Tuesday, 27 November 1934
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
I beg leave to present 89 petitions relating to the Electricity (Supply) Bill. The petitioners are authorised undertakers, some owning and others not owning selected stations. Their prayer is...
1. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether his attention has been called to the Bill introduced by the Irish Free State Government to abolish British citizenship within the...
3. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs what is the balance of money owing to this country from the Irish Free State due to the land annuities; and what the total revenue is from the...
4. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is yet in a position to state what are the terms of the agreement under which the £2,000,000 subsidy will be given to the British...
18. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will institute an inquiry into the operations of National Shipbuilders' Securities, Limited, its methods of working, and the governing...
7. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will make a statement on the progress made in the reorganisation of the iron and steel industry?
8. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will state the profits of the companies' and local authorities' gas undertakings in Great Britain for the years 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1933,...
9. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the increasing imports of manufactured granite from Finland, and to the fact that manufactured granite is...
10. asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of new industries which have been started in Lancashire between October, 1931, and October, 1934; also stating the number now in course of...
11. asked the President of the Board of Trade what are the difficulties referred to in his reply to the joint industrial council for the silk industry which prevents him establishing a quota for...
12 and 14. asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that the imports of internal combustion engines, to be used as prime movers, have...
13. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that in the first 10 months of this year 681 tons of pumps were imported as compared with 303 tons...
15. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the recent fixing of minimum prices for wheat in Canada; and, as the procedure appears to conflict with the...
Miss CAZALET: 16. asked the President of the Board of Trade how many licences for the export of arms and munitions have been granted and how many refused during the last year?
63 and 64. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department (1) if he can give any comparative figures showing the amounts spent by the Governments of foreign countries and of Great Britain...
2. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs what steps His Majesty's Government are taking to secure a revision of the Australian duties on Lancashire cotton yarns; and what action he...
6. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the abnormal increase in the importation of Russian timber into Finland, the monthly average of £1,250...
5. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he proposes to take any action with regard to the petition for a public inquiry into the conditions of service of certificated navigating and...
Lieut. - Colonel SANDEMAN ALLEN: 17. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, for the protection of investors, he can arrange that fixed trusts which have received subscriptions from...
19. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether any decision has now been reached to move the Royal Arsenal from Woolwich?
20. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether the Army is to take part in His Majesty's Silver Jubilee celebrations in 1935?
21. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office at what rate to the dollar the Colonial allowances admissible to His Majesty's Forces in Hong Kong were fixed; and whether there is any...
22. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he is aware that Mrs. Whybrow, the sexagenarian widow of Captain and Quartermaster F. Whybrow, an ex-ranker officer, formerly of the...
23. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether it is possible for the cloth ordered by his Department to be manufactured, in some cases, by underpaid labour; whether orders are...
25. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that a smallholder of State-owned land in Glenelg, Inverness-shire, who vacated his holding about two years ago, has now...
26. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his attention has been called to the case of Mrs. Alexander McLean, of North Osgaig, Raasay, who is bedridden, is 100 years of age, and...
27. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his attention has been drawn to cases where Scottish fishermen have been convicted and fined for fishing within territorial waters of the...
28. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has considered representations from the Blackface Sheep-breeders' Association with reference to the serious position of sheep lands owing...
29. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether there is likely to be any revision, of the financial provisions of the 1933 Housing Act, in view of the fact that local authorities in...
Miss WARD: 30. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he can give the House any information as to the outcome of the British coalowners' delegation to Poland?
31. asked the Secretary for Mines the number of persons employed in coal mines in Great Britain below and above ground during the years 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1933?
Mrs. WARD: 33. asked the Secretary for Mines whether the Mines Department have done anything to give effect to the recommendations of the Miners' Lamps Committee made 12 years ago in regard to...
Miss WARD: 34. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he has any statement to make relative to the amended schemes under the Coal Mines Act, 1930, in pursuance of his recent Order?
35. asked the Secretary for Mines the number of inspections made by His Majesty's Inspectors in the mines of Lancashire during the first six months of 1934; and whether these include a visit to...
36. asked the Secretary for Mines, how many mines there are that have reached a depth of 1,000 yards; the number in Lancashire; and what is the average temperature of the deepest of them?
37. asked the Secretary for Mines when the Departmental Com- mittee on precautions against overwinding is likely to issue its report?
Mrs. WARD: 38. asked the hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, the number of deer slaughtered by the Forestry Commissioners in Cannock Chase within the last...
