Friday, 15 September 1939
The House met at Eleven of the Clock, MR. SPEAKER in the Chair.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the recent announcement of the incorporation of the Territorial Army into the Regular Forces, officers and other ranks of the former...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has considered further the many anomalies in the rules for free issue of Anderson shelters; and whether he will extend such issue...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that officers of the Auxiliary Fire Service in London are experiencing considerable difficulty through the resignation of men who are compelled, under...
asked the Home Secretary whether the activities of the Anglo- German Kameradschaft, the Anglo- German Circle, and the Anglo-German Academic Bureau, have now closed down; and whether the...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has yet received from the Commissioner of Police a report concerning drunkenness in the darkened streets following on the closing of all places of amusement...
asked the Home Secretary whether he will state the position regarding the opening and closing of public fair-grounds at the present time.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will consider the advisability of introducing legislation to provide for an investigation being made into alleged cases of profiteering?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that recently a number of unemployed men of various trades, mostly building, were called to the Ramsgate employment exchange and asked there and...
asked the Minister of Labour what steps should be taken by persons who wish to offer their services upon work of national importance whether whether paid or unpaid?
asked the Lord Privy Seal, as representing the Minister of Information, whether the Ministry of Information accept responsibility for the security censorship to be now exercised by the British...
asked the Lord Privy Seal, as representing the Minister of Information, whether he will request the British Broadcasting Corporation to broadcast musical recordings on their usual wave-lengths...
asked the Secretary for Mines, whether, having regard to the institution of a rationed supply of coal, he is considering the advisability of increasing the supply of coal by securing the...
asked the Secretary for Mines whether it is intended to postpone the operation of the Coal Act, 1938, on account of the present emergency.
asked the Minister of Health whether any general standard of accommodation has been laid down for evacuees in reception areas; and whether children can be removed from unsuitable dwellings.
asked the Minister of Health, whether his attention has been drawn to the case of Miss Annie Moye, who is detained in the Brock hall certified institution; what consideration of her case by the...
Miss Rathbone: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education, whether he is aware that the problem of the leisure of the adolescent is becoming acute in London and other evacuated...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he will impose, by order, a uniform 20 miles per hour speed limit for all vehicles during the hours of darkness in all built-up and urban areas?
Sir J. Nail: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the refund of road-vehicle licence fee due to owners whose vehicles are purchased by imprest can be made effective as from the date of...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he can now make any statement as to the re-organisation of the arrangements for control of the distribution of supplies of fish through the...
May I ask the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury whether he can state the business of the House on its resumption next Wednesday?
Resolution reported, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to confer on the Minister of Labour powers with respect to the control of employment during the present emergency,...
Considered in Committee.
11.32 a.m.
I beg to move, in page 1, after "Labour," to insert "and National Service." This Amendment is consequential on previous Amendments.
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