Former MP for Stourbridge
52. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the state of the labour market at the present time, he is prepared to defer until after Christmas all notices of discharge on account of redundancy now being issued to ex-service temporary clerks in the Civil Service?
I am going to enter into this Debate from a point of view winch has not been touched upon this afternoon. My appeal is on behalf of people who probably do not receive enough to eat, and certainly do not receive enough money to buy the necessities of life, and who live in very poor surroundings—I refer to the ex-service men. I would like to draw the attention of the Committee to the fact...
7. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is in the position to make known the recommendations of the Committee which inquired into the application of the enamel hollow-ware trade for a protective duty against unfair foreign competition; and, if so, will he inform the House of the decision arrived at?
Is the right bon. Gentleman aware that in the issue of the "Financial News" of the 14th April it was stated by the Parliamentary correspondent that a decision had been arrived at in regard to the enamel hollow-ware trade, and will he take steps to inform the House of these decisions before they are communicated outside?
I wish to support the Motion. I am one of those soldiers who joined the Army at the outbreak of War, and I have the greatest admiration for the old soldier. I suppose that I was one of the first of the new Army to find myself in a regular sergeants' mess, and I can assure the House that I received every encouragement from those men who had been in the Army for a number of years and who taught...
It is a very great pleasure to support this Resolution, because I do so in the hope that something real will come out of the discussion. I remember only a year ago to-morrow my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Norwich (Captain Fairfax) moved this Resolution: That this House desires to leave no avenue unexplored which may lead to a proper and satisfactory solution of the question of...
1. asked the Minister of Pensions the number of claims that have been made up to date by ex-service men for pensions after the time limit of seven years has expired?
2. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that the Ministry are referring disabled men for treatment to the panel doctor but, in some cases, refusing the recommendation of that panel doctor so far as the payment of treatment allowances is concerned: and whether he will see that due regard is paid by the Ministry to the treatment prescribed by the panel doctor in so far as it...
