Thursday, 13 December 1934
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
4. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in connection with his conferences with various industries, he will bear in mind the evidence available indicating that wherever rationalisation is taking...
9. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will make a statement regarding the new scheme in the prison service for the promotion of subordinate officers to superior...
10 and 11. asked the Home Secretary (1) whether he is aware that past subscribers to the Irish Free State Hospital Sweepstakes have been circularised by the promoters to the effect that the...
12. asked the Home Secretary whether he has received a report from his factory inspector in connection with the serious explosion at Nobel's Chemical Works, Stowmarket; whether he can state the...
13. asked the Home Secretary whether the attention of the police has been directed to the gambling and drinking party which was organised by the Ivory Cross National Dental Aid Fund on Wednesday...
14. asked the Home Secretary whether any progress has been made as a result of correspondence between his Department and the organisations representing auctioneers of chattels to ensure that in...
29. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he can state the approximate percentage of the imports of machinery this year which were imported under licence duty free, on the ground...
30. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether wharves in the port of Rochester can retain their sufferance privileges; and whether arrangements can be made to effect deliveries of...
38. asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of firms employed in the making of explosive and other powders for military purposes; what quantity has been exported and to what...
39. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the Anglo-Indian Trade Agreement has been under consideration for a year; whether he can state the reason for these...
40. asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he proposes to help traders in this country in view of the recent practice of the German Government in consenting to transactions between...
43. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether there has been any recent correspondence or communication between the Government and that of the Dominion of New Zealand about a...
15. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the dangers to which Members of the House, as well as the general public, are exposed, due to the fact that drivers of motor...
46. asked the Minister of Transport whether he has hand any complaints about the fact that at Gainford, near Darlington, there is only a railway bridge across the River Tees, and that school...
47. asked the Minister of Transport whether, pending the introduction of a Bill dealing with building by ribbon development, he will take some action to prevent the spread of this evil, in view...
48. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the long queues of people of both sexes who daily wait to obtain transport from Highgate tube terminus to Muswell Hill; and whether he...
50 and 51. asked the Minister of Transport (1) whether he is aware that on Sunday, 25th November, motor cycle reliability trials were held in the town of Llangollen, and that for several hours...
16. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the case of Benjamin Berger, who was convicted of large-scale illicit manufacture of spirits, and whether it is proposed to...
17. asked the Home Secretary whether he is in a position to allay the anxiety of dog-track proprietors by issuing regulations at once defining the type of totalisator which will be sanctioned?
19. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether his attention has been drawn to the hardship caused when a child upon reaching the age of 14 is precluded from leaving...
20. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education what education authorities in England and Wales have received sanction to open special schools during the last 12 months; whether...
18. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he will state in full the income limits generally adopted for secondary school special places as qualifying a family with...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he has any information to give the House in regard to the collapse of the school floor yesterday at St. Clement's Church of...
Mr. WEST: 22. asked the Minister of Health how many days' work were lost by insured persons owing to sickness in 1932 and in 1933?
(Approved Societies Work.)
Mr. WEST: 23. asked the Minister of Health the number of deaths of children under the age of one year per thousand in North Kensington and in South Kensington during 1931, 1932, and 1933?
Mr. WEST: 24. asked the Minister of Health how many cases of tuberculosis per thousand of population were notified in North and South Kensington during 1931, 1932, and 1933?
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Health whether he has given consideration to information from a responsible source on the state of the public health in Sunderland and Seaham which has...
25. asked the Minister of Health how many houses have been built by the Hadham Rural District Council during the past six years; how many it is proposed to build during the next six months; and...
26. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the corporation flats in St. James's Street, Liverpool, are completed and untenanted; and why a possession order has not been issued by...
27. asked the Minister of Health how many new houses or flats are being built now for Shore-ditch people convenient to Shoreditch; and whether the rents of the new houses will be under 10s. per week?
21. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that if a tenant of a dwelling-house subject to the Rent Acts dies intestate his widow is entitled to retain possession, but if the tenant...
31. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he expects the report of the Wilfred Greene Committee before the Christmas Recess; and, if so, whether it is intended to present the sugar marketing...
32. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can give an assurance that the drainage works on the Lower Don will be pressed forward without delay?
33. asked the Minister of Agriculture the Department to which the survey ship "Challenger" belongs; on whose Estimates the cost of working the ship is carried; and whether the vessel can now be...
34. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the Bill relating to the herring fishery, which the Secretary of State for Scotland is shortly to introduce, will apply to England; and, if so,...
36. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the imposition of a leaving tax upon the sea-fares of British and other subjects returning home from abroad;...
37. asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of countries which compel the employment of home-stevedores on foreign vessels visiting their ports; and the number of countries which...
42. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he is now able to make any statement as regards the position in Newfoundland?
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he is now in a position to state when the Housing Bill for Scotland will be introduced?
54. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether any orders have yet been placed for the new vessels which are to replace the obsolete cruisers under the Scottish Fishery Board; and, if not,...
53. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has received the memorial signed by 3,152 electors out of a total of 3,980 electors of Gibraltar and which was handed to the Governor...
56. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty when he first received official information with regard to the launch at Kiel on 8th December of the German cruiser "Nürnberg," which was not listed...
1. (for Wing-Commander JAMES) asked the Minister of Labour whether either accurate figures or any estimate is available of the number of persons born outside Great Britain now in receipt of...
3. (for Mr. McENTEE) asked the Minister of Labour under what conditions boys are being recruited at Dagenham, by the Bata Boot and Shoe Company, to go to Zlin, Czechslovakia, for training; what...
8. (for Mr. McGOVERN) asked the Home Secretary the number of police constables and officials who were on duty on the day of the wedding of the Duke of Kent and Princess Marina for the purpose of...
35. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Food Council is still in existence and, if so, what was the date of its last meeting?
(by Private Notice) asked the Postmaster-General whether he can now make any announcement in relation to the further remuneration of certain classes of less well paid Post Office employés,...
(by Private Notice) asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether his attention has been drawn to reports emanating from Paris that an agreement has now been reached between this country and...
Will the Lord President of the Council kindly state what will be the business next week?
Reported, with Amendments, from the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills.
The Chairman of Ways and Means reported, That, in accordance with Standing Order 87, he had conferred with the Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords, for the purpose of determining in...
As amended, considered.
(1) If upon representations being made to him at any time by the Commissioner for the Depressed Areas in England and Wales the Minister of Labour is satisfied that experience has shown that any...
4.14 p.m.
4.20 p.m.
Considered in Committee [Progress, 5th December].
10.48 p.m.
Notwithstanding anything contained in section seven of the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1926, or in any order or regulation made, or to be made, under that Act, the price to be paid by the Central...
Ordered, "That a Select Committee be appointed to assist Mr. Speaker in the arrangements for the Report of the Debates and to inquire into the expenditure on Stationery and Printing for this...
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