Captain William Strickland

Former MP for Coventry

🗣️ Speeches and Debates

  • Orders of the Day — National Health 12 Jun 1945

    On a point of Order. The hon. Member read a further document than that which she has just now quoted. The question of the Minister was whether that last statement was from the White Paper. I understand that the hon. Lady said "Yes"; and then referred again to the former statement.
  • Orders of the Day — Postponement of Polling Day Bill 12 Jun 1945

    Is it possible for us to have a discussion on the Motion, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill"?
  • Orders of the Day — Postponement of Polling Day Bill 12 Jun 1945

    The Amendment moved just now was not an Amendment to the Schedule, but a new Amendment, I think.
  • Civil Estimates, 1945: Postponement of Polling Day Bill 11 Jun 1945

    Amidst the general acclamation of this Bill, somewhat tempered by the observations of the last speaker, I feel that I must state the position which arises in my own constituency of Coventry, because I cannot rejoice in the general acclamation with which it has been met. In my own constituency we have done what the Government asked us to do, namely, staggered our holidays over three weeks,...
  • Orders of the Day — Housing 22 Mar 1945

    They are still fetching them out.
  • Oral Answers to Questions — Housing: Bombed Sites (Notice) 15 Mar 1945

    asked the Minister of Health what instructions have been issued to secure that in every case in which a local authority is required to give notice to an owner of bombed property the power of so doing is not deemed to be sufficiently exercised by affixing such notice to some conspicuous object on the premises or by handing it to some person who may happen to be on the premises, until after the...
  • Oral Answers to Questions — Ships (Salt-Water Distillation) 16 Jan 1945

    asked the Lord President of the Council what steps have been taken by His Majesty's Government to encourage research into the conversion of salt water into drinking water by demineralisation, evaporation or other processes; whether any effective and convenient method has been evolved; and whether it is proposed to make the fitting of the necessary apparatus compulsory on all sea-going vessels...
  • Oral Answers to Questions — Civil Defence: Motor Vehicles (Headlights) 14 Dec 1944

    Has my right hon. Friend taken into consideration the accident liability, which is now very prevalent, in regard to shaded lights and the pools of light created by the street lighting orders? Is he aware that these have created dark patches that are almost impossible to penetrate with the present head-lamps?

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