Thursday, 20 February 1941
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair.]
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the difficulty being experienced owing to the shortage of bricklayers labourers for working in conjunction with bricklayers and that no...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Minister of Labour whether his circular of last July, recommending an immediate reduction of the hours of labour of adult males to 55 or 56 hours per week as soon as...
asked the Minister of Labour what is the total increase in wages and war-time allowances granted to railway workers since the beginning of the war; whether such increases are comparable to those...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in considering manpower problems in future, he will bear in mind the necessity of the proper staffing of shops and warehouses by skilled and experienced...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has given attention to the whole problem of rehabilitation of men injured in industry or by enemy action or discharged as unfit from the services; what...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that able-bodied unemployed on the register are refusing offers of well-paid posts for fire watching; and what action he is taking in the matter?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has considered the request of the Lord Mayor of Birmingham to receive a deputation from the air-raid precautions committee of the Birmingham City Council...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that conditions under which elderly evacuees are living at Marda House, Oswestry, are unsatisfactory, and that, in particular, the treatment of...
asked the Minister of Pensions the number of claims received by his Department for pensions and allowances from civilians injured by enemy action and the number of persons covered by such claims?
Mr. David Adams: asked the Home Secretary whether he intends to issue a new circular on the training of first-aid personnel, in view of the experience gained in raids upon this country and, as...
asked the Home Secretary whether, in order to prevent profiteering, he will take over all available supplies of stirrup pumps for distribution at a standard price?
asked the Home Secretary what warnings on what dates, and to what newspapers, have been officially issued under Defence Regulation 2C?
asked the Home Secretary why no representative of any refugee organisation has been appointed to the tribunal dealing with applications from Italians for release from internment; whether he will...
Miss Ward: asked the Home Secretary whether notes of the questions asked and the answers given during interrogations by the Advisory Committees of persons detained under Regulation 18B are...
asked the Home Secretary whether, with reference to Fascists in key positions in the various Ministries, he has, amongst the necessary steps to guard against such risks, provided each Department...
(for Captain Strickland)asked the Home Secretary whether he is satisfied that the present system of dealing with vagrancy does not constitute a danger to public security; and whether he will...
asked the Minister of Labour how many men in Government Departments have been reserved below the ages in industry employed in comparable occupations; and whether it is the intention of the...
asked the Minister of Labour the age of reservation for British Broad casting Company employés; and how many men below that ago have been given exemption?
asked the President of the Board of Education why the Government grant to local education authorities for buildings and equipment for school canteens is only 50 per cent., whereas the Government...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the extreme urgency of the need to increase the benefits payable under the National Health Insurance, in particular, sickness, maternity and...
asked the Minister of Health whether, in the case of State assist- ance to local authorities to enable them to carry on in war-time, such assistance will be by way of gift or of loan, and, if...
asked the Minister of Health, in connection with the recent Regulation permitting the temporary registration of alien doctors in this country for the purpose of medical work in the war effort,...
Mr. Graham White: asked the Minister of Health whether London boroughs are arranging for the public baths and washhouses to be open on Sundays for the use of those people who, owing to war...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is yet in a position to make a decision in the case of Mrs. France, of 23, Wharncliffe Street, Rother- ham, who made application to the Military Service...
asked the Secretary of State for India the number of recruits to the Indian Army who have volunteered from each province since the beginning of the war?
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the circumstances in regard to the retirement of an inspector in the York police force at the request of the Watch Committee, the...
Mr. White: asked the Prime Minister whether the spheres of action, the scope and limits of responsibility as between the Departments of the Minister without Portfolio and the Minister of Works...
Colonel Arthur Evans: asked the Prime Minister whether he will state the technical difficulties which have arisen in connection with the decision, regarding the rank to be retained by officers...
asked the Prime Minister the number of new Ministerial offices created since the outbreak of war; and whether he will consider their reduction wherever possible, in the interests of economy and...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what reports ho has received from local committees as to the granting of permits to enter land to kill deer, hares and rabbits; and to what extent the animals...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, with a view to stimulating the allotment movement, and the encouragement of good cultivators, he will consider giving holders security of tenure after...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that the committee which is rationing animal foodstuffs in the Petworth area of Sussex has issued to farmers a document, not indicating its...
Colonel Sandeman Allen: asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the special war-time need experienced in many districts of opportunities for recreation and amusement on Sundays, not only...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider making an arrangement so that he shall take over all profits made by companies over 3 per cent. after having made allowances for...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will appoint a committee to inquire into banking, finance and credit, with a view to reporting as soon as possible on how credit can be best...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the uncertainty of those whose property has been destroyed as a result of enemy action as to their exact position in regard to...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware of the difficulty of securing equipment for works and other canteens; and whether he is prepared to requisition...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware of the present un satisfactory distribution of unrationed foodstuffs, leading to ample supplies in one district and...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, in view of the many grievances entertained by the fried fish industry in respect of classification of certain foods, he will...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that in the North-East in general, and Newcastle in particular, there is a great shortage of tobacco; and what steps he is taking to...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of SIR WAI.DRON SMITHERS:
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has, or will, obtain full information as to the conditions obtaining in the s.s. "Ettrick," which sailed in July, 1940; and whether he will cause...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has received information as to the hardship caused to internees sent to Australia on the s.s. "Dunera" through their having had their money taken...
asked the Secretary of State for foreign Affairs the present position of British subjects interned in occupied France; and whether satisfactory arrangements have been made for the supply of...
May I ask the Lord Privy Seal what is the Business of the house for the next Sitting Days?
Since I made my Statement to the House on 6th February about the procedure to be adopted in connection with the issue of writs in the room of Members presumed to have been killed on active...
Resolutions reported:
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee, under Standing Order No. 69.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Resolved, That the Resolutions of the House [18th February] approving the Cold Storage (Control of Undertakings) (Charges) Order, 1941, and the Cold Storage (Control of Undertakings) (Charges)...
Resolved, That the Orders made by the Secretary of State under the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, for extending Section one of the Act to the undermentioned areas, namely: the Borough of...
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