Tuesday, 2 December 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I regret to have to inform the House of the death of William Foster, Esquire, Member for the Borough of Wigan, and I desire, on behalf of the House, to express our sense of the loss we have...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that building work on temporary buildings at St. Joseph's School, Clarkston, has been at a standstill since early September; and...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he is aware that dwelling-houses at 191, Hill Street, Charing Cross, Glasgow, have been vacant since five families were evicted from them in July...
asked the Secretary. of State for Scotland if he is aware that dairy farmers are having to wait over two years for the delivery of cream separators, without which it is extremely difficult for...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether he can give any further information regarding the question of paying an additional supplement to men who are temporarily unemployable owing to their war...
asked the Secretary of State for War the total amount paid to the German Government by the British Government for the maintenance of illegitimate children arising out of the occupation of...
asked the Secretary of State for War what is the present total of the Polish Armed Forces now under British command; and if it is still his intention that by 1st January, 1950, all members of...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that no drill halls or other Territorial Army buildings exist in Northern Ireland; and that it is impossible for the Government of...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will give instructions that boys serving in the Army shall not be sent to Palestine before they are nineteen years of age.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that the Military Barracks at Ballater, Aberdeenshire, are unoccupied; and whether it is intended that they shall be used by his Department in...
asked the Secretary of State for War what steps are being taken to get a passage for Mrs. Janet Buckley, wife of Driver K. Buckley, T.14050158, H.Q., Coy., R.A.S.C., No. 3, Training Bn., Elles...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many newly commissioned National Service Officers are on indefinite leave.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether in the advertisement for recruiting for five years in the new Regular Army, under the caption, "George—you're kidding," he will have deleted the...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the dissatisfaction among soldiers with regard to release or terminal benefits, he will take steps to grant civilian outfit or cash grant...
asked the Secretary of State for War for what purpose his Department continue to hold the Imperial Service College premises in Windsor under requisition.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that Captain S. L. Roxburgh of the Command Ordnance Depot, Colombo, has been in close arrest awaiting trial since March, 1947; that although...
Mr. McKie: asked the Secretary of State for War whether a final decision has yet been reached regarding the permanent retention of the tank training ground at Netherlaw, near Kirkcudbright.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether the Brigade of Guards, when doing guard duties in London, can wear full dress.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether his regulations permit soldiers under 21 to sign regular engagements to serve for a period of years over and above the term of their liability under...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether the inquiry instituted by the C.C.G. into the theft of valuables from Glucksburg Castle has yet been completed; and what action has been taken.
asked the Secretary of State for War why money payments to billeted prisoners of war are distributed each week from Batford Camp, Hertfordshire, by lorry over a wide area; and what petrol...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has been able to make arrangements to speed up the return to Germany of prisoners of war due for repatriation and held in transit camps.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that, although a successful charity concert in aid of the Children's Home, East Grinstead, was given by German prisoners of war in...
asked the Minister of National Insurance if he is aware that distress is being caused to old-established employees of approved societies who are receiving notices from his Ministry to the effect...
asked the Minister of National Insurance the estimated number of women between the ages of 54–60 years now contributing to National Insurance, differentiating between spinsters, married...
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether he has yet appointed the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council to consider and advise him on questions relating to the National Insurance...
asked the Minister of Labour how many ex-W.A.A.F. officers have been placed in appointments by the Appointments Board.
asked the Minister of Labour to what extent vocational training schemes for ex-Service men are to be curtailed; and whether the right to training will be preserved.
asked the Minister of Labour to what extent the proposal to limit capital expenditure will curtail or delay the opening of the full number of Remploy factories which was originally contemplated.
Lieut.-Colonel Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: asked the Minister of Labour why people in receipt of unemployment benefit are unable to get franked cards as they have done in the past years; and whether...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the increasing importance of the African Colonies and the similarity of the problems most of them have to face, he will appoint an Under-Secretary of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what negotiations he is undertaking with the Swiss Government with a view to enabling British citizens to visit Switzerland for the winter sports.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to ensure that articles, and especially articles of clothing, particulars of which have been sent him, ordered before the Budget, shall...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he proposes to convert or pay off the £302 million of 3 per cent. Conversion Loan on 1st March, 1948.
Mr. E. P. Smith: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why the Paper C.22035, giving the budgetary increases in Purchase Tax, was circulated and delivered to business offices before the speech...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the approximate purchasing power today of a Savings Certificate purchased in August, 1939; and if he will assure purchasers of Savings Certificates...
Mr. McKie: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the fact that a large number of holders of railway stocks have, of necessity, to hold their securities until they are...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is satisfied that the contraction of the active note circulation by £19,769,000 in the past fortnight is not in some degree due to black...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will now consider, as an inducement and incentive to tens of thousands of former women operatives and new women recruits whom he has required to...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, in view of the Government's revised capital programme, he proposes to make any change in the instructions to the Capital Issues Committee.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether pending the possibility of releasing general postwar credits, he is prepared to consider measures for releasing these credits in individual cases of...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether any assessment for purposes of Income Tax or Surtax is made on the free living accommodation provided for certain Ministers of the Crown.
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what is the procedure to be adopted by old age pensioners to obtain replacement of tobacco coupon books lost through accident or theft.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what were the original duties of the Head of the Civil Service at the time of the first appointment to that office; in what respects those duties have...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what is the total number of forms in use in each Department of State compared with the number in 1938.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether all buyers of softwood were offered and accepted 90 per cent. of their quotas by 15th November as anticipated by the Timber Control of his...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the acute shortage of herring fishing nets; and what steps he is taking to improve the position.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that in the County of Somerset it is impossible for women, with exceptionally large feet, to get any boots; and what steps he is...
asked the President of the Board of Trade why the permitted wholesale profit margin on controlled non-utility woollen cloth is being reduced; and how he intends to ensure that this reduction is...
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) if he will make a full statement on the conversion of the Embassy Cinema in Deansgate, Bolton, into a distributive store for Messrs. Littlewoods,...
asked the President of the Board of Trade why he has refused to grant a licence to export samples of English chutney to Canada.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that there is a total prohibition against the importation of British hosiery into many countries; and what action is he taking to enable...
(by Private Notice) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will extend the time for receiving applications for the granting of refunds of the motor car licence tax, for which...
May I ask the Leader of the House if he has any changes to announce in the Business for tomorrow?
George William Odey, Esquire, C.B.E., for County of York, East Riding (Howdenshire Division).
"to provide for the salary of an Economic Secretary to the Treasury, and to render the holder of that office capable of being elected to, and of sitting and voting in, the House of Commons,"...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."—[Sir S. Cripps.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
I beg to move, in page 3, line 3, to leave out "one-third," and insert "one-quarter." On the previous Clause the Financial Secretary described the Government's intention as a general mopping up...
I beg to move, in page 3, line 29, at the end, to insert: Provided that no duty shall be payable on such stake money which is returned by the totalisator without deduction by the promoter of the...
I beg to move, in page 4, line 34, at the end, to insert: Provided that this Section shall not apply in the case of any trade or business the pro-fits of which consist solely of income received...
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to terminate the existing poor law and to provide in lieu thereof for the assistance of persons in need by the...
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to abolish penal servitude, hard labour, prison divisions and sentence of whipping; to amend the law relating to the...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. R. J. Taylor.]
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