Thursday, 28 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.
asked the Minister of Health when aids to hearing will be supplied to the many persons in Swindon in great need of them.
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that hospital boards are being instructed to supply pasteurised milk in hospitals, even although it comes from a tuberculin-tested herd; and why...
asked the Minister of Health what is the number of ophthalmic opticians in England and Wales now employed in providing optical treatment within the National Health Service.
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that whereas it was formerly the practice that general practitioners in Bristol could send patients to the Central Health Clinic for X-ray examination...
asked the Minister of Health what is the average number of patients on the panel of doctors at Bristol; and what is the highest and the lowest number.
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that officers and men of the Merchant Navy pay Income Tax and National Insurance contributions but are unable to receive any health treatment when...
asked the Minister of Health what proposals have been approved by him in the last 12 months for providing further accommodation in the area of the East Anglian Regional Hospital Board for...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that members of staffs in some hospitals are prevented from wearing their trade union badges whilst on duty; and what steps he will take to secure...
asked the Minister of Health the number of dentists who are qualified and the number registered under the Dentists Acts, 1921 to 1923; how many National Health Service dentists are qualified; and...
Mr. H. D. Hughes: asked the Minister of Health what he estimates would be the increased cost of allowing private patients to obtain drugs recommended by their doctor free of charge.
asked the Minister of Health if the Regional Hospital Board have completed their investigation of the problem of the aged and chronic sick in the City of Birmingham; and what steps are being...
asked the Minister of Health how many pairs of glasses and how many sets of false teeth and how many wigs have been provided in the last 12 months; and how many demands are still outstanding.
asked the Minister of Health the present position regarding the allegations of irregularity in connection with the requisitioning of certain hut dwellings on Hayle Towans by the West Penwith...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the low medical grade of many of the foreign workers admitted into this country and the resulting high rate of sickness among these workers;...
asked the Minister of Education how many schools in Devonshire are supplied with fresh milk and how many with dried milk.
asked the Minister of Education for what reason his regulations contained in S.R. & O., 1945, No. 1076, paragraph 49, provide for only three routine medical inspections during a child's...
asked the Minister of Education whether he is aware of the proposal of the Middlesex Education Committee to purchase 100 Olympia typewriters for use in its technical colleges; and if he will make...
asked the Minister of Education to what extent he estimates that the present arrangements for the training of technologists in this country are sufficient to meet the increasing demands which...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what are the separate numbers and total salaries of British civil servants at present in Delhi working for British Government Departments;...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he intends to publish the report of his Department's inspector who is inquiring into certain matters connected with Messrs. A. Reyrolle & Co., Ltd.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the present position with regard to the negotiations for trade agreements with Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
asked the President of the Board of Trade why inquiries about stocks of paper and board are sent so frequently to manufacturers of boxes and cartons; and whether he will give instructions to...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the fact that the United Kingdom delegation only accepted the provisions of Article II of the Brussels Copyright Convention, 1948,...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many firms have, through his suggestion, agreed to establish factories in the new towns.
asked the Lord President of the Council whether, in view of the serious increase in deaths from cancer during the last 30 years, he will make a statement as to the research which is now being...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will consider increasing the ration of feedingstuffs allowed to farmers who rear calves but do not sell milk.
asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps are being taken to prevent the flooding of the River Irwell at Peel Bridge, Ramsbottom.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that, owing to the action of some education authorities in prosecuting parents whose children are absent from school whilst with their...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what provision has been made for an adequate supply of sacks to meet the needs of farmers using combine harvesters who have to market their grain immediately;...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will arrange for allotment holders in Brock-well Park, Lambeth, to continue the cultivation of their allotments.
asked the Minister of Agriculture how many personnel of the National Agricultural Advisory Service were employed at his Department's exhibit at the 1948 and 1949 Royal Shows, respectively; and...
asked the Minister of Agriculture to what extent in the administration of the marginal production scheme account is taken of the financial means and status of the farmers who propose to undertake...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer under what provisions of the Income Tax Acts are individual hardship cases dealt with by him.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much sterling as at 30th June, 1949, did we owe to each of our creditor countries.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recommendations he has recently received for those connected with the Gold Coast concerning assistance to be given to the mining companies; and when he...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why permission was given to the Icelandic Government to raise the recent loans to build ten trawlers, in view of the fact that the British fleet with the...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury to what extent he estimates that the present arrangements for an increased supply of scientists from the universities is sufficient to meet the...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that as a result of a dispute between the War Damage Commission and the War Department over the question of responsibility for...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many of the surplus books received from the Service Departments for disposal have been returned direct to the publishers for pulping; and what...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will give Civil Service pensioners the option to receive their pensions monthly or quarterly.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why Mrs. White of Streatham has been refused a gratuity for her services with the Metropolitan Police, which amounted in total to 16 years...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has given consideration to the question of seeking, by legislation or otherwise, powers to deport to their country of origin...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Committee of Inquiry on Cruelty to Wild Animals will hear evidence in public.
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Miss JENNIE LEE:
Will the Leader of the House tell us what is to be the Business for the week after the Summer Recess?
My right hon. and learned Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, recently stressed in the House the crucial importance, in the present situation, of pursuing vigorously the Government's policy...
"to amend the Parliament Act, 1911," presented by the Prime Minister; supported by Mr. Herbert Morrison, Mr. Ede and the Attorney-General; read the First time; to be read a Second time To-morrow,...
Proceedings on the Consideration of the Lords Amendments to the Coal Industry Bill and the Married Women (Maintenance) Bill exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order...
Read a Second time, and committed to a Committee of the whole House for Tomorrow.—[Mr. H. Morrison.]
4.3 p.m.
Lords Amendment in lieu of one of their Amendments to which the Commons disagreed, considered.
The Lords do not insist on their Amendment at page 2, line 23, to which the Commons have disagreed, but propose the following Amendment to the Bill in lieu thereof—
Lords Amendments considered.
Lords Amendment: In page 1, line 22, at end insert new Clause "A": (1) In determining for the purposes of section four of the Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act, 1895, whether a husband has...
Motion made and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Joseph Henderson.]
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