Monday, 3 April 1939
The House met at a Quartet before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
All Hallows Lombard Street Bill,
Ordered, That Mr. Boulton be added to the Committee of Selection.— [Mr. James Stuart.]
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India the number of political department cadre posts held by Europeans and Indians, respectively, as at the last convenient date; and the number of Indians...
asked the Prime Minister whether he can make any statement on the case of Mr. H. F. Dyott, who was kidnapped from his private house in the Japanese-controlled area of Tientsin on 17th March;...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will ask His Majesty's representatives in Scandinavia and in Central and South-Eastern Europe to report in what districts the dissemination of British news in...
asked the Postmaster-General whether he will consider entering into a supplemental agreement with the British Broadcasting Corporation with a view to including a subsidy towards grand opera?
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the fact that Germany is to provide land armaments to Rumania under the German-Rumanian Treaty, he has considered entering into negotiations with...
asked the Prime Minister what steps are being taken to ensure the immunity of ships sent by the International Relief Commission against the possibility of hostile action by the new Spanish Government?
asked the Prime Minister whether it is the policy of His Majesty's Government that the Egyptian Government shall be consulted, and its approval obtained, in respect of any agreement affecting the...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether, before inaugurating a new recruiting campaign, he will arrange for all claims for pensions of volunteers in the last War to be adjusted satisfactorily?
asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he is now in a position to give any information in connection with the trading negotiations upon which he has recently been engaged...
asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether it is intended to extend the system of export credits to Spain?
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the commission to Rumania has been authorised to negotiate a trade treaty, or whether its function is to investigate the trade situation in that...
asked the Minister of Agriculture the average producer's price per gallon of milk for a period of 12 months, calculated to the most convenient date for the years 1936 and 1937; and further, what...
asked the Minister of Agriculture (1) what representations he has made in connection with the plans decided upon by the Milk Marketing Board for the allocation of milk supplies to creameries; and...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will consider taking steps to prevent the further closing down of existing country mills capable of dealing with English wheat?
Mr. De la Bèere: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in connection with the proposed restrictions on the quality of wheat offal to be imported, he will take precautions to ensure...
asked the Minister of Agriculture (1) whether he is now in a position to make a statement on the long-term agricultural policy of the Government; (2) whether his consultations with the National...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can now state the proposals of the Government regarding oats and barley; and when he expects to introduce the necessary legislation to give effect to them?
Mr. Adamson: asked the Minister of Agriculture the average prices of foreign fish landed and sold in the ports of Hull and Grimsby during the first six weeks of this year; and what was the...
asked the Postmaster-General whether he proposes to make any concessions to telephone users and/or reductions in telephone rentals in the near future?
asked the Postmaster- General whether volunteers in his Department are still undergoing tests for tuberculosis; how many have been tested to date; and what are the reults of these experiments?
asked the First Commissioner of Works whether, in view of the advice given by the Royal Fine Art Commission, that it is desirable to examine afresh in connection with Parliament Square the...
asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he has received a report of the North Staffordshire blackout that took place on 20th March; if so, whether he is satisfied with the results; and what steps are...
asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government will hasten the review of their attitude towards the principle of establishing a compulsory register in order to convince the Governments...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in order to give consideration to the ever-growing problem of the unemployed man over 55 years of age, he will move to set up a Select Committee to examine this...
asked the Minister of Labour what are the results of his consultations with the Commissioner of the Special Areas for the establishment of new industries at Maesteg; and whether he is aware of...
asked the Prime Minister by what body the reconsideration of the desirability of instituting a Ministry of Supply is being undertaken?
asked the Lord Privy Seal whether it is proposed to revise the age limits laid- down in the Schedule of Reserved Occupations (Provisional) (Cmd. 5926), in view of the urgent need for Territorial...
asked the Secretary of State for War when a new headquarters for the London Irish Rifles is to be completed?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the present situation and as a temporary measure, he will propose making the granting of holidays for Territorial training a statutory...
asked the Minister of Health how many children at Horncastle who had been immunised against diphtheria developed that disease during the last three years?
Mr. David Adams: asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that undesignated milk supplied by the Milk Marketing Board for human consumption is substantially inferior in the matter of...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, in view of the decision of His Majesty's Government to subsidise merchant shipping in the national interests, he will consider according similar...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he is aware that requests have been made to the Somerset Education Committee by the managers of the county schools, Pensford,...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he has considered the recent representations of bodies concerned with education and child welfare urging the provision of a...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will give an assurance that the scale of allowances for children of soldiers on active service will not be less generous than the scale of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can give any information in connection with the accident at Messrs. Edgar Allen and Company, Imperial Steel Works, Tinsley,...
asked the Home Secretary whether he can give any information in connection with the Hammersmith Bridge explosion; whether he has the name of the man who picked up the package on the footway and...
Sir N. Stewart Sandeman: asked the Home Secretary what steps he is now taking to accelerate the repatriation of the Basque children?
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the case of Mrs. Nora Morrison, mother of 10 children, who was sentenced within two weeks of her last confinement to one month's...
asked the Home Secretary whether he will endeavour to give as sympathetic treatment as possible to political refugees who manage, with great difficulty, to get out of their country; and whether...
Sir N. Stewart Sandeman: asked the Home Secretary how many instances there have been during the last six months of secret Government documents having been stolen or lost; and what instructions...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what Departments fill vacancies in the clerical assist ant grade in Belfast by internal transfer; and what proportion of the total vacancies...
asked the Minister of Transport how many miles of commercially-used canals have been reconditioned since 1920; what Government assistance has been given towards the cost; and to whom, and on what...
Colin Norman Thornton-Kemsley, Esquire, for the County of Aberdeen and Kincardine (Kincardine and Western Division).
"to provide for the better protection of producers of wheat and users of wheat flour and wheat offals against exploitation by milling combines; for the establishment of a milling industry...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
Debates in the House of Commons are an opportunity for MPs from all parties to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.
And sometimes to shout at each other.
