Thursday, 3 July 1941
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.]
Mr. SPEAKER made the following communication to the House:
For the Burgh of Edinburgh (West Division), in the room of the right hon, Thomas Mackay Cooper, K.C., O.B.E. (Justice Clerk and President of the Second Division of the Court of Session in Scotland).
asked the Minister of Labour whether he can make a statement about the development of nursing services in factories where women are employed; how many training courses for factory nurses have...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider introducing legislation prescribing that, for the duration of the war, Sunday labour shall, if the worker enjoys one clear alternative rest...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will arrange for a register to be made in all protected establishments or trades of individuals who have entered these protected employments since the...
asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons employed and unemployed, respectively, in the Lancashire textile industry at the end of 1938, 1939 and 1940, and the last date for which figures...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that trained men in the Auxiliary Fire Services in Manchester and elsewhere are now being called up for military service; and whether he will...
asked the Minister of Labour how many of the 334 persons appointed to his Department at salaries in excess of £500 per annum during the last 12 months were drawn from the Central Register;...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, why the regulations of the Civil Service do not permit an official, whose headquarters are in London and whose home is in Birmingham, to draw...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what stage has been reached in the combing-out of men and women of military age from the various Departments of the Government under the guidance of...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the shortage of waste paper for pulping, any steps have been taken to hand over to the paper salvage department of the Ministry...
Miss Cazalet: asked the Minister of Health whether the Nursing Division of the Ministry, the establishment of which was announced on 3rd April, will deal with midwifery as well as nursing?
asked the Minister of Labour when it is proposed to issue, in an abbreviated form, the Report for 1940 of the Chief Inspector of Factories?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that at a meeting of a Midland area food industries trade board the members appointed by the Ministry of Labour voted in favour of a rise in...
asked the Secretary of State for India whether the Government of India will be fully represented on the British Military Mission to Russia, or whether independent contact will be made between the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that about 30 Dutch internees in the Isle of Man have recently written to state that they have never been furnished with...
asked the Home Secretary how many mayors of London boroughs have been killed, and how many injured in air-raids on the Metropolis?
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that concern is felt by many people because the police have no power to prohibit smouldering bonfires till they burst into flame, when action may be...
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the activities of the 1941 Committee of Terminal House, Grosvenor Gardens, S.W.I, which is publishing anonymous controversial...
asked the Home Secretary whether he can make any statement about the question which was raised with him recently of admitting members of the public to inquiries by coroners under Defence...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has any statement to make on the question of amending the Fire-Watching Order?
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the case of three 10-year old boys who were recently charged at Luton with torturing 43 chickens to death; that the bench...
asked the Home Secretary whether he can state the number of tracks now being used for dog racing in this country?
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that, under the existing conditions of pay in the police force, a police constable drawing war bonus and cost of living bonus can earn more than a...
asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the decision to raise to £420, as from the 1st January next, the income limit for compulsory health and pensions insurance, he will take steps to...
asked the Home Secretary whether the licence issued to the Excelsior Philanthropic Society, under the House to House Collection Act has been renewed?
asked the Home Secretary whether, in order to meet the views of the Devon Council, he will sanction temporary accommodation for the police at Torquay and Totnes instead of building permanently,...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that pupils, sitting for the matriculation and higher examinations, who reside in bombed areas, are under a disadvantage owing to...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether all boys and girls are now taught the elements of first-aid before leaving school?
asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that non-resident members of the staffs of training colleges, other than under the London County Council, who have evacuated to...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether, to replace schoolmasters called up for military service without exposing boys and girls to the influence of conscientious objectors, he will...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether his attention has been drawn to the list of books prescribed for the Oxford and Cambridge Higher Certificate for 1942, and to the fact that...
asked the Minister of Health (1) whether medical practitioners sending cases of diphtheria to hospitals notify such cases as diphtheria; whether these notifications go to the medical officer of...
asked the Minister of Health the decisions of local advisory committees on rural discrimination for the counties of Brecon, Radnor and Hereford?
asked the Prime Minister whether the Government are aware of the ease with which any of the large numbers of German agents in Eire can cross and recross the frontier between Eire and Northern...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the frequency of cases of fraud, he will facilitate the Second Reading of the Solicitors Bill, which has passed in another place, and has for its...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what reduction in beef- cattle he proposes to carry out?
asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he is taking to prevent the wholesale destruction of poultry by foxes, as in the instance brought to his notice by the hon. Member for Devizes, when...
asked the Minister of Agriculture the reason for the delay in reaching a settlement of the application of the National Union of Agricultural Workers for a higher minimum wage?
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of an in crease in the number of samples of milk found to be deficient in fat; and whether, in view of the shortage of fats and the consequent...
asked the Minister of Pensions how many pension claims had been turned down by the Ministry at the date when independent appeal tribunals were set up in connection with the great war; how many of...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware of the great hardship caused in many cases, in view of the fact that no provision is made under the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme for the...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will give considertion to the case of men who have been passed by recruiting boards as fit for ser vice and are refused pensions on discharge, on the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether in connection with the inquiry which he is personally making into the subject of family allowances, he will receive and consider evidence as to the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what part is played by the Treasury in fixing the market price of gold?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any commissions were paid on the sale of American Viscose Corporation; what amount, and to whom?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to the recommendation adopted by the Economic Stabilisation Conference inaugurated by the. Prime Minister of New...
asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department what mission is at present in America representing his Department for the purpose of furthering the export trade to the United States of...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that there are still aerodromes in this country at which aircraft of the Royal Air Force have to pay a landing fee even if they are...
asked the Secretary of State for Air why, seeing that large silhouette recognition charts have been issued to the Army, they have not been issued to the Royal Air Force; and may they be so issued...
asked the Secretary for Mines what steps he has taken and, further, what steps he is at present taking, to ensure the necessary amount of 30,000 tons of household coal for Liverpool weekly during...
asked the Secretary for Mines what he estimates to be the necessary amount of coal which should be stocked under the auspices of the local authorities in Chatham and Rochester, respectively, as a...
asked the Secretary for Mines whether, as part of his campaign to avert a coal shortage, a weekly target output figure is set for every colliery or group of collieries; whether he receives by...
asked the Secretary for Mines (1) whether, in view of the scarcity of labour in coal mines, he will take steps to re-employ partially-incapacitated nystagmic workers or such workers who have...
asked the Minister of Economic Warfare whether he will give particulars of the agreement between Great Britain, the United States of America and Vichy France, for the resumption of regular...
May I ask the Lord Privy Seal what is the future Business of the House?
I want to thank you, Mr. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to make a statement regarding a speech which I made in the House on 29th May, in which I said that many of my people who had been...
MARRIAGES PROVISIONAL ORDERS BILL.
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.]
[12TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn." — [Major Dugdale.]
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