Thursday, 21 March 1935
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, MR. SPEAKER in the Chair.
For the County of East Sussex (Eastbourne Division), in the room of John Slater, Esquire, deceased.—[Captain Margesson.]
4. asked the Minister of Labour when the new regulations under the Unemployment Insurance Act are likely to be ready for submission to the House?
24. asked the Minister of Health how many public assistance committees have decided to make extra allowances for Jubilee week?
1. asked the Minister of Labour whether any local advisory committees have been set up under Part II of the Unemployment Act, 1934, and in what towns such committees have been established; or, if...
6. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the reason for the recent prosecution of the trustees of the Boldon miners' lodge, County Durham, in respect to a film shown in their hall,...
12. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the feeling in Yorkshire against the appointment of Dr. Caiger as medical referee in eye and nystagmus cases, owing to the fact that the same...
1. asked the Home Secretary whether the time of the motor-police will be equally or equitably distributed between the duties of overtaking and passing motorists exceeding the speed limit in...
8. asked the Home Secretary what arrangements will be made by him to see that the police are supplied with speedometers tested by an independent authority so as to guarantee their exactitude, in...
42. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is now able to make any statement as to his communications with the British Medical Association and the Medical Research Council in relation to the...
43. asked the Postmaster-General whether, in view of the introduction of the 30 miles-per-hour speed limit in the London area, he pro poses to dispose of the specially fast stream-lined mail vans...
Mr. WEST: 10. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the case of Albert Burgess, of Ingersoll Road, Shepherd's Bush, who was arrested on a charge of loitering in Holland...
11. asked the Home Secretary whether the present accommodation of senior Home Office schools is adequate to meet present needs; and, if not, what action he proposes to take to remedy this position?
14. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education what number of certificated teachers are now unemployed in Wales; and what number unemployed in Glamorgan county, giving the males...
15. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he will consider making an increased grant for the conveyance of children to elementary, senior, and junior schools in...
16. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education what number of boys and what number of girls remain in elementary schools in Glamorgan after the school-leaving age of 14; and what...
18. asked the Minister of Health whether he has seen the official statement by Mr. Hughes, Federal Minister of Health of Australia, that the Australian maternal mortality rate was 5.57 per 1,000...
Miss CAZALET: 17. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education the number of juveniles, over the age of 14, attending day continuation classes during each of the last five years...
20. asked the Minister of Health whether he has received a report from his inspector in connection with the scarlet fever outbreak at Denham, Bucks; whether he can state the number of children...
23. asked the Minister of Health whether the bacteriological examination recently carried out at the Devonport laboratory of eggs imported from China would indicate their food values?
Lieut.-Colonel Sir ARNOLD WILSON (for Brigadier-General CLIFTON BROWN): 21. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the Cattle Diseases Committee reported in 1934 that the frequent...
19. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the proposals of the West Riding County Council for the revision of the local government area around Penistone were formulated some time...
22. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that, in consequence of the postponement of the second appointed day under the Unemployment Act, unemployed men are still being subjected to...
26. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether in view of the present importations of foreign-made cars, he will consider confining the recent reduction in the horse-power tax to British-made...
34. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can now make any statement as to the representations which are being made in relation to the Italian quota restrictions imposed upon the...
37. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will give the figures of the exports to and imports from Poland of carpets and rugs during the last five years?
39. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the large quantity of foreign-made goods exclusively suitable for trade during the Jubilee celebrations which...
40. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that cotton goods, copies of Lancashire textiles, are being dumped on the Home trade market at prices with which the Lancashire...
41. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether there has been a reduction in the number of eggs imported in February, 1935, as compared with February, 1934; and, if so, whether he can...
27. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has yet received from the Brewers' Society information as to the quantities of British malting barley purchased by brewers in the years June,...
28. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, having regard to the delay and inconvenience caused to solicitors, bankers, merchants, etc., in having to send documents through the...
29. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the amount spent and estimated to be spent by all the departments on the construction, equipment and defence of the naval base at Singapore; and...
58. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether there is any precedent for the Board of Admiralty reversing a verdict of not guilty found by a naval court; if so, will he give them: and...
30. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been called to the fact that the Louth canal is stopped up by reeds and that the adjoining agricultural land has been in...
31. asked the Minister of Agriculture when the next report of the Sea Fish Commission may be expected?
33. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it is intended to continue indefinitely the subsidy at present given to the Lloyd Triestino Company for the carriage of citrus fruit from...
44. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is yet in a position to state from where the new television service in the London area will be operated; and by what date it may be expected to...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether any estimate has been made as to the probable cost of the latest proposals for the re-armament of Ger many?
46. asked the Prime Minister whether he will take action to have the Standing Orders of the House altered to allow of annual discussion of the three services together with relation to each other?
47. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will state the number of disabled ex-service men who were receiving a course of in patient treatment at the last convenient date; and, of the number...
48. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he will place in some central position in the House of Commons 615 pigeon-holes for Members of Parliament, so that Members may interchange...
Captain SHAW: 49. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, in view of the fact that the beet-sugar factory in Cupar is the only one in Scotland, he can see his way to arrange that the...
50. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether pro vision has been made in current estimates for an improved water supply at Bourley and Porton in place of that now existing, which...
51. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether his attention has been drawn to the infestation of barracks in Egypt, Gibraltar, China, and Malta by bugs, and the statement made in...
52. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether his attention has been called to the statement of the Director-General of Army Medical Services in his annual report on the health of...
53. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether the Stanhope Committee on the promotion of officers in the Army has presented its report in the case of arms of the service other than...
54. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether it has been decided to proceed with the construction of a drill hall at Merthyr Tydvil?
55. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office what percentage of the mechanised field brigades of Royal Artillery are commanded by officers who previous to their present appointments had...
56. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when the Council of the League of Nations will next meet at Geneva; and whether a special emergency meeting is likely to be called?
May I ask the Prime Minister the business for next week.
Reported, with Amendments.
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee B: Mr. Neil Maclean; and had apointed in substitution: Mr. Wilmot.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
[3RD ALLOTED DAY.]
Resolutions reported,
1."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 His Majesty's Ships, at the Royal...
6." 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 March,...
Resolutions reported.
1. "That a number of Land Forces, not exceeding 152,200, all ranks, be maintained for the Service of the United Kingdom at Home and abroad, excluding His Majesty's Indian Possessions (other than...
Resolutions reported,
1. "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 in India (other than Aden),...
6." 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 March,...
"to provide, during twelve months, for the Discipline and Regulation of the Army and the Air Force," presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be read a Second time To-morrow, and to be...
Resolutions reported, 1. "That, towards making good the Supply granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1936, the sum of £6,233,913 be granted out...
"to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five and one thousand nine hundred...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Blindell.]
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