Parliamentary Speeches
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air, if his attention has been called to the dangerously low flying of certain aircraft over villages; and whether consideration has been given to compulsory insurance against third-party risks, such as is the case with motor vehicles, for both private and Royal Air Force aircraft?
asked the Minister of Labour if his attention has been called to the ease of a man who, when summoned on 11th September at Birmingham by his wife in respect of a separation order and of whom it was alleged that he had £3,000 invested and had been drawing unemployment benefit at 26s. per week since January last, admitted the possession of £1,400 in investment stock, the ownership of two houses, the receipt by two sons…
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to the case of Riach v. the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, tried last week in the Court of Session, Edinburgh, where evidence was given of the Treasury granting rewards to informers for notifying to it cases of evasion of Income Tax and other taxes; and whether he proposes to stop the continuance of such a practice?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is his intention to defer any further reduction in the cost-of-living bonus until after the report of the Royal Commission on the subject has been issued and considered?
asked the President of the Board of Education whether he will issue regulations to the effect that no masters or teachers of schools under his Department's control shall obtain leave of absence in term time in order to engage in political propaganda or take part in political meetings; and whether he is aware that such a case occurred in the recent Ardwick by-election when the headmaster of St. Patrick's school, Carli…
