Wednesday, 14 March 1945
The House met at a Quarter past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Order for Second Reading To-morrow, read, and discharged; Bill withdrawn.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can state the number of Germans living in the Free City of Danzig prior to the war; and what proportion they bore to the whole population.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many persons on the finance section of the Allied Control Commission for the Occupation of Germany speak German; and whether any of them have...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has considered the reports of the destruction of 110,000 bibles, testaments, &c., the property of the British and Foreign Bible...
Mr. Driberģ: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the necessity of securing and maintaining the broad and representative character of the present Provisional...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make available, in the Library of the House, the text of any memorandum from E.A.M. to the Greek Government alleging breaches in...
Mr. Driberģ: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will define the difference between a major war criminal within the scope of the Moscow Declaration of 1st November, 1943,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why Syria and the Lebanon have not been invited to the San Francisco Conference, in view of the fact that they are at war with Germany and their...
Commander Kinģ-Hall: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has yet received any information concerning the scales of salary paid in U.N.R.R.A.
Captain Duncan: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) whether he can make a statement on the present political situation in Rumania; (2) how many British newspaper correspondents...
Captain Duncan: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is now prepared to grant Rumania the status of co-belligerent, like Italy, in view of the fact that she has 17...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether assurances have been given by the Vatican authorities that in the event of any war criminals taking refuge in that State they will be...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has yet received a request for the recognition of the Albanian Government, set up in Tirana under General Enver Hoxha; and whether it...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether men serving at Gibraltar are entitled to colonial allowance.
asked the Secretary of State for Air if he will issue the names of member of the W.A.A.F. who were dropped by parachute over occupied Europe; and state the number of casualties suffered in these...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that men returning from overseas get 21 days' leave if they have been in the Service for only a few days less than four years, while those...
asked the Minister of Works, who are the Opposition Whips to whom Rooms Nos. 21 and 21B in the Palace of Westminster have been allotted.
asked the Minister of Works how many persons are employed regularly under his Department in this House for whom no retiring pension is provided, except the old age pension; and whether he will...
asked the Minister of Works whether he will inquire into the shortage of materials for housing repairs in Ogmore and Garw urban area where persons are seriously affected by mining subsidence and...
asked the Minister of Works whether he will give a list of the names of the contractors who have received contracts for the erection of the first 150 temporary houses in Peterborough; and whether...
asked the Minister of Works whether there is any restriction on the use of mobile mechanical cranes being used in house construction; and what is the estimated saving in man-hours in the erection...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, in view of the harm done to our relations with the U.S.A. by propaganada to the effect that that British Navy has only been allocated a minor role in...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty in view of the fact that it has been decided that Army officers are to retain on retirement the highest acting or temporary rank held in the present war,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware of the acute shortage of labour in Kenya, as a result of which the tea companies are obliged to import labour from the Belgian...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) if he will consider, in consultation with the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the setting up of a small joint expert committee to study...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the large number of cases of stramonium poisoning recorded in the East African Colonies; whether both...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if the manufacture of cement in Ceylon is to become a Government monopoly; if it is proposed to raise the import duties on cement; and what will be...
Mr. Douģlas: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what representations have been made on behalf of the Government of Mauritius to meet the food shortage likely to be caused by the...
asked the Prime Minister if he will consider some means whereby the sympathy of this House may be conveyed to the Government of the Netherlands on the present sufferings and privations of the...
asked the Prime Minister whether the question of British citizenship for members of the Polish fighting Forces will be on the agenda of the forthcoming meeting of British Empire delegates to the...
asked the Prime Minister whether he has considered the resolution sent to him by the council of the county borough of Brighton urging the necessity for appointing a single Minister to co-ordinate...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in his recent discussions with the leaders of the Greek Government, the question of the annexation by Greece of any part of Southern Albania was raised; and what...
asked the Prime Minister if he is aware that there is doubt about the position of Members of Parliament who are given permission to visit the war fronts overseas in regard to their rights of...
asked the Minister of Production his policy in regard to orders for Russia for war and reconstruction; have orders of any kind been held up or delayed; and is it his intention to facilitate the...
asked the Minister of Supply on what date the new plastic polythene was perfected; whether it was sent to Duponts of U.S.A. before the U.S.A. entered the war; and whether I G. Farben, Germany,...
asked the Minister of Supply why the large works in the South Wales development area, particulars of which have been given to him, are still held on care and maintenance basis, when they could be...
asked the Minister of Food whether, in response to the increased seasonal demand, he will release the necessary materials for producing a larger quantity of soft drinks.
asked the Minister of Food if he is aware that the food committees of Durham Rural and City Councils have decided to resign as a protest against the action of the Ministry in refusing to allow...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why the president, secretary and others of the Uganda Drivers' Union have been arrested; and whether intimidation is being...
Mr. Creech Jones: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what degree of self-government is enjoyed by the Lukiko in Uganda; how it is selected; whether the younger elements are...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of War Transport if he will give instructions to the railway officials to pay attention to train connections as in many instances passengers on...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport if he is aware of wastage of vegetables on Norfolk farms, due to the lack of railway transport; and will he request the L.N.E.R....
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport if he has considered the report of his officer who investigated the three recent cases of railway locomotive boiler explosions...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport if he is aware of the dangerous condition on a by-pass in Hampshire, the name of which has been communicated to him, and the...
Mr. Loģan: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport if, in view of the importance of the Mersey Tunnel for transport services, he is prepared to take it and its...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport whether he will state the number of deputies to regional transport commissioners who have been appointed during the war; how...
I desire to ask your leave, Sir, to make a personal explanation. My attention was called to the following remarks, as reported in the morning newspapers, made by the hon. Member for Ipswich (Mr....
Leave given to the Committee to make a Special Report relative to the Staffordshire Potteries Stipendiary Justice Bill.
Reported, with Amendments (Title amended), from the Committee on Unopposed Bills (with Report on the Bill).
Reported, with Amendments (Title amended), from the Committee on Unopposed Bills (with Report on the Bill).
Reported, without Amendment, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee.
8.47 p.m.
Resolved: "That House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Cary.] Adjourned accordingly at Six Minutes to Ten o'Clock.
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