Thursday, 2 June 1949
The House met at Half-past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time, and passed.
As amended, to be considered upon Wednesday, 22nd June.
asked the Minister of Health what is now the average number of patients for each doctor under the Health Scheme; and what is the largest and smallest number on any one doctor's panel.
asked the Minister of Health (1) how many members of hospital medical staff in the Manchester region have been down-graded by means of a circular from the Regional Hospital Board informing them...
asked the Minister of Health why Mrs. Gorman, of Streatham, is still sixth on Brompton Hospital list for admission, which was her position two and a half months ago; and how many tuberculosis...
asked the Minister of Health what steps are being taken to overcome the shortage of practising general medical practitioners and dental surgeons; and what is being done to encourage prospective...
asked the Minister of Health what instructions he has issued to medical officers of health designed to combat outbreaks of food poisoning; and how many cases have been reported upon during the...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will seek to extend the special arrangements with the motor industry by which priority in the delivery of cars is given to doctors and midwives, to...
asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the announcement of one of his officials at the Conference of the Association of Hospital Welfare Administrators at...
asked the Minister of Health what evidence he has received that chronic aged sick have been certified insane in order to ensure admission into hospital.
asked the Minister of Health what decision has been taken about the proposed transfer of the South-Western Hospital, Landor Road, S.W.9, to St. Thomas's Hospital.
asked the Minister of Health whether he has yet completed his inquiry into conditions at the Rubery Mental Hospital; and what steps have been taken in the meantime to ensure adequate staffing of...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will arrange, before the present output of Medresco hearing aids is doubled, to effect certain improvements in the existing type of this apparatus,...
asked the Minister of Health what steps he is taking to facilitate the registering with a doctor of aged helpless people, who at present have to take the initiative.
asked the Minister of Health whether he has considered a copy of the resolution sent to him, which was passed at a mass meeting held in May at Arundel, protesting against the proposal to close...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will secure without further delay the supply of a spectacle lens to Mrs. Olive Owen, of 24 Jeddo Road, W.12, seeing that she has been waiting for the lens...
asked the Minister of Health, in view of the poisonous fumes and smoke now emitted by numerous chimneys in great industrial centres like Birmingham, what steps he proposes to take towards an...
asked the Minister of Health what financial economies he has asked for in the Home Help Service.
asked the Minister of Health if he will take the necessary steps to strengthen the power of local authorities to requisition unoccupied dwelling accommodation by reducing the waiting period...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware of the discontent on income now being shown by the organised wardens of youth hostels; and why they have been excluded from the Catering Wages Board.
asked the Minister of Labour why Mr. H. Teske, 21, Friday Road, Erith, an ex-German prisoner-of-war, having satisfied his Department's medical advisers of his inability to undertake agricultural...
asked the Minister of Labour if he has any statement to make on the present state of the negotiations between the two sides of the baking industry about the abolition of night baking.
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that the impending reduction in production of the Bristol 2-litre type cars will increase unemployment in Bristol; and what action he proposes to take...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that business training students who have completed the one year post-graduate course in industrial management, for which they were granted State...
asked the Minister of Labour what steps he is taking to protect foodstuffs held up as a result of the disputes at the docks.
asked the Minister of Education what consideration he has given to extending the regulations under the Teachers' Superannuation Act, to provide for a pension to the widow of a school teacher who...
asked the Minister of Education if he will give the number of uncertificated teachers who have been accepted for entry into training colleges during the Autumn of this year; and the total number...
asked the Minister of Education if he will give the number of schools in England and Wales, respectively, where fresh milk is not given to the children; and what proportion of these schools are...
Mr. H. D. Hughes: asked the Minister of Education what is the minimum maintenance allowance for a child of 16 at school he is prepared to approve in the case of a family with one child and a...
asked the Lord President of the Council when the Medical Research Council will report upon the provision of bone-conduction hearing aids.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has yet devised a method by which horned and hornless cattle can be separated during transit from farm to slaughterhouse.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will now bring forward the operating date for the increase in the farrowing sow allowance to 1st June, 1949.
asked the Minister of Agriculture what action he proposes to take to reduce or abolish the use of the battery system to induce a higher production of eggs by hens, in view of the cruelty caused...
Mr. Vane: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the authority under which the Forestry Commissioners or their staff have powers to enter on to private land to carry out the woodland census...
Mr. Baker White: asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is now in a position to make a further report on the Plas Denim training centre in regard to the complaints put forward by the Students'...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will now make an announcement about future arrangements for allocation of fuel for glasshouses.
Major Lloyd: asked the Minister of Agriculture what is the proportion of headquarters and county committee staffs to the total field force of the Women's Land Army.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether it is his intention to set up a marketing board for the white fishing industry.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amounts of gold and dollars have been paid to the Organisation of European Economic Co-operation countries each month from the inception of the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish a White Paper giving particulars of the level of profits made during the years 1946, 1947 and 1948, respectively, by all such...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether his attention has been called to the decision by Mr. Justice Atkinson in the King's Bench Division on 24th March, that compensation rent under...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why gold is being sold to the United States of America for approximately £8 15s. the fine ounce when the world market price is £24.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will state the amount and value of gold exported from each of the British Dominions within the sterling area for the year ended 31st December, 1948.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how he arrives at the calculation contained in the booklet "The Budget and Your Pocket," that the cost of defence is equal to an outlay of 22s. 6d. a week...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why Treasury permission has been given to Messrs. Vickers Limited to capitalise reserves to the extent of over £6 million and to distribute that sum in...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will give an estimate of the sum of money involved in any one year in paying to widows such post-war credits as pass to them on account of their...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, with a view to preventing an increase of unemployment and with special regard to the increasing supply of goods available, and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the statement contained in the booklet "The Budget and Your Pocket," that 1s. 11d. per family per week is paid out of taxes to help provide homes at...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. COBB.
(By Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can now make an announcement about the composition of the Committee of Inquiry on Cruelty to Wild Animals.
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour whether he has any further statement to make about the situation on the railways.
May I ask the Leader of the House whether he has any statement to make about the Business for the week after the Recess?
I desire, Mr. Speaker, with your permission, to make a statement. The House will recollect that on 5th May my right hon. Friend the Lord President of the Council said in answer to a Question...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House, at its rising Tomorrow, do adjourn till Tuesday, 21st June."—[The Prime Minister.]
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
4.15 p.m.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 84.—[King's Recommendation signified.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Snow.]
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