Monday, 13 March 1939
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
asked the Undersecretary of State for India whether and when disturbance allowances are to be paid for expenses incurred in movements of the Army from one station to another?
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether, in view of the provisos to Sections 221 and 247 of the Government of India Act, he will protect judges of the High Court in India, and civil...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will make a further statement respecting the circumstances of the recent dispute at Rajkot and the nature of the settlement reached?
asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware of the confiscation of the British-owned Chun Tah cotton mill on the Soochow Creek by the Japanese authorities; that, though the Japanese Embassy...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Prime Minister whether he can state, for the period 1st January, 1938, to the period 31st December, 1938, the total number of duplicate passports which were...
asked the Prime Minister whether, with a view to spreading abroad knowledge of British institutions, he will consider the advisability of providing funds for the publication in the Union of...
asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to General Franco's recently published Penal Law of Political Responsibilities, providing that proceedings may be taken against all...
asked the Prime Minister what action is being taken by the British Government, in view of the loans recently made by Great Britain to Czecho-Slovakia, as to the demand on the part of the German...
asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty' s Government are satisfied that the League of Nations, as at present constituted, can be helpful in furthering the foreign policy of His Majesty's...
asked the Prime Minister whether the agreement signed on 9th March between the Government of the United States and the Government of Brazil, applies to bonds issued in the United Kingdom with the...
Mr. Cooks: asked the Prime Minister whether he has any information regarding the dispatch of German military units to Italian possessions in Africa?
asked the Prime Minister whether he has any statement to make as to the recent representations made to the Italian Government concerning Italian troops in Libya; and the delimitation of Italian...
Lieut-Colonel Sir A. Lambert Ward: asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government will publish the terms of the message about the Balfour Declaration delivered by Commander Hogarth to...
asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department what procedure should be adopted by firms desirous of securing for their representatives visiting overseas markets the help of the...
asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether the functions of the Export Credits Guarantee Department are limited to credit risks as distinct from exchange and transfer risks?
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he is proposing to take to accord British industries some measure of protection by prohibition, or otherwise, against the competition of...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the Anglo-German Trade and Payments Agreement is being circumvented by the re-sale in other countries of the manufactured goods...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that the Admiralty regard steam drifters as necessary for the naval defence of the country; that over 1,000 of these vessels were in the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how the production of flax last year compared with that of 1914; and whether His Majesty's Government propose to take any steps to encourage the revival of...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is in a position to state the date upon which the payment in relief of growers of barley and oats will be made?
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the present large imports of milk pro ducts from the Dominions and foreign countries, the milk equivalent of which amounts to approximately...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what percentage of the eggs consumed in this country in 1937 was imported; and what were the comparative figures for 1938?
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, since Argentine offals have been sold at prices varying from£3 13s. 9d. to£3 16s. 3d. c.i.f., English ports, the...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement regarding the chairmanship of the British Broadcasting Corporation?
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has considered the annual report of the Unemployment Insurance Statutory Committee and the recommendation therein of higher unemployment benefit for...
asked the Minister of Labour the number of appeals made in 1938 by recipients of unemployment assistance against the determinations of the Board' s officers; how many of the appeals were allowed...
asked the Postmaster- General what is the average general cost to the Post Office of assisting owners of wireless sets in obtaining reception free from interference; and whether his Department is...
asked the Postmaster- General what progress is being made to wards the completion of the automatic telephone exchange at Holmewood, Derbyshire?
Captain Cazalet: asked the First Commissioner of Works whether it is proposed to close Westminster Hall in connection with preparations for the visit of the French President?
asked the Minister of Health whether, and by whom, any investigation has now been carried out with reference to the complaints made concerning the Nottingham City Isolation Hospital and the...
asked the Minister of Health whether the senior permanent staff, such as the matron and secretary, of voluntary hospitals are to remain in their present hospitals in the case of an emergency or...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the fact that the principle of the family allowance is recognised in Income Tax rebates, in the Fighting Services' pay, and in the Unemployment...
asked the Secretary for Mines the number of coal mines that have been closed in South Wales in the past 12 months and the number of persons deprived of their employment in consequence; and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can give any information in connection with a lift accident on the premises of Messrs. Lotery and Company, Limited, on 10th March...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to the continued uneasiness in the building trade in respect of war risk insurance; and, in these circumstances, will he...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in the exceptional circumstances of the time, he will make a definite statement as to whether he intends raising the Income Tax in the next Budget?
Hubert Beaumont, esquire, for the Borough of Batley and Morley.
"to amend the provisions of the Local Government Superannuation Act, 1937, and of the Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Act, 1937, as to the local authorities to whom service must be...
[1ST ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding£191,580,000, be granted to His Majesty, on account, for or towards defraying the charges for the following Civil and Revenue...
Class V. £ Ministry of Labour 9,750,000 Unemployment Assistance Board 14,500,000 Class I. House of Lords Offices 25,000 House of Commons 155,000 Registration of Electors 55,000...
Customs and Excise 2,100,000 Inland Revenue 2,800,000 Post Office 29,000,000 Total for Revenue Departments £33,900,000 Total for Civil Estimates and Estimates for Revenue Departments...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn".—[Captain Margesson.]
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