Iau, 9 Chwefror 1939
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
The VICE-CHAMBERLAIN OF THE HOUSEHOLD (Mr. GRIMSTON) reported His Majesty's Answer to the Address, as followeth:
I beg to present a Petition to this honourable House from the citizens of the Royal Burgh of Inverness appealing for power from the Electricity Commissioners to enable the Burgh to purchase the...
London Rating (Site Values) Bill,
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has yet had reports of the Hartlepool experiment as to unemployed men having to sign on only once a day; and, if so, whether he will now extend this...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider appointing unemployed men, who have the adequate knowledge, to do the extra work at Employment Exchanges for National Service registration,...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that there is an inadequate staff and waiting-room accommodation at the office of the Unemployment Assistance Board at 65, Balliol Road, Bootle;...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has any statement to make on the large increase in unemployment revealed in the figures announced this week; and whether the Government have any plans to...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the grave feeling of unrest at Bridgend Arsenal over the importation of Irish and foreign labour whilst local labour is available; and what...
asked the Minister of Labour whether trainees who meet with accidents while in training at Ministry of Labour training centres are treated as coming within the scope of the Workmen's Compensation...
asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been drawn to the case of a youth attending the junior instruction centre, Leigh, who met with an accident during the course of instruction...
asked the Minister of Labour what steps are being taken to provide new offices for the Employment Exchange at Redhill?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider the advisability of taking special steps to reduce the number of 12,798 disabled ex-service men registered at Employment Exchanges as...
asked the Minister of Labour how many new industries have come to the Special Areas and how many to the distressed areas during 1938; and the approximate number of persons employed by these...
asked the Minister of Labour how much time per week the Commissioner for the Special Areas is giving to the work of his department?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is prepared to make it possible for the Unemployment Assistance Board granting or advancing money to an applicant who desires to emigrate to the Dominions...
Miss Ward: asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that there has been a reduction of 509 in the number of men and apprentices employed by the North-Eastern Marine Engineering Company,...
asked the Minister of Labour whether a person receiving unemployment allowances from the Unemployment Assistance Board will suffer any reduction in their allowance should they take children or...
asked the Minister of Labour when he estimates that the result of the recent inquiry into the cost of living will be available; and when it is proposed that they shall be the basis of the...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will introduce legislation to safeguard the pensionable position of employés of local authorities serving in the auxiliary forces; whether any such...
asked the Minister of Health whether he has any intention of altering the particulars to be stated in the Census returns, in order to provide more information as to the composition and origins of...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will consider getting a tabulated statement showing what each local authority pays by way of public assistance to old age pensioners; what percentage of...
asked the Minister of Health what progress has been made in regard to the Rimrose Brook drainage scheme; whether he can give any reason for the present delay; and whether he can give an...
asked the Minister of Health the names of local supervising authorities in England and Wales under the Midwives Act, 1936, showing which of these authorities provide a domiciliary midwives'...
Mrs. Adamson: asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the inadequate accommodation provided by the Kent County Council for mentally-defective children, and that at a recent meeting...
asked the Minister of Health whether any decision has been made on the recommendations contained in the recent report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Nursing Services; and whether he can...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Paymaster-General, as representing the Lord President of the Council, whether it is his intention to hold an inquiry into the relationship between the General Medical...
asked the Minister of Health how many applications for pensions with special benefits were made in England and Wales under the 1937 Act, prior to the closing date on 2nd January, 1939, and how...
asked the Minister of Health the number of persons who were in receipt of public assistance in England and Wales, giving outdoor and indoor numbers, respectively, as at July, 1931, and January, 1939?
Mr. Vyvyan Adams: asked the Prime Minister whether, in order to enlarge the deterrents against aggression, and in order to demonstrate our physical ability to make good our unequivocal intention...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it has yet been decided to introduce legislation amending Section 6 of the Official Secrets Act, 1920?
asked the Home Secretary the number of occasions during the last two years on which the British Board of Film Censors has consulted his Department for information or advice?
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been directed to the inquest held on the railway platelayer at Oxford on 2nd January, 1939, and to the observations made by the coroner; why the...
asked the Home Secretary whether there is in force any system of police registration for those who enter this country from Eire; and, if not, whether he will initiate such a system to facilitate...
asked the Home Secretary (1) whether it is intended to carry out the recommendation for the deportation of Jacob Panitz, recently convicted at Canterbury of assaults upon a magistrate and a...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that the Medical Board under the Various Industries (Silicosis) Scheme certified that the death of William Rees Davies, Pontyates, Llanelly, was...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that on 31st January a queue of people waiting outside the public entrance of the House of Commons for the purpose of interviewing their Members was...
Commander Sir Archibald South by: asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the case of Mr. J. Bennie, who, on 15th October, 1938, at the South-Western Police Court, was...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the attempts that have been made by the German representatives in London to forbid German subjects in this country to work for Jewish employers;...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that there has been a large increase in the number of liquor shops which trade under retail excise licences, although the Royal Commission on...
asked the Home Secretary whether he intends to give the local authorities power to inspect lifts in use at hotels and blocks of houses?
asked the Home Secretary (1) how many refugee children have been adopted in this country by people of British nationality since 1st January, 1938; (2) to what extent and under what conditions...
Miss Cazalet: asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that, consequent on the report of the Departmental Committee on Courts of Summary Jurisdiction in the Metropolitan Area, it is proposed...
asked the Home Secretary the number of proceedings and convictions for drunkenness in the county and city of London, respectively, during the calendar year 1938?
Mr. Edmund Harvey: asked the Home Secretary how frequently, under present prison regulations, may prisoners write and receive a letter during the course of their sentence?
(by Private Notice) asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has any further information to give the House as to the steamship "Maria de Larrinaga," with a crew of 38 Liverpool men,...
May I ask the Prime Minister whether he will state the business for next week?
Colonel Gretton reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had added the following Ten additional Members to Standing Committee B (in respect of the Access to Mountains Bill):...
Colonel Gretton further reported from the Committee; That they had added the following Ten Members to Standing Committee C (in respect of the Census of Production Bill) [Lords]: Colonel...
Considered in Committee.
3.48 p.m.
4.34 p.m.
The rate at which any person required by the bank to sell gold bullion to the bank under the provisions of Sub-section (2) of Section eleven of the Currency and Bank Notes Act, 1928, shall sell...
There shall be added at the end of Subsection (2) of Section eleven of the Currency and Bank Notes Act, 1928, the following words: The term 'person in the United Kingdom' shall not include a lank...
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69.
Order for Second Reading read.
7.59 p.m.
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Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Major Herbert.]
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