Wednesday, 22 May 1940
The House met at a quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Mr. SPEAKER made the following communication to the House:
BOURNEMOUTH GAS AND WATER BILL.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will consider the advisability of making arrangements for the British Ambassadors to the Russian and Polish Governments to write...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the regulations published, on 30th March, by the Tsingtao Municipal Council empowering the...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make any statement relative to the interference with officials of the British Embassy at Rome?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Aircraft Production whether he can make any statement on the production, delivery and qualities of the aeroplanes which have been ordered in...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the arrangements made generally for welfare work in factories engaged on naval work; what persons or organisations are in charge of it; whether it is being...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is satisfied that supplies of paper for newspapers and journals in our West African Colonies are fairly apportioned as between those...
Sorensen: asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies the approximate average increase in wages paid to natives in our West African Colonies, and the approximate monetary increase of...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what financial contribution towards the national effort has been made by the people of Gibraltar?
Commander Sir Archibald South by: asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that many small holders of B carriers' licences, who have volunteered to join the Army, and have therefore...
asked the Minister of Transport (1) when he expects to restore the passenger trains between London and Durham that he suspended in order to run coal trains; (2) why trains from King's Cross do...
asked the Minister of Transport how many were killed and how many injured by London Transport Board motor-omnibuses, trolley-buses and tram-cars, respectively, during the five months ended 31st...
asked the Minister of Transport whether the difficulties in regard to the use of railway coal wagons have now been overcome; and what steps have been taken to increase the number of wagons available?
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that the rail fare from Manor House to Leicester Square has recently been raised from 5d. to 6d. and that from Bow Road to Westminster from 5d....
asked the Secretary for Mines whether he can make a statement indicating what progress has been made in the conversion of road vehicles to the use of producer-gas?
asked the Minister of Transport whether he can yet state the amounts of the charges for electricity by authorities in the London area as asked for by the hon. Member for Stretford, and also now...
asked the Postmaster-General, whether he will consider including in future issues of books of postage stamps a proportion of stamps of 2½d. denomination?
asked the Postmaster-General whether he is now in a position to state if wage increases have been awarded to the poorer-paid postal workers to meet the increase in the cost of living?
asked the Postmaster-General whether the volume of business of his Department has been adversely affected by the recent increases in postal rates; and, if so, to what extent?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food what position in his organisation is held by Mr. William Forsyth, St. Boswell's, Dingwall; and, in view of the fact that Mr. Forsyth was...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, whether he can now make some statement regarding the supply of straight-run feeding-stuffs throughout the country?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he will consider, with the Minister of Shipping, the releasing of tonnage for the importation from the West Indies of an...
asked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware that many thousands of tons of saleable refuse are being dumped or burnt annually by local authorities or their contractors which, if reclaimed,...
asked the Minister of Supply what steps he has taken in the Pontardawe Rural District Council area to ascertain from the employers, employés and other interested people and local...
asked the Minister of Supply whether he will take steps to secure economy in the use of timber in brewers' casks by the adoption of modern methods in Governmental and other breweries using...
asked the Minister of Supply whether he has yet conferred with the proprietors of newspapers regarding the proposal of the hon. Member for Greenock that each page of every news paper should...
(for Mr. Charleton): asked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware that numbers of skilled workmen employed by the London Midland and Scottish Railway Company at Wolverton works are being...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to case No. T. 1193/6/38, Inland Revenue, involving charges of fraud against the Crown; and, as the person concerned...
Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to request that their Lordships will be pleased to give leave to the Lord Hyndley to attend to be examined, as a Witness, before the Sub-Committee on...
Read the First time; to be read a Second time To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 50.]
That they have agreed to,—
The House met at a quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
3.25 p.m.
"to extend the powers which may be exercised by His Majesty under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939," presented, pursuant to the Order of the House this day, by the Prime Minister;...
Order for Second Reading read.
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
Question again proposed, "That the Bill be now read a Second time."
8.45 p.m.
to provide that persons shall not be exempted from liability tinder the National Service (Armed Forces) Act, 1939, by reason of their being members of the Local Defence Volunteers, presented...
Ordered, That Mr. Ede, Sir William Jowitt and Miss Wilkinson be discharged from the Committee on National Expenditure, and Mr. Leach, Mr. Robert Morrison and Mr. Ridley be added to the...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Boulton.]
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