Iau, 6 Mehefin 1935
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Read the Third time, and passed.
"to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure(Scot land) Acts, 1899 and 1933, relating to Glasgow Corporation Sewage" presented by Sir Godfrey Collins; and ordered...
"to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scot alnd) Acts, 1899 and 1933, relating to Lanarkshire County Council, "presented by Sir Godfrey Collins; and ordered...
1. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that tile-workers in the neighbourhood of Kilmarnock, who are working for nine months in the year, are now classed as seasonal workers; and...
2. asked the Minister of Labour whether any decision has been arrived at now with regard to the continuance of the standstill arrangement for a definite period?
5. asked the, Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has received a report from his factory inspector in connection with the fatal accident to a youth employed by Messrs. Joseph...
8. asked the Home Secretary on what principle he based the reduction of the pension of ex-Police Constable Pattenden by 18s. a week; and whether, as reductions of this nature are likely to lead...
Mr. VYVYAN ADAMS: asked the Home Secretary whether he has any statement to make about the case of Harry Bernard Parkinson, aged 20, who on 29th May hanged himself in the gaol at Armley, Leeds?
Mr. V. ADAMS: asked the Home Secretary whether he will take steps to standardise the hours during which alcoholic beverages may be sold in clubs?
asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the widespread condemnation of the practice of sending young people to prison, he will promote legislation to enact that a person between the ages of...
asked the Home Secretary whether there are any counties or boroughs where a fee is compulsorily imposed on those who are selected to be justices of the peace by the advisory committee when they...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education the number of inquiries held by the Department into the reasons for the dismissal or the resignation of a teacher employed by a local...
Miss WARD: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether the erection of any new schools is under discussion in the Parliamentary division of Wallsend-on-Tyne; and, in...
Miss WARD: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education when legislation will be introduced to implement the findings of the Royal Com mission on the University of Durham?
asked the Minister of Health whether he is now in a position to report on the result of inquiries with regard to the appointment of Miss Jean Thompson, a specially trained housing manager, by the...
asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the fact that under existing circumstances an owner who successfully objects at a local inquiry to the inclusion of his property in a slum...
asked the Minister of Health what arrangements will be made when the authorities begin to enter and measure up the floor space of all working-class houses in the country for those entrusted with...
22. asked the Minister of Health what were the infant mortality rates for 1934 in Kensington and Poplar?
asked the Minister of Health what sums were spent in Kensington and Poplar in 1933 on milk for necessitous mothers; and what amounts were spent in Kensington and Shoreditch on dinners for...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is prepared to intro duce legislation giving to deaf and dumb persons similar benefits as well as facilities for training as are afforded to the blind...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will publish the findings of the memorandum on the nutrition of children, prepared by the Economic Advisory Council last year, and any other reports on...
28. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he pro poses to take any steps to ratify the Lausanne agreement on reparations during the lifetime of this Parliament?
29. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will call for a report from our commercial representatives in Japan regarding the proposed attitude of the Japanese Government to wards the...
55. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the fact that the German Government are now giving a subsidy of 20 per cent. On fabric gloves exported from...
67. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether his attention has been called to the loss to shipping companies and railway services, and labour losses, by the Irish Free State...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the present practice of the Treasury in respect of the scales of payment for male and female civil servants, respectively?
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, in view of the fact that women are invited to apply for a vacancy in the Edinburgh branch of the solicitor's department of the Inland Revenue, why...
Viscountess ASTOR: 73. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when it is proposed to publish the report of the departmental committee on the admission of women to the diplomatic and...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the special claims of ex-service men are being, in some cases, lost sight of by Government officials; and whether there has...
Mr. CHARLESBROWN: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that certain milk retailers are being prohibited from selling to any one customer in one week such quantities as 150...
35. asked the Min ister of Agriculture whether his attention has been called to the fact that Flemish draught horses are being sold in this country in substantial quantities; what proportion of...
36. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has yet received any marketing scheme from the poultry industry founded on the Poultry Commission report?
39. asked the Secretary for Mines whether his attention has been called to the latest annual report of the inspector of mines in the North Midland division, in which he expresses grave concern...
Mrs. WARD: 40. asked the Secretary for Mines the number of accidents, in volving the life of, or injury to, mine workers in the Cannock Chase coalfield during the past five years; and how many...
Miss WARD: 43. asked the Secretary for Mines whether his attention has been directed to the latest monthly as certainment for Northumberland; and what are the reasons for the unsatisfactory finan...
44. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware that in Cornwall, South Wales, and in the North of England there are a large number of disused shafts of which at least 487 are unfenced,...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he has given consideration to the letter addressed to him by the as sociations of county councils, municipal corporations, urban and rural district councils,...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether there is any Cabinet rule against Ministers holding shares in armament firms which are contractors to the Government; and, if not, does he propose to make...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether he can now state when the Report of the Select Committee on Witnesses will be taken into consideration by the House?
48. asked the Prime Minister whether the new committee for the purpose of considering scientific means of defence against attack from the air, announced by him on 19th March, has in fact been...
50. asked the Attorney-General whether he is aware that the works committee of the Durham County Council have prepared for issue to every workman upon their permanent staff a questionnaire which...
51. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his attention has been called to the inadequacy of the existing statutory provisions for the prevention of irregular and fraudulent practices...
52. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware of the complaints made in Lanarkshire against the coal binge which are burning there and because of the fumes which are a menace...
53. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that during the structural alterations to H quarters at Perth prison at one time doors and windows were re moved and the...
54. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his attention has been drawn to a case at the Aberdeen sheriff court, on 23rd May, in which a farmer was convicted of ill-treatment of a boy...
59. asked the Minister of Transport whether he can now give in formation as to whether the amenities committee under the Grampian Power Scheme was consulted with regard to the girder bridge...
56. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that the Darnall, Sheffield, sub-Post Office and its surrounding properties are to be de molished during the next few weeks; that the tenants...
Mr. TAYLOR: 57. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that in certain districts there are people who wish to become telephone subscribers, but can not do so as they have been informed...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air what steps, if any, have been taken by the Edinburgh corporation to establish a municipal aerodrome for civil aviation?
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether there is any likelihood in the near future of estab lishing a British air service between this country and China, via Rangoon or Singapore 7.
Commander OLIVER LOCKERLAMPSON: 63. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether self-sealing petrol tanks, which proved of value in 1919, are being improved, in view of the development in...
65. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the general anungements in vogue for the passage of military aircraft of foreign countries through British territory?
60. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether, under the present expansion scheme of the Royal Air Force, he can give an assurance that the full interests of civil aviation will be...
68. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction existing amongst officers at China stations as a result of the loss they are sustaining in pay...
Mr. T.WILLIAMS: 66. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office the composition of the chemical defence committee; how many of them are neither civil servants nor members of the armed forces;...
70 and 71. asked the Secretary of State for India (1) whether he is aware that experience indicates that heavy earthquake shocks in regions known to be subject to them are generally preceded by...
Duchess of ATHOLL: 72. asked the Secretary of State for India why the Government of India are discussing with the Government of Mysore the retrocession of the civil station of Bangalore, which...
74. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any statement to make on the present situation in China?
75. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what reply has been received by the British Government to the representations made to the Italian Government concerning the personal attacks...
4. asked the Minister of Labour which countries have ratified the draft convention concerning the marking of the weight on heavy packages transported by vessels which was adopted at the...
14. asked the Home Secretary whether he will make a statement as to the number and nature of convictions obtained against motorists in London who have contributed to wards the 1,045 accidents...
21. asked the Minister of Health whether his Department have now considered the final report of the ophthalmic benefit joint committee; and whether he proposes to introduce legislation on the...
27. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will state the terms and any subsequent modifications of the mortgage granted to Duncan Stewart and Company, Limited, by the Minister of...
64. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether some of the constructional work on the new aero planes is to be carried out in idle dock yards; and, if so, whether the Rosyth naval base...
6. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will add one direct representative of the native community, or an accredited labour representative, to the commission of inquiry he...
May I ask the Prime Minister what will be the business for the week after the House re-assembles?
That they have agreed to,—
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Monday, 17th June, and to be printed. [Bill 82.]
Order for Second Reading read.
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
Question again proposed, "That the Bill be now read a Second time."
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No.69.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Resolution of the House [24th May] relative to the appointment of a Joint Committee on Water Resources and Supplies, which was ordered to be communicated to the Lords, and so much of the Lords...
Ordered, That so much of the Lords Message [4th June] as relates to the appointment of a Committee on Refreshment Rooms and Lavatories be now considered.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
Debates in the House of Commons are an opportunity for MPs from all parties to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.
And sometimes to shout at each other.
