Mawrth, 23 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),
Return ordered, "showing, so far as particulars are available, the total expenditure (other than out of loans for capital purposes) in England and Wales under certain Acts of Parliament during...
Return ordered, "of Street and Road Tramways and Light Railways authorised by Act or Order, showing the amount of capital authorised, paid up, and expended; the length of line authorised and the...
1. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the raw materials quoted in the letter of protest from the British High Commissioner at Ottawa to the Canadian Government as involving over 50...
5. asked the President of the Board of Trade the quantity and value of fine chemicals imported during the years 1926, 1927 and 1928, and the amount of duty collected thereon; and if he will give...
2. asked the President of the Board of Trade how the production of British lace during 1928 compared with the production during the year prior to the introduction of the Safeguarding Duty?
3. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give the date of the first sitting of the Committee appointed to consider the application of the Yorkshire woollen industry for...
4. asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of licensed pilots in the United Kingdom on the last convenient date, and their average net annual earnings?
The following question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Lieutenant-Colonel ACLAND-TROYTE:
10. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in the event of a man in receipt of the special campaign pension being awarded an old age pension, it is the practice to withdraw the special...
11. asked the Secretary of State for War what arrangements in connection with the General Election will be made for Territorials in camp?
45. asked the Prime Minister, if he will take steps to provide that there shall be a general holiday on the polling day at the forthcoming General Election.
12. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total number of houses, including the steel houses, completed in Scotland with State assistance from 1919 till 1st October, 1928; the...
35. asked the Minister of Health the number of houses under construction and the number authorised but not started under the Housing Acts of 1923 and 1924 respectively on 1st April?
42. asked the Minister of Health whether he has had submitted to him the plans for clearance and rebuilding in the neighbourhood of East Street, King and Queen Street, and Browning Street,...
44. asked the Minister of Health the three cheapest types of artisan dwellings which have received the subsidy in the last six months; the places of erection; and the details of expenditure,...
13. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of men and women who have been in receipt of able-bodied relief in Glasgow and Govan, respectively, for each week of this year to the...
14. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of persons who have been convicted of offences in Glasgow Eastern Police Court and the number of those under 21 years of age; and if he...
15. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of voluntary schools transferred to education authorities under Section 18 of the Education (Scotland) Act, 1918, giving the number,...
16. asked the Secretary for Mines when the new regulations relating to first-aid appliances, &c., at collieries were issued; and what steps his inspectors are taking to see that such...
17. asked the Secretary for Mines what was the total deficiency owing by the Yorkshire mine workers to the mine owners at the last available date?
18. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will make representations to the various railway companies of Great Britain asking them to have one or more compartments set aside and labelled for...
19. asked the Minister of Transport whether the plans for the proposed Tay road bridge are now complete; and when does he intend to publish a report?
20. asked the Minister of Transport whether anything further is being done about building a barrage across the River Severn and generating electric power by tidal water; and how many men is it...
21. asked the Postmaster-General whether any agreement has now been arrived at between his Department and the British Broadcasting Corporation by which facilities will be granted for the purpose...
22. asked the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been called to a coroner's criticism at a Surrey inquest of the telephone service, in which he stated that it was not the first case...
24. asked the Postmaster-General whether he can now make a statement with regard to the provision of telephone facilities at Good Easter?
25. asked the Postmaster-General if he will state the number of messages or words transmitted by the Government's Beam wireless telegraph system and by its cables, respectively, during the first...
26. asked the Postmaster-General, in view of the recent frequency of mail-bag robberies, whether he proposes to transfer to Scotland Yard the entire work of preventing and investigating mail-bag...
28. asked the Postmaster-General what action he has taken, or is about to take, as a result of the Report made by the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the circumstances of the New Oxford...
32. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that part of the Crown lands on Roundway Downs, near Devizes, has been wired in and that public indignation and breaches of the peace...
33. asked the hon. and gallant Member for Rye as representing the Forestry Commissioners, whether plantations are insured against fire and other risks; whether any expenditure falls on the...
34. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any information in regard to recent happenings in the Maltese Parliament; and, if so, will he convey the same to this House?
Mr. MALONE: 37. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the Returns of the Registrar-General showing that in the first quarter of this year the deaths recorded...
52. asked the Minister of Health whether there exists any international machinery, and, if so, of what nature, to enable the fullest prior exchange of views between the health authorities of...
38. asked the Minister of Health if he can give an estimate of the number of widows who are not in receipt of either a widow's pension or an old age pension?
40. asked the Minister of Health whether his instruction that able-bodied men must be put upon a full-time task in order to obtain relief is universal throughout the country?
53. asked the Minister of Labour the number of coal-miners now unemployed as compared with the end of June, 1928; and whether any calculation has been made as to what extent the decrease is due...
47. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total amount that has been paid to America on account of the British debt to date; and what is the total amount that has been received from...
49. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what is the quantity and value of reparation dyes imported into this country; what value has been credited either to Germany or the Reparations...
50. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total amount paid during and after the War for trenches occupied by our troops in France, or for the transport of British troops while in...
51. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of Government employés who have lost their occupations in consequence of the abolition of the Tea Duty; and what steps are being...
May I ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can announce the business for Friday next?
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Chairmen's Panel: That they had discharged Major Sir Richard Barnett (appointed to act as Chairman of Standing Committee A in respect of the Bastardy...
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Committee of Selection: That they had added the following Seven Members to Standing Committee A (in respect of the Fire Brigade Pensions Bill): Viscountess...
Order for Second Reading To-morrow read, and discharged; Bill withdrawn.
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to confirm and give effect to a deed of trust relating to a gift by the first Earl of Iveagh for public purposes of property at Kenwood, in the...
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
Gosport and Fareham Omnibus Services Bill [Lords],
Report from the Select Committee, with Minutes of Evidence, brought up, and read;
[6TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £26,649,899, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £3,423,485, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
Read a Second time.
Read a Second time, and committed to a Standing Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Sir G. Hennessy.]
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