Thursday, 18 July 1935
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Ascot District Gas and Electricity Bill,
"to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Acts, 1899 and 1933, relating to Ayr Burgh Extension, etc.," presented by Secretary Sir Godfrey Collins; and...
"to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Acts, 1899 and 1933, relating to Kilmarnock Burgh Extension, etc.," presented by Secretary Sir Godfrey Collins;...
"to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Acts, 1899 and 1933, relating to Troon Burgh Extension, etc.," presented by Secretary Sir Godfrey Collins; and...
3. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that Mr. W. Ainscough, of 23, Queen Street, Orrell, near Wigan, is in receipt of unemployment benefit for himself, and dependant's benefit for...
Miss CAZALET: 5. asked the Minister of Labour the number of those who have been unemployed for more than two but under three years, more than three but under four years, more than four but under...
6. asked the Minister of Labour whether he has yet received the report of the Unemployment Insurance Statutory Committee on the seasonal workers regulations; and what action he proposes to take...
7. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction which exists among working people in the borough of Fulham owing to the fact that in filling vacancies occurring within...
Viscountess ASTOR: 8. asked the Minister of Labour how many women are receiving instruction or training at centres under the auspices of the Ministry of Labour?
9. asked the Minister of Labour the number of girls under 16 and of boys under 16 who have been transferred under his schemes to employment in districts away from their homes, and the chief...
13. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that Messrs. Richard Thomas and Company, tinplate makers, intend building new works in Lincolnshire at a cost of a million pounds and a saving...
12. asked the Minister of Labour how many operatives in the cotton spinning industry will be permanently displaced by the elimination of 10 million spindles as proposed under the Cotton Spinning...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir VIVIAN HENDERSON: 14. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he proposes to set up the committee to advise what measures should be taken for the future...
15. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that the annual Return of Criminal Statistics for 1933 is not yet available; and whether he will take steps to expedite its presentation?
16. asked the Home Secretary whether he can supply a return showing the numbers and names of tracks which have received licences for betting facilities under the Betting and Lotteries Act, 1934,...
17. asked the Home Secretary whether he will make arrangements for the Metropolitan police at once to be issued with light and cool clothing and headgear for use during hot weather?
19. asked the Home Secretary whether any contracts have yet been entered into by his Department for the manufacture or supply of gas-masks or other equipment for air-raid drill or defences; and,...
20. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that the Thorpe Hesley School, near Rotherham, which was built in 1929 and provides accommodation for 510 children, has now...
22. asked the President of the Board of Education what, if any, representations have been made to him as to the effect of Circular 1,437, dealing with the discontinuance of free milk and meals to...
21. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he will state the amount spent on equipment, exclusive of furniture, for engineering workshops and laboratories in technical colleges for...
25. asked the Minister of Health, whether he is aware that the urban district council of Ashton-in-Makerfield has resolved to ignore the second quinquennial valuation under the Rating Acts, 1925...
26. asked the Minister of Health, whether he can state the amount of the balance in the unclaimed stamp fund in connection with the National Health Insurance Act?
27. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that many protests have been made from time to time by the appropriate staff association concerning the system in operation...
66. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what changes have been made in the British consulate staff at Budapest during the last two years, and the names and positions of the staff at...
28. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the amendments made by the rules council to the rules of court for the Court of Session, he will authorise a reprint of the...
44. asked the hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, whether, as it is proposed to mark Their Majesties' Jubilee by the naming of a part of the Commission's...
56. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects the Educational Endowment Commissioners to submit to him a revised scheme for the future management of the Hospitalfield Trust; how...
57. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has considered the communication from the town council of the royal burgh of Cullen impressing upon him the urgent desirability of an...
18. asked the Home Secretary if he will state the number of cases of bilking reported to the Metropolitan police by taximeter-cab drivers during the last three years, the number of persons...
30. asked the Minister of Transport how many of the employés of the independent omnibus undertakings acquired by the London Passenger Transport Board have yet to receive settlement of their...
32. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to the frequency with which fatal accidents occur at the Bramham cross-roads; that these cross-roads are excedingly...
33. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that the speed limit of 30 miles per hour in built up areas is in danger of falling into equal contempt with the old 20 miles per hour...
34. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will consider, where a canal system is of no further use in modern transport, the possibility of filling it in, and converting it into a road...
35. asked the Minister of Transport whether he can give any indication of when it is proposed to abolish the tramway system between Thornton Heath tramway terminus High Street and the Greyhound,...
36. asked the Minister of Transport the total Income Tax paid by public authority electricity undertakings and company undertakings for the years 1924–25 and 1932–35?
37. asked the Secretary of State for Air what parts of the sea round the Fife Coast are scheduled for bombing practice by the Air Force; and whether, before any extensions are made, he will...
38. asked the Secretary of State for Air what are the arrangements for giving contracts for the carrying of oil from Dundee to the flying boats stationed off Newport, Fife; and whether he will...
40. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether, in view of the fact that formal contracts are only now beginning to issue in which a clause is inserted by which the officers of the Ministry may...
39. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he can give any further information with reference to the air disaster near Heston on Tuesday, 16th July; whether the machine was on regular...
45. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether all retail distributors, of whatever size or description, are entitled to report sales, amp;c., to the Bank of England in accordance with the...
48. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that tin oxide is being dumped into this country from Australia at a price £95 per ton less...
49. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state up to what date the Committee responsible for drafting the cotton industry redundancy scheme considered statistics, and how many...
51. asked the President of the Board of Trade how many of the 408 complete aeroplanes exported during the 12 months ended May, 1935, were for civilian purposes; how many for military purposes;...
46. asked the President of the Board of Trade for what reasons the Danish Government have refused the proposal of the British Government to levy a small duty on Danish and other Foreign bacon...
55. asked the hon. Member for Ipswich, as chairman of the Kitchen Committee, whether he will procure for the consumption of Members in the dining room at the House of Commons Cornish pilchards...
58. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he will turf the raised terrace on the south side of the tennis courts in Queen Mary's Garden, Regent's Park, plant a wind screen of flowering...
60. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he has received a report from the inspector of mines in connection with the accident at the Ironstone Mines, Finedon, Northants, when a man was killed by...
61. asked the Postmaster-General whether he can give the House any information in connection with the robbery that took place at the Wood Lane post office, Shepherd's Bush, on the 15th July?
62. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether his attention has been drawn to the use of troops in the recent disorders in Belfast; will he say who bears the expense of their use in...
63. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he can give figures showing the percentage increase or decrease in the import of British and Japanese piece-goods, respectively, to the...
64. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether a reply has been sent to the questionnaire received from the League of Nations in connection with the resolution passed by the council...
65. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Chilean Government has taken the necessary steps to meet its engagements on its defaulted bonds in accordance with the...
67. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government will be prepared to consider the separation of the Covenant of the League of Nations from the Treaty of Versailles,...
68. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government are prepared to give the same assurance to the League of Nations as that given by the right hon. Gentleman the Member...
47. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give an approximate estimate of the land in this country lost by coast erosion since 1911, when the report of the Royal Commission on...
54. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether arrangements will be made for the next Imperial Conference to be held in 1936, at the usual interval of four years from the last...
I desire to ask you, Mr. Speaker, to give a Ruling on the following point, namely, whether it is in order to hand in questions at the Table in order that they may appear on the Paper addressed to...
Joseph Gibbins, Esquire, for the Borough of Liverpool (West Toxteth Division).
Would the Prime Minister state what is the business for to-morrow, and the business for next week?
That they have agreed to,—
Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
[16TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed: That a sum, not exceeding £160,912, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment...
Considered in Committee.
Considered in Committee, and reported, without Amendment; to be read the Third time To-morrow.
11.16 p.m.
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 Portsmouth Gas Company, which was...
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