Thursday, 3 December 1936
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Provisional Order Bills (No Standing Orders applicable),
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (AGRICULTURE) ACT, 1936.
asked the Minister of Labour (1) whether he will consider including in the monthly figures relating to employment for each accounting area the percentage which the insured poulation bears to the...
asked the Minister of Labour how many men have been transferred to date from the Special Areas to the estates of the Land Settlement Association; how many of these men have completed training;...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is now in a position to tell the House how much money there is in the Unemployment Insurance Fund; whether there is a surplus; and, if so, will he use it...
asked the Minister of Labour whether it is the intention of His Majesty's Government to introduce legislation to carry out the recommendations of the Unemployment Insurance Statutory Commission...
Mr. ANDERSON: asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the overtime that is now being worked by Post Office engineers, he will take steps in conjunction with the Postmaster-General, to...
Mr. ANDERSON: asked the Minister of Labour what is the total estimated sum that will be saved per year in the county of Cumberland as a result of the new Unemployment Assistance Board...
Mr. JENKINS: asked the Minister of Labour (1) whether he can supply particulars of the number of applications for unemployment benefit and the amount paid at the Employment Exchanges in...
asked the Minister of Labour whether the report expected by the Commissioner of Special Areas in regard to new industries, and now in the possession of the Government, recommends that the...
asked the Minister of Labour whether a report arranged for by the Commissioner for the Special Areas, and which has now been received by the Government, in regard to public works, recommends that...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that there are opportunities for employment in the North Norfolk and South Lincolnshire areas owing to a shortage of farm labour; and will be...
asked the Minister of Labour in view of the fact that many men who have been unemployed for long periods will be employed for a few days at Christmas time by the Post Office, by local...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is taking any steps to ascertain the needs of boots and clothing of the school children of the unemployed persons in Glamorgan; and whether he will give...
asked the Minister of Labour what is the present percentage of unemployment for Halt-whistle and Jarrow, respectively?
Miss WARD: asked the Minister of Labour whether he will approach the employers' organisations with a view to discussing ways and means of establishing the custom of an annual holiday with pay?
Miss WARD: asked the Minister of Labour how many centres for the treatment of physical disabilities among adolescents have been established; and how many cases have been dealt with?
asked the Minister of Labour how many draft conventions and recommendations dealing with the conditions of labour have been adopted by the International Labour Office from 1931 to date; and how...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of persons committed to prison in default of payment of rates, of wife's maintenance allowance, of bastardy arrears, and of fines...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has any later information, since the statement made in this House on 30th July, 1936, with regard to medical opinion on the question of the substitution of...
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the fact that in the county of Warwick there is one constable to every 959 people, as compared with one officer per 1,137 persons...
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the case of Percival Peck, of Leyton, who was acquitted at the Chelmsford Quarter Sessions, on 20th November, after having been...
asked the Home Secretary whether he can give the House any information in connection with the accident to a youth of 17 years who was caught in a dynamo at the Empire Cinema, Bethnal Green; and...
asked the Home Secretary whether he can inform the House as to the proportion of police prosecutions per constable for motoring offences in Warwickshire, Derbyshire, and Lancashire, respectively,...
asked the Home Secretary the number of appeals made to him from the decisions of the discipline board under the Police (Appeals) Act, 1927, that were successful?
asked the Home Secretary when the Factories Bill will be introduced?
asked the Home Secretary the amount that the Racecourse Betting Control Board will devote to worthy objects during the next year?
asked the Prime Minister when the Trial of Peers (Abolition of Privilege) Bill will be brought forward for the Second Reading?
asked the President of the Board of Education how many certified teachers there are unemployed; and to what extent would the number of children in a class have to be reduced to absorb them?
asked the President of the Board of Education whether it is the view of his Department that leaflets attacking Communism may properly be distributed during school hours in non-provided elementary...
asked the President of the Board of Education the number of education authorities that are at present using sound films for educational purposes; whether the reports on these films have been...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether, in view of the recent Government pronouncement concerning measures to be taken for improving the general standard of health of the nation,...
asked the Minister of Health whether he has any further positive proposals to make for improving the nutrition of the people, as a necessary preliminary to proposals for improving the general...
Miss WARD: asked the Minister of Health whether he has considered the report of the joint committee on the re-organisation of the water supplies of the country; and what action does he propose...
asked the Minister of Health whether he could give the number of patients in mental hospitals during each of the past five years who have received malarial treatment for general paralysis of the...
Mr. VYVYAN ADAMS: asked the Minister of Health whether he can now state definitely whether he will, at an early date, introduce the Public Health (Drainage of Trade Premises) Bill, which was...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will give a list of the county councils which have, under the Local Government Act, 1929, transferred from the public assistance committee to the...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that it is the general practice of approved societies to send all their married women who apply for benefit under the National Health Insurance...
Mr. W. JOSEPH STEWART: asked the Minister of Health whether it is the intention of the Government to equalise the cost of public assistance throughout the country so as to help local authorities...
asked the Minister of Health whether an old age pensioner, whose pension has been withheld owing to his entry into a Poor Law institution, has to reclaim his pension; and, if so, whether the...
asked the Minister of Health whether any steps are being taken by his Department to ensure that it is made a condition of all contracts given by local authorities that, where coastal transport of...
asked the Minister of Health whether he can now state the number of houses built during the six months ended 30th September, 1936, and, for comparison, the total during the same period of 1935?
asked the Minister of Health whether he is prepared to advocate the redevelopment of slum areas rather than extension of towns into the countryside; whether he is aware of the intensification...
asked the Minister of Health how many playing fields have been provided by local authorities in each of the last five years; and what steps arc being taken by the Ministry to encourage local...
Mr. DAVIDSON: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amount granted in subsidies, indirect and direct, to industry in Scotland, England, and Wales, respectively?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is able to state, approximately, the amount of revenue that is obtained annually for Income Tax purposes in cases where it appears that sums...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is now in a position to give a revised estimate of the sum he expects to receive during the current financial year by way of dividend on the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has any information as to negotiations in Paris concerning the French debt to America; and whether he will intimate to the Government of the...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that certain clerks in the Inland Revenue office in King's Lynn have been refused permission to join the National Defence Corps;...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that the Milk Marketing Board have opened factories in areas already adequately served by creameries in which no milk has remained unsold;...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has considered the scheme which has been submitted to him which would provide, through the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, loans at the rate of...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will make a statement as to the Government's policy with regard to the home production of foodstuffs and the measures it is proposed to take for the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture the names of the members of the consultative committee appointed in connection with alterations in Carlton House Terrace; what cases they have dealt with since...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air what, if any, restrictions and what regulations are in force regarding the acceptance of recruits from the Irish Free State or other of the Dominions?
asked the Postmaster-General whether, in view of the Post Office financial statement just issued, in which it is stated that there is an available balance of £420,529 after deducting the...
asked the Postmaster-General whether he will state the present position with regard to the request of the Union of Post Office Workers for the introduction of a 40-hour five-day week; and whether...
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether any constitutional difficulties have arisen, and whether he has any statement to make?
May I ask the Prime Minister the business for next week?
That they have agreed to,—
[Lords].
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
Question again proposed, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question."
As amended, considered.
7.14 p.m.
Resolved, That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1882 to 1936, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport under the Electricity (Supply)...
Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to consider the Procedure on Private Bills containing clauses commonly known as 'Local Legislation' clauses, and the respective functions of the...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Sir G. Penny.]
7.45 p.m.
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