Llun, 15 Gorffennaf 1935
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Gloucester Corporation Bill [Lords] (King's Consent signified),
Address for Return of the Budget of the Governor-General of India in Council for.1935–36."—[Mr. Butler.]
Address for Return of Licences granted under the Act 39 and 40 Vic., cap. 77, showing the number of experiments performed under the Act during 1934, and the registered places at which such...
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the recent Sikh-Moslem trouble over an old mosque at Lahore has now subsided; whether British troops had to be used to restore law and...
3. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government intend to raise any question on the Statute of the International Zone of Tangier before the expiry, in...
4. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in order to comply with the Article of the Covenant of the League which requires that every international agreement shall be...
5. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether in view of the grant by the Iraq Government of £125,000 towards the settlement of Assyrian refugees in Syria and the offer by the...
The hon. Member must use the words that I myself actually used. In any case, we are ready to take the first good opportunity that arises. At present no such opportunity has arisen.
13. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he will consider extending the export credits guarantee given in the case of the herring industry to cover white fish cured in...
35. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the proposals of the Rumanian Government to repudiate in part the recent debt agreement signed with the...
7. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can inform the House as to the prospects of the Council of the League of Nations being called together at an early date to discuss...
8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make inquiries and inform the House of the result of the petition concerning the treatment of the Ukrainian minority in Poland,...
14. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that three farmers in the parish of Repton, without consulting the other farmers or retailers, decided to increase the price of milk by...
15. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will consider making an order prohibiting the entry at British ports of cattle from Ireland, during the months of February to June, which carry...
16. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that, although pigs graded as A and B under the marketing scheme are paid for at prices according to grade, the bacon is subsequently...
17. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will consider the appointment of an expert committee to decide, in the interests both of agriculture and of the general industrial economy of the...
41. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of separate financial resolutions and Bills based upon such resolutions, including Bills extending the power or period of operation,...
18. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether in view of the doubts as to whether the statutory close times for different species of fish apply to purely private waters, he will introduce...
19 and 20. asked the Postmaster-General (1) whether there has been any appreciable increase of night telephone calls from England to the Channel Islands since the reduction in charges took place;...
21. asked the Postmaster-General whether, in view of the many cases of injustice imposed upon men having many years of auxiliary service to their credit, he will consider taking steps to remove...
23. asked the Postmaster-General whether he will consider the introduction of legislation enforcing the compulsory modification of electrical apparatus causing interference with radio reception?
24. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether there is an alternative supply of electric current for lighting the Houses of Parliament; and whether he has taken any steps to prevent another...
27. asked the Minister of Labour the number of insured workers (males) registered at the employment exchanges of Ferndale, Porth, Tonypandy, and Treorchy, respectively, placing
28. asked the Secretary for Mines whether, in view of
31. asked the Minister of Health, whether, in order to secure a cleaner atmosphere and the consequent improvement in the public health, he will recommend to the notice of other local authorities...
Mr. TODD (for Mr. HALL-CAINE): 30. asked the Minister of Health, whether, arising out of the recent deputation received by him on the subject, he proposes to introduce legislation controlling the...
Mr. VYVYAN ADAMS: 32. asked the Minister of Health, whether he will now extend to property owners in England and Wales the right enjoyed by Scotland of an independent hearing of appeals against...
34. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give any information regarding an explosion in the engine-room of a tugboat in the Thames on 10th July, 1935; and whether he can state...
36. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he is aware that soldiers under arrest are handcuffed and taken from one place to another in railway carriages that are occupied by...
37. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the large number of cases of injured workmen who have to get surgical appliances, artificial legs,...
40. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is now in a position to make a further announcement on the question of the provision of air travel facilities for Members of Parliament?
42. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the danger caused by motorcars standing, sometimes unattended, near pedestrian crossing-places, thereby obstructing the...
43. asked the Prime Minister whether he has now received official communication of the text of the resolution of the International Chamber of Commerce on stabilisation of currencies adopted at...
Captain ARTHUR EVANS: 44. asked the Prime Minister whether he will appoint a small Royal Commission, say of three persons, with wide terms of reference, to investigate all aspects of the...
38 and 39. asked the Home Secretary (1), the present approximate cost of providing men and women, respectively, with effective protective clothing against poison gas; (2) whether any estimates...
May I ask the Prime Minister what Votes he proposes to take on Thursday; and also what business he proposes to take to-day, in the event of the Motion which stands in his name on the Order Paper...
That they have agreed to,—
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69.
As amended, considered.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Not amended (in the Standing Committee), considered; read the Third time, and passed.
Read a Second time.
Read a Second time.
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [12th July], That this House doth agree with paragraphs 1 to 14 of the Report of the Select Committee on Witnesses."—[Sir J. Simon.]
Ordered, That no document received by the clerk of any select committee shall be withdrawn or altered without the knowledge and approval of the committee.
Resolved, That the Order made by the Secretary of State under the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, for extending section one of that Act to the borough of Wimbledon, which was presented on the...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain A. Hope.]
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