Monday, 24 November 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Supply the number of vehicles, lorries and private cars separately, ordered in 1946 by all the Departments of State, and, separately, in the first six months of 1947.
asked the Minister of Works what inquiries he has made as to the relative office accommodation afforded to civil servants and those employed in private offices; and whether he is satisfied that...
asked the Minister of Works if he will give an assurance that no Government Department has allowed windows or other spaces to be hired to view the Royal Wedding Procession.
asked the Minister of Supply is he aware that although jute mills are being pressed to increase production for both the home market and export, the allocation of steel indispensable for the...
asked the Minister of Supply if he is aware that a piecework system for about 12 mechanics has been introduced into his Department's establishment, C.I.E.M.E., Fox-berry, Perry Street,...
asked the Minister of Supply whether the lower-power atomic pile at Harwell is now in operation.
asked the Minister of Works why the Control of Building Materials (No. 1) Order, makes it necessary to obtain a W.B.A. priority licence not only for house-building and other building work inside...
asked the Minister of Works whether he is aware of the continuing decrease in the production of corrugated asbestos sheeting during 1947; and if, in view of the urgent requirements of the...
asked the Minister of Works how many contracts for which his Department is responsible have been stopped or delayed by the shortage of skilled masons.
asked the Minister of Works what is the quantity and value of Belgian bricks imported during 1946; what is the quantity and value of these imported into this country during 1947 up to the nearest...
asked the Minister of Works when a licence was issued to convert No. 227 Cross Lane, Salford, from a dental surgery to a milk bar and ice cream business, what was the cost of the conversion, and...
asked the Minister of Works whether he is aware that church authorities are unable to obtain renewals of worn out parts of the heating systems of churches; and if he will authorise a grant of...
asked the Minister of Works whether he proposes to set up a committee of Members to advise him on matters arising during the rebuilding and furnishing of the new House of Commons.
Mr. Baker White: asked the Minister of Works (1) the average number of men housed in the Ministry of Works Hostel at Bifrons Park, near Bridge, and the average monthly delivery of coal to this...
asked the Minister of Works why he granted licences for a total of £12,584 to Daniel Neal's, Robinson and Cleavers, and the Barbeque Restaurant at Bournemouth having regard to the abundance...
asked the Minister of Works the purposes for which the premises at Royal Exchange, Manchester, in respect of which a licence for £171,300 has been granted are to be used, how much of the sum...
asked the Minister of Works what were the terms of the recommendation by the Ministry of Food upon which he granted the licence for £4,500 to Messrs. Kenaldo Limited in respect of 96,...
asked the Minister of Works on the basis of houses completed, how the present output of house building compares with the prewar formula of one house per man per year.
asked the Minister of Works on what grounds a W.B.A. priority was refused for the plumbing work on four cottages on the farm known as Charlesfield, Annan, which are being reconditioned at the...
asked the Minister of Works what is the value of the licence granted to build the block of flats in Knightsbridge known as Alexander Keep; the number of flats concerned; and why, in view of his...
Mr. Vane: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is satisfied that accurate replies are given to question 118 in the normal questionnaire, Fragebogen, in use in Germany...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what arrangements are being made to transport the contents of German factories allotted as-reparations.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the Government's present policy towards German prisoners of war who volunteer to remain in this country beyond their repatriation date and...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what boundaries were at any time agreed to by any British Government for postwar Poland, and to what extent the Oder and Neisse formed part of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the names of His Majesty's representative to Roumania and the hon. Member for Chichester were included in the indictment...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is to be the function of the British Military Com mission in Greece, now that a joint- Greek-American Army Staff is being established; and to...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why the United Kingdom representative on the Political Committee of the United Nations General Assembly did not support the Indian resolution...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the reasons for the delay in the hearing of the Corfu Channel case by the International Court of Justice.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to what extent and by what methods it is proposed to reduce the activities of the European Service of the B.B.C.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has taken any steps to aid the Nuffield organisation to start the manufacture of agricultural tractors.
asked the Minister of Agriculture why the National Agricultural Advisory Service was absent from the London Dairy Show; and at which shows this year the N.A.A.S. has had a stand.
asked the Minister of Agriculture what arrangements are being made to ensure that land will be avail able to suitable applicants under the pro visions in the Agricultural Act, relating to...
asked the Minister of Agriculture the present position with regard to the manufacture and delivery of supplies of horticultural glass; and if he is satisfied that available supplies are...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how much the Odium v. Stratton dispossessed farmer's case has now cost the taxpayer.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, in view of the recent announcement that there are now 2,000,000 less sheep in this country than at this time last year, how long he estimates it will take to...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how much acreage was used for growing potatoes in 1946, 1947, and what is the estimated acreage for 1948.
asked the Minister of Agriculture when he expects to be able to revise the 1939 basis of rationing feedingstuffs to commercial pig and poultry farmers, so as to provide additional feedingstuffs...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is satisfied that the tar gets set the various counties for potatoes and wheat next year will be realised; and will he indicate the acreages of both...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware of the scale on which the stealing of poultry from farms is now being conducted; what information he has about the mode of operating of the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, in view of the new programme for increasing the livestock population of the country, what steps he proposes to take to ensure a more rapid development of...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is satisfied that his Department is fully informed on the experiments in the immunisation of cattle against foot and mouth disease, carried out in the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture the present strength of the Women's Land Army; the numbers recruited during the past six months; and the number which it has been found impossible to place in...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that an attempt is being made in this country to establish that the refusal of the Soviet Government to allow the wives and...
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee, under Standing Order No. [King's Recommendation signified.]
Ordered: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders Nos. 46 and 47, Part II of the Local Government Bill committed [19th November] to a Standing Committee, shall be separated from the...
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes Of any Act of the present Session to amend the law relating to Exchequer grants to local authorities and grants by local authorities to other local...
Mr. Viant appointed a Managing Trustee of the House of Commons Members' Fund in pursuance of section two of the House of Commons Members' Fund Act, 1939.—[Mr. R. J. Taylor.]
10.2 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Pearson.]
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