Wednesday, 30 September 1942
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what progress has been made with other countries for the repatriation of permanently disabled prisoners of war?
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why he has ruled that the British Council may not support the scheme for an anti-Fascist Italian centre in London, analogous to the Allied...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to what extent His Majesty's Government provided facilities for, or approved of, M. Charles Vallin, Vice-President of the Fascist Croix de Feu,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the recent speech of His Majesty's Ambassador in Madrid, delivered in Chelsea, suggesting that the Allied...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that travelling expenses of Air Training Corps cadets between their homes and training centres has been refused by his Department; that...
asked the Secretary of State for Air, whether alternative accommodation has now been found for the civilians living on the aerodrome of which he has been informed; and whether there are any...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he can make a statement with regard to the loss of the flying-boat "Clare"?
asked the Secretary of State for Air the number of officers and airmen of the Royal Air Force who have been murdered in India since the recent proscription of the Congress Party?
asked the Secretary of State for Air (1) what were the reasons for releasing for publication the photographs of Gien as before and after the bombing, which were not representative of the same...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what amount of cash a man is entitled to on discharge from the Air Force in lieu of civilian clothes?
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether the inquiry recently announced into the comparative cost, effectiveness and value of night raids and daylight attacks, respectively, by the Royal Air...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether in choosing sites for aerodromes in Northern Ireland, he will see that they are selected in such positions as to prevent interference with, or the...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that strong feeling exists in the Royal Air Force that serving men who have been approved and are awaiting re-mustering for air crews, in...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will consider adopting the procedure of catapulting fighter aeroplanes from a few specially selected points in the South-East, South and...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether, in view of the important successes attained by the enemy during the past three years by the use of dive-bombers under suitable' conditions, and the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport, to state what arrangements have been made by his Department in regard to the transport of deer carcases by passenger train...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport (1) whether, in the course of the investigation made, or being made, into the working of the Government Road Haulage Scheme, Sir...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether he is aware that an allowance of five gallons per week each is granted to two loud-speaker vans used for party...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether he is aware of the waste of coal and man-power in running special trains to and from airports for British Airways...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether, to facilitate lorries getting through towns, he will consider allowing the police to put up temporary direction posts...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether, in the light of further information supplied to him, he is now prepared to give instructions for the issue of priority...
asked the Minister of Information, to what extent are censors authorised to disclose to other Departments the contents of correspondence?
Dr. Russell Thomas: asked the Minister of Information whether he is now satisfied with the co-ordination of Allied propaganda?
asked the Minister of Information whether he has any information to give hon. Members on the reception accorded in Russia to the paper, "British Ally"?
asked the Postmaster-General whether he has any plans this winter for mitigating the inconvenience caused when the last collections of letters take place generally at 4.30 p.m. in outer and 5.30...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and Planning the approximate number of houses from which iron railings have been collected; the total tonnage so far recovered; the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and Planning whether, in view of the backward state of planning in the Welsh counties, he will immediately appoint a Welsh regional...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Prime Minister whether, in connection with the Debate on Army Pay on 10th September, he will institute inquiries why advance information was given to some...
asked the Prime Minister whether steps are to be taken to implement the recommendations contained in the Final Report of the Expert Committee on Compensation and Betterment?
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of recent attacks by armed parties from neutral territory and the ease with which enemy agents can at present get information as to British and United...
asked the Prime Minister whether he has now been able to consider the full reports from the Service Departments on the Dieppe raid and, in particular, upon the support afforded by the Royal Air...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider making recommendations for the creation of an order of efficiency which could be conferred upon industrial workers, male or female, in...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the Parliamentary deputation to Chungking, he will consider asking both Houses of Parliament to pass a resolution of sympathy, encouragement and good...
asked the Prime Minister which Department of State is now responsible for initiating the prosecution of miners for absenteeism?
asked the Minister of Production whether, in view of the fact that the basic materials required for the production of Neoprene synthetic rubber are coke and limestone, he will reconsider the...
asked the Paymaster-General whether consideration is being given to a policy of maintaining basic wages at the level prevailing at the close of hostilities with a view to preventing prices...
asked the Paymaster-General whether there is any official committee investigating the problems of post-war civil aviation; if so, upon what date it was appointed and when it last met?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food what steps his Department are taking to ensure that men and women trained and of good physique are allowed to be retained by the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, in view of the unfairness of the present distribution of tomatoes, he will consider some rationing system similar to that...
Miss Rathbone: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to he Ministry of Food how the recommendation to eat more potatoes and less bread can be reconciled with the necessity for using less fuel; and...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, in cases where one retail food shop purchases the business of another, he will give the registered customers of the latter the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he can give any information about the 57 summonses at Wealdstone on 15th September against Donald Hirstshaw for using 26 tons of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware of, and prepared to veto, the practice of certain café proprietors in the Manchester and Merseyside areas of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, as the trading in aerated waters in Northern Ireland is different from Britain owing to the _ fact that a large trade is done...
"to make temporary amendments as respects the government of India, to make certain other amendments in the Government of India Act, 1935, and to make temporary provision as to certain matters...
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
I beg to move, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty representing that the state of business in the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division requires that a vacancy in the number of...
Resolved, That the Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department extending Section 1 of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Borough of Redcar, a copy of which was presented...
Ordered, That so much of the Lords Message (23rd July) as communicates the Resolution, That it is desirable that all Consolidation Bills in the present Session be referred to a Joint Committee of...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Sir J. Edmondson.]
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