Thursday, 6 August 1942
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.]
THE VICE-CHAMBERLAIN OF THE HOUSEHOLD (Mr. BOULTON) reported His Majesty's Answer to the Address as followeth:
May I draw your attention, Mr. Speaker, to the fact that there are 114 Questions on the Order Paper? Should not Members try to restrain themselves from putting too many Supplementary Questions?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that most medical schools in London refuse to accept women medical students, although many with good educational qualifications are anxious to...
asked the Minister of Labour the number of person employed in and about coalmines who have been prosecuted by his Department in each of the several coalfields, giving the number of miners...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that a number of foreign refugee dentists are at present unemployed; and whether in view of the shortage of man-power, he will cease to reserve...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that factories in Ayrshire, formerly manufacturing lace but now devoting their resources to machining tank and aeroplane parts, are being told by...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that Mrs. Violet Stevens, 2a, Brighton Road, East Ham, E.6, the wife of a serving soldier, employed in the butchery department of the Royal...
asked the Minister of Labour how many girls working in the football pool offices are between 20 and 30 years of age; and how many have been withdrawn from these offices to do essential war work?
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that, in cases where the local authority, the chamber of trade and the representatives of employers and workers have...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will give particulars of the retail distributive trades sub-committee before which, in London, female persons are called for interview; by whom were the...
asked the Minister of Labour how, in view of the present policy of drafting labour to large firms of contractors at the expense of the smaller firms, he proposes to meet urgent post-war building...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will take steps to ensure that when women are called for interview either by his officers or by interviewing panels in Wales, the interview shall be...
asked the Minister of Labour whether Government Departments are exempt from the regulations that govern the working hours of juveniles; and what steps are taken by his Department to ensure that...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that there are several hundreds of women in West Willesden who are anxious to start work in the factories engaged on war work, but are unable to...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he can give an undertaking that no legislation regulating wages and hours in the catering industry will be introduced unless of an agreed character?
Dr. Russell Thomas: asked the Minister of Labour whether the military work to which some of the 865 conductors of military age of the London Passenger Transport Board were assigned, but said not...
asked the Minister of Health the relationship between the number of cases of acute primary and influenzal pneumonia notified, and the actual incidence of these conditions?
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that it is the policy of the Central Midwives Board to require pupil midwives, during the second period of their training, to reside in the homes...
asked the Minister of Health what steps have been taken to deal with the waiting list of patients for admission to tubercular hospitals and sanatoria in Wales?
asked the Minister of Health what public recognition is given to osteopaths; whether they are entitled to any of the rights accorded to the medical profession; and whether, in the event of their...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that patients discharged from tuberculosis sanatoria, but still needing special treatment, are compelled to seek employment through financial...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that certain owners of vacant houses are refusing to let them to possible tenants; and whether he will take steps by increasing the powers of...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is satisfied that the requisitioning by his senior regional officer, of No. 4 Bungalow, Fazeley Road, Tamworth, was done with reasonable notice to and...
asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the shortage of building materials and the need for saving bricks, he will revive along the coast the rebuilding and building of houses with...
asked the Minister of Pensions why a pension was refused to William Nixon, of Hawthorn, County Durham, an ex-naval rating, aged 23 years, who joined the Navy when 17 years of age, served four...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether he has now arrived at a decision in regard to the consideration of the admission of claims based on prospective dependency under the Personal Injuries...
asked the Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to the announcement by Mr. Patel that the Indian National Congress did not seek power for itself but would be satisfied...
asked the Home Secretary whether he will consider the issue of a second bluette combination suit to the personnel of first-aid posts for use when the present only suit is being washed?
asked the Home Secretary whether he will state the reason for the Regulation which lays it down that fire guards unable to see without spectacles must carry their gas-masks when on duty, in view...
asked the Home Secretary whether he has considered a statement from the Gloucestershire Emergency Committee, which has been sent to him, describing the effect on the rescue service of the...
asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the recent raising of the ban on the Communist Party in India, he will now reconsider the question of removing the ban on the publication of the...
asked the Home Secretary why it was found necessary to remove four women, detained under Regulation 18B, at three hours' notice from Holloway gaol to Aylesbury; why com- munication with their...
asked the Home Secretary how many of the interned refugees who were deported to Australia in the Steamship "Dunera," two years ago, have been returned to this country or released in Australia;...
asked the Home Secretary what progress has been made in arranging for part-time war work for firemen and Civil Defence workers who are only standing by for many hours each day and would gladly...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that the effectiveness of paint for the purposes of war camouflage is dependent upon the elimination of light and shade effects by countershading; and...
asked the Home Secretary what steps have been taken to conform to the judgment of Mr. Justice Humphreys, on, 24th May, 1941, wherein it was stated that any person detained under Regulation 18B...
