Mawrth, 9 Gorffennaf 1935
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
City of London (St. Paul's Cathedral Preservation) Bill [Lords],
1. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs when he proposes to make a statement on the position in Basutoland, in view of the recommendations in Sir Alan Pim's Report?
2. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs in what part of Southern Rhodesia were the roads made by native cattle-owners without compulsion; and whether he will set up an inquiry into...
4. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether the question of granting a loan of £40,000 for the development of the timber resources in Labrador to the Labrador Development...
5. asked the President of the Board of Trade when he intends to introduce legislation to provide that insurance companies undertaking third-party motor insurance shall be required to deposit a...
Mr. McKIE: 30. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that the ferry at Kylesku, in the county of Sutherland, is unsatisfactory and provides an irregular service; and whether he will...
32. asked the Minister of Transport the actual number of Regulations of all kinds which have been issued by the Ministry of Transport since 1st July, 1930, giving separately the actual number...
6. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has considered the representations made to him by chambers of commerce respecting the adverse effects upon home and foreign trade of...
7. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state when British creditors for amounts exceeding £20 may expect to receive payment of their accounts under the Anglo-Rumanian...
8. asked the President of the Board of Trade how many aircraft or aircraft engines, similar to those supplied to British air forces, have been supplied by British firms to other nations during...
Viscountess ASTOR: 9. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the fact that open-mesh silk hose are not manufactured in Great Britain, he will consider consulting the Import...
10. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the steadily increasing importation of kraft paper from Scandinavian countries; and will he take this into...
11 and 12. asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) how long the Congo Basin Treaties have been under examination and how far the examination has proceeded to date; (2) what action he...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government have taken into consideration the resolution adopted by the International Chamber of Commerce at its recent congress in Paris on the...
15. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the total number of houses built in Scotland for each year since 1st January, 1928; and the number for slum clearance, intermediate, ordinary, and...
Mr. McKIE: 16. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that the alteration by the Scottish Education Commissioners in the status of a school has led to a loss of pension...
17. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has now completed the arrangements for the transfer to the Register House, Edinburgh, of the Scottish national records at present in London?
18. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has considered a communication from the town council of Kirkwall drawing attention to the adverse effect of the Local Government...
13. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he can give the reasons which prevented any yeomanry brigade camps being held on Salisbury Plain this year?
Mr. ALLEN: 21. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he has considered the memorial from the corporation of the city of Stoke-on-Trent regarding the damage done to small houses in the city by...
24. asked the Secretary for Mines whether it is proposed to take any special steps in regard to the 1,000 unemployed miners who were displaced by the closing down recently of the Hetton Lyons and...
22. asked the Secretary for Mines whether mines managers are asked to make a return to his Department of the amount of overtime worked; and, if so, will he state which county or district had the...
23. asked the Secretary for Mines the time of the working day of the underground worker in a coal mine if the average time of one winding were added to it; and whether the time for lowering and...
25. asked the hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, whether he will be prepared to plant trees in a prominent place in the form of a royal monogram in...
26. asked the Minister of Agriculture what have been the financial results in connection with farms belonging to the Crown which are at present under the management of the Crown Lands...
28. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware of the unnecessary suffering caused to bullocks by his Department's methods of marking animals passed for sale to butchers; that the...
29. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in drawing up any scheme for the assistance of the sugar-beet industry for the next decade, he will consider the desirability of including therein a...
31. asked the Minister of Transport what steps are being taken, by unification, amalgamation, or co-ordination of electricity distribution companies throughout the country, to see that the...
33. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he will issue a circular to local education authorities with regard to the removal of the restrictions on building contained in Circular...
34. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is prepared to make any statement with regard to the policy of the Government as to raising the school-leaving age before the summer...
37. asked the Postmaster-General when Victoria telephone exchange is expected to be on the dial system?
38. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to the loss of employment at Birkenhead lairages and allied trades due to tariffs on livestock imported from the Irish Free...
39. asked the Minister of Labour whether he has now any statement to make with regard to agricultural labourers being included in a scheme of unemploymnt insurance?
40. asked the Attorney-General whether, having regard to the large number of witnesses from all parts of the country who are called upon to appear in undefended divorce cases which on the average...
41. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the fact that the Abyssinian Government have abandoned the objections hitherto entertained with regard to the concession...
42. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on how many occasions since June, 1929, the Foreign Secretary, the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, or other of His Majesty's...
43. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will consider the advisability of proposing to the Council of the League of Nations that a neutral commission should be appointed...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the heavy burden placed on ratepayers where the authority is obliged to secure the passage of a Bill through the Lords and Commons Houses of...
47. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government have any information showing which countries impose taxes upon light oils used for transport, with exemption or lower rates of tax...
Miss CAZALET: 48. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is prepared, as in the case of the London County Council, to apply the principles of equal pay to those Civil Service...
49. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been drawn to the case of Mr. Rosenblatt, a British subject resident in Liverpool, who wishes to pay a three months'...
50. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can give the total number of Jews now in prison in Palestine as illegal immigrants and the total number of such immigrants now free on...
52. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the infantile mortality rate in Ceylon and the infant mortality rate among the immigrant Indian labourers?
53. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many qualified doctors are resident in Ceylon and how many persons there are for each doctor?
May I ask the Prime Minister the business for Friday?
David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, esquire, K.C., for the Borough of Liverpool (West Derby Division).
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee B.
That they have agreed to,—
[11TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
3.37 p.m.
Resolution reported,That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to make provision for the establishment of a criminal lunatic asylum in Scotland, and for purposes connected...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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