Thursday, 16 December 1943
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will give the number of persons, male and female, who have been granted deferment conditionally upon giving paid service to E.N.S.A.; the ages of those...
asked the Minister of Labour, the number of conscientious objectors of suitable age and physical fitness who have been directed to work in the coalmines?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will arrange that the medical examination of youths liable to be conscripted for coalmining shall include examination by a psychologist, who will decide...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has come to any arrangement with the Government of South Africa that English women living in South Africa but not born there, should be conscripted by the...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that Mr. J. E. H. Barker, of 14, Park Gates, South Harrow, was discharged from his employment on grounds of serious misconduct, as a result of which...
asked the Minister of Labour if he intends calling up Lady Mosley under the Essential Work Order?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that South Wales miners on full compensation are being called up for medical examination by the recruiting section of his Ministry; and whether he...
asked the Minister of Labour whether the result of the draw, on the occasion of each ballot for compulsory coalmining, will be published forthwith so that members of the J.T.C. may know their...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that in the district of Thornley and Wheatley Hill, County Durham, there are several men who have been rendered unemployed owing to bronchial...
asked the Minister of Labour whether when a worker has been directed to another area and a strike takes place involving the union of which the worker is a member, the worker in question fails to...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is prepared to consider applications from manufacturers for permission to use a limited amount of skilled labour in preparatory post-war work?
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in any demobilisation scheme, the service of troops who have fought in particularly difficult climates will be taken into consideration in fixing dates of...
Mr. Sorensen.
asked the Secretary of State for India whether he has any report on the health of Mrs. Gandhi; and whether, as in the case of other women detainees who have been released on grounds of...
asked the Secretary o State for India whether the Benga Government have supplied to the Central Government or have published information respecting deaths through starvation the number taken to...
asked the Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to the hardship to officers and especially married junior officers due to the high cost of living in India; and what...
asked the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the wages paid to Indian seamen employed on British-owned ships are approximately only one-fourth of that paid to Britishers...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why a German national, of whose name he has been informed, was recently released from the Isle of Man after three years internment; and...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the unsatisfactory arrangements for night fire-watching in London; that in some boroughs an attendance book has to be signed by those on duty while...
asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the improvement in the national fortunes and the present conditions of security, he is considering the early release of the hon. and gallant Member...
Dr. Russell Thomas: asked the Home Secretary whether he will consider setting up a Committee to investigate the problem of juvenile delinquency in all its aspects?
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the activities of the Britons Publishing Society, 40, Great Ormond Street, London, which specialises in anti-Semitic literature;...
Mr. Robertson: asked the Home Secretary why middle-aged War Reserve policemen, who have given excellent service since the outbreak of war, are being transferred to the Armed Forces and industry,...
asked the Home Secretary the number of local councils whose personnel now consists of more than 25 per cent. co-opted members.
asked the Home Secretary how many people have been fined in 1943, or otherwise punished, for careless talk?
asked the Home Secretary the number of persons who have been convicted between 2nd September, 1939, and the most recent available date of breaches of the Intoxicating Liquor (Sale to Persons...
asked the Home Secretary what are the number and names of those in the Public Relations Department of the Home Office?
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of further action recently taken in Worcester and other towns that has resulted in the cancellation of Sunday entertainments for the troops; how many...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that Sir Frederick Hindle, Deputy Regional Commissioner, signed the nomination form of the Government candidate in the Darwen by-election, now...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the shortage of chimney-sweeps in the Borough of Grantham, seeing that there remains only one semi-disabled skilled chimney-sweep for the whole...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is now in a position to announce his decision on the proposal that former Austrians shall in future be described in their police registration certificates as...
asked the Home Secretary whether he proposes to comply with the request of the council of the city and county of Newcastle-upon-Tyne to institute an inquiry into the administration of the watch...
asked the President of the Board of Education whether any estimate has been made of the cost which would be involved in bringing the buildings of non-provided schools throughout the country up to...
asked the President of the Board of Education the number of children belonging to itinerant van-dwellers who have received any substantial education this year; and whether, with regard to the...
asked the Minister of Health the reasonable rent figure for two old age pensioners in the Barnsley district; and the high and low rent rules in that district?
