Thursday, 19 June 1941
Mr. SPEAKER made the following communication to the House:
GRAMPIAN ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL,
asked the Minister of Labour whether he can state, out of the 199,000 names now on the Central Register, approximately how many relate to persons in employment; and of that figure how many can be...
asked the Minister of Labour to what extent the Bedaux system of production has been introduced in the countries involved in the war; who are the directors of the company; is he aware that in...
asked the Minister of Labour (1) whether it is intended to establish special training centres in order to equip the people for industry, who have been injured in war service of any form; has...
asked the Minister of Labour whether National Service officers have yet been appointed in the mining industry for purposes of the Essential Work Order?
Mr. David Adams: asked the Minister of Labour under what powers boys who, at one time, were engaged in coal mining but had entered other occupations, are being ordered to leave such employment...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has inquired into the large amount of absentee ism in war production in South Wales, due to the inadequate and congested transport arrangements; and what...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether he will define the responsibilities of persons on whom children are billeted as regards causing such children to attend school; and, in the...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether he will give, to the latest convenient date, the number of children of school age in England and Wales in full-time attendance at school, the...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that at Llandrindod Wells £6 6s. per week was recently demanded for part only of a house; and whether, in view of the difficulty of...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that some local authorities are using inflammable material for weatherproofing bombed houses; and, in view of the increased danger this provides,...
asked the Minister of Health what arrangements have been made to ensure that proper fire-fighting appliances and fire-escapes are provided in all buildings used for evacuation schemes for which...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of difficulties in determining rent and rates chargeable for damaged houses only partly habitable; and whether he will issue a statement for the...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will supply an analysis of the average cost to householders of persons billeted upon them?
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is now able to give an assurance that all the following associations, namely, the Free German League of Culture, Free German Youth,...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that British-born men of alien parents were refused permission to join the Territorial Army and other branches of His Majesty's Armed Forces; and...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that, on 27th May, police raided the premises of the Greek newspaper, published in London, "To Bhma-Vema," seized the correspondence, files, lists of...
Mr. Craik Henderson: asked the Home Secretary how many schemes have been submitted under the Fire Prevention (Business Premises) Order, 1941; and what percentage have been approved?
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that of the aliens interned in Australia, 419 had been authorised for release before 31st May, but that the great majority of these, owing to lack of...
asked the Home Secretary how many applications there have been in Sheffield for indoor shelters; and how many have been supplied?
asked the Minister of Health whether a decision has been reached, on the recommendation of the Robinson Committee, that an organisation should be set up for the settlement of questions of...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether officers or personnel of the Navy, Army or Air Force killed or injured whilst doing voluntary fire-watching on Government property, such as the Air Ministry...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has investigated the complaint brought to his notice concerning the dismissal of an employé by a certain firm in Banbury on allegations based on hearsay...
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the refusal of accommodation, when accommodation was proved to be available, to a distinguished Indian publicist on racial...
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the recent theft in London of 1,330,000 cigarettes; and what action has been taken in the matter?
asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the declaration, on15th June, by the Minister of Labour and National Service that it is clear that in the war effort the command...
asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the declaration on 14th June, by the Minister of Labour and National Service, that criticism about absenteeism nauseated him and a...
Major Vyvyan Adams: asked the Prime Minister whether before any decision is taken to reconstruct the Chamber of the House of Commons in its old form, to rebuild on the same site according to a...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is satisfied that the maximum effort is being made to grow vegetables and animal feeding-stuffs on suitable railway embankments, and other suitable...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that land girls who become ill or incapacitated may be forthwith discharged from work; and whether he will consider the desirability of...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that there is a great deal of undrained land largely covered with rushes in the counties of Carnarvon and Merioneth, particularly adjoining...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that silos made by digging suitable pits two feet deep in the ground are efficient and cheap; and can he see his way clear to give more...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in the case of uncultivated gardens in their boundaries due to families leaving the district for reasons connected with the war, the local authorities...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider the position of coal as one of the essential commodities now required, and the stabilising of the price to be paid by consumers, and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is satisfied that, in the present circum stances, it is in the national interest for the Government to pay to the banks commission on sums...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that, in the letter which has just been addressed by the Prime Minister to the various Government Departments who are concerned with the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that, in proposing to repeal the Medicine Stamp Duties, his predecessor was influenced by the action threatened by Messrs. Woolworth for...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the War Damage Commission will only supply one copy of Form No. C1, being a notification of damage pursuant to the provisions of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what part is played by the Treasury in fixing the price of gold; and what other parties are concerned?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the valuation of shares for the sale of the American Viscose Company to America was arrived at; and what was the urgency for continuing the sale, in...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, for the encouragement of the farmers in Northern Ireland, he will state whether the sites have yet been selected for, and the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he can do anything to en sure a more adequate distribution of unrationed foods in Normanton and other districts?
asked the Minister of Supply whether he has had the promised further samples of iron ore taken from the mine in County Down; whether these samples have been tested; and with what result?
asked the Minister of Supply whether he will have inquiry made as to the delay that took place in removing imported pit timber from certain ports?
asked the Minister of Supply, who is responsible for inspecting in America machine tools purchased for despatch to this country; and whether a stipulation is made that they are to be despatched...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and Buildings whether he is aware that a special building material is being manufactured in the United States of America out of surplus...
May I ask the Prime Minister whether he has any statement to make with regard to the course of the war, and also with regard to the forthcoming Business of the House?
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon the next Sitting Day.
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon the next Sitting Day.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69.
Resolved, That the Orders made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department under the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, for extending section one of that Act to the under-mentioned areas,...
Order for Second Reading read.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn." — [Mr. Whiteley.]
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