Slum Clearance on Tyneside
Addresses government action and local authority responsibilities for slum clearance on Tyneside.
Role range: 1929-1931 – 1929-1931
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Arthur Greenwood Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow Arthur Greenwood through 114 dated historical records for Great Britain.
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1930–1937Years on this page
1930
Harton Hospital Patient Death
Answers questions concerning a patient death at Harton Hospital.
Role range: 1929-1931 – 1929-1931
Insurance Benefit and Poor Law Relief
Explains the relationship between insurance benefits and Poor Law relief.
Role range: 1929-1931 – 1929-1931
London Refuse Disposal
Deals with questions concerning refuse disposal and public health in London.
Role range: 1929-1931 – 1929-1931
Nurses Registration Act
Answers Commons questions concerning administration of the Nurses Registration Act.
Role range: 1929-1931 – 1929-1931
Psittacosis
Responds to public-health questions concerning the outbreak of psittacosis.
Role range: 1929-1931 – 1929-1931
Slum Clearance
Defends Labour government policy on slum clearance and housing conditions.
Role range: 1929-1931 – 1929-1931
Local Government Act Implementation
Supervises implementation of the Local Government Act 1929 as Poor Law functions, including many infirmaries, pass to local authorities.
Role range: 1929-1931 – 1929-1931
1931
Slum Clearance in Kent
Provides a ministerial answer concerning slum clearance activity in Kent.
Role range: 1929-1931 – 1929-1931
Hackney Hospital Patient Death
Responds to questions about a patient death at Hackney Hospital.
Role range: 1929-1931 – 1929-1931
Local Authority Housing Programmes
Answers questions about local authorities’ housing and improvement programmes.
Role range: 1929-1931 – 1929-1931
London Refuse Dumps
Addresses health concerns associated with refuse dumps in London.
Role range: 1929-1931 – 1929-1931
Town Planning in Built-Up Areas
Addresses town-planning powers and policy in built-up areas.
Role range: 1929-1931 – 1929-1931
Tuberculosis
Responds to Commons questions on tuberculosis and public-health administration.
Role range: 1929-1931 – 1929-1931
Vaccination
Answers parliamentary questions concerning vaccination policy and administration.
Role range: 1929-1931 – 1929-1931
National Health Insurance
Answers Commons questions on national health insurance as Minister of Health.
Role range: 1929-1931 – 1929-1931
Housing in Rural Areas
Responds to parliamentary questions concerning rural housing provision.
Role range: 1929-1931 – 1929-1931
Old Age Pensions
Addresses old-age pension administration during the final months of the Labour government.
Role range: 1929-1931 – 1929-1931
General Election Defeat
Loses Nelson and Colne in Labour’s heavy general-election defeat.
Role range: 1922-1931
1932
Wakefield By-Election
Returns to the Commons by winning the Wakefield by-election for Labour.
Role range: 1932-1954
Import Duties Act
Speaks against or scrutinises the operation of the Import Duties Act.
Role range: 1932-1954
National Health Insurance and Pensions Bill
Contributes to debate on national health insurance and contributory pensions legislation.
Role range: 1932-1954
Children and Young Persons Bill
Takes part in scrutiny of the Children and Young Persons Bill.
Role range: 1932-1954
Planning Schemes
Debates the preparation and adoption of planning schemes.
Role range: 1932-1954
Planning and Building Operations
Examines provisions governing buildings and development within planning schemes.
Role range: 1932-1954
Local Planning Inquiries
Speaks on the use of local inquiries in planning administration.
Role range: 1932-1954
Protection of Statutory Undertakers
Debates safeguards for statutory undertakers under planning legislation.
Role range: 1932-1954
1935
General Election
Retains Wakefield for Labour in the general election.
Role range: 1932-1954
Deputy Leader of Labour Party
Is elected unopposed as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party after Clement Attlee wins the party leadership.
Role range: 1935-1945
1937
Factories Bill
Speaks on factory regulation and working conditions during scrutiny of the Factories Bill.
Role range: 1935-1945
Local Government Financial Provisions Bill
Challenges government proposals affecting local-government finance.
Role range: 1935-1945
Fen District Floods
Raises the consequences of flooding in the Fen district and the public response required.
Role range: 1935-1945
Harworth Colliery Dispute
Intervenes in the Commons over the Harworth colliery dispute.
Role range: 1935-1945
Ministry of Health Debate
Uses his former ministerial experience to scrutinise Ministry of Health policy.
Role range: 1935-1945
Spain Debate
Speaks on the Spanish Civil War and British policy toward the conflict.
Role range: 1935-1945
Ministry of Labour Debate
Challenges government labour and employment policy in the Commons.
Role range: 1935-1945
Blind Persons Bill
Takes part in debate on welfare provisions for blind people.
Role range: 1935-1945
National Health Insurance for Young Persons
Debates insurance arrangements affecting juvenile contributors and young people.
Role range: 1935-1945
Coal Bill
Participates in Commons scrutiny of the Coal Bill.
Role range: 1935-1945
Population Statistics Bill
Contributes to debate on legislation for improved population statistics.
Role range: 1935-1945
Records, sources and methodology
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