Iau, 7 Rhagfyr 1939
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Dumbarton Burgh Order Confirmation Bill.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider again making available the list of tenders accepted for Government work now excluded from the Labour Gazette, in view of ťhe guide it...
asked the Minister of Labour, what consents have to be obtained before a local authority, in whose area juvenile unemployment persists, can re-open a juvenile instruction centre closed on the...
Mr. Graham White: asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that voluntary workers in connection with the evacuation of schoolchildren are, in some districts, being required to get...
Miss Ward: asked the Minister of Labour whether he has any statement to make on the treatment by the Unemployment Assistance Board of an allotment made by a serving son to a parent?
asked the Minister of Labour whether any arrangements have been made with the other Departments concerned to ensure that recruitment of labour for Government factories now beginning production...
asked the Minister of Labour the amount of public funds advanced, directly or indirectly, to the Subsistence Production Society of the Eastern Valley of Monmouthshire since its commencement; the...
asked the Minister of Labour whether his figures for the persons employed include those engaged on air-raid precautions, etc., and the various controls; and whether his figures for the persons...
asked the Minister of Labour how he accounts for the rise of about 10 per cent. in the number of persons unemployed in the Doncaster area during November; and what steps he proposes to take to...
asked the Minister of Labour the amount of surplus cash carried to the credit of the Unemployment Insurance Fund in each of the last three financial years?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that certain voluntary organisations, academic institutions, and firms, have dismissed, or are contemplating dismissing, British subjects from...
asked the Minister of Labour when the Trade Board machinery for the bakery trade will be set up in Scotland; and from what date it will operate?
asked the Minister of Labour what steps are being taken to safeguard plant and machinery in the 182 vacant land settlement holdings; and whether anything can be done to save the crops remaining...
asked the Minister of Labour whether doctors who conduct examinations under the Military Service Act are familiar with the training given in the forces to the men they examine; and, if not, will...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will take steps to enable the Unemployment Assistance Board to pay to parents whose children are evacuated a distance from their homes such sum as would...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what grounds he has refused sanction for the purchase of 5o mackintoshes for the use of Air-Raid Precautions workers in inclement weather...
Mr. White: asked the Home Secretary what provision is being made for the supply of gas-masks to children who require larger helmets as they grow bigger?
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that Mr. T. C. Newman, of 15, Grovelands Avenue, Swindon, was prosecuted at Swindon on 6th November for contravening the lighting regulations at 5...
Miss Ward: asked the Home Secretary whether he will give an assurance that instructions have been issued to regional commissioners to give facilities to Members of Parliament to have free...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has sanctioned the employment of 137 paid air-raid wardens, 70 paid ambulance drivers and 88 paid auxiliary firemen in the city of Oxford, a reception area,...
asked the Home Secretary why taximeter-cab drivers are prohibited from using the Lucas head-lamp mask, while it is generally used by owners of private motor-cars?
asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the rise of 10 points in the cost of living since the outbreak of war and of the fact that householders have found the billeting allowance...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that 32 trains, each with eight officials of the St. John Ambulance Association, are at present standing idle; what is the weekly cost of these...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that certain municipal and voluntary hospitals have instituted alterations in their visiting days and hours, whereby for greater...
Miss Ward: asked the Minister of Health which local authorities in Northumberland and Durham have provided free material to hospital supply depots, for the equipment of hospitals for civil...
asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the fact that many medical specialists have been waiting for months at improvised research stations in the country, where their services have not...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether his attention has been called to the injury sustained from a bomb explosion by Miss Angela Watson while in the course of her training as air-raid warden for...
