Thursday, 30 July 1942
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.]
I beg to move, That the Amendments to the Standing Orders relating to Private Business, as set out in the Schedule attached hereto, be approved:
Standing Order 39, page 114, line 3, leave out "and."
asked the Minister of Labour whether the catering trade is included in the provision of the National Service Acts under which it is provided that, after the war, it is the obligation of the...
Miss Rathbone: asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the fact that many persons and employers of persons who are called for interview at Employment Exchanges after registration,...
asked the Minister of Labour whether it is permissible to send mobile girls from Scotland to England when they are working locally on No. 1 A Priority Certificate work?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will in future inform the Ministry of Works and Planning of the exact number of operatives available for any particular building operation, and so allow of...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will give figures showing the results to 30th June of appeals made to conscientious objectors' tribunals under Section 5 of the National Service (Armed...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that a case was heard at the West London Police Court on 24th instant when a man was charged with, and acquitted of, being a deserter from...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will consider amending the Rent Restrictions Act, 1939, to permit of a member of His Majesty's Forces, who is demobilised during the war, regaining...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the efficient inspection of meat in public and other abattoirs results in the elimination of carcases or parts of the same liable to convey...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that after Lieutenant Broadbent's compassionate leave has expired, the town of Eye, Suffolk, and 16 surrounding villages will be without medical...
asked the Minister of Health whether he has any evidence to prove that cases of tuberculosis notified in recent years were exclusively persons reared on unpasteurised milk; and whether any...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the Department of Health for Scotland has issued a Report covering the work of that Department to the end of June, 1942; and will he take...
asked the Minister of Health how many places are now vacant in camp schools?
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that persons with handcarts stand outside certain schools waiting for the children to bring articles of clothing from their homes in return for...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether his attention has been called to the lack of adequate treatment in hospitals and sanatoria for men discharged from the Services; and what measures he has in...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that, after the bombing of Weston-super-Mare, undertakers touted distressed relatives who had been called to the town to identify victims,...
asked the Secretary of State for India whether the announcement that the Indian Communist Party is now legally recognised is accompanied by the release of all Communist prisoners; and whether...
asked the Secretary of State for India what are the present intentions of His Majesty's Government as regard the political situation in India?
asked the Secretary of State for India whether he will give an assurance that in any post-war arrangement for the future government of India adequate arrangements will be made for the guarantee...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the total number of persons employed by the Regional Commissioners in England and Wales?
asked the Home Secretary the considerations that led to the decision to close certain London tube stations as air-raid shelters as from 3rd August?
asked the Home Secretary whether, owing to serious complaints of delay in the issue of permits, he will give instructions to passport officials to have permits in the hands of travellers to...
asked the Home Secretary whether, in the interests of public security he will issue instructions that those who cross the border from neutral Eire into Northern Ireland and are found to be...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has any record of fatalities through the drowning of children who have fallen into National Fire Service water tanks; what representations from local...
asked the Home Secretary whether any measures can be taken to increase the amount of light allowed to pedal bicycles during the coming winter months?
asked the Home Secretary why Fireman W. J. Mercer, registered No. 146, stationed at Silvertown, West Ham, was discharged on medical grounds without any compensation?
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the discontent amongst police officers at the delays experienced in the operations of the Police Federation and at its failure to secure prompt...
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the large and increasing number of bicycles which have recently been stolen; what action the Government propose to take in the...
asked the Home Secretary whether he will take action for the suppression of football pools in wartime, in view of the need for saving paper, utilising man- and woman-power on the most useful...
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the practice established by certain London taximeter-cab drivers who ply for hire in the early hours of the morning between...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the exorbitant prices being charged, especially during week-ends, by many West End cinemas far beyond the pocket of men and women in the services;...
asked the Home Secretary whether he will exercise his powers under the Defence of the Realm Act to procure the disclosure of the names of the beneficial owners of the shares held in the names of...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the increase in the murder of hostages by the Germans and the recent threatened further extension of this practice in violation of international law,...
asked the Prime Minister which Minister is responsible to the House for the proper development of air transport for war purposes?
asked the Prime Minister whether he is now satisfied with the use and number of land-borne torpedo-carrying aeroplanes, especially in home waters?
asked the Prime Minister what further powers he proposes to ask the House to grant him in relation to the conduct of the war?
