Wednesday, 2 July 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock.
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty to what extent accounting branches of his Department are using modern methods of mechanised accounting.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what steps are taken to ensure that an officer or a man desiring to be released from the Royal Navy outside the United Kingdom is not thereby...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty when the naval camps at Rixton-with-Glaze-brook are likely to be vacated; whether they are fully utilised at present; and whether one or other...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many small craft have been sold to date by the Director of Small Craft Disposal; how many small craft are still to be disposed of; and what...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he is aware that pension increases, in certain cases, are not being dated back to 19th December, 1945; and if he will take steps to ensure...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what changes it is intended to make in the present organisation of the R.Ms.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is now in a position to say when it is intended to publish separate returns of the losses of Royal Navy, merchant and fishing vessels...
asked the Postmaster-General what arrangements exist for repairing telephones at Marple on Saturdays and Sundays.
asked the Postmaster-General whether sufficient trained staff and office machinery are yet available to enable his Department to revert to the prewar practice of rendering telephone accounts...
asked the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been drawn to the unsatisfactory working of the Elmbridge telephone exchange; whether he has considered the representations made to him by...
Lieut.-Commander Clark Hutchison: asked the Postmaster-General why a large number of men between the ages of 60 and 66 years have recently been discharged from the postal service in Edinburgh so...
asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware of the long queues at Leicester Square post office, when it is operating out of ordinary business hours; and whether he is considering keeping...
asked the Postmaster-General what are the qualifications necessary and what steps are taken to check on the satisfactory character of a Post Office employee before he is appointed to the position...
asked the Postmaster-General for what purpose his Department has taken over the Air Ministry lease of 10 acres of the Palace of Engineering, at Wembley.
asked the Postmaster-General by what authority his Department opened and returned to the sender certain correspondence posted in the Liverpool area sealed on the reverse with a label issued by...
asked the PostmasterGeneral under what authority power is given to Post Office clerks to demand the production of an identity card; and under what authority they can refuse payment out to a...
asked the Postmaster-General why headquarters Post Office authorities now state that nothing leaves after 6.30 p.m., in view of the earlier announcement that urgent letters taken to any head...
asked the Postmaster-General how many anti-Government Members of Parliament and candidates for Parliament have participated in talks and discussions on the Scottish service of the B.B.C, between...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware of the rapid deterioration of the radar station at Start Point: and whether, in view of this deterioration and the injury caused by the...
asked the Secretary of State for Air if he will make application to His Majesty's Consul General at Naples to furnish the death certificates in the case of British subjects killed in the air...
asked the Secretary of State for Air to what extent accounting branches of his Department are using modern methods of mechanized accounting.
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether, in the interest of food production and local amenities, he is now in a position to return the site of Podington aerodrome, Bedford shire, to its...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether his attention has been drawn to the serious condition of the sewerage at the R.A.F, station, Worli, India, where the sewage is constantly bubbling up...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what steps are being taken to prevent damage to public property on Silverstone aerodrome and the wrongful abstraction from that aerodrome of electric and...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what is the size of the area of Cannock Chase at present requisitioned by his Department; for what purposes it is being used; and when he proposes to...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether the Manpower Economy Committee have reported on the utilisation of manpower and maintenance units; and whether they have investigated the situation at...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation how many J. U. 52's have been converted to Jupiters; the total cost of conversion; and on what routes these machines are...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation why passengers are refused bookings on the ground that there are no seats available on the Renfrew—London route, when the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation if he will have immediate inquiry made into complaints by many residents in Heston and Isleworth regarding the low flying of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation (1) why meals are no longer served free on board aircraft operated by B.E.A.C.; and whether there was consultation with other...
asked the Minister of Defence how many free warrants a year for leave from Germany are given for unmarried Service men; and how many for married Service men and their wives.
asked the Minister of Defence (1) whether a sailor, soldier or airman who before joining the Services was subject to an approved school order made by a juvenile court is debarred from attaining...
Lieut.-Commander Hutchison: asked the Minister of Food whether he is yet in a position to give any information on the proposed purchase of turkeys from the U.S.A.
asked the Minister of Food why tinned sausage meat, Vienna style, which was packed in the U.S.A. in 1942 and sold by N.A.A.F.I. at is. 6d. per lb., was subsequently released to the public at 3s....
asked the Minister of Food if he will consider so amending the Food (Conditions of Sale) Order as to make it an offence for a fish frier to refuse to sell chips to a customer unless he also buys fish.
asked the Minister of Food the figures for manufactured meat allocated to the undermentioned towns, calculated per head of the population: Northampton, Leicester, Darlington, Derby and Middlesbrough.
asked the Minister of Food how much liquid milk is allocated to the manufacture of yoghourt in the London area' and how much elsewhere; what is the cost of the process per pint of producing this...
asked the Minister of Food why the large supplies of ware potatoes available in Northern Ireland were not used to prevent the recent shortage in London; and why was there a prohibition on their...
asked the Minister of Food why the Food (Points Rationing) Order, 1946, and the 13 orders amending it have not been consolidated; and when these orders, which affect housewives generally, will be...
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether he has any statement to make about a change in title of the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs and the Dominions Office.
Could the right hon. Gentleman the Leader of the House tell us whether there are any changes in Business for today and for Friday?
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make the following statement: His Majesty's Government have had under review the objects and future position of the Cadet Forces of the Navy,...
Ordered: That this day, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 14, Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock and that the Proceedings of the Committee of...
9TH ALLOTTED DAY
Motion made, and Question pioposed, That a further sum, not exceeding 20, be granted to His Majesty towards defraying the charges for the following services relating to the Post Office for the...
3.50 p.m.
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the Treasury shall have power by order to alter or add to Section ten of the Finance Act, 1935, so as to secure that the value of exposed cinematograph...
10.32 p.m.
Resolved: That the Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, extending Section I of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Borough of Altrincham, a copy of which Order...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Pearson.]
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