Mr George Bowyer: 1. asked the Minister of Labour how many more persons are unemployed than when the Government took office in June last?
Mr George Bowyer: Is that number more or less than it was a year ago?
Mr George Bowyer: 43. asked the Minister of Agriculture when he will announce the Government's agricultural policy?
Mr George Bowyer: Has not the right hon. Gentleman had time to reconsider the matter during the Recess?
Mr George Bowyer: 53. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many conscientious objectors have been promoted in Government Departments over the heads of civil servants who served in the War?
Mr George Bowyer: Can the hon. Gentleman now give me one reason for this preferential treatment?
Mr George Bowyer: 61. asked the Minister of Labour when it is proposed to ratify the Washington Hours Convention?
Mr George Bowyer: Can the right hon. Gentleman say whether the British Ambassador and his staff will be able to attend a British church on Christmas Day?
Mr George Bowyer: 29. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the Land Drainage Bill is the only legislation which the Government have in view to try to help agriculture; and, if not, what other Bills he means to introduce?
Mr George Bowyer: May I ask the right hon. Gentleman what other Bills, then, he had in mind when the phrase was coined "to make farming pay"; has not the Minister had enough time to think of the Bills which he had in view during the Election when he made that promise?
Mr George Bowyer: 61. asked the Minister of Labour whether, having regard to the fact that in 1926, 1927 and 1928 the numbers on the live register for the first week in December showed decreases of 95,942, 24,005 and 29,894, respectively, as compared with the previous week, she can assign any special reason for the fact that the first week in December, 1929, shows an increase of 6,570, following an increase of...
Mr George Bowyer: 6. asked the Minister of Labour how the numbers of unemployed to-day compare with those when the Government took office?
Mr George Bowyer: Is the right hon. Lady aware that during the last three years, taking the period for the middle of November to the middle of December, the figures have steadily fallen week by week; and how does she explain the figures of the last few weeks?
Mr George Bowyer: 56. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether any conscientious objectors have been promoted, since the Treasury circular of 10th September last, over the heads of civil servants who served in the forces during the War; and, if so, how many, and in what Departments?
Mr George Bowyer: When we compare the respective records of these two sections of civil servants, can the hon. Gentleman give me one single reason for the preferential treatment of the conscientious objectors?
Mr George Bowyer: Is the hon. Gentleman aware that, when the House was not sitting on 10th September, his Government reversed the decisions of all previous Governments since the end of the War; and does he not now consider that he ought to give one reason for this reversal of policy?
Mr George Bowyer: May I—[Interruption].
Mr George Bowyer: I beg to give notice that I shall call attention to this question on the first possible opportunity.
Mr George Bowyer: 20. asked the Lord Privy Seal how many more persons are in employment to-day than there were in 1914?
Mr George Bowyer: May I ask whether that state of affairs causes the right hon. Gentleman some gratfication?
