Thursday, 15 April 1948
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Consideration, as amended, deferred till Monday next at seven o'clock.
Second Reading deferred till Monday next at seven o'clock.
asked the Minister of Education if he will describe the machinery through which his Department approves the B.B.C.'s educational broadcasts to schools.
asked the Minister of Education when he expects to be able to make a public decision on the recent application by dentists in the public service for an interim increase in salary.
asked the Minister of Education on what grounds and in what circumstances the Kittyhawk aeroplane bequeathed by the late Mr. Orville Wright to the Science Museum, South Kensington, has been given...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what party political literature other than the report of the Socialist Party Conference for 1947 was displayed by British Information...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement concerning the recent increases in raw cotton prices and the effect on the cotton industry.
Mr. Vane: asked the President of the Board of Trade what proportion of the total available paper, suitable for printing and publishing, but excluding newsprint, is now being used by or on behalf...
asked the President of the Board of Trade why in Liverpool stores, hand towels are offered at 2s. 11d. each, and one coupon, when better quality hand towels offered at 14s. 11d. each require only...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will relate production in the furniture industry to actual rather than potential buying.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what means he is employing to ensure finance for the independent film producer.
asked the President of the Board of Trade the statistical basis on which he calculates that our present national product exceeds that of 1938.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the stocks held by men's outfitters are of large dimensions and are frozen because the markets are closed; and if he will take steps...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what is, by regions, the stock of soft wood timber in the country; if export industries are receiving their requirements; what is the average monthly...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will now publish the details of the Film Agreement recently concluded with the American Motion Picture Industry.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give further consideration to the request from the miners of Michael Colliery, East Wemyss, for an increased supply of leather for the repair...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what are the regulations with regard to the collection of household bones by local authorities; and which local authorities in Great Britain are under...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is now in a position to make a statement about the Havana Conference on trade and employment.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will direct the electricity supply authorities to transform current on the three-phase circuit and abolish the single phase which is involving farmers...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what is the number of representations that have been made to His Majesty's Government by British and British owned oil companies in Roumania; and what...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will now reintroduce the petrol allowance for members of the Forces on foreign service leave.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power for how long he proposes to prohibit the use of windmills to produce power for lighting purposes.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether in view of the new regulations coming into force for the sale of petrol on 1st June, he will consider raising the marginal allowance to garage...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power in view of the recommendations of the Russell Vick Committee, what steps are contemplated for the protection of motorists who use upper cylinder lubricant...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether in view of the considerable increase in stocks, he will now restore to the previous maximum of 56 lb. the quantity of coke which can be obtained off...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will take steps to improve the quality of coal supplied to domestic consumers in the Cheltenham area.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why despite the letter dated 30th June, 1947, to the hon. Member for The High Peak stating that an application by Dr. Gerhard Rohl for a visa...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fires have broken out causing damage greater than £1,000, £5,000 and £10,000 in 1938, in 1947, and in 1948 to the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is proposed that the May, 1949, election of borough councillors shall be contested on a Register of Electors to be published next...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he can give any information as to the constitution of the Probation Advisory Committee and how appointments to this Committee are made; and...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that widespread anxiety has been aroused by his recent circular to local authorities discouraging any development of health centres at the present...
asked the Minister of Health, when he invited the medical and dental schools to consider the recommendations of the Goodenough and Teviot Committees, if he asked them to make recommendations; and...
asked the Minister of Health what representations he has received regarding the proposed closing down of the Almeric-Paget Clinic, Thoresby Street, N.1; whether he is aware that this clinic...
asked the Minister of Health what progress has been made in the conversion of hutted accommodation in Aqualate Park in the rural district of Stafford for emergency housing; how many families will...
asked the Minister of Health if, in view of the growing lack of work for many small building firms, he will now allow local authorities to issue further licences for private enterprise building.
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the decay of thatching and other rural crafts; and what steps he is taking both to encourage their revival and in the case of cottages and...
asked the Minister of Health when No. 9 Cheverton Avenue, Withernsea, property of Mrs. Jessie Empson, will be derequisitioned.
Mr. Vane: asked the Minister of Labour why Mr. J. W. Earle, of Lupton, Holme, Westmorland, has been refused permission by his Department to leave his present employment in order to join the...
asked the Minister of Labour how many of the staff of Miles Aircraft Factory at Woodley have, since September, 1947, been registered as unemployed for more than a fortnight; and how many of those...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will now make a statement on the arrangements for financing imports into the United Kingdom from Canada.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the terms of payment for the aircraft carrier recently sold to the Royal Netherlands Government; and why His Majesty's Government are satisfied with these terms.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is proposing that moneys received from annuities endowment policies or provident funds will be regarded as investment income for the purpose of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what complaints of delay on the work done under Pay As You Earn by business firms he has received; how much taxation is collected by this means and what is...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why a 66⅔ per cent. Purchase Tax has been imposed on draining boards; and whether he will reconsider this matter as prejudicing the provision of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in order to encourage savings, he will introduce a new National Savings Certificate yielding, approximately, 2½ per cent. rate of interest, and...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what percentage of the money paid to the Tithe Redemption Commission is received by local agents for collection.
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will reconsider the case of a traveller who, just before leaving Jamaica, was refunded £8 paid as a deposit for a hired car, and had...
asked the Economic Secretary to the Treasury when the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 3 of Annex to No. 6 of the Anglo-Italian Property and Debts Agreement, Cmd. 7118, will come into force.
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether a sifting of the employees of the Crown Film Unit is being initiated in accordance with the Government's recently announced policy.
asked the Economic Secretary to the Treasury if he will call for and publish the evidence which the chairman of the South-West Regional Board for Industry has, that Communists are trying to...
May I ask the Leader of the House whether he has any statement to make in Business for next week?
