Monday, 11 August 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Works for what purpose some 5,000 feet super of accommodation in Fanum House, New Coventry Street, London, W.1, has been held under requisition but unused for four months...
asked the Minister of Works if, in view of the continuing public interest in the proceedings of Parliament and the large numbers of people seeking access to the galleries of the House, he will...
asked the Minister of Works whether he is aware that the housing programme of the city of Stoke-on-Trent corporation is being disorganised by the inadequate supplies of cement available to the...
asked the Minister of Health the total standards of timber imported and produced in this country over the most recent convenient period; and what proportion was allocated to the housing programme.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the fact that the U.S.S.R. has now exercised its veto in the Security Council of U.N.O. for the eleventh time, he will urge...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what arrangements are made for the maintenance in Germany of wives of prisoners of war held in this country and the Middle East.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many persons are engaged in Germany in dealing with applications for the com passionate release of German prisoners of war; whether these...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many British teachers, lecturers, clerical workers, etc., are engaged in educational work in the British zone of Germany; and what progress is...
asked the Minister of Food the amount of milk output in Great Britain in 1938 and 1946, respectively, and the proportions used in each case for liquid consumption, manufactured foodstuffs and...
asked the Minister of Food whether he will arrange for compensation to be paid to potato growers in Cornwall whose early potatoes were left unmarketed owing to circumstances over which they had...
asked the Minister of Food if he will give details of the arrangements for grants which have been, or are being, offered to Australia and other Dominions through the Oversea Food Corporation, or...
asked the Minister of Food if he is aware that lorry loads of perishable foods such as plums, apples and cauliflowers are being refused in large city markets with the view of keeping up prices;...
asked the Minister of Food what proportion of the total out put of eggs produced in Great Britain passes through packing stations licensed by his Department.
asked the Minister of Food in view of the critical situation what steps he is now taking to increase purchases of feedingstuffs in order to stimulate meat, milk and egg production in this country.
asked the Minister of Transport if he will state the number of serviceable locomotives in operation on the four main line railways and the number of serviceable wagons, including private owners,...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that, owing to the disparity between omnibus and railway fares, many short-distance trains are lightly loaded; and whether he will arrange a...
asked the Minister of Transport what steps have recently been taken to obtain the maximum consultation and co-operation between management and staff on day-to-day problems on British railways;...
asked the Minister of Transport the expenditure which is to be incurred in the next two years in improving the railways, detailing in particular the amount of money which will be spent on...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that the transport of herring by rail is now slower than at any time during the war; that it frequently takes over 48 hours for the fish to...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. DRIBERG:
asked the Minister of Supply when he anticipates being able to give a further report on the development of the Tudor I, II and IV aircraft; and when it is anticipated that any of these designs...
asked the Minister of Supply (1) how many baths have been imported from France; what price they cost; and at what price they were retailed; (2) to what extent the present demand for baths in...
asked the Minister of Agriculture the amount of the feeding-stuff rations allowed for 100 laying hens in October, 1945, July, 1947, and October, 1947, assuming that the farm qualified for the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is in a position to announce the increase in agricultural prices; or when the announcement will be made.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in order to increase agricultural production at home, he will issue guidance to his committees that applications to be permitted to remain as civilian...
asked the Minister of Health if he is now in a position to make a statement regarding the future of St. Leonard's Hospital, Shoreditch.
asked the Minister of National Insurance where after a wife's death family allowances accordingly become payable to the surviving father, in circumstances where the children after the mother's...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that a party of Yorkshire ex-Servicemen trekking to South Africa with their families, which include three young children, are...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he has any statement to make upon the effects of the retaliation by the United States Film Industry against the new tax on United States films...
I should like to raise a matter of Privilege, Mr. Speaker. There was an incident on Thursday night as a consequence of which I had to leave the House. I waited until some hon. Members came out...
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting,
Considered in Committee.
3.31 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause, stand part of the Bill."
Nothing in this Act shall allow of regulations or orders being made for the purpose of bringing all or any part of the assets of the iron and steel industry under public ownership.—[Major...
I beg to move, in page 1, line 6, after "peace," to insert: the maintenance of a sufficiency of supplies essential to the well-being of the community. The functions of a Preamble—and they...
I beg to move, in page 2, line 40, to leave out "Transitional Powers" and to insert "Extended Purposes." I have already spoken on this.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. R. J. Taylor.]
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