Thursday, 10 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...
I have been asked by the Trustees of the British Museum to present a Petition which they have to submit to this House annually, explaining the financial position and praying for aid. The Petition...
Great Western Railway (Superannuation Fund) Bill.
asked the Minister of Labour the position of the members of the Mechanised Transport Corps as regards registration; whether it is taken into account that many of them have already been serving...
asked the Minister of Labour whether any plan has been adopted for placing men of reduced industrial capacity in jobs, at ordnance factories and other establishments, that otherwise would be...
asked the Minister of Labour, why it is that hundreds of women residing in a certain area, having been urged to volunteer for work at an ordnance factory and, having been interviewed and accepted...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he intends to set up an advisory council to assist him in mobilising the man-power in the engineering and shipbuilding trades; and whether he can name the...
Miss Cazalet: asked the Minister of Labour what provision has been made in London for children under school age whose mothers are anxious to do war work?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that essential men and women are being transferred from laundries to other ser vices, thus endangering the laundry ser vices, vital for the health...
asked the Minister of Labour what provision is made for the provision of suitable work for those men discharged from the Forces, and in whose cases no pension has been awarded; whether these...
Mr. Davidson: asked the Minister of Labour, what action he proposes to take on the recent Report of the Unemployment Insurance Statutory Committee on the financial condition of the Unemployment...
MR. David Adams: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will issue a brochure giving detailed recommendations, as to the reconstruction and improvement of air-raid...
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the excellent effect on the spirits of the people of Southampton after a heavy air-raid from the provision of music at...
asked the Home Secretary whether local police throughout the country have now been given explicit directions as to the restrictions to be imposed upon Americans resident in their district;...
asked the Home Secretary whether he can give the House any information about the work to be given internees in the Isle of Man?
asked the Home Secretary which members of advisory committees appointed under Regulation i8b have resigned to date?
asked the Home Secretary whether he will look into the serious restrictions placed on alien seamen and consider whether these can be substantially reduced, particularly in the case of seamen of...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that the chief constable of Sheffield has refused permission for a photograph to be taken of the queue at an egg shop in the Attercliffe Division;...
asked the Home Secretary in what districts fire-fighting by staff and workmen is to be made compulsory on business premises?
asked the Minister of Health whether, in cases where billeting officers have earmarked accommodation for civil evacuation or military purposes, the householders are in all cases informed of the...
asked the minister of Health whether, in the event of any individual failing to produce his national registration identity card when called upon to do so, is he required to produce his identity...
asked the Minister of Health whether the scheme of hospital treatment, outlined on 3rd April, is available for part-time Civil Defence workers, and, if not, why not?
asked the Home Secretary whether he will issue an order in his campaign to make the people gas-conscious, compelling all persons to wear their respirators, whether in the street, office or...
asked the Home Secretary whether the special constabulary is limited to British-born sons of British parents of European descent?
Mr. David Adams: asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the numerous cases of escapes from prison lately; and will he consider whether changes are called for in the...
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the serious shortage of accommodation in Borstal institutions; and whether he is taking steps to acquire additional accommodation...
asked the Home Secretary whether the Royal Commission on Workmen's Compensation has suspended its sittings for the duration of the war, or whether it is intended that it shall resume its work in...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the circular issued by the Treasury enjoining on Departments that they should make the fullest possible use of Whitley machinery during the war;...
Mrs. Rathbone: asked the President of the Board of Education whether, in view of the necessity for permanent cooperation between this country and America, and in view of the desirability of...
Miss Cazalet: asked the President of the Board of Education the number of nursery centres in being and the number of children attending them?
Miss Cazalet: asked the President of the Board of Education how many children of school age have returned to London since 1st January, 1941?
asked the President of the Board of Education (1) whether, in view of the dislocation of family life and normal education, and the alarming growth of juvenile delinquency among children of school...
asked the Prime Minister (1) the terms of reference under which the Chancery Judge will examine evidence to decide if there are prima facie cases arising from the allegations of waste,...
