Monday, 27 July 1936
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Dalton-in-Furness Urban District Council Bill,
Address for Return, of the Budget of the Governor-General of India in Council for 1936–37."—[Mr. Butler.]
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is able to indicate the terms of the lascar agreements prepared by the Indian Government and signed under the Government's supervision; and...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he can give the House information regarding the preparations now being made with a view to the provincial elections to be held in India and...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that a peasants' conference which was held at Darbhanga on 4th June was ordered to be broken up by the release of elephants; and...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the Government of India is supporting the employers in securing legislation which will enable them to forfeit eight days'...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that in the recent trial of Iqbal Singh and Sonranoth Lahiri, on 4th June, before the presidency magistrate of Bombay, the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any British advisers have recently been acting with the chiefs or heads of any native governments in South-Western Abyssinia with the...
Mr. VYVYAN ADAMS: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is to be the personnel of the British delegation at the forthcoming League meeting?
Miss RATHBONE: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will give an assurance that, at the meeting of the League Assembly in September, His Majesty's Government will not...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make a statement on the result of the Montreaux Conference?
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what action he has taken in cases which have been brought to his notice where British Indians have been unable to dispose of the land owned and...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs which, if any, of the five Mediterranean assurances of mutual assistance are still in operation on a basis of reciprocity; and for how long it is...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make any statement as to the Anglo-Egyptian negotiations?
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make a statement as to the present position in Spain?
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the levy by Icelandic courts of a fine of £1,046 on the skipper of the Grimsby trawler "Reboundo"...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any answer has been received from Germany to the British Note; and whether any reason has been given for this delay?
asked the Minister of Pensions how many officers and how many men who were drawing war disability pensions died as the result of their War disability in each year ended 31st March, 1930, to 1936;...
asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department what assistance has been given by his Department during the previous 12 months for the purpose of assisting British exhibitors at any oversea...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has now obtained information as to the acquisition of control of the Gaumont-British Company by American interests; and whether he is...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what progress has been made in working out a system whereby growers of sugar-beet situated at a long distance from existing sugar-beet factories shall benefit...
Major MILLS: asked the Minister of Agriculture how many new producers registered with the Milk Marketing Board during the period 1st January, 1936, to 1st June, 1936; how many of these new...
asked the Postmaster-General the number of telephone subscribers at the latest date for which information is available; and the increase in five years up to that date?
asked the Postmaster-General what is the approximate expenditure to be incurred on Empire broadcasting during the current year; whether any plans for the expansion and development of that service...
asked the Postmaster-General what action it is proposed to take to implement the report which has just been published with regard to electrical interference with wireless broadcasting in this...
asked the Minister of Pensions, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, what progress has been made with regard to the removal of the dangerous low iron railings bordering certain of the...
asked the Minister of Pensions, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether work can be undertaken during the Recess to improve the old-fashioned ventilation system of the debating...
asked the Minister of Pensions, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether he can now state what arrangements are in contemplation with a view to increasing the accommodation in the...
Miss RATHBONE: asked the Prime Minister whether he will move to appoint a committee to consider whether, and under what conditions, a time limit should be placed on speeches made in the House or...
asked the Minister of Pensions, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether any special arrangements affecting Members of this House are being made in connection with the meeting of...
asked the Minister of Health whether it is still the policy of His Majesty's Government to encourage private persons to undertake housing schemes for persons of the working classes, especially...
asked the Prime Minister whether the meeting of the three Locarno Powers in London is solely to prepare for a later meeting of all five Locarno Powers; whether the object of such a later meeting...
asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to a Motion on the Order Paper standing in the names of over 120 supporters of the Government urging the Government to make an...
asked the Minister of Labour whether it is proposed that after 31st March, 1937, grants in the Special Areas are to be limited to grants for the purpose of assisting industries, and that after...
asked the Minister of Labour how many local advisory committees are to be set up in the West Riding of Yorkshire, including the towns and cities in the Riding, by the Unemployment Assistance...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he can give an approximate estimate of the total cost of abolishing, respectively, the family means test and the means test for unemployment benefit, based on...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Miss WILKINSON:
asked the Secretary for Mines the tonnage of export trade in coal for each respective year since the coming into operation of the Coal Mines Act, 1930, specifying the quantity for export purposes...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether it is proposed eventually to reopen Pembroke Dockyard for constructional purposes by reason of its naturally secure position?
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what notice to sail is deemed to be sufficient for a stand-by or emergency destroyer; whether such a vessel would normally have steam for immediate...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will take steps to allay the dissatisfaction among milk producers in the Dundee district because of the delay on the part of the Milk Board...
Mr. ROSTRON DUCKWORTH: asked the Secretary for the Home Department whether he is satisfied that the treatment by the police of untried prisoners is both fair and considerate; and what...
asked the Home, Secretary the statutory authority under which the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis has given authority to the London Passenger Transport Board to allow omnibuses to remain...
Mr. ROSTRON DUCKWORTH: asked the Minister of Transport whether he proposes to recommend the adoption in Lancashire of the invisible-ray methods of testing speeds of motorists, in view of the...
asked the Home Secretary (1), whether there is any objection to the Prison Officers' Representative Board and the Broadmoor Asylum Staff Board being represented on the National Whitley Council;...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that the Manchester Town Council in refusing to allow Fascists last week to march through the town in uniform, were able to decide the meaning of...
asked the Home Secretary when he proposes to fill the vacancies among the stipendiary magistrates?
