Monday, 22 July 1935
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Easington Rural District Council Bill,
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has now received further information as to the German-equipped motor car factory proposed to be erected in Bombay?
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India how many sentences of flogging were passed by the criminal courts in British India in each of the last five years for which records are available,...
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has now had any reports from the Government of India as to the steps they are taking to investigate the problem of building...
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the Sikh-Mohammedan troubles at Lahore are now subsiding; and whether any British troops are still employed or held in readiness to restore...
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India why the passport issued by the Foreign Office to Mr. M. R. Masani, No. 219,993, 1930, has been impounded, although Mr. Masani is a British subject;...
6. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any statement to make on the conscription for military service in Africa of English youths born in Rome of English parents?
7. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what progress has been made towards the conclusion of an Eastern pact of non-aggression; whether he has received any reply to the explanation...
9. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether and in what manner the appreciation of this country has been expressed to His Excellency the President of Chile for the important part,...
10. asked the Minister of Pensions whether, in view of the fact that the granting of pensions for war disabilities is largely dependent upon medical evidence, there is an independent tribunal of...
12. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether, since the conclusion of the trade agreement between Britain and Russia last year, there has been any reduction in the premium...
13. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is now in a position to make any announcement on the subject of the methods to be adopted to deal with the foreign competition in barley,...
14. asked the Minister of Agriculture wheter he is aware that there was a 21 per cent. increase in the number of eggs in shell imported in June, 1935, as compared with June, 1934; and whether he...
15. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he will consider the removal of the existing lodge at Victoria Gate, at the north-west corner of Hyde Park, so as to allow of the widening of...
16. asked the Minister of Health whether he has received any complaints from the National Housing Trust, Limited, who complain that there is a shortage of bricklayers for their proposed 4,000...
17. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that a piece of land which has been let for many years to the Mexborough Urban District Council and used by the public as a footpath has now...
18. asked the Minister of Health whether he has yet replied to the Huntingdonshire County Council's request for permission to sell Wyton Sanatorium for Consumptive Children and adjacent lands,...
19. asked the Minister of Health the numbers, respectively, of unmarried women and girls who are contributors to the old age, widows', and orphans' contributory pensions scheme, and of unmarried...
20. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many new submarines may be added to the German Navy without conflicting with the recent Anglo-German Naval Agreement?
24. asked the Secretary for Mines when the report of the inquiry into the question of overtime in the Scottish coalfield will be published?
25. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how long the "Brenda" and the "Freya" were in Leith Harbour on their last visit; the purpose of their visit; and the date of their departure?
Lieut.-Colonel CHARLES KERR: 27. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he can state the estimated future charges which will be borne by the Exchequer and the local authorities of...
26. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he can make any statement with regard to the report of the economic survey of small holdings outside the crofting counties undertaken by the...
28. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been drawn in the commissioner's report for the special areas to the desirability of the establishment of a fund for the financing of...
29. asked the Minister of Labour whether he can give any reason why new orders making changes in the unemployment regulations have not been circulated to the Members of the House, in view of the...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the apprehension occasioned in the Llanelly and Swansea area by the threatened closing down of Messrs. Richard Thomas and Company and removal to...
32. asked the Secretary of State for Air what assistance is being given by the Government to encourage the development of gliding?
34. asked the Secretary of State for Air how many fatal accidents per hundred thousand miles flown occurred during 1934 on the services of Imperial Airways, Royal Dutch Air Lines, Air France, and...
35. asked the Secretary of State for Air what progress has been made in the evolving of an unburstable petrol tank for aeroplanes?
33. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is prepared to authorise the continuance of the allowance of 10s. 6d. per week made to the parents of Cecil G. Davies, Royal Air Force,...
36. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether, before the building of the Royal Air Force barracks which suffered damage by earthquake in Quetta, estimates were made, or tenders invited, for...
Commander LOCKER-LAMPSON: 37. asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps have been taken by His Majesty's Government to prevent the purchase of arms and military equipment during the...
38. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he is aware of the constant shooting practice that is taking place upon the Sabbath day by Territorials at the Treforest, Pontypridd,...
40. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to aliens on British ships, being under three years' contractual agreements, domiciled in this...
41. asked the Home Secretary whether he will consider amending the Representation of the People Act, 1918, so that the wives of serving officers and men of His Majesty's forces could be included...
42. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the serious nuisance of chain letters asking each recipient to make five or six copies within three days of receiving the...
43. asked the Home Secretary whether he can inform the House that there has been any substantial diminution of betting and gambling in Great Britain since the passing of the Betting and Lotteries...
Miss WARD: 44. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to certain serious accidents to adults and children owing to the use of celluloid; and whether any steps can be taken...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to a letter addressed recently to a conference of magistrates by the Minister of Transport, urging them to consider...
50. asked the Minister of Transport how many interviews his Department has had with those firms of heavy haulage contractors who are suffering under the regulations of the Road Traffic Act; and...
47. asked the Prime Minister on what subjects questions can be addressed to the Noble Lord the Member for Hastings (Lord E. Percy); and whether he has an office and, if so, where it is located,...
48. asked the Home Secretary whether he has considered the sentences passed on the persons charged at the court of assizes at Monmouth on Friday last; and whether, in view of the exceptional...
49. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the growth and development of more modern methods of smuggling, he will build a number of swift motor boats, and let the...
8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received any assurance from the Lithuanian Government regarding the fulfilment of their obligations at Memel; and whether any...
Motion made, and Question put, That this day, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 14, the Proceedings of the Committee of Supply may be taken after Eleven of the Clock, and that the...
That they have agreed to—
[17TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed; That a sum, not exceeding £1,130,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Admiralty Office, which will come in course of payment...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That an additional number of Air Forces, not exceeding 12,000 all ranks, be maintained for the Service of the United. Kingdom at Home and abroad, exclusive of...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
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