Thursday, 5 June 1947
The House met at Half past Two o' Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) BILL
asked the Attorney-General if he will make a statement on the Government's proposals to reduce the cost of litigation.
Terms of Reference
The Right Hon. Lord Justice Evershed (Chairman), Lord Justice of Appeal.The Hon. Mr. Justice Lynskey, Judge of the King's Bench Division.The Hon. Mr. Justice Wilmer, O.B.E., Judge of the Probate,...
Terms of ReferenceTo inquire into the present practice and procedure of the county court, and to consider what reforms might be introduced with a view to reducing the cost of litigation and for...
Mr. Justice Austin Jones, M.C., Judge of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division: a former County Court Judge.Judge David Davies, K.C., Judge of Bloomsbury County Court.Judge Alan Pugh, Judge...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will make arrangements to allow a larger proportion of high-class hosiery to be exported, especially to dollar exchange countries.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether European volunteer workers may be allowed in necessitous cases to anticipate their entitlement of clothing coupons provided that the total due to...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that many householders now regard the collection of waste materials for salvage collection as unnecessary seeing such collections, if...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the price paid to exporters of timber from West Africa to this country is the same as that paid to them for exports to the U.S.A.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that there is a shortage of No. 5 ringed hooks in Looe, Cornwall; that cotton for long lining is in short supply and if he will take...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he is aware that the coke allocation to houses and blocks of flats for heating water is being considerably reduced for both the summer and winter months...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power, if he is aware that supplies of opencast coal coming into Birmingham from Derby and Nottingham areas are of poor quality and merchants are very much...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power why a miner, particulars of whose case have been sent to him, of 12 years' experience, taken into the Army in 1939 was, on his return after 6½ years'...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he is aware that Mr. V. C. Brains has been granted 57 supplementary U petrol coupon units for the period May to August inclusive, but that he has been...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will encourage the use of oil fuel for domestic heating purposes in private establishments, hotels, etc.; and whether such installations can be...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what new wireless communications for the police or the fire service are proposed; to what extent the erection of buildings and tall masts on...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, as a safeguard against a repetition of the recent disastrous fire in Roxton, Bedfordshire, he will arrange for a trailer pump and...
asked the Minister of Health what steps are being taken to speed up the carrying out of water supply schemes already approved; and where progress is hampered by lack of materials, what is being...
asked the Minister of Health the number of smallpox cases in each of the weeks from 1st March until the latest available date; and if he is satisfied with the efforts being made to localise the...
asked the Minister of Health if he will give a list of all the certificates required by Government Departments which a doctor may be called upon to sign on behalf of a patient.
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the failure of his Department to allow the necessary materials after the priority certificates have been furnished for the alterations and repairs...
asked the Minister of Health, in regard to the selection of a site for new council houses in Kedington village, at what date was the site selected; and when the Kedington Parish Council was...
asked the Minister of Health why the table showing the size and distribution of labour force has not been included in the Housing Return for England and Wales, 31st March, 1947.
asked the Minister of Health if it is proposed to proceed with the production of aluminium two-storey houses; and to what extent.
asked the Minister of Health if he has considered a letter, dated 29th May, sent to him by the borough of Beckenham; and, in view of the urgent necessity for housing accommodation in that area,...
asked the Minister of Health whether in connection with the issue of licences for houses for sale he will again call the attention of local authorities to the requirements that a deduction should...
asked the Minister of Health what further steps he proposes to take to review the cost of house building.
Mrs. Braddock: asked the Minister of Education whether he can yet state when the free midday meal for all schoolchildren will be operative.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will institute immediate negotiations with the Government of South Africa for the supply to Great Britain of 2,500,000 tons of coal within the next 12 months...
asked the Prime Minister if he has considered the Report on the release of requisitioned property issued by the Select Committee on Estimates; if he proposes to implement the committee's...
asked the Prime Minister why the rules about the wearing of emblems denoting Mention in Despatches, published in paragraph 11 of the White Paper, Cmd. 7035, make no provision for Mention in...
asked the Minister of Labour the circumstances in which Mr. Albert Jones, a ballotee for service in the mines, ceased to be so employed at Rossington Colliery, Doncaster.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the anticipated amount of sterling which during the present financial year, will be drawn by member countries from the International Monetary Fund.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider putting an export duty on whisky to raise dollars; and the anticipated yield if £1 duty was imposed on each bottle.
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if, in view of the continuing demand, he will now arrange for the import of at least 100,000 additional copies of the Report of the Royal Commission,...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many Poles are employed in the various departments of the Civil Service; and how many are being trained in supplementary pensions and...
asked the Minister of Works whether he will instruct local authorities to grant licences for repairs to industrial premises to be carried out where evidence is provided that the necessary...
asked the Secretary of State for War by what considerations he was guided in selecting 70 Poles for deportation to Germany from approximately 10,000 members of the Polish armed forces who were...
asked the Secretary of State for War why it is impracticable to arrange for members of the Polish armed forces who neither wish to return to Poland nor to join the Polish Resettlement Corps to...
asked the Minister of Food the amount that has been spent in the last six months on the importation of fresh asparagus, fresh peas and avocado pears from California, U.S.A.
