Wednesday, 19 December 1934
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
I beg to present a petition from six residents in Calcutta asking this honourable House to inquire into the allegations set forth in the petition against the Hon. S. J. Sinha, the Calcutta Chief...
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the nature and extent of the projected engineering schemes in connection with Lake Tsana, in which the Abyssinian, Egyptian, and Sudan...
2. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with regard to the continuing default of the Tientsin-Pukow railway loan, whether payments are being regularly made as promised into a reserve...
4. (for Sir NAIRNE STEWART SANDEMAN) asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has yet been able to obtain any reports from his representatives in China regarding the...
5. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the action taken by the Argentine authorities against British meat interests, British tramway...
6. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will inform the House as to the present position in the Memel territory and state whether he is satisfied that the terms of the...
7. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the fact that on Friday and Saturday last further Hungarian refugees were deported from Yugoslavia;...
8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps are being taken to deal with the continued German wireless campaign inciting to violence against individuals in the Saar?
9. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the situation with regard to the dispute between Abyssinia and Italy; and what reports he has received from British representatives on the...
Duchess of ATHOLL: 10 and 11. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) the reasons why the mining laws of Palestine and Transjordan have been caused to cease to function; (2) whether he...
15. asked the Undersecretary of State for Air which public civil aerodromes, north of London, are at present equipped with permanent flood lights for night landings; and whether any others are...
18. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he has been approached by the French Government with a view to considering the best means of improving, by collaboration, the economic,...
19. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether the Secretary of State has considered the recommendation of the Gorell Committee on Civil Aviation that the medical regulations regarding...
22. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he can give the chief characteristics of the larger flying boat now being constructed at Toulouse and compare this machine's dimensions,...
23. (for Mr. LYONS) asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether arrangements have yet been completed for Imperial Airways to fly over France or Italy so as to eliminate the train journey,...
16. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether it is proposed to fit wheel brakes to the new types of fighting machines to be used in the Royal Air Force?
20. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he can give any information to the House in connection with the three men who were killed as a result of a collision in midair of two...
21. asked the Undersecretary of State for Air whether he is in a position to say when the Supplementary Estimate for Air Services will be introduced; and whether an opportunity can be arranged...
27. asked the First Commissioner of Works why his Department has decided to make a ear park on land adjacent to Stonehenge?
28. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will state the respective general wage rates of seamen and stokers in the British Mercantile Marine, together with the comparable rates...
29. asked the President of the Board of Trade which countries inclusive of the Dominions, enforce discriminating regulations against British shipping, whether by rates, rebates, subsidies or...
Lieut.-Colonel SANDEMAN ALLEN: 31. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the expenditure of £12,000 plus in dredging the Clyde to permit the passage of the "Queen Mary," is to be...
30. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that the retained imports of machinery in the last 11 months amounted to £9,657,000; and, as...
32 and 33. asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether he is prepared to grant assistance by way of a Government guaranteed loan in order to accelerate the scheme of Lord Colwyn's...
35. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is negotiating, or intends to negotiate, a trade agreement with Peru?
36. asked the Postmaster-General whether correspondence addressed to Northern Ireland suspect of containing matter relative to the Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes is liable to opening and search by...
38. asked the Postmaster-General whether he has considered the observations made by the county court judge at Birmingham, on 14th December, on a case in which his Department was defendant; and...
39. asked the Postmaster-General, in view of the fact that he has extended the cheap night rates for Christmas from 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve to 2 p.m. on Christmas Day to enable the public to...
41. asked the Minister of Health in what circumstances he has approved of the erection of 25 bungalows at the foot of Box Hill, in Surrey; and what were the reasons which led the Dorking Urban...
40. asked the Minister of Health the figures of maternal mortality for the last three complete years in Halifax, Huddersfield, and Bradford, and the average maternal mortality rate in each of...
42. asked the Minister of Agriculture how many cattle and pigs have been destroyed in the West Biding of Yorkshire in this last outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease?
50. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the proportion of home-grown barley used in the manufacture of British beer in the year June, 1932, to June, 1933, and the year June, 1933, to...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider taking such steps as may be necessary to inaugurate a two minutes silence immediately following upon the broadcast of His Majesty's speech on...
44. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he intends recognising in some way the services that were given by the police officers and constables who were on duty at the...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether there is any rule forbidding Ministers of the Crown holding shares in armament firms; and, if not, whether he will consider issuing such a rule?
48. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total cost to the Exchequer up to 30th November, 1934, and the estimated amount payable up to March, 1935, for subsidies and other payments for the...
51. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what increase has taken place in the staff of the Department of Customs, either by additions or transfers from other Departments, since 1st...
52. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of non-industrial workers and industrial workers, respectively, in receipt of less than 35s. a week, 40s. a week, 50s. a week, and...
Miss CAZALET: 53. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of women holding posts in the Civil Service whose salaries are less than those of men whom they are supervising?
54. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the Treasury has any claim against any banking or trading firms trading in this country under the Tsarist régime, either as creditor...
66. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in computing the allowance to be paid to families under the Unemployment Assistance Act Regulations, the cost of free milk supplied to mothers and...
12. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the law relating to conscription in Kenya Colony includes the oath of allegiance to His Majesty the King?
13. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether there has been any native disorder in Kenya during the past 10 years; and, if so, what was the cause and character of such disorder?
24. (for Mr. GROVES) asked the Minister of Transport what steps have been taken to implement his promise to arrange changes in traffic regulations and, in conjunction with the local highways...
25. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will consider representations being made by the Road Haulage Association as to the hardship caused to many road transport concerns, owing to the...
26. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he is aware that the decorative plans on each side of the doorway in St. Stephen's Porch are, in spite of a warning notice, being damaged by...
"to make further provision for the government of India," presented by Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare; supported by the Prime Minister, Mr. Baldwin, Sir John Simon, the Attorney-General, and Mr....
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on the Educational Endowments (Scotland) Bill be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the...
That they have agreed to,—
Reported, with Amendments [Provisional Order confirmed]; Report to lie upon the Table.
Reported, with Amendments [Provisional Order confirmed]; Report to lie upon the Table.
Reported, with Amendments [Provisional Order confirmed]; Report to lie upon the Table.
Reported, with Amendments [Provisional Order confirmed]; Report to lie upon the Table.
Reported, without Amendment [Provisional Order confirmed]; Report to lie upon the Table.
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Amendment to Question [17th December], That the draft Unemployment Assistance (Determination of Need and Assessment of Needs) Regulations, 1934 dated...
As amended (in the Standing Committee) considered.
11.25 p.m.
11.52 p.m.
11.56 p.m.
Resolved, That the Order made by the Secretary of State under the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, for extending Section 1 of that Act to the urban district of Frimley and Camberley, which was...
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