Thursday, 30 January 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if, having regard to the fact that in assessing the proportion of petrol requirements available from sterling sources the British Empire is treated as a...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he is aware that domestic and industrial consumers now receive coal containing substantial quantities of stone or earth; and what steps he is taking...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how many meetings he arranged to be addressed by Members of the Government in 1946 in connection with its efforts to increase the production of coal; and the...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power why the pillar of coal on that part of Himley Hall estate, recently acquired by the West Midland Regional Coal Board, is not to be worked.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power (1) why it has been found necessary to employ private firms to survey underground for coal; (2) what charges private contractors are making for driving...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether a weekly return of coal consumed was made by Austin Motors, Limited, for the four weeks prior to Christmas.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how many acres of woodland plantation have been destroyed by opencast coalmining operation in Great Britain; what compensation is payable for such...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will hand over a coalmine to Polish workers and pay them by results.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will exercise his powers under Clause 3 (4) of the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act, 1946, in order to obtain and give to the House of Commons a...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he is prepared to issue a White Paper which will show clearly the state of the mining industry as to production, productivity, earnings, equipment,...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what practical use is made by his Department of the weekly declaration of stock, delivery and consumption of coal which is made on Form I.R. 9 by all firms...
Major Lloyd: asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the total cost of the celebrations, including the provision of pamphlets to all colliery workers, held to mark the occasion of the...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will suspend further insertions of the advertisement issued by his Department containing the statement, "Now we re at last on the road towards...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will give an estimate of the increased consumption in domestic electricity due to the shortage of domestic coal supplies in the period 1st to 14th January.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power to what extent industrial consumption of coal has now been converted to consumption of oil, following his recent appeal for such conversion to be undertaken...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power, in view of the coal shortage, what steps are to be taken to intensify the search for oil in Great Britain; and what is the present approximate weekly...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will now consider changing the date of borough council elections to a more suitable month of the year.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in order to secure maximum economy in fuel consumption, he will institute daylight-saving forthwith.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to what extent regulations of his Department prevent magistrates' courts being held during evening hours; and if he will draw attention to the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that the ease with which ex-enemy and other aliens are able to change their surnames to respected British names is causing...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in view of the case, particulars of which have been submitted to him, of a demobilised alien ex-Serviceman, who had served in His...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give an assurance that under no circumstances will permission to enter this country be given to Count Grandi, the former Italian...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that married prison officers have been living in cellular accommodation, separated from their families, since the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when all the air raid shelters on The Green at Witney will be removed; and what action will be taken to see that the contractors who remove...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many former members of the Hendon Police College are now serving in the Metropolitan Police, and how many of them hold the rank of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the present strength of the Y division of the Metropolitan Police Force; and the number of men engaged on traffic control in this division.
Mr. Scott-Elliot: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to reduce the number of burglaries, particularly in London, which have persisted at high rate for...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the result of the proceedings of the Committee of Inquiry appointed to consider amendment of the Shops Acts for...
asked the Prime Minister if it is proposed to reduce or re move altogether the British contingent of the army of occupation in Japan.
asked the Prime Minister why copies of the pamphlet, "Labour's First Year: The Facts," were circulated to Government Departments by the Central Office of Information; if he will cause copies to...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that his East-Midlands appointments officer stated officially that Lincolnshire is in a worse position for nurses than any other county in the country;...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the urgency of making suitable arrangements for the staggering of holidays this season, he will accelerate the issue of his report, or make an...
Major Lloyd: asked the Minister of Labour what success there has been with the proposal to introduce Italian workers into British foundries, so as to increase the output of castings, lack of...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in the interests of production, he will issue directions to his officers at employment exchanges explaining the undesirability of drawing the attention of...
asked the Minister of Labour (1) when the Licensed Residential Establishments and Licensed Restaurants Wages Board was first established; the names of the chairman and members of the Board; how...
asked the Minister of Labour what are the names of the members of the Cost of Living Advisory Committee; how many times they have met since 21st November, 1946; what are its terms of reference;...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will quote the text of the Treasury's guarantee of the 5 per cent. Debenture Stock, 1931–1957, of the North Metropolitan Power Station Company,...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he proposes to make any alterations in facilities allowed to. emigrants from the United Kingdom to countries outside the sterling area; and if the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware of the extent to which L.P.T.B. drivers pass traffic lights after they have changed to red; and whether he will ensure that the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is now in a position to fix the approximate date for the transfer of the N.F.S. to the local authorities.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the N.F.S. men who behaved so gallantry during the explosions at Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, have now been decorated.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the last 12 months for which figures are available, how many appeals have been made to London Sessions by motorists sentenced to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many inmates in remand homes or approved schools were punished by four or more strokes in corporal punishment during the last quarter of 1946.
asked the Minister of Health if, with reference to the announcement some months ago that the local authorities had satisfactorily completed the first phase of the provision of houses, he will now...
asked the Minister of Health why he insists that private builders in the Grimsby rural district should build houses for that authority at a cost of £1,100 including land, laying roads and...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that men medically unfit for service in His Majesty's Forces are being handicapped in their application for houses owing to the fact that points...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the tendency of public assistance committees of getting children certified and admitted to mental hospitals; that several children of tender age...
Before I ask the Leader of the House about the Business for next week, there is a question which I wish to- ask about the Business for the remainder of this week. In view of the grave outrages...
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings in Committee on Town and Country Planning [Money] and of the Committee of Ways and Means be
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [29th January,"] That the Bill be now read a Second time."—[Mr. Silkin.]
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69.
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That, under any Act of the present Session to make fresh provision for planning the development and US of land, and for purposes connected therewith—(1)...
10.51 p.m.
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