Tuesday, 22 February 1949
The House met at Half-past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read a Second time, and committed.
Second Reading deferred till Thursday.
Read a Second time, and committed.
Second Reading deferred till Thursday.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that no crofter in Shetland can get an order accepted for lime to be delivered in 1949; and what steps he proposes to take to remedy this...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will arrange to have a Prairie Buster plough permanently stationed in Shetland to facilitate the work of breaking in hill land.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to submit the annual review of Scottish affairs to Parliament.
Colonel Hutchison: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what report he has received from the Scottish Reconstruction Committee on Peat Development; and whether he will make it available.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will consider establishing one or more open prisons in Scotland, taking special regard to the importance of assisting first offenders back to full...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the unsatisfactory administration and accommodation of a number of institutions in Scotland designed for the needs of the aged infirm;...
Mr. McKie: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the reason for the late payments this year of the wheat subsidies to producers.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to ensure that candidates and agents at the forthcoming local elections in Scotland will be fully acquainted with the changes...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what fishery pier, jetty and harbourage works are now actually under construction in the Outer Hebrides, apart from the Stornoway harbour improvement...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the intentions and plans of the Scottish Department of Agriculture for shelter belt afforestation in the Outer Hebrides in the interests of...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the increasing unemployment in the Outer Hebrides among people classed as employed persons and among those on the self-employed...
asked the Minister of Pensions if he will state the number of deaths amongst war disability pensioners during the past five years; the numbers of pensions awarded to widows in respect of those...
Lieut.-Commander Clark Hutchison: asked the Secretary of State for War how many service pensioners are on the waiting list for employment as barrack wardens.
asked the Secretary of State for War what is the present rate of local overseas allowances in Tripolitania in respect of accommodated men and non-accommodated men, respectively; and what are the...
asked the Secretary of State for War what representations he has received regarding the bad and inadequate food provided for the members of the military fire brigade, Gibraltar; and what steps...
asked the Secretary of State for War (1) what is the establishment of Anti-Aircraft Command; and also what is the strength of that command at the present time; (2) whether all the weapons and...
asked the Secretary of State for War when the issue of number one dress to the Territorial Army will begin; and by what date he anticipates that all recruits to the Territorial Army will be...
asked the Secretary of State for War, in view of the congested inland populations living around the open areas known as the Dukeries and the need for the preservation of open spaces in that part...
asked the Secretary of State for War what was the purpose of his visit to Aberystwyth; the cost of the display; the number of recruits enlisted; and what other results have been obtained.
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning what regulations he has made defining who pays the development charge in respect of mining operations carried on under a mining lease; and whether...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning when regulations will be introduced for the establishment of rights of access to uncultivated land and the determination of public rights of way,...
asked the Minister of National Insurance how many salaried appointments in convenient categories have been made, to the latest available date, under the National Insurance Act; and what is the...
asked the Minister of National Insurance if he has now considered the results of the inquiry conducted by the National Federation of Old Age Pensioners into the average cost of living among...
asked the Minister of National Insurance what steps he is taking to reduce the period of waiting for the payment of sickness benefit in Cardiff.
asked the Minister of National Insurance why he refuses information to the police where a warrant is issued for the arrest of a husband who deserts his wife and family, leaving their maintenance...
asked the Lord President of the Council whether he is aware that contributions to research in rheumatic diseases have suffered a severe falling off since the inception of the National Health...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware of the great differences in the quantity of organisational charts and descriptive leaflets by the Regional Organisation for Industry...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why men who have recently joined the Territorial Army have received an Income Tax Notice of Coding for 1949–50 which shows a deduction from admissible...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that the life of Mr. J. M. Heron, correspondence about whose case has been sent to him, depends upon his going at once to Switzerland for...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the cost of 2, Park Street, W.1, for purposes of Government hospitality, giving separately capital and current expenditure and the period...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent Marshall Aid will be cut for the 15 months period commencing 3rd April, 1949.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will adopt the scheme for collecting Purchase Tax similar to that operating in the United States of America where State and Federal Tax is paid at the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the unsatisfactory balance of payments between this country and Canada, which is stifling bilateral trade important to both countries, he...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will date the beginning of the new tourist foreign currency allowance so as to allow Easter holidays to be spent abroad.
Colonel Hutchison: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the railway between Siam and Burma built by the Japanese with Allied prisoner of war labour has been treated by the Allied...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware of the amount of interest lost to the Exchequer due to the failure of the Treasury to cash cheques sent in as payment for the special...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, in view of hardship which follows the loss of the Tobacco Duty relief token book by old age pensioners, he is prepared to make them some concession.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why entertainment tax on speedway racing is 1s. 1d. for every 2s. 6d. ticket, whereas for boxing and ice hockey the entertainment tax is only 6½d. for...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give, at the latest available date, an account showing the nature and amount of the securities held by the National Debt Commissioners as...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what further applications have been received by his Department for permission to remit funds to the French miners' organisations; and whether the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider raising the maximum holdings in Defence Bonds 2½ per cent. from £2,500 to £3.500 which will assist the National Savings...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will now give the names of the chairman and members of the Local Government Manpower Committee; when it is expected that it will complete its...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the lack of response of the Federation of British Industries to his written request of last February for a scheme for the reduction of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the Government's decision to award salary increases up to an additional £24 a week to civil servants already in receipt of...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the continuing importance of the matters disclosed in Command Paper 2682 of 1926, he will arrange for this Command Paper to be...
asked the Economic Secretary to the Treasury whether he has considered the memorandum dated 15th December, 1948, submitted to him by the Purchase Tax Joint Standing Committee of the Paper,...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many, Statutory Instruments were made during January, 1949; how many were revoked; and how many expired.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what special facilities are now being provided to enable British commercial interests to compete for and obtain a fair share of the increasing imports in...
asked the President of the Board of Trade why newspapers which began publication after 16th August, 1940, are not allowed to share in the increased allocation of newsprint which was recently...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that many textile mills engaged on fine cotton spinning are short of orders and are producing for stock; and if he will make a statement.
On a point of Order, Mr. Speaker. I desire to ask for your guidance on a matter of which I have given you private notice. Yesterday at Question Time you called Question Number 45 in the name of...
Alfred Davis Devonsher Broughton, esquire, for the Borough of Batley and Morley.
"to confirm and give effect to Terms of Union agreed between Canada and Newfoundland," presented by Mr. P. Noel-Baker; supported by the Prime Minister and Mr. Herbert Morrison; read the First...
Motion made, and Question put: That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House)."—[The...
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading, read
Considered in Committee of the whole House under Standing Order No. 84.—[King's Recommendation signified.]
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
Order for Second Reading read.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Snow.]
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