Thursday, 9 May 1935
The House met at Eleven of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
I have to report to the House that this House has this day attended His Majesty in Westminster Hall with an Address; in reply to which His Majesty was pleased to make a Most Gracious Speech....
His Majesty's Most Gracious reply was as followeth:
1. asked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider the advisability of setting up a trade board to fix minimum wages for shop assistants; and whether representations have been made to him...
4. asked the Minister of Labour the number of public companies, municipal bodies, and large employers of labour in Great Britain and Northern Ireland which have awarded a full day's standard rate...
19. asked the Minister of Health in what cases commemoration of the Silver Jubilee has taken the form of the provision of public parks?
37. asked the First Commissioner of Works how many extra men his Department has employed for the removal of litter and rubbish from the Royal parks during the Jubilee celebrations; and whether...
5. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the Unemployment Assistance Board have decided that any assistance rendered by the Society of Friends to persons in receipt of...
6. asked the Minister of Labour the number of juveniles unemployed between the ages of 14 to 18, and the number who were receiving instruction at the most recent date?
8. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is now in a position to make any statement in regard to unemployment insurance for agricultural workers?
9. asked the Minister of Labour the cast of transitional payments, apart from administration, for the final three months of administration by county and borough authorities and the cost for the...
3. asked the Minister of Labour the present debt of the Unemployment Insurance Fund and also the sum now standing to the credit of the fund?
12. asked the Minister of Labour whether any regional committees have been set up under the Unemployment Act, 1934; and, if so, in what places?
13. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of firearms which have been submitted to the police during the past few months; whether these arms are to be retained...
15. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he will draw the attention of local education authorities to the undesirability of subjecting the physical training of boys...
16. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether the education committees of the Isle of Ely and other counties have informed him of their difficulties in providing for the...
17. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that, in spite of the Liverpool Corporation having in terms opened to women the advertised position of superintendent of letting, and of such...
18. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that many local authorities are alarmed at the policy of the railway companies in seeking to avoid payment of local rates; and whether it is...
20. asked the Minister of Health whether he will take steps to assist bee-keepers in this country by prohibiting the use of the word "honey" in connection with any substance offered for sale...
21. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether on the expiry of Additional Import Duties (No. 13) Order, 1935, it is intended to make a further order or whether the above-mentioned order will...
25. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that men's half-hose have been imported into this country with invoices declaring the value to be 1½d. per dozen; and whether...
33. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the reduction of Russian purchases of machinery from this country from the value of £6,204,791 in 1932...
34. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he proposes to extend the quota on Japanese imports of textiles to the colonies so as to include made-up goods, the restrictions of the...
23. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can inform the House of the taxation per head in the United Kingdom for 1913–14 and that for 1933–34, also the corresponding...
24. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amount of money which was voted by the House of Commons by way of subsidy during the past financial year?
28. asked the Minister of Agriculture from what bodies he has received representations with regard to the recommendations of the Greene Committee on Sugar Beet; whether he intends to call for...
31. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the serious recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in Dorsetshire, he can now make any statement as to the progress of research into...
35. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland under what authority the police declared that no picketing must take place in the recent Richmond Park Laundry strike within one mile of the laundry?
38. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether, in view of the largely-increased commitments and responsibilities which the Air Ministry are now faced with, a satisfactory way can be...
39. asked the Secretary for Mines the average weekly wage paid, the daily output per man, and the number of workmen employed in the coal-mining industry of Great Britain for each year from 1920...
36. asked the Minister of Transport when the new Highway Code will be available?
41. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of Russia's acquiescence in the fortification of the Turkish Straits, he will make a statement as to the present attitude of...
43. asked the Prime Minister whether he is able to give particulars of the various experiments in collective security contemplated by the Government through the League of Nations' machinery?
May I ask the Prime Minister the business for next week?
That they have agreed to,—
Report from the Select Committee, with Minutes of Evidence and Appendices, brought up, and read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee, under Standing Order No. 69.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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And sometimes to shout at each other.
