Mercher, 27 Mawrth 1929
The House met at Eleven of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Leamington and Warwick Traction Bill,
Motion made, and Question proposed, That an Address be presented for a Return showing the number of Accidents resulting in death or personal injury known by the police to have been caused by...
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs with regard to the resolution unanimously adopted by the sixth assembly of the League, inviting members and non-member States to transmit to...
2. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the amount of ransom demanded by the Mexican bandits who captured Mr. John Wilmot Reid, a British subject, at Durango, Mexico; whether the...
4. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether it is the practice of the Admiralty to ask the Charity Organisation Society to conduct investigation into the circumstances of those whose cases...
5. asked the Minister of Labour how many more people were in employment on 1st January, 1929, than were in employment on 1st January, 1925, distinguishing between insured and uninsured trades;...
7. asked the Minister of Labour what are the number of unemployed persons on the live register for the borough of Bethnal Green, separately from those from adjacent boroughs registered at the...
8. asked the Minister of Labour the numbers of men and women registered as unemployed from the textile trade, cotton and woollen, in February and March of this year?
9. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether it is now an accepted principle of the policy of his Department that no more subsidies should be granted to flying clubs; and, if not, whether he...
Viscount SAND ON: 11. asked the Secretary of State for Air what steps he is taking to remove the dangers, both as to the Royal Air Force and civil aviation, as revealed by the inquest on...
14. asked the Minister of Health whether he is now prepared to take steps to remove the grievance to property owners arising from Section 46 of the Housing Act, or whether he has any fresh...
15. asked the Minister of Health the number of rural labourers' dwellings condemned, with the aggregate number of their occupants, in each of the six counties of North Wales; and what period is...
Viscountess ASTOR: 16. asked the Minister of Health what changes in administration he is proposing as a result of the recommendations of the Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the London...
17. asked the Minister of Health why he has refused to sanction the attendance of delegates from municipal councils to the forthcoming conference in Zurich of the Royal Institute of Public Health?
18. asked the Minister of Health the number of men, women, and young persons insured under the National Health Insurance Act at the end of 1928?
19. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is calculated to be the net gain to the counties of Sutherland and Shetland under the Governments de-rating scheme?
29. asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that the Associations of Coal Owners in Monmouthshire, South Wales, and the Forest of Dean have directed that the freight rebates on all coal...
Dr. VERNON DAVIES: 20. asked the Secretary of State for War what provision will be made for Territorials who may be in camp at the date of the Election for recording their votes; and what...
22. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can make a statement as to the progress in the manufacture of optical glass in the United Kingdom?
23. asked the President of the Board of Trade the exports of lace, in quantity and value, from this country, other than lace made wholly of cotton, in the years 1924 and 1928, respectively?
33. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that the draft order dealing with imported rose trees can only be carried out by exposing the roots and damaging the trees; and whether,...
Captain CROOKSHANK: 42. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs what are the functions of the assistant cinematograph officer on the staff of the Empire Marketing Board; whether the...
asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs if the Commercial Treaty between the Government of the Union of South Africa and Germany has been ratified and whether he can make any statement...
26. asked the Secretary of Mines, in view of the increasing use of steel props in mines and the increased employment in both steel and coal trades that will result from their use, the nature of...
27. asked the Minister of Transport whether any progress is being made in eliminating the differences in Regulations as to width, overhang, brake arrangements, and other details of motor cars in...
28. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to an application which has been made for compulsory powers to place an overhead high-tension electric cable across some...
38. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the relief under the Third Schedule of the Finance Act, 1928, in the taxation of heavy motor vehicles using entirely pneumatic tyres, is...
30. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that Mr. F. Melhuish, of 12, Northesk Street, Plymouth, who served in the Army from December, 1916, to October, 1919, received a gunshot...
31. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what were the reasons which prompted the Government to insist upon the Imperial Bank raising its rate from 7 to 8 per cent.?
Captain CROOKSHANK: 39. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what, if any, conditions are attached to the grant of £500 made to the British Social Hygiene Council; and whether the...
43. asked the Prime Minister whether he has received representations from British film-producing companies asking him to consider if facilities can be granted to them for the purpose of taking...
12. asked the Minister of Health the number of pensioners under the Widows', Orphans', and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act who are in receipt of outdoor relief and institutional relief,...
40. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he proposes to send to East Africa any Colonial Office official or other person to inquire into the questions arising out of the Report...
41. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether a charge of illtreating a Kenya native, which was brought against a settler in Kenya Colony, and a charge against his native headman and...
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Monday, 15th April, and to be printed.—(Bill 91.]
That they have agreed to,— Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Bill,Pensions (Governors of Dominions, etc.) Bill,Unemployment Insurance (Northern Ireland Agreement) Bill,Unemployment Insurance...
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection; That the following Member, representing a Scottish constituency, is appointed to serve on the Standing Committee for the...
Resolved, That this House, at its rising this day do adjourn until Monday, 15th April.—[Commander Eyres Monsell.]
I desire to call attention to some recent statements made by the Prime Minister in the country relating to the subject of nationalisation and the effect they have upon our relations with Dominion...
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners:
Question again proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."
I feel very strongly tempted to question some of the statements which have been made by the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Preston (Mr. Shaw), because I have some knowledge of the Belgian...
I desire to put one or two questions to the Home Secretary with regard to the activity or inactivity of the Betting Control Board which was set up by the Totalisator Act last August. Under that...
In regard to the question of procedure in this House, I can only speak with an experience of 10 years. My first point is the absolute necessity of time saving in this House, and we ought to...
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