Wednesday, 22 March 1939
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Mr. SPEAKER made the following communication to the House:
Sea Fisheries Provisional Order (Tollesbury and West Mersea) Bill,
asked the Prime Minister whether he will request the Secretary of the League of Nations to publish the terms of the letter of appreciation and good will addressed by the Government of the United...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the advisability of taking immediate steps to enter into negotiations with the Soviet Government with a view to definite arrangements being...
asked the Prime Minister to which embassies or legations in London were granted the greatest number of diplomatic visas for the year ended 28th February, 1939; and whether there is any limit to...
asked the Prime Minister what steps, other than military preparations, His Majesty's Government pro pose to take in the near future which would not simply safeguard British interests but...
Mr. Edmund Harvey: asked the Prime Minister whether representations have been, or will be, made by His Majesty's Government to the German Government with a view to obtaining facilities for...
Mr. J. J. Davidson: asked the Prime Minister whether General Franco's Government have been invited by the Council of the League or otherwise to become members of the League of Nations?
Captain Arthur Evans: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Anglo-Cuban Trade Agreement was negotiated before or after the International Sugar Agreement; when each agreement...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will instruct the official representatives of His Majesty's Government in Rumania to
asked the President of the Board of Trade what action on the part of His Majesty's Government is contemplated by the projected agreement between British and German industrialists; and whether or...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what have been the imports of hosiery from Italy and Japan into this country in each of the last two years; what percentage this has been above the quota...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether, in view of the recent fatal accident at an aerodrome, he will publish figures of accidents at aerodromes due to propellers or otherwise; and whether...
Mr. Davidson: asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will, in the near future, set up a committee of inquiry into the possibility of establishing a Government civil air service for Scotland?
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he has considered the protests from municipal, agricultural and archaeological authorities, against the waste of public money involved in abandoning...
Miss Ward: asked the Secretary of State for Air whether, with a view to the additional production of aeroplanes, the full capacity for the sub-contract work in aeroplane production on the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will see that due consideration is given to the demand of the Ceylon Indian Association for eight seats for Indians in a Council of 68,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress has been made in the investigation and promotion of schemes for the settlement of German-Jewish refugees in Tanganyika, in accordance...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the announcements by various Governments of annexation, or proposed annexation, of vast areas in the Antarctic, he will define...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is yet in a position to make a statement as to when it is proposed to issue in Palestine the new Road Transport Ordinance and Highway Code...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the fact that full use is not made of the facilities offered by the Colonial Development Fund for assistance in the various...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the amounts provided in the Estimates for the 12 months ended the last convenient date, for the maintenance of the Kenya Defence Force?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the Church of England was disestablished and gradually disendowed in Jamaica in 1870, and the government of the Church...
Captain Arthur Evans: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the terms of the International Sugar Agreement provide for sugar-producing British Colonies to enjoy an increased...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the fact that German subjects in the mandated territory of the British Cameroons out-number the British subjects by three to one,...
asked the Secretary of Slate for the Colonies whether he can give any information as to the respective military strengths of the one company of the Royal West African Frontier Force and of the...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he will consider undertaking, with 100 per cent. grant assistance, the construction of a main west-coast road along the Highland sea-route linking Mallaig...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is now able to state when work on the crofter counties scheme roads in South Uist Island is to begin; how many local men will be employed, and for what...
asked the Minister of Transport how many streets in the city of Liverpool have been scheduled as children's playgrounds to date and what number have been so scheduled since the passing of the...
asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the traffic experience of Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, since the introduction in that city of a...
asked the Minister of Transport what action he proposes to take on the Interim Report of the Departmental Committee on Cabs and Private Hire Vehicles (Cmd. 5938)?
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the attitude of the German Government in South-Eastern Europe, which menaces the ultimate security of this country, he will now take immediate steps...
Mr. Davidson: asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware of the in creasing disparity in economic conditions of the people of Scotland and England; and will he set up a Royal Commission to...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is aware that many men employed at the Rosyth Dockyard as labourers have to travel between nine to twelve miles to work, this...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what percentage of men employed in the dockyards are retained after reaching the age of 60 years?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty particulars of the personnel permanently employed by the Admiralty in the maintenance services of the floating dock at Singapore, and the yearly...
asked the hon. Member for West Swansea, as representing the Charity Commissioners, whether he will consider the desirability of an inquiry into the management and finances of the Shaftesbury Homes?
asked the Minister of Health whether service in His Majesty's forces during the Great War will count towards the continuous period of non-contributory service referred to in Section 12 (6) of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he can state the names of the United Kingdom representatives at the forthcoming Pacific Conference in New Zealand?
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the recent statement of a magistrate to the effect that if the public would realise it, by patronising cut-price shops they are...
asked the Home Secretary why a request made by the local organiser of the Leyton Joint Committee for Spanish Aid for permission to hold a street collection on 25th March on behalf of Spanish...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that acute controversy has arisen in connection with the system of official shorthand writing set up in the Chancery and King's Bench Divisions in...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how many bacon factories there are at present; what their aggregate curing capacity is; and what proportions of this total fall into different classes according...
That they have agreed to,— Ministry of Health Provisional Order (South Staffordshire Joint Hospital District)Bill,Ministry of Health Provisional Order (Blackburn) Bill,Ministry of Health...
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69.
Order for Second Reading read.
5.37 p.m.
Resolution reported, That, for the purpose of any Act of the present Session to facilitate the establishment of a fund to check undue fluctuations in the sterling value of the Chinese dollar, it...
REPORT [20th March.]
"That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to amend the law with respect to the manner in which the public trustee may deal with certain trust moneys to confirm the legality of...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn." —[ Mr. James Stuart.]
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