Tuesday, 18 February 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I beg leave to present a Petition on behalf of a large number of persons in the Northern Traffic Area against the nationalisation of the road transport industry. The Petition has been signed by...
asked the Minister of Pensions what facilities are available to disabled ex-Servicemen to have their surgical boots and shoes repaired free of charge, particularly in cases where special skill is...
Mr. Heathcote Amory: asked the Minister of Pensions why the widow of 236887 C.P.O. Louis Lake, late R.N., who died of his pensionable disability on 14th March, 1938, has had her claim for a...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will now make a statement on the circumstances in which four German prisoners of war, working at Bicester, were arrested at Witney, attempting to...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware of the concern of the people at the detention in this country of approximately 350,000 prisoners of war some 19 months after the cessation of...
asked the Secretary of State for War, what further relexations he is contemplating of the regulations regarding German prisoners of war in this country.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will alter the present regulations so as to allow German prisoners of war to raise money for European relief, if they wish, rather than for their own...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many commandants of prisoner-of-war camps in Norfolk were asked by the county surveyor for prisoner labour to assist with clearing snow-blocked roads...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many prioners of war are detained in Toft Hall Camp, Knutsford, Cheshire: and what are their nationalities
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that 2014492 Lance-Corporal Hickson has not received any pay for his rank; that the matter was referred to him by the commanding officer, R.E.,...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he can now state the result of his discussions with the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Secretary of State for the Colonies regarding the abolition of...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware of the unsatisfactory conditions prevailing in the camp at Long Marston, near Stratfordon-Avon, the supply of water for washing and fuel for...
asked the Secretary of State for War the policy of the Army Council regarding the continuation, or otherwise, of temporary and war substantive rank of officers; and whether it is proposed to...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether, when the peace treaty with Italy is signed, troops now stationed in that country will be granted United Kingdom leave before reposting abroad.
asked the Secretary of State for War why he could not supply the hon. Member for Brecon and Radnor, on 4th February, information as to land requirements in Welsh counties, in view of the fact...
asked the Secretary of State for War on what date it was decided to make Düsseldorf a leave centre supplementary to Brussels; and whether this proposal has now been abandoned.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that since October the Dorking and Horley Rural District Council have been trying to get building materials released from his Department's dump...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will inquire into the conditions on the ss. "Dunera" which sailed from India on 9th January and arrived here on 29th January; what was the ship used for...
asked the Secretary of State for War what total stocks of stationery and envelopes are held by his Department.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether 3654359 Private J. Gerrard, Border Regiment, is still under arrest; under what circumstances he was arrested as an alleged deserter after his release...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he now intends to evacuate Woodhall Camp in Lincolnshire; and, if not, for what purpose it is proposed to use this camp.
asked the Secretary of State for War what percentage of complaints and grievances coming to his Department from soldiers come through Members of Parliament and newspaper channels.
asked the Secretary of State for War how many private residences in Northern Ireland are still occupied by the military authorities.
asked the Secretary of State for War how many flame-throwers are at the Army's disposal in Britain; what consideration he has given to their employment for the clearance of snow and ice-bound...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has any statement to make regarding the murder of Brigadier R. W. M. de Winton, commanding 13th British Infantry Brigade, at Pola, on 10th February.
asked the Secretary of State for War how many officers holding T.A. commissions were commanding T.A. armoured corps, artillery and infantry units on 3rd September. 1939; and, of these, how many...
asked the Secretary of State for War the numbers of Dutch officers and men who were trained in Britain during 1946; how many are being trained at the present time; and how many of them have left...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will give the amounts and kinds of arms left by the British for the Dutch in Indonesia; and what arms are now being provided by this country.
asked the Secretary of State for War what is the amount of the monthly payments made by the Government to General Anders by way of personal salary; from what funds are these payments made; how...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether all members of the Polish armed forces and resettlement forces have been disarmed.
asked the Secretary of State for War what happens to Poles who are screened on seeking enrolment in the Resettlement Corps and are thereupon found to be unacceptable because of their Fascist...
asked the Secretary of State for War the number of Poles in the Polish Resettlement Corps on the latest convenient date and the percentage thereof who have already applied for British citizenship.
asked the Prime Minister whether he proposes to visit Australia and New Zealand during the current year.
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the shortage of skilled labour in many branches of industry, he will arrange for a parliamentary mission to visit U.N.R.R.A's. displaced-persons camps...
