Thursday, 29 May 1941
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair.]
Read the Third time, and passed.
asked the Minister of Labour why strong, healthy men who are 65 years of age are prevented from working in a Government factory by the Ministry of Labour on account of their age?
asked the Minister of Labour whether persons in reserved occupations are subject to any periodical test as to whether they are individually making an adequate contribution to the national war...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has now completed his inquiries into the shortage of labour for coal and coke distribution in Cheltenham; and will he indicate the steps he is taking to...
Major Lloyd: asked the Minister of Labour the number of volunteers over military age from professions or trades who have responded to his recent appeal to undertake land-drainage work; whether...
asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been drawn to the recent case where an employer dismissed a workman, without giving the usual week's notice, for arriving late at work...
asked the Minister of Labour whether the Central Register is still in operation; whether he will give the number of persons whose names are now thereon; the number thereof known to be available;...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the comments of the Select Committee on National Expenditure, he will take steps to abolish work on Sundays except in very special cases?
asked the Minister of Labour what steps are being taken to provide a supply of forest workers for Forestry Commission and private estates; and whether the Employment Exchanges are able to assist...
asked the Minister of Labour what is the instruction to officers of the Assistance Board in the administration of the Determination of Needs Act, 1941, covering the interpretation of a household;...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will arrange for a fresh medical examination of men called to the Colours after a certain minimum period has elapsed since they were previously examined...
asked the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that prison restrictions imposed on Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru have been intensified since January and that correspondence dealing with...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will call together at once the competent people in the constructional engineering and building industry, and other people, for the...
asked the Home Secretary who is directly responsible in each area which has suffered an air-raid for immediate advice and sympathetic assistance to the people affected, for moving their...
(for Mr. Martin) asked the Minister of Health the death rate amongst evacuated children; and how it compares with the normal death rate for children of the same age?
asked the Home Secretary whether he will give an assurance that all the following associations, namely, the Free German League of Culture, Free German Youth, Austrian Centre, Council of Austrians...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the difficulty of enforcing the Clearance of Lofts Order in unoccupied premises, where neither the owner nor any agent of his can be traced so as...
asked the Home Secretary whether he intends to take any action respecting the recommendation of Home Office Fire Adviser on the provision of roof protective levels; and whether he intends to...
asked the Home Secretary whether he will approach the War Office for the release of the numerous trained men of the London Fire Brigade, who are now in the Army, and anxious to return to their...
asked the Home Secretary whether Messrs. S. Lanni, S. Imponenti, Pietro Cavadaschi, Francis Vercelli and S. Volante, all of whom have been interned under Regulation 18B, are all or any of them...
asked the Home Secretary what measures he proposes to take to reduce the risk of fire-bombs dropped among mature corn crops in the coming season?
asked the Home Secretary whether any agreement has yet been arrived at with the Australian authorities to rescind or modify the regulation which prohibits interned aliens from sending cables;...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the concern caused by the dismissal during recent months by the Holborn Borough Council of leading members of their air-raid precautions service...
Mr. Bernard Taylor: asked the Minister of Health what is the policy of His Majesty's Government for assisting local authorities to meet the increased expenditure necessitated by air-raid damage...
asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the remarks of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis in his Report in regard to clubs, he will state the number of new clubs registered since...
asked the President of the Board of Education how many of His Majesty's Inspectors of Schools have been seconded for other work or released for military service; and whether any temporary...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that a number of post offices have not got forms for applicants for supplementary old age pensions and will he see they are provided; and what is...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is satisfied that the arrangements for the disposal of sewage in rural areas containing large numbers of evacuees and refugees are adequate to prevent the...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the arrangements being made for the concentration of industry, concentration or grouping will be applied to the electricity supply industry so as to...
