Iau, 30 Gorffennaf 1931
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Ebenezer Chapel Birmingham Bill [Lords],
1. asked the Minister of Labour if she will consider the advisability of providing a scheme for the encouragement of the existing apprenticeship system to supersede the present system of training...
3 and 4. asked the Minister of Labour (1) the total number of women disallowed benefit during the three months ended 1st June last for refusal to accept situations under the Army, Navy, and Air...
Lieut.-Colonel MOORE: 5. asked the Minister of Labour whether the position of share fishermen in relation to the Unemployment Insurance Acts is to be considered by the Royal Commission on...
6. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in offering employment to women at the seaside, consideration is given to the cases of daughters who have mothers wholly dependent upon them for household...
7. asked the Minister of Labour whether she has now received in reply to her circular any application from the Woolwich Borough Council submitting any unemployment schemes for the autumn and winter?
8. asked the Minister of Labour when the White Paper will be issued dealing with the sums paid to chairmen of courts of referees, giving the amounts paid to each individual chairman?
10. asked the Minister of Labour if she is aware that plasterers in Edinburgh are denied unemployment benefit because of their refusal, on the instructions of their trade union, to work for a...
2. asked the Minister of Labour if there is any further development to be reported with regard to the proposed Trade Board for the catering trade?
12. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in view of the fact that a large number of persons who have resided in this country for many years are prevented from applying for...
14. asked the Home Secretary if persons on the official panel as State executioners are entitled to a pension or retiring allowance at the end of their period of service?
15. asked the Home Secretary if, in view of the petition he has received from Hereford regarding public dissatisfaction with the administration of the police services of that city ho proposes to...
16. asked the Home Secretary how many years a superintendent of the Metropolitan Police must serve in that rank before he can retire on a full pension as a superintendent; how many...
20. asked the Home Secretary if police service in India is treated by his Department as approved police service within the meaning of the regulations, in respect of the appointment in England of...
Sir NICHOLAS G RATTAN -DOYLE: 24. asked the Home Secretary the present position of the inquiry into charges of bribery against members of the Metropolitan Police Force; and why decisions have not...
17. asked the Home Secretary if he is aware of the hardship inflicted on many small business men by being compelled to attend several days as jurors without expenses; and if he will inquire into...
18. asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the various decisions arrived at by local licensing authorities with regard to films that have been refused an exhibition certificate by the...
21. asked the Home Secretary the nature of the latest report that he has received on the condition of Ronald True, at present detained in Broadmoor lunatic asylum?
23. asked the Home Secretary what instructions have been recently issued by his Department to intercept communications passing between Great Britain and foreign countries offering for sale...
25. asked the President of the Board of Education the number of certificated women teachers employed in England and Wales at the last convenient date and the number who were compelled to resign...
26. asked the Minister of Health if he can arrange that the annual reports of medical officers of health, giving the vital statistics for the year under review, shall always give also the...
33. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the testimonials that have been sent to him as to the efficacy of the treatment for tuberculosis called Umckaloabo and in view of the...
37. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the recent investigations of Dr. Bendien, of Holland, into the possibility, by means of blood tests, of making the...
39. asked the Minister of Health the number of private nursing homes in London and the provinces; how many inspections of these establishments have been carried out during the last 12 months; and...
50. asked the Minister of Health whether he has received the report of the public inquiry regarding the proposed sewage works at Timsbury, in Clutton rural district and when sanction may be...
51. asked the Minister of Health whether he will take steps to give financial assistance in aid of the installation of telephones in the residences of qualified nurses and midwives in rural...
54. asked the Minister of Health whether, pending his decision on the proposal of the Surrey County Council to add part of the parish of Chessington to the urban district of Epsom, he will...
43. asked the Minister of Health if he is now able to announce the composition of the Advisory Committee under the Housing (Rural Authorities) Bill?
28. asked the Minister of Health if he will arrange for an annual return to be published on the subject of housing, detailing in each local government area the number of houses in occupation, the...
30. asked the Minister of Health if, in view of the increasing practice on the part of public assistance committees to require unemployed applicants for relief to perform, as a condition of...
34. asked the Minister of Health whether he has considered a communication dated 4th March, 1931, sent to him by the Herne Bay Urban District Council, asking him to use his influence with the...
44. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that single men involved in the coal dispute at Whitehaven have been refused assistance from the Cumberland Public Assistance Committee; and...
32. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the inspectors of the Ministry of Health recommend for works carried out by local authorities with his sanction certain specified...
35. asked the Minister of Health whether he has given further consideration to the position of unemployed persons who are members of approved societies in December next; and whether he will be in...
36. asked the Minister of Health the regulations whereby panel doctors are forbidden to give certain medical treatment to panel patients which would be given to private paying patients and which...
38. asked the Minister of Health the approximate amount of national health benefit paid in any recent years in respect of sickness arising from rheumatic diseases?
40. asked the Minister of Health the total surpluses disclosed by approved societies as the result of the second and third valuations, respectively?
41. asked the Minister of Health if he will state, in connection with the control of expenditure on sickness and disablement benefits among approved societies, what action he proposes to take in...
