Thursday, 14 July 1938
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Return ordered, showing the number of persons in receipt of Poor Relief in England and Wales on the night of the 1st day of January, 1938 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 157, of...
I beg to present to the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled a humble petition of the undersigned owners of property, 62 in number, in the...
Mr. Anderson: asked the Minister of Labour the maximum amount which can be allowed under the Regulations of the Unemployment Assistance Board to persons requiring to travel to enter a hospital...
Mr. Anderson: asked the Minister of Labour how many people were unemployed, men and women separately, on the last available date in the area of the city of Salford, compared with the same period...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has considered a resolution from the Glasgow and Edinburgh Joint Trades Council protesting against the holiday pay restrictions imposed upon the...
asked the Minister of Labour what is the total of unemployed in Fife and the number of those unemployed under 25 years of age?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has now received reports from the other Departments concerned regarding the suggestions put forward by the Llanelly employment committee for work in West...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has considered a letter from Atherton Trades Council asking that better facilities be made for the unemployed men who at present have to go to Tyldesley to...
asked the Minister of Labour the number of knitwear operatives now unemployed and working on short time in Scotland?
Mr. Jenkins: asked the Minister of Labour the total expenditure from public funds, to the most recent date, in connection with the Treforest Trading Estate, and the total number of persons now...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that glassmakers employed by firms in Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, are restricted to working three days in the week and, although they sign on...
asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons wholly and partially unemployed in Dewsbury and Batley, respectively, for the months of June, 1937, and 1938?
asked the Minister of Labour what information the Government have on the general scale of fees charged by employment agencies conducted with a view to private profit; and whether the Government...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he can name any date for the publication of the results of the inquiry into working-class budgets now being completed?
Mr. J. J. Davidson: asked the Minister of Labour the total number of hours the Ministry of Labour Pavilion at the Glasgow Empire Exhibition is open per week, and the number of employés at...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department which of the recommendations contained in the Departmental Committee's reports on workmen's compensation it is intended to implement pending...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that during the period from 1920 to 1930 many highly-skilled engineers migrated to the United States of America and took out American naturalisation...
asked the Home Secretary whether plans have been prepared for the protection of coal mines against the danger of attacks from the air; and whether he can indicate what measlres are proposed?
asked the Home Secretary how many Germans and Italians were resident in this country at the end of March, 1938, and how many have been naturalised?
Mr. David Adams: asked the Home Secretary whether he will make inquiries into possible reforms with regard to the ways in which information as to an accused person's career is laid before the...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has considered the representations of the Scottish Hosiery and Knitwear Manufacturers Association regarding the proposed establishment of foreign hosiery...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is granting permits to all alien refugees coming to this country who are qualified doctors or dentists to practise their profession and is also granting...
asked the Home Secretary whether he can give details of expenditure against loan in respect of sums borrowed by the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police district from the Public Works Loan...
asked the Home Secretary where the four new section houses to be taken into occupation during 1938, in addition to the one at Putney, are situated; will he state the total number of unmarried men...
asked the Home Secretary whether he can give any information in connection with the escape of ammonia fumes at the Eldorado ice-cream factory, Stamford Street, S.E., on 12th July; and how many...
asked the Home Secretary whether he will extend the area in which political processions in the East End of London are prohibited, in order to include the Sandringham Road, Hackney, district?
asked the Home Secretary on what points the International Labour Convention of 1932, which lays down a minimum age for non-industrial employment, goes beyond the Children and Young Persons Act,...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the fact that the functions of the Minister of Transport, in his capacity as the highway authority for the trunk roads, in some cases conflict with...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will instruct the Committee of Imperial Defence to review the whole question of the defence of Gibraltar in the light of recent events in Spain and the Straits...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will grant facilities for the consideration of the Lords Amendments to the Architects Registration Bill, which are of a purely drafting nature?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he is aware that the London County Council education committee has recently recommended the spread-over of school holidays and...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he can now give any information in connection with two boys that have been expelled from the Poole Grammar School for smoking...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether his Department has at any time since the passing of the Act of 1936 threatened to withhold from any local education authority...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether the names of those persons who signed the appeal to the Board of Education against the proposed Church central school for the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he will consider leaving out of account classes of less than 15 children in small rural schools, or similar classes in senior...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he is aware that the managers of the Church of England schools in Liverpool, namely, St. Margaret's, Anfield, St. George's,...
asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the multiplicity of examinations and examining bodies relative to the training and professional status of medical practitioners, he will consult...
asked the Minister of Health whether he has any information through the Board of Control of the treatment and cure of dementia by somnifane-narcosis, both as to the number of public mental...
asked the Minister of Health the percentage of children vaccinated for the last year for which the figures are available for the following towns: Huddersfield, Bristol, Bournemouth, Eastbourne,...
asked the Minister of Health what reports he has had from the Ministry's inspectors in connection with the complaints of local authorities in the county of Durham as to the menace to the health...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the Doncaster Town Council has covered in the refuse dump in the sand tip at Hyde Park, Doncaster, but that the neighbouring houses are...
asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the broadcast on Friday evening, 8th July, asking listeners whether they knew where a Bragg-Paul respirator, or "iron-lung,"...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that all tenders for building contracts in London above a value of £3,000 are first submitted to a trade organisation entitled the London...
asked the Minister of Health the total indebtedness of local authorities in England and Wales for the years 1913, 1923, and 1936, respectively; and what was the total amount raised in local rates...
asked the Minister of Health whether the land in Dovedale and, in particular, the land at Ilam, for the completion of the Dovedale Park scheme, has now been acquired; what price has been paid, or...
asked the Minister of Health the number of persons receiving contributory, non-contributory, and widows' pensions, respectively, in Dewsbury and Batley?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that Britons visiting the United States of America cannot obtain a permit to leave the United States until they have satisfied the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in the course of negotiations with the German Government over the Austrian loans, any suggestion was made, or understanding arrived at, that Great...
Mr. Anderson: asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many factories have been purchased by the Lancashire Sites Company and where these are situated; and the types of industries...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether it is proposed to publish the evidence given before the Committee on Spinsters' Pensions?
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is now in a position to announce the name of the new chairman of the Wheat Commission?
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has considered the present position in regard to the Fife Educational Trust Scheme, 1936, and the Perth and Kinross...
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether the Chinese Government have applied to His Majesty's Government for a loan, and if so, has the application been agreed to?
Information has come into my possession which would appear to be inconsistent with that upon which the Committee of Privileges founded their report. May I ask your guidance, Mr. Speaker, as to...
May I ask the Leader of the House what will be the business for next week; and for what purpose it is proposed to suspend the Eleven o'Clock Rule to-night?
"to amend the law with respect to customs in the Isle of Man,"presented by Captain Wallace; to be read a Second time upon Monday next, and to be printed. [Bill 218.]
Reported, with Amendments, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills (with Report on the Bill).
That they have agreed to,—
Lords Amendments in lieu of certain of their Amendments to which the Commons have disagreed and Lords consequential Amendment to be considered upon Monday next, and to be printed. [Bill 219.]
Ordered (under Section 7 of the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1936) to be considered To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 220.]
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69.
Order read for consideration, as amended (in the Standing Committee).
Resolved, That the draft of the District Probate Registries Order, 1938, made under Section 108 of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925, which was presented to this House on...
Considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment; read the Third time, and passed, without Amendment.
12.4 a.m.
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