Thursday, 23 March 1939
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Jarrow Corporation Bill (by Order),
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the lack of prospect of the re-employment of adults or employment of youths in many communities in the Western Isles of Scotland, and the...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the declared opinion of the Commissioner for Special Areas that this country will not be rich enough to afford the luxury of discarding towns and...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that large numbers of men have been provided with work for a few days only at Government factories, Bridgend; that, in order to fake up this work,...
asked the Minister of Labour upon what date work was commenced at the Treforest Trading Estate; the amount of money expended upon it for all purposes; and the number of per sons in employment at...
asked the Minister of Labour how many persons were registered as being available for employment at each of the Employment Exchanges in the County of Fife on the last convenient date and on the...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, seeing that one of the reasons why many young unemployed refuse to enter Government instructional centres is the lack of assurance of after employment, he...
asked the Minister of Labour the names of firms in Glasgow that have given instructions to managers of Employment Exchanges that they refuse to engage-Roman Catholics; and the names of firms...
Mr. J. J. Davidson: asked the Minister of Labour the total number of persons employed on unemployment administration, and the total cost of such administration in Scotland for the years ended...
Mr. Davidson: asked the Minister of Labour what are the arrangements under which his Department is regularly consulted by the other State Departments with regard to the placing of Government...
Mr. Davidson: asked the Minister of Labour what special schemes to reduce and alleviate unemployment in this country have been inaugurated by his Department during the past two months?
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the forthcoming holiday season, he will give particulars of what steps are taken by Employment Exchanges who send girls to work in seaside resorts...
asked the Minister of Labour whether any persons included in the Schedule of Reserved Occupations are being or will be accepted as volunteers for National Service?
asked the Minister of Labour what draft International Labour Conventions were approved by the Mexican Government in October and December last; and how many of these Conventions have also been...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is now in a position to give the results of his inquiries into the conditions of employment in the foreign-owned firm, the Mossley (Lancashire) Woolcombing...
Mr. Vyvyan Adams: asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he is aware that the experience of the Great War proved that half the value of respirators depended upon the facility with which they were...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education the number of school buildings in Carmarthenshire that have been condemned as unsuitable by the Board; and what progress is being made...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education the names of the local authorities which have established, or are proposing to establish, holiday camps and camping sites,...
asked the Minister of Health the amount of compensation paid per acre for the compulsory purchase of freeholds in the county of London in the last three years; the amount of compensation paid...
asked the Minister of Health the number of persons in Stepney who are recipients of old age pensions; and the number of such persons who are also in receipt of public assistance committee allowances?
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that approved societies under the National Health Insurance Acts have within their rules a pro- vision that members in receipt of sick benefit...
asked the Minister of Health whether he can state, according to the returns made by his Department, the number of persons in receipt of public assistance, and the greatest number of persons in...
asked the Minister of Health how many port medical officers of health have submitted their reports to him for the year 1937; and how many reports are still out standing?
asked the Minister of Health how many of the 24,948 defects and nuisances in crews' accommodation reported in 1937, were found in the 9,760 vessels in which defects were remedied; how many...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will arrange for the primary responsibility for policy as to food reserves to be assigned to a Minister in charge of a Department dealing with the subject in...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will indicate the reasons for which he has refused to recommend the payment of compensation to two men who, at the West London...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in order to answer German aggression in Europe, he will consult the Governments of France, Belgium, Australia and the Union of South Africa with a view to...
asked the Home Secretary.whether, in view of the various instances of great service derived by the use of pocket wireless by provincial police forces, he is considering the use of this apparatus...
asked the Home Secretary what number of members of the Metropolitan police force were hired by private organisations or persons during 12 months to the latest available date; and what amount of...
asked the Home Secretary whether he can give any information in connection with the lift accident at Du Cane Court, Balham, at which a 14-year-old page-boy was killed on Sunday last?
asked the Home Secretary whether he can give any information in connection with the death of a widow who had been working at the Cape Asbestos Company, Barking, from asbestosis which was the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that Germans have been instructed to offer all their foreign securities to the Reichsbank for sale; whether he has considered what effect...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is in a position to announce the date upon which he proposes to open his Budget?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can now state the amount of gold and assets in foreign currency in the Czecho-Slovak National Bank that has fallen into the hands of Germany?
