Tuesday, 15 December 1942
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Mr. SPEAKER made the following communication to the House:
The CHAIRMAN OF WAYS AND MEANS reported, That, in accordance with Standing Order 87, he had conferred with the Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords for the purpose of determining in which...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is now in a position to make a further statement regarding retail trade?
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the high prices of various kinds of toys charged by the stallholders in a Birmingham bazaar, where a wooden engine, without...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will consult with the pottery industry on its post-war problems and ask all the representative organisations to give consideration to the need...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can make any statement as to the future activities of the Retail Trade Committee which was set up by his Department?
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has any statement to make on the Liabilities (War-Time Adjustment) Act as it affects traders who are endeavouring to remain in business during...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that small plain earthenware jugs, formerly retailed at 1s. 9d. each, are now being sold at 6s. 11d.; and whether he will do...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Economic Warfare whether blockade conditions now apply to all parts of Metropolitan France; and/or whether navicert cargoes are permitted?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Economic Warfare whether he will make a statement as to the food conditions now prevailing in the countries of Europe occupied by the Axis...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware of the anomaly that exists in the rates of pay to officers and non-commissioned officers of the Army Educational Corps whereby officers...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether consideration is being given to improving the pay of captains whose present rate of 16s. 6d. per day compares unfavourably with the old rate of 19s.,...
asked the Secretary of State for War why facilities are given for the free distribution of "Blighty" throughout the Services; and whether any of the profits of the company owning this periodical...
Captain Duncan: asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has now permitted the establishment of a company of Army cadets in Kensington?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is now satisfied that the troops are getting the best and latest films from the Kinema Renters Association upon satisfactory financial terms?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is now in a position to state that the restrictions upon showing films to the troops, within two miles of a cinema, have been with drawn?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that since his attention was drawn to the theft of goods from Glasgow Movement Control Embarkation Depôt, two 15-cwt. vans have been...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider an improvement in the status of Army emergency chaplains, enabling them to achieve the substantive rank, pay and allowances of...
asked the Secretary of State for War what regulations his Department has issued which would preclude members of the Home Guard from making representations to Members of Parliament on Service matters?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he can indicate the extent of the suggested changes in the facilities for officers and cadets to obtain a wider range of supplies of officers'...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether priority can be given, when military personnel are brought home from overseas on compassionate grounds, other than medical, to men over 40 years of...
Dr. Russell Thomas: asked the Secretary of State for War in what manner publication is being made of the names of prisoners of war in Singapore from the lists so far received; whether he will...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in consideration of renewed anti-Semitic movements on the Continent and new American interest in the scheme for a Jewish army, he will take steps for...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many persons are employed in the Public Relations Department of his Ministry?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why a direction was issued by the Treasury to heads of Departments relating to invitations received by members of their staffs to attend outside meetings or...
asked the Financial. Secretary to the Treasury the rates of remuneration now paid to Grade 3 messengers in the Civil Service; whether he is satisfied that in present circumstances these rates are...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the many complaints, he will make inquiries into the internal organisation of the Foreign Relations Department of the British Red Cross?
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will publish as a White Paper a statement on the provision made in Scotland for religious education?
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many pupils from Scottish schools passed into the Scottish universities during the 10 years prior to the present war; how many Scottish...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the scale of assistance to be granted to breeders of hill-sheep in respect of the year 1942?
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will make a statement regarding young farmers' clubs and the prospect of their development?
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many, and which, local education authorities in Scotland agreed in 1942 to release children over 12 years of age from school during term-time to...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he is aware that certain coal pits in Durham are waterlogged and coal essential to the national needs is thereby not available; and what action does...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether it it is still his intention that persons should be allowed the necessary petrol to enable them to attend the church to which they belong once a week,...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he is aware of the effect on the distribution of coal in Northampton and district of the further call-up of lorry-drivers now employed in this work;...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether the purpose he had in view, when the Prime Minister addressed a recent conference of representatives of the mining industry, has been achieved?
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he is aware that in the areas of Walthamstow, Woodford, Wanstead, Chingford, Chigwell and Loughton local authorities who desire to secure wood fuel...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power why the chief office for Scotland of his Department, now in Glasgow, is being removed to Edinburgh; and whether he is aware that Glasgow with the immediate...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he is aware that members of the Central Council under the Central Coalmines Scheme, 1930, are still interfering and preventing payments being made to...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether any increase in the price of coal is contemplated, in order to meet increased costs of production?
asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the speech of Field-Marshal Smuts which emphasises the need for the rapid and intensive development of important clues now under...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will give the names of the members of the Tank Board at the time of his consultation in the summer of 1940 when the decision to produce the Churchill tank...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware of the hardships which increased taxation and the increased cost of living have occasioned to retired civil servants living on fixed...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amounts lent to the Government each year, to the latest available date, on Treasury Deposit Receipts and the rate and amount of interest payable; the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that property is being resold at greatly increased prices; and whether he will consider levying a tax on such unearned increments?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has considered the possibility that uncertainties as to the levels of building costs and of values of property in the immediate post-war period...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. SLOAN:
asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs with which countries the various Dominions and Eire are now at war; and with which countries they have severed diplomatic relations?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will give an up-to-date account of the activities of his Department in connection with the welfare of seamen in ports and of factory workers outside the...
asked the Attorney-General whether his attention has been drawn to the decision in the case of Starling versus the Custodian of Enemy Property and others and the remarks of the judge that his...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has any statement to make with reference to the meeting held at Holborn Hall on 6th December, presided over by Captain Bernard...
asked the Home Secretary whether he will give an assurance that in his post-war planning proposals are already in hand to ensure reasonable hours of work for shop assistants, and, in particular,...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he can give any information in connection with the aero plane crash on the outskirts of Scunthorpe on Saturday afternoon, 5th December; how many...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he will give information in connection with the case of the chief constable of Folkestone, other corporation officials and...
Hon. Members have asked me from time to time about publication of the Report of the Committee which I appointed in October, 1941, under the chairmanship of the right hon. Lord Cooper to inquire...
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and with that of the House, I will now make the statement referred to by my right hon. Friend the Leader of the House in, the answer which he gave last Thursday...
I desire to ask the Leader of the House whether a further opportunity can be given to discuss the amalgamation of police forces, before the Secretary of State for Home Affairs takes any action....
Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to request that their Lordships will be pleased to give leave to the Lord Hyndley to attend to be examined as a witness before the Sub-Committee for...
I beg to move, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that the Order in Council dated 5th November, 1942, made under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Acts, 1939 to 1940,...
Resolved, That the Draft of the Special Order proposed to be made by the Minister of Fuel and Power under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 to 1934, on the application of the Crediton Gas Company,...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Major Sir James Edmondson.]
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