Monday, 10 February 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
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asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the recent murder at Poggio Reale, near Naples, of two representatives of the Yugoslav Government visiting a Chetnik camp and...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in view of the fact that the insertion in the Peace Treaty with Italy of the Lateran Pacts of 1929 regulating relations between Church and State,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the British representative on the commission now engaged in drawing up an international bill of human rights will press for the inclusion in...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs for what reason Mme. Marie Marynowska, employed at the British Embassy in Warsaw, was arrested; whether she has been allowed to communicate freely...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government have ever approved of the incorporation of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the U.S.S.R.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will consider discussing standardisation of military equipment in Moscow next March, with a view to concluding an arrangement with U.S.S.R.,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the deportations of Greek women, children and old people on the orders of security committees; and, in view of the danger of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what representations His Majesty's Government have made to the Spanish Government on the desirability of holding, as soon as possible, public...
asked the Minister of Food the price paid for one ton of linseed in the Argentine. in February, 1946, and November, 1946, respectively.
asked the Minister of Food at what average prices f.o.b., barley was purchased in Iraq during the first nine months of 1946; and at what prices f.o.b. maize was purchased in the Argentine during...
asked the Minister of Food on what evidence he bases his contention that the majority of 6-ounce bottles not returned to his Department are salvaged locally.
asked the Minister of Food why his Department do not permit private egg packers to have the same rights of paying with a dividend and a bonus to their stockholders as are at present enjoyed by...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is satisfied that the liquid sold as vinegar nowadays is capable of satisfactorily pickling and preserving food for a reasonable period once the jar of...
asked the Minister of Food what contracts have been placed with the U.S.A. for the purchase of grapefruit; and what efforts had been made to obtain supplies from Trinidad, Jamaica and British...
asked the Minister of Food the reason for the scarcity of rabbits for sale for food in the shops: and if he proposes to take any action.
asked the Minister of Food what has been the reduction in the number of slaughterhouses in Great Britain since 1940; and what is the present number of such slaughterhouses.
asked the Minister of Food if he is aware that his Department have required kipperers in Scotland to pay for the wooden containers in which they are supplied with Norwegian herring for kippering;...
asked the Minister of Food when, and under what conditions, it is proposed to make a distribution of Seville oranges for preserve making.
asked the Minister of Food if he is aware that people living in remote parts of Exmoor have suffered privations during the recent severe weather owing to being cut off from supplies of rationed...
asked the Minister of Food if he will define and explain the expression used by his Department, "estimated weighted cost" of various commodities under the current import programme.
asked the Minister of Food if he will give further information as to the manner in which it is proposed to restrict the sale and consumption of potatoes.
asked the Minister of Food why the retail fruit trade is not represented as a classified trade on food control committees.
asked the Minister of Food if he is prepared to consider altering the interpretation of Green Onion Seedling, S.R.& 0 Food Green Onions, from less than a ¼-inch to less than ½-inch,...
asked the Minister of Food what quantity of copra and coconut oil he has purchased from Malaya during each of the last convenient six months and the prices paid.
asked the Minister of Food whether he proposes to reopen the tea auctions in London at an early date; and if he is aware of the importance of retaining this market.
asked the Minister of Food if he has made a bulk purchase of Indian tea for 1947; and what is the quantity and price.
asked the Minister of Food if, in view of the widespread dissatisfaction among milk consumers with the present restrictions which give the right to change milk suppliers only to members of...
Mr..J.H. Hare: asked the Minister of Food how many pigs were delivered to bacon factories during the months of November and December; and how many were slaughtered by self-suppliers under...
asked the Minister of Food in what quantities foreign carrots are being imported into this country; and for what reason.
asked the Minister of Food if he will undertake to arrange that workers in the heavy industries shall have priority in the available supplies of beer.
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is now in a position to make a statement on the subject of the display on L.P.T.B. property of the poster advocating nationalisation of electricity.
asked the Minister of Transport if he intends to ensure that farmers and smallholders will be allowed to carry their own goods and produce for unlimited distances in any motorcar, van or lorry,...
asked the Minister of Transport when he anticipates it will be possible to clarify the present position with regard to the use of pedestrian crossings and to give pedestrians and motorists,...
asked the Minister of Transport how many signs permitting the unilateral parking of motor vehicles in London streets during certain hours have been erected during the past six months; and what...
asked the Minister of Transport how many passages have been reserved on Government account on sailings, since conversion, of the ss. "Queen Elizabeth"; and how many of these have not been taken up.
asked the Prime Minister whether any recognition is contemplated for members of His Majesty's Forces who have been engaged in hazardous service in the Netherlands East Indies, minesweeping and...
asked the Prime Minister how many claims for financial assistance have been lodged in respect of children of Dominion and allied soldiers in this country for whom the father is not prepared to...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how many additional tons of feeding stuffs would be needed to double the ration allowed for chick rearing this spring; and to what extent it is estimated that...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will make a statement about the Control of Engagements Order as applied to agricultural workers.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the omission from the Agriculture Bill of any reference to horticulture, he will make a statement of the Government's intentions in regard to...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how many applications were received by the Norfolk A.E.C. for controlled tractors and combines in 1946; how many were granted; and how many have actually been...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how many members of the W.L.A. are unemployed at the present time.
