Tuesday, 26 July 1949
The House met at Half-past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Lords Amendments considered, pursuant to Order [22nd July] and agreed to.
[King's Consent signified]
Read the Third time, and passed, with Amendments.
[King's Consent signified]
Read the Third time, and passed, with Amendments.
asked the Minister of Pensions the cost of the four-seater motor car now supplied free to the badly disabled war pensioner and the cost of the new weather-protected single-seater motor tricycle,...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will pay compensation to Mr. H. H. Dixon, a former employee of the Imperial War Graves Commission in Palestine in respect of the losses incurred by...
asked the Secretary of State for War why his Department will not accept responsibility for the total destruction of a motor car belonging to Mr. Peter Coburn, of 7, Havesbreakes Place, Lancaster,...
asked the Secretary of State for War what consideration is being given to the maintenance of sufficient Government horses at the Royal Military Academy to enable officer cadets to ride and to...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is now in a position to say if any way has been found of reducing the charges for bringing soldiers' bodies home from different parts of the world.
asked the Secretary of State for War if it is intended to publish in the divisional and brigade orders of the units concerned an appreciation of the work done in the London Docks by various units...
asked the Secretary of State for War the circumstances in which T/22201187 Private Fred Hassall, Royal Army Service Corps, received gun-shot wounds, resulting in his death, on 14th July, 1949, at...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will arrange for emergency treatment to be given at the Army Dental Centre, at Bushfield Camp, Winchester, to civilian patients who have been...
asked the Secretary of State for War why the Masonic Hall, London Road, Leicester, which has been requisitioned for the last 10 years, has not been vacated in accordance with his undertaking of...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many men of the 14th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, now under orders for service in the Far East have had less than six months in England since...
asked the Secretary of State for War (1) the average weekly loss of stores over the last 12 months from the Mackinnon Road depot, Kenya; (2) the average monthly wastage due to malaria and other...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is now able to announce his decision with regard to the salaries and status of Queen's Army schoolmistresses.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has any information to give regarding recent damage done to his Department's property in the grounds of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst,...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is satisfied that all the documents from America required for the Manstein trial have now been delivered to counsel for the defence; and whether he...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will make a further statement on the payment of German ex-prisoners of war, remaining in this country as civilians, for work done during their...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether he is satisfied that claims in respect of loss of development rights under the Town and Country Planning Act have now been submitted by the...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning if he is now able to give details of his scheme for associating new towns with particular congested areas so far as the provision of housing...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning if he has considered an inquiry held on 14th July by an inspector appointed by him in relation to an appeal by Messrs. Charrington and Company,...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning what tests have been carried out regarding the suitability of Congleton to be classified as a new town; and if he is now able to give a decision in...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether the War Office's proposal to acquire additional land at Trawsfynydd, Merioneth, will be considered by the Inter-Departmental Committee on...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether he will now define the area at Mobberley on which development is likely to take place; and whether he will give an assurance that deep...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether any estimate has been made of the total overspill from Manchester which it is necessary to accommodate in the surrounding counties; and...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning in what parishes and over what acreage of the Kettering and Brixworth Rural Districts are ironstone producers being allowed to continue working...
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether he is aware that under existing regulations non-employed persons who have given due notice of claims of pension in anticipation of attaining the...
asked the Minister of National Insurance if he will invite nominations from the British Federation of Old Age Pensioners to sit on the local advisory committees now in the process of being appointed.
asked the Minister of National Insurance if he will give an estimate of the cost which would be incurred by the National Assistance Board in paying the insurance contributions for those widows...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the decision to adopt the recommendations of the Resale Price Maintenance Committee and to endeavour to do away with existing collective systems...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has considered a recent case at Manchester Assizes, resulting in the award of £7,500 damages to Miss Mary Marshall, as a result of injuries caused by...
asked the Prime Minister if he will publish a list of appointments in Government Departments held by individuals who receive no salary for the work which they perform; and what is the approximate...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will reconsider the present practice whereby a British officer still on the active list can make pronouncements on international policy without prior...
asked the Prime Minister what steps His Majesty's Government is taking to secure the nation-wide observance of United Nations Day on 24th October; and whether he is in touch with the United...
asked the Prime Minister in view of the fact that many sections of the public are still misinformed as to the nature of the country's economic situation, particularly in regard to the achievement...
Mr. Scott-Elliot: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent E.C.A. funds are at present being allotted for the purchase of Canadian wheat.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if the expert advice he obtained before allowing the purchase of hatching eggs from the United States of America for the poultry project in the Gambia...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will define the procedure under the rules of the International Monetary Fund for fixing the selling price of gold.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many dollars were remitted to the United Kingdom in the last financial year by British entertainment artists employed in the United States of America.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the amount of the sterling balance claimed as due to India at the end of the war; by how much this had been reduced at the time of the partition of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what decisions have been taken on the review by his Department of the proposals of the Timber Development Association in the use of steel as a substitute for...
