Thursday, 23 January 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I beg to ask the leave of the House to present a Petition on behalf of a number of ratepayers and residents of the village of Wool, Dorset, against the nationalisation of the railways. The...
Accounts ordered: relating to Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom during each month of the year 1947—[Sir Stafford Cripps.]
asked the President of the Board of Trade how much rubber was in Government hands at the latest available date; and what is the cost per lb.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will improve the prospects of the county of Linlithgow attracting new industries by abolishing the arbitrary line of demarcation between...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the lowest price for full strength D.D.T. in 10-ton lots is 3s. 3d. per pound in this country as against 2s. 10d. per pound in the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has now reconsidered the regulations governing the import and export of postage stamps; and whether he will now relax these to enable British...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what assistance he will give to the large-footed men of the country by encouraging manufacturers to make available socks of the size of 12 inches upwards.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the continuing shortage of glass bottles; and what steps have been taken to improve the position during 1947.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that during November, 1946, only 12 giant tyres were available for distribution for the whole of Lincolnshire; and if he is satisfied that...
asked the President of the Board of Trade why no consultation took place between his Department and the retail trade, prior to his announcement of 13th December, to the effect that a new order...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the situation arising on account of the cut in supplies of soda ash and alkalis to the paper trade; that if these cuts are sustained...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what increase in personnel and cost there has been in the Public Relations and Press Departments of his Department as compared with the position before...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the total amount by weight, of paper used by publications first published after 16th August 1940; and what percentage this represents of the total...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he has taken to ensure that more adequate supplies of crockery and glassware will be made available to the public.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what price is being paid by his Department for Burma teak; and what is the price to the public.
Mr. De la Bère: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in order to save fuel and coal for domestic grates and boilers, he will take steps to ensure an adequate supply of sieves...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the Guard Bridge Paper Company has had to close down on account of the unexpected cut in supplies of esparto grass, about which he...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the difficulties of artists and art schools caused by the shortage of essential working materials; and if he will give an...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what allocation of imported poles suitable for the electricity supply industry has now been made; and to whom the allocation was made, and the numbers...
asked the President of the Board of Trade why he is asking timber merchants to pay more than the original cost price for crawler tractors which have been hired to them by his Department, and on...
asked the President of the Board of Trade, if he is aware of the shortage of fine knitting wool and baby wools in the Perth area; and what prospects there are of increasing the supply.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he has had under review the serious situation created in the steel industry in Sheffield by the reduction to 75 per cent. of the November coal...
Mr. Me Adam: asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what is the daily rate of wages being paid to boys directed to the mines in the Wheatsheaf Pit, Pendlebury, owned by the Lancashire Colliery Company.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will now state the number of non-industrial staff employed by the Coal Board.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how much coal is calculated to have been lost by reason of voluntary absenteeism from the pits in the period immediately following the Christmas holidays.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will furnish particulars showing how the £1,800,000 he received from the Railways Freight Rebates Fund for the 12 months ended 30th September,...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the wages cost, as a percentage of the total cost of production in the British coal industry, for each of the years from 1943 to the latest available date.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will make a statement on the recent fuel shortage at the Austin works.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what advice was received on the condition of the foundations of Himley Hall before its purchase by the Midland Regional Coal Board; when it is intended to...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what reduction of coal output took place over the country as a whole, and specifically in South Wales, on 1st January last, as a result of the Vesting Day...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what definition he proposes to give as to what is considered an extravagant consumption of electricity in connection with the Control of Fuel Order (No. 3),...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what steps have been taken during the past 18 months to enable the coalmines to provide for the power stations the quality of coal for the consumption of...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether it is the policy of the Electricity Commission to favour urban dwellings as compared with rural cottages in the provision of electric lighting; and...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if, during periods of unavoidable load shedding, arrangements will be made to continue an uninterrupted supply of electricity to hospitals.
asked the Prime Minister which Government Department, or other authority, is primarily responsible for the mistake as a result of which the construction of houses and roads in the Yiewsley and...
asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the outcome of his conversations with the President of the French Republic.
asked the Prime Minister whether the Dominions have been consulted in all the negotiations with Egypt and the Sudan; and, whether they have signified their full agreement with decisions so far...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the Sherborne Urban District Council's housing programme is being seriously retarded for the lack of carpenters; that there are only three to...
asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to the labour problems of the firms which now produce utility clothing at trade union and trade board standard rates of pay and...
asked the Minister of Labour how many Poles have yet started work in the mines in this country.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will consider accelerating the release from the Armed Forces of young men who, before their service, had started training for professional work as architects,...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the increase in the numbers of clerical civil servants now in Government employment as compared with official figures given in April,...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will now set up a committee to consider the Trustee Acts and, if thought fit, to make recommendations for their amendment.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why no explanatory note accompanies S.R. & O., 1947, No. 51, entitled the Theobromine (Cocoa Drawback) Regulations, 1947.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what total amount was paid in cost-of-living subsidies during 1946; and how much of that amount was paid in respect of imported foodstuffs.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will consider amending Article 5 of the Control of Fuel (No. 3) Order, 1942, so as to permit shop-window lighting for display and advertisement purposes...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will make a statement on the future of the Petroleum Board.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether, in view of the trivial consumption of petrol for the purpose and the unnecessary trouble caused both to the invalids and to officials by the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why an active prewar pro-Fascist, of whom he has been informed, who was detained as an enemy alien in the Isle of Man for four years and had...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he takes, by circularising magistrates or otherwise, to ensure that magistrates' clerks are never permitted to act other than in an...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why his Department informed the employers of Miklos Hammer that he was an undesirable alien and the sooner they got rid of him the better; why...
May I ask the acting Leader of the House if he will give us Some account of the Business for next week?
I rise to ask, Mr. Speaker, if you will tell the House the reasons for the reprinting of the Town and Country Planning Bill.
"to provide for an additional type of birth certificate," presented by Mr. Bevan; supported by Mr. Ede, Miss Wilkinson and Mr. Key; to be read a Second time upon Monday next, and to be printed....
"to alter the maximum annual subscription which county councils may pay to the County Councils Association, "presented by Mr. Bevan; supported by Mr.
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 (Sittings of the House)."[Mr. Arthur...
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to 'authorise further increases under, and otherwise amend, the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1944, and to continue that...
Considered in Committee.
I beg to move, in page 2, line 6, to leave out "forty", and to insert "fifty". I did not come to this Committee prepared to move this Amendment, as I was more interested in the first Amendment...
I beg to move, in page 4, line 8, to leave out Subsection (5). We have proposed to iron out what was thought to be an anomaly because under the 1944 Act where a widow had several children, all...
I beg to move, in page 5, line 42, after "and," to insert: except in so far as it is directed to be construed with the Pensions (Increase) Acts, 1920 and 1924. This Amendment is intended to bring...
(1) The limits of one hundred and fifty pounds and two hundred pounds specified in paragraph (3) of Section two of the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1920 (which makes it a condition for the increase...
Amendment made:
Considered in Committee.
6.0 p.m
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Considered m Committee
6.7 p.m.
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act, 1865, or of the Poor Law Act, 1930, or of any Orders or Regulations made thereunder, a special Greenwich...
7.10 p.m.
Considered in Committee [Progress, 21st January.]
Resolved: That the Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, extending Section I of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Borough of Worksop, a copy of which Order was...
7.15 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."— [Mr. R. J. Taylor.]
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