House of Commons debates
Wednesday, 5 July 1944
- Prayers (0 speeches)
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
- Oral Answers to Questions — France (0 speeches)
- Forces of the Interior (German Treatment) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government will associate itself with the Algiers Committee in agreeing to demand death penalties on all known German...
- North Africa (British Representative) (2 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs who is the British representative now in North Africa; and whether he acts as liaison officer with the Algiers Committee.
- Liberated Areas (Administration) (12 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give the House any information regarding the progress of the negotiations with the Provisional Government of France for the civil...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign Office Documents (Publication) (5 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the historian charged with the editing of the Foreign Office documents relating to the period 1919–1931, will be given complete...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Liberated Countries (Emergency Houses) (4 speeches)
Mr. Astor: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what progress he has made in the examination of the possibility of providing emergency houses for the French and other Allied peoples...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Spain (0 speeches)
- German War Production (Reports) (20 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the continued assistance given by the Franco Government to Germany at Pamplona, in testing explosives and...
- Tangier (German Agents) (2 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is now satisfied with regard to German agents in Tangier.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Greece (Censorship) (2 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what action has been taken in reply to the collective protest of 2nd May, 1944, by newspaper correspondents in the Middle East against the...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Yugoslavia (Situation) (3 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information about the recent meeting between members of the Royal Govern- ment of Yugoslavia and members of the Government of...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Argentina (British Relations) (2 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any statement to make on relations with Argentina.
- Oral Answers to Questions — British West Indies Airways (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Air what steps have been taken by his Department to provide aircraft for British West Indies Airways.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force (0 speeches)
- Aircraftman, Cairo (Home Posting) (11 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Air why Aircraftman Leo Abse was posted to this country immediately after he had taken office in the Forces Parliament at Cairo at a time when he still had 18...
- Civilian Clothing (Coupons) (8 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Air if the concession of 21 clothing coupons per year made to officers for the purchase of civilian clothing will be made available to other ranks.
- Funeral Expenses (Grant) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Air why his Ministry allow only £5 towards the cost of a deceased airman's funeral when he is buried by his relatives, whereas the Army and the Ministry of...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Kumasi Town Council (Election) (7 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many people were eligible to vote at the first election to the Kumasi Town Council, that was held on 21st September, 1943; and how many actually...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Navy (Court-Martial, Alexandria) (2 speeches)
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the reasons why an able seaman, whose name and number have been communicated to him, was sentenced to two years' hard labour at Alexandria in March last; the...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Bathurst and Freetown (Town Planning) (6 speeches)
Miss Ward: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any plans for improving the lay-out of Bathurst and Freetown.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Colonial Empire (Adult Suffrage) (4 speeches)
Miss Ward: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies in which Colonies there is adult suffrage and in which merely limited male suffrage.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Ceylon, Constitution (Ap- Pointment of Commissioners) (9 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Ministers in Ceylon have yet formulated draft proposals for constitutional reform; and, if so, what action His Majesty's Government...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Kenya (0 speeches)
- Labour Camps (4 speeches)
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to what extent the Government of Kenya are conscripting Africans in the towns and reserves and sending them to conscript labour...
- Indians (Court-martial Sentences) (2 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State far War whether his attention has been drawn to a recent case in Kenya in which 52 Indians of the artisan class, serving with the local military authorities, are...
- Defence Regulations (Labour) (6 speeches)
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the period of operation of the powers taken in February under the Defence (Limitation of Labour) Regulations of the war-time...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Nyasaland (Development Policy) (4 speeches)
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what active policy is being pursued in Nyasaland to discourage the continued drainage of men from the Protectorate; and what...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Mauritius (Development and Welfare Schemes) (10 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Government of Mauritius has submitted to him any schemes for development under the Colonial Development and Welfare Act of 1940; if so,...
- Oral Answers to Questions — East Africa (Public Education) (2 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can state the approximate amount spent per annum by the Governments of Kenya, Tanganyika and Northern Rhodesia, respectively, on public...
- Oral Answers to Questions — West Indies (Caribbean Conference) (2 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the date and place for the next West Indian Conference under the auspices of the Caribbean Commission has yet been fixed; and whether he will...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Railways (0 speeches)
- Seating Accommodation (17 speeches)
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport if he is aware that the corridors in long-distance travelling trains have passengers who are unable to get seats yet first-class...
