Tuesday, 10 October 1939
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock,Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether His Majesty's Government have given consideration to the early introduction in Newfoundland of some measure of...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he can make a statement regarding the future constitutional relations of Southern and Northern Rhodesia and the Royal...
Mr. David Adams: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether all vessels of the Mercantile Marine are now controlled; what is the nature of this control and by what Department of State;...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the borough of Tottenham has received a quotation for hurricane lamps of over £40 per gross, as compared with their...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the total amount of the premiums paid to date by traders under the compulsory provisions of the War Risks Insurance Act, 1939; and whether it is the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the difficulty of firms engaged in the export trade in obtaining the necessary iron and steel, and paper and timber for packing,...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether there are any alternatives offered at the time that the num ration is offered to men on service in this country; and what steps are taken to let men...
asked the Secretary of State for War what action is being taken with regard to men now offering them selves for enlistment in advance of the date when they are liable to be called up...
asked the Secretary of State for War why Territorial officers called to the Colours at the outbreak of war are still not in receipt of their pay; and whether he will take immediate steps to...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr STOKES:
asked the Secretary of State for War how many soldiers suffering from the effects of inoculation have received treatment at the hospital at Maid-stone during the past month?
asked the Secretary of State for War what complaints he has received regarding the requisitioning of horses; whether he is aware that in one case three armleted civilians visited a stud farm and,...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many soldiers are now employed by farmers for work on the land; whether he is satisfied that such employment does not interfere with military training;...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the undertaking given that no militiaman under 20 years of age should be sent abroad for military service, he will consider the case of...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will advise the medical staffs of military hospitals that, whenever possible, they should use gas and oxygen analgesia in the dressing of war...
Mr. Davidson: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the nature of the representations he has received from the Glasgow Town Council, or the Lord Provost of Glasgow, regarding the...
Mr. Davidson: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will arrange a conference of representatives of all Scottish local authorities and Scottish Members of Parliament to discuss...
asked the Secretary for Mines how many applications for supplementary petrol rations still remain to be dealt with in the North Midland area; and on what date it is expected they will be cleared?
asked the Secretary for Mines why he has decided to ration coal when so many pits are still closed and so many miners still unemployed?
asked the Secretary for Mines the number of fuel overseers appointed in the country; what is the scale of payment to these officers; and whether there is any provision in the regulations which...
asked the Secretary for Mines whether his attention has been called to the fact that the provisions of the blackout make approaches to many coalmines very dangerous, involving, in many cases,...
asked the Prime Minister which member of the War Cabinet is responsible for the co-ordination of the nation's economic activities?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that companies now advertising in the public Press schemes to insure property against war risks give no information as to their...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the announced policy of the Government of a levy on war wealth will involve two valuations, one prior to and one after the war; and when he proposes...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is satisfied with the present powers he has taken to conserve sterling and to prevent leakage through transfers from one foreign holder to...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is satisfied that the revised assessments for Income Tax will be ready to be in the hands of all taxpayers before 1st January, 1940; and whether...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the average rate at which Treasury bills were allotted at the last tender before the in crease in the Bank Rate; and what has been the average rate...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir A. Lambert Ward: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to be able to make a statement regarding the Czech balances at present blocked in London?
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the Courts Emergency Powers Act, 1914, Section 1 (b), prevented the lapsing of industrial assurance policies under £25...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury why, in the case of road transport vehicles requisitioned by the State on and after the 8th day of a month, only one-half of the licence duty already...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that for national health purposes a birth certificate can be obtained for the fee of 6d., whereas if the same people need the...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether any amounts have yet been paid out to proprietors of requisitioned hotels to enable them to meet the demands on them; and if not, what he...
Mr. Dingle: Foot asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will make a statement in tabular form setting out the rates of disability pension and dependants' allowances payable under the Royal...
Mr. Graham White: asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he has now received a report from the Food Council on the price of bread; and whether he can make a statement thereon?
May I ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is to be the business for the remainder of the week?
Sir Kingsley Wood.
Arthur Hugh Elsdale Molson, Esquire, for County of Derby (High Peak Division).
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to facilitate the execution of trusts during the period of the present emergency."[Execution of Trusts Emergency Provisions) Bill [Lords.]
Read the First time; to be read a Second time To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 279.]
Order [4th April] for a Return relative thereto read, and discharged.—[Captain Wallace.]
As amended, considered.
Considered in Committee.
Considered in Committee.
I beg to move, in page 2, line 11, after "shall," to insert: if the Secretary of State by order so determine. I hope we may discuss this Amendment and the second Amendment on the Paper standing...
Considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment; read the Third time, and passed, without Amendment.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, in pursuance of the provisions of Sub-section (3) of Section five of the Air Navigation Act, 1936, praying...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."— [Major Sir J. Edmondson.]
10.52 p.m.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Waterhouse.]
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