Mrs. Rathbone: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the further hour to be added to the present daylight saving and in the light of urgent representation from the agricultural...
asked the Minister of Health when the new Determination of Needs, Act will come into force?
asked the Minister of Health whether he has now established an organisation for settlement of priority, as between the demands of the several Forces and Departments, for medical men, recommended...
asked the Minister of Pensions why a pension has been refused to 4915159, Sergeant J. Foster, of Wolverhampton, who was graded AI when he entered the Army on 25th August, 1939, and was discharged...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in order to lessen foreign currency difficulties, he proposes to launch an appeal for gold and silver articles and ornaments?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what part of the increase of Surtax and Income Tax, over and above what would have been received if present rates were continued, comes from Surtax, from...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will make a statement as to the position of the local authority, of which he has been told, under the War Damage Act, as to the passing on of the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will take steps to safeguard firms in the management and survey of property against losing highly technical members of their already depleted...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that the vulnerable and industrialised areas North and South of the River Tyne are under-provided...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he can give any information in connection with tea supplied to stallholders; and whether his attention has been called to the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is now able to make a statement with regard to his proposals for dealing with the special needs of young children requiring...
asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware of the difficulties being experienced in the West Mdilands in obtaining labour for the essential distribution of coal; and whether he will make...
asked the Minister of Information how many Presbyterian services were broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation during each of the months of January, February and March, 1941; whether...
asked the Minister of information whether there is any danger of interference with the production of propaganda films by the calling up of men whose skill is essential to such production and who...
asked the Secretary of State for War why Sapper Kelly, H., No. 2044023, Royal Engineers, par- ticulars regarding whom have been sent to him by the hon. Member for Greenock, was sent, without the...
asked the Secretary of State for War when it may be expected that military bands will be used in escorting troops through the streets of London and the provincial centres; and, in view of their...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has any information to give the House regarding the strength and status of the Auxiliary Territorial Service?
May I raise again, very briefly, the point of Order which during Question Time seemed to engage the mild interest of other Members of this House? If you look at Question No. 62, Mr....
Resolved, That this House, at its rising this day, do adjourn till Tuesday, 22nd April"[Mr. Attlee]
Percy William Jewson, Esquire, for the Borough of Great Yarmouth.
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, '' An Act to re-define the limits of supply of the Camborne Water Company; to confer additional powers upon the Company; and for other purposes"—
Read the First time, and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills
REPORT [9TH APRIL].
"That it is expedient to amend the law relating to National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance."
Resolution reported, That, — (1)The power of the Treasury to raise money under Section one of the National Loans Act, 1939, shall include power to raise any money required for raising any...
"to extend the powers of the Treasury to raise money under Section one of the National Loans Act, 1939, and substitute other provisions for the provisions of paragraph 1 of the Second"Schedule to...
Motion made, and Question proposed,"That this House do now adjourn."— (Mr. James Stuart.)
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
Question again proposed, "That this House do now adjourn"
It is a long way, even for an Adjournment Debate, from the conditions attaching to the production of raw materials in a part of the Colonial Empire to the matter which I want to bring to the...
It will be within the recollection of the House that on 19th October last my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary issued a circular which provided that in respect of contracts for air-raid...
The subject I wish to raise is one which at first sight may appear of microscopic importance and an insignificant digression compared with much upon which we have been deliberating in recent...
I desire to raise the question of the war agricultural committees, their methods of working and their powers. The hon. Gentleman who preceded me will, I hope, forgive me if I do not exactly...
My hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Bolton (Sir E. Cadogan) and my hon. Friend the Member for Swindon (Mr. Wakefield) have raised questions regarding the cultivation of recreation grounds...
Now I turn to the points raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Eye (Mr. Granville). He said that 80 tenancies had been terminated in Suffolk, and asked me to define a bad farmer. Well, it is...
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