Book Chapter

ENGLISH HISTORY: CHAPTER II. THE INCREASE IN AIR ARMAMENT

1934

Overview

Road Traffic Bill Second Reading (pg. 30-31). Bill for Improving Water Supplies (pg. 31-32). Commissioners for Derelict Areas (pg. 32). Incitement to Disaffection Bill (pg. 32-33). Mr. Churchill's Charge against India Committee (pg. 33). Chancellor's Budget Speech (pg. 33-35). Application of Surplus (pg. 35). Reception of Speech (pg. 35-36). Concluding Discussions on Unemployment Bill (pg. 36-37). Cabinet Reconstruction (pg. 37). Tithe Bill Second Reading (pg. 37-38). Bill Withdrawn (pg. 38). Petroleum Bill in Lords (pg. 38-39). Betting Bill in Lords (pg. 39-40). Motor Racing Track on the Downs (pg. 40). Iron and Steel Reorganisation (pg. 40). Continuance of Duties (pg. 40-41). Wage Agreements Bill (pg. 41). Government and Japanese Textile Competition (pg. 41-42). The New Zealand Tariff Offer (pg. 42). Milk Subsidy (pg. 42-43). Lord Salisbury's House of Lords Bill (pg. 43-44). Commons Demand for House of Lords Reform (pg. 44). Palestine Loan Guarantee (pg. 44). French Note on “Guarantees of Execution” (pg. 44-45). German Rearmament (pg. 45). Further French Note (pg. 45). Cabinet Deliberations; Signor Suvich's Visit (pg. 45-46). British Reminder to Japan (pg. 46). Lords and Government's Foreign Policy (pg. 46). Peace Declaration from the Labour Movement (pg. 46-47). From the Archbishop of Canterbury (pg. 47). Cabinet and Disarmament Conference (pg. 47-48). Finance Bill Second Reading (pg. 48). Repeal of Land Value Tax (pg. 48-49). Third Reading of Bill (pg. 49). Conservative Plea for National Party (pg. 49-50). Liberal Party Policy (pg. 50). Socialist League Policy (pg. 50-51). Mr. Clynes's Warning (pg. 51). Commons and Political Uniforms (pg. 51). “Blackshirt Brutality” at Olympia (pg. 51-52). Discussion in Commons (pg. 52-53). Report on Housing (pg. 53). Memorandum on Most-Favoured Nation Clause (pg. 53-54). Commons and Waterloo Bridge (pg. 54). L.C.C. Criticised in Lords (pg. 54). American Debt Payment Deferred (pg. 54-55). India Committee Exonerated (pg. 55-56). Mr. MacDonald's Holiday (pg. 56-57). Anglo-French Trade Agreement (pg. 57). Suspension of German Debt Payments (pg. 57). British Protest (pg. 57-58). Clearing House Bill (pg. 58). Agreement Reached with Germany (pg. 58). Betting Bill in Commons (pg. 58-59). Road Traffic Bill Passed (pg. 59). Petroleum Bill Passed (pg. 59-60). Mr. Runciman's Statement on Mercantile Marine (pg. 60-61). Subsidy for Beef Industry (pg. 61-62). Mr. Chamberlain on Monetary Policy (pg. 62). Government and School Leaving Age (pg. 62-63). Government and Housing Commission (pg. 63). The “National Pilgrimage” for the Unemployed (pg. 63). Trade Agreements with Baltic States (pg. 63-64). Labour Decision on War Policy (pg. 64). Labour Party “Programme of Action” (pg. 64). Conversations on Naval Armament (pg. 64-65). Lord Londonderry and Mr. Chamberlain on Air Force Expansion (pg. 65-66). M. Barthou in London (pg. 66). Sir J. Simon on Proposed East European Pact (pg. 66-67). Approval of House of Commons (pg. 67). Criticism of Government's Air Policy (pg. 67-68). New Programme Announced (pg. 68). Debate in Lords (pg. 68-69). In Commons (pg. 69-70). Trade Figures for Half-Year (pg. 70). Mr. Runciman's Comments (pg. 70). Mr. Greenwood on Home Market (pg. 70).

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