Thursday, 30 March 1944
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Labour if he will give consideration to the appointment of a Miners' Welfare Corn-mission representative on the Wages Board to be set up for workers in industrial canteens...
asked the Minister of Labour if he can state the nature of the reply he gave to the deputation which waited on him in January to urge the trade union case for the abolition of fee-charging...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that service caps, metal buttons and woven or metal badges are manufactured for sale in shops to non-commissioned members of the forces, despite...
asked the Minister of Labour what steps he proposes to take to prevent boys from escaping the risk of being sent down the pits by volunteering for service with the Armed Forces a few months...
asked the Minister of Labour what percentage of men discharged from the Services owing to injuries or other disabilities are too unfit for training but capable of light work; and what action he...
asked the Minister of Labour if he has considered the conditions prevailing at the hostel of the Salvation Army at Coventry where mining trainees are billeted; how many baths are there for the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works whether he is aware of the large number of men, many of military age, who are allowed to be engaged on painting buildings and other work...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has considered the representations from the Association of Chief Wardens, London Region, complaining of the inadequacy of war service...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Regulations regarding fire-watching have been reviewed in the light of recent air-raids; and what conclusions have been reached.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is satisfied with the arrangements made for the care of expectant mothers in prisons; and whether the house mistress recently...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what records he has of the numbers of children killed by playing with explosives, either our own or of enemy origin, which they have picked...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is satisfied that the law which states that young people under the age of 18 years must not be served with or treated to intoxicants on...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if it is necessary, in the case of the notification to a local N.F.S. station by any individual or individuals of a fire in the town, for the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has taken any action to improve the conditions under which children of school age may be employed in agricultural work.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has considered the request he has recently received regarding the trial or release of British subjects interned under Regulation...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how long the No Treating Order was valid during the last war; and what was its effect on the reduction of drunkenness.
asked the President of the Board of Education what proportion of the teachers in secondary schools, including the public schools, held a certi- ficate or diploma indicating that they had...
asked the President of the Board of Education how many pupils there are in direct-grant schools and how many of them receive their education fee.
asked the Minister of Health if he will arrange that the guarantee required from the Government and local authorities under the Housing Act, 1933, be given immediately upon the approval of the...
asked the Minister of Health if he will give instructions to local authorities that no newly built house, flat or other domestic dwelling shall be occupied where the material used and the...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that there are in the United Kingdom 4,607,679 houses which were 80 to 254 years old in 1941 the great majority of which have passed their...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that on Merseyside advertisers are offering bottles of whiskey and substantial sums of money for house tenancies; what steps he proposes to take...
Captain Duncan: asked the Minister of Health whether he can now state the part private enterprise will be permitted to play in post-war housing.
asked the Lord President of the Council whether the Building Research Station has reported on the prefabricated steel structure for houses; and whether he will arrange for this report, together...
asked the Minister of Health what proportion of persons insured at present under the National Health Contributory Scheme do not choose or use any panel doctor at all; and what proportion choose...
Mr. Murray: asked the Minister of Health if he is able to give the number of staff employed, male and female, in the mental hospitals in this country; to what extent there is a shortage of...
asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the exclusion of children from many parks and open, spaces taken ' over for military purposes and of the fact that more children were killed on...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is now in a position to report upon his investigations regard- ing a man who was alleged to have been compelled to cease work and go into a public...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that owing to abnormally dry conditions in East Anglia there is a serious shortage of water; and what steps he proposes taking to deal with the...
asked the Minister of Health if he can state the number of destitute children maintained by local authorities and by the public assistance authorities, respectively, and what measure of official...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning if he is aware that the Leeds Church of England Council has acquired a detached house in the urban district of Horsforth for the purpose of using...
asked the Minister Town and Country Planning whether, in considering town planning schemes, due regard is being paid to the need of providing adequate bomb-proof shelters for the locality; and...
asked the Minister of Pensions what is the minimum and maximum of income coming into the homes of parents who have applied for pension before the parents are designated to be in pecuniary need;...
asked the Minister of Pensions what residential fitness centres are maintained by his Department for disabled Service men for whom liability is accepted and to whose recovery short periods of...
asked the Secretary of State for India the present political composition of the Central Assembly; how many of its members are in detention; the composition of the Government; how often and on...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, at a recent conference with representatives of Dominion countries, currency questions were under review; what conclusions were reached; whether...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will order a local inquiry to be held into the recent rise in the price of electricity in Falmouth, owing to the fact that consumers are being...
asked the Attorney-General how far the non-statutory bar imposed by the Lord Chancellor against the appointment of retail licence-holders to the Commission of the Peace is extended to the...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in the further clarification of the Atlantic Charter in discussions with the President of the U.S.A., he will press for the reaffirmation in the interest of a...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the B.B.C. broadcast during the nine o'clock news on Monday regarding the activities of the partisan leader Tito, he will cause an objective statement...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will cause to be brought to the yard of this House a German Mk. VI Tiger tank and a British A22, so that Members may see for themselves the relative merits of...
asked the Prime Minister why, in the translation of paragraph 1 of the Atlantic Charter into Basic English (Command 6511), the word they is omitted though it is included in paragraph 8; why, in...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture, whether he will confer with the Minister of Food for the purpose of publishing an agreed statement setting out which of the existing...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture, whether, in view of the estimate that this year the labour supply on farms is down by some 20 per cent. and that there is some 10 per...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how many licences for artificial insemination centres have already been issued; and what steps are being taken to ensure that they are most usefully located.
asked the Minister of Agriculture what are the duties of land utilisation officers; when they were first appointed; in what respect their duties differ from those of land commissioners; and...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he can make any statement upon the progress of the negotiations proceeding between his Department and the leaders of the farming industry.
asked the Minister of Agriculture in what respect British agriculturists are inefficient as compared to the general standard of farming before the war.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Government delegate to the forthcoming I.L.O. Conference will be authorised to support the recommendations on Minimum Standards of Social...
asked the Minister of Food what reports he has received of the appearance in this country of Asian spider beetles.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether visitors who have entered the coastal belt since his recent Orders were made, or who have made arrangements to do so before 1st April, will be allowed...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the prolonged negotiations which have taken place and the importance of an immediate announcement, he is...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the recent enemy occupation of Hungary and the rapid march of events in the Balkans, he has any statement...
May I ask the Leader of the House to state the Business for the next series of Sittings?
Reported, with Amendments, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills (with Report on the Bill).
Ordered: That the Proceedings on the Education Bill be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)—[Mr. Eden.]
Considered in Committee. [Progress, 28th March].
[Major MILNER in the Chair]
I beg to move, in page 6o, line 3, after "unless," to insert: sanction has been given under the Town Planning Acts or schemes made thereunder and also. Before moving this Amendment may I be...
I beg to move, in page 61, line 3, at the end, to add: (2) The following further provisions shall also apply to any such local inquiry— (a) the Minister shall appoint a person or persons to...
I beg to move, in page 62, line 17, at the beginning, to insert: (1) If upon the application of a former authority the Minister is satisfied with respect to any property which was immediately...
I beg to move, in page 63, line 19, at the end, to add: Any such person as aforesaid shall for the purposes of the provisions of this Act relating to the transfer and compensation of officers be...
I beg to move, in page 63, line 20, to leave out from the beginning to "suffers," in line 23, and to insert: Any person who at the date of the coming into operation of this Part of this Act or...
I beg to move, in page 64, line 44, at the end, to insert: (2) Where the performance of any duty imposed by or for the purposes of this Act on a local education authority or on the managers or...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Beechman.]
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