Thomas Charles Pannell, Esquire, for the Borough of Leeds (West Division), made Affirmation required by law.
Message from His Majesty brought up, and read by Mr. SPEAKER, as follows:
I am very grateful to you, Mr. Speaker, for allowing me to raise again today the question of Privilege which I mentioned yesterday and I would like to say a few words upon it, because I am in a...
Ordered: That this day, Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before ten o'clock; and that if the first three Resolutions proposed shall have been agreed to by the Committee of...
[25TH ALLOTTED DAY]
Resolved: That a sum, not exceeding £286,596,041 be granted to His Majesty to complete the sums necessary to defray the charges for the following services connected with the Production of...
4.9 p.m.
7.41 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £8,467,885, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment...
Resolved: That a sum, not exceeding £37,495,168, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on...
Resolved: That a sum, not exceeding £31,436,107, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on...
"That a sum, not exceeding £161,433,990, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £453,010,283, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £65,574,627, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £47,370,607, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum not exceeding £60,473,100, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £55,838,541, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £133,558,640, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £475,695, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day...
"That a sum, not exceeding £103,283,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1950, for...
"That a sum, not exceeding £158,690,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1950, for...
"That a sum, not exceeding £60,850,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1950, for...
Considered in Committee.
Lords Amendments considered.
Lords Amendment: In line 9, leave out "provide in certain cases for later" and insert "amend the law as to."
Lords Amendment: In page 2, line 7, leave out "section" and insert "Part of this Act."
Lords Amendment: In page 4, line 18, leave out "or club."
Lords Amendment: In page 7, line 8, leave out from "business" to end of line 14.
Lords Amendment: In page 8, line 4, leave out from "by" to "for" in line 9 and insert: "the Lands Tribunal."
Lords Amendment: In page 11, line 14, leave out Clause 15.
Lords Amendment: In page 13, line 25, at end, insert: () In accordance with the provisions of this Act, the said section forty shall have effect as set out in the Schedule (Section forty of Act...
Lords Amendment: In line 27 at end, insert new Clause A: (1) The provisions of this Part of this Act, except section seventeen thereof, shall come into operation on such date as the Secretary of...
Lords Amendment: In line 38, leave out "frequently" and insert "resorting to."
Lords Amendment: In page 17, line 1, leave out from "time" to "is" in line 3 and insert "while a special hours certificate."
Lords Amendment: In page 18, line 4, at end, insert: ; and references in the said provisions to providing dancing shall be construed as references to providing facilities for dancing which are...
Lords Amendment: In page 19, line 44, leave out subsection (8) and insert: (8) In the case of premises in a part of the metropolis specified for the purposes of subsection (1) of section nineteen...
Lords Amendment: In page 22, line 32, leave out "commencement" and insert "passing."
Lords Amendment: In line 35, at end, insert new Clause B: Paragraph (5) of section twenty-six of the Act of 1910 (which provides that the justices shall not make an order for the ordinary removal...
Lords Amendment: In page 24, line 14, leave out second "or" and insert "and."
Lords Amendment: In page 31, line 28, after "except" insert that part of that parish which immediately before the coming into operation of section nine of the Water (Scotland) Act, 1949, was known as.
Lords Amendment: In page 33, line 39, at end insert new Schedule.
10.26 p.m.
10.48 p.m.
I beg to move, That the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations, 1949, dated 14th July, 1949, a copy of which was laid before this House on 14th July, be approved. The...
Ordered, That Mr. Emrys Roberts be discharged from the Select Committee appointed to join with a Select Committee appointed by the Lords on Consolidation Bills and Statute Law Revision Bills and...
Lords Amendments further considered.
Lords Amendment: In page 12, line 31, leave out from "not" to "to" in line 35, and insert: a proper transaction made in the ordinary course of business, regard being had.
Lords Amendment: In page 17, line 36, at end insert: () (a) If it proved by the stockholders' representative or by the Minister that the values of a company's securities as agreed or determined...
Lords Amendments disagreed to: In page 34, line 13, to leave out from "not" to end of line 17, and insert: a proper transaction made in the ordinary course of business regard being had to the...
Lords Amendment: In page 44, line 26, leave out from "1948" to end of line 30.
Lords Amendment: In page 54, line 6, after "by" insert: section (Powers of subsidiaries of the Corporation), section two and
Lords Amendment: In page 62, line 10, at end insert: () This Act shall come into force on the first day of October, nineteen hundred and fifty.
Lords Amendment: In page 95, line 49, at end add new Schedule:
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. R. J. Taylor.]
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