Mr. Vyvyan Adams: asked the Home Secretary whether he will now state the date on which it is proposed to restore summer time to the British public?
asked the Home Secretary (1) whether he is aware that there is growing concern at the tendency by his Department to ignore the procedure contained in the Factories Act, and the Emergency Powers...
asked the Home Secretary whether the evidence on which Mr. J. E. Thomas was arrested and detained in Wandsworth Prison was hearsay, written report, or by witness; and what steps were taken to...
asked the Home Secretary whether he will inquire into the case of Mr. J. M. Kammelard, who was prosecuted for having used insulting, words whereby a breach of the peace was likely to be caused...
asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the revelations in a recent high court action of her close association with the German Chancellery, he is considering the deportation of Princess...
asked the Home Secretary on what grounds the Director-General of Press censorship and news has offered his resignation; whether he has complete authority over the censorship of news; to what...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that our export trade is hindered by the refusal of return permits to travellers wishing to make business visits to neutral countries; and whether...
asked the Home Secretary whether all the aliens tribunals are still functioning and being paid; and whether he can give an estimate of when this expenditure will come to an end?
asked the Home Secretary what steps are now being taken to prevent Irish citizens coming to this country in search of constructive or destructive work?
Mr. David Adams: asked the Prime Minister whether he will invite the Royal Commission on the Geographical Distribution of the Population, after publishing its first report, to remain in...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the advisability, with a view to securing the utmost war effort in the economic field, of appointing a Member of the War Cabinet as Minister of...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware ťhat, owing to the virtual cessation of imports of cattle from Canada, and the restriction of cattle imports from Ireland, there is an...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, as distinct from the Government grant for ploughing-up, the Government will consider granting credit facilities to farmers of...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether county agricultural committees have power to insist on such cultivation of areas held as gathering grounds by local water authorities as can safely be...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is making any arrangements with the Air Ministry to make good use of the grass grown on aerodromes; and whether he is considering the development of...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, with a view to the creation of confidence for the future amongst the growers and the farming industry generally, he will, in...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the approach of the Christmas season, when pigeon and other shooting parties are active, he will remind farmers and others to be careful not...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the amount of waste in thrown-away tickets, cigarette cases, newspapers, books, etc.; and whether he will consider Authorising and-raid wardens and...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the repeated demands in the Durham coalfield for a new Workmen's Compensation Act, and that the grave defects in existing...
asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of a recent police court case in which the magistrate stated that the offence of the accused had been aggravated by reason of his name, he will consider...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether time spent by a teacher in the Armed Forces will count towards the probationary period which men leaving college have to spend...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education what schools are open and how many classes are being carried on in North Kensington for elementary education; where these classes are...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether it is intended by Circular 1486 that a single local youth committee should attempt to meet the needs of the whole of London, or...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education what proportion of children of school age in the neutral areas are now attending school; and whether any of them and, if so, how many,...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he is aware that on Monday, 4th December, 1939, the rector of Oxted, Surrey, issued orders that all officially evacuated...
asked the Minister of Health whether the medical treatment referred to in Ministry of Health circular 1882 includes dental treatment, namely, extraction?
asked the Minister of Health the number of rating authorities in the country and the number which have proceeded to re-assess licensed premises following the Robinson judgment in the House of...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether he has considered the protest sent to him by a Leyton women's organisation respecting the discharge from hospital of certain soldiers wounded in or affected...
asked the Minister of Pensions what number of male clerks of all grades have been discharged from his Department since 2nd September last; what number were ex-service men; and what number of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, before considering the proposals of economists which include compulsory saving to meet the cost of the war, and imply redistribution of existing...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of Savings Certificates and Defence Bonds purchased to date?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider, for issue in the new year, national premium bonds as an addition to the National Savings Certificates and Defence Bonds, the bonds...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether any information can be given as to the assistance which Newfoundland is rendering in connection with the war?
May I ask the Prime Minister to state the business for next week?
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [28 th November]: That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty as followeth:Most Gracious Sovereign,We, Your Majesty's most dutiful and...
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of the Supply to be granted to His Majesty."—[captain Margesson.]
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of the Ways and Means of raising the Supply to granted to His Majesty."—[Captain Margesson.]
Resolution reported, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to continue certain expiring laws, it is expedient to authorise— (a) the payment out of moneys provided by...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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