House of Commons debates

Iau, 2 Mawrth 1939

  • Preamble

    The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.

  • Oral Answers to Questions — Irish EmployÉS.

    8 areithiau

    asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that discrimination is exercised by employers in the London area and other parts of the country against Irishmen leading to their dismissal, as a...

  • Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment.

    • Engineering and Shipbuilding.

      2 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour the number of skilled engineers, boiler-makers, and those engaged in ship building and ship repairing, placed on the unemployment register since January, 1938?

    • Hull.

      2 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour the total number of unemployed in Hull at the last available date; and how many of these have been unemployed for three months, six months, nine months, one year, two...

      Transference.

      15 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour how many miners have been transferred under the Government scheme from Special Areas to the Kent coalfield; how many of these men were unemployed in January; and how...

      West Ham.

      8 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed persons taken over by the Unemployment Assistance Board from the West Ham Public Assistance Committee on 1st April, 1937; the number of these...

      Exchange, Nab Lane, Blackburn.

      4 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour (1) whether he will have a committee appointed to inquire into the reason for the abnormal amount of sick leave at the Nab Lane; premises at Blackburn; (2) whether...

      Maesteg Valley.

      8 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour whether the Commissioner of the Special Areas has considered the representations of the Maesteg Urban District Council for new industries in the Maesteg Valley to...

      South Wales and Monmouthshire.

      6 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour whether in view of the fact that the trading estate at Treforest has absorbed a considerable number of unemployed persons from the many special areas in South Wales...

      Durham County.

      37 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour what steps the Government are now proposing to take in the Cockfield district of county Durham to give employment, seeing that 48 per cent. of the insured workers are...

      Miners.

      8 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour how many partially disabled miners and miners suffering with miners' nystagmus and other scheduled industrial diseases whose compensation has been either reduced or...

      Boys and Girls.

      6 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the number of boys unemployed under 17 years of age has increased from 48,432 in December, 1938, to 67,422 on 16th February, 1939, an...

      Instructional Centres.

      11 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour the numbers of young men who have refused to attend instructional classes; and what percentage this is of the total applicants for benefit eligible for such centres?

      Scotland.

      33 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour how many workers in Scotland, under the age of 35, exhausted their unemployment benefit during last year?

      Statistics.

      10 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour what percentage of the total unemployed registered on any convenient date in January, 1939, had been unemployed for more than three months?

      Cotton Industry (Burnley).

      3 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour how many cotton operatives were registered at Burnley Employment Exchanges as unemployed on the last convenient date in February, 1939; and how many of these had been...

      Special Areas.

      5 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour whether he can make any further statement as to what plans the Government has to establish industries in the derelict villages of the Special Areas?

      Northumberland.

      2 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour the number of un employed persons, under 21 years of age, who are undergoing training in Northumberland?

      Team Valley Trading Estate.

      7 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour the amount provided by the Exchequer to the North-East Trading Estate Company?

      Holloway.

      4 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour how many men, juveniles, and women were registered as unemployed at the Holloway, North London, Employment Exchange, Medina Street, N., at the week-end, 25th February?

      Training.

      24 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour particulars of any alterations that have taken place in the schedules for training the unemployed men or women during the previous 12 months; and how many openings...

      Waiters and Chefs (North-Eastern Trading Estates).

      7 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour how many waiters and chefs travelled from London to be employed at the lunch on the Team Valley Trading Estate on Wednesday, 22nd February, 1939; how much did they...

      King's Cross Exchange.

      2 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour how many men, juveniles, and women were registered as unemployed at the King's Cross Employment Exchange at the week-end, 25th February, 1939; and the figures for...

      Printing Industry, City of London.

      4 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour how many printing trade insured workers were registered as unemployed at the City of London Employment Exchange at the week-end, 25th February, 1939; and the figures...

      Thorne.

      7 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour how many persons are registered as unemployed in the Thorne area; how many are in receipt of unemployment assistance; and what steps His Majesty's Government are...

      Government Policy.

      11 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour whether he has considered the copy sent to him of a programme entitled, "We can conquer unemployment"; and, if so, whether he proposes to take any action to promote...

      Insurance.

      2 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour whether he has now decided to raise the standard of income for those entitled to be insured for unemployment?

      Dartford, Erith and Bexley Heath.

      1 araith

      Mrs. Adamson: asked the Minister of Labour (1) the total number of young persons and women, respectively, unemployed in each of the Dartford, Erith, Crayford, and Bexley districts on the last...