Mr. Vane: asked the Minister of Agriculture what is the minimum area of land which the Forestry Commission will consider for acquisition.
Mr. Vane: asked the Minister of Agriculture what is the total value of licences applied for and recommended by his Department for work costing more than £100 in respect of the provision,...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how much sugar-beet was awaiting delivery to the factories on 15th January; what has been the subsequent loss through frost damage; and what steps he is taking...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether with a view to terminating milk rationing by the end of 1947, he will confer with the Minister of Food with a view to paying a bonus...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs how much was spent by the Newfoundland Government in 1946, and how much is proposed to be spent in 1947, to develop the tourist traffic.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs what arrangements have been made for the holding of the Constituent Assembly in Newfoundland.
asked the Minister of Transport when he was first aware of the serious position of the main line railways in regard to shortages of locomotives carriages, wagons, coal supplies and track...
asked the Minister of Transport if he will consider making representations to the different transport authorities requesting them to allow the blind facilities to travel with a guide on payment...
(by Private Notice)asked the Prime Minister whether he has any further statement to make on the action of the Government in imposing cuts in electrical power.
Report [3rd February] of the Committee of Privileges considered.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."— [Mr. William Whiteley.]
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to provide, amongst other things, for the establishment of a British Electricity Authority and Area Electricity...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."— [Mr. Popplewell]
The House met at Half past Two o'clock.
The Clerk at the Table informed the House of the unavoidable absence, through indisposition, of Mr. SPEAKER from this day's Sitting.
I have been asked by the Trustees of the British Museum to present a Petition, which they have annually to submit to this House, explaining the financial position and praying foe aid. The...
I beg to ask leave to present a Petition -signed by 145,000 persons principally residing in the Metropolitant area, asking that proposals for the nationalisation of transport may be re- jected....
asked the Minister of Education if he will make a statement regarding arrangements to implement the policy of equal pay for equal work for members of the teaching profession.
asked the Minister of Education whether all children who attain the age of 14 years by 31st March will be able to leave school by the end of the term that finishes at Easter, 1947.
asked the Minister of Education why, under Regulation 18 (3) of the Primary and Secondary Schools (Grants Conditions) Regulations, the consent of His Majesty's inspectors has to be obtained...
asked the Minister of Education if his attention has been called to the difficulty of obtaining straws for children with which to drink milk in the London and extra-Metropolitan areas; and if,...
asked the Minister of Education when he proposes to give effect to the recommendation of the McNair Committee that the period of college training for intending teachers should be at least three years.
asked the Minister of Education how many ex-Service students are in receipt of grants; and how many have received no payment for the current term.
asked the Minister of Education whether, as a contribution to fuel economy and a convenience to mothers, he will arrange for the midday break in primary and secondary schools to be from 12.30...
asked the Minister of Education if he will give further consideration to the possibility of providing special transport for schoolchildren between Bradwell-juxta-Mare and Maldon Grammar School,...
asked the Minister of Education how many places in training colleges he proposes to offer to uncertificated teachers in -September, 1947; and on what basis the selection of applicants is to be made.
asked the Minister of Education how many persons have now been accepted for training under the emergency training scheme.
asked the Minister of Education how many of the temporary H.O.R.S.A. huts have now been erected; and how many it is anticipated will be completed by 1st April and 1st September, respectively.
asked the Minister of Education the total size of the staff, other than those engaged in teaching, employed by local education authorities today and in the year previous to the war.
asked the Minister of Education whether, in view of the fact that the contemplated building programme for 1947, summarised in Circular 134, makes no reference to reduction in the size of...
asked the Minister of Education whether he will publish a detailed Report of the U.N.E.S.C.O. Conference held in Paris last November.
asked the Attorney-General when he proposes to introduce legislation to end the system of leasehold tenure.
asked the President of the Board of Trade the total grossage of glass bottles ordered by Government Departments during the year 1946; and the comparable figures or 1938.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the object of maintaining in force the provision under the Auction and Tender Control Orders which forbids a person to have any of his goods sold...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many contracts have been made with softwoods exporting countries for sawn softwoods for forward delivery; and how many standards, arid from whom.
