Tuesday, 8 April 1941
The House being met, the Clerk at the liable informed the House of the unavoidable absence, through indisposition, of Mr. SPEAKER from this Day's Sitting. Whereupon Sir DENNIS HERBERT, THE...
STANDING ORDERS NOT PREVIOUSLY INQUIRED INTO COMPLIED WITH.
asked the Secretary for Mines whether his attention has been called to the apprehensions of the South Wales Miners' Federation as to the present inadequacy of coal reserves; what steps he is...
asked the Secretary for Mines the approximate number of coal-miners who have joined the Services, after deducting the numbers who have been released to return to the mines, to date?
asked the Secretary for Mines the figures of the average percentage of voluntary absenteeism at collieries for the past six months and for the corresponding period before the war?
asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is in a position to state the nature of the reply sent to the wire received from Bagley and Company, Knottingley, with regard to shortage of coal for...
asked the Secretary for Mines why the supply of protective boots is far below demand in certain mining districts: and what effort is being made to increase the supply and encourage the use of...
asked the Secretary for Petroleum whether he has investigated the statements made by the leading counsel against the chief witness for the prosecution in the petrol case at Newton- le-Willows...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Under secretary of State for Dominion Affairs what schemes under the Colonial Development and Welfare Act are under consideration for 1941 for the South African High...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Undersecretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether, in view of the improved finances of Newfoundland, and her dependence no longer on a grant in aid, the Government...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of retail shops in this country divided into their respective categories, such as grocery and provisions, butchery, boot and shoe, clothing,...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will consider granting permission to the manufacturers and wholesalers to distribute available stocks upon forward contracts already entered...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will see that small producers who are not required to turn over to war production are encouraged to continue their normal activities so far as...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware Of the concern which is felt by the distributing trades, due to the increasing departmental regulations relating to retail trades;...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, now that the Export Council is relieving the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department of some of his duties, he will consider the advisability...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that thousands of workers in the Midlands and the industrial North, who, for economic and other reasons, rely on the bicycle as their...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can now state when the insurance schemes provided for in Part II of the War Damage Act will be put into operation?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the public interest on this point, he will make a statement as to the position of landlords under the War Damage Act, as to the passing...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Minister of Shipping whether he is aware that considerable dissatisfaction is still prevalent at the inability of his Ministry to use available tonnage to the fullest...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Minister of Shipping whether he is. aware that Chinese seamen, many of whom were born in Hong Kong, have been refused by certain British shipping firms the £5 war...
asked the Minister of Shipping whether he can report on the result of his inquiries of the officers and representatives of the Merchant Navy as to the compulsory wearing of identification discs...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the fact that persons who have stored furniture in depositories have recently been requested to pay large...
asked the Minister of Economic Warfare whether, in view of the fact that traffic between Africa and France is nearly normal, that the weekly crossings average 75, that ships pass Gibraltar from...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will give par- ticulars of the recent removal by air of Italian civilians from Italian Somaliland and state what negotiations took place on the...
asked the Secretary of State for War who was responsible for the preliminary survey for the camp, of which he has been told; what was the extra cost involved in shuttering and timbering the...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether members of the Home Guard are expected to carry their civilian gas masks in areas where no Service ones have been issued?
asked the Secretary for State for War whether he has any information as to the state of the British war cemeteries situated in territory now occupied by the enemy?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will inform the House what is the amount of the grant given by the War Office towards Army welfare work?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is prepared to pay the travelling expenses of those soldiers who voluntarily came from Overseas to this country to join the Army on the outbreak of...
Miss Ward: asked the Secretary of State for War how many women hold commissioned rank in the Royal Army Medical Corps; and why female personnel for the Auxiliary Territorial Service are examined...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many times Dover has been shelled by the German long-range artillery mounted on the French coast; and how many people have been killed and injured?
asked the Secretary of State for War the scale of clothing issued to German prisoners of war in Britain and how this scale compares with the issues by the German Government to British prisoners...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many special schools for mental and physical defectives, respectively, there are in Scotland; in how many of these schools, respectively, the use of...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is satisfied that the district committees are fulfilling properly the duties for which they were appointed?
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, in addition to any deer forests, he has taken possession of any farms in Scotland owing to their being in bad cultivation; and if so, how many?
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average age of children in the camp schools; and how many places are not filled?
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, who is the responsible authority for supervising the billeting of children, soldiers, industrial workers and refugees throughout Scotland?
asked the Prime Minister whether the assurance he recently gave to the trade union- movement to restore the privileges willingly suspended to assist the war effort when the present crisis has...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the damage done to our cause by the broadcasts of Sir Robert Vansittart, he will dispense with his ser vices and appoint another diplomatic adviser?
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the adoption of some method similar to that provided in the Representation of the People Act for absentee voters, thus enabling those Members of...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Lord President of the Council whether, in view of the large grant to the British Film Institute from the Cinematograph Fund created by the Sunday Entertainments Act,...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the Customs authorities, in valuing goods imported at Newport docks to ascertain the value for duty purposes, have, since August,...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has considered the representations of the British Order of Ancient Free Gardeners, Kirkcaldy district, protesting against the application of the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the fee of the hangman and other expenses in connection with the execution of criminals condemned to death, has to be paid by high...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will now consider the advisability of carrying out the recommendations of the First Report from the Select Committee on Publications and...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what control his Department exercises over allowances and frais de représentation made to His Majesty's Ambassadors in foreign countries; and...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the habit of not dating letters sent in reply to Members of this House is growing in Government Departments; and whether he...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether it is competent for widows or dependants of those who have died on active service, and whose death has been attributed to causes other than active service,...
asked the President of the Board of Education, what steps he is taking to bring to an end the present disagreement between the parents of children in the Llanrwst Council School, in the county of...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he can give any information in connection with omnibuses being run on creosote fuel?
Mr. David Adams: asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he has considered the desirability of more adequate lighting of the approaches to our ports, except at the inception of air-raid...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that the catchment board are discharging elderly men from river and sea wall work and retaining young men eligible for the Forces; and that...
That they have agreed to—
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon the next Sitting Day, and to be printed. [Bill 21.]
Considered in Committee, [Progress 7th April.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn." [Major Dugdale.]
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