Wednesday, 28 January 1948
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Lords Amendments considered, and agreed to.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the charge made for an officer's flat in Germany at the rank of Major; and what is the charge made to the equivalent rank in the C.C.G.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will, in the present conditions of uncertainty in Europe, make it clear that unless there is to be a complete breakdown in the economy...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the export figure in dollars or pounds sterling from the bizonal area of Germany for the latest convenient period; how this compares with...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why the editor of the "Hannoversche Presse" was reprimanded for a report in his paper on 6th December referring to a statement made by the hon....
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when Yugoslavs detained in Munster Lager who number approximately 100 are to be released and sent back to their displaced persons camp.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why British occupation authorities have refused permission to Poles living in Westphalia to return to Poland.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement on the recent agreement with the United States Government, by which the U.S.A. takes more than 80 per cent. of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware of the fact that the Government of Lower Saxony refused to make a declaration of the successful completion of de-Nazification...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the Government are in possession of copies of the captured documents dealing with relations between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia which have...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to what extent there has been failure to meet the rations in Germany in the past three months.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that an Englishwoman who visited her German husband in Germany in 1946, but returned to England last summer because of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps he has taken, in conjunction with the European nations affected by the Marshall Plan, to set up a suitable organisation to, administer...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at what stage the enquiry into the blowing-up of British ships in the Corfu Channel now stands.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, what facilities have been allowed to political parties, of all shades of opinion, to hold meetings and to express their views in the Free...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has now received the full reports of the trials of Dr. Maniu and his associates; if he will make a statement thereon; and whether the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the result of his representations to the Argentine Government on behalf of a number of disabled Polish soldiers,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will now make a statement regarding compensation to British firms in Burma who, as result of carrying out the Government's scorched-earth...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what European countries have received aid from the U.S.A. and Britain as a free gift since the end of the war; and what was the approximate value...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state the European countries other than Germany and Austria, in which British troops are stationed; the number in each such country;...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what representations have come from the new Persian Government asking for assistance in plans for the economic reconstruction of the country; and...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will now agree to a grant to the International Children's Emergency Fund to provide supplementary food and medical aid to nursing mothers...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has considered taking advantage of the decline in passenger air traffic to spread a knowledge of the workings of British democracy and...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what has been the reply of the Belgian Government to his request that the benefit of Belgian legislation relative to indemnification for war...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will now state the grounds for the refusal by the Soviet Union to allow the Commission established by the General Assembly of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when the appeal of Mme. Marie Marynowska against her sentence to twelve years' imprisonment will be heard, and if, in view of the fact that she...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why senior civil servants were dissuaded from collecting funds for Fourah Bay College; why the Chiefs were not allowed to collect money for this...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in view of the need of financial expenditure on education and social services in Sierra Leone, why it was considered necessary to devote...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement on action taken in Bermuda following the publication of Command Paper 7093.
Lieut.-Commander Clark Hutchison: asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the fact that the Service Departments are bound to have some record of the next-of-kin of members of the Forces who...
asked the Minister of Defence if it is still the intention of His Majesty's Government to retain our troops in Palestine until 1st August; and what instructions he has now issued as to their...
asked the Minister of Defence (1) if he is aware that the volume of recruiting in the City of Nottingham does not require the utilisation of five separate sets of premises and staffs; and if he...
Mr. H. D. Hughes: asked the Minister of Defence whether he will now make a statement on the results of his review of Service ration scales.
asked the Minister of Food, how much was spent on "Food Facts" newspaper advertisements in 1947; and how much it is proposed to spend in 1948.
asked the Minister of Food if he will publish a list of manufacturing and commercial activities in connection with the preparation, processing, and distribution of food and edible products from...
asked the Minister of Food what reductions in the scales of rations issued to the Services, apart from Units engaged in active operations, have been made during 1947; and what bulk economies in...
asked the Minister of Food if he will state the prices being paid for coarse grains under Anglo-Russian Trade Agreement.
asked the Minister of Food how many ex-army 14-day food packets have been sold to the miners; at what price; what they contained; how many food points they represent; and why they were not...
asked the Minister of Food on what basis the supplies to the fried fish and chip trade are allocated to various towns and districts; what allowance has been made for the shift in population since...
asked the Minister of Food whether it is his intention to import any of the 1,000,000 tons of rice which Burma has available for export during the present year.
asked the Minister of Food what percentage of total food consumed in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland was produced in the British Isles, excluding Eire in 1947, and how this compares...
asked the Minister of Food on what grounds he has given permission for a banquet of 450 jewellers and their guests in Birmingham on 13th March.
asked he Minister of Food when he proposes to restore to the housewife freedom to select her milk retailer.
Mr. Amory: asked the Minister of Food whether building operatives in rural areas are in future to be eligible for the extra cheese ration only if they are working for a continuous period of six...
asked the Minister of Food whether he will give consideration to the granting of extra milk to old age pensioners.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the Palestine Government has refused to deliver up possession of certain copies of a document exhibited at the summary of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps have been taken against the owners of ships carrying illegal immigrants to Palestine.
I wish, Mr. Speaker, with permission, to make a statement on the new system of entry of cadets into the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, which was first announced on 6th May, 1947. Also, with...
Motion made, and Question put,
Read the Third time, and passed.
Considered in Committee [Progress, 27th January.]
4.12 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 7, line 2, to leave out from "in," to "to," in line 3, and to insert "writing." I suggest that we might discuss with this Amendment the next Amendment in line 5, to leave...
6.15 p.m.
8.30 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 9, line 15, at the end, to insert: (5) Where the water supplied by any local authority or statutory undertakers is fouled by any Government pipeline or works accessory...
The Solicitor-General: I beg to move, in page 10, line 32, at the end, to insert: Provided that in the case of a payment under the said Subsection (4) which accrued due to any person before the...
I beg to move, in page 11, line 11, at the end, to insert: or the prescribed documents of title have been endorsed under the next following Subsection. This and the following Amendment in line...
I beg to move, in page 12, line 6, to leave out from "emergency" to "entry" in line 8. This Amendment could be taken in conjunction with the Amendment, page 12, line 12, at the end to insert (2)...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
The Solicitor-General: I beg to move, in page 15, line 5, to leave out Subsection (4). This is purely a drafting Amendment. As Part I of the Agriculture Act, 1947, applies to Northern Ireland,...
In the case of a notice to quit given under Section seven of the Northern Ireland Land Act, 1929 (which provides for the giving of notice to tenants in certain cases subject to the payment of...
Where by reason of labour or materials in sufficient quantities not being available or otherwise by reason of the extent of the work to be done in making good any damage to land which may have...
Amendments made: In page 16, line 6, after "made," to insert: and of any other provision referring to an objection such as is mentioned in either of those subsections. In line 20, at end, insert:...
Mr. Rhodes discharged from the Select Committee on Estimates; Mr. Yates added.—[Mr. R. J. Taylor.]
11.4 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Simmons.]
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