House of Commons debates
Thursday, 27 July 1944
- Prayers (0 speeches)
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
- Oral Answers to Questions — Miners (Pneumoconiosis) (12 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour, if he can give figures as to the number of persons, now registered at employment exchanges, who have been certified as partially disabled by the medical board under...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Housing (0 speeches)
- Reconstructed Areas (Density) (2 speeches)
Mr. Rostron Duckworth: asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether he has yet reached any decision with regard to the permitted number of houses per acre in reconstructed bombed areas.
- Old Properties (Conversion) (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that, due to the change over to motor cars, there are many stables with lofts over them in private ownership which are at present unused and which...
- Unoccupied Dwellings (London Area) (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Health how many dwellings in habitable condition in the County of London have been unoccupied for three months or more up to some recent date for which a return can...
- Private Streets (Making Up) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the unsatisfactory nature of the law relating to the making up of private streets; and it he will consider the introduction of new legislation on...
- Wales (Allocation) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister of Health whether he has decided upon the allocation of houses to Wales in the Government two years' programme; and whether local authorities have been advised to arrange and...
- Price Control (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Health whether he is yet in a position to make a statement of policy regarding control of prices of houses offered for sale by auction or otherwise.
- Ministerial Responsibility (7 speeches)
asked the Minister of Health if, with reference to permanent and to temporary housing, he retains full responsibility for planning and construction.
- Temporary Houses (Report) (6 speeches)
asked the Minister of Health if, pending receipt of the final Report, he will make available to the House any interim reports already presented to him by the Advisory Councils Sub-Committee on...
- Workers, Suffolk (Rents) (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Health what system he proposes to adopt with regard to houses in Suffolk and elsewhere which have been built for workers who now find the rents too high for them to pay.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Pensions and Grants (5 speeches)
asked the Minister of Pensions in how many cases have pensions been refused in respect of persons discharged from, or dying while, serving in the forces as a result of diseases from which they...
- Oral Answers to Questions — War Orphans (2 speeches)
asked the Minister of Pensions, if he will consider entrusting the War Pensions Committee with the care and administration of war orphans, as after the last war; and whether there is any...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Workmen's Compensation (2 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of persons who are still disabled by accidents sustained prior to 1924 and who have not benefited by subsequent...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Flying Bomb Attacks (0 speeches)
- Bombed Property (Looting) (18 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have taken place for looting of houses damaged and destroyed by enemy action; how many convictions resulted; and what...
- Warnings (2 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is now in a position to make a statement on a uniform system of air-raid warnings and visual signals.
- Morrison Shelters (Conditions of Issue) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the type of home to which Morrison shelters can be issued; and whether all local authorities in the London area make the same conditions of...
- Deep Shelters (Night Workers) (14 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he is now in a position to state whether arrangements have been made to allow night workers to sleep in Public shelters during the day.
- Evacuation (25 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Education if he is satisfied that arrangements have been made to ensure that sufficient teachers are available for evacuated schoolchildren; that suitable...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Civil Defence (0 speeches)
- Static Water Tanks (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the concrete cylindrical containers, depth and diameter approximately four feet, are for fire-fighting purposes; who is responsible...
- Black-out Restrictions (9 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is yet in a position to make any statement on the relaxation of the black-out regulations during the coming winter.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Women's Auxiliary Police Corps (Medals) (2 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why service medals and bars are awarded to special constables who complete specified periods of service, each year of service during war being...
- Oral Answers to Questions — (Employment) Schoolchildren (4 speeches)
Viscountess Astor: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many local authorities have supplied the information required of them relating to the Home Office inquiry into the...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Police War Reserve (Compensation for Injuries) (7 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what grounds compensation is denied to members of the Police War Reserve who meet with accidents on their way to duty while regular police...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland (Travel Permits) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will instruct passport officials to issue exit permits to mothers whose children are in Northern Ireland to enable them to visit...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Parliamentary Franchise (Business Premises Register) (2 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what instructions have been issued to local registration officers relative to the registration of electors with a business qualification.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Education (0 speeches)
- Films (5 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Education what action his Department are taking with a view to the development of the film as a medium of education.
