Wednesday, 7 May 1941
Camborne Water Bill [Lords] (By Order)
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will now give consideration to the formation of a Joint Allied Council for the consideration of problems of mutual interest and as a...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the occupation by Japan of Ningpo, at the mouth of the Yangtze, an important source of food supplies for Shanghai, what steps...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the increasing Nazi menace to Portugal, he can make arrangements for the return to Great Britain of British subjects who have...
asked the Minister of Economic Warfare why Portugal imported more cotton and oil in January of this year than in the whole of 1939?
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many of the British prisoners in Finland have been able to find employment?
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any official information regarding the landing of German troops at Abo, in Finland?
Mr. David Adam: asked the Secretary of State for Air whether his attention has been called to the Eighth Report of the Select Committee on National Expenditure recommending that in many cases...
asked the Secretary of State for Air (1) whether he will consider a release to other Services of all officers and men of military age and medical fitness now employed in balloon barrage crews; ...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he can give an assurance that all suggestions for dealing with enemy night-bombing attacks receive careful and prompt consideration from his Department?
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that requisitioning of country houses for the use of Admiralty personnel has recently been carried out on a considerable scale; that the...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty under whose orders a British submarine remained nine hours in the Italian held port of Kotor, in Yugoslavia, risking a British war ship to rescue a British...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of German sub marines sunk from the outbreak of war to 31st March, 1941, or near date?
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the vessels now being built in the United States of America on account of the British Government will or will not be of higher speed than those at...
(for Mr. Windsor) asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether there has been any appreciable improvement in the turn-round of ships at Liverpool and Glasgow as a result...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Shipping whether he is aware that difficulties have arisen regarding allotments by British seamen serving on Norwegian vessels; whether these...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been drawn to the reversal of labour policy in Kenya by the introduction of the Defence...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies, whether attention can be given in Kenya to the expansion of the soil conservation service, and the extension of the timber...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether he will consider the advisability of taking steps to separate canals from railway control and to bring all the canal systems...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether, in view of the many difficulties confronting the question of transport at the moment in the country and with the...
asked the Minister of Information whether he will consider the advisability of discontinuing the organisation of public meetings on the present scale, in view of their limited usefulness?
asked the Minister of Information whether he is aware that the poster bearing the words "Be like Dad, Keep Mum," is offensive to women, and is a source of irritation to housewives, whose work in...
asked the Minister of Information whether he is satisfied that the efforts and activities of his Department are encouraging the determination of the conquered countries to resist the tyranny of...
asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware of the delay and confusion caused through the Methil fire station being attached to the Leven telephone exchange; and whether he will grant the...
asked the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been drawn to the action of the censorship at Inverness in intercepting a letter addressed by a soldier to the hon. Member for South...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and Buildings whether he is aware that a state of confusion exists in regard to priorities of building construction; and what action he...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the distress of those in receipt of National Health Insurance benefits, especially those who are on the lower scale of disablement benefits;...
asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware that certain colliery companies are employing miners only on inferior seams of coal, thereby causing trouble to consumers, and contributing to...
asked the Secretary for Mines whether, in view of the Government's request to brewers to maintain the average output of beer, and of the difficulty of obtaining the necessary amount of coal in...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the communiqués, issued by or on behalf of his Department with regard to military operations, are frequently so worded as to...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what arrangements have been made to recompense retail traders in respect of breach of rental, or other contracts, incurred as a result of the restriction...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the feeling prevailing in regard to the number of newspapers printed and circulated when there is need of economy in material and...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will introduce legislation prescribing that all companies, whether incorporated under the Companies Acts or not, should ascertain from the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether his attention has been called to the dangerous practice of queuing at shops in the streets for unrationed articles of food; and...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, in all vulnerable parts of the country, adequate staffs of paid cooks have been engaged with a view to...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that retailers have great difficulty in obtaining supplies of oatmeal and flaked oats; and what the position is, and...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food (1) whether, in view of the public exasperation at the profiteering that is taking place in the sale of foodstuffs, particularly in...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he has recently been in communication with the Standing Joint Committee of Industrial Women's Organisations on the subject of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that the firm with whom the chairman of the Vegetable Board is connected have been supplying oranges on a large scale...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he or his advisers have worked out, in terms of the available commodities, the minimum iron rations necessary to sustain in full...
asked the Minister of Supply whether he is satisfied at the rate new factories are coming into production under his Ministry and whether he has any statement to make on the matter?
asked the Minister of Supply whether he has reason to com plain of the amount of lost time among workers in the factories under his control; and whether he is satisfied with the out put in such...
asked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware that com plaints are being made that some factories are slowed down from time to time; that workmen engaged in such factories are criticising the...
asked the Minister of Supply whether he is satisfied with the arrangements made at factories for the salvaging of industrial waste, and that scraps of metal, clean canvas wrappings, paper,...
asked the Minister of Supply the nature of the additional duties undertaken in his Ministry by Sir James Lithgow, Director of Shipbuilding Construction?
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will take steps to ensure that, as from 30th June, 1941, the existing privileges of an option by the banks to convert the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are his arrangements for immediate assistance to owners of shops and private houses to reopen or repair their premises, pending adjustment of their...
asked the Minister of Labour the approximate number of males under 40 who have been registered as out of work for three months or more?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the waste of man-power and woman-power in the country owing to the need for filling up official and semi-official forms; and whether he will...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the increasing growth of patronage and Government appointments which have been secured by a large number of Members of the...
asked the Prime Minister what Minister will be responsible for co-ordinating the work of the Ministry of Works and Buildings and the Minister without Portfolio in respect of the comprehensive...
Major Vyvyan: Adams asked the Prime Minister whether it is intended to introduce legislation to legalise the new office of Minister of State?
asked the Minister of Aircraft Production whether he is aware that last week in the Harrow Road district, London, two suit-cases were stolen from a private motor-car, one of which contained...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will introduce legislation to, cause the half-yearly accounts of the Bank of England to be drawn up in a form recommended by a committee...
ALLIED POWERS (MAEITIME COURTS) BILL,
ASSISTANCE TO GREECE.
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