May I draw your attention, Mr. Speaker, to an inaccuracy in today's HANSARD? A Division took place last night—
Proceedings on Government Business exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House).—[Mr. H. Morrison.]
REPORT [6th April]
Resolution reported: That it is expedient to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund— (a) of the sum of five hundred million pounds for the permanent annual charge for the National...
[For details of Resolutions see OFFICIAL REPORT for 13th April, 1948, c. 924 and 925.]
"to grant certain duties, to alter other duties and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in con, nection with Finance," presented...
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to abolish penal servitude, hard labour, prison divisions and sentence of whipping, to amend the law relating to the...
As amended (in the Standing Committee), further considered.
Section twenty-four of and the Second Schedule to the Criminal Justice Act, 1925, shall have effect as if there were included in the said Second Schedule, offences under twenty-six and...
No person shall be tried upon indictment unless seven days at least before the trial there has been served upon him personally or upon his solicitors a copy of the indictment upon which he is to...
Where an information or complaint in writing is laid before the Court in accordance with the provisions of the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1848, or the Indictable Offences Act, 1848, or in...
The Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925, shall be amended by the deletion of paragraph (a) of Subsection (1) of Section thirty-one and by the insertion in its place of the...
Mr. Ede.
6.15 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 7. line 41, at the end, to insert: and a probationer who is required by the probation order to submit to treatment for his mental condition shall not be treated for the...
I beg to move, in page 15, line 12, at the end, to insert: (2) Without prejudice to the provisions of Subsection (2) of Section fifty-five of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (which...
I beg to move, in page 16, line 3, to leave out "the court may by order," and to insert: an order may be made in accordance with the provisions of this Section. With permission, I should like to...
I beg to move, in page 16, line 32 after "order," to insert "made." There are here two groups of Amendments, starting with this one and including the next six. They are all consequential upon...
I beg to move, in page 18, line 1, to leave out from "shall," to "be," in line 2. This is simply a drafting Amendment to remove certain words from the Bill which are no longer considered...
I beg to move, in page 18, line 5, to leave out "of summary jurisdiction." I am very grateful that I have the opportunity of raising a matter which has had some discussion in the Standing...
Amendment made: In page 18, line 42, leave out appearing to the court to be," and insert "who is."—[Mr. Younger.]
7.30 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 21, line 41, at the end, to insert: since he attained the age of seventeen? This Amendment embodies the principle of an Amendment that was moved by my hon. and gallant...
I beg to move, in page 26, line 29, to leave out from "to," to "any," in line 30. This and the two following Amendments relate to the payment of allowances to medical practitioners who attend a...
I beg to move, in page 30, line 30, at the end, to insert: (5) In relation to an offender committed for sentence under this Section, subsection (1) of Section twenty-one of this Act shall have...
I beg to move, in page 30, line 33, to leave out from the beginning, to the end of line 34, and to insert: A person arraigned on an indictment for any felony or misdemeanour may challenge not...
I beg to move, in page 30, line 45, after "conviction," to insert "order." Under this Clause a person convicted by a court of summary jurisdiction shall have the right of appeal (a) if he has...
I beg to move, in page 35, line 10, to leave out from the beginning, to "on," in line 21, and to insert: Where any person not less than fourteen years of age who has been taken into custody is...
I beg to move, in page 36, line 9, after "partner," to insert "or employee." On the Committee Stage it was suggested that the word "employee" should be added in order to show that an employee...
I beg to move, in page 36, line 37, to leave out from the beginning, to the end of line 42, and to insert: (1) Notwithstanding anything in Section two of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1865, as...
I beg to move in page 41, line to leave out "such." This Amendment, and the next Amendment to line 12, to leave out "as is expedient," are Amendments to the Subsection which lays down that rules...
I beg to move, in page 43, line 41, to leave out: at not less than twelve months. The purpose of this Amendment is to extend the operation of this Clause to all sentences in prison imposed upon...
I beg to move, in page 44, line 18, to leave out from "section," to "but," in line 20. This Amendment goes with the following one to line 22. They are purely drafting Amendments to complete the...
I beg to move, in page 44, line 32, to leave out from "is," to "under," in line 33. I am indebted to the hon. Member for Chesterfield (Mr. Benson) for having called attention to the point which...
I beg to move, in page 51, line 41, to leave out Clause 63. This Clause was inserted against my advice during the Committee stage, and I am obliged, therefore, to make much the same speech...
I beg to move, in page 58, line 42, at the end, to insert: (3) Where the age of any person at any time is material for the purposes of any provision of this Act, or of any Order in Council made...
Amendment made: In page 59, line 17, at the end, insert: section (Suspension of death penalty);".—[Mr. Hale.]
I beg to move, in page 59, line 41, at the end, to insert: and different days may be appointed by any such Order for the purposes of different provisions of this Act. As the noble Lord the Member...
Consequential Amendments made.
Consequential Amendments made.
Consequential Amendments made.
I beg to move, in page 71, line 4, after "sentence," to insert: or six months from the date of release whichever is the longer.
Consequential Amendment made.
I beg to move, in page 86, line 22, column 3, to leave out "Section three." This is consequential on the insertion of the provision relating to peremptory challenge, which was to have been left...
Amendment made: In line 1, at beginning, insert: Suspend the death penalty for murder, to."—[Mr. Ede.]
9.45 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 54, line 42, after "aforesaid," to insert: or(b) in the conduct of research into the causes of delinquency and the treatment of offenders, and matters connected therewith,...
(1) If in any such proceedings as are mentioned in section one of the Costs in Criminal Cases Act, 1908, the accused is acquitted or discharged under section twenty-five of the Indictable...
I beg to move, in page 76, line 6, at the end, to insert:
10.5 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Snow.]
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