Wednesday, 25 October 1939
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the fact that an official Russian statement has been made by M. Molotov concerning Anglo-Russian negotiations prior to the war, he will now consider...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the advisability of arranging that study shall be undertaken by the appointment of a special committee, or otherwise, of the problems involved in...
asked the Prime Minister whether, when formulating our war aims, he will see that the liberation of the German people is placed in the forefront?
asked the Prime Minister how many British civilians are interned in Germany; and what arrangements are being made to send them food, clothing, and medical supplies?
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the repeated official German allegations that gas was supplied to the Polish Government by His Majesty's Government in breach of the Anti-gas Geneva...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what action he has taken to reduce deafness from engine-noise in the aviators and mechanics of his Department, and to ascertain and train the deafened for...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will have issued as a White Paper, for the information of Members of the House, the rates and regulations governing allowances to dependants of men...
Mr. Vyvyan Adams: asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that members of the Royal Air Force stationed in colleges at Cambridge University are allowed no other illumination...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that according to King's Regulations and Air Council Instructions, paragraph 3081, personnel are not entitled to subsistence allowance...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether airmen and non-commissioned officer pilots are eligible for the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross?
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that a number of unskilled men have been taken on by the Air Ministry and given a short course in engineering; that in many instances,...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that work on the extensions at Abbotsinch have been stopped, leading to many men becoming unemployed; and whether this is a temporary...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether retired officers of the Royal Air Force who, before the outbreak of war, were being employed at the Air Ministry as substitution officers in the place...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether any arrangements have been made for sending clothing, food and medical supplies to Royal Air Force prisoners of war in Germany?
Sir N. Stewart Sandeman: asked the Secretary of State for Air what steps he is taking in the Crown Colonies and India to develop further their flying organisations, with a view to using them in...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what civil aviation services have been, or are about to be restored, and, in particular, what steps have been taken to inaugurate a regular bi-weekly service...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is considering a proposal for the postponement of the elections for any of the legislative bodies and local authorities...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the present scale of income taxation in operation in Jamaica; whether, in addition to the standard Income Tax scale there is a Super-tax;...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the findings of the Nutrition Committee, he can give an assurance that the welfare, social, and medical services in the Colonies...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what were the actions of Mr. Wallace Johnson which, as being likely to be prejudicial to public safety or defence, led to his detention under a...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what action he has taken, or intends to take, to secure that the wages and conditions of labour in the Colonial Empire shall not be adversely...
asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to the delays in the delivery of parcels by the railways as a result of the extra traffic thrown upon them because of the...
asked the Minister of Transport what decision has been reached on the urgent question of the relaxation of lighting restrictions in railway shunting yards and signal boxes?
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that flowering shrubs and rose trees enclosed in iron and wire fencing are being planted along the Crawley By-Pass by the road employés;...
asked the Prime Minister whether the Royal Commission on the Location of Industry intends to make an early report; and, if not, will he state the cause of delay?
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether as herring are now in their most nutritious condition, and having regard to the economic food conditions now prevailing, he will make widely...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will consider the recasting of the Meat Control Scheme in England; and whether he will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT a statement as to...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will reconsider the decision that potato growers may no longer continue to sell to retailers and consumers; and why, since the existing...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what is the relationship between the London Employment Joint Price Committee of the Baking Trade and the Millers Mutual...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will give an assurance that he will not sanction an increase in the price of bread in the provinces without an...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he has given consideration to the correspondence complaining of the reduced supplies of butter, bacon, sugar, etc., forwarded to him by the...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he intends to fix one standard quality and price for margarine; and can he state the grounds for such a decision?
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster the total cost in salaries of £250 per annum and above of the divisional food organisation, including the organisations for London and the home...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster why the Cereals Board have issued instructions not to release maize for the manufacture of glucose; and whether maize is being released to provender...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what further measures he proposes to develop the agricultural riches of Scotland in view of the national emergency; and in particular to enable Scottish...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under whose authority purveyors of feeding-stuffs are now declining to sell middlings unless same is mixed with other ingredients; and whether he...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he is aware that many firms in the cotton industry which are engaged on urgent Government orders and on export orders which will provide...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether his attention has been directed to paragraphs 23 to 26 of the second report of the Committee of Public Accounts regretting that definite results in...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty when he expects to be in a position to make a further statement to the House regarding the loss of His Majesty's ship "Royal Oak"?
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the economic distress caused in Hull by the requisitioning of trawlers, he will consider the advisability of constructing new craft for...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will consider the granting of leave to survivors of any warship which may happen to be torpedoed during the present war?
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many boys between 14 and 18 years of age have been killed or wounded or are missing; how many of this age are now serving in the Navy; and whether he...
asked the Attorney-General whether he will consult with the Law Society to ensure that the Bill which will be offered to Parliament for the protection of the public against a continuation of...
asked the Attorney-General whether he is satisfied that in cases where Income Tax payers in arrears apply to the bench for consideration the magistrates have now power to deal with such...
asked the Attorney-General whether he is aware that the present practice by which all divorce cases outside the poor persons limit are heard only in London, is causing great inconvenience and...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Air whether in accordance with the Prime Minister's undertaking, the Government have now reviewed the circumstances in which air-raid warnings...
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister when it is proposed that His Majesty's Government should ratify the Anglo-Franco-Turkish Treaty?
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to prevent the price of goods being raised above a basic price by more than an amount referable to increases in...
Considered in Committee.
3.56 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
4.55 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
5.14 p.m.
5.31 p.m.
6.16 p.m.
Amendments made:
7.7 p.m.
Amendments made:
7.14 p.m.
7.47 p.m.
7.58 p.m.
In this Act references to an offer to sell goods shall be construed as including a reference to a notification by a person of the price proposed by him for a sale of goods, made by the...
8.3 p.m.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Major Sir J. Edmondson.]
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