Wednesday, 26 November 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'clock
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what plans exist for the expanded growth of Empire cotton suitable for use in Lancashire.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what assistance is available for West African and other colonial peoples, who have the requisite training, and who desire to start small secondary...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it is yet possible to raise the rice ration in Malaya from 4½ oz. per day to which it was lowered in May this year to bring it more...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what disturbances among the Arab population of Palestine followed the landing of 200 Jewish immigrants who penetrated the naval blockade north of the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what action is proposed by the British Government in respect of funds at the disposal of the Palestine Government in connection with the withdrawal...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware that the Palestine Government has decided to advertise in Palestine newspapers inviting tenders for the purchase of 69 Government...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will ensure that rolling stock returning empty from Kongwa to Dar es Salaam is allowed to stop at intermediate stations long enough to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how much of Uganda's allocation of the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund is it proposed to spend on hospital buildings; and whether he is...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what action is being taken by the Government of Uganda to encourage the development of the Cooperative movement among Africans.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that a boy of 15 years of age was sentenced to 12 strokes for participating in the Uplands bacon factory riot in Kenya; that in...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, approximately, how many trained African nurses and doctors, respectively, and how many nursing trainees are working in West African Colonies at the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what arrangements are being made for the transfer of the Gibraltarians from Northern Ireland to London; and what are the reasons which are holding up...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) if his attention has been drawn to the protests of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce that the cuts in imports imposed by the Colonial Office were...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he will look into the position of pensioner clerks to staff officers employed in the Intelligence Division of his Department abroad, whose...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether the American method of preserving ships in reserve by means of airtight covers of special material has been considered by the Admiralty;...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what arrangements have been made by the Soviet Government for the return of H.M.S. "Royal Sovereign" and U.S.S. "Milwaukee" under the terms on...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many ships and men of the Royal Navy were engaged on an anti-slavery patrol in the Red Sea during the years of the war; how many dhows...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty why refusal to allow men to buy themselves out of the Royal Marines is persisted in, when these men desire to go overseas to take up lucrative...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he is aware of the serious shortage of scrap iron in the country; and if he will accelerate the process of breaking up the warships now...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, whether any ships have been withdrawn from the Mediterranean since 27th October.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what is the present capacity of the electricity generating station at the Royal Naval Cordite Factory at Holton Heath; and when will this be...
asked the Postmaster-General what instructions he has issued to the transport section of his Department regarding economy in petrol; and what is his estimated annual saving as a result.
asked the Postmaster-General, why small food parcels from Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, to Gillingham, Kent, which are sent express post, are taking three, and sometimes four, days to be delivered;...
asked the Postmaster-General how many telephones have been installed, respectively, in the Bolton and Farnworth districts during the last three months; and how many installations it is estimated...
asked the Postmaster-General why no special stamp has been issued to commemorate the Royal Wedding.
asked the Postmaster-General when he will restore the practice of issuing the Postmaster-General's Annual Report on the business of the Post Office.
asked the Prime Minister if he will consider appointing a Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to deal, with fisheries.
asked the Minister of Defence what is the percentage of semi-illiterates found in the three Services out of the monthly call-up.
asked the Minister of Defence when he expects to be able to announce target strengths of volunteers for the three Services.
asked the Minister of Food if he will give an assurance that the figures for the importation of dried fruit necessary for making Christmas puddings will not fall below those of last year.
asked the Minister of Food what imports of sugar from the Dutch East Indies he anticipates making in the next twelve months; and whether, in view of the great services rendered to the Dutch...
asked the Minister of Food what proportion of Scotland's share in bulk-bought food imports is discharged at Scottish ports and what proportion transferred from English ports by rail; and...
asked the Minister of Food the annual cost of administering the food subsidies.
asked the Minister of Food if he will state the daily calorific value in detail of rationed foods other than points foods for an adult person.
asked the Minister of Food whether his regulations permit those who grow potatoes on allotments or their own land or gardens to send them as gifts to friends and relations.
asked the Minister of Food on what date the full explanation about the bad and fusty flour was sent by his Department to the Grimsby and District Bakery Trade Association; why this information...
Lady Grant: asked the Minister of Food whether, in view of the fact that the latest uptake figures for orange juice, cod liver oil and vitamin tablets, are only 41 per cent., 33 per cent. and...
asked the Minister of Food why the quality of glucose, supplied by the Ministry of Food to manufacturers of sweetmeats, has deteriorated recently; and what is being done to provide the proper...
asked the Minister of Food if he is aware that there are thousands of cases of tinned rasher bacon lying in the stores in Australia; and if he will arrange for this to be brought to this country...
asked the Minister of Food what information he has obtained as to the quantities of exportable bacon, sugar and dried eggs, to which his attention has been drawn, available in America.
asked the Minister of Food what is the percentage allowed as food wastage when calculating that the average calorie intake today is 2,700 calories.
asked the Minister of Food the composition of the new Fruit and Vegetable (Marketing and Distribution) Organisation, and also whether Clause 4 of its terms of reference will enable it to advise...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware of the concern caused in the Forest of Dean by the dismissal of Mr. G. F. Bell, the Food Executive Officer in the Lydney Rural District since 1939;...
asked the Minister of Food if cake manufacturers are free to allocate their products as they wish, or do retailers receive an allocation of cake in proportion to their 1939 trade with the...
asked the Minister of Food if he will state in convenient categories of food the profit and loss account of all his dealings in food including overhead costs since July, 1945.
asked the Minister of Food if he is aware that many milk retailers are now operating at a loss owing to increased costs and reduced sales; and if he will now agree to receive a deputation in...
asked the Minister of Food if he has now been able to arrange for the required supplies of agricultural machinery and fertilizers to be sent to Eire, to fulfil the terms of the trade agreement,...
asked the Minister of Food how many pints of port wine were bought, and at what cost, by this country from Portugal in the first nine months of 1939 and 1947. respectively.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether it is by his authority that the Press Office, St. Andrew's House, has issued a statement giving complete details of six meetings on St....
Proceedings on Government Business exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House).—[The Prime Minister.]
I beg to move, That, during the absence of the Deputy-Chairman, owing to temporary indisposition, the hon. Member for Newton (Sir R. Young) shall be entitled to exercise all the powers vested in...
Considered in Committee; reported without Amendment; read the Third time, and passed.
[Changed from Emergency Laws (Transitional Provisions) Bill]
3.40 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 9, to leave out line 43. This is consequential on the previous Amendment.
Order for Second Reading read.
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to increase the sums available for defraying expenses incurred by the Minister of Works under Section one of the...
Considered in Committee.
6.17 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Joseph Henderson.]
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