Wednesday, 6 August 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
So much of the Lords Message [5th August] as relates thereto to be considered forthwith.—[The Chairman of Ways and Means.]
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the reason for the heavy drop in the revenue and expenditure of British Guiana from 1941 onwards when compared with previous years as shown...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the sum of £15,000 provided under Item 131 in the Colonial Research Reports for 1946–47, for the appointment of a joint secretary...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why no tutors were provided, except for Colonial History, during the recent two half-terms course held for colonial students at Oxford; how many...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is yet in a position to state when Mr. Anthony Brooke will be allowed to land in Sarawak.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a statement on the present position and future prospects of the pyrethrum crop in Kenya and Tanganyika.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to what extent work in reclamation of tsetse-infested areas in East Africa will be affected by clearing of bush under the groundnut scheme and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what measures he proposes to take, following the introduction of the technique of mass education in Africa, to provide religious and other suitable...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the objective of the Building Research Station in West Africa, to be set up under Item 133 of Colonial Research Reports, 1946–47; and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies in what circumstances, and for what reasons, 200 copies of the book "How Russia transformed her Colonial Empire" were seized in the Gold Coast under...
Mr. Baldwin: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is satisfied that the provision under Items 117, 122 and 146 of Colonial Research Reports, 1946–47, for linguistic research...
Mr. Baldwin: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what benefit is likely to result, and to what parties, from Item 141 in Colonial Research Reports, 1946–47, which is the grant to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will consider appointing an African to the Cameroons Development Corporation.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will appoint an officer from the United Kingdom, with experience of industrial conciliation, to the Labour Department in Singapore.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how Malaya's daily rice ration compares with other countries in Asia; and whether the International Emergency Food Council will be asked to review...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that milk supplied to the public in Mauritius is expensive and frequently adulterated; what steps are being taken by the local...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what quantity and kind of Royal Navy surplus foodstuffs are being offered for sale to civilians in Singapore since 1st July.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if, in view of the shortage of scientific staff in Government service, he will consider permitting members of the scientific staff of the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will make a statement about the opportunities provided for release from the Royal Navy for those men who signed on for a Regular...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many bricklayers are employed in His Majesty's dockyards at Chatham and Sheerness, respectively.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many commissions from the lower deck have been granted in the various sections of the Royal Navy during the six months ended 30th June; and...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he will make a statement on instruction in current affairs in the Royal Navy.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what notice is given of the actual date of their release to men due for demobilisation.
asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware of the long delays at present being experienced by Romford subscribers in securing response from the Romford telephone exchange; and what steps he...
asked the Postmaster-General whether he will arrange for an automatic register of charges to be attached to telephones, where desired, as is already in operation in Switzerland.
asked the Postmaster-General by what date the arrangements to extend the telephone exchange at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, will be completed.
asked the Postmaster-General whether he will hasten the laying of the new cable required to give a telephone service to the many residents of Birstall, near Leeds, who have been waiting for years...
asked the Postmaster-General if he has approved the arrangement whereby the manager of the local branch of the S.C.W.S. on the Island of Tiree takes turns of duty with his wife who is the...
asked the Postmaster-General if he will now give further information with regard to proposed legislative action to provide for the compulsory suppression of electrical interference with radio...
asked the Postmaster-General what was the numerical deficiency in the Post Office establishment on 30th June; and what is the effect of such deficiency in the general postal services.
asked the Postmaster-General how many persons without previous post-office experience have been engaged for work in Glasgow during this year; and how many of these are wholly or partly engaged on...
asked the Postmaster-General if he will now state when it is intended to begin the work of laying the cable and providing Scarp Island with telephone and telegraph services.
asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that there is much dissatisfaction at the curtailment of postal deliveries and with the increasing delay with deliveries, both internally and from...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether Trans port Command are still running a service to Mauritius; and whether non-official civilians are permitted to use the service.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation which airports will be used between London and Cornwall when the air service is started.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation what is the average flying time from Croydon to Le Bourget; what are the respective times for the transport of passengers from...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation who are the members of the Board of International Air Radio, Limited; to whom it is answerable; and to what extent does he take...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation whether B.O.A.C. or any of its associated companies have yet established a service between the African mainland and Mauritius;...
asked the Minister of Defence whether, in view of the decision to accelerate releases from the Army during the first quarter of 1948, he will now give his estimate of the numbers of men and women...
asked the Minister of Defence what will be the role of the British Forces who remain in India after 15th August during the next few months before they are finally withdrawn.
asked the Minister of Defence if he will now make a statement on the issue of free travel warrants to Service men.
asked the Minister of Food if he will make a statement about the future of the bread-rationing scheme.
asked the Minister of Food what was the total sum collected by the levy on the first sale of fish, excluding herring, in the United Kingdom during 1946; and, what was the total sum expended in...
asked the Minister of Food why he has found it necessary to cut down the quota of tinned milk foods supplied to infant welfare centres; and at what date he expects to be able to restore the...
asked the Minister of Food what was the total weight and value of all principal foods consumed in this country in 1946; and the corresponding details for foods sup- plied to restaurants and...
asked the Minister of Food whether he has now received the Report of the Committee on Milk Distribution; when this will be made available; and what action he proposes taking to implement the...
asked the Minister of Food, whether his attention has been drawn to complaints by Oxford traders of the difficulties in which they have been put in honouring the extra sugar ration by the failure...
asked the Minister of Food whether it has been brought to his notice that British cattle buyers are being forced out of the Southern Irish meat market by Continental agents making direct...
asked the Minister of Food whether he will so revise the shippers' and retailers' controlled prices of 9d. and Is. per lb., respectively, for venison, as to encourage its importation from Eire...
asked the Minister of Food for what reasons it was decided to announce over the wireless that, owing to the large influx of Dutch tomatoes, licensed wholesalers selling in the London area were...
asked the Minister of Food if he will modify his definition of rural building-trade workers in order to overcome some of the anomalies which have attended his recent concession of an extra cheese...
asked the Minister of Food how many Africans are now employed in the groundnut scheme; and in what capacities.
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that a consider able number of mackerel have recently been dumped into the sea at Peterhead; and what steps he has taken to find a market for...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that many kipperers have found it necessary to close down, or work short time, owing to lack of home demand; and, in view of the growing demand...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has considered the report recently sent to him on the food situation in Germany and the effects of an increased supply that could be...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will now state his intention with respect to the progressive reduction of the number of British personnel employed by the Control...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what date has now been fixed by which capital goods for reparations from Germany must be specified, in place of 15th February, 1946, fixed at Potsdam.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has any further information from the inquiries he is making into the arrest of Pandelis Gousides.
asked the, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, if he is unable to procure the release of British wives from the U.S.S.R., he will offer to pay on their behalf the Soviet tax levied on...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will assure the House that the decision of U.N.O. as regards Palestine will be neither accepted nor rejected until it has been debated...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs upon what grounds the United Kingdom's representative in the Security Council abstained-from voting in support of the resolution which called upon...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he can now state whether Auxiliary Air Force training allowances and bounties will no longer be subject to Income, Tax; and from what date this...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland why the order for 200 rock drifter drills in the U.S.A. was not placed with a company which, from its Scottish factories, could have provided servicing...
asked the Minister of Works if he is aware that large quantities of beds, blankets, tables and chairs are stored on aerodromes throughout the country; and why they are not being released for...
"to amend the enactments relating to agricultural holdings in Scotland, and to make further provision for the improvement and development of agriculture and the use of agricultural land in...
Read a Second time, and committed to a Committee of the whole House for Tomorrow.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."— [Mr. Whiteley.]
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
Question again proposed. "That this House do now adjourn."
Resolved: That the Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, extending Section 1 of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Borough of Eccles, a copy of which Order was...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Snow.]
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