Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture.

– in the House of Commons on 20 December 1937.

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    Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the Government are aware of the rise in both lime and basic slag which has taken place since the introduction of the scheme for...

  • Poultry Industry (Fish Meal). (9 speeches)

    Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether in view of the large quantity of fish which is destroyed or thrown back into the sea, the Government will consider setting up a...

  • Milk (Cut Prices). (4 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that the Milk Marketing Board are not carrying out their statutory obligations in declining to prosecute large distributors in the Accrington...

  • River Wye (Pollution). (4 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can now state the cause of the pollution of the River Wye near Morsal Dale and Miller's Dale, Derbyshire; and whether the Trent Fishery Board has...

  • British Broadcasting Corporation. (2 speeches)

    asked the Postmaster-General whether, following the Government's expressed view at the International Labour Conference at Geneva that the Government saw no reason for the nationalisation of...

  • Television. (5 speeches)

    asked the Postmaster-General particulars of the reason for the delay in completing the arrangements of the proposed television station at Birmingham; and when it is contemplated that this or...

  • Christmas Air Mails (Africa). (4 speeches)

    asked the Postmaster-General the volume of Christmas mail carried by Imperial Airways, Limited, to Africa; and whether it is being found that the arrangements are adequate to carry all such...

  • House of Parliament.
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    asked the First Commissioner of Works the number and names of persons allotted sleeping accommodation in the Palace of Westminster?

  • Clocks. (5 speeches)

    Mr. Vyvyan Adams: asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he has now considered the fresh evidence submitted to him by the hon. Member for West Leeds of overwhelming support for the...

  • Portrait and Mosaics. (2 speeches)

    asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he will give orders for the cleaning during the Recess of the portrait of Luke Hansard, now hanging in the Members' newly-cleaned Dining Room; and...

  • Defence.
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    asked the First Commissioner of Works when the work in connection with the proposed shell-filling factory near Usk, Monmouthshire, will be commenced; whether he can indicate the approximate...

  • East Scotland. (5 speeches)

    asked the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence what defence measures are being adopted in the East of Scotland, especially in view of the removal of Royal Air Force units from Turnhouse and...

  • Oil Extraction. (3 speeches)

    asked the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence whether the attention of the Falmouth Committee has been drawn to a process for the extraction of oil from coal known as the Freeman process,...

  • Carbide Investigation Committee. (3 speeches)

    asked the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence whether he will make available to Members the proceedings of the Carbide Investigation Committee set up by the Government to inquire into the...

  • Civil Aviation.
  • Croydon Airport. (4 speeches)

    asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether in view of the fact that the overall gradients of Croydon airport are greater than those laid down by the Air Ministry as necessary for a...

  • British Airways, Limited. (6 speeches)

    asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he has yet appointed a Government director to the board of British Airways, Limited?

  • Palestine.
  • Communal Levies. (8 speeches)

    asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the total amount of the collection fines levied from villages or towns in Palestine during the last two years; how much has been collected; how much...

  • Arms (Licences). (4 speeches)

    asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the loyal Arabs as well as the Jewish farmers in Palestine have appealed for the right to have arms to defend themselves; and will he grant...

  • Barbados (Commission's Report). (2 speeches)

    Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has received a copy of the report of the commission appointed in the Colony of Barbados to consider the unrest in the...

  • Contributory Pensions Act, 1937. (4 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Health what method he is adopting to make it known that the Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act, 1937, comes into operation on 3rd January, 1938?

  • Maternity Hospital, Carmarthenshire and Llanelly. (2 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Health what progress has been made in the consultations he has had with the Carmarthenshire County Council and the Llanelly Borough Council in regard to the provision of a...

  • Unemployment.
  • Government Policy. (7 speeches)

    asked the Prime Minister whether he will now make a statement as to what plans the Government have prepared to meet the serious unemployment problem that will emerge on the falling off of the...

  • Assistance. (18 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that area officers of the Unemployment Assistance Board do not regard the circular on winter allowances as constituting a change of circumstances...

  • Coal Industry (Statistics). (3 speeches)

    asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will give the latest figures that he can of the number of persons employed in the mining industry and the output per man-shift worked, and the same...

  • Factory Inspections (Glasgow). (6 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Labour the number of inspections made in factories in the Camlachie Parliamentary Division of Glasgow by the trade board inspectors for the 12 months ended to the last...

  • Royal Navy (Cruiser Contracts). (10 speeches)

    Miss Ward: asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he has any further announcement to make regarding the placing of contracts for warships?

  • Milk-in-Schools Scheme. (4 speeches)

    asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he is aware that, under the milk-in-schools scheme as now operated by the Milk Marketing Board, certain education authorities...

  • British Army.
  • Recruits (Physical Development). (8 speeches)

    Mr. De la Bère: asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is now in a position to state what progress has been made with the centre at Canterbury to deal with the reconditioning of...

  • Woolwich Arsenal (Vaccination). (10 speeches)

    asked the Secretary of State for War how many days' work has been lost by men who were compulsorily vaccinated at Woolwich Arsenal during 1936 and 1937; and was any wage paid to such men for loss...

  • Ely Paper Mills, Cardiff (Accident). (2 speeches)

    asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many men were killed in the explosion at the Ely Paper Mills, Cardiff, on Tuesday, and what was the cause of the accident?

  • Air-Raid Precautions. (12 speeches)

    asked the Home Secretary whether, in arranging for the storage of gas masks for the civilian population, he is making any provision for their periodical testing to guard against their becoming...

  • Taylor's Laundry, Limited, Hull. (6 speeches)

    asked the Home Secretary how many times the Taylor's Laundry, Limited, at Hull, have been fined for not protecting their machinery; whether he intends accepting the recommendation of the...

  • Armed Forces (Gas-Masks). (7 speeches)

    asked the Home Secretary whether it has recently been found advisable to change the type of smoke-filter in the gas-masks in use in the armed forces of the Crown?

  • Police College (Junior Station Inspectors). (2 speeches)

    asked the Home Secretary the number of those passing out of the Police College in 1936 and 1937 who were promoted to the position of junior station inspector?

  • Road Accidents (Oxfordshire). (7 speeches)

    asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to a report presented by the county surveyor of Oxfordshire to the county council on four years fatal accidents on the roads...