Monday, 20 July 1936
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Great Western Railway (Additional Powers) Bill,
Vice-Admiral TAYLOR: asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the personnel of the Royal Air Force stationed in Quetta at the time of the earthquake last year have all received the...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether, with a view to maintaining good will in India, he will consult with the Government of India for the purpose of securing a review of the ...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether Parliament will have an opportunity of discussing the proposal to transfer the Indian State railways to private enterprise?
Duchess of ATHOLL: asked the Under-Secretary of State for India the number of terrorist outrages, attempted outrages and conspiracies which have occurred in the various provinces of British...
Duchess of ATHOLL: asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will give details of the various consignments of arms and ammunition that have been seized by the authorities in...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India the extent of damage and loss of life as a result of the floods in Assam?
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India, whether he he is aware that under the instructions from the central intelligence bureau in Calcutta the Gabha girls school was raided during school...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India, whether he is aware that one category of electors in Bombay, in order to be placed on the register, are required to produce rent receipts prior to...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he can give the House some explanation as to why the Secretary of State for India in Council decided that no action should be taken in the...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the sum of Rs.3,000 taken from the keeper of the Lokasangraha Press, Poona, has been forfeited to the Government of Bombay...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware of the criticisms made by an official spokesman of the Japanese Government in relation to the investigation at Peking into the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, with a view to the world conference suggested in the proposals of 19th March of the Locarno Powers other than Germany, he will propose...
Mr. VYVYAN ADAMS: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, before the Recess, the House of Commons will be apprised of the policy of His Majesty's Government to be pursued at...
Mr. V. ADAMS: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what will be the personnel of the British delegation at the forthcoming meeting of the Assembly at Geneva?
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government has had under consideration or will now put forward proposals for Great Britain to participate in a scheme for financial...
Mr. V. ADAMS: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any statement to make about Miss Elizabeth Wiskemann, a British subject, as to her recent arrest, and subsequent...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any correspondence has taken place with the Portuguese Government as to the attitude of Portugal towards the German claims for colony...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the expenditure by Germany upon purposes directly and indirectly concerned with military preparations, including strategic roads,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps he proposes to take for the negotiation of a western pact and of an air pact with Germany in view of the failure of Germany to answer...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will specify the Governments which will be represented at the forthcoming Locarno Conference at Brussels?
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the provisions of any agreement which may be concluded at Montreux will entirely supersede the provisions of the Treaty of Lausanne...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the Government of the Free City of Danzig have issued an order to all public employés either to join the Nazi party...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in connection with the proposed introduction of a permanent scheme for payment from the Exchequer of a cattle subsidy, he will have sympathetic regard...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been drawn to the report of the Consumers' Committee on the potato marketing scheme; whether, before compiling this report, the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what effect the decision in the House of Lords on the Scotch Milk Marketing Board's action will have on the policy of the English Milk Marketing Board?
asked the Minister of Agriculture what percentage of certified home-grown millable wheat is used for food for human consumption?
asked the Minister of Agriculture what communications passed between His Majesty's Government and the Milk Marketing Board before taking a decision that there is to be no tax on exports to...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, whether he has information as to the proportions of the imported meat sold in the Smithfield market which is controlled by shippers and companies of foreign origin.
asked the President of the Board of Trade, whether his refusal to undertake a census of distribution is based on the cost it would involve or on the view that accurate statistical information...
asked the Postmaster-General what action he is taking to remove causes of complaint about the dilatory service given from Edinburgh by long-distance telephone to Manchester in the evenings?
asked the Postmaster-General, seeing that prior to October, 1934, his Department made no charge to new subscribers for the installation of a telephone instrument, what are the reasons why his...
asked the Postmaster-General, when it is proposed to introduce the new postage stamps bearing the likeness of His Majesty King Edward VIII; what special stamps are being prepared to commemorate...
asked the Postmaster-General, whether the new charter to be granted to the British Broadcasting Corporation will contain provisions restricting the right of the corporation to give concerts by...
asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the proceedings in Committee of Supply on Scottish Estimates on Tuesday, 14th July, when, by arrangements between parties and...
asked the Prime Minister what is the special feature of the European situation which justifies the Government in pursuing the policy of increasing armaments; whether the Government are in...
Miss WARD: asked the Prime Minister whether he is now in a position to give the further particulars promised in regard to the placing of orders in the Special Areas?
asked the Minister of Labour the number of non-claimants either of unemployment insurance benefit or unemployment assistance registered at each of the employment exchanges within the...
asked the Minister of Labour what action is taken by the Unemployment Assistance Board to secure that the needs of applicants for allowances are met in cases where their allowance is determined...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will arrange for the Public Health (London) Bill, which has come down from another place and is pure consolidation of the law, to be taken up as a Government...
asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the recent pollution of the water supply in the districts of Carshalton, Beddington and Wallington, as the result of which...
Miss WARD: asked the Minister of Health whether he will institute an inquiry at the maternity hospitals in the Special Areas to ascertain the condition of the women admitted as patients?
Miss WARD: asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the reduction in the maternal mortality in the Rhondda Valley where special foodstuffs have been supplied to...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the Liverpool Public Assistance Committee, at a meeting on 15th July, approved a scheme for recommendation to the Liverpool City Council for...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will consider recommending the reinstatement of G. Salisbury to the Devonport dockyard in view of the failure of the authorities to give any...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what is the approximate difference in the cost of equipping a 35,000-ton battleship with 14-inch or 16-inch guns; and what are the respective weights of...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the purchase price paid for Kemble aerodrome and the cost of clearing, laying to grass and the erection of the necessary buildings; and for what purpose...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the methods by which costing disputes are to be settled between the Air Ministry and the aircraft manufacturers with whom orders have been placed for...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is now in a position to make any statement with regard to the proposed change in the constitution of the Fiji legislative council?
asked the President of the Board of Education whether he will consider the need for the publication of the surveys carried out in accordance with the board's suggestion 7 in the Circular 1443?
asked the President of the Board of Education the number of children in the City of Stoke-on-Trent in the elementary, secondary, and the instruction centres, respectively, suffering from malnutrition?
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the position as to the Sandstone Industry Compensation Fund; whether he is aware that in the Macclesfield and Bollington district new levies...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in view of the fact that Supplementary Estimates already presented exceed the provision for Supplementary Estimates in his Financial Statement by several...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what is the value, stated in terms of the current market price of gold, of the gold stocks held by the Bank of England on their own account and on...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he will be prepared to take over the Queensway Mersey Tunnel as part of the Government's policy of road control schemes?
asked the Minister of Transport whether and when he proposes to introduce a Bill to deal with the recommendations of the McGowan Committee?
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will obtain and place in the House of Commons Library a copy of the recent French law relative to nationalisation of the French...
asked the Secretary of State for War the minimum pension of a sergeant and a corporal, respectively, under Article 1075, Pay Warrant 1909, previous to the War in 1914, and what the corresponding...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make any statement about the situation in Spain?
Ordered, That this day, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 14, a Supplementary Estimate for a New Service may be considered in Committee of Supply, and that the Proceedings of the...
That they have agreed to,—
[18TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £1,059,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question put, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £6,600,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in
Motion made, and Question, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £293,700, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on...
Motion made, and Question put, That an additional number of Air Forces, not exceeding 5,000 all ranks, be maintained for the Service of the United Kingdom at Home and abroad, exclusive of those...
Considered in Committee.
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