Monday, 21 April 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read a Second time, and committed.
"to confirm a Provisional Order made by one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State under the Public Health Act, 1875, relating to Kingston-upon-Hull," presented by Mr. Ede; read the...
asked the Minister of Transport (1) the total number of bicycles carried by British railways in the last year; (2) the total amount paid by the railways for damage to bicycles in the last year.
asked the Minister of Transport how the saving of engine miles by the reduction at passenger train services on the four main line railways has been utilised; and to what extent
asked the Minister of Transport in view of the restriction of summer passenger train services on the four main line railways, if the practice of advance booking of seats on certain trains will be...
asked the Minister of Transport (1) the average number of people per hour over the whole week using the L.M.S. station at London Road, Manchester, between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.; and the railway...
asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that the L.M.S. Railway Company has reduced the ex gratia payments to retired servants of the old Glasgow and South Western Railway Company because...
asked the Minister of Transport why the L.P.T.B. have given no reply to a submission from the Railway Workshop Staffs joint Negotiating Committee made three weeks ago.
asked the Minister of Transport whether he has any information as to the extent of damage caused to public roads by the recent frosts; and what will be the cost of repairing them.
asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that ex-Servicemen with 100 per cent. dis- ability pension can no longer obtain a reconditioned ex-Service motor car however deserving the case...
asked the Minister of Transport when it is expected that work will be commenced on the proposed new section of the Bristol-Bath road to by-pass the village of Keynsham; whether the construction...
asked the Minister of Transport whether, in the interests of road safety, he will initiate ex- periments with coloured surfaces for pedestrian crossings and, if they prove helpful, bring them...
asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware of the dangerous road conditions between the villages of Horton and Leek; that for many years the parish council have been trying to get his...
asked the Minister of Transport what is the estimated cost of making a new arterial road near Windmill Hill between Horndean and Petersfield on the Portsmouth road; and why this work is being...
asked the Minister of Transport if he will make a statement on the recent safety experiments carried out on roads in Oxfordshire; and what further steps are being taken to introduce the system...
asked the Minister of Transport how many officials, business men and missionaries, respectively, including members of their families, are awaiting sea passages to West Africa; and how long those...
asked the Minister of Transport what steps are being taken to improve the navigational aids in the approaches to Southampton.
asked the Minister of Supply if the price control regulations limiting the prices of second-hand tractors have been observed at all the auctions held under the auspices of his Department.
asked the Minister of Supply the percentage increases over prices current in August, 1939, which is permitted in respect of commodities therein specified by S.R. & O., 1947, No. 336.
Mr. Reid: asked the Minister of Supply if he is aware of the shortage of electrical steel which is needed, inter alia, for the manufacture of goods exportable to hard currency countries; and if...
asked the Minister of Supply why, pending the completion of a fair contract for the purchase of virgin aluminium ingot, he is paying a provisional price to the British Aluminium Company which is...
asked the Minister of Supply how much oil-well drilling equipment has been delivered by Woolwich Arsenal to the British Oilfield Equipment Company; how much has been accepted by them as...
Mr. Shawcross: asked the Minister of Supply the quantity of steel used in the manufacture of armaments, including warships, during 1946; and what quantity is it proposed to allocate for this...
Mr. Shaweross: asked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware that the efforts of the motor industry to give preference in the delivery of motor cars required by doctors have proved...
asked the Minister of Supply why the cost of aircraft bought in the U.S.A. for the use of British corporations can be announced, whereas the figures for British-built aircraft are not disclosed.
asked the Minister of Supply if he will issue a general permit which will enable Members of Parliament to visit dumps controlled by his Department at any time without previous notice.
asked the Minister of Supply when it is expected that the work of his Department will allow of a reduction in the staff of 194 men and 88 women employed in the Disposals (S) Department, Hans Mansions.
asked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware of the scarcity of light sections of mild steel, particularly of flats ⅛ in., 3/16 in., and ¼ in.; what is the cause of the shortage;...
asked the Minister of Supply in view of the export of mining machinery during /946, if he will make a statement of the intentions in connection with the export of similar machinery during 1947,...
asked the Minister of Supply if he is now in a position to make a statement on the modernisation and development of the tinplate and sheet-steel industry in South Wales.
asked the Minister of Works the total cost of the subsidy on housing borne on his Vote during the past year, exclusive of the figure of 4207,500 on Belgian bricks.
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. WILSON HARRIS:
asked the Minister of Works if he will revise the regulation which requires that the value of the materials in a small building, such as a garden shed, which it is proposed to move from one site...
asked the Minister of Works if he is aware that the hon. Member for Maldon made representations to the Board of Trade on 14th January on behalf of the Witham, Essex, branch of the National...
asked the Minister of Works if he will make a statement regarding the release of the Ardencaple Nursing Home in Middlesbrough.
asked the Minister of Works whether his Department, or the local authority, gave the licence for 1,198 of reconstruction work on the property The Headlands, Moor Road, West Didsbury; and whether...
asked the Minister of Works whether he is aware that the housing programme of the Ramsey Urban District Council is being seriously delayed through lack of roofing tiles; and what steps he will...
asked the Minister of Works whether, in view of the increasing importance of food production in this country by all who can take part in it, he will consider making rabbit netting available to...
asked the Minister of Works how many hotels, large houses, small houses and flats, respectively, in the London civil defence region are at present requisitioned by the Government; and how many of...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of his appeal to men and women in the older age groups to remain in industry, he will see that Government Departments adopt a more tolerant attitude to...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that boys over the age of 16 years are not accepted for the Fishermen's Training Scheme; that the fishing industry is in need of crews; and if he...
asked the Minister of Agriculture why no action was taken for 36 hours after his Department had received a report on 29th March of the discovery of a Colorado beetle on spinach purchased at a...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if, in view of the need for increased food production and of the fact that agricultural workers have no canteens, he will consider, with the Minister of Food,...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that farmers in East Anglia are still experience- ing delays in receiving their supplies of seed potatoes from Scotland; and what steps are...
