HOUSE OF COMMONS: PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
THE SPEAKER
Captain Right Hon. EDWARD A. FITZROY, M.P.
CHAIRMAN OF WAYS AND MEANS-Rt. Hon. Sir DENNIS HENRY HERBERT,
K.B.E., M.P.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—
Clerk of the House of Commons-Sir GILBERT CAMPION, K.C.B. Clerk-Assistant-F. W. METCALFE, Esq.
Second Clerk-Assistant-E. A. FELLOWES, Esq., M.C.
Principal Clerks—
Public Bill Office and Clerk of Fees-W. K. GIBBONS, Esq., C.B. Clerk of The Journals-C. R. TURNER, Esq.
Committee and Private Bill Office-O. C. WILLIAMS, Esq., M.C. Senior Clerks G. W. B. THROCKMORTON, Esq.; B. H. COODE, Esq.; A. W. M. BULL, Esq.; Captain C. R. P. DIVER; R. A. W. DENT, Esq.; L. A. ABRAHAM, Esq.; N. L. LOCKTON, Esq.; S. ST. G. S. KINGDOM, Esq.; E. J. H. EDENBOROUGH, Esq.; D. J. GORDON, Esq. Assistant Clerks-B. ST. G. DRENNAN, Esq.; K. R. MACKENZIE, Esq.; S. C. HAWTREY, Esq.; S. GORDON, Esq.; T. G. B. Cocks, Esq.; J. S. CRAW- FORD, Esq.; H. R. M. FARMER, Esq.; A. C. MARPLES, Esq.; D. W. S. LIDDERDALE, Esq.; T. G. ODLING, Esq.
Accountant J. LUXFORD, Esq., O.B.E. Assistant-Captain C. L. WATSON.
Second Assistant-A. J. MOYES, Esq.
Serjeant at Arms--Brigadier Charles ALFRED HOWARD, D.S.O.
Deputy Serjeant-W. H. ERSKINE, Esq., C.B.E.
Assistant Serjeant-Lieut.-Colonel I. T. P. HUGHES, M.C.
Chief Office Clerk (Serjeant at Arms Department)-C. A. PLYMEN, Esq.
Admission Order Office-Lieut. G. WEAVER and Captain E. T. CUTLER, M.C.
Chaplain to the Speaker-Rev. ALAN CAMPBELL DON, D.D.
Counsel to the Speaker-Sir FREDERICK FRANCIS LIDDELL, K.C.B., K.C.
Secretary to the Speaker-Lieut.-Colonel Sir RALPH VERNEY, C.B., C.I.E.,
C.V.O., (acting).
Trainbearer to the Speaker-W. J. Pusey, Esq.
Examiners of Private Bills-EDWARD VIGORS, Esq., C.B., and Lieut.-Colonel
Sir RALPH VERNEY, C.B., C.I.E., C.V.O.
Taxing Master-Lieut.-Colonel Sir RALPH VERNEY, C.B., C.I.E., C.V.O. Clerk-
A. C. MARPLES, Esq.
Editor of Official Report of Debates-T. H. PARR, Esq., O.B.E. Assistant Editor-P. CORNELIUS, Esq.
Vote Office Principal Clerk-Major B. T. ST. JOHN.
Captain J. G. MOUNSEY.
Librarian-J. V. KITTO, Esq.
Assistant Clerk-
Assistant Librarian-H. A. ST. George Saunders, Esq. Clerks in Library J. W. C. BEESLEY, Esq., and N. WILDING, Esq.
Clerk of Works-J. E. HOLMAN, Esq.
Superintendent of Works (Resident Engineer)-A. W. HATTERSLEY, Esq. Postmaster-J. E. WEBSTER, Esq.
Officer in Charge of Police-Inspector A. SUTHERLAND, Refreshment Department Manager-R. J. BRADLEY, Esq.
Revised, 1st November, 1938.
THE
PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES
OFFICIAL REPORT
IN THE THIRD SESSION OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
SECOND YEAR OF THE REIGN OF
HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE VI
FIFTH SERIES
VOLUME 340
THIRTEENTH VOLUME OF SESSION 1937-38
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Tuesday, 1st November, 1938.
The House-after the Adjournment on 6th October met at a Quarler before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
DEATH OF A MEMBER.
Mr. Speaker made the following com- munication to the House:
I regret to have to inform the House of the death of the right hon. Lord Stanley, late Member for the county of Lancaster (Fylde Division), and we desire to express our sense of the loss we have sustained, and our sympathy with the relatives.
SPEAKER'S WARRANTS FOR NEW WRITS.
Mr. SPEAKER informed the House that he had issued, during the Adjournment, Warrants for New Writs, namely:
For Oxford City, in the room of Right hon. Robert Croft Bourne, deceased.
For the County of Kent (Dartford Division), in the room of Frank Edward Clarke, esquire, deceased.
NEW WRITS.
For the County of Somerset (Bridge- water Division), in the room of Sir Reginald Powell Croom-Johnson, K.C. (one of the Justices of the High Court).— [Captain Margesson.]
For the County of York (West Riding) (Doncaster Division), in the room of Alfred Short, esquire, deceased.—[Sir Charles Edwards.]
For the Borough of Walsall, in the room of Joseph Alexander Leckie, esquire, deceased. [Colonel Kerr.]
ORAL ANSWERS ΤΟ QUESTIONS.
BRITISH ARMY.
TERRITORIAL ARMY (STRENGTH),
1. Mr. Day asked the Secretary of State for War the deficit on the recruiting establishment for the Territorial Army as at the last convenient date; and in what way is it proposed to increase the pro- ficiency bounty and/or extend the marriage allowances for married men who attend camp?
The Secretary of State for War (Mr. Hore-Belisha): On 1st October the Terri- torial Army was deficient of 144 officers and 14,874 other ranks, compared with 1,359 officers and 44,824 other ranks on the corresponding date last year. Married men of the Territorial Army who attended camp this year or were called out during the crisis received for the first time the benefit of the new scheme of family allow- ance promulgated in April last. No change has been made in the proficiency grant.
Mr. Day: As a stimulus to recruiting, will the right hon. Gentleman make an early statement as to what the Govern- ment propose to do to improve service conditions?
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