Iau, 3 Awst 1939
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Copy ordered, of Treasury List of Stocks in respect of which the provisions of the Colonial Stock Act, 1900, are for the time being complied with." —[Captain Crookshank.]
asked the Minister of Labour what countries are now giving effect to the Public Works (International Co-operation) Recommendation adopted by the International Labour Conference in 1937?
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the fact that conditions in the Western Isles are anomalous with regard to the working of the unemployment insurance system, he can now state when...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that 67 men will be required to leave the Dukinfield works for York on 14th August; and whether he has consulted with other Departments with a...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has given consideration to the representations made to him by the Carmarthenshire County Council in reference to the depressed industrial conditions in...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of a serious threat to an old-established important local industry on the North-East Coast, whereby a sound economical and durable product giving...
asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to the inquest on Mr. S. Robinson, age 36, of Castle Hill, Hindley, Wigan, who committed suicide after being unemployed for...
asked the Minister of Labour whether it is the practice of area officers of the Unemployment Assistance Board to deduct rent from allowances paid to persons who are participating in rent strikes;...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the estimated loss of people from the county of
asked the Minister of Labour how great have been the reductions in unemployment in each of the four Special Areas between the date of the first appointment of the Commissioners and the present time?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that men employed in a Midlands arms factory are suffering from fatigue due to excessive overtime, resulting in a high rate of breakage of...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the United Thread Company's mill at Meltham, upon which the town largely depends for employment and its local tradesmen for customers, is...
Mr. Jenkins: asked the Minister of Labour the total number of workpeople taken on and recruited through the Employment Exchanges in Monmouthshire, during the past six months, at the Glascoed...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that, although a substantial general reduction took place in unemployment between February, 1938, and May, 1939, there was no reduction during...
asked the Minister of Labour the number of cases reported to him of young men liable to be called up under the Military Training Act who have been dismissed from their employment; the number he...
asked the Minister of Labour the number of youths called up in Lancashire under the Military Training Act; the number who were employed in the coal industry; and the number liable yet to be...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that John Drummond, of 239, Links Street, Kirkcaldy, who recently joined the Militia, agreed to a deduction of 3s. 6d. weekly from his military...
asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been drawn to the remarks of the chairman of the military service tribunal held at Birmingham on the 26th July, when he warned applicants...
asked the Minister of Labour the number of men who have been called up under the Military Training Act who were in receipt of unemployment benefit or unemployment assistance at the following...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the Danish Government has formally ratified the Convention concerning holidays with pay for seamen; and whether he is now prepared to...
asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons who have enrolled in each of the main categories of the central register of persons with scientific, technical, professional, and higher...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, as the result of the recent intervention of his Department in the dispute at the hosiery factory at Woolton, Liverpool, where Bear brank silk stockings are...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has considered the copy sent to him of a Memorandum prepared by the Economic League on German propaganda in Great Britain, and...
asked the Home Secretary the amount expended in the provision, maintenance, and running of the motor vehicles used by the traffic patrols of the Metropolitan Police for the 12 months ended the...
asked the Home Secretary what progress has been made in the investigations into the problem of silicosis amongst the slate miners in the Festiniog district of North Wales; and whether it is his...
asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the condemnation by the Government of Eire of bomb outrages in this country, he has sought, or will seek, mutual action between that Government and...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will undertake to summon Parliament at once upon the happening of any change that may affect the people?
asked the Home Secretary by what authority the West Riding police, at the Barnsley, West Riding, court, took the finger prints and photograph of James William Burton, aged 17 years, when his...
asked the Home-Secretary whether he has considered the communication from the legislative council of the Textile Factory Workers' Association expressing their disappointment at the Government's...
asked the Lord Privy Seal the number of air-raid shelters that have been issued to private householders residing in the borough of Southwark; whether the same are in condition for immediate use;...
asked the Lord Privy Seal if, in respect to domestic electric light bulbs in case of emergency, his Department has considered, or experimented with, any process for the dimming or covering of the...
asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he has considered making use of the expert services of the road patrols of the Automobile Association and the Royal Automobile Club in connection with road...
Mr. D. M. Adams: asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he is aware that the Isle of Dogs, Poplar, is a district that surrounds the docks and is itself surrounded by water; that the only outlet is...
Dr. Guest: asked the Minister of Health whether the blood taken from donors to be stored for use in emergency is stored separately or mixed in bulk; whether he is satisfied as to the condition...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the protests made at Newcastle City Council meeting, on the 26th instant, against his refusal to sanction...
asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the probable increase in nervous and mental breakdowns in the event of war and the need of securing adequate hospital treatment, he will take...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is now in a position to say what improvement has been made with burning pit heaps; and whether he can give an assurance that satisfactory progress is being...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether a knowledge of the British Commonwealth is imparted as part of the curriculum in our elementary schools?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education, why the Board have prohibited the provision of separate secondary schools for boys and girls in Lowestoft, in view of the fact that...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that, despite local rates being put up to a high level in certain working-class areas, it is still not possible for the...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the widespread dissatisfaction existing among tenants of decontrolled working-class houses and the consequent action to obtain reduction of...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will inquire into the circumstances attending the accident to Gerald A. H. Wood, aged five, who was admitted on nth March to Botley's Park Colony,...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the number of persons in receipt of relief in the county of Durham last year was the highest in Britain, namely, 57,204, and the estimated...
May I ask the Prime Minister whether he will state the purpose of the suspension of the Eleven o'CIock rule to-day; and, further, the business which is to be taken when the House reassembles on...
That they have agreed to, —
Considered in Committee, and reported, without Amendment.
4.1p.m.
Motion made, and Question "That the Lords Amendments be considered forthwith."—[Sir K. Wood.]
Lords Amendment: In page 22, line 3, leave out the Clause.
Lords Amendment: In page 24, line 10, after "entitle," insert: for the remainder of the period for which the pension or allowance was granted.
Lords Amendment: In page 43, line 18, leave out "trade societies," and insert "associations representative of employees."
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