Wednesday, 12 February 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
To be read a Second time upon Wednesday next.
Mr. Baker White: asked the Secretary of State for Air if he is aware that, on 16th December, 1946, the departure schedule board at the Mauripur airfield at Karachi bore the entry 'Lancaster...
Mr. Baker White: asked the Secretary of State for Air if he is aware that serving members of the R.A.F. employed in his Department have received invitations to join the Fabian Society; that the...
asked the Secretary of State for Air if he will make a statement with regard to the peacetime use of a bombing range at Howden, East Yorkshire; whether he is aware that the land in question is...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what aircraft, officers and other ranks of No. 26 Squadron, B.A.F.O., came to England last year and assisted in making a film; how many flying hours were...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will consider paying the rate for the job in those cases where it is definitely established that W.A.A.F. officers and non-commissioned officers...
asked the Secretary of State for Air how many gliders belonging to the R.A.F. have been destroyed since the end of the war.
asked the Secretary of State for Air if he is yet in a position to state whether compassionate release or extended leave will be granted to 23356I0 G. D. Largue, A.C.2, whose parents are in...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that at the R.A.F. station at Lasham, Hampshire, there is so little for the workshop personnel to do that skilled tradesmen are working on...
asked the Secretary of State for Air if he will make a further statement about the conditions in the R.A.F. camp at Miho, Japan; and whether he has assured himself that similar conditions do not...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what efforts are being made to clear goods from redundant ground equipment depots in order to avoid further loss, waste and deterioration.
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will take steps to expedite release from the W.A.A.F. so that women serving in this service are not compelled to serve longer than men in some...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation whether he intends to publish reports of air accidents involving British-operated planes; and how soon after any accident such...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation how many aircrew personnel have left the employment of B.O.A.C., B.E.A. and B.S.A.A., respectively, since 12th September, 1946;...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation why, under the air services agreement concluded with Sweden, no power was taken to fly from Scotland to Amsterdam and Hamburg.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation the weekly wage, hours of work, overtime rate and Sunday rate of runway controllers at Northolt; and what the comparable...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will make a statement on the trainload of refugees from Western Poland, about which British Military Headquarters at Herford gave some...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster at what price per ton steel ingots made in the British zone of Germany are sold; and how this compares with the corresponding price per ton of steel...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster the value of the commercial products that are now received here from Germany, which come to counterbalance the British expenses incurred with Germany.
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he has considered particulars which have been sent to him concerning the seizure by a British unit of a house in Germany and the removal of...
Vice-Admiral Taylor: asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster the reason for the termination of Dr. Zimmer's administrative interest in the Haren schools, or any other school within the...
Vice-Admiral Taylor: asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether the resolution of U.N.O. whereby refugees who did not wish to return to their countries would not come under the ...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether his attention has been called to the fact that, except for the treatment of venereal disease, no penicillin is available for use in...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what is the constitution of the court which has been set up in the British zone to adjudicate on disputes between members of the Armed Forces, or...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people have died from cold or exposure in the British zone of Germany during the months of December, 1946, and January, 1947; and how many...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster why detainees in internment camps in the British zone of Germany, including persons under the automatic arrest category, are receiving rations at a...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many staff are employed by the Control Commission in Germany on the dismantling of factories, the requisitioning of machinery and similar...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if his Department will provide facilities so that British women, resident in Germany, can make contacts with German women and children, to assist in...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many persons employed by, or seconded to, the Control Commission in the British zone of Germany are receiving no pay from the Control...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he is now in a position to announce the name and the functions of the education officer to be appointed to the Commander-in-Chief of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if His Majesty's Government has been consulted by the U.S. Government on the desirability of an early inter-Allied Japanese reparations conference...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why His Majesty's Consul-General at Milan has not yet issued a British passport to Mrs. Carla Freeman, whose present address is Famiglia Martini,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will ascertain the intentions of the French Government in regard to Indo-China before proceeding with negotiations for an Anglo-French treaty.
asked the Minister of Defence how many lectures Professor Laski has given to Service audiences in the last six months; and upon what system lecturers are invited to ensure that all political...
asked the Minister of Defence whether he will consider the payment of war gratuities to next of kin of those killed on active service. to date from the day of enlistment until the end of...
asked the Minister of Defence the total annual sum required in order to restore to all ex-officers of the Forces, whose retired pay was stabilized in 1935 at 9½ per cent. below the basic...
asked the Minis-of Food the annual cost of "Rodent Mail," issued by the infestation division of his Department; how many are employed in its production; how many copies are circulated; and what...
asked the Minister of Food how much home-produced tinned milk and home-produced tinned bacon is being made available in exchange for points; and why the milk is not available as fresh milk in the...
asked the Minister of Food if he has contracted with the Norwegian Government for the importation of Norwegian herring to be kippered in Scotland; what are the terms of the contract; where are...
asked the Minister of Food whether, in view of the large stocks of tea in this country and the fact that many people are not drawing their full allowance, he will discontinue the rationing of tea...
asked the Minister of Food whether he has now been able to obtain larger supplies of soya beans and flour in view of its great dietetic value and increasing demand.
asked the Minister of Food what steps he is taking to get premises, not in use at the present time, which could be readily converted into suitable slaughterhouses.
asked the Minister of Food whether in view of the severe wintry weather, he will instruct proprietors of village shops to carry a suitable reserve of food and give them the necessary facilities...
asked the Minister of Food what are the lower grades of meat, till now used only for manufacturing, which butchers have been instructed to sell as part of the meat ration; where this kind of meat...
asked the Minister of Food why less tinned meat is to be obtained from Australia this year as compared with last year.
asked the Minister of Food what is his justification for putting the burden of the December increase of 28s. per cwt. on dripping, compounds and edible oils entirely on the shoulders of the retailer.
asked the Minister of Food if there is a comparable reduction in the quantity of bacon issued to N.A.A.F.I. when the ration of the civil population is reduced.
asked the Minister of Food whether he will give an undertaking that there will be no increase in the number of points required for the exchange of any item of food which is at present on points.
asked the Minister of Food whether the intake of rationed food of the average British rationed person is at present of the order of 1,400 calories per day; and what respective supplement in...
asked the Minister of Food if he will make a statement on the shortage of beer; state the reasons for it; and give an estimate of how long it is likely to continue.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No 69.—(King's Recommendation signified.)
Order read for consideration of Lords Amendment.
Lords Amendment: In page 1, line 16, leave out "subparagraph (ii)" and insert "subparagraph (i)
Order for Second Reading read.
Resolved: That the Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, extending Section 1 of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Urban District of Rayleigh, a copy of which...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."— [Mr. Michael Stewart.]
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