Wednesday, 16 April 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I have received the following communication, which I think I ought to read out to the House:
"to regulate the expenditure on capital account and lending of money by the London County Council during the financial period from the first day of April one thousand nine hundred and fortyseven...
Read the Third time, and passed.
I beg to move, That the several Amendments to the Standing Orders relative to Private Business hereinafter stated in the Schedule be made:—
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation how many amendments have been made to the Air Navigation (Consolidation) Order, 1923, S.R. & O., 1923, No. 1508, prior to...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, on what special grounds of wide technical, commercial, aeronautical or other experience did the Minister make the appointment...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation the present size of the staffs of B.O.A.C., B.E.A.C. and B.S.A.A.C., respectively.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation when he intends to inaugurate direct air services between the Ringway airport of Manchester and Continental cities; and if he...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation if he will make a statement giving a complete list of U.S. aircraft on order for British air Corporations or about to he ordered.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation if he is satisfied that the pilot's B licences in night-flying test, as laid down, are reasonable; and, in view of what...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Civil Aviation why no proposals have yet been made by his department for an airport and air service for the Leeds, Bradford, and heavy woollen...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what was the total cost to the taxpayer of the 223 Control Commission for Germany employees who were engaged, but did not take up their posts in Germany.
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if the terms of a recent questionnaire submitted to all members of the Special Police Corps of the Control Commission for Germany indicate an...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will now make a statement about the nationalisation of heavy industry in the British zone of Germany.
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what are the amounts of the private fortunes, seized by the Allies, of Himmler, Goebbels, Hess, Von Papen, Schacht, Schmidt and each of the Nazi...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if any planned scheme exists for the requisitioning of German homes for English families; what becomes of the evacuated families; and whether they...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under what regulations letters from the British zone of Germany addressed to Members of this House are censored; and if he will issue instructions...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will arrange for parcels of food sent to Germany for distribution among displaced persons by the British Red Cross to be earmarked for a...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what steps he is taking to ensure that Polish recalcitrants sent to Germany shall have an opportunity to earn an honest living and that they do not...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will publish in HANSARD, in tabular form, the results of the latest screening of German prisoners at Radwinter Youth Camp, showing the...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what has become of all the art treasures, tapestries and other valuables looted by the Nazis and found by the Allies in Karinhall, Goering's country...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the Soviet Government have given permission to Soviet women married to Britons to join their husbands; and if it has given permission to Soviet...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the wife of Sergeant J. E. Bolton, 102, Falkland Road, N.8, is still employed by the British Embassy in Moscow; or for what reason she is no...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will publish the report on labour conditions in the Anglo-Iranian oilfields which was made to him by the three Members of this House,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when he' proposes to appoint an agricultural attaché to His Majesty's Embassy in China.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why it is proposed to build new embassy offices and residence at Rome at an estimated cost of 350,000.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress has been made in preparing the comprehensive handbooks, one for each Colony, with comparative facts and figures for different periods,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies on what authority 10 per cent. was deducted from the salaries of Malaya and Hong Kong civil servants during their internment by the Japanese.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are taken in respect of goods imported by Britain from the Colonies to ensure that colonial export duties levied before or after prices...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies for what reasons it is found impracticable to broadcast in Hausa to the 10,000,000 Hausa-speaking peoples in British West Africa; and how soon the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether standard prices are still fixed for palm kernels and rice in Sierra Leone; whether the quota system is still applied to the production of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the right to import into West Africa is still restricted to the Association of West African Merchants and other firms on the basis of their...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether deposits of good quality coal exist at Udi, Southern Nigeria; and what steps are being taken to exploit the resources of this coalfield.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the total number of officers and other grades of European origin and of non-European origin employed in the Malayan Medical Service at 1st January,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are being taken to augment the strained Government services, including police, medical and social welfare in Hong Kong, to cope with the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies in view of the fact that the majority of the coconut trees on the Cocos-Keeling Islands have been cut down to make new runways for the R.A.F., what...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what sum has been allocated in the 10-year development plan for the Seychelles for the development of fisheries.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will now make a statement regarding the petition which was presented by the Bermuda Workers' Association on 1st November, 1946, relating...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the names of those ships which have been equipped, since 23rd October, 1946, with galleys up to the U.S. standard.
asked the Minister of Defence if he will arrange with the Service Ministers to retain in the Services and in uniform officers, non-commissioned officers and other ranks, who are still undergoing...
asked the Minister of Defence if he will have investigations made about text-books now surplus to the requirements of the E.V.T. scheme in the Forces; and if he will make these books available...
Lieut.-Commander Clark Hutchison: asked the Minister of Defence whether he will give an assurance that the Government's decision to reduce the period of fulltime compulsory military service laid...
asked the Minister of Food why he has compelled butchers in the Meriden rural district to accept, as part of the meat ration, animal tissue described as "New Zealand boneless cow;" whether he is...
asked the Minister of Food what is the policy of his Department in regard to the continuance of British Restaurants, in view of the fact that no further financial help is available to them.
asked the Minister of Food what were the terms of the indemnity required, as a condition of payment for goods seized by him under the Seizure of Food Orders, 1942 and 1946, from defendants...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that dog biscuits are unobtainable in the Leicester area; whether they are in short supply over the whole country; and what possibility there is...
asked the Minister of Food (r) what steps he has taken since 27th February to give extra non-rationed food to mining communities; and if there has been any increase allocated to South Wales; (2)...
asked the Minister of Food in what documents and announcements the functions and powers of the International Emergency Food Board may be ascertained.
(by Private Notice asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that as a result of the dockers' dispute at Glasgow 70 ships, many of which carry cargoes of food; are immobilised; what steps...
Pursuant to the notice which I gave to the House yesterday, Mr. Speaker, I feel it my duty to submit for your consideration a document which, I shall submit, contains four or five major breaches...
Resolved: That, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the practice of the House relating to matters which may be included in Finance Bills, provision may be made in any 'Finance Bill...
Considered in Committee. [Progress, 15th April.]
Question again proposed, That it is expedient to amend the law with respect to the National Debt and the public revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance."—[Mr. Dalton.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Snow.]
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