Monday, 12 July 1948
The House met at Half-past Two o'Clock.
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.]
As amended, considered; Amendments made to the Bill; Bill to be read the Third time.
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time.
asked the Minister of Food whether he will give the number of civic restaurants which have been opened during the past year; the number closed by local authorities during the same period; and...
asked the Minister of Food how many fish and chip shops there are in Burton-on-Trent and Birmingham, respectively; and how many people are served by each fish shop as a proportion of the total...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Food in view of the large number of tins of dehydrated potatoes which remain unsold, what steps he proposes to take to dispose of these to prevent,...
asked the Minister of Food what steps he is taking to ensure full delivery of rice from Burma during the rest of the year, now that supplies of textiles and other goods to Burma are to be...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that the scheme, which he proposes to inaugurate in September for the allocation of pigeon food, will provide each of the 70,000 bona fide pigeon...
asked the Minister of Food what price per lb. his Department offered to Malayan growers for their tea; and how this price compared with the price offered to Ceylon growers for tea of the same quality.
asked the Minister of Food how much carcase meat has been added to stocks as a result of the saving in consumption enforced by the dock strike; and whether he will arrange a compensatory...
asked the Minister of Food whether purchases of meat from Canada by the United Kingdom are, at present, limited by availability of supplies or lack of dollars.
Mr. Scott-Elliot: asked the Minister of Food how many of those plants set up during the war for dehydrating vegetables are now in operation.
asked the Minister of Food what requests he has made to the Chairman of the Kitchen Committee concerning the observance of the Meals in Establishments Orders; and when were these made.
asked the Minister of Food what further consideration has been given to the question of payments by his Department to the Meat Importers National (Defence) Association, Limited, and the...
asked the Minister of Food whether he will state the approximate amount of soap supplied to the general public, as compared with the amount supplied to hospitals and institutions and other users...
asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that many of the road maintenance men to be dismissed by the Surrey County Council Highways Committee will find it difficult to obtain other...
asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the observations of Lord Justice Scott in the Court of Appeal on 1st July, he will reconsider his decision not to permit the entry in the...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he has any statement to make with regard to the freeing of Selby Toll Bridge and the construction of a new bridge.
asked the Minister of Transport how many toll bridges and roads are now operated under national ownership.
asked the Minister of Transport if, in view of the increasing wear and tear of motor vehicles, owing to deterioration in road surfaces, he will state to what extent road maintenance grants and...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. GEORGE THOMAS:
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that some of the shipping companies now receiving subsidies from public funds are paying dividends of 15 per cent.; and whether he will take...
asked the Minister of Transport how many children have been electrocuted on the railways in Kent, Surrey and Sussex during the last five years.
asked the Minister of Supply what are the present stocks of steel held by the Royal Ordnance Factories; and how many months' usage this represents.
asked the Minister of Supply whether a decision has yet been reached in regard to the future use of Tudor II aircraft.
asked the Minister of Works why the doors of the huts at Royston P.O.W. Camp, Hertfordshire, have been removed; and whether he will make a statement on the future of this camp.
asked the Minister of Works whether he proposes to release at an early date the Club House and part of the sports ground at Weston Green, Thames Ditton, belonging to the Joint Electricity...
asked the Minister of Works (1) how many hotels, large houses and flats, respectively, in the United Kingdom are at present requisitioned by the Government for any other use than dwelling...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what further progress has been made in the organisation of regional collective security under Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, in...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will publish a statement showing changes in the value of the agricultural output in England and Wales
asked the Minister of Agriculture why stockmen employed by his Department at the Reading Cattle Breeding Centre are asked to sign a document agreeing that they will not be entitled to any payment...
asked the Minister of Agriculture the total losses in numbers and value due to fowl pest during the last convenient 12 months.
asked the Minister of Agriculture how many members of the National Agricultural Advisory Service attended the Royal Agricultural Society's Show at York last week; how many cars were used; and how...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is satisfied that sufficient labour will be available in the West Riding of Yorkshire to harvest this year's cereal crops and potatoes.
asked the Minister of Agriculture how many pedigree cattle have been sold to other countries in the last six months; and to which countries have they actually been sent.
asked the Minister of Agriculture if, in view of the indiscriminate slaughter of young horses, which is leading to a shortage for farm work, he will consider prohibiting the slaughter, except in...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what arrangements are made for civilianised German prisoners of war to have holidays or compassionate leave, to visit relatives in Germany.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether arrangements can be made to use the present air transport service to evacuate sick and elderly persons from Berlin.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what reply he has given to the request of the U.S. Secretary of State that, in accordance with Section 115 (f) of the Foreign Assistance Act,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will give an undertaking that no further military commitments will be entered into until this House has had an opportunity of discussing...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury when copies of the National Health Service (Appointment of Specialists) Regulations, 1948 (S.I., 1948, No. 1416), which came into operation on 29th...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation how many orders are in force amending the Air Navigation (Consolidation) Order, 1923; and why these instruments have not been...
asked the Minister of Health what total amount was paid in relief to strikers out of public funds or local rates during the recent unofficial strikes at the docks; and whether relief in kind was...
"to amend the law with respect to customs in the Isle of Man," presented by Mr. Glenvil Hall, to be read a Second time tomorrow, and to be printed. [Bill 127.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this day, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 14, Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock."—[Mr. Whiteley.]
[21ST ALLOTTED DAY]
Considered in Committee.
3.20 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Popplewell.]
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