Monday, 25 March 1935
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Clacton-on-Sea Pier Bill,
2. asked the Secretary of State for India how many persons convicted of political murders during the last five years have either not received the death sentence or have been reprieved thereafter;...
3. asked the Secretary of State for India whether a full inquiry can be made into the circumstances of, and leading up to, the riot at Karachi on 18th March?
1. (for Mr. T. WILLIAMS) asked the Secretary of State for India how many Europeans occupy posts as education directors in the Provinces of India; and how many Indians occupy similar posts?
Duchess of ATHOLL: 4. asked the Secretary of State for India how many Moslems have been sentenced to death during the last five years for the murder of Hindus believed to have insulted the Moslem...
9. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what action it was decided to take, at the recent League of Nations' Advisory Committee, in the event of Paraguay not accepting the...
10. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that, owing to the restrictions of the Royal Warrant, the pension allowance that was in issue to Clara Mary Thorpe, daughter of the late...
11. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether, following upon the increase in the import duties on elementary iron and steel products, any arrangement is contemplated with the...
37. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the action of the Netherlands Government in reducing materially by a quota arrangement the imports of British...
13. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is satisfied that the importation of wheat-flour into this country is not affecting the working of the Wheat Act and the milling of offals in this...
14. asked the Minister of Agriculture with regard to the project for establishing a bacon factory for the south-western counties, whether there are any sources under the control of or in...
15. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can state the number of cases investigated by inspectors under the Agricultural Wages Act, 1924, during 1934; the number of prosecutions and the...
16. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that the departmental committee appointed in 1924 to consider the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease recommended that agricultural...
17. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware of the heavy vehicular traffic around and in the vicinity of the site at the junction of Hanbury Street and Deal Street, Whitechapel, Stepney,...
18. asked the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been directed to the discontent amongst the staff employed in the Central Telegraph Office caused by recent promotions which involved...
19 and 20. asked the Postmaster-General (1) whether his attention has been called to the fact that, owing to there being no telephone installed at the time in the village, a house at Wold Newton,...
21. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that private letters between an English lady residing in Jersey and a lady in the Irish Free State who have long corresponded together have...
22. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that air-letters for the Dutch East Indies prepaid at the proper rate to enable them to be transmitted by the Dutch Air Service are often held...
23. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether Members of this House can be given an opportunity of seeing the design for the proposed new entrance to the Inner Circle garden?
25. asked the Minister of Health the number of diabetics who have lost their medical benefits from health insurance through the 1932 Health Insurance Act; how many of them were receiving insulin...
26. asked the Minister of Health whether an insured woman who is unable to follow her occupation on account of pregnancy, but is not certified under the National Health Insurance Acts as being...
27. asked the Minister of Health whether, in connection with his offer at the distressed areas conference on Wednesday last to permit a spread-over of the financial burden falling upon certain...
29. asked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider the appointment in every area of an official who understands the hand language to facilitate the clear understanding of cases presented...
30. asked the Minister of Labour the total amount of benefit arrears that have been repaid to the various local authorities and the number of persons affected?
28. asked the Minister of Labour whether he can make a statement with regard to a case of assault at the Camberwell Employment Exchange on Monday, 11th March?
31. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is to be the expenditure on road improvement programmes in Palestine for 1935; what part of this will be upon improvement and construction...
32. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that, owing to the inadequate transport and port facilities in Palestine and the congestion which has resulted, a...
33. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the ex gratia grant to the Kenya Government of £50,000, that Government is now taking steps to compensate the dependants...
34. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the recent experience of the steamer "Arcwear," in exceptionally heavy weather, when the safety of the ship...
35. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the changes of character and structure of the British film industry both on the production and distribution...
38. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he will state the provisions of the proclamations issued by the British High Commissioner for South Africa concerning native...
39. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he will make a statement on the circumstances under which Flying-officer Doran lost his life at Leysdown, Sheppey, oh the 21st March?
40. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether his attention has been called to the hardship suffered by British officers stationed in Tientsin and other Army wireless stations in...
41. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the police detailed for service under the new speed-limit regulations will also be instructed to deal with the cases of bad...
42. asked the Home Secretary whether he has received a report from his factory inspector in connection with the explosion in which nine men were injured at the British Mannesmann tube works,...
43. asked the Home Secretary whether he has received a report from his factory inspector in connection with the death of a 15 years old boy who was trapped in a lift at a block of flats at...
44. asked the Home Secretary whether he is now in a position to make a statement with regard to the disturbances in the Nantyglo, Blaina, and Abertillery areas; the number of men, women, and...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the vulnerability of Chatham dockyard, where over 8,000 men are employed, to aerial attack, he will refer the question of the removal of the...
47. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been called to the burden which is placed upon the owner-occupiers of small houses, purchased under the Small Dwellings...
5. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government will declare their position on the generalisation of minority treaties as proposed by the Polish Government;...
6. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what treaties affecting this country have, within the last 50 years, been denounced by unilateral action; and the circumstances of each case?
7. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the action of the German Government in denouncing the Versailles Treaty affects, or is intended to affect, any provisions other than...
8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the nations which have retired from the League of Nations continue to exercise any mandate which they originally held from the League...
46. (for Mr. WILMOT) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will take the necessary steps to obtain authority to make an extra payment to old age pensioners to mark Their Majesties' Jubilee?
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee B (added in respect of the Superannuation Bill): Mr....
Mr. William Nicholson further reported from the Committee; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee C: Mr. Bailey; and had appointed in substitution: Mr. Sandys.
Order for Second Beading read.
9.57 p.m.
Read a Second time.
Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 to 1934, on the application of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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