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider transferring both the command and the effective operational control of Army Cooperation Command to the Army?
asked the Prime Minister when he proposes to appoint a Commander-in-Chief for the Middle East?
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture the total number of cases of dispossession of farmers from their farms, as a result of action by the war agricultural committees, that...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in order that whole-time officers in the war agricultural committees, working seven days a week in the summer season, may be...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has considered the confidential circulars, copies of which have been sent to him, issued by an organisation styled the Horticultural Trades...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that it is common for cows which react to tests for tuberculosis to be sent to market and sold as healthy cows, thereby spreading the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what action he proposes to take to relieve the difficulties of poultry farmers who have, with official encouragement, reared large numbers of pullets in order to...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will limit or pro hibit the payment of the £2 subsidy on land devoted to the cultivation of rye unless an undertaking is given that it will not...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that the widow of a police constable with less than five years' police service who is killed on active service cannot be awarded a pension under the...
Mr. Speaker: Question 81, in the name of the hon. Member for Mile End (Mr. Frankel), has not been reached, and perhaps the House will allow the Minister to make a reply to it as it is important...
On a point of Order. On the Order Paper to-day 15 Ministers have been asked Questions, but only six have been given an opportunity to reply. Cannot something be done to have the long continuous...
May I ask the Leader of the House to state the Business for the next Sitting Days?
I should like to make a personal explanation. A Question on the Paper, No. 22, refers to an incident in Weston-super-Mare in which a man and wife from my constituency had been killed in a blitz....
Ordered, That this day, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 14, Supplementary Estimates for New Services may be considered; that Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken...
Ordered, That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Sir Stafford Cripps.]
[20TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
1. "That a sum, not exceeding £1,083,630 be granted to His Majesty, to complete the charges for the following Departments connected with Civil Defence for the year ending on the 31st day of...
3. "That a sum not exceeding £1,890,770 be granted to His Majesty to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
4. "That a sum, not exceeding £9,153,296, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
5. "That a sum not exceeding £9,572,626, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
6. "That a sum, not exceeding £51,130,417, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
7. "That a sum, not exceeding £118,991,824, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
8. "That a sum, not exceeding £9,656,771, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
9. "That a sum, not exceeding £10,498,737, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
10. "That a sum, not exceeding £24,094,008, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
11. "That a sum, not exceeding £32,517,859, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
12. "That a sum, not exceeding £1,300, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
13. "That a sum not exceeding £78,866,970, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
14. "That a sum, not exceeding £1,700, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1943, for...
15. "That a sum, not exceeding £1,400, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1943, for...
16. "That a sum, not exceeding £1,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1943, for...
First Resolution read a Second time.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class I of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class II of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class III of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class IV of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class V of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions reported in respect of Class VI of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class VII of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class VIII of the Civil Estimates,".
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class IX of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions reported in respect of the Unclassified Services of the Civil Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of the Revenue Departments Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of the Navy Estimates,
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of the Army Estimates,
Resolutions reported:
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of the Air Estimates,
Resolution reported: That towards making good the Supply granted to His Majesty for the Service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1943, the sum of £349,845,040 be granted out of...
"to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three, and to appropriate the supplies granted...
Order for consideration of Lords Amendments read.
Lords Amendment: In page 7, line 32, at the end, insert:
I beg to move, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty in pursuance of Subsection (1) of Section eleven of the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939, praying that the said Act as...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the Clearing Office (Spain) Amendment Order, 1942, dated 17th July, 1942, made by the Treasury under Sections 1 and 3 of the Debts Clearing Offices and...
I beg to move, That the Coal (Charges) (Amendment) Order, 1942, dated 3rd July, 1942, made by the Treasury under Section 2 of the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939, a copy of which was...
Motion made and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Major Sir James Edmondson.]
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