Mawrth, 16 Ebrill 1929
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Private Bills [Lords] (Standing Orders not previously inquired into complied with),
"to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Minister of Health relating to Gillingham and Sunderland," presented by Mr. Chamberlain; read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of...
"to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Minister of Health relating to Baildon, Cambridge, Oswestry, and South Staffordshire Joint Small-pox Hospital District," presented by Mr....
"to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Minister of Transport under the General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, relating to Cattewater and Neyland," presented by Colonel Ashley; read the...
I beg to present a Petition, signed by four Directors on behalf of the undertakers of the Aire and Calder Navigation, praying to be heard by Counsel against the Doncaster Area Drainage Bill.
1. asked the President of the Board of Trade the amount of imports, exports and re-exports with regard to
2. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has given permission for the export to the Soviet Government of a number of new military aeroplanes to the value of £500,000; and...
3. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if any communication was received by the Scottish Office from the Admiralty in 1921 setting out the advantages of a mid-Scotland ship canal; and...
5. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that many of the Underground trains between the hours of 5 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. are so overcrowded that passengers can hardly obtain standing...
6. asked the Minister of Transport whether any estimate has been made of the cost of a road tunnel under the Thames from Dartford to Purfleet; and whether any decision as to its utility and value...
7. asked the Minister of Transport how long has the census of railway wagons been in progress; whether it is now completed; and, if so, whether he can state the number of railway-owned and...
10. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is now in a position to state when it is intended to establish telephonic communication between Great Britain and the Channel Islands?
11. asked the Postmaster-General the number of horse-drawn and mechanically-propelled vehicles, respectively, used for the conveyance of mails; whether it is proposed entirely to replace...
16. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if it is his practice from time to time to authorise the officers of the Post Office or any other persons to open and examine the letters...
13. asked the Minister of Pensions if he is aware of the hardship caused by the granting of final awards in cases of recurrent disability, namely neurasthenia, gas poisoning, and malaria, amongst...
14. asked the Secretary of State for Air when the airships R.100 and R.101 will be ready to take their maiden flights; and on what voyages it is proposed first to send them?
15. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he will state the number of civilians employed by the Admiralty in dockyards abroad in March, 1914, 1928, and 1929?
17. asked the Home Secretary, in view of the increase in the number of car thefts, and of the various outrages by motor bandits, whether he will approach local police authorities for the purpose...
18. asked the Home Secretary whether he has any information indicating that drugs are being smuggled into this country on a large scale through the ports of Cardiff and Swansea?
21. asked the Minister of Health when he intends to announce his promised plans for slum clearance?
23. asked the Minister of Labour the number of men and women registered as insured under the Unemployment Insurance Act in July, 1913, 1914, and 1928, and March, 1929, and the trades and...
22. asked the Minister of Labour the number of men engaged in the civil engineering industry in July, 1914, July, 1928, and March, 1929?
24. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the financial agreement between England and Egypt will be submitted to this House?
25. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what is the average annual expenditure on securing the sale of Parliamentary and official publications by His Majesty's Stationery Office; and...
Dr. VERNON DAVIES: (by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether he is now in a position to state what action the Government propose to take on the Report of the Sub-Committee of the...
"to grant complete exemption of rates during the current half-year in the case of agricultural hereditaments in England to which the Rating and Valuation (Apportionment) Act, 1928, applies; and...
"to confirm a scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the application or management of the charities in the city of Winchester called St. John's Hospital and the allied Charities, and the...
Reported, with Amendments [Title amended]; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That on Fridays, 19th and 26th April. Government Business do have precedence."—[Mr. Churchill.]
Considered in Committee. [Progress 15th April.]
Question again proposed,
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Sir G. Hennessy.]
Debates in the House of Commons are an opportunity for MPs from all parties to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.
And sometimes to shout at each other.
