Sir William Davison: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware of the hardships being endured by the British subjects in the Channel Islands, who suffer from insufficient food, fuel and clothing; whether arrangements can be made for Red Cross parcels to be sent to the Channel Islands through the International Red Cross; and will representations be made to the International Red Cross...
Sir William Davison: Would my right hon. Friend explain how it is that parcels cannot be sent direct by the International Red Cross to people in the Channel Islands, when parcels which are sent to deportees from the Channel Islands in German concentration camps are being forwarded from there, with the consent of the German authorities, to the Channel Islands, and are very gratefully received?
Sir William Davison: I certainly will, but will some steps be taken with the Inter- national Red Cross to see if some of these parcels cannot be sent direct to these unfortunate people, many of whom are dependent largely for food on carrots and turnips boiled in sea water because there is no salt?
Sir William Davison: Is any useful purpose served by putting on the Order Paper the fact that a memorandum, which cannot be discussed or referred to, has been sent to the Prime Minister? What is the object of putting that notice on the Order Paper?
Sir William Davison: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the handicap suffered by British industry before the war by reason of the wholesale and often vague patent rights secured by Germany in connection with the processing of British and other inventions and discoveries whereby rights of manufacture had to be bought and were frequently refused; and will he see that this impediment...
Sir William Davison: Is not my right hon. Friend aware that the late Mr. Joseph Chamberlain and the right hon. Member for Carnarvon Boroughs (Mr. Lloyd George) drew attention to this matter but nothing was done; and is he further aware that owing to the vagueness of the specification it is quite impossible to manufacture many of these patents without the assistance of Germany? It is a most serious matter which...
Sir William Davison: (by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the refusal by the Government of Eire of the American request supported by Great Britain that Axis Consular and Diplomatic representatives should be removed from Eire having regard to the serious danger to the Allies in connection with the forthcoming invasion of Europe in having a centre of espionage within the British Isles,...
Sir William Davison: May I ask the Prime Minister whether he does not think it essential that the frontier between Ulster and Eire should be closed, in view of the activities of the I.R.A., who have declared war on Great Britain and have riot long ago been apprehended with papers giving particulars of the American Forces at present in Ulster and certain plans of their operations?
Sir William Davison: May I reply to what was intended to be the taunt of the Noble Lord against those of us who sit on these Benches? He said that if the Prime Minister came into the House and announced that he would stand on his head, there are Members who would cheer him. May I remind the noble Lord of what was said by a previous Conservative Prime Minister, Mr. Disraeli, when appealing to the electors of High...
Sir William Davison: Are we quite clear that each of these cases will be considered on its merits, and that where a school has been deriving its pupils from more than one local authority's area, although situated in a particular local authority area, if it is in a position to provide adequate finance and will not be tempted by the additional money it would receive by being a controlled school, it will have its...
Sir William Davison: Who provided these schools in the first instance when the State was not so generous as it is now, and who provided the funds for giving the education in them?
Sir William Davison: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware of the hardship suffered by persons who have purchased annuities by reason of the fact that the annuitant has to pay Income Tax on the full amount of the annuity, although a large portion of it is represented by the return of the annuitant's capital; and will he consider the removal of this injustice in his forthcoming Budget.
Sir William Davison: Can my right hon. Friend explain the justification for levying Income Tax on instalments of return capital; is he aware that annuitants are generally people of very small means who are very heavily hit in this way, and will he give the matter further consideration?
Sir William Davison: Will my right hon. Friend keep in mind how desirable it is that men of standing should still continue to serve on local bodies?
Sir William Davison: Would it not be possible to publish a preliminary report?
Sir William Davison: asked the Lord President of the Council whether he is aware that Professor Fleming has made no financial profit from his discovery of penicillin, the new drug which has saved the lives of thousands of our soldiers; and whether a grant will be made from public funds to the author of this discovery.
Sir William Davison: Is the Minister aware that the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply recently stated in this House that the discovery of penicillin was as vital to the Allies as the most secret weapon we were producing? Is it not a curious thing that we should give grants to people who produce lethal weapons, but refuse them to the inventors of a drug which has saved thousands of lives?
Sir William Davison: Can a copy be placed in the Library?
Sir William Davison: asked the Minister of Food if he will take steps to remedy the disability suffered by members of the public who have to be at work between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. by reason of the fact that supplies of oranges, fish, cakes, &c., are only available between the hours mentioned and retailers are forbidden to reserve any supplies to which the applicant would be entitled when he visits their shop...
Sir William Davison: But the right hon. and gallant Gentleman has not answered the latter part of my Question, which points out that retailers are forbidden to reserve supplies for the people who come at 9.30 a.m. as they have to get to work at 10 a.m. The shop is open but the shopkeeper is not allowed to reserve oranges, or whatever it may be, for which his customer asks?
