Wednesday, 28 March 1945
The House met at a Quarter past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether a decision has now been reached to invite the Syrian and Lebanese Governments to be represented at the San Francisco Conference.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has considered the statement on the colour bar and racial discrimination issued by the Conference of Missionary Societies in Great Britain...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will attempt to secure the agreement of all foreign Governments to the establishment of international principles which would prevent a...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement of reassurance to the Greek people that all promised financial and other assistance from this country or from...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has considered the protest made to the British Ambassador by E.A.M., to the effect that various departures from the Varkiza Agreement...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any steps have yet been taken to secure that, when a general election or plebiscite is held in Greece, there are sufficient impartial...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the fact that British troops are now garrisoning areas previously occupied by E.L.A.S. and of the recently attempted...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will ascertain as to the custody of works of art by British artists which have not yet been returned from the Paris Salon of 1940; what...
Captain Lonģhurst: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make representations to the Egyptian Government to induce them to remit, in favour of His Majesty's Forces...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether there are any British newspaper correspondents in Finland.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government are in touch by means of representatives, either diplomatic or military, with the present Hungarian Provisional...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he can give details of an accident to an aeroplane of Air Transport Command, on 3rd March, on a journey from England to Paris, which caused the loss...
Colonel Sir Arthur Evans: asked the Secretary of State for Air if he will consider substituting for the present form of head-gear of the W.A.A.F., which is neither practical, comfortable nor...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Aircraft Production, as representing the Minister of Civil Aviation, if he will take steps to secure that one of the conditions imposed on the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Aircraft Production, as representing the Minister of Civil Aviation, whether the Government have now reconsidered the possibility of...
asked the Postmaster-General whether any decision has yet been reached regarding reduction in the cost of airmail letters to members of the Forces serving abroad.
Mr. Hiģģs: asked the Postmaster-General why the 1945 Telephone Directory is not being issued to private subscribers and only issued to business firms in quantities equal to the number of...
asked the Minister of Information whether he is aware of the anxiety amongst parents of soldiers fighting the Germans as to the character and adaptability of the Allied publicity and propaganda...
asked the Minister of Works whether he has given consideration to the resolution of the Fife County Council on the Government's temporary housing, forwarded to him by the hon. Member for West...
asked the Minister of Works whether the present supply of roofing tiles for the London area is adequate.
asked the Minister of Works the number of tile makers who have been released from the Army, Navy and R.A.F. during the past 12 months.
Mr. Jenninģs: asked the Minister of Works whether he is satisfied that all proper interests were considered before deciding to transfer his Sheffield office to Leeds; and, as this action will...
asked the Minister of Works what are the emergency repairs which householders may undertake without licence.
asked the Minister of Works on what terms Mr. H. F. Brunton and Mr. C. B. K. Van Norman offered to supply 100,000 prefabricated houses from Canada; why the offer was not accepted; and if a...
Dr. Russell Thomas: asked the Minister of Works if it is his intention to apply the mobile labour force, now engaged in war damage repairs in London, to help the other bombed towns in the same...
asked the Minister of Works whether a farmer is relieved of the rent of that part of his farm on which prospecting for the purpose of working coal by open-cast mining is being carried on; or...
Mr. Bellenģer: asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he has any plans ready for recruitment for the Navy on a voluntary basis; and whether he is satisfied that he can obtain...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many W.R.N.S. have been tried by courts-martial for offences; and in how many cases did these offences involve desertion.
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty why journeymen electricians are not allowed to be engine- room artificers on the same conditions as apprentice fitters of 20 years of age; and why...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the exceptionally interesting historical and antiquarian associations connected with Bodmin Moor, he will select some other bombing range...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, before promulgating the recent order for civilian personnel employed by the Admiralty to wear R.N.V.R, uniform whilst serving in the Pacific, he...
asked the Prime Minister whether the Minister of Production is now fully engaged in the work of his Ministry; and if that Ministry will be retained after the end of the European war.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider, as one of the terms to be imposed upon Germany, the handing over of a square mile or any conveniently-sized smaller badly-bombed area in Berlin...
asked the Minister of Supply if he will give particulars concerning the method of distributing paper and card for the purposes of the General Election; and if it is intended to give national...
asked the Minister of Supply why agents and importers of timber are not permitted to visit Sweden, Finland, Canada and the U.S.A. at the present time; and when facilities for such visits will be...
