Tuesday, 6 March 1945
The House met at Eleven o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
THE VICE-CHAMBERLAIN OF THE HOUSE HOLD (Major A. S. L. YOUNG) reported His Majesty's Answer to the Address, as followeth:
THE VICE-CHAMBERLAIN OF THE HOUSE HOLD reported His Majesty's Answer to the Address, as followeth:
I beg to inform the House that I have received the following Message from Russia, partly in answer to a letter which I sent when the Parliamentary Delegation went out there, and, which, for the...
Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table,—Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That in the case of the following Bills, referred on the Second Reading thereof, the...
asked the Secretary of State for War (1) the calibre of the gun mounted on the German Royal Tiger tank together with the weight of its projectile; (2) which British tank in action mounts a gun...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware of the anxiety caused by letters being returned to relatives of serving soldiers overseas because the unit has moved on and the address to...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is now in a position to make a statement as to the report of the inquiry he promised to make into the conditions at Helmsley Camp where six men...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that in the Glider Pilot Regiment Army officers draw field allowance whilst R.A.F. officers serving in the same camp cannot draw it; that...
asked the Secretary of State for War if men serving in the B.L.A. are able to buy postal orders for the purpose of making small purchases by mail from home.
asked the Secretary of State for War why on 23rd February, 1945, every N.C.O. and private in a certain battalion which a fortnight earlier had removed from Clacton to Felixstowe had 2s. deducted...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether in those exceptional cases where a man served in an allied army prior to joining the British Army, his period of service in the allied army will be...
asked the Secretary of State for War by what means next-of-kin can send urgent communications to officers and men of the B.L.A.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he can announce the composition of the Canadian First Army now engaged in operations against the enemy.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has any further information in regard to our prisoners of war in German territory occupied by our Russian Ally.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is now in a position to say what is the result of his inquiries with regard to the alleged ill-treatment of British prisoners of war in Bulgaria.
Miss Ward: asked o the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction of repatriated wounded or sick prisoners who find the arrangements made to provide them with civilian...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether Government plans for post-war training and employment are communicated to prisoners of war in Germany and Japan.
asked the Secretary of State for War what proportion of the gardeners of the Imperial War Graves Commission, employed up to 1940 in France and Belgium, have now been given permission to return to...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is still retaining the several hundred architects, engineers and other members of the building industry who were employed in the construction of...
asked the Minister of Works whether he is satisfied that an adequate percentage of the building labour available is being allocated to the rebuilding of factories.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will indicate the duties and responsibilities of the Judge-Advocate General.
asked the Secretary of State for War, whether, in view of the urgent need for food in Greece, arrangements are being made to expedite the sending and distribution of relief at once without...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will place a copy of the minutes of evidence taken at the inquiry into Constructional Scheme No. 1 of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board on...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cases have now been transferred from the lists of Scottish voluntary hospitals and treated under the emergency hospitals scheme; and what are...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he is aware that the number of mines winding coal in this country decreased from 2,919 in 1900 to about 1,695 in 1944, and that some of them were closed...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the rate of accidents, fatal and non-fatal, in the mining industry in each of the last seven years in relation to man-shifts worked and 100,000 tons of coal...
Miss Ward: asked the Minister of Fuel and Power on what date the Report of the Technical Committee advising him on coal production is to be available.
Miss Ward: asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he has submitted the American Mission's Report on the British coalfields to the Technical Committee advising him on coal production, with...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the cost incurred in the erection of the miners' hostel at Rotherham; the total accommodation of same; the number accommodated in it at the moment; the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the average weekly compensation paid to injured adult mineworkers.
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. COLLIN DRIDGE:
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what action is being taken to bring about a great increase in the supply of electric power as soon as possible on the termination of hostilities; and have...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power on what authority the Electricity Commissioners have authorised undertakings to purchase electrical equipment for post-war requirements from specified areas...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he can now make a statement on the Report on the Severn Barrage Scheme; and if he will ask the committee or appoint others to investigate the...
Mr. Anderson: asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether he has considered the Report recently issued by Mr. Devereaux regarding the development of West Cumberland and which has since...
asked the President of the Board of Trade, in pursuance of what powers the Oxford laundry zoning scheme was put into force; and under what legal sanction proceedings are taken for its...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the scarcity and the unpopularity of farthings as units of currency, he will order them to be disregarded in the fixing of maximum...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the steady decline in the production of cotton goods is due to one factor only, namely, inadequate labour supply; and will he...
Mr. Astor: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has considered the Palache Report on tendencies to monopoly in the film industry; and whether he can make a statement on it.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is now in a position to relax the restriction on the length of men's socks.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he can make any statement on current imports of children's Wellington boots from Canada; anl if there is to be a distribution of these in addition to...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will consider the advisability of arranging that towels and overalls should be decontrolled; that wool should be supplied in place of yarn for...
asked the Prime Minister whether, he will give an assurance that in the discussions at San Francisco the status of British Colonies will not be altered without consultation with such Colonies and...
Miss Rathbone: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether children's allowances payable under the Family Allowances Bill, when implemented, will be liable to Income Tax.
Miss Rathbone: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether arrangements have now been completed for packages of clothing, similar to those which can now be sent by the French Red Cross to...
asked the hon. Member for Dulwich (Sir Bracewell Smith), as Chairman of the Kitchen Committee, until what hour it is proposed to provide dining-room service on and after 13th March; at what...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is yet in a position to make a statement about the post-war future of Rosyth Dockyard.
Mr. Creech: Jones asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is now in a position to make a statement about constitutional development in Nigeria.
Last Thursday, as the House may remember, I undertook to reconsider taking the Motion on the hours of sitting on Thursday of this week. I have looked at the Business again. We have a very heavy...
Proceedings on Government Business exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House).—[Mr. Eden.]
Order for Committee read.
4.43 p.m.
Resolved: That such number of Officers and Airmen, as His Majesty may deem necessary, be borne for the Air Force Service of the United Kingdom at Home and Abroad, excluding those serving in India...
Resolved: That a sum, not exceeding £100, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Pay, &c., of the Air Force, which will come in course of payment during the year...
Resolved: That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10 be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March...
Resolved: "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Cary.]
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