Tuesday, 2 November 1948
The House met at Half-past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that the tenants at 120 Blackburn Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow, are living in dwellings in such an extreme state of disrepair as to be...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many Scottish landlords have dedicated their planted land to the growing of trees; and what acreage has been planted to the nearest available date.
Lieut.-Commander Clark Hutchison: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will reconsider his decision not to introduce legislation to give increased security of tenure to the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of the potato crop in Scotland in general, and in Dumfries-shire in particular, has been lifted at the latest available date; and when he...
Mr. McKie: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether it is customary in cases where land is in use for Service purposes, and which is now being made available for agricultural purposes,...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he anticipates that the historical relics and documents of Scotland, including those recently returned or about to be returned by the Master of...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the functions of the Lord Lyon King of Arms.
asked the Minister of Pensions when Mr. J. C. Potter, of the Post Office, Challacombe, North Devon, who has been unable to work at his trade of shoeingsmith for the past three years by reason of...
Mr. E. P. Smith: asked the Secretary of State for War approximately how many firearms surrendered to the police have been passed on to his Department by the Home Office since the conclusion of...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that a number of soldiers and their wives have no quarters at Brancepeth Camp, Co. Durham, and that this is creating discontent and hardship...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that the Imperial War Graves Commission has refused the request of Mrs. Rosier, of Leckhampstead, Berkshire, for a photograph of her son's...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will arrange for young soldiers while in training to have rations at least equivalent to those provided for heavy workers in industry.
Mr. E. P. Smith: asked the Secretary of State for War (1) why, in view of the fact that the Military Canal has been cleaned and dredged as far as Appledore, it has not been cleaned from...
asked the Secretary of State for War if his attention has been drawn to the case of a civilian who lived at Hillsea Barracks, Portsmouth, for six months without being discovered; and what steps...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether the "Sunday Ghibli," which carries a statement that it is printed and published by the Government printers, British Military Administration,...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will reconsider the case of a senior officer who was overpaid for five months through a War Office error, and has been called upon to refund some...
asked the Secretary of State for War what were the recruitment figures for the Regular Army and Territorial Army in the month of September in 1947 and in 1948, respectively.
Colonel Dower: asked the Secretary of State for War if it is proposed that Territorial adjutants shall receive the same rate of pay as Regular officers who are adjutants of Territorial units.
Colonel Dower: asked the Secretary of State for War if he is satisfied that the issue of uniforms to recruits joining the Territorial Army is suitable and adequate.
asked the Secretary of State for War how many U.S. troops are stationed in this country; in what areas; for how long it is proposed that they will remain; under what agreements they are here;...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning when the report of Mr. T. Alwyn Lloyd and Mr. Herbert Jackson on country planning will be issued.
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning if he will give the names of the places in Wales and Monmouthshire where the two satellite towns are to be built.
Mr. H. D. Hughes: asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning what progress has been made with the Abercrombie Report on South Staffordshire; and when he anticipates its publication.
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether trainees under the Emergency Training Scheme for teachers will be exempt from paying the full weekly contribution of 4s. 11d. under the National...
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether he can give an estimate of the extent of non-stamping or under-stamping of insurance cards and of the loss of revenue to the National Insurance...
asked the Minister of National Insurance how many persons injured before 5th July, 1948, and in receipt of Workmen's Compensation, were awarded the unemployability supplement and constant...
asked the Minister of National Insurance if he will take action to remedy the grievance of voluntary contributors under the National Insurance Act who were guaranteed a weekly pension of 10s....
Mrs. Braddock: asked the Minister of National Insurance the number of applications received for national assistance from persons mentally defective or permanently crippled, living at home, who...
asked the Minister of Labour what representations he has received from working men's clubs regarding their inability to pay their stewards the rates recently laid down by the Catering Wages...
asked the Minister of Labour what arrangements exist at the appointments offices for university undergraduates to secure employment during their vacation.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has any further information about the Committee on the Resettlement of Disabled Persons in the South Wales and Monmouthshire Development Area, to which he...
asked the Minister of Labour how many young men and women, respectively, have claimed exemption as conscientious objectors to military service since the passing of the National Service Acts to...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will review the present position whereby post-war credits are paid to men over 65 and women over 60 years of age, and arrange for these credits to be...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the British Railways Executive advertise that reserved seats in French and English trains can be paid for in sterling at their...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will waive the payment of Purchase Tax to the extent of 25s. levied by him on a parcel containing one table-cloth and a number of table-napkins to...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will arrange for the issue of tobacco duty relief tokens to a 90-years-old old age pensioner, particulars of whom have been forwarded to him,...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will say in terms of pence per £ in Income Tax what is the cost to the taxpayer of the National Health Service and the National Insurance...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what taxation is paid in France on royalties paid to patentees of British nationality; and if he is satisfied that this does not exceed the taxation on...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what permission is required for the transmission of funds by a British trade union to persons overseas; whether he is aware that the executive of the...
[SIXTH DAY]
3.31 p.m.
10.0 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn"—[Mr. Popplewell.]
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