Iau, 11 Rhagfyr 1941
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.]
Commander Bower: asked the Minister of Labour what steps are being taken to employ in the war effort Russians resident in this country who hold Nansen passports?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the grievance of temporary civil servants who, having been temporarily released from posts bearing salaries above the limit for unemployment...
asked the Minister of Labour why, at a time when the Government is taking powers to raise age limits and increase the number of men and women in the National Service, the staff of 250 girls,...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is in a position to make a detailed statement as to the method of working which will be adopted by the new Appointments Board?
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether women Civil servants between 20 and 30 years of age who desire to join the Auxiliary Territorial Service can obtain permission to do so?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has considered the adoption by medical boards of X-ray examination for tuberculosis of every recruit, in the light of American experience, and in the...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been directed to wide discrepancies and remuneration between senior police officers and officers...
asked the Home Secretary upon what grounds permission was granted for Mr. Israel Sieff to travel to the United States of America, in view of the propaganda against, and attacks upon, the policy...
asked the Home Secretary whether, under the Business Premises Order, an owner living above his business premises, situate in a precribed area, is entitled to payment for performance of...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has made inquiries into the statement placed before him that men who are not resident in the United Kingdom have access to the secret plans and blueprints of...
asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the strong opposition which has been aroused by the promulgation of the Order in Council which authorises the opening of wet canteens for war workers...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has taken or proposes to take any action regarding a publication entitled "East Asia News Service" under Regulation 18D or other Defence Regulation?
asked the Home Secretary how many people are employed at the headquarters of the London Regional Commissioners in connection with air-raid precautions; and how many of these are of military age...
asked the Minister of Health what alterations he now proposes to make in the completion of national registration identity cards either by way of insisting on more particulars, or as to present or...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that continued low penalties are inflicted by magistrates in Wales in cases of proved adding of water to milk; and will he take steps to ensure that...
asked the Minister of Health whether he has any statistics of the results of immunisation against diphtheria in New York, Chicago and Toronto as compared with London?
asked the Minister of Health the number of cases of measles this autumn as compared with the last three years?
Miss Lloyd George: asked the Minister of Health whether he is now in a position to announce the names of the committee on the salaries of nurses: and whether the terms of reference to the...
asked the Minister of Health (1) the number of visits made by the Commissioners of the Board of Control to mental defectives under statutory guardianship in the administrative area of the county...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is satisfied with the method of calculating the number of children to be moved from one part of the country to another on account of war...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether the whole of the expense incurred in the erection of temporary schools due to war conditions is being borne from Government grant, or is a...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether any recorded comparison exists of the gain in height, weight and health of evacuated children as compared with unevacuated children; and...
asked the Home Secretary the number of new clubs which have, since the commencement of the war, been registered throughout the country, and the number which have ceased to exist or been struck...
asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the urgency of increased production, it is intended to continue greyhound race meetings in midweek?
Mr. Rostron Duckworth: asked the Minister of Health whether he will introduce legislation to amend the National Health Insurance Act to allow of sickness benefits being paid to discharged...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the advantage to troops and public of providing more bands for the three Services?
Miss Ward: asked the Prime Minister whether he can give an assurance that the necessary accommodation is available to meet the additional demand occasioned by the expansion of the Auxiliary Services?
asked the Minister without Portfolio whether he will make it clear that in any supply of food to the peoples of the Continent after the war full consideration will be given to the extent to which...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the Assistance Board has reduced supplementary allowances to old age pensioners, following the lowering of their rents by the Barking...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can give any information about the extent of the current distribution of his Department's leaflets?
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether instructions have been issued to local authorities to allocate allotments to women applicants as well as to men?
Dr. Russell Thomas: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has any statement to make in regard to the postwar outlook of British agriculture?
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware of the useful work that is being done on the land by female workers in addition to the Land Army, and of the assistance they have rendered...
asked the Minister of Agriculture the approximate acreage of unharvested root crops and the estimate of food thus entirely lost?
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his Department has expressed any recent views as to the permitted rents of tied agricultural cottages which have hitherto been rented on a purely...
asked the Minister of Pensions the amount of the King's Fund at his disposal for meeting the needs of the dependants of service men who have lost their lives in this war, and who find themselves...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether he has considered a petition, signed by more than 1,700 people from Manchester and district, demanding that civilian women should be paid equal compensation...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is proposed to freeze the credits in this country of those Britons living abroad?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, as a further incentive to the savings campaign, he will consider arranging for increasing the maximum limitations for the holding of War Savings...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider standardising the rates of moneys received by the Home Guard, air raid precautions and fire watching services, &pc, for...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many young men of fighting age are at present studying at universities throughout the country, giving separate figures for England and Scotland;...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that in certain districts bakers and confectioners are charging for the bags in which their commodities are taken...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he will keep in constant touch with the military and other Departments on the food situation in the districts where the position...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Supply whether, and on what basis, motor-vehicles are being acquired for State service by his Department; and what depreciation per...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply whether he is aware that local authorities, who are making a survey of the iron railings which may be taken for scrap, are threatening...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply how the present degree of absenteeism in filling factories compares with that which prevailed in June, 1941, showing the position...
asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will take into account the serious plight, in many instances, of the provincial coal merchants in Northern Ireland who are not receiving their quota of...
Mr. Rostron Duckworth: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether he can make any statement on the improvement of the payment of interned officers and men of the...
Mr. J. Henderson: asked the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been directed to the complaints arising from the excessive charges for cables to members of His Majesty's Forces serving...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give the House the latest information he has regarding the position of British residents in China; as to what...
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether he has any statement to make about the position of Members of Parliament under the National Service Acts?
Has the Prime Minister any statement to make about the forthcoming Business of the House?
Can the Prime Minister now make his promised statement on the war in the Far East and elsewhere?
Ordered, That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[The Prime Minister.]
Considered in Committee. [Progress, 10th December.]
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