Thursday, 28 February 1935
The house met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Miss WARD: 1. asked the Minister of Labour whether any substantial progress has been made with employers' organisations as to the possibility of reducing hours of work in industry
2. asked the Minister of Labour the number of young persons attending juvenile instruction centres on the latest convenient date?
3. asked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed men at each of the Exchanges, Ferndale, Porth, Tonypandy and Treorchy, that have passed out of insurance on attaining the age of 65 years,...
5. asked the Minister of Labour the smallest number of persons registered for employment in the glove industry recorded as unemployed during any part of 1934, and the average monthly number so...
6. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the notices giving the decision of the court of referees in Birmingham are not signed by the chairman, but that a rubber stamp is used and...
9. asked the Minister of Labour the numbers of unemployed hosiery workers in Sutton-in-Ashfield and Mansfield in January, 1933, 1934, and 1935, respectively, giving separate figures for men and women?
8. asked the Minister of Labour whether this House may expect the early introduction of the Bill to extend unemployment insurance to agricultural workers?
29. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the Kidsgrove Public Assistance Committee make a practice of refusing relief to single men and that men in that district who have been...
4. asked the Minister of Labour whether it is proposed to make provision for the payment of unemployment insurance benefit in the case of part-time workers who will be affected by the cessation...
10. asked the Minister of Labour whether he will state the number of British shorthand typists employed in a temporary capacity at the International Labour Office, Geneva, and the scale of salary...
Mr. WEST: 11. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the prosecution of Mr. Joseph Cooper at Otley on the 26th of November for driving a...
14. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that streets near Bryanston Street, Oxford Street, W.1, are blocked by being used as storage places for motor cars and vans, and that motor...
68. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will ascertain from the traffic commissioners if they are satisfied that the numbers of motor omnibuses in circulation on sanctioned routes in the...
69. asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the introduction of the 30 miles per hour speed limit in built-up areas next month, he proposes to issue for the information of motorists a...
71. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will state the present position as to the improvement of travelling facilities from Liverpool Street, via Bethnal Green, to Romford and beyond?
72. asked the Minister of Transport what arrangements have been made to have the pedestrian crossing beacons painted at regular intervals of time; what is the estimated total cost of maintenance...
73. asked the Minister of Transport. whether he has now inquired into the difficulty caused by the fact that particles of mud thrown long distances by the rear wheels of motor cars cause bad...
74. asked the Minister of Transport what stage has been reached in his communications with the British Medical Association as to the connection between the consumption of alcoholic liquor by...
76. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the scheme published some years ago for the provision of a through north-to-west traffic way by the prolongation of...
77. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the resentment felt by the large body of pedal cyclists, numbering some 10 millions, against the restrictions imposed upon their use of...
13. asked the Home Secretary how many cases in 1933 and in 1934 were submitted to the medical referees under Section 19 of the Workmen's Compensation Act; and how many of them belonged to the...
15. asked the Home Secretary whether he will state the number of suicides in Great Britain for the years 1932, 1933 and 1934 respectively?
16. asked the Home Secretary whether he is now in a position to give the names of the persons who will constitute the committee of inquiry into the subject of coroners' inquests and also the...
17. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he can give the approximate number of those who left school at Christmas who are now attending juvenile education centres?
18. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education to what extent children who would normally have left school at Christmas on attaining the age of 14 have remained at school?
19. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he will give an assurance that money spent by the Glamorgan Education Authority in supplying a pair of boots to every...
21. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the provisions of the Rating and Valuation Act, 1925, as applying to reservoirs, result in financial hardship to urban district councils,...
22. asked the Minister of Health whether his Department has considered the desirability of establishing a compulsory legal standard for ice cream; and, if so, with what result?
23. asked the Minister of Health what is the rate of infant mortality per 1,000 births in each county in Wales for the years 1931, 1932, 1933, and 1934, giving each county separately; and what is...
24. asked the Minister of Health what arrangements are being made under the Maternity and Child Welfare Act for the supply of free milk in Monmouthshire; and whether it is possible for all...
25. asked the Minister of Health what action has been taken by the Manchester Corporation on the report of the commissioners on the inquiry into the death of Mrs. Molly Taylor and its surrounding...
26. asked the Minister of Health whether the investigators whom he is sending into the areas where the rate of maternal mortality is abnormally high have started their investigations; and how...
27. asked the Minister of Health what powers of oversight he exercises in connection with voluntary hospitals?
30. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the Medical Practitioners' Union is circularising local authorities. requesting them to consider the recognition of the union and the...
32. asked the Minister of Health whether, seeing that a large sum will shortly be spent on drainage and possibly a large sum also on water supply, he is arranging that these two questions should...
28. asked the Minister of Health the total number of unmarried women over the age of 55 who are insured under the National Insurance Acts as at the last convenient date?