Mr. Vane: asked the Prime Minister if he is aware of the dissatisfaction within the industry with the arrangement whereby the Board of Trade controls felling licences and issues schedules of...
asked the Prime Minister (1) if he intends to avail himself of President Truman's announcement made in Washington on 13th February, that he is willing to do everything in his power to relieve the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the interest on capital that is allowed in determining the means of an applicant for an old age pension under the Act of 1936; whether he is satisfied that...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will explain the circumstances under which a sum of £65 was appropriated and confiscated by the Treasury from Mr. M. H. McMurtrie, an...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the estimated increase, expressed in percentage, in the volume of exports in 1947 as compared ' with 1938, necessary in order to avoid the exhaustion of the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer at what monthly rate this country is incurring further debts abroad in non-sterling areas.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent modern office lighting has now been installed in tax offices dealing with Pay As You Earn; whether this has resulted in increased output from...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to prevent countries within the sterling area from using their accumulated sterling balances in London for the current purchase of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations, and on what dates, he has received from the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in protest against the clause empowering the Argentine...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will remove the Purchase Tax from a type of invalid car, to which his attention has been drawn, so as to bring it into line with other vehicles, such...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount that has been claimed by His Majesty's Government from the Government of Iraq to cover reparations and occupation costs.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount that has been claimed by His Majesty', Government from the Palestine Government to cover that country's share in the expenses incurred by this...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what counter-claims on war balances have been submitted to those Latin-American States which joined the United Nations at a late date, and which benefited...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the pay, the training expenses allowance and the annual bounty, recently announced for the T.A., or any of these, will be subject to Income Tax.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider instructing the banks to close temporarily on Saturdays to save fuel transport and eyesight.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will expedite the payment of Income Tax postwar credits to elderly people and to those who have been forced to retire from active employment by...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether he will substitute, in place of the present cubic capacity tax on private motor-cars, a flat rate tax of £5 per annum, per vehicle, with an...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider removing Purchase Tax from taxicabs, which are now the only public conveyance so penalised.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to put a check on increases in the Civil Service.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why disabled ex-Servicemen from this war, employed as civil servants, have to take their chance with other able-bodied civil servants for dismissal due to...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that the Railway Clerks' Association is now demanding a 35-hour week with £1 increase in wages; and what would be the effect of granting...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what action is now being taken by his Department to ensure that the undertaking given to him by certain football pool proprietors not to exceed 2½...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a list showing the total imports and exports each year to and from Newport since 1932, divided into any convenient classification.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the loss of production arising from the shortage of coal and the resulting reduction in exports, he intends to cut down imports; and,...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the shortage of women's stockings is worsened by the damage done to them by the metal and plastic fittings to suspenders; what...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, before the new clothing coupons become negotiable, he proposes to announce any change or concession in connection with the coupon-age of bed...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what additional quantities of timber have been obtained in North America as a result of the recent visit there of representatives of Timber Control.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give an estimate of the increase in printing costs which will result from the recently-granted rise in wages, reduction of hours and two...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if, in future, he will publish in the Government periodical "Statistical Digest" the complete list of all new factories giving their address and purpose...
May I ask the acting Leader of the House if he can tell us for what purpose he wishes to suspend the Rule today; and also if he can tell us of any alteration for Thursday's Business?
Sir, I am very sorry to have to inform the House that the Conference with the Arabs and the consultations with the Zionist Organisation about the future of Palestine which have been proceeding in...
George Oscar Sylvester, Esquire, for toe County of York, West Riding (Normanton Division).
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £20,000,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Whereupon The GENTLEMAN USHER of the BLACK ROD being come with a Message, The CHAIRMAN left the Chair.
Again considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That an additional number of Land Forces, not exceeding 65,000, all ranks, be maintained for the Service of the United Kingdom at Home and Abroad, exclusive of...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £40,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending...
Resolved: That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding,£10, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending...
Motion made, and Question proposed That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding if £102,900, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum. not exceeding £20,000, he granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £23,140. be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed: That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £750,000 be granted to His Majesty to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Resolved: That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £96,500, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £550,000, he granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £107,021 be granted to His Majesty to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Resolved: That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £105,250, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of...
Resolved: That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £1,321,942, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of...
11.55 p.m.
Resolved: "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Snow.]
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