Thursday, 7 March 1940
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. Speaker in the Chair.
Ministry of Health Provisional Order (Blackburn) Bill.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will in future in unemployment returns give a separate rough estimate of those unemployed persons, distinguished from persons in seasonal and transitory...
asked the Minister of Labour the amount of grants made by the Commissioner for Special Areas during the past 12 months, and how the grants have been distributed and the purposes for which they...
asked the Minister of Labour how many semi-skilled and unskilled unemployed persons are asking for work in the engineering industries; and what arrangements are being made with the trade union...
asked the Minister of Labour the figures of the able-bodied men signing on at the Employment Exchange in Newcastle-on-Tyne?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will now make plans to operate, in case a large decrease of unemployment in the building and allied trades does not take place when the weather becomes...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the unemployed at Normanton have been informed that the winter allowances will not be paid after 1st March; and whether, in view of the hard...
asked the Minister of Labour what is the number of qualified sales managers enrolled on the Central Register for National Service; how many have been offered positions; and at what salary?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the memorandum to hardship committees re- specting maximum postponement of military service due to business responsibilities has been...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider lowering the reservation age for key men in the various branches of the cotton industry?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will take steps to secure the release of men from the Armed Forces whose technical qualifications are being wasted and who are so urgently required in...
asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been directed to the necessity of retail dealers in meat having an adequate supply of skilled labour to enable them to carry out the duty of...
asked the Minister of Labour the total number of conscientious objectors who have claimed exemption in each class since the passing of the Military Training Act, 1939; the total number exempted...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that it has recently been calculated that, whereas deaths from tuberculosis in 1913 were 28 per cent. higher on Tyneside than in...
Miss Rathbone: asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that a private soldier was sent, on the night of Sunday, 28th January, to a hospital in Hastings where he was refused admission on...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the additional duties placed upon local authorities due to war conditions and the consequent danger that the supervision of milk...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will state what aliens tribunal considered the case of Prince Frederick of Prussia, and upon what date; and what certificate was...
asked the Minister of Health how many houses for rural workers are being built under Rural Housing Acts at the present time; and how many rural cottages are being reconditioned under the Rural...
asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the increase in the cost of living, he will consider a revision of police pensions granted prior to 1st April, 1919?
asked the Home Secretary whether he has considered the effect of the judgment recently given by the House of Lords to the effect that the practice laid down in the Memorandum on the Truck Acts,...
asked the Home Secretary how many local education authorities in England and Wales have prohibited the employment of schoolchildren under the age of 13 during term time; and how many have...
asked the Home Secretary whether he will take steps to put a stop to the activities of highly-placed persons and others putting forward German propaganda in the form of peace proposals supplied...
Mr. Duncan: asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the readiness with which prominent people have been vouching for the integrity of certain aliens, and whether he will issue...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is now in a position to place before Parliament the proposals of the Government to amend the law relating to workmen's compensation?
asked the Prime Minister whose is the responsibility for attacking low-flying aircraft which machine-gun the merchant navy and trawlers?
asked the Minister of Shipping whether the whole cost of the loss of personal property by crews of merchant and fishing vessels due to enemy action is borne by the crews themselves; and whether...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Lord Privy Seal whether, as chairman of the Committee of the War Cabinet dealing with agriculture since the outbreak of the war, he is now in a position to make...
asked the Minister of Agriculture the quantities of lime and basic slag provided at cheap rates since the Government scheme began; and whether he is satisfied that adequate facilities exist for...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what facilities are available at the present time for the rebuilding and repair of farm buildings so far as finance, materials and labour are concerned?
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will consider the appointment in an honorary capacity of a Member of the House of Commons as feeding-stuffs adviser for...
asked the Home Secretary whether he will publish a list of those religious and secular societies, political parties, trade unions and Christian denominations carefully watched by him because of...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has yet decided to intern the German ex-soldier Solf on his release from imprisonment?
asked the Home Secretary whether he can give any information in connection with the lift-shaft accident in offices at Bedford Row on Friday last, when a man was killed?
asked the Home Secretary (1)how many male prisoners have, owing to the emergency, been set free before completing their sentences. (2) why 1,600 out of 2,500 Borstal lads, many of whom had...
asked the Home Secretary why Scottish evening news papers were denied the opportunity of reporting and commenting upon the recent Royal visit to different centres until the following day's...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that, when the Board of Film Censors, an unofficial body, have banned the production of a film there is no appeal to any official body against their...
asked the Home Secretary the amount of salary and expenses paid, respectively, to each Civil Commissioner and Assistant Civil Commissioner for the first six months of service or the latest date,...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education what is the amount of the Government grant paid in the last recorded year to education authorities for air-raid precautions; and how...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education whether he will give a list of all those public elementary, council and non-provided schools in Wales which were placed in category A...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why, in view of the financial and currency arrangements between Great Britain and France, it is necessary to maintain restrictions on the amount of sterling...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has information in his Department showing the amount of Income Tax and Surtax owing at the end of the last financial year, not counting sums of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to a recent case in which the Official Receiver stated that there was a sum owing in respect of Income Tax and Surtax...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that, despite the order in the Defence (Finance) Regulations compelling every national to surrender gold coins in his possession to the...
Mr. J. J. Davidson: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, as a step towards war economy, His Majesty's Government intend to introduce legislation for the purpose of reducing political,...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury with regard to the offer by the Bank of New Zealand to the British Government of the sum of £1,000,000 free of interest, whether any other...
asked the Minister of Food the total cost up to date of the abandoned scheme for fish control; and when the office will be finally closed down?
asked the Minister of Food whether he has yet made inquiries into the high prices charged in many instances for mixed feeding-stuffs and with what results; and whether he is prepared to order...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Transport whether he has now evolved an adequate alternate system to ensure that, in the event of an emergency in which the railways are dislocated,...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that there is a definite shortage of work at the London and North Eastern Railway repair shops at Stratford, and that, in consequence, skilled...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the uncertainty felt by many businesses owing to their inability to forecast in advance even for relatively short...
asked the Minister of Economic Warfare whether he is in a
asked the Minister of Economic Warfare whether the statistical section of his Department is engaged in collecting material regarding foreign trade of neutral countries before and during the war;...
Mr. Vyvyan Adams: asked the Minister of Supply at what price per ton the aluminium control of the Ministry of Supply purchases raw aluminium, the bulk of which is consumed in the manufacture of...
May I ask the Prime Minister whether he will state the business for next week?
That they have agreed to,—
Statement presented,—of the Sum required to be voted in order to make good excesses of Navy Expenditure beyond the grants for the year ended 31st March, 1939 [by Command]; referred to the...
Statement presented,—of Sums required to be voted in order to make good excesses on certain grants for Civil Departments for the year ended 31st March, 1939 [by Command]; referred to the...
AIR SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATE, 1939.
Resolved, That such number of Officers and Airmen, as His Majesty may deem necessary, be borne for the Air Force Service of the United Kingdom at Home and abroad, excluding those serving in India...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £100, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Pay, etc., of the Air Force, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £100, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of Civil Aviation, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of...
Resolved, That such additional number of Officers and Airmen, as His Majesty may deem necessary, be borne for the Air Force Service of the United Kingdom at Home and abroad, excluding those...
Considered in Committee [Progress, 22nd February.]
Amendment proposed: In page 1, line 15, at the end, to insert: (2) While the said valuation lists remain in force, any increase or reduction in value attributable directly or indirectly to the...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
11.47 p.m.
12.11 a.m.
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