Llun, 1 Mai 1939
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Conway Gas Bill [Lords],
asked the Prime Minister whether he will give an assurance that it is not proposed to withdraw recognition from His Excellency the Albanian Minister in London and that there is no intention of...
asked the Prime Minister the name, nationality, and period of office of the German consul at Liverpool, and what connection exists between him and the German secret service in this country?
asked the Prime Minister what is the nature of the assurances relating to the defence of Egypt recently given by His Majesty's Government to the Egyptian Government?
asked the Prime Minister the number of persons employed at the Foreign Office and Passport Office as at the last convenient date and the comparable figures for the same period of 1914?
asked the Prime Minister whether, with a view to securing a general peace settlement, His Majesty's Government will convey to President Roosevelt their willingness to discuss the placing of all...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the Shanghai-Nanking Railway, at present controlled by the Japanese, is now in complete working order and carrying a full load of passengers...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will examine and give further consideration to the case of Thomas Arthur Minshull, 33, Garratt Hall Road, Mosley Common, Boothstown, in view of the fact...
Major Mills: asked the Minister of Agriculture how many pigs have been contracted for under group contracts for the current contract period, and from how many different groups?
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will consider holding a conference with the milling combines and the milling industry for the purpose of securing a stabilised...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps the Government are taking to extirpate the potato destroying Colorado beetle?
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will state, according to his latest returns, the number of regular and/or casual workers, male and female, employed on agricultural holdings in...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether it is his intention to take steps to deal, at an early date, with any of the problems of the production and sale of milk, either along the lines of the...
asked the Postmaster General the number of manual telephone exchanges in the London area, within 10 miles of Oxford Circus, still to be converted to automatic working; and which of these...
Mr. Adamson: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can now announce the composition of the White Fish Industry Joint Council for which provision was made in the Sea Fish Industry Act, 1938?
Mr. V. Adams: asked the Postmaster-General whether, in extending the television service beyond the London area, he will establish a television station in Leeds as being a centre of great...
asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he will arrange for the installation of suitable apparatus to be fixed in the House of Commons to enable speeches to be amplified in the same way...
asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he is aware of the damage caused to Richmond Park by horse riders who carelessly disregard the regulations; and, in view of the up keep of the park...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he can now state the alternative form of shelter for use where the special steel shelter cannot be used and there is no basement capable of...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that since 1932 the annual imports of condensed milk into this country have consistently been reduced, and in the past year amounted...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he has considered the suitability for Royal Air Force use of any types of civil aircraft in current production?
asked the Secretary of State for Air the cause of the delay in the completion of the Lorenz system for blind landings at Southampton airport; and when he expects this system to be in full operation?
asked the Prime Minister whether he will issue a White Paper upon the question of compulsory military service operating in all the European countries giving the age of enrolment, the length of...
asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government will now establish a compulsory National Service Register?
Mr. W. Joseph Stewart: asked the Minister of Labour the numbers of men between the ages of 20 and 21 that are registering at the various Employment Exchanges in England and Wales?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he intends to intervene in the trade dispute which is in existence at Messrs. Air Speed, Limited, Portsmouth, in which the men are involved through the...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether His Majesty's Government will take powers in the forthcoming Military Training Bill to extend the provisions of the Bill to classes beyond...
asked the Undersecretary of State for India whether he is aware of the expressions of strong resentment and resistance in India respecting the intention of the Government to amend the India Act;...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the Board of Trade figures, showing that almost five times as much nickel and nickel ore was imported by...
asked the Paymaster-General, as representing the Lord President of the Council, on what date and under what conditions Sir Frank Smith left the Scientific Research Department?
"to make temporary provision for rendering persons between the ages of twenty and twenty-one years liable to undergo training in the armed forces of the Crown; and for purposes connected with the...
"to make further and temporary provision for enabling the reserve and auxiliary forces of the Crown to be called out for service as may be found necessary; and for purposes connected with the...
Reported, with Amendments, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills (with Report on the Bill).
Considered in Committee [Progress, 26th April].
Question again proposed, That it is expedient to amend the law relating to the National Debt, Customs, and Inland Revenue (including Excise), and to make further provision in connection with...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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