Monday, 20 May 1935
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Golders Green (Jewish) Burial Ground Bill [Lords],
8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what amount has been expended on British goods by the Chinese Government Purchasing Commission which is entrusted with the expenditure of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, having regard to the fact that Italy and Soviet Russia have already appointed ambassadors to China and that the Japanese Government are...
10. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in advocating the use of the League of Nations for the settlement of disputes, any distinction is drawn between disputes arising...
7. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has invited the German Government to declare its policy for maintaining peace and collective security; and whether Germany is...
11. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department to what extent his Department is participating in the British Trade Fair in Hong Kong in December; and whether it is proposed to hold a,...
12. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that the Interdepartmental Committee on Artificial Propagation of Fish recommended in 1932 a Government grant of £3,250 for a scheme...
15. asked the Minister of Agriculture the consumption of bacon per head of the population of Great Britain for the years 1924, 1931, and 1934, and the average price of best qualities for the same...
Mr. JOHN RUTHERFORD: 17. asked the Postmaster-General whether, in view of the inconvenience and, in the case of old age and wound pensioners, hardship to traders and stall holders on Edmonton...
18. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether any of the stands in the Mall will be retained until the 3rd June so that they may be available for spectators when His Majesty proceeds to the...
19. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that there is a shortage of trained hospital nurses; and whether he will consider allocating some portion of public funds in the distressed...
20. asked the Minister of Labour whether the permits granted for the entry into this country of instructors at the factory of the Bata. Shoe Company, East Tilbury, are still operative; if so,...
22. asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons in Lancashire, including the county boroughs, on transitional payments, and also the number receiving less than the rate of standard benefits?
24. asked the Secretary for Mines the number of mine-workers employed in the Derbyshire coalfield at the latest date available and the comparative figures for 1934 and 1931?
25. asked the Minister of Health whether the Government have yet begun to pre pare a River Pollution Prevention Bill; whether it is hoped that such a Bill will prove to be non-controversial; and...
29. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office what are the circumstances in the case of the dismissal of Private W. H. Walker from the Territorial Army, which deprive him of the right of...
27. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether it is the practice of the War Office to demand the return to that Department of any summary of evidence given to an accused person...
28. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he will state in whose hands the decision rests as to whether a person subject to military law shall be tried by a civil or a military...
30. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he can give the House any information in regard to the case of Private P. L. Lines, aged 16, of the training battalion, Royal Army...
31. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what allowances were made to the special con stables that were on duty in the Metropolitan area on the 6th May, and the cost?
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that Mr. Edwin Todd, of Hampstead Road, was arrested by plain-clothes police in Marylebone Lane, on Monday, 6th May, and charged with being a...
33. asked the Home Secretary what proportion of the proceedings against motorists for exceeding the 30-miles-per-hour speed-limit which have been instituted in the Metropolitan area for the month...
34. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of dozen packs of playing cards assessed to customs duty during the month of April, 1935?
1. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that a book written by the Prime Minister en titled The Awakening of India has been proscribed in India; whether he can state the...
2. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he can give any particulars regarding the in juries and loss of life suffered by a number of women and children at Bahrein, in the Persian Gulf,...
21. asked the Minister of Labour whether he can give the House any information in regard to the Lewisham firm of card board-box manufacturers who are accused of supplying false information to one...
35. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what has been the expenditure up to the present time in the subsidies to beef, milk, and tramp shipping, and the amount of quota payment...
23. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that Messrs. L. B. Holliday and Company, of Huddersfield, chemical manufacturers, are contractors to the Admiralty, and that they are...
26. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether the examination into the question of the raising of the school-leaving age has yet been completed by his Department; and...
Would the Prime Minister state what is the business for Friday, and also what business he in tends to take to-night if the Motion for the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule is carried?
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Thursday, and to be printed. [Bill 71.]
As amended (in the Standing Committee and on recommittal) further considered
The Minister in approving schemes for slum clearance under the Housing Act of 1930, or any other Act, shall not include the buildings of a non-provided school.—[Mr. Bailey.]
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I beg to move, in page 7, line 18, leave out "a," and insert "the."
I beg to move, in page 8, line 14, at the end, to insert: and includes, in relation to an occupier of a dwelling-house who holds under a contract of employment under which the provision of the...
I beg to move, in page 10, line 6, leave out from "on," to the end of the Sub-section, and to insert: all statutory undertakers owning apparatus in that area. The Amendment leaves out certain...
I beg to move, in page 12, line 6, leave out from "or," to "and," in line 8, and to insert: is the property of statutory undertakers, having been acquired by them for the purposes of their...
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Amendments made: In page 24, line 28, after the first "to," insert "such matters, including the."
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Amendment made: In page 39, line 28, leave out "thereof, or such larger amount," and insert: (exclusive of any amount included therein in respect of rates or water charges), and such amount, if...
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Amendment made: In page 41, line 22, leave out from the beginning to "this," in line 24, and insert: Contributions to be made by the Minister to a local authority under any enactment in the...
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I beg to move, n page 45, line 11, to leave out "demolished," and to insert "vacated." The Amendment has been put down in order to fulfil a promise which was given to the hon. Member for...
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Amendment made: In page 57, line 7, after "shall," insert: for the purposes of that section and of this section."—[Sir H. Young.]
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Amendment made: In page 58, line 37, leave out "thereafter," and insert "after that date."—[Sir H. Young.]
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Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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