Tuesday, 18 April 1944
The House met, after the Adjournment, on 6th April, 1944, for the Easter Recess.
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Motion made, "That the Bill be now read the Third time."—[King's Consent signified.]
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time.
asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of retail business premises, in the following categories, which have been opened since the outbreak, of war; branches of multiple stores,...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, bearing in mind the necessity for making replacements of furnishing fabrics and the need for providing such materials for the new houses built...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that many of the so-called safety boots now being sold are made of shoddy material and that this is causing grave dissatisfaction amongst...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make an allocation of clothing coupons to hospital nurses for the renewal of uniforms.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will arrange for the master charts, used for compiling nautical charts, to be insured against war damage under the provision of Part II of the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his Department was consulted before it was decided to grant an outfit allowance of £500 to the present Director of the Overseas Division of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Economic Warfare if he has further information respecting the incidence of food shortages in Greece and Belgium; to what extent vitamins and...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Economic Warfare the present position with regard to exports of chrome from Turkey to Germany and Great Britain, respectively; and under what...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will give an assurance that adequate scope and opportunity is afforded to all serving officers with specialised knowledge...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many complaints he has received as to the lewd nature of many of the turns provided in the E.N.S.A. shows for the troops.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he can give any information in connection with the accident when a three-ton Army lorry carrying troops overturned on a hill at Ipswich; and how many...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware of the complaints of officers and other ranks that personal items of kit are missing from kit bags despatched from the base stores in Cairo to...
asked the Secretary of State for War why special pay, such as engineering pay, signal pay or corps pay is paid to all officers up to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the R.E., R.C.S. and the...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that English soldiers stationed in Scotland are paid in Scottish banknotes and that on returning to England they lose 1s. on exchanging...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware of the hardships caused by the regulation that the wife of a soldier who is an absentee or a deserter, or is sentenced to detention,...
asked the Secretary of State for War if the offences for which corporal punishment may be administered to West African troops are similar in other colonial regiments; and if he has, or will...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that His Majesty's Stationery Office poster No. 51–4512 is resented by many members of the Home Guard; and will he endeavour to prevent...
asked the Secretary of State far War whether he is aware that the German and Allied, including British, soldiers joined in the same religious service on the Garigliano front on Easter Sunday;...
asked the Secretary of State for War, whether he will arrange for the Indian General Service Medal to be awarded to troops who have served in the North-West Frontier Province during the present war.
asked the Secretary of State for War, what is the value from a rental point of view of married quarters occupied in barracks by soldiers' families; and will he give specimens of value of...
asked the Secretary of State for War, whether women employees of N.A.A.F.I. now receive issues of stockings free of charge and of coupons.
Mr. John Dugdalc: asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will make issues of "Die Zeitung" available in German prisoner-of-war camps in this country.
Major Lloyd: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has yet appointed a Scottish liaison officer to represent Scottish interests in the Board of Trade, Ministry of Pensions,...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that the police in uniform twice visited the home of W. Christie, 6, Birch Street, Glasgow, late one night and demanded from him the sum...
Major Lloyd: asked the Minister of Pensions how many war pensioners and recipients of other allowances under the Ministry are there in Scotland; and whether there is a Ministry of Pensions...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power, if he will give the statistical basis for the claim in the advertisements issued by his Department that the greatest emergency which industry has had to face...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he is aware that there are a number of experienced colliers in the Services in this country who are anxious to return to underground work in the mines...
asked the Prime Minister how many men serving in the R.N., the Army and the R.A.F., respectively, have volunteered in recent months for work in the coalmines; how many such applications have been...
Colonel Arthur Evans: asked the Minister of Information if, in view of the damage done to Anglo-American relations by propaganda to the effect that the British Government has issued a leaflet to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he can indicate the form of inquiry he proposes as to what revision of the law relating to the employment of children and young persons is...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether, in view of the anticipated increase of motor traffic after the war and the fact that owing to evacuation and diminished...
asked the Prime Minister whether at any early date he will arrange for an inspection of a German Mk. VI Tiger tank and an A.22 at a convenient place in the country, in view of the interest...
asked the Prime Minister whether he can now state the result of the deliberations between Members of the War Cabinet and private Members of this House regarding an improvement in pay and...
asked the Prime Minister how many persons of German birth since naturalised and still unnaturalised, respectively, are employed by His Majesty's Government in the Armed Forces and in the Civil...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is yet in a position to make a statement on the question of equality of payment for equal work between men and women in the public services.
asked the Prime Minister if he can make any statement with regard to the recent Anglo-American discussions in London concerning post-war civil air transport.
asked the Prime Minister what consultations have taken place between His Majesty's Government and the U.S.A. regarding the nature and extent of the international organisation for the maintenance...
asked the Lord President of the Council why the Order in Council, Judicial Committee Fees, approved by His late Majesty, King Edward VIII, on 30th April, 1936, was not published till after a...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the damage and destruction caused to lambs by foxes, he will consider exempting from the payment of licence dogs kept by gamekeepers for...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer in what way Government contractors who are paying excess profits tax and whose acumen and efficiency result in lowered costs are permitted to share with the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will in future have recourse to the creation of new money without interest instead of adding to the volume of bank advances to the Treasury as...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is satisfied that the absence from the Department of Overseas Trade of its substantive Comptroller General is not acting as a deterrent to the...
Mr. Dougglas: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amount was spent last year on subsidising foodstuffs.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any subsidies were granted last year to keep down the price of commodities other than foodstuffs; what were the commodities and what was the cost.
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will supply the monthly index without additional charge to such regular subscribers to HANSARD as request it.
asked the Minister of Health how many medical practitioners there were under agreement with the insurance committees in. England and Wales on 1st January 1944.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if the Social Welfare Advisory Committee and -the Economic Advisory Committee issue Reports available to the House; and if he will indicate the scope...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works what steps have been taken to reopen the Charley Pit brickworks, with a view to eliminating unnecessary waste of fuel and man-power.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works whether he is aware that, in spite of repeated promises, his Ministry has failed to ensure the supply of materials for the erection of...
Ordered: That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. Attlee.]
Resolution reported: That for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to provide for the increase of certain pensions payable in respect of public service, it is expedient to provide for...
Considered in Committee.
I beg to move, in page 1, line 10, at the end, to insert: Provided that an appropriate instrument shall authorise payments of pensions on an increased scale to persons who have been in receipt...
I beg to move, in page 2, line 34, to leave out "two", and to insert "four." The effect of this Amendment and the following one is to make a substantial improvement in the rates of increase...
Order for Second Reading read.
Again considered in Committee.
Postponed proceedings on Amendment: In page 2, line 40, to leave out "six", and insert "twelve."—[Sir G. Jeffreys.]
Mr. Molson rose—
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee, under Standing Order No. 69.
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,...
I beg to move, That this House approves the continuance in force of the Proclamation issued under Section 139 of the Government of Burma Act, 1935, by the Governor of Burma on 10th December,...
Resolved: That the Draft of a Special Order propose.' to be made by the Minister of Fuel and Power under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 to 1934, on the application of the Cannock District Gas...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Hr. Young.]
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