Llun, 5 Mehefin 1939
The House—after the Adjournment on Friday, 26th May, for the Whitsuntide Recess—being met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, theCLERKat the Table informed the House of the...
Mr. DEPUTY-SPEAKER made the following communication to the House:
Stalybridge Hyde Mossley and Dukinfield
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India the number of lascar seamen employed on ships of other than British nationality; and particulars of the demand of each foreign nation for such labour?
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India, with regard to the suggestion made through the Viceroy of India that there should be a round-table conference upon the question of colour-bar...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will give an assurance, in the interests of the primitive tribes of India, who depend for their health on spirits distilled from jungle pro...
asked the Prime Minister whether he has any statement to make with regard to the situation in China?
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a further statement with regard to the service of loans issued by the Brazilian Government in the United Kingdom?
asked the Prime Minister whether he can now make a statement regarding the representation of British interests in Bohemia and Moravia?
asked the Prime Minister whether he can now make a statement regarding the recently-denounced Anglo-German Naval Treaty?
Mr. Vyvyan Adams: asked the Prime Minister whether he will give further particulars respecting the triple alliance between France, Russia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
asked the Prime Minister how many Italian troops have been withdrawn since the victory march of Madrid; and how many Italian troops are still in Spain?
asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether, under the scheme of export credits to China, purchases and sales were tendered for openly by existing British trading interests in...
Mr. Adamson: asked the Minister of Agriculture the reasons for the appoint- ment on the White Fish Industry Joint Council of more than 20 employers' representatives in the fishing industry...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what county wage committees have increased farm-workers wages since January, 1939, and by what amounts per week; and what is the average weekly rate for England...
asked the Minister of Agriculture the terms on which the River Ouse Catchment Board have secured the services of a consulting engineer, what his duties will be, and whether this appointment has...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the subsidy of £2 per acre which it is proposed to give in respect of the breaking up of grass land will apply to such land so made available for...
asked the Postmaster-General whether, in view of the fact that we now have in prospect a market for the export of television instruments which may be lost by delays in the extension of television...
asked the Postmaster-General whether the two films entitled "One Family" and "A Southern April," which passed from the Empire Marketing Board to the Post Office on 1st October, 1933, are still...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any information to give the House as to the position of affairs in Palestine?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how soon it is intended to grant the 25,000 visas for Palestine promised in the recent White Paper, as a means of facilitating the departure of...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many applications for warrant to register marriages were presented to each of the sheriff courts in Scotland during each of the last three years,...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland in what form court dues are collected in sheriff courts in Scotland; what official collects these dues; when, and to what quarter, he accounts for dues...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what changes are being made in the executive and legislative councils of Tanganyika?
asked the Lord Privy Seal the number of steel shelters which have now been delivered?
asked the Lord Privy Seal whether, in view of the delay and hesitation of local authorities in carrying out air-raid schemes involving financial burdens beyond their power, he will take steps to...
asked the Minister of Labour what are the terms of reference under which he has asked the National Advisory Council for Juvenile Employment to report to him on the subject of blind-alley...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has any statement to make on the conclusion recorded by the Unemployment Assistance Board on page 52 of its report for 1938, to the effect that the policy...
Mr. Jenkins: asked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed persons at the several Employment Exchanges in Monmouthshire who have been registered for periods of one to five years?
asked the Minister of Labour what is the present position of the dispute at the cabinet works of H. Schuman, Limited, Tottenham; and whether he expects an early settlement?
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the fact that the summer season is the only time in which seasonal workers can usually earn a living and provide for their existence in the winter...
asked the Minister of Labour when he proposes to lay the regulations and Orders in Council made under the Military Training Act; and as from what date such regulations and orders will be operative?
(by Private Notice)asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that in spite of the official statement from his Department, issued through the Press on Saturday, 27th May, that...
Mr. Davidson: asked the Prime Minister whether he has fully considered the resolution forwarded to him by the Scottish Daily Newspaper Society, on 24th May, referring to the Official Secrets...
asked the Minister of Health whether, having regard to the arrangements made between himself and the Secretary of State for War for consultation between county Territorial Associations and town...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the aggregate amount of the assets so far ascertained to be subject to the Czecho-Slovakia (Restrictions on Banking Accounts, etc.) Act and of claims against...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the United States of America, France, Germany, or Italy, have a progressive horse-power tax on motor cars in any way similar to that of this country?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been directed to a resolution passed on 25th May by the Middlesex County Council suggesting a 75 per cent. Government grant towards...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of their persecution and economic ruin, the 120,000 Jews in what was Slovakia and is now in Hungary may now be classed as Czech refugees and...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what amount of loans from the Public Works Loans Board to local authorities is now out standing; and has any local authority de faulted?
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Transport whether, in considering the proposed routes for projected by-passes, he will give special consideration to the un- desirability of cutting...
(by Private Notice)asked the Minister of Transport whether he can give the House any further information regarding the railway accident at Downham Market last week?
(by Private Notice)asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement with regard to the unfortunate disaster to His Majesty's Ship "Thetis."
Colonel Gretton reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Members from Standing Committee A: Mr. Grenfell and Mr. Thomas Henderson, and had appointed in...
[7TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
MINISTRY OF LABOUR.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."— [Lieut.-Colonel C. Kerr.]
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