Wednesday, 5 April 1939
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Private Bills [Lords] (Standing Orders not previously inquired into complied with),
asked the Prime Minister when the communications and transit organisation of the League of Nations last met to consider the fixing of a regular date for Easter; and what decisions were arrived at?
asked the Prime Minister whether the representations made by His Majesty's Government to the Japanese Government on 14th January, respecting the re-opening of the Yangtze River to commercial...
asked the Prime Minister (1)whether, following the termination of hostilities in Spain, German troops and war material have been withdrawn from Spanish territories; (2) whether the Italian...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the dependence of Germany on imports for the supply of such essential materials for rearmament as iron-ore, petroleum, copper, lead, sulphur, cotton,...
asked the Prime Minister whether, following on the guarantee to Poland, His Majesty's Government will enter into conversations with Holland, Switzerland, Denmark, and Belgium with a view to...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what precise decisions were reached at the recent conference in London with regard to fuel used for civil aviation purposes on machines passing over a number...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what steps he pro poses to take in view of the fact that pilots using Heston aerodrome are gravely concerned about danger to flying due to the gas-holder...
asked the Secretary of State for Air when he proposes to introduce legislation to provide for a public corporation for overseas civil aviation?
asked the Secretary of State for Air the results of the latest experiments that have taken place in the development of oil engines for the purpose of incorporating same in aircraft for use in...
asked the Minister of Transport when it is anticipated that the construction of the new dual carriage way at Wheatley on the Oxford-High Wycombe road will be started and when it will be...
asked the Minister of Transport when the Crawley by-pass will be open; and when the extension of Western Avenue will be completed?
asked the Minister of Transport particulars of roundabouts or one-way traffic schemes it is proposed to introduce in the London area in the near future?
asked the Minister of Transport when the report made by the chief engineering inspector of the Electricity Commissioners as to the outcome of the public inquiry into the causes of the failure of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether the contract price for the building of the dredger they have placed with Messrs. Lobnitz and Company, of Renfrew, was the lowest British...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will reconsider the decision to provide for oil-firing of the new Royal yacht; and to arrange for British coal to be used for this...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is aware of the discontent caused in West Fife by the action of the contractors employed on the concreting of oil tanks at Rosyth who...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any native labourers are recruited for countries where Governments have not yet conformed to the labour conditions of the International...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the native produce of British West Africa is now largely controlled by large British buyers; and whether he will give the...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will ascertain from the colonial territories in Africa whether they have available for publication any records showing...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the committee set up to consider the McMahon correspondence went beyond its terms of reference when it dealt with documents...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what information he has as to the social and economic position in St. Helena, particularly relating to unemployment and infantile mortality, and the...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can make any statement on the report of the Kenya Settlement Committee; whether the recommendations for the provision...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether His Majesty's Government will publish the Franco-British proclamation of 9th November, 1918, to the inhabitants of Mesopotamia and Syria?
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether, in view of the decision to increase the Territorial Army, the question of a Ministry of Supply is being re-examined by His Majesty's Government?
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether any plans for concerted French and British action in the Mediterranean exist; and whether any conversations between French and British...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he has drawn the attention of the Committee of Imperial Defence to the recent statement of the late Governor of Gibraltar concerning the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that a law was enacted in 1933 by the Legislative Council of British Guiana to regulate the employment of children and young...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that a travelling bag, containing secret anti-aircraft plans for which Scot land Yard had been hunting for 24 hours, Was handed in to Bow...
asked the Lord Privy Seal whether, in view of the discretion now given to county councils to substitute council control for police control of the air-raid wardens service with out necessarily...
asked the Postmaster-General whether he can state for each of the last five years the percentage of the total Post Office revenue attributed to football pools transactions and associated business?
