Tuesday, 3 June 1947
The House—after the Adjournment on 23rd May, 1947, for the Whitsun Recess —met at Half-past Two o'Clock.
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I regret to have to inform the House of the death of Dr. Richard Clitherow, the Member for the Borough of Liverpool (Edge Hill Division), and I desire, on behalf of the House, to express our...
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time.
Read a Second time, and committed.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that 14105099 Private R. J. Harrison, R.A.P.C., was recommended by the Command Interview Board of Western Command on 18th December, 1946,...
asked the Secretary of State for War when the hon. Member for Kirkdale will receive the report of the promised inquiry about the maltreatment of soldiers detained in a former prisonerof-war camp...
Mrs. Braddock: asked the Secretary of State for War when the hon. Member for the Exchange Division of Liverpool may expect the report of his promised inquiries regarding socks and underpants...
asked the Secretary of State for War when the despatches covering the loss of the Malay Peninsula and Singapore will be published.
asked the Secretary of State for War what extra-statutory pensions are paid by his Department; the names of the recipients and the nature of the service in regard to which these pensions are...
asked the Secretary of State for War, what is the reason for refusing to allocate a seat on the Army Council to the Director-General of the T.A.
asked the Secretary of State for War what steps he is taking to maintain in good condition 100,000 fighting vehicles which are now in dumps in this country or in Germany.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider restoring the concessions in respect of free postage and an issue of duty-free cigarettes to British Forces in Palestine while they...
Lieut.-Colonel Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: asked the Secretary of State for War why it is considered necessary permanently to retain and extend the Stanford battle area, and if it would be possible...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that transit camp No. 73 at Hiltingbury, Chandler's Ford, Hampshire, is not in continuous use and is mainly occupied by a maintenance...
asked the Secretary of State for War what is the annual cost to the Army of the services of the Bureau of Current Affairs; whether any lecturers of this organisation are employed by his...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he has called for reports from the military police on the fighting between paratroopers and Polish soldiers at a dance in the Corn Exchange, Newbury, on...
asked the Secretary of State for War why the reforms in Army discipline, including a reduction in the number of parades, announced by Field-Marshal Montgomery, have not yet been introduced into...
asked the Secretary of State for War if officers of the Army, in accordance with long-established custom, are still permitted to wear out superseded items of uniform in their possession.
asked the Secretary of State for War what effect the reduction of the period of conscription from 18 months to 12 months will have on the release of the A.T.S.; and which trades are affected and...
asked the Secretary of State for War if, in view of the fact that reasonable social intercourse between British civilians and German prisoners of war is now permitted he will state his attitude...
Mrs. Braddock: asked the Minister of National Insurance if he will arrange to pay the new rates of unemployment benefit immediately.
asked the Minister of National Insurance when he expects to be able to announce the terms of transfer of staffs of approved societies to his Department.
asked the Minister of Labour when ascertaining the manpower necessary for 1947, as noted in section 15 of Cmd. 7046, what standard of output was taken and for what year.
asked the Minister of Labour how many displaced persons have now entered this country to work here; what are the numbers from each country; and what industries they have entered or are entering.
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Labour whether, in connection with the recent sanction of increased laundry prices of 1½d. in the shilling, due regard will be paid to this in...
asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to the refusal by his Department to allow German prisoners temporarily unemployed on agricultural work to be employed in private...
asked the Prime Minister if he will now say what has been the result of the review of the numbers employed in national and local government, indicated in Cmd. 7046, Paragraph 120 (vi.); and...
asked the Prime Minister if he is yet in a position to make a statement regarding the Report of the Royal Commission on Equal Pay.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider issuing medals to the next of kin of those who were killed or died of wounds on Active Service between 1939 and 1945.
asked the Prime Minister whether the possibility of including Newfoundland in the United Kingdom under similar arrangements to those concerning Northern Ireland has been considered by His...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why established civil servants in redundant grades in the Post Office are not given the same facilities as new recruits from outside the Civil Service to sit...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, if he is aware of the hardship caused by the fact that civil servants who resign their posts after a number of years' service for reasons other than...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware of the inconvenience caused to a large rural population centred around Denbigh and Ruthin through the closing of the excise...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish the volume percentage of exports monthly, compared with 1938, instead of three monthly as at present.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if it is his policy to encourage the use of home produced straw for paper making; and to what extent there has been a reduction in the use of straw for...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that military tailors have been without supplies of Crombie cloth to make up into British Warms for over six months and whether any...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that boat owners on the Norfolk Broads who let craft to holiday makers are experiencing difficulty in furnishing the full number of boats...
asked the President of the Board of Trade, if he is aware of the difficulties of British manufacturers of textiles in supplying orders from South America in competition with Italian and other...
asked the President of the Board of Trade, if, in order to ease the work of shopkeepers, he will cancel some of the older clothing coupons.
asked the President of the Board of Trade when the claims of members of the Hong Kong garrison, in respect to possessions lost upon the Japanese invasion, are likely to be settled.
Mr. De la Bère: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the importance of clean stump socks to disabled ex-Servicemen and as any failure to ensure strict cleanliness...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what pro, vision is made by Scottish education authorities for teaching children whose speech is defective and curing their defects; how many, and in...
Lieut.-Commander Clark Hutchison: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is yet in a position to announce the result of his review of the contributions provided for in Section 14 of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what rates of overtime are reimbursed to the contractor who is building married quarters for the R.A.F. at Kinloss, Moray; what is the average number of...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what effect the reduction of the period of conscription from r8 months to 12 months will have on the release of the W.A.A.F.; and which trades are affected...
asked the Minister of Supply whether he will make a statement on the Report of the Committee set up under the chairmanship of Lord Justice Evershed to undertake investigations into the cotton...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what effect the reduction of the period of conscription from 18 months to 12 months will have on the release of the W.R.N.S.; and which trades...
I desire to make an important statement on Indian policy. A similar statement is being made at the same time in another place, and by the Viceroy in New Delhi. The statement, in the form of a...
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting,
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
(1) A development council order shall designate, in such manner as appears to the Board or Minister concerned to be requisite for preventing uncertainty, the activities that are to be treated as...
Amendment made: In page 1, line 6, leave out "or groups of industries."— [Mr. Marquand.]
I beg to move, in page 3, line 9, to leave out from "number," to the first "of," in line 10. May I ask your intention, Mr. Deputy-Speaker, with regard to the remainder of this group of...
I beg to move, in page 4, line 11,at the end, to insert: Nothing in the last foregoing subsection shall authorise or be deemed to authorise a development council to require persons carrying on...
I beg to move, in page 4, line 27, at the end, to insert: (3) Before making such an order the Board or Minister concerned shall satisfy themselves or himself that the incidence of the charges as...
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I beg to move, in page 6, line 10, to leave out from "year," to "and," in line 11. This Amendment goes with the one in my name to line 13. They are intended to cover the point in an Amendment to...
I beg to move, in page 7, line 36, at the end, to insert: (2) Before making an order imposing charges under this section the authority making the order shall satisfy themselves or himself that...
I beg to move, in page 9, line 30, to leave out Clause 14. This is consequential upon the earlier new Clause which was introduced, and cuts out Clause 14, which gives the definition bf...
I beg to move, in page 10, line 30, after "Organisation," to insert "and Development." This Amendment arises out of the suggestion made by the hon. Member for Bath (Mr. Pitman) in Standing...
I beg to move, in page 12, line 12, at the end, to insert: 21. Promoting the establishment of machinery for securing more effective consultation between managers and administrative, technical and...
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