Dr Edith Summerskill: I was not suggesting that he should speak of legislation, but that he should put into effect recommendations which have already been made to the Government.
Dr Edith Summerskill: No. I think those recommendations could be put into effect without legislation. These are recommendations which can be put into effect without any legislation. As I listened to the eloquent speeches of the miners' representatives on Monday dealing with the fate of miners, I wished that someone might follow me this afternoon who would speak as eloquently of the fate of the mothers in this...
Dr Edith Summerskill: I did not attend one case outside. You have to remember that I was qualified in 1924, and at that time we had a number of students who had come from the War. But I might tell the hon. Gentleman opposite that I am here—and I feel it my duty to expose these things—I am here representing the mothers of the country, and not the medical profession. This factor is, I consider, of tremendous...
Dr Edith Summerskill: Not mothers.
Dr Edith Summerskill: A letter was read to me in English by the Foreign Minister, Senor del Vayo, and there was no doubt that those troops were Italian and not Spanish.
Dr Edith Summerskill: asked the Secretary of State for War the weekly wage of a woman working in the regimental canteens at Aldershot and Salisbury Plain?
Dr Edith Summerskill: Is it not a fact that many doctors in this country believe that the Austrian doctors can make a helpful contribution to medical knowledge in this country?
Dr Edith Summerskill: I have listened to many speeches this afternoon eulogising this Bill, but the speech that has been made from the opposite benches that has surprised me most and shocked me is the one made by an hon. Member representing a seaside town in North Wales. I felt that he should have known better, because he happens to belong to the same profession of which I have the honour to be a member. I hope...
Dr Edith Summerskill: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the earliest age that children are permitted to work underground in the African Colonies; and what is the maximum number of hours worked by children in the mines?
Dr Edith Summerskill: In view of the low standard of living of the natives and the poor physique of the children, will the right hon. Gentleman try to expedite that inquiry, especially in Kenya, where, he says, a child of 12 is allowed to do the work in a mine which is done by full-grown men in England?
Dr Edith Summerskill: asked the Home Secretary what attributes he has looked for in selecting officers for the Women's Voluntary Services, seeing that the officers he has selected for service appointments have no practical experience of the conditions of the people in the industrial and congested areas?
Dr Edith Summerskill: Does the hon. Gentleman know that organised women and unorganised women in this country who are called upon to form the rank and file of these services are extremely dissatisfied with the arbitrary manner in which the Home Secretary has appointed the higher command?
Dr Edith Summerskill: Does the hon. Gentleman know more about organised and unorganised women than I do?
Dr Edith Summerskill: Has the hon. Gentleman had the advice of women who understand the conditions in the industrial and congested areas?
Dr Edith Summerskill: asked the Minister of Health (I) how many local authorities have arranged for the midwives in their employ to have special instruction in order that they may unaided give their patients analgesia; (2) how many local authorities have availed themselves of the powers conferred upon them to provide the necessary apparatus for their midwives in order that analgesia may be available for women at...
Dr Edith Summerskill: What is the maximum number of hours that children of 12 can spend underground in the mines?
Dr Edith Summerskill: asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the recent conference of 7,000 delegates from women's institutes at the Albert Hall, a t which it was agreed by an overwhelming majority that analgesia at childbirth should be available for all mothers who desire it; and whether he will set up an inquiry with a view to steps being taken which would meet the demand of these...
Dr Edith Summerskill: Does the right hon. Gentleman know how many local authorities are supplying midwives' apparatus?
Dr Edith Summerskill: What is the reduction per 1,000 of maternal mortality in these particular areas?
Dr Edith Summerskill: As a newcomer, I must, in the first place, crave the indulgence of the House. I am extremely sorry to see that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has gone out to tea just at this time, because what impressed me most in the speech he made on Tuesday was the faith that he expressed in the people of this country, and particularly the poor and needy people of this country, who were to be called...