Miss WARD: 33. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has yet received the report of the Government actuary on the financial operations of the Contributory Pensions Act?
35. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the condition of the herring-fishing industry, he will consider reducing the high rate of duty at present imposed upon cork floats...
Mr. SAMUEL: 36. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider the advisability of taking steps to acquire by compulsory purchase the share capital of the co-operative societies...
37. asked the Chancellor, of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to the high price of gold bullion, indicating a continuous fall in the value of the paper pound; and whether His...
41. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, without anticipating the Budget statement, he can give an assurance that the reinstatement of children's allowances to the figure at which they...
38. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the Brazilian Government is desirous of obtaining a loan; and will he make 't clear to the Brazilian trade delegation now in...
42. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will cause inquiry to be made from the brewers as to what quantity of homegrown barley was purchased by them for the manufacture of British...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether it is the intention of the Government to abandon the present system of quotas and restrictions upon imports of foodstuffs into the United Kingdom and to...
47. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware of the anxiety among breeders of Ayrshire cattle with regard to the continued importation into this country of cattle which are not...
49. asked the Minister of Agriculture the nature of the steps to be taken by the Milk Marketing Board during the current year to increase the consumption of liquid milk in this country?
51. asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he is taking to carry out the recommendations appearing on pages 85 and 86 of the report of the reorganisation commission for fat stock, and page...
43. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is the intention of the Government to introduce legislation to implement the recommendations of the report of the Committee on Industrial...
44. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the percentage increase in the imports of foreign-manufactured private motor cars as between the years 1932, 1933 and 1934; what percentage...
52. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Tramp Shipping Committee responsible for the distribution of subsidies will have instructions only to give subsidies in respect of those...
53 asked the President of the Board of Trade, (1) whether he is aware of the proposal of the commissioner of tariffs, Ottawa, to amend tariff item 411A of the Canadian tariff by the elimination...
56. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the imports of gloves, leather and fabric, increased from 1,100,000 dozen pairs in 1932 to over 1,600,000 dozen pairs in...
57. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give particulars of the various articles included to the value of £1,164,332 under the heading Builders' Woodwork in the account...
58. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the fact that the Spanish Government have, without notice, suppressed the 35 per cent. rebate of custom...
60. asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he proposes to take to check the re-export of Russian timber to the United Kingdom through Finland, in view of the fact that Finnish...
46. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been called to the fact that many trade unions have recently reported an increase in their funds as a result of...
59. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has considered the communication sent to him by the hon. Member for North Tottenham (Mr. Doran) relative to the proposed reconstruction of...
62. asked the Secretary for Mines what experiments have been conducted by the Safety-in-Mines Research Board in connection with adiabatic compression ignition of firedamp; whether the results of...
63. asked the Secretary for Mines whether his attention has been directed to the report of the Bilsthorp inquiry in which the comissioner concludes that the explosion resulted from an ignition of...
64. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he can make a statement as to the progress made in the special training of rescue workers to undertake recovery operations at Gresford Colliery; and when...
65. asked the Secretary for Mines how many gallons of oil have been, produced from coal in the United Kingdom during each of the last three years and the total quantity of coal used thereby?
66. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he can give any estimate of the reduction in the quantity of coal required annually by the railway companies of this country if they were to electrify...
67. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is yet in a position, to state when it is proposed to introduce the measure to deal with coal-mining royalties?
79. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it has been finally decided where the Kenya Native Land Trust Board will sit; if it is intended that Native lands shall continue to be...
80. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies who are members of the Tin Producers' Association; and what are the conditions of membership and the machinery of election?
82. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that, in consequence of the inadequate supply of closed goods wagons on the Palestine railways, exporters of citrus have...
At end of Questions:
May I ask the right hon. Gentleman the Lord President of the Council the business for next week, and also, in order to save time, the object of the proposal to suspend the 11 o'clock Rule.
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee B: Lord Burghley; and had appointed in substitution: Mr....
Mr. William Nicholson further reported from the Committee; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee C: Mr. Flanagan; and had appointed in substitution: Sir Richard Meller.
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to make provision as to the disposition of certain regimental charitable funds." [Regimental Charitable Funds Bill [Lords.]
Considered in Committee [FIFTH DAY—Progress 27th February].
The first Amendment I select on Clause 9 is that in the name of the hon. Member for South Croydon (Mr. H. Williams)—in page 7, line 3, to leave out Sub-section (3).
6.10 p.m.
7.27 p.m.
11.18 p.m.
Ordered, That the Lords Message [26th February] relating to the appointment of a Committee to consider the Petition of the State of Western Australia be now considered."—[Sir F. Thomson.]
Debates in the House of Commons are an opportunity for MPs from all parties to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.
And sometimes to shout at each other.
