Tuesday, 18 March 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read a Second time, and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
asked the Minister of Labour how many women landworkers in Huntingdonshire were temporarily unemployed for the whole or part of February this year; how many of them were married; how many of them...
asked the Minister of Labour (1) how many ex-trainees who have completed courses in Government training centres as bricklayers, plasterers, tilers, carpenters and joiners, wood machinists,...
asked the Minister of Labour what progress has been made in his Department's scheme for making grants to assist ex-Servicemen to set up in businesses on their own account; and if he is satisfied...
asked the Minister of Labour the precise Departments and sub-Departments which have to be consulted and which have to approve the application by a British subject for a labour permit for a...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that some employers are terminating the employment of men who reach the age of 65 years, even though these men are efficient at their jobs and are...
asked the Minister of Labour whether men liable to call-up to the Forces who are exempt from call-up by virtue of their being employed in underground work in the coal industry, will remain...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will take steps on the lines of the recommendations made in the Report of the Royal Commission on the Court of Session and the office of Sheriff...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cattle and sheep it is estimated have been lost in Scotland in the present severe weather; and what is their approximate cost, respectively.
Mr. McKie: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement regarding the recent proposals made through the Department of Health for Scotland to the Stewartry of...
Mr. McKie: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, in the recent conversations which he had with the representatives of the National Farmers Union of Scotland regarding the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will now allow a holiday with pay at State expense to those members of the W.L.A. who signed on for an indefinite period in October, 1945,...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will now make a statement on the steps he proposes to take to deal with the insecurity of tenure of small traders in Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the principles which governed the 1947 allocation of houses to be built by local authorities in Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the permanent housing allocation for Edinburgh for 1947; and the number of private enterprise houses this allocation includes.
asked the Minister of Pensions how many members of his staff in Blackpool have, since 1st January, 1947, been given notice that their services are no longer required; and, of these, how many...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will now make a statement on the abolition of the colour bar against applicants for regular engagements in the R.N. and the Army.
asked the Secretary of State for War the reasons why married officers under 25 years of age are only to receive married allowance at approximately half the present rate; and why they are to be...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is yet able to announce when the claim of Mr. C. N. Christou, of Heraklion, Greece, for catering services to British troops in Heraklion in 1941...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will now make a statement about the possibility of an improvement in the Army Postal Service from India, which has been the subject of...
asked the Secretary of State for War what are the rates of pay for British officers and Polish officers not yet in the Resettlement Corps, respectively, in the ranks of second-lieutenant,...
asked the Secretary of State for War what percentage of the recruits coming before War Office Selection Boards with O.R.1 recommendations during the three months preceding and the three months...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware of the conditions of travel of soldiers returning to Palestine; that, recently, only one meal consisting of one piece of bread, part of a...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will now grant Italian co-operator status to all German prisoners of war.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that large numbers of prisoners of war have, within recent weeks, been without any pay; and, in the light of this fact, if he will make a...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will investigate the reasons for the continued detention at Up Park Internment Camp, Kingston, Jamaica, of 187 Heinrich Schreiber, a 60 years old German...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that at Camp No. 40, for prisoners of war, at Tunbridge, Kent, notice was recently posted advising the prisoners that they could write to...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many prisoners of war were repatriated to Germany during the month ended 28th February.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will specify the arrangements which restrict production, prices and employment referred to in paragraph 141 of the Economic Survey for 1947, Cmd. 7046.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will set up a scientific and technical sub-committee of the joint planning staff, as an integral part of the proposed planning machinery, to carry out research...
Mr. Baldwin: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the Regulations which will not permit beneficiaries under a deceased person's will drawing postwar credits until they...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what have been the total purchases of silver by this country from the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.A., respectively, during the first two months of 1947; and how...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the foreign currencies and the amount in each denomination made available to the Ministry of Food for the purchase of luxury fruits such as...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware of the hoarding of silver coins by a number of British employers; and if he will take steps to prevent this.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider the early introduction of a tax on advertising.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will now implement his undertaking to state, by countries, the amounts owing on account of sterling balances.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what reply has been received from the Brazilian Government as a result of His Majesty's Government's communication on the Brazilian Central Bank's refusal to...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will instruct Departments making statutory instruments that the use of the expression "all other powers enabling," should be discontinued, and...
Mr. De la Bére: asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will consider reducing the staff of the Central Office of Information with a view to effecting economies in the total...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what proportion of the recruits to the Civil Service during 1946 were ex-Servicemen; and whether, in view of the general manpower shortage, he is...
Mr. De la Bére: asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will consider amalgamating the duties of public relation officers and Press officers in order to effect a saving in...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury why the Supplement to Cmd. 6808 is not available at the Vote Office.
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether he will open negotiations for the purchase of timber from Rumania; (2) what negotiations for trade with Rumania have been undertaken; and...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the dislocation of industry due to the coal stoppage, he will defer the taking of any census until next year.
asked the President of the Board of Trade why licences have been granted for the importation of manufactured flower boxes from Holland.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is satisfied that the present allocation of coal to the cotton textile industry of Lancashire is sufficient to give continuity of work in the...
"to make temporary provision for limiting betting on licensed dog racecourses to Saturdays and certain other days, for varying for those days the restrictions on the number of races on which and...
Proceedings on Government Business exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House).—[The Prime Minister.]
MR. JOHN DUGDALE'S STATEMENT
Resolved: That 191,000 Officers, Seamen, Boys and Royal Marines, excluding those on release leave, be employed for the Sea Service together with 1,665 Royal Marine Police, borne on the books of...
Resolved: That a sum, not exceeding £442,467,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of wages, &c., of officers and men of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines and Women's...
Resolved: That a sum, not exceeding £14,171,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of victualling and clothing for the Navy, including the cost of victualling establishments...
Resolved: That a sum not exceeding £1,680,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of medical services, including the cost of medical establishments at home and abroad, which...
Resolved: That a sum, not exceeding £4,655,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of civilians employed on fleet services, which will come in course of payment during the year...
Resolved: That a sum, not exceeding £10,250,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of works, buildings and repairs at home and abroad, including the cost of superintendence,...
Resolved: That a sum, not exceeding £13,765,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of non-effective services, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on...
Resolved: That, towards making good the Supply granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1946, the sum of £2,537 3s. be granted out of the...
Considered in Committee.
Resolved: "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Michael Stewart.]
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