Thursday, 17 July 1941
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.]
GRAMPIAN ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL [by Order].
asked the Minister of Labour how many labour disputes there are at the present moment in any part of Scotland; what is their nature; and what steps are being taken to settle them?
asked the Minister of Labour what is the nature of the obstacles being placed in the way of the development in factories of joint consultative machinery; and what steps he is taking to overcome...
asked the Minister of Labour whether refusal by a conscientious objector to work on the land as a condition of exemption from military service is accepted as a valid objection by the appeals...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that certain officials of his Department are accosting individual citizens and asking them if they are doing all they can do to help the war...
asked the Minister of Health what action he is taking to pre vent and deal with profiteering in the letting of furnished accommodation?
asked the Minister of Health whether he will take further action to protect tenants of houses, damaged by blast, against their land lords who, by refusing to pay the rates, even when the local...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is in a position to report on his recent visits to the reception areas; and whether it is his intention to set up local committees for the purpose of...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will amend the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme in order to cover a Civil Defence volunteer against injury during the period when he leaves home to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is satisfied with the air-raid precautions arrangements for the different counties of Scotland?
asked the Home Secretary whether he will consider delivering the greatest number of pumps possible to the supplementary fire parties in residential and industrial districts, and informing fire...
asked the Home Secretary whether he can yet say when further powers relating to fire-prevention measures in unoccupied houses will be made available?
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the issue, on 4th July, of a publication called "Reality," and especially an article headed "Propaganda, Then and Now "; and what...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has any statement to make regarding his recent visit to Northern Ireland and, in particular, what further steps are being taken to make espionage impossible;...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Minister of Health what is the number of cases of new clothing and footwear, respectively, supplied to necessitous school children in England and Wales by the public...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is considering, or will consider, increasing the basic scale of old age pensions in view of the substantial rise in the cost of living, and the hardship to...
asked the Secretary of State for India how many persons were detained, under arrest, charged, being tried and undergoing sentence for political offences in India on 30th June; and approximately...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of an in creasing tendency on the part of juvenile courts, particularly in reception areas, to commit to an approved school boys who have not been...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has now considered the literature of The British Empire Stamp Issuing House, The Constitutional Publishing Company, Allied Advertising Limited, 42, Maiden...
asked the Home Secretary what progress has been made in the provision of additional re- mand homes by local authorities since he urged this course upon them; and whether in view of the continued...
asked the Home Secretary whether he can give any information in connection with the State-managed taverns at Carlisle being rationed for beer; whether any special arrangements have been made for...
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the fact that boys are being detained in prison for periods of four or five months before transfer to a Borstal institution, to...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that a school book entitled "Adolph Hitler," published by G. G. Harrap and Company, Limited, in 1935 and composed of Nazi...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to the advertisements now appearing in many newspapers of offers of loans of money up to £10,000, and, as this is...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to which group or groups of investment bankers in the United States of America His Majesty's Government sold 95 per cent of the Courtauld holding in the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the average, or highest, rate of interest on tap bills issued between 1st January and 30th June, 1941; and how the interest so charged accrues to the benefit...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is now in a position to make some provisional announcement regarding the policy of the Government for an increased...
asked the Secretary for Petroleum whether, in giving effect to the 20 per cent. reduction in the amount of paraffin available, he will consider either giving preferential treatment or issuing...
asked the Secretary for Mines what is the position of public utlity undertakings in the list of priorities for coal?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport why the payment of service charges by soldiers on trains is supported by his Department, on the ground that it is right that the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food when he expects to be able to announce the amount of sugar which will be avail able during the winter months for bee keepers?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food what is the approximate gross percentage of profit allowed to retailers of meat under the present scheme?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware of the difficulties experienced by consumers who have registered for butter with far-away dairymen, in regard to the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he can give any information in connection with the price to be paid for the new potatoes to the growers; and whether any...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, in any scheme to control the price of raspberries, he will take into consideration the outlay of the producer, especially the...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, in view of the urgency of maintaining the availability of fried fish to the working population of this country...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is satisfied that the present policy of making all purchases of pulses from the Dominions pass through the normal trading...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he will consider the immediate installation of an egg-grading machine at the Newport egg collecting centre, and so expedite the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he will consider instituting some method of procedure to avoid food queues which should, in general practice, be unnecessary; and...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that certain local food officers are issuing notices in forming individual shopkeepers with less than 25 customers...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he will take steps to ensure more adequate supplies of beer for men harvesting in the months of August...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, in view of the fact that the shortage of the fruit crop this year may be as much as 50 per cent., he will stimulate the autumnal...
asked the Minister without Portfolio when it is proposed to present to the House the Interim Report of the committee sitting under the chairmanship of Mr. Justice Uthwatt; and whether he has any...
asked the Lord President of the Council what liaison has been established between the Scientific Advisory Committee and the various scientific and technical institutions in this country?
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the hill- grazing subsidy for cattle and sheep, which is now limited to Scotland, is working satisfactorily; and whether he will consider extending it to...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the danger of loss of soil fertility through over-cropping with straw crops, he will advise war agricultural executives to recommend that...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in connection with increased food production, he will circulate an appeal to all industrial employers throughout the country...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what directions have been issued to war agricultural executives as to the numbers of agricultural workers who are to be called up after harvest?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply whether he is aware that large quantities of waste paper are still being lost or destroyed and that, in many local authorities' schemes...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply whether he can give any information in connection with the sale of the Welsh Highland Railway, the length of the rail way, and the...
asked the Minister of Information whether he will set up an Anglo-American bureau for the dissemination of war news and information to the United States of America for the arranging of wireless...
asked the Minister of Information whether the statements concerning Hungary made by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, on Wednesday, 9th July, have been broadcast in the Hungarian...
asked the Minister of Information whether the declarations made in Brazzaville last December and in London last January by General de Gaulle have yet been broadcast in the French transmissions of...
asked the Minister of Aircraft Production whether his Department has considered the report of the Amalgamated Engineering Union, which states that 25 out of 30 aircraft factories are short of...
asked the Secretary of State for War why soldiers, who are entitled by regulation to four periodic leaves during the year, receive free rail vouchers for only two of these leaves; and will he...
asked the Secretary of State for War for what reason members of the First-Aid Nursing Yeomanry organisation are not allowed, when on duty during hot weather, to remove their coats?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he can give the House any information concerning a recent accident in Northern Ireland whereby six soldiers lost their lives in a demonstration of...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will give immediate consideration to the request of Mr. Donald Grant, of 29, Braehead Avenue, Milngavie, for a permit to travel on 2nd August for a...
May I ask the Lord Privy Seal to state the forthcoming Business of the House?
That they have agreed to—
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.]
[15TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £100, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of the War Office, which will come in course of payment during the year...
Notice taken, that Strangers were present.
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