Iau, 16 Tachwedd 1939
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock,Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will now abolish the means test, or make radical changes in its administration?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has yet completed his inquiries with regard to unemployed quarrymen in North Wales and elsewhere; and whether, in view of the fact that the Government...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the strong discontent amongst unemployed workers in districts where factories are working many hours of overtime; and will he publicly appeal...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that Proofings, Limited, Middleton, Lancashire, have decided, after the employers had conducted a ballot of their employes, that trade union...
asked the Minister of Labour the method adopted to compile the Central Register at his Department; how many names are included in the register; and what steps are taken to provide work for those...
asked the Minister of Labour where the hardship tribunals for Breconshire and Radnorshire will be located; who are their personnel; and when they will start functioning?
asked the Minister of Labour whether the obligation on employers to take back after the war persons who were in their employment at the outbreak of war, or when they were called up, applies to...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is satisfied that the regulations of the Trade Boards Act are correctly administered in regard to cost-of-living increases, where they apply, and rates of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will inform the House as to the name of the disbanded pro-German organisation formerly operating in this country whose name is...
asked the Home Secretary whether arrangements have been made for the continuation of educational classes in prisons?
asked the Home Secretary whether the work of prison visitors has been curtailed?
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the case of a company formerly owning 12 road vehicles who had two vans requisitioned on 7th September and three on 11th September...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has considered the special difficulties imposed on hairdressers by the early-closing orders, even when the local authorities allow the widest possible...
asked the Home Secretary when he expects to be able to announce his decision as to the modification of street-lighting; and, if his experiments in that connection are not yet satisfactorily...
asked the Home Secretary whether he will now give to the airraid precautions authorities the power to grant a small allowance for refreshments to volunteers who are on duty for a continuous...
asked the Home Secretary what rates of hire are to be paid by local authorities for motor cars requisitioned?
Miss Rathbone: asked the Home Secretary whether any steps are being taken, or recommended, to local authorities to make the notices stuck up in the streets directing the public to airraid...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that shopkeepers are being asked to purchase illuminated signs of various types for indicating that their premises are open; and, in view of the...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is in a position to say why omnibus windows are painted out during hours of daylight in many districts, with the consequent unnecessary inconvenience to the...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that certain London public schools which have been evacuated have made appeals to parents of scholars to contribute to a pool for the purpose of...
asked the Minister of Health whether he has yet appointed an advisory committee of medical men to assist him in the provision of adequate medical attendance and treatment for the women and...
asked the Home Secretary the nature of the offence for which 42 Indian seamen are now under going two months' imprisonment; and whether he will have this sentence reviewed, with a view to their...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that liaison officers acting between alien tribunals and refugee organisations and who have proved invaluable in expediting the treatment of the...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that the great majority of employers in the baking industry in Birmingham are in favour of carrying on the baking trade by day; and whether he will...
asked the Home Secretary to what extent, under existing regulations, the different police authorities have released for military service a limited number of members of the police forces,...
asked the Home Secretary what steps were taken in 1914–18 to restrict the sale of intoxicating liquors; and what steps he has taken, and what further steps he has in contemplation , in this...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education the difference in the amount of milk distributed to children under the school-distribution scheme as compared to the amount distributed...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education the reason for the reduction in the grants to students in the University of Reading; and whether reductions have been made by the Board...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education how many elementary schools in the West Riding of Yorkshire are not giving fulltime educational facilities; and whether he will give...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider setting up a Parliamentary committee to consider the various war-time restrictions imposed by the Government Departments concerned, with a view...
Miss Ward: asked the Prime Minister whether, in order to protect the country from a recurrence of the after math of the last war, he will examine the possibility of immediately introducing...
asked the Minister of Agriculture why a number of agricultural wages boards have not yet increased wages in the present emergency; and whether he proposes to take any action in the matter?
asked the Minister of Agriculture how much money has been distributed to farmers in the form of cattle subsidy; how much of this money has been paid on Irish cattle, and how much on English; the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, before the Women's Land Army was launched, the local and regional committees of the Farmers' Union and the Agricultural Workers' Union were consulted;...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will invite the leading banks into conference with representative agricultural bodies so that, on the basis of the price guarantees now given by the...
asked the Minister of Health (1) whether he is satisfied that there is adequate specialist treatment available for persons threatened with blindness and attending Moorfields and other London...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Minister of Health how many schemes under the Town and Country Planning Act, 1932, are at present awaiting the approval of his Department, distinguishing between...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the difficulties of local authorities in large industrial areas due to the growing burdens, the unfair incidence of local rating, and the...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that on Saturday nth November, a man was knocked down at about 7.30 p.m., by a motor cycle, at Hyde Park Corner, only 70 yards from St. George's...
Miss Ward: asked the Minister of Health (1) whether adequate material for the provision of supplies and equipment for civil hospitals has been issued to the hospital supply depots; (2) whether...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the increased cost of administration of National Health Insurance approved societies, especially in those cases where it has been considered...
May I ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer to state the business for next week?
That they have agreed to,—
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."— [Captain Margesson.]
4.17 p.m.
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
Question again proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."
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