Thursday, 12 October 1939
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock,Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
asked the Minister of Labour the position generally prevailing about the payment of employes, including pieceworkers, whose work is either delayed or interrupted by air raids, air raid warnings,...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that when Mr. H. Burnstone, of Otchard Place, Southampton, was recently sent to an Army rest camp from the Southampton Employment Exchange, he...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will make it clear to those who make such appointments that miners who have been out of work for many years and who are not likely to be employed in the...
Miss Ward: asked the Minister of Labour whether he will give an assurance that husbands of women who have been evacuated with young children will be allowed from the Unemployment Assistance...
asked the Minister of Labour whether the instructional camps and centres for the unemployed are being closed; what is the reason for this; and what use is to be made of the camps in future?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has any further statement to make on the Government's plans for providing full employment?
asked the Minister of Labour (1) whether the fair-wages clause is being observed at the Weston Biscuit Factory, Slough, seeing that they are Government contractors; (2) Whether he is aware that...
Miss Ward: asked the Minister of Labour whether, in order to lessen the rigidity of the Schedule of Reserved Occupations, he will establish machinery to allow people unable to find employment in...
asked the Minister of Health the total number of persons undergoing restraint in mental asylums who have been released under the Emergency Hospital Scheme to go to their homes; and what...
asked the Minister of Health the number of old age pensioners in York and Rotherham, respectively, who were also in receipt of public assistance relief on the last day of September, 1939; and the...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will take steps to get local authorities to do their utmost to reduce to the minimum the increased risks of pollution of rivers and water supplies due to...
asked the Minister of Health whether he can make a statement on the position of unofficial evacuees in the reception areas; and what arrangements are being made to deal with cases of hardship...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that a sense of unfairness exists amongst schoolteachers, who have been evacuated with their schools, because no allowance is made to cover the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in order to lessen the danger of loss or damage, he will rescind the order that gas masks must be carried until a deterioration in...
Mr. Davidson: asked the Home Secretary the total number of private firms in Glasgow who have provided adequate air-raid protection for their employés?
asked the Home Secretary (1) whether each Civil Defence commissioner has been fully established, and with what staff, and from what date, respectively; the dates from which salaries become...
asked the Home Secretary under what authority the organisation known as the Women's Voluntary Services for Civil Defence is constituted, and what are its functions; how it is controlled, directed...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has considered representations from the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell regarding the council's liability to bear the cost of wages paid to employes...
asked the Home Secretary how many full-time workers have been appointed in the Auxiliary Fire Service in England and Wales?
asked the Home Secretary whether the further information he has received relative to municipal officers, councillors, and business men following their usual occupations and drawing additional...
asked the Minister of Health whether it is proposed to reimburse local authorities for public assistance expenditure incurred because of the inadequacy of the dependants' allowances applying to...
asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the present war situation it is his intention to proceed, during the present Session of Parliament, with the Water Undertakings Bill, in view of...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that members of the nursing profession employed in voluntary hospitals are alarmed at the steady rise in the cost of articles which they are...
asked the Minister of Health whether the blood transfusion organisation for the London and Home Counties district is still taking regular donations of blood from registered blood donors; and,...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that during the last two months both milk supplied under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936, and undesignated milk has...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction aroused by the terms of the Royal Warrant, Cmd. 6105, for the retired pay and pensions of disabled members of the military...
asked the Prime Minister who is now the acting head of the Treasury and the Civil Service, in view of the fact that Sir Horace Wilson has been seconded for services outside that Department?
asked the Prime Minister whether, since each Ministry will in future have its own Press Department, and since censorship and the centralised issue of Government news to the Press and the British...
asked the Pay master-General, as representing the Lord President of the Council, the names of the urban district councils which have received, or will shortly receive, charters of incorporation...
Mr. Whiteley: asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the temporary suspension of the sittings of the Royal Commission on Workmen's Compensation, he is prepared to bring forward proposals...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that in certain parts of the country the police authorities are unaware that no ban has been placed on outdoor public meetings held during daylight in...
asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the existing emergency and the need for limiting responsibilities, he will continue the long-standing arrangement between his factory department and...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has considered the representations made to him on behalf of shop employes urging the need for earlier closing measures under present conditions, and a...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that under the cover of darkness, the British Union of Fascists are painting on walls in various parts of London the slogan "Stop the War"; that...
May I ask the Prime Minister to state the business for next week?
"to postpone elections of local authorities, to postpone the preparation of the register of electors, to suspend certain powers relating to the alteration of the areas or of the constitution of...
That they have agreed to,—
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners;
Question again proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."
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And sometimes to shout at each other.
