Thursday, 20 November 1941
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.]
asked the Minister of Labour whether he can now hold out hopes for the provision of some assistance towards travelling facilities for workers transferred to great distances from their homes?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will inform the House of the result of his inquiries into the alleged privileged position occupied by conscientious objectors detailed by the tribunals for...
Mr. McNeil: asked the Minister of Labour whom it is intended to make responsible for wages lost when, as in a recent Clydeside case, an employee is wrongly dismissed, wins his appeal under the...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the Assistance Board is using Section 36 (1, c) of the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1934, to throw off assistance many unemployed men who are...
asked the Minister of Labour why women beer bottlers are not protected under the Restriction of Employment Order who are not employed by beer-producing undertakings, but are doing the same work...
Miss Cazalet: asked the Minister of Labour what schemes are already in existence and whether any new ones are contemplated for the training of personnel for British Restaurants and canteens?
asked the Minister of Labour how many of the 30,462 males on the live register on 15th September, 1941, classified by interviewing panels as unsuitable for ordinary industrial employment, were in...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is a ware that Isabel Mary Margaret Donovan, Hillside, Kid-more End, Reading, a hairdresser's assistant, who was substituted for the working owner since...
Major Lloyd: asked the Minister of Labour the reasons for the differences in the ages of reservation applicable to local authorities' staffs and to Civil Service staffs; and whether, in view of...
asked the Minister of Labour, in view of the eleventh and thirteenth recommendations of the Twenty-fifth Report from the Select Committee on National Expenditure, what action he intends taking...
asked the Minister of Labour the names of the employers' organisations which are represented in the retail joint industrial councils; the approximate percentage of firms or individuals who own...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he can state the results to date of his recent appeal to workers who for various reasons have retired from the cotton industry to return to the mills; and...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that through the Abertillery Employment Exchange three ex-miners, employed on important war work were recently requested to accept employment in...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the Blackpool Corporation has a system in vogue whereby employees of that authority are engaged on the delivery of letters and circulars...
asked the Minister of Health how many old age pensioners are now receiving relief from the public assistance committee?
asked the Minister of Health whether he will consider increasing widows' pensions, in view of the growing increase in the cost of living which bears hardly on widows, especially those with...
asked the Minister of Health why billeting officers in reception areas are instructed to stop the billeting allowances for the wives and children of men who are called up to serve in His...
asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the Government's views as to the probability of invasion, he has yet decided to have photographs or some other indication of identity attached to...
asked the Minister of Health whether he has received any report on the sleeping arrangements in the Northfleet tunnel shelters, which were inspected by the Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the...
asked the Minister of Health what facilities to attend church or chapel are available to evacuated schoolchildren where they are billeted at a coeducational school which, even at the request of...
Miss Cazalet: asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the appeal for 1,000,000 more married women to enlist in war work, he will consider immediately, in consultation with the Minister...
Dr. Russell Thomas: asked the Minister of Health whether he will examine the standard of nourishment, housing, physical training and working conditions of the nation, with a view to satisfying...
asked the Minister of Health the increase in the incidence of tuberculosis among women in the last 12 months as compared with the pre-war period; whether the increase is pronounced in any...
asked the Minister of Health whether the agreements governing the export of foodstuffs destined for this country for other Dominions also maintain in the case of Eire; if not, what measures are...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will take steps to ensure that the gardens which are now being derailinged in London will be taken over by the respective local authorities?
asked the Minister of Health whether he has considered a resolution, a copy of which has been sent to him, passed by the Mineworkers' Federation of Great Britain, asking that medical benefit...
asked the Minister of Health whether the compilation of the results of the fifth valuation of approved societies is sufficiently advanced to enable the following information to be given and, if...
asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the shortage of domestic water in the district of Great Sankey, near Warrington, resulting in empty cylinders with risk of...
asked the Minister of Health what action he has taken upon the Report sent to him last month by the Wiltshire Public Health Committee that the committee has been called upon to provide facilities...
asked the Minister of Pensions what percentage of those drawing War Service Grants are receiving 100 per cent., 75 per cent., 50 per cent., 25 per cent. and lower, of the maximum permitted allowance?
asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the variation of price-fixing principles as between the spending Departments is giving rise to avoidable difficulties of administration and to...
asked the Prime Minister whether, as an exemplification of our trust in God for victory and for the encouragement and strengthening of our people for the defeat of our enemies, he will consider...
asked the Prime Minister whether he has considered the resolution unanimously passed at a public meeting in Kirkcaldy on 22nd October and sent to him, naming Members of the Government whose...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will cause a White Paper to be published, based upon official statements already made here and in other countries of the British Empire, showing in general...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has made further inquiries into the price charged for shallots for planting, namely, 2s. 3d. to 3s. per pound, which means a charge of 1s. 10d. to...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that there are hundreds of acres of potatoes in the Midland area still to be gathered, together with a similar acreage of sugar-beet, that...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, with a view to enlightening the townsfolk of this country, he will take the necessary steps to publish some statistics and items...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is now in a position to make some statement regarding the minimum rates of pay that are to be offered to farm workers...
asked the Minister of Agriculture (1) whether the fact that some Exmoor farmers grow turnips on the hillsides for the benefit of their sheep disqualifies them from receiving the subsidy payable...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will take steps to see that the 5s. licence on all tractors can be used to enable farmers to collect building materials required for the repair of...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether any alteration has taken place in the terms of reference of the committee considering rural education?
asked the Minister of Agriculture the position with regard to the drainage of flooded gardens at a place of which he has been informed; and what steps are being taken by the county war...
(by Private Notice)asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any statement to make with regard to reports that M. Litvinov and his party were refused passages on a British...
May I ask the Prime Minister whether he has any statement to make regarding the forthcoming business of the House?
Has the Prime Minister any statement to make on the situation in the Middle East?
DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS. [Fifth Day.]
It has been arranged at the request of my hon. Friends who sit on this side of the House that we shall debate to-day questions connected with the Colonies. For my part, I am grateful to the...
I beg to move, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty in pursuance of the provisions of Section 309 of the Government of India Act, 1935. praying that the Government of India...
I beg to move, That an humble address be presented to His Majesty in pursuance of the provisions of Section 309 of the Government of India Act, 1935, praying that the Government of India...
Resolved, That the Orders made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department under the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, extending Section 1 of the Act to— (1) the Urban Borough of...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Major Dugdale.]
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