Mercher, 28 Mehefin 1939
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Coventry Corporation Bill,
Motion made, and Question proposed, That an Address be presented for a Return of Licences granted under the Act 39 & 40 Vic. cap. 77, showing the number of experiments performed under the...
asked the Prime Minister what steps are being taken to prevent the recruitment of natives of the British Sudan by the Italian authorities for use as troops in Abyssinia?
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the advisability of proposing the immediate summoning of a special meeting of the Council of the League of Nations under Article 11 of the...
asked the Prime Minister particulars of what conclusion has now been arrived at as a result of the military mission which recently visited Portugal for the purpose of considering adequate...
asked the Prime Minister whether he has any statement to make on the Anglo-Russian negotiations?
asked the Prime Minister whether, with a view to maintaining friendly relations with the German people, His Majesty's Government will draw the attention of the German Government to the derogatory...
Miss Rathbone: asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that refusals by the passport officer to accept applications for passports made on behalf of minor children by the mother have caused...
asked the Prime Minister whether he has airy information concerning the position in Danzig; and whether the formation of a Nazi Free Corps in that city is in accordance with the inter national...
asked the Prime Minister whether he can give any information as to how the financial negotiations with the Polish Government are proceeding?
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that civilian bakers employed at Cranwell aerodrome are in receipt of wages of 55s. per week of five 10-hour shifts, including night work...
asked the Secretary of State for Air the value and weight of National Mark beef supplied to the Royal Air Force for the years 1936, 1937 and 1938, respectively?
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that many men joined the Royal Air Force under the impression that they would receive the full pay with all necessaries found; that much...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether employés in the Government's aircraft factory at Speke, Liverpool, when attending camps as Territorials, or when undergoing their six months'...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether it is proposed to place any further orders in Airdrie?
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether it is intended to proceed with the erection of an aerodrome on the Stourhead estate at Stourton, Wiltshire, in view of the fact that such action...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether his Department has the same kind of arrangement as the War Office for dealing with applicants who fail to satisfy the medical tests; and, if not, will...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he can make any statement showing the increase in aircraft production in the British Isles during the previous 12 months; and whether same is at...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will arrange that in the event of a General Election taking place during a period when the whole or part of the Auxiliary and Territorial forces...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he has inquired into the circumstances under which Acting-Pilot-Officer H. W. S. Stanton-Hope was killed on 21st February, at No. 9 Flying Training...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will make a statement on the failure of Imperial Airways, Limited, to maintain an adequate service between London and Paris and return between 14th...
asked the Secretary of State for Air (1) whether he will consider supplying first-aid supplies and binoculars to isolated moor and hill dwellings on the principal air routes in order to mitigate...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the district known as Negeb was one of the most flourishing provinces of the Byzantine Empire; and whether the Government...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will ask the Mandates Commission to arrange for the publication of the report and evidence of their proceedings on the subject of the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether a revision of the existing Customs Agreement between Palestine and Syria is now under negotiation; and whether he will, in the interests of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has considered the statement issued by the Arab Centre in London and sent to him detailing 19 cases of brutality against Arabs by the...
Sir Nairne Stewart Sandeman: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what was the offence of Police Inspector Goddard, who was on trial in Palestine; and what was the result of the trial?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what were the terms and conditions on which he broadcast from Geneva to America on the Government's White Paper policy for Palestine?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many bomb explosions have taken place in the market place in Haifa since June, 1938; also the number of killed and wounded in each explosion,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why, in view of the many criminal activities of the Irgun Tzvai Le-Umi, national military organisation, the leaders of this Zionist society have not...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether consideration has been given by His Majesty's Government to the report of the Royal Commission on the Future Relations of...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has considered the report of the Leonora Inquiry Commission in respect of the disturbances and loss of life in British...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has considered the resolutions from the Seychelles Taxpayers' Association, a body representative of all classes in this...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is now in a position to make a statement regarding the prosecution of George Pratt in Sierra Leone; why this man was...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has yet had an opportunity of studying the texts of the Deportation, Sedition, and Undesirable Literature Bills and of the Trade Union and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the rate of wages paid to casual labourers and domestic workers on farms in Sierra Leone?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the reasons for the strike of 3,000 labourers at the Marampa mine, Sierra Leone, from 2nd May to 22nd May; and the wages paid to the labourers?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what Colonies, respectively, have adopted or failed to adopt workmen's compensation laws; whether a model scheme submitted by the Colonial Office...
asked the Prime Minister whether he has any statement to make regarding the establishment of a Standing Parliamentary Committee for Colonial affairs?
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster the per centage of the total milling capacity in this country that is dispersed among the inland towns as compared with the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will instruct the Government of Nigeria to appoint full-time trade representatives in London, New York, and other centres of world trade?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has yet received the scheme for land settlement in Jamaica announced by the Government of Jamaica, in May, 1938, and if so, whether he...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has yet received the report of the Royal Commission on the West Indies; and, if so, when he expects to circulate it to Members?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any statement to make regarding the recent conversations he had in Paris with the French Colonial Minister; what subjects came under...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is now in a position to make a further statement on the censorship of the Press in Cyprus?
Sir N. Stewart Sandeman: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the recent report of Mr. Raeburn, water engineer to the Cyprus Government, that underground water...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why the efforts being made in Cyprus to submit petitions to the Governor, giving an assurance of the people's loyally and declaring their wish for...
Sir N. Stewart Sandeman: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, how many Tamils who have acquired citizenship in Ceylon have been dismissed from Government employment?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any further information to give the House respecting unrest in West Africa; whether he is aware of continued protests and resentment...
Colonel Sandeman Allen: asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the decision of the appeal tribunal in the McNaughton case, where an A licence was refused because...
asked the Minister of Transport how many accidents have occurred at Rossington Bridge, near Doncaster, during the last five years; and how many lives were lost?
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is able to make any announcement in regard to the recent Air Mission to New Zealand.
Mr. Speaker, I beg to ask you the following question, of which I have given you private notice: whether you have observed the growing number of Oral Questions to Ministers remaining unanswered on...
Motion made, and question put, That the Proceedings in Committee on Cotton Industry (Reorganisation) [Money] (No. 2) be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order...
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for the registration and licensing of debt collectors. This Bill will apply only to Scotland. No matter what may be the political...
"to provide for the registration and licensing of debt collectors," presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Monday next, and to be printed. [Bill 177.]
That they have agreed to,—
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and to be printed. [Bill 174.]
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and to be printed. [Bill 176.]
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Thursday, 6th July, and to be printed. [Bill 178.]
Minutes of Evidence taken this day reported from the Select Committee.
Considered in Committee [Progress, 27th June].
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Amendments made:
The following Amendment stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. Ellis Smith: In page 25, line 32, to leave out "the Exchequer," and to insert "a fund to be called the Social Security Fund."
(1) In paragraph 4 of the Second Schedule to the Finance Act, 1920 (which, as amended by the Seventh Schedule to the Finance Act, 933, prescribes the rate of duty payable under Section thirteen...
(1)Where the profits arising in any chargeable accounting period falling within the three years beginning with the first day of April, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, from any armament business...
(1) If the Minister declares to the Commissioners that in any accounting period the total receipts of a business under armament contracts were not less than two hundred thousand pounds or, if the...
Considered in Committee.
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