Monday, 3 June 1946
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time, and passed.
Read a Second time, and committed.
Read a Second time, and committed.
asked the President of the Board of Trade, how many poles complying with G.P.O. standards, are held in stock by the G.P.O., or by any other Department on its behalf; how many have been ordered...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in the forthcoming negotiations for the sale of rubber from the Empire to the U.S.A., such negotiations are to be conducted by representatives...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of tons of paper exported in the most recent three months for which he has particulars; and how much was allotted to papers specialising in...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what are the present average prices of the four principal raw materials imported from the U.S.A. into the United Kingdom; what were the corresponding...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the fact that the closing of the Liverpool Cotton Exchange has been instrumental in the reopening of the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that utility furniture purporting to be made of mahogany is in fact often only stained a colour similar to that of mahogany though the...
Lieut-Colonel Clifton-Brown: asked the President of the Board of Trade if a general issue of dockets will now be made to householders in rural areas who had evacuees billeted on them, to enable...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the shortage of dustbins in West Ham, and Upton in particular; and what steps he proposes to take to overcome this shortage.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has received the report of the Central Price Regulation Committee on their inquiries into the radio valve industry; and when this report will...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the fact that the largest selling wool dress cloth comes in class 210A and is now sold 54 inches wide for three coupons a yard, and...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will authorise the necessary additional clothing coupons for men engaged as musical directors of orchestras.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will increase the supplies of yarn for making cloth for bookbinding so as to match the quantity of books which is being produced with the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of new factories, extensions and modernisations approved for development areas in 1046; and what progress has been made.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what arrangements he has made to make known the information regarding German trade processes obtained by B.I.O.S. to all manufacturers in this country.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps are being taken to encourage the industrial development of the Western Isles.
asked the President of the Board of Trade the reasons for the recent increase in price of American raw cotton by 1d. per pound and Egyptian raw cotton by 2d. per pound; whether the trade was...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what action he proposes to take on the Report of the Cotton Industry Working Party.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the function of Panel B; the names of the respective members; and what positions they hold in the various Ministries or Departments of State.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the value of the furs that have been imported from the U.S.A. during the three months ending 31st May; and what this represents in dollars.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the numerous complaints from ex-Servicemen, trying to make a livelihood at weaving Harris tweed in the Outer Hebrides, owing to...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India how many tractors and agricultural implements were imported into India during the first quarter of 1946.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he will state the total number of electors to the Legislative Assembly in such Provinces of British India as have provided the necessary...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the Cabinet Mission have obtained guarantees that any independent Government of India will honour the obligations of its present Government in...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he will give the amounts of imported food grains now secured to meet Indian requirements; what allocations are now reaching India each month; and...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Burma how Mr. Stanley, a Burma railways official, lost his life on or about 14th April.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Burma if he has any information to give about the attempted assassination of Mr. Butler on Saturday, 28th April, whilst returning from Dalla to Rangoon.
asked the Under- Secretary of State for Burma why the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company had to suspend its Delta services in April; and what steps have been taken to meet the situation.
asked the; Under-Secretary of State for Burma if he will cause a special inquiry to be made into the condition of the Anglo-Burman community and communicate the result to this House.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Burma what steps are being taken to induce the Burmese to cultivate their ricefields; what was the total crop in 1939; and what is the expected crop in 1946.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Burma what steps are being taken to counteract the campaign in Burma against payment of revenue to the Government.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Burma what steps have been taken to counteract the anti-British feeling which is being created by seditionists in Burma.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make it a condition of appointment of members of committees, appointed by His Majesty's Government, that after publication of their report they should...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what measures have been taken, or are contemplated, to look after the families of those Germans who died in German concentration camps; and to...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make a statement on the conditions existing in the camps at Sennelager.
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he now proposes to stop reparation deliveries out of the British zone of occupation in Germany.
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he has any further information as to the purpose for which the former Nazi concentration camps at Sachsenhausen and Buchenwald are at...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster why the motor car belonging to the Central Committee of Displaced Persons at Belsen has been taken from them without com pensation; to which Germans...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether his attention has been drawn to the speech recently made by Sir Sholto Douglas to the Advisory Council in the British zone, stating that a...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the administrative and trading difficulties due to the existence of zonal barriers in Germany, he will approach the...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster the purpose of the German Industries Exhibition to be held in Oxford Street; and why it has been decided to open this exhibition, in view of the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will increase the accommodation at the quarantine station through which pedigree livestock for export must pass so as to obviate the present delays in...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will now state the probable rations of concentrated feeding stuffs that will be provided for dairy cows and other classes of livestock next winter.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is now in a position to declare the Government's policy in connection with the future of the members of the agricultural committees of the county...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how many persons have been selected for appointment to the National Agricultural Advisory Service so far; how many have been in the Services; and how many have...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he has any statement to make regarding the Government's new target for additional acreage of cereals for the 1947 harvest.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he has made further inquiries as to schemes in the Dominions for surrender of food coupons by housewives for the benefit of this...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will grant permission for the circulation of a publication called " Austria " among Austrian prisoners of war in this country.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the express desire of the French Government for suitable immigrants, he will consult with that Government with a view to the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will give the reasons why he accepted the demand that the whole of Transylvania should be given to Rumania, contrary to the declared British...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of MR. MOLSON:
he following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Sir T. MOORE:
May I ask the Leader of the House if he will be good enough to tell us what are the Government's intentions about Business today in the event of their securing the suspension of the Rule for...
Motion made, and Question put, "That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Stand-Order No. 69.
Resolution reported: That for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to make further provision as to the salaries of certain Ministers of the Crown and other persons, and as to the...
Considered in Committee.
10.50 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
I have an Amendment to this Clause on the Paper, but I do not want to detain the Committee on it. I put it down because it seemed to me very strange that we should be asked to make the Bill...
Considered in Committee.
12.10 a.m.
Resolved: "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. R. J. Taylor.]
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