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that a demonstration fête, at which he was the principal speaker, held at the White House, Woodford, in the Parliamentary borough of Walthamstow,...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether it is the general practice, in grades of the Civil Service for which a registered medical qualification is essential and which are open to...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is prepared to reconsider the position of the age-barred ex-service men in the Civil Service who, on retirement at the age of 65, will...
asked the Minister of Transport the amount of compensation that has been paid out under the Electricity (Supply) Acts to workmen, clerks and salaried officers, for loss of employment or reduction...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he can give the House any information relative to the test of a number of road drills that have been fitted with silencers; whether this experiment has met...
May I ask the Prime Minister what business he proposes to take in the event of the suspension of the Eleven o'Clock Rule to-night?
George Frederick Doland, Esquire, for Borough of Wandsworth (Balham and Tooting Division).
"to make further provision with respect to maternity services in Scotland and to amend the Midwives (Scotland) Act, 1915," presented by Sir Godfrey Collins; supported by the Lord Advocate and...
That they have agreed to— Marriages Provisional Orders Bill,Midwives Bill, without Amendment.Health Resorts and Watering Places Bill,Coventry Corporation Bill,Thornton Cleveleys Improvement...
Lords Amendments to be considered To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 170.]
[19TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £466,702, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £74,565, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £63,551, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £117,736, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment...
That a sum, not exceeding £1,428,664, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
That a sum, not exceeding £5,959,602, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
That a sum, not exceeding £10,722,219, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
That a sum, not exceeding £36,094,327, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
That a sum, not exceeding £100,612,219, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
That a sum, not exceeding £13,801,898, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
That a sum, not exceeding £4,837,545, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
That a sum, not exceeding £27,960,108, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
That a sum, not exceeding £28,224,427, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
That a sum, not exceeding £53,185,800, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the
That a sum, not exceeding £40,782,100, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1937, for...
That a sum, not exceeding £25,486,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1937, for...
That a sum, not exceeding £6,631,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1937, for...
Considered in Committee.
Order for Third Reading read.
Considered in Committee.
Amendment made: In page 8, line 4, at the end, add: (3) Any reference in this Act to an order constituting a port health district, united district, or joint board shall be construed as including...
I beg to move, in page 34, line 40, at the end, to insert: or of their decision to address their notice to him and not to the occupier or, as the case may be, the owner of the building. This...
11.47 p.m.
Amendment made: In page 61, line 40, at the end, insert: or of their decision to address their notice to him and not to the occupier or, as the case may be, the owner of the premises."—[Mr....
Amendment made: In page 65, line 27, at the end, add: or of their decision to address their notice to him and not to the occupier or, as the case may be, the owner of the premises."—[Mr....
Amendments made: In page 65, line 31, at the end, insert: 'cesspool' includes a settlement tank or other tank for the reception or disposal of foul matter from buildings.
11.54 p.m.
12.3 a.m.
12.6 a.m.
Amendment made: In page 115, line 8, leave out "a," and insert "the."—[Mr. Shakespeare.]
Amendment made: In page 119, line 18, leave out "local authority," and insert "council."—[Mr. Shakespeare.]
Amendment made: In page 120, line 39, after "making," insert "an."
Amendments made: In page 122, line 23, leave out from the second "of," to "so," in line 27, and insert: the Seamen's Special Fund for which provision is made by section one hundred and...
Amendment made: In page 124, line 22, at the end, add: (3) This section, except in so far as it relates to appointments in connection with the treatment of tuberculosis, shall extend to...
12.16 a.m.
Amendment made: In page 189, line 4, leave out from the first "or," to the end of the Clause, and add: a council or a body whose function it is to enforce the provisions or by-laws in question,...
Amendments made: In page 204, line 19, leave out "or."
Amendment made: In page 210, leave out lines 6 to 8.—[Mr. Shakespeare.]
12.23 a.m.
Amendments made: In page 225, line 34, column 3, leave out from "eighty-seven," to "section," in line 39, and insert: sub-section (1) of Section one hundred and five, so far as it relates to...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Read a Second time.
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 Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of...
Order for Consideration of Lords Amendments read.
Lords Amendment: in line 7, at the end, insert: Provided that a shop may be open for the serving of customers on Sunday— (a) for the purposes of any transaction mentioned in the First...
Lords Amendment: In line 8, leave out Clause 2.
Lords Amendment: In page 3, line 33, leave out Clause 5 and insert new Clause D.—(Special provisions for persons observing the Jewish Sabbath.) ".—(1) Subject to the provisions of...
Lords Amendment: In page 9, line 7, at the end, insert: (5) If the local authority are satisfied that any person engaged in handicraft at his home is dependent for his livelihood upon the sale on...
Lords Amendment: In page 11, line 37, leave out from "against" to "the" in line 38, and insert: any of the following enactments, namely— (a) the Act of the twenty-seventh year of His late...
Lords Amendment: In page 14, line 1, leave out the First Schedule, and insert New Schedule A:
Transactions for the purposes of which a shop may be open for the serving of customers on Sunday.1. The sale of—(a) intoxicating liquors;(b) meals or refreshments whether or not for...
Considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment; read the Third time, and passed, without Amendment.
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