Wednesday, 21 June 1939
The House met at a Quarter before Three af the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
"to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1936, relating to Dundee Corporation," presented by Mr. Colville; and ordered (under Section 7 of the Act)...
"to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1936, relating to Dundee Harbour and Tay Ferries (Superannuation)," presented by Mr. Colville; and ordered...
asked the Prime Minister (1) particulars of the incidents reported to him of the number of British subjects who have been stripped and searched by Japanese troops at the barriers of Tientsin;...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the increasing and beneficial activities of the British Council, he will cause information of these activities to be made available to Members of...
asked the Prime Minister whether, during the course of conversations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, he was informed by them of a note addressed by the Union of Soviet Socialist...
Mr. J. J. Davidson: asked the Prime Minister the total number of compensation claims made by the British Government to General Franco and the number of claims that have been settled up to date?
asked the Prime Minister whether he has yet received from the German Government any reply to His Majesty's Government's request that Herr Reinhardt, German Consul in Liverpool, should be...
asked the Prime Minister whether he can make a statement on the relations between His Majesty's Government and the Mexican Government?
asked the Prime Minister whether the salary paid to Lord Perth carries with it any pensionable rights?
asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government have yet received any answer from the Japanese Government to the protests made by the British Ambassador in Tokyo against the recent...
Miss Ward: asked the Prime Minister whether it is the policy of His Majesty's Government, to foster an increasing contact between the Press attachÉin Paris with editors of Paris and...
asked the Prime Minister the extent to which natives living in the Sudan have been recruited for service in the Italian army in Abyssinia; and what action has been taken in the matter?
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is now
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether it is proposed to
asked the Secretary of State for Air how many squadrons of the Royal Air Force will take part in a demonstration at Le Touquet this summer; and for what reason?
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he proposes to consider the establishment in any part of Scotland of factories in connection with the schemes to expedite aircraft production?
asked the Secretary of State for Air how many ex-Army, Navy, or civil pensioners are employed in administrative posts at the various aerodromes throughout the country?
asked the Secretary of State for Air how many applications have been made to join the Royal Air Force during the last 12 months, the number accepted, and how many failed to satisfy the medical...
asked the Secretary of State for Air how many men, women, boys and girls are employed on clerical and adminstrative duties in the aircraft factory at Speke, Liverpool.
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he proposes to take any action as a result of the report of the Committee on the Control of Flying?
asked the Secretary of State for Air the approximate cost of the American engines for the 14 Ensign air-liners; and whether any part of this sum will fall directly or indirectly on the taxpayer?
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether it is intended to continue the recruitment for the Civil Air Guard of young men under the age at which they are required to undergo compulsory...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Transport whether he will cause inquiry to be made into the high prices charged for electricity in rural and semi-rural areas as compared with urban...
asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the road near Largs, over the Heilly Brae, a well-known viewpoint from which travellers can obtain a panorama view of the...
asked the Minister of Transport what decision has been arrived at for the purpose of relieving the heavy traffic at the Elephant and Castle, in the borough of Southwark, and at other congested...
asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention had been drawn to a statement at a Leytonstone inquest on 1st June that the deceased had been driving a van for 17 hours, and the comment of...
asked the Minister of Transport to what extent the proposals contained in the Bressey Report have been adopted; and how much work is actually in progress or completed with regard to this?
Mrs. Adamson: asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that the ordinary and season railway fares on the North Kent lines of the Southern Railway are greater upon mileage than other...
Mr. Davidson: asked the Minister of Transport whether he can make a statement with regard to the safety alterations affecting the Maryhill Road and Bilsland Drive Bridges, Maryhill?
Mr. Davidson: asked the Minister of Transport the total number of road-accident fatalities in Glasgow for the years ended March, 1938 and 1939, respectively, giving separate figures for the...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he can now state when the Bill relating to the construction of the Forth Road Bridge will be presented to Parliament?
Mr. Adamson: asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the narrow and dangerous condition of the road A 34 where is passes through Whit church, Hampshire; and, as...
asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the road between Newnham and Chepstow; and whether, in view of the fact that this constitutes a portion of the main road...
Mr. V. Adams: asked the Minister of Transport what steps he proposes to take to accelerate the widening of the new Cambridge arterial road?
asked the Prime Minister whether he has any statement to make with reference to the staff conversations which have recently taken place in London between representatives of this country, Poland...
Mr. De la B ère: asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether, in connection with the proposed Rumanian trade arrangements, he can ensure that the 200,000 tons of surplus wheat...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster the annual expenditure on the College of Imperial Defence; how many complete courses were carried through in the years 1935 and 1938, respectively;...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster the total value of the manufacturing plant belonging to the Government being used by private firms; and to what extent and on what terms are the...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster the number of shadow factories that have been erected up to date; what management fees are paid; how many are working to full capacity; and what...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether his attention has been called to the fact that the French Government have purchased a number of diving bells of the type used in...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what facilities for naval training exist for young men from the counties of Orkney and Shetland and the fishing towns and villages in the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he proposes to authorise a branch of the Women's Royal Naval Auxiliary Service at Liverpool, in view of the fact that, in the event of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what salvage facilities exist at Singapore and on the China station expeditiously to raise a submarine damaged accidentally or otherwise and...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what steps will be taken to co-ordinate the relief to be provided by the Admiralty and the Lord Mayor of London's Fund to dependants of victims...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what were the number of hired and established men, respectively, employed in the Royal Dockyards in 1913; and what were the corresponding...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Governors of British Guiana have been appointed since 1918; and will he consider arranging that changes should be made less often so that...
Sir Nairne Stewart Sandeman: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when he expects that the deliberations of the Cingalese Council on the report of the Governor of Ceylon will be completed?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is now in a position to make a further statement on the censorship of the Press in Cyprus?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the growing erosion of many districts in Tanganyika; whether this result is in part due to the destruction...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the Government of Kenya propose to withdraw the State grant, amounting to £12,430, to elementary schools in the Colony;...
(by Private Notice)asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, before the Committee stage of the Finance Bill is entered upon to-morrow, he has any statement to make as to the proposed duty on...
May I ask the Prime Minister what the procedure on the Orders-in-Council under the Military Training Act will be, in view of the statement made yesterday by the Lord Chancellor that these Orders...
That they have agreed to, —
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and to be printed. £[Bill 167.]
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and to be printed. [Bill 168.]
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and to be printed. [Bill 169.]
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Resolved, That the Draft Order entitled the Military Training and Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Consequential Provisions) (Insurance) Order, 1939, presented to this House on the 15th day of June,...
Resolved, That the Draft Order entitled the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Consequential Provisions) Order, 1939, presented to this House on the 14th day of June, be approved." "— [Mr. W. S....
Order for Consideration of Report thereupon read, and discharged.
Resolution reported, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to remove the limitation imposed by Sub-section (2) of Section five of the Mining Industry Act, 1920, upon the total...
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