Former MP for Aberdeen North
36. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that the restriction of hours of driving, under Section 19 of the Road Traffic Act, interferes seriously with the business of the aerated water trade during the hot spell in the summer months; that applications for extension of the hours have twice been refused, in spite of the fact that the day's journey is taken up only to a small...
77. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the report of the official receiver on the Williams and Henry prospectus, he will introduce legislation to amend the Companies Act, 1929, so as to make it an offence to invite public subscriptions to a company which does not disclose all its outstanding commitments in the prospectus inviting subscriptions or to deal in the...
4. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has completed his examination of the records of employment of young persons released on licence from approved schools during the past 10 years; and whether he considers there is any general ground for instituting a more thorough and systematic supervision over such employments?
Is granite being used in the construction?
Can the right hon. Gentleman say why not, in view of the experience with this building here?
30. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether, with a, view to abolishing the untidy area of rough stones and cinders between the pavilion and the open-air theatre in the old Botanical Gardens, Regent's Park, he will, in view of the shortage of departmental funds at his disposal for the pur- invite nursery and horticultural firms to provide turf and plants and the Marylebone and St....
32. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether Scottish education authorities appreciate the advantages of parents' days and school exhibitions as a means of enlisting public understnding of and interest in the work of the schools; and to what extent such arrangements have been carried out in practice?
59. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he will suggest to the two organisations allowed to use the old Botanical Gardens in Regent's Park that the changed conditions in the Queen Mary garden, now laid out with flower beds, and rock gardens, render any part of it unsuitable for fun fairs and fetes, with booths, and untidiness, when the whole garden is needed by the public as a quiet...