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Health how many houses were reconditioned under the Housing (Rural Workers) Act, 1926, up to the outbreak of hostilities in September, 1939?
asked the Minister of Health whether his Department is preparing plans for the mass production, outside the building industry, of emergency housing to meet post-war requirements?
asked the Minister of Health whether it is his intention after the war to arrange for a continuation of loans through the Public Works Loans Committee to local authorities which have adopted the...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is satisfied that all the 100,000 sites approved far post-war housing will not be interfered with by the construction of new main traffic arteries, the...
asked the Minister of Health whether it is proposed in the early future to consider the position of National Health Insurance contributors who have for long periods been in receipt of disablement...
asked the Minister of Health (1) how many extra beds are now required in Liverpool hospitals and sanatoria to accommodate those persons known to be in need of treatment for tuberculosis and for...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that his inspectors when visiting public assistance institutions expect matrons, who are State registered nurses, to be responsible for the...
asked the Minister of Health how many cases of post-vaccinal encephalitis came to the notice of his department in 1941, 1942 and this year; how many of these were serving soldiers; and how many...
asked the Prime Minister whether the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury has any control over the Foreign Office apart from questions of establishment?
asked the Prime Minister when chevrons and wound stripes will be issued to those qualified; and, in view of the fact that those granted in the last war were subsequently taken away, whether he...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in connection with the increased wage which has been announced to farm workers and the consideration which has been given to the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what grants or other assistance are obtainable to farmers desiring to extend their water supplies to grazing fields?
Mrs. Wright: asked the Minister of Agriculture in how many instances farms have been supplied with electricity; and in how many of these cases electric power is used for pumping water?
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether there is any provision for technical education for agricultural workers; and whether he will examine, with the President of the Board of Education, the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he is taking to maintain the fertility of the soil, to increase the quantity and improve the quality of our livestock, and to achieve the balanced...
asked the Minister of Health whether the development plans now being submitted by rural district councils include the completion of water and sewerage services in rural parishes in all...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether he can now give a reply concerning the case of Constable W. A. Sherlock, who claims recognition of his disability as a war-time injury, which was referred...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is prepared to modify the provisions laid down in the 1834 Superannuation Act relating to the conditions under which retired Government...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he can give the figures of expenditure on public social services in 1941 and 1942?
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury under what regulation that part of the income of a person over 65 years of age which exceeds £500 a year is subject to a tax of 15s. in the...
asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department what preparation his Department is making to re-establish overseas trade?
I have a statement about the Prime Minister to give to the House. My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary informed the House on Tuesday on his return from Cairo that he had left the Prime...
May I ask the Leader of the House to state the Business on the resumption of Sittings?
I wish to make a statement with regard to a question I put to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Ministry yesterday. I said that I had sent him a case. I am sorry that I put it personally. I...
Captain Henry Carpenter Longhurst, for the County of Middlesex (Acton Division).
Colonel Sir Charles MacAndrew reported from the Committee of Selection, That, in pursuance of the provisions of the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1936, they had selected the...
Colonel Sir Charles McAndrew reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had selected the following Sixteen Members to be the Panel of Members appointed to serve on the Committee on...
Colonel Sir Charles MacAndrew reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had selected the following Eight Members to be the Panel of Members appointed to serve on the Select Committee on...
Colonel Sir Charles MacAndrew reported from the Committee of Selection, That in pursuance of subsection (3) of Section 1 of the Parliament Act, 1911, they had appointed from the Chairmen's Panel...
Resolution reported from the Committee of Selection: That, after a Bill has been under consideration in Standing Committee, no application for changes in the composition of that Committee in...
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to regulate the rights of the parties to leases of requisitioned land with respect to the making good of damage occurring during the requisition,...
First Report from the Select Committee brought up and read; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed [No. 5].
"to make provision for the reinstatement in civil employment of certain persons who are, or have been, in the service of the Crown or in a civil defence force; and for purposes connected with the...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
I beg to move, That the Electoral Registration Regulations, 1943, dated 8th December, 1943, made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department under the Parliamentary Electors (War-Time...
I beg to move, That this House welcomes the statement made on behalf, of His Majesty's Government of the acceptance in principle of the right of Newfoundland to self-government; and urges His...
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
Question again proposed.
Resolved, That the Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department extending Section 1 of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Borough of Macclesfield, a copy of which was...
Ordered, That Mr. Horabin be discharged from the Select Committee on Kitchen and Refreshment Rooms (House of Commons) and that Commander King-Hall be added to the Committee."—[Major Sir...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain McEwen.]
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