Tuesday, 2 May 1944
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Mr. Speaker: I have to inform the House that I have received the following letter, addressed to the House of Commons, from the Peruvian Chamber of of Deputies, which, for greater accuracy, I have...
Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table,—Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That in the case of the following Bill, referred on the First Reading thereof, the Standing...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he is now in a position to state the results of the consultations between his Department and the other Departments concerned regarding the damage due to...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will state the number of youths who have-received full training, or are in course of training, under the scheme of the Minister of Labour for ...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what steps are taken by his regional controllers to inquire into the causes of the low output at those collieries which are necessitous undertakings; and...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the average percentage of coal-face workers in relation to the total number of workers employed at those collieries which have become necessitous undertakings...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power in which districts and from and to which pits or seams the 11,50o men and 150 machines have been transferred in pursuance of the policy of concentration.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if the investigation into the Severn Estuary Barrage Scheme is being treated as a matter of urgency; when he expects to receive the Report; will he ask the...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he is aware that at the recent race meeting at Windsor, on Easter Monday, between 2,000 and 3,000 taxicabs conveyed passengers to the racecourse; and...
asked the President of the Board of Trade why the reduction made by Emergency Powers (Defence) Consumer Rationing—General Licence (S.R. & O., No. 317, of 1944) in the coupon value of...
asked the President of the Board of Trade when the No. 773 stockings are expected to be in normal supply.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what negotiations are proceeding between this country and the U.S.A. on the subject of a commercial agreement; whether the Dominion countries are...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will consider the possibility of issuing extra clothing coupons for furnacemen in factories where work necessarily involves extra wear and tear.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in the interests of public health and hygiene, he is now prepared to concede the industrial -10 coupons to hairdressers so as to enable them to...
The following Question stood on the Order Paper in the name of Mr. ELLIS SMITH: 17. "To ask the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been directed to the revelations in the case...
Mr. Astor: asked the Secretary of State for War whether members of the M.T.C. are eligible for the Africa Star on the same conditions as other women's services.
asked the Secretary of State for War what proportion of soldiers on being wounded on service are regraded or reduced in rank; and will he take steps to end this reduction?
asked the Secretary of State for War why the Army, unlike the R.N. and the R.A.F., has no benevolent fund.
Miss Ward: asked the Secretary of State for War if he will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT the foreign service allowances payable to officers and other ranks in the various theatres of war.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will permit members of the non-combatant corps to volunteer as harvest workers.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the arrangements provided in the confidential circular issued by the War Office Director of Establishments, relating to the...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he has now received a report on the suppression, of the Forces Parliament in Cairo; and if, in considering the report, he will bear in mind that the South...
asked the Secretary of State for War if the recently announced increases in allowances to dependants of Army personnel were decided upon before the decision to depart from the present policy of...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he can give any information in connection with the explosion on a farm at Eastingthorpe, Essex; and how many Home Guards were killed and injured.
asked the Secretary of State for War (1) what are the terms as regards pay and retired pay under which retired officers are re-employed in the Army; (2) what are the terms as regards promotion...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether be can now state the intention of His Majesty's Government with regard to awarding gratuities to officers and men serving temporarily in His Majesty's...
asked the Secretary of State for War to what extent the arrangements for separating Austrian from German prisoners of war have now been carried out; and whether they are kept in separate prison camps.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will devote an early issue of the bulletin of the A.B.C.A. to the procedure of voting by proxy, the absent voters register and the rights of Service...
asked the Secretary of State for War for what reason the airmail service to Lisbon has been suspended; whether letters can now be sent by sea to Lisbon and thence by non-Allied planes to prisoner...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the age of the present Sheriff Clerk of Lanarkshire.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland is he is aware that green crops planted in gardens of householders in Dumbartonshire, in response to the appeal to dig for victory, are being destroyed...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when the Report on Venereal Diseases by his Medical Advisory Committee will be available; and whether he has any statement to make.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware of the shortage of staff at His Majesty's prison, Barlinnie, Glasgow; and whether he will take steps to secure that the number of...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he can make any statement of his intentions regarding the proposed viaduct between Bernera and the main Island of Lewis; and whether the Department of...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is yet in a position to announce any changes that are proposed to be made in the conditions governing the issue of the Africa Star and the 1939–43 Star,...
