Monday, 1 December 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
May I say how glad we are to see you safely back, Mr. Speaker, from your visit to France, and also congratulate you on the high honour conferred upon you?
asked the Minister of Works the value of the building licence which has been granted to the "Daily Worker" for their new premises.
asked the Minister of Works if his attention has been drawn to the persistent refusal of his Department to release shop premises known as 558, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, from requisitioning;...
asked the Minister of Works what is the justification for retaining the requisition of 33, Davies Street, W.., at a rental of £500 a year; at what figure this property is being sub-let to...
asked the Minister of Works what was the personnel employed by his Ministry on the 1st November, 1947, and the number on the 1st November, 1946; also the total cost in salaries and allowances on...
asked the Minister of Works what is the latest estimate, after allowing for increased building costs, for the new House of Commons Chamber.
asked the Minister of Works whether he is aware that there are thousands of disused Service huts still in good condition standing in remote places where they are not suitable as temporary houses;...
Mr. Braddock: asked the Minister of Works when the contract price for supplying, apart from erection, the various types of prefabricated houses, including the aluminium house, was agreed with...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the total number of Labour Attachés employed at Legations and Embassies, and the total cost involved in this service.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when the screening of the Yugoslavs' now detained at Munster Lager will be completed; and whether arrangements can now be made to return on parole...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in view of the fact that under the Geneva Convention persons who are captured as military prisoners of war during the course of hostilities must...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what the 5,000 Germans at present employed in German war plants scheduled for demolition in the British zone are producing.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what disciplinary action has now been taken as a result of the publication of poster, Z.E.C.O./20006/1/Org.1, in the British zone of Germany.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he proposes to reinstate Mr. H. Ryder in his post in the Control Commission, following his acquittal after retrial by a Control Commission...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why there is obstruction of attempts by social workers in Germany to discover the names, addresses and numbers of German unmarried mothers of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether S.S. German prisoners of war now in this country are liable to be charged for wartime offences on their repatriation to their own country;...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the position of the Loubau refineries in Austria; and whether they have been classed as a German asset or as still belonging to British,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs for what reason Press messages from Vienna have still to be passed through the Allied Censorship Office before transmission; and whether the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has considered a letter sent to him by the hon. Member for West Fife, dealing with an allegation by the ex-Chancellor of Austria that the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has yet received a reply to the Note from the British Chargé d'Affaires protesting to the Spanish Government about the destruction...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what secret treaties were negotiated during the war; and if they will now be published.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the diplomatic documents relative to the proposed attack on Russia in 1940 can be now inspected by Members of Parliament.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many requests by Allied Governments for the extradition of war criminals have not yet been complied with.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government still considers that Poland should have the right to extend her territory to the line of the Oder, including the...
asked the Minister of Food how many letters have been received by his Ministry from the public during the last twelve months; how many have been concerned with complaints; and how many were...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that certain grocers shops from time to time display large heaps of fresh ham bones for sale, the meat having been cut off,...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. SKEFFINGTON-LODGE:
asked the Minister of Food why he has obtained such a small proportion of the output of tinned Malayan pineapples during the last 18 months for consumption in Britain; and what steps he is taking...
asked the Minister of Food if he is purchasing maize from Brazil.
asked the Minister of Food how many of the cold storage plants constructed during the war are in the control of his Department; and how many of them are not in use at the present time.
asked the Minister of Food whether he has considered the representations from the steel workers employed by the South Durham Steel and Iron Company; and what action he proposes to take to remedy...
asked the Minister of Food which hotels have been required to cancel meat coupons in ration books of residents and staff, to whom no meat could be offered; and in what circumstances.
asked the Minister of Food what quantities of herring have been bought from Iceland at a higher price than that paid to Scots fishermen; and to what extent herring have been dumped into the sea...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that owing to the present shortage of accommodation, certain landladies of persons who are obliged to live away from home during part of each week,...
asked the Minister of Food how much tinned Snoek has been purchased by his Department; what was the price paid; and whether he is satisfied that this purchase serves a useful purpose.
asked the Minister of Food how many people were eligible to receive agricultural meat pies in the month of October; and how many pies were distributed in that month.
asked the Minister of Food what is the estimated monetary loss of the bananas recently landed at Avonmouth which were unfit for consumption, and who bears this loss.
asked the Lord President of the Council if he is aware that seven identical copies, in separate envelopes, of a notice from the Privy Council ordering the inclusion in the Book of Common Prayer...
asked the Attorney-General what was the total cost, direct and indirect, of sending Mr. Justice Birkett as an associate British judge to the Nuremberg trials.
asked the Attorney-General if he will devise a means of obviating the loss and damage suffered by appellants to the Court of Criminal Appeal by their being detained in prison, without bail,...
asked the Minister of Agriculture (1) the percentage of home-produced wool which is spoiled by dip stains or tar brands; and if his Department has consulted with farmers, wool manufacturers and...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if, in future, he will see that all Forestry Commission farms which become vacant are advertised, so that all those who wish to apply for tenancy should have a...
asked the Minister of Agriculture why he refused to grant an interview to, and to receive representations from, the appointed Committee of the National Association of Fishery Boards before...
Colonel Wheatley: asked the Minister of Agriculture what is the present position of the proposal to constitute an elected central committee to co-ordinate the activities of county garden produce...
Lieut.-Colonel Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: asked the Minister of Agriculture when the accounts of the county agricultural committees for 1946 will be published.
Mr. Baldwin: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether building work either new construction or repairs, which the Forestry Commission may wish to carry out, is controlled by the same licensing...
asked the hon. Member for Walthamstow, West, as Chairman of the Kitchen Committee, if any wines or spirits purchased for the Refreshment Department are sold for consumption off the premises; and...
I will, with permission, make a statement on the outcome of the discussions about the future employment of Gurkha troops. I am glad to be able to inform the House that the discussions between...
Before we get on to the Business of the day, I would like to make a short report to the House. I have to report that I have performed the duty imposed on me by the Resolution of the House, and...
Extrait du Procès-Verbal de la Séance du Jeudi 27 Novembre, 1947:
Proceedings in Committee on Agriculture (Scotland) [Money] and of the Committee of Ways and Means exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the...
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69.—(King's recommendation signified.)
Considered in Committee.
Resolved: That, where under any Act of the present Session to amend the enactments relating to agricultural holdings in Scotland; to make further provision for the improvement and development of...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Popplewell.]
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