Tuesday, 6 February 1940
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. Speaker in the Chair.
asked the Minister of Shipping (1) whether he is aware that there is a shortage of seamen, including officers, at British ports, resulting in delays in sailings; and whether he can state the...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that members of the Wiltshire Yeomanry, at present stationed at Nottingham, although supposed to be rationed, are not in receipt of any...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to a student's test case in which Sir Ernest Wingate Saul referred to critical examinations; and whether it is possible...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will make a statement as to the age at which men serving in the Army are to be sent over seas, indicating the differences in age, if any, between...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether those enlisted in the National Defence Corps are entitled to serve in or near their own county; or whether they can be allocated to any part of Great...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will state the conditions under which a serving soldier is entitled to communicate with an hon. Member of this House?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the close co-operation between the Franco-British armies, he will arrange for Army cooks to have a course of instruction under French...
Mr. J. J. Davidson: asked the Secretary of State for War in what age group is the incidence of fatal illnesses highest among the British troops in France?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been drawn to a recent fatal fire at an Eastern County camp in which, according to one witness, the flames spread from hut to hut...
asked the Secretary of State for War why civilian medical practitioners of long experience and with no practices of their own are being dismissed; and have the newly-commissioned officers who are...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he can give any information in connection with a 19 year old second-lieutenant who was convicted at Newport, Isle of Wight, on Wednesday last, for...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that there is a 12-hours interval between the evening and morning meals given to troops in France, and that in many instances this has...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. GALLACHER:
asked the Secretary of State for War for what branch of the Forces, and on what date, Mr. Charles Kingsley Scott was recommended by a colonel at the War Office for a commission in His Majesty's...
asked the Secretary of State for War what were the chief illnesses responsible for the deaths of 719 men out of the first casualty list of 758?
asked the Secretary of State for War why No. 889806, Gunner W. Bilham, after having been granted leave in order to attend the funeral of his father was afterwards refused leave with the result...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to the hearing of John Darby and others versus the Army Council, at the Rugby County Court on 14th December; and whether...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that in some cases as, for example, that of David Booth, 547, Anderson Drive North, Aberdeen, formerly 2869065, 174th Medium Battery,...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that several weeks' delay frequently occur between the enlistment of a soldier and the first receipt of separation allowance by his wife;...
Miss Ward: asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will give the House a full statement on the activities of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institute, its constitution, directors,...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether any steps are being taken to ensure that the efforts which are being made by various societies to provide comforts for soldiers, sailors and airmen,...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his attention has been called to the closing down of the salmon fishing between Grangemouth and Dunmore by the Stirling and District Salmon...
Mr. Davidson: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the Glasgow police receive revolver practice as a part of their regular training; and, if so, was this practice instituted before...
Mr. Davidson: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of persons in Glasgow receiving public assistance relief in money or kind for the years ended December, 1938 and 1939, respectively?
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, in view of accentuated delays in the provision of new housing in Scotland, he will examine the possibility of instituting new and more active...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has considered the representations made to him by the hon. Member for East Fife on the subject of the present and future policy of evacuation;...
asked the Secretary for Mines what arrangements he has made to see that the total garage petrol storage capacity in the country is being made use of to the full in order to keep a reserve of...
asked the Secretary for Mines whether, as the conditions prevailing in industrial areas during the past six weeks with regard to the lack of coal supplies are due to faulty methods of...
asked the Secretary for Mines whether the coal supply in Glasgow is now sufficient to supply the normal demand of the citizens; whether he will organise a more systematic method of coal delivery...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the increased activities of each Government Department as a result of the war, he will take steps to ensure that the Ministers...
Mr. Jenkins: asked the Prime Minister whether the Government proposes to take early action to implement the Report of the Royal Commission on the Distribution of the Industrial Population?
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the fact that there has been no Debate on health Estimates in the House since July, 1936, and that there has been wide criticism of certain measures...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is satisfied with existing measures for the detection of leakage and disclosure of information to the enemy by roundabout or direct channels; that the existing...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will issue to spending Departments directions to utilise to the fullest extent building construction and public works contraction within the area where work is...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to ensure that Government interference with private enterprise throughout the country does not destroy the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to the widespread unemployment in the building industry, and what steps it is proposed to take to deal with this?
Mr. Graham White: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider the advisability of issuing more precise and detailed advice to individual citizens with regard to how and where...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Anglo-French Financial Agreement involves a definite obligation on the part of the British and French Governments to maintain the existing...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he or his advisers at the Treasury have completed consideration of the memorandum forwarded to him on the 16th December last, by the Association of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to ensure that the cost per £100 to the Government of borrowing on Treasury Bills is not increased beyond the point necessary to...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has given consideration to the possibility of providing a Government subsidy, as at present used for pegging food prices, for all increased costs...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will increase the allowances to concerns for depreciation on machinery which normally is working not more than 48 hours per week but which is now...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is satisfied that the Capital Issues Committee is exercising due supervision over the issue of bonus shares?
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been drawn to observations on pages 5 and 6 of the Report of the Registrar of Friendly Societies just issued, relating to...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury to state the extent to which copies of the Official Report of Parliamentary Debates are circulating now to neutral countries on the Continent; and...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will set up a committee to inquire into the powers and duties of the Charity Commission, and to investigate the alteration made in the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade whether he will consider giving fuller representation to the smaller traders on the Prices of Goods Act committees and to consult such...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade whether he is aware that imported flash-lamp bulbs, which at the end of August were selling at 2s. 6d. per 100, have new risen to 16s. 6d.;...
asked the Minister of Supply whether he can now make a statement on the subject of paper rationing or control?
(by Private Notice) asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he is in a position to make a statement as to the date of the introduction of meat rationing?
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether he has any statement to make with regard to the stopping of the Japanese steamship "Asama Mara" by a British warship and the removal of some...
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I rise to make a statement to the House by way of personal explanation. On Wednesday last, on the Motion for the Adjournment, the hon. Member for Shoreditch...
The right honourable Sir John Charles Walsham Reith, G.C.V.O., G.B.E., M.I.C.E., for the Borough of Southampton.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committe, under Standing Order 69.
Considered in Committee, and reported, without Amendment.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
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