Thursday, 7 August 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
NEWHAVEN AND SEAFORD SEA DEFENCES BILL
Return ordered, introduced into the House of Commons and brought from the House of Lords, and of Acts passed in Session 1946–47:Of all the Private Bills, Hybrid Bills, and Bills for...
Read the Third time, and passed, with Amendments.
Return ordered, of Motions for Adjournment under Standing Order No. 8, showing the date of such Motion, the name of the Member proposing, the definite matter of urgent public importance, and the...
Return ordered, together with the names of the selected Members who served on each Committee; the first and also the last day of sitting of each Committee; the number of days on which each...
Return ordered, of the number of Public Bills, distinguishing Government from other Bills, introduced into this House, or brought from the House of Lords, during Session 1946–47; showing...
Return ordered, of the number of Public Petitions presented and printed in Session 1946–47, with the total number of signatures in that Session."—[The Deputy-Chair man of Ways and Means.]
Return ordered, of the number of Select Committees appointed in Session 1946–47, the Chairman's Panel and the Court of Referees; the subjects of inquiry; the names of the Members appointed...
Return ordered, of (1) the clays on which the House sat in Session 1946–47, stating for each day the date of the month and day of the week, the hour of the meeting, and the hour of the...
Return ordered, for Session 1946–47 of (1) the total number and the names of all members (including and distinguishing Chairmen) who have been appointed to serve on one or more of the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will be able to make a statement about a grant-in-aid to the Marriage Guidance Council as recommended by the Denning Committee.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the estimate of the size of the crowd at the meeting of the British League of Ex-Service men at Ridley Road, Hackney, on 13th July;...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what circumstances it is the practice of the police to disclose to parties interested the statements made by eye witnesses of road...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his attention has been called to the case of a Maldon builder's employee, who has been fined £2 and disqualified from driving for 12...
Mr. Vane: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will state the rate at which private persons and industrial undertakings in Jersey and Guernsey were authorised to...
asked the Minister of Health, why a civil building licence was refused to Mr. E. D. Wigley-Smith, 7, The Avenue, Worcester, on 6th June, 1947, although his plans had been approved by the...
asked the Minister of Health if he will take immediate measures against rent profiteering, especially in relation to unfurnished premises which are not protected by rent tribunals; and if his...
asked the Minister of Health what additional building labour has been employed on the Easthampstead Rural District Council housing sites at Skimped Hill and Binfield Road, Bracknell, during the...
asked the Minister of Health how many men are employed on the housing site at Smith- field, Egremont; and whether he is satisfied that the number of workmen now employed is sufficient to meet...
asked the Minister of Health whether the allocation of council houses to the parish of Kingkerswell in the county of Devon will be increased.
asked the Minister of Health what is the total number of houses so far built by private enterprise builders under their own own specifications for sale to local authorities, in accordance with...
asked the Minister of Health how many forms of building contract are in use among local authorities; and how many of these forms are peculiar to a single local authority.
asked the Minister of Health if he will permit local authorities who have nearly completed current programmes to start more houses now, so that full advantage can be taken of the good building...
asked the Minister of Health if he will request furnished houses rent control tribunals to make it clear to tenants referring cases to them that they are liable to be dispossessed of their...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that work on the erection of permanent houses for the Mirfield Urban District Council has been seriously retarded by the shortage of cement; that,...
asked the Minister of Health if he has now given consideration to the practical effect on recruitment to the nursing profession, on the Rushcliffe scale of salaries, of recent judgments of...
asked the Minister of Health whether he has considered the statement issued by the British Waterworks Association, a copy of which has been sent to him, indicating the effect of the present...
asked the Minister of Health if he will consider sponsoring a British film, through the Central Office of Information, for use in senior schools and for the education of the public in childbirth...
asked the Minister of Health if he will recast the National Health Service Executive Council for Dorset, by including at least one member of the insurance committee who represents insured persons.
asked the Minister of Health if the intention of paragraph 5 of Circular 118/47 is to indicate that he is intending to rely upon voluntary contributions as well as increased compulsory...
asked the Minister of Health what further information he requires from the Grimsby Rural District Council before the playing fields at Immingham will be made available to the public; whether it...
asked the Minister of Health what is the age group of the cases of infantile paralysis so far notified this year; how are they distributed geographically; and whether he can state any reasons for...
asked the Minister of Education, how many unqualified teachers in Wales have been accepted for training this year under the Emergency Training Scheme for Teachers; how many temporary unqualified...
asked the Minister of Education, how many of His Majesty's Inspectors of Schools have been appointed from teachers in Monmouthshire during the last 25 years; and whether the proportion is not...
asked the Minister of Education how many class-rooms, teachers and text books are deficient to meet the increased school population as a result of the raising of the school leaving age.
asked the Minister of Education the number of women teachers employed in all types of State schools; the number on the incremental part of the Burnham scales; and the number who have reached...
asked the Attorney-General what are the normal hours of sitting in the divisions of the High Court at the present time; and how do these compare with the prewar hours of sitting.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will give the totals, to the most convenient date, expressed in British currency, of the amounts expended in importing matches from Sweden and...
asked the President of the Board of Trade, in view of the fact that Messrs. Courtaulds' factory has now been withdrawn from Sellafield, if he will state the policy to be adopted to absorb the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what authority has been given to the Tourist Board to make sure that foreign visitors to this country, both children in groups and single visitors, are...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in the proposed location of the cold strip mill at Llanelly instead of Swansea, he had received the advice of any local authority or any body...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will now make a statement as to the number of women who have entered industry in response to the Government's appeal; how much it cost to make the appeal; and...
asked the Minister of Labour what answer he has now given to the trade union demand that the Government scheme for training adult workers for building should cease.
asked the Minister of Labour for how long Harry Joseph Stevelman, aged 19 years, fined £80 at Highgate Police Court on 23rd July for street trading offences, served in the coal mines; when...
asked the Minister of Labour what instructions have been issued to local employment exchanges in regard to finding posts for those who have been without work for a month.
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that about 1,000 foreign workers engaged on important food production need beds, as correspondence sent to him indicates: and if he will take steps...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that a number of Poles trained in this country for coalmining, have been refused work; if he will state the number that have not been employed and what...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the total revenue derived from the sale abroad of oil accruing from the world-wide operations of the British oil industry; and what expenditure of...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the approximate numbers of men and women students, respectively, who are attending full-time courses at universities; and the approxi- mate numbers...
May I ask the Leader of the House if he would tell us the Business for the remainder of this week and for next week?
I beg to move, That this House on the occasion of the transfer to Indian hands of the responsibility for the affairs of India wishes to place upon record its profound appreciation of the ability...
Considered in Committee; reported without Amendment; read the Third time, and passed.
[Second Day's Debate]
[King's Recommendation signified.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Snow.]
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