Mawrth, 25 Gorffennaf 1939
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. Speaker in the Chair.
Southampton Harbour Bill [Lords],
asked the President of the Board of Trade the amount and value, respectively, of non-ferrous metals, rubber, oil, and raw cotton imported by Japan in each of the last 10 years, and the sources of...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can now say what steps are being taken by which British purchases of tobacco, fruit, cereals, and other products from Bulgaria could be...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the fact that finest Australian Japan-kind rice is being sold with the words "Foreign produce" erased, on labels...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what action he proposes to take to prevent the importation of Japanese poplin shirtings into this country from Eire, at prices below the cost of...
10. Colonel Sandeman Allen: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that certain restaurants wishing to exhibit extracts from the news-reel films of Their Majesties' visit...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the fact that he has now received the views from the various trade organisations he has consulted on the question of the advisability...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has observed the record fall in the United Kingdom trade with China during the first six months of this year, attributable to the Japanese...
4. Miss Ward: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will initiate conversations with the Canadian lumber trade to discuss the possibility of concluding an agreement for the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) the number of lascars employed in British ships for each of the years 1930–38, inclusive; (2) the number of domiciled British seamen employed...
5. Miss Ward: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will consider initiating conversations with the Scandinavian countries and Russia to discuss the possibility of concluding an...
6. Mr. De la Bè: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, since the Board of Trade have no control over the price of bread, and the price of bread in London is regulated...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can make a statement on the visit of Dr. Wohltat, Marshal Goering's trade delegate, to this country?
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether such companies as the Special Risks Mutual Association now have to register in the insurance section of the Companies Department of the Board of...
Miss Ward: asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will give an assurance that married militiamen separated from their wives but making a regular allowance, will be entitled to receive...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to the case of Mrs. MacManus, Gailes Street, Glasgow, whose son, Private William Lynch Lawson, was killed at Fort George...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that military camps are being erected under contract terms on a cost plus percentage basis; that contractors are employing men at rates...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether it has been finally decided that the new Militia are to be supplied with berets to be worn when off duty; whether he will arrange for the supply of a...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that an unfair strain is being put upon the self-sacrifice and energy of the women who have joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service, due...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will give facilities to local journalists to visit the military camp now being constructed at Kinmel, North Wales?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider setting up a committee, under the Director-General of Army Medical Ser vices, with the object of organising an efficient...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that numbers of uniforms have now been manufactured but that their distribution is being held up owing to the delay in getting them passed...
asked the Secretary of State for War what arrangements have been made to deal with possible outbreaks of infectious disease at the antiaircraft camps at Weybourne and Stiffkey and other War...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many substandard recruits to the Regular Army at the physical training depots have been, or are, receiving nourishment in addition to the ordinary Army...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that, in view of the reduction of the age for marriage allowances on the lower deck, the Admiralty are...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many other ranks have bought themselves out of the Army since the regulation was introduced which prevents officers from resigning their commissions; and...
asked the Secretary of State for War what are the reasons which have led to the exclusion of Engineer-Vice-Admiral Sir Harold Brown from the Army Council?
asked the Secretary of State for War the names of the Members of the Government who hold com missions in the Army?
asked the Secretary of State for War particulars of the effective cost of maintaining the British troops in the China command for the 12 months ended the last convenient date; does an Indian...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether it has been definitely decided to close down the Equitation School at Weedon; and, if so, whether he will consider establishing a training and...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that two accidents, entailed by the collision of light tanks with motor cars, were reported in the Crookham-Crondall district last month;...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many new chaplains have been appointed for service in the Regular Army during the past two years, and how many for the Territorial Army; whether there is...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is now able to state whether the Government can find time for the remaining stages of the Conscription of Wealth (Preparatory Provisions) Bill?
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the advisability of keeping Parliament in session during the present international tension, he will consider arranging that a sitting shall be held...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will give time for a discussion on the Motion standing in the name of the hon. Member for Dumbarton Burghs relative to grants to old age pensioners?
asked the Prime Minister whether he is satisfied, in appointing Sir George Gater as the Permanent Under-Secretary for the Colonies, that there was no civil servant in this country capable of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the nature of the representations made by the Treasury to a bank whose headquarters are in London and whose branch at Shanghai was co-operating...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider raising revenue by taxing electric light bulbs according to candle power?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in order to correct the recurring complaints about rates of interest payable by local authorities on authorised borrowings facilitated through the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Committee which is being set up to consider the risk to fixed property in case of war will also consider the risk of damage to house property and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether His Majesty's Treasury have instituted an inquiry into foreign marketable assets held by British citizens, and whether all financial institutions in...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what outstanding points are still preventing the conclusion of the financial and commercial agreement between His Majesty's Government and the Government of...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that unestablished industrial grades employed in the Civil Service do not receive payment for sick absences; and whether he will...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the annual amounts paid for pensions by each Department of the State and for which the Treasury is responsible, for the latest available year?
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will consult with the various Departments concerned with a view to increasing the consumption of herring by the armed forces of the Crown; and...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that the shortage of houses both in the urban and rural districts of Scotland re mains acute; and whether he will give consideration...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland to what extent the circular letter of 16th February, 1938, from the Department of Health for Scotland has stimulated a more extended use of...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what local authorities do not have a 44-hour week in operation for the nurses and staffs of the mental institutions in their jurisdiction; what are the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he and his advisers have considered biological methods in connection with the problem of exterminating bracken, with a view to the introduction...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland to how many prisoners, and at which of the Scottish prisons, has instruction been given in first-aid work; and the number of officers of Scottish prisons...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what amount of assistance he has offered the county council of Ross and Cromarty for the reconstruction of the road at Orinsay. Isle of Lewis; and...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he intends to introduce legislation to effect the closing of the Minch to trawling in the interest of the revival of the fishing industry in the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is now able to state when work on the proposed Portnaguran Pier in the Isle of Lewis, is likely to begin?
asked the Lord Advocate whether he is aware that Thomas G. Barclay, of Kilmarnock, was, on the 23rd May, convicted at the Glasgow southern police court of an alleged traffic-light offence and...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware of the tragic death last week of a waiter on the staff of this House; and whether he will consider taking over the payment and...
May I ask the Prime Minister how far he proposes to go to-day, and also whether he is prepared to arrange for a discussion of the Estimates for the Ministry of Information, as that is desired by...
Division No. 277.] AYES. [3.53 p.m. Adams, 5. V. T. (Leeds, W) Eckersley, P. T. Margesson, Capt. Rt. Hon. H. D. R. Agnew, Lieut.-Comdr. P. G. Edmondson, Major Sir J, Markham, S. F. Allen, Col....
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to facilitate the avoidance of corruption. During recent months there have been introduced into this House Bills dealing with the instalment...
" to facilitate the avoidance of corruption," presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be read a Second time To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 211.]
That they have agreed to,— Coventry Corporation Bill, London Passenger Transport Board Bill, with Amendments.
Minutes of Evidence taken this day reported from the Select Committee.
Considered in Committee.
As amended, considered; read the Third time, and passed.
As amended, considered.
Order for Second Reading read.
10.38 p.m.
Postponed Resolutions further considered.
Considered in Committee.
ARMY SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATE, 1939.
Resolved,
Resolved,
Order read for Consideration of Lords Amendments.
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