Tuesday, 7 May 1935
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair
For the Burgh of Aberdeen (South Division), in the room of Sir Frederick Charles Thomson, Baronet, K.C. (deceased).—[Captain Margesson.]
Fylde Water Board Bill,
"to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Minister of Transport under the Portsmouth Corporation Act, 1930, relating to Portsmouth Corporation Trolley Vehicles," presented by Captain Austin...
"to confirm a Provsional Order made by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries relating to a Scheme submitted by the River Great Ouse Catchment Board under Section four (1) (b) of the Land...
1. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will call for a report on the conduct of the local police during a recent strike conducted by the National Union of Distributive and Allied...
4. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what revenue accrued to the Scottish Travel Association during 1934 on account of the Government contributions to the Travel Association of Great...
Miss WARD: 6. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he can make any statement relating to the activities of the Coal Mines Reorganisation Commission?
Miss WARD: 7. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he has yet received reports from all districts relative to the working of Part I of the Coal Mines Act for the first quarter of this year?
8. asked the Secretary for Mines the average pithead price of coal in Lancashire and Cheshire in December, 1931, and in December, 1934?
11. asked the Secretary for Mines the total quantity of coal exported from the Humber ports, respectively, during the last four months, and the f.o.b. price and the comparative figures for the...
10. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is in a position to make a statement in respect of the temperature in hot and deep mines; and if the Hot and Deep Mines Committee or the Safety in...
14. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he is aware that the Danish Minister of Agriculture proposes visiting Canada in the near future to make a tour of the farming...
16. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he is now in a position to make a statement as to the position of bondholders under the Irish Free State Land Act, 1931; whether he...
Captain ARTHUR EVANS: 17. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether a coloured seaman, in possession of a passport signed by the governor of British Somaliland bearing the inscription...
18. asked the President of the Board of Trade how many shipowners have taken advantage of the Government's scheme for the replacement of obsolete tonnage by new vessels?
19. asked the President of the Board of Trade the total tonnage of currants and raisins imported into Great Britain from Spain and the United States of America during the past year; and whether...
20. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will make a statement on the recent agree- ment which has been completed between the iron and steel industries in this country and the...
21. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether in view of the increased purchases from this country arising out of the agreement with Denmark, a percentage considerably greater than the...
22. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the restrictions imposed by the Greek Government against English goods are severely handicapping British trade handled by...
24. asked the President of the Board of Trade the quantities of hose, stockings, and knitted underwear imported into the United Kingdom from Japan for the year ended 31st March, 1935, or the...
25. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether negotiations have been instituted with the Government of the United States of America on the basis of mutual tariff reductions, as a result...
26. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will specify the manufactured goods that came into this country from Canada for the three months ended 31st March, 1935, or
33. asked the Secretary to the Overeas Trade Department whether he will make a, statement on the arrangements which have been made to enable visitors from overseas to spend some time at the...
54. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can give an estimate of the number of tons of soya beans the Colonies are likely to be able to send to the United Kingdom in 1935,...
27. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he has any information to give to the House on the subject of the new uniform for the Army?
28. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office how many officers of foreign armies are in this country on an exchange basis, to what countries they belong, and when such arrangements were...
29. asked the Postmaster-General whether he has prepared, or intends to prepare, any memorandum or report for submission to the Government or Parliament with regard to general or particular...
31. asked the Postmaster-General whether he has considered the resolution submitted by the Exmouth branch of the National Citizens' Union asking him to hold an official inquiry into the system of...
Captain A. EVANS: 34. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is now in a position to announce a decision in connection with the proposed Government censorship of films?
32. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether any progress has yet been made in connection with calling a conference of hotel, catering, and other tourist interests to consider...
35. asked the Minister of Labour whether the part-time unemployed person will be allowed to count Jubilee day as a pay-day and not as a linking-up day, as is done for other Bank holidays?
36. asked the Minister of Labour the total estimated saving to the Unemployment Insurance Fund from the introduction of the means test in October, 1931, up to the latest date?
53. asked the Minister of Health whether he will cause inquiry to be made into the case of H. Crosby, of Ixworth, Norfolk, who, when recently unemployed, was refused any public assistance on the...
37. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is making any grant to the North Norfolk Catchment Area Board for work at or near Fakenham; and, if so, whether any conditions are attached...
38. asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the difficulty expressed by so many motorists of keeping a proper look out for speed regulation signs on the side of the roads and at the...
39. asked the Minister of Transport whether it is the practice of the traffic commissioners throughout the country to refuse to grant licences to lorry contractors who refuse to pay the...
40. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will consider making a reduction in the additional tax of 10 per cent. on Road Fund licences when taken out quarterly?
41. asked the Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been directed to recent wholesale murders in tribal territory on the North-West Frontier; and whether the Government of India...
42. asked the Secretary of State for India whether the second battalion of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment, stationed at Nowshera, which has been conducting under fire military operations in a...
43. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in the event of any alteration by Germany in the de-militarised zone under the Treaty of Versailles, it is to be understood that this...
46. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the present position with regard to the payment of interest on loans contracted by Germany since the war?
45. asked the Prime Minister whether prior to the debate on defence and sufficiently in advance of it to enable hon. Members to study the figures, he will issue a White Paper showing the actual...
44. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it was on the ground of interference in State affairs that the British authorities in Egypt advised the King of Egypt to dismiss Zaki...
50 and 51. asked the Minister of Health (1) whether he can arrange with the Minister of Labour for the publication, monthly or quarterly, of statistics relating to slum clearance; (2) whether he...
52. asked the Minister of Health the number of applications for widows' pensions which have been rejected in Great Britain since 1st January, 1932?
55. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether, in connection with new window-cleaning contracts, it is the practice not to ask for competitive tenders, but to allot the work to firms who, for...
56. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he has received any protests against the decoration of Westminster Hall and other public buildings with the English banner of St. George only;...
Resolutions reported from the Select Committee; 1. "That, in the case of the Ascot District Gas and Electricity Bill, Petition for additional Provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed...
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee A.
Considered in Committee [TWENTYFIFTH DAY—Progress, 3rd May.]
3.31 p.m.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Sir V. Warrender.]
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