Monday, 27 October 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Mr. Spaker: I regret to have to inform the House of the death of Campbell Stephen, Esquire, Member for the Burgh of Glasgow (Camlachie Division), and I desire, on behalf of the House, to express...
Lieutenant-Commander Gurney Braithwaite, Mr. Byers, Mr. Daggar, Mr. Dobbie, Sir Stanley Holmes, Colonel Sir Charles MacAndrews, Mr. McKinlay, Mr. Mathers, Mr. Messer, Colonel Ponsonby and Sir...
Address for Return showing the number of offences relating to Motor Vehicles in England and Wales, the number of persons prosecuted for such, offences, the results of the proceedings in Courts of...
asked the Secretary of State for Air, as representing the Secretary of State for Burma, what are the terms of the agreement on defence recently concluded between His Majesty's Government and the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will publish as a White Paper the directions issued by the Military Government in Germany with respect to de-Nazification.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on whose authority, and for what reason, attempts have been made to blow up the concrete building in the Tiergarten, Berlin, originally intended...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why the continued dismantling of works carrying out locomotive repairs in the British zone is being allowed, in view of the insufficient...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what progress has been made in the Munster Strasse Bunker School, Dusseldorf, towards its completion for school use.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs wether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the British Government Ordinance for the breaking up of estates in the British zone of Germany.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why, in spite of the decision to end multilateral reparations on 27th September, Messrs. Th. Speckbotel, of Hamburg, were informed on 8th October...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, what is the basic petrol ration allowed to Germans in the British zone in Germany.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that delays of post from Germany amount to 21 days, owing to censorship; and will he rectify this matter.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement on the attempts by the Roumanian Government to enforce the dismissal by British oil companies of specified employees.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will issue a White Paper on the Petkov affair.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on what grounds the British Political Representative in Bulgaria was instructed not to attend the Fatherland Front Parade on 9th September.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state His Majesty's Government's interpretation of the word "Fascist" which occurs more than once in the five peace treaties that...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the British-owned ships recently seized on the Danube have been given back to their lawful owners.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs under what article of the Mandate, or by what other inter national agreement is the Arab Legion, a force owing allegiance to a foreign Power,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any assurances have been given by the Government of the Lebanon that the ex-Mufti of Jerusalem will be forbidden to take part in any...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether in view of the fate of the patriot Petkov in Bulgaria, and the inability of His Majesty's Government to prevent this judicial murder, he...
asked the Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the recent announcement that the rate of repatriation of German prisoners of war from the Middle East is to be reduced, he will make a...
asked the Minister of Food what is the progress of negotiations with the Danish Government with regard to food supplies.
asked the Minister of Food what extra rations are provided for imported Irish and European volunteer workers and how these compare with the scales allowed to British labour engaged in similar work.
asked the Minister of Food if he will make a full statement on the potato situation for the next six months.
asked the Minister of Food the percentage of the tea crop of India and Ceylon, respectively, purchased by His Majesty's Government in 1946 and January to June, 1947, and the average price,...
asked the Minister of Food why he has found it necessary to cut the babies' milk ration.
asked the Minister of Food why his Department allows to jam manufacturers more than 3 lb. of sugar to 1 lb. of fruit.
asked the Minister of Food why a licence to manufacture and sell ice-cream has been refused to Mr. R. E. Jeffrey, of Roydon, Essex.
Mrs. Manning: asked the Minister of Food whether, in view of the success which has attended the recent marketing of horticultural products directly from producer to consumer, he will undertake a...
Mrs. Manning: asked the Minister of Food whether he will extend the queue priority now accorded to expectant mothers, to cover a period of two months after the birth of a child.
asked the Minister of Food if he will reconsider the 2½d. per meal meat allowance to industrial canteens as compared with the civilian ration allowance of 1s. per week; and what action he...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that people in Somerset and Devon have not been able to get their ration of soap for many weeks; and if he will make inquiries designed to improve...
asked the Minister of Food whether he can now see his way to granting fishermen an extra soap allowance.
asked the Prime Minister if he will set up a Committee of this House on Un-British Activities, on the lines of the Committee on Un-American activities, a copy of the House Report of which has...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the refusal of the Departments concerned to give any information, on security grounds, he will propose a Secret. Session of this House to discuss the...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is satisfied that the Civil Service is faithfully carrying out its duties in implementing the policy of the Government; and whether he will publish the...
asked the Prime Minister if he is aware of the widespread surprise and regret caused by his recent refusal to receive a deputation of responsible motoring organisations to discuss the abolition...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will make a statement concerning the ploughing back of part of a crop of buckwheat in Suffolk, valued at £2,640; and who bears the loss.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware of the serious shortage of plough points; and what steps he is taking to remedy the situation
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether German prisoners of war, who wish to become civilianised and to remain in agricultural employment, are now permitted to do so.
asked the Minister of Agriculture the number of eggs used for hatching purposes by accredited and non-accredited hatcheries during a 12 month period to the latest convenient date, and what...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the necessity for increased production of food, he will now instruct war agricultural executive committees to issue permits for rations for...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he is taking to relieve the acute shortage of feedingstuffs in Norfolk due to the prolonged drought, in view of the fall in milk production and the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has decided what financial assistance will be made available to the internal drainage authorities in the Great Ouse Catchment Drainage, whose...
asked the Minister of Agriculture when he will set up a White Fish Commission.
Proceedings on the Motion for an Address in reply to the King's Speech exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House) for one hour after Ten...
[FIFTH DAY]
3.37 p.m.
8.34 p.m.
Considered in Committee. [King's Recommendation signified.]
Select Committee appointed to control the arrangements for the Kitchen and Refreshment Rooms in the department of the Serjeant at Arms attending this House:—To consist of Seventeen...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."— [Mr. Simmons.]
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