Monday, 24 February 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Transport how many train men abandoned their trains during the course of a journey, in the months of November and December, 1946, and if he will give a comparable figure for...
asked the Minister of Transport how many snow ploughs the British railways now possess; and whether he is satisfied that this number is adequate.
asked the Minister of Transport whether he will give the most up-to-date figures of the number and grades, separately, of the permanently-appointed conciliation staffs of the four main line...
asked the Minister of Transport to what extent the railway companies exempt themselves from the liability for compensation for accidents to passengers purchasing monthly return or cheap daily...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is now in a position to announce his decision in regard to the recommendations made in the Report of the Charges Consultative Committee concerning the...
Mr. McKie: asked the Minister of Transport if it is now intended to provide a footpath between Ringford village and Tarff bridge, Kirkcudbrightshire, on the main trunk road from Dumfries to...
asked the Minister of Transport what regulations are now in force concerning the arrangement, design, size and colour of studs, and distance between studs, on pedestrian crossings; and in what...
asked the Minister of Transport if he will increase the number of permits issued to county councils to enable county roadmen to obtain Thermos flasks, having regard to the hardship caused to...
asked the Minister of Transport if he will now make a statement with regard to his negotiations for the purchase of Selby toll bridge.
asked the Minister of Transport if he will now make a statement regarding his efforts to ease the congestion at Barton swing bridge, Manchester, during the peak hours.
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that no accurate information is available in this country of the cost of delays to road traffic caused by the congestion on the streets of...
Medlicott: asked the Minister of Transport what amount of revenue it is estimated will be lost by the London Passenger Transport Board in the next full financial year by reason of the...
asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the recent increase in fares, he will advise the L.P.T.B. to increase their advertisement charges; and whether, by so increasing the income of...
asked the Minister of Transport if he will state the amount of bunkers purchased in January, 1947, with hard currency, the amount to be expressed in U.S. dollars and tons.
asked the Minister of Supply how many motor vehicles and motor cycles, surplus to requirements in the British zone in Germany, have now been disposed of; and how many remain in dumps in that area.
Mr. McKie: asked the Minister of Supply why a private contractor has been authorised to remove stores from his Department's factory at Dalbeattie, Scotland, without supervision, checking of...
asked the Minister of Supply if he is aware that the United States Foreign Liquidation Commissioner, 9, Rue de Presbourg, Paris, is offering for sale in Germany large numbers of surplus United...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Supply the number of civil servants employed by his Department in London and the provinces on 1st January, 1946, and 1947.
asked the Minister of Supply if he will make a statement as to the use of jet engines to clear snow from railways.
asked the Minister of Supply how much penicillin in mega units is now produced in this country and/or imported per month.
asked the Minister of Supply the estimated value of the stores left in this country by the U.S. Forces at the conclusion of hostilities; and how these stores are to be disposed of.
asked the Minister of Supply what steps are taken to inform the public of forthcoming auctions of Government surplus stores.
asked the Minister of Supply, in view of the fact that it will be some time before final decisions can be made regarding the integrated steel plant at Inchinnan, what are the plans for the future...
asked the Minister of Works whether he will give an assurance that, in rebuilding the destroyed and damaged parts of the Palace of Westminster, arrangements will be made to instal the most...
asked the Minister of Works what steps he has taken during the last 12 months to install an up-to-date system of fluorescent lighting in official buildings; and what plans he has to continue such...
asked the Minister of Works if he is aware that the Dorset Farmers' Union, who purchased Savernake House, Dorchester, last autumn, were promised possession of part of the premises at an early...
asked the Minister of Works whether the contractors recently employed at Sherwood Lodge, regional headquarters of the National Coal Board, received and complied with Circular L.R. 204/1, issued...
asked the Minister of Works whether he proposes shortly to send a mission to the U.S.A to investigate the possibility of purchasing civil engineering and excavating machinery; who will be the...
asked the Prime Minister if Viscount Wavell is to be permitted to make a public statement on his dismissal from the Viceroyalty of India.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he is aware that at 6 a.m. on r4th January an officer of Military Intelligence, who had travelled specially from Calcutta and returned there the...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will take steps to find out the approximate number of persons now living on each of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, together with the...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what is the exact status of the Indian ambassadors, consuls and trade representatives recently appointed; and by whom are they appointed.
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is satisfied that there are sufficient agricultural workers to maintain this country's food production at its highest level.
Mr. Baldwin: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that more sugar beet was grown in 1946 than the present sugar-beet factories could process; and, as it is uneconomical to give...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how many applications for purchase of reaper-binders were received through A.E.Cs. during 1946 in England, Scotland and Wales, respectively; how many were...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that the method of lime distribution by lorry, practised in many farming districts, is, in general, expensive and unsatisfactory in results; and...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware of the dissatisfaction felt in the Dolwyddelan district of Caernarvonshire over the method of engaging staff at the neighbouring Gwydyr Forest;...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he will provide statistics with regard to migration from this country to each of the Dominions during 1946; and whether any...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what stage has been reached regarding reparation agreements between Japan and Burma.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the machinery by which policy is discussed and directives issued to Mr. McMahon Ball, the British Commonwealth representative on the...
Mr. Paton: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the order given by General MacArthur to the Japanese trade union leaders on 31st January last, to abandon their intended general...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will arrange for summaries of the Soviet Press and radio to be made regularly available in the Library.
asked the Minister of Food whether the projected increase in the quantity of animal feedingstuffs to be imported into this country in 1947 will represent an increase as compared with 1945, or...
asked the Minister of Food the total number of, persons at present employed in the Liverpool food office; and what proportion of the posts filled are held by ex-Servicemen and married women,...
asked the Minister of Food if he is aware that the high pointing of Tunis dates has seriously affected the sale; and if he will consider either depointing or lowering the point values, so that...
asked the Minister of Food, on what terms as to quantity and price he has entered into a bulk contract for the purchase of Ceylon copra for future supplies; and if this contract was made before...
asked the Minister of Food whether the arrangement recently made by the Tripartite Commission in Siam that 50 per cent. of foreign currency received from the sale of the commodity should be paid...
asked the Minister of Food if he will make a statement on the employment of aeroplanes to relieve villages in the Leek and Moorland areas which were cut off by snowdrifts.
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that there is considerable variation in the regulations applied by different county councils for the granting of licences to produce tuberculin...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps have been taken to ensure that purchases of Japanese goods made by the British Government can be inspected by British firms.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether all of the 2,066 new factories that he announced have recently been, are being, or will be, constructed have had their sites approved by the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many dollars accrued to the dollar pool of the sterling bloc in the year 1946, in consequence of Jewish and Zionist activities in Palestine.
With the permission of the House, I will make a short statement on the sweet ration. I regret that owing to the present fuel and power difficulties, the production of sweets has fallen and it...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper:
I propose, with Mr. Speaker's permission, to make a further statement on the fuel position. The weather is still the dominating factor in the situation; since my last statement there has been a...
May I, Mr. Speaker, make a correction in the OFFICIAL REPORT? I am sorry to have to do this, and it is the first time that I have had to make a complaint of this kind. But I have been reported as...
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings in Committee on Town and Country Planning (Scotland) [Money] and of the Committee of Ways and
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69.—(King's Recommendation signified.)
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That, under any Act of the present Session to make fresh provision with respect to Scotland for planning the development and use of land, and for purposes...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Snow.]
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