asked the President of the Board of Trade on what basis the recent increased prices of timber in the round were calculated; and what factors were taken into account.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give an assurance that there is no danger of clothing supplies being insufficient to meet the present coupons owing to the stoppage of...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is with his authority that inspectors are visiting shops with a questionnaire as to whether they are satisfied with the quality of floor...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any changes, in view of the coal crisis, have been made in the allocation of industrial production as between goods for export and the home...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the shortage of baby linen and small children's clothes in the city of Aberdeen; and if he will increase the supply of these...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that London booksellers are now charging to students for secondhand hooks two or three times the new price; whether he is aware of...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many anonymous letters are, on average, received each month by his Department about rationing offences being committed by named individuals; and what...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the reason for the shortage of clothing workers in the utility side of the clothing industry compared with the abundance of labour on the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade to what extent he is making arrangements to give priority to coalminers in the allocation of consumer goods.
asked the President of the Board of Trade why His Majesty's Government have declined the offer of the Soviet Government to participate in the Leipzig fair.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the special difficulty in obtaining children's Wellington boots experienced by parents living in remote rural areas who are unable to...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the list of countries to which chocolate and sugar confectionery is permitted for export during the first six months of 1947 contains dollar...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many dollars have been allocated for the importation of women's leather shoes from Canada and the U.S.A.; whether a ceiling price has been fixed to...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state in detail the values of goods imported from, and exported to, Italy during the year 1946.
asked the President of the Board of Trade the countries from which pineapples were imported during 1946, indicating the respective values from each country.
asked the Prime Minister whether he is satisfied that the information services at the disposal of the Government took adequate measures during December and January to prepare the public for the...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Prune Minister what co-ordinating machinery exists between the Minister of Fuel and Power, the President of the Board of Trade and the Minister of Supply; and...
asked the Prime Minister if he will assure the House that a statement will be made on the future of Service training areas before the Debate takes place on the forthcoming Army Estimates.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will give special consideration to the issue of labour permits to Italian citizens who are married to women of British birth, and whose wives cannot leave...
asked the Minister of Labour if, in view of the signing of the peace treaties and the manpower shortage, he expects, shortly, to be able to announce a further substantial acceleration of...
asked the Minister of Labour how many ex-Servicemen in receipt of disability pensions are unemployed; and how many of these are in receipt of unemployment allowances.
asked the Minister of Labour how many Government representatives there are at present in Germany interviewing displaced persons with a view to placing them in employment in this country; how long...
Keenan: asked the Minister of Labour if it is intended to modify the terms of the Control of Engagement Orders, in view of the changes in the age of call-up of men to His Majesty's Forces which...
asked the Minister of Labour if the Railway Clerks' Association was represented at the National Joint Advisory Council meeting which issued the statement in Cmd. No. 7018; and if he will make a...
asked the Minister of Labour when he now expects to publish notices of the Draft Order and permanent schemes of decasualisation under the Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act. 1946.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the figures for Post Office Savings Bank withdrawals for the past six months; and whether these are bigger than the deposits.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what articles of food and other commodities are not included in the £364,000,000 subsidy; and what is their respective cost to the taxpayer.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer is he is aware that £4,500 has recently been sent to Soviet miners as a gift from the National Union of Mineworkers; and, in view of the fact that...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, in the negotiations with the Government of India for the payment of sterling balances, His Majesty's Government reserves the right to present a...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total involved in the adverse balance of payments between this country and the Argentine for 1946; and that anticipated for 1947.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has considered the question of compensation to those firms required to pay guaranteed-week wages; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many civil servants, permanent and temporary, respectively, are now working in offices in Blackpool; how many he plans to have working there on...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether before the 100 German submarines were sunk by the Admiralty in 1946, any consideration was given by his Department to the possibility of using these...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power why the London and Home Counties Joint Electricity Authority sent out representatives on 10th February in the Dorking area to enter many industrial premises...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether, arising out of the official figures which were issued in connection with the export of coal from this country overseas, amounting...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will now make a statement showing the present membership and stating the functions of the European Coal Organisation; the...
May I ask the acting Leader of the House to tell us the Business for next week?
I deire to make a statement on Indian policy. It has long been the policy of successive British Governments to work towards the realisation of self-government in India. In pursuance of this...
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting,
Order for Third Reading read.
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to provide for 1he application of the Royal Warrant as to pensions, etc., for the military forces to certain Polish...
Considered in Committee.
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(1) In matters concerning the discipline and internal administration of the Polish naval detachment mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section one of this Act, and of the Polish...
Resolved: "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. R. J. Taylor.]
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