Tuesday, 30 March 1943
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ for the electing of a Member to serve in this present Parliament for the...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many regiments of the Army, excluding the Brigade of Guards, and how many battalions of the same are being dressed in Guards barathea or barathea of the...
asked the Secretary of State for War why paratroops who are wounded on active service have deducted the 2s. a day granted especially to them as para-pay or jumping allowance; and whether he...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider the letter from the Battersea Borough Labour Party and Trades Council, dated 11th February, complaining about the use of members of...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider issuing to the personnel of the Royal Armoured Corps badges signifying technical qualifications similar to those issued to observers,...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will give the number of officers of both A and B category, respectively, employed by the Claims Commission in both London and the country who are...
asked the Secretary of State for War what arrangements he has made, or has in mind, for the more general use of military bands during the coming summer months?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is now in a position to state what steps have been taken to remove the hardships inflicted on the wives and dependants of soldiers under close arrest?
Mr. Thorneycroft: asked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been directed to the fact that the military authorities suggested there should be a special entrance for officers...
asked the Secretary of State for War when certain accounts, of which he has been informed, were last audited?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will give instructions that correspondence intended for Lieut.-Colonel Gates, at one time commanding a training battalion at Matlock, and addressed...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is now able to state the approximate number of Germans engaged at El Alamein; and what quantity of them escaped to Mersa Matruh and the West?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will permit uniformed Members of the National Fire Service who are posted away from their homes to have access to the voluntary Service canteens?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that a large number of cadets, including many senior warrant officers and non-commissioned officers, who had successfully completed their...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has considered the case of a soldier, whose name has been forwarded to him, who has been sentenced to 42 days' detention for stealing a mug to take...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has any information as to the estimated casualties inflicted on the Germans by the Russians since the commencement of Russo-German operations on...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether any decision has been reached concerning the implementation of the recommendation of the Select Committee on National Expenditure regarding the...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many Italian prisoners of war have been taken up to date; and whether a note has been made of those available for agricultural work?
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received from the local authorities in Glasgow against the proposed transfer to that town of an office and its large staff;...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has any statement to make regarding the question of milk price parity?
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the names of the War Agricultural Executive Committee for South Ayrshire; by what process were they selected, and whether the Farmers' Union and the Farm...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware of the indignation aroused among parents in all parts of Scotland against the Memorandum he issued to education committees,...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware of the extortionate rents being charged for furnished apartments in Scotland; and whether he will take some action to regulate these...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, as a war measure, he will consider having a survey taken of available accommodation in the Clyde area, including larger houses occupied by one...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power, what action he is taking to deal with surplus coal stocks so as to avoid short time and unemployment in the mining areas?
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether it is his intention this spring to issue a regulation to suspend the use of central heating in public buildings, on similar lines to last autumn,...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he is aware that the schemes of local authorities to provide holidays at home are being seriously interfered with by the refusal of petrol for bands;...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the urgent need for further economies in the use of cloth for suitings, he will consider the wholesale manufacture of a boiler-suit...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will give the designation of the civil servants in connection with factory premises control in Nottingham who have authority to use private...
asked the President of the Board of Trade, whether he is aware of the uneasiness prevailing in the Lancashire cotton industry relative to the decision of the Washington Government to offer to...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is taking steps to relieve the serious shortage of wood for clog soles in the Westhoughton district, which is likely to adversely affect the...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Prime Minister whether he will find time for a Debate on the Motion standing in the name of the hon. Member for Evesham, relating to Orders in Council?
asked the Prime Minister whether he can now say whether he will be able to make the Report issued by the United States Government on Organisation for Post-war Planning available for honourable...
asked the Prime Minister (1) how many resolutions he has received from co-operative, trade union and shop stewards organisations, demanding the full acceptance of the Beveridge Report; and what...
asked the Prime Minister whether he has completed his inquiry into the refusal of the Minister of Labour to receive Members of this House in deputation unless accompanied by a trade union...
asked the Prime Minister on how many fronts His Majesty's land, sea and air Forces are now engaged or in position?
May I ask the. Prime Minister whether he has any further statement to make about the military situation in Tunisia?
By leave of the House, I wish to give notice that it will be necessary for me to ask the House to go into Secret Session on the next Sitting Day in order that I may make a statement in regard to...
With your permission, Sir, I wish to make the following statement: The Government have had under consideration the restrictions on access to coastal areas necessary in the present phase of the...
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon the next Sitting Day.
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to consolidate the Courts (Emergency Powers) Acts, 1939 to 1942, and certain enactments relating to the possession of mortgaged land." [Courts...
Reported, with Amendments, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills (with Report on the Bill).
Reported, with an Amendment, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills.
Special Report from the Select Committee, brought up, and read; to lie upon the Table; and to be printed. [No. 71.]
I beg to move, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ for the electing of a Member to serve in this present Parliament for the County of...
I beg to move, That this House approves the continuance in force of the Proclamation issued under Section 93 of the Government of India Act, 1935, by the Governor of Madras on 30th October, 1939,...
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty in pursuance of the provisions of Section 309 of the Government of India Act, 1935, praying that the Government of India (Governors'...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Major Sir James Edmondson.]
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