Tuesday, 4 February 1941
The House being met, the Clerk at the Table informed the House of the unavoidable absence of Mr. SPEAKER from this Day's Sitting. Whereupon Sir DENNIS HERBERT, the CHAIRMAN Of WAYS and MEANS,...
"to modify the provisions of the Cannock Urban District Council Act, 1919, with regard to the period within which the consent of a Local Authority to the continuance of the running of omnibuses...
"to provide for a superannuation fund for certain of the salaried staff of the Great Western Railway Company in substitution for the Great Western Railway Superannuation Scheme established under...
"to authorise persons holding offices or places of trust or profit under the Great Western Railway Company to become Directors of the said Company and for other purposes"; presented, and read the...
"to amalgamate the undertakings of the South East Kent Electric Power Company Limited and the West Kent Electric Com- pany Limited with the undertaking of the Kent Electric Power Company; to...
"to empower the London Midland and Scottish Railway Company to acquire lands; to amend the London Midland and Scottish Railway Superannuation Scheme; to authorise the Midland and Great Northern...
"to provide for reorganisation of the affairs of the Railway Clearing System Superannuation Fund; for alteration of the benefits to which contributing members of the Fund are entitled and the...
"to substitute new rules for certain of the existing rules of the Southern Railway Superannuation Fund established by the Southern Railway (Superannuation Fund) Act, 1927; to amend that Act; and...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the special steps which are being taken to stimulate the marketing and sale of British goods in the United States of America, and will he consider the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the manufacture of certain patented articles has ceased, or has been considerably reduced, on account of war conditions; and is...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will call the attention of insurance companies to the likelihood of a reduction in the number of claims arising out of both fire and burglary...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether the Government have come to any decision with regard to the disposal of Italian prisoners taken by the British Army in the Libyan campaign?
asked the Secretary of State for War, what number of inspectors are employed by the International Red Cross to visit and report on conditions obtaining at the different German prisoners of war...
asked the Secretary of State for War when the arrangements for the canteens at the Great Western and London, Midland and Scottish Railway stations at Wolverhampton, which were promised months...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether any recent Army Council order has been issued forbidding officers of His Majesty's Forces to mix with the ranks when off duty; and does any such order...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the colonel at a zone headquarters, Home Guard, of which he has been informed, has drawn the attention of commanders of all group and...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether the Czech soldiers in this country are paid by the Czech or by the British authorities, or both?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether foreign soldiers stationed in this country are employed in assisting British soldiers to clear up air-raid damage?
Mr. Robertson: asked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been drawn to the plight of Mrs. Knox, Peebles, a widow, whose two sons are in the Royal Scots; and whether the...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many military lorries and vehicles in this country have been damaged through road accidents in the last 12 months; and whether, in view of the extra cost...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of applicants for small-holdings in the county of Ayr at present unsatisfied; why he granted the owners authority to destroy the subjects of...
asked the Secretary for Mines whether he can indicate the nature of the reply sent to the Executive Board of the Midland (Amalgamated) District with regard to their note sent to him concerning...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he will give an assurance that the broadcast by the Australian War Minister from Singapore, on 12th January, stating that Australia...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether shelter-marshals are instructed, or empowered, to require that persons claiming to occupy regular places in public shelters must bring...
asked the Home Secretary in how many cases he has not accepted the recommendation of the Advisory Committee appointed to hear appeals from persons detained under Regulation 18B?
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that people who have had their clothes destroyed in air raids often have to wait many hours at Unemployment Assistance Board...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he is aware that friendly alien internees sent to Canada suffer in certain respects compared with prisoners of war interned in...
asked the Minister without Portfolio the nature of the organisation he is setting up to consider the question of Allied peace aims; and when a statement on the subject may be expected?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will impose a luxury tax upon first-class railway travel in the next Budget?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, since the outbreak of war, he has received the full co-operation and support of the principal banks both in London and the provinces; whether he is...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider the re-assessment of all shop properties in evacuation areas to cover the war period and one year after, upon the existing basis of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is possible for him to state the proportion of the new 2½ per cent. National War Bonds and 3 per cent. Savings Bonds taken up by overseas...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the fact that a high percentage of war industrial plant is working at full capacity and that much of it will have to be replaced if the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether the investigation in Case T.1193/6/38, Inland Revenue, is still proceeding; whether the persons whose names were supplied as being willing to...
asked the Minister of Health what is the present annual yield in Great Britain of the Armorial Bearings Duty; and what is the highest recorded yield in any year?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that owner-occupiers of leasehold houses are served with a peremptory notice by the Metropolitan Water Board when the external water...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will give an assurance that before any Order in Council is made altering the Constitution of Jamaica opportunity will be given for...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, as representing the Ministry of Food, whether he is considering the extension of the personal rationing scheme to meals taken in hotels...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any statement to make on the subject of the attitude of His Majesty's Government to the future of Abyssinia?
Can the Lord Privy Seal make a statement about the Business for the third Sitting Day?
I have a Question of Privilege to bring to the attention of the House. It arises out of a letter published in the "Times" newspaper on 31st January, signed by Joynson Hicks and Company, a firm of...
Reported with Amendments from the Committee on Unopposed Bills; Bill, as amended, to be considered upon the next Sitting Day.
Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to request that their Lordships will be pleased to give leave to the Lord Beaverbrook to attend to be examined as a witness before the Select...
Notice taken, that Strangers were present.
Considered in Committee, under Standing Order No. 69.
Considered in Committee [Progress, 30th January].
I beg to move, in page 9, line 44, to leave out from "thereof," to end of Sub-section (3), and to insert: which suffer depreciation in value by reason of the war damage, in shares proportionate...
I beg to move, in page 12, line 9, at the end, to insert "being land." The object of this Amendment is to make sure that, as is presumably the intention, only those properties which, if damaged,...
I beg to move, in page 13, line 15, to leave out "five," and insert "ten." This Amendment, and the consequential Amendments, raise a very important issue. The Bill, as it stands, is obviously...
I beg to move, in page 13, line 40, to leave out from "may," to "whether," and to insert "each year." This is a small point, which I raise for the sake of getting a statement from the Chancellor...
The following Amendment stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. WOODBURN: In page 15, line 13, at the end, to add: (2) In Scotland, any tenant, not being the actual proprietor, who fails to...
I beg to move, in page 15, line 16, to leave out from "mortgage," to the end of line 25, and to insert: he shall be entitled to be indemnified by the mortgagee against the same proportion of his...
Ordered, That Sir Geoffrey Ellis be discharged from the Select Committee on National Expenditure and Mr. Cary be added to the Committee."—[Mr. Paling.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Paling.]
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