Tuesday, 18 October 1949
The House—after the Adjournment on 29th September, 1949—met at Half past Two o'Clock.
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for War how many men called up for service under the National Service Acts are at present employed in pay offices; and how many civilians have been replaced by them...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many married families, officers and other ranks, respectively, are accommodated in War Department quarters in the Suez Canal Zone; and how many live in...
asked the Secretary of State for War what has been the total cost of the expedition to Aqaba.
asked the Secretary of State for War what proportion of repairs to billets and barracks are at present carried out by Royal Engineers' services; and what proportion by civilian contract.
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning if he will give further consideration to extending the time in which claims for loss of development value can be made.
asked the Minister of National Insurance if he is aware that under the approved society system societies arranged statistical data showing periodically the incidence of sickness and disablement...
asked the Minister of National Insurance how the local advisory committees he is setting up under the National Insurance Act, under Section 42 of the National Insurance Act, 1946, will be...
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether he will state the total amount of unemployment benefits disbursed in the year 1938; give an estimate of what the disbursements would have been in...
asked the Minister of National Insurance what steps are being taken to supervise sickness claims and to prevent abuse of the provisions of the insurance and health services.
asked the Minister of National Insurance what is the present position of the original insurance funds taken over by the terms of the National Insurance Act; and how much of them has been applied...
asked the Minister of Labour what reductions he proposes in labour control.
asked the Minister of Labour what percentage of the registered male unemployed in Scotland is over 40 years of age; and what plans he has specially in view to deal with this class of persons.
asked the Minister of Labour what is the cost of advertising for labour for his Department in 1947, 1948 and 1949.
asked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed persons in Rugby at a recent convenient date.
asked the Minister of Labour what is the cause of the dispute at the Windsor Hosiery Company, Dagenham; and what action his Department has taken to try and get it settled.
asked the Minister of Labour (1) how many shipyard workers were unemployed in the Tyneside area at the latest available date; and what are the prospects of them obtaining work in their trade;...
asked the Minister of Labour, in view of the declining manpower, what special steps he is taking to recruit more workers to the coalmining industry.
Colonel Comme-Duncan: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many schoolchildren in Scotland, during the school year ended 31st July, 1949, were treated by school dental officers; and...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will authorise the erection of outhouses for council tenants in coastal villages where the provision of shelter for line baiting and of storage...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will consider revising the date under which the ploughing subsidy is payable in the North of Scotland, having regard to the fact that much of...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland why he is curtailing the powers of local authorities to requisition empty houses.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will set up a special medical inquiry into outbreaks of infantile paralysis at Strathdon, having regard to the unique circumstances of which...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether it is the Government's policy to remove air-raid shelters in Glasgow where the inhabitants complain of their presence.
asked the Minister of Pensions how many war pensioners live in dollar or hard currency countries; and what proposals he has to help them in view of devaluation.
asked the Prime Minister whether legislation will be introduced to give effect to the recommendations of the Porter Committee for the amendment of the law of libel.
asked the Prime Minister the relationship between our Parliament and the British delegates to the Council of Europe; and in what way their activities at Strasbourg will come under review in this...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the refusal of the United States Government to give His Majesty's Government information in the technical use of atomic energy, he will consider...
asked the Lord President of the Council, in view of the economic difficulties of the country, if it is still proposed to proceed with the arrangements for a fun fair in Battersea Park during the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement upon the present position of National Savings.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he proposes to take to protect the tourist industry, in view of devaluation and the possible resulting rise in costs to hotels, restaurants and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the losses to the nation, in the period leading up to devaluation, due to absence of exchange control or ineffective control; what...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can give any estimate of the amount of tax lost to the revenue in a year through the free distribution of coal to miners by the National Coal Board and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer in what form the sterling balances of India are held in the United Kingdom; and what rate of interest is paid or credited.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is now in a position to make a statement concerning His Majesty's Government's policy in relation to Article 6A of the Final Act of the Paris...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that Dr. Hart, of Alne, is being pressed to pay £61 as Purchase Tax on streptomycin sent as a gift, from December, 1947, to March,...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total amount to date of aid granted by Great Britain to other countries since the end of the war, distinguishing between amounts loaned, outright...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the present holding of 2½ per cent. Treasury Bonds now quoted around 69 per cent. in the National Insurance Fund and in the Post Office Savings...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what percentage of the liabilities of overseas insurance companies to policy-holders in this country was invested in dollar securities at the end of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what allowance of dollars was made to Mr. G. C. Chelioti, chairman of Claude General Neon Lights, Durams and Glass Bulbs, a director of the General Electric...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking in consultation with the trade union leaders, the boards of nationalised industries, and the employers, to bring about an increase of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what is now the policy of His Majesty's Government with regard to the implementation of the Masterman Committee's Report on the political activities of...
May I ask the Leader of the House whether he has any statement to make about the Business for this week?
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session (hereinafter referred to as 'the new Act') to empower the Treasury, under section twelve of the Overseas Resources...
Considered in Committee; reported without Amendment; read the Third time, and passed.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order 84 (Money Committees).—[King's Recommendation signified.]
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