Viscountess Astor: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will take steps to secure the appointment of practical fishermen as members of the local committees under the Sea Fish Industry...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether it is pro posed to proceed with the Milk Products Marketing Scheme, which was considered at a public inquiry over two years' ago and has since been held...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has now considered the application for a licence for incorporation of a company not for profit, under the name "The Oxford Group"; whether...
asked the Minister of Health whether, after reading the evidence of Mrs. Devlin, at Liverpool Assizes, he is prepared to reinstate her; if not, is he prepared to recommend compensation for loss...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the annual milk production of Scotland in gallons; and what estimated percentage is used by charitable institutions such as infirmaries and hospitals?
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether in Scottish prisons, censorship of newspapers issued for the use of prisoners still prevails; the type of articles affected; and who directs the...
asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he can make any statement on the commission of experts which has been sent to Southern Rhodesia to examine the possibilities of refugee...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young persons are covered by the inquiries now being conducted in Manchester and Leeds, respectively, as to the hours of employment...
asked the Home Secretary whether, before agreeing to any exemption from the provisions of the Factories Act covering the hours of labour of young persons, he will consult with the Board of...
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the collapse of the grandstand at Rochdale on 1st April, 1939, on the occasion of the Rugby League cup semi final, when one man...
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the case of a boy, Leslie Silverberg, aged 14, of Wapping, who was beaten with an iron bar by youths professing Fascist...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the specific terms on which it was agreed to give Exchequer assistance to the pig industry in Northern Ireland?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the football-pool companies also engaged in retail storing are subject to separate assessment of Income Tax on their retail business as apart from...
asked the Minister of Labour how many permits were issued to women aliens in 1936, 1937, and 1938, respectively, to take up employment in private domestic service; and whether he has any...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider setting up a committee to investigate the effects of blind-alley occupation in adolescence upon a person's liability to unemployment in...
Mr. Anderson: asked the Minister of Labour what facilities are provided for unemployed men with families who attend for a course of instruction at a residential gas school when such men are not...
asked the Minister of Labour the number of cases in which winter allowance has been stopped in the district covered by the Pontefract area office?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that determinations of unemployment are being issued with the determination back-dated a fortnight, and that the space in the form for the date of...
Captain Arthur Evans: asked the Prime Minister the position of Czecho-Slovakian sugar quota under the International Sugar Agreement since the annexation of Czecho-Slovakia by Germany?
asked the Secretary of State for Air how many candidates from the Dominions and Colonies have been accepted for appointment to commissions as pilots in the Royal Air Force during the past year?
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether he has any statement to make to the House concerning the assassination of His Majesty's Consul at Mosul, and if this was in any way connected...
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether he can make a statement about the official request made yesterday by the Government to the Press that they should not publish the instructions...
Resolved, That this House do meet To-morrow, at Eleven of the clock; that no Questions shall be taken after Twelve of the clock; and that at Five of the clock Mr. Speaker shall adjourn the House...
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on Governnment Business be exempted, at this days Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)"—[The Prime...
That they have agreed to,—
Report from the Select Committee (with Minutes of Evidence and an Appendix) brought up, and read.
First Report from the Committee on Public Petitions brought up, and read.
Colonel Gretton reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had added the following Twenty Members to Standing Committee D (in respect of the Wheat (Amendment) Bill): Mr. Acland, Mr....
Colonel Gretton further reported from the Committee; That Mr. Thornton-Kemsley, being a Member representing a Scottish constituency, is added to the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills under...
Lords Amendments to be considered upon Tuesday 18th April, and to be printed. [Bill 106.]
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Tuesday 18th April, and to be printed. [Bill 107.]
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [4th April], "That the Bill be now read a Second time."—[Sir J. Anderson.]
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69.
Increases in existing grants.
Expenses of Government Departments.
Compensation.
Ordered, "That so much of the Lords Message [4th April] as relates to the appointment of a Committee on the London Government Bill [Lords] be now considered.''—[Captain Margesson.]
Not amended (in the Standing Committee), considered; read the Third Time, and passed.
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