Former MP for Cardiff East
6. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he has considered the communication sent to him from the Transport and General Workers' Union regarding the proposed reduction in wages of the locally entered workers at His Majesty's dockyard, Gibraltar; and what action he proposes to take in the matter?
On a point of Order. In the Resolution allotting the time for the Finance Bill, Clauses 1 and 2, and Clauses 3 to 6 are allotted to the first day, and Clauses 7 and 8 to the second day. Does the second allotted day start this evening if the Motion before the House is rejected?
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70. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, to allay doubts as to the possibility of the Navy reverting to the use of coal for fuel and to encourage in every way experiments with a view to the production of oil from coal, he will issue periodical statements as to the progress of such experiments and the adoption of the results obtained?
I hope that the Postmaster-General will press this development scheme with great vigour. I am informed by those who are engaged in the engineering department of the Post Office that many discharges are im- minent in the South Wales district, which I represent. That naturally fills them with great alarm. I do not altogether rely upon that rumour, but when I look at the Post Office Estimates, I...
I was only drawing attention to it in order to show that there is some concern whether this programme of development will be pursued with vigour. If the Post Office are estimating for a reduced number of unemployed in this department, it does not square very well with the programme of development as indicated in this Financial Resolution. I simply rise in order to put that point to the...
31. asked the Minister of Labour whether she has received a report from the National Joint Industrial Council for the Flour Milling Industry as to what is being done by that council in the matter of compensation to employés displaced by the closing of redundant flour mills; and whether she is able to state the number of flour mills closed down since 1st August, 1929, the total sack capacity...
75. asked the Minister of Labour if her attention has been called to the statement made by the Cardiff juvenile employment officer that many boys in Cardiff City are working 80 hours per week in hotels and cafes; and, if so, if she will state whether she intends taking any action in the matter?
