Monday, 10 December 1934
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Hamilton Burgh Order Confirmation Bill,
1. asked the Secretary of State for India whether, in view of the serious illness of Mrs. Kamala Nehru, the wife of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, he will reconsider his decision and direct the...
2. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he will give an assurance that, notwithstanding any change that may be made in the Government of India, no community of British citizens will be...
4. asked the Secretary of State for India the number of persons in this country drawing pensions from each of the gazetted Indian Services in the year ended 31st March, 1934, and the cost of...
5. asked the Secretary of State for India the number of mines at work; the average number of persons employed; and the total production of coal in British India during 1932 and 1933?
Duchess of ATHOLL: 10. asked the Secretary of State for India the number of murderous outrages and offences, terrorist and otherwise, which have occurred in British India since the date on which...
9. asked the Secretary of State for India whether the revised estimates of last spring of the revenue receipts of the Government of India during 1933–34 fall below the estimates set forth...
12. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he proposes to afford facilities for Mr. Sarat Bose, who has recently been elected unopposed to the legislative assembly, to discharge his duty...
Duchess of ATHOLL: 13. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that in March last a deputation from the mercantile community of Bangalore was received by the Prime Minister of...
6. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he can give the House information regarding the strike of labourers in the port of Calcutta; how long the strike has lasted; whether any vessels...
7. asked the Secretary of State for India what is the nature of the representations which have been made to the Indian Government as to the desirability of reaching a new agreement with regard to...
16. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will instruct the appropriate British representative in the Far East to compile and forward for the information of the commercial...
21. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give the House any information as to a committee for the study of questions relating to Japanese trade set up recently in...
Miss CAZALET: 42. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will consider issuing, in the Monthly and Annual Trade Accounts, particulars of the export of arms and munitions in such...
Miss WARD: 44. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can make any statement as to the progress being made with the Polish trade agreement?
43. asked the President of the Board of Trade which of the countries referred to in the schedule to the Bacon Importing Order have exceeded their quotas for the first 11 months of this year and...
Lieut.-Colonel SANDEMAN ALLEN: 48. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that a German firm has obtained the option of purchase of the Red Star Line; and whether there is...
14. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that Italian schools in Egypt are accepting pupils of all nationalities under conditions as to fees and the provision of a...
15. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what will be the composition of the international force used to maintain order during the Saar plebiscite; and whether other troops as well as...
17. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the effect on British pensioners, actual and potential, of the new Argentine Pensions Bill; and...
24. asked the Minister of Agriculture on what date he received the report of the committee of inquiry into the sugar industry, presided over by Mr. Wilfred Greene, K.C.; whether he proposes to...
26. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that the brewers are not in all cases honouring their undertaking as to the proportion of home-grown barley used in the brewing of all...
22. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the contract issued by the Bacon Board to curers includes porkers; if so, whether he is aware of the handicap to small mixed-trade curers in country...
Brigadier-General BROWN: 25. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether any agreement was reached at the meeting with the Milk Marketing Board, the County Councils Association, and the Ministry's...
27. asked the Postmaster-General whether, having regard to the success which has followed his campaign for the extension of the telephone service, he will now consider the desirability of...
Mrs. WARD: 28. asked the Postmaster-General the standard rate of pay of postal workers; whether any sections and, if so, how many receive less than 35s. per week; and whether their duties are the...
29. asked the Postmaster-General what increase, if any, there has been in the number of subscribers to the Telex Service in each of the past three years; and whether the charges for this service...
30. asked the Postmaster-General whether the regulation requiring the sender of a parcel to obtain a certificate of posting, without which compensation for the loss of a parcel will not be paid...
32. asked the Postmaster-General the number of accidents that have occurred to postal motor vehicles during each of the last 12 months, indicating in each case how many of these have happened...
33. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether it will be possible during the coming year to restore to the general public as flower garden or pleasure gardens the now derelict portions of the...
35. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he will immediately consider the enlargement of Victoria Gate and Alexandra Gate, Hyde Park, with a view to relieving the traffic congestion in...
54. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether policemen in plain clothes are being authorised to stop drivers of motor vehicles on the public highway?
65. asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the large number of globe indicators which have been destroyed or damaged since their installation, he will recommend to all local...
66. asked the Minister of Transport what steps he has taken to ensure that highway authorities shall exercise their powers and duties under Section 48 of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, in connection...
67. asked the Minister of Transport if he will state the number of examiners it is proposed to enlist to conduct the new private motor-car driving tests; how many persons have applied for these...
36. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he can now state what is being done to house the families rendered homeless by the recent fire at Longriggend, Lanarkshire?
Captain SHAW: 37. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is now in a position to make a statement as to what steps he proposes to take to deal with the difficulties which have...
40. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether it is the intention of His Majesty's Government to introduce the Harbours, Piers, and Ferries (Scotland) Bill this session?
38. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is yet in a position to announce the intentions of the Government regarding the recommendations of the Sea-fish Commission for the...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the immediate appointment of a Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, in view of the arduous nature of the Minister's present...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government will now reconsider their decision to take the India Bill in Committee of the Whole House and, in view of the greater powers entrusted to...
49. asked the Secretary for Mines to what extent the powers of Section 16 of the Coal Mines Act, 1911, in reference to the periodical inspections of mines on behalf of the workmen, have been...
50. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has received official intimation of the existence of yellow fever in the Bahr-el-Ghazal Province of the Sudan; and what measures are...
51. asked the Minister of Labour whether he has arrived at any definite agreement with the Hull Public Assistance Committee in connection with the paying of transitional payment; and if not,...
52. asked the Minister of Labour what control he has over the milk distributors; and is he aware of the long hours and systematic overtime that is being worked at the Wilts United Dairies, Limited?
55. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the increasing number of cases that are taken to hospitals for treatment where the accident comes under the Workmen's Compensation Act; and...
56. asked the Home Secretary by what statutory authority he has directed the Postmaster-General to open private correspondence between this country and the Irish Free State and to abstract...
58. asked the Home Secretary how many policemen attended the meeting that was held by the British Union of Fascists at Burghley Hall, Leytonstone; whether the assistance of the police was asked...
60. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has any statement to make to the House as to the new Austrian Loan; and whether His Majesty's Government has undertaken any new obligation in...
Mr. WEST: 62. asked the Minister of Transport what is the electrical output per head of population in Canada, Norway and Great Britain?
"to extend the powers of the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District with respect to the borrowing of money for the provision of better accommodation required for the purposes of the...
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Committee of Selection: That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee A: Brigadier-General Makins; and had appointed in...
3.40 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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