Thursday, 18 November 1948
The House met at Half-past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Education whether his attention has been drawn to the conditions in primary schools in Gloucestershire; and what action is being taken for their systematic repair and alteration.
asked the Minister of Education whether he is aware that it has taken over two years to build a canteen at the Ilkley-Ben Rhydding primary school; what have been the causes of the delay; what is...
asked the Minister of Education if he is aware of the improved feeling of goodwill created among the nations by the interchange of school children between the schools on the Continent and this...
Mr. H. D. Hughes: asked the Minister of Education if he will give the names of members of the governing bodies of the national colleges for various industries so far established, indicating...
asked the Minister of Education whether he is aware of the inconvenience caused to voluntary training colleges and their students by delays in paying grants; and whether he will institute a...
asked the Minister of Education if he will issue a circular to local education authorities encouraging instruction in the history of the U.S.A. in secondary schools; and if lists of approved...
asked the Minister of Education if his attention has been called to the experiment in remedial education which has been established in the Institute of Education in Birmingham University; and...
asked the Minister of Education whether his attention has been called to the report of the auditors on the accounts of U.N.E.S.C.O. contained in the French version of the report of the Committee...
asked the Minister of Education what are the main projects now under consideration by U.N.E.S.C.O.
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what instructions were given to the British delegation at the United Nations Assembly in respect to the proposals of the Union of South...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations (1), what progress has been made in the discussion with the Governments of India and Pakistan about the provision of proportionate pensions...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations whether European judges, who were appointed judges in India before August, 1947, and who have resigned or may resign in consequence of...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations whether he is now in a position to make a statement on the negotiations which took place in Paris on 15th November between Members of the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade when the committee of inquiry into weights and measures administration and legislation is to be set up; and whether he is yet in a position to announce...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is satisfied that the safeguards against the sale of the strategic stock of rubber in America to American manufacturers, of which there have...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has any statement to make on his Department's intention with regard to a Government-owned film studio.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what action he has taken as the result of the letter addressed to him on 21st October by Mr. Wiswell, of the Muzak Corporation of U.S.A., asking for his...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the trade hardship suffered by Northern Ireland hairdressers by their being obliged to use their own clothing coupons to obtain...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many firms have requested the assistance of the Production Efficiency Service during the year ended June, 1948; and what was the total cost of...
asked the President of the Board of Trade why no reply has been given to an urgent communication addressed to his Department on 14th October, 1948, by the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many prosecutions under the Merchandise Marks Act, 1887, have been instituted by him in connection with the sale of goods falsely described as Scotch...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whenever an application for petrol for an additional hire car or taxi is received by officers of his Department, what authorities are consulted as to the need...
Lieut.-Commander Clark Hutchison: asked the Minister of Fuel and Power for how long unused standard petrol ration coupons of the present series will be valid.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether motorists using the standard ration only will still be able to license and insure their cars at the reduced rate for the new issue of the standard...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether his attention has been called to a recent court case wherein the witness was a grade III clerk at the regional fuel office who stated to the judge, in...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what steps he is taking to ensure that greater supplies of furnace coke are made available to the iron and steel industry.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what was the estimated loss of coal due to the recent strike in Ayrshire.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if it is still his intention that Bankside Power Station should be oil fired.
asked the Lord President of the Council why the provisions of Statutory Instrument, 1948, No. 2262, came into effective operation eight days before the order was made.
asked the Lord President of the Council what functions are now performed by the regional offices of the Central Office of Information.
asked the Minister of Labour what is his policy in regard to intervention in cases of industrial disputes; at what stage he intervenes in a situation that could result in an industrial dispute;...
asked the Minister of Labour what is the total number of European voluntary workers working in England and Wales and the number Jiving in the county of Denbigh; what is their pay; whether their...
asked the Minister of Labour what action he has taken to see that the National Arbitration Tribunal's Award No. 942 on the rates of wages and certain conditions of employment of professional...
asked the Minis-of Labour what were the causes of the recent coal strike in Ayrshire.
asked the Minister of Labour why the trial period, during which recruits to the coal mining industry have been permitted to obtain other employment, was reduced in April, 1948, from six months to...
asked the Minister of Labour if he willdefine the authority delegated by him to post offices for the purposes of the Control of Engagement Order; if he will identify the instrument by which he...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. WILSON HARRIS:
asked the Prime Minister whether he can inform the House of the names of the British representatives to sit on the Committee recently set up by the Governments of the live Brussels Treaty Powers...
Can the Leader of the House tell us the Business for next week?
Mr. Speaker, I beg leave to ask you a question of which I have given you notice: if arrangements can be made to publish on the Order Paper the name of a Member of this House who takes his name...
Regarding the point of which I have given you private notice, Mr. Speaker, concerning the incident last night when the hon. Member for Oxford (Mr. Hogg) raised a point of Order during one of the...
"to make legal aid and advice in England and Wales, and in the case of members of the Forces legal advice elsewhere, more readily available for persons of small or moderate means, to enable the...
"to authorise the Treasury to contribute towards the cost of a national theatre, and for purposes connected therewith," presented by Mr. Glenvil Hall; supported by Mr. Silkin, Mr. Jay and Mr....
"to authorise the increase of the number of judges of the Court of Session to fifteen, and to amend the law relating to the sessions of that Court, to the appointment of the Lord Ordinary in...
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting,
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to amend the law relating to wireless telegraphy, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of moneys provided by...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Does the hon. Member for Westbury (Mr. Grimston) desire to move the first Amendment. If he will forgive me for saying so, it is not at all clear. It does not say whether the 20s. to which it...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
I beg to move, in page 5, line 47, at the end, to add: but it shall not be an offence under this Act for any person holding an ordinary broadcast receiving licence to listen to any station coming...
I beg to move, in page 6, line 40, to leave out "one hundred," and to insert, "ten." In at any rate my preliminary moving of this Amendment, I need not detain the Committee for more than a few...
6.0 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
I beg to move, in page 8, line 11, to leave out from the beginning, to "to," in line 12. I think it would be convenient to the Committee if I discussed this Amendment together with following...
7.15 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 10, line 16, to leave out from beginning, to end of line 17, and to insert: (b) he is satisfied that the use of the apparatus in question is likely to cause undue...
10.29 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 13, line 2, at the end, to insert: (b) shall, if the offence is under Part II of this Act and consists in the use of apparatus in contravention of a notice of the...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to make provision as to the payment, and the distribution or application, of any prize money granted...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—(Mr. R. J. Taylor).
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