Mercher, 4 Awst 1943
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Major Vyvyan Adams: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will undertake that the behaviour of Marshal Badoglio in Ethiopia will be brought to the attention of the United...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the name of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia has been, or is to be, given as a war criminal to the United Nations Tribunal for the trial of war...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what were the honourable conditions of peace offered to the Italians by the United Nations, as stated in General Eisenhower's recent broadcast...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to an official proclamation commending the House of Savoy to the Italian people; and whether, in order to...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will give an assurance that His Majesty's Government will take no action that would limit the freedom of the Italian people to choose,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information on recent events in Spain, and the possibility of the revival of the Monarchy; and what are the views of His...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the agreement which has been reached between Generals de Gaulle and Giraud and the appointment of General Giraud as...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Inter-Governmental Committee on Refugees has now been reconstituted and given power to deal with postwar as well as present aspects of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of a recent German broadcast announcement, negotiations for the exchange of badly wounded prisoners from that country are in...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what were the approximate distances of allied bombs from St. Peters and the Vatican City in the recent bombing of Rome?
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will provide officers of the Royal Observer Corps who are compelled to travel by road on duty with Service motor cars or grant them an allowance...
asked the Secretary of State for Air why Royal Air Force personnel in the Middle East are not issued with sun glasses?
asked the Secretary of State for Air how many bands exist in the Air Training Cadet Corps; to what purpose they are put; and what part they play in the training and recreation of the corps and...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force are allowed to remove their tunics when off duty or when driving vehicles in hot weather; and whether it is...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will make a statement showing the relative positions in the pay allotments to dependants and the eligibility of dependants to allowances of British...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether any decisions have been reached in regard to the allocation of post-war civil airports in this country?
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is yet in a position to make a statement on the future of British air transport?
asked the Secretary of State for Air why the Report and Statement of Accounts of the British Overseas Airways Corporation for the year ended 31st March, 1942, were only presented to the House on...
asked the Minister of Aircraft Production the value of aircraft factories erected in the United States of America by British money, from the sale of British securties and by other means prior to...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether he has now reconsidered the effect of the action of the West Yorkshire Road Car Company and other omnibus operators in...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether he is aware that Axis representatives have been seen in Eire touring the Irish countryside in motor-cars driven by...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether, in view of the appointment of the Director of Alternative Motor Fuels as Regional Transport Commissioner for the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether the London and North Eastern Railway Company notified him of their intention to convert certain pre-war third-class...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport why the Tidal Basin Station on the London and North Eastern Railway in the Borough of West Ham, has been closed, as the station...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether he is aware of the serious inconvenience caused to passengers on long railway journeys that when the train arrives at...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether he will make a statement on the amount of public passenger travel over the last week-end; and how many additional,...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport why, and in what capacity, Mr. C. A. Birtchnell was authorised to sign the Emergency Powers (Defence) Retail Deliveries Tea...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether he is aware that Government-owned coastal tankers up to Boo tons gross are carrying a master, one mate and another...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether he has any information as to the nature of the recent transaction between the United States of America and Canadian...
asked the Minister of Information whether he is now satisfied with the attitude of British and Allied newspapers and journals, published in this country, towards each other?
asked the Minister of Information whether he will consider inviting political pressmen, who are in attendance in the House, to broadcast in "The Week in Westminster" series, so as to furnish an...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the fact that the emergency powers of Regulation 18B, which gives rise to misgivings, controlling as it does the liberties of citizens, should no...
Wing-Commander James: asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware of the apprehension that has been aroused that the Ministry of Works is to continue as a Department after the war emergency...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, in the case of those British Restaurants which have been created by local authorities other than in accordance with paragraph 3...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware of the heavy expenditure involved under the recent Rats (Infestation) Order, 1943, ordering local authorities...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware of the progressive increase in the gap between production prices and retail selling prices for fruit, vegetables and...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food as the Canned Fish (Maximum Prices) Order (S.R. and O., No. 962, of 1943) does not prevent persons from acquiring canned fish other than...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, in the interests of equity and milk consumption, he will recommend to the Milk Marketing Board the fixing of a flat rate of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is satisfied that where prosecutions are undertaken by his Department the Ministry is- adequately represented by counsel of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, on those occasions when large quantities of fish arrive at Billingsgate Market, he will consider allowing extra allocations to...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that in 1942 Northern Ireland shipped to Great Britain 1,450,000 pounds of dried milk and 665,000 cases of eggs, each...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he will arrange for oranges to be distributed through maternity and child-welfare centres in order to make certain that they do...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that the price for herring paid to the fishermen at Fraser-burgh, Buckle and Peterhead was recently reduced to 70s....
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food what engagements his Ministry have made for drying the grain of Warwickshire farmers who have purchased combined harvesters; and how will...
asked the Minister of Supply the total number of boots discarded by each of the three Fighting Services from the outbreak of war to 31st December, 1941, and the total sales to dealers made by...
asked the Minister of Supply (1) what percentage of the total quantity of paper used for printing is allocated to firms engaged in jobbing or miscellaneous printing, as distinct from the printing...
Wing-Commander James: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works whether he will make a statement upon the status of certain trade union officials now operating upon sites of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works whether he has any statement to make on the question of making available to private purchasers a limited quantity of emergency paint...
What action do you propose to take, Mr. Speaker, on the Special Report of the Select Committee on Publications and Debates Reports recommending that the word "Hansard" be printed on the front of...
I would like to put to you, Mr. Speaker, a question about the order of Business to-day. Can you inform us, for the guidance of the House, of the order in which the Debate on pensions will be taken?
Report from the Committee of Privileges, with Minutes of Evidence and an Appendix, brought up, and read; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed [No. 103].
Tenth and Eleventh Reports from the Select Committee brought up, and read; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed [Nos. 104 and 105].
I beg to move, That this House, at its rising To-morrow, do adjourn until the first Sitting Day after 19th September. The House was informed on 28th July, last that these provisional dates had...
I beg to move, That the Draft Supplementary Pensions (Determination of Need and Assessment of Needs) (Amendment) Regulations, made by the Minister of Health and the Secretary of State for...
Resolved, That the Draft Unemployment Assistance (Determination of Need and Assessment of Needs) (Amendment) Regulations, made under Sections 38 and 52 of the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1934, a...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Pym.]
Resolved, That the Draft of the Special Order, proposed to be made by the Minister of Fuel and Power under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 to 1934, on the application of the Cheltenham and...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Major Sir James Edmondson.]
It is with great reluctance that I add to the labours of the Minister to-day. Whatever may have been said about him, it is only fair to say that he has shown great patience during the whole...
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