Wednesday, 26 April 1944
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what improved arrangements have been made for giving information to relatives about prisoners of war, particularly those in the Far East.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can now give further information about the death of a British officer with the E.D.E.S. guerillas in Greece; and whether he has any...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement on the crisis which has arisen among the Greek armed forces in the Middle East; and whether, in expectation of a political settlement...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government now recognises Dr. Benes as being the President of Czechoslovakia.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will consider the advisability of consulting with other members of the United Nations with a view to the adoption of a flag, emblem or other...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has any information as to the use which is being made, at present, of the League of Nations buildings in Geneva.
Miss Ward: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can give an assurance that, in connection with the proposed publication of certain documents relating to events prior to the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what replies he has received to the representations made to the Governments of Turkey, Sweden and Portugal in regard to the despatch from those...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if his conversations with the Polish Government on the question of anti-Semitism in the Polish forces in this country have now been reopened; if...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the purpose for which facilities have been granted to trade union representatives to visit Italy.
asked the Secretary of State for Air what sums of public money have been paid to, or expended on behalf of, the British Overseas Airways Corporation for each of the financial years 1940–41,...
asked the Secretary of State for Air why his Department has decided to abandon the policy of direct labour upon all R.A.F. stations, and handed over responsibility with regard to repairs and...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what are the special and differentiating reasons which justify the R.A.F. granting commissions and uniforms to education officers and then employing them on a...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will take steps to ensure that for the present no one shall be employed at, or have access to, an air base, either in use or under construction,...
asked the Minister of Aircraft Production whether he can give any figures for the output of aircraft from Short Brothers' factories in the 12 months since the change in management compared with...
Dr. Morgan: asked the Minister of Aircraft Production whether he is aware that the proposed terms of the Government expropriation of the business of jet-propulsion engines and the terms exacted...
asked the Minister of Information the purpose of the visit of Miss Freya Stark to America; and for what period and at what expense this visit has been arranged by his Department.
asked the Minister of Information whether he is aware that the Hungarian Government has been broadcasting statements to the effect that the Anglo-Saxons are dropping dolls, rattles and other toys...
asked the Postmaster-General when the Museum Exchange will be transferred from manual to automatic operation; and what steps he proposes to take in the meantime to render it less inefficient.
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is aware that, as recently as 7th April, at Chatham, a man on discharge from the Royal Marines was issued with the old type of blue suit, utility, a...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how it has happened that an ordinary seaman, whose name has been given to him, was passed as medically fit for service in the Navy, although he can only...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if, in view of the fact that some units of the Sea Cadet Corps are unable, owing to the limitation of their numbers, to accept all who wish to join, he will...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if a retired naval officer, who is recalled for service in war and retains his health, is entitled to expect to be retained on full pay for the duration of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what crops are purchased by the West African Produce Control Board; what profits have been made on transactions in each crop by this board during the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will take steps to secure that, in all concessions for the working of minerals, provision shall be made to ensure the observance of the...
Mr. Astor: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can give an estimate of the proportions of the citrus crops of Palestine which are, respectively, sold in the natural state,...
Mr. Fraser: asked the Secretary if State for the Colonies how many doctors have resigned from the Jamaican medical service during the last three years; and what were the reasons for their...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the new Constitution for Jamaica has been approved by the Legislative Assembly; and whether the date for the elections under the new...
Mr. Fraser: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a statement on the Barbados Conference, held under the auspices of the Anglo-American Caribbean Commission, in view...
asked the Prime Minister what are the Government's proposals for the improvement of service pay and allowances.
asked the Prime Minister whether he is satisfied that at the forthcoming meetings of the Dominion Prime Ministers the Colonies will be adequately represented in all matters which may be raised...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the naval sub-committee of the House of Representatives, at Washington, recently decided to recommend that immediate steps be taken to acquire...
asked the Minister of Supply whether, in view of the growing feeling that the manufacture of penicillin is tending to become a monopoly of the firms in the Therapeutic Research Association, he...
asked the Minister of Food whether he has considered the protest of the West Lothian food control committee regarding the method of filling the recent vacancy for a food executive officer in the...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir Ian Fraser: asked the Minister of Food if he will extend his Order permitting the re-opening by ex-Service men and women of their food shops, so that disabled ex-Service men...
asked the Minister of Food if he is aware of the steep rise in the retail selling prices of spring greens and horticultural produce; that beetroots, sold at 9d. and 3d. prewar, are now sold at...
asked the Minister of Food why the small remaining stocks of China tea in Britain, amounting to about 350 tons, have been repacked and shipped to Casablanca.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will look into the existing regulations prescribing corporal punishment for native troops under colonial Governments so as to remove all...
Mr. Murray: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport if he is aware that men serving in the Merchant Navy have no air mail allowance when they are at sea and, on...
(by Private Notice) asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Economic Warfare, whether he has any statement to make regarding the export of Swedish ball-bearings to Axis Europe.
Harold Neal, Esq., for the County of Derby (Clay Cross Division).
"to provide for the establishment of a National Agricultural Advisory Service, and for increasing the resources of the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation and the Scottish Agricultural Securities...
Considered in Committee [Progress, 25th April]
Question again proposed, That it is expedient to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance."—[Sir J. Anderson.]
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
Again considered in Committee.
Considered in Committee.
Resolved: That the power of the Treasury to raise money under section one of the National Loans Act, r939, shall include power to raise any money required for raising any supply granted to His...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the Purchase Tax (Exemptions) (No. a) Order, 1944, dated 1st April, 1944, made by the Treasury under Section 20 of the Finance (No. a) Act, 1940, a copy...
Resolved: That the Purchase Tax (Exemptions) (No. 1) Order, 1944, dated 1st April, 1944, made by the Treasury under Section 20 of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1940, a copy of which Order was...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Pym.]
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