Miss Ward: asked the Prime Minister, in view of the fact that the White Paper on Service Pay and Allowances still leaves anomalies uncorrected, if he will appoint a Select Committee to examine...
asked the Prime Minister if it is intended to broadcast the coming talk to both Houses of Parliament by Mr. Mackenzie King; and if it will be relayed when the maximum number of the public are...
asked the Lord President of the Council what distribution of penicillin has been made by the appropriate committee of the Medical Research Council; upon what date or dates and to what aim were...
asked the Lord President of the Council if he will make available to Members the geological Report of the survey recently conducted in Teesdale and Weardale in the county of Durham.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set up a Royal Commission to inquire into the incidence of national taxation and local rates, so that the system of raising money operates fairly...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that at present estate duties are charged twice on the same estate through various departments where the ownership has not changed; and if he...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the Treasury receive the profits accruing from the note issues of the Scottish and Northern Irish banks, which have increased since September 1939 by...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the numbers of empty houses recorded for the years 1935 to 1939, inclusive, by the Inland Revenue from which Schedule A tax was not collected.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amount of Treasury deposit receipts held by the banks have been converted Ito National War Bonds by 12th February, 1944; and what is the total of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will cause to be included in the weekly campaign circular of the National Savings Committee an appropriate invitation to members of the public to...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will explain by what means any future changes in the rate of income tax or in the allowances will be carried into effect immediately under the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will lighten the 'burden of motor-car taxation for people living in remote country areas who still keep their motor-cars licensed for weekly or...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer 'why, in Cmd. 652o, he did not give numbers of private incomes under £250 per annum.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the amount of money collected by the Treasury from Easter offerings in 1939 and in 1943.
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how much is contributed to the provisional estimate of revenue in 1943–44 from Entertainments Duty by the chief different forms of entertainment.
I am calling on the hon. Member for North Lambeth (Mr. G. Strauss) to ask the Foreign Secretary a Private Notice question. I would point out that I am doing this deliberately although it is...
I desire to ask your permission, Mr. Speaker, to move the Adjournment of the House, in order to direct attention to a matter of extreme and urgent public importance. I know that at this stage I...
Resolutions reported:
1. "That, as from the twenty-sixth day of April, nineteen hundred and forty-four, the rates of the duty of excise charged in respect of beer under section one of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1939,...
2. "That, as from the twenty-sixth day of April, nineteen hundred and forty-four, the rates of the duty of customs charged in respect of beer under section one of the Finance (No. 2 Act, 1939,...
3. "That the extent and incidence of purchase tax be varied so as to give effect, as from such date as may be provided by any Act of the present Session relating to finance, to provisions for...
4. "That,— (a) income tax for the year 1944–45 shall be charged at the standard rate of ten shillings in the pound, and, in the case of an individual whose total income exceeds one...
5. "That income tax for the year 1943–44 shall be charged at rates exceeding the standard rate in the case of individuals whose total incomes exceed two thousand pounds, and those rates...
6. "That, for the purposes of the proviso to subsection (1) of section twenty-four of the Finance Act, 1920, the relief provided for by section twenty-seven of that Act shall be left out of the...
7. "That the author of a literary, musical, dramatic or artistic work who has been engaged on the making thereof for a period of more than twelve months shall be entitled to require that part of...
8. "That the extent and incidence of excess profits tax (for past and future chargeable accounting periods) shall be varied so as to give effect to amendments of section thirty-five of the...
9. "That retrospective provision shall be made as respects income tax and death duties where persons, income or property are or is affected by the law relating to trading with the enemy."
10. "That such of the enactments relating to estate duty as provide for charging duty in respect of the assets of a company to which property has been transferred by a person, or at his request...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution."
Sixth Resolution read a Second time.
Seventh Resolution read a Second time.
Eighth Resolution read a Second Time.
Ninth Resolution read a Second Time.
Tenth Resolution read a Second time.
Resolution reported: That it is expedient to authorise (a) the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of the sum of four hundred and twenty million pounds for the permanent annual charge for the...
Resolution reported: 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.
"to grant certain duties, to alter other duties and to amend the law relating to the Public Revenue and the National Debt, and to make further provision in connection with Finance"; presented...
Order for Second Reading read.
Resolved: That the Draft of the Special Order proposed to be made by the Minister of Fuel and Power under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 to 1934, on the application of the Wolver-hampton Gas...
On 16th March the Minister of Agriculture answered a series of Questions put by myself and my hon. Friend the Member for Brecon and Radnor (Mr. Jackson) in relation to the eviction of a tenant...
I wish to raise rather a different matter from that which is under discussion, but perhaps I may add one word to what has been already said. It seems to me that the conclusion to be drawn is that...
I want to raise, very briefly, another matter which I think is urgent in the public interest.
I want to raise one or two points which have nothing to do with cartoons but with bread and butter. I am sorry I have not been able to give to the Minister of Fuel and Power or to the...
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