Wednesday, 19 April 1944
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
"To regulate the expenditure on capital account and lending of money by the London County Council during the financial period from the first day of April one thousand nine hundred and forty-four...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will give an assurance that no agreement has been signed between members of the United Nations which would prevent enemy territory being...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs which Governments, other than the United Kingdom and Dominion Governments, have paid a contribution to the League of Nations since 1939.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the agreement recently concluded between the U.S.A. and China, whereby the latter will receive Lend-Lease...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether recognition will be given to the authority of the French Committee of National Liberation as the territory of France becomes liberated;...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will ascertain from the Polish Government and publish in Hansard details of the sentences so far imposed by court-martial on the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the position with regard to the recent increase of chrome exports to Germany and simultaneous decrease of chrome exports to Great Britain; and...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether the Anglo-Ethiopian Agreement which terminated in January of this year has been renewed, or whether any new proposals have been made by...
Mr. Arthur Duckworth: asked the Secretary of State for Air (1) the average length of time that elapses between the accepted enlistment of men with the R A.F. and their final call-up for service;...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether airmen serving overseas have any entitlement to return home after a certain period; and, if so, what length of time that period is.
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he can make any statement on the international discussions to which Britain is a party, in regard to the future of civil aviation.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works in what way it is proposed to utilise the services of the Fairmile Company in connection with the Government programme for prefabricated...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will cause all possible steps to be taken to improve the service of mails to the Royal Navy.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if, in view of distress among growers of citrus crops in Palestine, the Government will apply to this production the same principle applied...
Mr. Liddell: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to what extent I.C.I. are now the sole importers licensed by the Palestinian Government for the import of certain chemicals; and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will inquire into the legal position of the land, approximately one mile deep and 200 miles long, along the banks of the River Niger on which...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any decision has yet been taken to implement the recommendations of Mr. Hornell's Report made in 1926 on the Fisheries of the Seychelles; and...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport how many canal boats or barges are now being used between London and Birmingham; and how many women are working upon them.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether any decision has been reached regarding the merits of the different proposed sites for a road-bridge over the Forth near...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport if he will take steps to improve the service of mails to the Merchant Navy.
asked the Minister of Information if, when reprinting the publication called "The Eighth Army," he will consider the advisability of deleting certain, controversial passages in which reference...
asked the Minister of Information whether any steps will be taken to translate into foreign languages and circulate in the U.S.S.R., the South American Republics and neutral countries, the...
asked the Minister of Information in what capacity Dr. Schacht is employed by his Department.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider the immediate abolition of the discrimina- tion which at present exists regarding the infliction of corporal punishment on coloured...
Mr. Rostron Duckworth: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, to meet the requirements of the vast extension of tame rabbit keeping in this country, adequate feeding stuffs are available and...
asked the President of the Board of Trade on what grounds Middlesbrough has been left out of the North-East Coast Development Area.
asked the Prime Minister if he will facilitate visits by serving officers to address Members of this House under reasonable precautions and in the interests of information and mutual understanding.
asked the Lord President of the Council what changes have been made in the membership of the committee set up to report on penicillin and to conduct clinical trials and what is its present...
asked the Minister of Production when the German Mark IV tank, equipped with a 76 mm. gun firing a 14–lb. shot, was first in action in North Africa; and how soon thereafter he took...
Mr. J. Henderson: asked the Minister of Food if he is aware that, in requisitioning the Mart Billiards Hall, Carlisle, to establish a British Restaurant, his Department is depriving the owner...
asked the Minister of Food whether he will allow the manufacture of ice-cream during the summer months.
asked the Minister of Food why he has exempted jam and marmalade belonging to His Majesty's Government from the transport zoning arrangement prescribed for all other jam and marmalade in the...
asked the Minister of Supply if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, in the year following the concentration of the paint industry, the principal firm in that industry, Messrs. Pinchin,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why, in view of the strain borne by volunteer wardens who work long hours during the day, it is considered necessary that wardens' posts...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many policewomen are enrolled in London; how many more are needed; and how many women have volunteered to serve.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer at what date he expects the conference between American and British monetary experts on post-war currency to come to an end; and when he expects to make a...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what basis assessment is made for the purpose of Income Tax upon any sum of money paid as compensation for loss of profits or loss of user in respect of...
May I ask a question on Business? I would ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether it is the inten- tion of the Prime Minister to make any statement to Parliament on the power, recently taken by...
That they have agreed to—
Order for Committee read.
I beg to move, to leave out from the word "That" to the end of the Question, and to add instead thereof: this House, recognising the vital part which research and science and their effective...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding, £334,821, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment...
I beg to move, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that the Order in Council, dated 25th February, 1944, made under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Acts, 1939 and 1940....
Resolved: "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. A. S. L. Young.]
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