Wednesday, 7 October 1942
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the decision announced by His Majesty's Government to bring to trial officials, etc., of Axis States responsible for outrages on nationals...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will ensure that in all official communications and at all Press conferences, that portion of China north of the Great Wall, is...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what British territory has recently been transferred to Venezuela; and under what conditions?
Miss Ward: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will give an assurance that the declaration of policy regarding the Fighting French, set out in a joint communiqué...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make any statement in regard to the treatment of British subjects detained by the Japanese in the Far East; and when complete lists...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when the Suez Canal Annual Return for 1941 will be published?
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will issue an instruction to the effect that the personnel of the Royal Air Force may be allowed to wear civilian shoes during off duty hours, thus...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will inquire into the present system of promotion for officers at the elementary flying training schools, in view of the fact that it is...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether, in an endeavour to speed up recruitment in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, he will give favourable consideration to a proposal that some bonus...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will consider instructing the pilots of. our machines operating over British coasts not to fly low on approaching such coasts where this can be...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what award there is similar to the Territorial Decoration available for the Royal Air Force; what are the conditions governing such award; and to whom can it...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what pro vision is to be made for greatcoats or other extra covering for the Air Training Corps this winter?
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will state the total losses of bombing aircraft over Germany and Northern Europe for the nine months ending 30th September, 1942, or near date?
asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) what higher education establishments in West Africa remain able to carry on their work; whether steps are being taken to have restored the...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will give consideration to the incidence of the war on the Seychelles; whether any competent medical service has been instituted to...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware of the hardship and unemployment in British Guiana; whether adequate foodstuffs and medical supplies are now available; and...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware of the criticism expressed in Palestine against the operation of the Palestine Irrigation Ordinances as at present:...
Miss Rathbone: asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what arrangements have been made for the mobilisation of Jews in Palestine for Home Guard duties; and whether he will take...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport the percentage of railway wagons unloaded at the Solihull reserve coal dump up to 31st August, 1942, which were damaged in the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether he is aware of the long hours of travel to and from work incurred by shipyard workers on the Clyde owing to the lack of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether, in view of the increased expense of travelling imposed on many people through the abolition of cheap-day fares in and...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether he is satisfied that full advantage is being taken of the facilities offered by the canal system in the Birmingham and...
asked the Minister of Information whether he is aware that an allowance of five gallons of petrol per week has been granted to two loudspeaker vans used by the Communist Party of Great Britain on...
asked the Minister of Information whether he will place in the Library the English version of such parts of the weekly newspaper "Britansky Soyuznik" as are originally written in English?
asked the Minister of Information how many copies are distributed weekly of the periodical "The Spiritual Issues of the War"; how many of these are distributed at home and how many overseas;...
asked the Minister of Information the exact use to which the censorship of letters in this country is put; whether he can give an assurance that it was only instituted for the purpose of...
Mr. Astor: asked the Postmaster-General whether he will consider instituting an air-mail letter-card service from the United Kingdom to the Middle East, similar 1:0 the service in operation from...
asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that postal orders sent to serving men overseas have sometimes arrived after the six months period of validity; and whether he will extend the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and Planning how many machines are in use to remove the broken ends of iron railings that have been left embedded in masonry; where they...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and Planning, whether, in view of the need for metal and the development of other satisfactory devices for indicating pedestrian...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in the case of war damage occurring in any area, he will give instructions that the appropriate Government Department or Departments shall immediately send a...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that officers and other ranks of the Home Guard who have worked so well since the inception of the Local Defence Volunteers to promote efficiency and...
asked the Minister of Production whether he has considered a letter from the firm of Messrs. F. McNeil and Company in connection with the substitute product for which the Cork Insulation Company,...
asked the Minister of Production what supervising authority does he exercise in respect of any armament or munitions production which to his knowledge is seriously behind schedule?
asked the Minister of Production the functions of the Programmes and Planning Division, apart from compiling satistical returns of Imperial, Dominion and American requirements?
asked the Minister of Production whether he is aware that the setting up of a Production Control Division in his Ministry aimed at securing proper utilisation of capacity is quite ineffectual so...
Miss Ward: asked the Minister of Production whether he will make a statement on the tank production programme?
asked the Paymaster-General the purpose of sending a member of his reconstruction committee to the United States of America to inform officials there what is now being planned for Britain before...
asked the Minister of Supply whether he has considered an advertisement, of which he has been informed, whereby guaranteed unregistered eight horse-power ex-War Department motor-cars are offered...
asked the Minister of Supply whether the arrangements in operation at a Royal Ordnance factory, of which he has been notified, whereby a proportion of the earnings of the operatives are held in...
asked the Minister of Supply how many tons of the iron railings collected by his Ministry have been used for making munitions; and how many tons still remain on the collection dumps?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that, owing to the unwillingness of registered customers to accept bacon cut from flanks against their ration, this...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that the distributing margin between the price of milk paid to the producer and the price charged to the consumer is...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food why the bacon factory, known as Smith, Rogers and Company, of Ebley, Stroud, Gloucestershire, has been closed down; and how many men have...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that his proposals for the new fish zonal scheme, which becomes operative from Saturday, 17th instant, will result in...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and Planning what steps his Ministry is taking to overcome the dual control now connected with all new buildings, that of planning and...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in appreciation of the splendid service rendered to the nation by Royal Fleet reservists in the early stages of hostilities, he will consider the...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether it is the case that many men now serving at sea in the Royal Navy are unable to swim; whether men have been drowned when their ships have been sunk...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty (1) the conditions upon which officers and men of the Merchant Navy are eligible for naval decorations; (2) why Captain Capon and other officers and men of...
"to repeal Section seventeen of the Statute 27 Hen. 8, c. 26, to remove doubt as to the right of Welsh-speaking persons to testify in the Welsh language in courts of justice in Wales, and to...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. James Stuart.]
I am afraid I must ask hon. Members to turn to an entirely different subject, but one in which they are personally interested and of which they have had experience. I refer to the destruction of...
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