Thursday, 23 January 1941
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.]
asked the Minister of Labour what steps he is taking to encourage the setting up in all industrial establishments of standing joint arrangements for the regular discussion between managements and...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Minister of Labour whether he can now give a report as to the steps to be taken either by the establishment of a National Rehabilitation Board or other means to...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has any statement to make as to the wilful slowing-down of production in munition factories and payment in the same for overtime not worked?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that there is a lack of canteen facilities in industrial premises on the Clyde; that the provision of such facilities would be a great adjunct...
asked the Minister of Labour whether in view of the importance of keeping skilled agricultural workers on the land he will consult with the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries for the purpose...
Mr. Graham White: asked the Minister of Labour whether he will make a statement with regard to the progress made by the International Labour Branch?
asked the Lord President of the Council whether he can arrange for the newly-appointed Scientific Advisory Committee to review the adequacy or otherwise of the scientific appointments to the...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has now completed his consideration of the representations on behalf of the Scottish Livestock Salesmen's Association regarding the calling up of these...
asked the Minister of Labour the number of accidents, fatal and non-fatal, respectively, in factories during 1940, and similar figures for 1939; and, if the figures for the whole year are not...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that men registered for service in the Forces are evading their liability by leaving the addresses at which they are registered and living in...
asked the Minister of Labour what steps have been taken to ensure that the Assistance Board carries out its duties effectively in Newquay so as to obviate evacuated mothers and children being...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has considered the plans for deep shelters submitted to him by the Stepney air-raid precautions controller; and whether he is...
asked the Home Secretary in how many of the 1,238 appeals heard by the Advisory Committee, continued detention under Regulation 18B has been recommended; and in how many cases, where release was...
asked the Home Secretary how many women placed by tribunals in Category C are now interned; if they have been reclassified as Category A for reasons of security personal to the individual; was...
asked the Home Secretary whether, having regard to the fact that the black-out has failed to prevent enemy aircraft from reaching their selected target areas and having regard to the considerable...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Home Secretary whether he intends to make it obligatory that every householder shall keep an adequate supply of sand and water upon his premises for dealing with...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that the Regional Civil Defence Commissioner in Manchester has issued instructions to air-raid precautions controllers not to provide Members of...
asked the Minister of Health whether he can give an assurance that in every case where a house in London damaged by enemy action was notified to the local authority before the end of 1940 as...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will introduce legislation to secure that loss of revenue due to reduced rateable value caused by enemy action in a particular district shall not be borne...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has yet reached a decision on the question of rates of pay for members of the Civil Defence services holding positions of special responsibility, which was...
asked the Home Secretary what progress has been made in the work of employing miners on tunnelling operations for shelter purposes?
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that Channel Islanders serving with His Majesty's Forces are anxious as to the fate of their families on the islands; and whether arrangements for...
asked the Home Secretary whether he will state the reasons for refusing an exit permit to Mr. Wilfrid Lawson to enable him to be absent from this country in order to undertake an engagement at...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the suggestion that the Grand National should be held in Cheltenham this year; and whether as events of this kind involve the use of a great deal...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement, or issue a White Paper, showing in general terms the assistance rendered to this country by the other parts of the Commonwealth, as such...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in the consideration of post-war economic policy, the Government are consulting with the Dominion Governments and primary producers throughout the Empire in...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture, whether, with a view to growing more food throughout this country in 1941, he will confer with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in order...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the recent announcement to the effect that guaranteed prices for agricultural produce will continue for 12 months after the war may be more clearly...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what demand there has been from local authorities, allotment societies and other organisations for publicity material in connection with the "Dig for Victory"...
asked the President of the Board of Education what reply he has sent, and what action he has taken, in respect to the protest forwarded to him from a meeting of 700 parents in Wolverhampton, on...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether he can make a statement on the progress of the Directorate of Physical Recreation since he announced its establishment on 22nd August last,...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will consider making regulations, under the Public Health Act, 1936, to provide for the notification of scabies?
asked the Minister of Health, how many children in Shrewsbury who have been inoculated against diphtheria have contracted diphtheria since the inoculation was carried out?
asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the death of Amy Margery Oldham, aged 38 years, a clerk in Coventry education office, who died at 216, Rugby Road, Leamington,...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that, in the case of seamen removed from their ships by the enemy and treated as civilian prisoners of war, no health and pensions insurance...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that old age pensioners who have temporarily left their homes in dangerous areas for the country are now being advised by the Assistance Board...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has any further statement to make about Lieut.-Colonel Bingham?
Might I ask the Prime Minister whether he will state the forthcoming Business?
"to abolish the requirement that in determining the need and assessing the needs of applicants for unemployment assistance or supplementary pensions the resources of all members of their...
Resolution reported, That for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to make provision with respect to war damage to immovable property and to goods, it is expedient to authorise the...
[18th December].
Considered in Committee.
Resolved, That the Orders made by the Secretary of State under the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, for extending Section 1 of that Act to the under-mentioned areas, namely:— (1) the city...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Boulton.]
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