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Volume 225: debated on Friday 22 February 1929

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Radium Compounds

Mr. W. BENN

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total duty collected, since its imposition, on radium compounds; and whether he has any in- formation as to the amount of radium and radium compounds at present in this country.

Mr. SAMUEL

From 1st October, 1921, to 14th January, 1927, duty was chargeable on the following radium compounds only, viz.:—radium bromide and radium barium chloride. The duty recorded as collected on these substances from 1st January, 1922, to 14th January, 1927, was £6. The figures for 1st October, 1921, to 31st December, 1921, are not available. From 15th January, 1927, duty became chargeable on all radium compounds, and the amount of duty recorded as collected for the period 15th January, 1927, to 14th May. 1928, when the duty was suspended, was £80. As regards the second part of the Question, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given on 24th January last by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Health to Questions on the subject of radium supplies by the hon. and gallant Member for Central Hull (Lieut.-Commander Kenworthy) and the hon. Member for North Tottenham (Mr. R. Morrison). I have no further information on the point.

Coal Industry (Wage-Earners)

Mr. DAY

asked the Secretary for Mines the number of persons employed in the coal-mining industry in England and Wales on the 31st December, 1928.

Commodore KING

The total number of wage earners on colliery books in England and Wales on 31st December, 1928, was 804,400.

Royal Navy

Ship Repairs And Alterations

Mr. HORE-BELISHA

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how much money has been spent in each of His Majesty's dockyards on repairs to ships during the years 1927 and 1928, respectively, stating what items comprise the figures in each case; and how much for similar work has been paid to private firms.

Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAM

Expenditure on repairs and alterations to His Majesty's ships in His Majesty's Dockyards in the financial year 1927–28 is given in the following statement and is comprised of labour, of materials used and of establishment and incidental expenditure. Payments to contractors for similar work amounted to £232,673. This amount represents payments for "contract work" (Vote 8, Section III, Subheads A. to D. and G.) i.e. for machinery and gun mountings for ships repaired by the Dockyards, and payments under Subhead E. ("Repairs and Alterations by contract of ships

EXPENDITURE ON REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS TO H.M. SHIPS IN H.M. DOCKYARDS DURING 1927
Yard.Labour.Materials.Establishment and incidental expenditure.Total.
££££
Portsmouth………966,302388,705431,9551,786,962
Devonport………1,062,899612,017458,6582,133,574
Chatham………614,706223,074295,3461,133,126
Sheerness………196,57025,13294,838316,540
Malta………217,33827,844122,197367,379
Gibraltar………33,35516,89530,33480,584
Hong Kong………104.237150,22485,708340 169
Bermuda………63,37218,17144,104125,647
Cape………20,8637,62018,56047,043
Total……3,279,6421,469,6821,581,7006,331,024

Shipbuilding

Mr. HORE-BELISHA

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the total sums spent on ships laid down and completed in Government yards and private yards, respectively, during the years 1927 and 1928; and of what items these totals are comprised?

TOTAL SUMS SPENT ON SHIPS LAID DOWN AND COMPLETED IN GOVERNMENT YARDS DURING 1927 AND 1928.
Ship.Laid down.Completed.Labour.Materials.Contract work.Establishment and incidental expenditure.Total.
£££££
Dorsetshire…21–9–27—116,684112,577552,95773,494855,712
Suffolk…—24–8–27399,065277,5481,233,467226,8572,136,937
Oberon…—24–8–27318,29574,69588,177126,319607,486
Odin…23–6–27—155,89851,82045,81169,133322,162
Adventure…—5–5–27452,173251,845364,759177,4131,246,190
Cornwall…—8–5–28412,267275,1151,269,345223,8302,180,557
Exeter…1–8–28—35,91855,433215,34331,010337,704
Kent…—22–6–28398,998275,5781,137,609229,1482,041,333
Devonshire…—18–3–29329,830235,854906,809166,4291,638,922
London…—31–1–29361,273253,462942,980200,7581,758,473
Parthian…30–6–28—46,74525,8834,31623,406100,350

and vessels and their machinery and stores". The payments under Sub-head E. amount to £154,310. This latter amount includes sums for replace parts of machinery supplied for ships repaired by the Dockyards; the payments for repairs actually executed in contractors' yards were almost entirely in respect of establishments abroad and amounted approximately to £112,200. The corresponding figures for the financial year 1928–29 are not yet available.

Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAM

The information is given in the following statements. The figures are exclusive of the expenditure on guns. For ships incomplete the expenditure has been taken to January, 1929.

TOTAL SUMS SPENT ON SHIPS LAID DOWN AND COMPLETED IN PRIVATE YARDS DURING 1927 AND 1928.

