Thursday, 26 October 1944
The House met at Eleven o'Clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Consideration, as amended, deferred till Tuesday next.
Consideration, as amended, deferred till Tuesday next.
asked the Minister of Labour (1) if he will confer with the representatives of the A.E.U. and of the employers with a view to obtaining the maximum co-operation between these two bodies and his...
asked the Minister of Labour, in view of the importance of setting in motion at the earliest possible date schemes of industrial research and development, involving large numbers of trained...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that steps have been taken by Messrs. Younger, brewers at Alloa, to place 50 Service men in employment at the brewery, the men to be billeted in...
Lieut.-Commander Gurney Braithwaite: asked the Minister of Labour whether the request made to mental hospitals to engage candidates from Eire as student nurses is without prejudice to the...
asked the Minister of Labour if men released from the Army to the N.F.S., at the time of enemy air raids against this country and later recalled to the Army, can count their period of service...
asked the Minister of Pensions if he will reconsider the cases of those persons to whom 100 per cent. disability pensions have been granted but who since the award have been further seriously...
asked the Secretary of State for India what steps have now been taken to implement the recommendation of the Gregory Committee that a central reserve of 500,000 tons of wheat should be built up...
asked the Secretary of State for India whether he is able to give information as to the approximate number of the boats requisitioned for security reasons in Eastern Bengal at the outset of the...
asked the Secretary of State for India what steps are being taken to give home leave to married and single officers and other ranks belonging to, or attached to, the Indian Army; and with what...
asked the Secretary of State for India whether any progress has been made respecting the proposals contained in the Sergeant Report on Education Development in India.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the Metropolitan Police are taking to protect the public from malpractices on greyhound racing tracks in the London area.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that certain important provisions of the Road Traffic Act, are not now being enforced, even in built-up areas; and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the action of the watch committee at Altrincham in banning a spiritualist meeting, on the ground that...
Mrs. Adamson: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the increasing number of policewomen and women police auxili- aries, he has now decided to appoint to the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is satisfied respecting the existing regulations dealing with the administration of corporal punishment in remand homes and approved...
asked the Minister of Education whether he is aware of the difficulty in securing the necessary number of teachers in connection with the evacuation of schoolchildren from London; that these...
asked the Minister of Education whether arrangements have been made with the Departments for the release, without delay at the end of the war, of school buildings of evacuated schools which are...
asked the Minister of Education what steps should be taken by Service personnel who are anxious to take advantage of the emergency scheme for recruitment and training of teachers.
asked the Minister of Health the total number of children in residential nurseries maintained or aided out of public funds; what is the total number of staff engaged at these schools; and what is...
asked the Minister of Health if he is satisfied that the housing policy of the Government will meet the immediate needs of post-war Britain.
asked the Minister of Health how many houses in the London region are now being kept empty to accommodate persons who may be bombed out.
asked the Minister of Health (1) whether he has established any formula by which he will determine the priority of delivery of emergency factory-built houses to the different communities; (2)...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is prepared to amend Section 85 of the Housing Act, 1936, to ensure that the local authorities in selecting tenants for houses see that a reasonable...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that excessive sums of money are being asked for and obtained by property owners for the sale of dwelling-houses belonging to them; that, in many...
Mr. E. P. Smith: asked the Minister of Health whether he can now give any assurance that in the post-war house building campaign efficiently designed smoke reducing grates will be compulsory in...
asked the Minister of Health when the Report of the Royal Commission on Population will be published.
asked the Minister of Health when he will cause an official inquiry to be held into the question of providing a piped supply of water for the villages of Newton and Tydd St. Giles from the mains...
asked the Minster of Health to what extent questions of medical research will be dealt with in the National Health Scheme on which his department is now working.
asked the Minister of Health whether he has any information about a new treatment for asthma discovered by doctors in Ceylon; whether this treatment is being investigated by medical research in...
asked the Minister of Health whether he has yet considered the resolution passed by the Manchester City Council on 4th October, 1944, on payment of city councillors for lost time, and submitted...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider providing, in the near future, facilities to enable some of the members of the Service Members' Committee to visit the troops in the...
