Thursday, 28 September 1944
The House met at Eleven o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Labour in respect to the agreement recently made between the Factory Department in his Ministry and representatives of employers and employees relative to the scaling or...
asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been drawn to the number of persons in factories where programmes have been modified who are not fully engaged in essential work; and...
asked the Minister of Labour what steps he is taking to direct labour released from munition factories owing to the cancellation of Government contracts to firms engaged in manufacture for export.
asked the Minister of Labour, in view of the fact that the provisions of the Reinstatement in Civil Employment Act do not apply to men who were directed to the mines, what steps will be taken at...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will now free married women with children from compulsory part-time work in factories and other essential jobs and replace them by workers, particularly by...
asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been drawn to the case of a company officer of the N.F.S. directed to be a dustman; and what steps he is taking to prevent this waste of a...
asked the Minister of Labour why 11 police war reserves of the Solihull division were, on 11th September, instructed' by the Small Heath employment exchange to report to the Birmingham...
asked the Minister of Labour why the increased weekly earnings of all workers in January 1944 as compared with October 1935, as stated on page 126 of the "Ministry of Labour Gazette" of August...
asked the Minister of Labour the present position with regard to his consultation with the Trade Union Congress and the Employers' Federation and other branches of industry with a view to...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will give an assurance that his Ministry's employment exchanges, including the appointments department, will not be given a monopoly in placing men and...
Miss Ward: asked the Minister of Labour whether he is arranging for the appropriate categories of men to be released to assist in the immediate designing, preparation and manufacture of...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he can now state the plans for the demobilisation of men and women in the Services, Civil Defence and industry; and whether any schemes for consulting those...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the conditions created by the shortage of housing accommodation and the importance of houses, either permanent or temporary, being available for...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is yet in a position to state what arrangements it is proposed to make to enable apprentices, whose apprenticeship has been interrupted by war service, to...
asked the Minister of Labour what steps he is taking to ensure that men and women who have rendered efficient service in the Civil Defence services and are no longer required there are found...
asked the Minister of Labour what steps the Government is taking in pursuance of the obligations accepted in the Employment (Transition from War to Peace) recommendation of the I.L.O., 1944,...
asked the Minister of Labour what provision is being made for the demobilisation of teachers to meet the urgent need in the schools; and whether measures have been prepared to permit the return...
asked the Minister of Labour when he expects the provisions of the Catering Act to be fully operative in London hotels; and whether he is satisfied with the progress made to date.
asked the Minister of Labour how many men have been called up from the building trades for service in the armed forces since 31st March, 1944; and how many of them are in the constructional...
asked the Minister of Education whether he is aware of the deep concern caused by the decision in the first circular issued by his Ministry informing local education authorities that they would...
asked the Minister of Education what new information became available during the 12 days between the passing of the Education Bill into law on 3rd August and the issuing of a circular by his...
asked the Minister of Education whether his attention has been drawn to the theft from the science and chemistry cupboard of a school at Woolston, Southampton, of a quantity of cyanide of...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Education whether the Government will now consider the financial position of the older school-teachers who have some 35 to 40 years' service and who are...
asked the Minister of Education the date on which he proposes to take over the various camps used by education authorities from Camp Corporations, Limited, and avoid the friction and inefficiency...
Miss Rathbone: asked the Minister of Education what is, approximately, the average percentage of children in attendance in elementary schools and, separately, in State-aided secondary schools,...
asked the Minister of Health what arrangements have been made for the provision of accommodation for maternity cases in the town of Redditch; and whether he is aware of the strong feeling in the...
asked the Minister of Health why allowances made to young persons under the Tuberculosis Maintenance Scheme cease after the lapse of six months; and if he will revise the scheme so as to provide...
asked the Minister of Health what his intentions are in respect of the recommendations of the Third Report of the Rushcliffe Committee.
asked the Minister of Health whether in view of the fact that penicillin is available to German prisoners, for wounds or diseases of all types in which this drug is effective, he will take...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction which is caused by the present arrangement under which only those emergency service hospitals who have 20 per cent. or more...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the Wisbech Waterworks Company, which has the prerogative of supplying the parishes of Tydd and Newton but has resisted all applications from...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is now in a position to say when the Rent Restriction Committee will present its Report?
asked the Minister of Health whether the Government will include in their post-war housing programme the adequate provision of two and three-roomed flats and other dwellings suitable for persons...
asked the Minister of Health if he will state the total number of dwellings in the London Civil Defence region which, as a result of the flying bomb attack were destroyed, or so badly damaged as...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir Ian Fraser: asked the Minister of Health to what extent old age supplementary pensions are reduced in cases where a pensioner takes in evacuees.
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the development and extension of the matters dealt with by the Board of Trade, he will consider sub-dividing this Department into...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is now in a position to state the facts of the invasion of this country attempted by the Nazis in 1940 and in 1942.
asked the Prime Minister if he has given further consideration to the possibility of equalising the period of service overseas as between personnel in the Army and the Air Force; and with what result.
asked the Prime Minister whether the Morgenthau proposal to destroy Germany as an industrial state was considered at Quebec; whether it had the approval of His Majesty's Government; and for what...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that the annual loss from damage to hides by warble fly attack amounts to nearly £1,000,000; and whether he can now make arrangements...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what scheme there is to enable disabled officers and men to receive agricultural training at universities or agricultural colleges; and if he will publish details.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether; in order to ensure a six months' supply of bread being always available in this country in times of emergency and to have a weapon wherewith to control...
asked the Minister of Agriculture why the claim for an increase in the wages of agricultural workers has been adjourned by the Central Wages Board; and whether he will consult with that board...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the selected list of stockists issued for steel sheets and bolts, it is the Government's policy to encourage trade through the agricultural...
asked the Minister of Agriculture when he will be in a position to make a statement on post-war agricultural policy.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will, before approving of any grant-aided water supply scheme, make certain, in the interests both of the public purse and of the individuals...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will increase the proportion of barley and oats which the farmer can keep in cases where it has sprouted or been severely damaged in the field.
May I ask what is the Business for next week, and will the Leader of the House also state the course of Business to-day?
That they have passed a Bill intituled, "An Act to provide for the adjustment and settlement of debts and liabilities arising in certain areas, and to amend the Liabilities (War-time Adjustment)...
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Tuesday next, and to be printed. [Bill 46.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—{Mr. James Stuart).
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