Contract Built.

Ship.Laid down.Completed.Dockyard*Contract work.Establishment and incidental expenditure.Total.
Labour.Materials.
£££££
Nelson—10–8–2718,216171,5255,571,300221,7765,982,817
Rodney—10–11–2715,821172,1035,683,982229,2006,101,106
Berwick—2–11–2719,77559,8461,804,80892,1651,976,594
Cumberland—11–12–2714,01458,9811,717,49287,0761,877,563
Norfolk8–7–27—7,0061,463938,70439,396986,569
Shropshire24–2–27—10,60925,0041,331,67457,3071,424,594
Sussex1–2–27—10,86736,4071,570,26369,5681,687,105
York16–5–27—5,3031,366902,69037,331946,690
Amazon—5–5–276,14114,921283,16616,547320,775
Ambuscade—9–4–276,08515,575289,56717,284328,511
Olympus14–4–27—6,9502,569166,0539,615185,187
Orpheus14–4–27—6,9262,664128,0848,039145,713
Osiris12–5–27—6,9863,029242,34012,697266,052
Oswald30–5–27—6,9532,472186,97210,433206,830
Otus31–5–27—6,9802,390170,9629,858190,190
Medway12–4–27—2,79213,019722,60131,537769,949
Resource30–8–27—2396,863459,68419,572486,358
Peterel—30–11–2727275767,9373,05572,021
Tern—21–11–2724386959,0332,65962,804
Ardent30–7–28—2,51281539,6302,76245,719
Arrow20–8–28—2,51281628,7492,28834,365
Antelope11–7–28—2,51982234,7452,55340,639
Codrington20–0–28—2,51681651,3783,27757,987
Acasta13–8–28—2,51481428,1052,26333,696
Achates11–9–28—2,51381324,3332,09929,758
Acheron29–10–28—2,515820431,0394,417
Active10–7–28—2,51882238,3492,71044,399
Anthony30–7–28—2,51581761,2263,70668,264
Pandora9–7–28—4,9531,39116,3722,98125,697
Perseus2–7–28—4,9531,39135,7733,82645,943
Poseidon5–9–28—4,9531,39133,4723,72643,542
Phoenix23–7–28—4,9521,39030,0603,57939,981
Proteus18–7–28—4,9511,38919,5913,11829,049
Gannet—6–3–288081,07267,5293,39472,803
Seamew—1–4–2837872758,8122,66762,584
Bridgewater6–2–28—2102,17866,2373,05271,677
Sandwich9–2–28—2803,44461,8873,11368,724

* Expenditure in H.M. Dockyards.

Devonport Dockyard (Established And Hired Men)

Mr. HORE-BELISHA

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will give the figures showing the total number of men established and hired, respectively employed in Devonport Dockyard in each of the months of November and December, 1928, and January, 1929, respectively.

—Established.Hired.Total.
24th November, 19283,1936,97710,170
29th December, l9283,1836,96810,151
26th January, 19293,1736,95310,126

These figures relate to Vote 8 Departments and are in correspondence with those given in reply to the hon. Member's question on 21st November, 1928.—[OFFICIAL REPORT, Cols. 1736–37.]

Egg Marketing Scheme

Viscount SANDON

asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can give an estimate of the percentage of English and Welsh eggs produced by poultry farmers as such, by miscellaneous rural producers, and by town dwellers; the percentage of home eggs that pass through the new packing stations; and the percentage of eggs sold by retailers which consumers purchase in bulk, such as in national-marked boxes or cartons, and which they purchase loose?

Mr. GUINNESS

I regret that I am unable to furnish the estimate asked for in the first part of the question. At this early stage in the development of the Egg Marketing Scheme it is impossible to give any reliable estimate of the quantities of home-produced eggs passing

1929.Men.Boys.Women.Girls.Total.
Plymouth.
7th January…………3,75687517604,420
14th January…………3,87796536794,588
21st January…………3,672115542934,422
28th January…………3,811123523914,548
Devonport.
7th January…………1,87375156602,164
14th January…………1,79978172702,119
21st January…………1,81478196682,156
28th January…………1,90174202652,242

through the packing stations. The number is, however, increasing rapidly, and the same may be said of the purchase by consumers of eggs in cartons.

Unemployment (Plymouth And Devonport

Mr. HORE-BELISHA

asked the Minister of Labour the number of people, specifying men, women, boys, and girls, on the Devonport Employment Exchange for the month of January, 1929; and the corresponding figures for Plymouth?

Mr. BETTERTON

The following table shows the number of persons on the registers of the Employment Exchanges at Plymouth and Devonport, respectively, on each Monday of January, 1929:—