Thursday, 5 March 1936
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Private Bills (Standing Orders not previously inquired into complied with).
"to incorporate and confer powers upon the Caledonian Power Company and for other purposes," presented, and read the First time;and ordered to be read a Second time.
asked the Minister of Labour when it is proposed to rebuild the Walworth Road (Borough) Employment Exchange;and whether he can give particulars?
asked the Minister of Labour whether lie is aware that the Beamish air-pit millers were requested some months ago to work the pneumatic pick in a seam one foot nine inches high; that, although...
asked the Minister of Labour how many districts have recently been included in the Special Areas category, with the names?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will make a statement on the age distribution of the unemployed registered at the Walsall Employment Exchange, and also at the Walsall Juvenile Employment...
Mr. GALLAGHER: asked the Minister of Labour whether dependants' benefit will continue to be paid under the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1935, in respect of young persons who are children of...
asked the Minister of Labour what progress has been made with the application of the Cotton Manufacturing Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1934;whether it is working satisfactorily; and...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has any record of the number of boys and girls, respectively, who have left the Sheffield elementary schools during the last two years; how many of them...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he can give any information on the negotiations regarding the application of the 40-hour week in the textile industry; whether His Majesty's Government is...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will give the list of food items used in the compilation of the cost-of-living index; and the average prices of these articles in the
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will arrange for Members of this House to attend a demonstration of the gas-mask to be used for the protection of the civilian...
Mr. CREECH JONES: asked the Home Secretary whether the Government have given recent consideration to the ratification of the Workmen's Compensation (Occupational Diseases) Convention (Revised),...
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the recent death of a child from burns caused by a celluloid comb; and whether he will take action to prevent the sale of highly...
Mr. CREECH JONES: asked the Home Secretary what number of persons in each year 1930 to 1935 remanded in custody were refused bail but were not subsequently convicted?
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to cases of Jew baiting in Tottenham; and whether he proposes issuing special instructions to the police to deal with the cases which...
asked the Home Secretary to what extent the police authorities are instructed or authorised to watch those who have been in convict prisons and to warn their employers; and whether he is aware...
asked the Home Secretary the number of police officers in the Metropolitan area that have been before the Discipline Board during the last two years, and the number that have been dismissed or...
asked the Home Secretary (1) whether, when work is undertaken for private firms in His Majesty's prisons, it is arranged for by written or oral contract; (2) whether, in arriving at the charges...
asked the President of the Board of Education the number of schools in England and Wales that are not provided with an efficient water supply or proper sanitary equipment; when his inspectors...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that the decision of the Governor of the Doncaster Grammar School to throw open the planning of the proposed new school will...
asked the President of the Board of Education the total financial grants made to Catholic schools during the last financial year?
asked the President of the Board of Education (1) what is the number of elementary and senior schools in England and Wales built in the last 10 years; and how many of this number have a field for...
asked the President of the Board of Education what are the qualifications necessary for appointment as a supplementary teacher in an elementary school; how many such teachers there were on the...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that no reply has been sent to letters dated 19th November, 1935, 6th January, 1936, and 4th February, 1936, from the...
asked the President of the Board of Education the number of local education authorities to whom he pays grant on their expenditure in paying the local authority's share of the contributions...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the undesirability of treating English and Scottish agriculture separately, he will consider merging the Ministry of Agriculture with the Scottish...
asked the Prime Minister whether, having regard to the Government's programme for repairing gaps in Imperial Defence, he will call a conference of Dominion and Indian representatives, including...
