Wednesday, 31 July 1935
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Hoylake Urban District Council Bill [Lords],
Address for: Return showing (1) Particulars of all Aliens to whom certificates of naturalisation have been issued and whose oaths of allegiance have, during the year ended the 31st day of...
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many Italian military aeroplanes have been permitted during the past six months to fly over the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan; and whether...
5. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will immediately ask for report from His Majesty's Ambassador in China on the new insurance business law proposed by the Chinese...
10. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information regarding the efficacy of the efforts to combat the manufacture and traffic in narcotics in the northern...
6. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the action of the Iranian Government in forbidding ships to fly their national flags when in Iranian...
7. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what notice is required to enable the British Government to denounce the Anglo-German Naval Agreement?
8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has taken any steps to obtain from the German Government a definite decision as to whether that Government will sign an Eastern pact...
11. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of applications for enlistment in the Navy during the past six months, and the number accepted?
12. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what quantity of coal was used in the Navy in 1919, 1920, 1925, 1930, 1931, 1934, and up to date in 1935; the quantity of oil for the same period; and...
14. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the danger of the publication of unofficial statements of the Government's naval programme until 1942, he will now consider making an...
18. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether he is aware that political prisoners in Palestine have gone on hunger strike in protest against the action of the Government in...
19. asked the Secretary of State for Air the number of applications for enlistment in the Royal Air Force during the past six months, and the number accepted?
20. asked the Secretary of State for Air if he is prepared to consider the existing old aerodrome site at Howden, in the East Riding, where about 350 acres of prepared landing ground, dwelling...
21. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he has any information as to the ban placed upon the Hornsea Urban District Council's promenade, dance hall, café, and gardens by the Royal...
Sir NICHOLAS GRATTANDOYLE: 22 and 23. asked the Secretary of State for Air (1) whether there is any flying service now available between London and Leeds; and, if not, how is it suggested that...
24. asked the Secretary of State for Air the terms of reference of the two committees he has recently convened to assist him in the development of civil aviation?
25. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that many classified roads do not bear on the signposts the classification letter A or B; and whether, in view of the importance of this...
26. asked the Minister of Transport how the present number of public service vehicles licensed for operation in this country compares with the number licensed at the period immediately preceding...
28. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will endeavour to pronounce his decision without delay on the question of de-restriction of certain sections of road in Edinburgh following the...
29. asked the Minister of Transport whether the report he has received from the British Medical Association relating to alcohol and road safety can now be made available to Members of the House,...
30. asked the Minister of Transport whether reports of observations taken at selected road junctions in his possession bear out complaints to the effect that the substitution of traffic signal...
34. asked the Minister of Transport what he proposes to do to encourage the observance of paragraphs 89 and 90 of the Highway Code, which deal with the question of pedestrians walking on the side...
36. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that the restriction of hours of driving, under Section 19 of the Road Traffic Act, interferes seriously with the business of the aerated...
39. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is in a position to give the total cost of making the new East Lancashire road, Liverpool to Manchester, the amounts paid by the Ministry of...
40. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will draw the attention of the London County Council to the necessity of a subway or bridge to carry across the Strand traffic northbound from the...
43. asked the Minister of Transport the total sums spent on road construction in Scotland for each year since 1929 to 1934?
79. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many charges of exceeding the speed limit at Shardlow, on 21st July, have been recorded by the Derbyshire police; and how many of...
41. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that grave charges have been made by W. J. Edmonds, 58, North Down Road, Plymouth, that electricity was being supplied direct from the...
44. asked the First Commissioner of Works what reply he has given to the proposal by the Zoological Society for certain improvements on the eastern boundary of the Zoological Gardens?
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he will appoint a Royal Commission, on which each Dominion will be represented, to consider the question of migration within the Empire, with powers to call...
46. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can now state the Government's intention with regard to the report of the Poultry Reorganisation Committee?
47. asked the Minister of Agriculture to what extent his statistics show that despite the milk surplus the number of milch cows is increasing?
