Wednesday, 17 January 1940
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Read the Third time, and passed.
asked the Prime Minister whether he has any statement to make with reference to the position in the Far East?
asked the Prime Minister what action has been taken by the Assembly of the League of Nations with reference to the proposals of the Bruce Committee, that a central committee for economic and...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will give the names of anv States who have, since 3oth September, 1938, asked Great Britain to guarantee them against aggression and have been refused?
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the Royal Navy has used or will use any parts of the South and West Coast of Ireland as bases to counter the submarine menace to convoyed shipping?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can give the House any information about the present position of the convent and other property of the Ethiopian Church in Jerusalem?
asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the great inconvenience caused to the travelling public by the suspension of the London and North Eastern Railway service from Marylebone to...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he can now state if an agreement has been arrived at with the railway companies; and, if so, on what terms?
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that recently a number of wagons of coal were brought from Ellestown, in Leicestershire, to Llanelly, South Wales, for the use of a Government...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he can make a statement on the working of the new scale of demurrage on wagons; if he is aware of complaints in some areas of hardships caused by the lack...
Mr. De la bère: asked the Minister of Health whether, since the Army Contracts Purchasing Department prohibits the use of chemically-treated white flour for the troops, he will consider...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is able to state the present position with regard to the work of the tribunals dealing with aliens; the number which have been...
asked the Home Secretary whether any decision has yet been reached to amend the Workmen's Compensation Act?
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether minimum prices have yet been fixed for potatoes?
asked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware of the large influx of Irish labour in Warrington and neighbourhood in connection with work on Government contracts; and whether, with a view to...
Miss Rathbone: asked the Minister of Supply whether, in order to avoid the waste of time which occurred in the last war before substitute labour could be trained for employment in skilled...
asked the Minister of Supply the number of persons over 50 years of age that have been found employment at the Royal Ordnance Factory at Euxton, Chorley, Lancashire, since 3rd September, 1939?
(by Private Notice) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has any statement to make about the 4 per cent. Conversion Loan, 1940–1944?
Would the Prime Minister tell us the business of the House for tomorrow?
"to provide for the disposal of the balances of certain banking accounts representing sums lent or given by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom to the Government of the Czecho-Slovak...
Colonel Gretton reported from the Committee of Selection; That, in pursuance of Section 1, Sub-section (3), of the Parliament Act, 1911 they had appointed Sir Robert Young and Sir Cyril Entwistle...
Colonel Gretton reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had selected the following Eight Members to be the Panel appointed to serve on the Select Committee on Standing Orders under...
Colonel Gretton reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had selected the following Twelve Members to be the Panel appointed to serve on the Committee on Unopposed Bills under Standing...
Colonel Gretton reported from the Committee of Selection; That, in pursuance of the provisions of the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1936, they had selected the following Twenty...
Colonel Gretton reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had agreed to the following Resolution, which they had directed him to report to the House:— That, after a Bill has been...
Order for Second Reading read.
Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to whom shall be referred all Petitions presented to the House, with the exception of such as relate to Private Bills, and that such Committee do...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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And sometimes to shout at each other.
