Thursday, 3 November 1949
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations when the judicial inquiry into the case of Seretse Khama is expected to complete its investigations and publish its findings.
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations when the hon. Member for Salford, South, is likely to receive the information for which he has asked regarding the detention of Joseph...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations whether he will give an undertaking that His Majesty's Government will not transfer the Commission Territories to the Union of South Africa...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations how many cases so far have been brought to his attention of persons who have, until now been regarded as British subjects by birth,...
asked the, President of the Board of Trade whether, when agreeing to the removal of restric- tions on the import of Italian rayon piece goods into the United Kingdom, he arranged for this action...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the resentment amongst the retail traders in Scotland by reason of his cut of retail gross profit percentages, and his failure to...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what sums have been paid to Mr. R. Sullivan, of 48, Endymion Road, S.W.2, in respect of war damage caused by a flying bomb on 16th June, 1944, to the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has any statement to make about the recent cuts in Japanese export prices; what steps he proposes to take to protect British interests; and...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give details of the financial cost of subsidies granted under the Cotton Spinning (Re-Equipment Subsidy) Act in its first year of operation.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish in HANSARD a list of Government-owned factories at present leased to private enterprise.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the negotiations he has conducted with the United States Government with a view to facilitating the export of natural...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the fact that Government maximum price controls, discarded two years ago, have now been replaced by minimum price controls in the form...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware of the long period for which aliens who have landed in this country without permission are detained at Brixton Prison;...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why his Department has refused to authorise any grant to the Flintshire County Council in respect of the purchase of a house for the council's...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has now received the detailed information for which he asked last week in order that he might institute an inquiry into allegations...
Mrs. Braddock: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that the reduction from 5s. per week to 2s. per week in the cycle allowance to the Police Force in Liverpool is...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware of the discontent among frequenters of working-men's social clubs, as in Birmingham, because of the licensing laws which, if...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why his Department refused the request of Mr. Wilson H. Hey, a Manchester surgeon, that mountain rescue squads be allowed to carry ampoules...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were prosecuted and how many convicted in the Metropolitan Police area in the years 1938, 1948 and during the first nine...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that, in the Spring Register of Electors for 1950, persons inserting their names are asked to insert their forenames instead of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners in His Majesty's prisons have taken their own lives in the years 1946, 1947, 1948 and to date in 1949.
asked the Minister of Health under what regulations superannuation deductions are being made from those employed under the Health Service; what is the authority for these regulations; and where a...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the dentists practising in Lowestoft and North-east Suffolk have withdrawn from the National Health Service Scheme; whether he will state the...
asked the Minister of Health if he will furnish a list showing the number of general practitioners with 2,500, 3,000, 3,500, 4,000 and over 4,000 patients registered with them under the National...
asked the Minister of Health how many potential medical specialists, namely, those with higher medical or surgical qualifications, have been placed in specialist employment since the...
asked the Minister of Health what arrangements are made in institutions controlled by the social welfare committees for aged and infirm inmates to receive chiropody treatment.
asked the Minister of Health what was the rate of infant mortality for the latest available period and for a similar period before the war.
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the marked discrepancies in the periods of delay in supplying glasses between different firms of opticians; and if he will take steps to ensure that...
asked the Minister of Health the number of building operatives employed on new houses on the New Parks Estate, Leicester, in July, 1949, September, 1949; and the number employed upon the same...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will take steps to secure, in the interests of hygiene, that free washing facilities should be provided by local authorities in all public lavatories under...
asked the Minister of Health if he will state the facts and figures on which he based his circular to local authorities expressing his opinion that conferences attended by members and officers...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the urgent need for economy, he will introduce legislation to reduce the expenditure on the Civil List.
asked the Lord President of the Council what steps he is taking to ensure that buildings being erected for the Festival of Britain will be completed in time for the exhibition.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will arrange for an inquiry into the use and practice of hen batteries which involve considerable cruelty to the birds concerned and cause widespread...
asked the Minister of Agriculture in view of the possible early finish of the sugar beet campaign, what arrangements he has made for the full employment of hostel labour or casual farm workers...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how much land is being farmed by the Norfolk Agricultural Executive Committee in Methwold Fen; and how long it is his intention to continue the present arrangements.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that Mr. Clayburn, the proprietor of Nirvana Piggeries at Tyersal, near Bradford, has not yet received feedingstuff for his livestock...
asked the Minister of Agriculture to what extent the Colorado beetle has been kept in check during this year; and how its recorded appearances compare with the same period for 1948.
Mr. Vane: x asked the Minister of Agriculture what is the policy of the Land Commission for the sale of individual fields or isolated parcels of agricultural land in their possession to the...
Mr. Vane: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware of the large claims now made on the time of members of county agricultural executive committees attending meetings of committees,...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he is taking to safeguard the public purse by ensuring that no substitution of hill cattle and sheep takes places merely for the purpose of drawing...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will make a statement on the future of the Women's Land Army.
asked the Minister of Agriculture the full effects of the reductions in expenditure demanded of his Department.
asked the Minister of Agriculture why no advance publicity was given to the Rental Inquiry before Form R49 was distributed; and whether he is aware that many forms have been destroyed by the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will state by counties in tabular form the number of farmers who have been dispossessed since the war ended, the acreage involved, and the profit or loss...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will extend by one month the period in which drainage authorities may send observations upon the constitution of river boards proposed by him under...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what increased quantities of animal feedingstuffs it is intended to issue this winter to remedy the shortage of animal feed caused by the recent prolonged drought.
asked the Minister of Agriculture the number of courses held at Northerwood House, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, by the Forestry Commission and the numbers of students attending; and if he will place in...
asked the Minister of Agriculture (1) how many of the keepers' cottages owned by the Forestry Commission have main water, gas or electricity laid on to them; (2) how many keepers' cottages are...
May I ask the Leader of the House the Business for next week?
Order for Second Reading read.
Resolved: That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Basutoland) Order, 1949, be made in the form of the Draft laid before this...
10.36 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Popplewell.]
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