Mercher, 19 Gorffennaf 1939
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Mr. SPEAKER made the following communication to the House
Mr. W. Joseph Stewart: It is my privilege to present a petition to this honourable House on behalf of old age pensioners as follows: To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great...
Ministry of Health Provisional Order (Hemel Hempstead Water) Bill
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the advisability of instructing the British delegates at the next assembly of the League of Nations to oppose deletion in the League budget of...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the advisability of proposing that the Council of the League of Nations be immediately summoned under Article II of the Covenant; that in...
asked the Prime Minister whether he can give any further information as to the result of the inquiries made relative to the smuggling in Northern China; and whether the situation has appreciably...
asked the Prime Minister whether he can now make any further statement regarding the negotiations between His Majesty's Government and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?
asked the Prime Minister whether he has considered a statement of the treatment meted out to Mr. Robert Oldiner by the German Government with regard to his property in Germany; whether any...
asked the Prime Minister whether he has any further information in regard to Mr. Frank Ryan, member of the International Brigade and still prisoner of war in Spain; and has the British Government...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will publish the correspondence that passed between the French Government and His Majesty's Government relating to the transfer to Germany of the Czech gold...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that a tea and cake party was held at the German Consulate in Liverpool on Saturday last which many Germans attended; that the swastika emblem was...
Marquess of Clydesdale: asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the fact that the South Tyrol is the only place in Europe where frontier revision provides a simple solution of the racial...
asked the Secretary of State for Air (I) whether he can undertake that the revised McLintock Agreement now long overdue will be available for the information of Members of this House before the...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he can give any information in connection with the British bombing squadrons that were sent over to France; what was the number of machines sent and...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he has any statement to make regarding the position of Members of this House who are also members of the Auxiliary Air Force or Royal Air Force...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he proposes to make use of facilities available at Jarrow in connection with the expansion programme of the Royal Air Force?
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that Messrs. Wimpeys, of London, who are carrying out a building contract for his Department at Kirkby, near Liverpool, have recently...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether his attention has been called to a resolution passed by the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators of the British Empire to the effect that foreign...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has considered a resolution of protest passed at a mass meeting of citizens in Sierra Leone on 15th June, against, and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to a case of smuggling in East Africa, in which fines amounting to £900 were imposed by the Commissioner...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many fruit trees have been provided to develop fruit production in Gambia; what is the amount of land irrigated under the schemes for growing...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what proportion of the 15,000,000 cases of citrus exported from Palestine during the 1938–39 season were shipped from Haifa, Tel Aviv and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why a deportation order was made against J. Liftshitz; why he was allowed to reside in Palestine for five years after the order was made; and why the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that Israel Sternheim, after being ordered to be detained under the Palestine Emergency Regulations for a year, as from 3rd July,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has now received a reply from the High Commissioner in Palestine to his letter about the atrocities alleged in the document issued...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the ban on immigration to Palestine refers only to the normal schedule, or whether it includes refugees?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware of the fact that an Arab lady, Mrs. Sadij Nassar, of Haifa, after being imprisoned for three months is now being detained for a...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies for what reasons he has ordered the Abyssinian community in Jerusalem to hand over their personal belongings to the Italian Consulate?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the Departmental estimate of the natural increase in population in Palestine, showing the difference between the Jewish and Arab sections?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what action he proposes to take upon the manifesto of the Palestine Arab leaders in Syria, recently published by his Department, and containing...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the considerable amount of additional work entailed, and the waste of public money involved in bringing domestic disputes of a...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when the Public Meetings Law enacted on 23rd June, in Jamaica, giving the Governor power to restrict the right of public meeting and processions at...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of children of school age in Cyprus; the number of children actually attending school in the Colony; the average length of attendance at...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will provide time for a discussion of the Motion standing in the name of the hon. Member for East Fife, on the subject of the duties, powers and authority...
asked the Prime Minister whether he can give an assurance that it is not contemplated that the pensions proposed to be provided for ex- Members of this House who have no other means of livelihood...
asked the Prime Minister which Department of State is charged with the duty of considering the impact of scientific investigation on employment and to which Minister questions on that subject...
asked the Prime Minister whether he has acceded to the request to him to receive a deputation from certain local authorities to discuss the matter of old age pensioners who are also receiving...
asked the Prime Minister why, having recommended the appointment as Minister of Health of an hon. Member representing a Scottish constituency, he concurred in the appointment as Parliamentary...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether his attention has been called to the instructions of the Swiss Government to all householders to lay in two months stores of certain main...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether all accommodation suitable for the storage of food is being fully utilised and if arrangements have been made to use any accommodation which...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether the Government will extend its food reserves policy, which is at present designed merely to relieve temporary dislocation in the early...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what contracts are held by the firm of J. Mandleberg and Company, which will come under the Armament Profits Duty?
asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to several instances of congestion of traffic on the ferry passage at Queensferry recently; whether he is aware that the...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he will inquire into the unsatisfactory and dangerous condition of the bridge belonging jointly to the Glyncorrwg Urban District Council and the Great...
asked the Minister of Transport what action he is taking to get the Jersey Marine Bridge erected; is he aware of the dangerous position of the present structure, and that the matter has been...
(by Private Notice): asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what modifications of the procedure obtaining in the case of the "Thetis" trials will be made in the trials of new...
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that the increasing burden of the cost of the maintenance of refugees in the various countries of...
" to prevent the commission in Great Britain of further acts of violence designed to influence public opinion or Government policy with respect to Irish affairs; and to confer on the Secretary of...
May I ask the Prime Minister how far the House will be asked to go to-night in the event of the Motion
LONDON BUILDING ACTS (AMENDMENT) BILL [Lords].
That they have agreed to, —
Colonel Sir Charles MacAndrew reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had nominated the following three Members to serve on the Select Committee on the Senior Public Elementary...
Lords Amendments to be considered upon Monday next, and to be printed.
Minutes of Evidence taken this day reported from the Select Committee.
4.2 p.m.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69.
Resolution reported:
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this Schedule be the Third Schedule to the Bill."
Amendment made: In line 2, after "widows," insert "and to the children." — [Sir I. Albery.]
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to facilitate the provision in Liverpool of public elementary school accommodation for senior children, it is...
Mr. Cove, Mr. Magnay, Commander Tufnell, and Mr. Graham White nominated members of the Select Committee on Senior Public Elementary Schools (Liverpool) Bill — [Mr, James Stuart.]
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