Colonel Sir Arthur Holbrook: 11. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that keen interest is felt in the island of Jamaica regarding broadcasting; whether he has yet considered the application which has been made for a licence; and, if so, what wave length and strength will be allotted?
Colonel Sir Arthur Holbrook: 89. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the fact that foreign manufacturers of corrugated paper boxes, by using a certain amount of heavier material than the three-ounce quality on which import duty is payable under the Safeguarding Act and reducing the weight of the rest of the material accordingly, are able to import into this country precisely...
Colonel Sir Arthur Holbrook: 77. asked the Minister of Agriculture how many applications for improvement loans have been received by the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation and for what amount; and how many applications, and for what amount, were received in 1928 by the Lands Improvement Company?
Colonel Sir Arthur Holbrook: 51. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware of the difficulties under which growers of barley in this country are suffering owing to the large imports of foreign barley; and whether he will consider legislation under which foreign barley shall only be admitted into this country under licence?
Colonel Sir Arthur Holbrook: 54. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will consider revising the present pay of Army officers in India; whether he is aware that a large percentage of officers, both in the British and Indian armies in India,, live under a permanent burden of debt owing to their insufficient pay and constant moves without sufficient allowance to cover the expense of such moves; and...
Colonel Sir Arthur Holbrook: 27. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he has received any complaints as to the dumping of German wheat in this country at a price with which home growers are unable to compete; and whether he proposes to take any action in this matter?
Colonel Sir Arthur Holbrook: 37. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works the value of the old post office premises at Carlisle and the rent paid for these premises during the period the whole building was rented by the State control; if any portion is still rented by the State control; and the total rent now being received for the premises?
Colonel Sir Arthur Holbrook: 17. asked the Minister of Health if he has received complaints as to the large in- creases recently made in the assessments of voluntary hospitals; and whether, having regard to the benefits conferred on the community by these institutions and the financial difficulties under which many of them are suffering, he will consider the exemption of all voluntary hospitals from local rates?
Colonel Sir Arthur Holbrook: Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that churches and chapels are relieved altogether from local rates, and does he not consider that voluntary hospitals, which are doing so much good, might be relieved?
Colonel Sir Arthur Holbrook: 41. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he has considered the claims put forward by the P-class of ex-service civil servants as regards their pay and prospects; and whether he is able to make any announcement as to the decision made?
Colonel Sir Arthur Holbrook: 24. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that motor road accidents have increased by 500 per cent. in the last 10 years; that the primary cause of these accidents is neglect to carry out the recognised rules of the road; and whether he will consider the adoption of some method to distinguish main roads from by-roads for the guidance of motorists and the introduction of...
Colonel Sir Arthur Holbrook: 43. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the use of foreign tiles to roof Liverpool Corporation houses built by direct labour; whether any subsidy was granted in respect of these houses; and whether he will consider, in all cases where subsidy is made, that all material used shall be of British manufacture?
Colonel Sir Arthur Holbrook: Is my right hon. Friend aware that the building trade in Liverpool say that this is much more costly than if the tiles had been bought in this country?
Colonel Sir Arthur Holbrook: 52. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to the inauguration of penny postage in Canada and to the increase in the letter mails to Britain as the result; whether he has considered the impetus to trade which would be given by the reintroduction of penny postage in this country; and whether he proposes to take early action in this direction?
Colonel Sir Arthur Holbrook: 29. asked the Minister of Agriculture the amount of the loans applied for under the Agricultural Credits Act, 1928, on mortgage of agricultural land and in respect of agricultural improvements, respectively, under the Land Improvements Act; and the amount advanced in respect of these applications?
Colonel Sir Arthur Holbrook: 64. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the conviction of a milk seller for selling milk at five minutes past eight in the evening; and whether he will consider the introduction of a Regulation enabling milk to be excluded from the eight o'clock limit?
Colonel Sir Arthur Holbrook: Does the right hon. Gentleman think it fair that the public serving of milk should be restricted, having regard to the importance of the feeding of children?
Colonel Sir Arthur Holbrook: 7. asked the Home Secretary the original gravity of the beer brewed by the State management and sold in their districts as winter ale?
Colonel Sir Arthur Holbrook: 8. asked the Home Secretary whether the Committee on the Poisons and Pharmacy Acts has concluded its sittings; and, if so, when the Report is likely to be published?
Colonel Sir Arthur Holbrook: 36. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that under the Poor Law Officers' Superannuation Act, 1896, masters and matrons of workhouses and other officials are, on the death or disablement of either of them, entitled to a pension if he or she has attained the age of 50 or has given 20 years' service; and whether he will amend the Clause in the Local Government Bill relating to the...
