Mercher, 17 Rhagfyr 1941
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.]
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the present position with regard to the evacuation of Italian men, women and children left in British hands in Ethiopia and now concentrated at...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that Anglo-Portuguese relations are being affected by reports circulating in Portugal to the effect that His Majesty's...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether China is now, in the fullest sense, an Ally of this country, and will be invited to the next meeting of the Inter-Allied Conference at St....
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs who is the economic adviser to the Chatham House Reconstruction Committee; what salary he is paid; and has he access to any confidential documents?
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether the decision that no further commissions are to be granted direct to civilians will cancel out those who have been interviewed and recommended in the...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will give an assurance that air warders who are physically fit and performing their duties in a satisfactory manner will not be replaced by Service...
asked the Secretary of State for Air how it was possible for two German airmen who escaped from a North of England prison camp, to obtain possession of a Royal Air Force aeroplane as a means of...
asked the Minister of Aircraft Production whether he is prepared to inaugurate schemes of work and, if necessary, of preliminary training, for full-time Civil Defence workers in their spare time?
Dr. Morgan: asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can state the percentage of illegitimate births in the island of Barbados for the years 1940, 1939 and 1938?
Dr. Morgan: asked the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that Mr. Philip Cox, now appointed assistant in the Welfare Department of the Colonial Office, and who was born...
asked the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies on what grounds the Chairman of the Franchise Commission in British Guiana has resigned; what progress has been made with the work of the...
asked the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that charges for reaping, milling and equipment for the rice produced in British Guiana have all increased considerably,...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies whether he has yet received information regarding the enactment of the code of labour legislation in British Guiana; and...
Mr. Graham White: asked the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies if he will state the object with which a West African Supply Centre is to be set up; and what duties it is to undertake?
Mr. David Adams: asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware of the urgent demand in the Seychelles Islands for the establishment of a venereal disease clinic with...
asked the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies whether the Government will consider the desirability of making a pronouncement at an early date to the coloured races of the Colonial Empire...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will place in the Library a copy of the scale of salaries which the Nigerian Government proposes for African members of the Civil...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport how many trains running daily on the Southern Railway carry first-class passengers for intermediate stations from Waterloo to...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport how many railway horseboxes were used to take horses to the National Hunt Meeting at Cheltenham on 13th December?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether all necessary steps have been taken to provide the essential spares for public transport vehicles in the Ayr district,...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will consider recommending that the Merchant Navy be granted the prefix of "Royal" to mark the gratitude of the country for their courage and...
asked the Minister of Information the number of male persons, excluding established civil servants, under 41 years of age employed by his Department in both London and the country who have been...
asked the Minister of Information whether he is aware that the caption, "Ministry of Information," on films produced by his Ministry, subconsciously prejudices audiences against them as being...
asked the Minister of Information whether he has taken steps to disseminate in Germany, Italy and other Continental countries, the content of a speech by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Munster, in...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that feelings of discontent exist among those employed as Air Fitters (L), Fleet Air Arm, owing to their lower rate of pay as compared...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that naval officers stationed ashore at Malta do not draw the necessary colonial allowance as do officers of the Army, Royal Air Force...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that Gunner Daniels, No. 11403032, was arrested at Leigh, Lancashire, on 29th October, because it was alleged he had not responded to the...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that many British soldiers in Iceland are now facing the prospect of spending their third consecutive Christmas in Iceland without having...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that a board of officers was assembled on 19th August, 1941, to inquire into the requisitioning of chattels...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether any written instructions for the guidance of Army officers as to the tactics to be employed and the method of defending all aerodromes have been...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will state the present procedure with regard to employing on the land prisoners of war in this country; how many sections of them are not being...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether, in view of the fact that a large number of dependants of men serving in His Majesty's forces are unable to meet the expense of private medical treatment,...
asked the Minister of Health whether all surface and underground shelters are now equipped with bunks, lavatory accommodation, heating facilities and those other necessary amenities to give a...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what action he has taken with regard to detailed information that has been given him concerning a number of motor-cycles and motor-cars that are being...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in order to make the maximum use of skill and expert knowledge, arrangements are made for men to be transferred from one of the military defence forces to...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the fact that most of the world is now involved in the war, and four-fifths of the population support our cause, he will consider taking steps to...
asked the Prime Minister whether in view of the overlapping of the three Services police forces, he will consider merging them all into one defence police force under one head, with a...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply, how many chemists are employed in administrative posts in his Department; and how many of these are unpaid?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply what methods are adopted to ascertain what a fair price should be as to contract prices for shell-cases of various types; and whether...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply why the large source of scrap-iron available at the derelict cement works at Ellesmere Port, formerly belonging to Allied Cement...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply whether he is prepared to inaugurate schemes of work, and if necessary training, for full-time Civil Defence workers in their off-duty...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply what are the grounds for the appointment of Mr. Butlin as Director of Hostels; what are his duties and...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply what arrangements have been made in regard to the distribution of tools which are being imported from America...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply whether the invitations to tender for the disposal of vehicles prior to present arrangements were made publicly or otherwise, and to...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply why the staff of a clothing firm, consisting of 250 girls, employed on Government work, at a factory of which he has been informed,...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food (1) why many fish-friers in Great Yarmouth are now compelled to draw their supplies from a nucleus melter 120 miles from the town; (2)...
Dr. Russell Thomas: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether the Vegetable Marketing Board have now given authority for the disposal of potatoes and more than two. tons...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food what principle guides his policy of closing down small flour mills in favour of centralisation of wheat-milling in target areas?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food what is done with supplies of milk at week-ends when priority deliveries are not being made to schools; and whether school holidays at...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether his Department will now reconsider the whole scheme of the rationing of eggs?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, in auditing accounts between his Ministry and local authorities, full use is made of the services of the district auditor or...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he will consider the possibility of allowing extra rations of cheese and cooked meat to ironstone pit manual workers, many of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food what proportion of the wheat milled in Great Britain is converted into national wholemeal flour up to the specification laid down by the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he has investigated the possibility of car parks at dog-racing tracks being used for black market operations in foodstuffs and...
(forasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that broadcasts from his Ministry, intimating the availability of milk, dried fruit and other commodities, when...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to cases recently before the courts of convictions for illicit drinking, gambling, purveying spurious...
"to make provision with respect to the restoration after the war period of trade practices obtaining before that period"; presented by Mr. Ernest Bevin, supported by Mr. Herbert Morrison, Mr. T....
That they have agreed to—
Lords Amendments to be considered upon the next Sitting Day, and to be printed. [Bill 11.]
REPORT [16th DECEMBER].
It is with some degree of hesitancy and a considerable amount of trepidation that I venture to address the House to-day. That is caused by the fact that this is the first occasion that I have...
REPORT [16tk December].
"to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two," presented accordingly, and read the...
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