- School Playing Fields (2 speeches)
Mr. Rostron Duckworth: asked the President of the Board of Education whether, in connection with town replanning, he is calling the attention of local education authorities to the need to ensure...
- War-Time Buildings and Camps (Utilisation) (7 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Education whether, in order to make full use for educational purposes of war-time build- ings and camps which will cease to be needed for military purposes...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Public Health (0 speeches)
- Milk (Infection) (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Health whether he will consider extending the powers of local authorities over milk found to be infected with certain specified diseases by making such powers applicable to...
- Tuberculosis (7 speeches)
asked the Minister of Health how many X-ray installations there are in the county of Buckingham available for tuberculosis patients.
- Mental Nurses (Salaries) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister of Health when the Report of the Rushcliffe Committee will be available respecting the new scale of salaries for mental nurses.
- Catarrhal Jaundice (2 speeches)
asked the Lord President of the Council whether the research conducted by the Medical Research Council has yielded any information about the causes of catarrhal jaundice.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Employment Policy (Central Staff) (2 speeches)
asked the Prime Minister which Minister will be responsible for the central staff proposed to be set up in connection with the Government's employment plans, as explained in Cmd. 6527, paragraph 81.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Day of National Prayer (3 speeches)
asked the Prime Minister whether the day on which the fifth anniversary of the war falls will be set apart as a day for national prayer, thanksgiving and dedication.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture (0 speeches)
- Fertilisers (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the Agricultural Research Council has yet reported on the use of dried-sewage material on the land in place of imported inorganic fertilisers.
- Fruit Prices (5 speeches)
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in connection with the consultations he had with the Minister of Food regarding the fixation of prices for plums, he can state why,...
- Wheat Acreage (2 speeches)
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will make an announcement as to the Government's intentions for their future policy of wheat growing in this country, with special...
- Home-produced Meat (3 speeches)
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will make a pronouncement of Government policy as to their intention to replace as far as possible the meat imported from overseas...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Company Employees' Insurance (Taxation) (6 speeches)
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether premiums, paid by a company to insure the life of a director or employee in the company's interest, are now admitted by the Inland Revenue as a...
- Oral Answers to Questions — International Monetary Conference (8 speeches)
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the full text of the agreement reached at the Bretton Woods Conference will be published in a White Paper in time for Mem- bers before the House...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce (0 speeches)
- Overseas Trade (3 speeches)
asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether his Department undertakes any market research in the territories in which it is proposed to extend overseas trade after the war.
- Imported Commodities (Bulk Purchase) (4 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he proposes to continue the bulk purchase of imported commodities after the war.
- South America (14 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps have been taken in 1944 to promote British trade with South America.
- Oral Answers to Questions — British Army (0 speeches)
- Women War Correspondents (6 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for War how many full-time British women war correspondents have been accredited to S.H.A.E.F.; how many Dominion and how many American.
- Lance Rank (Reversion) (8 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that in a unit, whose name has been communicated to him, certain lance-sergeants have been compelled to revert to a lower grade and lose...
- Requisitioned Houses, Northern Ireland (5 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the great shortage of houses in Northern Ireland, he will derequisition every requisitioned house no longer required, or likely to be...
- Soft Drinks (Supplies) (5 speeches)
Mr. Murray: asked the Secretary of State for War what other drinks are available for soldiers in Normandy, or on any of the other fronts, who have no desire to drink beer; and whether they can...
- Oral Answers to Questions — German Prisoners of War (Railway Accommodation) (7 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for War whether first-class carriages are reserved on British railways for German officer prisoners.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Greece (Political Situation) (2 speeches)
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any recent information about developments in the Greek political situation and in particular in respect of the...
- Oral Answers to Questions — National Fire Service Regulations (Laying) (11 speeches)
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can now state what steps, if any, will be required, to rectify the position relating to the Regulations which...
- Business of the House (40 speeches)
May I ask the Leader of the House whether he will state the Business for next week?
- Message from the Lords (0 speeches)
That they have agreed to—
- Bill Reported (0 speeches)
- Business of the House (0 speeches)
Ordered: That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. Eden.]
