Monday, 5 November 1945
The House met at a Quarter past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that since the cancellation of Orders affecting distribution certain goods, notably cutlery and jute webbing, are unobtainable through the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will make a statement in regard to the present position at the Ford Motor Company's Barton factories; and what are the future plans in regard...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he has considered the case brought to his notice of the ex-Serviceman discharged through being medically unfit, whose application to open a small...
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) how many trade or business representatives have been given facilities to proceed to Germany to select any plant or machinery to be brought over to...
asked the President of the Board of Trade, in view of the continued shortage of children's shoes in Birmingham, whether he will take immediate steps to ensure that Birmingham receives its fair...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what indications he has given as to the overseas countries to which exporters should especially direct their attention.
asked the President of the Board of Trade when adaptors will be available to enable utility wireless receiving sets to receive long waves.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will give an approximate estimate of the amount of cloth and ready-made suits immobilised in the shop windows of tailors and outfitters in...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will allow an increase in the number of coupons available to hairdressers for towels; and why it is proposed to introduce a purchase tax on...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any progress has been made in the building of a plant for the manufacture of synthetic rubber under a licence which was granted to the British...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what are the wholesale prices of Perspex, Diacone, Polystyrene, cellulose acetate and Beetle plastic in the United Kingdom and the sterling prices of the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will consider the issue of dockets for furniture of married couples serving in His Majesty's Forces prior to their securing the living...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will arrange for an issue of clothing coupons to other ranks who have been in His Majesty's Forces for a long period, have volunteered to...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the hardship to small professional and commercial concerns in London as a result of being given notice to quit or to pay increased...
Mr. Bernard Taylor: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will arrange for the purchase of surgical appliances to be coupon free.
asked the President of the Board of Trade when he in tends to visit the West Riding to discuss the future of the wool industry.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is now able to make a statement regarding the supply of sanitary towels and to indicate the steps he is taking to remedy the general shortage...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that coupons of a class with which many retail traders have not previously been acquainted are now being tendered to them; and...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will make a statement on the attitude of the Government on the preservation and expansion of individual unit traders in our national economy.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will take steps to expedite the production of oilskins and rubber boots for bona fide fishermen.
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether he will give information concern- ing the stocks of silk, nylon, cotton and other fabrics now held by parachute and balloon manufacturing...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what quantity of timber was landed in United Kingdom ports in October; and how this quantity compares with his estimate of timber imports for the same period.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the present allocation of paper to fish friers is less than at any time during the war; and to what extent this is due to any...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the free cigarette issue to Indian other ranks in the Indian army has been cancelled; and whether he will take steps to...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what rates of war gratuity will be paid to Indian other ranks of the Indian Army.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any conversations have been begun with a view to recognising the government of Albania.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any statement to make on the present position in China.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, as Germany has been defeated and no longer exists as a sovereign State, he will give instructions that the Geneva Convention shall no...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the fact that the Allied Commission has not yet reported on the rate at which expelled Germans can be received into occupied...
asked the Prime Minister when the murderers of British prisoners of war at Stalag Luft III will be brought to trial.
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what steps are being taken to allow the Polish displaced persons in Germany to communicate with their families in Poland.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps are being taken to reopen British consulates in France.
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the urgency of making provision for Jewish victims of Nazi persecution, he will make a statement on short-term policy of immigration into Palestine...
asked the Minister of Agriculture when he will be in a position to announce the long-term policy of His Majesty's Government for agriculture..
Lieut.-Colonel Dower: asked the Minister of Agriculture what is the number of farmers dispossessed by order of the County War Agricultural Executive Committees for the years 1940, 1941, 1942,...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will now state the acreage of agricultural land in the county of Norfolk that has been taken for all military and Air Force purposes since 1938; how...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will take steps to put an end to the difficulties of farmers in Leicestershire who have been unable to get German prisoner-of-war labour for gathering...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how many applications for release from the Forces under Class B have been received by His Ministry; how many have been passed on to the appropriate authority;...
