Former MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether all plans have been completed for the inland storage of adequate reserves of imported food, grains, meat, and pastoral products to cover demand for an ox tended period, so that storage accommodation may not have to be arranged in a hurry and at the last moment should necessity arise?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Governors of British Guiana have been appointed since 1918; and will he consider arranging that changes should be made less often so that Governors may avail themselves of opportunities for promoting the progress of the Colony?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in order to encourage the colonisation of British Guiana, he will cause an invitation under the auspices of the Crown Agents to be issued to the British investing public to form a joint stock enterprise designed to provide the capital required for developing the natural resources of the interior of British Guiana, under a trading charter...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will lay it down as a principle of national policy when granting, on political grounds, credits to friendly foreign countries, that the transactions should not be by way of monetary loans or bank credits, but by the use of the Export Guarantees Act, 1939; and will he, if necessary, extend suitably the amount of guarantees to be available beyond...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will, as a substitute for the flotation in London of loans to foreign borrowers while the loan market here is closed to such borrowers, make it more generally known to them that they can, by arrangements acceptable to British exporters, obtain on credit British productions by the facilities afforded under the Export Guarantees Act, 1939?
asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he found that there are openings in Finland for increasing the sale of British productions generally, and for engineering goods in particular; and whether he recommends that Anglo-Finnish trade should be developed by correspondence or by British representatives visiting at intervals or by the establishment of permanent residential...
asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he will consider opening a branch office of the Exports Guarantee Department in Newcastle-on-Tyne?
asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether, in view of the defenceless state of the West Coast of Africa, the Imperial Government is arranging to consult with the Government of South Africa about the desirability of converting Walvis Bay, one of the healthiest and safest harbours on that coast within the Empire, into a naval and air base, a development hoped for by Admiralty...
