Thursday, 14 March 1935
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
"to empower the Corporation of the City of Glasgow to establish a municipal savings bank; to alter the period during which the Lord Provost of the city shall hold office; to provide that the Dean...
"to confer further powers upon the county council of the county of Lanark," presented, and read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time.
1. asked the Minister of Labour whether he can now state the respective schemes that have been approved by the commissioners in the respective distressed areas?
2. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been drawn to the special hardship placed upon share fishermen by the postponement of the second appointed day under the Unemployment...
4. asked the Minister of Labour the total sum saved since the passing of the Order-in-Council, 1931, on nil determinations in respect to transitional payments?
5. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the person who was recently appointed reserve chairman of the appeal tribunal of Sheffield is a prominent member of one of the political...
6. asked the Minister of Labour whether arrangements have now been made under the Unemployment Act, 1934, for trade unions to administer standard unemployment benefit; and what steps should be...
Miss WARD: 8. asked the Minister of Labour what staff Mr. Malcolm Stewart has to assist him in his London office; and from what public departments are its members drawn?
9. asked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed in the borough of West Ham for the week ending January, 1934, and for the week ending January, 1935?
Lieut.-Colonel Sir VIVIAN HENDERSON: 10. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will consider the issue of a circular to courts with a view to ensuring that when a...
Sir Y. HENDERSON: 11. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that the scheme for the co-ordination of fire brigades which existed during the War is now obsolete; and whether he will appoint...
Mr. WEST: 12. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the case of Mr. John Dicks, of Kensington, who was arrested, marched through the streets, and charged with being a...
18. asked the Home Secretary whether he has received a report from his factory inspector in connection with a crane accident at Otters-pool Bridge, near Stockport, Cheshire, when two men were...
20. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the discontent among senior officers in the prison service relating to the latest scheme for promoting six prison officers, under 40 years of...
23. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the apprehension of disabled persons while they are subject to decisions made by medical referees of whom it is known that they frequently act...
24. asked the Home Secretary whether he has any information as to how many new offices have been opened, and in how many towns, by Tote Investors, Limited, since the passing of the Betting and...
25. asked the Home Secretary whether he has any information as to how many firms or individuals were running football pools at the commencement of the 1934–35 football season; and how many...
26. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that persons who have suffered from industrial disease and recovered from it are in many cases not allowed to restart work again in the same...
28. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education what is the present position with regard to the replacement of the Boulevard Secondary School and the construction of a new grammar...
29. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether any milk is supplied to elementary schools which has undergone one of the forms of heat treatment which do not comply with...
80. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether his attention has been drawn to the report of the higher education sub-committee to the London County Council with regard to cadet...
30. asked the Minister of Health whether he will state the number of men engaged on test work in the borough of Chatham; what are the wages and other conditions under which test work is applied;...
39. asked the Minister of Health what steps he is taking to secure the provision of a new workhouse at Morpeth in view of the inadequacy and bad condition of the present building?
31. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the chief medical officer, Sir George Newman, reports that there are localities in the country with a C 3 population; where these...
36. asked the Minister of Health what steps his department takes to prevent the use in this country of eggs, liquid and in shell, imported from China, produced by hens kept under insanitary...
Brigadier-General BROWN: 37. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the statement of the Cattle Diseases Committee [Cmd. 4591], in May 1934, that the inspection of...
38. asked the Minister of Health whether he will consider the desirability of calling a conference of local authorities in the Greater London area to decide, if possible, upon a satisfactory and...
40. asked the Minister of Health whether and, if so, when he proposes to exercise the powers conferred on him by Section 56 (1) of the Land Drainage Act, 1930, to appoint for a catchment area or...
43. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Brewers' Society have acceded to his request for information as to the purchase of British barley by brewers in the years June, 1932, to...
53. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether Dr. Spahlinger's bovine treatment for animal tuberculosis has been tested in England or Northern Ireland, and with what result?
54. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can give any approximate date on which he expects to receive the report of the Greene Commission on sugar-beet cultivation?
55. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the restrictions on the operation of Sections 14 and 16 of the Agricultural Land (Utilisation) Act, 1931, are still in force?
56. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether any Canadian cattle have been imported for breeding purposes in the last year; and, if so, what steps are being taken to ensure that they are free...
44. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the entertainments duty has reduced the county cricket clubs to such financial straits that not only is their existence...
45. asked the Prime Minister who are the present members of the Committee of Imperial Defence; and how often do it and its sub-committees meet?
46. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the garbled accounts of Parliamentary proceedings which appear in the Press, he will consider the adoption of a practice followed abroad of from...
47. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is now in a position to make a statement on the subject of a departmental committee to inquire into the present position of old age pensions?
49. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in order to stimulate home production, he will consider relieving home-grown tobacco of all Excise Duty?
50. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the fact that Russia is one of the few markets anxious to import goods but unable to do so to the fullest extent on account of credit...
52. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that certain countries require United Kingdom goods to be valued on importation at market prices...
57. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the current rate of wages of 8d. per day, less deductions for maintenance, now being paid to female hosiery workers in Japan;...
61. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, taking the statistics in the Board of Trade Journal which gives the British exports per head of the population of the importing countries,...
63. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has approached Timber Distributors, Limited, with a view to the removal of the fall clause or any other alteration in their recently...
65. asked the President of the Board of Trade the total value of imports and exports, respectively, dealt with at the port of Goole during each of the last six years?
59. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the fact that from the beginning of this year all British passenger ships over 5,000 tons have been obliged to be provided with...
60. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that at the extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the White Star Line on 7th March it was disclosed that there was...
66. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he proposes to appoint a committee to consider the question of the legislation, if any, to deal with the situation that may arise when the...
67. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it is contemplated to float a fresh Palestinian loan for some £2,000,000; and for what purposes will the loan be used?
69. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware that the Trade Union Bill which is now before the legislative assembly at Colombo will make it almost impossible to build up any...
70. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether agreement between the National Trust and his Department with regard to the land near Stonehenge has yet been reached; and, if not, by what...
71. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will introduce regulations making it compulsory for city corporations to grant compensation for disturbance to shop keepers under the...
72. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is now able to announce the names of the members of the Scottish Inter-Departmental Committee on the road safety of school children?
74. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has considered the decision of the Small Burghs Committee of the Convention of Royal Burghs that the Local Government (Scotland) Act...
75. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that, since the limitation of hours under the Road Transport Act, there has been an increase in the number of men engaged on road haulage...
76. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will take the necessary steps to ensure that tradesmen and other lorry owners who lend their vehicles for conveying children in connection with...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Transport if he can give the House any information regarding the three goods trains wrecked in collision at King's Langley this morning, and if he can...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware of the possible misunderstanding likely to arise from the application of the 30 miles per hour speed...
77. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will inquire into the cases of William George Stratford, son of Private William George Stratford, No. 32,097, of the 10th Hussars, who died of wounds...
79. asked the hon. Member for Bosworth (Sir W. Edge) as representing the Charity Commissioners, whether the revenue from the recording of deeds under the Settled Land Act, 1925, is in accord with...
81. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that on 7th March 13 working men's organisations were declared unlawful bodies under Section 16 of the Bengal Criminal Law Amendment...
82. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the number of Italian troops which have left Italy recently for Italian colonies bordering on Abyssinia?
May I ask the Lord President of the Council what will be the business-for next week, also the date of the Budget, and how far it is proposed to go to-night in the event of the Eleven o'Clock Rule...
Reported, without Amendment.
Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table; and to be printed.
Reported, with Amendments [Title amended]; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to amend the law relating to proceedings between husband and wife in respect of domestic differences." [Matrimonial Causes (Amended Procedure) [Lords].
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee C (added in respect of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries...
Order for Committee read.
Message to attend the Lords' Commissioners.
Question again proposed, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair."
1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 94,482 Officers, Seamen, Boys, and Royal Marines be employed for the Sea Service, together with 888 for the Royal Marine Police, borne on the books of...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £12,868,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of Wages, etc., of Officers and Men of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, and Civilians...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £2,209,750, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of Works, Buildings and Repairs at Home and Abroad, including the cost of Superintendence,...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £3,281,400, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of Victualling and Clothing for the Navy, including the cost of Victualling Establishments at...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £3,200,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of Non-Effective Services (Naval and Marine)—Officers, which will come in course of...
Resolved, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £150,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of...
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