Wednesday, 5 December 1934
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Ministry of Health Provisional Order (Holland and Lindsey) Bill.
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any recent international conversations or negotiations on disarmament have arisen; and whether the British Government intends taking...
2. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any request of an official nature has been made to the British Government, either on behalf of the League of Nations or of any State,...
3. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any special instructions have recently been issued to commercial attaches, and consuls and vice-consuls, with a view to the expansion...
5. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the development of trade between this country and the Colonial Empire, and the problems which must arise through resultant...
38. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether, in view of the threat to Lancashire and other industrial areas, he can make a statement on the position raised by the proposed...
39. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs if he will give particulars of the proposal made to the New Zealand Government under which she is given until December to accept the quota on...
51. asked the President of the Board of Trade what proportion of British coastal trade is carried by foreign ships; and whether he has evidence to show if this has increased during the last six...
52. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether any special representations have been made to the Spanish Government in view of the visit of the Board of Trade delegation to that...
4. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the desirability of improving the standard of broadcasting to the Colonial Empire and of making some...
8. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, what action he proposes to take on the assertion in the Kenya Land Commission Report regarding the difficulty of securing suitable local people,...
6.(for asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has considered a petition from Kenya Colony complaining of an order issued by a District Commissioner in the Kavirondo Reserve,...
9. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can make a statement of the circumstances attending the dismissal of a customs official in Jamaica for alleged fraud and the subsequent...
10. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what action the Government proposes to take with regard to the recommendations of the committee on leave and passage conditions for the Colonial...
11. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the fines for killing preserved species of animals in Malaya are in all cases fixed at a higher figure than the value of the animals in...
12. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can give any information on health conditions in Grenada; what action has been taken on the report of the commission set up in...
14. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Jews have actually been deported from Palestine during 1934 to the latest date available?
15. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will take steps to secure that the two nominated members of the Jerusalem Municipality are British or/and American subjects, residents...
16. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he expects to be in a position to announce the new plans of the Government for the further development of Empire air routes before the House...
17. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether any financial grants are at present made by the Air Ministry to any British universities for aerial scientific investigations?
13. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether it is proposed that Great Britain shall ratify the Rome International Convention of May, 1933, regarding liability for damage by aircraft...
19. asked the Under secretary of State for Air whether, in view of the growing importance of civil aviation, he will consider organising an annual civil aviation display correspond ing to the...
20.for asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he is now in a position to state the comparative subsidies paid to Imperial Airways and the K.L.M. Air Line of Holland?
21. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to the growing widespread demand, in the interest of public safety, for the provision of an adult attendant in addition...
23. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that considerable apprehension exists among operators of public service and goods vehicles as to their future in the industry of road...
25. asked the Minister of Transport what progress has been made in the negotiations between the county councils of Durham and the North Riding of Yorkshire regarding the provision of a new bridge...
26. asked the Minister of Transport whether he can give any figures of the number of running-down cases in which the insurers of motor vehicles against third-party risks have repudiated their...
27. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is now in a position to consider making a grant for the construction of the Church Stretton by-pass?
28. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the inadequate lighting of registration plates on practically all motor vehicles; and will he take steps to make compulsory the use of...
29. asked the Minister of Transport the number of accidents which have occurred at level crossings since the repeal of the speed limit at railway level crossings by the Road and Rail Act, 1933?
33. asked the Minister of Transport whether any schemes of road improvement in the area for which the City Corporation is responsible and for which assistance from the Road Fund was asked were...
34. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that his Department endorsed a proposal to proceed with a road scheme on the island of Bute, Scotland, upon which a survey has been made,...
35. asked the Minister of Transport if he aware that in a recent prosecution an inspector of the London Passenger Transport Board stated in evidence that it was the duty of passengers desirous of...
36. asked the Minister of Transport how many applications there are at present in his Department from local authorities for financial assistance for bridge and tunnel schemes, the details of...
53. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will ascertain from the police authorities and state to what extent they will permit public thoroughfares in the Metropolitan...
Lieut.-Colonel J. SANDEMAN ALLEN: 22.for asked the Minister of Transport whether with a view to obviating the excessive overcrowding now prevalent during rush hours on the suburban trains of the...
24. asked the Minister of Transport whether his Department are taking any steps in conjunction with the Westminster City Council to provide a subway for pedestrians at the junction of Victoria...
Mr. WEST: 30. asked the Minister of Transport how many undertakings in the area of London and the Home Counties electricity district have a standard charge for lighting under 4d. per unit; and...
40. asked the Minister of Health whether the recommendation of the district auditor in his report to the Wembley Urban District Council, 18th September, 1934, that under Article 4 of the Rate...
43. asked the Minister of Health whether he will reconsider the reply sent to the Horn-church Urban District Council in response to their application for sanction for a loan for the purposes of...
Miss CAZALET: 42. asked the Minister of Health the number of ante-natal clinics and. the average attendance at each in Dewsbury, Rochdale, Hudders- field, Blackburn, Poplar, Putney, Wands-worth,...
Mrs. WARD: 44. asked the Minister of Health the figures of maternal mortality in the administrative areas of Cannock urban district and Brownhills urban district; and how the position compares...
45. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has any statement to make with regard to the position of the barley trade?
46. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that the egg imports from China in October, 1934, amounted to 208,471 great hundreds of eggs in shell as compared with 151,560 for the...
47. asked the Minister of Agriculture when he will be in a position to state whether the cattle subsidy is to be continued after 31st March, 1935?
49. asked the Secretary for Mines the number of persons killed and seriously injured in and about coal mines during the present year and the cause of the same?
50. asked the Secretary for Mines the number of separate coal mines at work in South and West Yorkshire, respectively; and the number at work in 1931, 1929 and 1924?
48. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether it is the general practice in schools for police officers to give occasional instruction on road safety?
54. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has-been called to the circumstances attending the death of Ernest Collins at Dartmoor Prison; and whether he intends to institute any inquiry...
55. asked the Home Secretary whether, in the event of a person buying in Ireland a ticket for an Irish sweepstake returning to his residence in the United Kingdom and then winning a prize with...
58. asked the Home Secretary whether he has received a report from his factory inspector in connection with a fatal accident at the Calvert brickworks near Steeple Claydon, Bucks; and if he is...
59. asked the Home Secretary whether the annual statutory reports of His Majesty's judges relative to the work of the High Court will be printed for the assistance and guidance of the Royal...
61. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is now in a position to make a statement on the prospects of the success of the converted Austrian League Loan, 1923–43; and whether His...
62. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the purpose and amounts of the grants made by the Government to rural community councils in England for this and the past few years?
63. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the amount and defined purpose of the grant made by the Development Commissioners to the rural industries bureau in England; and what is the...
64. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of civil servants that are paid monthly; if there is any objection to them being paid weekly; and whether any representations have...
65. asked the Minister of Labour whether he has received any information from his representative at Clydebank, Glasgow, about the closing down of the Singer sewing-machine factory; whether he can...
66. asked the Minister of Labour what percentage of the in slued population is registered as unememployed at Alston, Cumberland?
37.for asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether any steps have been taken or are in contemplation in regard to the provision of a wild animal reserve in Southern Rhodesia, with a...
60.for asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the Croydon Operatic Society is a society run not for profit but solely for the purpose of maintaining public interest in...
Ordered, That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[The Prime Minister.]
Considered in Committee.
7.41 p.m.
9.14 p.m.
Considered in Committee [Progress 3rd December].
Resolution reported:
"to make provision for the granting of financial assistance to the owners of ships registered in the United Kingdom in respect of tramp voyages carried out during the year nineteen hundred and...
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