Wednesday, 10 December 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Mr. Speaker, I beg to present a Petition addressed to this House by the owners and users of private motor cars and motor cycles protesting against the abolition of the basic petrol ration and...
"to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1936, relating to Coatbridge Burgh Extension, &c.," presented by Mr. Woodburn; and ordered (under...
On a point of Order. May I ask for your guidance, Mr. Speaker. Through no fault of my own, Questions No. 41 and No. 46 are identical and are addressed to different Ministers. Can you tell me...
asked the Postmaster-General if he will give details of the recent rise in wages of Post Office workers; and what is the total annual cost.
asked the Postmaster-General what recent investigations have been made into the organisation and methods employed in the Post Office Savings Department; what recommendations have been made; and...
asked the Postmaster-General whether he will reinstate the use of the present lover's knot postmark at least until the end of the approaching festive season.
asked the Postmaster-General how his receipts per cwt. of Forces' air letters at 2½d. per letter compare with his receipts per cwt. of air mail despatched at ordinary rates to the same...
asked the Postmaster-General if he will make a statement to the House on his recent trip with the cable laying ship "Monarch."
asked the Postmaster-General what restrictions he places on the use of official paid envelopes by nationalised undertakings and associated companies for their ordinary postal correspondence; what...
asked the Postmaster-General whether he is now in a position to make a statement on special issues of postage stamps in 1948.
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will give an assurance that he will not acquire or use the six miles stretch of land officially described as the Millom Range, Cumberland, or any...
asked the Secretary of State for Air how many officers and men of the R.A.F. who were reported as missing or prisoners of war, and are believed to have been in Germany or Poland remain untraced;...
Colonel Wheatley: asked the Secretary of State for Air why the sailing of a party of pilot cadets for South Africa on s.s. "Stirling Castle" on 4th December was cancelled on 28th November, after...
asked the Secretary of State for Air when the airfield at Bolt Head, South Devon, will he made available for agricultural use.
asked the Secretary of State for Air if he is aware that the work of Nos. 327 and 1327, Kilmarnock and District Squadrons, Air Training Corps, is being seriously handicapped by lack of heating...
asked the Secretary of State for Air why candidates for trainee assistant photographer are asked their political views.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation how many aircraft have been diverted from Heathrow to Prestwick on account of weather conditions during November.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation whether it is intended to take delivery of the Stratocruisers in view of the restrictions on foreign travel; when deliveries...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation the cost to the public for the capital subscribed by the Department, together with the Airways Corporations, for the formation...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation if he is satisfied that Turnhouse Airport is operationally suited to the needs of a developing air service.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation if he is aware that the fact-finding inquiry on the Pan-American Airway Constellation accident at Meyadin, Syria, on 18th June,...
Colonel Hutchison: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation whether he is aware that there exists at present at Prestwick hangar accommodation sufficient to allow the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation whether cuts in the capital investment programme, necessitating delay in airfield construction schemes, make any distinction as...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation on what date was the Air Transport Advisory Council constituted; what members serve upon it; and what is their remuneration.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation what meetings he has had during 1947 with the committee of foreign airlines' representatives in the United Kingdom.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when the hon. Member for Ipswich may expect a reply to his letter of 25th September regarding the exchange visit of Workers' Leaders between...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at what capital value the territory of Silesia has been taken into consideration when assessing the total of reparations to be paid.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the present rate of the Treasury grant made in respect of the European Service of the B.B.C.; and to what extent his Department is...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the nature of the charge brought against Maria Marynowska, an employee of the British Embassy in Warsaw; and if he will publish as a White Paper...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) the number of times the British delegation to the United Nations Assembly voted with the United States and the number of times with the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that there is evidence in Japan of a movement to re-introduce Emperor worship; and whether he will instruct the British...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what negotiations are taking place with a view to revising the Treaty between Transjordan and the United Kingdom; and whether he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what grants have so far been made to Malta from the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund; and how they have been used.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps have now been taken to reabsorb into employment men previously employed in the Malta Dockyard.
asked the Prime Minister when the White Paper on the Services' Land Requirements is to be published.
asked the Minister of Defence what estimated annual saving in petrol will be secured as a result of his instructions to the Service Depart-in regard to economy.
asked the Minister of Defence how many meetings of the Defence Committee have taken place since its inception, and how many of these meetings have been attended by the Minister of Transport.
asked the Minister of Defence what proportion of the 1,050,000 acres occupied by the Forces is in Scotland and how this compares with the figures of land occupied by the Forces in 1938.
asked the Minister of Defence how many officers in each of the Services serving in London are brought from their residences to their offices and taken home again by official Service cars; what...
asked the Minister of Defence at whose discretion and on whose authority, are deserters, convicted of civil crimes, discharged from the forces; and whether he can give an estimate of the numbers...
asked the Minister of Defence whether the strength of the three services will be reduced to 700,000 by 31st March, 1948; and what will be the strength of each service at that date.
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State whether he has any statement to make about the recent disturbances in Aden; what is the number of lives lost; how much property has been burnt or...
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting,
Order for Third Reading read.
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
Question again proposed, "That the word 'now' stand part of the Question."
This Motion relates to certain consequential considerations which arose out of the cases of Mr. Allighan and the hon. Member for Doncaster (Mr. Walkden). It will be seen that the wording of the...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Simmons.]
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