Thursday, 8 February 1945
The House met at Eleven o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Labour the number of boys who have been sent to prison for refusing to go down the coalmines.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will consider abolishing the practice by which employers in many districts compel employees to produce medical certificates when off sick for one or more days,...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that an agreement was reached between the Warehouse Keepers' Conference, representing the Liverpool Warehouse Owners and the National Union of...
asked the Minister of Labour if, in cases where under the Control of Engagement Order proposed in Cmd. 6568, an unemployed person hears through personal contact of a vacancy he will be allowed to...
Mr. Astor: asked the Minister of Labour whether he is considering introducing women labour into the building industry after the war.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will identify the trade union organisations which are supplied by his Ministry with lists of vacancies notified to the Appointments Department.
asked the Minister of Labour if, as part of his demobilisation plans, arrangements will be made with the big banks that local managers should give advice to ex-Servicemen desirous of setting-up...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, since the Appointments Department was reorganised at the beginning of last month, there has been any change in its function as regards restrictions on...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will arrange that, in districts where redundancy of labour is already in evidence or likely to occur in the near future, persons seeking release from the...
asked the Minister of Labour, if he will cause an inquiry, under an independent chairman at which evidence can be taken on oath, to be held concerning Mr. L. W. Langdale's allegations against the...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that on joint release committees of the Fighting Services which consider cases of citizens of Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Ministry of...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir Ian Fraser: asked the Minister of Pensions how much delay there is between the date when an ex-Serviceman or woman makes application for an appeal and the time when it is...
asked the Minister of Pensions if he will amend the regulations governing the payment of disability pensions to men still in hospital, so as to enable them to draw the full amount to which they...
asked the Secretary of State for India whether he can now give an assurance that officers who were compulsorily commissioned in the Indian Army will be enabled, if they wish, to transfer...
asked the Secretary of State for India how many members of legislative assemblies are now subject to village or house restriction and therefore not able to attend their respective assemblies; and...
asked the Secretary of State for India whether he has any further information as to the date when the proposed visit of a group of Indian industrialists to this country is likely to take place.
asked the Secretary of State for India how many women are now employed in mining; what are the present rates of payment; and whether steps can now be taken to bring such employment to an end.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is prepared to amend the regulations regarding taxi-cabs, so that the drivers may be completely enclosed, as is the case with...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now consider doing away with blacking-out of private homes, offices, and all public buildings.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to what extent men and women in the Forces have exercised their right to appoint a proxy for voting.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will review the case of Mrs. Key, aged 54, of Burslem, who was sentenced to 14 days imprisonment for harbouring her son, an Army...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware of the handicap to their development imposed on police forces affected by the Orders made under the Defence...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department who has been appointed Chairman of the Racecourse Betting Control Board; who are the other members; what was the date of the last published...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that the excessive consumption of gas and electricity between the hours of 8 and 10 a.m. is largely due to the continuance...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Government will now consider implementing the policy declared in 1931 by introducing legislation to allow British women to retain...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the valuable expert testimony given by magistrates, probation officers and others, as to the conditions which should...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what party is responsible for the provision of red lights or other measures to ensure the protection of the public against accidents due to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware of the inadequacy of the penalties able to be inflicted on persons who maltreat children entrusted to their care; and, in...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what authority the boy Dennis O'Neill was boarded out at Bank Farm; and when the boarding-out conditions were last inspected.
asked the Minister of Education the area of the land adjoining South Hornchurch Council school which the Essex County Council has decided to acquire for £1,800 to provide another department...
asked the Minister of Education whether provision will be made to permit independent schools, otherwise qualified to receive a direct grant, which have not yet been placed on the direct grant...
asked the Prime Minister if he will cause a Command Paper to be published showing, on the information of British representatives, the amount of malnutrition and lack of commodities essential for...
asked the Prime Minister whether he has any news of the fate of the two hon. Members of the House who are missing; and what steps are being taken to continue the search.
Mr. E. P. Smith: asked the Minister of Agriculture what is the official estimate of the number of hives of bees in the United Kingdom in the years 1938 and 1944 respectively.
asked the Minister of Agriculture what was the number of foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks from 1st February, 1944, to 1st February, 1945; how many of these outbreaks occurred in pigs; and how...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that British made self-binders, whose cost is 100 per cent. above the pre-war figure, are being delivered to farmers with only one coat of paint...
asked the Minister of Agriculture the date on which the present minimum rate of pay for members of the W.L.A. was fixed; the amount of such pay; and whether it is proposed to grant an increase.
Sir W. Smothers: asked the Minister of Agriculture how many farmers have been dispossessed since the war began; and will he give the particulars by counties.
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can give an assurance that the Government have now under review the question of the margin between the food prices of this country...
May I ask the Deputy Prime Minister to state the Business for next week?
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Tuesday next.
Resolution reported: That for the purpose of any Act of the present Session to increase the limits imposed by the Export Guarantees Act, 1939, upon the liability which may be undertaken by...
Considered in Committee.
12.8 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Resolution reported: That for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to prohibit the borrowing of money by local authorities otherwise than from the Public Works Loan Commissioners, to...
Considered in Committee.
2.18 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 3, line I, leave out "In." This Amendment, and the following Amendment on the Order Paper, to insert certain words, should be taken together. Their object is to carry out...
I beg to move, in page 3, line 9, after "borrowed" insert: (whether before or after the commencement of this Act). This Amendment is for the convenience of certain local authorities who have...
I beg to move, in page 4, line 22, leave out from beginning, to "but," in line 23, and insert "conferred by or under any enactment." This has a slightly wider definition and it is an almost...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Each of the following enactments (which relate to loans made by the Public Works Loan Commissioners to local authorities) that is to say— (a) the proviso to Sub-section (2) of Section...
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee, under Standing Order No. 69.
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Buchan-Hepburn.]
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