Monday, 6 March 1939
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has any further announcement to make on the situation in Rajkot; and whether he has been in communication with the Ruler of that State...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement on the forthcoming visit to this country of Colonel Beck, the Polish Foreign Minister?
asked the Prime Minister what further progress has been made between the Locarno Powers for an air pact, providing for the limitation of European air armaments and mutual assistance against an...
Mr. Vyvyan Adams: asked the Prime Minister whether he will give an assurance that, before entering into negotiations as to a loan from Great Britain to General Franco, he will lay down as a...
asked the Prime Minister what was the purpose of Mr. Ashton-Gwatkin's recent mission to Berlin; and, in particular, whether matters relating to the former German colonies and a limitation of...
asked the Prime Minister whether he can tell the House what guarantees he has received from the Japanese Government that they will not maintain a permanent military occupation of the island of Hainan?
asked the Prime Minister when it is proposed to commence the discussion on the adjustment of boundaries between Italian East Africa and the Sudan and British adjacent territories, as provided...
asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether it is intended that he shall, during his visit to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, obtain information as to the rules...
Mr. D. Adams: asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he is aware that the balance of trade between Finland and the United Kingdom has continued since 1931 to in crease in...
asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he will include Bucharest in his itinerary of forthcoming visits to foreign capitals?
asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether, in connection with his forthcoming visit to Germany, Russia, and the Scandinavian countries, he will have particular regard to the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can now make a statement in answer to the case presented, and suggestions made to him on 17th February by the deputation representing the National...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction which is felt by poultry farmers at the delay in giving information regarding Government policy affecting their...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will consider introducing further legislation which will enable the particular circumstances of the Midland bacon curers'...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in any future legislation concerning milk, he will take note of the excessive price charged for milk in small towns and country villages under the Milk...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is in a position to state the findings of the Committee on Monetary Penalties under the Marketing Acts?
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is now in a position to publish the evidence and findings of the Fleming Tribunal which led to the recommendation to pay the university of Oxford a...
asked the Postmaster-General the procedure now in vogue in his Department for the recruitment of skilled men; and are indentures of apprenticeship accompanied with references as to character required?
asked the Postmaster-General the total number of depositors in the Post Office Savings Bank as at the last convenient date; the total amount of their deposits with accrued interest on that date,...
asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware of the public desire within a 50-mile radius of Manchester for a television service; what are the prospects of such a service; and will he consult...
Captain Cazalet: asked the First Commissioner of Works whether his attention has been drawn to the conditions under which many of the staff at the British Embassy in Paris are working; and...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what is the average time spent in the various groups for promotion from leading air-craftman to corporal, sergeant, and flight-sergeant; for what reasons the...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that certain organs of the Press during the past few years have continuously published alarming statements regarding the international situation,...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what progress has been made with inquiries into the desirability of the development of the Alberta oilfield for the purposes of the British Navy?
asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to demands for improved conditions of employment for professional football players; and whether the services of a conciliation...
asked the Minister of Labour the reason why only 76 men out of 271 engaged in Government work at the balloon barrage depot at Fazakerley, Liverpool, were given employment through the Employment...
asked the Minister of Health whether he intends to take action to comply with the request made by the camps sub-committee of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England to check the...
asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the position of the Lancashire County Council public assistance committee who during the last 12 months have paid out...
asked the Minister of Health the number of dependants of all serving ranks of His Majesty's Forces who have been compelled to seek Poor Law relief?
asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he is aware that on Wednesday last the City Council of Liverpool failed to approve proposals of the Air-Raid Precautions Committee; that members of all political...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he is aware that, though a schoolchild must remain at school to the end of the year following the sixteenth birthday, the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education how many boys and girls left the elementary schools for the years ended 1936, 1937, and 1938?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has come to any decision as to the possibility of enabling Territorial units to obtain their colours from the same source as Regular units?
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the stealing of large quantities of gelignite in Scotland, he is as yet taking steps to keep Irish enemies out of Great...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has received any communications from local authorities relating to the serious financial burden to be thrown upon ratepayers, particularly in rural districts,...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will cause a White Paper to be published defining what steps will be taken to find out what amount of profits are made out of Government contracts...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that many organisations have been formed to assist old age pensioners in their appeal for an increase in the 10s. a week pension, and...
Motion made, and Question put,
Order for Third Reading read.
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £1,100, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £2,130, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £300,010, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £8,500, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding£10, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £491,800, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £18,700, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
8.32 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding£50,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £9,370, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum not exceeding £200,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £611,200 be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £2,400, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding£2,850, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £10, be granted to His Majesty, to make good an Excess on the Grant for the Foreign Office for the year ended the 31st day of March, 1938:
10.13 p.m.
10.15 p.m.
Ordered, "That so much of the Lords Message [28th February] communicating the Resolution, 'That it is desirable that the London Government Bill [Lords] be referred to a Joint Committee of both...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn."— [Captain Hope.]
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And sometimes to shout at each other.
