Thursday, 30 March 1939
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
I have been asked by the trustees of the British Museum to present a petition which they have to submit to this House annually, explaining the financial position and praying for aid. The petition...
Sea Fisheries Provisional Order (Tollesbury and West Mersea) Bill,
asked the Minister of Labour the latest information in his possession as to what extent unemployment at present obtains among the workers in France, Germany and Italy?
asked the Minister of Labour what complaints he has received from manufacturers wishing to establish businesses in Special Areas that the terms of assistance under the Special Areas...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that two subordinate officers employed in the area office of the Unemployment Assistance Board at York have been compulsorily transferred as a...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has any evidence to show that unemployed persons from other places go to Liverpool for the express purpose of seeking employment in that city; whether such...
Mr. Vyvyan Adams: asked the Minister of Labour whether he can give an accurate or approximate total figure of the unemployed who are not registered at the Employment Exchanges, and who have to...
asked the Minister of Labour the number of young persons under the age of 16 years who have been transferred from the provinces to the metropolitan districts of London for various kinds of...
Mr. W. Joseph Stewart: asked the Minister of Labour the amount of coal that has been purchased by the Sites Company under the Pallions and St. Helens trading sites, respectively, and the price...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that when a claimant to benefit, Mr. W. Bailey, of 33, Frederick Street, N.7, appeared before the Court of Referees at Holloway on 21st February,...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the draft conventions adopted by the 1937 session of the International Labour Conference have been submitted to the Senate of Cuba for...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the Guild of Insurance Officials have been trying for some time to get a meeting with the representatives of their employers to bring to...
asked the Minister of Labour whether the discussions with the National Council of Port Labour Employers has led to a preliminary agreement as to the registration of dock workers and the...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that for the purposes of the Bakery Trade Board, Scotland has been divided into five regions fixed upon a county basis, and irrespective of the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware of the activities of a pro-Nazi organisation in this country known as the Link; whether his attention has been called to...
asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the long delay which has transpired since the Government have expressed their intention of introducing legislation to deal with bogus clubs, he is now...
asked the Home Secretary whether he can give any information in connection with an accident at Messrs. W. H. Healeys, chair factory at High Wycombe, at which a man was killed on Thursday, 23rd...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that some magistrates refuse to sign vaccination exemption certificates on the ground of conscientious objection; and will he circularise magistrates...
asked the Lord Privy Seal what type of explosive was used in the recent air-raid precautions test in Northampton when the first attempt to demolish a derelict house failed through the charge not...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education the number of school children in the county of Durham who receive milk at school, also what percentage of these are...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether in the light of the recommendations contained in the Consultative Committee (Spens) Report on Secondary Education and the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether, in view of the necessity of the development or reorganisation of many schools on account of the paramount importance of the...
asked the Minister of Health where the 37 cases, with seven deaths, after inoculation with convalescent measles serum, referred to on page 39 of the last Annual Report of his chief medical...
asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the increased number of unemployed men in the building industry and of the continued shortage of houses and overcrowding in certain areas, he...
asked the Minister of Health the number of old age pensioners within the area of the Leyton and Walthamstow Employment Exchange; and what number received Poor Law relief during the 12 months to...
asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to Circular 1,466 of 21st February, 1939, issued by the Board of Education as an inducement to teachers to join His Majesty's...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the need for an international exhibition and fair to be held during the year 1940 at Trentham, Blackpool, Manchester, or some other suitable...
asked the Prime Minister whether he has now considered the case presented to him by the deputation representing the Trades Union Congress that the time has arrived for the restoration of the...
asked the Prime Minister whether an opportunity will be given to the House to discuss the report of the Committee on Control of Flying?
asked the Prime Minister whether any decision has now been reached by the Government as to the further measures to be taken for the recruitment of the armed forces of the Crown; and whether any...
asked the Prime Minister whether a proposal to set up a permanent Pacific Defence Board will be included in the agenda of the forth coming Defence Conference in New Zealand?
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make an up-to-date statement of the progress of negotiations with other Governments with respect to the position in international affairs before the House...
asked the Minister of Health whether he has considered the application from the Walsall Borough Council for loan sanction for the erection of a community centre in the Harden Ward of the...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the Exchequer grants to boroughs and urban districts to cover the loss of rates due to the derating of industrial hereditaments do not meet...
asked the Minister of Health the number of active burning pit-heaps in Northumberland; the number which have been extinguished; and the location of the extinguished heaps?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the fact that our reserve of gold is liable to be dissipated in operations offsetting the transference of money by individuals and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether, in view of the fact that the supply of Treasury bills normally depends on the balance between Government income and expenditure and on the...
Mr. Edwards: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, after having given assurances to Income Tax payers that there will be no increase in direct taxation of income, he will now give an...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amounts paid in Income Tax by local authorities in Great Britain during the financial years 1930–31, and the latest year for which figures are...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is prepared to recommend that the growing of potatoes be de-restricted for the ensuing season on the basis of reasonable indemnity to growers, through...
(by Private Notice) asked the Postmaster-General whether a decision has yet been reached on the policy to be adopted in regard to the wireless relay services?
May I ask the Prime Minister what will be the business for next week?
Resolutions reported from the Select Committee: 1."That, in the case of the Croydon Corporation [Lords], Petition for Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with:—That the parties...
Reported, without Amendment, from the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills.
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to confer powers upon the Corporations of Smethwick Oldbury Rowley Regis and Tipton in regard to certain tramways in their respective boroughs and...
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
Colonel Gretton reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had nominated the following Three Members to serve on the Select Committee on the Public Trustee (General Deposit Fund) Bill:...
Colonel Gretton reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had added the following Twenty Members to Standing Committee A (in respect of the Wheat (Amendment) Bill): Mr. Acland, Mr....
Colonel Gretton further reported from the Committee; That they had discharged the following Members from Standing Committee C: Mr. Batey, Mr. Collindridge, Mr. Stephen Davies, Mr. Hunloke, and...
Colonel Gretton further reported from the Committee; That they had appointed the following Members to serve on Standing Committee D: Mr. Beaumont, Mr. Beechman, Commander Bower, Mr. Braithwaite,...
As amended (in the Standing Committee) considered.
3.53 p.m.
3.56 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 6, line 16, to leave out the Clause. Hon. Members who took part in the Committee proceedings will recall that this Clause gave rise to a considerable volume of discussion,...
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Not amended (in the Standing Committee) considered; read the Third time, and passed, without Amendment.
Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 to 1934, on the application of the Bridport Gas Company, Limited, which...
Ordered, That Mr. Benson, Mr. Owen Evans, Mr. Mabane, and Sir Assheton Pownall be Members of the Select Committee on the Public Trustee (General Deposit Fund) Bill. — [Sir J. Edmondson.']
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn." — [Sir J. Edmondson.]
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