Tuesday, 26 September 1939
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in theChair.
Mr. SPEAKER made the following communication to the House:
asked the Secretary of State for War whether, to prevent the waste of essential foods at military camps, he will consider immediately setting up a salvage corps, either to prevent waste or to...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he can indicate when the services of the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers will be required?
Mr. J. J. Davidson: asked the Secretary of State for War whether he can make a statement with regard to youths of 18 and 19 years of age, indicating the position with regard to overseas service?
asked the Secretary of State for War when it is intended to issue fuller communiqués regarding the Western Front operations, in lieu of the laconic ones at present being sent out, and thus...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that, owing to the high payments to air raid precautions personnel and the low rates of pay offered to the older men who comprise the...
asked the Secretary of State for War why no reply has been sent to the National Union of Agricultural Workers to letters dated 1st August and 16th August in connection with an accident which...
asked the Secretary of State for War what instructions have been issued to commanding officers, and what transport facilities have been arranged, to enable Members of Parliament serving in the...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that services of chaplains are not available to many of the new Army; whether he is satisfied that sufficient chaplains have been...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, in view of the prospect of the war continuing for years, his Department will immediately consider the taking over of large houses and other...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will make a statement of Government policy regarding the Scottish Special Areas; and whether he can announce the appointment of a new Commissioner?
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that to enable prosecutions to be instituted for breaches of the no-treating regulation in the last war, it was the practice of the...
asked the Secretary of Staete for Scotland whether he is aware of the indignation that has arisen in Perth in consequence of so many married women whose husbands are fully employed being employed...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware of the strong feeling amongst Glasgow's houseless population at his instruction to Glasgow Corporation to suspend all preparations...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has considered a resolution from a meeting of headmasters in Edinburgh asking that the schools be reopened; and what action he proposes to...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether in view of the fact that many factories in Edinburgh and other places are arranging, during the winter months, to start work at 9 a.m., he will...
Mr. Davidson: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many of the Government's reserve of tractors have been, or will be, available to Scottish farmers?
Mr. Davidson: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many county committees have been formed in Scotland for the purpose of increasing food production; and whether he can make a statement...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how, in view of the large sums spent on health services in the cities of Scotland and the repeated assurances that these services were adequate and...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the names of the Regional Commissioners and their deputies; the salary paid to each individual; the names of those who are accepting salaries and those...
asked the Home Secretary the number of salaried personnel employed in civilian defence; what is the cost to the State weekly; and what number of men and women have given, and are giving, their...
asked the Home Secretary whether householders in vulnerable areas, desiring Anderson steel shelters but not within the classes of persons at present entitled to free distribution, are to be...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has considered the provision of an inhalor or apparatus designed for the immediate treatment for the lungs of sufferers from a gas attack; whether he is aware...
asked the Home Secretary what steps have been taken by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police to ensure compliance by Government Departments, and the War Office in particular, with the...
asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will take such steps as may be necessary to secure that the rationing of petrol does not prevent the completion of public air-raid shelters and other...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can make a statement on the Government's proposals for the maintenance of our export trade?
asked the President of the Board of Trade what are the grounds on which restrictions are imposed on imported fruits, with the exception of apples, at a time when glut conditions prevail in the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any arrangements have been made for the continuity of trade between the Baltic States and Finland and this country; and whether British official...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any decision has yet been reached with regard to the maintenance of the quota provisions of the Cinematograph Films Act, 1938?
Mr. David Adams: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is in; ended to control the prices of materials used in the construction and equipment of vessels for the Mercantile Marine;...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has considered the petition of the Herring Trade Association to have herring barrels and barrel-making materials exempted from compulsory...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will give consideration to the appointment of a Minister of Industry and Economic Reconstruction at an early date with the responsibility of examining and...
Mr. Vyvyan Adams: asked the Prime Minister whether the Government are considering issuing a statement of war aims in somewhat greater detail than hitherto?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he proposes to bring to an end the use of postal orders as legal tender?
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can make some statement to summarise the steps which have been taken to facilitate the establishment of war-time economy...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the stop on the American exchange at $4.03 now amounts to a 7½per cent, tax on all exports to, and a bonus of the same on all...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he will take to meet the position arising from the action of the Stock Exchange upon the outbreak of war, when it decreed that all balances...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether Army officers family allowances will be free of Income Tax?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the rate of interest on Treasury Bills three weeks ago; what was the rate of interest on Friday, 15th September; and what was the cause of the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government investigation into old age pension allowances has been abandoned or only postponed?
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what number of appointments to non-combatant posts with a salary of £500 a year and over have been created since the declaration of war; and...
asked the Minister of Pensions the nature of the organisation for dealing with pension claims and the intended composition of any committees which may be set up for this purpose?
Captain Shaw: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information whether he will inquire into the inefficiency displayed by the censor's department in the cable and wireless...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information the total number of staff now employed at the Ministry; and how many are professional journalists?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information whether he is aware that the shifting of the time of the morning news bulletin on the wireless from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. is a serious...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he has considered the urgent representations of the distributors in the Scottish fish trade regarding the proposed establishment of a...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether any substantial difficulties have arisen in regard to milk supply since the declaration of war?
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will encourage the reduction of meals to two or three courses in public dining places?
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what is the normal procedure that should be taken by a local authority in setting up a local food committee to ensure that the committee should be...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he has considered the representations made that the present meat-rationing scheme will deprive the great majority of pork batchers of their...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether, when fixing prices for food he will consider that any increase in the price of food bears most hardly on poor persons such as old age...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will consider the reopening of Smithfield meat market?
(by Private Notice) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether there is any, and if so what, time limit permitted for the surrendering of foreign currency to the Treasury under the Defence...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary for Mines whether he has any statement to make as to the disaster at Mosside Mine, Airdrie, on Friday, 22nd instant.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."— [Captain Margesson.]
4.13 p.m.
4.38 p.m.
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