Thursday, 15 June 1939
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
MR. SPEAKER made the following communication to the House:
Oswestry Corporation Bill [Lords],
Address for, Return showing the number of offences relating to motor vehicles in England and Wales, the number of persons prosecuted for such offences, the results of the proceedings in Courts of...
Return ordered, showing the number of persons in receipt of Poor Relief in England and Wales on the night of the 1st day of January, 1939 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 16–2,...
Mr. W. Joseph Stewart: asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons registered at the Employment Exchanges in Durham county who have been unemployed for periods of one to eight years?
asked the Minister of Labour on what conditions railway warrants and expenses for removals are granted at the Employment Exchanges; and what are the current instructions with regard to an...
asked the Minister of Labour what improvement, if any, in the
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider opening an Employment Exchange in Bethnal Green, whose residents have to register in two exchanges, both of which are outside the borough?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he can arrange for the opening of an office by the Unemployment Assistance Board more convenient for those registered at the Shoreditch exchange than the...
asked the Minister of Labour whether there are any prospects of new industries in the Brynamman area, where all the tinworks and coal mines have closed down, and where there is still a large...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware than men living in the Forest of Dean and working in new industries in other parts of Gloucestershire have 2s. a day for omnibus fares deducted...
asked the Minister of Labour the cause of the increase of the number of unemployed from 6,886 in March, 1937, to 8.757 in March, 1939, in Hackney?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will try to arrange a meeting with employers to consider an all-round reduction of working hours per day, so as to prepare the way for the absorption of...
asked the Minister of Labour whether the working drawings for the proposed new Employment Exchange for the Borough of Southwark have been completed, and when it is proposed to commence work on same?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that Mr. J. Milburn, an unemployed surface worker attending the Wakefield Employment Exchange, was given a green card and sent to Park Hills...
asked the Minister of Labour why, in the building of a military camp near Harrogate, the local unemployed from Leeds and the surrounding area are not being given any opportunity of work, and...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has considered the representations made by the county councils of Scotland, urging that the medical needs of persons receiving aid from the Unemployment...
Miss Ward: asked the Minister of Labour whether he will be prepared to make special family allowances to enable married men who are desirous of under going training at Government training...
Miss Ward: asked the Minister of Labour whether he will instruct managers of Employment Exchanges to seek personal interviews with employers of labour with a view to placing, where possible, a...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that a number of joiners have been sent from the Burnley Employment Exchange to Devonshire and other remote places involving heavy expenses; and...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the widespread complaint of the employment of imported Irish labour on Government and municipal contracts to the detriment of our own...
asked the Minister of Labour the number of registered unemployed men, women, boys and girls respectively, of the Borough of Leyton, for each of the past five quarterly periods; and the present...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that young men when registering under the Military Training Act and expressing a preference for service in the Royal Air Force were asked to sign...
asked the Minister of Labour what instructions he is giving when a person is called up for training under the Military Training Act and makes an allowance to his parents who are receiving either...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will see that militiamen called up for training shall, if unemployed, be given the opportunity of serving with the first section called up for training, in...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is able to make a statement concerning the discussions he has had with representatives of the Headmasters' Conference on the proposal to allow militiamen...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that Mr. Fred Vernon of 4, Riddings, Thurcrofts, near Rotherham, has been discharged from his work by Messrs. Rodgers & Sons. plasterers,...
Mr. Whiteley: asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that in the case of young men called up who are the householders, colliery firms in Durham county have intimated that rent will be...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that militiamen from the Accrington Parliamentary Division have to travel to Blackburn for their medical examination and pay their own fares; and...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in setting up tribunals to hear conscientious objectors from Wales under the Military Training Act, he will bear in mind the necessity for such hearings to...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that persons liable to be called up under the Military Training Act have been refused employment for that reason in Willenhall, Staffs; and what...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the Law Society have decreed that solicitors' articled clerks liable to training under the Military Training Act will upon their return from...
asked the Minister of Labour whether students entering in 1939 a residential college, other than a university college, will be permitted to postpone their period of military training until the...
asked the Minister of Labour what was the net effect of changes in rates of wages, as reported to his Department, during the periods 1928 to 1931 and 1935 to 1938, respectively?
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that certain town planning authorities in the home counties are, for the purposes of bringing land within the green belt, seeking in their...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will cause an inquiry to be instituted into the operations of the family means test with a view to ascertaining whether it does not extend the liabilities...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is satisfied with the arrangement of notification to insured contributors of arrears by all approved societies?
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Health whether he will consider a scheme for assisting the local water companies throughout the country to secure a reliable and adequate supply...
asked the Prime Minister if, without instituting any direct Government control or censorship in peace time, he will co-ordinate under a Member of the Government the general direction of the work...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the advisability of arranging that in connection with future Honours Lists there shall be published in addition to particulars of public service,...
asked the Minister of Health the number of persons who consstitute the appeals tribunal under the Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Pensions Acts; where the tribunal meets; and what opportunity the...
asked the Minister of Health what number of children it is estimated will be evacuated to the villages of Peasedown and Mells, in Somerset, in the event of war?
asked the Minister of Health whether the remuneration of £ 2 per week for nursing auxiliaries for whole-time service applies to those living in hospital or at home?
asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the trend of building material prices since tenders were last asked for, he anticipates, when insisting on their asking for new tenders, that the...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the grievance from which 70 teachers in Essex are suffering in connection with their pensions, and whether he will take power to grant...
(by Private Notice)asked the Prime Minister whether he is in a position to make any statement regarding the situation in Tientsin
(by Private Notice)asked the Prime Minister whether he is in a position to make any further statement about the limitation of armament profits?
May I ask the Prime Minister how far he proposes to go to-night in the event of the Eleven o'Clock Rule being suspended, and whether he will state the business for next week?
May I call your attention, Mr. Speaker, to a matter arising out of Questions. This is the third successive Thursday on which questions to the Home Secretary have not been reached, and I ask you...
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee C.
Ordered, That so much of the Lords Message [13th June] as relates to the time and place of meeting of the Committee be now considered. —[Mr. James Stuart]
Colonel Gretton reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee C: Sir Cyril Entwistle; and had appointed in substitution: Mr....
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Reported, without Amendment, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills; to be read the Third time To-morrow.
Reported, without Amendment, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills; to be read the Third time To-morrow.
Reported, without Amendment, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills; to be read the Third time To-morrow.
Reported, without Amendment, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills; to be read the Third time To-morrow.
Reported, without Amendment, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills; to be read the Third time To-morrow.
Reported, with Amendments, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills (with Report on the Bill).
Reported, without Amendment, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills (with Report on the Bill).
That they have agreed to, —
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee.
Order for Second Reading read, and discharged; Bill withdrawn
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