Wednesday, 14 April 1948
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I have here a Petition from the citizens and workers in the Borough of Finsbury which I desire to present to this House. It draws attention to the steady increase in the cost of living,...
Consideration, as amended, deferred till Tomorrow.
asked the Secretary of State for Air what types of aircraft are used by the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; and what types will be introduced in the future.
asked the Secretary of State for Air if compensation will be paid for property damaged and personal injuries caused by the R.A.F. Anson aircraft crash at Hendon on 9th February.
asked the Secretary of State for Air why the Air Ministry will not accept the offer of the Harrogate Water Committee to purchase the water main which runs to Allerton Park; and whether he is...
asked the Secretary of State for Air, if, in view of the fact that details of discharge from His Majesty's Forces by purchase have been now announced, but not yet incorporated in an A.M.O. and...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation when he expects to publish the findings of the inquiry into the Sabena air accident, which took place at Heathrow on 2nd...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation upon whom was the responsibility for notification of next-of-kin of casualties in the B.E.A.C. aircraft disaster at Berlin; if...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation why the B.O.A.C. Constellation base has not yet been moved to this country.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, whether any decision has yet been made about aircraft types to be used by B.O.A.C. over the next five to seven years.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation if he will make a statement on the steps he proposes to take in order to implement the findings of the Newton Report of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how much scrap in the British zone of Germany has been sold to French firms, how much of this is then re-sold to this country, what percentage of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if General Sir Brian Robertson, British Military Governor in Germany, consulted him before making his speech at the Landtag, Provisional...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many factories still remain to be dismantled in the British zone of Germany under the level of industry plan.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any arrangements have been made, or are proposed to be made, for consultations between His Majesty's Government and the United States...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what relations he has, and intends to have after i5th May, with Zionist authorities; and what action he has taken, or intends taking in regard to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that Fawzi el Kawukji is using new-type British 25 pounders and armoured cars in Palestine, and that these are being brought in...
asked the Minister of Defence if our forces in Palestine have instructions not to shoot unless and until they are actually attacked by force; and what instructions have been given them in the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will instruct his economic and planning advisers to prepare a world recovery plan, complementary to the European Recovery Plan, preparatory...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the amount of money spent overseas annually by the British Council and the information services attached to the Embassies and Legations.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has any further statement to make on the claims by Argentina and Chile to British Falkland Island Dependencies and by Guatemala to British...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to what extent he estimates that military Forces in excess of those allowed by the Peace Treaties are now being maintained in Hungary and...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what progress has been made towards the creation of the Consultative Council, as foreshadowed in Article VII of the Treaty of Economic, Social and...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he intends making representations to the United Nations organisation with a view to safeguarding from dangers similar to those visualised in...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many sheep are annually destroyed in the Falkland Islands for lack of export facilities; and whether he has any plans for providing tinning or...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to what extent suppression or restriction on the Press now operates in the Gold Coast; and when it is expected that such restrictions will be...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are being taken to absorb the unemployed in the Gold Coast; how many of the unemployed are trained or semi-trained industrially; and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will consult with the Overseas Food Corporation, the Kenya Meat Marketing Board and representative settlers with a view to developing beef...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why instructions have been given to the governments of East African Colonies to give trade preference to goods from Europe over those from the Dominions.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he has now received the report of the committee reviewing Colonial Service salaries in East Africa; and whether he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether in connection with the intensification of experimental work in the mechanisation of rice production in colonial Far Eastern territories,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Maltese emigrants have left the island during the past 12 months; and what are his plans for assisting Maltese emigration to other parts of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps he has taken to encourage American tourist ships to visit the islands of the British West Indies.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why the Trinidad Finance Committee have recommended the suspension of work on the teachers training college; what are the existing facilities for...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the Acting Financial Secretary of Uganda recently announced that the provincial Commissioners considered that the present...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many mining prospecting licences in British Guiana have been granted to American interests, British firms and other interests, respectively; and...
