Thursday, 23 May 1940
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
I have to inform the House that I have received the following letter from the Secretary of State for the Home Department relating to the detention of Captain Ramsay, a Member of this House: 23rd...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour whether, with a view to preventing the increase of unemployment in the building industry which has arisen as a...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour whether he has arranged or proposes to take the necessary steps to abolish the means test, and, if so, at what date will the change...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour whether he is taking steps to give a substantial increase in allowance to the unemployed, and at what date the increase will come into...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour whether he is aware that Messrs. Robertson and Sons, bakers, of Cardenden, have dismissed an employé of nine years' service, on...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour whether he has now made arrangements with the medical boards to avoid passing into His Majesty's Forces persons who are physically fit...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour to what extent the schedule of reserved occupations prevents unemployed men, who usually follow a reserved occupation, from...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour whether he has considered the extreme hardship to a widow whose only son, or the last of several sons, is about to be called up; and...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour whether he will, in consultation with the President of the Board of Education, arrange for the much fuller use of polytechnics and...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour when he intends to issue the Order referred to in Section 1 of the Control of Employment Act, 1939?
asked the Secretary of State for India whether he can indicate the attitude of His Majesty's present Government towards the problems facing them in India?
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has yet come to a decision regarding the weekly publication entitled "Voice of Spain," whose object is to upset existing good...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has any information to show if the legal provisions regarding the hours of labour of young persons in shops are being enforced by local authorities?
asked the Home Secretary whether he has any further information to give the House respecting the value and use of fluorescent and phosphorescent articles and paint in connection with air-raid...
asked the Home Secretary whether he will state the number of salaried posts connected with camouflage work, and their scale of salaries; how many of those appointed to such posts are professional...
asked the Home Secretary whether in view of the danger to the State which may arise from persons assisting Germans arriving in our country by parachutes, he will have a systematic search made of...
asked the Home Secretary whether, for the purposes of home security and having regard to what has happened in certain neutral countries, it has now been decided to ban all Communist and Fascist...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that individuals holding Communist opinions are serving at air-raid precautions posts and expressing views hostile to this country; and whether he...
asked the Home Secretary why a member of the Auxiliary Fire Service does not get full pay while sick or injured on the same terms as a regular fireman and members of the Fighting Forces; and...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will prepare a scheme for the evacuation of adult invalids such as those who are bedridden and therefore not able to make private arrangements for their...
asked the Home Secretary whether the order for internment of enemy aliens applies to females as well as males?
Mr. Graham White: asked the Home Secretary whether he will state the present number of the permanent staff of His Majesty's inspectors of factories; and how many extra inspectors have been added...
asked the Home Secretary whether the position of Dutch and Belgian refugees is being properly investigated to safeguard against the entry of Nazi sympathisers?
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that, on the night of 22nd September last, Mr. F. Chambers, a quasi-permanent officer at Feltham Borstal Institution, was brutally attacked by a...
asked the Home Secretary when he proposes to introduce the Truck Acts Bill?
asked the President of the Board of Education what proposals he has received from the Westmorland County Education Committee relating to the employment of schoolchildren in agriculture; and what...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is now satisfied that all children in evacuable areas, including London, are now receiving education; what progress is being made towards...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether, in view of the serious shortage of paper, he will consider asking local education authorities throughout the country to arrange for the...
Mr. Anderson: asked the Minister of Health whether a person having attained 70 years of age will be entitled to apply for a supplementary pension under the Old Age Pensions Acts?
asked the Prime Minister whether he can make any statement as to how much of the proposed legislation now on the Order Paper the Government intends to take over, and how much it proposes to...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will indicate to the House the steps which are being taken in this country to accelerate rapidly the production of aircraft, guns, tanks and other munitions?
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider giving instructions that, in future, all Government appointments be made solely on the grounds of efficiency and merit...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has any information as to the number of allotments provided by the Urban District Council of Esher, on the Ditton Lodge Estate, Thames Ditton; how...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can now make any further statement concerning the employment of young men on the land, prior to their military service?
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can state the quota allocated to each county, together with the actual acreage ploughed, during the past season?
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can make a statement showing the extent to which the Agricultural Requisites Scheme has been made use of by farmers?
asked the Minister of Agriculture what progress is being made with regard to the fixing of a national minimum wage for adult male workers?
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the shortage of agricultural labour, he is arranging that refugees from Scandinavia and from Holland and Belgium, who have had previous...
asked the Prime Minister whether he has any information as to the attitude which the Eire Government would adopt in the event of an invasion of Southern Ireland by Germany; and whether he is...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is now in a position to state when a Bill will be introduced to prolong the life of the present Parliament?
asked the Minister of Health whether he can supply an estimate of the number of deaths reported in England and Wales in the year 1938 as due to bovine tuberculosis?
asked the Minister of Health what was the number of beds reserved for tuberculosis and available for immediate occupation on 31st March in England and Wales, respectively; and the number of such...
Will the Prime Minister state the business of the House for next week?
The German armoured forces which made their way through the breach in the French Army have penetrated into the rear of the Allied Armies in Belgium and are now attempting to derange their...
That they have agreed to—
Order for Second Reading read.
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Margesson.]
Question again proposed, "That the Bill be now read a Second time."
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69.
Considered in Committee.
7.2 p.m.
7.14 p.m.
Resolution reported, That for the purposes of any Act of the present Session (hereafter in this Resolution referred to as 'the new Act') to make provision for promoting the development of the...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Buchan-Hepburn.]
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