Colonel Herbert Woodcock: 13. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the amounts which have been given each year by the Imperial Economic Committee for the Jamaica Producers' Association and their work in connection with organising the banana trade; and whether such grants are to be continued in the future?
Colonel Herbert Woodcock: How much money has been spent?
Colonel Herbert Woodcock: 16. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs if he will state what grants have been made for the assistance of schemes in connection with the geophysical survey of metalliferous areas in Australia and the Great Barrier Reef Expedition; and why in view of the terms under which Parliament has voted money to the Empire Marketing Fund, these grants have been made?
Colonel Herbert Woodcock: Has anything tangible come out of this scheme which would benefit the Empire Marketing Board?
Colonel Herbert Woodcock: 32. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is considering making Regulations for the security and welfare of the public in connection with motor-coaches and chars-a-banc and their protection against fire?
Colonel Herbert Woodcock: Does my right hon. and gallant Friend consider that the motor char-a-banc in connection with the recent accident conformed to the provisions which have already been issued?
Colonel Herbert Woodcock: 8. asked the Home Secretary if he has received intimation that certain share-pushers are endeavouring to avoid the penalties of the new Companies Act, which forbids house-to-house canvassing, by making extensive use of the telephone system; and if he proposes to take any steps to counteract this?
Colonel Herbert Woodcock: May I ask whether any steps can be taken to stop persons who are endeavouring to circumvent the law and the Companies Act, and, further, whether in the opinion of the right hon. Gentleman it is not the same thing to canvass by telephone, and within the meaning of the Act, as it is to canvass from house to house?
Colonel Herbert Woodcock: 41. asked the Postmaster-General what definite arrangements have been made concerning licences for portable wireless sets, both as regards one licence only being necessary and the temporary removal of a portable wireless set from one place to another?
Colonel Herbert Woodcock: Have any changes been made in these regulations?
Colonel Herbert Woodcock: 43. asked the Secretary of State for Air how many miles were flown by commercial aeroplanes in 1928 by the following countries: Germany, France, and Great Britain?
Colonel Herbert Woodcock: Does my right hon. Friend expect that this year we shall increase our commercial route mileage very considerably?
Colonel Herbert Woodcock: 24. asked the Minister of Transport if he can state the date upon which the scheme for South-West England, now being prepared by the Electricity Commissioners, will be transmitted to the Central Electricity Board; and will the Report be made public without any further delay?
Colonel Herbert Woodcock: Is there no chance of getting any information at all before the autumn, with reference to this scheme?
Colonel Herbert Woodcock: 25. asked the Minister of Transport if he has received the Report from the Expert Committee appointed on the recommendation of the Committee of Civil Research in 1926 with reference to the Severn barrage; if so, when will he be able to present the Report to the House; and whether any decision has been arrived at regarding the advisability or otherwise of constructing a Severn barrage?
Colonel Herbert Woodcock: May I ask my right hon. Friend whether as early as 1920 the Water Power Board recommended this inquiry to be made, and whether in April, 1924, the Labour Commission allowed £30,000, and that since that time the Commission has been going on and no work or report has been made?
Colonel Herbert Woodcock: Does my right hon. Friend remember stating last year that the Report had been made, and is there no communication to be made with reference to that?
Colonel Herbert Woodcock: Can the Assistant Postmaster-General give any special reason why there has been such an extraordinary increase in the number of mail-bag robberies during the last six months? Is there any truth in the suggestion that the police have not been notified until some time afterwards?
Colonel Herbert Woodcock: 20. asked the Secretary of State for Air what progress has been made by the Dominion Governments for the erection of standard mooring-masts for the use of Empire airships?
Colonel Herbert Woodcock: May I remind my right hon. Friend that a year ago he told us that the plant was ordered for a mooring-mast for South Africa, and why has it taken so long to prepare?
