Thursday, 15 March 1945
The House met at a Quarter past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table,— Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That in the case of the following Bill, referred on the Second Reading thereof, the...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that public assistance officers are finding it impossible to fulfil the statutory obligation of accommodating aged and sick people in county...
asked the Minister of Labour whether it is intended that during the period of leave following release from the Armed Forces, men and women will be free to seek employment through the normal...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider the introduction of a more acceptable method of ensuring that during the interim period between the defeat of Germany and Japan released...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that at Burnley women over 35 years of age are being directed to close their own businesses and enter munition factories, while at the same time...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will take steps to expedite replies sent by himself and the Parliamentary Secretary to Members of Parliament regarding the cases of constituents, as at...
asked the Minister of Labour to what extent shop stewards' committees in industrial undertakings are recognised by his Ministry; and what is their relation to the official trades union movement.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the loading staff employed by the L.P.T.B. are, with two exceptions, members of the National Passenger Workers' Union, which has applied to...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware of considerable discontent among ex-members of the Police War Reserve respecting demobilisation from the military forces in which they are now; and...
asked the Secretary of State for India whether, in view of the splendid contribution to the war effort made by the Indian States, it is proposed to include representatives of such States among...
asked the Secretary of State for India whether he has considered the recent tribute paid by General Mark Clark to the Indian forces under his command; and what steps he is taking to ensure that...
asked the Secretary of State for India whether it is the intention of His Majesty's Government to detain the Congress leaders until Japan is defeated, or indefinitely so long as they do not...
asked the Secretary of State for Burma to what extent allowances are still being paid to evacuees from Burma; whether arrangements have been made to repatriate evacuees to Burma as soon as...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is prepared to consider the complete abolition of the black-out regulations.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the differences in street lighting as between town and town and as between various sections of the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of stationary commercial motor vehicles stolen in the year 1944, with the subsequent theft of rationed food and commodities...
Mr. Driberģ: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that voters working at some distance from their homes and thus obliged to spend considerable time each day in...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in order to avoid all espionage, he will issue special orders to those guarding the border to prevent all enemy aliens and ...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the authority dealing with the disposal of N.F.S. motor vehicles now lying at the N.F.S. depot at Laycock, near Blackpool; and what...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that a vacancy on the Hackney Borough Council, caused by the death of a Conservative alderman, has been filled by the...
asked the Minister of Education if he has considered the Burnham award on teachers' salaries; and if he has decided to accept it.
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the trustees of the Margam Estate, Glamorgan, through their agents, Mr. G. S. Roedemen and Messrs. John G. Wood and Company, are offering...
asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the posting of a notice under the Housing (Temporary Accommodation) Act, 1944, on 1st December, 1944, on a site in Greenwich,...
asked the Minister of Health if he is requiring both emergency and permanent houses ranking for Government subsidy to be equipped with the complete installation of labour-saving kitchen...
asked the Minister of Health whether, as many of the authorities from whom building permits have to be obtained embrace several Departments, each of whom may take a month or longer in which to...
asked the Minister of Works what arrangements have been made with county councils and other rural authorities for essential repairs to damaged rural dwellings and buildings and for an allocation...
asked the Minister of Health if he has considered the letter from the Lexden and Winstree Rural District Council protesting at the labour involved in filling in the returns required by the...
Sir Robert Younģ: asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that, under the Government Evacuation Scheme, certain premises in Abergele, with their contents, were taken over by the...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is in a position to make a statement about the superannuation arrangements for nurses and midwives.
asked the Minister of Health whether he will give instructions that, before a spinal injection or lumbar puncture is given to a minor, the consent of the parents shall first be obtained, except...
asked the Minister of Health whether the Committee, appointed more than two years ago, and presided over by Sir E. Hart, to make a survey of the existing hospital accommodation and future...
asked the Minister of Health when the Report of the Royal Commission on Population will be published.
