Tuesday, 5 July 1949
The House met at Half-past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
As amended, considered.
I beg to move, "That the Order of the House [30th June], that the Bill be read a Second time upon Tuesday, 12th July, be read and discharged." The House will wish to know that I have been...
asked the Minister of National Insurance how many inspectors are employed by his Department in checking stamp contributions to the insurance scheme; and how many prosecutions for failure to...
asked the Minister of National Insurance if he is in a position to announce a decision on the claim to maternity benefit and attendance allowance of Mrs. Ward, about which the hon. Member for...
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether he will consider providing that widows in receipt of 10s. weekly and 55 years of age or over, who have doctor's certificates that they are unfit...
asked the Minister of National Insurance if he will now give serious consideration to the revision of the National Assistance Regulations (Determination of Needs), 1948, No. 1334, made on 22nd...
Lieut.-Commander Clark Hutchison: asked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed men capable of undertaking clerical work who are at present on the register of disabled persons in Edinburgh.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will now extend the scheme for business training for ex-Regular Army officers to retired officers of the Indian Army.
asked the Minister of Labour how many European volunteer workers at Pool Park Camp, Ruthin, Denbighshire, run by the Young Men's Christian Association as an agricultural hostel, have recently...
asked the Minister of Labour what steps he is taking to increase the manpower in the pits.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the unrest among trade unionists who handle sugar distribution because of the decision of Messrs. Tate and Lyle, Limited, to use political...
asked the Minister of Labour what are his intentions concerning the future of Whoberley Hostel, Coventry.
asked the Minister of Labour in view of the fact that the Scottish Hotels School, Ross Hall, is a recognised school for training, what assistance he gives to those who seek to avail themselves of...
asked the Minister of Labour on what date he was notified of the existence of a dispute, as to the employers' right to select staff in the cinema industry, arising out of the arrangement by which...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the shortage of workers skilled in the making of spectacle lenses, he will consider granting deferment of call-up for National Service to skilled...
asked the Minister of Labour what information his Department has collected to account for the fact that during the war years.77 per cent. of men who were called up for the Armed Forces registered...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that youths between the ages of 17½ and 18 years are being dismissed from their employment before being called for National Service; and since...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will cause to be published in the Ministry of Labour Gazette, in connection with material there published on average earnings of industry and wage rates, a...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the estimated labour requirement for gathering the 1949 potato harvest in each of the counties of Aberdeen, Kincardine and Angus; and the sources, in...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many seamen on ships visiting Scottish ports from abroad have ordered free spectacles, false teeth or wigs with a view to delivery at the time of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons were declared bankrupt in 1948 and 1938; and how many of these were farmers.
asked the Minister of Pensions if he has now considered the possibility of appointing a Welsh-speaking Welfare Officer for North Wales; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for War what steps he is taking to see that the provisions of the Geneva Conventions requiring a field-marshal to be tried by field-marshals is carried out in the...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will arrange for an issue of light raincoats for summer wear for the Army.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will take steps to speed-up the disposal of books which are unwanted by the Army and urgently needed by public libraries.
asked the Secretary of State for War what were the strengths of the various sections of the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces of the Army, including the Militia, as on 1st January, 1938.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will make arrangements for the General Certificate of Education to take the place of the present Civil Service examination as the means of testing the...
asked the Secretary of State for War in view of the fact that his Department has only been authorised to settle the claims for loss of effects in Burma of officers and men who were serving...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many other ranks, showing non-commissioned officers and warrant officers separately, completed their regular engagements in 1948 and in the first half of...
asked the Secretary of State for War what are his new regulations regarding the wearing of swords, and what arrangements he has made to enable officers to obtain swords in future.
asked the Prime Minister whether approval has been given for the issue of the General Service Medals for service in Palestine by any persons other than those provided for in the White Paper,...
asked the Lord President of the Council by what authority are £770,000 being spent on a fun fair in Battersea Park; and to what extent is the taxpayer involved.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the amount collected for the year to 5th April, 1949, in interest paid on unpaid Income Tax, Profits Tax, and Excess Profits Tax, under the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of the circular issued to Departments by the Treasury concerning their retention of money paid under mistake of law.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the great disparity between the price of gold for monetary purposes fixed at £8 12s. 3d. per fine ounce under the International...
Mr. H. D. Hughes: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether subscriptions by industrial firms to the organisation known as "Aims of Industry" will be regarded by the Commissioners of Inland...
Mr. Ivor Thomas: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the amount of the sterling balances held by the State of Israel; and what is the origin of these balances.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give an estimate of dollar leakages in the sterling areas from May, 1948; and the principal causes of these leakages.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent guidance or instructions have been given to the Capital Issues Committee in reference to bonus issues.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will now consider repaying post-war credits to persons whose income is no longer sufficient to make them liable for Income Tax.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give a detailed statement of the reasons for his decision not to impose a tax on the turnover of the racecourse totalisator.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why the technical financial clauses of the Anglo-Argentine Agreement, recently concluded, are not to be published in full.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total amount borrowed by His Majesty's Government from the International Monetary Fund; what rate of interest has to be paid on the sums so...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been called to the observations of the Chairman of Surrey Quarter Sessions regarding the lack of supervision at the Dorking...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish an up-to-date list of all articles that have been declared by the United States of America to be surplus commodities for the purposes of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, in view of the fact that Pakistan has had to buy steel outside the sterling area, as no other supplies were available, and coal and textiles because...
asked the Economic Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware of the continuing hardship to German ex-prisoners of war, now working in Britain as civilians, who are not permitted to draw the credit...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will circulate to all public libraries a list of the books received from the Service Departments by His Majesty's Stationery Office and...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many cases of civil servants suspected of association with Communist or Fascist organisations, have been investigated by the committee charged...
Mr. Speaker, I beg leave to make a personal statement. You will have noticed in yesterday's HANSARD, in column 1919, that the right hon. Gentleman the Minister of Health is reported to have...
Committee to consider the surpluses and deficits upon Navy, Army and Air Grants for the year ended 31st March, 1948, and the application of surpluses to meet Expenditure not provided for in the...
"to empower the Treasury, under Section twelve of the Overseas Resources Development Act, 1948, to guarantee other charges, as well as interest, in respect of loans made to the Corporations...
Ordered, That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock."—[Mr. Whiteley.]
[20TH ALLOTTED DAY]
Motion made, and Question proposed: That a further sum, not exceeding £20, be granted to His Majesty towards defraying the charges for the following services connected with Education for the...
3.36 p.m.
Resolution reported: That for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to provide for the merger of the British South American Airways Corporation with the British Overseas Airways...
Mr. Ernest Thurtle added to the Select Committee on Publications and Debates Reports.—[Mr. R. J. Taylor.]
10.3 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Popplewell.]
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