Monday, 15 November 1948
The House met at Half-past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Transport if he has any statement to make in connection with the alteration of the speed limit for goods vehicles from 20 m.p.h. to 30 m.p.h. for heavy goods vehicles on...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he will consider publishing simple instructions clarifying the existing law regarding priority of usage between pedestrians and motor traffic at studded...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he will authorise the reinstatement of the traffic control signals at the junction of Lough-borough Road, Angell Road and Brixton Road, which have not been...
asked the Minister of Transport what progress is being made in regard to the setting up of the Consultative Committees provided for under the Transport Act.
asked the Minister of Supply whether he will now discontinue the sale by auction of surplus machine tools which would be required for essential production in the event of the outbreak of war.
asked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware that 36,000 pieces of radio equipment dumped by his Department in a disused pit shaft at Cheadle, Staffs, and declared in the House of Commons by...
asked the Minister of Supply why permission asked for by Bio Electrics, Ltd., to send to the hon. and gallant Member for Central Glasgow the approved specification and drawings of electric...
asked the Minister of Supply in what way a steel company may now finance an urgent approved project for which a public issue of new capital would have been made.
asked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware that 250 monkeys recently arrived in this country from Calcutta by air consigned to his Department; and for what purpose he intends to use these...
asked the Minister of Supply how many offers con stituting breaches of the Iron and Steel Orders have been investigated by his price investigations office since 1st January, 1946; on how many...
Mr. Enroll: asked the Minister of Supply (1) if he will publish a list of all the subsidiary companies in
asked the Minister of Supply what was the amount of the allocation of steel given for the manufacture of Hunslett locomotives ordered by the National Coal Board for underground operation.
asked the Minister of Supply if he has any statement to make on the future of High Duty Alloys Ltd. factory, Distington, Cumberland.
asked the Minister of Supply whether he will make a statement about the shortage of sugar-beet forks; and where this exists, what steps are being taken to alleviate it.
asked the Minister of Supply if, in order to increase sales of British cars in the United States, he will consult with the motor trade with a view to transporting the recent motor show to...
asked the Minister of Works when work on the Women's Land Army Hostel, near Rams-bury Aerodrome, Wiltshire, was started; what was the original date of completion; when it is now hoped to finish...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Works why representatives of the Press are debarred from attending and reporting zonal conferences; and if he will now remove this disability.
asked the Minister of Works what has resulted from the meeting in Caernarvon in July, 1948, between representatives of the North Wales slate quarrying industry and officials of his Department.
asked the Minister of Works whether he will consider the erection of a prominent sign outside the gates of New Palace Yard to indicate that a taxicab is required at the Members' entrance, instead...
asked the Minister of Works (1) whether an official investigation has been made by his Department into the repairs to the Chadderton North Ward Conservative Club and into the circumstances under...
Mr. Wilson Harris: asked the Minister of Works whether he has yet reached a decision as to the future of the statue of General Gordon.
asked the Minister of Works whether he proposes to use Palmerstoni endriana, otherwise known as Australian walnut, as flooring in the new Chamber of the House of Commons.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any further statement to make on the Falkland Islands Dependencies disputes, after his recent conversations with the Argentine...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make representations to the French Government requesting them to expedite the trial or release on bail the four British subjects...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a further statement on the claim by Guatemala to territory in British Honduras.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on what grounds he has given permission for the establishment at Hanover of an association of Germans from each department of what was previously...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what answer he has returned to protests from the French and other Allied Governments against the Anglo-American Military Government ordinance...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is satisfied with the present arrangements for the registering of patents by Germans, and for the safeguarding of these patents...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what progress is being made in the negotiations with the Japanese Government for compensation to British subjects who suffered imprisonment and...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what fresh instructions he has sent to the British Delegation to the United Nations for the forthcoming discussions, by the Third Committee of the...
asked the Prime Minister whether the official statement issued by him on 22nd October, 1948, that the association of the United Kingdom with other Western European nations under the Brussels...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in respect of those livings in the Church of England at present in his gift, he will consult with all interested parties with the object of making better use of...
asked the Prime Minister what reply he has made to the letter sent to him from the Society of Friends urging the Government to declare that this country will neither manufacture nor use atomic or...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been drawn to the extent to which holdings are being advertised for sale with feedingstuffs allocation; and whether he will investigate...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will give an assurance that adequate supplies of potash fertiliser will be available to farmers for the 1949 season.
asked the Minister of Agriculture what are the figures of fowl pest notified to his Department and the number of fowls slaughtered for the last four quarters.
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that in many districts there is great difficulty in obtaining labour gangs for threshing; that this is causing much delay and inconvenience to...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how much sewage in England and Wales is now utilised for enriching the soil; and if he can give an estimate of the general result to the crops.
asked the Minister of Agriculture how many M.A.F. agricultural buildings are at present in course of construction; how many have been completed; how many have been sold and are awaiting...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that more than £400 has been raised in East Haddon for a village war memorial playing field and that the parish council's proposal to...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that soon after serious flooding in 1947 a scheme was prepared by the River Nene Catchment Board for cleaning out the River Ise above and...
asked the hon. Member for West Walthamstow, as Chairman of the Kitchen Committee, what steps have been or are being taken to put the Refreshment Department on a paying basis.
asked the Minister of Food if he will make a statement regarding the progress of the Queensland project for the production of coarse grains and other produce.
asked the Minister of Food what advances have been made in recent years in the system of meat inspection.
asked the Minister of Food if he is aware that there is a shortage of currants, raisins and other ingredients required for Christmas puddings in the City of Aberdeen; and if he will increase...
asked the Minister of Food what will be the cost to the taxpayer of his Department's advertisement carried in the paper entitled "Labour's Cornish Voice, Volume 1," and published in September.
asked the Minister of Food (1) whether the Association of Wholesale Distributors of Imported Poultry and Rabbits Limited were consulted before the decision was made to grant a special...
I am sure the House would like to have an opportunity of expressing its satisfaction and joy at the happy event of yesterday, and I therefore give notice that I will move a Motion of...
Austen Harry Albu, Esquire, for the Borough of Edmonton.
On a point of Order. May I ask your guidance, Mr. Speaker, as to the nature of the Iron and Steel Bill, which will shortly come before the House? As I think everyone realises, the question on...
Order for Second Reading read.
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to amend the law with respect to rating and charging for water supplies in Scotland; to amend Part V of the Local...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Snow.]
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