Llun, 5 Hydref 1931
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
1. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he will state what was the loss to life and property in the riots which occurred at Chittagong, in the first week of September; what was the size...
3. asked the Secretary of State for India if he will give information showing how many of the vacancies at Sandhurst filled by competition have, since the inception of the scheme of Indianisation...
4. asked the Secretary of State for India what action has been taken by the Government to implement the recommendation made in the Report of the Defence Sub-committee of the Round Table...
6. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he will state the total sum expended up to date in respect of the trial of the Meerut conspiracy case prisoners, including the cost of the...
8. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he has any further information with regard to the situation in Kashmir; and whether an impartial inquiry is to be held with regard to the cause...
9. asked the Secretary of State for India whether any breach of the undertaking that Soviet Russia and the Third International shall abstain from propaganda has been reported from India since...
11. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he has yet received any communication from the Government of India relative to the grant of a medal to the troops engaged in active operations...
5. (for Mr. FREEMAN) asked the Secretary of State for India whether, in view of the fact that women have always taken no active part in public life in Burma and no woman has so far been...
13. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the outrage perpetrated by armed Chinese soldiers on. members of the crew of the ss. "Tuck WO,"...
14. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that Soviet Russia claims the right to grant naturalisation papers through its Embassies and Consulates without any...
17. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether, in view of the fact that the sterling credits of the Soviet Government established in this country for the purpose of financing...
15. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the British contribution to the League of Nations will he paid this year in sterling or in Swiss francs?
16. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that the area office at Brighton is to be reduced to a part-time office; and whether he will inform the House what arrangements will be made...
20. asked the Minister of Agriculture the number of cinematograph films that have been made by or for the Ministry of Agriculture upon which the sum of £1,828 15s. 2d. has been spent, and...
21. asked the Minister of Agriculture, in view of the difficulty of obtaining land from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, what steps he proposes to take to assist the county borough council of...
19. asked the Minister of Agriculture the most recent position as regards foot-and-mouth disease; and how many animals were treated with foot-and-mouth disease serum during the recent outbreaks,...
25. asked the Minister of Health whether he can give the total number of persons in receipt of Poor Law relief in England and Wales on the last convenient date; and has he any statistics showing...
23. asked the Minister of Agriculture if any reduction in the proposed admission fee to Kew Gardens will be made in the cases of classes of school children and other conducted educational parties?
26. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the cuts in social services already agreed upon, as well as others contemplated, by the Birmingham City Council; and whether he can state...
30. asked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed in each of the 10 largest towns on 30th July and 30th September, 1931, respectively?
42. asked the President of the Board of Trade if the words "present financial situation," on page 1, line 8, of the Foodstuffs (Prevention of Exploitation) Bill, refer to a certain period or to...
Lieut.-Colonel MOORE: 43. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether steps are being taken by the Government to divert all surplus food supplies from the Dominions to this country so as to...
44. asked the Secretary for Mines whether the increase of 2s. a ton in the price of house coal in London on 1st October was the result of an increase in the pithead price of coal; and what steps...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether he has yet come to any decision with regard to the London Passenger Transport Bill?
47. asked the Secretary for Mines the number of tin mines working in the country; and whether any mines have been restarted during this year?
48. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he can give any further information regarding the conflict between police and people in Glasgow on the evening of the 1st October?
Lieut.-Colonel MOORE: 50. asked the President of the Board of Education the cost per head of educating a child at the present time in Scotland, England, Wales, Germany, France and Italy?
51. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether, in view of the recent reductions in pay, the Army Council will now exercise the right reserved to them under the King's Regulations,...
52. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will secure that preference be given to the music of British composers when arranging the Armistice Day Cenotaph service?
53. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amount of annual interest that has to be paid by His Majesty's Government on loans made in foreign currency; whether interest on the...
54. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the interest on the Turkish Loan of 1855, guaranteed by France and Great Britain, is still being paid by this country or our Dependencies, or...
55. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the sum total of our annual external obligations in gold pounds or foreign currency, excluding the War Debt to America but including our...
60. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the rate at which Entertainments Duty will be charged on season tickets issued by orchestral and similar societies for admission to a series of...
56. (for Mr. MACLEAN.) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if any of the evidence given before the May Committee on National Expenditure was considered of a confidential nature; whether any...
57. (for Mr. MACLEAN) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how he arrived at the sum of £25,140 as an annual nett insurance payment. to provide for Estate Duty on an income of £50,000...
58. (for Mr. MACLEAN) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the minutes of evidence of the Committee on Finance and Industry will be published?
61. asked the Minister of Transport what reply was made to the Railway Companies' Association in reply to their communication relating to the electrification of main-line railways?
24. (for Mr. FREEMAN) asked the Postmaster-General whether any conditions as to wages and labour are laid down in the contracts entered into by His Majesty's Government for the carrying of...
May I ask the Prime Minister how far he proposes to go to-night in the event of the suspension of the Eleven o'clock Rule?
That they have agreed to,—
That they communicate that they have come to the following Resolution: That the promoters of every Private Bill which shall have been introduced into this House in the present Session of...
Lords Amendment to be considered To-morrow.
Order for Second Reading read.
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
Question again proposed, "That the Bill be now read a Second time."
Order for Second Reading read.
Resolved, That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1882 to 1928, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport under the Electricity (Supply)...
Resolved, That the Morecambe Corporation Act, 1918, Modification Order, 1931, which was presented on the 9th day of September, 1931, be approved.
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