Thursday, 21 July 1949
The House met at Half-past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
[King's Consent signified]
Bill read the Third time, and passed, with Amendments.
[King's Consent signified]
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in view of the passing of the British Nationality Act, what steps should be taken by persons of British parentage born in India, Pakistan,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will consider the evidence given at a recent case heard in Nottingham to the effect that steps should be taken to prohibit the use...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will reconsider his decision refusing permission to local authorities to demolish air-raid shelters which, although not dangerous to...
asked the Minister of Health when building on the new Basingstoke hospital is likely to begin.
asked the Minister of Health whether a decision has yet been reached in regard to Dr. J. Barg's application for registration under the Medical Practitioners and Pharmacists Act.
asked the Minister of Health if he will specially authorise the supply of a hearing aid to Mr. A. T. Wilkinson of 39, New Station Road, Alvechurch, Worcestershire, in view of the fact that he is...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that Mrs. Lawson, the matron of the John Groom's Babies' Home, at Cudham Hall, near Sevenoaks, ordered some spectacles on 12th December, 1948, and did...
asked the Minister of Health what is the estimated annual cost of the clothing which needy patients are allowed to keep on discharge from hospital; what determines need in this connection; and...
asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the action of the Blyth Borough Council in granting four building licences to the Blyth Co-operative Society out of the 24...
asked the Minister of Health for what reason he refuses to allow a local authority, which pays a rate subsidy to a new town corporation in respect of accommodation provided for residents...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the demand for rustic facing bricks for the building of power stations, which receives priority, is disorganising the building programme of some...
asked the Minister of Health when he will give approval to the water scheme for Glanton, Northumberland, made by the Alnwick Rural District Council.
asked the Minister of Health if, in view of several recent incidents of food poisoning which have been traced to the consumption of duck eggs, he will give some general guidance as to how these...
Mr. Scott-Elliot: asked the Minister of Health whether he will define his attitude to the second and third reports made by the Local Government Boundary Commission.
asked the Minister of Health if he has considered the information sent to him concerning certain properties in Cheltenham, which have been re-assessed and the revised assessment dated back to the...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will state the approximate time now taken between registration, medical examination and call up of National Service men.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has considered the article in the journal of the General and Municipal Workers Union which has been sent to him, condemning the unjustified absenteeism...
asked the Minister of Labour what are the figures of registered unemployed at Goole and Knottingley, Yorkshire, at the latest available date and at the equivalent date in 1938.
asked the Minister of Education if he is aware that at Llangybi Primary School, Caernarvonshire, four classes are taught and the school dinner is cooked in the same room; that a proper school...
asked the Minister of Education on what date he approved the London School Plan.
asked the Minister of Education whether he is aware that the development by the London County Council of the Wandsworth County School for Boys, Sutherland Grove, S.W.18, from 500 pupils to 2,000...
asked the Minister of Education whether he is aware of the steps being taken by the London County Council to increase Mayfield Girls' School, Putney, from 500 pupils to 2,000 pupils; whether this...
asked the Minister of Education how many applications he received from students on completion of their training for permits to teach in non-profit-making independent schools during the year...
asked the Minister of Education what is the number of pupils on the roll in each of the comprehensive secondary schools now open; and the estimated enrolment of any such school due to open in...
asked the Minister for Education whether he has any statement to make as to the position of the claim by teachers in Kingston, Surbiton and district for London Area Allowance, in view of the...
asked the Minister of Education what increase has been made this year in the number of staff inspectors; and how many of the new appointments are part-time.
asked the Minister of Education how many local education authorities insist upon candidates for appointment as teachers being examined by radiography.
asked the Lord President of the Council if he will ensure that the Grace Darling Memorial Tree in Battersea Park is in no way damaged by the holding of the fun fair there in connection with the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture the total sum paid to United Kingdom farmers in the past 12 months as grants for ploughing up grassland; and how much of this was in respect of permanent...
asked the Minister of Agriculture why, in view of the increase in price of skinned rabbits, his executive committees are destroying rabbits by gassing; and what instructions he has issued.
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he can give figures showing the number of poultry in Britain before the war, at the end of the war, and at present.
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that county agricultural executive committees are asking farmers to increase the wheat acreage by 50 per cent. in the next two years; and if he...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what recent developments there have been in the researches conducted by his Department as to the least cruel method of killing lobsters and crabs.
asked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will state the amount of small savings and withdrawals, respectively, for the past eight weeks.
asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he has considered the representations made to him on the subject of relief from Purchase Tax of racing cars manufactured in this country and required...
asked the Secretary to the Treasury how many teams representing British industry have been to the United States of America under the auspices of the Anglo-American Productivity Council; from...
asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he will make a statement about the future of the Steel Distribution Scheme.
Mr. Scott-Elliot: asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what steps have been taken to give practical effect to the recent decision of India, Pakistan and Ceylon, jointly with...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will now consider abandoning yarn control.
asked the Minister of of Supply if he will give particulars of the goods that have been lost by theft or otherwise from his Department's depot at Burghfield during the past 18 months.
May I ask the Minister of Labour if he has any statement to make upon the situation in regard to the dock strike?
Could the Leader of the House tell us the Business for next week?
May I raise a House of Commons matter with your permission, Mr. Speaker, and bring to the notice of my right hon. Friend the Lord President a matter that is exercising the minds of hon. Members...
[24TH ALLOTED DAY]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a further sum, not exceeding £35, be granted to His Majesty towards defraying the charges for the following services connected with Foreign Affairs...
3.54 p.m.
Resolved: That the Crop Acreage Payments (England and Wales) Order, 1949, dated 5th July, 1949, a copy of which was laid before this House on 7th July, be approved."—[Mr. T. Williams.]
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Order for Third Reading read [King's Consent, on behalf of the Crown, the Duchy of Lancaster, and the Duchy of Cornwall, signified].
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Popplewell.]
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