Thursday, 1 August 1935
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
1. asked the Minister of Labour the number of allowances under the Unemployment Assistance Board which were in force when the standstill arrangement was made, and the number which have since been...
2. asked the Minister of Labour what steps he has taken to encourage the provision of an adequate number of skilled bricklayers and plasterers to overcome the present shortage of such workers;...
10. asked the Minister of Labour, whether he will take immediate steps to introduce legislation with a view to securing that chauffeurs engaged by private employers shall be insurable under the...
Miss CAZALET: 3. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in addition to analysing the unemployment figures in respect of length of unemployment, he will also consider making and issuing a further...
4. asked the Minister of Labour whether he has taken any steps to facilitate the clearance of sites in special areas through the Commissioner; and whether he is now in a position to state that...
11. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many factory inspectors are responsible for the dock area on Merseyside.
12. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that the Ilford Council have frequently called the attention of his Department to the danger at Sants Hill Cross, at which seven roads converge,...
56. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that if his policy of discouraging and eliminating horse traction is carried out 4,000 to 5,000 carters in Liverpool will lose their...
57. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is satisfied that adequate public notice is given by his Department of proposed local inquiries under Section 1 of the Road Traffic Act, 1934?
58. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that the London Passenger Transport Board has initiated a policy of scaling up workmen's and cheap travel facilities between the trains as...
62. asked the Minister of Transport whether in view of the impossibility of enforcing the use of a mechanically-operated reflector to deflect the beam, as laid down in the new lighting...
60. asked the Minister of Transport the number of examiners and the places of examination for drivers residing in the Metropolitan police district who wish to obtain driving licences; whether any...
61. asked the Minister of Transport whether he proposes to carry out any further experiments with a view to ensuring greater safety for pedestrians as junctions controlled by traffic lights?
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the national importance of the trunk roads and of the Government's expressed desire for the adoption of an improved lay-out...
13. asked the Home Secretary the terms of reference and the name of the chairman of the committee which he proposes to appoint to inquire into the operation of the Workmen's Compensation Act in...
The Committee will be asked: (i) The inquire into the operation of the Workmen's Compensation Acts (including any Orders or Regulations made there-under) in relation to workmen affected by...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir ARNOLD WILSON: 14. asked the Home Secretary whether he can give any information as to the progress of the inquiry being made by the Summary Courts (Social Services) Committee?
15. asked the Home Secretary which county councils, county borough councils, Metropolitan and municipal borough councils, and urban and rural district councils in England and Wales have already...
19. asked the Home Secretary whether he has received a report from his factory inspector in connection with the fatal accident to a carman at the yard of Messrs. I. Leftley, transport...
24. asked the President of the Board of Education what steps it is proposed to take in connection with granting pensions or superannuation allowances to supplementary teachers on reaching the age...
Miss CAZALET: 25. asked the President of the Board of Education the estimated number of elementary school children in London who go away annually for a holiday, whether assisted through the...
26. asked the President of the Board of Education what action he is taking as a result of his inquiries into the matter of elementary schools in the Childwall ward of Liverpool, with a view to...
29. asked the Minister of Health what steps he is taking in regard to the inspection of accommodation for hop pickers in Worcestershire and Herefordshire prior to the arrival of the pickers in...
30. asked the Minister of Health whether, with a view to reducing the very heavy cost of the present lunacy administration based on a system of universal detention, he will introduce a short...
31. asked the Minister of Health whether he can give any information in regard to the outbreak of paratyphoid at Grays, Essex, and neighbouring towns; what action is being taken to prevent the...
32. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the hardship inflicted on an insured man who is compulsorily retired from his employment at 65 and whose wife has not yet...
33. asked the Minister of Health whether his assent has been given to the London County Council's scheme to appropriate 30 acres of playing fields on Hackney Marshes for the purpose of a new...
36. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of persons liable to pay Surtax in each of the years 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, and the percentage of such...
38. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his latest statistics indicate an improvement in the financial position of smallholders, and how the number of bankruptcies of such men in 1934...
41. asked the Minister of Agriculture the average wholesale price of potatoes in the years 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934 and 1935, to the nearest date available?
37. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he proposes to take with a view to securing payment of interest to British holders of German bonds and shares in German companies and the...
39. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that large quantities of fish for distribution in important cities in the Midlands are delivered in wooden boxes bound with steel bands;...
40. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has yet gained sufficient experience as to the effect of the Sea Fishing Industry (Restriction of Fishing in Northern Waters) Order, 1933, to...
43. asked the hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, whether any records are being compiled of the effect on various kinds of trees of the severe May frosts;...
44. asked the hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, whether he has any statistics showing the extent to which mature timber is still being cut down for sale...
45. asked the Prime Minister if his attention has been called to the difficulty of obtaining permission to move under Standing Order No. 8 for an adjournment on matters of public importance,...
46. asked the Lord President of the Council whether he can give a table showing the comparable sums allocated by the Privy Council to the work of industrial and agricultural research, respectively?
47. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction in the British commercial community at Istanbul with the terms of the recently concluded Anglo-Turkish...
48. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the difficulty of distinguishing between aircraft destined for civil purposes and those destined for military purposes, he will...
51. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will make representations to shipowners whose applications under Part II of the British Shipping (Assistance) Act are approved to so...
52. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is now in a position to state what steps he has taken to prevent Japanese cotton cloth imported into Great Britain for printing purposes...
54. asked the Postmaster-General whether he can give any information in regard to the claim of £916 against the Birmingham Corporation relative to the moving of telegraph lines; what action...
55. asked the Postmaster-General whether, in view of the profit made on the evening telephone rates, he will arrange that more operators should be available at trunk exchanges in the Midland...
63. asked the Secretary for Mines the quantity of coal exported from South Wales to France, Italy, Germany and Spain for each of the last four years and for the first six months of 1935?
64. asked the Secretary for Mines whether any investigation has been made into the complaints which have been received regarding the keeping of the overtime register and the winding times at New...
68. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he proposes to take active steps to encourage other districts to follow the example of Lancashire in forming a selling pool?
69. asked the Secretary for Mines the present position with regard to the ratification of the international convention on the hours of work in mines; and when is it expected that this will be...
53. asked the President of the Board of Trade the amount of capital invested in coal mines in Durham?
71. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will reconsider the case of Mr. George P. Evans, of 130, Abercynon Road, Abercynon, Glamorganshire, who claims that his disability from War service...
72. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has received the reports from the licensing authorities in answer to the questionnaire submitted to them by the Scottish Office as to the...
73. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the position with regard to the functioning of juvenile courts in the county of Fife?
Duchess of ATHOLL: 75. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of additional class and specialist teachers needed for the raising of the school age to 15 and for the complete...
76. asked the Attorney-General the names of members of the county justices advisory committee of Lindsey, Kesteven, and Holland, respectively, and the date of their appointment; and the name of...
77. asked the Attorney-General how many prosecutions have so far taken place under the Incitement to Disaffection Act?
81. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he will now consider favourably the payment of reservists' and other military pensions weekly through the Post Office, in the same way...
83. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the ex-Maharajah of Nabha has been interned in Kodai Kanal for over seven years without any charges being brought against...
84. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received a report regarding the detention of Mr. Mason, a British subject and an employee of the British-American Tobacco...
85. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make a statement about the aeroplane which was forced to descend by the Rumanian authorities when flying over their territory;...
86. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the Italian-Abyssinian dispute, he will take steps to reinforce the British Mediterranean Fleet?
18. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that a charge of housebreaking against William Davies, aged 22, of Leopold Street, Leeds, was dismissed by the Mansfield magistrates last week...
20. asked the Home Secretary whether he has received a full report concerning the case of Arthur Shaw, of Back-of-Aston Road, Birmingham, who was committed to prison for 51 days owing to the...
23. asked the Home Secretary the number of vacancies which have arisen in the higher positions of the Metropolitan Police during the last six months; and the number which have been filled by men...
That they have agreed to— British Sugar (Subsidy) Bill,Ayr Burgh Extension, etc., Order Confirmation Bill,Kilmarnock Burgh Extension, etc., Order Confirmation Bill,Troon Burgh Extension,...
That they have agreed to the Commons Amendments to certain of the Lords Amendments to the Government of India Bill, and to the Commons consequential Amendment thereto, without Amendment.
Special Report and Third Report from the Committee on Public Petitions brought up, and read.
Considered in Committee, and reported, without Amendment.
3.50 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 Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain A. Hope.]
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