Wednesday, 21 May 1941
Lords Amendments considered
Read the Third time, and passed.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is satisfied that all preparations possible are being made, including the taking of a census, in British Colonies, as will enable...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what communications he has received from Allied Governments concerning Lord Halifax's declaration of war and peace aims at New York in March; and...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the highest rate of Income Tax in Malaya and on what incomes it is paid; what is the highest income exempt from such taxation; and...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether, in view of the black-out conditions, he will make it obligatory for farmers to keep their cattle under control and off the...
Major Lloyd: asked the Minister of Information whether, in view of the fact that the Sunday night postscripts tend to promote political controversy and are detrimental to national unity, which...
asked the Minister of Information what are the reasons which prevent the. immediate release of confirmed war news to the British public and its transmission to the United States of America?
asked the Minister of Information whether full propaganda use will be made of the fact that the recent damage to the House of Commons and Westminster Abbey was the result of deliberate...
asked the Minister of Information whether he is aware that the Queen's University, of Belfast, is precluded by its charter from holding any examinations leading up to a degree without the...
asked the Secretary for Mines what steps he is taking to remedy the serious shortage of coal in the West Midlands; whether he is aware that it is proving impossible in many cases to maintain the...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider increasing the establishment, so far as senior officers are concerned, in the Army Educational Corps, as was suggested by the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that, in a number of areas in Scotland, four, and in some instances five, Ministers have responsibility for fire-fighting...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will consider compensating in full those members of the House of Commons staff who, owing to the bombing of the House of Commons, have lost...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that alien members of His Majesty's Auxiliary Territorial Service have not had, in certain...
asked the Home Secretary whether his Department has tested the various types of fire-resisting material, paints and washes which are being advertised; and whether he will exercise all necessary...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is satisfied that all important cities in Scotland are adequately blacked out?
asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government have considered, or will consider, making a direct or indirect proposal for the mutual abolition of night bombing or whether they will...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware of the growing dissatisfaction on the part of the public as to the existing procedure for requisitioning premises at short notice by various...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that potato dealers in Spitalfields market are delivering sacks of potatoes to greengrocers described as best King...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware of the fact that the Standstill Order in relation to the sale of foodstuffs has been in operation since the beginning...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether his attention has been called to a further statement of events issued by the North Midland Food Price Investigation Committee, in...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he will now give consideration to the possibility of preventing most cases of nutritional deficiencies by providing a biscuit,...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware of the suffering among many of the working classes through the fact that richer people are getting much of the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether his attention has been called to the fact that, in some cases, munition workers have not sufficiently nourishing food; and will...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether his attention has been drawn to disclosures regarding Hendry's casserole stewed steak, made by Colonel Hugh B. Spens, the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether there has been any reduction in the price charged to Group 1 manufacturers for meat used in manufacturing moat products?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that last week, in the North of England, it was only possible to obtain one egg between each two persons; and when...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he will consider increasing the tea ration for persons who take no meals in restaurants?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is now in a position to say what steps he proposes to take to rationalise fish distribution, and cheapen prices and increase...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he will consider increasing the import of de-hydrated foods in order to save shipping space?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, in view of the advice tendered that such fruit as blackberries and black currants contain vitamin C and are good substitutes, in...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware of the increase in the illicit slaughtering of animals taking place, with the consequent evasion of meat rationing,...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he can report on the working of the first week's rationing of cheese?
asked the Minister of Supply what are the conditions of employment of chief inspector of ammunition inspectors in shell factories; and why the senior inspector was dismissed without notice at a...
asked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware that paper is wasted in the production of large cheques; and whether he will approach the banks to secure the issue of smaller cheques of uniform size?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the position in relation to contributions under the War Damage Act of property which is uninhabitable or unusable, but to which rating and Schedule A...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that ships are arriving in this country with planks of timber shoring up wheat; that these planks are urgently required but...
asked the Minister of Labour (1) whether in the April figures, omitting 12,011 as unsuitable for normal full-time employment, he can state the types of industrial or Service work which can be...
asked the Minister of Agriculture (1) whether he can give some explanation of the bottleneck which prevents straw being supplied to paper-makers at the present time; (2) what supplies of straw...
On a point of Order. I should like your guidance, Sir, in a matter which affects myself incidentally, and a number of other Members of the Select Committee on National Expenditure. There is to be...
May I ask the Prime Minister whether he has any information to give about the war situation?
[7TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £90, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during...
Notice taken, that Strangers were present.
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