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• Oral Answers to Questions — Transport.: His Majesty's Silver Jubilee. 28 Mar 1935

  The hon. Member may rest assured that not only the Chairman of the Committee of Selection but also the chairmen of the different Private Bill committees are always prepared to study the convenience of those who attend these committees.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture.: Foot-and-Mouth Disease. 5 Nov 1934

  33. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether in any of the recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, the cause or source of infection has been ascertained; and whether any of the cattle first affected in any of the outbreaks have been imported into this country?

• Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture.: Fruit-Pulp (Import Duty). 7 Jun 1934

  32. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that an application for a specific duty in preference to an ad valorem duty on imported fruit-pulp was made to and approved by the Import Duties Advisory Board in June, 1933, but up to the present has not become operative; whether he is aware of the low price at which imported fruit-pulp is being offered for 1934; and whether, in view...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture.: Early Strawberries (Import Duty). 21 Mar 1934

  33. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that, in view of the heavy expense in providing cloches for the forcing of strawberries, etc., a renewed application from the Swanick and District Fruit Growers' Association asking for an increased duty on early strawberries has been put before the Import Duties Advisory Committee; and whether he will press the matter for their...

• Selection (Standing Committees).: Standing Committee a. 22 Feb 1934

  reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Members from Standing Committee A (added in respect of the Firearms Act (1920) Amendment Bill): Mr. Brocklebank and Mr. Hacking; and had appointed in substitution: Mr. Douglas Cooke and the Solicitor-General.

• Selection (Standing Com Mittees).: Standing Committee B. 7 Jul 1933

  reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee B (added in respect of the Service of Process (Justices) Bill and of the Ad- ministration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill [Lords]): Mr. Grimston; and had appointed in substitution: Mr. Turton.

• Chairmen's Panel. 27 Apr 1933

  reported from the Chairmen's Panel; That they had appointed Mr. Entwistle to act as Chairman of Standing Committee B (in respect of the Summary Jurisdiction (Appeals) Bill).

• Selection (Standing Committees). 16 Mar 1933

  reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee A: Sir Mervyn Manningham-Buller; and had appointed in substitution: Sir Alfred Law.

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