Llun, 1 Gorffennaf 1935
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
London County Council (Money) Bill,
2. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it is the view of His Majesty's Government that a Western air pact should only be definitely concluded as a part of the general...
3. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has ascertained from the German Government whether Herr Hitler, in stating that the German Government was prepared, in principle, to...
4. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the fact that Part V of the Treaty of Versailles has not been abrogated, he can state what is the juridical position of the...
6. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can state what progress has been made in the conciliation proceedings between Italy and Abyssinia; whether they are now meeting; and...
7. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when he hopes to be in a position to make a statement about the situation in the Far East?
8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether, with a view to the safeguarding of British interests in North China, he will request One Governments of China and Japan to inform him...
9. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the Japanese military authorities have demanded a wireless station, an aerodrome, and military headquarters in Inner...
14. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the excessive prices being charged for Jersey potatoes, any action is being taken to safeguard the interests of the consumers?
15. asked the Postmaster-General whether be can state what is the present remaining stock of pedestal telephones; and by what date he anticipates it will be possible, when new telephones are...
16. asked the Postmaster-General whether arrangements have been made to increase the facilities available to the public for obtaining stamps on Sundays; and whether, in view of the considerable...
17. asked the Postmaster-General the approximate increase in the number of telegrams despatched daily since the reduction of the charge from 1s. to 6d.; to what the increase will have to amount...
18. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that a Weymouth firm is indiscriminately sending out by halfpenny postage circulars describing and illustrating goods of an intimate nature to...
19. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he is aware that during the present hot weather the general public are again denied quiet enjoyment of the Queen Mary Garden in Regent's Park;...
22. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will follow any share manipulations by the holding companies who are now the owners of the equities of the statutory companies purchased...
24. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can now give a date for the introduction of the Cotton Spinning Redundancy Bill?
25. asked the Minister of Health whether he will give the reason for the delay in not setting down for appeal to the High Court the case of Mrs. K. Slaughter, of 112, Brentwood Road, Romford,...
26. asked the Secretary for Mines whether his attention has been drawn to the frequent occurrence of lung trouble among barytes miners and quarrymen in the Minsterley and Pontesbury district of...
27. asked the Secretary for Mines how many visits the mines inspectors have made on the afternoon and night shifts during the last three months; and what percentage they represent of the total...
28. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware that the Miners' Federation are making an application for an increase of wages for all their members; and what steps his Department are...
29. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the treatment meted out to their clients by the Burnley Building Society; what action the...
30. asked the Home Secretary whether he has received a report from his factory inspector in connection with an accident to a workman who was crushed to death in a lift at the paper mills of...
31. asked the Home Secretary how many licences under Part I of the Betting and Lotteries Act have been granted to tracks which were existing tracks within the meaning of the Act; how many to new...
32. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the total contributions made to national funds by the various beneficiaries of social services during the last year for which figures are available?
33. asked the Minister of Transport whether he has any information for how long the single line of traffic will be the only means of transport over the Waterloo Bridge?
34. asked the Prime Minister whether he is in a position to say what the salaries of the Cabinet Ministers, known as Ministers without Portfolio, will be; and can he say the length of time he...
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is now in a position to state the result of the representations made by the India Office to the Colonial Office regarding the recent...
Captain ARTHUR EVANS: 23. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has now received the report of the Cinematograph Films Advisory Committee on the question of the quality of British...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is in a position to make any statement in regard to the visit of the Minister for League of Nations Affairs to Rome...
"to provide for the elimination of redundant spinning machinery in cotton mills in Great Britain by means of a Board having power to acquire property and to borrow and levy money; for the making...
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on the London Passenger Transport (Agreement) Bill and on the Defence (Barracks) Bill [Lords] be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the...
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Members from Standing Committee A: Captain Cunningham-Reid, Commander Marsden,...
Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
That they have agreed to—
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Tuesday, 9th July, and to be printed. [Bill 89.]
As amended, considered.
(1) The Summary Jurisdiction Acts (Northern Ireland) shall, notwithstanding any special provisions to the contrary contained in any enactment relating to His Majesty's revenue under the control...
(1) If, as respects goods of any class or description which are chargeable or which it is apprehended will shortly become Chargeable with the general ad valorem duty, it appears to the Import...
Section seven of the Finance Act, 1933 (which provides relief from duty on heavy hydrocarbon oils used as fuel for vessels in home waters), shall be extended to apply to such oils used as fuel...
As from the first day of July, nineteen hundred and thirty-five, the provisions of the Import Duties Act, 1932, shall be deemed not to authorise the imposition of customs duties upon foodstuffs...
From the date of the transfer by this Act authorised to the Exchequer from the Road Fund of the sum of four million four hundred and seventy thousand pounds or any part of that sum section eight...
Sub-section (1) of section thirty of the Finance Act, 1922, shall have effect as if for the words after the word "testator" where it first occurs to the end of the sub-section there were...
Section twenty-four of the Finance Act, 1932 (which deals with the establishment of an exchange equalisation account) shall be read as if after Sub-section (7) there were inserted the following...
(1) Section one of the Finance Act, 1933, which imposes duties of excise and provides for drawbacks on certain descriptions of beer, shall have effect as if the paragraphs set out in Parts I, II,...
If any person who has paid, by deduction or otherwise, or is liable to pay United Kingdom Income Tax for any year of assessment on any part of his income proves to the satisfaction of the Special...
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Mr. CHAMBERLAIN: I beg to move, in page 25, line 11, after "in," to insert "Part II of." This Amendment is consequential upon the first new Clause which I moved this afternoon.
Amendment made: In page 27, line 2, at the end, insert: Part I. Enactments relating to Revenue Proceedings before Courts of Summary Jurisdiction in Northern Ireland. Session and Chapter....
Considered in Committee.
Considered in Committee, and reported, without Amendment; read the
Resolution reported, That it is expedient—(a) to authorise the payment by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, out of moneys provided by Parliament, in respect of sugar manufactured...
"to extend by twelve months the period in respect of which subsidy in respect of sugar is payable under the British Sugar (Subsidy) Act, 1925, and to make further provision as to the rate of such...
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