Llun, 20 Chwefror 1939
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. Speaker in the Chair.
Sheffield Corporation Bill (by Order),
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is now in a position to state the number of British and European women who are at the present time in residence at Peshawar?
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether, as the paramount power in India is bound by treaty to protect Indian States from external aggression and internal disorders menacing their...
asked the Prime Minister how many foreign countries, since the fall of Barcelona, have withdrawn their recognition of the Spanish Government?
asked the Prime Minister what facilities exist for British business men and other British subjects to travel between Shanghai and Hankow?
asked the Prime Minister whether he can now state the extent to which the number of Italian troops in Libya has been increased since 8th February?
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the present trading relations between Italy, Saudi Arabia and the Yemen, His Majesty's Government are satisfied that the provisions of the...
asked the Prime Minister whether he can now make a statement concerning the recent agreement between the German and Czecho-Slovak Governments according the right of passage to German troops over...
asked the Prime Minister whether it is the desire of the Government, in view of its declared intention to ignore ideological differences in relation to foreign affairs, to strengthen and...
asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he has within the last three months had any interviews with the relative manufacturers for the purpose of improving the export to...
asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department what steps are being taken by His Majesty's Government to organise the various interests in the linen trade with regard to overseas exports?
asked the Prime Minister whether commercial counsellors or attachés are attached to all His Majesty's Embassies and Legations in European countries?
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the recent purchase of the Amalgamated Studios at Elstree with a view to storage for Government purposes; and...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how much money belonging to British traders is held in the reserve fund under the Anglo-Spanish clearing scheme; and when it is proposed to pay these...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that when the beef quota was reduced the price of Argentine beef increased by 1d. per lb., whilst home-produced beef declined by only...
Mr. De la Bére: asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he is taking to ensure that the fanner is provided with his main feeding-stuffs at a reasonable price?
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the Government pro pose to introduce a scheme to provide cheaper milk for mothers and young children?
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the present discussions with representatives of farmers and farm workers cover all departments of the industry, namely, the production, marketing, and...
Mr. De la Bére: asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he is taking to maintain the pig population, in view of the threatened decrease?
Mr. Adamson: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that 2,489 out of 8,652 permits of exemption in force under the Agricultural Wages Act at 30th September, 1937, allowed the...
Mr. Adamson: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether it is his intention, when visiting the fishing ports, to consult with the representatives of the fishermen's organisations?
asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that five ex-Service male clerical officers employed in the Savings Bank Department recently requested to be received as a deputation by the...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir A. Lambert Ward: asked the Postmaster-General (1) whether, in view of the fact that his Department only employed British ships to the extent of 2í per cent. for the...
asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that three women employees of the General Post Office film unit worked all night on 17th January at the Denham laboratories on the film "The...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the anxiety existing as to the position in Cyprus, he will consider the question of advising the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the...
asked the Prime Minister whether the Advisory Panel on rearmament has made inquiries into the methods of allocating War Office contracts; and whether they are satisfied that sub-contracting to...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the value to the Colony, and to the Empire as a whole, of closer settlement in British Guiana, he will make it clear that the Commission now...
asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he has any statement to make on the dispute prevailing at the Royal Ordnance Factory at Chorley and the reasons for the dismissal of certain shop...
asked the Lord Privy Seal whether, having regard to the fact that many industries in the country are highly organised and are served by joint machinery for regulating the relationships in the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will take steps to restore to Manchester, at an early date, the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve depot ship, which was stationed there...
asked the Minister of Labour why, in the statistics of unemployment recently published, the township of Hindley, with 25,000 inhabitants, and the highest rate of unemployment in Lancashire for...
Mr. Edwards: asked the Minister of Health the reasons which led him to agree to the scheme for extending the Poole Sanatorium at Middlesbrough?
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what is the approximate percentage of the non-industrial section of the Civil Service staff employed within the London postal area?
asked the Minister of Transport what is the quantity of foreign telegraph poles for electricity purposes purchased by, or on behalf of, the electricity undertakings of this country; and what...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that it is dangerous for vehicles with twin tyres on the rear to be weighed on a machine that is only capable of taking one wheel at a time;...
(for Mr. A. V. Alexander) asked the Secretary of State for Air what is the total capital expenditure up to date for the purpose indicated in paragraph 30 of Command Paper 5944 relating to...
Joseph Gurney Braithwaite, esquire, for the County of York (East Riding) (Holderness Division).
Estimate presented of the additional Personnel and the further Sum required to be voted for Air Services for the year ending 31st March, 1939 [by Command]; Referred to the Committee of Supply,...
Considered in Committee.
3.44 p.m.
Resolution reported, That for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to amend Section twenty-eight of the Bacon Industry Act, 1938, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of moneys...
Ordered, That Mr. Peat and Sir Eugene Ramsden be discharged from the Committee of Public Accounts and that Major Sir George Davies and Mr. Lewis be added to the Committee." —[Captain Margesson.]
Ordered, That Mr. Lunn be discharged from the Select Committee on Publications and Debates' Reports and that Mr. Cluse be added to the Committee."—[Captain Margesson.]
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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