Wednesday, 11 October 1944
The House met at Eleven o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Captain Duncan: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Bulgarian troops have now left Yugoslavia and Greece.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received satisfactory guarantees from the Portuguese Government that it will forbid asylum to any Fascist or Nazi war criminals...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any arrangements are being made for prisoners of war and civilians in Japanese hands to receive and send telegrams.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government has yet received a request for full recognition from the Provisional Government of France and for its...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the right hon. Member for the St. George's Division (Mr. Duff Cooper) has now taken up the appointment of His Majesty's Ambassador...
Captain Duncan: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has any official information as to the German claim to have captured General Bor in Warsaw.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the sending of food parcels from London schoolchildren to individual children in Poland has been stopped; and whether...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the demonstrations which took place in the ex-Italian colony of Eritrea in January and February of this...
asked the Secreof State for Foreign Affairs if any representatives of British oil companies in Rumania have yet returned to that country; and, if not, under whose auspices these oil and refinery...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any definite decisions have been reached regarding the compulsory transfer of Germans from East Prussia, Danzig, Silesia and Sudetenland...
asked the Secretary of State for Air the number of R.A.F. personnel used to assist in the repair of bomb-damaged houses in the London region since the introduction of the fly-bomb.
asked the Secretary of State for Air if he is aware that the commanding officer of a R.A.F. station, of the identity of which he has been informed, recently forbade a local newsagent to supply...
asked the Secretary of State for Air if he will remove the restrictive notice from the cover of "Target," the R.A.F. review of current affairs and topics, in view of the fact that its contents...
asked the Secretary of State for Air the position of those who have been seconded to the R.A.F. as education officers as regards gratuity and demobilisation.
asked the Secretary of State for Air if he is aware that on or about 11th August his Department issued a letter advising R.A.F. personnel who were being discharged for compulsory enlistment into...
asked the Secretary of State for Air (1) whether the British officials attending the preliminary parleys at Montreal, on 24th October, in advance of the Washington Conference on civil aviation,...
asked the Prime Minister (1) the duties and responsibilities of the Minister for Civil Aviation; (2) whether the Minister for Civil Aviation will control a Department of Civil Aviation wholly...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works if he will give a detailed specification of the Portal bungalow and a detailed estimate of costs.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works if he will supply detailed specifications and estimates of costs of the experimental houses erected at Northolt.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works whether, in connection with his announced production of kitchen units, equal facilities in regard to price and the release of raw...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will institute an inquiry into the present system of naval expenses claims, under which not only do long delays occur in settlement but all claims...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if his attention has been called to the financial adoption by Royton in Warships Week of the sloop "Sparrow"; whether this ship was in existence at that...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if his attention has been directed to the inquest held last week on four naval ratings at Portland; was there a test made before they entered the tanks;...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether improvements in the pay and conditions and terms of service of trained Africans in the Soil Conservation Service in Kenya...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Earl WINTERTON:
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware of the serious overcrowding of patients at the Mulago Hospital in Uganda; and what steps are proposed by way of immediate remedy.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what requests he has received for the gradual transference over a period of years of Government offices from Entebbe to Kampala on the grounds of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the various Government railways in the African Colonies are co-operating financially and otherwise with local airway developments and with...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is now in a position to report on the review by West African Governments of disability pensions paid to members of West African forces.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has now received the Report on the cocoa operations of the West African Produce Control Board.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will consider taking steps to increase the authority and powers of the local councils in Palestine so as to enable them to play a more...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why it has been found necessary to introduce in Palestine a draft Bill to enable an issue to be made of premium bonds; whether he can give...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any statement to make regarding recent terrorist outrages in Palestine.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the law in Jamaica regarding mineral rights; does the freehold owner of land possess a right to ownership of undisclosed minerals; what is...
Mr. Graham White: asked the Prime Minister when it is proposed to publish the full armistice terms to the Italians.
asked the Prime Minister what progress has been made in the establishment of a co-ordinating agency for the many Service benevolent funds in order to prevent overlapping and ensure that cases of...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider making a statement to the German people, similar to the one he made to the Italian people, indicating to them the kind of conditions they must...
asked the Prime Minister what consultations have taken place with our Allies to ensure that all the United Nations which have been actively engaged in hostilities will have equal opportunities to...
asked the Prime Minister if it is the policy of His Majesty's Government that recruiting for the three pre-service units after the war shall be maintained on a voluntary basis.
asked the Prime Minister the casualties in Western Europe of the armies and air Forces, respectively, of the British Empire from D-day until the dispatch of air-borne Forces to Arnhem.
asked the Prime Minister when it is intended to introduce legislation to put into effect the recommendations of the Speaker's Conference on the conduct and costs of elections and expenses falling...
asked the Prime Minister which Minister is responsible for deciding or approving the location of industrial undertakings about to manufacture goods for the home and export markets.
asked the Minister of Production to what extent technical and administrative workers are represented as such on joint production committees; and whether he will encourage such representation.
asked the Minister of Supply by whom penicillin is being produced in Great Britain at the present time; and in what quantities.
asked the Minister of Food how much salami or cervelat sausage has become unfit for human consumption and what was the reason.
asked the Minister of Food if he will state the number of persons now on the register of small traders who have closed down in the food trades owing to the war; and whether he will give an...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is satisfied that the cases of offences against the Food Regulations at 54 Group, Training Command, Regent's Park, which were transferred to the Air Ministry...
asked the Minister of Food which paragraphs of the Potable Spirits (Licensing and Control) Order, 1944 (S.R. & O. No. 1103), are additional to those required by the Commissioners of Customs...
Mr. Arthur Duckworth: asked the Minister of Food what complaints he has received of shopkeepers receiving short weight or measure in wholesale markets; and whether he will take steps to provide...
asked the Minister of Food whether the recently announced policy of the Government that facilities will be given to disabled ex-Servicemen wishing to open a shop applies to shops selling food.
I wish, Mr. Speaker, to make a correction in the OFFICIAL REPORT. Yesterday I put a supplementary question to the President of the Board of Trade which was reported as: … does he think that...
Sir Irvin… Albery: On Business, Mr. Speaker, may I ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he can give the House some further information concerning the Government's intentions with reference to...
On a point of Order, Mr. Speaker. Last week I put a Question to the Home Secretary which was transferred to the Attorney-General with no possible hope of it being reached for oral answer. It was...
Estimate presented,—of the further Sum required to be voted towards defraying the expenses which may be incurred during the year ending on 31st March, 1945, for general Navy, Army and Air...
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to amend the Government of India Act, 1935, in certain respects, it is expedient to authorise the payment cut of...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Amendment made: In page 2, line 23, at end, to add new Sub-section: [(2) For Sub-section (6) of the said Section eighty-six (which provides for the granting to the Governor-General and the...
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee, under Standing Order No. 69.
5.30 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Pym.]
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