Monday, 3 December 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:
"to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries under the Sea. Fisheries Act, 1868, for the establishment and maintenance of a several Oyster Fishery at...
1. asked the Secretary of State for India what sentence was passed on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and for what offence; and how long he has still to remain in prison?
2. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he has considered the petition from the citizens of Tangasseri, asking that they he not transferred from British India to the State of Travancore...
4. asked the Secretary of State for India whether entitlements to land granted by municipal commission in the civil station of Bangalore have been ratified by him or by any of his predecessors?
Mr. VYVYAN ADAMS: 9. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any new statement to make on the foreign policy of His Majesty's Government?
12. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received any communication from the Nanking Government with regard to the proposed agreement between the Governor of Hongkong...
Lieut. - Colonel Sir ARNOLD WILSON: 34. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is proposed to make an order under the Act of 1917 for a further census of production; if so, whether...
7. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to what extent His Majesty's Government has given support, official or unofficial, to the British trade mission to the Far East?
10. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is in possession of any information as to the terms of the proposed trading agreement between Japan and Germany?
Captain ARTHUR EVANS: (by Private Notice) asked the President of the Board of Trade if the advances referred to under Clauses 9 and 10 on page 4 of the Memorandum on the Financial Resolution...
13. asked the Minister of Agriculture the character and result of the experiments which have been in progress for the better marketing of livestock?
14. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is satisfied that every effort is being made to extend the aid of science and research in connection with the poultry industry; and, if not, will...
16. asked the Minister of Agriculture what stock has been destroyed, with the approximate value, during the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Devon; and, on the assumption that no further...
18. asked the Postmaster-General whether suitable premises are now available for the provision of a Crown Office to serve the Morden shopping centre; and, if so, when it is proposed to put the...
19. asked the Postmaster-General whether the regulations in respect of correspondence prepaid in cash regarding hours of acceptance and also days of acceptance are being carried out; and, if this...
20. asked the Postmaster-General the number of hours of overtime performed by the postal staff, indoor sorting clerks and outdoor postmen engaged at Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow and...
21. asked the Postmaster-General whether he will state the number of full-time industrial employés of the Post Office whose wages do not exceed £3 a week and the number of part-time...
22 and 23. asked the Postmaster-General (1) why Post Office vans have their side and tail lights in a position which increases the danger of night driving to other users of the road; and whether,...
25. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that mails from London to Shanghai, via Siberia, now pass through Manchuria, and take only 15 to 16 days, but that mails from Shanghai to...
26. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he will take steps to have the bare tracts near the north-east corner of Hyde Park sown or returfed in the spring?
28. asked the Minister of Health whether it is proposed to make an Order-in-Council, under the Act of 1920, for a census in 1936; and, if so, whether he will introduce legislation requiring local...
29. asked the Minister of Health whether the report on the Mrs. Taylor case, sent by him to the authorities in Manchester, was an exact copy of that received by him from his two investigators;...
30. asked the Minister of Health whether he can furnish any explanation of the wide differences in the maternal mortality rates of 1,000 births in the following urban districts of not dissimilar...
31. asked the Minister of Health whether he will consider giving greater powers to local authorities to deal with the question of slag heaps, pit heaps, and similar accumulations of waste matter...
32. asked the Minister of Health how many houses are scheduled for demolition at the present date in Withypool, Somerset?
33. asked the Minister of Health whether he can give the reasons why instructions were given to the Cuckfield Rural District Council to reduce the height of rooms on their buildings from eight...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the immediate introduction of the Bill for the control of building development along the main thoroughfares of the country, referred to in...
35. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been drawn to the effort which is being made in the town of Redditch to help the distressed areas by filling vacancies for juveniles and...
37. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he has considered what will be the position of British subjects in the Irish Free State under the Irish Free State Citizenship Bill...
Mr. WEST: 38. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he is now in a position to give the House any information as to the effect of the milk scheme on the health of...
39. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he is now in a position to publish a statement showing, at the latest available date, the number of classes with over 50...
40. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the increase of convictions for drunkenness reported to have been due to the drinking of...
41. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that a mortgage, registered on the 5th October, 1934, discloses that a motor ship, named the "London River," belonging to a limited company,...
42. asked the Home Secretary whether he has received a report from his factory inspector in connection with the death of a wood-works foreman who was caught in some machine shafting; and whether...
44. asked the Minister of Transport whether he has yet come to any decision with regard to the desirability of providing a more satisfactory final tribunal for appeals from the decisions of the...
48. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is yet in a position to state whether he proposes to publish the proposed changes in the highway code; and whether such changes will be submitted to...
49. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will give a list of the toll bridges which it is proposed to free from toll and the yearly revenue from each one compared with that of 1920?
50. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the number of accidents which have taken place on the new Liverpool to Manchester road during the night-time; that the...
51. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will consider having a survey of all first-class roads to find out how many have no lighting facilities; and will he give attention to this...
52. asked the Minister of Transport whether he receives from time to time reports from the traffic commissioners for the different areas in connection with breaches of the road traffic...
45. asked the Prime Minister on what grounds the article by the Postmaster-General entitled "Young man, do you want to be an air post- man?" was permitted to be published in the "Sunday Dispatch"...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government has now considered the issues raised in the report of the Committee on Ministers' Powers; and what action is to be taken to give effect to the...
8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether an explanation and an apology has yet been received from the Japanese Government for their ill-treatment of Mr. William Maxwell...
Miss WARD (for Lieut.-Colonel CRUDDAS): 27. asked the Attorney-General whether he is aware of the hardship incurred by persons who are summoned as jurors, both in London and at assizes, and...
I desire to ask your guidance, Mr. Speaker, on a question of which I have given you private notice, namely, to ask if your attention has been drawn to the terms of the Financial Resolution...
Marcus Reginald Anthony Samuel, esquire, for the Borough of Wandsworth (Putney Division).
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Captain...
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Committee read.
Resolved, That the Order made by the Secretary of State under the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, for extending section one of that Act to the urban district of Staines, which was presented on...
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