Mercher, 17 Ebrill 1929
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That in the case of any Private Bill brought from the Lords which is read a Second time on or after Monday next, notwithstanding anything contained in Standing...
I beg to present a petition, signed by the Chairman, on behalf of the South Yorkshire Coal Trade Association, praying to be heard by Counsel against the Doncaster Area Drainage Bill.
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he contemplates the initiation of conversations with the Governments of the United States of America and Japan on the subject of...
2. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can state the outcome of the conversations with the United States of America Government on the sinking of the auxiliary ketch "I'm...
3. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the reason why women are excluded from the Consular Service; and whether he will consider throwing it open to them?
4. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can now make a statement with regard to the case of Mr. A. J. Brewer; and whether a reply has yet been received from the Portuguese...
5. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any proposals are under consideration for the calling of a conference specially to deal with naval armaments, following on the present...
7. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty when the replies to the Welfare Conference of 1928 will be promulgated?
8. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is now in a position to explain the scheme dealing with the making of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service a pensionable one; and whether the...
9. asked the Minister of Labour whether wage rates have been increased in the leather and fabric glove industries, respectively; and, if so, by what amounts?
10. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to the case of William Young Todd, lately employed as a ploughman instructor on the Government training farm at Lampits,...
13. asked the Minister of Labour the official figures for the cost of food and for the cost of living for the second week in April for the years, 1922, 1924, and 1929, respectively?
14. asked the Secretary of State for Air the number of aeroplanes belonging to the Royal Air Force in which the pilots' cockpit is enclosed in safety glass?
15. asked the Secretary of State for Air the number of police officers who have been specially attached to his Department from Scotland Yard or other police departments for the purpose of...
17. asked the Minister of Health the number of private nursing homes in London, in the provinces, and in Wales, respectively; what are the regulations for the inspection and approval of these...
18. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that a firm of town-planning consultants has presented a report to the Middlesex Joint Town Planning Committee making detailed recommendations...
19. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the Dartmouth and Totnes port sanitary authority are advertising for a port sanitary inspector at a salary of £90, rising by two annual...
20. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is now in a position to make any statement regarding the transfer of an engineer and of foodstuffs from the steamship "Tuscania" to other...
22. asked the Postmaster-General whether any arrests have been made to the present in connection with recent mail-bag robberies?
23. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of persons in England and Wales who have been found by coroners' verdicts to have committed suicide, for the 12 months ended to...
24. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has received a letter from the National Federation of Associated Paint, Colour, and Varnish Manufacturers of the United Kingdom, under date...
25. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether the Empire Marketing Board proposes to make any grant to or otherwise to assist the League of Empire Housewives?
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that all passengers from Great Britain, India and certain other places are to be refused...
Mr. MacDONALD: Would the Foreign Secretary state what business the Government propose to take to-morrow and Friday?
Chester Corporation Bill.
That they have agreed to,—
Considered in Committee. [Progress 16th April.]
Question again proposed, That the Customs Duty chargeable on tea until the first day of August, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, shall cease to be chargeable as from the twenty-second day of...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Sir G. Hennessy.]
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