Wednesday, 4 May 1938
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
For the County of Bucks (Aylesbury Division), in the room of Michael Wentworth Beaumont, esquire (Manor of Northstead).—[Captain Margesson.]
IRVINE AND DISTRICT WATER BOARD ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL,
asked the Prime Minister for what reason it has now been decided that British visas are to be insisted upon in the case of German and Austrian citizens desiring to visit Great Britain; and...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the unrest and insecurity felt in Denmark, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and other countries bordering on Germany as a result of the policy of the...
asked the Prime Minister whether he can give time for an early Debate on the Motion standing in the name of the hon. Member for Handsworth?
asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the complaint made by British residents in the International Settlement in Shanghai of 12th April that incidents involving...
asked the Prime Minister whether he can state the text of the Greco-Turkey agreement, signed at Athens on Wednesday last; whether that agreement has been reported to the League of Nations; and...
asked the Prime Minister whether the Government have given notice to the League of Nations of their intention to apply the escalator clause of the London Naval Treaty of 1933; and what effect it...
asked the Prime Minister the total budget of the League of Nations for the 12 months ended to the last convenient date, and the contributions of His Majesty's Government in the United King- dom...
asked the Prime Minister whether, as protests have failed to safeguard British ships and British seamen from attacks by Italian aeroplanes, he will now consult with the French Government to...
asked the Prime Minister the text of the Anglo-Polish Naval Agreement; whether the agreement has been reported to the League of Nations; and whether it is on lines parallel with those entered...
asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the report of the American Consul-General in Vienna to the State Department in Washington that on 50 occasions he had protested...
Miss Rathbone: asked the Prime Minister how many British consular or other representatives remain in Ethiopia, and in what towns they are stationed?
Mr. Vyvyan Adams: asked the Prime Minister whether he will make representations to the Council of the League of Nations, in accordance with Article 11 of the Covenant, to the effect that the...
asked the Prime Minister whether he can make any statement on the proposed closer co-operation between the French Air Force and the Royal Air Force?
Vice-Admiral Taylor: asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how much more a married officer with wife and one child, taking up a shore appointment where no official quarters are provided, will...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what steps have been taken during the current year to accumulate stocks of anti-aircraft and anti-submarine equipment for the merchant navy; and what...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that Japanese firms are importing into the West Indies large quantities of four-yard lengths of printed spun-viscose rayon fabric...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the closing down of the Nipah estate in Malaya, which was the only concern producing power spirit in the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies particulars of the present arrangements between the British and Dutch Governments for the production of and/or shipment of rubber from the...
Mr. Alexander: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) whether an agreement has been entered into with the approval of the Government of the Gold Coast controlling the export of cocoa...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the present unsatisfactory position of the British Guiana Building Society, he will recommend the appointment of a committee...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether there are any parts of the British Empire, and, if so, which, where no official British broadcast news is now received and distributed to the...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the agreement in the House as to the desirability of spreading holidays over a wider period of the summer and the desirability of Parliament setting...
Mr. De la Bére: asked the Prime Minister whether he can now find time to consider the Motion standing in the name of the hon. Member for Evesham relating to the home production of feeding...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Prime Minister when the cable and wireless agreement will be submitted to Parliament for approval?
Mr. David Adams: asked the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence whether he will make a statement arising out of his recent conferences with representatives of the engineering and...
Mr. W. Joseph Stewart: asked the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence the value of contracts for rearmament materials being executed by manufacturers in the administrative county of Durham...
asked the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence whether, in the steps that are being taken to store food for a national emergency, full consideration has been given to the advantages of...
asked the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence whether it has now been definitely decided to establish a calcium carbide factory in Norway instead of in Scotland or in Wales; and whether he...
asked the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence whether, in view of the decision to import military aircraft from abroad in order to make good the deficiencies of aircraft supply in this...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware of serious unrest in Jamaica and that many children are suffering from lack of food; whether the threat of a hunger march has...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether the Air Ministry mission to America has made any arrangements for the purchase of Boeing machines; and whether the result of its inquiries...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he can give an approximate date when the first aeroplanes will be available from factories in this country which use mass-production methods?
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he is aware that the Metalclad, Limited, works at Neath have been closed since 13th December last, involving 187 men; that this company were...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster the number of licensed civil aerodromes of all kinds and the number of Royal Air Force aerodromes that were completed and ready for use as at the...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether the agents for the shadow factories are to receive as management fees the sum of £220 to £225 per air frame and £75 per...
Mr. V. Adams: asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many first-line machines in the Royal Air Force are equipped with an efficient direction-finding or homing device; and whether...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how it is that in spite of the Government's aircraft expansion programme British aircraft manufacturing companies are short of orders, and that many...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether any member of the recently formed Air Ministry Committee of Supply has wide practical experience in large-scale engineering production and...
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings in Committee on Bacon Industry [Money] be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the...
Reported, with Amendments, from the Committee on Group F of Private Bills (with Report on the Bill).
Fifth and subsequent Resolutions considered.
Resolution reported, That the whole or any part of the sums required in the current financial year for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of Sub-section (4) of Section...
Resolution reported, That the power of the Treasury, under Sub-section (1) of Section forty-three of the Finance Act, 1931, to prolong the currency of savings certificates shall cease to be...
Resolution reported:
Considered in Committee, under Standing Order 69.
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