Monday, 1 November 1948
The House met at Half-past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Lieut.-Commander Gurney Braithwaite, Mr. Byers, Mr. Daggar, Mr. Dobbie, Sir Stanley Holmes, Colonel Sir Charles MacAndrew, Mr. McKinlay, Mr. Mathers, Mr. Messer, Colonel Ponsonby and Sir Robert...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the fact that wages due to dockworkers at Wilhelmshaven naval dockyard were seized along with the...
Mr. Scott-Elliot: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what action is being taken to counter Russian propaganda published in Communist papers in Berlin, more particularly the...
Mr. Scott-Elliot: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will give an assurance that stocks of finished goods produced by factories in Berlin are now moving into consumption...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the presence of some 20,000 private cars at the motor races at München-Gladbach on 19th September;...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the speech of General Sir Brian Robertson on 27th October, in which he advocated the Allied evacuation of Germany on certain conditions,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many British subjects have so far been repatriated from Egypt to Great Britain this year; and what steps have been taken to find them suitable...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what reply he has received in answer to his protest to the Minister of Foreign Affairs at Prague against the seizure, on 18th October, of Mr....
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has now received any information either from the British Mission in Greece or from the United Nations Special Committee in the Balkans...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will ascertain when the report of the United Nations Commission of Investigation about the future of the Italian colonies in Africa will be...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will lay before the House the documentary evidence used by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government have yet received any information that the Chinese Government are prepared to arrange compensation payable for...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the position in Korea and the attitude of His Majesty's Government.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the present international situation, he will now reconsider His Majesty's Government's policy towards Spain.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is taking any further action with regard to the recent sentence of three years imprisonment by a Roumanian court upon Mr. A. W. Evans,...
asked the Minister of Food whether he will import apples from Canada in view of the fact that their 1948 crop is almost a record crop.
asked the Minister of Food when he became aware that the retail licence granted by him to Mr. O. Grey to operate a retail food business at 8, Lavender Road, Reading, was never operated by that...
asked the Minister of Food what quantity of tinned foods was imported into the United Kingdom from Denmark, Holland and Norway during the last 12 months; and what amount of these imports has been...
asked the Minister of Food if he will give an increase in rationed foodstuffs for Christmas week; and also a double sweet ration as a Christmas treat for children.
asked the Minister of Food if he will consider granting increased allocations of edible oils and fats to established fish friers before granting licences to new entrants to the fish frying trade.
Colonel Dower: asked the Minister of Food if he is satisfied that the present practice of constant use of the bulldozer, repeated use of the tractor plough and no rotation of crops in the...
asked the Minister of Food whether his attention has been drawn to the difficulties met with by parents in obtaining a full quota of food supplies for their children who hold emergency ration...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that lemons are being sold in the London suburbs at 4d. each; and, in view of the hardship occasioned to housewives by this increase over the former...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Food whether, in view of the fact that a substantial tonage of potatoes throughout the country, which has been lifted recently, was affected by blight,...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Food whether he will now consider increasing the extraction rate of feeding-stuff offals for animals from flour so as to provide additional feedingstuffs...
asked the Minister of Food whether in view of the fact that home growers have responded to the call for an increased cultivation of home grown onions for 1948 by producing a record crop much of...
asked the Minister of Food how much cheese he is buying from the U.S.A.; and whether he is satisfied that supplies of cheese cannot be obtained from the Dominions or other Empire sources.
asked the Minister of Food what steps he has taken in connection with the answer given by the Parliamentary Secretary on 12th July regarding the supply of rice from Burma; and whether he has...
Mr. H. D. Hughes: asked the Minister of Food if he is aware that brussels sprouts sold in Worcestershire wholesale markets at 6d. to 1s. per net of 20 lb. are being retailed in the West Midlands...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. WALTER FLETCHER:
asked the Minister of Food if he will consider giving an increased bonus issue of sugar early in the New Year to enable housewives to make marmalade.
asked the Minister of Food what procedure is to be adopted for the distribution of nuts for the Christmas seasonal trade.
asked the Minister of Food in what capacity the 750 members of his staff, who were engaged on the administration of bread rationing, are now employed.
asked the Minister of Food what was the total membership of the British Food Mission to the U.S.A. on 1st January, 1948, and on 1st July, 1948.
Mr. Baker White: asked the Minister of Food why he is permitting the import of cauliflowers when there are adequate supplies of the home-grown product.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement on the conversations which took place between himself, the Dominion Prime Ministers and representatives of Eire at Chequers on Sunday,...
asked the Prime Minister what measures will be taken to implement the recommendations of the Porter Committee for the amendment of the law of defamation.
asked the Prime Minister what assistance the various nationalised industries are to give to the Territorial recruiting drive in their capacity as employers of labour.
asked the Prime Minister whether in view of the present delicate state of international affairs, he will instruct Ministers and senior public servants, whether in the Forces or not, to refrain...
asked the Prime Minister if he will take the necessary steps to hold up the development of the Cultural Centre and work on the clearance of the site for the Festival of Britain until the shortage...
asked the Lord President of the Council what steps are being taken for the establishment of a biological service in accordance with his announcement on 29th April, 1948; and whether this service...
asked the Attorney-General when the report of the Committee of Inquiry into the leasehold laws of this country will be available, or, an interim report dealing with part of the subject.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is satisfied that the need for agricultural workers is now being adequately met; and whether he anticipates any shortage of such labour in the coming year.
Colonel Dower: asked the Minister of Agriculture what are the total number of officials employed by the agricultural executive committees; and their cost to the taxpayer.
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that the Agricultural Wages Board has no power under the Agricultural Wages Act to make an Order requiring the payment of wages during sickness;...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, why, with a large promised crop of potatoes this year, the price is fixed at 15s. a ton higher than last year, when there was a crop failure.
asked the Minister of Agriculture what progress towards the setting up of river boards has been made since the passing of the Act; and when he will be in a position to announce the proposed new...
asked the Minister of Food what quantity of Danish beer has been imported into the United Kingdom during 1948; and what was the total sterling paid for this beer.
"to provide for the construction of roads reserved for special classes of traffic; to amend the law relating to trunk roads; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid," presented by...
[FIFTH DAY]
Select Committee appointed to control the arrangements for the Kitchen and Refreshment Rooms in the department of the Serjeant at Arms attending this House;
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. G. Wallace.]
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