42. asked the Minister of Health if he will lay upon the Table a statement of the expenditure of the Regional Dental Service and the Dental Benefit Council, showing the cost of establishing the...
49. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that eases have occurred where panel doctors have desired to give treatment by injections of asthmalysin for the cure of panel patients of asthma,...
45. asked the Prime Minister when it is proposed to introduce legislation to amend the Factory Acts?
55. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will be prepared to make a statement, on the re-assembly of Parliament, on the attitude of the Treasury towards the recommendations of the...
56. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the burden of the National Debt in terms of commodities in 1925 and 1930, respectively, as compared with 1920?
57. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in deciding upon any new taxation during the current year, he will consider the advisability and probability of a large revenue being raised...
59. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he is now in a position to say whether the revised form of inquiry into means will be issued to ex-employés of local authorities?
60. asked the Minister of Agriculture if figures are now available showing the decrease or in- crease of the number of male workers employed on agricultural holdings of above one acre during the...
61. asked the Minister of Agriculture the present position with regard to the recent serious outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease?
62. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that at certain seasons of the year the banks of the River Lee at Stamford Hill, Tottenham, are under water and that the condition of the...
64. asked the Minister of Transport whether it is his intention to improve the roads in the Fen districts which are so badly adapted to modern conditions as to be both impracticable and dangerous?
66. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to the meeting of the Road Traffic Commissioners of the Northern area held at Stockton on the 21st instant; whether he is...
67. asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the changed conditions since the Tees Conservancy Commission was formed, he is prepared to institute an inquiry into the claim of the...
68. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has anything to report regarding the reorganisation of the cotton industry; and whether the information on production and potential...
69. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the number of machines for the manufacture of hosiery imported into this country from Germany during the years 1926, 1927, 1928,...
71. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that many flour mills have ceased to operate in the United Kingdom since 1st January, 1926; and will he state the total capacity of...
72. asked the President of the Board of Trade how many companies were floated in 1927, 1928 and 1929 respectively;. how many of these companies have been subsequently wound up; and how many of...
73. asked the First Commissioner of Works if he is aware of the work being carried out at Wall, in South Staffordshire, in the protection of the Roman baths by roofing; and whether he is prepared...
75. asked the Minister of Pensions if he is aware that the pension awarded in respect of her son to Mrs. E. Maw, of East Stockwith, Gainsborough, has been reduced from 5s. to 4s. 2d., on the...
77. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when a settlement will be reached regarding the claims of the second class clerks of the department of the registers and records of Scotland, which...
Lieut.-Colonel MOORE: 78. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the present position of the Agricultural Credits Corporation; and when it will be possible for Scottish farmers to...
80. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that William Thomas has been detained in Perth Criminal Asylum for over 18 months and that he has now been transferred to Gartloch...
81. asked the hon. Member for Central Leeds, as representing the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, whether the Commissioners intend to give to their workmen on afforestation an annual holiday with...
82. asked the Secretary for Mines if he has made further inquiries with regard to the withdrawal of the pumping machinery from the Chilton and Windlestone collieries; and, seeing that valuable...
83. asked the Secretary for Mines if he is aware of the danger to the use of Cannock Chase as a national park caused by the recent commencement of coal boring on the top of Brindley Heath in the...
84. asked the Attorney-General whether there is any retiring age for Judges of the High Court, County Court Judges, or magistrates; and, if not, whether he will take powers to secure the...
85. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he will look into the regulations in respect of furlough from India and their application to non-commissioner officers of the barrack department...
86. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he has any information which he can give to the House regarding the invitation to Mr. Gandhi to the Round Table Conference?
87. asked the Secretary of State for India the total number of deaths in India due to disturbances in 1928, 1929, 1930, and to the last convenient date in 1931?
Mr. ERNEST WINTERTON: 13. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the case of William Arthur Hudson, who, on 20th July, was sentenced at Nuneaton Police Court to 28...
47. (for Mr. BRACKEN) asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government will give an undertaking that they will enter into no financial commitments to foreign States or international...
88. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to a petition addressed to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations by Russian refugee...
Captain HALL: 89. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he can give the number of cadets for the executive and engineering branches to be entered for Dartmouth and from public schools, and the...
Ordered, That no Questions be taken to-morrow after Twelve of the clock; that to-morrow Government business be not interrupted at Four or half-past Four of the clock; and that Mr. Speaker shall...
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee C.
That they have agreed to—
Reported, with Amendments, from the Joint Committee.
Order for Second Reading read.
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN: The Motion for the Second Reading of the Appropriation Bill has frequently been the occasion for discussions ranging over a wide geographical field. We had hoped it might have...
If I do not pursue the topic dealt with by the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Sevenoaks (Sir H. Young), I hope he will not regard it as discourteous on my part, but I rise to resist the...
I wish to speak on a subject somewhat remote from that with which we have been dealing. I wish to draw the attention of the Home Secretary to the subject of the women police, the necessity for an...
Read a Second time, and committed to a Standing Committee.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. T. Kennedy.]
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