May I ask the Leader of the House what the Business will be next week?
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting,
As amended (in the Standing Committee and on re-committal) further considered.
3.52 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 17, line 44, at the end, to insert: (6) Where under paragraph (a) of Subsection (1) of this Section an order is made terminating the interest of a tenant in part only of a...
I beg to move, in page 18, line II, after "may," to insert: after giving not less than seven days' notice in writing. The Minister does not take action under this Clause unless the owner...
Amendment made: In page 21, line 23, insert "the."—[Mr. T. Williams.]
I beg to move, in page 25, line 21, at the end, to insert: (2) In proviso (b) to the said Subsection (1) (which provides that compensation under the Section shall not be payable unless the tenant...
I beg to move, in page 25, line 37, after "that," to insert: (a) compensation shall be so claimed only on the tenant's quitting the holding on the termination of the tenancy;(b). The object of...
Mr. Baldwin: I beg to move, in page 27, line 14, at the end, to insert: Provided that compensation shall not be payable under this Section where the landlord has made to the tenant an offer in...
I beg to move, in page 29, line 40, to leave out from "been," to "or." in line 42, and to insert: granted on an application made under the enactments relating to town and country planning. This...
I beg to move, in page 33, line 34, to leave out "if," and to insert: (i) where the tenancy terminates by reason of a notice to quit, and. This Amendment and the next two Amendments deal with the...
I beg to move, in page 34, line 44, to leave out from "otherwise," to "or" in line 46.
I beg to move, in page 37, line ii, to leave out "whether created before or," and to insert, "created." The purpose of this Amendment is to restrict the provisions of Clause 36 to agreements...
I beg to move, in page 38, line 20, at the end, to insert: (3) Where regulations under the last foregoing Section have varied the terms of a tenancy of a holding as to maintenance, repair or...
I beg to move, in page 39, line 30, to leave out from "or," to "under," in line 31. Clause 39 provides for a charge in favour of a tenant in respect of payments due to him under the provisions...
I beg to move, in page 44, line 43, after "given," to insert: to persons who, having served in the armed forces of the Crown, are qualified by agricultural training and experience in accordance...
I beg to move, in page 47, line 39, after "Before," to insert "(a)." Perhaps, in order to make sense of the matter, it would be for the convenience of the House if we also discussed the...
Amendments made: In page 52, leave out line 1.
9.15 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 55, line 12, to leave out "vested in the Minister." This Amendment and the next Amendment are consequential on an Amendment to Clause 65 (1, a) made in Committee. That...
I beg to move, in page 56, line 34, at the end, to insert: together with a statement of account in such form as the Minister with the approval of the Treasury may prescribe being a form which...
Mr. Vane: I beg to move, in page 57, line 11, after "Committee," to insert: shall appoint an Estate Management Subcommittee and. The Subsection will then read so that a county agricultural...
I beg to move, in page 58, line 36, after "divisions," to insert: and for the hearing of any proposal referred to it in public or in private as the person by whom such reference is made shall...
I beg to move, in page 59, line it, at the end, to insert: Provided that a copy of such report shall, at the request of any person who was a party to such reference, be supplied by the Tribunal...
Amendment made: In page 59, line 33, after the first "or," insert "by or"—[Mr. Marquand.]
I beg to move, in page 61, line 10, at the end, to insert: the time at which any use thereof was begun or will become fully effective. This Amendment, and the next succeeding Amendment, are...
10.15 p.m.
11.0 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 78, line 44, to leave out "may," and' to insert "shall not." This Amendment, together with the succeeding two Amendments, which, it you will allow me Mr. Deputy-Speaker, I...
I beg to move, in page 82, line 8, to leave out Clause 102. The object of the Amendment is reasonably clear. The Crown Proceedings Bill renders Clause 102 completely unnecessary and in view of...
I beg to move, in page 83, line 24, after "some," to insert "responsible." This Amendment is designed to meet the criticisms which were made by hon. Gentlemen opposite in Committee on Clause...
I beg to move, in page 84, line 18, at the end, to insert: (c) to land designated as land subject to compulsory acquisition under any public general or local Act. This Amendment seeks to bring...
I beg to move, in page 87, line 28, at the end, to insert: 5. Where the ploughing-up of permanent pasture or the carrying out of any other act of cultivation is reasonably necessary in...
I beg to move, in page 89, line 21, after "not", to insert "without the consent of the Minister." This Amendment seeks to allow the Minister to give leave to a landowner, in certain cases, to...
I beg to move, in page 91, line 37, to leave out "two months," and to insert "one month." Paragraph 3 of the Seventh Schedule amends Section 11 of the 1923 Act, which deals with a tenant's right...
I beg to move, in page 98, line 5, column 2, after "shall," to insert: "subject to the modification hereinafter provided." This and the following Amendment are really drafting Amendments. The...
Mr. Vane: I beg to move, in page 103, line 14, to leave out "attach," and to insert "delegate."
Order for Second Reading read.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, extending Section r of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Borough of Yeovil, a...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Hannan].
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