Tuesday, 5 June 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, originating in the Lords, and referred on the First...
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 First Reading thereof, the Standing...
asked the Joint Under-Secretary of State for Scotland if the details of the compromise with the county of Dumbartonshire in respect of the Loch Sloy hydro-electric scheme have now been agreed;...
asked the Joint Under-Secretary of State for Scotland how many permanent and temporary houses, respectively, it is intended to have built in Scotland during the next 12 months; and how many...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how many man-shifts have been lost this year at Hucknall No. 1 pit owing to underground workers being sent home because no work was available for them;...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how many mineworkers in South Wales, Cannock Chase, North Staffordshire and Yorkshire, respectively, received coal from collieries at special rates during the...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the figures for the last year to the latest convenient date of the number of shifts worked in coalmines; and separate figures for voluntary absenteeism and...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he has yet decided that German prisoners are to be employed in coalmines as a temporary measure.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the estimated capital cost of implementing the recommendations of the Reid Report and the time estimated to be necessary to carry out the changes; and the...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the profits made in the coal industry, as revealed by the ascertainments, for the periods 1936 to 1939 and 1940 to 1944, respectively.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will authorise the commissioners to increase the supply of electricity at present available to the agricultural distracts of Norfolk.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the volume of coke oven gas burned at the bleeder pipe at the coke ovens at Clyde Iron Works, Folcross, on the two days, 8th and 9th May.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether any modifications have yet been decided on in the active-service leave allowance for petrol.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether the basic ration of petrol will be in addition to that already allotted to certain persons in rural districts for shopping purposes in their nearest town.
asked the Under-secretary of State for Dominion Affairs if he is satisfied that Eire preserved strict neutrality during the war in Europe.
asked the President of the Board of Trade why hosiery needles are still being imported, when home producers have idle machinery and can supply all requirements.
Mr. Murray: asked the President of the Board of Trade when mothers in the Spennymoor Division will be able to purchase babies soothers; is he aware that some months ago hon. Members were assured...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what advice His Majesty's Government are giving to local authorities and to private individuals with regard to the disposal of mattresses, blankets,...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that Messrs. D. Napier and Sons are in the process of closing down their wartime factory at Liverpool, and that it is anticipated...
Commander Kinģ-Hall: asked the President of the Board of Trade, whether he can give any particulars of the arrangement entered into between Messrs. Hutchinson and the Russian Government for...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what are the arrangements regarding the issue of clothing coupons to returned prisoners of war; and whether he is aware that many of these men, who are...
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether members of county police forces will come under the National Insurance Scheme for pensions for themselves, their wives or their widows, or whether...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will arrange for the bands of units serving on the Continent of Europe to be sent out to join those units as soon as possible.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is satisfied that the arrangements for placing the names of repatriated prisoners of war on the electoral register are working well; and what is the...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether members of the Army who have been in German prison camps or working on forced labour in Germany for long periods, and who had suffered physically and...
Mr. E. P. Smith: asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will make arrangements to avoid the need for the batteries at Lydd firing into the sea at Rye Bay, in view of the fact that Rye...
Mr. E. P. Smith: asked the Secretary of State for War if he will now lift the ban imposed on near relatives visiting their kinsmen in Dungeness.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is now satisfied that all possible steps are being taken to allow local leave to members of the Forces serving in the Far East and to provide them with...
Mr. John Duģdale: asked the Secretary of State for War whether officers who have served more than two years and five months in a tropical climate and are now stationed in this country, may...
asked the Secretary of State for War (1) whether he will examine the possibilities of a mare extensive use of Allied 'bomber aircraft as a means of transport, in order to increase the present...
asked the Secretary of State for War to what extent he proposes to modify the non-fraternisation order in Germany at an early date; and whether measures are being taken to adopt equivalent...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether Austrian prisoners of war are being segregated from German prisoners; and whether any steps are being taken to send those who are not Nazis to Austria.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will give an assurance that all Nazi leaders, of whatever rank, are now imprisoned in ordinary prison cages or other prisons and not allowed the...
Captain Lonģhurst: asked the Prime Minister to what medal men who have served in Paiforce will be entitled.
asked the Prime Minister the broad policy that is to be carried out by the Control Commission for German industry; who are the British members and the concerns with which they are or were...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Prime Minister whether he will now make a statement regarding the closing down and liquidation of redundant Ministries and Departments, in view of the cessation of...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is now able to give information as to the transfer of vessels from the British Navy to the Red Fleet.
Mr. Graham White: asked the Prime Minister to which Minister Questions on general policy regarding relief and reconstruction should be addressed.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will publish as a White Paper the full decisions arrived at both at Teheran and Yalta with regard to the readjustment of territory in Europe, the treatment of...
asked the Prime Minister the numbers of Scots casualties since 3rd September, 1939.
asked the Prime Minister if he will arrange for a referendum in Scotland on the question of the establishing of a democratic legislature in that country, through which the Scottish people would...
I wish to ask the Prime Minister a Question, of which I have given him Private Notice, and in putting that Question, perhaps I may be allowed to express our regret at the illness of the Foreign...
I wish to ask a question with regard to the Business appearing on the Order Paper to-day. I wish to know whether the Notice of Motion dealing with the Business for Supply for the present Session...
May I make a short statement containing a suggestion to the House? I remember after the last war, when I became Secretary of State for War and Air, Questions were put on the Paper, running, I...
Now, I have a short statement to make. I propose, subject of course to the approval of me House, not to be present on this day week at the early part of the Sitting. The House will remember...
Reported, with Amendments, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills (with Report on the Bill).
Reported, with Amendments, from the Committee on Unopposed Bills (with Report on the Bill).
Proceedings on Government Business exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House).—[Mr. Bracken.]
Considered in Committee.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee.
I beg to move, in page 2, line 6, after "borough," insert: or a non-county borough in an urban or rural district. This is a matter on which, I must frankly admit, there is some difference of...
I beg to move, in page 3, line 2, after "situated," insert: or by the council of the said district being a borough. The effect of this Amendment is to make it possible for a non-county borough to...
Save as in this Act provided nothing in this Act shall prejudicially alter or affect the rights, privileges and immunities of any municipal corporation or the operation of any municipal...
9.45 P.m.
Resolved: That the Draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Minister of Fuel and Power under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 to 1934, on the application of the Rural District Council...
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