Thursday, 2 July 1942
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.]
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the difficulties which are being experienced in the refractories industry owing to a shortage of skilled labour; and whether, in view of the...
Miss Ward: asked the Minister of Labour how many applications for employment have been received by the Appointments Board from discharged Service officers; how many have been placed; and the...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he now proposes to take the necessary steps to mobilise for appropriate national service all those persons under 41 years of age whose liability is determined...
asked the Minister of Labour what steps he has now taken to correct the excessive number of hours being worked by boys and girls under the age of 18?
asked the Minister of Labour for what reason a boot repairer carrying on business in Boston, Lincolnshire, was directed by him early in April to report for work on boot repairs at a factory in...
asked the Minister of Labour how many of the 8,000,000 women that have now been registered are, respectively, married and without children or married with children under the age of 14; and how...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that Thomas Henry Lowe, 276, Leigh Road, Hindley Green, Wigan, a coalminer, was recently fined £15 plus £3 5s. at the Wigan County...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he proposes to take steps to impose an age limit where none yet exists to qualify for tribunal deferment from any form of war service?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will give the results of the recent inquiry into the earnings of workpeople in the principal industries in January 1942?
asked the Minister of Labour the effect on the cost of living index figure of an increase of ½d. on the price of the 4 lb. loaf?
asked the Minister of Labour what steps he is taking to make good the shortage of chimney sweeps with its consequent danger to public security during the black-out from chimney fires?
asked the President of the Board of Education whether he will make it clear that the arrangements by which school children are to help in agriculture do not involve any interference with the...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether he can now announce the terms of reference and the names of the members of the committee he is appointing to advise on the best method of...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether he has considered the copy sent to him of a resolution which was carried unanimously at a representative meeting of education authorities in...
asked the President of the Board of Education the number of teachers who have retired from teaching services and are in receipt of pensions from State funds?
asked the President of the Board of Education whether, in view of the aerial bombing of reception areas or of towns hitherto assumed to be suitable for evacuated schools or children he is...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether he can give any further information about the body, whose existence he recently announced, which is considering the question of vocational...
asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the fact that the big increase in prices of houses above pre-war prices is not confined to certain areas but is widespread, that the normal...
asked the Minister of Health what steps he is taking to prevent landlords from charging increased rentals to sitting or incoming tenants of flats which do not come under the protection of the...
asked the Minister of Health the number, of cases of primary pneumonia occurring annually for the last 10 years to the most convenient date, indicating when treatment of this condition by...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will make clear the position in regard to supplementary pensions when a woman and her children, if any, return home temporarily while her husband is...
asked the Minister of Health whether he has considered the representations from the town clerk of Liverpool regarding the need for repairs and improvements to the North Vegetable Market,...
asked the Minister of Health the number of local government officers who have retired from the local government service and who are in receipt of pensions from State funds?
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the difficulties of domestic accommodation are increasing and are likely to become acute; whether he is considering means by which these...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether ex-Service men in receipt of a disability pension, who are called up for a further medical examination, can claim the full amount of earnings lost in...
Mr. Davidson: asked the Secretary of State for India whether he has now considered the letter sent to him by the Glasgow Trades Council, asking for the reopening of negotiations with...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is satisfied with the number of Invasion Committees set up in a certain area; if not, who is responsible; why have more not been...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has considered the suggestions recently sent to him as to useful work which persons interned in the Isle of Man under Regulation 18B would be glad to...
asked the Home Secretary (1) whether badges of rank have been authorised for the various grades of Civil Defence personnel; to what extent these badges have been reported on by many local...
Mr. Davidson: asked the Home Secretary the total number of uncompleted air-raid shelters in this country up to date?
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the urgent need for a liaison officer for probation work to deal with cases coming before quarter sessions and assize courts in...
asked the Home Secretary whether he can now give the result of his negotiations with the employers' associations and insurance companies regarding their attitude to actions at common law by...
asked the Home Secretary the number of retired members of the police forces in Britain who are receiving pensions from State funds?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the official certificates of post-war credits for 1941–42 will be issued to taxpayers; and will these certificates make it clear that they...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will agree to set up a small committee to consider whether any fair and practicable means can be devised to enable mortgagees to play their part...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the £2 an acre ploughing subsidy is to be regarded as revenue liable to Income Tax or as capital and, therefore, an item which is not brought...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware of the persistent demands for wage increases in war industries, although the cost of living has not risen during the past six months;...
Dr. Russell Thomas: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether value payment claims payable at an indefinite date by the War Damage Commission are added to estates, thereby increasing the...
asked the Prime Minister whether immediate vacancies exist for man-power in the Armed Forces of the Crown and in war industry, respectively; whether, in present circumstances, he will instruct...
asked the Prime Minister whether he has considered the communication recently addressed to him by the Shop Steward's Committee of Woolwich Arsenal on the subject of production and other matters;...
Mr. Davidson: asked the Prime Minister whether he intends, in the near future, issuing a statement to all the Fighting Services indicating our war aims and stating clearly the Government's...
asked the Prime Minister whether he has considered the design for a new six-pounder anti-tank gun fitted to a mobile unit of which a full size mock-up had been prepared under the directions of...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is making preparation for the reopening of farm institutes for agricultural education; and whether, in this case, it is proposed that the education in...
Mr. Donald Scott: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the damage done to allotments by the trespass of animals, he will consider extending Defence Regulation 62AA to include...
asked the Minister of Agriculture why the announcement of the reduction in the poultry ration was not made earlier so as to avoid hard ship and loss to many persons who have recently purchased...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether any cases have arisen in which proposals for deferment of calling up of civil servants have been considered excessive and have necessitated...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what instructions are being issued to civil servants with regard to joining the Home Guard; and whether, in the case of civil servants whose work...
asked the Attorney-General whether, in view of the burden of work now falling on chairmen of urban district councils in signing forms and documents of many kinds, he will make arrangements to...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can make a statement with reference to the stocks of cotton piece goods originally intended for the Dutch East Indies and now lying idle in...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, arising out of the publication of the Third Report of the Retail Trade Committee, he will now make a comprehensive...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is in a position to give any information about the recent discussions at Washington with a view to the conclusion of a Wheat Agreement?
Will the Leader of the House announce the forthcoming Business and make a statement as to the proceedings to-day?
Captain Charles Edward Mott-Radcliffe, for the County of Berks (Windsor Division).
That they have agreed to—
I beg to move, with the leave of the House, That this House, while paying tribute to the heroism and endurance of the Armed Forces of the Crown in circumstances of exceptional difficulty, has no...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. James Stuart.]
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