Tuesday, 16 November 1948
The House met at Half-past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
The VICE-CHAMBERLAIN OF THE HOUSEHOLD (Mr. POPPLEWELL) reported His Majesty's Answer to the Address, as follows:
asked the Secretary of State for War how many photographs of war graves have now been sent to next of kin; and how many are still outstanding.
asked the Secretary of State for War how many armoured fighting vehicles were stolen from the British Forces in Palestine from 1st January, 1947, until the evacuation.
asked the Secretary of State for War why, following his resignation of his commission on 30th October, 1944, Captain H. Kelly, V.C., M.C., late of The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, did not...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will give an assurance that British Army personnel seconded to Pakistan who are entitled to release leave and overseas leave will not forfeit these...
asked the Secretary of State for War why compensation was refused to Miss Florence Prince, of 27, Bland Street, Lockwood, Huddersfield, who was seriously injured by an Army vehicle.
asked the Secretary of State for War how many applications have been made for the eviction of ex-Service men and their families from Army premises; how many have been granted; and how many cases...
asked the Secretary of State for War what are the conditions which determine whether or not the relatives of a soldier injured overseas receive advice of an accident.
asked the Secretary of State for War what saving in Service personnel is likely to result from the projected closing down of parts of the camps at Xylotimbou and Caraolos in Cyprus.
asked the Secretary of State for War, why he has now rejected Mr. Bartlett's claim for Calcutta Detention Allowance, first submitted in January, 1946, and which has been the subject of...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he would review the policy now prevailing of refusing to grant compassionate leave to unmarried soldiers desirous of marrying the mothers of their...
asked the Secretary of State for War what action is being taken with respect to references in the report of the Awbery-Dalley Mission to the restrictions on Whitleyism for civilian employees of...
asked the Secretary of State for War to what extent priority is given by the relevant civil authorities to applications for building drill halls or garages for Territorial Army units; and what is...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many recent recruiting meetings have been addressed by Members of Parliament; what were the approximate costs per meeting; the average attendance; and the...
Colonel Dower: asked the Secretary of State for War how many officers have been appointed Director-General of the Territorial Army during the last two years and three months; and for what period...
asked the Secretary of State for War what was the total cost from first to last of administering the Polish Resettlement Corps; what were the numbers of the corps in June, 1946, 1947 and 1948,...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether he is aware of the slow progress that is being made in the preparation of claims for compensation for loss of development value, owing to...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether he is aware that district valuers have been asked to assess the development charge on any improvements to agricultural cottages, carried...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning to how many county planning authorities instructions have been issued that whenever possible villages and hamlets of a population less than 150...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Central Land Board are trying to discourage sellers of land from assigning their claim to...
Mr. H. D. Hughes: asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning if his attention has been drawn to the recommendation of the Gathering Grounds Sub-committee concerning public access to these...
asked the Minister of National Insurance if any further arrangements have been completed in the last six months with Commonwealth and other Governments for reciprocity in National Insurance...
asked the Minister of National Insurance (1) if he has considered the case, particulars of which have been sent to him, of a widow aged 53, whose husband, an insured person, died 21 years ago,...
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether he will grant credits in lieu of insurance payments to all full-time students, irrespective of age, in view of the great financial hardship which...
asked the Minister of National Insurance why there has been a delay of several months in dealing with the claim for the increased pension of 16s. made in respect of the wife of Mr. H. Field,...
asked the Minister of National Insurance what steps he is taking to give a clear explanation to companies with regard to the stamping of their directors' insurance cards, in view of the fact that...
asked the Minister of National Insurance how he proposes to alleviate the great hardship caused to children of divorced parents under the present law, whereby if their father died before 5th...
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether he is aware of the bad finish of National Insurance stamps, which do not take ink writing and of which the surface and price can be wiped off with...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. WYATT:
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether persons who, by reason of increase of salary to over £420 a year within two years prior to 5th July, 1948, ceased to be compulsorily insured,...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will give the number of men who have become liable for National Service in each year since the end of the recent war; how many of them have not so far been...
asked the Minister of Labour in what cases deferment or exemption is given from military service.
asked the Minister of Labour if it is intended that apprentices who have received deferment for military service will be called upon to undertake Territorial training.
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. BOYD-CARPENTER:
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that the uncertainty about possible development charges under the Town and Country Planning Act is holding up necessary factory extensions on...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the purchasing power of the £1 in April, 1948, as compared with October, 1938, to include the whole field of personal expenditure and reckoning the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what authority British personnel seconded to Pakistan and paid by Pakistan are subject to British Income Tax, although nonresident in Britain and subject...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give in pounds and in dollars the amounts of Marshall Aid expected up till 1952, and the dates and amounts of the monthly and annual instalments...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that the 1946 Budget concessions to football clubs have in no way benefited spectators in Scotland, as was hoped for at that time, and that...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of Post-War Credits due for repayment year by year; and the amount repaid to date.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will remove the Purchase Tax imposed on the tools and specialised equipment of essential use by Northern Ireland hairdressers for the sole purpose...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent the re-armament programme is likely to affect the supply of goods for consumption in the coming year.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the amount of foreign currency which he has so far permitted British Railways to expend on the chartering of vessels from foreign countries.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that under his regulations an American citizen is unable to buy a British car for dollars in London, or to take delivery in this country;...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will increase the allowance of currency to tourists in France in view of the favourable balance of trade with that country.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give the names of those appointed to serve on the committee set up to inquire into the Government's Home Information Services; and whether he...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the Italian Government is not observing the provisions of the Anglo-Italian Financial Agreement regarding parity of sterling; and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the value of British properties already taken over by the Burmese Government for which terms of compensation have not yet been settled.
I beg to move, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty to congratulate His Majesty, Her Majesty the Queen and Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh on...
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Amendment to Question [15th November], "That the Bill be now read a Second time," which Amendment was to leave out "now," and at the end of the...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Snow.]
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