Mr. JENKINS: asked the Prime Minister whether it is intended that the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs shall resign his office following his appointment as chairman of the...
asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to figures and graphs showing the reduction of maternal mortality in the Rhondda Valley as the result of the provision of...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that John Henry Fuller, a boy of 14 years of age, is the only boy patient in the Napsbury Mental Hospital, where all the other patients are...
asked the Minister of Health the number of deaths attributable to the anaesthetic when chloroform was being used?
asked the Minister of Health whether he will issue instructions to local governing bodies to carry out an annual inspection of lavatories and conveniences in hotels, public houses, clubs, etc.,...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will consider an amendment of the Health Resorts and Watering Places Act, 1921, so that the council of any borough or urban district may be able to expend...
asked the Minister of Health (1) how many houses have been built in England and Wales under the 1934 Housing Acts, with the consent of the Ministry of Health, where the full Government subsidy...
asked the Minister of Health how far his Department has been responsible for the production of the documentary film on housing recently shown to Members of Parliament and others; and whether and,...
asked the Minister of Health whether it is the intention of the Government to deal with the anomalous position created by the recent decision in the Southern Railway Company's case regarding the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to the bankruptcy of Mr. C. M. Johnstone, whose Income Tax arrears, accumulated over a period of 10 years, amount to...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to the proposed Franco-Rumanian agreement under which Rumania's oil royalties, representing her remaining asset, have...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been called to the increasing sale in this country of Mexican reefer cigarettes made from a weed called mairjuana which...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the reasons for the distinction whereby candidates from the staff of the Imperial Civil Service for appointment to the Customs and Excise and the...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total amount of British money invested in development work or advanced as loans since the War to Empire countries and to foreign countries,...
asked the Minister of Agriculture the estimated acreage of the country which has been absorbed by new roads since 1921?
asked the Minister of Agriculture what was the gross annual value of tithe rentcharge charged on lands in private lay ownership at December, 1934; and what percentage this is of the total tithe...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether, in view of the necessity for the establish- ment of safer bases for the manufacture of aircraft in the event of hostilities breaking out in...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the total cost during the last 10 years of the Government experimental station at Farnborough; and whether any of the recent discoveries, such as slots,...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether, in view of the announcement of the need for new apprentices for the Royal Air Force, he will state the numbers of mechanics in the Air Force to...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give an assurance that, in any steps which may be taken during the current year to negotiate the revision of the trade agreement between...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has considered the protest from the Linoleum and Floorcloth Manufacturers' Association regarding the accuracy of the information circulated by...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can furnish information as to the volume of the importation of foodstuffs of kinds produced in the United Kingdom for each of the years 1930...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether arrangements can be made for a more rapid publication of the reports of the effect of the Import Duties Act on the industries of the country?
asked the Postmaster-General whether he has received any complaints as to the delivery of parcels to British troops now in Egypt; and whether anything can be done to improve this service?
asked the Postmaster-General whether it is his intention to abolish surcharges on air-mail correspondence to the continent of Europe?
Captain GAZALET: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, seeing that Baron von Bultzingslowen was convicted in a Tanganyika court and before the supreme court of East Africa of...
Mr. LEC KIE: asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that the London and North Eastern Railway Company ran an experimental train between Harrogate and Pilmoor the other day, the...
asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he is aware that in a recent case concerning an attack on a man in Hyde Park a police officer stated that such attacks have lately become more...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he can now make a statement regarding the court-martial of a guardsman for refusing to shave off his moustache; under what Army Regulations this was...
Might I ask the Prime Minister what is the business for next week?
I desire to raise, Mr. Speaker, a question relating to the rights of hon. and right hon. Members of the House at Question Time. Yesterday, I addressed to the Under-Secretary of State for Air, to...
"to incorporate in the statute law of the United Kingdom those obligations in regard to the maintenance of peace and of machinery for the peaceful settlement of international disputes which are...
Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. Bill, as amended, to lie upon the Table.
Reported, with Amendments.
Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
[2ND ALLOTTED DAY.]
That a sum, not exceeding £165,890,000, be granted to His Majesty, on account, for or towards defraying the charges for the following Civil and Revenue Departments (including Pensions,...
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [4th March], "That the Bill be now considered."
Postponed Proceeding resumed on Amendment proposed on Consideration of Resolution, That a sum, not exceeding £165,889,900, he granted to His Majesty, on account, for or towards defraying the...
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee, and reported, without Amendment; read the Third time, and passed.
10.19 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 Salisbury Gas company, which was...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Sir A. Lambert Ward.]
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