Tuesday, 24 June 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time, and passed, without Amendment.
Read a Second time, and committed.
asked the Minister of Labour how many men have now received vocational training under Government schemes; and what proportion of them have secured employment at the end of their studies.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will cause an inquiry, by the sampling method or otherwise, to ascertain whether employers generally are including three per cent. of disabled persons in their...
asked the Minister of Labour whether a displaced person brought over to this country is, after any given period of time, free to leave one industry for another.
asked the Minister of Labour how many women the Government expect to re-enter industry in answer to their latest appeal; and when he will make a statement on the results of that appeal.
asked the Minister of Labour how many ex-Service officers and other ranks were registered as unemployed at the latest convenient date.
asked the Minister of Labour what British industries have now completed plans for the assessment of work load; and to what extent his Department is giving assistance in passing on to other...
asked the Minister of Labour what progress is being made with arrangements for staggering working hours and night shifts in industry in order to reduce the peak demands on electricity generating...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many rehabilitation centres for members of the Forces there are in Scotland; where they are situated; and if he will make a statement on their work...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is being done to teach schoolchildren in Scotland swimming and life-saving at sea and in rivers.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when on expects to have a report from the committee which he set up to inquire into the tenancy of shop and other premises in Glasgow.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland why Mr. W. A. Thain has been refused a licence for timber to complete two bungalows at 20 and 22, West Craigs Avenue, Corstorphine, for the building of...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the continued pollution of the River Kelvin and the River Allander; and what steps it is proposed to take to end this nuisance.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that large numbers of sub-tenants in the City of Glasgow are uninformed or misinformed with regard to their rights of tenure; and if he...
asked the Secretary of State for War why permission to visit civilian cinemas is not given to German prisoners of war on the same conditions as given to Italians.
asked the Secretary of State for War what hourly rate of wages is paid to his Department by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board for the services of German prisoners of war at their Loch...
asked the Secretary of State for War what steps are taken to ensure that a man desiring to be released from the Army in a part of the British Commonwealth other than the United Kingdom is not...
asked the Secretary of State for War what difficulties are holding up the provision of facilities for relatives to visit overseas graves of Service men; and when he expects to be in a position to...
asked the Secretary of State for War (I) whether he is aware that the motor mileage allowance to T.A. personnel travelling on duty is inadequate and compares unfavourably with the mileage...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware of the hardship being caused to officers and other ranks now serving in Greece, due to the inadequacy of their allowances on account of the...
asked the Secretary of State for War the number of officers on 1st June, 1947, in the Claims Branch at Northern Command Headquarters; the number of claims outstanding, and the average number of...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether the application for release of an officer of Claims Commission for agricultural work, of whose name he has been informed, was recommended by the...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that Major E. J. Graham, R.E., was arrested in Egypt, on 2nd April, on a charge which has not been carried further; that no summary of...
Major Lloyd: asked the Secretary of State for War when it is intended to vacate Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, clear it and hand it back to the Glasgow Corporation, in accordance with the agreement...
asked the Secretary of State for War why 14730695 Lance-Corporal Thomson 2nd South Staffs., B.A.O.R., who was due for demobilisation on 27th May, has not yet been sent home.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether it is proposed to retain as a permanent detention camp the temporary detention camp established during the war at Beech Hill, Headley Down, Hampshire;...
Lieut.-Colonel Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: asked the Secretary of State for War when the new blue patrol uniform made and fitted for officer cadets at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, last...
asked the Secretary of State for War what measures the British Military Administration have taken to forestall famine conditions in Libya as a result of the serious drought and consequent crop...
asked the Prime'Minister if he is now in a position to make a statement on the result of the Government's review of the number of persons employed in Government Departments.
asked the Prime Minister whether the evidence heard in camera last week by the Royal Commission inquiring into the Press will be subsequently published.
asked the Chan cellor of the Exchequer how many persons have died after the age of entitlement to, but before completing the form of application for, payment of postwar credits, so preventing...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the estimated savings in dollar payments during the financial year 1947–8 resulting from recent agreements signed by British firms for the supply of oil.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give an assurance that His Majesty's Government will not make loans abroad at interest rates more favourable than those gained by His Majesty's...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what cause, or causes, he attributes the recent continued drop in small savings.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (I) the total amount of net earnings in the United Kingdom of United States films during the calendar years 1944, 1945 and 1946; and what part of these sums...
asked 'the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether arrangements to avoid double taxation have been concluded between the United Kingdom and Jamaica.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much additional taxation he expects to collect in a full year by doubling the Purchase Tax on motor cars whose price, exclusive of Purchase Tax, exceeds...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he is contemplating having further financial discussions with the Danish Government, in view of the difficulties of exporting British goods to...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what quantity of dollars has been made avail-able for the importation of U.S. magazines during the current year.