Commander AÄ£new: asked the Minister of Supply what price was being paid for wolfram drawn from the Cligga mine immediately before the mine was closed; and what price has been paid for any...
asked the Minister of Supply if he will investigate the possibilities of getting timber from Germany for post-war housing and bringing it to this country in German ships as soon as the war in...
asked the Minister of Food whether he will give sympathetic consideration to the position of persons living alone when re-fixing the cheese ration and allow them to continue to have the present...
asked the Minister of Food (1) if he will discontinue the use of Form G.C. 3 and Form R.G.C. 5; (2) whether, in view of the fact that 31st March comes in the Easter week-end, he will remit the...
Major Keatinģe: asked the Minister of Food if, when an area is closed by foot-and-mouth disease restrictions, he will make adequate arrangements for the slaughter of marketable pigs and other...
asked the Minister of Food how many tons of oranges available in Liverpool for sale to the public during the month of March were, owing to their rotten state or bitterness, surrendered as waste...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that Food Executive Officers will not authorise on their own responsibility the issue of extra milk to a woman unable to name the father of her...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that members of the R.A.F. on leave, and on duty away from their parent unit, are supplied with emergency ration cards which entitle them to eggs,...
Mr. Loģan: asked the Minister of Food, whether, in view of the increase in stocks of poultry and turkeys held by the Canadian Government and the shortage of meat supplies here, he will make...
asked the Minister of Food if his attention has been drawn to the objection by the borough of Erith Chamber of Commerce to the granting of a licence for selling confectionery to Mr. Younger, at...
Miss Rathbone: asked the Minister of Food whether he can now give permission for parcels of food and small medical necessaries to be sent periodically, at the cost of the sender, to persons in...
asked the Minister of Food under what authority was the profit on the importation of Algerian wine retained by his Ministry; and if Treasury sanction was obtained for the imposition of the...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what is the present method, and the method to be employed in the immediate future, in the making of contracts for building cargo vessels for postwar trade;...
Dr. Morģan: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Sir Philip Bahr is still on the Appointments Advisory Board of his Department, which selects British-born medical men for...
Mr. Driberģ: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he has considered the statement on the colour bar and racial discrimination issued by the Conference of Missionary Societies in...
Dr. Morģan: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in the case of the West Indian Crown Colonies, he will consider the desirability of recommending and urging on the local...
Mr. Astor: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will ask for a report on the technical possibilities of the Lowdermilk Plan for the development of Palestine.
May I ask the Leader of the House if he will state the Business for the week after the Easter Recess?
I deeply regret to have to inform the House that my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Hythe (Commander Brabner), Joint Under-Secretary of State for Air, who was travelling by air to Canada,...
I am happy to inform the House that an Anglo-French Financial Agreement was signed in Paris yesterday by Monsieur Pleven, the French Minister of Finance, and myself. The text is being issued as a...
Mr. Speaker, shortly after David Lloyd George first took Cabinet office as President of the Board of Trade, the Liberals who had been in eclipse for 20 years obtained in January, 1906, an...
That they have agreed to,—
Seventh Report from the Select Committee, brought up, and read, as follows:
Report from the Committee of Privileges, with Minutes of Evidence and an Appendix, brought up, and read; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. [No. 63.]
First Report from the Committee on Public Petitions, brought up, and read; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Report from the Joint Committee, with Minutes of Evidence, brought up, and read; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. [No. 64.]
Colonel Sir Charles MacAndrew reported from the Committee of Selection, That they had added the following Twenty Members to Standing Committee A (in respect of the Distribution of Industry Bill):...
Reported, with Amendments, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills (with Report on the Bill).
"to regulate the procedure to be followed in connection with statutory orders required by any future enactment to be subject to special Parliamentary procedure; to apply such procedure to certain...
"to make provision for the appointment and functions of a Minister of Civil Aviation, and for purposes connected therewith"; presented by Sir Stafford Cripps, supported by the Prime Minister, Sir...
House to meet To-morrow at Eleven o'clock; no Questions be taken after Twelve o'clock; and at Five o'clock Mr. Speaker to adjourn the House without Question put.—[Mr. Eden.]
House, at its rising To-morrow, to adjourn till Tuesday, 10th April.—[Mr. Eden.]
Proceedings on any Motion for the Adjournment of the House moved by a Minister of the Crown exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House) for...
Order read for consideration of Lords Amendment.
Lords Amendments considered, and agreed to.
Read a Second time, Bill committed to a Committee of the Whole House.—[Major Sir James Edmondson.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. James Stuart.]
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
Question again proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."
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