Tuesday, 19 March 1935
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Private Bills [Lords] (Standing Orders not previously inquired into complied with).
2. asked the Secretary for Mines whether his attention has been called to a number of fatalities in mines on the haulage roads caused through the low roof which has allowed but a bare clearance...
1. asked the Secretary for Mines in how many of the coal-mining districts of the United Kingdom has the standard rate of wages and/or the minimum percentage rate payable thereon varied since...
3. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will consider revising Section 92, Sub-section (2), of the Mines Act, 1911, which forbids any boy or girl of or above the age of 13 years or any woman...
4. asked the Secretary for Mines how many pension schemes are in operation in the mining industry applicable to wage earners, apart from staffs, agreed to between the workpeople and the...
5. asked the Secretary for Mines how many objections have been lodged against the draft regulation for the compulsory use of gas detectors underground; the nature of such objections; and whether...
38. asked the Minister of Labour in how many instances since 1929, to the nearest available date, have stoppages of work taken place at one or more pits on account of efforts by the respective...
7. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he is aware that the market for Australian cattle and beef has been seriously diminished as a result of the action by the Commonwealth...
9. asked the President of the Board of Trade to what extent British exports to Italy will be affected by the new quotas which that country is proposing to impose on all imports into Italy; and...
10. asked the President of the Board of Trade what action he is taking in reference to the resolution of the Cotton Redundancy Committee requesting him to prepare a Bill to give effect to the...
15. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can now inform the House as to the action which has been taken by the British Government with reference to the importation into Great...
16. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the fact that Lithuanian bacon which is selling in this country for 70s. a hundredweight is sold in the...
19. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in the agreement with Brazil which is now being negotiated, arrangements will be made for the provision of exchange relating to goods...
20. asked the President of the Board of Trade what were Australia's imports of cotton piece-goods (yardage) in 1933 and 1934 from the United Kingdom and Japan, respectively?
8. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he will take steps through the proper channels to inquire from the Irish Free State Government the total nominal amount of Four and a...
11. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his inquiries are yet completed into the question of the bona fides of seamen who sign on at foreign ports on British ships claiming British...
22. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether the rewards for distinguished or meritorious service referred to in the annual Estimates and paragraph 675 of the Royal Warrant are...
21. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office, with reference to the recent address to the cadets of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, by the President of the Board of Education on the...
23 asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1), whether he is aware that the Department of Agriculture has now decided to take action on the bad housing conditions at Terregles smallholdings...
27. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he can now state the results of his further inquiries regarding the contract placed by Glasgow Corporation with Russian Oil Products,...
29. asked The Secretary of State for Scotland whether it is intended to replace the chartered drifter, recently stationed on the west side of Shetland, which has been wrecked off Burravoe?
28. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress has been made by the scientific advisory committee of the Department of Health on maternal mortality and morbidity, and when their...
30. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, in view of the proposal of the French Government to lay down a capital ship of 35,000 tons during the present year, whether, having regard to the fact...
31. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that beet-sugar factories are in many instances either refusing contracts to previous growers or offering them a considerably reduced...
32. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what authority the police prevented a band playing outside Pentonville Prison as a protest against the continuance of capital punishment?
33. asked the Home Secretary whether the police measures which are to be employed to enforce the 30-miles-an-hour speed limit in built-up areas involve an increase in the number of police engaged...
39. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will state his reasons for writing a foreword to a booklet issued by the Eagle, Star, and British Dominion Insurance Company suggesting the taking...
36. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the financial activities of alien film producers who, having been placed in liquidation in their own countries, are now...
Miss WARD: 37. asked the Minister of Labour whether it is the intention of the special commissioner to arrange for the building of houses in the areas he serves; and, if so, what information can...
40. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government will support the Norwegian claim in the Antarctic and facilitate the annexation contemplated by Norway?
41. asked the Minister of Health what steps have been taken in the Lake District to form a joint town-planning or advisory committee?
Mr. WEST: 42. asked the Minister of Health whether he has considered the memorandum on Chinese eggs, issued by the Scientific Poultry Breeders' Association, of which a copy has been sent to him;...
44. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the recent outbreaks of violence on sugar estates in St. Kitts have ceased; and what steps are being taken to prevent the recurrence of...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether in recent years there have been any occasions when the Leaders of the Opposition have been invited to attend meetings of the Committee of Imperial Defence?
47. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that, in spite of the recent Mexican budget surplus and large favourable trade balances, the Mexican Government continues to default...
48. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether consideration has been given to the report of the Private Members' Economy Committee of 1932; which of the recommendations contained therein have...
Lieut.-Colonel TODD: 49. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why the Irak Petroleum Company and the Palestine Potash Company have been carrying out surveys and exploring in the region...
50. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many people reside in Colombo and how many doctors are practising in the city?
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether he can make any further statement as to the steps which the Govern-men are taking to provide defence against aerial bombing?
Will the Prime Minister state whether there is any change in the business for Thursday, and what will be the business on Friday?
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to empower the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of the city and county of Newcastle-upon-Tyne to extend their existing quays; and for other...
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee C [Title amended].
SIR PHILIP SASSOON'S STATEMENT.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a number of Air Forces, not exceeding 33,000 all ranks, be maintained for the Service of the United Kingdom at Home and abroad, exclusive of those serving...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £4,547,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Pay, etc., of the Royal Air Force at Home and abroad, exclusive of those serving in...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £3,145,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of Works, Buildings, Repairs, and Lands, including Civilian Staff and other Charges connected...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £8,002,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of Technical and Warlike Stores (including Experimental and Research Services), which will...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £595,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of Civil Aviation, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day...
Resolved, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £200,000, 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...
Considered in Committee.
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