Wednesday, 29 March 1939
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
asked the Prime Minister (1) whether, in view of the gravity of the international situation and the necessity for quick action, His Majesty's Government will give favourable consideration to the...
asked the Prime Minister whether any conversations took place between British Ministers and French representatives during the visit of the French President in regard to the inauguration of...
asked the Prime Minister whether he can make a statement as to the present position in Inner Mongolia; and, according to the information in his possession, will be state approximately the number...
asked the Prime Minister whether any response has been received from General Franco to the inquiries made by His Majesty's Government with regard to the possible evacuation of refugees from the...
asked the Prime Minister whether he has any statement to make concerning the presence of German troops or material in Libya?
asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government were kept informed by the Rumanian Government of the progress of the German-Rumanian trade negotiations prior to their conclusion; and...
asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government have been informed by the French Government of the contents of the Italian Note of 17th December, 1938; and whether, in view of the...
asked the Prime Minister whether the recent consultation with the Egyptian Government regarding the adjustment of the boundary between Italian East Africa and the Sudan has terminated; whether...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will consider the advisability of setting up a welfare committee on the same lines as that which exists in the Royal Navy whereby ratings are...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether in future his Department will stipulate in all contracts that all labour shall be supplied from the Employment Exchanges?
asked the Secretary of State for Air what action is being taken with regard to the recommendations of the committee under the chairmanship of Lord Gorell which has recently reported on certain...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that on 21st February a squad of police invaded the village in Jamaica known as the Dungle, drove out the inhabitants and set...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies for what reason a state of emergency was declared in Jamaica on 14th February; for how long the declaration was maintained; whether any mobilisation...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether a Labour Department is now established and functioning in Jamaica; and whether he can state, approximately, the number of unemployed persons...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the amount of land acquired for small land settlement in Jamaica since May, 1938; the number of schemes of settlement already settled or being...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will have inquiries made into the treatment, at the hands of the police and military, of Mr. George Pratt, general secretary of the War...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress is being made in Nigeria in respect to a reasonable workmen's compensation law?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will take steps to enable foreigners who have resided in Mandated Territories for at least five years to apply for and receive British...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the total area of the Gold Coast, including Togoland; the extent of the land owned by the Crown, and the area legally granted to non-natives; the...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been drawn to the section of the Orde-Browne Report dealing with the treatment of juvenile delinquencies...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the sentence of 10 years imprisonment and 18 lashes with a whip, passed on 25th March at Jerusalem, on an...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many lives were lost in Palestine, due to Arab terrorist activities, during the period covering the conversations in London between His...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why the Committee, set up at the Palestine Conference to consider the McMahon-Hussein correspondence, gave no opportunity to the Jewish delegation to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the emergency regulations now operating in Hong Kong empower the police to arrest and expel anyone who appears to have no...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether energetic measures are being taken to secure the arrest and prosecution of the persons who recently assaulted Canon Fitzpatrick in Mauritius?
Captain Arthur Evans: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that over 50 per cent. of the beet seed sown in Great Britain every year comes from Germany, thus in the...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what practical steps to improve our defences have been taken or decided upon since 15th March?
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many recruits are needed by the Army, Navy, and Air Force, respectively, during 1939?
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is satisfied that the existing number of piers, landing stages, and appropriate vessels is sufficient for the various emergency services which will be...
asked the Minister of Transport when he will introduce his provisional legislation to give effect to the recommendations of the Cassels Committee on Third Party Compulsory Insurance; and whether,...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is yet in a position to state the result of the Transport Advisory Council's consideration of the railway companies' square deal application?
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department particulars of the reports received by his Department on the experiments that have been made in the method of testing speeds for motorists by...
asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the growing volume of traffic and the accident rate on the main Basingstoke-Southampton Road, as well as its strategic importance, he will now...
asked the Home Secretary whether his statistics show any increase in the practice of joy-riding in borrowed motor cars; and whether the penalties for such offences are regarded as sufficiently...
Captain A. Evans: asked the Prime Minister whether he will now consider the setting up of a Ministry of Information, which would be responsible for all national propaganda at home and abroad and...
asked the Paymaster-General, as representing the Lord President of the Council, whether he can give an assurance that in allocating money to the Medical Research Council for the formation of a...
asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he can make a statement on the progress of the organisation of air-raid wardens in London under the police?
asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs (1) whether, and what, fresh proposals are contemplated for improvement in the services for education, hospital services and vocational training,...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider calling up Army Reservists for training in modern weapons and new tactical methods?
asked the Home Secretary whether he can give any information as to the cause of the explosion at Abbey Fields, Faversham, on Saturday last, when three men were killed and eight women were...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he proposes to extend the embargo on transfers out of Czecho-Slovakian bank balances to cover sales of Czecho-Slovakian bonds on foreign account?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the indecision of the Government in relation to the provision of insurance against war damage is causing a severe restriction of...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has made representations to all parties concerned in the construction of the balloon barrage depot at Fazakerley, Liverpool, as to the desirability of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether there is any existing system under which pensions are granted to the widows of Governors of Crown Colonies, and, if so, whether he will state...
asked the Prime Minister whether he can make any statement as to the intentions of the Government in connection with the Territorial Army?
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on the Local Government Superannuation Bill be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the...
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to restore to the London County Council power to provide a service of passenger vessels on the River Thames and for purposes connected...
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
Question again proposed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to restore to the London County Council power to provide a service of passenger vessels on the River Thames and for purposes...
"to restore to the London County Council power to provide a service of passenger vessels on the River Thames and for purposes connected therewith," presented accordingly, and read the First time;...
That they have agreed to, —
Reported, with Amendments, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills.
Reported, with Amendments, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills (with Report on the Bill).
Reported, with Amendments, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills (with Report on the Bill).
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Resolution reported, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session relating to unemployment insurance, national health insurance, and widows', orphans', and old age contributory...
Read a Second time, and committed to a Standing Committee.
Considered in Committee [Progress, 27th March].
11.26 p.m.
Read a Second time, and committed to a Standing Committee.
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