Tuesday, 25 March 1941
The House being met, the Clerk at the Table informed the House of the unavoidable absence, through indisposition, of MR. SPEAKER from this Day's Sitting. Whereupon Sir DENNIS HEREERT, THE...
STANDING ORDERS NOT PREVIOUSLY INQUIRED INTO COMPLIED WITH.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can make any announcement about the intention of the Government to strengthen the machinery for controlling prices?
asked the Minister of Shipping whether, having regard to the number of bodies of merchant seamen washed ashore without means of identifi- cation, he has come to a decision as to making...
asked the Minister of Economic Warfare what steps are being taken to prevent the passage of goods to France from all overseas destinations; and whether he will give an assurance that there will...
Dr. Russell Thomas: asked the Minister of Economic Warfare whether he has anything further to report in regard to Russian imports through Vladivo-stock for re-export to Germany; and whether...
asked the Minister of Economic Warfare whether he is aware that in August, 1940, there was imported into Japan seven times as much ordinary petrol as in August, 1939; that the extraction from...
Captain Duncan: asked the Secretary of State for War the result of his promised review of the arrangements for the payment of allowances and allotments to the next-of-kin of men missing from...
asked the Secretary of State for War what rent is being paid per annum by the War Office for the land belonging to the National Rifie Association at Bisley; and the approximate acreage?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that four soldiers and non-commissioned officers were refused service at Gibbons' Café, High Street, Watford, on 7th March, the...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether officers and men holding acting rank who arc struck off the strength of their units on account of wounds or injuries received in action, will be...
asked the Secretary of State for War the decision he has arrived at with reference to an inquiry into the conditions on board the Motor Ship "Ettrick," when internees were being sent to Canada;...
Mr. Scott: asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider the issue, either free or at cost price, of a badge of standard pattern for the use of all ranks of the Home Guard when...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction that exists, particularly among the smaller boroughs in country districts, at the careless interpretation...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will cause a statement to be circulated to the Forces that the heavy casualty lists due to reckless Army drivers are a disgrace to the Service; and...
asked the Prime Minister whether the judge appointed to investigate into the prima facie cases arising out of the Report of the Select Committee on National Expenditure will be authorised to...
asked the Secretary of State for War (1), whether he will compare the items of the representative daily menu of food as issued to British prisoners of war in Germany, which has been obtained from...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what further steps he has been taking, in view of the progressive diminution of grazing lands in Scotland consequent on the ploughing-up campaign, to...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that teachers in Scotland have been anxious regarding the lack of emergency supplies of foodstuffs, including chocolate, in schools...
asked the Secretary for Mines how many collieries have set up joint committees for the purpose of dealing with safety questions?
asked the Secretary for Mines whether he proposes to take any further action in connection with the Valley field disaster following the decision of the Dunfermline Sheriff Court?
asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will take such action as will provide heat and refreshment for miners when they are detained for certain reasons from ascending to the surface at the end...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he can give any information in connection with the shortage of milk bottles, and what action he intends taking about the matter?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food what is the annual consumption of potatoes in Great Britain?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, in view of the fact that large areas of sea off the West Coast of Scotland are frequently richly charged with plankton, that...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food what quantitiy of sugar was used for brewing purposes in the year ended September, 1940; and how does the percentage this represents of...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in order to minimise billeting difficulties, he will give instructions to local Employment Exchanges not to consider applications for employment from...
asked the Minister of Information (1) whether, in view of the fact that the majority of people engaged in industry and agriculture in Wales are, by the nature of their work, precluded from...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that air-raid precautions emergency committees throughout the country follow different practices with...
asked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware that the Paper Control Board has raised the price of straw for paper making from 15s. per ton to £5, the present controlled price; that this...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that infra-red rays possess a remarkable power of penetrating fog, and that infra-red photographs can be taken and developed so rapidly...
asked the Attorney- General whether he is aware that ground landlords of bombed sites are entitled to collect ground-rent for the duration of the war despite the fact that the buildings thereon...
asked the Prime Minister which Minister, or what Department, has responsibility for liaison or cooperation between the intelligence, counter-intelligence and secret services maintained by many...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the advisability of altering the system by which parcels, without limit in number, can be sent from overseas to persons in this country, in view...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will give this House an opportunity of formally and publicly thanking the United States of America for their sympathy and help, as shown in the Lease-and-Lend Act?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can make a statement as to the financial position of the Equalisation Fund?
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether salaries paid to His Majesty's Ambassadors in Foreign countries are subject to British Income Tax?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give particulars showing how the consumption of alcoholic liquors decreased in the years ended 30th September, 1939 and 1940, respectively,...
asked the Attorney-General whether, in order to remove doubt, he will state whether the protection of the Courts (Emergency Powers) Act, 1939, is now afforded only to men in the Armed Forces or...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether the new Youth Service Corps will collaborate with the Boy Scouts, the Girl Guides, the Federation of Working Lads Clubs, the Boys' Brigade...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the results of an inquiry showing that, whereas some counties, acting as receiving areas, have sustained an...
asked the Minister of Health when he proposes to make a statement to the House upon new benefits of health insurance?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and Buildings whether, with a view to getting more efficient, economic and rapid production, he will appoint a well-known firm of...
asked the President of the Board of Trade his plans for the consolidation of the retail distributing trades consequent upon the reduced quantity of goods for sale?
Reported, without Amendment, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills; to be read the Third time upon the next Sitting Day.
Order read for Consideration of the Complaint purporting to have been made by Mr. Boothby, Member for the County of Aberdeen and Kincardine (East Division), and published in the "Press and...
Order for Consideration of Lords Amendments read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee, under Standing Order No. 69.
Order for Second Reading read.
Lords Amendments considered, and agreed to.
Resolved, That the Sulphuric Acid (Charges) (No. 1) Order, 1941, dated 4th March, 1941, made by the Treasury under Section 2 of the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939, a copy of which was...
Read a Second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House, for the next Sitting Day. — [Major Dugdale.]
Ordered, That Mr. Pickthorn be discharged from the Select Committee on National Expenditure and Mr. Douglas Cooke be added to the Committee" — [Major Dugdale.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn— [Major Dugdale.]
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