Wednesday, 17 February 1943
The House being met, the Clerk at the Table informed the House of the unavoidable absence, through indisposition, of Mr. SPEAKER from this day's Sitting. Whereupon Colonel CLIFTON BROWN, The...
Mr. DEPUTY-SPEAKER laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That in the case of the following Bill, referred on the Second Reading thereof, the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will represent to the Soviet Government the views of numbers of British citizens that a small company of soldiers of the Red Army who...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he: has taken any steps to reassure the Government and people of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics that the mutilation of the Lenin...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government have entered into discussions with any foreign Power with regard to the international control or operation of air...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, what steps he has taken to ensure that all Colonial Governments have experts in up-to-date civil aviation requirements in their secretariats to...
asked the Minister without Portfolio what decisions have already been made by His Majesty's Government with regard to British air transport after the war?
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is able to make any statement on the treatment by the Japanese of civilian internees in Malaya and Hong Kong; and whether efforts are...
asked the Secretary of State for Air the 24 hours subsistence rate of an officer in the Air Force away from his station; after how many nights this is reduced; to what it is reduced; and how...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will create for the personnel of the Royal Air Force an educational service corresponding to the Army Bureau of Current Affairs in the Army?
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether commissions in the administrative section of the Royal Air Force carry the titles of pilot officer and acting pilot officer similar to those who have...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that recently a Royal Air Force special police officer followed by two ordinary Royal Air Force military police were seen in four separate...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether post-war gratuities will be the same to commissioned ranks as between those who have been administrative non-flying officers and actual flying officers?
asked the Secretary of State for Air the percentage of first-line Royal Air Force squadrons commanded by wing-commanders, squadron-leaders and flight-lieutenants respectively?
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether his attention has been called to the increasing loss of life among members of the Royal Air Force by road accidents; whether investigation is made...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether the Brabazon Committee have issued a report; and whether it will be available to Members?
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that semi-rigid airships were conspicuously successful in U-boat spotting in the last war; and whether consideration has been given to the...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is satisfied that full use is made of the examination of enemy aircraft forced down in this country; and whether these aircraft are flown either by...
asked the Secretary of State for Air when a brochure describing the achievements of Balloon Command will be published?
asked the Secretary of State for Air on what grounds a service agreement was signed giving a guarantee of employment or compensation for a long period between Overseas Airways Corporation and an...
asked the Secretary of State for Air when he anticipates that there will be an improvement in the air-mail service from members of the Armed Forces serving in India and their friends and...
asked the Minister of Aircraft Production whether he is aware that the workpeople employed on or near the York machine understood that it was on the secret list and acted accordingly; and why was...
asked the Minister of Aircraft Production why draughtsmen and other skilled workpeople have been employed on one machine changing the structure from the standard York and fitting it up as a...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what length of training the special repair ratings (D) undergo; what will be their rank on board ship; and who will be made responsible for supervising their...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that Chief Petty Officer Foster has appeared on public platforms in support of the Conservative candidate in the North Portsmouth...
Wing-Commander James: asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can give an assurance that such reorganisation is to be carried out as will ensure that full weight to their opinions shall...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he has considered the telegram sent to him by engineers of John Brown's, Clydebank, requesting an inquiry into their wage conditions; and what steps...
Commander Bower: asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what rank on the active or retired list of the Royal Navy, Royal Naval Reserve or Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve is held by Commander...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can state the date when a Report on progress under the Colonial Development and Welfare Act, 1940, will be laid on the Table of the House?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is satisfied that there is an adequate representation of Colonials in the personnel of the offices of the Crown Agents for the Colonies?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the native courts in Nigeria enforce contracts for the pawning of children and young persons as security for debt?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the increase in the retail price of maize in Kenya, steps have been, or will be, taken to provide a corresponding war bonus to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has yet received the Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Conditions in the Bahamas; and whether he is aware that the recommendations...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the present position regarding the proposed changes in the Jamaican Colonial Constitution?
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a statement on the procedure adopted in fixing a minimum wage in the Jamaica sugar industry at 2s. 6d. a day for men and 1s....
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in any consideration of post-war economic policy for African Colonies, attention is being given to the problem of soil erosion and means of...
asked the Prime Minister whether he proposes to appoint, under the chairmanship of Sir William Beveridge, or another, a committee to report upon how the various assumptions upon which the...
asked the Prime Minister whether Mr. Stalin has approved the declaration of "unconditional surrender" made at Casablanca?
asked the Minister of Production the number of persons and their salary grades on the staff of his Ministry when he was appointed and at the last convenient date?
asked the Minister of Production the total number of manufacturing undertakings in the United Kingdom, with a pay roll of 150 or more, which have set up joint production committees; what...
asked the Minister of Production the number of clearing centres established at the time of the Citrine Committee's Report; the number now in operation; and the monthly interchanges of capacity...
asked the Minister of Production what steps are being taken to switch over the production of machine tools, many of which are becoming surplus to requirements, in order to speed up production...
asked the Minister of Production whether he is aware that at a factory, notified to him, the Admiralty has supplied at public cost specialised machinery to augment the production of electric...
asked the Minister of Production on what date, between 20th June, 1040, and 20th July, 1940, the A.22 received the approval of the Tank Board sitting as a Board?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he has considered the effect on the future production of tuberculin-tested milk of allowing tuberculin-tested milk supplies to be...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he can give any information on the distribution of food from the Barking food office; what he intends doing with Leonard D....
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that in some of the mining districts in Lancashire the supplementary cheese rations to mine-workers have been...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food what steps he is taking to prevent the wastage of bread?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food in what circumstances and by what authority of statute or legislation officers of his Department exercise the power to enter private...
asked the Minister of Supply what position is held in the North Midland Region, at Nottingham, by Mr. Martin Woodroffe and at what salary; when and by whom he was selected; whether the...
May I ask the Leader of the House whether, in view of the very large number of Members who wish to speak to-day, it will be possible to suspend the Rule?
Estimate presented,—of the further Sum required to be voted for the service of the year ending on 31st March, 1943 [by Command]; referred to the Committee of Supply, and to be printed. [No. 50.]
Estimates presented,—for Civil and Revenue Departments for the year ending 31st March, 1944, with Memorandum [by Command]; referred to the Committee of Supply, and to be printed. [No. 51.]
Estimate presented,—showing the several Services for which a Vote on Account is required for the year ending on 31st March, 1944 [by Command]; referred to the Committee of Supply, and to be...
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [16th February]: That this House welcomes the Report of Sir William Beveridge on Social Insurance and Allied Services as a comprehensive...
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