Thursday, 29 November 1934
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
2. asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons unemployed in Wigan in October, 1931, and October, 1934, giving separate figures for men, women, and juveniles?
9. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will state the total number of police cells in England and Wales; how many of these cells he has certified as suitable for short...
12. asked the Home Secretary whether having regard to his recent statement that the sending of individual subscriptions to Dublin for sweepstake tickets is not an offence, it is proposed to...
13. asked the Home Secretary whether he can state the position with regard to the introduction of new regulations or legislation to deal with non-inflammable films; whether consultation will take...
14. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that large sums of money have been collected from poor persons in north-west Lancashire and elsewhere on the representation that they were the...
15. asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the unprecedented traffic congestion caused in London by the temporary barriers which have been erected in connection with the Royal Wedding, he...
40. asked the Minister of Transport whether he can make a statement as to whether the operation of the new silence zones has proved generally satisfactory?
41. asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the fatal accident which occurred this week at the level crossing at Wormley, in which both the engine driver and fireman of the train...
13. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the fact that the Camberwell Division of the British Red Cross Society recently organised a gas-drill demonstration for...
19. asked the Minister of Health, if he is aware that the Horn-church local authority made an application to borrow £20,000 to make advances under the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, and if...
20. asked the Minister of Health whether local authorities have made any extensive use of their powers under Section 2 (6) of the Rent Act, 1932, to prosecute persons who knowingly make false...
21. asked the Minister of Health whether he will arrange for a census to be taken in 1936?
23. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has any figures to give as to the consumption of British barley by brewers; and whether they are carrying out their agreement to increase the...
25. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the initial source of infection which caused the recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in the Thornbury district of Gloucestershire has yet been...
27. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been called to the number of recent cases of fish mortality caused by the effluents of cheese factories; whether, in this...
28. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can state the fertilising properties of blast-furnace slag when ground to a powdered form; and whether blast-furnace slag can be used by the...
29. asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he proposes to take to prevent the flooding of the English markets by foreign imported turkeys during the coming Christmas season?
24. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what revenue to the latest convenient date he has derived from the tax on heavy oils; and what information he can give of the number of consumers who...
30. asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of coal mines and cotton mills, including weaving sheds, which have gone out of production between October, 1931, and October, 1934; and...
Captain CAZALET: 32. asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps His Majesty's Government have taken or propose to take to develop increase of trade between this country and Spain?
34. asked the President of the Board of Trade what proportion of the increased imports of scrap iron and steel is carried in British vessels; and whether, in order to render more work available...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether in view of the increasing importation into this country of manufactured goods, he will now take steps to review the constitution of the Import Duties Advisory...
33. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has received any intimation from any foreign Govern- ment of its willingness to abolish or limit subsidies on shipping or shipbuilding;...
31. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that in regard to the cancellation of divine service, owing to the presence of Soviet authorities, in the Cunard liner...
35. asked the Postmaster-General whether the 93,500 new telephone subscribers who have been enrolled since the reduced rates came into force on 1st October last have now all been connected up;...
37. asked the Postmaster-General whether, in view of the inconvenience to business houses caused by the non-delivery of invoices and other halfpenny postal matter by the first delivery in the...
38. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that the United States are building two large airships for which the sum of £2,000,000 sterling has been granted in order...
42. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he can give the number of seats in the Legislative and Provincial Assemblies of India so far gained by the Congress party and by Indian Liberals?
43. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if only British steel is used in the construction of the hull and armaments of the naval vessels under construction by, or on order from, Clyde...
44. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that a foreign ship has been chartered to carry fire-clay bricks from Grangemouth to the naval stores at Chatham, Portsmouth, and...
45. asked the Prime Minister the percentage of employed to unemployed officers in the three senior ranks of the Navy, Army, and Air Force, excluding admirals of the fleet, field marshals, and air...
39. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has considered the recent petition of the Fife Small Burghs Association for a more equitable division of membership on the Fife County...
47. asked the Lord President of the Council the reasons why the recent petition presented by the Newton-in-Maker-field Urban District Council to be granted a charter of incorporation as a borough...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Transport whether he is yet in a position to make any announcement as to the appointment of a Chairman of the Central Electricity Board?
May I ask the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury the business for next week?
Order for Second Reading read.
10.24 p.m.
Ordered, "That the Committee of Privileges do consist of Ten Members:
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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