Monday, 27 January 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Works what has been the price paid for Belgian bricks; what quantity of these bricks have been imported; and at what price they are sold to British contractors.
Mr. Marshall: asked the Minister of Works if be will give an estimate of the average number of common bricks laid per day of eight hours per man in 1928, 1935 and 1946.
asked the Minister of Works by what date does he expect to be able to derequisition premises in the City of London now occupied by civil servants and which are urgently required by those carrying...
asked the Minister of Works whether he is aware that three persons have been recruited from out side the Civil Service to fill executive posts in the Reading, Birmingham and Scotland areas of his...
asked the Minister of Works when the statue of King Charles I will be restored to its site.
asked the Minister of Works how many licences have been applied for to carry out repairs and improvements to farm buildings and other work to increase the efficiency of agriculture; what is the...
Mr. Vane: asked the Minister of Works what proportion of the total available asbestos sheets is at present allotted to agricultural buildings, both for new construction and repairs.
asked the Minister of Works for what amount a building licence has been granted for the alterations and renovations at 19, New Walk, Leicester; and for what purpose these premises are to be...
asked the Minister of Works why, in view of the shortage of tubes, he has invited tenders for 300 special beds for use in the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, when there are available large numbers of...
asked the Minister of Works whether he will make a statement upon the progress made in rebuilding the destroyed Chamber of the House of Commons; and whether the work has been delayed by any...
asked the Minister of Works the cause of the delay in the re-erection of the statue of Eros in Piccadilly Circus; and when he expects this monument will be restored to its rightful position.
asked the Minister of Works how many shops or other buildings were converted during 1946 for use as food offices; what was the average amount spent on such conversion; and whether a decision...
asked the Minister of Works whether the land occupied by the military camp at Leven, East Yorkshire, has now been released by the military; and whether it is in the occupation of another Department.
asked the Minister of Works what is the present minimum standard temperature for central heating in offices where it is maintained on behalf of his Department; whether this standard has been...
asked the Minister of Works if he is aware that the electric fittings for 10 newly-occupied houses at Ham., Somerset, to which his attention has already been drawn, are still undelivered; that no...
asked the Minister of Works whether he is aware that the U.S.A. are using bamboos to build houses, for framing timbers, rafters, sidings, floors and partitions; that a forest can be produced in...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he will make a statement on release from the Indian Army, giving the approximate dates at which age and service groups may expect release.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether, in view of his recent visit to India, he will make a statement concerning the Indian Civil Service.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if it is the intention of His Majesty's Government to be represented by an official observer at the Inter-Asian Relations Conference, to be held at...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India the present food position in India; and to what extent previously estimated minimum requirements have been secured.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Burma whether he is satisfied that the Burmese delegation attending the discussions with His Majesty's Government represents adequately the views of that...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why the Anglo-American Oil Agreement, signed in 1945, has not yet been ratified.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in view of the fact that the first proposals of the Japanese Government in relation to rural land reform would mean that less than 30 per cent....
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it is the intention of the Allied Council for Japan to permit and encourage the resumption of relations between labour organisations in...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement on the dissolution of the Zaibatsu in Japan, and, in particular, say what limitation is proposed on the value of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the need for restoring British foreign trade, he will take immediate steps to secure the re-admission of British business men...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement as to the measures to be taken to safeguard the future of the Yugoslavs who are now in Italy.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what are the functions and duties of the economic adviser attached to His Majesty's Embassy at Washington; to what extent this officer prepares...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the reasons for the hurried withdrawal of His Majesty's Ambassador to Spain; if the counsellor and the secretarial staff of the Embassy will...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many British soldiers have been arrested by the Yugoslavs in Venezia Giulia; and how many are still retained in prison.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) whether he is aware that, as British representation on the Legislative Assembly of the British Colony of Tangier is determined by the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs oh what evidence his recent note to the Polish Government was based.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will consider withdrawing the present ambassador in Warsaw and replacing him by someone who will make social contacts more in keeping with...
asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the progress achieved in the discussions on arms standardisation between this country and the U.S.A.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will now announce the Government's policy for dealing with coast protection.
asked the Prime Minister what is the position with regard to the £1,000,000 gift given by the people of South Africa to the people of Britain.
asked the Prime Minister what further steps, in addition to the issue of a White Paper, he proposes to take to enable both sides of industry to discharge their responsibilities in the light of...
asked the Prime Minister whether in view of the progress disclosed by the latest housing statistics, he will now establish a Ministry of Housing and Planning combining the housing powers of the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether any estimate has been made of the number of new binders required by British farmers for 1947; how many are likely to be produced by home manufacturers;...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how many cows in this country at the present time have been shown at the tuberculosis test to be suffering from tuberculosis in some form; and what steps are to...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the urgent demands of farmers for baling wire have yet been met; and whether, in view of the urgent plight of the farmers in Hampshire whose allocation...
Mr. Baker White: asked the Minister of Agriculture what percentage of the poultry advisory officers under the National Agricultural Advisory Service are in grade one of the comparative grading...
Mr. Baker White: asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will give details of the present and future production of farm tractors made from Bren carrier parts; how many of such tractors are to be...
asked the Minister of Agriculture why a circular, called "Fabian Quiz," advertising the Fabian Society, appealing for members and for financial support for that society, was sent out in a franked...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the probable continued world shortage of wheat up to and after the 1947 harvest, he will consider giving orders for the sowing of at least...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what success has attended the formation of grey squirrel shooting clubs and what cost to public funds has been involved.
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he intends to set up a national vegetable research station.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his Department have formed any conclusion as to the origin of the infection which led to the present outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Dorsetshire...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what is his policy in regard to the hiring out of machinery by A.E.Cs.; and whether, with a view 10 sparing the smallholder the heavy uneconomic capital...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if some of the Poles now unemployed in this country will be engaged to make good the deficiency of labour which is at present preventing the Forestry Commission...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how many foxes have been killed by his pest officers in or near the Stamford battle training area, since 20th December.
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that some of the sugar beet factories are closing down, whilst tons of sugar beet as still to be collected; and what action he proposes to take.
(by Private Notice) asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation if he has any statement to make regarding the Dakota crash at Croydon on Saturday, 25th January.
I have been informed by the Egyptian Government that they have broken off negotiations for a revision of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936. The House will be aware that when the Egyptian...
3.54 P.m.
Order for Second Reading read.
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to enable certain government departments to obtain more readily the information necessary for the appreciation of...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn."— [Mr. R. J. Taylor.]
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