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware of the demand for museums and art galleries to be kept open later than 7 p.m.; and whether he will make arrangements for national...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total cost of the Government's "Work or Want" poster campaign up to the last convenient date.
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many motor cars have been imported from the U.S.A. since 1st January, 1947, under licences granted by his Department; for how many of these were...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps are being taken to finance and encourage the development of an increased acreage of tobacco in Rhodesia and other places within the Empire, so...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will consider increasing the proportion of non-utility cloth available to clothing manufacturers.
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper:
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on the Electricity Bill be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from
As amended (in the Standing Committee), further considered.
3.42 p.m.
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Fuel and Power (Mr. Gaits-kell): I beg to move, in page 4, line 8, to leave out "such." and to insert "electrical." This Amendment, the one...
I beg to move, in page 6, line 3, at the end, to insert: and such appointments shall be made from the Area Boards in rotation. This Amendment relates to the appointment and period of office of...
I beg to move, in page 7,line 44, after "aforesaid," to insert: or to constitute a new area for which a new Area Board is required to be established under the next following Subsection. This...
I beg to move, in page 9, line 7, to leave out Subsection (2), and to insert: (2) In carrying oat such measures of reorganisation or such works of development as involve substantia] outlay on...
Amendment made: In page 10, line 3, leave out "on lines settled from time to time by," and insert: in accordance with a general programme settled from time to time in consultation with."—[...
I beg to move, in page 10, line 24, after "half," to insert: "not more than two-thirds."
I beg to move, in page 13, line 18, to leave out "national interest," and to insert, "interests of national security." It would appear that this represents no substantial difference of opinion...
I beg to move, in page 13, line 31, at the end to insert: "(except section two thereof)." This and the following two Amendments are not entirely drafung. On the Committee stage it was urged by...
Amendments made: In page 14, line 13, after the first "and," insert "any Electricity Board."
7.30 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 22, line 5, to leave out from "notice," to the end of line 8. The Amendment is designed to meet a request made by hon. Gentlemen opposite that contracts for personal...
I beg to move, in page 24, line 6, at the end, to insert: Provided that the Minister shall consult the Central Authority before making any such order. This Amendment and the following one, in...
I beg to move, in page 24, line 11, to leave out Clause 17. The purpose of moving this Amendment is to raise the whole question of the method of compensation adopted by the Government. As the...
I beg to move, in page 28, line 16, at the end, to insert: The regulations made with respect to the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) hereof shall be made not less than two months...
I beg to move in page 30, line 30, to leave out from the third "the" to "liable" in line 31, and to insert: resolution of the directors was passed authorising or recommending the payments shall,...
I beg to move in page 33, line 24, at the beginning to insert: In appointing an auditor under this Subsection in the case of any body, the Minister shall first offer the appointment to one of the...
I beg to move, in page 37, line 10, to leave out from the beginning, to "on" and to insert: This Section shall apply in any case where. This is the first of a series of Amendments the purpose of...
Amendments made:
I beg to move, in page 44, line 38, to leave out from "Act," to "as" in line 39. If it meets with the approval of the House, I propose to discuss along, with this Amendment the two following...
I beg to move, in page 45, line 14. to leave out Subsection (I) and to insert: (1) The prices to be charged by the Central Authority for electricity supplied by them to Area Boards shall be in...
I beg to move, in page 47, line 9, to leave out from "in," to "the," in line II, and to insert: sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 4 after the words 'resultant sum 'of the words' increased (except in...
I beg to move, in page 47, line 16, after "Minister" to insert: "and with the approval of the Treasury." Subsection (I) of this Clause provides that, in the event.of temporary borrowing being...
I beg to move, in page 49, line 17, to leave out "lines," and to Insert "general principles." This is merely intended to improve the terminology of the Clause. The words lines settled from time...
I beg to move, in page 50, line 9, at the end, to insert: (a)the aggregate of the sums contributed by the Central Authority in any financial year shall not exceed an amount equal to one half of...
I beg to move, in page 51, line 25, to leave out "Central Authority may" and to insert: Board may, with the approval of the Central Authority. During the Committee stage the hon, and gallant...
I beg to move, in page 51, line 31, after "capital" to insert "and proper provision". This is purely a drafting Amendment.
I beg to move, in page 52, line 2, to the end, to insert: and shall comply with the requirements as to the accounts of companies contained in any general Act for the time being in force, so far...
I beg to move, in page 54, line 5, to leave out from "undertakers," to "shall," in line 6. This is a drafting Amendment intended to meet a point raised by the Opposition. The words proposed to...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."— [[Mr. Hannan.]1.36 a.m.
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