Wednesday, 12 March 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will take steps to establish a public company in Trinidad to develop the manufacturing industries there.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will consider arranging for a Parliamentary delegation, with members who have trade union experience, to visit Trinidad.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that in British Guiana the Government auditors audit trade union acounts free of charge; and whether he will recommend the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when he expects the next Report of the Comptroller for Development and Welfare in the West Indies to be published.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what embargoes have been placed on goods exported from Palestine and which countries have placed such embargoes; and what effect they have had on the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Jewish terrorists have been brought to trial in Palestine in 1946 and 1947; how many have been convicted; and what action has been taken on...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if correspondents and newsreel photographers of foreign countries, particularly the U.S.A., are being given every facility to report on the actions...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what percentage of imports to the Colonies during 1946 came from the United Kingdom.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are taken to ensure that his despatches to Colonial Governments are brought to the attention of officers serving those Governments; and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to what extent Colonial Governments are obliged to submit to his Department detailed estimates of expenditure from the development fund before the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) whether he will give details of the amounts allocated, in the 10 year development plans already approved, to development and to welfare and of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will give the total number of men and women who have made application since the end of the war to emigrate to all parts of the Colonial Empire.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when he expects to make a statement about the progress of constitutional negotiations in Malaya.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement on the outbreak of unrest and lawlessness in the province of Kedah; and to what extent this outbreak is to be attributed...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many cases of tinned pineapples were exported from Malaya to the United Kingdom in 1938; and what steps are being taken to redevelop this...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the position as regards the repatriation of Gibraltarians evacuated during the war period to the United Kingdom; and what is the present...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will summarise the recommendations of the mission which he sent to West Africa last year to report on the possibilities of increasing the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the estimated coal reserves of Nigeria; and whether he has considered the possibility of largely increasing production and exports.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the amount of grants made, or about to be made, from the Colonial Welfare and Development Fund in respect of West African Colonies otherwise than on...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what assistance he proposes to give to provide an adequate news service for the nationalist Press of Nigeria.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what sanatorium and other facilities exist for the treatment of tuberculosis in British West Africa.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the name and qualifications for the post of the railway worker who has been appointed to the Labour Department of the Government of Kenya.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many convictions for murder in the Gold Coast during the past 12 months have had ritual practices as motive; and under what authority the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what direct taxation is paid per annum by an African in Kenya and Uganda, with an annual income of £150 and £10, respectively.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to what extent the circulation of the "Weekly Bulletin" of the public relations department in Sierra Leone is restricted by scarcity of paper;...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the annual fee for a wireless licence in Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda; and how it relates to the average annual wage of an unskilled labourer...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, if he will make a statement concerning the interview that took place between him and the National Delegation of Cyprus on 7th February, 1947, on the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the increase in the population of Hong Kong, as far as can be ascertained, in 1946; and at what monthly rate immigration is taking place in 1947.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what loans or gifts have been made to Hong Kong since the end of the war by the British Government.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what price is paid for Mauritius sugar bought by Britain; and whether he is satisfied that this price gives a sufficient return to enable the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what reply has been sent to the Mauritius Government Servants' Association's demand for an increase of war bonus of 75 per cent. on the lowest...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the preliminary work for surveying the fisheries of the Mauritius-Seychelles area has now been completed; and whether the survey work has...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if a war damage claims commission has yet been appointed for the British Solomon Islands; from what source financial aid will be provided; how many...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies where the recent loan in Fiji was placed; for what amount and on what terms; and whether it was fully subscribed.
asked the Prime Minister if he will appoint a Royal Commission, or commission of inquiry, on the existing system of leasehold tenure.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will appoint a Royal Commission to report on the social, economic and political conditions of Bermuda, and to recommend suitable reforms.
asked the Minister of Defence how many timber huts are still in possession of the three Service Departments at the latest available date; what is their condition; what is the reason for the delay...
asked the Minister of Defence whether his attention has been drawn to a speech made by the Australian Minister of External Affairs on 26th February, calling for common defence action between...
asked the Minister of Defence how many ex-Servicemen from the United Kingdom and non-Service Eire citizens have been discharged from civil employment with the Armed Forces in Northern Ireland...
asked the Minister of Defence how many men in the three Services are serving sentences for desertion; how many of these convictions date from before June, 1945; and, in view of the new policy of...
asked the Minister of Defence what is the composition of the Committee, or Committees, at present investigating the use of manpower in the Services; whether the investigation is being made in a...
asked the Minister of Defence what was the total value of the army and air force weapons, machines and general equipment supplies to the Egyptian army from 1st January, 1936, to 1st January,...
asked the Minister of Defence the estimated number of men and women who will be serving in each of the three Services on 30th June, 1947.
asked the Minister of Defence how many men, who have at any time worked in the mines, are still serving with the Armed Forces, but excluding men balloted under the Bevin Scheme who have entered...
"to confine the operation of the National Service Acts to male British subjects and to service in the Armed Forces of the Crown; to make provision as to the terms and conditions of such service...
"to enlarge the legislative power of the Parliament of Northern Ireland in respect of certain matters and, in connection therewith, to remove doubts regarding the validity of certain laws made by...
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,...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Snow.]
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