Tuesday, 13 March 1945
The House met at a Quarter past Two
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many existing retail businesses have been taken over by the co-operative societies and multiple concerns since February, 1944.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has considered the Report on Post-War Trade Policy issued by the National General Export Merchants' Group, a copy of which has been sent to...
Mr. Sheppard: asked the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been drawn to the impending clothing shortage; and what steps he proposes to take to remedy the position.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if, when disposing of shadow factories in the Birmingham area, he will give preference to local firms whose premises have suffered through enemy action...
asked the President of the Board of Trade when and how were the special areas determined; and what are the differences between the special areas and the proposed development areas.
asked the Secretary of State for War what progress has been made in the consideration, by the various Departments concerned, of the position of sick or wounded Servicemen who have to spend their...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether, on the transfer of a soldier from other arms of the Service to infantry, every effort is made to secure that he is posted to a regiment that has some...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether rifles, ammunition and denims that are or were held in charge of the Home Guard can now be made available to the Army Cadet battalions.
Mr. Quintin Hoģģ: asked the Secretary of State for War what is the average number of letters to his Department at present being received per month from Members of Parliament and from the...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in a case where a man has deserted his wife and family, it will be permissible for the wife to draw the additional money which he has obtained on her...
asked the Secretary of State for War how soon it will be possible to clear Territorial Army drill halls of the arms and equipment which, at present, preclude the public from making even...
Mr. J. J. Davidson: asked the Secretary of State for War if he has now fully investigated the case of Private Thomas Laird, an exemplary soldier with four years' service who, after taking part...
asked the Secretary of State for War the number of officers and building trade technicians in the R.E. works services establishment, now stationed in England, who have little or nothing to occupy...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has now issued a new Order dealing with the discharge procedure in cases of soldiers suffering from psychosis in place of A.O. W9.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that men over 40 years of age are frequently compelled to do physical training and undertake long marches with men of 18 and 19 years of age,...
asked the Secretary of State for War why there is such delay in giving the divisional numbers and names of regiments of the British Army in operations in Europe, when similar information in...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will give an assurance that the branch of his Department which deals with the requisitioning of houses, public halls and...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether those categories who could not benefit from the leave scheme for Forces in the Far East can now be placed in the same position as other soldiers in...
asked the Secretary of State for War why no washing soap is issued to soldiers in the B.L.A.; and whether such an issue will be made along with the issue of toilet soap.
asked the Secretary of State for War after how many attacks of malaria soldiers fighting in Burma and Eastern theatres of war are considered for repatriation on medical grounds; and how many have...
Miss Ward: asked the Secretary of State for War whether he can make any statement with regard to increased tropical kit allowances.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that a district in Sussex, of which he has been informed, with a scattered population of some 3,000, will be left without adequate medical...
Miss Ward: asked the Secretary of State for War if he will give an assurance that the period of leave due to sick repatriated prisoners of war only commences after discharge from hospital.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his attention has been drawn to the alarming increase in dysentery in Scotland; and if he can make any statement on the subject.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is satisfied that there is sufficient inspection in Scotland of boarded-out children and children in orphanages and other institutions to ensure...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will cause a list to be prepared of all the minor works which have been constructed on the Scottish coast by the service departments concerned with...
Captain Ganunans: asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he is prepared to increase the petrol allowance to London taxi-cabs in order to reduce the delay and congestion at the London railway...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if his Department will give consideration to the installation of a low-temperature carbonisation plant in the coalfields of South-West Lancashire as part of...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what proportion of the £2 per ton which it is now costing for production of coal from opencast mining is used for the restoration of the land; and is he...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether his attention has been called to the hardship of caravan dwellers whose caravans have been immobilised under war restrictions, in their inability to...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will get from the Australian Government particulars of the results obtained at those coalmines in Australia, the management of which has been taken...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power why it is necessary in this country in rural areas to have one series of poles to convey the wires for electric light and power and another series of poles to...
asked the Prime Minister if he is now in a position to make a statement regarding the award of war medals and stars as indicated in his reply to the hon. and gallant Member for Chichester...
Mr. Bellenģer: asked the Prime Minister whether casualties affecting members of the Armed Forces are notified in the "Gazette" as occurred during the last war.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if it was intended to include the requirements for re-equipping the industry of agriculture within the scope of the activities of the Finance Corporations...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give particulars of the issues that have been approved by the Capital Issues Committee during the past 12 months; of those that were not approved;...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the War Damage Commission will include in cost of works payments the additional cost of making good damage caused by deterioration or looting of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can furnish an estimate in relation to those parts of the public revenue raised by direct taxation and by rating, respectively; what percentage is...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can furnish an approximate estimate of the cost, in a normal post-war year, of the new permanent legislation passed since 3rd September, 1939, of a...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the value of the Treasury deposit receipts included in the £4,347,000,000 from non-official sources borrowed by the Government from the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the names of the approved organisations authorised to distribute for charitable purposes imported gifts which have been forfeited; and what...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury why Members of Parliament are charged for House of Commons stationery which they use outside the House while if used inside the House it is supplied...
Mr. W. Joseph Stewart: asked the right hon. and gallant Member for Rye (Sir G. Courthope) as representing the Forestry Commissioners the number of acres that have been set apart for...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport if in view of the proposed suspension of the Standing Order, Sittings of the House, on Tuesday, 13th March, he intends, as an...
I should like to draw the attention of the House to the practice of some Members often postponing their Questions when they find that these appear towards the tail end of the Order Paper and, in...
That they have passed a Bill, intituled "An Act to authorise the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board to construct further works and for other purposes"—[Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Bill [Lords.]
Read the First time, and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
Order for Committee read.
3.15 p.m.
6.2 p.m.
Resolved: That such number of Land Forces of all ranks, as His Majesty may deem necessary, be maintained for the Service of the United Kingdom at Home and Abroad, exclusive of India, during the...
Resolved: That a sum, not exceeding £100, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Pay, etc., of the Army, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
Resolved: That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
Considered in Committee.
Resolved: That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Drewe.]
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