Mr. E. P. Smith: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will consider obtaining the removal of the great green woodpecker from the list of protected birds, in view of the fact that it is a...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will institute a public inquiry to determine the cause and prevention of flooding in the valleys of the Lea and the Stort.
Mr. E. P. Smith: asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will reverse his decision against the employment of German prisoners of war as lorry drivers to transport their fellow prisoners to and...
asked the secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware of the protest made by the United States Government against the seizure and carrying off of Italian property in the zone at...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether he is aware that Mr. F. Lesser, the "Daily Worker" correspondent in Moscow, has been refused admission to the daily Press conferences...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what countries have not contributed to U.N.R.R.A.; and what countries have received assistance from U.N.R.R.A.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what progress is being made towards the establishment by U.N.O. of an international police force.
asked the Minister of Food what changes will be made with regard to restriction of goods to be sent to Germany now that so many commodities have been taken off points.
asked the Minister of Food whether he will so relax restrictions as to allow individual anglers who may be visiting Eire to bring or send to this country their catches of salmon and trout.
asked the Minister of Food if he is aware of the threatened breakdown in the distribution of milk, particularly tuberculin-tested milk, by reason of the impending shortage of the special cartons...
asked the Minister of Food why his Department in a recent Press announcement maintain that, prior to the withdrawal of the manufacturing meat allocation, a 10 per cent. margin was allowed to...
asked the Minister of Food whether he has considered the petition sent to him by 600 housewives in Welwyn Garden City, asking for the reimposition of price control of green vegetables; and what...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what the percentage rise has been since 1st January, 1946, in the numbers employed in the Civil Service in England and Scotland, respectively.
asked the Postmaster-General if he has given consideration to the advantages of pulse width over frequency modulation; and whether he has given any lead to set manufacturers as a result.
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting,
Order for Consideration, as amended (in the Standing Committee), read.
3.45 P.m.
I beg to move, in page 22, line 4, to leave out Subsection (2), and to insert: (2) Where the aforesaid arrangements provide for the supply of anything that may be prescribed, not being a drug, a...
I beg to move, in page 24, line 6, to leave out "sections twenty and twenty-one," and to insert: section twenty, section twenty-one and section (Power of local health authority to contribute to...
I beg to move, in page 52, line 25, at the end, to insert: (2) If the Secretary of State and the appropriate Minister are satisfied that any Act for the time being in force in England and Wales...
I beg to move, in page 59, line 40, after "Act," to insert: except subsection (2) of section sixty-four". The Subsection to which this Amendment refers is that which has just been inserted in the...
Without prejudice to any other powers of a local health authority, such an authority may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, make such provision for conducting, or assisting the conduct...
A local health authority may contribute towards expenditure incurred by any body including representatives of the authority among its members and approved by the Secretary of State that may be...
I beg to move, in page 78, line 16, after "sixty-nine," to insert: (so far as relating to infectious diseases. The purpose of this Amendment is to correct an error which has come to light since...
5.42 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 9, line 5, to leave out from "to," to the end of the Subsection, and to insert: "(a) the spirit of the intention of the founder or donor of the endowment to which the...
I beg to move, in page 12, line 21, to leave out "and," and to insert "or." This Amendment, which is slightly more than a drafting Amendment, attempts to meet a criticism made in Committee. The...
7.30 p.m.
8.0 p.m.
I beg to move, it page 23, line 31, to leave out Subsection (2), and to insert: (2) The local health authority may recover from any person availing himself of any such service provided under this...
Amendment made: In page 24, line 1, leave out Subsection (2), and insert:
I beg to move, in page 25, line 27, to leave out "may," and to insert "shall." This Amendment was moved in Committee, and I resisted it there, but I have looked at it again and it seems to me...
I beg to move, in page 28, line 16, at the end, to insert: (b) for requiring the Scottish Medical Practices Committee to survey each area or part of an area and to report on the number of...
I beg to move, in page 29, line 33, at the end, to insert: For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that if premises previously used by a medical practitioner are sold at a public auction...
I beg to move, in page 33, line 12, to leave out from "until" to "and," in line 14, and to insert: the medical practitioner concerned has reached the age of sixty-five years, has retired or has...
I beg to move, in page 38, line 40, at the end, to insert: and for the intimation to any person who is the subject of such an inquiry of the grounds upon which any disqualification has been...
I beg to move, in page 39, line 46, at the end, to insert: Provided that any order made by the Secretary of State dispensing with any of the requirements of regulations made under this Part of...
I beg to move, in page 40, line 31, at the end, to insert: who shall, whether either party to the dispute so requests, cause an inquiry to be held unless he as satisfied that, in the special...
I beg to move, in page 49, line 10, to leave out "such" and to insert "that".
I beg to move, in page 50, line 34, to leave out from the second "of," to the end of the Clause, and to insert: officers who are employed by any one oz more of the following bodies, that is to...
I beg to move, in page 54, line 45, to leave out from "shall," to the end of the Clause, and to insert: apply in relation to a Regional Hospital Board, Board of Management, a local health...
I beg to move, in page 55, line 22, to leave out Subsection (1) and to insert: (1) The following regulations and orders made under this Act— (a) all regulations (except regulations made...
I beg to move, in page 57, line 26, after the second "to," to insert "such." This arises out of an Amendment proposed in Committee when the right hon. and learned Member for Hill head (Mr. J. S....
Resolved: "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Snow.]
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