Thursday, 2 May 1940
The House met at a quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
For the Borough of Brighton, in the room of Major the Right Honourable George Clement Tryon, now Lord Tryon, called up to the House of Peers.—[Mr. Munro.]
Private Bill Petitions [Lords] (Standing Orders not complied with),
asked the Minister of Labour whether colliery timbermen's assistants are included in the schedule of reserved occupations; and, if not, will he consider including them in the schedule, as these...
Vice-Admiral Taylor: asked the Minister of Labour whether, having regard to the need for maintaining a public taximeter-cab service, and the stringent tests required by the Metropolitan police...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that unemployed married men with families in the Abertillery Unemployment Assistance Board's area, receive no financial benefit from the recent...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider the advisability of appointing independent persons to act as clerks to the Unemployment Assistance Board appeal tribunals and Assistance...
asked the Minister of Labour the number of coal miners in South Wales and Monmouthshire registered as unemployed?
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that the Excelsior Philanthropic Society, recently licensed, with its headquarters in London, whose operations were...
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the experiments which are being carried out in allowing greater freedom in London for the consumption of alcohol up to 2 a.m. in...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that imitative colouring, as used by artists in camouflaging canvas and by nature in camouflaging insects and other small animals, is ineffective on...
asked the Home Secretary whether he will consider the erection of live wire fencing round munition works and dumps, with a view to protecting them from sabotage?
asked the Home Secretary whether he will give, for the city of Birmingham, for the most recent convenient date, the numbers of paid and of unpaid Civil Defence workers, and the numbers of the...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is satisfied that he can fill all non-paid vacancies in the Civil Defence services by voluntary recruitment and that this method will continue to suffice in...
asked the Home Secretary what steps have been taken to ensure that the calling up for National Service of members of the Auxiliary Fire Service and Air-Raid Precautions Staffs does not interfere...
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the recent decision of Mr. Justice Cassels affecting the lighting of street obstructions, including those erected for air-raid...
Mr. Graham White: asked the Home Secretary whether the existing staff of His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Factories has been increased in order to cope with the increased work arising from the...
asked the Home Secretary whether, in considering action to be taken against subversive journals and organisations, he will include those likely to injure the cause of the Allies by their support...
asked the Home Secretary whether he will inquire into the case of Mr. H. G. Cornish-Bowden, who was recently sentenced to three months' hard labour at the Mansion House, with a view to the...
asked the Home Secretary how many of the advisory committees for the consideration of the status of aliens have met; how many cases have been heard; and how many aliens have been interned as the...
asked the Home Secretary what provisions exist for ensuring that persons of British nationality with pro-Nazi tendencies are interned in cases where that course is advisable in the national...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has any evidence to show whether accidents are on the increase in factories since the beginning of the emergency; and, if so, to what extent?
asked the President of the Board of Education what educational qualifications as teachers are possessed by Mrs. Edith Sills and Miss Ruth Sills, who were fined £15 and £5, respectively,...
asked the President of the Board of Education the number of authorities where there exists the closest liaison between the education committees, the Unemployment Assistance Board, the public...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether he can now give the promised information respecting education in evacuable areas?
Miss Ward: asked the President of the Board of Education what response local education authorities have made to Circular 1486 on the service of youth?
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Health whether the Government will take steps to introduce legislation forth with to abolish rating in connection with voluntary hospitals?
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider delegating to a special Minister the task of organising a nation-wide collection of waste material which can be utilised to the advantage of the...
asked the Prime Minister whether it is his intention to retain in the Government those Ministers who are under 40 years of age and are fit and eligible for military service?
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in. connection with the Government assistance scheme for drainage for clearing farm ditches, he will circularise all county war...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what was the average output per acre of wheat, oats and barley, respectively, for the season ended 1939, or nearest year?
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will arrange for the Wheat Commission to pay the wheat subsidy payments in full, seeing that the price is guaranteed, as the present instalment method...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what are the figures in the Louth Rural District showing the number of rats killed since October, 1939?
Mr. Jenkins: asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the application for a pension of Mrs. Mary Ann Jones, of 12, Staffordshire Row, Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, has been refused on...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will provide for the Old Age Pensioners' Association to have representation on the tribunals which are to be set up for the purpose of determining claims...
asked the Minister of Health whether he has considered the scale of dental fees payable to the dental profession under the National Health Insurance Scheme; and whether, in considering the...
asked the Minister of Health whether he has yet considered the resolution of the insurance committee for the city of Birmingham that the dependants of men serving with His Majesty's Forces should...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that Mrs. F. A. Cossens, late of Hotel Verdun, Cheltenham, made application immediately after the death of her husband, in November, 1939, for a...
asked the Minister of Pensions in how many cases he has refused requests for compensation to civilians suffering from nervous complaints, apart from physical injuries, caused by enemy action...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether, having regard to the widespread discontent at the present position, he will consider granting a minimum pension of 5s. per week to the parents who were in...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has any statement to make respecting political developments in India, and in particular in regard to Mr. Gandhi's observations on the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider giving relief to those West African gold mining companies registered in this country which, after spending large sums of money...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will arrange for members of the Services stationed in the Orkney Islands to purchase tobacco and cigarettes free of duty?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any of the revenue derived from increased postal and telephone charges will be made available for improving the wage rates of the lower-paid...
asked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware that Canadian mine producers are passing on the advantages of their low cost of production to the British Government for war purposes by...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, in view of the different policies adopted by education authorities in Scotland in regard to making up the civil pay of teachers who undertake...
asked the Minister of Supply, in view of the importance of avoiding the mistaken policy of attempting to increase munitions output by excessively long hours and other arrangements likely to...
asked the Minister of Information whether the foreign broadcasts of the British Broadcasting Corporation are subject to censorship; and whether he is satisfied with the adequacy of the present...
asked the Minister of Information what is the present machinery by which his Department issues to the Press, on behalf of the Defence and other Government Departments, comments, corrections, or...
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether the Soviet Government have now put forward proposals for a Trade Agreement and if so whether he has any statement to make?
Is the Prime Minister now able to make a statement on the position in Norway?
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister what the business for next week will be:
Commander Thomas Dunlop Galbraith, R.N., for the Burgh of Glasgow (Pollok Division).
"to make provision for promoting the development of the resources of colonies, protectorates, protected states and mandated territories and the welfare of their peoples, and for relieving...
Reported, without Amendment, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills.
Reported, without Amendment, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills (with Report on the Bill).
Reported, with Amendments, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills (with Report on the Bill).
Reported, with Amendments, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills (with Report on the Bill).
That they give leave to the Lord Catto to attend in order to his being examined as a Witness before the Sub-Committee on Army Services appointed by the Select Committee appointed by this House on...
Considered in Committee.
The hon. Member for East Fife (Mr. Henderson Stewart) wishes, I understand, to move his Amendment, in page 1, line 14, in a slightly different place, namely, at the end of line 12. It will,...
5.17 p.m.
Resolved,
Ordered,
Ordered,
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Grimston.]
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