Thursday, 15 November 1934
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Return Ordered, of Motions for Adjournment under Standing Order No. 8, showing the date of
Return Ordered, of the number of Private Bills, Hybrid Bills, Bills for confirming Provisional Orders, and Bills for confirming Schemes under the Public Works Facilities Act, 1930, introduced...
Return Ordered, respecting application of Standing Order No. 26 (Closure of Debate) during Session 1933–34, (1) in the House and in Committee of the whole House, under the following heads:
Return ordered, of the number of Public Bills, distinguishing Government from other Bills, introduced into this House, or brought from the House of Lords, during Session 1933–34; showing...
Return ordered, of the number of Public Petitions presented and printed in Session 1933–34, with the total number of signatures in that Session."—[The Deputy-Chairman.]
Return ordered, of the number of Select Committees appointed in Session 1933–34 and the Court of Referees; the subjects of inquiry; the names of the Members appointed to serve on each, and...
(1) Return ordered, of the days on which the House sat in Session 1933–34, stating for each day the date of the month and day of the week, the hour of the meeting, and the hour of...
Return ordered, for Session 1933–34 of (1) the total number and the names of all Members (including and distinguishing Chairmen) who have been appointed to serve on one or more of the five...
1 asked the Minister of Labour (1) what are the proposals of His Majesty's Government with reference to work-sharing for the distribution of employment and the consequential decrease of...
6. asked the Minister of Labour the number of people gainfully employed in Lancashire in 1921 and the number in 1934, respectively; and the number signing on at the Employment Exchanges for the...
4. asked the Minister of Labour the number of men, women, and young people out of employment in the borough of West Ham on the last day of March, 1933 and 1934, and to the nearest available date?
Miss WARD: 7. asked the Minister of Labour whether any decision has yet been taken to afford at the Wallsend training centre an opportunity to adult shipyard workers, displaced from their own...
3. asked the Minister of Labour whether Messrs. Briggs Bodies Company, London, are on the Government list of contractors; whether he is aware that the employ—s of this firm are working from...
5. asked the Minister of Labour whether the Government intends to, ratify the convention concerning the age of admission of children into non-industrial employment, which was adopted at the...
9. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has considered the scheme for a reform of the method of electing parish councils submitted to his Department by the Rural...
10. asked the Home Secretary if his attention has been drawn to a company, registered at Somerset House as the Night Watch Patrol, Limited, which has for its object the setting up of a special...
12. asked the Home Secretary if he can now state whether he will implement his promise to introduce legislation to amend the Vagrancy Act early in the new session?
13. asked the Home Secretary the number of deaths from asbestosis; whether he has any statistics that show how long is the period between contracting the disease and death: if he is satisfied...
asked the Minister of Health if he has any statement to make as to the publication of the report of the inquiry into the death of Mrs. Taylor?
Miss CAZALET: 20. asked the Minister of Health what steps he is taking in areas where there has been a reduction of the amount spent on the maternity and child welfare services, in view of the...
21. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the National League of the Blind has only one representative out of 20 on the Central Advisory Committee for the Welfare of the Blind;...
14. asked the Home Secretary whether any and, if so, what steps have been taken to safeguard the moneys contributed to sharing-out clubs and similar associations, particularly in view of the...
15. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he will consider with- drawing the restriction placed by Circular 1437 upon the freedom of local authorities to give milk...
16. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education the average cost of every special medical inspection, and also of every routine inspection of a school child?
17. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that about 2,000 miners are travelling to work at Cefn Coed Colliery, Crynant, from all parts of South Wales, involving travelling expenses of...
19. asked the Minister of Health if he can state how many cases have been brought to his notice where a local authority has sent workmen to demolish a private house without notice and without...
22. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that at an inquest on the death of K. Fulton in the Medway Institution a witness declared on oath that he had been compelled to sleep on bare...
23. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the reasons for the instructions given to the various customs houses that the import duties on hardwoods shall be paid on the American lumber code price...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will arrange for the recommendations of the Import Duties Advisory Committee presented to Parliament to have on their outer cover an...
Mr. SHAW: 24. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any communication has been received from the Government of the United States of America in respect of the payment of interest on the...
25. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether a Treasury official will in future watch the interests of British holders of bonds of defaulting foreign Governments as in the case of the...
28. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that at the first public hearing of the inquiry into the law relating to tithe many people who desired to hear the proceedings were...
30. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the original causes of infection have as yet been traced which have caused the many outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in the Western and South...
31. asked the Minister of Transport whether any schemes for the elimination of toll bridges have been approved by him during the past three months; and whether he is satisfied with the progress...
32. asked the Minister of Transport what steps are being taken to deal with the uneven surface of the new road between Wolverhampton and Birmingham, in view of the general dissatisfaction of...
33. asked the Minister of Transport what communications have passed between him and the London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee with regard to delaying the erection of additional...
Miss CAZALET: 37. asked the Minister of Transport whether his joint study with the Minister of Health on ribbon development has yet been completed; and, if so, what steps he contemplates taking...
38. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any further progress has been made with regard to the proposal to create a national park for the preservation of wild life in Malaya?
39. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the names of the members of the International Hard Fibres Growers' Organisation; whether they are nominated or elected; who is the British...
45. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children in Glasgow are now having a daily glass of milk as a result of the new milk-in-schools scheme; and what is the total number of...
41. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the total number of houses, with various State subsidies, owned by the Glasgow corporation; the total amount of arrears of rent by tenants up to 1st...
46. asked the President of the Board of Trade to what extent British coal exports to Germany have increased or decreased during the period since the signing of the Anglo-German trade agreement;...
54. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he can give the number of pits in Lancashire which have been closed down completely since 1921 and also the number employed at that date, and the latest...
55. asked the Secretary for Mines the total quantity of coal exported from the Humber ports, respectively, during the nine months ended 30th September, and the comparative figures for 1931, 1932,...
47. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the increasing tendency of British ocean-going ships to take in oil abroad instead of at home; what are the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that a notice was posted at 7.30 p.m. on Saturday, 11th August, in the Cunard liner "Carinthia," while on a course to the...
50. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the serious erosion of the Kentish coast, particularly between Herne Bay and Birchington-on-Sea, which if not...
51. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether, with a view to discouraging the development of uneconomic foreign competition with existing and contemplated British commercial air routes,...
52. asked the Minister of Pensions how many cases he has found it necessary to refer to the independent panel of specialist medical advisers during the last 12 months; and what the...
56. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether his Department is taking steps to decorate the public buildings on the line of route on the occasion of the royal wedding on 29th November; arid...
57. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he is aware that the premises occupied by His Majesty's inspector of taxes and staff at the Wood Green district, Tudor House, Station Road, N.22,...
58. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he will give the reasons why the pay of a temporary officer when first commissioned was 2s. 6d. a day less than that of his colleague...
66. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any negotiations or conversations are taking place or have been recently between representatives of the British and Japanese...
67. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will consider the advisability of offering to associate a small number of British troops with the main body of the French, for whom...
68. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been directed to the evidence given to the United States of America arms inquiry, that the Soley Armament Company of...
26. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the quantity of spirits released for methylation for the production of power alcohol in the years 1932 and 1933, respectively, or for such periods in...
That they have agreed to,—
3.45 p.m.
Standing Order No. 14 (4), line 2, alter 'supply,' insert and the consideration of the reports of the Committee of Public Accounts and the Select Committee on Estimates.'
Standing Order No. 14 (4), line 2, after 'Supply,' insert 'and the consideration of the reports of the Committee of Public Accounts and the Select Committee on Estimates.'
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [14th November], That the Reports of Investigations into Industrial Conditions in certain Depressed Areas, presented to this House on 6th...
Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 and 1929, on the application of the urban district council of Bingley,...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Sir G. Bowyer.]
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