Tuesday, 15 July 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time.
asked the Secretary of State for War the monthly rate of voluntary recruitment to the Army during the second quarter of 1947.
asked the Secretary of State for War the monthly rate of wastage of men on Regular engagements during the first six months of 1947.
asked the Secretary of State for War the number of men and women receiving pension or allowance under the Injuries in War Compensation Act, 1914; the scale of pension and allowances in operation;...
asked the Secretary of State for War the reason for the detention or imprisonment of Haji Farah Omer at Karasam Island, Aden Colony; and whether he has considered the representations made by the...
Mr. E. P. Smith: asked the Secretary of State for War what is the annual cost of sending an Army water wagon daily from Shorncliffe to Dungeness, a distance of some miles, in order to load with...
asked the Secretary of State for War if it is intended to extend to Army musicians settled trade rates of pay.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he has made arrangements for constructing the new Middle East G.H.Q. that will be required now that the final date for leaving Egypt is agreed; what is the...
asked the Secretary, of State for War if he will state, for each of the war years, how many Service men and women began, under his Department's auspices, courses of study with correspondence...
asked the Secretary of State for War what is the purpose and cost of the present trip abroad of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that the decision to restrict compassionate leave to soldiers to cases where it is a question of the death, imminent death or dangerous illness...
asked the Secretary of State for War when the hon. Member for St. Albans may expect a reply to his letter about the release of premises at Sandridgebury, St. Albans, which are urgently required...
asked the Secretary of State for War, when it is intended that compensation shall be paid to serving officers for loss of furniture and effects due to the German occupation of the Channel Islands.
asked the Secretary of State for War what steps he is taking to bring home to members of the occupation forces in Germany and Austria the serious nature of their responsibilities in those cases...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will give the total number of cadets now in the United Kingdom and indicate what are the training facilities provided for cadet instruction in the...
asked the Secretary of State for War why in the case of a soldier killed while in a state of desertion, particulars of whose case have been communicated to him, sums due in respect of pay and...
asked the Secretary of State for War what was the in- cidence of venereal disease in the British Army in Britain in 1938; what it is in the British Army in Britain today; and in the British Army...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether it is intended to send a cricket team from the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst to the Indian Military Academy at Dehra Dun, India, this winter,...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will see that members of His Majesty's Government holding appointments in his Department make a general practice of signing letters sent in reply...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is satisfied that Army vehicles are not driven, save in the course of properly supervised training, by men suffering from lack of sleep; and what...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will now make arrangements to hand over to the civil administration in Germany for German civilian use the motor vehicle parks on the Lubeck-Hamburg and...
asked the Secretary of State for War when it is proposed to provide training grounds and buildings for Territorial units.
asked the Secretary of State for War on whose authority an A.A. gun and a T.A. recruiting centre were set up at the entrance to Hadley House, Barnet, on Saturday, 5th July, on the occasion of the...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many local authorities are refusing to grant facilities to their employees to attend annual training in T.A. camps or other auxiliary forces.
asked the Secretary of State for War what are the actual lodging, London, and ration -allowances to warrant officers, noncommissioned officers and privates serving on the permanent staffs of...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is now prepared to state a specified date for demobilisation of all Polish Forces in this country, after which all men in these forces will have to take...
asked the Secretary of State for War what action is taken in the case of Poles convicted of offences in a civil court when their sentences are completed; and whether there is any intention of...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that on 30th June, there were at Stirling miners' hostel 175 Poles, of whom, approximately 85 were in receipt of wages although doing no work; that at...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether a common nutritional standard exists for all prisoner-of-war camps in this country; and how frequently these camps are inspected in respect of the...
asked the Secretary of State for War what steps are being taken to remove from the ex-Italian Colonies of Eritrea and Somalia, the Italian police, judges and other officials, since the surrender...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether he is now in a position to make a definite statement about the publication of the Hobhouse Report relating to the establishment of national...
Lieut.-Colonel Dower: asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning, if he is aware that the programme for the provision of houses for agricultural workers in the Penrith rural district is...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning, why, in view of the fact that there is an appeal in the courts against his decision to create a satellite town at Crawley, an advertisement has...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning if he is yet in a position to give a date on which the village of Aveton Gifford. South Devon, will acquire a housing site, as this matter has been...
asked the Minister of National Insurance (1) how many old age pensioners have gone overseas within the last 12 months and have asked to have their pensions paid to them abroad; how many such...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will make a statement on his conference with the employers' representatives concerning the building operatives' claim for a wage increase of 9d. per hour; and...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the large number of unemployed men who are about 50 years of age; and what action is being taken to help these men to find employment and to...
asked the Minister of Labour what steps are taken to ensure that vacancies on the books at an employment exchange do, in fact, exist and that figures quoted are authentic.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that 2½ per cent. Consols have fallen from 99 per cent. to 91 per cent. during the year; whether Treasury support to the gilt-edged...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will make a statement about the position regarding the acquisition of Trafalgar House from the Nelson family for some public purpose.
Mr. H. D. Hughes: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of British currency earned and exported by U.S. cinema performers in this country in the financial year 1946–47 and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent the U.S. loan, has depreciated in value to this country as a consequence of the abandonment of control of prices in U.S.A.; and if he will...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the obligation undertaken by His Majesty's Government to pay for current transactions in convertible currency on request, after 15th July, applies to...
Proceedings on Government Business exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House) for One hour after Ten o'clock.—[The Prime Minister.]
As amended, considered.
Report [17th June] from the Committee of Privileges considered.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. R. J. Taylor.]
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