Thursday, 11 November 1948
The House met at Half-past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the scheme for the provision of a piped water supply to the village of Langton Herring is still held up owing to the difficulty of obtaining a 2...
asked the Minister of Health if the West Kesteven bore has now been sunk; and do the results justify a supply of water to the southern parishes of the Newark rural district.
asked the Minister of Health if Nottingham Corporation have now submitted to him their detailed scheme for a piped water supply to the southern part of the Bingham rural district.
asked the Minister of Health why the farms of Mr. S. Johnson, Mr. G. Shaw and Mr. C. Davidson, all of East Keal, Lincolnshire, have been excluded from the water scheme recently approved to cover...
asked the Minister of Health what steps have been taken by his Department since the enactment of the Water Act, 1945, to assist amalgamations of water undertakings; and whether he has any new...
asked the Minister of Health if, in order to make the fullest use of manpower in the building trades, he will allow local authorities freedom to grant private enterprise building licences in...
asked the Minister of Health if, in view of the present cost of building, it is intended to amend the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act so as to raise the limit of price of houses on which...
asked the Minister of Health whether deaf persons recommended for testing for the Medresco aural aid will be reimbursed travelling expenses when the nearest testing unit is at some distance from...
asked the Minister of Health if in view of his refusal to permit private patients to obtain pharmaceutical services free of charge he will withdraw the pamphlet, "The New National Health...
asked the Minister of Health what are the average monthly earnings of dentists under the National Health Service.
asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the fact that the granting of basic salaries under the National Health Service Act, 1946, is determined to a large extent by doctors who will...
asked the Minister of Health on what principles his Department decides the amount of pocket money paid to disability pensioners who are patients in mental hospitals; and what is the amount so allowed.
asked the Minister of Health whether he has considered the communication, signed by approximately 95 per cent. of the residents of Penketh, Lancashire, against the nuisance and danger to health...
asked the Minister of Health if he has any information as to in how many cities in England and Wales sewage is saved and utilised.
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the accommodation formerly available for the homeless at the public assistance institution in Lynn Road, Wisbech, is now no longer available, and...
asked the Minister of Education whether it is his intention to implement, without any further delay, the recommendation of the Percy Committee, supported by the Barlow Committee, over three years...
asked the Minister of Education whether he will waive the requirements of the building regulation, as he is empowered to do, under Section 7 of the Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1948,...
asked the Minister of Education if he is aware of the need of the North Riding local education authority to purchase land adjacent to the Northallerton Grammar School for the extension of the...
asked the Minister of Education whether anything is being done to comply with the request made to him by the Penketh parish meeting that, to avoid road accidents to school children, the playing...
asked the Minister of Education what has been the effect on the school dental service of the introduction of the National Health scheme; and what steps he is taking to ensure the retention of...
asked the Minister of Education why. on certain forms of application for educational places, an applicant is asked to state the profession of his father; and what bearing this has on the...
asked the Minister of Education the names of the delegates, alternative delegates and advisers who are attending the third general conference of U.N.E.S.C.O. shortly to be held at Beirut.
asked the Minister of Education if he will give his approval to the plans for the alterations and additions to Henfield Village Hall, Gloucestershire, to which the National Council of Social...
asked the Minister of Education whether his attention has been drawn to a circular, a copy of which has been sent to him, issued by Mr. Morgan Phillips, Secretary of the Labour Party, urging the...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations if he is now able to announce what the permanent arrangements are to be for the care of British civil and military cemeteries in India and...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations if the cultural and educational work of the British Council in India and Pakistan will be continued and, if possible, enlarged; if separate...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations if he will state the number of ex-civilian gazetted officers and non-gazetted staff recruited for the war for the Indian Ordnance service...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations if he will make representations to the Indian Government as to the long delay in the payment of undisputed claims by the Government of...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is proposed to continue permitting sales of British livestock to the U.S.S.R.
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) what quantity of sodium chlorate was exported from this country during the last 12 months; (2) how much chlorate of soda was imported into this...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the resignation of Mr. Frank Chappell, late director of Production Efficiency.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what controls in the furniture industry he is now prepared to relax.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what difficulties now prevent the conclusion of a trade agreement with Yugoslavia.
asked the Prime Minister if he will approach Mr. Truman and Mr. Stalin with a view to meeting them at an early date for the discussion of present-day problems.
asked the Lord President of the Council whether arrangements will be made to devote a large part of the 1951 Exhibition to a display of Empire products and potentialities.
asked the Minister of Labour how many Poles and European voluntary workers, respectively, have now been placed in industry and agriculture in the United Kingdom; and what has been the approximate...
asked the Minister of Labour if his regulations permit a girl remaining at school until the age of 18 to choose her own employment in those cases where it is her first employment.
asked the Minister of Labour how he calculates the number of persons employed upon production for export as published in the Monthly Digest of Statistics.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is now in a position to give an assurance that he will not provide foreign exchange for the purpose of enabling the executive of the Scottish area...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many permanent civil servants have taken up appointments on the staffs of nationalised undertakings since 1st January, 1946.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how many officers of his Department and regional offices disposing of applications for supplementary petrol coupons are minor Civil Service clerks.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he is aware that the regional electricity boards are infringing his regulations by cutting the supplies of electricity to persons and firms; and what...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power why he twice invited Mr. Arthur Homer to be a member of the Coal Board; and what salary was Mr. Homer offered.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power why he sanctioned the floodlighting in Trafalgar Square and the use of neon-lighting tubes on the General Electric Building in Kingsway, London.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power why all new contracts, with only one exception, for the road haulage of open cast coal in the North-Western Region have been awarded to a new firm, the Open...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the maximum amount that a wife can claim from her husband under a wife-maintenance order; and at what date was this figure fixed.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Departmental Committee on conditions in offices has yet made any recommendations; and when its report will be published.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the 85 children's officers appointed by local authorities and approved by him were previously employed by the same local authority...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date the London police were informed of the disappearance of Barry Buller from Plymouth; on what date was Barry Buller handed over to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the amount of pocket money allowed to girls in approved schools who are permitted to work out and receive wages; and who decides the...
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether he is aware that there are many thousands of women partially engaged in remunerative work, who are also doing social work, such as looking after...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what are the countries with whom a Cultural Agreement has been signed; and in how many cases has the agreement been followed by a meeting of the...
asked the Minister of Food if his attention has been drawn to recent cases in which fines were imposed for continuous and serious contravention of food regulations; and if he will take steps to...
The following' Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Lieut.-Commander CLARK HUTCHISON:
Can the Leader of the House tell us the Business for next week?
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 84 (Money Committees). —(King's Recommendation signified.)
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Snow.]
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