Sir Joseph Leech: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, as the collection by local authorities has resulted in less than 35,000 persons in Great Britain paying the annual licence for displaying armorial bearings, he will invite all local authorities to enforce the payment of this duty by those liable but who do not pay, so that the proceeds may relieve the ratepayer, or, alternatively, will he...
Sir Joseph Leech: asked the Minister of Health whether he will require that bread supplied in institutions controlled by public authorities shall be made of flour containing the wheat germ with the B series of vitamins, so that growing children in particular may not suffer from malnutrition owing to being given bread deprived of its full food value; and whether he will confer with the service authorities with...
Sir Joseph Leech: asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will invite the Herring Industry Board to introduce more widely to the public and the Service canteens, the merits of the Yarmouth high-dried wood-smoked ham-cured herring, in view of its nutritious qualities and the fact that it is now but little known?
Sir Joseph Leech: asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that there is a shortage of supplies, and a great rise in cost, of medicinal vegetables and plants hitherto obtainable from overseas which could be grown in the United Kingdom; and what steps he is taking to deal with this situation?
Sir Joseph Leech: asked the Secretary of State for War whether, having regard to the generally admitted inadequacy of the allowances for soldiers' dependants, he is prepared to introduce to this House a better scale, and so relieve the hardships now prevailing?
Sir Joseph Leech: asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether as herring are now in their most nutritious condition, and having regard to the economic food conditions now prevailing, he will make widely known the most economical methods of cooking herring and particularly the methods of removing the bone before cooking to eliminate waste?
Sir Joseph Leech: asked the Attorney-General whether he will consult with the Law Society to ensure that the Bill which will be offered to Parliament for the protection of the public against a continuation of losses by fraudulent solicitors should include provisions to prevent the creation of sole-partner firms of solicitors and to control more rigidly the operations of existing sole-partner firms until the...
Sir Joseph Leech: asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury why the authorities at the Tate Gallery, a branch of the National Gallery in receipt of a grant from Parliament, who are on the telephone, refuse to allow the public to communicate with the gallery by telephone to obtain legitimate information; and whether it is in accordance with the policy of the Government that public institutions which are...
Sir Joseph Leech: asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, as part of the policy of distributing pictures for which there is no permanent exhibition space in the State buildings in which they are stored, he will invite the trustees of the National, Tate and National Portrait Galleries to examine their store-rooms with a view to recommending the distribution of a larger number of suitable pictures...
Sir Joseph Leech: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he proposes to make regulations under the terms of the Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Act, designed to prevent agents or representatives of unit trust concerns calling without previous introduction or invitation on bankers, solicitors, accountants and other professional persons, for the purpose of selling on commission, units or sub-units?
Sir Joseph Leech: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what active steps he has taken or is taking to develop the export of agricultural produce from Gambia and Sierra Leone to foreign countries and to the British Empire?
Sir Joseph Leech: asked the Prime Minister whether, in order to anticipate and relieve the pressure of business on this House, he will consider arranging that a larger number of suitable Bills shall be introduced first into the other House, particularly those of which the broad principles are not of a contentious nature?
Sir Joseph Leech: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the recent disclosures concerning the affairs of the British General Fixed Trusts, Limited, he will so frame the regulations under the Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Act that no unit trust will be recognised unless the escrow fund is adequate for the future service of the unit trust covered by the Act and is retained in the...
Sir Joseph Leech: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has completed his examination of the possibility of persuading British tobacco companies to increase their purchases of Greek tobacco in order to assist towards a general development of Anglo-Greek trade; and what have been the replies of the British tobacco companies?
Sir Joseph Leech: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has notified suitable British firms of the national advantage which would accrue to us by an increase in the importation of fruit products, minerals and raw materials from Bulgaria; and whether he will invite the London Chamber of Commerce to call a meeting of its members for the purpose of stimulating interest in the importation into...
Sir Joseph Leech: asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department, in what respects the system by which British trade is cultivated in Scandinavia and Northern Europe fails to obtain the success to which British trade is entitled; and will he issue a White Paper with recommendations, based upon his observations during his recent mission, by which British commercial efforts can be made more effective?
Sir Joseph Leech: asked the Minister of Labour what his Department is doing, by means of a more vigorous policy, to transfer unemployed men and women to meet the periodical demand for indoor labour in holiday resorts; and whether he is experimenting in the Special Areas by means of local personal recruitment to obtain volunteers for indoor employment, and particularly among unemployed persons unsuited for the...
Sir Joseph Leech: asked the Minister of Health whether he has considered a communication from the Association of British Chambers of Commerce drawing his attention to the methods by which local authorities collect the armorial bearings licence duty; and what answer he has returned to it?
Sir Joseph Leech: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in order to reduce difficulties connected with renewal of the Anglo-Argentine Trade Agreement and in the interests of Argentine pastoralists, Argentine transport undertakings, and British consumers, he will confer with the Argentine Government with a view to an agreed maximum of prices to consumers, and limitation of gross profits of firms...
Sir Joseph Leech: asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he has, during the past three months, with a view to developing the work of his Department, himself visited Northern centres and Special Areas to explain to manufacturers methods by which to secure increased export markets and to apply the information in his Department to expedite the revival of export trade?
