Tuesday, 15 February 1938
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),
asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs the nature of the decisions arrived at as a result of the Inter-Colonial Conference at Johannesburg in September, 1936, when the Union of South...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether further discussions have taken place with the Government of the Union of South Africa on the subject of the High...
asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he has any information as to the position in Australia with regard to the refusal of the Waterside Workers Federation to load war...
asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether the subjects discussed at the meetings held in January between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and His Majesty's...
asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs the approximate amount of British capital invested in Eire; the estimated number of British people who have settled in Eire during the past 12...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to decisions in the courts in Southern Rhodesia respecting the requirement that African...
asked the President of the Board of Trade when last he had a report on the accommodation at Greenock for tourists landing from trans-Atlantic liners while they await attention from Government...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that, until recently, the Fife education authorities provided free omnibus transit in the dinner hour for school children from the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland why the county of Ayr has as many as 338 attested tubercle-free herds out of a total of 1,618 registered herds, while the county of Renfrew has only 30...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his attention has been called to the operation of a gaming machine known as the Bell fruit-gaming machine; and whether he proposes to take steps...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the names of the authorities which have submitted community centres for the approval of the Department of Health under the Housing Acts; what is the type...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the names of the two authorities which have applied for grants under the Physical Training and Recreation Act?
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is contemplating any revision of the housing subsidies in Scotland; and, in particular, whether he proposes to increase the subsidy of £6...
Mr. Davidson: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of air-raid protection schemes submitted by Scottish local authorities up to date, and the number accepted by his Department?
Mr. Davidson: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the total amount paid in Poor Law relief in Scotland for the years ended January, 1935, and 1938, respectively?
Mr. Davidson: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the total number of school children in Glasgow receiving free meals as a result of medical or teachers' recommendation for the years ended...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is now in a position to make a statement of policy in relation to the poultry industry in Scotland?
asked the Minister of Pensions when it is intended to remove the Edinburgh area office from McLeod Street to a more central situation in the city; and whether the exact location can be indicated?
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he proposes to issue a circular to local authorities in Scotland upon the Factories Act, 1937?
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give particulars of the licence granted during November, 1937, to Messrs. Vickers, Armstrong, for the export of machine-gun sets to Japan?
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether and in what manner representatives of the Dominions are taking part in the negotiations concerning a new Anglo-American trade agreement?
asked the President of the Board of Trade why the recommendations made by the Import Duties Advisory Committee relating to ham and bacon preserved in air-tight containers, and dated 5th March,...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will consult with the Association of British Chambers of Commerce in order to ascertain, from its constituent chambers in the textile...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is compulsory for manufactured goods imported from Japan to be marked with the name of the country of origin or whether the word "Foreign" is...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the rate of duty levied upon corsets imported into the United States of America?
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has considered the applications from more than 3,000 shareholders of Gaumont British Picture Corporation, Limited, representing upwards of...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the difficulty of persons buying their houses through building societies covering their property for insurance against damage by...
asked the President of the Board of Trade in what circumstances compensation is paid to owners or occupiers of properties situated on the sea coast in respect of damage due to coast erosion or...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the total tonnage of shipping registered under the British flag for the 12 months ended to the last convenient date, and the amount of this tonnage that...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the numbers of British subjects who were recorded as leaving permanent residence in Great Britain to take up permanent residence in Canada and/or...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will give an assurance that the War Office regards the 15 per cent. profit on cost authorised by the Air Ministry in certain special cases as being...
asked the Secretary of State for War what is the present position regarding the equipment of units in the Army with anti-tank guns; and whether there is any manufacturing delay in supplying...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether any further reorganisation in the higher command is to take place in the near future?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he can give any information in connection with three fires in the miliary building at Woolwich; and what was the amount of damage and the cause of the...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in order to improve the facilities for physical training in the Territorial Army, he will arrange for qualified physical training instructors of the...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether any progress has been made in respect to finding an alternative site to Stiffkey, Norfolk, for the proposed anti-aircraft artillery camp?
asked the Secretary of State for War how many married men have recently been recruited; how many of these men have been allotted married quarters; and whether separation allowance is given to...
asked the Secretary of State for War the average number of men who passed annually to the Reserve in the four years 1934 to 1937?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will state for some recent convenient date the deficit of officers in the Regular Army and Territorial Army, respectively?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will state for some recent convenient date the numbers of the Regular Army serving overseas and, separately, the number serving in India and Burma?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will state for some recent convenient date the strength, respectively, of the Regular Army, the Army Reserve, the Supplementary Reserve, and the...
asked the Prime Minister whether the special Cabinet Committee, under the chairmanship of the Minister of Health, appointed to examine the general question of British news services, will consider...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that an increasing number of short-term loans are being made to Germany by London financial houses; and whether His Majesty's Government...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that higher interest rates are paid by London banks on foreign short-term deposits than are paid in the other financial centres, thereby...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the appointment of members of the Council of Foreign Bondholders being under the Act of 1898 exclusively in the hands of the Central...
Mr. V. Adams: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will so readjust the scales of Death Duties that only those portions of estates which exceed certain figures shall be liable to...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to recent revelations in the Law Courts of the extraordinary exploitation involved in the football coupon gambling...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many tobacco licences have been issued during the last 12 months to private householders?
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the fact that the director of the National Gallery is not prepared to maintain that the so-called Giorgione panels recently...
asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will state for each area having separate selling schemes the number of transactions in which coal is sold by the colliery owners to a purchaser who is not...
asked the Secretary for Mines the number of complaints made to his Department by industrial consumers on the grounds that prices are excessive and that they are unable to secure redress or...
asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware that there are several holding companies registered in the United Kingdom which hold the majority of the shares in both colliery and coal...
asked the Secretary for Mines what information and/or complaints he has received regarding a large quantity of anthracite coal from Russia that has been sold to the Canadian market; and to what...
asked the Minister of Pensions the number of widows and other women, respectively, who have been prosecuted by his Department since 1918 for fraudulent receipt of pension?
asked the right hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, the proceeds during 1937 from the sale of timber grown by the Forestry Commissioners; for what purpose...
asked the right hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, whether, in view of the number of wage increases granted in industry generally and of the increase in...
asked the Minister of Labour whether the officers of the Unemployment Assistance Board in Liverpool are instructed to ignore the first 20s. of disability pensions in assessing the needs of...
(by Private Notice) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to the announcement made yesterday in the United States of America by the Secretary of the Treasury...
I desire, Mr. Speaker, to raise a point of Order. Since the passing, on 1st February, of the new Standing Order dealing with Money Bills Procedure, Members of this House have no means of...
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Thursday, and to be printed. [Bill 84.]
Estimates presented for the Army for the financial year 1938 [by Command]; referred to the Committee of Supply, and to be printed. [No. 51.]
Order for Second Reading read.
11.13 p.m.
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