Thursday, 12 April 1945
The House met at a Quarter past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Mr. Speaker: I regret to have to inform the House of the death of Commander Rupert Arnold Brabner, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N.V.R., Member for the Borough of Hythe, and I desire, on behalf of the House,...
"to confirm a Provisional Order made by one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State under the Marriages Validity (Provisional Orders) Acts, 1905 and 1924," presented by Mr. Herbert...
asked the Minister of Labour when the Interrupted Apprenticeships Scheme for men whose apprenticeships have been interrupted by war service will be brought into operation.
asked the Minister of Labour if he is able to say what groups, it is at present anticipated, will be demobilised when the war in Europe is over.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is able to make any statement with regard to the release from the Forces under the proposals for demobilisation set out in the White Paper of individual...
asked the Minister of Labour whether in considering the several claims for priority in demobilisation he will fully protect the claims of the distributive and allied trades which have probably...
Mr. Moelwyn Huģhes: asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to the case of R. D. Moore, who claimed to be a conscientious objector and was sentenced to two months'...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the difficulties experienced by the local authority in Ilford and elsewhere in London in the collection of house refuse due to the shortage of...
asked the Minister of Health (1) what purpose has been achieved by issuing the White Paper on the health services, in view of the fact that he has now, in response to representations from the...
Dr. Russell Thomas: asked the Minister of Health the number of medical superintendents employed in L.C.C. hospitals; and how many have served on the senior staffs of the London voluntary hospitals.
asked the Minister of Health what is the approximate shortage of nurses in civil hospitals; the number now training for the profession; to what extent the deficiency is being reduced; and what...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is yet in a position to reduce the upper age limit for call-up to the Forces.
asked the Minister of Health.what results attended the enquiry his inspector held in connection with the proposed acquisition of land by the Malton rural district council for sites for...
asked the Minister of Health what is the total number of dwelling-houses in the United Kingdom which have been so badly damaged as a result of enemy action since the beginning of the war that...
asked the Minister of Health if there is in England or Wales any association for building houses similar to the Scottish Housing Association which receives the support of the Scottish Department...
asked the Minister of Health if he will furnish the names of every local authority who have increased the rents of their houses since September, 1939, to date, stating the amount of weekly...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is now in a position to announce the names of the persons appointed to inquire into certain aspects of local government within the County of London...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning if he is now able to state when the Report on National Parks, by Mr. John Dower, will be published.
Mr. Manninģham-Buller: asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning when the Report made by Mr. A. H. S. Waters, V.C., on the scope and efficiency of the measures at present employed in...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning what steps he is taking to control the erection of advertisements over the countryside.
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning if, in view of the concern that is being expressed at the long delay of the report concerning the site of the power station at Keipur, Durham, and...
Mr. Rostron Duckworth: asked the Minister of Pensions whether any special mechanical device is recommended for ex-Servicemen who have sustained deafness as a result of their war service.
asked the Secretary of State for India whether, in view of the present high cost of living in India, he is satisfied that officials in the lower ranks of the Indian Civil Service, Imperial Police...
asked the Secretary of State for India whether recent proposals made by representative Indians to Lord Wavell and His Majesty's Government are being sympathetically considered; and whether, in...
asked the Secretary of State for India whether arrangements have been made whereby Britishers serving with the Gurkhas will have the right to vote by proxy at the General Election.
asked the Secretary of State for India if he can now give particulars respecting ministerial changes in the North-West Frontier Provincial Government, the present Party representation in the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the number of cases involved, he will make a statement as to how British unmarried women may lay claims against men...
Mr. Driberģ: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the sanitary, washing, cooking and other arrangements at Dartmoor Prison are in accordance with the standards recommended...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action it is proposed to take with reference to the Interim Report of the Committee on Electoral Law Reform, Cmd. 6606.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if permits to visit foreign countries, now under Allied control, can be issued to British citizens who desire to visit them for business...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, owing to the decided improvement in the war situation, he will make arrangements whereby the granting of exit permits between Great...
asked the Prime Minister if he has now considered the views expressed in the Debate on the Adjournment on 26th May, 1944; and what steps he is taking to secure that the parliamentary machinery...
asked the Prime Minister whether he has considered the letter recently addressed by General Eisenhower to President Roosevelt to the effect that it is probable that there will never be a clean...
asked the Minister of Agriculture the nature of the experimental work being carried out by the Ordnance Survey workers occupying a 12-roomed house in Christchurch Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth;...
asked the Minister of Agriculture with reference to the plans of the Government for agricultural finance, whether he is satisfied that treatment as favourable as that which other industries will...
asked the Minister of Agriculture the amount of the expenditure of the War Agricultural Executive Committees and also the cost to the taxpayer since they were inaugurated.
asked the Minister of Agriculture by what authority the Milk Marketing Board have imposed penalties on registered producers of milk, particulars of which have been sent to him.
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the early cessation of supplies of agricultural machinery under Lend-Lease from America and the difficulties of ordinary...
Mr. De la èbere: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in addition to the frost warnings which are now being broadcast for the benefit of farmers from April to mid-June, he will confer...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the scheme for training ex-Servicemen in practical work on the land is now complete; and can the details now be made available to men interested.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will recommend the war agricultural executive committees to set up camps with creches, so that parents with children can undertake voluntary work on...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir Arthur Heneaģe: asked the Minister of Agriculture when the River Boards Bill is likely to be introduced.
Dr. Russell Thomas: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what grounds he departed from precedent in appointing a woman to be a Metropolitan stipendiary magistrate.
Mr. Driberģ: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the black-out regulations will be deemed automatically to have been annulled, in those district in which they are still in...
Viscount Hinchinģbrooke: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what provision is being made for communication between residents in the Channel Islands and their relatives in...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can make any statement as to the results of the inquiries made by detective-officers from New Scotland Yard into allegations of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will consider appointing Government veterinary surgeons to take charge on dog racing tracks in Britain.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will extend the time available for objections to be made to the new register of electors in the St. Albans Division.
Commander Kinģ-Hall: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to clarify the position in the case of an elector holding a proxy on behalf of a serving...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has considered the letter sent to him by the Welfare and Entertainment Committee of the Ivanhoe Hostel, regarding facilities for voting...
asked the Minister of Education whether he has considered a letter signed by 38 education officers in the R.A.F. with reference to conditions arising in connection with their demobilisation and...
asked the Minister of Education what is the significance of the words "where a special case can be established," in paragraph 2, of circular 32, dated i6th March, 1945; and whether these words...
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether he has any advice to give to the evacuees from Greater London who are now living in safer parts of the country and who are looking forward to...
May I ask the Leader of the House whether he can state the Business for next week?
Reported, with Amendments from the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills.
Considered in Committee [Progress, loth April].
I beg to move, in page 3, line 3, leave out partly," and insert "mainly." The purpose of the Amendment is to find out from the Government what is meant by the rather nebulous word "partly."...
Resolution reported: That for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to provide for the development of certain areas, and for controlling the provision of industrial premises with a view...
Mr. de Rothschild discharged from the Select Committee on National Expenditure and Professor Gruffydd added.—[Major Sir James Edmondson.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."— [Mr. Mathers.]
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