Tuesday, 11 March 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of National Insurance why Mr. and Mrs. Myles, 28, Huntley Street, Sankey, Warrington, aged 68 and 66 years, respectively, are still receiving a pension of 10s. per week; and...
asked the Minister of National Insurance if he will make a state- ment upon the new arrangements to be made to expedite the procedure for dealing with new claims for old age pensions.
asked the Minister of National Insurance what is the correct method of obtaining an emergency payment by pensioners entitled to draw combined old age pensions or supplementary old age pensions...
asked the Minister of National Insurance what is the number of old age pensioners in Thame who have applied to his Department at Blackpool and have only received cards of acknowledgment; and what...
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether he is aware that an ex-Serviceman receiving an 80 per cent. disability pension amounting to 36s. per week, was paid, when off work through...
asked the Minister of National Insurance if, in those cases in which dentists refused to accept dental letters issued by approved societies, owing to the dispute over the scale of fees, the...
asked the Minister of National Insurance, why the powers exercised by him in making the Increase of Contributory Pensions Amendment Regulations, S.R. & O., 1947, No. 154, were not fully...
asked the Minister of Labour how many Acton firms have dismissed or refused re-employment to any of their work people consequent upon the resumption of electrical power to industry; and how many...
asked the Minister of Labour how many vocational and trade courses are now being organised by his Department; how many persons have been trained and how many placed into employment as a result...
asked the Minister of Labour whether there is now any compulsion to join the National Union of Mineworkers exercised upon men who have been at any time directed into the mining industry and who...
Mr. Baker White: asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that posters issued by the Catering Wages Board are being circulated to catering establishments and canteens that have been closed...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will give an assurance that men whose freedom to obtain employment is restricted by the Control of Engagement Order will not be required to join a trade...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the manpower shortage, he proposes to take action to prevent the employment by the Co-operative Insurance Society and other offices of agents on...
asked the Minister of Labour if he can yet give the actual or approximate percentage of Polish troops in the Resettlement Corps who are small farmers or agricultural workers in civil life.
asked the Minister of Labour if agricultural workers will be granted the same exemptions in call-up to His Majesty's Forces as are granted to coalminers.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will state the conditions on which men now registering for military service will secure exemption from call up by choosing to enter the coalmining industry.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has been able to reduce the period between leaving school and call-up to the Forces of those students whose call-up has been deferred to allow them to sit...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is now in a position to make a statement on the revised cost-of-living index.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the progress of the work upon which the Scottish Advisory Council on Education is engaged, particularly with regard to...
Lieut.-Commander Clark Hutchison: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether it is his intention, at an early date, to lay before Parliament a draft order or a report in accordance with...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when the Scottish Economic White Paper will be published.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland in view of the fact that the judges in Scotland who are called "sheriffs-substitute" are not, in fact, substitutes, and that this name is, therefore,...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will take steps to extend the payment of marriage and child allowances to war-disabled pensioners when the child has been legally adopted by its foster...
asked the Secretary of State for War when he pro- poses to release the Territorial Drill Hall, Derby Road, Nottingham, at present occupied by the Regular Army, and hand it back to the T.A. and...
asked the Secretary of State for War why, under existing regulations in the Austrian Command, locally married British soldiers are treated differently to men whose wives and dependants have...
asked the Secretary of State for War what type and standard of accommodation and amenities will be made available in Malaya and elsewhere for troops withdrawn from Japan; and whether he will give...
Mr. H. D. Hughes: asked the Secretary of State for War if he will now restore the prewar right of purchase of discharge to Regular soldiers, especially those who joined the Army at an early age...
asked the Secretary of State for War what proportion of men in the Army is under 25 years of age at the latest date for which figures are available.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will make his promised statement on the Army Education Scheme and circulate details of it to hon. Members before the Debate on the Army Estimates, so...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many German prisoners of war have volunteered to remain in this country after their normal repatriation date.
asked -the Secretary of State for War if he will now permit British persons who invite prisoners of war to their homes to take them to those homes by means of public transport in cases where...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will inform the House of the advice he gave in writing to the Chairman of the Scottish Fuel Efficiency Committee regarding the holding of sporting events in...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the fact that the U.S. Congress has decided against continuing conscription after 31st March, of the abolition of conscription in all the Dominions...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the setting up of a Joint Select Committee of both Houses of Parliament to adjudicate, where conflicting interests exist, on the apportionment of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many persons will be involved in taking valuations of compensation and betterment under the Town and Country Planning Bill; and how this number compares...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the cost to this country in dollars of the shipments of 590,000 tons of U.S. coal by U.N.R.R.A. for Italy; the total shipments of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that 1,500,000 ounces of silver are being brought from the U.S.A. in the "Queen Elizabeth"; and if he will...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amount of money has been expended in U.S.A. since 1st January, 1946, on the purchase of children's so-called comics.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he intends to reduce the rate of 2½ per cent. paid as interest on Post Office Savings Bank deposits.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider adjusting entertainments tax so as to give preferential treatment to cinemas which will undertake to show British films only.
Mr. Q. J. Williams: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the effect of the rise in prices in the U.S.A. on the purchasing power of the dollar; and to what extent it is estimated...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will now announce when payment of war damage claims on total loss, under Part I of the War Damage Act, 1943, will be made; the total number of claims...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether His Majesty's Government are satisfied with the results of the preliminary discusssions with Egypt, India and Iraq for the settlement of sterling...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations have been made by His Majesty's Government to Brazil over that country's refusal to accept further sterling for payment of trade...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what deductions, by way of Income Tax, are made from the pay of members of the Polish Armed Forces who have not joined the Polish Resettlement Corps; and...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that, in the case of which particulars have been furnished by the hon. Member for Wallasey, Customs Duty and Purchase Tax were...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether it is a matter of common practice for the Tithe Redemption Commission to send out Form No. 1142A; and for what exact purpose.
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury when the reply to the claim by the Civil Service Clerical Association for revised pay for established clerical and allied staffs, submitted to his...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the fact that the Powers of Regulation (Inspection of Land) under Defence Regulation No. 85 are no longer exercised, he will take...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will state, by Departments, the number of officers at present authorised to carry out inspections and investigations into private houses and...
Mr. E. P. Smith: asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will appoint a working party to investigate and report upon conditions prevailing in the theatre industry.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the changing attitude in other countries, he will define the present policy of His Majesty's Government in regard to tariffs in...
asked the President of the Board of Trade why he did not notify shopkeepers when the priority scheme for blankets came to an end.
Mr. De le Bère: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the food shortage in this country and the urgent need for increased home production of food, he will prohibit all...
asked the Prime Minister whether he has any announcement to make on the recent statement by the Egyptian Prime Minister on the causes of the breaking off of negotiations for the revision of the...
May I ask the Leader of the House if he will tell us about the Business of the House tonight, in view of the Motion on the Order Paper?
I beg to ask you, Mr. Speaker, if you will give a Ruling to define the extent to which it is permissible to refer in this House to what has occurred in a Standing Committee before that Committee...
Proceedings on Government Business exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House).—[The Prime Minister.,]
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [10th March], That this House welcomes the laying before Parliament of a survey of the nation's requirements and resources for the year 1947,...
5.35 p.m.
Question again proposed.
Considered in Committee.
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 this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Snow.]
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