Wednesday, 2 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...
For the Borough of Great Yarmouth, in the room of Sir Arthur Harbord, C.B.E., deceased—[Mr. Holdsworth.]
Great Western Railway (Variation of Directors Qualification) Bill. Read the Third time, and passed.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what are the circumstances in which M. Stoyadinovitch has been handed over to British custody by the Yugoslav Government?
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any statement to make as to developments in Yugoslavia and the Balkans generally?
Miss Rathbone: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any representations have been made to the Spanish Government to induce them to abandon or mitigate the harsh measures of...
Miss Rathbone: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has noted the speech of Senor Suner when opening the German Press Exhibition in Spain, to the effect that he has been...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will publish the text of the provisional agreement between His Majesty's Government and the Spanish Government on Tangier as a White Paper?
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in connection with the Anglo-Turkish Alliance, he can make any statement on the declaration of the Government of the Union of Soviet...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what action he intends taking to meet the wishes of the Mexican Government, as expressed in the recent official Mexican Government broadcast,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the tenancy and use of British properties in Hankow continue to be forcibly denied by the Japanese authorities?
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will give an assurance that His Majesty's Government have no territorial claims to make against Abyssinia?
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why no attempt was made, when granting per mission for the two food-ships to go to Vichy, France, to couple it with the condition that Messieurs...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what steps he proposes to take in order to have grass mown from aerodromes treated as cattle food; and whether his attention has been called to the Newton...
asked the Secretary of State for Air why it is that application should have been made to the United States of America for 3,000 homing pigeons for use during the war when the pigeon fanciers at...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Aircraft Production whether he is aware that the "Daily Mail," of 20th March, invited its readers to send donations to the "Bomb Berlin Fund"...
MAIL SERVICE (MIDDLE EAST).
asked the Postmaster-General between what posting dates were letters or parcels addressed to prisoners of war lost at sea or otherwise known to have been destroyed?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and Buildings, whether he will give an assurance that all fabrics of outstanding national importance, especially those of interest to...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what steps are taken to see that when interim payments are paid to contractors for works in process of completion, some proportion of the money is paid over...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many fire-watchers were on duty at a certain naval establishment, of which he has been informed, and other Admiralty premises at that place on a certain...
asked the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any further information to give regarding the granting of permission to 700 Jews to enter Palestine in view of the pogroms in...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Under secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Africans of Nyasaland recruited for service with the Forces will be employed out of the territory, and on what...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Under secretary of State for the Colonies what schemes under the Colonial Development and Welfare Act are covered by the proposed expenditure of £400,000 in the...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that many of the inhabitants of a township of which he has been informed are employed at a Royal ordnance factory; that accommodation is being...
asked the Minister of Transport what are the functions of the Public Relations Officer in his Department; what is the salary attached to the office; and how this salary compares with that of...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Minister of Transport whether, with a view to reducing road accidents, he has considered the desirability of requiring all pedestrians to use the traffic signs; and...
asked the Minister of Information whether he has any statement to make regarding the, Board of Governors of the British Broad casting Corporation?
asked the Minister of Information whether it is his intention to broadcast to the peoples of Europe, and to convey by leaflet, the war aims as stated by Lord Halifax in his recent speech in America?
asked the Minister of Information what steps he is taking to give the British people particulars of the barbarous methods pursued by the Nazis in the contries they have temporarily occupied...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that large quantities of sewage sludge are being allowed to go to waste; and what steps he proposes to take to ensure that the maximum...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has studied the references in the Sixth Report of the Select Committee on National Expenditure, to the effect that all opportunities for making full...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Prime Minister whether he will find time for a debate on the Motion standing in the name of the hon. Member for Evesham relating to interest rates to...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether the number who have joined the forces from Northern Ireland is in proportion to the numbers who are in the forces in this country according to the...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is satisfied that the appointment of one major-general to visit the camps of the country to cut out waste is regarded as adequate, in view of the...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware of the transfer of 500 British officer prisoners of war from camp Oflag VIIc. in Bavaria to an internment camp in Poland; what was the...
asked the; Prime Minister whether he will consider setting up a Ministry of Films for the purpose of assisting the industry to organise itself upon a sound basis and to enable this vital field of...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will give the name of the judge of the High Court who is to investigate cases of waste, extravagance and dishonesty arising from the findings of the Select...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister without Portfolio whether, in view of the small success that has attended the various committees of experts, such as gold, export, business and building...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, in view of the fact that the racing pigeon is in some cases the sole source of the working man's...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware of the great hardship imposed on the supplies of fried fish by the inequitable distribution of compound as a cooking...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether the productive capacity of the jam and canning plants in this country is capable of handling the estimated home grown fruit crop?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food upon what principles, with a view to the fairest distribution of the largest possible amount, are food and feeding-stuffs allowed to be...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food what action he proposes to take on the Perry report on the Distribution of Milk?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that the Watford Co-operative Society is unable to obtain spare parts for essential food vehicles; that seven...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that the allocation of meat to the Bedlingtonshire Meat Traders' Association Pool has,...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he has considered the question of Good Friday buns; and whether he can make a statement?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that sheep graded at Kilmarnock, on 24th March, averaged 32 lb., and that if they had been allowed to graze till June...
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to enable powers conferred by Section two of the Chartered and Other Bodies (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1939, to be exercised wife respect to...
May I ask the Lord Privy Seal whether the Prime Minister will be able to make his statement on the war situation and to move the Resolution of congratulation to the Navy, Army and Air Force, on...
Ronw Moelwyn Hughes, Esquire, for the County of Carmarthen (Carmarthen Division).
Ordered, "That a Message be sent to the Lords to request that their Lordships will be pleased to give leave to the Lord Perry to attend to be examined as a witness before the Co-ordinating...
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...
Order for Committee 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 urges upon His Majesty's Government an effective and courageous use of the...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £321,700,.be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment...
Considered in Committee [Progress, 1st April.]
I beg to move, in page 3, line 4, to leave out paragraph (a). The Clause, as it stands, provides that where a person fails to comply with an enrolment notice he is liable on conviction, on...
I beg to move, in page 4, line 15, at the end, to insert: but such rules shall not operate to prevent the person serving with any Civil Defence force from forming or being members of a trade
I beg to move, in page 6, line 13, to leave out "fourteen," and to insert, "seven." Under the Clause as it stands, if a person fails to submit himself for medical examination, it is open to the...
I beg to move, in page 9, line 28, to leave out from "absent" to "the", in line 30, and to insert: then, with the consent in writing of the person to whose application the appeal relates. This...
I beg to move, in page 10, line 16, to leave out from the first "to," to "there," inline 17, and to insert "that service." This Amendment and the two following which stand in the name of my...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Any person of military age who is in charge of a one-man business may select to join for Civil Defence—[Mr G. Macdonald].
(1) If any person undergoing a sentence of imprisonment for a term of three months or more imposed on him for an offence by a court, in accordance with the terms of Section four or Section five...
Resolved, That the Orders made by the Secretary of State under the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, for extending Section one of that Act to the under mentioned areas, namely: (1) the Urban...
Resolved,
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