Tuesday, 10 June 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (MONEY) BILL.
Bill read the Third time, and passed.
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether he expects to publish before the Summer Recess any of the lists of buildings of historic or architectural interest to be protected under...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether he has received authoritative expert evidence as to the elimination of sulphur fumes from the proposed oil-fired Bank-side generating...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning when he will be in a position to confirm the order enabling the Birmingham City Council to acquire the properties necessary for the redevelopment...
asked the Minister of National Insurance when it is anticipated the National Insurance scheme will come into full operation.
asked the Minister of National Insurance what steps have been taken by His Majesty's Government to make reciprocal arrangements with the Dominions with a view to ensuring that elderly persons...
asked the Minister of National Insurance what arrears of pension are due to pensioner No. 53035372, now continuation book No. 05458402; and if, owing to the need of the pensioner, he will cause...
asked the Minister of Labour whether an unemployed man sent by the employment exchange from one county to another to work producing opencast coal is entitled to a free railway voucher and allowed...
asked the Minister of Labour if his attention has been directed to strikes among bricklayers on local authority building sites, arising from the employment of trainees; and what steps his...
asked the Minister of Labour (1) whether, in view of the importance of getting the maximum advantage from new equipment, he will ensure that effective steps are taken at the earliest opportunity...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will take steps to increase the compulsory percentage of disabled men to be employed for those establishments with a high proportion of sedentary work.
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that large numbers of Lanarkshire girls are losing their unemployment benefit by refusing to leave home and go to England to work; and what steps he...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has con- sidered representations made, to him by the Smithfield Guild of Clerks and Salesmen with reference to the proposed dismissal by the London...
asked the Minister of Labour how many meetings have been held by the Cost-of-Living Advisory Committee; when the final report will be ready; and whether the Government propose to take immediate...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that there are numbers of epileptics registered as unemployed in the United Kingdom; that many are unable to obtain employment because of their...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the shortening of working hours and the urgent need for production, he will consider taking steps to dispense with the Whitsun Bank Holiday next year.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many remand homes for boys and girls there are in Scotland; where are they situated; how many boys and girls, respectively, each has accommodated...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that an area of some 20 acres near Musselburgh, described locally as the Eye of Scotland, is being considered for housing or other public...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that the omnibus or multilateral school has been recommended by the Scottish Advisory Council on Secondary Education as the best form of...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has taken note of the criticisms made of the Scottish Higher Leaving Examination by the Scottish Advisory Council on Education; and if he will take...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps are being taken to provide facilities for the quick freezing of herrings during the summer and autumn fishings.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many Scottish local authorities have plans which have been approved for small-size dwellings.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if it is his intention to make the White Paper on Industry and Employment in Scotland an annual publication.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is prepared to extend for another year the grants given for the past three years to honours students in physics and radio, attending Scottish...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland why it is not the invariable practice to put grazings on Crown lands up for public auction rather than to put them out for tender.
asked the Minister of Pensions if he is aware that surgical shoes ordered by a disabled ex-Serviceman, of whose name he has been informed, through his Department on 12th October, 1946, have not...
asked the Secretary of State for War why German prisoners of war working on the land are not issued with ground sheets or gas capes so that they can continue work during rain like other landworkers.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether arrangements have now been made to place German prisoners captured in the Channel Islands in their right category for repatriation, in accordance...
asked the Secretary of State for War when the G.S.C. Records are to be removed from Edinburgh.
asked the Secretary of State for War why men now being called up to the Army under the National Service Acts are not issued with handkerchiefs; and, as they have to hand in any surplus coupons to...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that the regimental sergeant-major attached to H.Q. Company Corps, 2nd H.L.I., B.F.I.G., has recently taken away the civilian belts, purchased...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many of the 404,000 acres held by his Department on 31st December, 1946, under Defence Regulation 51 and the 1,290,836 acres then held under Defence...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give an assurance that he will not try to effect savings in dollar expenditure by cuts in imports of essential foods, or by refusal to buy...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has now completed his inquiry into the alleged Budget leakage.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Exchange Control Act will come into operation; and when the Order will be made authorising the switching between dollar securities.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the price at which the British £ can be bought in the banks of the countries of Europe.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give an assurance that he will give ample notice in advance of any intention to reduce the £75 foreign exchange allowance for persons...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will make a statement on the operation of the late night transport scheme for Members and others.
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware that, in recent weeks, an increasing number of letters from Ministers to Members of Parliament have been signed by Ministers' private...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many licences for the importation of Packard motor cars from the U.S.A. have been granted since 1st January, 1945; and how many of these vehicles...
asked the President of the Board of Trade when he proposes to issue supplementary clothing coupons to men and women released from the services after 1st January, 1946, in the same way as an issue...
asked the President of the Board of Trade when the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, West, may expect a reply to his letter of 25th April dealing with the need for the reorganisation and...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what representations have been made to the U.S. Government against the proposed tariff increase on woollen imports; and' whether he will make a statement...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that contemporary works of art can be brought into this country only under import licence; that such licence is in fact rarely...
The following Question stood on the Order Paper:
On Thursday last my right hon. Friend the Lord President of the Council undertook that the Government would consider whether a full statement could usefully be made on the removal to the British...
Considered in Committee.
3.55 p.m.
4.15 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
I beg to move in page 7, line 33, after the first "of," to insert: Section thirty of the Finance Act, 1946, and of. I think the Committee is familiar with the point which lies behind this...
I beg to move, in page 8, line 1, to leave out from "pounds," to the end of line 5. This Amendment deals with a deserving class of persons who are not numerous or powerful, but whose...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
I beg to move in page 9, line 33, after "spinner" to insert: or(ii) any cotton spinner or cotton spinning Concern affected by the arrangements sells machinery or plant and replaces such machinery...
I beg to move, in page 10, line 14, to leave out "a body corporate," and to insert "an employer." This does not appear to be an important Amendment, but as we are entering into a new Section of...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Resolution reported. That, for the purposes or any Act of the present Session to amend the law relating to companies and unit trusts and to dealing in securities, and to bring the law of...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Michael Stewart.]
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