Thursday, 27 November 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will instruct regional Petroleum Officers to grant supplementary petrol to persons engaged on official political work.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he is aware that in the Featherstone area of Yorkshire on 5th November many hundredweights of coal were -burnt on bonfires; and what action was taken...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he has studied the Gibbons-Cellan-Jones patent system of upgrading of gas; and whether he will give an estimate of the increased benzole production...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the amount of increased oil consumption in Great Britain due to the conversion in industry and railway engines from coal to oil during the last two years; and...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether saved-up petrol may be used on Christmas day, in order that families and friends may get together and share a better Christmas dinner near a more...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what action he is taking with regard to the supply of fuel elements for gas fires; and if he is aware that the acute shortage of such elements results in a...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will make a monthly statement, and have it promulgated in all local fuel offices, giving the percentage of the allocation of domestic coal supplied...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he is aware that the Hemsworth and United Kingdom Coke Oven Company at Pontefract is faced with a complete breakdown in their gas supplies as a result...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power when the hon. Member for Hornsey may expect replies to his letters of 13th, 25th and 27th October which concerned, respectively, Mr. F. Pettit of 38, Ashley...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what is the estimated saving in dollars by the curtailment of the basic ration in the Channel Islands.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power (1) the amount of petrol produced in this country during 1945 and 1946; and the estimated production in 1947 and 1948 respectively; (2) the petrol...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how much motor spirit is produced by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company at Abadan; and how much of their production is sold outside the sterling area.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how much time, and how much in salaries and expenses were incurred by inspectors of his Department investigating an electric advertising sign used by Messrs....
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power why American coal, which costs £5 10s. per ton plus transport charges, was sold to the Dumfries Lunatic Asylum at 40s. 6d. per ton; and who pays the...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether, in view of the fact that the coal output for the year will probably fall short of the Coal Board's target by three or four million tons, he will say...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what is the intention now with regard to the Consumers' Councils as provided for in the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act, 1946, in connection with the making...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what payment per ton is paid in commission to coal agents in Ayrshire and Glasgow for distributing coal to merchants; and what is the precise nature of the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many naturalisation applications have been granted during the nine months ending 30th September; how this figure compares with the same...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the earliest practicable date on which Summer Time can be reintroduced this winter.
asked the Minister of Labour whether any guarantee of increased output has accompanied the recently announced increase of 15s. weekly in miners' wages.
asked the Minister of Labour how many staff are employed in the Regional Appointments Office, Nottingham; what is the annual cost in salaries and all other charges, respectively; and how many...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will now estimate the numbers of persons to be called up for Military-Service in the first six months of 1948.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will favourably consider making tobacco tokens available to all old age pensioners even although they may be disqualified from receiving a pension...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the retail purchaser of a bespoke suit is required to pay the increased Purchase Tax imposed by the recent Budget with effect from...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury in view of the fact that during this financial crisis the nation is spending more on tobacco than it can afford, if he will give a lead to the...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many Government Departments use advertising signs employing a small electric motor driving a windmill which reflects daylight on the sign; and,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many murders known to the police in England and Wales during the last 20 years were committed by persons previously convicted of crime;...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will include in the Bill dealing with electoral registration a provision for the franchise to be exercised by the wife of a Service...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the case of Rex v. Caunt in which an incitement to ostracise all Jews was held by a jury, after a...
asked the Secretary- of State for the Home Department what representations he has received in regard to the registration and licensing of master and employee window cleaners; and what steps he...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether in regard to two boys, aged ten and eleven years, respectively, birched by order of the Manchester Juvenile Court, he will state the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will consider making provision for the exclusion of juveniles under 16 years from greyhound-racing tracks.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will take steps to investigate, and give an assurance to the House, that unnecessary force is not being used by the police...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Bill relating to the redistribution of constituencies will be presented to the House.
asked the Minister of Health how many permanent and temporary houses have been let to agricultural workers in England, Wales and Scotland.
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the slow progress in the erection of houses in the Wetherby Rural District area and, particularly, at East Keswick; how far the delay is due...
asked the Minister of Health when he proposes to implement the recommendations of the Silkin Report on the conversion of existing houses published in 1945, in view of the recent reduction in the...
asked the Minister of Health what conditions are laid down for the provision of piped water before his Department's consent is given to the construction of Airey houses in rural districts.
asked the Minister of Health what steps he intends to take, in view of the length of time that the housing shortage is likely to continue, in order to adapt as many former Service huts as...
asked the Minister of Health (1) to what extent it has been his policy, during the past six months, to build up stocks of timber, even at the expense of forbidding its issue for the completion of...
asked the Minister of Health how many of the licences issued by the Plympton St. Mary Rural Council for the building of houses by private enterprise in 1946, 1947 and 1948, respectively, have...
asked the Minister of Health the cost of the 900 or 950 superficial feet house built of brick, both in the London area and outside, of the traditional type; and the superficial area of the...
Mr. Vane: asked the Minister of Health for what reasons he has delayed six months giving his approval to Westmorland County Council's application to erect two flats in Kendal for midwives.
asked the Minister of Health how many hospitals have been affected during the current year by a decision of the General Nursing Council to withdraw recognition from them as training hospitals for...
asked the Minister of Health how many children in this country are still officially listed as evacuated; and for what reasons.
asked the Minister of Health when work will commence on the Barnsley Hall Emergency Hospital.
asked the Minister of Health when the report of the Royal Commission on Population may be expected.
asked the Minister of Education if he will give a list of the principal books dealing with Colonial policy and development which he has recommended for use by teachers in secondary schools.
asked the Minister of Education approximately how many classes in primary schools now have over 40 and 50 scholars respectively; and to what extent the shortage of teachers is being overcome.
May I ask the Leader of the House to state the Business for next week?
Sir Richard Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart., for the County of Kent (Gravesend Division).
Order for Second Reading read.
10.0 p.m.
11.15 p.m.
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