Tuesday, 28 October 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Pensions whether in connection with the disabled ex-Servicemen's basic pension and other matters calling for review, he will now consider appointing a...
asked the Minister of Pensions if he will consider altering the regulation that prevents disabled ex-Service men receiving a pension on the ground that their disability has not arisen or been...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that the Limb Fitting Centre at Portsmouth is in urgent need of renovation, improvement and extension; and whether he will state the nature and...
asked the Minister of Pensions on what ground the application of Mr. Arthur Wild, 3, Bromley Street, Coldhurst, Oldham (Reference 3/MW/5578), who sustained a gunshot wound in Gallipoli in the...
asked the Secretary of State for War what action he has taken to secure that a pension or other form of adequate compensation is paid to the parents or dependants of those prisoners of war killed...
asked the Secretary of State for War, what proportion of the £4 10s. per week paid by farmers for prisoners of war doing agricultural work, of which £1 10s. is deducted for board and...
asked the Secretary of State for War what are the restrictions limiting the number of letters German prisoners of war may send home; and whether he will now remove such restrictions.
asked the Secretary of State for War when the despatches about the Malayan campaign will be published.
Mr. Vane: asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the leave train known as Medloc cam-pares unfavourably with U.S. leave trains in Germany as regards coaching stock and...
Mr. Vane: asked the Secretary of State for War approximately how many motor-transport vehicles, capable of further service, are still parked along autobahnen and in similar parks in Germany;...
asked the Secretary of State for War in what capacity Italians are being employed by the British Military Administration in Eritrea; and for what reasons.
asked the Secretary of State for War what is the total rent and the rent per unit paid by the War Office for pill-boxes erected to repel the 1940 invasion and for other military purposes; and...
asked the Secretary of State for War why the decision to discontinue primary training centres was taken, and if he is satisfied that this step will save manpower and at the same time maintain the...
Mr. E. P. Smith: asked the Secretary of State for War what are the plans for the future of the 14 Command Workshops, R.E.M.E., and the R.A.O.C. Depot at Ashford, Kent; and if he will make these...
asked the Secretary of State for War what arrangements and facilities are now available to assist relatives to visit the graves of Service men buried overseas.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that Captain William McGrath, of the Drill Hall, Cumnock, has been threatened with eviction by the local military authorities; that no house is...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is satisfied that the lectures on economics, drama and mathematics given to Service students at Welbeck Abbey during the past six months have been...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware of the fatal accident which occurred on Thursday, 16th October, 1947, near Aberfoyle, Perthshire, within the area of the ammunition depot in...
asked the Secretary of State for War why none of the improvements planned in the living quarters at Halheaths Camp, Lockerbie, have yet been started; and whether he will now give instructions...
asked the Secretary of State for War what expenditure has already been incurred on the base at Fayid; what total expenditure thereon is contemplated; when the base will be completed; and what...
asked the Secretary of State for War what amount of petrol was used for the Forces in Greece from January to August, 1947; how this rate of consumption compares with that in other commands; and...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is yet in a position to issue a report on the theft of jewels and valuables from Glucksburg Castle.
asked the Secretary of State for War how much land in the county of Suffolk, capable of being used profitably for agricultural purposes, is occupied by his Department for training and...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many complaints have been received from wives whose husbands have deserted them after being demobilised outside the United Kingdom, and outside the...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will state the reasons for his Department arranging a press conference for Major Farran on his return from Palestine; and whether he now proposes to...
asked the Secretary of State for War, if, in view of the abolition of the basic petrol ration, he proposes to reintroduce the "G" licence system for officers of the Territorial Army who are not...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will review the present position which prohibits any person being granted a commission in the Territorial Army unless they have previously held a commission.
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether, arising out of the acute dollar crisis and the need for increased home production from the land, he will now give an...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning what steps he is taking to safeguard the rural amenities of Cannock Chase and the right of public access thereto, in view of the land now...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether it is his intention to prohibit all forms of hunting and other methods of unnecessary destruction of animal and bird life in national,...
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether he is aware of the anomaly by which a person earning more than 10s. 6d. a week when in receipt of a supplementary pension loses part of it; and...
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether he intends to appoint the National Insurance Advisory Committee which will advise and assist him in the operation of the National Insurance Act, 1946.
asked the Prime Minister if he will introduce legislation requiring a member of a Royal Commission from the time of his appointment until the Commission of which he is a member has reported to...
asked the Prime Minister why he refused to meet representatives of the motor industry who have alternative proposals to make with regard to the abolition of the basic petrol ration; and if he...
asked the Minister for Economic Affairs whether full employment is still the aim and policy of His Majesty's Government; or whether it considers that it is necessary to have a reserve pool of...
asked the Minister for Economic Affairs if he is aware that steel allocation arrangements give many firms steel but in such inadequate quantities that all firms have some steel but no single firm...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state in tabular form the estimated purchasing power of the £ for the years 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940, and at the latest available date, taking...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many motor cars and commercial vehicles are owned by Government Departments, respectively, at the latest available date, how many have been purchased...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what, during the past six months, has been the cost of chartering aeroplanes for Members of His Majesty's Government; and if he will give separate figures...
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I desire to make a personal statement. When speaking last night in this House I used the following words: I saw in the paper recently...
Proceedings on the Second Reading of the Expiring Laws Continuance Bill exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House).—(Mr. H. Morrison.)
[SIXTH DAY]
3.35 p.m.
Read a Second time, and committed to a Committee of the whole House for Tomorrow.—[Mr. Snow.]
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to continue certain expiring laws, it is expedient to authorise— (a) the payment out of moneys provided by...
10.0 p.m.
Select Committee appointed to examine such of the Estimates presented to this House as may seem fit to the Committee, and to suggest the form in which the Estimates shall be presented for...
Resolved:
10.8 p.m.
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