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning how many town planning schemes in Engand Wales have been approved; and what are the names of the towns or areas.
asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that civilian pensioners in many categories have received increases in their pensions in view of the increased cost of living; and why no such...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will arrange that future pensions drafts sent by the Paymaster-General to men dis- abled in the last war are not accompanied by a card bearing the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that Lever Brothers and Unilevers, Limited, have been carrying on the business in this country of a Dutch company during the enemy occupation...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can give any estimate of the proportion of the family allowances which will be returnable to the Exchequer by way of income tax.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has given consideration to the further representation s that have been made to him that the increase in pensions granted under the Pensions Increase...
asked the Prime Minister if he will issue a statement showing the advantages to the workers of the transfer of the factory inspectorate from the Home Office to the Ministry of Labour; and if it...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will again consider approaching the Government of Eire with the request that they will ask the enemy representatives in their country to return home, and, at...
asked the Prime Minister if, in view of the economic interrelationship produced by war conditions between the Western liberated countries and this country, he will, with the approval of the...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware of the apprehensions in this country that whilst the Dumbarton Oaks and the Crimea Conferences envisaged action by the new General International...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he can now announce the Government's long-term policy for agriculture.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the leaders of the W.L.A. were consulted by him before the decision was reached not to include members of the W.L.A. in the scheme for service gratuities...
asked the Minister of Agriculture from what date the compulsory growing of wheat as an instruction from war agricultural committees will cease.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can give any information as to the extent to which the indebtedness of farmers to the banks has been reduced since 1939.
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will reconsider the instructions being issued to farmers in the north-western part of Derbyshire to plough up further land for the purpose of growing more...
asked the Minister of Agriculture when does the extra payment of five-eighths of Id. per gallon to milk-producers start; what are to be the payments per gallon per month; and for how long does it...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the new insecticide Gammexane has yet been proved effective against wire worm; and whether it will be available to farmers for this year's spring sowings.
asked the Minister of Agriculture why the unanimous decision of the Holland Agricultural Wages Committee for advances in wages was not ratified by the Central Wages Board; and what steps he is...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been called to the loss to students involved in the continued closing of the glasshouses and museums at Kew Gardens; and if he will...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how much longer it is proposed that the Ordnance Survey should keep as offices a 12-roomed house in Christchurch Road, Boscombe; whether, in view of the shortage...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that, as rubber is no longer available for the manufacture of dentures, acrylic resins are now used for...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction in Campbell College Military Hospital, Belfast, at the inadequate supply of food for the patients who are forced to...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has a statement to make about the escape of prisoners-of-war from the camp at Bridgend, Glamorgan.
May I ask the Leader of the House to state the Business for next week?
That they have agreed to,—
Lords Amendment to be considered upon Tuesday next, and to be printed [Bill 35].
Lords Amendments to be considered upon Tuesday next, and to be printed [Bill 36].
Reported, with Amendments, from the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills.
[2ND ALLOTTED DAY]
Resolutions reported:
1. "That such numbers of Officers, Seamen, Boys and Royal Marines and of Royal Marine Police, as His Majesty may deem necessary, be borne on the books of His Majesty's Ships and at the Royal...
2. "That a sum, not exceeding £100, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of Wages, etc., of Officers and Men of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines and of certain other personnel...
3. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding ģ10, 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, 1945,...
Resolutions reported:
1. "That such number of Land Forces of all ranks, as His Majesty may deem necessary, be maintained for the Service of the United Kingdom at Home and Abroad, exclusive of India, during the year...
2. "That a sum, not exceeding £100, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Pay, etc., of the Army, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
3. "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, 1945,...
Resolutions reported:
1. "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 on...
2. "That a sum, not exceeding £100, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Pay, etc., of the Air Force, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
3. "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, 1945,...
Bill to provide, during 12 months, for the discipline and regulation of the Army and the Air Force; ordered to be brought in by Sir James Grigg, Mr. A. V. Alexander, Sir Archibald Sinclair, Mr....
"to provide, during 12 months, for the discipline and regulation of the Army and the Air Force"; presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Tuesday next, and to...
Second and Third Resolutions agreed to.
Resolutions reported:
1. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £500, 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, 1945,...
2. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £300,088, 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,...
3. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £1,313,000, 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,...
4. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £20,000, 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,...
5. "That a sum, not exceeding £25,000, 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, 1945, for the...
6. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £4,000, 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,...
7. "That a sum, not exceeding £5,000,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st March, 1945, to reimburse to...
8. "That a Supplementary sum, rot exceeding £200,000, 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,...
9. "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 3rst day of March, 1945,...
10. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £30,000, 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,...
11. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £51,510, 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,...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—(Mr. Buchan-Hepburn.)
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