Miss Ward: asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of certain problems which have arisen known to him, he will consider appointing a Minister of Social Welfare for severely-bombed areas?
asked the Prime Minister whether he has considered the resolution from the Fife Area Council of the Scottish Old Age Pensioners Association, forwarded to him by the hon. Member for West Fife,...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he will state the number of prosecutions that have taken place for infringement of the Ministry of Food orders?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that the price of matured onions is con trolled at 4⅓d per lb., but as unmatured onions are uncontrolled,...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he can announce the actual yield of liquid milk for the month of April obtained from the milk distributors by the operation of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he can make a statement about the distribution of eggs; and whether he has any information about non-traders buying eggs from...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he can now state the arrangements made for the distribution of oranges through schools and clinics with a view to their use by...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will take steps to impress on the county war agricultural executive committees the importance of studying the grassland survey maps, which have been...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware of the methods employed by Chesterfield and Kingston-on-Thames for the treatment of sewage; whether it is being used for agricultural...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is satisfied that the war agricultural executive committees are able to tackle the problem of reclaiming derelict, scrub and waste land; and that, in...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is now able to supply an estimate of the cost of a national scheme of allowances for children under 15 years of age at 5s. weekly, allowing for...
asked the Minister of Information whether he proposes, in view of the attitude of the Vichy Government, to arrange for the British Broadcasting Corporation to emphasise its comment to the French...
asked the Minister of Information whether his attention has been called to recent complaints that criticism of the British Red Cross in letters between prisoners of war and their relatives in...
asked the Minister of Supply what organised action has now been taken, and with what result, to in duce the ground landlords of London to donate the railings round the gardens in the public...
asked the Minister of Supply why a healthy man is prevented by the Ministry of Labour from being given employment in a Government factory because he is the holder of a hotel licence?
asked the Ministry of Supply whether, in connection with the Eleventh Report of the Select Committee on National Expenditure on the subject of a special process for the treatment of Army boots to...
Colonel Arthur Evans: asked the Minister of Supply what steps are being taken to utilise the waste rubber salvaged in the United Kingdom; whether arrangements are in being to relieve local...
asked the Postmaster General whether he is aware that £1 and 10s. Treasury notes have been refused acceptance as legal tender at post offices in the Leigh area; whether this is in accordance...
asked the Postmaster-General whether he can give any information in connection with the robbery at the Plashet Road sub-post office, Forest Gate, during the week end?
asked the President of the Board of Trade what he anticipates will be the restriction on boots and shoes available in the near future for school children in Scotland; and whether he can make any...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether in view of the dearth of glass and pottery in New castle, he will consider raising the quota?
Colonel A. Evans: asked the President of the Board of Trade what licences have been issued for the export of waste rubber to the United States; and whether he is satisfied that the amount so...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the action of the police in country districts, who stop drivers of motor vehicles carrying...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether he is aware that a British railways' advertisement is appearing in the daily Press which reads "When trains are late often...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether his attention has been called to delays extending upwards to five weeks or more in the payment for billeting accommodation of Royal Air Force men at a...
asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware that the accident rate at the coal face is causing deep concern to mineworkers; and will he have a special investigation made, separate and apart...
asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware that Baggeridge Colliery is working under the handicap of being short-handed by about 150 miners; that things are little, if at all, better in...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Under secretary of State for the Colonies whether a reply has now been given to the petition from citizens of the Seychelles Islands, received some months ago; and...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the advance of about £500,000 to Palestine citrus growers is in loans granted from Palestine...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that recently nine Jews arriving in Palestine in an open boat from Greece have been arrested and interned;...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the continued refusal of a number of local authorities to accept the Government's view as to the undesirability of dismissing or persecuting men...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether, as the maximum pension payable to a widowed mother of a soldier son killed in action, previously entirely dependent upon him, is 15s., and this in...
(for Mr. Hely-Hutchinson) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to be able to introduce legislation concerning war damage to public utility companies?
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn." — [Mr. James Stuart.]
There are many respects in which this war differs from any previous war in the history of this country. One is the fact that it involves very large movements of population from one part of the...
The House has been engaged in a very interesting Debate on evacuation and problems arising from it. I do not want to touch upon that Debate but would like to turn to what I think is a larger...
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