Thursday, 21 February 1935
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Reading Corporation Bill (by Order),
1. asked the Minister of Labour the number of juveniles who have left school since December last who to-day rank as insured workers?
8. asked the Minister of Labour how many education authorities have submitted schemes for the provision of centres of instruction for unemployed juveniles; and how many of these proposals have...
2. asked the Minister of Labour the year and approximate date, during the past 15 years, when the number of employed workers was at its highest?
5. asked the Minister of Labour why no women were appointed to the administrative staff of the Unemployment Assistance Board; and, in view of the recent breakdown and of the suitability of women...
10. asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons registered as unemployed at Goole on the latest date available, the number in receipt of unemployment insurance benefit, the number...
28. asked the Minister of Health whether the Government will consider giving some suitable form of recognition of the voluntary and arduous public services that were rendered by members of local...
34. asked the Minister of Health the numbers of formerly insured persons who, as a result of the legislation of 1931, have now lapsed from health insurance; and the extent to which these are...
43. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can now make a statement, as a result of his meeting with representatives of local authorities, relative to the further postponement of the...
4. asked the Minister of Labour whether he has any information with regard to the extent and effect of the introduction of the 40-hour week in factories in Italy; and what increase in employment...
6. asked the Minister of Labour whether he has considered the representations sent to him from local authorities to the effect that the work of juvenile instruction centres is impaired by the...
13. asked the Minister of Labour whether steps will be taken to ensure that the observance of a national holiday in May in connection with the Jubilee shall not prejudice the position of casual...
18. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will inform the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis that the present type of taximeter-cab meter is not satisfactory,...
56. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will consider including in his Estimates an appropriation of, say, £50,000 to be expended on an advertising programme in the London and...
57. asked the Minister of Transport what is the present position with regard to road construction between Seatoller and Buttermere and at the Wrynose and Sty Head passes; and what steps he is...
21. asked the Home Secretary whether he has any figures showing how much money has been subscribed to the Irish Free State hospital sweepstakes; how much of the money has been allocated to...
22. asked the Home Secretary whether, with a view to increasing the representative character of British parliamentary elections by increasing the average percentage of the electorate polling, he...
24. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he will con sider the withdrawal of the recommendation to schools to use when possible pasteurised milk (paragraph 7 of...
Viscountess ASTOR: 25. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the necessity of fresh air to the health of infants and the difficulty of securing this in the ordinary working-class flat...
26. asked the Minister of Health whether he can give the number of shopkeepers who have hitherto been dispossessed in this country under clearance schemes; and whether any local authorities...
27. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the circumstances under which the Winterton Urban District Council are seeking to obtain an ejectment order against W. Marshall, 4, Roxby...
35. asked the Minister of Health the total number of houses completed, and ready for occupation, which have been built under the provisions of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1933, on the...
29. asked the Minister of Health whether he is now able to make a statement with regard to the taking of a census in 1936?
31. asked the Minister of Health whether he can state the result of the inquiry which he and the President of the Board of Education instituted in the county of Durham regarding allegations of...
32. asked the Minister of Health whether he will take steps to see that in all housing developments that have not an appropriate public mortuary available in the immediate vicinity, such...
37. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the state of the discussions now proceeding between the German Government and the financial interests concerned relating to the inability of British...
51. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has now received any official protest from the Canadian Government regarding the treaty entered into by Timber Distributors, Limited, with...
Miss WARD: 52. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can make any statement with regard to the proposed trade agreement with Poland?
54. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will consider the desirability of setting up a special section of his Department to encourage the establishment of foreign industries in...
66. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the heavy decrease in the exports of cotton piece-goods to British Colonies; and whether, as a result of...
38. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount still outstanding in respect of Excess Profits Duty; the number of cases in which legal proceedings have been commenced with a view to...
39. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in order to assist the producers in India and Ceylon, he will in his coming Budget consider the increase of the duty on teas from areas outside...
40. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the total cost of paying at the age of 65 years a pension of £1 a week to all persons now receiving contributory pensions; and what...
41. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why, in its balance-sheet at 31st March, 1934, the Anglo-Scottish Beet-Sugar Corporation, Limited, was permitted to establish a convertible notes premium...
Mrs. SHAW: 59. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether any further appointments of women to the education inspectorate in Scotland have yet been made as a result of the decision that...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether it is intended to fill the position of chairman of governors of the British Broadcasting Corporation before the expiration of its charter?
47. asked the Prime Minister whether the commission set up to inquire into the manufacture and supply of arms by private enterprise will be by its terms of reference enabled to deal with the...
Viscountess ASTOR: 48. asked the Attorney-General whether he will give the number of women justices of the peace-at the latest available date?
49. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, after the disclosures in the collapse of James and Shakespeare, he will, when amending the Companies Act of 1929, consider adding a new...
53. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any inquiry by way of examination of the directors and/or other officers of James and Shakespeare, Limited, will be in private or open to the...
60. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, after such experience as has been obtained, he is now in a position to reconsider the future of the present annual governors' conference...
63 and 67. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) whether he is aware that it has been disclosed that at least one director of several tin companies in London operating the restriction...
65. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can assure the House that no action has been or will be taken, unles and until authorised by Order-in-Council, to evict or molest...
69. asked the Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to the warning recently given by the director of the malaria, survey of India against the danger of yellow fever...
70. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether a report has been received by the Government from the British commissioner, Lieutenant-Colonel E. H. M. Clifford, R.E., of the British...
72. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the International Sanitary Convention for Aerial Navigation has yet been ratified by this country?
73. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on what date His Majesty's Government propose to ratify the International Convention for the Suppression of Traffic in Women adopted on 11th...
19. asked the Home Secretary the name and age of the chief constable for Birmingham; and at what age and date he is due to retire?
20. asked the Home Secretary whether he is prepared to inquire into the allegations of brutality by the police in the recent alleged rioting that occurred at Sheffield and Cumberland; and whether...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he is now able to make an announcement with regard to the suggestion that a full half-hour should be allowed for Members desiring to raise matters on the...
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.
Reported, without Amendment [Provisional Order confirmed]; Report to lie upon the Table.
Reported, without Amendment [Provisional Order confirmed; Report to lie upon the Table.
Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table.
Reported, with Amendments; Reports to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
That they have agreed to,—
Estimates presented for the financial year 1935 [by Command]; referred to the Committee of Supply, and to be printed.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69.
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