Wednesday, 5 March 1941
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.]
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give any information regarding the British volunteers who were stranded in Finland after the Russo-Finnish armistice; and will he...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any statement to make regarding the presence of German troops at Casablanca in French Morocco?
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he can make any statement with regard to the loss of the flying boat "Clyde" at Lisbon?
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether, when the two periods of leave granted per annum with two free warrants are increased to three or four periods of a less duration to suit the...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that road users can claim no compensation for in juries to themselves, their bicycles or their motor-cars if injured by Government-owned...
asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the difficulty of drawing attention of vehicles to waiting free-lift passengers; and will he consider arranging for some...
asked the Minister of Information whether the statement contained in a recent memorandum issued by the Ministry as part of the British Empire publicity campaign, under the title of "Talking...
asked the Minister of Information whether he is aware that letters posted in a town of which he has been informed, for transmission to Iceland and Faroes are censored in that town, and that...
asked the Postmaster-General the average time of delivery of letters sent by air-mail to the base of our expeditionary force in the Middle East, and whether it is possible to expedite delivery?
asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware of the great difficulty experienced in obtaining any. reply to the large number of letters sent through approved agencies to British in occupied...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and Buildings whether he will consult with the Fine Art Commission, with a view to rebuilding London on the Greek classical, Italian...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies whether he will issue a review of the Colonial Empire during the past two years in time for the Colonial Estimates this Session?
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been drawn to the losses in cattle on their way from neighbouring territories to certain meat...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has taken any steps to call the attention of the county war agricultural committees to the large number of parks and recreation grounds, in public...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware of the special hardship of Welsh miners due to the shortage of cheese; and whether, to meet this hardship in part, he...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that the North-Eastern Wholesale Meat Supply Association, Limited, are insisting that meat and offal allocations to...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he will arrange for a form to be issued on which people may apply for supplementary rations for special reasons, and in...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, whether he has considered representations from the Stirling and Clackmannan Co-operative Association urging the immediate rationing of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that one of the biggest manufacturers of chocolate in England have last week refused the application of the 14th...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food when he proposes to introduce the proposals for the milk trade put forward in the Perry Report?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food why there is so large a supply of red herring on sale at fishmongers when there is a shortage of the more edible fresh herring, kippers,...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the shortage of doctors in many rural districts, especially when these are overcrowded with evacuees of all sorts, and what steps are taken to...
asked the Minister of Health when it is proposed to introduce legislation to unify the law in relation to rating and valuation as between London and the provinces, so that regard may be had to...
asked the Minister of Economic Warfare whether he will request His Majesty's Ambassador in Moscow to report on the large and unusual imports to Russia from the United States of America of copper,...
asked the hon. Member for Dulwich, as Chairman of the Kitchen Committee, whether he will consider the institution of a "Help yourself'' service in the Members' dining-room, similar to that which...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware of the growing feeling against the position of the soldier who gets disabled on active service and marries after such disablement, and not...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in the event of a local emergency, the decision whether members of the Home Guard employed in controlled undertakings, where no controller has been...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the advantages to wheeled vehicles arising from troops marching on the roads in column of threes are frequently nullified by senior...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider introducing two types of rations for the Forces, active and sedentary, and thus obviate the present anomaly of workers in Government...
asked the Secretary of State for War what is the present method of controlling the issue and supervision of the consumption of petrol in the Army, bearing in mind the necessity for avoiding...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Prime Minister whether, in connection with the growing practice of promulgating Government policy by way of announcements through the British Broadcasting...
asked the Prime Minister whether it is still proposed to introduce legislation conferring compulsory powers on Allied Governments in this country to call up their nationals?
asked the Minister of Supply what was the price per ton of tin in 1936, 1940, in January and February, 1941, respectively; have steps been taken to safeguard the supplies required, and at what price?
asked the Minister of Supply what steps are being taken to en courage local authorities in the collection and preparation of edible household waste which may assist in meeting the deficiency in...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the committee inquiring into the possible value of phosphorescent, luminous and similar paints and objects has completed its task;...
asked the Home Secretary (1) to what extent the facilities for expert scrutiny of private shelter designs outlined in the Government's pamphlet "Your Home as an Air-Raid Shelter" have been made...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that Greek seamen involved in an industrial dispute at certain British ports were deported from this country after they had commenced action in the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in order to encourage the production and use of steam wagons and thus reduce the consumption of petrol, he will amend the taxation and axle-weight...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why the right hon. Member for Kelvingrove (Mr. Elliot) is stated in Command Paper 6255 to hold a paid civil office as Director of Public Relations, in view...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether cases of suspected or alleged disloyalty to the national cause in the Civil Service are dealt with by the Department concerned; and how many...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the growing public criticism of the Civil Service, he will consider setting up a special committee to inquire into the general...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will institute an inquiry into the conditions of Indian workers in this country; whether he is aware of the undesirable arrangement by which Indian seamen...
asked the Minister of Labour, whether his attention has been drawn to paragraph 18 of the Third Report of the Select Committee on National Expenditure, recommending that lighting in factories and...
Order for Commitee read.
I beg to move, to leave out from the word "That" to the end of the Question, and to add instead thereof: this House, recognising the arduous conditions of service in seagoing ships and in remote...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That such numbers of Officers, Seamen, Boys and Royal Marines and of Royal Marine Police, as His Majesty may deem necessary, be borne on the books of His...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding;£100, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expenses of Wages, etc., of Officers and Men of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, and of certain other...
Resolved, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn"—[Mr. Munro.]
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