Wednesday, 5 March 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on what ground it has been decided to blow up the island of Heligoland and why arrangements are not being made for the island to be returned to...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that Dr. Chatterton-Hill, 63 years of age, a British subject, died of starvation in Berlin on 12th January owing to neglect by...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the Greek Government has placed in Salonika Gaol, under sentence of death, a boy of 15 years of age; that members of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will assure the House that the Government's plan to withdraw all troops from Greece by the end of June will in no way be changed by the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many imprisoned and exiled Greek trade union leaders have been released in accordance with the undertaking given by the Greek Government in...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many British subjects from the United Kingdom are at present employed by U.N.R.R.A; and if he is in a position to offer any alternative...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has now received a reply from the Rumanian Government to his protest of last November against the falsification of the general...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) whether, on his forthcoming visit to Moscow, he will urge the inclusion in any amended treaty of Clauses 2 and 3 of the Atlantic Charter of...
Mrs. Manning: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the subject of the Polish note on the Polish Resettlement Bill.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what instructions have been issued to our representative on the Security Council in reference to the application by the U.S.A. for trusteeship...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs wliether, in considering the future organisation of I.R.O., he will urge that neither the Director-General nor any other high official shall be an...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the commencing salary of a member of the Diplomatic Service serving in Tokyo in his first year.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what was the nature of the report, dated 10th August, 1946, on the Gaskiya Corporation in Nigeria; and what action has been, or is intended to be,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies on what qualifications and recommendations appointments are being made by his Department of the development officers now being sent out to Nigeria.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress has been made with African resettlement in Kenya; and for what reasons the Hon. E. Mathu, the Hon. S. J. Cooke and Archdeacon Beecher...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if an experienced trade unionist has yet been appointed to the Labour Department of the Kenya Government.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will secure and publish the evidence in support of the Kenya Attorney-General's contention in the Legislative Council that systematic...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if his attention has been called to the enforcement of the colour bar against an official of his department by an hotel-keeper in Lagos and if he...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what active assistance he is giving to Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone, in their search for new premises; and what are their prospects of finding...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many hospitals in the West African Colonies are equipped with X-Ray apparatus; and in how many hospitals is this equipment lacking.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many persons in Malta are desirous of emigrating; and if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a full and detailed list of those concerned,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will publish a statement on the contribution of agricultural produce and raw materials made by the Colonies to the United Kingdom during the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware of discontent in the Ceylon public service respecting the refusal to grant trade union rights; and what action is being taken in the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many anti-Husseini Arabs have been murdered by Arab terrorists in the Middle East during the past six months.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how it was that Fawzi Kawkji, emissary of the ex-Mufti' of Jerusalem, who is on the Palestine Government's list of wanted men and who landed at Lydda...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in view of the opinion expressed by the British Goodwill Mission to Cyprus, in paragraphs 211 and 212 of its report on its visit to Cyprus in the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when it is expected that Lord Winster will take up his duties as Governor of Cyprus.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will now make a comprehensive statement on the recent unrest in Trinidad and on the events leading up to the police raid on the oilworkers'...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the estimated total cost of the development schemes for Trinidad; how much of it is proposed to be spent on expansion of social services; and how...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the annual cost of wireless licences in Jamaica; how many licences were issued in 1946; and how this number compares with those issued in 1945 and 1944.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Chinese, approximately, who arc not British subjects, have emigrated to Hong Kong during and since the war and remainder there as residents;...
Mr. H. D. Hughes: asked the Prime Minister whether planning authorities and other interested bodies are to be given an opportunity of making representations to the Airfields Selection Committee...
asked the Minister of Defence if he will consider offering deserters the option of service in the mines as an alternative to returning to the Forces.
Mr. Chetywnd: asked the Minister of Defence the number of men now serving in the Forces who have had previous experience in the mining industry.
asked the Minister of Defence how many deserters from the Army, R.N. and R.A.F. have, upon arrest, either before or after their trials, attempted to commit suicide or otherwise have inflicted...
asked the Minister of Defence if he will state the number of non-Regular Service personnel who had completed four years' and three years' service, respectively, on 31st December, 1946.
asked the Minister of Defence if he will now make a statement about the payment of marriage allowances to officers under 25 years of age.
asked the Minister of Defence in which Colonies it is intended to recruit land and air Forces for service in peacetime outside their home countries; and if he will make a statement on His...
asked the Minister of Defence if he will indicate, in approximate figures, how the estimated strengths of the 182,000 in the R.N., 590,000 in the Army, and 315,000 in the R.A.F. on 31st March,...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware of a proposal by Notts (Caterers), Limited, of Letchworth, to make a charge for delivering bread; whether this proposal is in accordance with the...
asked the Minister of Food in view of the necessity for cutting the total sweet consumption by 50 per cent., what were his reasons for spreading this over all consumers instead of making a 100...
asked the Minister of Food by what amount our consumption of meat, including home-produced, imported and canned meat, has exceeded supply during the past four months.
asked the Minister of Food the consumption of pearl barley during the last six months of 1945 and 1946, respectively.
asked the Minister of Food whether he is satisfied that, in the importation of potatoes from Canada, there is no danger of introducing the Colorado beetle.
asked the Minister of Food why an import permit for cooking fats from Tanganyika was refused to Mr. H. Malcolm Ross.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) if he will make a statement about the delay in disposing of the case of seven men sentenced to death for the murder of Akyea Mensah, the Odikro...
I propose, with Mr. Speaker's permission, to make a further statement on the fuel position. The total amount of coal consumed at electricity generating stations under the control of the Central...
I have to inform the House that His Majesty's Governments in Australia and New Zealand have announced their intention to make gifts to His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom for the...
3.57 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That Standing Order No. 80 (Deputy Speaker and Chairmen) be amended by adding at the end new paragraph (5), as follows:—'(5) Any member of a Standing...
Resolution reported: That, for the purpose of 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...
Resolution reported: 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 connected...
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to provide for the establishment of development councils for industries, for making funds available for certain...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Popplewell.]
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