Former MP for Sheffield Park
I beg to second the Amendment. I do so with pleasure. My right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer said a good deal this afternoon about gestures. I hope that this Amendment is one which will appeal to him and be outside gestures. The fact that this Clause is in the Bill shows that the Chancellor fully realises the difficulty of people who have small means and who are inheriting...
32. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will invite the London Midland and Scottish and the London and North Eastern Railway Companies to initiate a joint investigation of their lines in the West Riding, North Derbyshire, and North Nottinghamshire, with a view to early conversion under a similar guarantee to that just promised by the Government in the London transport area?
I should like, first of all, to say something about what the Chancellor of the Exchequer has done for us. Those who are engaged in carrying on the industries of the country must congratulate him on the position of the national finances. He has restored confidence, and I hope that we shall receive more and more of those benefits day by day, because our trade depends upon confidence....
9. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what arrangements are being made to safeguard the interests of British holders of loans authorised by the Saar Governing Commission?
If the 5 per cent. is not sufficient to cover the interest on the Sterling Loan and on the Gold Loan, what steps will be taken to protect the interests of British holders?
May I ask if the right hon. Gentleman has ever seen a white sailor in a stokehold in the tropics, and, if he has, would he not far sooner have a lascar doing the work?
29. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will take into consideration the advisability of re-appointing a vice-consul in the port of Mobile, the only seaport in the State of Alabama and one where many British steamers are chartered?
Will consideration be given to statements made by people on the spot who know what is necessary at Mobile and the owners of steamers, who find that a good deal of their employment has been lessened by the fact that the steamers have to go to New Orleans for their ship's papers.
