Iau, 23 Tachwedd 1939
The House met at Twelve of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
asked the Minister of Labour the reasons for discontinuing the practice of inviting workmen's representatives to sit on the Appeal Tribunals under the Unemployment Assistance Board; and, in view...
asked the Minister of Labour why unemployed men in the hostel at Hebburn who have received the extra winter relief of is for the last two winters, have now been refused it when their conditions...
asked the Minister of Labour what number of men, women, boys, and girls were registered as unemployed at the outbreak of war; what is the number to-day; and will he make a statement of the steps...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that large numbers of chauffeurs have become unemployed as a consequence of petrol rationing and of personal economy by private motor car owners;...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is now in a position to state the attitude of the Unemployment Assistance Board towards the need for increasing the allowances to the unemployed to meet...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that, as a result of a young man engaged in the mining industry having received an increase in his wage of 2s. per week because of the increase in...
asked the Minister of Labour (1) the total amount of money advanced from public funds and private sources to the Land Settle-men* Association, Limited, in gifts or loan; and whether he has any...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that many men who have been passed fit by medical recruiting boards have very soon been found to be far from fit; and whether he will take steps...
asked the Minister of Labour how far university students are allowed to finish their courses without interruption for the purpose of military training; and whether he has considered a widespread...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that Mr. Donald Sutherland, who is registered in the Central Register No. C.R. 52434, applied to enlist in the Queen's Westminsters, and was, on...
asked the Minister of Labour the numbers of men now employed under the King's Roll scheme; the numbers at the nearest comparative date for 1938; and whether the difference is a fair reflection of...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has any statement to make regarding the co-operation of His Majesty's Government with the International Labour Organisation having regard to the outbreak...
asked the Minister of Labour what was the course of employment in the Greenock area by numbers, percentages and trades at the last available date; and the corresponding data of a year ago?
asked the Minister of Health whether he will reconsider the present scale of allowances in respect of children and helpers billeted upon householders in the reception areas, in view of the fact...
asked the Minister of Health what salaries and allowances were paid by the Ministry of Health to house physicians and surgeons appointed to hospitals organised for war-time service on the...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in respect of licensed houses, he will consider permitting the use of a small blue 5-watt lamp suspended...
Mr. David M. Adams: asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that false air-raid warnings are becoming frequent through faulty wires and short-circuiting; and whether he will consider the...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has now made inquiries into the summary dismissal of Charles Fowler, of Liversedge, Spen Valley, from his post of air warden on the ground that he had written...
asked the Home Secretary whether local authorities have power to make suitable arrangements for the accommodation of nearby residents in free Anderson shelters in cases where, owing to...
asked the Home Secretary whether, when considering the danger of the present practice which permits motorists to use either the near or off-side head-lamp, he will permit the use of both...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that cyclists are frequently entirely invisible in the black-out owing to the fact that their rear lights are covered by their coats; and whether he...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that a considerable number of large warehouses in Glasgow require to close down about 4.15 p.m., due to lighting restrictions; that a number of these...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will take steps early in the next Session of Parliament to secure medical benefit under the National Health Insurance Acts on a non-contributory basis to...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Minister of Pensions whether, in view of the volume of unemployment among competent clerical workers and shorthand typists, he will arrange that the temporary staff...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether the concessions recently announced with respect to allowances for the children of men in the armed Forces are to be applied to the personal injuries scheme...
asked the Home Secretary what function the news department of the Press and Censorship Bureau performs, other than the distribution of prepared information handed to it by other Government...
Mr. Whiteley: asked the Home Secretary whether he has considered communications from the Trades Union Congress General Council and the Miners' Federation, respecting increases in workmen's...
asked the Home Secretary for what reason has he refused to confirm the decision of the visiting justices of Walton Gaol, Liverpool, that a prisoner who had assaulted a warder should receive 12...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has any statement to make with regard to the mutinous conduct on the part of prisoners in certain of His Majesty's prisons; and what steps he is taking to...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the advisability, in connection with international reconstruction after the war, of giving careful consideration to the possibility of inclusion...
asked the Prime Minister whether, when dealing with suggested reprisals against the Germans by way of punishment for the indiscriminate laying of mines causing destruction to British and neutral...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the Government will now consider giving some increased credit facilities for agriculture, with a view to assisting the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the shortage of feeding-stuffs, he will take action to encourage the collection in towns of food-waste and scraps for feeding pigs and...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has considered the advisability of prohibiting the slaughter of cow calves during the war, and what decision was reached?
asked the Minister of Agriculture the total annual cost under existing conditions of the administration of the Women's Land Army; and whether, since recruiting for this has now ceased, and with a...
asked the Home Secretary the number of appeals that have been heard by the Home Office Advisory Committee on Aliens and the number of appeals which are now pending; to what extent these appeals...
Miss Cazalet: asked the Home Secretary what steps he is prepared to take to enable British-born women married to subjects of a State at war with His Majesty to regain their British nationality?
asked the Home Secretary whether he will investigate the charges of Mr. G. E. Thomas, that, while detained at Wandsworth Prison, he was kept for 25 days in a cell lit only by artificial light;...
asked the Home Secretary when the regulations made under the House-to-House Collections Act will be published, in view of the fact that the Act comes into force on the 1st January?
Mr. Vyvyan Adams: asked the Home Secretary whether he will now undertake to restore summer-time to the public by 14th February, 1940, at the latest?
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that the promoters of Unity Football Pools are acting in contravention of Section 26 of the Betting and Lotteries Act, 1934; and whether it is...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that commercial travellers and representatives of business firms coming to this country to transact business which can be done in a few hours,...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is yet in a position to make a further statement with regard to the employment of aliens?
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether he has any information as to the despatch of an expeditionary force from New Zealand overseas?
That they have agreed to,—
Third Report from the Committee on Public Petitions brought up, and read;
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
(standing in the Clerk's place at the Table:) I have to acquaint the House that the House has been to the House of Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal was read. The LORD CHANCELLOR,...
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