Mr. Baldwin: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether in view of the proposed reduction by £2 of the acreage deficiency payment on wheat planted for the 1946 harvest, he will give farmers...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the experience of various types of production, due to pre-war and war-time conditions, now possessed by farmers, he will call for a return...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has considered the W.L.A. National Charter, a copy of which has been sent to him; and if he has any statement to make thereon.
asked the Minister of Agriculture when he proposes to extend the calfhood vaccination scheme against contagious abortion to all cattle in addition to dairy herd heifers.
asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he is taking to ensure adequate accommodation is available for ex-Servicemen who complete the agricultural and horticultural training courses.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is taking any steps to safeguard the bulb-growing industry of this country; and to encourage a full re-establishment of this industry.
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, when the financial assistance in connection with the resettlement grants for smallholders will be forthcoming and why, in view of...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps are being taken by His Majesty's Government to obtain an international agreement to, prevent the grounds in the North Sea and Channel from being...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any steps are being taken to ensure the survival and feeding during the coming winter of those people who gave assistance, at great risk...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps he is taking to send observers to Yugoslavia to report on the coming elections; if he is in a position to give their names; and if he...
asked the Minister of War Transport whether he will consider granting permits for reconditioned motor cars to doctors demobilised from the Services in view of the fact that many of these doctors...
asked the Minister of War Transport whether he will facilitate an in crease in transport services in the county of Durham, especially in the Sedgefield and Bellingham areas, and thereby obviate...
asked the Minister of War Transport whether he will state in what circumstances his representatives have the right to cancel existing A licences or to downgrade them from A to B.
asked the Minister of War Transport the extent to which ships engaged upon or earmarked for the repatriation of British prisoners of war and of members of the forces returning to this country,...
asked the Minister of War Transport for how many men and women in the Services at present stationed in India, Burma or elsewhere in the Far East, he has allotted shipping space in each of the...
asked the Minister of Supply and of Aircraft Production if he will give figures showing the monthly production, by types, of civil aircraft in the United Kingdom since 1st January, 1945..
asked the Minister of Supply and of Aircraft Production if he is aware that the shortage of spare parts and accessories has become even more acute during the past three months; what steps he is...
asked the Minister of Supply and Aircraft Production how many of the 51,600 vehicles which have been passed to industry for disposal to the public through trade channels have, in fact, come into...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he is aware that the Kent Electric Power Company, Ltd., before agreeing to bring a supply to the owner of Basing Farm, Cowden, Kent, who is an attested...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what is the present position of stocks of liquid paraffin in this country; what is the reason for the shortage of supplies in many districts including the...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that naval ratings awarded the D.S.M. in the 1939–45 war received an increase of 6d. per day in pension rates, whilst those who...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will publish a statement showing the total casualties suffered by men of the Imperial Forces, taken prisoner at Singapore, during their captivity; and...
asked the Secretary of State for War when he is prepared to lift the ban that prohibits the British soldier from marrying whom he pleases, if his choice should fall upon a girl of German nationality.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to the fact that Captain J. G. Johnson, of Oxford, recently gave a Press interview, reporting statements of German...
asked the Secretary of State for War, whether he is aware that Gunner E. G. Bailey, recently sentenced to death for murder, was stated to be mentally aged nine years of age by reason of...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will consider giving a percentage increase in pay to all those officers and men in the Forces who are retained beyond the normal date of the release of their group.
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can make a statement regarding a number of Greek seamen, officers and men, who arrived recently at the port of...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of War Transport if the action being taken by conductors of the London Passenger Transport Board to prohibit or restrict passengers standing in omnibuses is...
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Resolution reported: That for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to bring the capital stock of the Bank of England into public ownership and bring the Bank under public control, to...
Resolution reported:
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Pearson.]
5.55 p.m.
7.9 p.m.
8.51 p.m.
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