Wednesday, 22 June 1949
The House met at Half-past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time.
To be read a Second time upon Thursday, 30th June.
Consideration, as amended, deferred till tomorrow.
Read the Third time, and passed.
Considered; to be read the Third time tomorrow.
Considered; to be read the Third time tomorrow.
asked the Secretary of State for Air what action is being taken to encourage airmen and airwomen to join the Royal Auxiliary Air Force on demobilisation.
asked the Secretary of State for Air what plans he has to establish a bombing range in the Severn Estuary at Frampton Sand; and what representations have been made to him in this connection by...
asked the Secretary of State for Air how many United States Service men are being housed in private accommodation in the vicinity of Ruislip; and how many are being housed in the United States...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation what agreement has been reached between the Air Ministry and the Ministry of Civil Aviation on the principle of establishing an...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Civil Aviation what steps are being taken to provide Canadairs for British South American Airways passenger services.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation if he has now received a report on the accident resulting from a collision between an Anson and a Dakota near Coventry; and...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many Bulgarians are employed in the Bulgarian Legation in London; what appointments do they hold; how many British subjects are employed in...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it is proposed to bring any proceedings against Erich Koch, former Gauleiter of the Ukraine, recently arrested in the British zone of Germany.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many factories have been dismantled in the British zone of Germany during the last three months; and how many remain to be dismantled.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the motor boat "Rose of York," which belonged to Herr Wilhelm Westrup, having been requisitioned by the Control...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how much has been spent on rebuilding the works of the Benzin Company at Gelsenberg, now to be pulled down; and what was the total amount for...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is now prepared to make a statement concerning the prospect of the Government making a contribution to the United Nations International...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what financial assistance has been given by the United Nations Relief Organisation for Palestinian Refugees to British voluntary societies which...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to a recent official claim by General Franco that promises had been made him during the war by the Allied...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the difficulty of reaching agreement with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in Europe, His Majesty's Government will now...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how far the permission by the Argentine appropriate Ministers to open discussions on compensation for British shareholders of Buenos Aires...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what further information he can give about the whereabouts and conditions under which Cardinal Mindszenty is living, and the state of his health.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the proposed use of an Austrian radio station for the re-diffusion of the British Broadcasting Corporation's...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what action he has taken, in view of the economic blockade of Yugoslavia established by the Communist-controlled neighbours of Yugoslavia, to...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the resignation of Mr. C. G. Bidwell, the head of the British Council in Poland.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the value during the last full year of raw cotton exported by the Sudan and of cotton cloth imported; and what was the value of cotton cloth...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will consider establishing a West African office and showroom for West African products and information, centrally located in London.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why a tax of 9d. a gallon on aviation fuel is charged to private users and charter companies in East Africa, when this tax is not levied on East...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement on the proposals of the Government of Uganda arising out of the recommendations of the Uganda Cotton Industry Commission.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement with regard to the provision of a municipal council or for elected representatives to the Legislative Council of the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps he proposes to take to meet the demand in Aden for municipal government based on a franchise covering all Aden-born adults.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware that whipping is in force in Aden for juveniles and that they are herded in prison with adults; and what provision is being made for...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how much of the £120 million allocated to the Colonies under the Colonial Development and Welfare Act, 1945, has been taken up each year since...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if the Indian authorities have replied to his representations regarding the refusal of the Govern- ment of India to allow Indian labourers going on...
asked the Prime Minister what visits have been paid by Ministers this year to factories either wholly or partly for the purpose of familiarising themselves with joint production committees.
asked the Lord President of the Council on what date he expects that the Radcliffe Committee investigating the British Broadcasting Corporation's affairs will commence its operations; and what is...
asked the Minister of Defence whether, in view of the relatively late age at which medical officers are called up for National Service, he will authorise the payment of marriage allowances at the...
asked the Minister of Food if he will now give favourable consideration to the repeated request of the Bexley Food Control Committee that the licence of the Bexley Cricket Club should be extended...
asked the Minister of Food if he is now in a position to state the results of the second year's work of the Overseas Food Corporation in East Africa.
asked the Minister of Food what is the comparative nutritional value for animal feedingstuff purposes between coarse grains and milling by-products.
asked the Minister of Food what is the weekly quantity of sweets and chocolates per head of the population now being produced.
asked the Minister of Food whether in the new five-year Agreement with the Argentine Republic for the purchase of meat there is any clause which permits the price to fall if world prices fall and...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. EMRYS HUGHES.
May I ask the Leader of the House if he can say when the Foreign Secretary will be in a position to make a statement about the recent meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers in Paris?
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I wish to make a brief personal statement. My attention has been called to an interruption which I made on 23rd May, when the Central Office of Information was...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."—[Sir S. Cripps.]
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."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
I beg to move, in page 3, line 38, after "charged," to insert: in respect of sweets other than mead.
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."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
I beg to move, in page 5, line 25, to leave out "words," to the end of subsection (1), and to insert: 'and (b)' of the words 'or (b) that the entertainment is held in a borough, urban district or...
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 6, line 30, to leave out from "section," to "shall," in line 32, and to insert: for the purposes of the Hawkers Act, 1888, or the Pawnbrokers Act, 1872. The purpose of...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to amend the National Health Service Act, 1946, and the National Health Service (Scotland) Act, 1947, and otherwise...
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