Thursday, 6 November 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
For the County of York, East Riding (Howdenshire Division), in the room of Clifford William Hudson Glossop, Esquire (Manor of Northstead).—[Mr. Buchan-Hepburn.]
asked the Minister of Education whether he is aware of the recent case in Stafford where 28 boys, all aged about 13 years, were flogged with a rope; that no action was taken against the master...
asked the Minister of Education how many science teachers from secondary and grammar schools have left the teaching profession to go into industry; and if he is satisfied that such transfers will...
asked the Minister of Education if he is satisfied that the equality of pay to graduate and non-graduate teachers will not have a detrimental effect upon the staffing of second ary schools; and...
asked the Minister of Education whether he is aware that although the approval of his Ministry was given for the erection for an external iron staircase at the Spalding High School for girls on...
asked the Minister of Education how many children of five years of age are excluded from school in Upwell; and for what reason.
asked the Minister of Education whether he is satisfied that his regulations ensure that the standard of attainment for admission to a county secondary grammar school is uniform throughout the...
asked the Minister of Education if he is aware of the overcrowding at Horsforth Feather-bank Primary School due to raising of the school leaving age; why prefabricated huts have not been erected...
asked the Minister of Education how many State scholarships tenable at technological institutions or technical colleges were offered this year; how many candidates there were for these...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations how many British nurses are still in India; and what facilities are being afforded for their repatriation.
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations whether he is satisfied that the steps taken are adequate for the safety of British nationals in India; and whether he will make a...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many new daily or weekly periodicals have been authorised for issue since 1st January, 1947, and if he will state their names.
asked the President of the Board of Trade why a licence has not been granted to the Centrepex International Trading Company, Limited, for the importation of M.G. Sulphite paper from Norway and Sweden.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what quantities of silk stockings have been imported from the Argentine; and at what cost.
asked the President of the Board of Trade how much railway bridging has been exported to Poland as a free gift during 1946 and up to the present date; and what other material has been made...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is the intention of His Majesty's Government to reorganise the making and distribution of British films in Britain; and whether a decision has...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what advice he is giving to industries, which will now change over to production for export, as to the kinds and types of goods and commodities which...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how much ice cream manufacturing machinery has been imported to this country from the United States of America during the year ending 30th June, 1947;...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will arrange for a full public inquiry into the allocation of the Grantham factories; and that authority be given to send for all the files, secret...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will increase the supply of men's shirts to shops in Nor wich and the towns in Norfolk.
asked the President of the Board of Trade why the allowance of 7s. 6d. per ton of concentrated kitchen waste offered to local authorities for the period October, 1947, September, 1948, in the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many men have been allowed additional coupons for dress suits during each of the years 1945, 1946, 1947, respectively, and the four principal...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how much coal he estimates will be saved during the winter by the ban on the lighting of cinema organ consoles.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power by how many tons United Kingdom stocks of oil and petroleum products have increased or decreased in the last 12 months.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what he estimates the saving in dollars will be by the discontinuance of the basic ration for petrol; and what percentage of saving it will bear in relation...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether local fuel overseers have any authority over premises occupied by Government Departments.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will state the extent to which, since August, 1945, it has been possible to utilise the facilities offered by the Royal Dockyards in Great Britain...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power why customers of a coal supplier convicted for supplying short weight are not allowed to change their supplier.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what proportion of the coal mines of this country have given effect to the increased working hours by working extra time during weekdays; and what proportion...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will establish an Appointments Committee to examine any recommendations made by any Minister regarding the filling of any post which is in a Minister's...
May I ask the Leader of the House to state the Business for next week?
"to increase the sums available for defraying expenses incurred by the Minister of Works under section one of the Housing (Temporary Accommodation) Act, 1944," presented by Mr. Key; supported by...
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69 (King's Recommendation signified).
Select Committee appointed to whom shall be referred all Petitions presented to the House, with the exception of such as relate to Private Bills, and that such Committee to classify and prepare...
Lords Message [4th November] communicating the Resolution, "That it is desirable that all Consolidation Bills in the present Session be referred to a Joint Committee of both Houses of...
Resolved: That the Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, extending Section I of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Borough of Falmouth, a copy of which Order was...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."— [Mr. Snow.]
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