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he can give any approximate statistics as to the present proportion of the working population of this country who qualify for pensions on...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the Civil Service Commission is proposing to hold an examination in Belfast for clerical assistants when there are several...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that, in pursuance of the statement of his predecessor to the House on 4th July, 1938, the Milk Marketing Board have been paying, since 1st...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how many individual fanners received wheat deficiency payments in 1937–38; what is the total amount of wheat fund estimated to be required for the cereal...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what was the Liverpool price of Manitoba No. 1 wheat on or about 14th January, 1:932, and 1938, and the Mark Lane price of English Yeoman wheat on or about the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what percentage of the total ingredients used during 1938 for brewing beer was malt made from British barley; and what percentage of the materials used in...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he has now considered the representations made to him against the proposed no-waiting regulations, and with what result?
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware of the very unsatisfactory water supply serving the people of Holm, Isle of Lewis, who have to draw water from a shallow surface pool...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will assist Island and Highland crofters by offering the free use of tractors and increasing the number of tractors in the possession of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that new council houses in Tarbert, Argyllshire, are and have been standing four to five feet in water; what is the cause and what...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will give favourable consideration to the desirability of Scottish blanket manufacturers having an opportunity of meeting Scottish...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will consider sending a trade mission to Chungking, in Western China, to consult with the Chinese Government as to the best opportunities for...
asked the Secretary for Mines the total amount paid in wages and the average weekly earnings of mine-workers in the Yorkshire coalfield in 1938, 1935, and 1930?
asked the Postmaster-General whether he will take steps to prevent the British Broadcasting Corporation televising plays on Sundays, in view of the fact that the living theatre cannot perform...
Major Whiteley: asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that many units of the Territorial Army, being up to the maximum strength, are compelled to refuse enlistment to suitable...
asked the Secretary of State for War what rate of lodging allowance is given to those men who desire, and are given permission, to sleep out of barracks?
asked the Secretary of State for War how many special scholar ships of £50 a year were awarded by the Army Council to help young officers in 1937?
Lieut.-Colonel Sir William Allen: asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has considered the document sent him by the Member for Armagh County alleging atrocities by British soldiers in...
asked the Secretary of State for War what was the total number of commissions granted in 1938, showing separate figures for cadet entry, Territorial Army and Reserves, universities,...
asked the Prime Minister what steps he proposes to take to offer counsel and advice to nations in South-Eastern Europe; and whether he is aware that such a policy would meet with general approval?
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement on the recent declaration by His Majesty's Government that they could no longer be bound by the provisions of the General Treaty of...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of his invitations to other Governments to co-operate in the preservation of world peace and security, he intends to propose reforms of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what arrangements have been made for a courtesy visit by units of the British Navy to New York in connection with the exhibition and the visit...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is able to state the present position in regard to the discussions now proceeding with the Government of Australia on the...
Will the Prime Minister be good enough to state the business for next week; and also the date of the Budget Statement?
"to make further provision for civil defence and for purposes connected therewith," presented by Sir John Anderson; supported by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Samuel Hoare, Mr. Elliot,...
Colonel Gretton reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had appointed the following Member to serve on Standing Committee C: Mr. Charles Taylor.
Colonel Gretton further reported from the Committee; That they had added the following 10 Members to the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills (in respect of the Public Health (Coal Mine Refuse...
Special Report from the Select Committee brought up, and read.
That they have agreed to,—
Resolution reported, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to postpone the making of payments out of certain banking accounts and certain transfers of securities and gold...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Considered in Committee, and reported, without Amendment.
4.23 p.m.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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