40. asked the hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, whether he can furnish information as to the Forestry Commission's planting programme in the several...
44. asked the Minister of Transport whether lie is aware of the excessive overcrowding now prevalent during rush hours on the suburban trains of the Metropolitan Railway; whether, as in the case...
53. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the unsafe condition of the platform at the Flint Railway Station and that repeated appeals have been made to the London Midland and...
54. asked the Minister of Transport the number of beacons that have been erected and the approximate cost; if he can estimate the cost of fitting them with electric light; and, if local...
55. asked the Minister of Transport whether, in order to deal with vehicular congestion in the Metropolitan area and to reduce preventible obstruction to moving traffic as well as causes of...
42.(for asked the Minister of Transport whether he is satisfied that the railways of Great Britain are giving adequate attention to research and experiment in the development of high-speed...
43.for asked the Minister of Transport whether, with a view to increasing safety on the roads, he will consider making it a condition of all further grants from national funds towards arterial...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the advisability of proposing to the United States Government that negotiations for a Pacific mutual assistance pact on the lines of the...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether, having regard to the increasing congestion of the business of the Imperial Parliament, the Government will be prepared to set up a Parliamentary Committee to...
47. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether in view of the fact that the Bank for International Settlements has been unable to perform the functions for which it was primarily set up, he...
48. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the financial commitments undertaken by the Treasury since the introduction of the Budget of 1934–35?
Air Ministry.—As stated in the House of Commons by the Lord President of the Council on 19th July, 1934, His Majesty's Government have decided (subject to review in the light of any changes...
49. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any of the British banks still have in their possession sums of money sent by the late Russian Government for the purpose of paying coupons and...
51. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the fact that the brewers have not carried out their undertaking to increase substantially the consumption of home-grown malting...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir ARNOLD WILSON: 65. asked the Minister of Agriculture by what authority the Wheat Commission require all applications for appointment as authorised dealers to be considered and...
56. asked the Minister of Transport the reason for the failure of the electric light supply at the Maidstone assize court recently; and whether the Electricity Commissioners take any steps to...
58. asked the Minister of Labour whether the pre-War unemployment figures, for instance, of the year 1913 are fairly comparable with the post-War figures of 1934, for example; and, if not,...
59. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to the case of Mrs. Ethel Cooksey, of 8, Scarborough Road, Pleck, Walsall (Ref. W.I. 25,855/1934), who has paid health and...
72. asked the Minister of Health the number of able-bodied unemployed persons in Great Britain who are at present in receipt of out-relief on account of unemployment who are not included in the...
61. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware of the case of George James Jones, of Burton Street, South Elmsall, who is totally incapaci- tated from work by an...
62. asked the Home Secretary whether he will consider the possibility of obtaining and publishing, in connection with annual licensing statistics, details of the age groups of persons convicted...
66. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the composition, terms of reference, powers, and nature of the proposed inquiry into the arms traffic so far as these are now settled?
67. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that at the meeting of the Assembly of the League of Nations at Geneva, on 13th September, M. Beck, the Polish foreign...
68. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Council of Foreign Bondholders has yet arranged for the termination of the default on Chilean Government obligations; and if the...
73. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to Table 25 of the Registrar-General's Statistical Review showing that cases of suicide have increased from 3,759 in 1921 to...
74. asked the Minister of Health the number of mothers who die for every thousand of infants born in Dewsbury, Rochdale, Huddersfield, Blackburn, Poplar, Putney, Wandsworth, Shoreditch, West Ham,...
76. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been drawn to the arrival in Tanganyika of Commander von Schonfeld, who bears the title of leader of the German...
60.for asked the Home Secretary what instructions he proposes to issue and what steps he intends to take with regard to limiting or supervising, whether in the course of the post or not,...
75. asked the Minister of Health whether he will make provision in forthcoming housing legislation for the taking of a housing census, including particulars of the number of houses within the...
by Private Notice asked the First Commissioner of Works if Members of Parliament occupying the Parliamentary stand on Thursday next will be allowed to bring their cars into New Palace Yard prior...
by Private Notice asked the Prime Minister whether any steps have been taken to set on foot the inquiry into the state of business in the King's Bench Division promised at the end of last...
[Sixth Day.]
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
Debates in the House of Commons are an opportunity for MPs from all parties to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.
And sometimes to shout at each other.