Mr. Shepherd: asked the Prime Minister if he can now state the Government policy with regard to the post-war future of pre-service training organisations.
Mr. Arthur Duckworth: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether there is now any justification for the use of steel traps in the open contrary to the provisions of the Prevention of Damage by...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that the Gloucestershire War Agricultural Committee is selling barbed wire at 21s. per roll of a quality usually on sale in traders' shops at...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how far machinery pools on a neighbourhood basis have come into being; whether they are being encouraged by county war executive committees; and what is the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture when he anticipates it will be possible to make a statement upon the future agricultural policy of this country; and whether he can give an assurance that the...
Mr. E. P. Smith: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been called to the farming experiments being conducted by the Soviet authorities in the Arctic, under which extensive...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will state what steps he is taking to assist the farmers in finding labour to meet the difficulty in gathering in the potato crop which is being delayed...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether it is proposed to continue the acreage subsidy for wheat, rye and potatoes for the coming year; and whether he is aware that the delay in making any...
asked the Minister of Health if he will arrange for those killed by enemy action in this country to be buried free of charge with the same honour due to a man killed on active service.
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is yet in a position to give any estimate as to the increased grants which will be made available to the universities to assist them in...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what progress has already been made in giving effect to the Pensions (Increase) Act, so far as teachers are concerned; and how long it will be before...
asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department how many applications have been received from British firms to advertise goods in Russia; how many have been accepted and rejected,...
asked the President of the Board of Trade when it is proposed to increase the allowance of clothing coupons.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that rubber teats for babies' feeding bottles are unobtainable in Swansea; and will he take steps to remedy the position.
asked the Attorney-General the date of the last meeting of the Pensions Appeals Tribunal in Nottingham; when the tribunal will meet there again; and how many appeals are awaiting hearing at this...
asked the right hon. and gallant Member for Rye, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, whether, in view of the national importance of home-grown hard woods, he can now say what financial...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs what steps have been taken to organise rest compounds for migratory labour along the main routes of the outlying parts of the African...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether the Electricity Commissioners are now in a position to announce the result of their recent inquiry regarding the erection of cooling towers in the...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he has received the report of the Committee set up to consider the advisability, or otherwise, of the Severn Barrage, and, if not, when does he expect...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the unhealthy conditions prevailing in the emergency concrete-block houses provided by Clydebank Town Council in Dunn Street, Dalmuir,...
asked the Secretary of State for War what arrangement or agreement has been made with the Government of Burma regarding the administration of civil affairs in Burma during the period of liberation.
May I ask the Prime Minister if he will state the Business of the House for next week?
That they have agreed to,—
"to amend the law relating to education in Scotland"; presented by Mr. T. Johnston; supported by the Lord Advocate, the Solicitor-General for Scotland, Mr. Westwood and Mr. Allan Chapman; to be...
"to make temporary provision as to justices' licences in war-damaged areas and certain areas related to war-damaged areas"; presented by Mr. Herbert Morrison; supported by Mr. W. S. Morrison, the...
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)."—[The Prime Minister.]
Considered in Committee [Progress, 25th October.]
(1) Where the person entitled to compensation assessed subject to the rule set out in subsection (1) of the section of this Act (Assessment of compensation) for the purchase of an interest in...
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
Again considered in Committee.
Question again proposed, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Clause."
Where compensation assessed subject to the rule set out in Sub-section (1) of the Section of this Act (Assessment of compensation) is for the purchase of an interest in land which, after the...
(1) On a claim being made for payment of a sum under either of the two last preceding Sections as a supplement to any compensation the purchasing authority may settle the claim in agreement with...
(1) The rate of interest for any period after the commencement of this Act on compensation which fell or falls, in default of agreement, to be ascertained in accordance with the Acquisition of...
1. Where in ascertaining the value of any such interest, or the amount of any such damage, as is mentioned in Sub-section (1) of the Section (Assessment of Compensation) of this Act regard is to...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—(Captain McEwen.)
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