Tuesday, 1 April 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 HERBERT, THE...
KENT ELECTRIC POWER BILL (By Order).
Ordered, That, if at any time the Chairman of Ways and Means is of opinion that in order to facilitate the progress of the Bills then referred to the Committee on Unopposed Bills under Standing...
Ordered, That in the case of an Opposed Bill promoted by a municipal or other local authority containing clauses by which it is proposed to create powers relating to Police, Sanitary and other...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that, in towns and villages in South Yorkshire, there is an acute shortage of cigarettes, whilst soldiers and airmen in the same area...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, when a letter is submitted to the Trading with the Enemy Branch of the Treasury and Board of Trade for approval, with a view to transmission...
asked the Minister of Economic Warfare whether he has any information as to the number of ships arriving and leaving, and the tonnage of goods imported and exported from the port of Marseilles in...
asked the Minister of Economic Warfare whether he has any information as to the figures for the purchase in the United States of America by the Soviet Government in 1938 and 1940 of,...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will issue an order that all potatoes served to the troops should be cooked not peeled, thus avoiding waste and preserving the most nutritious part?
Miss Ward: asked the Secretary of State for War whether arrangements have yet been concluded to safeguard the superannuation rights of nurses serving in the Armed Forces of the Crown?
Miss Ward: asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has any statement to make with regard to new arrangements for strengthening the health and welfare of sick members of the Auxiliary...
asked the Secretary of State for War how long Mr. Hugh Slater will remain a private in the Army before he is allowed to resume the duties for which his special abilities suit him as lecturer in...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has again considered the position of the wives of members of the Armed Forces of the Crown from the standpoint of granting an immediate advance in...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether facilities in addition to those which already exist can be offered for the recruitment of Jews abroad for active service in the British Army?
asked the Secretary of State for War the number of men invalided out of the Army on medical grounds arising otherwise than from service within one year of their enlistment for any convenient period?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that military vehicles were involved in 526 out of 4,575 road accidents occurring in the West Riding since the outbreak of war up to a...
Colonel Arthur Evans: asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will give full particulars of the constitution of the Board of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes; the system of...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has any information regarding the shooting of an officer named Dees, of the 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, in Oflag VII C/H?
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has any statement to make regarding the progress of canteens and communal feeding in industrial works and in industrial areas, respectively,...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many sheep were carried by the deer forests of Scot land at the last available date before the war; and what is the corresponding figure for the last...
Mr. Robertson: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will consider making an Order for the duration of the lambing season, causing all persons out with dogs on lands where sheep...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that thousands of tons of turnips have gone to waste in Dumfriesshire because the sheep that they were intended to feed have been...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his attention has been called to the indiscriminate slaughter of cattle in Scotland at a time when new grass is appearing and that as a...
asked the Secretary for Mines whether he can now indicate the result of the meeting in Glasgow, on 19th March, of the coalowners and the National Union of Scottish Mineworkers, for the adoption...
asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware that the manager of Shettleston Co-operative Society, Limited, telephoned Mr. Alexander, of the Mines Department at Glasgow, complaining of the...
asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware that urban district councils which purchase electricity in bulk from large electricity undertakings are seriously concerned at the increasing...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether any steps have been taken to implement the agreements made for the marketing of agricultural products by the so-called Sydney resolutions; and, if not,...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how many applications have been received from lessees of Crown property for a temporary reduction or waiver of ground rent in the case of bombed premises; and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has considered the letter, dated 19th March, from the general secretary, Fire Brigades Union, regarding inadequate compensation for...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is now satisfied that the rescue and demolition squads in Glasgow should be restored to their former strength?
asked the Home Secretary whether he can state the reason for the absence of mobile canteens when the Clvdeside air-raids took place on 13th and 14th March; is he aware that the military had to be...
asked the Prime Minister (1) whether his attention has been directed to the Seventh Report of the Select Committee on National Expenditure; and, in view of the fact that this Report goes to prove...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement to this House, as well as circulating in pamphlet form, the advice to civilians in case of invasion?
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the advisability of publishing, as a White Paper, the speech on war and peace aims, made at New York recently by His Majesty's Ambassador to the...
May I ask the Prime Minister whether he has any statement to make the Motion for the Adjournment for Easter?
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 HERBERT, THE...
Resolution reported, That for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to make provision for calling up men for civil defence and to amend the National Service (Armed Forces) Act, 1939, it...
Considered in Committee.
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