- Orders of the Day — Education Bill (0 speeches)
Order read for consideration of Lords Amendments.
- Clause 2. — (Transfer of property and functions to Minister and construction of Acts and documents.) (1 speech)
Lords Amendment: In page 2, line 14, at end, insert: except where the context otherwise requires.
- Clause 4. — (Central Advisory Councils.) (1 speech)
Lords Amendment: In page 3, line i8, after the first "Minister," insert: but as to one-third of the members the Minister shall make the appointments after consultation alternately with the...
- Clause 7. — (Stages and purposes of statutory system of education.) (3 speeches)
Lords Amendment: In page 4, line 32, at end, insert "spiritual."
- Clause 8. — (Duty of local education authorities to secure provision of primary and secondary schools.) (1 speech)
Lords Amendment: In page 5, line 19, leave out paragraph (b).
- Clause 9. — (County schools, auxiliary schools, nursery schools, and special schools.) (10 speeches)
Lords Amendment: In page 6, line 8, leave out "auxiliary" and insert "voluntary."
- Clause 12. — (Establishment and discontinuance of county and auxiliary schools.) (3 speeches)
Lords Amendment: In page 10, line 48, leave out from "him" to end of Subsection, and insert: (6) After proposals for the establishment of a new school have been approved by the Minister under...
- Clause 14. — (Classification of auxiliary schools as controlled schools, aided schools, or special agreement schools.) (9 speeches)
Lords Amendment: In page 13, line 1, leave out "the school," and insert "any."
- Clause 21. — (Powers of local education authority as to use and care of premises of auxiliary schools.) (4 speeches)
Lords Amendment: In page 17, line 42, leave out from the beginning to "school", in line 45, and insert "The managers or governors of a controlled."
- Clause 25. — (Special provisions as to religious education in county schools.) (3 speeches)
Lords Amendment: In page 21, line II, leave out "act of."
- Clause 26. — (Special provisions as to religious education in controlled schools.) (1 speech)
Lords Amendment: In page 22, line 15, after "not", insert "while holding that position."
- Clause 27. — (Special provisions as to religious education in aided schools and in special agreement schools.) (8 speeches)
Lords Amendment: In page 23, line 37, at end, insert new Clause B: (Provisions as to religious instruction in accordance with agreed syllabus.)(1) The provisions of the Seventh Schedule to this...
- Clause 28. — (Saving as to position of teachers.) (1 speech)
Lords Amendment: In page 23, line 41, leave out "auxiliary ", and insert "voluntary."
- Clause 37. — (Duty of parents to secure regular attendance of registered pupils.) (1 speech)
Lords Amendment: In page 30, line 30, leave out: more than three miles measured by the nearest available route from" and insert:not within walking distance of.
- Clause 38. — (Enforcement of school attendance.) (2 speeches)
Lords Amendment: In page 31, line 34, leave out from beginning to end of line 35, and insert: (3) Where the court before which a prosecution is brought for an offence against the last foregoing...
- Clause 39. — (General duties of local education authorities with respect to further education.) (1 speech)
Lords Amendment: In page 32, line 32, leave out "young people's," and insert "county."
- Clause 51. — (Provision of facilities for recreation and social and physical training.) (9 speeches)
Lords Amendment: In page 42, line 3, leave out from "of" to "at," in line 5, and insert: camps, holiday classes, playing fields, play centres, and other places (including playgrounds, gymnasiums,...
- Clause 52. — (Power to ensure cleanliness.) (9 speeches)
Lords Amendment: In page 43, line 8, leave out "then subject as hereafter provided."
- Royal Assent (0 speeches)
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
- Education Bill (20 speeches)
Consideration resumed of Amendment to Lords Amendment (page 50, line 14), at end, to add: If a local education authority inform the Minister that they are aggrieved by any directions given under...
- Clause 72. — (Inspection of educational establishments.) (1 speech)
Lords Amendment: In page 56, line 24, leave out "Any," and insert: Subject as hereinafter provided, the religious instruction given in any school maintained by a local education authority shall...
- Clause 75. — (Registration of pupils at schools). (1 speech)
Lords Amendment: In page 58, line i6, at end, insert: the procedure by which a child may become a registered pupil and.
