Thursday, 22 November 1934
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
1. asked the Minister of Labour the amount of the present balance of the Unemployment Insurance Fund?
Lieut.-Colonel Sir ARNOLD WILSON: 2. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the apparent increase of fatal and other accidents, especially...
3. asked the Home Secretary whether the only extant selection of circulars and statutory rules issued from the Home Office to justices and justices' clerks are those published in 1919 and 1925;...
6. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to a recent prosecution in the North of England under Section 9 of the Theatres Act, 1843, when, a, minor breach of the...
8. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether, in view of the uncertainty that would hang over local authorities in securing the sanction of the district auditor to extra...
9. asked the Minister of Health when he expects to receive the report of Lord Marley's Committee on satellite towns, as promised at the end of July last?
10. asked the Minister of Health whether the Advisory Committee on Town and Country Planning have made any report; whether they will issue an annual report; and whether their reports will be...
12. asked the Minister of Health whether he is in a position to make a statement as to the steps which are being taken to ensure a satisfactory telephone service in remote rural areas so as to...
14. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Treasury have examined the financial aspects of the White Paper proposals in regard to the future constitution of India; and, if so, what...
15. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any portion of the expenses of Sir Maurice Hankey's voyage to South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand has been or is being defrayed out of...
16. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what are the
18 and 19. asked the Minister of Agriculture (1) whether he has any information as to the number of grey seals slaughtered on the north coast of Cornwall during the present year by order of the...
20. asked the Postmaster-General whether he can make a further statement as to steps taken to prevent interference with broadcasting and listening-in caused by electrically-controlled...
Sir COOPER RAWSON asked: 21. the Postmaster-General whether he has considered the case of a subscriber who pays cash down for 16 hand microphones compared with that of the subscriber who pays by...
Mr. BOSSOM asked: 22. the Postmaster-General whether, seeing the limited number of persons who can actually see events such as the opening of Parliament by Their Majesties or the coming marriage...
25. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that, consequent upon a decision of Justice Roche, dated 29th July, 1932, master butchers in Glasgow have been induced to...
26. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether it is the intention of the Government to introduce legislation this Session to deal with the herring fishing industry?
23.(for asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether any decreases in rent have taken place on Glasgow corporation houses; if so, how many and the amount of the reductions; and what...
27. asked the President of the Board of Trade the figures for exports of Scotch whisky to Germany during the past two years; to what extent is the reduction, if any, attributable to the duty on...
28. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he can furnish a, list of classes of iron and steel imported into this country which cannot be produced in this country or which cannot be...
30. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that Unilever Limited has placed an order for two ships of 8,000 tons each and one tanker vessel of 6,400 tons with Messrs....
33. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether the decreased volume of trade between Great Britain and the Irish Free State justifies the con- tinuance of a trade commissioner's...
31. asked the Secretary for Mines the present position with regard to the work of the South Staffordshire Mines Drainage Board; the amounts collected during the last three years and up to the...
32. asked the Minister of Transport what public inquiries he has directed to be held into fatal or other serious road accidents in pursuance of the powers vested in him by Section 23 of the Road...
Captain A. EVANS: 34. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office if His Majesty's Government have yet come to a decision in regard to the future location of the Royal Arsenal; and if he is...
36. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the question of the pollution of the sea by oil from ships was discussed at the recent meeting of the League of Nations at Geneva?
37. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether any Admiralty orders have been promulgated to the Fleet asking for submission of grievances from naval ratings under the new welfare scheme; when...
39. asked the Prime Minister whether the pronouncement of the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was made with the approval of the Government when he stated at Newport on 16th November that...
40. asked the Prime Minister whether he will state the attitude of the Government with regard to Anglo-American co-operation in the future; and what action the Government proposes to take in the...
4. asked the Home Secretary whether the licensing extensions granted to London in connection with the wedding of His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent will be extended to provincial centres?
38.for asked the Prime Minister when the House will have the opportunity to discuss the increase of allowance to His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent due to his marriage to Princess Marina?
May I ask the Prime Minister what business he proposes for the remainder of this week and next week?
[THIRD DAY.]
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn.—[Sir G. Penny.]
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