Thursday, 25 March 1948
The House met at Eleven o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Consideration, as amended, deferred till Tuesday, 6th April,
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the qualifications for the position of petty sessions clerks; how many are there in England and Wales; what are their respective...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to provide a scheme of constructive work which will make our prisons self-supporting financially and by encouraging...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why he has refused permission for speedway racing to take place in Leicester on Friday evenings at 7 p.m. in view of the fact that the chief...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in relation to his recent decision that prisoners of war married to British women would be given priority consideration in the matter...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if, in view of the food situation in Germany and the small total quantity of seeds involved, he will consider issuing, through the commandants of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has considered the case of the young Streatham girl in the A.T.S., who was wrongfully suspected of theft and subjected to an examination...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to what extent the undermanning of the Police Force in London is due to lack of living accommodation.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the fact that a man can only be a British subject by birth, by nationalisation, or by annexation, he will institute...
asked the Minister of Health what is the cost to the Government of the scheme carried out by his Ministry at Harvard Hospital, Salisbury, for seeking volunteers for experiments on catching cold.
asked the Minister of Health which voluntary hospitals in the London area have been disclaimed from the provisions of the National Health Act.
asked the Minister of Health if he will take steps to secure that local authorities in rural areas shall allocate more council houses to agricultural workers; and that farmers may be able to...
asked the Minister of Health, whether his attention has been called to the consequences flowing from the decision of the Court of Appeal in the case of Ellis and Sons, Amalgamated Properties...
asked the Minister of Health, why his Department has rejected the plan to convert a building on Wood Green, Witney, Oxon, into a block of sixteen flats, when all local authorities had given full...
asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the increased cost of building and the recent increase in the interest rates for loans raised for housing purposes, he will introduce legislation...
Vice-Admiral Taylor: asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the Paddington Borough Council have referred to the tribunal under the Furnished Houses (Rent Control) Act, 1946, some...
asked the Minister of Health whether, in fixing the maximum number of houses which he will allow to be under construction at any given time in Blackpool, he has taken into account the 8,774...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the reply which has been sent by his Department to the Colchester Borough Council's application to build a thousand...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that a house at' 6, Broadclyst Gardens, Thorpe Bay, near Southend, Essex, the property of Mrs. Ivy Allison Bird of the White House, High Oak Road,...
asked the Minister of Health what stocks of timber are available for house building in the West Midlands.
asked the Minister of Health if he is making special efforts at this time to ensure the provision of pipe water for both houses and fire protection services in rural villages.
asked the Minister of Education whether he will reconsider the decision to build a new senior school at Burford, Oxfordshire, south rather than north of the main A40 trunk road in view of the...
asked the Minister of Education whether it is with his approval that the Cardiganshire Education Committee have barred members of the Sea Cadets, Army Cadets, Air Training Corps and Junior...
asked the Minister of Education how many necessitous school children attended the Cardiff Education Committee dining centres for meals during the Christmas holidays, 1947; and whether the feeding...
asked the Minister of Education whether he contemplates a more extensive use of his powers to compel local authorities to pay grants on the Ministry's approved scale to all students securing a...
asked the Minister of Education what steps he is taking to promote the interchange of teachers between countries who have signed the Treaty of Brussels.
asked the Minister of Education when he proposes of this statement and as U.N.E.S.C.O. Conference held last autumn at Mexico City.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what are the sources from which paper has been allocated for the periodical "Coal"; and whether this allocation is subject to the same limitations as...
asked the Minister of Labour where he is to house workers whom he is to transfer to the cotton industry, in view of the housing shortage in these areas at the present time.
asked the Minister of Labour if, in view of the pressure on lodging accommodation in Birmingham and overcrowded condition of the Prison Gate Shelter, he will establish a workers' hostel without...
asked the Minister of Labour how many men are now unemployed in the building industry in the West Midlands.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what principle he now applies to applications by boot and shoe repairers and retailers for increased supplies of coupons; and will he reconsider the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the nature and scope of the activities of the Regional Export Officer for the Midland area; if intimate contact has been established with the local...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what progress has been made by the working party on export forms which he appointed in November last.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is now in a position to issue the industrial ten clothing coupons to those persons now employed as home and domestic helpers.
asked the President of the Board of Trade why there have been substantial recent increases in the selling price of raw cotton to manufacturers.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that certain former employees of the Egyptian Government whose pensions have for many years been paid by the latter into a bank in London and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why clearances of wines and spirits from bond have been refused, although duty had been paid some days previously and physical removal was only delayed by...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the amount of money to date paid out in postwar credits to those reaching the age of 6o; the number of people to whom payment has been made;...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the output of scientific manpower in this country at the present time compares with the estimates made and targets set by the Barlow Committee; and how...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what the regulations are regarding the collection of kitchen waste by local authorities and which local authorities in Great Britain are under direction...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he has any statement to make about basic petrol.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will explain the delay of six weeks in replying to a letter dated 29th January, sent by Mr. Broxholme Castle, 26, Wilmar Gardens, West Wickham, Kent, to...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how much of the planned increase in civilian oil imports in 1948 compared with 1947, as shown in the Economic Survey for 1948, is due to the increased...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what representations he has received from provincial Police Forces as to the difficulty of enforcing compliance with the petrol rationing regulations; and...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power which associations represented hire-car and taxi operators were represented in the conversations prior to the making of Statutory Instrument, No. 386; what...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will render a progress report in respect of the proposed new Bankside Power Station.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power (I) if his attention has been called to the poster "Come to Britain for Motoring" issued by the Travel Association; and if he will publicise the facilities...
On a point of Order, Mr. Speaker, my attention has been drawn to the fact that my name appears as a supporter of the Motion Which stands in the names of a number of Socialist Members of...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that Mrs. Reinerova, a Czechoslovak member of the Diplomatic Corps in London, and at present on a routine...
There have been a number of questions in recent weeks as to the possibility of action to stop the arbitrary eviction of shop tenants in Scotland at the coming term. The Government have...
I appreciate what you said earlier, Mr. Speaker, about Ministers' statements and I will bear it in mind between now and Whitsuntide, but with the leave of the House, I would like to make the...
"to make provision for inquiry into the existence and effects of, and for dealing with mischiefs resulting from, or arising in connection with, any conditions of monopoly or restriction or other...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Whiteley.]
2.0 p.m.
3.57 P.m.
4.30 p.m.
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