Tuesday, 13 April 1948
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for War (1) the number of hours worked weekly by British troops at Mackinnon Road, Kenya, compared with the working hours of African civilians employed on the same...
asked the Secretary of State for War at what date it is proposed that representatives of the Imperial War Graves Commission will be permitted to go to Java in order to inspect and photograph...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many British deserters are believed to be at large in Palestine.
asked the Secretary of State for War how many units now being raised for the Territorial Army, with a war establishment of 700 all ranks or more, still have a recruited strength of 70 or less.
asked the Secretary of State for War what acreage of the North York Moors and coastal area were held by his Department prior to 1939; what is held at the present time; what acreage is included in...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware of the conditions attaching to the award of the Meritorious Service Medal, and that many old soldiers who have been recommended for this...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he has yet considered the documents submitted to him to show the gross irregularities in the trial by field general court martial of 2879296 Private J....
asked the Secretary of State for War why the release of men in groups 68, 69 and 70 serving in Palestine has been deferred and, as the later groups will also be affected, will he cancel the deferment.
asked the Secretary of State for War how many men are at present employed at Rose-bank House, Lockerbie, until recently used as an auxiliary military hospital, and which has been empty for the...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will make a statement about the attack on the camp of the 12th Anti-Tank Regiment near Pardess Hanna in Palestine; and if he will explain how it...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is prepared to make huts at Hill Camp and Victoria Camp, Westbury, available for civilian use, seeing that many of them have been empty for a...
asked the Secretary of State for War what is the present position as regards advice and assistance for persons wishing to visit the graves on the Continent of relatives who lost their lives...
asked the Secretary of State for War what action is being taken to apply to German prisoners of war in the Middle East those provisions operating for men in this country under the auspices of the...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that many repatriated prisoners who by his permission are not being forced back to their original homes are being sent to the British zone of...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether he has now completed his examination of the Report of the Special Committee on Footpaths and Access to the Countryside; and what action he...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning what new regulations he has made under Section 28 (4) of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947; and, whether such regulations will come into...
asked the Minister of National Insurance if he will arrange for a Member of Parliament's National Insurance contribution to be deducted from his pay by the Fees Office.
asked the Minister of National Insurance if he will arrange for those who wish to do so to compound their National Health Insurance contributions by a lump sum payable in advance, which would...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that there is a shortage of skilled labour in Newport and that contractors are short of carpenters, plumbers, plasterers, glaziers, electricians...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will indicate the types of articles manufactured and repaired in the Remploy factories of the Disabled Persons Employment Corporation; the sources of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will refrain from making any grant from the Scottish Education Fund to the Edinburgh College of Art until such time as he is assured that the board...
Lieut.-Commander Clark Hutchison: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when legislation will be introduced to facilitate the reciprocal enforcement of orders for aliment and maintenance in...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland on what grounds he has issued instructions to local authorities that authority for expenditure on reconditioning farm buildings in excess of £100...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons have been charged with murder in the last 20 years in Scotland; and how many were executed.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if transport workers, engaged in transporting miners to and from their work, will be eligible for houses to be erected for the mining population in...
Lieut.-Commander Clark Hutchison: asked the Minister of Pensions whether men who are called up under the National Service Act, 1947, and who sustain injuries whilst undergoing either whole-time...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, in view of the need for the facts of our economic position to be widely known, he will consult with the Minister of Education on the possibility of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give an assurance that His Majesty's Government will not relinquish the position whereby this country acts as receiver and distributor of all...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what counterclaims were submitted to the Royal Netherlands Government by His Majesty's Government for services rendered in liberating Holland, before they...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why intending travellers who declare currency in excess of the amount permitted and receive an official receipt, cannot obtain a refund on their return.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the U.S. Government has been asked to export to this country during the first year of the European Recovery Programme.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will take steps to ensure that the whole of the remission of Entertainments Duty, as it applies to theatres, is passed on to patrons in the form...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what action His Majesty's Government propose to take arising from their recent investigation into the free currency and gold market in Hong Kong.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will include in the Economic Planning Board representatives of small manufacturers and small traders who at present have not representation on the Board.
asked the Economic Secretary to the Treasury how many standards of softwood timber were allocated to each industry in 1946 and 1947 by inter-departmental agreement and through the timber...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many applications for war damage were received after the expiration of the statutory time limit; and in how many of these cases was the...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will extend to postmen who served in the Armed Forces in the 1914–18 war the right to count war service towards pensionable service under...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will set up an appeals tribunal to consider the cases of those members of the staffs of approved societies who have a grievance against the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the recent rise in raw cotton prices is making it difficult to sell British goods in the American and Canadian markets; and if he is...
I will, with permission, make a statement on the appointment of the Chairman and Deputy-Chairman of the Gas Council. The House will recall that during the passage of the Coal Industry...
Proceedings on Government Business exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House).—[The Prime Minister.]
Considered in Committee [Progress, 12th April].
Question again proposed, That it is expedient to amend the law with respect to the National Debt and the public revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance."—[Sir...
3.36 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That—(1) Where, on or after the first day of June, nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and before such date as may be specified by order of the Treasury, a...
10.53 p.m.
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