Thursday, 20 March 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons are employed in the United Kingdom on national registration and registration of electors, respectively; and what manpower...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many refugees in Shanghai have applied to the Far-Eastern representative of the Inter - Governmental Committee on Refugees for admission...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young persons aged 16 years or over, committed to approved schools in the past five years, have escaped and, as a result, have been...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the employees of Short Brothers will be called upon to obtain residence permits to reside in Northern Ireland; and if they will be under an...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in view of the fact that Patrick McBrien, a native of County Fermanagh, has already undergone 7½ years' imprisonment in Parkhurst gaol,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware of the difficulties of Northern Ireland employers, principally farmers, in retaining the services of their employees from Eire,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when Mr. Josef Chajmorie, 59 Ayredale Road, N.16, who wishes to visit his sick brother in Belgium, may expect to receive a reply to the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether provision will be made in connection with the cessation of mid-week sport to deal with the case of areas in which an appreciable...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the scurrilous anti-Semitic leaflets being sent into this country by Einar Aberg, of Sweden; and if he...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Depart- ment whether he will introduce legislation to enable wives of serving officers and men resident overseas to vote at Parliamentary Elections...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has yet notified the Minister of Supply of all the cases where Anderson shelters, bolts and nuts are rusting away in the possession of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many appeals under the Police (Appeals) Acts, 1927 and 1943, which had been disposed of up to 30th September, 1946, were the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will consider the granting of powers to local authorities to prevent unauthorised persons trading, and the holding of fairs and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is now prepared to allow selected German prisoners to volunteer to remain for work in this country as alien civilians after their normal...
asked the Minister of Health if, in view of the need to save domestic fuel he has issued instructions to local authorities to incorporate fuel-saving types of domestic fire-grates and appliances...
asked the Minister of Health whether the Maycrete prefabricated bungalow which is being exported to Holland in considerable quantities is suitable or can be adapted for rural Britain; and...
asked the Minister of Health if the increased maximum price of £1,300 for houses built by private builders outside the London region will apply to houses not commenced before 25th February,...
asked the Minister of Health to what extent his Department assists local authorities to meet the extra cost incurred by their building contractors in the direct haulage of bricks, as opposed to...
asked the Minister of Health whether his estimate to build 240,000 permanent houses in 1947 still holds good; or whether he will be issuing a revised estimate.
asked the Minister of Health if he authorised the requisitioning of a house in Wellington-Hill West, in the Henleaze suburb of Bristol, previously occupied by a Mrs. Rosina Ann Cornock.
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that, at a special meeting, on 7th February, of the Regional Building Committee, the principal housing officer stated that the allocation of...
asked the Minister of Health what weight of streptomycin is being manufactured each month in Britain; and what type of clinical trials are now being carried out by the Medical Research Council...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that 80 beds have been closed at the King Edward VII Memorial Sanatorium at Hertford Hill, near Warwick; that this is the only tuberculosis...
asked the Minister of Health whether he proposes to implement the recommendations of the Inter-Departmental Committee on the Rag Flocks Act as contained in Cmd. 6866.
asked the Minister of Health approximately how many girls of 16 years of age and under have been engaged for nursing duties by public authorities; and what advice regarding the employment of...
asked the Minister of Health (1), what representations the board of management of the Doncaster Royal Infirmary have ever made to him or his regional officers to seek powers or financial...
asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the success of modern methods of treatment of congenital deafness in the very young, he will take steps to make compulsory the notification of...
asked the Minister of Health what proportion of the recruits to local government service during 1946 were ex-Servicemen; what representation he has made to local authorities in this matter; and...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that many local authorities are being compelled to make considerable increases in their rate demands; and, as these are now imposing too heavy burdens...
asked the Minister of Health what was the expenditure of county councils in 1946–47; and what is the estimated expenditure for 1947–48 and by how much the rate poundage has increased.
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that, as a result of the derating of industrial hereditaments, the Acton Borough Council loses in rate revenue for the year 1946–47,...
asked the Minister of Health what is the number of municipal authorities who have reduced the provision of day nurseries since the 100 per cent. grant was cut; and the total of day nurseries so...
asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the results of his meetings this week with representative people engaged in the supply of fuel and power; and of his meetings with trade...
asked the Prime Minister if he will give the House precise information of the amount of fuel and power saved by cutting off six hours broadcasting per day; and when normal broadcasting will be...
asked the Minister of Labour (1) whether arrangements are being made for ministers of religion to accompany displaced persons coming to this country for employment; (2) what arrangements are...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has received a Report from the Cost-of-Living Advisory Committee; and whether the Report will be published.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will cease subsidising the B.B.C. and make the B.B.C. operate within the limits of its own resources from licences.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in view of the fact that the target of £520,000,000 in small savings has now been reached, what is the actual cash benefit to the Treasury, taking into...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the capital value of Great Britain's overseas investments in 1938 and what is it now; the amount of interest they produced in 1938; and the amount...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what answer has been made to the Engineering Industries Association by His Majesty's Government on the problems of current taxation payments submitted by...
Colonel Crosthivaite-Eyre: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give an estimate of the saving during 1946 in the cost of food subsidies by the retention of imperial preference.
May I ask the acting Leader of the House the Business for next week?
"to provide for carrying into effect Treaties of Peace between His Majesty and certain other powers," presented by Mr. Bevin; supported by Mr. McNeil; to be read a Second time upon Monday next,...
Ordered: That this day, notwithstanding anything in paragraphs (2) and (4) of Standing Order No. 14, the Civil Estimates, Excess, 1945–46, may be considered and Business other than the...
[3RD ALLOTTED DAY]
1. "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 His...
2. "That a sum, not exceeding £42,467,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of wages, etc., of officers and men of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines and Women's Royal Naval...
3. "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 at home...
4. "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 will...
5. "That a sum, not exceeding £4,655,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the ex-spense of civilians employed on fleet services, which will come in course of payment during the year...
6. "That a sum, not exceeding £10,250,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the ex-pense of works, building and repairs at home and abroad, including the cost of superintendence,...
7. "That a sum, not exceeding £13,763,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the ex-pense of non-effective services, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
8. "That a sum, not exceeding £2,537 35., be granted to His Majesty, to make good an excess on the grant for Scientific Investigation, etc., for the year ended the 31st day of March, 1946.
1. "That a number of Land Forces, not exceeding 1,210,000, all ranks, be maintained for the safety of the United Kingdom and the defence of the possessions of His Majesty's Crown, excluding those...
2. "That a sum, not exceeding £114,815,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of the pay, etc., of the Army, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on...
3. "That a sum, not exceeding £5,889,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of the Reserve Forces (to a number not exceeding 71,000, all ranks, for the Royal Army Reserve),...
4. "That a sum, not exceeding £61,250,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of supplies, etc., which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of...
5. "That a sum, not exceeding £43,000,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of works, buildings and lands, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
6. "That a sum, not exceeding £15,028,000, 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 the 31st...
1. "That a number of officers and airmen, not exceeding 370,000, all ranks, be maintained for Air Force Service, during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1948."
2. "That a sum, not exceeding £60,300,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of the pay, etc., of the Air Force, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on...
3. "That a sum, not exceeding £57,958,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of technical supplies and services, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on...
4. "That a sum, not exceeding £28,000,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of works and lands, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of...
"to provide, during twelve months, for the discipline and regulation of the Army and the Air Force," presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Monday next, and...
Remaining Resolutions agreed to.
Resolutions reported: 1. "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...
"to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, one thousand nine hundred and...
Mr. Alexander.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Snow.]
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