Monday, 3 May 1937
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
General Cemetery Bill,
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether His Majesty's Government are prepared to reconsider the present policy of the Government of India in regard to the North-West Frontier, to...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what is the messing allowance paid to men in the Royal Air Force on service in India; how this sum compares in purchasing power with the ration...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has further information concerning the present position in India?
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any action has been taken at Geneva to set up a preparatory commission in anticipation of the World Opium Conference to be held in 1940?
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what reports he has received from His Majesty's representatives in Spain concerning the bombing by air of Guernica, the capital of the Basques, on...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give the House any information on the discussions between the statesmen of several Scandinavian and other countries of a draft...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the fact that under Article 8 of the Treaty of Locarno the Treaty can only be terminated by a two-thirds majority of the...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is now in a position to announce some comprehensive plan for dealing with an increase of home-grown foodstuffs in this country?
Brigadier-General Brown: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the Government have now considered the Cutforth (Milk) Reorganisation Report; and what action they propose to take in the matter?
asked the Minister of Agriculture the total amount paid to the Herring Industry Board from the 1d. in the £ levy upon the herring catch of last season up to February, 1937; and whether the...
asked the Postmaster-General whether the British Broadcasting Corporation have yet taken any steps to implement the recommendation of the Ullswater Committee that trade unions should be permitted...
asked the Postmaster-General the country of origin and the cost of installation of the speaking clock which is dialled in the London district by the automatic signal TIM; and when it is proposed...
asked the Postmaster-General (1) whether he will make a statement about the proposed radio-telephone extension to the Western Isles; which islands will be served; whether further local extensions...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, the number of requests that have been made to his Department for permits, and the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether arrangements can be made for holders of tickets in the Palace Yard uncovered...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will introduce legislation to amend the National Health Insurance Acts so as to increase the amount of maternity benefit payable by approved societies,...
asked the Minister of Health how many aged people's cottages have been erected in Durham county since January, 1936, to date; and what number have been sanctioned for 1937–38?
asked the Minister of Labour the total number and percentage of able-bodied poor transferred from the local authority to the Unemployment Assistance Board in the Edinburgh area since the second...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that labourers at Parkhead Forge, Glasgow, who are not on strike but were thrown idle as a result of the stoppage, and were receiving unemployment...
asked the Minister of Health the number of cases transferred to public assistance from the Unemployment Assistance Board in West Ham covering the months of February, March, and up to date?
Mr. De la Bère: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give the figures of the total number of bankruptcies amongst farmers for the year 1936?
asked the President of the Board of Trade the total amount of British capital now invested in countries oversea, and the amount of such capital invested in Canada, including Newfoundland,...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can now state when the report of the steel inquiry by the Imports Duties Advisory Committee is likely to be published?
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he can give an assurance that the revenues at present administered by the Banff Educational Trust will be earmarked and safeguarded for the...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether he can give the House any information in connection with the steel school building which has been built by the West Sussex County Council at...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can give the House any information in connection with the fatal accident at Ford's motor works at Dagenham, Essex?
asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to the doubts expressed as to the legal validity of an automatic stop-light on the rear of a motor-car as a signal of a...
asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the public inconvenience caused by the North Kent transport strike, he will inquire what temporary local transport arrangements can be made for...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he will take steps to raise by two years the age at which driving licences can be granted?
asked the Minister of Transport whether he has considered the representations made to him by the Forth Road Bridge Promotion Committee asking for an assurance that the scheme is approved in...
(by Private Notice)asked the Minister of Labour whether he has any statement to make with regard to the London omnibus strike?
asked the Minister of Health the number of patients on license at the end of 1935 from each of the certified institutions provided by local authorities for the care of mental defectives?
asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the disclosures in evidence given at the Seine assizes in the trial relating to the murder of Max Kassel, he will instruct the Metropolitan police to...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary for Mines whether he has any statement to make regarding the recent negotiations for a settlement of the dispute in the mining industry and what further...
May I ask the Prime Minister what is the purpose of suspending the Eleven o'Clock Rule to-night?
Walter Frank Higgs, Esquire, for Borough of Birmingham (West Birmingham Division).
Committee to consider of the Acts relating to the Civil List upon Monday, 24th May.
Order for Consideration of Bill, as amended (in the Standing Committee) read.
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Amendments made:
(1) A service scheme may make provision for one or more of the following purposes, that is to say: (a) for co-operation with the Commission in the preparation and promotion of livestock markets...
9.48 p.m.
Mr. Acland: I beg to move, in page 6, line 41, at the end, to insert: And the Minister may, after consultation with the Commission, vary or revoke any regulation made under this section if it...
10.13 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 8, line 38, to leave out from "Board" to the end of the line, and to insert: having regard to the interests of all classes of persons concerned, whether producers or...
10.43 p.m.
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Ordered, That Mr. Thomas be discharged from the Select Committee on Estimates and that Captain Sir William Brass be added to the Committee."—[Sir G. Penny.]
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered; read the Third time, and passed.
11.14 p.m.
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