Thursday, 23 October 1941
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.]
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider the granting of free travel warrants to men who have been transferred to work at long distances from their homes?
asked the Minister of Labour what steps are being taken to secure that the several hundred able-bodied males in the population evacuated to this country from Gibraltar, now principally located in...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has yet taken, or proposes to take, any power of compulsion for the recruitment of women for any form of national service?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he can now make an announcement on his proposal for the training and resettlement of disabled persons?
asked the Minister of Labour whether any understanding has been reached with the trade unions as to the conditions with respect to pay under which men in the Forces may be employed on skilled...
Miss Cazalet: asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to a recent Auxiliary Territorial Service recruiting poster, number 51/1065; and whether he will take steps to...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply whether, in the interest of the war effort, he will consider making arrangements for the women in Northern Ireland, who are ready to do...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the exemption of members of the Armed Forces from compulsory fire-watching orders applies to officers engaged in administrative duties...
asked the Home Secretary whether it is on his instructions that letters sent by persons detained under the Regulations to Members of this House have ports of their content deleted by the censor?
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that, although the closing hours of shops are being made considerably earlier as a result of the black-out, there is now an increasing tendency in...
asked the Minister of Health what provision has been made for treatment needed by children injured by enemy action; and what steps have been taken, where children have lost limbs as a result of...
asked the Home Secretary what right of appeal against disciplinary penalties men and women air-raid precautions workers possess; what is the correct procedure in such appeals; and whether...
asked the Home Secretary how many Civil Defence Cadet units are now in existence?
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that in a secondary school, of which he has been informed, there are no air-raid shelters for scholars or inhabitants, whilst at the school there is a...
asked the Prime Minister whether he has considered the resolution passed by the Cowdenbeath Co-operative Society and sent to him by the Member for West Fife; and what answer he has made to the...
asked the President of the Board of Education the figures for the latest convenient date, of children of school age in England and Wales who are not receiving school education, and of those who...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether, when by order of his Department, schools have been reopened in areas particularly vulnerable to enemy attack it is proposed to take any,...
asked the President of the Board of Education how many copies of the secret and confidential document on educational reform have been printed; and how many have been circulated?
asked (1) the President of the Board of Education, who is responsible for reimbursing a reception authority for additional expenditure incurred in the medical inspection of evacuated...
asked the Minister of Health the terms of the instructions sent to Assistance Board officers for applications for supplementary pensions for householder and non-householder, respectively?
asked the Minister of Health how many county councils have appropriated hospitals under the Public Health Acts?
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the serious shortage of hospital ambulance drivers due to call up for military service; and what steps he proposes to take to avoid a breakdown...
asked the Minister of Health how far the principle of public representation proportionate to the amount of public financial assistance already operates respecting voluntary hospitals; and whether...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will draw to the attention of scheme-making authorities the provisions of the law allowing for the disregard of National Health Insurance benefit for the...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that many men are turned down for the various Forces by the medical boards on account of physical disability, and placed in Classes III or IV; and...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will consider removing the means test now applied to the widowed mothers of serving men, by which they are deprived of pensions and allowances if they...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider the desirability of abolishing the horse-power tax on motor-vehicles and replacing it by increasing the petrol tax so that the...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, with a view to protecting the tenant farmer, he will confer with the appropriate authorities with a view to introducing...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in connection with the improved arrangements for making provision for families of members of His Majesty's Forces, Income Tax will be...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give an assurance that in any legal proceedings that may be taken in case T. 1193/6/38, Inland Revenue, he will arrange to call ministers of...
asked the Minister without Portfolio what steps are being taken to study the problems arising out of the terms of the Atlantic Charter, with a view to putting its proposals into effect with the...
asked the Minister without Portfolio whether he is taking steps to study the position of the liquor trade, with the view of arriving at conclusions about it for the post-war reconstruction...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, having regard to the fact that such a record could be easily kept, he will instruct his Department to keep a record of all purchases of agricultural...
asked the Minister of Agriculture why, in view of his having been empowered by Regulation 66 of the Defence (General) Regulations to prescribe by Order the procedure of war agricultural executive...
Brigadier-General Brown: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether any action is being taken by the Government to carry out an agricultural long-range policy, as recommended in the Sixth Report...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, in view of the advertisements published by his Department calling attention to the value of fresh salted cod, he is aware that...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he will give an assurance that, in the event of carcase meat being curtailed, butchers will be permitted to take part in the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that the food office in the borough of Willesden is now situated in the High Road, Kilburn, about 10 yards off the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, at this critical time, in order to promote sobriety, he will severely ration strong drink for the duration of the war?
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps have been taken to steady the prices and control the distribution of store cattle to be imported from Ireland and so prevent excessive...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will state the number of persons interned in Jamaica, together with the respective nationalities of the same; and...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will consider allocating coupons to football, cricket, athletic and recreational clubs to enable them to purchase jerseys, shorts, stockings,...
Mr. De la B¸re: (by Private Notice) asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is now in a position to make a statement on the interim report of the Retail Trade Committee?
(by Private Notice)asked the Prime Minister whether he has any further statement to make regarding the attendance of Ministers before Select Committees?
I ask your leave, Mr. Speaker, to make a personal statement. In the course of yesterday's Debate about Reuters, I stated that I had no financial interest in the company and take no salary for my...
I want to explain to the House what will be the position and procedure in cases of Divisions taking place in Secret Session. Divisions arising upon questions debated in Secret Session must take...
Twenty-third Report from the Select Committee brought up, and read; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. [No. 122.]
That they have agreed to—
Notice taken, that Strangers were present.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. James Stuart.]
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