- Holiday Traffic (Advance Bookings) (4 speeches)
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport if he is aware of the confusion caused in Macclesfield through the railway companies encouraging and accepting advance bookings...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Motor-Cars (Bumpers) (3 speeches)
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether he will consider introducing a regulation that bumpers on motor-cars should always be at the same height.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Road Safety (14 speeches)
asked the Minister of Information if he is aware that out of 35 B.B.C. flashes on road accidents, in which the principal blame is placed on children, not one sought to impress on drivers the...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Air Mail Service, South Africa and Rhodesia (2 speeches)
asked the Postmaster-General whether he will, for the convenience of the public, arrange to establish as soon as possible an air-mail service from this country to South Africa and Rhodesia as a...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Copper (Bulk Purchase) (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Production if he will publish the calculations as a result of which he has estimated that the bulk purchase of copper imports has resulted in a saving of £40,000,000...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Food Supplies (0 speeches)
- Meat and Dairy Produce (New Zealand) (7 speeches)
asked the Minister of Food if he will inform the House of the terms of the proposed contract with the Government of New Zealand for meat and dairy produce.
- Sugar (Jam Making) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister of Food whether he will release the extra sugar for jam-making at once in view of the necessity to take advantage of as much of the soft fruit as possible in a scarce year.
- Bombed-out Persons (Rations) (3 speeches)
Mr. Astor: asked the Minister of Food whether he will consider adding to the temporary ration cards issued to bombed-out persons some personal points coupons to facilitate the purchase of...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland (Steel Production) (12 speeches)
asked the Minister of Supply whether he will consult with the appropriate Government Departments to ascertain the quality and quantity of light steel sheeting required by the light engineering...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Housing (0 speeches)
- Prefabricated Houses, Metropolitan Area (4 speeches)
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works how many prefabricated houses are to be erected for inspection in the Metropolitan police area; whether one will be erected in the outer...
- Sites Clearance (By-laws) (5 speeches)
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that there is no clause in his Ministry's model by-laws which requires the effectual removal of growing vegetable matter from a site before the...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Lieut.-Colonel Cyril Rocke (4 speeches)
asked the Attorney-General whether steps will be taken to transfer the case of Lieut.-Colonel Rocke, who is alleged to have given aid and comfort to the King's enemies in Italy, from the military...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Rubber Teats (4 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that rubber dummy teats are being sold in drug stores and peddled by canvassers to chemists; that there appears to be a prodigality...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Officer Prisoners of War, Germany (Shooting) (2 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider printing suitable translations of the Foreign Secretary's statement of 23rd June concerning the murder of British prisoners of war in...
- Oral Answers to Questions — British Army (Citizenship Classes) (10 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for War whether the same kind of pictorial propaganda posters used to encourage subscription to War Loan will also be employed to emphasise the civil responsibility...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Hungary (Mass Deportations of Jews) (12 speeches)
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information as to the mass deportation of Jews now proceeding from Hungary to Poland for the purpose of...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Bill Reported (0 speeches)
- Bill Presented (0 speeches)
- Housing (Temporary Provisions) Bill) (0 speeches)
"to extend the making of contributions under section one of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1938, as respects new housing accommodation provided by local authorities before the first day...
- Orders of the Day — Herring Industry Bill (45 speeches)
Order for Second Reading read.
- Orders of the Day — LONDON MIDLAND AND SCOTTISH RAILWAY BILL [Lords] [By Order] (70 speeches)
Order for Second Reading read.
- Orders of the Day — LONDON MIDLAND AND SCOTTISH RAILWAY (CANALS) BILL [Lords] [By Order] (0 speeches)
Second Reading deferred till Tomorrow.
- Orders of the Day — Herring Industry Bill (18 speeches)
Postponed Proceeding on Question, "That the Bill be now read a Second time," resumed.
- Orders of the Day — Herring Industry [Money] (0 speeches)
Considered in Committee.
- Orders of the Day — STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS, &c, (0 speeches)
Ordered: "That Sir Herbert Holds-worth be discharged from the Select Committee on Statutory Rules and Orders, &c., and that Mr. Furness be added to the Committee."—[Major Sir James...
- Orders of the Day — Cabinet Ministers (Newspaper Ownership) (21 speeches)
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain McEwen.]
