Wednesday, 27 July 1949
The House met at Half-past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Lords Amendment considered, pursuant to Order [22nd July], and agreed to.
Lords Amendments considered, and agreed to.
As amended, considered; Standing Order 205 (Notice of Third Reading) suspended; Bill to be read the Third time forthwith.—(The Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means.)
Standing Orders 179 (Printing of amended Bill), 180 (Re-deposit of Bill before Consideration), 181 (Time between Report and Consideration of Bill, &c.), and 201 (Notice of Consideration of...
Mr. Baker White: asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that at 11.15 a.m. on 30th June a Post Office inspector called at 72, Meadowside, Eltham, S.E.9, the residence of Mr. R. E. Cross and...
asked the Postmaster-General what steps are taken by the Wireless Records branch of his Department to confirm that persons to whom their final notices are sent are still residents at the...
asked the Postmaster-General why his mail services to Manchuria and the provinces of North and Central China have been suspended.
asked the Postmaster-General whether he has approved the site at Holme Moss, chosen by the British Broadcasting Corporation for a television station to cover Manchester City and adjoining areas.
asked the Postmaster-General the approximate date on which television broadcasts will begin in Yorkshire.
asked the Postmaster-General how many telephone kiosks are to be allocated to the Leek and Cheadle rural areas in the coming year.
asked the Postmaster-General how many persons in Blackpool have applied for a telephone to be connected to their homes or business addresses respectively and have not yet been granted one; and...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he can now give an assurance that he will not interfere with the main winter haunt in Britain of anser albifrons albifrons by establishing a range for...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what is the estimated selling value of Horsham St. Faith's Air Station.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation whether he will now submit the dispute between his Department and Scottish Aviation Limited to a public inquiry regarding the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what action he proposes to take on the proposals of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations organisation for the economic...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at what stage during the war was it decided by the three Great Powers that Poland's Eastern frontier should be adjusted at the termination of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the present position of the Anglo-Guatemalan dispute over British Honduras; and what is the prospect of an early agreement.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the steps he is taking to bring to the notice of the public on 24th October, United Nations Day, the importance of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the nature and outcome of the conference of British diplomatic representatives accredited to countries of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps he has taken in recent months to bring about an agreement with Tunisia concerning war damage payments to British residents there; and...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has yet received any definite news from the Yugoslav Government as to the fate of the six Yugoslavs handed over by the British...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what recent application he has received from Field-Marshal von Rundstedt to be tried before the same court as Field-Marshal Manstein in order to...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what are the terms of the request His Majesty's Government are making to the Economic and Social Council for an investigation by the United...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make representations to the Soviet Government to desist from jamming the overseas broadcasts of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will publish as a White Paper any declarations which committed this country to the policy of unconditional surrender following President...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can report any progress in the policy of establishing a customs union, or federation of the West Indies.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how far the recent proposals to reconstitute the Legislative Council in Sierra Leone have progressed.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what approach has been made to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for assistance in developing the Colonies; what schemes are...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when it is expected that the 28 American geologists and associated scientists mentioned in Command Paper No. 7715, paragraph 291, will be temporarily...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what compensation will be paid to the families of workers who were killed by the police in the riot of June, 1948 at the Enmore plantation, in view...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it is now proposed to proceed with the trial settlement of about 200 European families in the Kanuku Mountains area of British Guiana as...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies for what reason censorship is applied to letters and telegrams despatched by Mr. Anthony Brooke from Singapore and this country to Sarawak.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why permission is given to Communists in Hong Kong to continue the publication of newspapers and pamphlets in view of the closing by the Communist...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what discussions have taken place at an official level with the Government of the United States of America regarding the political effects in the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the latest development in discussions regarding the banning in Kenya of the periodical "Labour Monthly"; and which articles in the two issues...
asked the Lord President of the Council what arrangements are being made to house visitors to London for the 1951 Festival; and whether in view of the fact that Brighton is being used already...
asked the Minister of Defence in view of mutual obligations under the Atlantic Pact, what further expenditure it is proposed to incur on the atomic bomb.
asked the Minister of Defence if he will re-introduce the system of 28 days' agricultural leave for men of the three Services serving in the United Kingdom, to enable farmers whose labour...
asked the Minister of Defence (1) why Service doctors at stations in Great Britain and Northern Ireland are not allowed to prescribe for wives and families of Service personnel registered with...
asked the Minister of Food whether he will state the duties and areas of the 24 pensionable posts of district livestock inspectors, male, advertised in the "Farmers' Weekly" of 8th July, 1949.
asked the Minister of Food whether on the resumption of sweets rationing, credit will be allowed to retailers for points lodged at food offices when rationing ceased.
Mr. McKie: asked the Minister of Food the financial loss resulting from the Government agreement to buy Cornish early potatoes.
asked the Minister of Food what contracts he has entered into with Iceland for the supply of frozen cod for delivery to the United Kingdom, giving the period and the prices arranged.
asked the Minister of Food if his attention has been drawn to the information provided by the St. Faiths and Aylsham Rural District Council in Norfolk that certain fruit and fruit syrup imported...
asked the Minister of Food when he proposes to increase the ration of soap for keepers of apartment houses who do not have a catering licence.
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. W. R. WILLIAMS:
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. J. P. L. THOMAS:
"to provide for the making to colliery concerns and subsidiaries of such concerns of further income payments for the period between the primary vesting date and the date on which compensation...
Ordered: That this day, Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock; and that if the first Resolution reported from the Committee of Supply of 26th July shall have...
[26TH ALLOTTED DAY]
Resolution reported: 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...
3.48 p.m.
7.1 p.m.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class I of the Civil Estimates, put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class II of the Civil Estimates, put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions reported in respect of Class III of the Civil Estimates, put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class IV of the Civil Estimates, put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions reported in respect of Class V of the Civil Estimates, put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions reported in respect of Class VI of the Civil Estimates, put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions reported in respect of Class VII of the Civil Estimates, put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class VIII of the Civil Estimates, put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions reported in respect of Class IX of the Civil Estimates, put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of the Revenue Departments Estimates, put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of the Ministry of Defence Estimate, put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of the Navy Estimates, put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of the Army Estimates, put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of the Air Estimates, put, and agreed to.
Resolution reported: That towards making good the Supply granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ending on 31st day of March, 1950, the sum of £1,751,693,881 be granted out of the...
"to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifty and to appropriate the Supplies granted in...
Lords Amendments considered.
Lords Amendment: In page 3, line 25, leave out "or."
Resolved: That the Statement of the Estimated Income and Expenditure of Greenwich Hospital and Travers' Foundation, for the year ending on 31st March, 1950, laid before this House on 5th July,...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the draft National Health Service (Scotland) (Superannuation) (Amendment) Regulations, 1949, a copy of which was laid before this House on 11th July, be...
Lords Amendments considered.
Lords Amendment: In page 7, line 12, at end insert: (iii) (a) if in relation to any dwelling the Secretary of State (after consultation with the Agricultural Executive Committee and District...
Message from His Majesty [26th July], considered.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Bowden.]
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