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• Oral Answers to Questions — Post Office.: Local Government Officers (Superannuation). 16 Nov 1936

  asked the Minister of Health whether he can indicate the scope of the proposed Bill to deal with the superannuation of local government officers?

• Orders of the Day — Supply.: LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (MONEY) BILL (By Order). 18 Jun 1936

  My first duty is the pleasant one of congratulating the hon. Member for Peckham (Mr. Silkin) on a very admirable maiden speech. He has a great knowledge and experience of local government, and it is quite appropriate that his maiden speech should be on questions which are so intimately connected with the London County Council and the citizens of London. I am sure that we shall look forward...

• Orders of the Day — Supply.: LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (MONEY) BILL (By Order). 18 Jun 1936

  I am not misleading the House. That was the decision of the House in 1926, and the long and rather melancholy history of this story since then is not one that reflects any great credit on a large number of people. During that same Debate I quoted from the Report of the London and Home Counties Traffic Committee, of which I am now chairman, and this is what I said 10 years ago, on a Motion...

• Orders of the Day — London and Middlesex (Improvements, etc.) Bill. 27 May 1936

  I hope I may be allowed briefly to give the reasons why for some years this scheme has received the full support of the London and Home Counties fraffic Advisory Committee, of which I am chairman. May I be allowed to tell exactly who the Advisory Committee are? The committee are made up of representatives of all local authorities in this great area, the radius of which is 30 miles from...

• Orders of the Day — London and Middlesex (Improvements, etc.) Bill. 27 May 1936

  That question should be addressed to the Chairman of the Committee, which, I am sure, has considered all these details, and has given the greatest care to the protection of amenities.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Transport.: Local Authorities (Grants). 6 May 1936

  asked the Minister of Transport whether he has now considered the representations made by local authorities that the present basis of grants to road improvements in built-up areas should include the cost of acquiring necessary property and not site value only?

• Oral Answers to Questions — Transport.: Road Accidents (Returns). 1 Apr 1936

  asked the Minister of Transport (1) whether, with a view to providing a broader indication of the relative incidence of road casualties in certain police districts than that, based on fatalities only, now given in his weekly statistics of road accidents, he will substitute a statement showing the number of persons killed or injured per 100,000 of the population; (2) whether, in future, he...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Transport (New Highway Code). 9 May 1935

  36. asked the Minister of Transport when the new Highway Code will be available?

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