Thursday, 22 April 1948
The House met at Half past two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read a Third time, and passed.
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations whether he proposes to ask the Government of Eire to assent to the alteration of the Royal Title consequential upon the change of status of...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations if he can report any improvement in movement of freight at the port of Beira since the visit of our representative; and if he will make a...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations whether, in view of the number of ex-Service men who are desirous of emigrating to the Dominions and who are uncertain as to what jobs to...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations if His Majesty's Government will take the initiative and approach the Dominions with a proposal to send an economic mission, fully...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations if he will request the United Kingdom High Commissioner in Canberra to investigate urgently and report the circumstances in which a...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will remove the restrictions at present imposed upon the glove trade in the designs of utility gloves for the home market, in order to...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what quantity of industrial goods and equipment have already been shipped to U.S.S.R. under the Anglo-Soviet Agreement and for what portion of those...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what imports from Belgium are to be authorised during the next six months.
asked the President of the Board of Trade when he will publish full details concerning the recent arrangements about the import of U.S. films into the United Kingdom.
asked the President of the Board of Trade why a licence was granted by the Timber Control of the Board of Trade permitting Galley Hill Wood in the Green Belt area of Essex to be stripped of all...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has seen the Board's Press notice, dated 12th April, giving the name and address of the Scottish maker of a rug exhibited at the British...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that large quantities of first-class flooring timber are being sold to natives in the Gold Coast for firewood, as the Timber Control do...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is satisfied that the Barton factory, leased by the Government to Messrs. Platt Bros, for the purpose of manufacturing textile machinery, is...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is yet in a position to make a further statement about imports of learned, scientific and technical books.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will increase the proportion of fresh-water fishing tackle which manufacturers are permitted to sell in the home market, in view of the...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will now make a statement on the coal-oil conversion programme.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power (1) on what basis he determines that the number of private hire cars operating in a given area is adequate to the public need; (2) why he turns down...
Mr. Scott-Elliot: asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether fuel allocations during the Summer months will be so regulated as to enable firms who have effected economies during the past...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he has considered the statement that tractors using vapourising oil save petrol, a copy of which has been sent to him; and if he will issue figures to...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power why concessions for extra petrol are granted to owners of motor cars to enable them to take into the country relatives who are invalids and unable to walk;...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will make a special concession to agricultural interests by allowing farmers and farm workers to obtain an extra allowance of petrol in May, the...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will give an estimate of the number of parishes in which there is only one petrol pump; and what steps he intends to take to permit users of motor...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power (1) how many chief engineers and senior technical officers previously employed by electricity distribution companies and local authorities will not be taken...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what action he proposes to take on the recommendation of the Deputy Chief Inspector of Mines in his recent report to him on the Durham Colliery explosion in...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what steps he has taken to enable domestic consumers, who were not able to obtain their full quota of coal earlier in the year, to acquire the balance of fuel...
Mr. Baker White: asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if his attention has been called to complaints by European consumers that the price of British coal is too high as compared with Polish; and...
asked the Prime Minister (1) what consideration is being given to the planned disperal of the industrial potential of the United Kingdom throughout the Commonwealth and whether there is an...
Mr. Wilson Harris: asked the Lord President of the Council whether he will now make available the Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the future of the British Film Institute; and state...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has considered written representations from the British Limbless Ex-Servicemen's Association concerning a review of the present method of registration of...
asked the Minister of Labour whether displaced persons from Europe admitted to work in the United Kingdom are now resettled in this country together with their families and dependants; and...
asked the Minister of Labour why by the Control of Employment (Directed Persons) (Amendment) Order, 1948, he has directed National Service officers to have regard to any directions he may give as...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much of the yield of £57,000,000, which he estimates to obtain from the duty on oil in the current financial year, will be derived from oil consumed...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that at 4.20 p.m. on Saturday, 17th April, at London Airport, Import Duty and other taxes, amounting to approximately £22, were imposed...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the fact that users of wireless sets who use current from the main do not have to pay Purchase Tax for that current, he will take steps...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what total amount was lent to the Treasury during the war free of interest; what proportion is still in hand; and whether any sum so lent is now returnable...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on what commission basis is the sum of £1,696,000 collected by agents for the Tithe Redemption Commission.
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury in how many cases in the last three years have pensions been refused to civil servants who declined to remain in the Service after the usual retiring...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that there has been a serious amount of killing and mutilation of sheep by straying dogs in Southern England recently; and if,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the terms of reference for the committee which he is setting up to inquire into the cause of crime; when it will meet; and what are...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what have been the emoluments of the hangman since the war.
Lieut.-Colonel Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the practice of publishing the numbers of applications made in the courts for affiliation orders...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he proposes to table regulations amending the Fire Service Regulations (S.I., 545 of 1948).
May I ask the Leader of the House if he will tell us the Business for next week?
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee of the Whole House under Standing Order No. 69.—(King's Recommendation signified.)
Order read of resuming adjourned Debate on Question [15th April]: That an humble address be presented to His Majesty in pursuance of the provisions of Section 309 of the Government of India Act,...
10.2 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn.".—[Mr. Simmons.]
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