labour whether, as M. Maurette, Assistant Director of the International Labour Office, furnished a report recently on labour conditions in Japan, he will suggest to the...
75. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the amount of overtime that is being worked in various industries at present and in order to mitigate unemployment, he will make a special...
76. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he can now state what progress has been made with the negotiations with the teachers' organisations as to the effect of the...
79. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he can give any information to the House relative to all elementary schools in England being given a full day's holiday on...
80. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether there is any official prohibition against British officers taking part in the Dublin Horse Show?
81. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Depart- merit whether it is intended to issue an explanatory memorandum on the administration of the Shops Act, 1934, for the guidance of local...
82. asked the Home Secretary whether he can state to the latest convenient date the number of persons prosecuted for sounding motor horns after 11.30 p.m. in the Metropolitan area; how many of...
83. asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the confusion which still exists in the public mind as to the exact rights of pedestrians and drivers at pedestrian crossings in the Metropolitan...
84. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the sentence of two months' hard labour, without the option of a fine, imposed upon two youths of the ages of 17 and 19 years,...
85. asked the Home Secretary whether any decision has been arrived at in regard to the proposal that poisons licences should not be granted to agricultural and horticultural tradesmen in...
86. asked the Home Secretary in what circumstances foreign seamen were arrested on board the steamship "Mount Ossa"; and whether their deportation resulted in any expenditure of public funds?
87. asked the Home Secretary whether he has received a report from his factory inspector in connection with the fatal accident to a man while working a machine on the premises of Messrs. Eyre and...
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on the Poor Law Bill be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. Baldwin.]
(Except CLAUSE 1).
May I ask your ruling, Sir, for the general direction of the Committee, in view of the fact that Clause 1 is not coming downstairs for any further consideration, how far we shall be allowed to...
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Order for Second Reading read.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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