Mr Daniel Hopkin: 86. asked the First Commissioner of Works the number of men engaged as Custodians of Ancient Monu- ments in Wales, their hours and conditions of employment, and the wages paid to these men?
Mr Daniel Hopkin: 44. asked the President of the Board of Education the number of schools which have been condemned in Carmarthenshire; the date at which they were condemned; and the names of these schools?
Mr Daniel Hopkin: How does that compare with other counties in Wales?
Mr Daniel Hopkin: I ask the indulgence of the House, because this is my maiden speech. I want to pay a tribute to the work which has been done by the Lord Privy Seal during the month he has been in office. It must have been a month of strenuous effort on the part of the right hon. Gentleman to produce the schemes which he has already announced, and which we on this side believe are only the foreshadowings of...
Mr Daniel Hopkin: I will conclude by assuring the Lord Privy Seal that there are men and women in South Wales who are looking to him for a broad scheme that will utilise, not only the power that exists in the coal-mining valleys of South Wales, but the many hundreds of acres of land in Carmarthenshire which have not been used at all.
Mr Daniel Hopkin: I rise with diffidence to address the House on this subject when I look round and see so many of my hon. Friends who have spent their lives in the coal mines. But, owing to the fact that I have in my Division 5,000 or 6,000 miners who are in the anthracite district, I think that it is only right for them to be heard in this House. I had the advantage on Saturday of hearing what they think and...
Mr Daniel Hopkin: 54. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will advise the Towy Fishery Board to grant to men who are recognised as earning their living by fishing the right to open the River Towy for net fishing from 1st February to the end of September, to bring the practice on that river into line with the rest of the country?
Mr Daniel Hopkin: I beg to give notice that, this day four weeks, I shall call attention to the question of electricity supply, and move a Resolution.
Mr Daniel Hopkin: We have heard a great deal in this Debate about England and Scotland, but I think it is time to ask three questions on Wales. The first question I would ask my right hon. Friend is this: How are these central schools going to affect the secondary schools in Wales? My second question is this: Is he prepared to advance any aid to rural districts such as Carmarthenshire, where they will have to...
Mr Daniel Hopkin: I beg to move, That this House welcomes the progress which has been made by the electricity supply industry and assures the Government of all support in any efforts it may make to secure the utmost possible efficiency in the generation and distribution of electricity and to make available a cheap and abundant supply of energy for all industrial and domestic purposes, particular regard being...
Mr Daniel Hopkin: Take the schemes at Cheshire and Lincolnshire. Both are carried out in rural areas, and both prove abundantly that it is possible for the farmer's wife to light the house, do the cooking and cleaning, churn butter and make cheese, and, as any hon. Member can see if he cares to visit a most interesting film which has just been produced showing what is possible to be done on the farm, the...
Mr Daniel Hopkin: I made no comment at all on the efficiency of the Commissioners; I merely said that the procedure is altogether too slow.
Mr Daniel Hopkin: 43. asked the Minister of Health what progress has been made on works sanctioned by his Department for the employment of the unemployed in Carmarthenshire; and what steps are being taken to remove the causes of these delays?
Mr Daniel Hopkin: 63. asked the Lord Privy Seal what amount of money has been allocated to Carmarthenshire by the Unemployment Grants Committee up to 17th December; what schemes this covered; what amounts had actually been paid to the county council; and what progress has been made with the schemes so sanctioned?
Mr Daniel Hopkin: We have just heard a speech of a kind which I think accounts very largely for the many difficulties that we have had in Egypt. It reflects the war mentality. The hon. and gallant Member spoke of a ring round Egypt—a ring of aerodromes to keep Egypt in check—
Mr Daniel Hopkin: If the hon. and gallant Member says anything different, he is quite welcome to the difference. He mentioned an aerodrome at Heliopolis, one at Aboukir, and one on the Western Desert. Is that the way, or is that the spirit, in which we are going to proceed in order to get peace with a nation like Egypt? It would be an impertinence on my part to follow the right hon. Gentlemen who have spoken...
Mr Daniel Hopkin: 64. asked the First Commissioner of Works if his Department has been approached by the Carmarthenshire County Council regarding the Carmarthen town bridge; how long ago that was; and what steps have been taken since that date to take this bridge from the list of Ancient Monuments?
Mr Daniel Hopkin: 54. asked the Home Secretary if he is now ready to appoint a departmental committee to inquire into the causes and medical history of anthracosis as it is found in the anthracite district of South Wales, with the view of placing it upon the schedule of diseases under the Workmen's Compensation Act?
Mr Daniel Hopkin: 60. asked the Attorney-General whether, in view of the expense attending actions in the High Court and, in particular, of enforcing judgments there, the Government will consider the desirability of extending the present limit of the County Court jurisdiction?
Mr Daniel Hopkin: 103. asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he proposes to take in the County of Carmarthen to meet the position in the milk trade next summer and autumn in view of the almost certain glut of surplus milk which will be produced?