50. asked the Secretary for Mines whether, for the last 12 months for which statistics are available, there has been full use of the export trade quotas in coal?
48. asked the Minister of Agriculture when and by whom the recently announced programme was decided that the Land Settlement Association should create over 3,000 holdings in the next four years...
49. asked the Minister of Agriculture the present price of Argentine, Australian, New Zealand, Danish, and British butter, and comparable prices for 1929?
54. asked the Secretary for Mines the quantity of coal exported from South Wales to each of the Euro-
55. asked the Secretary for Mines what number of collieries were closed in the anthracite area of the South Wales coalfield in 1933, 1934, and up to date, and the number of men that have been...
Mr. G. GRIFFFITHS: 57. asked the Minister of Health how many persons have lost their pension rights on account of unemployment since the passage of the 1932 Act?
59. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that, owing to lack of employment in the West Riding of Yorkshire, a number of blind persons have been transferred to the Hull institute for...
60. asked the President of the Board of Education the approximate respective number of children who are at present receiving no education because of blindness, lameness and other physical disability?
61. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is now in a position to make a statement as regards the intentions of His Majesty's Government concerning the appointment of the Indian...
62. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is now in a position to order the release of Mrs. Kelly, the expectant mother who was recently sentenced to six months' imprisonment for...
63. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the total amount of expenses incurred in the recent inquiry into the alleged overpayments by the Greenock Public Assistance Committee; and the names...
64. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he proposes to take any action to have the provisions of the Money Payments (Justices Procedure) Bill extended to apply to Scotland?
65. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has made inquiry into the case of a lad named Grid, who has been detained in Perth Criminal Asylum for some considerable time; and whether...
66. asked the Secretary of Skate for Scotland whether he will explain the difference between the sum of £423,164 which the corporation of Glasgow assert they will have to contribute under...
67. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether, in view of the announcement by his Department that men of the 1st Battalion the Manchester Regiment, which is being transferred from...
68. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he is aware that troops quartered at Bulford camp are supplied with eggs imported from Denmark and Finland; and whether he will take...
69. asked the Postmaster-General the position regarding the application by the Zetland County Council for the installation of wireless communication between the islands of Papa Stour and Foula...
70. asked the Postmaster-General whether he will investigate the general complaints regarding the inefficiency of the Thornton Heath telephone exchange, made both by trades-people and private...
The following question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. ATTLEE:
asked the the Postmaster-General whether any increase in the telephone staff has taken place since the introduction of the lower telephone charges last October?
73. asked the Postmaster-General whether he can give any indication of the public response to the new greetings telegrams?
75. asked the Minister of Pensions why a pension was refused to Mrs. M. E. Bidwell, 28, Crown Street, Accrington, widow of the late 36,536 Private Bidwell, East Lancashire Regiment, whose death...
77. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the report of the official receiver on the Williams and Henry prospectus, he will introduce legislation to amend the Companies...
78. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the fact that Italy has failed to the extent of £500,000 to pay commercial debts due under the recent new Italian Agreement,...
81. asked the Home Secretary whether gas masks of varying prices are being considered; and how many sizes are contemplated?
82. asked the Home Secretary whether he is now in a position to make any further statement on the question of restriction of the hours of employment of young persons in unregulated occupations?
May I ask the Prime Minister whether he can make a statement as to the course of business to-day, and whether he intends to move the Motion suspending the 11 o'clock Rule?
"to make provision for the employment of women and young persons in factories and workshops on a system of shifts; and for purposes connected with the matter aforesaid," presented by Sir John...
That they have agreed to,—
That they have agreed to the Commons Amendments to certain of the Lords Amendments and to the Commons consequential Amendment to the Housing Bill, without Amendment.
Order for Second Reading read.
3.48 p.m.
Lords Amendments considered, and agreed to.
9.10 p.m.
Resolved, That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity (Supply) Acts 1882 to 1935, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport under the Electricity (Supply)...
Read a Second time, and committed to a Standing Committee.
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