      Rotherham.

      7 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed registered at the Rotherham Employment Exchange during the last three months of 1937, and the number in the corresponding period of 1938; and...

      Treforest Trading Estate.

      7 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour what number of factories on the Treforest Trading Estate come under the Trade Board rates for the payment of their employés; and will he enumerate the firms?

      Pontypridd.

      3 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour what is the present staff establishment at Pontypridd Employment Exchange; how many are permanent and temporary, respectively; and what are the respective totals per...

      Umpires' Decisions.

      4 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour what representations he has received with respect to the hardship caused by umpires' decisions in antedating cases, whereby applicants have been deprived of benefit...

      Farnworth.

      2 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour the numbers of unemployed at the Farnworth Employment Exchange on 31st January, 1939; and what were the corresponding figures on 31st January, 1938?

      Wigan and ST. Helens.

      7 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour the number of females denied unemployment benefits in the areas controlled from the Wigan and St. Helens Employment Exchanges as a result of refusing work to which...

      Royston and Cudworth.

      6 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour what number of men over 45 years of age are signing on at Royston and Cudworth Employment Exchanges; and whether he intends to do anything in this district?

      Cradley Heath and Brierley Hill, Staffordshire.

      2 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour (1) the number of unemployed persons in the Cradley Heath area of Staffordshire for January, 1938, and January, 1939, respectively; (2) the number of unemployed...

      Tees-Side.

      5 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the large increase in unemployment in the Tees-side area, particularly in the shipyards and iron works; and what proposals has he to deal with...

      Tottenham.

      2 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour the number of men and women, respectively, registered as unemployed at Tottenham Employment Exchange at the latest available date; and the corresponding figures for...

      Mine Drainage, South-West Durham.

      4 areithiau

      Mr. W. Joseph Stewart: asked the Minister of Labour whether any scheme is now in operation with a view to draining the waterlogged coal measures in Southwest Durham; and what progress has been...

      Distributive Trades.

      2 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the number of unemployed in the distributive trades has now reached nearly a quarter of a million; and what steps he proposes to take to...

      Benefits and Allowances.

      6 areithiau

      asked the Minister of Labour whether he has now considered the many representations made to him that benefits and allowances to the unemployed should be increased; and what action is it intended...

  • Oral Answers to Questions — Maritime Conventions.

    18 areithiau

    asked the Minister of Labour what countries have ratified the Maritime Conventions adopted by the International Labour Conference at Geneva, in October, 1936?

  • Oral Answers to Questions — Employment Conditions (Foreign Companies, Great Britain).

    8 areithiau

    asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to the difficulty which has arisen owing to the action of the Zurich General Accident and Liability Insurance Company, Limited,...

  • Oral Answers to Questions — Film Industry (EmployÉS' Conditions).

    7 areithiau

    asked the Minister of Labour the reasons supplied to him for the relay in negotiating agreements between the cinematograph exhibitors and the employes for those areas in which agreements have not...

  • Oral Answers to Questions — Fuel Research.

    4 areithiau

    asked the Paymaster-General, as representing the Lord President of the Council, whether any research experiments are being conducted with the gas turbine using coal-dust as fuel, in view of the...

  • Oral Answers to Questions — International Labour Office (Public Works Committee).

    6 areithiau

    asked the Minister of Labour whether he has any information as to when the Committee for Public Works appointed by the International Labour Office will hold its first meeting?

  • Oral Answers to Questions — Distributive Trades (EmployÉS Conditions).

    9 areithiau

    asked the Minister of Labour whether the report submitted to him on conditions of employment in the distributive trades, by the committee representing employers and employed, will be published...

  • Oral Answers to Questions — Family Allowances.

    5 areithiau

    asked the Minister of Labour whether he can give an estimate of the number of family allowances being paid in industry?

  • Business of the House.

    6 areithiau

    May I ask the Prime Minister the business for next week, and for what purpose he proposes to suspend the Eleven o'Clock Rule to-night?

  • Bills Reported.

  • Breaking Up of Streets by Statutory Undertakers.

    Ordered, That so much of the Lords Message [28th February] as relates to the time and place of meeting of the Joint Committee on the Breaking up of Streets by Statutory Undertakers be now...

  • Orders of the Day — Supply.

    Considered in Committee.

  • Orders of the Day — Defence Loans Bill.

    Considered in Committee.

Beth yw hwn?

Debates in the House of Commons are an opportunity for MPs from all parties to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.

And sometimes to shout at each other.

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