House of Commons debates
Thursday, 18 July 1946
- Preamble (0 speeches)
The House met at Half past Two o' Clock
- Prayers (0 speeches)
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
- Bread Rationing (Petitions) (21 speeches)
I beg to present a Petition to the honourable Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled. This humble Petition of the undersigned persons resident...
- Private Business (0 speeches)
- Oral Answers to Questions — Education (0 speeches)
- Transport, Fringford (2 speeches)
asked the Minister of Education why a child living at Hardwick has to cycle to school at Fringford, Oxfordshire, while children living nearer the school are provided with an omnibus service.
- Emergency Training, Wales (6 speeches)
asked the Minister of Education the number of students accepted by Welsh interviewing boards for the Emergency Training Scheme; and what proportion are men.
- Maintenance Grants (Emergency Training) (2 speeches)
Mr. Heathcote Amory: asked the Minister of Education whether she will take steps to ensure the prompt and up-to-date payment of maintenance grants due to ex-Service students undergoing a...
- Medical Examinations (Children) (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Education whether, in view of the necessity for obtaining comparative statistics, she will direct local education authorities to make examinations to ascertain the...
- School Meals, Manchester (2 speeches)
asked the Minister of Education how many schoolchildren in the city of Manchester receive meals at school; and how these numbers of children compare with the figures before and during the...
- " The Nation's Schools" (6 speeches)
asked the Minister of Education if she is aware that the publication called "The Nation's Schools" is still on sale in unamended form at His Majesty's Stationery Offices, Cardiff; and when she...
- Forces Preliminary Examination (Universities) (8 speeches)
asked the Minister of Education which universities accept the Forces Preliminary Examination in lieu of their ordinary entrance examinations.
- Corporal Punishment (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Education whether she will abolish all forms of corporal punishment in all schools under her jurisdiction for both boys and girls.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Post Office (0 speeches)
- Letter Collection and Delivery (6 speeches)
Mr. Baldwin: asked the Assistant Postmaster-General why he proposes to withdraw the second delivery of letters at it 11 a.m. in the Lyonshall Kington, Herefordshire, district, seeing that this...
- Telephone Service (10 speeches)
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General what steps have been taken to improve the telephone lines in the neighbourhood of Finmere exchange, Oxfordshire, and, in particular, Featherbed Lane, where...
- Air Mail (Newspapers) (2 speeches)
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General whether he is aware that the Post Office is charging 10s. air mail postage on a single copy of a Croydon weekly newspaper addressed to a member of His...
- Mail Service, U.S.S.R. (5 speeches)
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General why postal communication with the U.S.S.R. is so slow.
- Football Pools Circulars (4 speeches)
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General what special or other facilities are provided by his Department for the posting of circulars and other material from football pool firms; what is the number...
- Oral Answers to Questions — British Broadcasting Corporation (0 speeches)
- Ex-Enemy Wavelengths (7 speeches)
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General how many enemy wavelengths became available for use by the liberating Powers after the liberation of Germany and Austria; to which nations they have been...
- Regional Amalgamation (12 speeches)
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General if he will hold an inquiry in Bristol or the West of England into the merging of the Midland and West Regional services of the B.B.C. before taking definite...
- Oral Answers to Questions — National Insurance (0 speeches)
- Ministry Staff (Recruitment) (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of National Insurance what steps have now been taken to ensure the employment, on conditions not less favourable than those which previously obtained, of individuals who were...
- Sickness Benefits (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether he is yet in a position to announce the appointed day on which increased sickness benefits will be payable under the National Insurance Bill.
- Workmen's Compensation (2 speeches)
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether he intends to renew the Workmen's Compensation (Temporary Increases) Act, 1943, which expires on 31st December of this year.
- Family Allowances (Widows) (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether he has considered the communication concerning family allowances paid to widows from the Cardiff District Committee of the Transport and General...
- Pensions Order Books (Renewal) (2 speeches)
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether he is aware of delays in forwarding new old age pension order books to the Post Office for pensioners before the time of expiry of the old one;...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prisons and Borstal Institutions (10 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the number of persons now undergoing sentences of imprisonment, indicating penal servitude as a separate item; what is the...
- Oral Answers to Questions — N.F.S. (Surplus Buildings and Materials) (6 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements are being made for the release of surplus N.F.S. buildings, materials, equipment, etc.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Aliens (0 speeches)
- American Aircraft Technician (6 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that an American, required by a British firm to train aircraft crews in the operation of apparatus used in survey work for...
- Naturalisation (7 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the number of applicants who have been granted naturalisation since the revised regulation was issued, giving the number...
- Distressed Relatives Scheme (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why the British passport control officer in Vienna has declined to authorise a visa to Mr. Johann and Mrs. Karoline Gräbner, 5,...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Arrested Persons (Property) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that there are cases where, on arrest, property belonging to accused persons is taken from them by the police without a...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Deserted Wives, Scotland (Maintenance) (5 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will consider amending the present law so that a deserted wife who resides in Scotland may not be prevented from suing for...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Adopted Children (Intestacy) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that adopted sons have made allotments to their adopted mothers and, in certain cases, these mothers have banked money in their...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Football Pools (5 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he proposes to introduce legislation imposing a legal obligation upon football pool proprietors and firms to pay out a stipulated...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Neurosis Cases (Mental Institutions) (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Pensions why men who are suffering from neurosis trouble are sent to mental institutions and placed among patients who are considered to be other than neurotic cases; if he...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Housing Policy (Departmental Responsibility) (9 speeches)
asked the Prime Minister if he will state the precise responsibility of each ministerial department for the housing policy of the Government; in what way their various functions are coordinated;...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Germany (0 speeches)
- Control Commission Service (4 speeches)
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether, in view of the conditions prevailing in the British Zone in Germany, he will introduce a long-term British civil service there in...
- Rations (4 speeches)
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what rations are received by unemployed displaced persons in U.N.R.R.A. camps in the British Zone in Germany; and how these compare with the rations...
- Displaced Persons (Employment) (4 speeches)
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether in view of the fact that many displaced persons have been maintained for 12 months without making a contribution to their support by way of...
- Prisoners of War (Repatriation) (4 speeches)
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will prepare a release scheme for the repatriation of non-Nazi prisoners of war now in this country, with priority for those who were in...
- Wild Pigs (Damage) (4 speeches)
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he is aware that in British-controlled Germany wild pigs are seriously interfering with the potato crops and that the shooting of sows with...
- Political Delegations (Visits) (7 speeches)
Mr. Vane: asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the object of the recent visit to Germany by a delegation from the National Council of Labour; and whether visits to Germany can...
- German Nationals (Visits to U.K.) (2 speeches)
Mr. Vane: asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster the present regulations governing visits by German nationals to this country.
- Dr. Adolf Griemme (2 speeches)
Mr. Vane: asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster at whose invitation Herr Adolf Griemme recently visited this country; what was the object and duration of the visit; and whether any...
- Business of the House (21 speeches)
May I ask the Leader of the House if he can give us some indication of the Business for next week?
- Privilege (Poster) (36 speeches)
In accordance with notice, which I have already given you privately, Mr. Speaker, I beg to draw your attention to a matter concerning the Privilege of this House. I have here a copy of a poster...
- India (Cabinet Mission) (52 speeches)
4.7 p.m.
- Bread (Rationing) Order (121 speeches)
7.0 p.m.
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
Resolved: "That this House do now adjourn."— (Mr. Joseph Henderson.)
