Monday, 8 July 1946
The House met at Halt past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
For the Borough of Battersea (North Division), in the room of Francis Campbell Ross Douglas, Esquire (Chiltern Hundreds).—[Mr. Whiteley.]
Vice-Admiral Taylor: I beg to present to the House, Mr. Speaker, a humble Petition of inhabitants of the residential borough of Paddington, as follows: That in the present state of food...
As amended, considered; Standing Order 205 suspended; Bill to be read the Third time forthwith.—[The Deputy-Chairman.]
Read a Second time, and committed.
Read a Second time, and committed.
asked the Minister of Transport if he will arrange for uniformity of speed limits in all London parks, based upon the limits which obtain in the Royal parks.
asked the Minister of Transport if he will have the surplus lands bordering trunk roads that have been acquired or will be acquired for future widenings, planted with trees, shrubs and other...
asked the Minister of Transport if he will give top priority to making the lay-out and lighting of Western Avenue and the Kingston Bypass uniform throughout their lengths to enable these heavily...
asked the Minister of Transport the number of toll roads and bridges in the United Kingdom; what plans exist for their elimination; and when the Government expect to complete the project.
asked the Minister of Transport whether he will now appoint a Regional Commissioner for the North of Scotland.
asked the Minister of Transport how many motor omnibus companies demand a deposit upon the issue of initial season tickets in addition to the cost.
asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of his proposal to abolish the Road Haulage Organisation, he intends to retain any powers under Regulation 73 (b); and, if so, for what purpose.
asked the Minister of Transport whether he will give the numbers of vehicles, other than hackneys, falling into the following categories:heavy oil, light oil and electric, as at February, 1946;...
asked the Minister of Transport if he will give details as to the amount of up-to-date road-making equip- ment, bulldozers and other such machinery, which has been made available for improving...
asked the Minister of Transport when the L.M.S. vessels s.s. "Duke of Rothesay" and s.s. "Duke of York" will be released from requisition.
asked the Minister of Transport what is the tonnage of British shipping at present chartered by the United States of America.
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that Norwegian and other allied ship-owners are permitted to sell their old vessels to other than their own nationals; that they are thus able...
asked the 'Minister of Transport by whose instructions are second-class seagoing engineers prevented from studying for a first-class certificate; when was this instruction given: and why.
asked the Minister of Transport how much shipping is on demand to bring food supplies from South American ports to Britain; and if he will expedite the necessary arrangements.
asked the Minister of Transport whether when the Essential Work Order, in so far as it affects merchant seamen, is withdrawn, any provision is being made to provide continuous employment for them...
asked the Minister of Transport if he is satisfied that the dredging operations carried out in the various ports of the country are sufficient to maintain a clear fairway and to prevent the...
asked the Minister of Transport what steps are being taken to direct ships to the ports where unemployment is acute as an alternative to transferring the men from their home ports to those that...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he will now make a statement on the introduction of cheap day excursion railway fares for organised parties and single persons.
asked the Minister of Transport for what reason Government officials have priority for sleeping berths on trains now that the war is over; and whether he will forthwith issue instructions that...
asked the Minister of Transport what steps are being taken to repair and rebuild the Central Railway Station, Sunderland.
asked the Minister of Transport the amount paid during each of the last five years in respect of agricultural produce destroyed or damaged by fires caused by railway locomotives
asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that during the present holiday season there is a demand for more first and third-class sleeping coaches from London to Aberdeen by both the...
asked the Minister of Transport what steps he has in mind for the electrification of railways in Scotland.
asked the Minister of Supply how many vehicles and motor cycles, surplus to requirements, are now being held in the British zone in Germany.
asked the Minister of Supply (1), what is the total amount of capital moneys invested by His Majesty's Government, including both purchase price and subsequent capital expenditure, in the...
asked the Minister of Supply how many motor cars have been supplied to Government Departments, other than the three Fighting Services, since 1st January, 1946; and how many are now on order for...
asked the Minister of Supply when sufficient penicillin will be available to meet demand; and whether the Control of Penicillin (No. 1) Order, 1946, will then be revoked.
asked the Minister of Supply how many factories, erected during the war for the manufacture of magnesium, are now lying idle; what the cost of these has been; and what his policy is regarding...
asked the Minister of Supply for what purpose Newchurch Hall, Culcheth, Lancashire, is to be used in the future; how many coalmining trainees anti building trade workers have received notice, or...
asked the Minister of Supply (1) if he will now state the reassessed rents on his Department's housing estate, Victoria Avenue, Ilkley; and, in view of the fact that the reassessed rents have...
asked the Minister of Supply the source of supply of the ribbon for the medals of the three Forces; how much comes from foreign countries; and from which countries.
