Iau, 10 Gorffennaf 1941
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.]
asked the Minister of Labour how many people, working in any industry, now come under the Holidays with Pay Act, 1938; how many have not been able to get arrangements with the employer; and what...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the shortage of labour in the mining industry, he will recommend that miners of low medi- cal category, now serving in the Armed Forces, be...
asked the Minister of Labour, whether, in the absence of any medical evidence or certificate, any officer of the Ministry or Assistance Board is competent to decide if a person registering for...
asked the Minister of Labour how many regional welfare officers have now been appointed; and what are their main functions?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that steel production is handicapped for want of bricksetters for the repair and maintenance of furnaces; that piece rates for such work are...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the policy of the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers is to oppose the dilution of labour; and whether, in the national interest,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware of the beneficial effect in industrial centres of the long summer evenings and the proposal to spread holidays over a long...
asked the Minister of Labour what requests he has received to issue instructions, of a kind that might influence their decisions, to the independent persons appointed by the Ministry of Labour to...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will consider granting pensions to parents who have lost their sons in the war, without any inquiry as to means, provided the son was making an allotment...
asked the Secretary of State for India whether, in view of the present consideration in this country of possible social and economic adjustment and expansion after the war, and a measure of...
asked the Secretary of State for India whether, in view of the altered international situation, he has considered the substantial diplomatic and psychological advantages that might accrue from...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the practice of some agents who exact exorbitant fees from interned aliens and their friends in return for making representations on their behalf...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that a dump of highly inflammable material is lying stored in the open in a densely populated urban area; that this was brought to his attention by...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the disappointment expressed by some members of the Auxiliary Fire Service, who, owing to the provisions of the National Service Act, 1941, have...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that, on Sunday, 6th July, supplies of a Communist party leaflet, "Solidarity with the Soviet Union," were seized by police at a meeting in a market...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that difficulties have arisen in the Cambridge Civil Defence organisation as a result of which certain individuals have been called upon and others...
Dr. Russell Thomas: asked the Minister of Health, whether he has decided to carry out any further delegation of his Civil Defence functions to Regional Commissioners, as recommended in the...
asked the Minister of Health, how many regional, and how many county welfare officers have now been appointed; and what are their respective functions?
asked the Minister of Health, in how many cases of children evacuated apart from their parents, both the authorities and the children concerned have lost touch with the parents; and whether he...
asked the Home Secretary who are the members of the Welsh Church Commission; the date of their appointment and their emoluments; and the constitution of the office and other staff of the...
asked the Home Secretary whether, as there is much dissatisfaction and delay caused by the lack of knowledge of the regulations bearing on the grant of travel permits to Northern Ireland...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the publication in this country of a German newspaper, entitled "Die Zeitung"; who are the publishers of the paper; and in what circumstances is...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that in some instances, owing to the increased number of children of school age in reception areas, the local school...
asked the President of the Board of Education how many youth organisers have now been appointed by local education authorities?
Mr. David Adams: asked the President of the Board of Education the number of cases of new clothing and foot wear, respectively, supplied to necessitous school children in England and Wales by...
asked the President of the Board of Education the number of cases during the last two years in which education authorities and/or other local government authorities have declined to accept the...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the different rates of benefit paid by societies under the National Health Insurance scheme; and will he give consideration in the Bill he is...
asked the Minister of Health, whether he will extend the scheme whereby the services of doctors of Allied and friendly nationality are employed in certain hospitals and institutions to cover...
asked the Minister of Health, whether, in view of the continued increase in the cost of living, he will take steps to introduce a sliding scale with regard to supplementary pensions which may...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether he has considered a resolution from the Newcastle, Staffordshire, Trades Council asking for the setting up of a...
asked the Minister of Information whether all persons employed under him are bound by the usual Civil Service rules?
asked the Minister of Information whether, as the representatives of enemy countries find sanctuary in Eire, and, in order to avoid the leakage of information useful to our enemies, he will at...
asked the Minister of Information whether he is satisfied that in the terms of the Whitley Council for civil servants the censorship building in Belfast affords sufficient accommodation for the...
asked the Prime Minister what is the present position, status and work, under the Government, of Sir William Beveridge?
asked the Prime Minister whether he will now revert to the previous official description of the Middle East and Near East as corresponding to those countries of which Generals Wavell and...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what complaints he has received of the lack of replacement fittings for much of the agricultural machinery purchased from Australia and the United States of...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in order to reduce the number of rabbits which are still excessive and damaging to crops, he will consult with the Ministry of Food with a view to...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware of the action taken by a Government Department whereby it compelled the growers of 24 acres of corn, worth £500...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider the advisability of publishing the names of British subjects who have left the country and are refusing to pay sums of Income and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether dealings have commenced in United States stock markets in the preferred and common shares of the American Viscose Corporation; and, if so, how do...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can now inform the House as to the result of his examination promised on 27th May as to cases of complaint with regard to the serious hardship...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that the Birmingham air-raid precautions canteens which have been using 150 dozen eggs weekly can now get none,...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food how many tons of old potatoes will be released to greengrocers to prevent a shortage of potatoes for the week ending 13th July?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food why the special position of Scottish straw berry growers was not provided for when the controlled price was put in operation from 29th...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that over 400 farmers retail butter at the Brecon market; and what the customers of these farmers are to do in future...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, in view of a recent prosecution which has caused some concern, he will indicate the policy of his Department towards those who...
Major Vyvyan Adams: asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is conscious of the present confusion in the public mind respecting his coal rationing scheme; that the large majority of households...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that soldiers' 48 hours' leave is curtailed in some cases, and even frustrated, when essential trains are missed by their being detained...
asked the Secretary of State for War, whether all our troops who have been serving in Iceland are now being evacuated; and whether all the men who have been serving there will be given a...
asked the Secretary of State for War, if His Majesty's Government is now prepared to avail itself of the offers of Jews in Palestine for service in His Majesty's Forces providing Palestinian Jews...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs who is to succeed Lord Lytton as chairman of the Council on Aliens?
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Spanish Government have made apologies for the recent attack on His Majesty's Embassy in Madrid; and whether the persons responsible...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will ask the senior British officer now in Abyssinia to collaborate with His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of Ethiopia, in preparing...
asked the First Lord of the. Admiralty whether he is aware of the indignation among Scottish fishermen of lower medical categories that, owing to the rigidly high physical standards exacted by...
May I ask the Lord Privy Seal to state the forthcoming Business of the House?
I desire to make a short personal explanation to the House. On Tuesday, 1st July, the hon. Baronet the Member for West Wolverhampton (Sir R. Bird) asked a Question with regard to the functions of...
Resolved: That this House will, upon the next Sitting Day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider the surpluses and deficits upon Navy, Army and. Air Grants for the year ended 31st March,...
Estimate presented,—of the further sum required to be voted for the Service of the year ending 31st March, 1942 [by Command]; referred to the Committee of Supply, and to be printed. [No. 98.]
Seventeenth Report from the Select Committee brought up, and read; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. [No. 100.]
[14TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
UNCLASSIFIED SERVICES.
Second Reading deferred until the 3rd Sitting Day after 13th July.
Again considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."— [Major Dugdale.]
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