(by Private Notice) asked the Home Secretary when his proposals for making fire watching for women compulsory will be announced, and whether he will give an assurance that no announcement will be...
asked the Prime Minister, why, in the case of the Minister of State, the established custom of Ministers of the Crown being responsible to Parliament has been departed from?
asked the Prime Minister which Minister is responsible for the allocation of shipping priorities in respect of both exports and imports to and from overseas?
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that a cup and saucer are being sold in the market at 1s. 10d., when the maximum price for best quality Grade A is 1s. plus 2d....
asked the resident of the Board of Trade (1) whether, in any further concentration of retail trade, he will provide that the deciding factor shall be the public convenience and the releasing of...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will make inquiries into the case of a man living at Beamish, County Durham, whose name has been given to him, and who, after suffering damage...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will now give an assurance that in future combined operations he will not exclude the employment of a Royal Air Force officer as commander-in-chief of all...
Miss Rathbone: asked the Prime Minister when the report will become available to the House of the committee appointed, under the chairmanship of Miss Violet Markham, to inquire into conditions...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the recent broadcast by Air-Marshal Harris, it is intended that Italy shall be subjected to aerial attack similar to that threatened against Germany;...
asked the Lord President of the Council whether the Scientific Advisory Committee has been asked to make a report on the organisation of the higher direction of our scientific effort in the war?
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the further drastic reductions in the supply of feeding-stuffs to poultry, he will further curtail the supply of feeding-stuffs to racehorses?
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will distribute on the widest possible scale in agricultural areas figures and diagrams to show the shipping space saved by his various proposals for...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has now decided to open the canteens of the Young Women's Christian Association, and similar organisations, to members of the Women's Land Army?
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, having regard to harvest prospects, he will consider the possibility of more favourable treatment of poultry keepers?
asked the Home Secretary how many applications have been made by persons detained under Defence Regulation 18B to vote at Parliamentary by-elections; how many have been refused and the reasons...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that many workers in war factories have difficulty, by reason of their long hours of work, in recording their votes in parliamentary elections; and...
Miss Cazalet: asked the Home Secretary whether he is yet in a position to make any further statement with regard to voting facilities for women serving with the Forces?
asked the Home Secretary whether he will make a statement on his consultations with the Com- missioner of Police and the railway police concerning cases of refusal by London taxi-cab drivers to...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can inform the House as to the estimated amount of income which will be derived from the Purchase Tax on utility ware during the current financial...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will now take steps to restrict the benefit of child allowance to those Income Tax payers who maintain their children?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to give powers to the Income Tax authorities to prevent firms engaged in war work deducting rents for buildings from Income and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider, with a view to ameliorating, the position of an Income Tax-paying wage-earner who finds he is definitely worse off by working...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been directed to the fact that preventable damage is caused by premises being left locked when the keys are not readily available;...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how many divisional petroleum officers there are; how many, in the last three months, have resigned; how many have been dismissed; and how many there are...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether motorists are now permitted to give lifts to persons, provided no additional mileage is involved?
(by Private Notice) asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and Planning whether he can now make a statement on the Second Report of the Committee on the Brick Industry?
May I ask the Leader of the House to state the Business on the resumption of the Sittings of the House?
Estimate presented,—of the further Sum required to be voted towards defraying the expenses which may be incurred during the year ending on 31st March, 1943, for general Navy, Army and Air...
That they have agreed to—
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. James Stuart.]
Who can count the dust of Jacob, or the number of the fourth part of Israel? Three thousand four hundred years have rolled away since this question was first asked. I think its context in the Old...
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
Question again proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."
Before the summons to another place, I had observed that the full Zionist case was to stake a claim upon Palestine for the post-war period. It is made quite plain to anybody who takes the trouble...
I feel I should preface my remarks with an expression of regret that I have to delay my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for War immediately after such a long Debate. I would like to make...
I rise to refer to a matter concerning the Minister of Labour, the transference of women. The matter may not have quite the same international significance as the two matters which have already...
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 Borough of Surbiton;...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Major Sir James Edmondson.]
I want to condense what I have to say, and I would therefore use a concrete case to indicate to the Parliamentary Secretary where I think some consideration might be given to the better guidance...
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