Friday, 19 December 1941
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair.]
made the following communication to the House: I regret to have to inform the House of the death of the Right Hon. Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith, Member for the County of York, West Riding...
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [18lh December]: That the Grand Union Canal Company be relieved from the obligation to promote not later than the Session of 1946 a Bill to...
asked the Secretary of of State for War whether his attention has been called to the expenses necessarily incurred by battalion commanders of the Home Guard, many of whom are poor men; and will...
asked the Secretary of State for War what is the sum per month allotted by the War Office to the Army Welfare Fund for each county for the provision of sports equipment, comforts, furniture and...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether officers who relinquished their commissions after the last war and are now called up under the National Service Act will rejoin the service in their...
asked the Secretary of State for War what is the present position in regard to the organisation and personnel for tracing the missing in various theatres of war; and whether he is satisfied with...
asked the Secretary of State for War why, after the experience of Crete, inadequate steps were taken to protect the aerodromes in Malaya; what action has been taken in regard to the officer or...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will give the name of the military spokesman in Cairo?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply what steps he is taking, in view of the urgency consequent upon changed conditions, to acquire immediately all unnecessary metal...
asked the Parlialiamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply whether, in view of the lack of supervision now being exercised by St. Thomas's and other hospitals in the sending out of circulars...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply whether, in view of the fact that 86 per cent. of the world's supply of raw rubber is produced in the East Indies and Malaya, he is...
asked the Minister of Information whether he has considered the effect of the broadcast of a so-called autobiography of Mark Twain on 14th December on the relations between this country and the...
asked the Minister of Information whether he is taking steps to revise the script of the series of plays on the life of Jesus, which are announced to be broadcast by the British Broadcasting...
asked the Minister of Information what steps he is taking to supplement the valuable lectures, given by Mr. Bernard Newman of his Department, to make more widely known to the people of this...
asked the Minister of Information whether it is the policy of His Majesty's Government to encourage revolt in occupied Europe, irrespective of what form that revolt may take?
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information regarding conditions under which British subjects are living in the Channel Islands?
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give an assurance that, so far as is possible, no Italian man accused of deeds of cruelty and oppression contrary to the usage and...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether he is aware that an omnibus belonging to the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Company, in February of this year, damaged...
asked the Minister of Aircraft Production whether he is satisfied that India's capacity to produce aircraft is fully employed; whether any offers or applications by Indian firms to produce...
asked the Secretary of State for India whether he is satisfied that the Civil Defence in India, especially the Home Guard section, is organised and equipped in a manner likely to be effective in...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will give a list of the, approximately, 120 smaller refugee organisations to whom £83,691 has been granted between 1st June,...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether it is intended to provide any measure of compensation to naval ratings for the loss of their personal property when such loss is due to enemy action?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and Buildings whether the Report of the Committee on the Brick Industry has been received?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and Buildings whether, in cases where the owner of any piece of building construction, whose total cost does not exceed £100, uses...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether he will take action to allay the concern felt by teachers that, while boys taking a scientific course involving only a pass degree get...
asked the Prime Minister what proposals for the nationalisation of war industries have been submitted to the Government; and whether the House will be given an opportunity to debate them before a...
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether he has any statement to make with regard to the Mission to the Far East, entrusted to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in July last?
On Wednesday evening I became aware that there was a Question on the Order Paper for answer on the first Sitting Day after 21st December which reflected upon the conduct of an officer serving...
May I ask the Lord Privy Seal whether he can state the Business for the next Sitting Day?
I ask for your consideration, Mr. Speaker, of a suggestion relative to Secret Sessions. Would it not be desirable that there should be a record taken by an appropriate number of Official...
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon the next Sitting Day, and to be printed.—[Bill 12.]
Mr. Speaker, since we met yesterday the hand of death has suddenly and unexpectedly removed from our midst one who only this week was taking a prominent part in our proceedings, a man who had, I...
Notice taken, that Strangers were present.
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