- Clause 79. — (Powers of local education authorities to accept gifts for educational purposes.) (4 speeches)
Lords Amendment: In page 59, line 34, leave out "provision," and insert "establishment."
- Clause 83. — (Remuneration of teachers.) (1 speech)
Lords Amendment: In page 62, line 13, leave out "Regulations made by the Minister shall," and insert: (1) The Minister shall secure that for the purpose of considering the remuneration of...
- Clause 92. — (Compensation of persons prejudicially affected by this Act). (4 speeches)
Lords Amendment: In page 66, line 23, leave out from "the," to "suffers," in line 26, and insert: extinguishment or transfer by this Act of any functions exercisable by the council of any county...
- Clause 93. — (Powers of Minister in default of local education authorities or managers or governors.) (1 speech)
Lords Amendment: In page 68, line 1, leave out Sub-section (2).
- Clause 94. — (Grants in aid of education services.) (1 speech)
Lords Amendment: In page 69, line 39, after "may," insert "after consultation with them."
- Clause 96. — (Maintenance contributions payable by the Minister in respect of aided schools and special agreement schools.) (3 speeches)
Lords Amendment: In page 71, line 12, at end, insert: in respect of alterations to the school buildings and repairs to the school premises.
- Clause 98. — (Power of the Minister to make grants in respect of aided schools and special agreement schools established for the accommodation of displaced pupils.) (1 speech)
Lords Amendment: In page 72, line 26, leave out from "of," to "its," in line 28.
- Clause 100. — (Contribution between local education authorities.) (4 speeches)
Lords Amendment: In page 74, line 8, at end, insert: ;and(b) where immediately before the date of the commencement of Part II of this Act a former authority had been required under the Education...
- Clause I07. — (Interpretation.) (5 speeches)
Lords Amendment: In page 76, line 28, leave out "young people's," and insert "county."
- Clause 109. — (Saving as to persons of unsound mind, inmates of penal establishments, etc.) (1 speech)
Lords Amendment: In page 81, line 36, leave out "any penal establishment," and insert, "pursuance of an order made by any court."
- Clause I13. — (Amendment of enactments.) (1 speech)
Lords Amendment: In page 82, line 40, at end, insert: (b) for references therein to a school certified by the Board of Education, in accordance with the provisions of Part V of the Education Act,...
- First Schedule. — (Local Administration.) (1 speech)
Lords Amendment: In page 85, line 38, after "council," insert: immediately before the date on which the board became the local education authority for the area thereof.
- Seventh Schedule. — (Procedure for preparing and bringing into operation an agreed syllabus of religious instruction.) (5 speeches)
Lords Amendment: In page 96, line 16, leave out paragraph (c), and insert: (c) such associations representing teachers as, in the opinion of the authority, ought, having regard to the...
- VALIDATION OF WAR-TIME LEASES BILL [Lords] (0 speeches)
Considered in Committee.
- Clause 1. — (Validation of tenancies for the duration of the war.) (6 speeches)
I beg to move, in page 1, line 7, to leave out "create," and to insert "grant or provide for the grant of." This Amendment, and a number of others which stand in my name, are really to meet a...
- Clause 2. — (Construction of tenancy agreements.) (3 speeches)
I beg to move, in page 3, line 34, after "war," to insert "or." This and the next two Amendments are designed to meet a point raised on the Second Reading by hon. Members for Carmarthen (Mr....
- Clause 3. — (Savings.) (16 speeches)
I beg to move, in page 4, line 21, to leave out paragraph (b). The purpose of the paragraph is to permit those parties to agreements who gave notice before 13th June to terminate agreements to...
- Clause 4. — (Application to Scotland.) (1 speech)
I beg to move, in page 5, line 5, to leave out "create," and to insert "grant or provide for the grant of." The Committee have already decided to adopt this form of words for England, and, in...
- New Clause. — (Application to the crown.) (1 speech)
This Act shall apply to agreements to which the Crown is a party.—[The Attorney-General.]
- Illegitimate Children (Nationality) (9 speeches)
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Beechman.]
