Wednesday, 8 July 1942
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.]
I beg to move, That Standing Order 242 shall have effect as if for the proviso to that Order the following proviso were substituted: 'Provided always that the provisions of this Standing Order...
asked the Secretary of State for Air, whether he will make inquiries as to certain young men, who joined the Royal Air Force as radio location operators and such like, now stationed in Iraq, and...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that the quantities of rationed foods allowed to members of the Royal Air Force who are fed in service messes are substantially different...
asked the Secretary of Statè for Air whether suitable steps have now been taken to ensure that airmen serving both overseas and at home are able to obtain from their medical units, canteens...
asked the Secretary of State for Air why members of the Royal Observer Corps holding "G" licences are forbidden to give lifts to soldiers, to carry children to school, or make themselves useful...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will make an investigation among the Air Service ground staffs to find how many men are serving who were miners up to the time of the fall of...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will state in official Royal Air Force bulletins the number of Polish and other Allied aeroplanes which are missing, in view of the fact that in...
asked the Secretary of State for Air (1) whether any order of priority has been laid down for the tasks of bomber aircraft; and what steps have been taken to make mobile the heavy bomber force...
asked the Secretary of State for Air the number of staff in the Air Ministry whose salary is £500 a year and upwards; and whether he can give the respective numbers engaged at such salaries...
asked the Minister of Aircraft Production what position was held in his Department by Mr. T.C.L. Westbrook; for what period; and for what reason Mr. Westbrook is no longer in the Ministry?
asked the Minister of Aircraft Production how many dive bombers were ordered from America in 1940, and when; and were they merely a sample lot for testing and trying-out purposes, or were they to...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport what steps he is taking to prevent unnecessary travel by train?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether he can now make a statement with regard to the issue to the Armed Forces of a form of warrant which shall be valid as a...
asked the Minister of Information what decision has now been reached on the question of the curtailment of hours for broadcasting in order to effect economies in light and power?
asked the Minister of Information whether he will give instructions that letters from Great Britain to Northern Ireland should pass through the censorship with greater expedition, as there are...
asked the Minister of Information whether by all available means, he will call attention to the murder of hostages in Czechoslovakia and in particular, to the Nazi incitement against Catholics in...
asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that the responsibility for conducting service correspondence in connection with the telegraph companies' traffic passing over the inland...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and Planning why all the lampposts in the country are not requisitioned for scrap-metal?
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the almost identical conditions of work of the Royal Marine Police Special Reserve and the ordinary police, and the disparity in pay...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what arrangements have been made for the remuneration and temporary employment locally of civil servants and other Government employees from...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any information regarding the proposal to bring the Rhodesian railway system under public ownership and control; and whether he...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, what conditions are attached to the release of Wallace Johnson, trade union leader, of Sierra Leone; and whether he is now permitted to resume...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it has now been decided to release Mr. Domingo from detention in Jamaica in view of the additional evidence submitted as to his loyalty...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that Maltese and Mauritians who are married, and have volunteered for service in the Royal Air Force, have been informed...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether domestic servants in Nigeria were included in inquiries made regarding the high cost of living; and whether he will make...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will make a statement giving the figures of the number of days paid for and the cost, where the guaranteed wage has been made up through time...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether Parliament will have the opportunity of examining and discussing the increase of 3s. per ton in the price of coal; and will he refrain from increasing...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether youths under 20 years of age are liable to be sent abroad; and whether those who have volunteered for service are treated differently in this matter...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in consultation with the Board of Control, arrangements may be made for suitable mental patients to be employed at fruit picking during the season in...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has considered the representations from the engineering industry that difficulties are being experienced in the recruitment of new entrants,...
asked the Prime Minister whether he has considered the communication recently addressed to him by the Shop Stewards' Committee of Woolwich Arsenal on the subject of production and other matters;...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the desirability of making arrangements to relay the chimes of Big Ben so that they can be heard in the Chamber, not so loudly as to interfere...
asked the Prime Minister whether he can now give an assurance that mobile members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment, serving in hospitals of the Armed Forces, shall not, without their consent, be...
asked the Minister of Production whether he is in a position to make any statement on the rubber situation; and what special steps he has in mind to economise its use by the Services and the public?
asked the Minister of Production whether his attention has been drawn to the warning by Mr. Leon Henderson, Director of the Division of Civilian Supply of the War Production Board of the United...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food the percentage of small bakers who may show a loss in trading by the withdrawal, except for 2s. per sack on the first eight sacks, of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that in July, 1940, in reply to the hon. Member for Bournemouth, who asked whether the saving of one ounce of bread...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food on what date the price of the plum crop was fixed; and why it is not made public?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether the raspberry crop will be pre-empted?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he will follow the closing of factories producing soft drinks by the closing of breweries, thus saving fuel, valuable grains and...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he has now completed the review of the working of the house charges as originally permitted in hotels and restaurants under the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food how many cwts. of decayed or un-saleable green and root vegetables from Covent Garden or Spitalfields markets were sent to salvage depots...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food the names of the firms who, in response to the Ministry's request, returned honey to the association, together with the weight of the...
asked the Minister of Health what complaints he has received from old age pensioners or their associations protesting against the minute investigations made when application is made for clothes,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the recent prosecution of the medical author and the publishers of an alleged obscene book; whether he...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware of the serious hardship still suffered by individuals by reason of the fact that powers to requisition premises are given to a large...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that, as the result of instructions issued by man-power boards, and Supply Ministry inspectors, men who have been discharged from His Majesty's...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether he is aware that on board the ss. "Arundel Castle" there is inadequate sanitation, shortage of fresh water, inadequate...
asked the Minister of Production whether our tanks are provided with any apparatus for air conditioning?
Reported, with Amendments, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills.
Reported, without Amendment, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills (with Report on the Bill).
That they have agreed to—
Ordered, That this day, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 14, Business in Committee of Supply may be taken after the hour appointed for the interruption of Business, and that the...
[12TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a further sum, not exceeding £30, be granted to His Majesty, towards defraying the charges for the following Departments connected with Health,...
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