Tuesday, 2 July 1935
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Private Bills (Standing Orders applicable thereto complied with),
1. asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the amount of the shipping subsidy paid out to date, giving the names of the shipowners, the port of destination, and the amounts in each case?
4. asked the President of the Board of Trade the weight and value of imports of kraft paper from Finland, Sweden, and Norway for the first four months of 1933, 1934 and 1935?
Miss WARD: 5. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will make an inquiry to ascertain to what extent prices for scrap are controlled by agreement between firms who purchase tonnage...
7. asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the basis of his calculation of the annual retail trade of this country?
8. asked the President of the Board of Trade how many factories have been built on the Great West Road; and whether he can furnish any information as to the number of persons employed therein?
10. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the Commissioners of Customs have decided that a trade catalogue of no intrinsic value, the weight of which does not exceed...
9. asked the President of the Board of Trade the comparative imports of textiles into African countries concerned in the Congo Basin Treaties from Japan and the United Kingdom for 1924 and 1934?
43. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the operation of the tea restriction scheme during the past two years has done little more than maintain the average...
12. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office what is the nature of the certificate to be signed by officers or men before taking flights as passengers or observers in Royal Air Force...
13. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress has been made by the Departmental Committee on Scottish Health Services?
14. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware of the unsatisfactory state of the acts and decreets of the court of session and sheriff court records filed in Register House,...
15. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress has been made by the Departmental Committee on the training of nurses?
19. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will give figures showing the contributions made by the Department of Agriculture for Scotland during each of the last four financial...
47. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, having regard to the Treasury letter of the 7th February to the City Chamberlain of Glasgow with regard to their conversion loan, the Treasury...
22. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware that a large number of miners employed at the Abercynon colliery owned by the Powell Duffryn Colliery Company, have received notice to...
23. asked the Secretary for Mines the cost, inclusive of the cost of persons seconded from other Government Departments, of the Coal Mines Reorganisation Commission for each year since the...
24. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he can give any estimate of the quantity of home-produced hydrocarbon oils suitable for propulsion use on road vehicles during the next 12 months from...
25. asked the Secretary for Mines how many examinations by workmen's inspectors were held in the Nottinghamshire coalfields during the past 12 months?
37. asked the Minister of Labour whether the difficulties raised by His Majesty's Government which prevented the application of the convention on hours of work in coal mines adopted in 1931 have...
29. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether in the budget which has been presented in the Southern Rhodesian Parliament there is any reduction of native taxation corresponding...
31 and 32. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs (1) whether he will publish the despatch which he sent to the High Commissioner of South Africa following upon General Hertzog's...
35. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he has come to any conclusion with regard to the request made by the British Empire Service League, following on their biennial conference in Melbourne...
36. asked the Postmaster-General whether he can arrange that more automatic stamp-machines are provided in the Platting Division in Manchester, as at the present time these are very limited in number?
38. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in consequence of the large surplus that has accumulated in the Insurance Fund, which is increasing week by week, the Unemployment Insurance Statutory...
39. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can give any information as to the effect of the warning sent by the police to a motorist, in respect of an alleged offence of...
40. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will give figures showing the contributions made by his Department during each of the last four financial years ended March, 1935, towards road...
42. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any difficulty has been experienced during the recent Japanese troop movements in North China in securing the prompt despatch of goods...
44 and 45. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1), the number of licences issues in respect of dogs, and the amounts received in respect of each of the financial years ended March, 1904,...
46. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the cost to the Exchequer in issuing transfer deeds free to the public for the period 1st October, 1934, to 31st March, 1935; the cost to the Exchequer...
48. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of loans guaranteed under the Trade Facilities Acts for companies engaged in the business of sugar other than homegrown beet-sugar; the amount...
50. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has formed any estimate of the proportion of the loss of £1,300,000 in revenue occasioned by the development in the use of Diesel engines...
52. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is prepared to treat organised fire-brigades competitions in the category of charities from the point of view of being exempt from...
41. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make any statement as to the progress of the consideration by the Council of the League of Nations of the question of the...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House will, upon Thursday next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider the surpluses and deficits upon Navy, Army, and Air Grants for the year...
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[The Prime...
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Members from Standing Committee A: Captain Elliston, Mr. Gardner, Lieut.-Colonel Moore, Mr....
Sir Alan Garrett Anderson, knight, for the City of London.
Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
That they have agreed to,—
Read the First time; to be read a Second time To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 92.]
Ordered (under Section 7 of the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899) to be considered To-morrow.
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and to be printed. [Bill 93.]
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and to be printed. [Bill 94.]
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and to be printed. [Bill 95.]
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and to be printed. [Bill 96.]
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and to be printed. [Bill 97.]
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and to be printed. [Bill 98.]
As amended [in the Standing Committee] considered.
Notwithstanding anything in this Act contained, a dwelling-house shall not be deemed to be overcrowded if, subject to the provisions of paragraph (a) of Sub-section (1) of Section two of this...
Where under the Act of 1925, the Act of 1930 or this Act, the Department are required to cause a public local enquiry to be held, any objector who has appeared at any such enquiry shall be...
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Amendment made: In page 5, line 8, after "period," insert "for which."—[Sir G. Collins.]
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Amendment made: In page 7, line 34, leave out "Part I," and insert "this Part."—[Mr. Skelton.]
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Amendments made: In page 9, line 21, leave out "passed," and insert "published a notice of."
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Amendments made: In page 20, line 14, after the first "to," insert "such matters including the."
The following Amendments stood upon the Order Paper:
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Amendment made: In page 41, line 10, leave out "this section," and insert "the last foregoing sub-section."—[The Lord Advocate.]
I beg to move, in page 43, line 33, after "Department," to insert on an application for an authorisation under this section being made to them by the owner of the land and the authority. This is...
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Amendments made: In page 51, line 20, leave out "is directed."
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I beg to move, in page 53, line 20, to leave out "or approval." This Amendment and the subsequent Amendments are consequential on the Amendment made to Clause 15, in page 9, to leave out lines 33...
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I beg to move, in page 54, line 6, to leave out "statutory" and to insert "public." This Amendment and the succeeding Amendments to the Clause are in accordance with the explanation given...
I beg to move, in page 58, line 20, at the end, to insert: "and the Housing (Rural Workers) Acts, 1926 and 1931: 'Apparatus' means sewers, drains, culverts, watercourses, mains, pipes, valves,...
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Order for Third Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [6th June], "That the Bill be now read a Second time."
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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