Wednesday, 12 December 1934
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make any statement with regard to the manner in which the League of Nations proposes to deal with the Yugoslav-Hungarian...
Captain ARTHUR EVANS: 4. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is in a position to make a statement as to the boarding of the British liner "Almeda Star" by the Buenos Ayres...
6. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the desirability has been considered of sending a contingent of the Royal Air Fore as part of the Saar international police force, in...
10. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many candidates from engineering workshops in the country have been given an opportunity of passing into the Royal Navy as engine-room artificers;...
9. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can now state where the sloop mine-sweepers under the 1934 programme are to be built?
12. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the High Commissioner of Palestine has yet issued an Ordinance for the establishment of municipal councils in Palestine and, if so, to...
16. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will give particulars of such arrangements, if any, as have been made for the use in Palestine of Hebrew characters in telegrams; and...
17. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when it is anticipated that the report on the extent of the repairs necessary to prevent the ruin of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in...
13. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that in two recent elections in British Guiana successful candidates have been unseated on grounds of treating, personation,...
14. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can give any information to the House as to the circumstances in which a number of native school girls in Tanganyika met their deaths...
15. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the Government of Tanganyika has recently raised the poll-tax age for African males from 16 years to the limit applying...
18. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies with regard to the Ordinance which has been passed in Bermuda under which children convicted of offences may at the order of the court be...
19. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that foreign tools are used by the Royal Air Force, although British tools are available; and whether he will stipulate that all...
20. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether any further progress has been made in negotiations with the various European Powers concerned with a view to enabling British commercial air...
21. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air upon what conditions the French Government permitted the flight of the Imperial Airways aircraft "Hengist" from Paris to Marseilles on the 8th...
22. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he has any statement to make with reference to the circumstances under which three Midland pilots lost their lives in a flying accident at...
25. asked the Minister of Transport the number of deaths from road accidents during 1933 due to pedestrians stepping from the kerb into the roadway; and whether he will take action to inculcate...
26 and 27. asked the Minister of Transport (1) what has been the revenue received, up to 30th November last, from the Menai Suspension Bridge tolls since the reductions were made earlier this...
28. asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the fact that the King's highway is maintained at the public expense to provide a free passage for traffic, he will, in order that...
32. asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the fact that certain tickets issued by the main railway companies relieve the companies of claims in respect of damages to passengers...
33. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is yet in a position to make any statement as to whether he intends to make any alteration in the existing arrangements for hearing appeals from the...
34. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that since the inception of the London Passenger Transport Board there has been a considerable falling off in the regularity of the omnibus...
35. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will make a statement as to the complaints he has received in reference to regulations made under the Road and Rail Traffic Act, 1933; and whether...
36. asked the Minister of Transport which local authorities have refused to inaugurate or maintain uncontrolled crossings, with or without beacons; and what steps he proposes to take in the case...
40. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will consider the desirability of fixing luminous traffic signs in the centre of the road rather than at corners, in view of the assistance this...
39. asked the Minister of Transport whether the extension of one-way streets is evoking approval or disapproval from the shopkeepers in those streets; and what is his general policy in dealing...
68. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware of the complaints raised by shopkeepers, hotel keepers and residents in the Knightsbridge area because of the recent...
71. asked the Home Secretary whether drivers of motor vehicles on the public highway who are stopped for any reason by policemen in plain clothes are entitled to demand the production of a badge...
24. asked the Minister of Transport whether he proposes any action to implement the undertaking given to Parliament that improvements will be effected in the travelling facilities for the East...
42. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he can state the number of deputies, examiners, or firemen employed in the coal mines of England, Scotland and Wales, respectively, for the year 1933?
43. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he has had any complaints concerning the operation of that Section of the Coal Mines (Regulation) Act, 1911, which limits the number of ponies under the...
44. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he has considered the report of the proceedings of the annual conference of the various districts of the mining industry held on 20th November, 1934, at...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government will take advantage of the presence in this country next year of the statesmen of the Dominions to hold an imperial air conference to discuss...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the poster which is being displayed publicly bearing the words You shall decide Peace or War, and a leaflet headed Peace or War—A...
48. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is satisfied that the existing staff employed for the purpose is adequate to prevent the use of the inland post for the transmission of legal and...
51. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is prepared to authorise the printing of a special series of postage stamps to commemorate the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of His Majesty's accession to...
52. asked the Minister of Health whether he will consider the closing down of the Belmont Training Colony?
53. asked the Minister of Health whether he can give to the House any information in regard to the direct labour housing scheme of the urban district council of Brownhills, Staffordshire; the...
54. asked the Minister of Health whether he is taking steps to obtain a comprehensive survey of the water resources of the nation; and, if so, whether he can state when such a survey will commence?
55. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been called to the growing practice among farmers of selling hop quotas to one another and thus receiving large sums of money for...
56 and 57. asked the Minister of Agriculture, (1) in view of the fact that the Outer Scilly Isles and North Coast of Cornwall constitute one of the principal breeding places of grey seals, what...
59. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether any provisions have been made for a new school at the High Heaton estate, Newcastle-on-Tyne?
Lieut.-Colonel Sir ARNOLD WILSON: 62. asked the President of the Board of Trade on what date Great Britain ratified the Load-line Convention; which maritime Powers have not yet ratified it;...
63. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is satisfied that the commercial agreement with Russia is operating satisfactorily; and whether British manufacturers are now receiving...
64. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether any special effort is being made to extend British trade in Yugoslavia; and when the latest report of the commercial attaché...
65. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether any special effort is in contemplation to expand British trade in Turkey; and if he is satisfied that the representation of...
66. asked the Home Secretary the number of persons who were former British subjects and, having emigrated to America, were compelled to become American citizens in order to retain their...
72. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the interference with the broadcasting programme at St. George's Hall, London, on Saturday night last; whether he is aware of...
67. asked the Home Secretary the amount of money for the Irish Free State hospital sweepstakes which has been confiscated or returned after the opening of correspondence for each draw since they...
73. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to a film entitled "Forbidden Territory," which is being generally released; whether he is aware that the picture is definitely...
74. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the particulars of all subsidies and guarantees to which the Government has been committed since October, 1931, and the amount in each case?
75. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has considered the serious position in which the Entertainments Duty has placed many junior football and sports clubs; whether he is aware...
76. asked the Minister of Labour how many permits he has issued for the years 1932, 1933, and 1934 to date for male and female alien domestic servants, respectively; and whether he is satisfied...
11. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the banning of the Palestine Post and other Palestine journals by the Government of Iraq; whether any...
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [11th December], That this House accepts the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform as the basis for the...
Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to examine such of the Estimates presented to this House as may seem fit to the Committee and to suggest the form in which the Estimates shall be...
Mr. Albery, Mr. William Allen, Mr. Duff Cooper, Mr. Culverwell, Sir George Gillett, Sir Vivian Henderson, Mr. Morgan Jones, Mr. Peat, Sir Assheton Pownall, Sir Eugene Ramsden, Sir Isidore Salmon,...
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