Monday, 11 March 1935
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
1. asked the Secretary of State for India what was the object of appointing the War Block Committee in connection with the present scheme for the retirement of British officers of the Indian Army?
2 and 3. asked the Secretary of State for India (1) the total cost to the Indian taxpayer of the 205 members of the Council of State and the Legislative Assembly in India; and whether he can give...
5. asked the Secretary of State for India which Provincial Governments, if any, have presented their Budgets for 1935–36, and which of them show deficits and for what amounts in each case?
6. asked the Secretary of State for India what compensation has been granted to the dependants of the Indian magistrate and inspector of police murdered in endeavouring to sup press the...
7. asked the Secretary of State for India the number and nature of the concessions granted to Imperial Chemicals, Limited, by the Government of India and the Provincial Governments, and the terms...
Duchess of ATHOLL: 8. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he will give details of the riot at Karachi, due to the death sentence passed on a Moslem for murdering in open court a man...
9. asked the Secretary of State for India the number of Indian officers in the Indian Army; how many are at present being trained in the Indian Sandhurst; and how many have passed through as...
10. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is now in a position to give the House the purport of the conversations between representatives of China and Japan?
11. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the present position with regard to the plate and furniture valued at over £12,000 stolen from the British Embassy in Petrograd...
12 and 13. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) whether he is in a position to state the nature of the communication made by His Majesty's Ambassador to the State Department of...
16. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make a statement relating to the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Frencham, missionaries, British subjects, at Ningkiang, Northern China?
14. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any investigation has been made by or on behalf of His Majesty's Government into methods of applying economic sanctions under Article...
15. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the attention of His Majesty's Government has been drawn to the action taken by the Mexican Government in connection with the affairs...
17. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is in a position to make a statement on the concentration of Turkish troops on the Bulgarian frontier; and if any representations...
18. asked the Minister of Agriculture why the five settlements comprising 9,456 acres, purchased by the Ministry for £327,919, are burdened with 1,375 perpetual annuities of £l each; to...
20. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will take steps to have the national mark on beef altered so that there can be no ground for con fusion with the mark on imported meat, the two at...
21. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that Mr. Robert Wagg, of Great Bircham, King's Lynn, Norfolk, a workers' representative of the Norfolk Agricultural Wages Committee, has...
22. asked the Minister of Agriculture how many farmers have been fined or prosecuted for planting an acreage of potatoes in excess of the area allocated by the Potato Marketing Board?
23. asked the Minister of Agriculture how many per sons have been fined or prosecuted by the Hops Marketing Board for growing hops in excess of the quantity permitted by the Hops Marketing Board?
33. asked the President of the Board of Trade what Empire and foreign countries imported barley into this country during the months of January and February, 1935; what quantities were imported...
Duchess of ATHOLL: 34. asked the President of the Board of Trade what restrictions, if any, exist on the entry of wool of black-faced sheep into foreign markets?
19. asked the Minister of Agriculture what action he is taking with regard to the report of the Poultry Commission?
24. asked the Postmaster-General to what extent since 1920 machince have been substituted for hand clerical labour in the Post Office, London, telephone service; and what is the estimated annual...
26. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that the proposal to treat the additional bank holiday on 6th May as an ordinary bank holiday for the purposes of the compensatory leave of...
25 and 27. asked the Postmaster-General (1) whether he is aware of the scheme of road widening in High Street, Stratford, and the ready opportunities to provide post office facilities whereby...
29. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether his Department is providing a stand for Members of Parliament and their families to see the Royal Procession to and from St. Paul's Cathedral on...
30. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he is aware that the ventilation and heating at the office of His Majesty's inspectors of taxes and their staffs at Richmond House, Newhall...
57. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury to what extent since 1920 machince have been substituted for hand clerical labour in the Customs and Excise Department; and what is the estimated...
31. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies on what grounds a new order has been gazetted in Palestine which makes every inhabitant an alien unless he is a Palestinian citizen; and does...
32. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the accounts of the national stud and farm which show a net loss of £25,231 for the two years...
Mrs. WARD: 36. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to the position of those mine-workers in the Cannock Chase coalfields who are employed for four shifts per week...
41. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether his department accepts any responsibility for seeing that the development of airports in this country is not conducted in a haphazard...
46. asked the Prime Minister when the departmental committee on air defence is expected to make its report; and whether he will appoint a sub-committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence with...
47. asked the Prime Minister the cost of defence for the last completed year distributed amongst this country and the Dominions, showing the total defence expenditure per head of the population...
50. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he is aware that the raising in 1931 of the minimum age for cadets in the junior division of the officers' training corps has...
53. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in view of the number of convictions against taximeter-cab drivers in London during the last three years, whether he will consider the...
54. asked the Home Secetrary whether he has received a report from his factory inspector with regard to one man being killed and two others injured through an explosion at a blast furnace at the...
55. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that a sand-blast machine is being used for ship scaling in the Langton Graving Dock, Liverpool, and that the machine creates a cloud of dust and...
56. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can give the House information and figures by which it may be possible to measure the fall of the French franc as against the fall of the...
Miss WARD: 38. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can inform the House as to when the order for the "Ark Royal" will be allocated?
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the propriety of the Postmaster-General continuing to hold that office, which entails his responsibility for the control of British...
52. asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the resentment aroused among people of different religious denominations by the present exhibition in London of a statue which offends against...
3.28 p.m.
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