Mawrth, 2 Rhagfyr 1941
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.]
asked the Secretary of State for War the position of owners and tenants now in occupation of property cither used by, loaned to or requisitioned by the Home Guard or other military authorities,...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether it is the policy of His Majesty's Government to pay the appropriate wage rates to members of the Armed Forces who are called upon to assist in...
asked the Secretary of State for War what instructions have been issued to the troops regarding travelling arrangements to those proceeding on leave during the Christmas period?
asked the Secretary of State for War in how many cases he has withheld the family allowance of 7s. 6d. a day from an officer because the family resides outside the sterling area; and how many of...
asked the Secretary of State for War the number of Moslems serving at present in the land Forces?
asked the Secretary of State for War why it is not possible to release Private E. J. Goddard, No. 2554984, from military duties; and the nature of the military duties performed by this soldier of...
Mr. Dugdale: asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the admitted shortage of skilled clerical staff in the Army, he will institute an inquiry into the possibility of...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many officers in the Army are accorded the exclusive services of a soldier as a batman; and whether there is any differentiation in the number of batmen...
asked the Secretary of State for War who has been appointed financial adviser to the Emperor of Ethiopia; why the appointment was made; and what powers the appointed person has?
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many local authorities in Scotland are making provision to supply meals at school for other than necessitous children?
Major Lloyd: (forasked the Secretary of State for Scotland which members of the Committee appointed by him to study the problems of the hill-sheep farming industry in Scotland, have actual...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that some National Service officers are giving authority to men to leave their present farm employment without reference to the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether any steps are being taken to provide more hospital accommodation for maternity cases in view of the increase in maternal mortality in Scotland?
Mr. McNeil: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that in Greenock and other Clydeside burghs there are many old people coming within the priority classes for evacuation...
asked the Secretary for Mines (1) whether he will state the controlled price of household coal in Southern England to-day; and how this compares with the average price on the 1st November, 1938;...
asked the Secretary for Mines what was the output of coal in Lancashire coalfields during September, 1940, and September, 1941?
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the resentment felt by many voluntary war service organisations with regard to the regulations concerning the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any clothing census is being undertaken by, or on behalf of, his Department; what is the total estimated cost thereof; whether any and what...
forasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that certain chain stores which in pre-war days confined their sales to articles costing 6d. or less have taken advantage of the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of the several categories of shops which have closed for business since the outbreak of war?
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the co-operation between the United States of America and Canada for the purpose of improving the production and consumption of...
asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department why, as his Department has specialised in the collection of facts about our export trade since its formation, it has been found necessary to...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that large quantities of cooked pressed beef are being sold by Lewis's Royal Polytechnic, Limited, Glasgow, at a...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware of the practice of many wholesalers in trafficking in storekeepers warrants or orders, whereby food in wharves or...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware of the chaotic position of milk distribution in the West of Scotland; that many large milk dealers who have contracts...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply what would be the cost to take down the 30,000 posts of Belisha beacons in Britain, to be used for munitions?
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can give any information in connection with a heavy motor-lorry, loaded with 10 tons of sugar and half a ton of margarine, stolen...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Minister of Labour (1) whether Assistance Board allowances to bombed-out persons have increased in rate since the commencement of bombing in this country in order to...
asked the Minister of Labour how many concerts have been given by Entertainments National Service Association artistes since the services of Entertainments National Service Association were first...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to the sale of 765 acres of the Holt estate, near Worcester, for the sum of £29,995; how much of this land was...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer which of the following financial arrangements of an ordinary trading company are treated as cash, and which as investments, for the purposes of estimating...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether persons who have erected buildings in defiance of an interim development order refusal will be paid compensation from the War Damage Commission, in...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the permission granted to Marshal Pétain to draw money from the United Kingdam has been granted to any other French citizens now resident in...
Mr. McNeil: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people are presently in receipt of non-contributory old age pensions; how many of that number also receive supplementation of their...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that many officers and men, who have retired from the Fighting Services, are solely dependent upon their pensions; that these pensions...
asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been drawn to the disproportionate increase of wages paid to juveniles; whether he will review the whole matter and take any steps to...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is in a position to make any further statement about the survey of hospitals in London and the surrounding area proposed in connection with the...
Flying-Officer Charles Challen, M.A., LL.B., for the Borough of Hampstead.
"to provide for the disclaimer of leases comprising land of which possession has been taken in the exercise of emergency powers, for the reduction in certain cases of the rent and other...
Colonel Gretton reported from the Committee of Selection, That in pursuance of, Section 1, Sub-section (3), of the Parliament Act, 1911, they had appointed Sir Robert Young and Sir Cyril...
Colonel Gretton reported from the Committee of Selection: That they had selected the following Eight Members to be the Panel appointed to serve on the Select Committee on Standing Orders, under...
Colonel Gretton reported from the Committee of Selection: That they had selected the following Twelve Members to be the Panel appointed to serve on the Committee on Unopposed Bills, under...
Colonel Gretton reported from the Committee of Selection: That, in pursuance of the provisions of the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1936, they had selected the following Twenty...
Colonel Gretton reported from the Committee of Selection: That they had agreed to the following Resolution which they had directed him to report to the House: That, after a Bill has been under...
Ordered, That the Proceedings on the Expiring Laws Continuance Bill and on Expiring Laws Continuance [Money] be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order...
I beg to move, That, in the opinion of this House, for the purpose of securing the maximum national effort in the conduct of the war and in production, the obligation for National Service should...
Read a Second time.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."— [Major Dugdale.]
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