Thursday, 22 March 1945
The House met at a Quarter past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Labour the benefits to which members of the W.L.A. will be entitled on discharge to assist them in training and rehabilitation.
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that many scientists are concerned about the Report of the Committee on Higher Appointments set up by him in July, 1943, fearing that the proposed new...
asked the Minister of Labour how many persons formerly engaged in the building industry are now engaged in other civil employment; and whether he will forthwith arrange for their return to the...
Sir Geoffrey Mender: asked the Minister of Labour what action he is taking with regard to a resolution passed by the shop stewards committee of Henry Meadows, Limited, Wolverhampton, dealing...
asked the Minister of Labour if he can make a statement on the Government's policy with regard to holidays and relaxation on the termination of hostilities in Europe and after the defeat of...
asked the Minister of Labour if he has considered the representations made to him that the Sunny-side Maternity Home, Cheltenham, providing at present accommodation for, approximately, 100...
asked the Minister of Labour whether men who have served at sea as wireless officers in the Merchant Navy and who are surplus to the pool will, on demobilisation, be called up for service in the...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that formal invitations headed Ministry of Labour have been issued for the opening ceremony of the Loughborough Liberty Club on 23rd March; what...
asked the Minister of Pensions the number of cases transferred to his Ministry for pension purposes by the three Services, Army, Navy and R.A.F., while still in hospital receiving treatment; and...
asked the Secretary of State for India why certain British officers in the Indian Army are granted free tuition in Urdu while others have to pay and to find their own time for it outside duty hours.
asked the Secretary of State for India what is the provisional estimated yield of food grains for 1945 and 1946; the present total amount held in reserve and the allowance for deterioration; to...
asked the Secretary of State for India how many members of the Indian Legislative Assembly are now serving terms of imprisonment and, of those released, how many are precluded from attending or...
Mr. Astor: asked the Secretary of State for India what steps have been taken to implement Lord Munster's recommendations on Army welfare.
asked the Secretary of State for India whether he can make a statement as to the steps which have been taken and are being taken for a return to responsible government in the Indian Provinces.
asked the Secretary of State for Burma whether he is yet in a position to announce the decision of His Majesty's Government as a result of the deliberations of the Cabinet Committee which has...
Sir G. Arland-Troyte: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will arrange for electors to vote at the nearest polling booth to their residence in order that they may be...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any building projects are in hand for the N.F.S.; and, if so, the value of such works.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the result of his inquiries into the case of Marino Vicetti, who, in hospital as the result of wounds inflicted at Arnhem,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he is taking on the recommendation of the Committee which reported on the L.C.C. remand homes that some machinery for easy and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that the league against cruel sports has been unable to obtain the permission of the Commissioner of Police to take part...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the number of bicycles reported to the police as stolen or lost in the last period for which figures are available; the...
Mr. Arthur Duckworth: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is now proposed to hold an inquiry into all the circumstances lead- ing to the death of Denis O'Neill, at...
asked the Minister of Education why, in setting up the central advisory councils for England and Wales under the Education Act, he has not included any representative of technical education; and...
Mr. Bernard Taylor: asked the Minister of Education if he will give the number of local education authorities supplying meals in elementary and secondary schools in England and Wales and the...
asked the Minister of Education if he has now accepted the Burnham award on teachers' salaries.
asked the Minister of Education whether, in view of the shortage of school dentists and the urgent need of adequate dental treatment for school-children, he will reconsider the possibility of...
asked the Minister of Education what is the policy of his Department towards salary scales in direct-grant schools.
asked the Minister of Education whether his attention has been called to the anxiety roused by the proposal that a single governing body should be formed by a local education authority for a...
asked the Minister of Health whether his, attention has been called to the recent prosecution of a dental mechanic for taking an impression of a man's me in order to effect the most efficient...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the dissatisfaction of 3,000 residents of Woodingdean at the calling up of the only local medical practitioner and the inadequate medical attention...
asked the Minister of Health what is his estimate of the number of identity cards lost in Britain every year; what proportion is found by the owners; and what proportion is established as having...
asked the Prime Minister how many despatches have been received from commanders in the field since the beginning of the war; how many have so far been published and when the remainder will be...
asked the Prime Minister what special instructions will be given to the representatives going to San Francisco; and will they be published.
asked the Prime Minister if he has given consideration to the resolution of the Cowdenbeath Town Council, forwarded to him by the hon. Member for West Fife, requesting that all possible...
asked the Minister of Health if he will prohibit the Bath City Council from utilising for building the Old Down playing field, which the National Playing Fields Association and Carnegie Trustees...
asked the Minister of Health if he will give comparative figures on the average inclusive cost, time taken in man-hours and number of men employed in the construction and completion of Nissen...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the fact that consultations are now taking place with the Dominions in connection with certain Poles being granted British nationality, he will take...
Mr. De la Bére: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the many instances of failure to lift last season's potato crop, involving loss of many thousands of tons of potatoes,...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what arrangements he is making for the provision of the £200,000,000 which he estimates will require to be invested in agriculture in this country after the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has received the Report of the Committee on Unqualified Veterinary Practice; and if he proposes to publish that Report.
asked the Minister of Health to what extent their co-operation in A.R.P., C.D., war savings and other war-time services, is leading parish councils to amalgamate in cases where conditions are...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether his attention has been drawn to the sale by the War Office of huts erected on searchlight sites, etc.; and whether he will arrange, either...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning if he is informed when the ground is levelled after the finish of opencast mining; and, as it takes years for the settling of land after the...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning how many local authorities have to submit their layouts to him for approval; how many have done so; and how many have so far been approved for the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will circularise all Departments with instructions that when officials of Government offices, in the course of their duties, find it necessary,...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether wives of men conducting a business or profession from their homes can receive payment for services rendered in answering telephones, taking messages,...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has concluded his discussions with the railway companies with a view to supplementary allowances to railway pensioners comparable to those...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in order to encourage exports, some of which may have to be undertaken at or below cost, he will consider granting manufacturers a partial remission...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the assurances given to the Birmingham group of Members of this House at his meeting with them and Lord Keynes on 6th March.
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if libraries, public bodies and persons other than Members of Parliament are permitted to purchase bound volumes of HANSARD.
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether he is now in a position to announce the composition of the British Delegation to the San Francisco Conference.
Having disposed of the Question on the delegation to the San Francisco Conference—which I addressed to the Prime Minister in all innocence and without malice aforethought—may I now...
I have a short statement to make. I have decided, in consultation with the other Ministers concerned, to suspend the performance of duties under the Fire Guard Orders as from midday on Saturday,...
That they have agreed to Amendments to—
Read the First time, and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
Order for Second Reading read.
3.44 P.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Buchan-Hepburn.]
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