Mercher, 7 Hydref 1931
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Edinburgh Corporation (Sheriff Court House, etc.) Order Confirmation Bill. (By Order.)
Address for Return of all the Draft Provisional Orders under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, which in the Session of 1930–31 have been reported on by the...
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air, if his attention has been called to the dangerously low flying of certain aircraft over villages; and whether consideration has been given to...
3. asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the total amount and value of liquid glucose imported from Russia during the last 12 months; whether he is aware that sweets made wholly with...
5. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any steps have yet been taken to establish a national organisation to popularise the need for buying British goods as against foreign imported...
8. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that foreign importers have intimated to the London Corn Trade Association that they will not carry out their contracts for...
8. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will issue a comparison of the chief articles exported by this country to Russia in 1913, with the amounts we exported in 1930 to Soviet Russia?
19. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department the cost of the cheapest stand obtainable at the textile section of the British Industries Fair, exclusive of the cost of certain...
11. asked the Minister of Health, whether he is aware that the Blind Persons Sub-Committee of the Middlesex County Council has passed a recommendation to reduce their grants to the unemployable...
12. asked the Minister of Health the average superficial area of A-type non-parlour houses in direct labour schemes and in contracts let by local authorities in England and Wales during the...
13. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that many houses are becoming uninhabitable through the neglect of the owners to repair them; and whether he will consider the issuing of...
21. asked the President of the Board of Education the total amount of the economies he now anticipates making as a result of the policy of His Majesty's Government?
28. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the sum total paid by way of salaries and fees to the Ministers of the Crown from 5th June, 1929, to 24th August, 1931, or the nearest convenient dates?
34. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury for what reason the basic salary of the Assistant Paymaster-General, which was shown in 1924–25 Estimates as £1,000, has since been...
22. asked the President of the Board of Education the cost of educating a boy at English public residential schools which are state-aided and in comparable establishments in France, Germany and Italy?
23. asked the President of the Board of Education how many State scholarships it is proposed to award in 1932?
27. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent the present tax on beer would be altered if it were calculated on the same rate per unit of alcohol as the present tax on whiskey?
32. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will institute an inquiry into the rates of pay of the lower ranges of the ex-service post-War entrants to the Civil Service?
20. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether he is aware that the present offices of His Majesty's inspectors of taxes...
36. asked the Minister of Labour whether any fresh instructions or regulations have yet been issued to the Employment Exchanges in connection with the administration of unemployment insurance...
38. asked the Minister of Labour for what reasons it has been decided to close down the national factory training centre at Dudley?
9. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the Meerut conspiracy case trial is shortly to be adjourned for 10 or 12 days for the Hindu religious festival of Deshara; and...
14. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he can make any statement regarding the emergency decree issued by the German Government and the declaration by the German Ministry of Labour of a 7 per...
Mr. ERNEST WINTERTON (for Mr. TOM SMITH): 15. asked the Secretary for Mines whether the inquiry into the use of automatic gas alarms has been completed, and, if so, the nature of the report; and...
16. asked the Secretary for Mines what were the average pit-head prices for coal for the months of April, May, June, July, August, and September; and if any district has announced a rise of 2s....
24. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether any action is being taken by his Department to increase the number of areas which are to be placed under cultivation?
25. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his attention has been called to the case of Annie Haughney, who was killed by falling out of a window at a private hotel in Marylebone...
26. asked the Home Secretary whether he can now make any statement as to the raiding of the offices of the "Daily Worker" and the Utopia Press on 13th September and the censoring of the contents...
(by Private Notice) asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that strong feeling exists that broadcasting facilities are being used in a partisan manner so far as political broadcasts are...
Special Report from the Select Committee, with Minutes of Evidence, brought up, and read [Inquiry not completed].
That they communicate that they have come to the following Resolution: That any notices published or served and any deposits made in respect of the London Passenger Transport Bill in the present...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Schedules agreed to.
That they have agreed to—
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
I have further to acquaint the House that the Lord High Chancellor, being one of the High Commissioners, delivered His Majesty's Most Gracious Speech to both Houses of Parliament in pursuance of...
MY relations with Foreign Powers continue to be friendly.
I thank you for the provision you have made for the public service.
In the last few weeks My people have been called upon to face a financial and economic crisis which continues to give cause for anxiety. The measures taken by My Ministers, with the support of...
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