asked the Minister of Food whether he has any statement to make with regard to the rationing of potatoes.
asked the Minister of Food if he has now concluded his discussions with the T.U.C. regarding an extension through the year of the seasonal allowances of extra food to farm workers who have no...
asked the Minister of Food the tonnage of each variety of feedingstuffs, including maize and coarse grains, allocated to Great Britain by the I.E.F.C. for the year 1947.
asked the Minister of Food if he is aware that the village of Hales in the county of Norfolk has been urging the granting of a licence for the opening of a fried fish shop for ten months; and if,...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware of the shortage of sardines in the shops; and what prospects are there of remedying this at any early date.
Mr. Dc la Bére: asked the Minister of Food whether he will consider placing the sweet ration on a money basis instead of weight, to enable those who wish to avail themselves of sweets...
asked the Minister of Food whether he will extend the list of designated persons who may witness signatures to documents that may be required by local food offices, particularly so as to...
asked the Minister of Food whether the Australian cricket team who are arriving here shortly to take part in the Cricket Test matches will receive the same food rations as those to be allotted to...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that the increase in quantity and strength of beer which has been promised for the Midlands is causing dissatisfaction in other parts of the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the estimated cost, per month, to the Palestine Government of maintaining the Jewish refugee camps in Cyprus; and who will be responsible for meeting...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any statement to make regarding the financial relations between the Nyasaland Government and His Majesty's Government.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is aware that retired naval men on clerical duties are paid on a lower scale than that enjoyed by the general clerical class, in...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he is now able to state the approximate cost of the proposed exercises of the Home Fleet in the West Indies; and the amount of liquid fuel...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty for what purpose the Naval Hospital at Great Yarmouth is now used; what acreage the site covers; and what are the numbers of inmates and staff.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty why naval cadets who will now have an extra term at Dartmouth are to be penalised by the loss of three months basic seniority.
Lieut.-Commander Clark Hutchison: asked the Postmaster-General when it is proposed to relax the present restriction whereby a person applying for the installation of a telephone in the Edinburgh...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of, Mr. C. S. TAYLOR:
On a point of Order, Mr. Speaker, I want to ask whether, in view of the very offensive treatment which my colleague the hon. Member for Mile End (Mr. Piratin) received in this House when he...
Proceedings on Government Business exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House.—[Mr. H. Morrison.]
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
(1) During the continuance in force of this Section, no person shall be sentenced by a court to death for murder; and every enactment requiring a court to pronounce or record a sentence of death...
(1) Where a person in whose case an approved school order has been made is brought before a court of summary jurisdiction under Section eighty-two of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933,...
Where a report by a probation officer is made to any court (other than a juvenile court) with a view to assisting the court in determining the most suitable method of dealing with any person in...
Where any person has entered into a recognizance conditioned for his appearance before a court of summary jurisdiction and in breach of that recognizance fails to appear, the court may, without...
Every person who causes the death of another shall be guilty of murder in the first degree if the act by which the death is caused— (a) is done with the deliberate and premeditated...
The Criminal Appeal Act, 1907, shall be amended by the addition of the following new Subsection to Section nine (which deals with the supplemental powers of the Court) that is to say: (2) In any...
If in the case of a person sentenced uncles the Section (Suspension of death penalty) of this Act to imprisonment for life the Secretary of State is satisfied, after considering a report as to...
Paragraph (a) of Subsection (1) of Section seven of the Summary Jurisdiction (Appeals) Act, 1933, is hereby repealed, and the following paragraph shall be substituted therefor: (a) in appointing...
(1) Paragraph 11 of the Second Schedule to the Criminal Justice Act, 1925, shall be amended by the insertion of the following words after "Section eighteen," "Section twenty where the amount of...
For Section four of the Forfeiture Act, 1870, there shall be substituted the following Section:
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69. (King's Recommendation signified.)
Resolved: That the Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, extending Section 1 of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Urban District of East Dereham, a copy of which...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Wilkins.]
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