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Prime Minister whether in view of the substantial financial contribution this country makes to U.N.R.R.A., he will now name the Minister to whom questions concerning...
asked the Prime Minister what are the statistics of war casualties for Scotland of Service and civil personnel.
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. SCOLLAN:
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will take steps to make the full text of the new Control Agreement for Austria available to hon. Members and to the public.
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will consider reducing the allocation of horticultural glass to German farmers and make available the resultant surplus to British growers.
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what are the present official rations in the American zone of Germany and the actual estimated consumption of calories per head in that zone; and...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will order a review of the sentence of one year's imprisonment passed by a Military Government court in Göttingen on a German, Dr....
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if, in view of the great interest taken by the people visiting the "Germany Under Control" Exhibition now on view in London, he will consider giving...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will now consider allocating feedingstuffs to keepers of poultry not on the basis of a 1939 registration but on that of the number of eggs delivered...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that, arising from the announced 4o per cent. cut in feedingstuffs, a cross section of farms on second-rate land, where the first half-gallon was...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will instruct county agricultural committees not to serve ploughing-up orders on smallholders who have no machinery of their own, unless the county...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he has considered the use of surplus road side ammunition shelters converted into small temporary silos to augment the silage crop where practicable.
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will give the names and prices of seeding units used as an attachment to a tractor, comparable to the unit known as 7135/X, which are being manufactured in...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether it is now possible to remove the restrictions, imposed on the ground that the two-stroke engine is in short supply, on the purchase of motor mowers for...
Mr. Vane: asked the Minister of Agriculture what general arrangements he has made with U.N.R.R.A. for the purchase of livestock in this country; what is the maximum number of the main types of...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will state the number of priority orders for tractors which have been granted by W.A.E.C.s during the last 18 months; and how many of those granted...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how many acres of growing corn of this season's crop have been sacrificed for the purpose of opencast coal mining; and what were the equivalent figures for 1945.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether it was with the approval of his Department that land belonging to Mr. T. Williams, Chapel House Farm, Minsterly, Salop, has been acquired by Atcham Rural...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether in view of the importance to Bechuanaland of the Union of South Africa's demand for the incorporation of South-West Africa,...
Mr. Baldwin: asked the Minister of Supply what steps he proposes to take to increase the supply of gas mantles in the Colwall district of Herefordshire.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will, give an estimate of the weight of paper used by the national and local Press during, respectively, the first quarters of 1936 and 1946.
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) what steps he is taking to maintain and increase supplies of upper and lining leather; (2) if he will explain the method by which hides, skins and...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give an estimate of the tonnage of crêpe rubber used by the footwear industry in the second quarter of 1939
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that six employees of his Department at their flax factory at Easingwold, who were on holiday in the period that included V-Day and...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he proposes taking to make good the shortage of perambulators in the Newcastle-under-Lyme and North Staffordshire areas.
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting,
Order for Consideration, as amended (in the Standing Committee), read.
4.0 p.m.
Mr. Ivor Thomas: I beg to move, in page 22, line 42, after "displacement," to insert: being residential accommodation suitable to the reasonable requirements of those persons. This Amendment is...
Mr. Ivor Thomas: I beg to move, in page 25, line 43, after "shall," to insert: to such extent as the Treasury may direct. The object of this Amendment is to deal with cases where the Minister of...
Mr. Ivor Thomas: I beg to move, in page 40, line 31, after "in," to insert "Subsection (1) of." This Amendment is consequential to those which we have just accepted in Clause 35, and relates to...
(1) All appointments of officials to the Corporation other than those for which the Minister is responsible in accordance with the provisions of Section one of this Act, shall be made only on the...
Where in consequence of the provision of air transport services or the carrying out of any work by any of the three corporations under the provisions of this Act any undertaking constituted for...
8.30 p.m.
Mr. Ivor Thomas: I beg to move, in page 4, line 13, to leave out from "Dominions" to the end of the Clause. This Amendment is designed to meet a wish expressed from both sides of the Committee...
I beg to move——
10.20 p.m.
Mr. Ivor Thomas: I beg to move, in page 17, line 6, at the end, to insert: (3) No person shall, in the exercise of a power conferred by any such order, enter upon land which is occupied, unless,...
I beg to move, in page 20, line 43, at the end, to insert: A copy of the notice required to be given in relation to any such order by the Minister under paragraph 1 of the First Schedule to the...
Mr. Ivor Thomas: I beg to move, in page 26, line 11, to leave out from "Order", to the end of the Subsection, and to insert: (2) In the appointment of members of the Ai' Transport Advisory...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."— [Mr. R. J. Taylor.]
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